Chapter 2167: Pantheon

Just as Su Xiao was waiting for the assassins to attack, the prompt from the Samsara Paradise suddenly appeared.

Due to the Hunter's behavior, the hidden mission: Pantheon has been triggered in advance.

Hidden Mission: Pantheon (Only one ring)

Difficulty Level: lv. 56

Mission Information: Find the leader of the Pantheon and kill them.

Hint: The leader of the Pantheon is a certain duke of the Sela Empire.

Mission Deadline: Before completing the mission reward: Fourth Ring.

Mission Reward: Destiny Stone (Holy Spirit-level Gem)

Mission Penalty: Forced execution.

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Seeing the mission content, Su Xiao was actually a bit surprised. That unknown force was called the Pantheon, and their leader was actually a duke, that is, a Saint-Descendant.

Among the old duke, Duke Lilin, Moon Wolf Madam, and White Dragon Duke, one of them was the leader of the Pantheon.

But why would Saint-Descendants assassinate Saint-Descendants? One must know that the power system of the Sela Empire was the foundation for Saint-Descendants to settle down.

Assassinating other dukes was simply cutting off one's own path to survival. All four dukes knew this point, but one of them actually did this.

A certain doubt in Su Xiao's heart suddenly opened up, which was how the Pantheon could develop to this scale. Now it seemed that with a duke supporting it from behind, it was reasonable for the Pantheon to have this scale.

Su Xiao felt that it was actually unlikely for those four dukes to do this. Just thinking of this, a certain force suddenly appeared in his mind: Abyss!

The Abyss could be described as the most mysterious force. They once incited mortals to kill gods. The appearance of the undead, that is, the Saint-Descendants, was almost pushed by the Abyss.

Why did the Abyss do this? The answer was easy to guess, which was to use these undead, but what the Abyss didn't expect was that the undead formed the Sela Empire and were not under their control at all.

The Abyss force was the creator of the Saint-Descendants, but not the manipulator. Originally, the Abyss wanted to be the manipulator, but failed. As time went on, the Abyss force inevitably felt dissatisfied, and used the same methods as before to deal with the Saint-Descendants, inciting the Saint-Descendants to kill each other.

Of course, this was just Su Xiao's unilateral speculation. It could also be that the duke who founded the Pantheon wanted to accomplish something, a subversive big event, so he needed to use the current means, and for this, he didn't hesitate to let the power system of the Sela Empire collapse halfway, and as a duke, he could hold great power in a short time.

No matter which possibility it was, the Pantheon would definitely eliminate the Saint-Descendant King.

Among the four dukes, Su Xiao felt that the old duke was the most suspicious. Suspecting the old duke was because of the Abyss in the first conjecture. The representative medal of the old duke was the Abyss Snake.

Secondly suspicious was Moon Wolf Madam. This female duke belonged to the extremely selfish type.

Then it was White Dragon Duke, because he had never appeared.

The one with the lowest suspicion was Duke Lilin. He had paid too much for the empire. As for the Pantheon not killing innocent people indiscriminately being consistent with his uprightness, it was not the case at all. Lilin was just fair and upright. He was more ruthless than the old duke when killing people.

Thoughts flashed through Su Xiao's mind. Just as he was about to think of something, a short knife suddenly appeared in front of his left temple.

Click!

The crystal layer was cut open a bit, and Su Xiao's hand wrapped in the crystal layer grasped the short knife that stabbed over.

"Just a little bit, and I would have thought of..."

Su Xiao turned his head slightly, very rarely speaking during battle.

A figure in a black robe with a slender figure appeared in Su Xiao's sight. Judging from the posture, this was a young woman, holding a short knife less than half a meter long.

The castle was always very quiet, which meant that the guards in the courtyard had been solved. They were solved silently. In the eyes of the Pantheon, these guards who took money to work for others were not innocent people, so they all had to die.

The black-robed woman stood beside Su Xiao, motionless. The sense of crisis was like needles, piercing all parts of her body.

Thud, thud, thud...

Heavy footsteps came from Su Xiao's other side, followed by a sudden sound of wind breaking.

Bang!

Air waves spread, and a fist full of calluses slammed into Su Xiao's raised right arm, directly blasting him back.

"Are you okay?"

The strong man in the darkness spoke. Unfortunately, the black-robed woman didn't answer him. A stream of blood sprayed from her broken neck, staining a piece of the ceiling red.

The black-robed woman fell to the ground with a plop, and not far away, Su Xiao was standing on the back of a wooden chair, holding a head in his hand, and the expression on the head had obvious astonishment.

The strong man standing in the darkness had an urge to turn around and run immediately, but his loyalty to the Pantheon made

Clatter, clatter...

The window was smashed open, and twelve figures leaped into the room. They were neatly dressed, all in white robes, wearing metal masks—the Pantheon's Twelve.

Borrowing the moonlight, Su Xiao looked over these twelve people. Very good; they already made him feel danger.

Clang~

Zhan Long Shan hummed softly as the long sword left its sheath. This Holy Spirit-grade long sword displayed its power for the first time in the Abyss World.

"Light."

The Twelve spoke almost simultaneously. Holy divine power enveloped them. One must know that only the initial batch of Holy Descendants had mastered divine power.

As for the Twelve, they were not even Holy Descendants, but powerful humans. This must be some kind of technology of the Pantheon. From this, it can be seen that this organization's self-proclaimed title is not without reason.

"Bright."

The Twelve spoke again simultaneously. After they uttered the words "Bright Light," soft golden holy light enveloped them. This golden holy light was interconnected, representing life and holiness.

The Twelve were 12 Holy Knights, and since they all wore heavy armor and used holy power to heal each other, their survival ability can be imagined.

In the next moment, the Twelve drew the knight swords from under their white robes in unison.

The Apostle Eye floated beside Su Xiao. After checking the data on these 12 people, he found that their physical fitness was not weak.

Not only that, these 12 people were all around Master Swordsmanship Lv. 30–Lv. 40. One or two would be nothing, but 12 people attacking together was somewhat terrifying. Even ants can gnaw an elephant to death, let alone twelve master swordsmen, and ones at around Lv. 40 at that.

The situation at hand was obvious. Su Xiao's performance while investigating Duke Angry Lion and his act of turning Gui Ying had thoroughly annoyed the Pantheon, so the Pantheon directly sent out their trump card.

Just as Su Xiao was about to step forward, the Twelve almost simultaneously slashed their knight swords diagonally.

Clang!

Twelve golden sword beams intertwined, but Su Xiao did not stop for a step and continued to charge forward.

Sword beams slashed across Su Xiao's body, but he was in a state of spatial penetration, so they could not hurt him at all.

Boom!

The blood energy robe exploded with Su Xiao as the center point. He instantly dashed out a blood-colored afterimage and appeared behind a Holy Knight.

"Blade Dao Sword: Time."

The impact spread, and all twelve of them felt the surrounding air begin to thicken.

Qing Gang Ying energy surged on the long sword. Su Xiao lowered his body slightly and slashed out with one strike.

"Blade Dao Sword: Extreme."

Blade Dao Sword: Extreme was the ability Su Xiao perfected this time on the fifth floor of the Land of All Living Things. It lacked the super-high speed of Blue Ghost and the wide-range slashes of Slaughter; what it had was unparalleled slashing strength. All of Su Xiao's passive abilities, the true damage of Qing Gang Ying, and the sharpness of Zhan Long Shan were all brought to the limit by "Blade Dao Sword: Extreme," which is why it was called "Extreme."

Puchi!

The roaring sound in the courtyard continued. 8 guards besieged Amu. Amu's heart had no waves. If it weren't for the speed of these little shorties, it could hammer them flat one by one.

Under the moonlight, eight men and women in different clothes were surrounding Amu. A thought appeared in their hearts at the same time: 'Where did this monster come from?'

In the old duke's bedroom, Su Xiao sat in front of the window, the old duke sat by the bed, and the two looked at each other in silence.

"Lilin, impossible, and not qualified to recruit someone like you. Young man, tell me, what are your requirements."

The old duke lit the whale oil lamp on the bedside cabinet, and the dim yellow firelight dispelled the darkness.