Chapter 2921: Blood Mark

In the courtyard in front of the castle, the roaring sound didn't stop. Golden Li elements soared into the sky, and large patches of Black Curse Crows shattered, turning into fragments and falling.

Several golden formation diagrams appeared in the sky. These circular formation diagrams composed of Li elements rippled, and golden arrows nearly two meters long shot out from the formation diagrams.

*Ding, ding, ding... *

Golden energy arrows were nailed everywhere, including above the castle, affecting an area of nearly one kilometer around.

After these golden energy arrows nailed down, patterns appeared on the arrow shafts, and all the energy arrows exploded. The fragments tore through the air, emitting a piercing wail.

The female spellcaster, Eva, crouched on the ground, the rapier made of Li elements in her hand thrust into the earth. She gripped the hilt with one hand, panting heavily, her white robe already soaked through with blood.

Most of the surrounding Cursed Ones were injured, and some were even smashed. As their consciousness dissipated, their broken remains started to decay, leaving only broken bones.

Female spellcaster Eva scanned the surroundings. She had tried more than a dozen times just now, but couldn't break out of the encirclement. Instead, she was seriously injured. The most fatal injury was her throat being pierced.

"It's just a group of... half-dead monsters. Continue!"

The two piercing swords in female spellcaster Eva's hands pressed against each other, the sword blades grazing and emitting a crisp sound.

"Captain, order, you, death."

The Cursed Ones attacked from all directions, pouncing on female spellcaster Eva. Eva tilted her head slightly, took a long, deep breath, and looked at the sky. She didn't see the scene she imagined; the sky was blocked by the flock of crows.

*Pfft, pfft... *

Sharp blades pierced through Eva's body. Her hands started to become weak, and the two piercing swords fell to the ground. The golden pupils in her eyes gradually dimmed.

"Where exactly... did the problem go wrong?"

Until death, female spellcaster Eva couldn't figure out where the problem went wrong. Her plan was clearly airtight. From beginning to end, neither she nor the two people she hired were exposed. Why was the enemy prepared early?

In fact, this was thanks to the Ouroboros Slate and the pursuit of the Apocalypse Paradise contractor Kink.

The Ouroboros Slate helped Su Xiao foresee the danger, but wouldn't provide specific information about the danger. And the intelligence provided by Kink let Su Xiao know that someone was targeting him.

This was easy to infer. From fighting from the first tier to the eighth tier, Su Xiao didn't have many enemies. The reason was that he not only cut the weeds and dug out the roots, but even dug up the land where the weeds grew to see if there were any omissions.

This led to the fact that the forces currently hostile to Su Xiao were very limited. Through the elimination method, he basically knew what was going on when he saw female spellcaster Eva.

Eva's defeat was an inevitable result; the intercepting force Su Xiao had deployed was prepared on a scale intended to deal with the Sage of Mages, Seraphina.

If Sephiria entered this world, no matter how strong the other party was, it was also eighth-tier strength. This was the world's restriction. The difficulty of the Magic Sea world was in the upper-middle reaches of the eighth tier. This led to the fact that it was impossible for this world to have combat power exceeding the eighth tier.

If it was a world with top-tier eighth-tier difficulty, the strength ceiling of that world might exceed the eighth tier a little, but the Magic Sea was not that kind of world.

Therefore, even if Sephiria herself came, Su Xiao could fight her head-on. It was just that the price paid would be very large, and if not handled well, he would have to empty the trump cards accumulated in his storage space.

Sephiria herself coming, Su Xiao wouldn't be afraid, let alone the other party's disciple. Let alone one Eva, even if three or four more Evas came, with the *Doom* there, Su Xiao could handle it. It was just that the price paid was different.

One by one, sailor knives were pulled out of Eva's body. She fell to the ground with a *thud* and lost her breath.

【Prompt: You have obtained Law Box (Treasure Chest Item).】

There was no World's Source or Soul Coin reward, but a treasure chest was dropped. Su Xiao stepped forward and picked up the treasure chest on the ground.

The 【Law Box】 was golden all over, covered with blue patterns, and a hidden fluctuation was brewing inside.

For such a rare treasure chest, Su Xiao didn't intend to open it immediately. He would wait until the treasure chest accumulated enough before opening it. Now the Fate Master had a characteristic that could temporarily increase the luck attribute by opening treasure chests.

Su Xiao stepped toward the castle. Just at this moment, footsteps came from behind him. It was the Cursed One Amans. It brought two Cursed Ones back, carrying a short figure in its hand. This was a contractor.

This contractor was covered in fluorescent green liquid, and his lower body and left arm had disappeared. The wound was uneven, looking like it had been shattered by a high-power impact.

Not only him, but Amans was also covered in fluorescent green liquid, its right arm and half of its face shattered. Cursed Ones weren't afraid of serious injuries. They could gradually recover their broken bodies after returning to the *Doom*.

Amans threw the contractor in its hand to the ground. This contractor named Firefly was young, but exceptionally fierce. Before being captured alive, he tried to perish together with several Cursed Ones, but was stopped by Amans.

With a *thud*, Firefly fell to the ground. He couldn't move at this time, but his eyes stared fixedly at Su Xiao.

"You can call me Firefly. Have you killed that woman? Let's make a deal. If I die here, someone will take revenge on you. If you let me leave, we can give you compensation."

Firefly's gaze was calm. Judging from his physique, he didn't seem old, but his psychological age didn't match his appearance.

"..."

Su Xiao contacted Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, asking Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to find Winnie, who was left on the pier. At this time, he needed Winnie's ability to flip through memories.

Excluding female spellcaster Eva, there were two other enemies, who were Firefly and another contractor whose name was unknown.

Of the three, two had been solved, and the last one didn't know where he went. The other party wasn't on Shipwreck Island. Although Su Xiao had long since released Black Curse Crows to watch on Shipwreck Island, the area of Shipwreck Island wasn't small. Moreover, releasing too many Black Curse Crows would easily be detected by the enemy, so he only released two.

Not long after, Winnie Wanda rushed over. Winnie's appearance had changed greatly at this time. She was wearing clothes similar to a white shirt, with lace on the cuffs, black cloth gloves on her hands, and her originally loose golden hair had been tied up.

"Is it him?"

Winnie stopped in front of Firefly. As a newly promoted "villain," the corners of Winnie's mouth curled up, revealing a smile that she thought was very much in line with the "villain" style, but was actually a bit funny.

After brewing her emotions, Winnie said: "How pitiful, what other last words do you have..."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up."

Baja glared at Winnie. Winnie shrank her head. She took off the glove on her right hand and pressed her hand on Firefly's forehead.

"His memory... is very strange. There are many things I can't see."

Winnie started to flip through Firefly's memory. In fact, the memories in Firefly's brain that couldn't be "flipped through" were memories related to the Paradise. These memories were memories that Winnie had absolutely no possibility of knowing through her ability.

"He has an accomplice, wearing full-body armor, named... Gluttony? Went to see the Duke a few hours ago."

Winnie frowned. She could feel that the name Gluttony was more like a representation. The specific memory about this person had become very blurry due to unknown reasons.

The intelligence obtained wasn't much, but for Su Xiao, this was already enough. He didn't expect Winnie to know too much.

"Tell you a secret, I am a weak firefly, so I envy the prairie fire. I represent jealousy."

Speaking of this, Firefly turned his head somewhat with difficulty.

"After you kill me, Greed will come for you. From a clash of positions, it will turn into a personal vendetta. Are you really... prepared? You will die a miserable death, hehe."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He kicked Firefly into a coma. He felt that this contractor named Firefly was deliberately provoking him, letting him kill the other party himself.

No one wanted to die. Su Xiao thought of a possibility, which was that Firefly had an ability triggered after death, and that kind of ability would track the person who killed him, or cause an instant-death effect, etc. The latter possibility was very low.

Letting the Cursed Ones kill Firefly directly looked like a good choice, but in fact, it wasn't. Su Xiao still needed time to develop, and now was the opportunity.

After finding a Cursed One, Su Xiao took out the 【Ancient Mask】, put the 【Ancient Mask】 on the face of this Cursed One, crushed a Soul Crystal (Complete), and also cut his palm with a piece of the Abandoned fragment, staining the blood on the 【Ancient Mask】.

The effect of the 【Ancient Mask】 was triggered. The Cursed One wearing the 【Ancient Mask】 was disguised as Su Xiao, and the sailor knife at its waist was also disguised as the appearance of the Dragon Flash.

The disguise of the 【Ancient Mask】 was flawless. It was obtained by Benny in a certain ruin and belonged to a secret treasure far exceeding the tier of that world. Until now, Benny hadn't figured out the origin of the 【Ancient Mask】.

The disguise of the 【Ancient Mask】 was very strong, and the price was also high. Every time it cost a Soul Crystal (Complete). Except for this piece of equipment, Su Xiao had never seen an ability or prop that could 100% disguise aura.

Su Xiao walked into the black fog. In this way, it was the Cursed One disguised as his appearance standing alone beside Firefly.

The long knife swung down, cutting Firefly's throat. Blood splashed everywhere. These bloods suddenly gathered together, forming a blood eye, staring at the disguised Cursed One.

The blood eye turned back into blood and rushed straight toward the Cursed One. The speed was so fast that there was no possibility of dodging. This was a tracking-type mark, triggered after the host died.

With a *rip*, it was like a red-hot soldering iron pressed on the skin and flesh. A blood mark was branded on the Cursed One's chest, and the smell of skin and flesh being scorched could vaguely be smelled.

In the black fog in the distance, Su Xiao checked the information of this Cursed One. The strength and stamina attributes of this Cursed One were both reduced by 10 points, and the HP was also temporarily reduced by 35%. This debuff effect lasted for a full 15 natural days.

Not only that, the blood mark also carried a tracking effect, which was extremely difficult to remove.

Su Xiao walked out of the black fog and took off the 【Ancient Mask】 on the Cursed One's face. This Cursed One's appearance returned to its original look.

【You have obtained Scarlet Card (★★★★★★★★).】

With a pull of the Boundary Breaking Line, the Scarlet Card on the ground arrived in Su Xiao's hand. The value of an eighth-tier contractor's Scarlet Card was very high.

Su Xiao gave an order to the Cursed One beside him, letting the other party head straight for the sea. After entering the sea, go straight north, and after arriving at the designated sea area, make a big turn.

Wherever the sea area was dangerous, go there. In the sea, even the strongest few giant sea beasts wouldn't easily provoke a Cursed One. The aura of a Cursed One was too ominous.

If someone tracked this blood brand, that is, tracked this Cursed One, within two days, they would definitely doubt life. Unless the other party used the Duke's pirate group's four-masted large ship, the *Plunderer*.

Otherwise, even if the other party drove a three-masted ship with excellent performance, it would sink within three days at most, starting a journey of drifting on the sea. ===== CHAPTER 2922 =====