Chapter 2995: This is really an Eighth-Tier contractor?

Out of Pale Town, after passing through a desolate land, the Lost Withered Forest appeared ahead. From a long distance, Su Xiao saw the rune stones in the withered forest.

Su Xiao prioritized finding those Apocalypse Paradise contractors because of this. With the road signs he had set, as long as he was cautious, passing through the Lost Withered Forest wouldn't be difficult.

Being discovered by outsiders in Pale Town was a very bad situation. Su Xiao had already prepared to use this place as a stronghold to complete a series of subsequent plans.

In the Dark Star world, Su Xiao had no concerns about facing Apocalypse Paradise contractors. Even if he encountered people like Moon Apostle or Dragon Skeleton, whom he had contacted before, he didn't care. He had clashed with Moon Apostle, the battle time was very short, he only slashed one blade, and Moon Apostle slipped away.

Both sides clashed more through temporary summoned creatures. With the disguise permission, Moon Apostle would at most be vigilant. Moreover, the possibility of encountering Moon Apostle at the current stage was minimal. That summoning type would hide as soon as they entered the world and only come out to harvest at the end.

Morey was different. Even if Su Xiao now had the disguise permission and was in a disguised state of aura, appearance, etc., his combat style wouldn't change.

Morey had not only been educated by Su Xiao, but she had also cooperated with Su Xiao and witnessed the entire great battle between Su Xiao vs. Blood God. If he fought Morey, killing the other party wouldn't be difficult, but during that time, Morey would guess something based on Su Xiao's combat style and "report" Su Xiao.

At the current stage, just don't worry about Morey's side. After contending for the Space-Time Power, let Morey "report" all she wanted; screaming until her throat broke would be useless. At most, Su Xiao would be excluded from this world.

Walking in the Lost Withered Forest, Su Xiao took out a metal mask from his storage space. This mask was all white and had no special attributes, but its durability was as high as 200/200 points. It was a gift from the Leader when he traded with the Leader at the last Void Banquet. It wasn't any rare treasure, just sturdy.

Su Xiao put on the metal mask, and a medium-short stick nearly 1.2 meters long appeared in his hand. Its texture was very much like bone, but in reality, it was another material, a type of metal ore. This medium-short stick was named 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】. Su Xiao had always kept it and hadn't sold it, and now he was prepared to test it.

【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】 had two characteristics: the first was sturdiness, and the second was stealing physical attributes. In battle, every time this weapon hit an enemy, it would reduce the enemy's true strength and agility attributes by 2 points while increasing his own true strength and agility by 2 points. The effect could be stacked 5 times, and after being stacked to the maximum, the effect would last for 6 minutes.

Initially, Su Xiao prepared to use it as a buff state. Before starting a battle with a strong enemy, he would knock Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog head a few times to enhance his own attributes.

When he first experimented, Su Xiao knocked Xiang Bubu's dog head a few times with 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】, but there was no effect. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang gritted its teeth and closed its eyes, meaning: "Master, knock down with force, this dog can withstand it."

After some experiments, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was knocked full of bumps, and Su Xiao reached a conclusion: only by painfully hitting the enemy in battle would 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】 take effect. Knocking Xiang Bubu's dog head was useless.

Now 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】 came in handy. Out of caution, Su Xiao prepared to change his combat style, using 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】 as the main weapon to cooperate with the close-combat master, and then relying on the crystal layer defense of the Proud Song.

Although not using a blade would lead to a decrease in Su Xiao's combat power, the passive abilities he had developed all along weren't for nothing.

Walking out of the Lost Withered Forest, Su Xiao felt something lightly bump his leg. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had merged into the environment, appeared.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang retreated a few steps as soon as it appeared. It saw the 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】 weapon, and its braincase ached faintly.

Under Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's guidance, Su Xiao walked toward a rocky area on the west side.

At the same time, 1,240 meters underground, a thousand-square-meter underground space had been opened up. The surroundings couldn't see rock layers or soil layers, but were covered by a stone-blue substance.

This was 【Liquid Flow Substance】. 【Liquid Flow Substance】 was a liquid in a sealed state, and upon contact with air, soil layers, rocks, etc., it would form a solid layer within a few seconds. It was resistant to high pressure and high temperature, moderately resistant to corrosion, and cost 25,000 Paradise Points per large bottle. It was one of the most commonly used consumables in the Apocalypse Paradise.

At this moment, in this underground space, an air filtration device was operating. Several small machines were flying in mid-air, detecting changes in air pressure, air quality, gravity, etc., and would issue warnings at any time.

A man wearing combat armor was lying on several alloy boxes, sleeping soundly. As the "bodyguard" hired by the four miners, Red Gold's work every day was very "hard." He had been a bit dazed from sleeping recently.

With this way of obtaining resources to become stronger, even after reaching the Eighth Tier, his actual combat ability would be lacking.

Contractors like Red Gold, normally speaking, Su Xiao would never see. The other party wouldn't go to Fully Open: Native Worlds. As for World Contention, don't even think about it. Those that Apocalypse Paradise could bring out weren't durable, let alone these that couldn't be brought out.

It could be said that contractors who became stronger like Red Gold, encountering a combat-type like Su Xiao, were a complete nightmare.

"Red Gold, stop sleeping. Charging us 200 Soul Coins every day, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

A handsome young man leaning against the mineral vein spoke. His code name was interesting: Prince. It wasn't what he called himself; his teammates called him that, and he got used to it.

"Your business, I won't take it next time. Too boring."

Red Gold's armored arm lifted and waved. He was bored to death now.

"You guy, since you took the money, at least go out and stroll a few times."

Prince smiled and shook his head. A bottle of water was tossed over. He drank a few large mouthfuls after catching it. The one who tossed the water was a girl wearing a miner's hat. She looked somewhat shy. Girls like this were already extinct in the Reincarnation Paradise.

"Continue digging your minerals. If an enemy comes, I'll kill one for every one that comes. You guys are professional at digging minerals, I'm professional at killing."

In the sound of the kinetic armor operating, Red Gold sat up and winked at the shy girl in the distance.

"Red Gold, don't flirt with my teammate."

Prince spoke. Although he knew Red Gold had a bad record, hiring the other party was cheap, and it was indeed not easy to find people to protect them in the Dark Star world. This world was very strange and often received willpower judgments for no reason.

"Signed a contract, what are you worried about."

Red Gold was somewhat disappointed. He was just about to lie down and continue sleeping when the terminal on his forearm suddenly lit up a row of red lights.

"Prince, Belle, Old Fish, Black-Faced Man, find cover and hide. There is a biological energy reaction appearing directly above."

"What intensity!"

"I can deal with it. You guys set up the energy shield layer, don't be killed by my firepower."

Red Gold jumped down from the stacked alloy boxes. The kinetic armor on his body was activated, continuously releasing interference-type pulses to avoid the enemy using perception to lock onto him.

Prince and the four others hid in the innermost part of the underground space. An energy barrier emitting blue light appeared in front of the four of them.

Red Gold's right arm lifted, aiming at the entrance of the underground space. The metal helmet quickly spliced together, protecting his head inside. In his field of vision, everything was marked with blue small characters, showing item strength, weight, etc. This was very much like a game perspective.

In Red Gold's wait, a figure walked in from the entrance. This person wore a metal mask, was bare-chested, and his body wasn't strong. He held a 1.2-meter-long, bone-like long stick in his hand. The other party's aura was completely restrained; he should have equipment that shielded perception.

Red Gold sized him up and determined one thing: the intruder's strength was average, and there wasn't even the fluctuation of an Immortal-level piece of equipment on his whole body.

"Any person can come to rob minerals now."

The armor on Red Gold's right arm stretched out, and energy rays attacked, heading straight for Su Xiao.

Boom!

Dark golden energy flames rose. Red Gold had already set up "Point Explosion" in advance to prevent the underground space and the mine from being blown up.

Crack, crack~

Crisp sounds came from within the energy flames. Hearing these sounds, Red Gold's hands clasped together, and blue-white electric arcs stretched between his hands, forming a lightning ball. The terrifying high pressure pierced through the air, and lightning branches spread to the surroundings.

This lightning ball had strong tracking properties. Red Gold was just about to let this thing leave his hand when his electromagnetic field perception began to warn him. The enemy suddenly appeared behind him.

Red Gold didn't consider too much. Three types of fields were fully opened. Everything around him was decomposed into particle form. His right foot lifted and stomped down with all his might, preparing to forcibly blast the enemy away through the pressure-impact magnetic storm.

Thud!

The magnetic storm spread, and the entire underground space shook. The area expanded to twice its original size, and the rock layers on the wall were covered in cracks. The four miners hid in the corner, trembling. They suspected Red Gold was going to kill them.

"Hoo~"

Red Gold let out a long sigh. As soon as the "Pressure-Impact Magnetic Storm" ended, his "Induction Magnetic Field" recovered rapidly.

Red Gold's "Induction Magnetic Field" recovered in the blink of an eye. His body trembled. How could the enemy still be behind him! This survivability, is it a Tank-type?

Red Gold discovered that the other party not only resisted his attack but also kicked him directly in the lower back.

Red Gold released the armor energy completely. It was just a very ordinary straight kick. Even if the position was the lower back, he could resist it by virtue of the armor.

Bang!

The air explosion spread. Red Gold, wearing the kinetic armor, had his body thrust forward. His entire body formed a reverse 'c' shape. The broken armor pieces on his lower back splashed everywhere, and even the drive fluid was kicked out. The inner support frame of the armor twisted and creaked, as if wailing.

Red Gold flew out, breaking through the air waves. Inside the kinetic armor, Red Gold's eyes widened. He felt his spine was about to snap. This kick just now, where could a human kick it out?

With a boom, Red Gold sank into the rock layer. After being silent for a while, a jetting sound came out. It was Red Gold. He flew out from the large hole in the rock layer, and along with him were dozens of tracking-type energy missiles.

"Star-Shatter!"

Red Gold was in mid-air, his hands spread apart, and he performed a large split-style single-leg downward slash.

The white medium-short stick wheeled down. Compared to Red Gold's various flashy attacks, Su Xiao's strike was too ordinary.

Bang!

The deafening loud noise spread. Red Gold was smashed to the ground by a stick, and one after another micro-energy missiles attacked Su Xiao.

Boom, boom, boom!

The explosions continued one after another, lasting for a full ten seconds before stopping. The surrounding rock layers even showed signs of melting, turning into magma and dripping down.

When the explosion subsided, Su Xiao was still standing in place, the crystal layer wrapped around his whole body gradually crumbling.

Red Gold, who was embedded in the ground, saw this scene. He knew it was over. He would definitely die here today. He chose to self-destruct. This so-called self-destruct was actually detonating the energy core.

The white stick in Su Xiao's hand flipped, and he stabbed down with a stick. The armor on Red Gold's chest shattered.

Su Xiao reached out and grabbed. A contractor who relied on technology to hard-clash to the Eighth Tier, even if he didn't use a blade, he could still deal with him.

The energy core was grabbed by Su Xiao. He could sense that this thing had already been detonated.

Thud!!

A loud noise spread in Su Xiao's hand, and layers of air waves spread. At this moment, in Su Xiao's hand, the crystal layer wrapped his hand, and several simplified versions of the Devouring Core had been constructed and built into an energy "Devouring Net," suppressing the explosion. Grabbing the energy core with bare hands—the Eighth-Tier Su Xiao could naturally do it.

The crystal layer on Su Xiao's hand shattered. He opened his hand, and a wisp of energy drifted away. He looked at 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】. That stab just now was out of habit from using a blade.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao raised the 【Sin-Falling Heaven Legacy】 in his hand and smashed it toward Red Gold lying on the ground. The attack method was simple and brutal.

"Tank-type, how could there be such attack intensity..."

Red Gold began to doubt life. His eyes went black, and he didn't know anything anymore.

Bang, bang, bang...

After Su Xiao smashed more than a dozen sticks in a row, a hint appeared, which surprised him. He used an Epic-level weapon, and besides being sturdy, it shouldn't have high attack power. How could the enemy be so fragile? This battle made Su Xiao very confused. The enemy was simply too weak. Was this really an Eighth-Tier contractor?

The scene of Su Xiao smashing more than a dozen sticks in a row was witnessed by the four miners a hundred meters away. At first, the four of them were just shocked, but in the end, it turned into fear. Red Gold was almost smashed to pieces, but the enemy was still smashing stick by stick, like a bloodthirsty beast, fierce and brutal.

In fact, it wasn't so. A stick weapon couldn't decapitate. Su Xiao naturally wouldn't stop until he received the kill notification. He had to ensure the enemy was thoroughly dead.

Blood and flesh flowed down the white stick. Su Xiao's mask was also covered in blood spots. His gaze looked toward the four miners in the distance. The breathing of the four miners choked.

"Big brother, no need to do it. Whatever you want, just say it."

Prince immediately removed the barrier. He suspected that this thing couldn't even withstand a few of the enemy's conventional attacks.

【Hint: Hunter has killed contractor No. 19***66.】

【Brand assimilation in progress...】

【Assimilation complete. Temporary brand perfecting in progress...】

【You have obtained Apocalypse Paradise Temporary Brand: No. 120012. This is a temporary brand and will be removed after the Hunter leaves this world.】

【Temporary brand permission has been synchronized. Trading permission, contract permission, temporary storage space, and other functions have been activated.】

【World contact platform activating...】

【12%, 57%... 100%. Contact platform opened. Hunter can speak freely in this contact platform (before speaking, need to formulate a temporary code name, name, etc.).】

【Hint: In this contact platform, all are Apocalypse Paradise contractors. Hunter needs to be cautious when speaking. Please do not expose the Hunter identity.】 ===== CHAPTER 2996 =====