Chapter 2876: King's Palace

Inside the Gallery, Su Xiao activated the 5th Soul Skeleton. The skeleton kneeling on both knees held a metal cup. As the Backflow Incense overflowed from the metal cup, the circle of gemstones embedded around the cup's rim turned blue, and blue pupil flames also appeared in the skeleton's eye sockets.

According to what Su Xiao knew, there were 6 Soul Skeletons in total. If all 6 were activated, all exchange permissions for items in the Soul Shop would be activated and reach the lowest exchange price.

Su Xiao currently had 7,576 Soul Coins. It is worth mentioning that the Holy Land language, which he spent 320 Soul Coins to exchange for earlier, was very worth it from the current perspective.

Not understanding the Holy Land language meant being unable to negotiate with the Nightmare Prince, and thus being unable to play Animal Chess with the other party.

Not only that, being unable to negotiate meant needing to force his way through the Gallery. Although the Nightmare Prince wasn't strong, his mother was a super big boss.

There was one point that Su Xiao couldn't figure out, which was that from beginning to end, the Nightmare Prince only used Undead Gold Coins as chips, and didn't use anything else in the Gallery.

In the end, the Nightmare Prince even bet his own soul, yet still didn't have designs on these things. Thinking about it, everything else in the Gallery no longer belonged to him.

Su Xiao stood before the Soul Skeleton. Only 1 Soul Skeleton remained to activate all 6. According to the information provided by the Prophet Slate, the last Soul Skeleton was in the King's Palace.

Su Xiao had already arrived at most areas of the Holy Land Qiliade, plus the information provided by the Sun Warrior Wuqi, which had already let him know the general terrain of the Holy Land. If he followed the normal route, it would be:

Outermost area -> Barren Village -> Painful Dungeon -> City Wall Basement -> Above City Wall -> Qiliade Royal City -> King's Palace -> Gallery -> Holy Sacrifice Hall.

Because the Soul Skeleton at the Qiliade Royal City Prayer Site had a teleportation function, it allowed Su Xiao to arrive directly at the Holy Sacrifice Hall.

Looking at it this way, after passing through the Gallery, it should be the King's Palace, and the last Soul Skeleton was there.

Su Xiao had just learned from the Nightmare Prince that Rogesh was at the Ring Water Altar, which was located on the east side of the Qiliade Royal City. He had to leave the Royal Palace before he could arrive there.

Besides this information, Su Xiao learned from the Nightmare Prince that Chairman Rogesh had already snatched Xiwu's strength and the Dark Mask. The other party was hiding at the Ring Water Altar, and in about two days, he would be able to completely master the Dark Mask's power.

This time wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. Rogesh's plan was basically completed, having arranged the entire family of the Immortal Xiwu clearly.

Su Xiao wanted to deal with Rogesh, but it was unlikely to rely on planning. The reason was that in a place like the Holy Land, moving forward was full of obstacles. As for plans targeting Rogesh, wanting to scheme against an old schemer was difficult in itself, not to mention in the Holy Land Qiliade.

Just like Rogesh didn't scheme against Su Xiao, both sides had been in a state of "well water not interfering with river water" since entering the Holy Land. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but it was very difficult to scheme against each other.

There were as many strong enemies in the Holy Land as dogs. Su Xiao's way of dealing with Rogesh was simple and crude. Since he couldn't weaken the enemy, he would improve himself. When he activated the 1st Soul Skeleton, he had decided to do this.

Su Xiao's current advantage was that he had several trump cards that Rogesh didn't know about, such as the Dragon Hunter Set, Blue Shadow King, Magic Blade, and other abilities.

As for the opponent's information, Su Xiao knew some. No matter what power Rogesh obtained after putting on the Dark Mask, that power would absolutely be of the dark attribute. This point would never change. This was the characteristic of the Dark Mask, or rather, this was the characteristic of Soul Energy.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang walked out from the exit of the Gallery. Just now, it went to scout the situation. As Sun Warrior Wuqi said, outside the Gallery was the King's Palace.

Su Xiao walked into the two giant metal doors that were open, entering a dilapidated palace. The marble paved on the ground was covered in stains, candlesticks and tables and chairs were overturned on the ground, and the chandeliers above were covered in dust, ready to fall at any moment.

The King's Palace was divided into four parts. Su Xiao was in the inner hall. Moving forward was the middle hall. On both sides of the middle hall were two side halls. Moving outward from the middle hall was the front hall.

Just entering the inner hall, Su Xiao stopped his steps. In this inner hall of over a thousand square meters, there stood more than a hundred figures, all of whom were Royal Handmaidens.

Don't think that Royal Handmaidens were ancient versions of maids. The Royal Handmaidens of the Holy Land were a type of dangerous monster. Once physical contact was made with them, the place that was touched would explode.

One by one, the Royal Handmaidens lowered their heads. They wore light white long dresses, and the giant wings behind them were folded, wrapping their upper bodies inside.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang raised its dog head, which meant that as long as one didn't make a sound and didn't touch them, one wouldn't disturb these Royal Handmaidens.

Su Xiao signaled Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja to retreat. He restrained his own aura and walked forward slowly, walking toward the space between the Royal Handmaidens.

More than a hundred Royal Handmaidens stood still with a distance of more than a meter between each other. They were all in a dormant state. Once awakened, even Su Xiao couldn't deal with so many Royal Handmaidens at the same time.

The reason was that after the Royal Handmaidens died, they would explode into dust with 'scorching characteristics'.

Although Su Xiao had drunk the Sun Potion, if he fought in this 'scorching dust' for a long time, the effect of the Sun Potion in his body would be consumed rapidly. The effect that could originally be maintained for 12 hours might be consumed in a few minutes.

Su Xiao moved forward silently. He looked toward the entrance of the inner hall. That was a short corridor without a door. Directly above that doorway, a round mirror was hanging, with the mirror surface facing downward. As long as someone walked out from the doorway of the short corridor, they would definitely be illuminated by this mirror.

Su Xiao inferred that once illuminated by that mirror, it was highly likely to instantly disturb all the Royal Handmaidens in the inner hall.

More than a hundred Royal Handmaidens swarming up, that result...

Su Xiao's advantage at this time was that he was exploring the King's Palace in reverse. This situation was somewhat similar to when he explored the Painful Dungeon before.

This was an opportunity. Although Su Xiao couldn't deal with the Royal Handmaidens who swarmed up after being disturbed, right now the Royal Handmaidens were in a dormant state, and the activity of the Sun Power in their bodies was very low, which wouldn't bring too strong physical defense.

Royal Handmaidens could teleport through steam, smoke, or shadows where dust particles were floating.

At this time, there were dust particles floating in the inner hall, and the sunlight shining through the holes above reflected large patches of shadows. In other words, the Royal Handmaidens could teleport continuously in the inner hall.

A few Royal Handmaidens doing so would be nothing, but all of them doing so meant one thing.

The inner hall was not something that a Seventh-Tier Some Qiyuezhe could explore, but rather required several Eighth-Tier Contractors to arrive at the ancient capital of the Eastern Continent through items, and then enter the Holy Land. As long as they entered the Holy Land, the Seventh-Tier world restriction borne by Eighth-Tier Contractors would disappear.

Su Xiao stopped his steps. Right now was a heaven-sent opportunity. The Royal Handmaidens hadn't been disturbed yet, plus the Sun Power in their bodies was in a dormant state. With Su Xiao's sword technique, there was a very high probability that he could kill all these hundred-plus Royal Handmaidens in an instant.

Su Xiao inhaled slowly. Since mastering the Skill Sublimation ability and upgrading it to lv. 30, the sword technique moves he developed himself had become increasingly powerful and smoother to use.

Su Xiao's hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, starting to build up power. He rarely did this.

【Blade Dao Knife · Ten · Ring Break.】

Clang! Clang! Clang...

With crisp sounds of slashing, pale blue ring-shaped blade lights spread toward the surroundings. Just as the Ring Break was slashed out, all the Royal Handmaidens around Su Xiao unfolded their wings, revealing their withered faces.

The ring-shaped blade light first slashed across the right arm of a Royal Handmaiden, then slashed into the chest cavity, and finally slashed off the other arm before continuing to spread outward.

Slashing marks appeared on the surrounding walls. These slashing marks were like someone having used a sword to insert into the wall, and then having run a circle along the wall in the great hall.

Large patches of slashed-off withered feathers flew up, mixed with residual limbs and broken arms. Su Xiao, holding the sword, half-squatted on the ground. For the 'Ten · Ring Break' just now, he used ultra-limit slashing power. At this time, all the muscles in his right arm seemed to be wailing, occasionally spasming.

【Hint: You have killed 117 Royal Handmaidens.】

【The Hunter has annihilated all enemies in this area, rewards are being uniformly settled...】 ===== CHAPTER 2877 =====