Chapter 2861: Chapter Fifty: Wasteland Village

The outermost region of the Blazing Sun Holy Land, Warm Forest.

The withered trees seemed about to ignite, with only a few tender leaves visible on each tree, and the trunks covered in bite marks.

The ground was knee-deep in standing water, with dead leaves, insects, and rodent carcasses floating on the surface; exposed to direct sunlight, a foul, stench-laden odor spread through the area.

There are not few living things within the Holy Land, or rather, this place has a unique ecosystem, and species unable to adapt have died out.

Those that survived, to varying degrees, have undergone some mutation; the solar power within their bodies allows them to ignore the scorching of the 'sun'.

'Warm Forest' is the outermost region of the Blazing Sun Holy Land—don't be misled by its name; this place is dangerous, but compared to other parts of the Holy Land, it can barely be considered safe.

Su Xiao waded through the knee-deep murky water, with Bahah flying a few meters above, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.

"Bai Ye, have you found their tracks?"

The priest, standing a few meters away, spoke; at this moment, the priest's face was pale—he had just been wounded by the Solar Warrior, and if it were a penetrating injury with partial organ damage, for the priest, it would not be considered serious, yet for some unknown reason, since escaping to now, his condition has been poor.

"Are you being affected by the Solar Warrior's ability?"

As Su Xiao spoke, he pulled off a nearly ten-centimeter-long, engorged leech from the back of his hand and flung it far away; this thing's body surface was covered in protrusions, looking extremely disgusting.

"I'm fine."

The priest took out a vial of potion, drank it in a few gulps, then let out a long sigh, as if his injury had basically recovered.

Su Xiao no longer paid attention to the priest; he could confirm one thing: being wounded by the Solar Warrior would be very troublesome.

Earlier, he had tried to investigate the Solar Warrior's data, but alas, due to the low detection rank of the Apostle's Eye, the detection failed.

Through Su Xiao's initial observation, he had gathered rough intelligence about the Solar Warrior.

First, the Solar Warrior's bodily defense is very strong; previously, the priest's attack, though it wounded the Solar Warrior, did not cause fatal damage.

Besides strong defense, the Solar Warrior's attack capability is moderate, but do not consider this a weakness—after enduring the Solar Warrior's attack, one suffers continuous damage effects, just like the priest now, who just said he was fine but is now leaning against a dead tree to rest.

Besides these two points, the Solar Warrior's final trait leaves them somewhat helpless: the more numerous they are, the stronger they become; once exceeding twenty, Su Xiao can only avoid their edge; once surpassing thirty and being cornered, Su Xiao has a high probability of dying.

Su Xiao no longer believes this is a Seventh Rank world; assuming the danger level of the Eastern Continent is 5, then the Holy Capital's danger level is at least 300 or more, and compared to this, the Western Continent is just a younger brother.

Su Xiao suspects that even if the Spider Woman·Yunis came here, she would have to choose to lie low and gradually explore.

Regarding the promotion mission being so difficult, Su Xiao is not surprised; the difficulty of the promotion mission is not fixed, but determined according to his strength.

Obviously, Su Xiao's strength far exceeds Seventh Rank, which is why he was transmitted to the Magic Spirit Star, first to compete on equal footing with Eighth Rank contractors, then to go to the Eastern Continent for the World Domination War, and finally to come to the Holy Land·Chiliad.

The core purpose of his coming to the Magic Spirit Star this time is fundamentally not to fight in the World Domination War, but to, before undertaking the promotion mission, incidentally fight a World Domination War.

"Bai Ye, are you undergoing the trial for promotion to Eighth Rank?"

The priest smiled and spoke; Su Xiao ignored the priest, continued wading through the water forward, and Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang on that side had already caught up with the enemy, thus providing a general direction for forward movement; the place where Elder·Rogesh went is likely the central area of the Holy Land·Chiliad.

Su Xiao currently does not intend to fight the priest; the benefits outweigh the drawbacks—first, the priest is not a violator of the Reincarnation Paradise.

Second, in this dangerous Holy Land, having one more outsider is equivalent to having one more person to help share the enemy's firepower; more importantly, he has a trump card against the priest.

Within the Warm Forest, there are not few supernatural beings, yet for some unknown reason, these supernatural beings have not approached Su Xiao's side—possibly because they dread his blood energy, or because he drank the Solar Potion.

Su Xiao currently urgently needs a sufficiently safe place to resolve the Solar Potion issue; exchanging for Solar Potion in the Spirit Shop is truly too expensive.

In a few hours, the Solar Potion consumed by Su Xiao, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Bahah, when converted into Spirit Currency, amounts to consuming 120 Spirit Currency per hour.

Such expenditure, Su Xiao does not want to bear—not because he is stingy, but because he has spent vast resources and time improving Alchemy, precisely to deal with the current situation.

With his Alchemy Potion level as high as lv. 56 and Plant Harmonization lv. 65, he actually needs to spend Spirit Currency to exchange for potions in a world where Alchemy is not flourishing? This makes no sense.

Su Xiao had previously drunk the Solar Potion diluted by Ovya; through mental power sensing its components and adjusting the method, his only feeling was crudeness—that is, mixing a few ingredients into water, stirring and stirring, and it became a potion.

As long as Su Xiao is given a sufficiently safe environment, he can at most decipher and formulate the Solar Potion within one day.

There is no need to worry about materials; Su Xiao's reason for acting together with the priest is not coincidental—previously, during his retreat, he deliberately withdrew toward the priest's direction.

After finding a safe environment and successfully deciphering the Solar Potion's formulation method, he can completely use the Solar Potion as a bargaining chip to have the priest go find the required materials.

The priest is such a strong……such a strong temporary teammate, hard to find, plus the other party is an old yinbi, and cooperating with an old yinbi is actually very easy—no need to waste words with the other party; expressing basic meaning is enough for them to understand.

"Priest, your vital signs are very bad."

Su Xiao threw a vial of 【Vital Essence】 to the priest; he still has 11 bottles of this potion, giving one to the priest will not affect subsequent actions.

"!"

After receiving the potion, the priest's heart twitched; after confirming several times, he found the potion had no issues, being certified by the Reincarnation Paradise, which made the priest feel even worse in his heart.

"Thank you."

"You're being polite with us……cough, don't be polite."

Bahah landed on a tree fork, gazing into the distance; a towering city wall appeared ahead, and beneath the wall was a cluster of low-rise buildings, probably a few hundred houses, with the fallen outpost beneath the city wall.

The murky water underfoot gradually shallowed; when Su Xiao stepped onto the pale yellow ground, the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared.

【Prompt: You have arrived at the Wasteland Village, an unexplored area; you can trigger numerous side quests, hidden quests, etc. here.】

ps: (Today continues with four more chapters, another three chapters later.)