Chapter 2528

Night shrouded the Royal Capital. Inside a castle located at the easternmost side of the capital, flames burned within the windows, and before long, they spread out, swallowing the entire castle.

Boom!

The sound of an explosion came from within the castle, the walls cracked, and burning wood fragments splashed out, looking quite spectacular.

Su Xiao stood in the flower field behind the castle. This place looked as if it had been ravaged by a level-eight gale, filled with craters. Just now, Baha had fought a two-headed dog here. When Su Xiao arrived, the two-headed dog seemed to have sensed that its master was dead and had slunk away.

Su Xiao checked the reward prompt for killing the Third Prince. Just now, he had wanted to leave the two-headed dog in the backyard behind as well, so he had only scanned the rewards obtained roughly.

【You have killed Aedri · Peg.】

【Because Aedri · Peg was a member of the Royal Family of this world, you have obtained 15.2% of the World's Source, currently totaling 20.55% of the World's Source.】

【You have obtained Royal Blood (1/12).】

Su Xiao took a sealed glass column from his storage space. Counting Liu, there were five other heirs to the throne. Calculated this way, the amount of Royal Blood obtained was clearly wrong—it was too little.

There were two possibilities: one was that other heirs to the throne were hiding in the shadows, and the other was that the old King had a lot of Royal Blood in his body.

A possibility Su Xiao thought of was that the old King would divide the Royal Blood in his body during the time the Queen was pregnant.

These offspring would die for various reasons during their growth process, and the thin Royal Blood in their bodies would gradually gather together, eventually leaving only one person.

When the last heir to the throne obtained the majority of the Royal Blood, they would gain the qualification for the throne, inheriting the throne, the crown, and the remaining Royal Blood from the old King.

In a sense, this was a trial—a trial to compete for the Royal Blood. The throne was more like an accessory.

Looking at it this way, becoming an Aedri Royal was definitely not as wonderful as imagined; one had to face life-and-death tests from birth.

Su Xiao gripped the glass column in his hand and closed his eyes to sense it. He felt a heat like fire, as well as an exaggerated amount of vitality.

Opening his eyes, through the Royal Blood in his hand, Su Xiao roughly understood the secret of the Aedri Royal Family, or rather, as long as one's perception was strong and they obtained the Royal Blood, they could know this secret.

The Aedri Royal Family was both ruthless and great. Their ruthlessness was toward themselves, and their greatness was toward Tallin.

Su Xiao sensed that the Royal Blood possessed a heat like fire. Once it "burned," the Royal Blood would release extremely massive energy, possessing unimaginable destructive power.

It wasn't metaphysics that the Royal Blood was so powerful. In normal times, the Royal Blood would gradually absorb the host's vitality and store it. Once the Royal Blood burned, the vitality within would serve as kinetic energy, providing the host with massive energy and strength.

The Aedri Royal Family were the holders and inheritors of the Royal Blood, so they didn't care about family or bloodline continuation at all. They were given a mission at birth, living only for the Royal Blood and dying for it, or obtaining all the Royal Blood and waiting for the day it needed to be used, or raising a bunch of offspring to continuously strengthen the Royal Blood.

Why would a Royal Family that didn't govern the country be recognized by Tallin's high-ranking officials and be willingly knelt to? The reason lay here.

Not everyone had the courage to inherit the Royal Blood. Compared to Royal Family members who died in mutual slaughter, many Royal Family members were unwilling to bear the mission and tried every means to strip the Royal Blood from their bodies, or even wanted to destroy the Royal Blood, eventually dying because of it.

The era of gods had once dominated this world, and the Royal Blood was to prevent such things from happening again.

The Royal Blood and the power of origin were actually very similar; neither would forever become someone's private energy. After the user died, these two powers could be extracted or drift back to the main body on their own, and their quality would gradually increase.

Putting away the Royal Blood, Su Xiao walked out of the castle courtyard. His plan was set correctly. Although this was a struggle for the throne, it had nothing to do with royal power in the true sense, but rather a struggle for the Royal Blood.

Su Xiao hadn't walked many steps when he sensed a sound in the warehouse near the flower field. He gave a look to Baha and Amu.

Amu strode forward and kicked open the door of the warehouse. Baha flew in and saw Dickja hiding in the corner.

"Dickja? Why are you here?"

Baha was somewhat "puzzled," but soon, it revealed a look of "anger."

"You brat, you defected to the Third Prince?"

"No, no, I, I, I..."

Dickja wanted to cry. He had just come to defect to the Third Prince, and the Third Prince had been cooled. His inner thoughts at this moment were: 'Big brothers, you guys are so fierce, why didn't you say so earlier? I would definitely be loyal.'

Unfortunately, there was no regret medicine in this world. Just as the Third Prince had said, Dickja had placed the wrong bet.

"Amu, take him down!"

Baha shouted.

"Moo."

Amu strode forward, first giving Dickja a big slap, then carrying Dickja away, tied up like a dumpling.

The dizzy Dickja saw the burning castle and knew that he was dead for sure this time.

At 7:00 PM, Su Xiao returned to the three-story civilian house where he was temporarily staying. There were five opponents remaining. He planned to make a move again tonight, striving to have only four opponents left before dawn.

Sitting at the dining table, Su Xiao was just about to eat dinner when he felt his head become somewhat dizzy. A strong sense of fatigue struck, as if it were about to drag him into a dream.

With a *thud*, Liu fell to the ground, snoring evenly. Beside her, Chifu knelt on one knee, pressing the long-handled great axe in his hand against the ground.

"Chifu, a piece of advice: the Dragon Heart Axe is not something you can use. When you are devoured by it, I will slaughter you."

Su Xiao leaned back in his chair, yawning. An enemy had come and released a wave that could make people fall asleep. This wasn't energy or poisonous smoke, but a more difficult-to-resist ability.

Su Xiao's words echoed in Chifu's ears. He gripped the Dragon Heart Axe tightly; in his feeling, he was not far from mastering this weapon.

The truth was really not so. One of Chifu's actions represented that he couldn't resist the Dragon Heart Axe. Chifu was a very proud person at heart. Even when facing Su Xiao, he would insist on the pride in his heart, with the sole exception of Amu.

Don't know since when, Chifu found Amu very pleasing to the eye, even feeling that Amu was his long-lost best friend. Was this because Chifu and Amu's temperaments were compatible? It wasn't; it was because of the ice-type energy in Amu's body.

*Thud, thud~*

Amu and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang also fell asleep on the ground. Amu snored while leaning against the wall. Su Xiao leaned back in his seat, seemingly taking a nap, but actually waiting.

With a *creak*, the door was pushed open, and white mist surged in. A man carrying an oil lamp, wearing a top hat, and holding a cane in his other hand walked into the room. Seeing everyone lying on the ground asleep, he bowed with the demeanor of a gentleman.

"Everyone, please sleep forever in your dreams. May you have a good dream."

The top-hat gentleman was just about to step forward when his body stiffened in place. He stared directly at Su Xiao, who was napping in his chair not far away. The corners of his eyes twitched. At this moment, in his perception, the person in front of him no longer seemed like a human, but a vicious beast pretending to sleep, with blood aura drifting around, just waiting for him to walk up and tear him into pieces.

The top-hat gentleman put down the oil lamp in his hand very slowly and retreated step by step. Finally, he retreated outside the door, closed it, and suddenly vanished from the spot.

Inside the room, Su Xiao opened his eyes and hooked his left index finger. The Boundary Severing Line retracted into his cuff. The enemy had almost stepped into the trap. The person who came was not easy to deal with; their aura was too illusory. Without binding the opponent, Su Xiao didn't have much confidence in keeping them forever. Although he would definitely win in a head-on fight, if the person was determined to escape, he didn't have a very good way.

"Xiang Bubu."

"Hoo~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's slight snoring came. Seeing this, Su Xiao picked up a berry from the table and flicked it onto Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's head.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang shuddered and got up with a dazed dog face.

"Go and track with Baha. Dickja was tied away, don't let him die. It's not easy to find such a competent guide."

Hearing this, Baha, who was pretending to sleep, got up. Since just now, it had been half-situated in an alien space. One could see it, but couldn't touch its physical body.

The enemy had taken the initiative to come to the door; Su Xiao certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity. Every time he killed a member of the Royal Family, he could obtain a massive amount of World's Source.