Chapter 2424

The flames on the altar extinguished. Su Xiao did not look at the Archbishop's corpse; the kill notification had already appeared, and the Archbishop could not possibly stand up again.

【You have killed the Archbishop.】

【You have obtained a Holy Spirit-grade treasure chest (35%).】

【You have obtained 327 Soul Coins.】

【You have obtained 17.25% of the World's Source.】

The kill reward for the Archbishop was not as exaggerated as imagined. Su Xiao had long anticipated this; the assistance of Qisi and the Orphan of Resentment had significantly reduced the treasure chest quality, the amount of World's Source obtained, and the Soul Coins gained.

The most critical thing right now was to obtain the World Seed first. Su Xiao was unsure if this was the item required for the mission, but one thing was certain: he could not let Qisi or the Orphan of Resentment obtain it.

Qisi's goal was, in all likelihood, to use the Orphan of Resentment's heart as a medium to gather the Old God's power within Doom Town, then turn the World Seed into something like a "filter" to absorb the dark characteristics of the Old God's power.

If Qisi succeeded, he would be a replica of the Archbishop. No, at that point, Qisi would be more threatening than the Archbishop. The Archbishop had not obtained the Orphan of Resentment's heart and could not gather all the Old God's power in Doom Town, which led to his unstable control over the Old God's power, making him afraid to stray too far from the altar.

Qisi was different. If he obtained the Orphan of Resentment's heart and the World Seed, he would undoubtedly be the strongest existence in Doom Town.

What would Qisi do then? Coexist peacefully with Su Xiao? Stop joking. When Su Xiao and Qisi first met, the two of them "greeted" each other with long blades and dark creatures.

Qisi's cooperation with Su Xiao was not out of a desire to save Doom Town or anything of the sort; he wanted to escape his own predicament and become the strongest.

Su Xiao did not believe that Qisi would coexist peacefully with him at that time. The way the Archbishop died was still fresh in his mind; was Qisi not worried about these things? The answer was that Qisi wanted to eliminate Su Xiao right now.

As for the Orphan of Resentment, that went without saying. Su Xiao even suspected that the Old God had not completely died and that a portion of its consciousness remained within the Orphan of Resentment.

Su Xiao had no way of knowing what had happened in Doom Town initially. The Old God that descended here was nearly at death's door, so it had somewhat hastily cultivated a host capable of containing its own origin, placing a portion of its origin within the host to gestate.

Unfortunately, the host had not gestated for long before the Old God itself died, and the host also died due to the changes in the divine origin. The Orphan of Resentment was born at this time.

Its father was a high and mighty deity, and its mother was a powerful human female, the kind whose combat strength could rank in the top three across the entire Light-Dark World.

With such a father and mother, it was neither a deity nor a human with infinite potential upon birth, but a monster. Therefore, it was resentful; it envied everything born normally. Some kind of intent was driving it to become stronger, to devour, to destroy, and to take everything in Doom Town as its own.

Once the Orphan of Resentment obtained the Archbishop's World Seed + Ash Furnace + the Saint Heart energy within the Saintess, no one knew if the Old God's will within it would awaken.

Not to mention the resurrection of that Old God, even if just its residual consciousness awakened, no one in Doom Town would be its match. Even the Archbishop in his prime would not be enough to look at. Heaven knows what tier of deity this was; conservatively estimated, it was on the same tier as the Underworld God.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out. Pale skeletons had already reached out from the darkness behind Qisi, the eye sockets of these skeletons pitch black.

The Orphan of Resentment was now in its full beast form, all four claws on the ground, its mouth full of sharp fangs, its vertical pupils sizing up Su Xiao and Qisi.

Qisi's health remained at 13.7%, the Orphan of Resentment at 10.4%, and Su Xiao at 11.9%. Qisi was in the best state.

In the final stage of killing the Archbishop, Su Xiao had taken the full brunt of the Archbishop's firepower. If he had retreated then, after the Archbishop fully recovered his light and dark abilities, everyone would have died.

The situation now was that whichever side made a mistake would die. Su Xiao had the confidence to slash Qisi or the Orphan of Resentment with one blade.

Click~

The bowstring was pulled; a pitch-black bone arrow was aimed at Su Xiao. It was Qisi about to make a move.

Seeing this scene, the Orphan of Resentment rushed toward Su Xiao with quick steps. Because it was severely injured, its speed was much slower.

Boom!

The bowstring vibrated, and the pitch-black bone arrow headed straight for the Orphan of Resentment. That's right, it was aimed at the Orphan of Resentment. Qisi knew that Su Xiao had an ability to briefly penetrate space, so this arrow would definitely not hit him; his target was actually the Orphan of Resentment.

The Orphan of Resentment, rushing toward Su Xiao, seemed to have foreseen it; it leaped with all its might, grabbing the ceiling with its four claws and running rapidly across it.

Boom, boom.

The bowstring vibrated repeatedly, and two arrows attacked Su Xiao. These two bone arrows shattered while still flying in mid-air, turning into fragments and attacking Su Xiao like a large blast of shotgun pellets.

The long blade slashed out trails of afterimages, and the bone arrow fragments attacking Su Xiao were all slashed away. While swinging the blade, Su Xiao had already lifted his feet to charge forward.

The two skeletal arms behind Qisi pulled the Dragon Hunting Bow again. He suddenly felt his hair stand on end and immediately leaped backward.

Just as Qisi leaped away, with a click, Su Xiao's forward-leaping slash missed. The front half of the long blade sank into the ground. He immediately pulled the blade out and rolled to the side. He was relatively heavily injured; now, any method that could dodge an attack was a good method.

Boom!

A cluster of sparks landed beside Su Xiao. He leaped sideways repeatedly, and the moment he stood steady, blue light flashed in his eyes.

Zing. Zing, zing...

A large swath of pale blue blade light slashed out. The Orphan of Resentment was running wildly on the semi-concave ceiling, and blade light after blade light slashed behind it.

【Blade Dao Knife · Time.】

With a thud, the impact spread, and a bone arrow attacking Su Xiao slowed down. With two quick slashes, the bone arrow was cut into three pieces. The long blade in Su Xiao's hand spun, and the tip of the blade successfully caught the edge behind the arrow tip.

An air explosion spread, and Su Xiao flung the arrow tip on the blade out. Qisi, dozens of meters away, immediately tilted his head, and a bloodstain appeared on his face.

"Sorry, you two."

A smile appeared on Qisi's face. His hands clasped together, and the dark gold mask on his face shattered.

"Darkness, Burial."

With a rumble, a giant skeleton rushed out from the darkness behind Qisi. It had no lower body and was over twenty meters tall. It looked even more massive in the empty room. Qisi had kept this as a trump card.

The giant skeleton supported the ground with both hands, and the dark sphere within its ribs contracted, becoming only the size of a marble.

Thud!!

The giant skeleton exploded, and the shattered bone fragments, mixed with highly corrosive darkness, burst open, filling the entire empty room.

"Bai Ye, that ability of yours to hide in another dimension is indeed fast when used, but it can only be maintained for about 1.2 seconds."

Qisi muttered to himself. In the darkness, he snapped his fingers.

Thud!

A second dark explosion occurred, and the Orphan of Resentment's hiss came from the ceiling.

When the darkness gradually dissipated, Qisi supported his knees with both hands, panting heavily. He had kept his trump card until now. Although it was somewhat ungentlemanly, only the victor would know everything that happened here.

Puchi.

A long blade pierced through Qisi's skull. Qisi retreated two steps following the thrust of the blade, his right hand, which had turned into white bone, gripping Zhan Long Shan.

"You should have died."

As Qisi spoke, he fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.

With a swish, Su Xiao pulled out the long blade and retreated half a step, staggering slightly. Pale blue energy gradually dissipated on his body surface.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo~"

The panting from Su Xiao's mouth was heavy, and blood dripped down his chin. Qisi had indeed seen through Dragon Shadow Flash, but what the opponent did not know was that in the Hunter Moment state, Su Xiao could use Dragon Shadow Flash up to four times in a row, which had allowed him to dodge Qisi's "Darkness Burial."