Chapter 2523: Unknown Enemy

Entering the small stone building, there was a winding staircase leading downward. Following the stairs, an old elevator appeared ahead.

A Tower Guard pulled the metal lever beside the elevator. The sound of gear friction came, and an elevator slowly rose from the pitch-black well.

The Tower Guard pulled open the iron fence door of the elevator and, after making a gesture of invitation, walked into the elevator.

Click-clack~

The sound of metal gear friction filled his ears. The elevator descended. Su Xiao leaned against the inside of the elevator, waiting for the elevator to reach the bottom while chatting with the Tower Guard.

"Sir, please don't make eye contact with me. I am very combative. If I encounter a powerhouse like you, the risk of my Origin-ization is very high."

The Tower Guard spoke, his voice muffled by the bloated hood.

"Origin-ization?"

Su Xiao leaned against the side of the elevator, waiting for the elevator to descend to the bottom while chatting with the Tower Guard.

"Becoming a monster driven by the Origin. The scent remaining on you tells me that you have seen them. The Dragon Heart axe your companion has was obtained this way, right? Respectable warrior."

"Saying it like that, your aura isn't far from Origin-ization."

"I will persist until the last moment, and then have my colleagues help me sleep peacefully. This is our oath with the Edri royal family."

Speaking of this, the Tower Guard raised both hands and took off his bloated hood, revealing a face full of scars and covered in blue blood vessels.

"Your Highness Edri Beifu, as a Tower Guard, I welcome you home."

The Tower Guard bowed to Liu, who was puzzled but stepped aside.

"Big-headed monster, you've recognized the wrong person."

"I won't recognize the wrong person. Your return represents that you still have the responsibility of the Edri royal family in your heart. You are the only royal family member we haven't met. Please don't question it. The oath between the Tower Guards and the royal blood allows me to sense the royal blood flowing in your body, and also..."

The Tower Guard put on the bloated hood again, seemingly sighing.

Click~

The elevator stopped. The Tower Guard pulled open the iron fence. A stone platform appeared ahead. This stone platform wasn't high, with three steps around it, overall circular, with a stone slab embedded in the center.

On the other side of the stone platform, another Tower Guard in the same attire was leaning against the wall, snoring from under the bloated hood.

"Where are you going? The Royal Capital or Kodo Aisen?"

"Royal Capital."

Su Xiao walked onto the stone platform, looking at the stone slab in front of his feet. He sensed the energy of a God in this stone slab, which made him feel relieved inside. The ancient Gods were indeed a kind of God, not imposters.

"There will be bumps along the way. Please don't open your mouth."

"Why?"

Liu, standing on the stone platform, was somewhat puzzled.

"You'll bite your tongue."

While the Tower Guard was speaking, he gripped the disc in front of the stone platform. There were 14 scales on it, all marked with patterns, one of which was a crown.

"I wish you success, Your Highness Edri Beifu. I hope I can witness it when you inherit the crown, provided I haven't lost control yet."

With a click, the disc was pressed. Spatial power emerged, and white light filled Su Xiao's vision. A bumpy sensation appeared. This feeling was like being in a box, with a giant shaking the box hard. A foggy feeling appeared around, severely affecting Su Xiao's perception, which made him vigilant. He often used spatial transmission or movement and had never encountered this situation.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Su Xiao heard a strange cry—not Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baja, or Liu. As for Amu and Qifu, that was even more impossible.

Hearing this strange cry, Su Xiao's hand instinctively pressed on the hilt of his blade.

When things stabilized around, Su Xiao was already standing on a larger stone platform. Not far away were three Tower Guards.

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked, twitching its nose, searching around.

The unique fluctuation of spatial travel appeared. Baja appeared. The black-blue feathers on its body were somewhat messy, as if it had been thrown into a chicken coop and beaten by a group of angry roosters.

"What kind of transmission array is this? It's too unstable, almost threw me out."

Baja was still somewhat fearful. If it had been thrown out, that would be funny.

"Where did... Amu go?"

Su Xiao looked around but couldn't find Amu.

"So painful~"

Liu squatted on the ground, unable to stand up from the pain. There was rising cold air on her back, as well as a piece of ice crystal.

"This damn transmission array threw Amu away. Amu is lost again? Eh? Why did I say 'again'~"

Baja's expression was somewhat brilliant. At the same time, somewhere in the Talin Kingdom.

In a muddy swamp, Amu sat in the mud, its face full of confusion, seemingly asking: Where am I? Who am I? Did I eat today? What did I eat?

Streaks of blood appeared on Amu's body, but a few seconds later, the bleeding stopped and began to heal. It stood up from the ground. After the initial confusion, it recalled what had happened.

Swish, swish, swish.

Three black shadows appeared near Amu. Their skin was pitch black, as if painted with non-reflective black paint. In their hands, they all held a straight blade full of serrations.

"Ptooey."

Amu spat out the blood in its mouth, and a nearly two-meter-long ice battle axe appeared in its hand.

"The Lord has ordered, no matter who it is, kill!"

The three black shadows pounced on Amu. Cold ice erupted, and the swamp within a kilometer around was frozen.

A dozen minutes later, Amu grabbed the head of a black shadow with one hand. White steam rose in Amu's hand, and the ultra-low temperature instantly caused the enemy's brain to die.

Amu threw down the corpse in its hand, exerting force from its back, and a serrated straight blade was knocked away by the ice energy in its body, spinning and nailing into the tree behind.

In Su Xiao's team, if comparing comprehensive combat power, Amu was definitely the second strongest.

Royal Capital, inside the transmission tower.

Three Tower Guards were questioning Qifu. Before today, transmission between transmission towers had never had an accident.

"What did you feel just now?"

Su Xiao stood behind Liu, observing the frozen marks on her back. These were left by Amu, only freezing Liu's clothes, without harming her skin or body.

"Cold."

"Before it was cold."

"Let me think," Liu frowned in thought. She also felt something was wrong. The three Tower Guards said that before today, the transmission tower hadn't had any accidents. As soon as she, the Edri royal, came, an accident happened.

"It seemed like a hand was grabbing my back, and then it was pushed away."

Hearing Liu's words, 【Whisper of Soul】 appeared in Su Xiao's hand, cutting open a piece of clothing on Liu's back.

"You, you, you, what are you doing!"

Liu was about to run, but was grabbed by the shoulder by Su Xiao.

Su Xiao looked at Liu's back. Two green finger marks were slowly dissipating. A crystal layer clung to his hand, and his finger pointed at one of the finger marks.

In just an instant, the finger marks on Liu's back dissipated, but they were also captured by Su Xiao. He remembered this energy with spatial fluctuations.

What happened just now wasn't an accident. Just arriving at the Royal Capital, the 'greeting' from an unknown enemy came. The target was Liu. Amu was very close to Liu just now, and with Amu's strong physique, it wouldn't be affected by the spatial bumpiness, so it pushed Liu away, otherwise Liu would be dead.

Amu was such a cow. With its cow temper, encountering such an attack, it naturally wouldn't let it go, so it grabbed that hand.

The person who affected the spatial transmission was very fragile. After being grabbed by Amu, one of the opponent's arms was likely scrapped. Great strength + low-temperature freezing—that person couldn't help but cry out, which was the strange cry Su Xiao heard earlier.

"Who is it!"

A Tower Guard let out a low drink. The next moment, he suddenly disappeared, one arm turning black-blue, stabbing into the wall.

With a crack, stone chips splashed, and a corpse was dragged out from the wall. Just a moment ago, he was still in another dimension.

This corpse was thin and dry, its right arm broken in half, the remaining half covered in cold ice, spreading to his face.

As soon as the corpse was dragged out from the other dimension, it quickly turned into blood and eventually evaporated, leaving no traces. The plan failed, so they immediately silenced the witness. One could see how ruthless and decisive the person who planned this was. ===== CHAPTER 2524 =====