Chapter 2692: Ready

In a spacious room, equipment was scattered everywhere, and various array diagrams were carved into the floor. Douglas was suspended in mid-air, and in front of him, a blue-black gemstone floated.

"I've told you many times, I can help you deal with Soul."

Suspended in mid-air, his entire body bound, Douglas spoke.

"Then thank you."

Su Xiao pinched the blue-black gemstone in mid-air with two fingers. Just by touching it, he immediately received a prompt.

【Prompt: The Hunter is in contact with the power of luck of this world. Your luck attribute is temporarily reduced by 50 points! This debuff will be removed after contact is broken.】

Su Xiao released his fingers, and the blue-black gemstone returned to a floating state. The luck attribute reduction effect was removed. In that instant, he felt an endless sense of crisis surrounding him.

"It was correct for me not to be a hunter. You hunters are all mentally abnormal. Who exactly is the villain? And I think I understand why my parents were executed."

Douglas's tone was relaxed. With his intelligence, he naturally judged that Su Xiao was preparing to deal with the Ancient God and Soul. As long as those two died, Douglas didn't care whether he lived or died; he was now waiting for the result.

Su Xiao wouldn't believe every word Douglas said. The blue-black gemstone floating in front of him contained a ghost. Now, he just needed to find a hunter and transplant this blue-black gemstone onto them, and it would basically work—at least in principle.

After Su Xiao, Ge, Viper, Commons, and Madam Xiang discussed it, they decided to choose a newly promoted hunter for the transplant. The weaker the strength, the lower the possibility of conflict with the power of luck. A newly promoted hunter could at least protect themselves; if that didn't work, they would have to retreat to the level of an ordinary person.

In the room, a one-eyed man was sitting in front of a surgical table. His right hand was placed flat on the table, the back of his hand already cut open. No blood flowed from the wound; instead, many transparent threads appeared.

The transplant began. The old scholar in charge of this wore a monocle. He first soaked the blue-black gemstone in a solution. After taking it out, many transparent tentacles appeared on the gemstone.

Planting the blue-black gemstone into the wound on the one-eyed man's hand, the transparent threads in the wound linked with the threads spreading from the gemstone, after which the wound was sutured.

"Can you feel his aura? In your hunters' terms, don't release your perception, just sense his aura."

The old scholar looked at the one-eyed man and pointed to Douglas in mid-air. The one-eyed man shook his head.

Bang!

Blood mist splattered everywhere, and the one-eyed man exploded into a large cloud of blood mist. He couldn't withstand the power of luck.

Click, click, click~

Ta Balde's fist clenched, his pumpkin helmet drooping.

"Next."

The old scholar's hands were trembling; his acceptance ability was far inferior to the hunters present.

A strong figure sat in front of the surgical table. He had a full beard, a cigar in his mouth, and placed his thick-haired right hand on the surgical table.

"Ge, what are you doing?"

The old scholar looked at Ge in surprise. The other party was a high-level member of the Watcher Guild; he didn't dare to implant the Stone of Luck into him.

"Less nonsense. Don't look at me as being so strong; that one-eyed guy just now could have crushed my head with one slap. Crushed."

"This..."

"Move faster, there are two more waiting in line behind. Except for that senile old man, the three of us are replaceable. Judging by the current situation, the three of us are temporarily useless."

Hearing Ge say this, the old scholar could only proceed with the implantation, but his hands couldn't stop trembling.

Five minutes later, Madam Xiang sat in front of the surgical table. The blood mist from Ge's explosion hadn't dissipated yet.

"I only have one request: can your hands stop shaking? I'm actually very scared inside."

Madam Xiang's expression was calm, but as soon as the skin on the back of her hand was cut, she started crying out in pain. When the implantation ended, she sat in front of the surgical table for a long time without moving.

Viper, who was waiting in line behind, covered his mouth with a handkerchief. He hated the smell of blood. To avoid Madam Xiang exploding on the spot, he even took a few steps back to prevent the blood mist from getting on him.

"I think I can feel it."

Madam Xiang looked at Douglas. In the dark, she felt Douglas's aura, but that was all. The other party was like a golden mist.

"Congratulations, you succeeded."

The old scholar leaned back on his chair, exhausted. He would never forget what happened here today.

"It's quite simple, am I a Son of the World now?"

Madam Xiang's mouth curled up. When she saw Viper, who had retreated to avoid being splattered with blood, she extended her slender and long middle finger. Clearly, this was learned from seeing Baja mocking Douglas just now.

Everything was ready, just waiting for the energy vortex at the Dark Prison Gate to disappear. Judging from the news sent by the hunters there, the energy vortex would disappear in at most 8 hours.

Su Xiao glanced at Douglas. This was the opportunity to complete the Plundering Heaven and Startling Waves mission. It wasn't time yet, at least not until after the decisive battle with the Ancient God.

Returning to the bedroom on the sixth floor, Su Xiao sat cross-legged and meditated, starting to adjust his state. He had to fight that Ancient God in his best condition. He had already sensed that the Ancient God was very strong; he had at most a 40% chance of winning.

The chance of winning wasn't high, but the 【Awakening Stone】 rewarded by the main quest was something he really wanted to obtain. He had two mastered Law-Extinguishing Shadow abilities that could be awakened using this item. As for which two, it wasn't clear yet.

The next morning, Su Xiao's state had reached its peak, and there was less than half an hour left until the energy vortex disappeared.

In front of the broken Dark Prison Gate, the passage was filled with old hunters, totaling 160. These old hunters wore uniform black trench coats. Some had half-white hair, others were completely white—this was the paleness caused by aging, the most obvious manifestation of drinking the 【Dark Rose】 potion.

The 160 old hunters were divided into two teams. Su Xiao led one team. In addition to the 80 old hunters, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja were also in his team. His team was the God-Slaying Team.

The other team was led by Ta Balde. This team was the Array-Breaking Team. Ta Balde and 80 old hunters would escort Madam Xiang to the sub-structure of the "Array Realm."

"Use this weapon to destroy the sub-structure of the Array Realm."

Su Xiao threw a wooden-handled saw-blade scimitar to Madam Xiang. The saw-blade scimitar hadn't popped open yet, looking like a slightly curved wooden stick.

This saw-blade scimitar was named 【Dark Execution】. The naming of 【Dark Rose】 came from this saw-blade scimitar.

"This is... Adam's weapon?"

Madam Xiang recognized the origin of 【Dark Execution】. Come to think of it, Old Hunter Adam was the master of the previous Son of the World, Alexia. Adam had originally wanted to pass this 【Dark Execution】 to Alexia, but alas, Alexia died because of it, dying at the hands of Old Hunter Adam.

And now, the artificial Son of the World, Madam Xiang, took this weapon, preparing to use it to destroy the sub-structure of the "Array Realm." The heavy weapon she originally couldn't lift was now light as a feather in her hands. It seemed as if two consciousnesses were lifting this weapon, allowing Madam Xiang to use this weapon that had slaughtered many dark demons.

With a boom, a loud noise came from within the energy vortex. The energy vortex dissipated, and a pitch-black passage appeared.

"The heart fire is not extinguished."

Ta Balde raised the spiral sword in his hand. At this moment, no one felt his bloated full-body armor and pumpkin helmet were ridiculous anymore.

"The heart fire is not extinguished!"

The hunters spoke in unison. Each person's voice wasn't loud, but when combined, it was soul-stirring.

Su Xiao stepped into the pitch-black passage ahead. He felt as if he were passing through a layer of water curtain, and chaotic spatial fluctuations surged toward him.

【Prompt: You are about to enter the deepest part of the Dark Prison. This is the most dangerous area in this world.】 ===== CHAPTER 2693 =====