Chapter 2107

Su Xiao glanced at the fallen Mohn Tony, then paid him no more mind—this fellow was sharp; as expected, he would be the next patriarch of the Mohn family, no doubt about it.

Knowing that the Sovereign was dead and the 'Azathoth Consciousness' was being arranged by Su Xiao, already on the verge of being unleashed, once these two fell, the various factions within Herlu City would flourish.

If Tony were to become the new patriarch of the Mohn family, he would undoubtedly become a major figure in Herlu City thereafter.

With the potential dangers in the room resolved, Su Xiao closed his eyes to sense the situation within the 'Chapter of Greed,' which was extremely lively.

Within the 'Chapter of Greed,' in a field shrouded in gray mist, a mass of black smoke writhed chaotically—this was the Azathoth Consciousness.

His opponent, the Fleshrender, stood nearly four meters tall, wielding a large polearm; the weapon itself was nearly three meters long, with a hilt alone measuring one meter and a blade approaching two meters, the blade width about four fingers—overall, it did not look clumsy and heavy, but rather sharp and unstoppable.

The Fleshrender's skin was dark red, with visible cracks, and his tattered clothing hung in strips from his body.

Before encountering the Fleshrender, Su Xiao often cleaved his enemies into several pieces; but after meeting this fellow……

Terrifying blade light howled, carving black traces in the air; the 'Azathoth Consciousness' had held on until now mainly because the Fleshrender had not paid him much heed.

Upon Su Xiao's entry into the 'Chapter of Greed,' the Fleshrender's eyes seemed to gain some spirit, preparing to lunge at Su Xiao.

The Azure-Blue Longsword was planted in the ground; after Su Xiao's repeated trials, as long as he did not draw the sword, the Fleshrender would not appear—this time, it was entirely due to the 'Azathoth Consciousness' that the Fleshrender was drawn forth.

"Spellbreaker."

The black smoke where the Azathoth Consciousness resided surged—this was the purest darkness.

"..."

Su Xiao said nothing, walked past the Fleshrender's side, and approached the front of the Azure-Blue Longsword.

The blue flame at the tip of the Azure-Blue Longsword's hilt rose; Su Xiao clasped his hands around the blue flame, closing his eyes.

With a whoosh, the blue flame vanished, appearing within the surging darkness, but was instantly extinguished.

The blue flame at the tip of the Azure-Blue Longsword's hilt rose again; Su Xiao's gaze turned toward the mass of black smoke.

"Butcher, slay him."

As Su Xiao's words fell, the Fleshrender darted past his side.

Clang!

The first slash was unleashed.

A blade aura nearly ten meters wide appeared, cleaving the black smoke in two; a spiritual wave representing pain spread, and despite enduring the agony of consciousness being severed, the Azathoth Consciousness uttered not even a whimper.

Clang!

The second slash tore through the air, leaving traces of dissipation in the black smoke.

The Fleshrender rotated his polearm, the third slash arcing upward; the black smoke scattered with a crack.

"In the end, I still lost to you."

The calm voice gradually faded; the Fleshrender turned his gaze, lifted his three-meter-long great blade, and lunged at Su Xiao, unstoppable.

In the banquet hall, Su Xiao opened his eyes—if he did not wish to 'die in battle,' he could voluntarily withdraw from the 'Chapter of Greed.'

Su Xiao suspected that before his swordsmanship reached Level 40, he fundamentally could not engage the Fleshrender head-on.

【Hint: The Hunter has slain Eyeless Azathoth.】

【Azathoth's 'Dark Spring' has been broken.】

【Eyeless Azathoth is dead.】

【The Dark Source·Azathoth is not dead, but has entered a state of berserk chaos.】

【Since the Hunter did not slay the Dark Source·Azathoth, only the World Source and Soul Coin rewards can be obtained.】

【You have obtained 16.7% of the World Source.】

【You have obtained 205 Soul Coins.】

……

Seeing the hints from the Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao was somewhat surprised—he had merely slain half of the final boss, yet obtained 16.7% of the World Source; if he had slain the complete form, the reward would have been abundantly rich.

From the hints, it appears Azathoth split into two parts: Eyeless Azathoth and the Dark Source·Azathoth—the former being Azathoth's consciousness, the latter his body.

Su Xiao rose and walked toward the exit of the banquet hall; just as he was about to push the door open and leave the room, a sudden sense of danger arose.

Almost instinctively, Su Xiao shifted his body, and crystal layers clung to his chest.

Pfft!

A long dagger pierced Su Xiao's chest; his hand had already gripped the hilt, but he did not draw the sword, for there was no enemy nearby—his instinct only warned for an instant, and the sense of danger vanished.

Not an assassination from another dimension, nor an invisible foe—given Su Xiao's combat experience, upon being stabbed, he immediately deduced.

The dagger pierced three centimeters to the right of Su Xiao's heart; moreover, numerous judgments appeared.

【You will suffer the effect of 'Thorn Spike'; during Strength attribute judgment……judgment passed, this ability failed to activate.】

【You will suffer the effect of 'Spirit Bee'; during Agility attribute judgment……judgment failed, you take 690 points of damage ignoring defense +179 points of Agility true damage +16 points/second bleeding damage, lasting 60 seconds.】

【You will suffer the effect of 'Thorn Spike'; during Strength attribute judgment……judgment passed, this ability failed to activate.】

【You will suffer the effect of 'Deceiver'; during Charm attribute judgment……judgment failed, and you are overwhelmed by the enemy's Charm attribute, you will take 2900 points of damage.】

【You will suffer……】

……

After seven judgments, Su Xiao slowly drew the dagger from his chest, his expression calm, when an unexpected hint appeared.

【You have obtained Chiwu's Fang (Legendary).】

【Due to the enemy's ability, Chiwu's Fang has already exerted beyond-limit killing power, its durability emptied, current durability: 0/76.】

……

Su Xiao was assassinated; the enemy's strength was formidable—if he were an ordinary sixth-rank contractor, this dagger would have instantly killed him, but for Su Xiao, drinking a bottle of ancient secret elixir would restore him.

Twenty li outside, within a massive cave.

A woman dressed lightly, with a head of light red long hair, sat with her head bowed beneath a stone wall, her eyes gradually regaining their luster.

"This is too much, damn it!"

The woman's lip twitched, her face slightly pale.

"Mirage, he didn't die?"

A low male voice came, a man of medium build spoke, the light around him slightly distorted, making his face unclear.

"Not that simple to not die, taking one hit from me, that hunter at most counts as... light injury."

Mirage seemed somewhat speechless, last time she assassinated a sixth-rank tank, it was a similar feeling, no, last time that tank was seriously injured.

"Light injury? You're kidding me, my legendary dagger, worth hundreds of thousands of Paradise Coins, you tell me it's light injury?"

"Then next time just switch to an epic dagger."

Mirage shrugged, she only takes money to kill, if not for both being violators, she wouldn't take this job, the hunters of the Paradise of Reincarnation are no joke.

"You said..."

"Hey, Matthew, are you being too arrogant?"

Mirage's smile was charming, but the man named Matthew stiffened.

"Sorry, I got carried away, but you took the order, what now?"

The somewhat excited Matthew slightly bowed his head, though he is a violator, he dares not be arrogant in front of Mirage.

"Didn't I say, next time switch to an epic dagger, I only have four chances, already used one, if really impossible, have your boss bring out 'that', that grade of dagger, I guarantee a one-hit kill."

Mirage stood up, crossed her hands and stretched lazily.

"Change location, that guy is strong in melee and like a boss, tell you guys bad news, the ancient god you were trying to recruit was killed again a few minutes ago, didn't even let out a fart before dying."

Mirage walked toward the cave outside, on her exposed Bai Xi right arm, dense blue stripes covered it, each stripe very fine, conservatively estimated over a thousand, each representing a contractor killed by Mirage.