Chapter 2851

The Moon Apostle and Morei stood 100 meters away like sculptures, motionless.

Space fluctuations appeared. While the Moon Apostle crushed a scroll, she grabbed Morei with one hand. She couldn't do something like abandoning a teammate.

Zheng!

A slash light slashed diagonally. A large expanse of broken walls and ruins was slashed off. Without the energy bestowed by the Void Tree, the buildings in the ancient capital were not sturdy; instead, they became very brittle due to time erosion.

Baha flew into the high sky, patrolled for a circle, and returned without finding any trace of the two enemies.

Su Xiao didn't care much about whether Morei escaped. He had no personal grudge against the other party. Several fights were because their positions were hostile. But if he could slaughter the Moon Apostle, he would absolutely not hesitate. This kind of enemy who was a legion in one person could not be left if they could be eliminated.

"They slipped away. Damn, if it weren't for sealing space once when dealing with Spider Woman Eunice a few days ago, the Moon Apostle would absolutely not have been able to escape."

Baha's Demon Eagle Domain was still in the cooldown stage. After multiple potential activations, the strength of this ability had been significantly improved, but the cooldown time was also getting longer and longer. This was one of the characteristics of sealing-type abilities.

Su Xiao took Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha and walked outside the ancient capital. He looked at the Sun Ladder deep in the ancient capital. This cylindrical building seemed to lead straight to the sky.

The Priest picked up a branch, wrote and drew on the ground, and then walked outside the ancient capital with Su Xiao.

Su Xiao first arrived at the nearby 'Birch City' and boarded a train returning to 'Baida City'. The headquarters of the Magic Association was located in 'Baida City'. Returning there was to see President Rogash.

An hour later, Su Xiao looked at the scenery flying past outside the train window. The Priest was sitting opposite him, and beside him was Amu.

Looking at Amu's appearance, as long as the Priest did any suspicious behavior, it would immediately take out the Dragon Heart Axe and give the Priest an axe on the top of his head.

"Priest, no need to hide it. We've slaughtered quite a few ancient gods. In most cases, believing in ancient gods doesn't end well."

Baha's gaze was unkind. Hearing its words, the Priest nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, ancient gods will suck the world. I'm not stupid enough to believe in them, but... power has no distinction between good and evil."

The Priest didn't directly answer his relationship with the ancient gods, but it could be certain that he wasn't believing in ancient gods. Simply believing in ancient gods wouldn't get too much ancient god power.

"The power of gods makes people crave it. What I'm doing is just controlling this power. The fall of every ancient god has a new ancient god born. Taking their power when they fall might be feasible."

"Coincidentally, I've met an archbishop whose idea is close to yours."

Baha tried to perceive the Priest's aura. The Priest's aura was very strange, slightly having the aura of an ancient god, but without the weirdness of an ancient god.

"Archbishop Yobeya Sakyuka of Doom Town? I've met him. His method is wrong. The ancient god power he wants to snatch far exceeds his imagination. That is an... ancient god that almost never falls."

The Priest was a bit emotional. Looking at the appearance, he and the archbishop didn't just meet, but seemed to have some friendship.

"You old guy..."

Baha stopped talking. It perceived that the Priest was different from those believers who blindly pursued ancient god power. The Priest had investigated this aspect for a long time and might have even contacted high-ranking ancient gods.

"White Night, if you kill Archbishop Yobeya, that ancient god that almost never falls will be in a hostile relationship with you. Archbishop Yobeya is actually lost long ago; he's just a pitiful seed."

"..."

Su Xiao was hostile to many ancient gods. Unknown ancient gods and Pluto gods all had some hostile relationships.

The Priest had a 'key'. If he took action now, the possibility of snatching it was very low. This wasn't a question of whether he could kill the Priest, but snatching an item was several times harder than killing an enemy.

People like the Priest, even if they were defeated and put on the 【Endless Darkness】 collar, could withstand it without changing their faces.

What's more, snatching the 'key' now was the most unwise approach. Not only that, the Priest wouldn't think about snatching the key from him either. This was information he learned through the promotion assessment quest.

【Promotion Quest: Sun Gate (First Ring).】

Difficulty Level: lv. 71

Quest Introduction: Successfully open the 'Sun Gate'.

Quest Information: To open the Sun Gate, you need to obtain the Sun Disk, Judgment Scepter, Penance Thorn Whip, Ouroboros Slate, and Heart Flame, a total of five 'keys'.

Tip: The hunter should not try to hold more than 1 'key' alone. In the process of opening the Sun Gate, the 'key' holder will bear a huge burden, and each 'key' has different characteristics.

Ouroboros Slate characteristics: Darkness, Infinity.

Hunter and Ouroboros Slate compatibility: 12% (extremely low), usage risk is extremely high. Because the hunter possesses high-tier body energy, he can forcibly use this key.

Warning: If the hunter uses two 'keys' at the same time, there is an extremely high probability of death.

Tip: Each key has extremely high requirements for the user's comprehensive strength, and requires similar characteristics.

Quest Deadline: 7 natural days.

Quest Reward: Sun Potion x3.

Quest Punishment: All attributes -10%, immediate forced return.

Promotion quests were different from main quests and wouldn't have the punishment of forced execution. But if the promotion quest failed, Su Xiao's strength would slide by a large margin, and the difficulty of executing the next promotion quest would increase.

A total of five keys. These keys weren't something anyone could hold. When opening the Sun Gate, among the five key holders, once someone's strength wasn't strong enough and couldn't withstand it, not only would they be unable to open the door, but the person who couldn't withstand it would die tragically, and the other four would also suffer permanent damage.

Su Xiao had Qinggang Shadow energy in his body. Although his compatibility with the Snake Slate was very low, he could withstand it forcibly.

The Priest was also one of the 'key' holders. This guy should have no problem. President Rogash also had a 'key'. Although he hadn't met him, Su Xiao felt that as the president of the Magic Association, Rogash should have no problem withstanding the process of opening the door.

The last two keys, and the candidates to hold the keys, had not yet been settled.

"Priest, lend me your key."

"..."

The Priest smiled. A moment later, he took out the 'Penance Thorn Whip' and placed it on the small table.

Su Xiao picked up the 'Penance Thorn Whip'. His compatibility with this key was very low. No, it should be that he couldn't use this key at all. His compatibility with the 'Penance Thorn Whip' was -15%.

"Compatibility 50%."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Priest kept smiling and tried to look as polite as possible. He learned a piece of information: Su Xiao's charm attribute was low. The 'Penance Thorn Whip' was very special, corresponding to the charm attribute, and was slightly different from the other four keys.

The Priest couldn't probe Su Xiao's data? Indeed, he couldn't. Not only couldn't the Priest, but Su Xiao wouldn't do this either. Once they probed each other's data, they would have to fight to the death. Now it was still too early.

Su Xiao threw the 'Penance Thorn Whip' and the 'Ouroboros Slate' to Amu. He immediately received a prompt: Amu couldn't withstand the key. It wasn't because Amu's body wasn't strong enough, but because of its status as a follower.

Returning the 'Penance Thorn Whip' to the Priest, Su Xiao thought of someone who could withstand the key. The problem was that that person would most likely not join the Sun Gate team.

"Priest, what is your final goal?"

Su Xiao looked at the scenery outside the window. A large expanse of emerald green wheat fields came into view. He was just probing casually and never thought the Priest would answer.

The Priest took out an ancient book with a metal cover from his arms, opened it, pointed his finger at an illustration on one of the pages, and said:

"I want to obtain... the Dark Mask."

PS: (Still four updates today. The next two chapters will come soon.)