Chapter 3015: The Actor

Boom!

An impact spread within the thick fog. Marcia, who had lost an arm, flew backward, her body covered in slash marks, rolling on the ground.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Merlos knelt on one knee, covering his mouth and coughing repeatedly. Blood seeped out from between his fingers. He stared at Su Xiao with eyes full of disbelief. He couldn't understand why the ally who had once cooperated with him was so strong.

When they were friendly forces before, Merlos had no intuitive experience of Su Xiao's strength. Now that they were hostile, he felt it personally: sharp, ferocious, every strike aimed at vital points.

The enemy's build was clearly not burly, yet he gave Merlos unimaginable pressure. The blood energy and killing intent, almost condensed into substance, rushed toward him. His cheeks and eyeballs stung during the fight, but he couldn't afford the slightest distraction; a moment of distraction would mean he would be decapitated immediately.

The most difficult part was that Merlos found the enemy had no flaws. It seemed that before his attacks were even launched, they were perceived in advance by the enemy. His trump cards had been forced back by the enemy six times. He was in severe pain in his chest cavity from his own body energy being forced back, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

After fighting for only five minutes, Merlos and Marcia were one half-crippled and one half-dead.

"Don't even think... about passing."

Merlos stood up from the ground, covering his chest and abdomen with one hand. There was a blood hole there that he couldn't cover. Just a moment ago, he had taken a direct kick from Su Xiao, causing a hole to appear in his chest and abdomen, through which one could see the scene behind him. Broken ribs were stuck into his flesh.

Marcia also stood up from the ground. She tore off her left arm, which was about to be severed, her face pale from the pain.

The two rushed toward Su Xiao one after the other. They were already at the end of their rope. No, they should have already died in battle. It was unknown what was supporting them, making them so tenacious.

Clang, clang, clang!

Hook blades and the long blade clashed, sparks flying. Su Xiao suddenly tilted his head, dodging the hand Marcia reached out. The bright red gloves the other party wore were troublesome; being touched by this thing would cause half of Su Xiao's body to go numb.

While tilting his head to dodge, Su Xiao's left elbow smashed backward. With a bang, Marcia, whose nose and mouth were splattered with blood, flew backward again.

'Blade Dao Blade · Extreme.'

Zing!

The blade hummed crisply. The long blade, with an unstoppable momentum, severed the two hook blades in Merlos's hands and slashed over the top of his head.

While slashing this blade, Su Xiao took a deep breath and delivered a direct kick.

Thud.

Merlos rolled backward. Before he had rolled a few meters, his right hand pierced into the ground, plowing up gravel and debris, his right hand even exposing bone.

"Truly, showing no mercy."

Although Merlos said this, he was smiling on his face. Or rather, if Su Xiao had chosen to hold back, Merlos wouldn't have felt the slightest gratitude; instead, he would have felt great humiliation.

Just as Merlos stood up, the top of his skull fell off. Su Xiao had cured his hair loss problem.

Puchi.

The long blade pierced Marcia's skull. Su Xiao flicked the blade in his hand, but Marcia didn't die; instead, she supported herself on the ground and retreated.

With the injuries this couple had, they had died enough times. That's right, Merlos and Marcia were a married couple; very few people knew this.

"Not yet, I still... cannot die."

The pupils in Merlos's eyes trembled wildly. Just as he was about to pounce on Su Xiao for the fifth time, the sound of an infant crying came from the thick fog on the right.

Hearing this crying, Merlos and Marcia were both stunned in place. Then, Merlos burst into laughter.

"Success, Marcia, we succeeded. Our child... has been reborn in the dream world!"

Merlos's hostility dissipated in an instant. He stared fixedly at the thick fog on the right. An object was thrown over and landed on the ground with a splat.

This was a monster baby with a small body, the lower half of which was an octopus, and the head had more than a dozen eyes. It let out a crying sound from its mouth, which was full of sharp teeth in its abdomen.

Seeing this scene, Merlos took half a step back, his face revealing unimaginable horror. He hadn't shown this expression even when he was almost decapitated just a moment ago.

Marcia even crawled forward, wanting to pick up the monster baby on the ground. Her remaining reason told her that she couldn't do this; this monster baby would devour her and turn into an even stronger monster.

"Great Sage!!"

Marcia, who only had one arm left, shouted angrily. She stepped on the monster baby on the ground, crushing it, and the crying stopped abruptly.

"How stupid, I should have thought of this result long ago. How could a living being be resurrected? Yet there is always unwillingness in the heart. Bai Ye, sorry, we two guard dogs blocked your way."

Merlos sat cross-legged on the ground. His story was actually very simple.

"Marcia, what are you angry about? Aren't we just waiting for this result?"

"Ah, that's right. This way, I can be at ease. It's a pity we didn't find where that old guy is, otherwise, I would definitely kill him."

Marcia sat beside Merlos. They were neither angry nor sad. What they wanted was the result, as well as that last glimmer of luck. Unfortunately, with the Great Sage's style of doing things, he wouldn't leave them any luck.

"Do it, Bai Ye!"

Merlos shouted sharply. The next moment, the long blade slashed across, and blood beads flew into the sky.

Su Xiao slashed the two with one blade, but no kill prompt appeared.

Merlos's upper corpse landed. In the fleeting moment of eye contact with Su Xiao, he seemed to blink, while Marcia's mouth twitched slightly. This was clearly conveying some kind of information.

These two—no, this pair of dogs—were both smart people. Would they be used by the Great Sage to this extent? It was clear that these two hadn't died at all; instead, their acting was explosive.

A small, hard object suddenly appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He put it away calmly. This was a big gift, and also the reason why these two were willing to be 'guard dogs.'

At the same time, in the outside world, by the Po Lake under the moonlight.

A small house was built here. Most of the area inside the house was a pool of flesh and blood. This was a flesh-and-blood mud of a transcendent aquatic creature. Two figures stood up simultaneously in the viscous flesh and blood. Both of them were panting heavily; they were none other than Merlos and Marcia.

"That bastard is too ruthless. He must have guessed something, yet he still attacked so ruthlessly."

Marcia raised her hand to touch her head. Just now, the head of her other body had been sliced into two segments by Su Xiao's blade.

"The Great Sage might be watching from the shadows. It's good that the thing was delivered. We have been used by the Great Sage for so long; it's time to return the favor to him."

Merlos was also touching his skull. Just now, the skull of his other body had been slashed off by Su Xiao. At this moment, after touching his smooth bald head, Merlos felt a sense of stifling frustration.

The situation of Merlos and Marcia was actually very simple. Both had lost a child, and afterward, they were obsessed and used by the Great Sage for a long time, even attempting to kidnap the previous generation's Goddess to take her blood. These were all driven by the Great Sage in the shadows.

More crucially, through the couple's investigation, they found that the reason their child had died prematurely was the Great Sage's doing. Their entire lives had been calculated clearly by the Great Sage. For a long time, they didn't dare to see each other, lest they be wiped out together.

After Merlos encountered Su Xiao and learned that Su Xiao wanted to kidnap the Goddess, Merlos almost wrote a few big words on his forehead: 'He has kidnapped a Goddess, he is very experienced!'

As for why Merlos trusted Su Xiao, the reason was Su Xiao's strength. Although Merlos's strength wasn't top-tier, he still had an eye for it. He had once suspected that Su Xiao could single-handedly take on the Great Sage.

With such a strong ally, Merlos immediately returned to Gem Street. He missed his wife too much. After meeting his wife, they hurriedly had a sunset-red version of married life.

Now, it was time for this couple to take revenge.

Inside the dream world, Su Xiao walked in the thick fog, with Bubu Wang and Baha following behind him. In this way, the stay fee within the dream world reached 300 Soul Coins per hour.

Night shrouded the area, with only moonlight reflecting down. The surrounding thick fog gradually thinned. Stone-built buildings appeared in front, all multi-story buildings with pointed roofs. This was a town that had once been very prosperous. A clock tower was located in the distance, vaguely visible in the thin mist. The hour and minute hands of this clock tower both pointed to twelve midnight.

This was the most coveted point of the dream world: as long as one stayed here, one would never grow old. The reason was that this small world only had one day and one night, constantly cycling. Every morning at six o'clock, everything here would be 'reset' by the world's power to the appearance of 24 hours ago. The only thing that could not be 'reset' was the death of living beings.

Don't think that one can live forever here. For example, if a beast tribe member cycled in the dream world for 18,250 days, which was 50 years, once it left the dream world and returned to the real world, it would age 50 years in a very short time.

In the end, the people in the dream world were prisoners, living aimlessly, and would immediately decay into ashes upon leaving.

With 6 hours left, the dream world would reset. Su Xiao didn't want to experience this kind of reset; heaven knows what sequelae would be left behind. Within 6 hours, even if he didn't achieve his goal, he had to return to the thick fog area. His 'Dream Gate' was there, and he could only leave from there.

Countless senses of being watched came from the surroundings. The prisoners of the dream world were very 'hospitable.' It was unknown how many prisoners the Great Sage had accumulated here. What was certain was that the dream world was the Great Sage's lair. The Great Sage had great confidence in this place, with the attitude of having been waiting for a long time.

Su Xiao looked at the architectural complex ahead. There were many enemies. Even with his strength, it would be difficult to kill his way through. Even with the passive effect of the King of Green Shadow to restore mana, and the Undying Shadow to restore life, this restoration was not without a price; it required consuming his body's cell energy. Once exhausted, he would be surrounded and killed.

Su Xiao did not doubt that the prisoners of the dream world could do this. The Great Sage had accumulated for so many years; the number of prisoners would be quite astonishing.

What made Su Xiao hesitate now was not whether he could kill his way through, but whether he should use the 【Fury of the Sun · Apollo】 to wash the ground, or try the newly developed 【Devourer】.

A plan appeared in Su Xiao's mind. He didn't need to fight to the death here; he could completely come five times.

There were two 【Fury of the Sun · Apollo】, one 【Devourer】, and two portions of the repeatedly improved 【Flame of the Underworld · Hades】.

In other words, Su Xiao could attack here five times, wreak havoc on the dream world once and then retreat, let the enemy relax, and then come back to wreak havoc again, cycling like this. However, this plan was too devilish; the enemy's psychological shadow area would be very large. ===== CHAPTER 3016 =====