Chapter 2756: Difficult to Choose

Among the two pieces of Holy Spirit-grade equipment, 【Watcher's Scabbard】 was not suitable for Su Xiao. This thing was equipment for the tank class and required corresponding defense mastery to use.

As for 【Withered Doom】, this equipment was very extreme.

【Withered Doom】

Origin: Canglong Continent · Burning Fire Purgatory

Quality: Holy Spirit-grade

Category: Special Accessory

Durability: 20/20

Equipment Effect 1: Wither (Active). Can apply a Wither effect to one's own limbs. When attacking a target, the enemy will bear the Wither effect. When the enemy's body withers by more than 30%, the enemy will burn, bearing 1% of the maximum HP as real burning damage per second.

Prompt: The burning effect after withering will continue until the enemy dies or is dispelled, during which they cannot bear any healing effect.

Prompt: Both Wither and Burning effects have priority.

Prompt: When applying the Wither effect to one's own limbs, the limbs will also gradually wither.

Equipment Effect 2: Doom (Passive). After equipping, one's own Luck attribute is temporarily reduced by 35 points.

Prompt: If one's own Luck attribute is lower than 0 points, the Wither effect carried during attacks will be enhanced, causing the enemy's body to wither at a faster speed, and reducing the withering speed of one's own limbs.

Prompt: If one's own Luck attribute reaches -15 points or lower, the user will not be affected by the Wither effect.

Score: 1000+ (Holy Spirit-grade equipment score is 700~1000 points).

Introduction: Look, that withered person is here again. It's best to stay away from him.

Price: Cannot be sold after wearing.

Withered Doom was very strong. After activating its equipment effect 1, every time one used limbs to attack, the enemy's body would wither. Once the body withered by more than 30%, the enemy would immediately burn.

This burning was very difficult to dispel. Without a trump card, HP would slide like flowing water, eventually leading to death.

Compared to the powerful effect of this equipment, its side effects were also astonishing. But if Luck reached -15 points, one could ignore the Wither effect.

In other paradises, 【Withered Doom】 was very difficult to sell, but within the Reincarnation Paradise, there were many kinds of monsters and ghosts, so this thing could be sold for a high price—2,000 Soul Coins as a base. If one encountered someone like Black Demon Little Fatty, one could perhaps sell it for 3,500 Soul Coins or more.

The harvest was quite good. After Su Xiao collected all the equipment, his gaze turned to the Elf Queen.

"Sign it."

Su Xiao took out a feather pen, together with a piece of parchment, and threw them onto the table in front of the Elf Queen. He wanted to try whether he could sign a Reincarnation Paradise contract with the natives in the mission world.

"This is..."

The Elf Queen picked up the feather pen. She vaguely felt the difference in this piece of parchment, but she had no choice. Not to mention signing her name on it, even if she were asked to warm the bed tonight, she couldn't refuse. After being defeated and not losing the Aier Great Forest, it was already very good.

The Elf Queen picked up the pen and signed "??????" on the parchment. Just as she signed her name, large patterns emerged on the parchment.

Su Xiao picked up the parchment, glanced at it, and then put it away. The contract failed. Facts proved that it was impossible to sign a contract with the natives of the mission world.

The reason was that the contract was effective between "brand" and "brand." Wanting to cross this medium, it should require other types of contracts. Without thinking, one knew that this type of contract was very precious.

Su Xiao was just experimenting; not succeeding didn't matter. He was proficient in Alchemy and had many means to make the Elf Queen submit.

"Duoyin and the Northern Territory are wooing me at the same time. You say, which side should I temporarily cooperate with?"

Su Xiao asked as if he didn't care, but as long as the Elf Queen's answer was wrong, she would immediately die here. The reason was that her answer concerned whether the intelligence on the Void Tree fruit she provided was true or false.

"Suggesting you defect to the Northern Territory, I will die now. Suggesting you defect to Duoyin, I will probably die tomorrow morning."

"Of course not, just a two-choice answer."

Hearing this, the Elf Queen pondered for a moment before speaking:

"Defecting to either side is unwise. But if it is in the form of hiring, what if you assist Duoyin? When capturing a fortress, ask Duoyin to take out a deposit before the war, and after capturing the fortress, ask Duoyin to pay the full reward. Not only capturing the fortress, but all battles that form a scale can use this form."

Speaking of this, the Elf Queen paused for a moment, seemingly judging the change by sensing Su Xiao's aura. Unfortunately, she sensed nothing.

"Duoyin and the Chaos Legion have been at war for many years. If you really cooperate with Duoyin, your Wolf Cavalry will harbor resentment. Even if they don't say it, they will question your authority in their hearts. But in the form of hiring, the Wolf Cavalry will have a different combat attitude."

"If you are generous enough, you can even reward the Wolf Cavalry with part of the proceeds, letting them know that if Duoyin doesn't cut meat, they simply can't hire them. They are not Duoyin's partners or subordinates. Even if they are just marching, Duoyin must pay a large amount of money and resources for it."

Speaking of this, the Elf Queen placed three gems on the table.

"You cannot watch from the sidelines. Duoyin and the Northern Territory have indeed torn their faces, but if you watch from the sidelines, they will likely unite to deal with you first. Two people dueling will not allow a third person holding a knife to watch from the sidelines. Therefore, you can only help one of them, first beat down the other, and then stab from behind..."

The Elf Queen's words reached this point and she couldn't continue, because she discovered that Su Xiao was looking at her with a smile on his face.

"A good suggestion. Then I won't kill you."

"I knew it."

The Elf Queen sighed low. For some reason, she was even a bit accustomed to it.

Su Xiao certainly wouldn't watch the war between Duoyin and the Northern Territory from the sidelines. The Elf Queen's suggestion seemed very good, but she forgot a key point.

The Elf Queen's thinking was still stuck on the Elf race's side. If it were the Elf race being wooed, this form of cooperation would be no problem, but the Chaos Legion couldn't.

Regardless of which side he cooperated with, Su Xiao must first thoroughly offend the other side, and offend them to death. Only in this way would a common enemy appear. Duoyin wasn't stupid and wouldn't allow the Wolf Cavalry Legion to play both sides.

Moreover, one point the Elf Queen could never consider was that Su Xiao entered this world, and his most core purpose was to acquire resources and improve his own strength.

And the Wolf Cavalry Legion, once they left this world, no matter how strong the Wolf Cavalry Legion was, it would be of no help to Su Xiao.

In native worlds, derived worlds, transcendent native worlds, and the Void, one's own strength was the most reliable.

Su Xiao walked along the stairs on the side of the palace to the upper level. Here, all kinds of flowers and plants were spread. He sat cross-legged on a circular stone platform, meditating here, and the meditation efficiency was increased by at least 20%.

The full-body equipment for 600,000 Wolf Cavalry was being forged. Not only that, from this afternoon, the Chimney Mountain side had to prepare for a large-scale migration.

That broken place full of volcanic ash simply wasn't suitable for living all year round. The Southern Territory or the area in the middle of the Western Territory was a good place, with distinct seasons and fertile land.

He didn't know how long he meditated. Outside the Elf Palace window, the silver moon was already hanging high. The fresh breeze blew from outside the window, Su Xiao took a deep breath, and the whole person felt refreshed.

The light particles emitted by the plants floated up in every part of Ailanyier City, like the light of fireflies. The Wolf Cavalry stationed on the city walls were all attracted by this beautiful scenery. In Chimney Mountain, they could only see the sky full of volcanic ash.

When the morning sun climbed to the edge of the sky again, two guests arrived at Ailanyier City. At this time, these two people seemed to be doubting life. Things were completely different from what they had expected. It was only one day, and the Elf race was completely beaten down.

These two envoys were Diplomat Difuton and Ice-Born Simon. They came as promised.

The two looked at each other with gazes that no longer had the hostility of yesterday, but rather mutual appreciation. They both respected the responsibility the other party bore, as well as the courage to dare to come here.

"Simon, you first."

Diplomat Difuton showed a gentlemanly demeanor. Seeing this, Simon strode into the city gate.

The two hurried along and soon arrived inside the Elf Palace. Both sides of the great hall were full of Wolf Cavalry. On the throne at the very back, Su Xiao, wearing a black feather cloak, was sitting on it. His left hand, wrapped in the Black King's Armguard, was placed on the armrest.

"Respected Great Overlord."

"Simon, representing the Northern Territory."

"Difuton, representing the Duoyin Empire."

"Coming here to fulfill yesterday's promise."

Difuton and Simon were both holding a long wooden box, and a pitch-black crown with flame patterns flowing on it—it was the crown of the Dark Monarch Agamemnon.

Simon opened the wooden box in his hand. Cold air drifted out. A long sword with a metal structure for the hilt and guard, and the blade made of cold ice, was lying inside the long wooden box.

This was the sincerity brought out by Duoyin and the Northern Territory. Agamemnon's crown and a long sword of unknown origin.

Difuton and Simon both knew one thing: among them, one would die here. This was an inevitable result. They wanted to unite with the Chaos Legion.

"Worpol, execute the envoy of the Northern Territory."

Su Xiao spoke. Under the current situation, this was the best choice. He prepared to unite with Duoyin. Under this premise, he had to thoroughly offend the Northern Territory first. A common enemy was the foundation of unity. Duoyin wasn't stupid and wouldn't allow the Wolf Cavalry Legion to play both sides.

The Elf Queen's suggestion was worth learning from. Every battle fought could extract benefits, Soul Crystals, all kinds of rare items, grain, Duoyin's gold coins, etc., from Duoyin. These were all possible.

Hearing Su Xiao's order, Worpol strode to Simon's side and very rarely made a gesture of invitation.

"Chose Duoyin, huh? You don't know what you are about to face. Freezing is the destination of the Canglong Continent. The fate of burning fire can only be sealed by our Northern Territory. If we are defeated, the whole sky will burn! Everything will wither, everything will burn, until it turns into ashes! This continent can only belong to our Northern Territory!"

Outside the hall, Ice-Born Simon fell to the ground with a thud, dying of arrow honey poison. Daring to come here to die, he should be given a decent way to die.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao received a large number of prompts.

【Prompt: Your Northern Territory reputation has decreased by 237,000 points.】

【Current Northern Territory reputation: -300,000 points (Permanent Blood Feud, this reputation has reached the minimum).】

【Prompt: Detected that the contractor has reached a permanent blood feud with two major forces in this world (Elf race, Northern Territory).】

【You have triggered the achievement quest: Strongest Enemy. Yes/No to accept this quest.】

【Achievement Quest: Strongest Enemy.】

Difficulty Level: lv. 70

Quest Information: Reach a permanent blood feud with three large or medium-sized factions.

Currently completed: 2/3.

Quest Deadline: Before leaving this world.

Quest Reward: Quenching Scroll (Can upgrade Holy Spirit-grade or below equipment to +14 reinforcement.)

Quest Penalty: Luck attribute -3 points, Charisma attribute -5 points.

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