Chapter 2866

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang returned, and since it was in the process of blending into the environment, only Su Xiao, who had just touched it, could see Bubu.

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang brought back a key piece of information: they could no longer cooperate with the priest, because the current situation was that the priest and Chairman Rogesh had planned this long ago.

A few hours earlier, when the priest went to the Warm Forest to gather materials for the Sun Potion, he communicated with Chairman Rogesh.

At that time, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang was near Rogesh and overheard the entire conversation.

The matter was that, before entering the Sun Gate, the priest and Chairman Rogesh had already formed an alliance and had been searching everywhere for someone who might possess the key.

Although the five keys have different properties, when two key holders come within a certain distance of each other, they sense each other.

The priest originally did not know that Su Xiao had a key; during the World Contention, upon reaching the sixth layer of the Sun Sanctum, through the 'Repentant Thorn Whip,' he vaguely sensed that another key was nearby.

The fact is, Su Xiao was originally on the seventh layer of the Sun Sanctum; although he had the 'Ouroboros Stone Tablet,' his affinity with it was too low, so he did not truly count as a key holder.

The priest's original plan was to seize the World Core in the Sun Sanctum and hand it over to the Holy Domain Paradise to alleviate his embarrassment as a newly declared violator.

The priest merely wanted to gain power to achieve something; oscillating between violator and contractor was acceptable to him.

After sensing the 'Ouroboros Stone Tablet,' the priest changed his mind, abandoned the struggle for the World Core, and decided to cooperate with Su Xiao.

Afterwards, the Sun Gate team gathered five people, opened the Sun Gate, and had not advanced far when they were ambushed by the Wang Zu maidservants; Xixiluo was snatched away by the Grieving Wail.

This was an accident, not part of Chairman Rogesh's plan; on the contrary, it disrupted Rogesh's plan, and Xixiluo was a crucial part of his scheme.

Therefore, Chairman Rogesh immediately tore off his mask, summoned the Sun Warriors, knowing what the Grieving Wail was; if Xixiluo were truly drained by that monster, his plan would fail.

Up to this point, the cooperation between Chairman Rogesh and the priest had continued, but the Sun Warriors did not know this plan; aside from Chairman Rogesh, everyone else was an enemy, so they accidentally wounded the priest.

The priest was wounded, but he did not care much, because before coming to the Holy Land, Chairman Rogesh had given him an object as a token of cooperation.

Chairman Rogesh and the priest split up; the priest was responsible for killing the Death Shade Ovya and seizing the Blazing Sun Disk.

Among the five keys, the Blazing Sun Disk is the most important; of course, the other four also have different properties. Aside from the Blazing Sun Disk, the Ouroboros Stone Tablet is also special, with the most diverse functions.

The priest failed to kill the Death Shade Ovya because Su Xiao had been following him during his retreat; as long as the priest was not out of his mind, he would not think of killing Ovya—it was simply impossible.

Thus, the priest could only settle for second best: prepare to seize the Ouroboros Stone Tablet first, then use it to locate the Blazing Sun Disk, which the Ouroboros Stone Tablet can do with 100% certainty.

There are two key pieces of information.

1. Chairman Rogesh had visited the Holy Land of Chilaiad many years ago and attained a high status there, but for some unknown reason, he could no longer remain in the Holy Land and had to return to the Eastern Continent; he has always been trying to find a way back to the Holy Land.

2. The priest is waiting for an opportunity; once Su Xiao is wounded by a strong enemy, this guy will immediately stab him in the back.

Undoubtedly, Bubu has made a great contribution this time; of course, this is also related to previous caution, as Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang had not revealed its environment-blending ability in front of Chairman Rogesh, the priest, Death Shade Ovya, etc.

In the priest's understanding, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang is merely a summoned entity that provides a halo, with weak survivability.

"Bai Ye, what are you thinking? Keep moving forward."

The priest drank a bottle of recovery potion, and the wound on his shoulder gradually healed.

"I'm thinking, when are you going to kill me?"

"You're also thinking that, aren't you? Now is not the time to strike."

The priest did not beat around the bush; some things, once spoken, actually make people feel more at ease.

"Hmm, indeed."

"Let's go; it's not yet time for us to turn against each other. These jailers are simply too strong."

The priest made a gesture of invitation; seeing this, Su Xiao continued forward—one step, two steps, three steps—then Su Xiao stopped.

Knowing the priest's purpose, he naturally would not turn his back on the priest, so that's why he said that just now.

Seeing Su Xiao stop, the priest also understood the meaning and began walking side by side with Su Xiao.

The bitter prison is not large; in the latter section, dozens of passages intersect, making it like a maze, fortunately without encountering any jailers.

For each jailer killed, one can obtain 6–8 soul coins, but despite this generous reward, one must face great risk, as close combat with jailers is too dangerous; who knows if these monsters, whose brains have dried up like 'walnuts,' will suddenly lose control and rush forward to trigger a flame explosion.

After advancing for about half an hour, Su Xiao stopped; ahead, the inner wall had an upward stone staircase, and the distance between the walls on either side of the staircase was less than two meters wide, making it impossible to walk side by side with the priest.

"You go first."

"You go first."

"..."

"..."

Su Xiao and the priest locked eyes; the situation was somewhat awkward, for the priest was indeed too sharp—this is the downside of collaborating with Lao Yin Bi, making it hard to use the other party.

Su Xiao took out a bottle of castrated-version 【Sun Potion】; seeing this potion, the priest fell silent.

The priest greatly needs the Sun Potion, because although he is currently cooperating with Chairman Rogesh, who provided him with something to avoid being scorched by the 'Sun,' that thing is alive, has self-awareness, which means it could betray him, after all, that thing is raised by Rogesh.

The priest would not naively believe that Chairman Rogesh would cooperate with him until the end; hoarding more Sun Potions is his trump card against Rogesh.

Su Xiao's meaning was already clear: one bottle of Sun Potion, the priest goes to scout ahead.

The priest took the Sun Potion and walked up the stairs above; shortly after, his footsteps faded.

Su Xiao waited a few minutes, then heard a rumbling sound from diagonally above, along with a very harsh scraping noise.

At the same time, inside the Wang Zu palace in the Holy Land of Chilaiad.

A figure was hung upside down inside the palace, making humming sounds from his mouth.

"Xixiluo, Xixiluo~"

The deliberately lowered shout entered Xixiluo's ears; his eyes opened, and for him, who has an immortal body, being drained is not really a big deal—aside from a brief pain, the wounded area heals quickly.

Xixiluo surveyed his surroundings from his inverted gaze and saw 'Bahah' hiding behind a stone pillar.

"Bahah, hind legs, don't come within five meters of me; that monster is still nearby."

Xixiluo lowered his voice; Bahah blinked at him, flapped its wings, and flew up to land on a nearby control rod.

With a 'click,' the control rod was pressed down, the gears turned, and the place where the upside-down Xixiluo fell.

"Walk slowly over there; that monster has already been lured away."

Upon hearing this, Xixiluo rejoiced, he tiptoed toward the wall and soon hid behind the stone pillar where 'Bahah' was.

"I almost got drained; if you don't love me, just drain me to death—how's your side?"

"Still okay."

"Then that's good. Where to next?"

"Follow close."

Baham dashed forward with agile steps across the ground, Xixiluo kept up, and in no time they both entered a long corridor.

For some reason, Xixiluo stopped in his tracks, he stared at Baham's agile steps, memories surfacing.

Xixiluo recalled a scene from within the 'City of Smoke' back then, when he had seen Baham running on the ground, that gait was not only clumsy but also awkward, and because of this he had mocked Baham.

"Baham, what is that?"

Xixiluo pointed upward, Baham heard and looked up, Xixiluo suddenly lunged, he formed a blade with one hand and stabbed into Baham's back from behind.

Pfft—

White viscous fluid splattered everywhere, Xixiluo's hand had pierced Baham's spine, Baham's head turned 180° while his body remained motionless, this was not Baham but an enemy in disguise.

"You actually noticed? That lord said, you're not smart."

The unknown enemy's body dissolved, turning into a white fluid, vaguely forming a humanoid shape, this unknown creature grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth.

Xixiluo's left hand was plunged into the chest of this unknown creature, no matter how hard he exerted, his arm remained utterly still within it.

"Stop struggling, no one can escape from my body."

The white fluid on the unknown creature's body spread, wrapping toward Xixiluo.

Xixiluo felt a deadly threat, he could be certain, once dragged in, he would die for sure, with no chance of survival, this feeling was intensely strong.

Xixiluo's brain cells were nearly burning, as he was rapidly engulfed by the white fluid, he was thinking of a solution, suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

"Big sis, pull me out!!!"

Xixiluo shouted with all his might, hearing his loud cry, the unknown creature opposite him revealed a ferocious gaze, disregarding its own strain, it swallowed Xixiluo at greater speed.

Drip—

As if a water droplet sound echoed, the next moment Xixiluo felt a sharp pain in his groin, making his eyes widen, bloodshot veins bursting in the whites, still that familiar sensation, still that familiar spot.

"Ah!!"

Xixiluo let out a miserable howl, the front half of his body was pulled out with a puff from within the white fluid, then dragged backward at incredible speed.

When Xixiluo was dragged to the wall corner, due to the hand pulling him turning, his body also jerked, his head slammed with a thud into the wall corner, this made his already not-so-smart head even worse.