Chapter 2177: Scavenging

The Northern army was coming, much faster than expected. After Su Xiao noticed this, he had Amu dig a pit to bury Ye Geer's body, and then rushed toward Yalansi City.

Xi was nearby, but she was traveling with the Northern cavalry, so Su Xiao let Bubu Wang monitor her to avoid losing her trail.

Along the way, Su Xiao saw many refugees fleeing. Although they didn't know the news of the Northern Alliance's attack, the price of grain in Yalansi City had skyrocketed, and the city gates had been sealed this morning.

To avoid civil unrest, Lady Moon Wolf ordered that Yalansi City be closed to entry, which prevented large-scale panic.

Sera wasn't the only place to live. There were many small countries on the Eastern Continent. Running to a small country would be hard, but it could avoid the disaster of war.

Just as Su Xiao arrived at the city gate of Yalansi, he found that it was already full of city guards. Dozens of crossbow carts were lined up side by side, and on the city wall, every half meter, a city guard could be seen.

"Stop!"

Several city guards holding long weapons blocked the way. Su Xiao took out the duke's medal, and the city guard unit immediately let him pass.

Su Xiao took Amu and Baha into the city gate. Just as they walked into the city gate tunnel, a cold wind blew, and several crumpled banknotes drifted over. This was Sera's currency, the Gold Pound. The workmanship wasn't exquisite, but it was quite difficult to counterfeit, and the emblem on it was a special craft.

Seeing these crumpled banknotes on the ground, Su Xiao knew that Sera's economic system had collapsed. The banknotes had become waste paper, while gold-plated or pure gold coins could continue to circulate.

The reason Sera's economic system collapsed so quickly was that several adjacent large cities had been captured, trade and transportation were interrupted, leading to skyrocketing prices.

After prices skyrocketed, commoners began to hoard grain, daily necessities, etc. If the Holy Court didn't stop it, the supplies in Yalansi City would be exhausted in a short time, after which prices would continue to skyrocket, and the currency would depreciate again.

When inflation reached a limit, the empire's economic system would explode like a balloon with a *bang*, and the "value-representing" banknotes would instantly become worthless. The trading method suffered a "dimensional reduction" blow, changing from currency trading to barter.

On the streets of Yalansi City, the usually clean streets were now full of domestic waste. Even a corpse was hanging in front of a tailor shop.

A rotten wooden sign hung on the corpse's feet, on which was written "Crime of Plunder."

"This is... too fast, right? Yalansi City was still normal yesterday, only the price of grain skyrocketed."

Baha sighed. It was the first time it had seen an empire heading toward destruction.

In fact, the situation of the Sera Empire was still good. Sera, this towering giant tree, had indeed rotted, but the happiness of the residents here was relatively high. Commoners at most blamed the rulers after tea and dinner, rather than gathering together to carry out large-scale riots.

The only feeling the streets gave at this time was desolation. A new empire, a new order, was coming.

Su Xiao walked for less than half an hour before arriving at the Holy Court district. After wandering around, he arrived in front of a courtyard.

Several carriages were parked in front of the courtyard, with boxes of various sizes tied on them. Some boxes were clearly filled with valuables.

"Quick! The city gate will be completely sealed at 10 o'clock."

"Be careful, this is all the King's property. Are you blind!"

Servants were busy going in and out, loading goods onto the carriages. Not far away, a noblewoman was waiting anxiously.

"Amu, kill anyone who blocks."

As Su Xiao spoke, he leaped onto a carriage and tore the rope binding the goods.

Opening a larger iron box, various jewelry and gold ornaments caught Su Xiao's eyes. He pushed the iron box off the carriage directly, and the jewelry scattered all over the ground with a *clatter*.

This scene stunned the surrounding servants, and the noblewoman was also stunned for a moment, ready to be angered to laughter.

"Kill them, move quickly, don't delay too long..."

Before the noblewoman finished speaking, Amu grabbed her head and turned it backward. For a Holy Descendant, this wasn't fatal.

*Crack~*

The noblewoman's body stiffened. The next moment, she grabbed Amu's arm.

"Eeya~"

The noblewoman let out a strange cry, and then.

*Bang, bang, bang... *

After a violent beating, the noblewoman lay in a dirt pit, motionless. Amu added a war hammer, and the noblewoman was completely cold.

Su Xiao's tenet was: either don't make enemies, or once you make enemies, don't leave any survivors. Some seemingly weak enemies would also grow up, and then there would be endless trouble.

After searching through several carriages, Su Xiao found an Epic-grade bracelet named 【Delusional All Living Things】, a Charisma-type equipment that significantly increased the duration of charm abilities, plus increased real charisma attribute.

Su Xiao didn't have charm abilities. As for this equipment being able to increase charisma attributes, Su Xiao ignored it directly. He couldn't wear it, so it didn't matter how much charisma attribute it added.

Besides 【Delusional All Living Things】, Su Xiao also found 12 Soul Crystals (Medium), 5 Soul Crystals (Large). Besides these, there were no other gains.

Su Xiao passed through the courtyard's stone path and entered a three-story building. This was the usual residence of the Holy Descendant King, Ye Geer.

The building was empty. Su Xiao let Baha search the first and second floors. As for Amu, it just watched.

Su Xiao headed straight for the third floor of the building, first searching all the rooms. Ten minutes later, he was sure there was nothing of value here.

Just as Su Xiao walked down the stairs, he saw Baha flying over.

"Found something good."

Baha held a crimson scroll and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder. Su Xiao just took the scroll, and his eyes lit up.

【You have obtained Trial of Blood-Bathing.】

【Trial of Blood-Bathing】

Origin: Tier 6 Native World

Quality: Holy Spirit-grade

Type: Auxiliary scroll (Extremely rare)

Remaining usable times: 1/2.

Prerequisite: Willpower 80 points or above (Achieved), Soul Strength 73 points or above (Achieved).

Warning: If the prerequisite is not met and this scroll is used forcibly, you will permanently fall into a state of frenzy!

Usage effect: After use, it can assist in improving basic skills.

Hint: The duration of "Trial of Blood-Bathing" is adaptive.

Hint: After using "Trial of Blood-Bathing", the user needs to engage in high-intensity combat to improve the level of basic skills. The improvement range depends on the usage method.

Score: 998 points (Holy Spirit-grade item score 700–1000 points)

Introduction: If you don't dare to face death directly, how can you sublimate?

Price: 596,000 Paradise Coins

Seeing the attributes of 【Trial of Blood-Bathing】, Su Xiao immediately thought of using this thing to improve Blade Art Grandmaster.

If you do nothing after using this thing, the improvement to blade art will be negligible. But if you fight with a strong enemy... no, this is not feasible.

In Su Xiao's view, fighting a strong enemy one-on-one and using this thing is seeking death. But if facing a large number of enemies, this thing has great value. After all, it is an auxiliary scroll, and how much it can improve depends on the usage situation.

This was an unexpected gain, and Su Xiao had confirmed that the "Space-Time Hub device" was not in Ye Geer's hands, which meant it was not in the Sera Empire. The remaining places were only the Abyss and the Northern Alliance. ===== CHAPTER 2178 =====