Chapter 247: Villains die from talking too much

The battle was on the verge of breaking out. It was either you die or I die.

But what made people despair was that even if Su Xiao defeated Esdeath, there was still Wave behind, and tens of thousands of soldiers.

Looking at the situation, Esdeath wasn't prepared to fight Su Xiao one-on-one. Esdeath didn't have any chivalry.

"If I could capture you alive, it would be perfect. I would let you taste all my interrogation methods."

Esdeath's "S" attribute reappeared. Su Xiao was no longer her subordinate; now he was an enemy.

Su Xiao didn't speak, electric arcs surging on 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】.

Perhaps, this was his last battle.

"No need to fight."

A faint whisper came. It was the Little Emperor who had his head lowered.

"Hmm?"

Su Xiao looked at the Little Emperor in doubt.

"Take me and escape. I want revenge!"

The Little Emperor gritted his teeth, his expression exceptionally fierce.

"The possibility isn't high. I'm very likely to die here, let alone you wanting to live."

"No, we might both live. Listen to me..."

The Little Emperor began to whisper something to Su Xiao. Not far away, the soldiers were already closing in.

"There's such a thing? The Prime Minister doesn't know?"

Su Xiao's eyes showed strange light.

"I discovered this when I first touched the activation key for the Supreme Teigu. I never cared about it, so I didn't tell anyone."

"You finally did something with a brain."

The electric arcs on the surface of 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 receded. Su Xiao stabbed 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 deep into the ground under his feet, quickly retreated, and cut a very long knife mark on the stone slab on the ground.

"What is he doing? Has he had a mental breakdown?"

The Prime Minister looked at Su Xiao in confusion.

"No, Byakuya couldn't have had a mental breakdown. Could it be..."

Esdeath rushed toward Su Xiao quickly.

Su Xiao pulled 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 out of the ground, looked at Esdeath who was pushing through the crowd, and then looked at the Prime Minister in the distance.

"Prime Minister, thank you for saying so much nonsense to the Little Emperor, making him lose all hope."

While Su Xiao was speaking, he used all his strength to stomp on the ground under his feet.

*Boom! *

Su Xiao stomped the stone ground into pieces, and large pieces of rubble fell downward.

A hole ten meters wide and vertically downward appeared. The hole was a perfect circle, and the edges were smooth; it looked like it had been built by humans.

The hole was bottomless and pitch-black. Large pieces of rubble fell, and Su Xiao also fell into the hole, carrying the Little Emperor in his hand.

"Don't even think about escaping."

Esdeath jumped into the hole. This "S" female general would naturally not give up.

But just as Esdeath jumped into the hole, she found Su Xiao holding a strange weapon aimed at her.

"This is... a gun?"

*Bang, bang, bang... *

While falling, Su Xiao continuously pulled the trigger of 【Broken Spirit】, and six bullets shot toward Esdeath.

A thin layer of ice formed in front of Esdeath, blocking all the bullets.

*Ding, ding... *

Esdeath blocked the bullets, but she was in mid-air with no point of leverage. The bullets hitting the ice layer produced considerable thrust, and the force of the six bullets colliding head-on pushed Esdeath out of the hole.

Esdeath turned around and stood steadily on the edge of the hole. She wasn't injured, but Su Xiao had already fallen deep into the hole.

"Goodbye."

An object appeared in Su Xiao's hand, which he threw toward Esdeath with force. Two seconds later, his figure disappeared into the pitch-black hole.

Esdeath caught the thing Su Xiao threw. She didn't feel any danger, and looking closely, the thing in her hand was the Jaegers' token.

On the back of the token, a character "Night" was carved, and at this moment, a knife mark was drawn across the "Night" character.

"So, Byakuya is a fake name."

Esdeath held the token in her hand, remembering the scene of meeting Su Xiao in the Far North.

"You won. I am now your subordinate."

This was what Su Xiao said when he first fought Esdeath.

"Want to escape like this? Don't even think about it."

Killing intent boiled in Esdeath's eyes, and she jumped into the hole.

"Esdeath, wait..."

The Prime Minister was halfway through his sentence, but Esdeath had already jumped into the hole.

"Does this woman have a problem with her brain? Not going to care about the Revolutionary Army?"

The Prime Minister was trembling with anger. A figure walked past the Prime Minister and also jumped into the hole. It was Wave.

Su Xiao was falling rapidly in the pitch-black hole, his speed getting faster and faster. Landing at this speed would mean certain death.

He untied the Boundary Breaking Thread from the Little Emperor's neck, wrapped the Boundary Breaking Thread around the metal guard of 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】, and threw 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 with force. 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 stabbed into the stone wall of the hole.

*Ding. *

【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 stabbed deep into the stone wall. Su Xiao gradually tightened the Boundary Breaking Thread, his body paused, and the spool on his wrist made a *zi-zi* sound.

With a *ka-ba* sound, 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 was pulled out of the stone wall, and large cracks appeared on the stone wall. Su Xiao's falling momentum slowed down.

Every time the falling speed was too fast, he repeated this action, always keeping the falling speed within a safe range.

The hole wasn't endless. After falling for a while, Su Xiao landed on the ground.

*Bang. *

The stone slab under Su Xiao's feet shattered, his feet sank into the stone slab, and spider-web-shaped cracks appeared around.

"Sa, safe?"

The Little Emperor's voice was trembling, and his body was also trembling.

Everything around was pitch-black. Su Xiao took out a high-intensity flashlight and shone it around. On the surrounding stone walls, there were many door holes more than five meters high, at least a dozen, and the door holes were marked with numbers, from 1 to 13.

【You have arrived at the hidden location of the derived world: Pilumark Alchemy Testing Ground.】

【'Pilumark Alchemy Testing Ground' is a high-risk location, please handle it with caution.】

【Warning: 'Pilumark Alchemy Testing Ground' is filled with alchemy poison gas, losing 5 health per second. This is true damage.】

【Hint: The Hunter can spend Paradise Coins to generate an air filtration device, the cost is 100 Paradise Coins per hour. Generate/Not generate air filtration device.】

Su Xiao's face changed, his health dropping like flowing water. A burning sensation came from all over his body, but there was no pungent smell around. This kind of alchemy poison gas was colorless and odorless, very dangerous.

"Generate."

An invisible protective shield appeared. This thing cost 100 Paradise Coins per hour. If Su Xiao stayed here for a few days, he would go bankrupt.

Although the crisis was temporarily resolved, he was in an undetectable poison gas, and behind him were a large number of pursuers.

"Go this way."

The Little Emperor suddenly spoke. Su Xiao looked at the Little Emperor in surprise.

"Why aren't you dead?"

"Huh? Why would I die?"

The Little Emperor looked at Su Xiao in confusion.

Su Xiao felt that the Little Emperor's stamina attribute was at most no more than 10 points, but the other party didn't show any symptoms of poisoning.

The Little Emperor was immune to this kind of alchemy toxin; this was very likely.

This was the underground of the Imperial Palace. The 'Pilumark Alchemy Testing Ground' was built by the previous Emperor, and the imperial family could be immune to alchemy toxins.

The Empire's alchemy technology had once been exceptionally developed, but alchemy technology disappeared without a trace afterward. This must have a connection with the imperial family.

Su Xiao prepared to go deep here to find a route to leave.

This place was filled with alchemy toxins. Esdeath and others couldn't chase him here, and the 'Pilumark Alchemy Testing Ground' must hide a not-so-small secret. Secret = Danger = Benefits = Becoming Stronger.

Su Xiao resolutely walked in the direction pointed by the Little Emperor. Here, the Little Emperor might be able to play a vital role. The imperial bloodline on the Little Emperor was connected to the 'Pilumark Alchemy Testing Ground'. ===== CHAPTER 248 =====