Chapter 2960: Gathering Together

Su Xiao originally thought that the 【Ancient Killing Ring】 was biased toward melee equipment, such as granting a very strong single strike, but looking at it now, that is not the case.

The 【Ancient Killing Ring】 has two abilities: one is to increase reaction speed, and based on the wearer's agility and charm attributes, it enhances ranged basic abilities.

As for the charm bonus, Su Xiao chose to ignore it, but the agility bonus is quite good; his current ranged basic skill is Firearms Master lv. 5.

The second ability of the killing ring is simpler: vital damage has increased severalfold. Know that when conducting ranged attacks, the highest proportion is basic damage + vital damage, and a severalfold increase in vital damage is simply deadly.

The equipment effect is strong to the point of exaggeration, but there is one point: once subjected to an enemy's attack, Su Xiao's equipment purchased with 1700 soul coins will be scrapped, with no suspense whatsoever.

While wearing the killing ring, a soul power will enhance Su Xiao; the enemy only needs to inflict a minor abrasion on Su Xiao to break the balance of this soul power, which is one reason why the killing ring is easily damaged.

The enemies Su Xiao faces are all strong; even when conducting ultra-long-range attacks, the risk he bears is not small.

Su Xiao's idea is: if he obtains an immortal-grade ultra-long-range firearm, then through the Firearms Master ability he can enchant bullets to hold Qingying Shadow energy, and when wearing the killing ring, one shot down—even if it hits the main tank's head, saying it's an instant kill is exaggerated, but it will also make the opponent doubt life, wishing to dig into the ground.

Putting away the killing ring, at certain times this equipment is so strong it's astonishing, but if used poorly, it's directly given away for free.

Su Xiao took out items one by one from his storage space; his preparations began. The giant crocodile downstairs has strong survivability, plus long-term exposure to various fungi, so its adaptability needs no further explanation.

……

Ten hours later, Su Xiao walked out of the vine house; just as he stepped out, he had the cursed people seal this place shut, with faint low roars coming from inside. Not far outside the door, there was a large dirt mound, inside which lay the dead giant crocodile, only a small section of its sharp tail exposed, on which black scales could be seen.

"Has the Duke arrived?"

"He's been here for over an hour."

Bahamut flew over and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder; hearing this, Su Xiao passed through the building complex and walked toward the dense forest ahead, with a number of cursed people following behind him.

A few hours earlier, Su Xiao controlled the Misfortune to return to Miguang Island, consuming 16250 Abyssal Sea gold coins, after which he replenished the cursed people's numbers to full, that is, 800 people.

As for the final seal of the Misfortune, Su Xiao temporarily does not prepare to lift it; he always feels this is a big pit, and the combat power gained from the Misfortune is too unstable; the cursed people's current scale is sufficient.

Entering the dense forest, the Duke had already brought people to wait ahead.

"Those few beasts in the island's center have escaped."

The Duke led several hundred elite pirates over; previously, the three pirate leaders following behind him now only two remain, and the other elite pirates all appear wounded, but their aura fluctuations are not large—this is the Duke's method.

Regarding the Duke's statement that those few beasts had escaped, Su Xiao was not surprised; Bubu Wang had long detected this situation. The three wild **oss occupying the central area had escaped in the latter half of last night, all having left Eternal Life Island.

These three wild **oss possess intelligence not inferior to humans; after sensing the situation was unfavorable, they actually gathered together, as if they had held a discussion and decided to withdraw. In such a vast Abyssal Sea, why would they fight to the death with a group of unknown people?

Originally, the plan of everyone on the island was to first clear the island's outskirts, while the wild **oss occupying the central area—Empress forces, Duke forces, and the Misfortune—would take care of two of them, and the last one would be besieged by the contractors. This was the warden's suggestion, and I don't know how this guy managed it, but at this moment he has actually become the representative figure of the contractors' side.

Unfortunately, before the island's outskirts were cleaned up, those three wild **oss fled overnight; this is not a strategy guide—**oss would foolishly wait. Seeing the situation unfavorable, those three wild **oss 'held a meeting' and then all fled.

The one that could fly took the other two and flew away; as they left, they still dropped a huge lump of dung in the sky.

Thus, the current situation is that the remaining threats on the island are only the ultimate **oss in the central cave; that desiccated corpse still sits cross-legged by the water pool, seemingly unaware of anything in the outside world.

After Su Xiao met with the Duke, the Duke brought people back to the Snake Zone; he will go deep from there to reach the central area.

The decisive battle is already at hand; Su Xiao leads people through the swamp and spore forest, and the Ring Basin appears ahead.

Inside the basin is a vast plain; Su Xiao stands on the high ground at the edge, a gentle breeze blowing slowly, and what meets the eye is a vast expanse of verdant wasteland, a circular ring embracing this wasteland.

"Ah Mu, I entrust the Misfortune to you; get ready at any time to provide support in the shallow sea zone."

"Moo."

Ah Mu strode back; in a moment's encirclement, Ah Mu cannot participate, because Ah Mu runs slowly; if they really succeed, seizing the ultimate **oss's treasure chest from the contractors, Ah Mu would likely die under the contractors' furious bombardment.

Proceeding along the gentle slope, Su Xiao reached the ring river; his hand entered the river water, and a cool sensation appeared, mixed with trace primordial water in the river, which has some effect in washing away curses, but the effect is too weak.

To purify this primordial water, Su Xiao had not thought of it, nor even attempted it; unfortunately, once primordial water is diluted, it will completely merge into the water and cannot be purified.

After crossing the ring river, Su Xiao arrived at the wilderness of the central zone; just then, a signal flare rose into the sky in the distance.

With a bang, a blood-red mark appeared, very large.

Then several more signal flares rose into the sky, and marks like ￡ appeared; several paradise contractors in this world gathered together.

Su Xiao ignored the signal flares in the sky; after all, this is not a world domination war, and fighting over this has no practical significance.

Continuing forward, Su Xiao arrived at the foot of the mountain peak at the island's center; this mountain is nearly hollowed out, with over ten passages on its surrounding mountainside, all leading to the internal caves.

Many contractors sat on various parts of the mountain rocks; Linlong·Alixek stood on the summit, his scars more dense.

"I say, brother, you've brought so many people—isn't that a bit excessive?"

A man with a lazy expression sat on a huge rock; he had a bruised nose and swollen face, clearly having been beaten not long ago; he was a contractor from the Initiation Paradise's revelry.

"Don't look at me like that; I've already thrown that thing into the great whirlpool; a few days ago, Minglang personally witnessed it—killing me is useless."

The revelry had a helpless look, appearing as if he deserved a beating.

"Sweet Orange, who are you chatting with? You look so happy."

Bahamut's shout spread; hearing its sound, a figure on the mountain platform turned around; her height was slightly short, with a full head of short hair; it was Sweet Orange, whose body had recovered, and her cellular liquefaction ability was stronger than imagined.

Sweet Orange turned around, looking at Su Xiao and the others, her eyes filled with doubt.

"Who are you? Have we met before?"

As Sweet Orange spoke, her gaze became more doubtful; what puzzled her was that her body had actually begun to tremble.

"Strange, why am I trembling? Guangmu, have I fallen into an abnormal state?"

Sweet Orange's gaze shifted toward Guangmu; she recently discovered that she had lost something—memories from a certain time period.

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Of course."

"Simply put, two days ago, you fought them and were then captured……"

"Hahaha, what nonsense are you spouting? Does my brain have a hole? Fighting that many people?"

Sweet Orange wore an expression of indifference; in reality, this is her body's protective mechanism: after instantaneously accepting that nightmare-like experience, she nearly broke down, so her subconscious made a remedy, sealing away that memory.

"Intellectually disabled."

A female voice came; the person wore a sports outfit, hands in pockets, appearance leaning toward androgynous beauty.

"Who are you calling intellectually disabled!"

Sweet Orange looked at the newcomer; killing intent surged in her eyes; she clenched her right hand, wearing a black glove, into a fist, which made a cracking sound.

"Whoever speaks, I'll say they're mentally disabled—there are actually people who actively seek insults. Did I step in shit when I went out today? Or is it poisonous shit? Disgusting to death."

"You..."

"You what you, little flat board."

The androgynous beauty smiled meaningfully, slightly leaning back her body, appearing to relax her muscles, but actually using her natural advantage hidden beneath her sportswear to mock someone—her name was Black Rose.

"You, this neither-male-nor-female old woman."

"Ah~, ah~, well said, come closer, Mom loves you."

Black Rose still had her hands in her pockets, chatting and laughing, uttering words that could infuriate someone to death.

"Sweet orange, give up—if you argue with her, your brain capacity is at most 2KB, while hers is at least 1TB—not just storage, but processing speed differs too."

Guangmu tried to mediate, but Black Rose below turned her gaze, scrutinizing Guangmu, about to speak.

"No need to say more—it's all my fault."

"I'm not a mad dog—I just dislike that little flat board."

Black Rose glanced around, and soon her gaze met Bahar's; she froze slightly, as if sensing something.

"Silly? What's your name?"

"What I'm called doesn't matter—what's your mother's surname?"

Bahar laughed, Black Rose tilted her head slightly, unknown what she was thinking.

From beginning to end, Alec, Hell Wolf, the jailer, and others remained silent, merely watching—this truly wasn't their forte.

If Black Rose could only spit at people, it wouldn't be much, but this woman is also very strong—her combat power is close to Alec's, and at this moment, her legend ranking is fourth, only 160 legend points behind Alec, gained recently from killing; Black Rose is stronger than imagined, as she hadn't shown much before.

Black Rose offended many on the contact platform, some formed groups to retaliate against her, including those in the top fifty—yet all ended up feeding her legend points.

Less than an hour later, all parties arrived, with many people standing before each cave around the cavern.

Led by the duke, the ducal faction had 2 pirate captains and 627 elite pirates; the empress's side had 5 pirate captains and 1075 elite pirates.

Su Xiao's side had 800 curse-people, including elite members Amans, Ghost Shadow, Hangman, and Sea Fury.

The contractors' side totaled 219 people—these individuals were not a unified force; after initial cooperation, they began fighting independently.

No matter how you look at it, combining these factions could easily defeat the ultimate **boss—but will reality truly be so?