Chapter 2541

The price for two 【Spirit Energy Condensates】 is 40 Ba Souls, and 【Secret Technique: Heavenly Flow】 requires 450 Ba Souls. Calculating this, Su Xiao needs to obtain at least 474 more Ba Souls.

474 Ba Souls is almost equivalent to killing the same number of ordinary Taba. If killing elite and leader-level Taba, it is unclear if one can obtain several or even a dozen Ba Souls in a single kill.

The most important question right now is where the Taba are. Previously, Baha encountered several Taba with drowning characteristics; those Taba were out hunting and had returned fully loaded.

The whereabouts of Amu and Qifu are unknown. In other places, Amu would have no problems, but inside the God Village, once a conflict with the Taba occurs and Amu is besieged, Amu will face a desperate situation.

Su Xiao edited a team email for Amu, telling it to find a safe place to stand by to avoid accidental attrition.

"Baha, where did you discover the Taba before?"

"To the south, near a river."

"Lead the way."

Upon hearing this, Baha flew into the low altitude, and Su Xiao began to travel across the wilderness.

All the plants in the God Village displayed extremely strong vitality; the wild grass and trees were taller than those in the outside world, and their roots were thicker.

Traveling quickly, Su Xiao arrived at the place where Baha had previously encountered the Taba. This was a river beach covered in pebbles. Several bloodstains extended to the riverbank, and bloody bones could still be seen on the shore, with a group of water birds gathered together fighting for food.

After Su Xiao approached, those dozens of water birds were startled away, but they landed nearby, clearly not wanting to give up that delicious meat.

Examining the bones on the shore, most of these bones were still connected. The hunter had separated the fresh meat as if butchering an ox, leaving behind the internal organs and bones, taking only the fresh meat and a very complete animal skin.

Several strings of bloody footprints extended into the distance. The tracks had not been processed, which was to be expected; the Taba are the masters of the God Village, and they do not worry at all about being tracked.

Following the footprints, Su Xiao tracked them into a forest. The footprints soon broke off, but along the way, there were branches snapped by stepping, bloodstains where fresh meat had brushed against leaves, and trampling marks on dead leaves. In Su Xiao's eyes, these traces were as conspicuous as fireflies in the dark.

Continuing to track, Su Xiao ran quickly through the dense forest. Baha flew at a low altitude, occasionally tilting its body to avoid hitting trees with its spread wings.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang followed very calmly, and Liu could barely keep up, but her breathing was already somewhat rapid.

Liu is the key to opening the God Village. After entering the God Village, Su Xiao would of course bring her along. The bloodline of the Edri royal family has extraordinary significance to the Taba; the Taba would likely not kill Liu directly.

After traveling for more than ten minutes, the dense forest began to thin out. Just as Su Xiao rushed out of the dense forest, the view ahead suddenly opened up; the road had ended.

Ahead was a bottomless abyss, pitch black below. Standing before the abyss and looking down, the bottomless darkness seemed to want to drag everything down.

The road ended here. Fortunately, there was a suspension bridge spanning the abyss. This suspension bridge was about three meters wide; its specific length was unclear, but a conservative estimate was over one kilometer.

On both sides of the suspension bridge were two steel cables, with vines and ropes tied below the cables. The stepping surface consisted of strips of wooden planks.

"Are we... going to cross from here? I'm not afraid of heights, but it would be bad if there were enemies guarding the other side of the bridge. So, I'm not afraid of heights."

Liu leaned over to look at the abyss below, and she felt her legs go weak. The ground under her feet became soft and mushy, like cotton.

"No need to emphasize it, we all know you're afraid of heights."

"How is that possible!"

Liu reacted as if her tail had been stepped on.

"Last time I flew with you, you little girl... don't grab my beak."

"I, I'm not..."

"Hehehe."

Su Xiao ignored Liu and Baha and stepped onto the suspension bridge. As soon as he stepped on it, he felt the swaying sensation under his feet.

Creak, creak~

The suspension bridge felt as if it could break at any moment; it became unstable just from normal stepping, and the bridge was swaying in the wind. It was simply too long.

Baha flew over from above to scout the other side of the suspension bridge, while Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran at the very front, already having fun.

Behind Su Xiao, Liu walked forward tremblingly. If her fear upon first seeing the Titan King was a 2, it was now at least 900; she was so 'happy' she was about to faint.

"Hurry up."

Su Xiao stomped on the suspension bridge, and he heard a thud from behind; Liu had knelt down.

"It's not the New Year, why bother with such a grand gesture, Liu."

Baha, who was spouting nonsense, flew back. It landed on the steel cable beside Su Xiao. It had already scouted; there were no enemies on the other side of the suspension bridge. This bridge was a full 2 kilometers long. It was unknown how it was built originally; without a sufficiently reasonable design, this bridge would have long since been twisted into a pretzel by the wind.

"Because of the royal blood in my body, my legs went weak. I can't help it."

"Because of royal blood? You really came up with that; worthy of being Liu."

Baha laughed so hard it almost fell into the abyss. Su Xiao came before Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, and Liu looked up at Su Xiao.

"I knew you wouldn't..."

Liu's words were cut short when she realized Su Xiao was grabbing her by the back of her collar, lifting her up.

"So you guys found out after all."

Liu lowered her head and took off the wrist pendant. Her hair gradually grew longer, and her physique also changed. However, she was still somewhat flat, and since some secrets were already known, Liu was not prepared to continue hiding them.

Suddenly, Liu felt a sense of weightlessness. She felt herself being thrown into the air, which made her previously shy expression go blank; she almost performed a face-contortion act for Su Xiao.

"Ah!!"

Liu screamed in mid-air, her voice completely feminine.

"What are you screaming for? I've already caught you."

Baha, spouting nonsense, flapped its wings and flew toward the other side of the suspension bridge while holding Liu.

Su Xiao stopped after reaching the middle of the suspension bridge. He took out an iron awl, poked a few indentations into the wooden plank, and pressed a chewing-gum-like alchemy bomb into the indentations. For every section he moved forward, he would set up a demolition point, just in case.

When Su Xiao arrived at the other side of the suspension bridge, he saw Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baha, and Liu waiting there.

Liu was looking around; she had a heart of steel that few ordinary people could match, but she was also vigilant enough, ready to find a bush to dive into at any time.

This was also the reason Su Xiao brought Liu deep into the God Village; Liu's other abilities were nothing special, but she was very good at finding places to hide.

Su Xiao looked ahead; a large expanse of ruins appeared in front. These ruins were mostly two or three-story pavilions with human-shaped tiled roofs, and the roof ornaments at the rooms were upturned, all in the image of aquatic creatures.

Walking into the ruins, with wild grass and architectural debris everywhere, Su Xiao just wanted to go deeper into the ruins when footsteps came from ahead.

Su Xiao leaped into the second floor of an abandoned pavilion, with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha following closely behind. Liu also followed immediately, but because she ran a bit too hastily, she bumped her head on a protruding wooden stick and almost sat on the ground; she was stunned.

A total of 14 Taba walked over. Their skin was blue-white, and they wore loose purple or dark green robes with wide sleeves, and exquisite ornaments on their cuffs and earlobes.

Through observation, Su Xiao discovered that the Taba did not wear their robes randomly. The Taba carrying longbows all wore dark green robes, while those with long knives hanging at their waists or carrying blade-spears all wore purple robes with denser patterns. This should indicate that the status of Qin (melee) and Ni (ranged) within the Taba was different.

Su Xiao slowly drew the Zhan Long Shan at his waist. Just as he was about to strike, his cuff was grabbed by a small hand; it was Liu.

Liu pointed at herself and then at those Taba, clearly meaning that she would act as bait to attract those Taba.

In the Bamboo Village, Liu had confirmed one thing: the Taba would not kill her directly, but rather wanted to capture her.

Why wouldn't the Taba kill Liu? The reason was simple: she was of the Edri royal family, and as long as she carried the Titan Ring, she could open the gate to the God Village.

And at this time, the Taba inside the God Village did not know that the gate to the God Village had already been opened. As long as they could sense that Liu was of the Edri royal family, then Liu was the best bait. She was the Taba's chance to regain their freedom, so the Taba would certainly not kill her.

"Grand, grandson?"

Liu stood on the street between the pavilions and suddenly shouted. Clearly, this was a 'taunt skill' taught by Baha. As soon as her shout fell, a drawn longbow was aimed at her.

The Taba holding the longbow was just about to release the bowstring to shoot an arrow through Liu's skull when it immediately changed its aiming direction.

Bang!

The slender arrow pierced the air, flying past Liu's skull, and a few strands of her hair were broken.

Liu slowly opened her tightly closed eyes. She knew that constantly dragging others down would lead to death sooner or later. Adventure was certainly exciting, and she liked this feeling, but it required taking risks.

All 14 Taba looked at Liu, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"Ge Da Wei (Taba language: Capture her)."

A purple-robed Taba shouted. At this moment, he had not yet discovered that a spatial fluctuation had already appeared behind him.