Chapter 2185

Seeing this series of hints, Su Xiao roughly understood the current situation. From many clues, he judged that the space-time hub device was not in the abyss, nor was it in the Northern Continent, but in God's Kingdom.

God's Kingdom was a Tier 6–Tier 7 area; there was no place more suitable for storing the space-time hub device than here. This world was a Tier 6 native world, and those who entered here were also Tier 6 contractors.

Like an area such as God's Kingdom, let alone attacking it, even just exploring it was equally full of dangers.

Su Xiao stood in the turbulent shallow river. The river water was slightly cool, and a bunch of small blue flowers grew on the bank. The natural environment here was very good and had not been damaged in any way.

Bubu Wang dipped his head into the clear river water, seemingly searching for something underwater, but after a while, this guy let out a miserable yelp and was swiped by a large cyan fish.

In less than half an hour, Baja dragged Amu, and they climbed up from below the rock wall together. The team had assembled.

According to the world introduction, Su Xiao learned that there should be many monsters in the abyss—so many that they could threaten the safety of gods and humans, and even lead to war between the two sides.

However, after traveling in the abyss for a day, Su Xiao confirmed that there were basically no living creatures here. The only suspicious creature he saw was still inhabiting the rock wall on the east side of the abyss, and their numbers were extremely few.

Where did the monsters in the abyss go? This was a question worth deep thought. Even, Su Xiao suspected that the Serpent of the Abyss was no longer in the abyss.

And the difficulty of the fifth link mission, lv. 57, should be the risk during exploration. For example, the teleportation formation in the Hall of Divine Rites—if one were to use that thing rashly, Su Xiao wouldn't feel surprised even if the mission difficulty reached lv. 60 or higher.

The train of thought in Su Xiao's mind gradually became clear. He had already figured out the relationship between the gods, God-Eaters, the abyss, and God's Kingdom.

The abyss of the past was very dangerous. The Serpent of the Abyss and a large number of abyss monsters lived here. The "monsters" of the abyss were led by the Serpent of the Abyss.

At that time, low-tier gods were the enemies of the abyss forces, and the two sides fought year-round. However, low-tier gods were far from being the opponents of the abyss forces, so they united, joined forces with humans, and beat back the abyss forces.

At that time, there were three forces: the God's Kingdom established by the gods, the Human Alliance on the Eastern Continent, and the abyss forces. As for the Northern Continent, that bitter, cold land was a solo player year-round. The abyss forces couldn't threaten them at all. Compared to the environment of the Northern Continent, the abyss was a bit better, so the abyss forces naturally wouldn't go to attack them.

The gods and the Human Alliance united and broke out into war with the abyss. This was the Holy War in history.

War requires a purpose, and the purpose of the abyss forces was not that they were born to slaughter and were the representatives of evil, but because the abyss forces also craved land. Nothing grew in the abyss, and it was simply not suitable for living.

Were they all monsters in the abyss? Not at all. Those living here were also humans—blue-skinned humans. Because of the language barrier and the opposition of positions, the outside world called them monsters, and the Serpent of the Abyss was their guardian holy spirit.

The result of the Holy War was that the abyss forces were defeated miserably, beaten back to the abyss to eat dirt, and were also imprisoned under the ice.

Until one day, the Serpent of the Abyss rammed a crack into the ice of the abyss. Ramming the ice for hundreds of years without stopping nearly caused the Serpent of the Abyss to die, but it succeeded. It had wisdom and things it needed to protect.

The Serpent of the Abyss knew it couldn't fight against the gods and the Eastern Continent Alliance, so it bewitched an explorer—that is, Iwell—using the characteristic that gods would pass on power after death to disintegrate the enemy from within.

Clearly, the Serpent of the Abyss succeeded, but what was strange was that the abyss forces didn't continue to attack the Eastern Continent; instead, they disappeared until now.

Where did these abyss residents run off to? The answer was that they climbed the inner rock wall of the abyss and went to live in God's Kingdom. Habitable land was what they wanted.

The gods were slaughtered, and God's Kingdom was emptied out, but one point made people suspicious: a hundred years ago, the Serpent of the Abyss began to bewitch the high-level officials of the Sera Empire again and had one eye blinded by the Iron Feather King.

The Iron Feather King arrived at the abyss and saw the scene here, so after the war, he and the Serpent of the Abyss made a pact of non-aggression.

The Iron Feather King knew that the current God's Kingdom was already different. Once the residents there were released, leveling the entire continent would be no problem.

By common sense, the abyss residents and the Serpent of the Abyss had both obtained what they wanted and even created black mist to prevent anyone from entering God's Kingdom. They should have been living quietly in God's Kingdom.

The only possibility was that a drastic change had occurred in God's Kingdom, and the Serpent of the Abyss had to try again to transfer a portion of the abyss residents to the Eastern Continent.

Ursula had said before that she and the Serpent of the Abyss had lived in peace in the abyss for hundreds of years. This was Ursula lying; she was also covering up the existence of God's Kingdom.

In the last few hundred years in the abyss, there hadn't even been a ghost. Even if Ursula was a super homebody, she wouldn't have endured hundreds of years of loneliness in the abyss.

Therefore, it was very likely that Ursula also lived in God's Kingdom.

Thinking of these things, many of the doubts in Su Xiao's mind were resolved, and he confirmed one thing: Xi's purpose in coming to the abyss was definitely to reach God's Kingdom. After all, there was nothing in the abyss now, so Xi's purpose was easy to determine.

And Xi coming to God's Kingdom was very likely to find Ursula, devour her divine source, and search for whether there were any other gods in God's Kingdom.

And to find God's Kingdom, the fastest way was through Iwell's guidance.

Su Xiao could imagine the scene when Xi and Iwell met. Those two wouldn't stop until one of them was dead.

And one of Xi's purposes was to find Ursula and eat Ursula's source. At this time, there was nothing in the abyss. Xi finding the Hall of Divine Rites below was only a matter of time. If there was a wide-range perception type in her team, then the speed of finding it would be even faster.

Therefore, Su Xiao decided to find a way to clear this area and wait here for Xi to walk right into the trap.

According to the landing time and location of the giant war pig, Su Xiao could judge that the other end of the teleportation formation in the Hall of Divine Rites was nearby.

Baja flew into the low sky. The dead appearance of the giant war pig was still fresh in his memory, and he didn't want to be shot into a hedgehog.

Baja had just flown into the low sky when he immediately descended. He saw a patch of buildings a few hundred meters away, with the exact same architectural style as the buildings seen in the abyss.

Upon learning this news, Su Xiao rushed toward the upper reaches of the shallow river. Sure enough, after traveling just a few hundred meters, he saw a complex of buildings among the trees. These buildings were partially built on flat ground, but more were built relying on the mountains. In terms of aesthetics, the architectural style of the Sera Empire simply couldn't compare to it.

These buildings were mostly two-story structures with herringbone roofs covered in tiles. Behind this complex of buildings was a mountain wall, and the grayish-white mountain wall was covered with large patches of green vegetation, revealing only a few patches of rock.

Su Xiao walked out of the shallow river and slowly approached the complex of buildings in front. Soon, he arrived beside a house. The windows of this house were made of paper and were semi-transparent; he didn't know what kind of craftsmanship was used to create them.

Snoring sounds came from inside the house. Su Xiao looked through the window and saw a man with light-blue skin wearing loose, long clothes. He was lying on the floor sleeping soundly. The long clothes on his body were dark green with huge cuffs, and a split-tailed snake—the image of the Serpent of the Abyss—was embroidered on them.

And on the wall beside the blue-skinned man, a longbow was hanging. The bow body was tied with thin ropes, and the bowstring was very thin, looking both simple and exquisite.

Su Xiao had just grasped the hilt of his sword at his waist when the blue-skinned man sleeping on the floor opened his eyes. He leaped up instantly and took the longbow from the wall in one motion. Without seeing any movement from him, he had already drawn the bow and aimed at Amu. It wasn't that Su Xiao had been exposed, but that Amu, 50 meters away, had been discovered.

Bang, bang, bang!

The bowstring rang repeatedly. As the blue-skinned man landed, he rolled. His eyes were so sharp that even if someone said he was a Tier 6 boss, people would believe it.

Three sharp arrows shot into Amu's body, and his health points slid down exponentially. The first arrow was 3% of his health, the second was 5%, and the third reached 10% directly. With three arrows, Amu lost nearly 20% of his health.

"Yi—yo!"

The blue-skinned man let out a strange roar, and after that, it was like poking a hornet's nest.

One after another, blue-skinned figures rushed out from various buildings, all holding longbows.

"Boss, this..."

"Retreat first."

Su Xiao rushed in front of Amu in a few steps, grabbed Amu's horns, and rushed in the direction he had come from. As long as he was hit by a few arrows, it was really possible he would die.