Chapter 2870

In the painful prison, Su Xiao stood before thick iron pillars as thick as thighs, and in the spacious cell ahead, most of the area was shrouded in darkness.

The Sun Warrior was in this cell, eyes closed, silent in the darkness for a moment.

"Outsider, leave, return to the barren village, keep walking in that direction, the Sun Gate is that way."

The Sun Warrior spoke, his voice deep and resonant, giving the impression of an absolutely burly warrior.

"I am not ready to leave yet."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette and threw an apple into the cell.

"So you understand our language, truly strange foreigner, why did you come to Chilialed? For immortality? The dark mask? Or the sage's tablet? By the way, you outsiders call it the Ouroboros Tablet."

The Sun Warrior in the cell did not resist negotiation, after all, being alone here was truly boring.

"Sage's tablet?"

Su Xiao produced the Ouroboros Tablet.

"You have already obtained the sage's tablet? Then you seek immortality, or the dark mask? Or perhaps both?"

"Immortality..."

Su Xiao exhaled green smoke from his mouth; he had little interest in immortality, because once one pursues that thing, his swordsmanship would struggle to advance further—one thought can reach the divine, and swordsmanship is thus; not to mention immortality itself is rather a trap, cultivating swordsmanship means seeking the infinite extreme within a limited life.

"You have no interest in leaving?"

"I am interested, I very much want to leave, but... I promised Xi Wu I would not leave this place."

"Xi Wu?"

"Yes, Xi Wu, the strongest of Chilialed, he is an immortal, the only one ever qualified to challenge him was Rogesh, who ultimately fell to him, alas, in the end Xi Wu still donned the mask, he missed his offspring too much, Rogesh took them away, my brother Xi Wu, over these many years, how much pain has he endured, pain to the point of not wanting to move, not wanting to speak, not wanting to see anyone."

The Sun Warrior in the cell felt some emotion, still chewing the apple Su Xiao had thrown in.

"You said, Rogesh?"

Su Xiao smiled and spoke, having gained much information, and he already had a way to let this Sun Warrior walk out of the cell.

"Have you heard of him? Rogesh, this person, uh~, how should I describe him, when he was not yet strong, I had an innate fear of him, that guy's eyes... too hard to describe, if you encounter him in the outside world, best to stay away."

"What if you encounter him in the Holy Land?"

Bahu spoke, its charm attribute slightly higher than Su Xiao's, perhaps able to achieve better negotiation effect.

"Impossible, Rogesh can never set foot in Chilialed..."

"He has already come, frankly speaking to you, we entered the Sun Gate together with Rogesh."

Hearing Bahu's words, the Sun Warrior in the cell smiled and did not believe.

"Look at this."

Bahu threw a photo into the cell, a group photo of Su Xiao, Rogesh, the president, and others.

"This is outside-world technology, you can call it a photo, which freezes an image into a picture."

"..."

No sound emerged from the cell, but Su Xiao could feel that the Sun Warrior inside had strong breath fluctuations.

"He cannot possibly return to the Holy Land, Xi Wu has already stripped him of his solar power, even with the Healing Sect's secret medicine it would not work, unless he..."

The Sun Warrior in the cell seemed to have thought of something.

"This bastard, did he 'eat' Xi Wu's child? Only this possibility exists, Xi Wu is... he spared his life!"

Dong!

Golden blazing flames surged wildly from within the cell, as if a flame beast were gathering inside.

Crack, crack...

The ground split open, darkness dispersed by flames, the Sun Warrior fully inlaid with armor plates stepped forward pace by pace, aura extremely strong.

Only see this Sun Warrior draw the great sword nearly 1.2 meters long from the ground, one slash over, the thigh-thick iron pillars ahead melted into molten iron.

Su Xiao looked toward the Sun Warrior walking straight toward him, he slightly lowered his head, not because he was overwhelmed by aura, but because he wanted to meet the other's gaze, needing to lower his head slightly, as raising his line of sight would find no one.

This Sun Warrior whose aura was explosive to the point of bursting, height 'reaching' 1.3 meters, shoulder bearing the great sword, chin with black beard, eyes dark gold, head with a metal horn.

This Sun Warrior was not a dwarf, his proportions were very balanced, seemingly a certain race from within the Holy Land.

"Eh~"

Bahu was somewhat unable to recover, in its expectation the opponent should be Am's height, but the fact is, reversing Am's height gives exactly this one's height.

"May I ask your esteemed surname."

Bahu's expression returned to normal.

"What?"

"Just how to address you."

"I am Wuqi, where is Rogesh!"

Wuqi is a hot-tempered person, looking ready to go find Rogesh to fight to the death.

"He is in that direction."

Su Xiao pointed toward the direction previously locked by Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Wuqi pondered for a moment, then said: "In the royal city? This is a bit troublesome, how do you plan to enter the royal city?"

"By passing over the city wall."

"You're crazy?"

Wuqi was somewhat shocked, he seemed to want to say something but held it back, actually he could pass through the city gate, there are many Sun Warriors, all taught by him.

"No need for such trouble, wait a moment, I will go gather people, this is Chilialed, it's not up to Rogesh to decide."

Wuqi strode far away, looking like he would first reach the barren village, then detour along the city wall base to the city gate, to go where to muster the Sun Warriors.

After Wuqi left, Su Xiao began to ponder the current situation, if he could truly pass through this Sun Warrior Wuqi and reach the central area of the Holy Land Chilialed, it would also be a good thing.

Roughly ten minutes later, Su Xiao heard urgent footsteps from the opposite side.

"Run fast."

The sword-carrying Wu Qi ran swiftly; though his legs were short, he ran extremely fast.

"Damn it!"

Bahar's soul nearly jumped out of his body, and Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang also turned and fled; behind Wu Qi, the Sun Warriors pursued in dense numbers, conservatively estimated at nearly a hundred.

When the pursuit subsided, Su Xiao was already atop the city wall; he looked down at the climbing shaft—this was an excellent combat position, and if any Sun Warrior came up here, they'd be walking straight into their deaths.

"These traitors—have I, Wu Qi, forgotten their kindness? To actually defect to Rogesh—shameless!"

Wu Qi trembled with rage, perhaps because he had been imprisoned too long, and his former subordinates had all defected.

"Don't just rage uselessly— as a Sun Warrior, can you get us through here?"

Bahar pointed his wing toward the stairs ahead; past these few steps lay the top of the city wall, where just moments ago that priest had been killed in this pit.

"If we don't shut down the opposing mechanism, Yan Ling's attacks cannot be blocked— not even by Qixu could he break through."

Wu Qi spoke truthfully— these Yan Ling attacks were nearly unstoppable; Bahar had tried entering another dimension to bypass the wall, but the moment he entered, the Yan Ling shifted from pale red to transparent, nearly shooting him dead inside the void.

"Mechanism?"

"Yes, mechanism— keep walking forward, and you'll see..."

"Woof!"

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang barked, meaning: everyone move aside, it's coming through.

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang vanished, then took a few experimental steps forward, reached the top of the stairs, and waited for the Yan Ling's attack.

It was utterly silent— nothing appeared; seeing this, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang raised its head, puffed out its chest, and trotted cheerfully toward the city wall.

After advancing roughly a few hundred meters, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang pulled out a candy stick, planted it upright on the ground, and, following Wu Qi's method, searched by shadow direction; soon it found three metal rods— without Wu Qi's method, these three rods, embedded in the inner wall of the city wall as mechanisms, would be hard to locate; Bubu tried moving one of them.

Boom—

The city wall trembled; the section where Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang stood began to lower; seeing this, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang immediately pushed the metal rod back and tried moving another.

Click—

It was as if gears had jammed— each crystal on the outer wall, the size of a washbasin, flipped over, no longer absorbing sunlight but instead hiding within the city wall.

Receiving Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's signal, Su Xiao stepped onto the city wall; indeed, no mechanism triggered, he advanced several dozen meters, then began observing the "Soul Skeletons" here.

"What are you looking at? Come on— we need to find Rogesh quickly."

Wu Qi walked past Su Xiao from the front, stepped on the leg bone of a "Soul Skeleton," and the leg bone's illusion faded.

This made Su Xiao realize: without the Paradise mark, one cannot see the "Soul Skeletons," so there's no need to worry about the native inhabitants of this world discovering them and causing disruption.

Su Xiao's hand touched the metal cup held aloft by the raised "Soul Skeleton"; just as before, the bones on the ground shifted to a kneeling posture, and backflowing incense poured out from within the metal cup.

【You have activated the "Soul Skeleton".】

【Location: atop the city wall.】

【Total activated "Soul Skeletons": 2.】

【Tip: If the third "Soul Skeleton" is activated, the value of items exchangeable in the Soul Shop will increase significantly.】