Chapter 3024

White Town, inside the Insect Tower.

Su Xiao adjusted the scales on several metal discs but did not activate the Insect Tower immediately. He had two things to do in the near future: first, complete the handover with the Kodo School, and second, find the Insect Lord Hash.

He had already been in the Dark Star World for a few days. According to his estimation, the power of space-time trade should be starting soon.

Su Xiao decided to split his forces into two groups. He and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang would go to Gem Street to complete the handover with the Kodo School, while Baha, Yueling, Goddess Shataye, and the Old Knight would go to the Insect Kingdom to find Insect Lord Hash.

Baha's group had already departed over ten minutes ago, which caused the Void-Sound Insects inside the Insect Tower to become lethargic. They needed to recover for a while before they could perform the next long-distance teleportation.

After about half an hour, Su Xiao noticed that the Void-Sound Insects on the surrounding oval walls had regained their vitality.

Su Xiao activated the Insect Tower. All the Void-Sound Insects began to chirp, and the surroundings became blurry. When the scene before his eyes cleared, a medicinal scent drifted over.

"Welcome to Gem Street. This is the Lame Gang's Insect Tower. One-way is 30 Lang crystal lipids, round-trip is 50 Lang crystal lipids. Vomiting incurs a fine of 1 Lang crystal lipid..."

A somewhat familiar voice came, then stopped abruptly.

Su Xiao turned his head to look. It was the Long-Braid Woman. The other party had returned to Gem Street, wrapped in many bandages. Her long braid, which originally almost dragged on the ground, could now only hang to her waist.

"It's you guys again."

The Long-Braid Woman suddenly lost her enthusiasm. She pretended not to see Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, sitting there with her head hanging to the side.

After leaving the Gem Street Insect Tower, Su Xiao headed straight for the hotel. That was his foothold on Gem Street, and Benny and Amu also often went there to rest.

Just as he arrived in front of the hotel street, Su Xiao saw over a dozen people already waiting at the entrance. Among these dozen people, except for Bishop Noah, the others were dressed uniformly. They wore clothing made of a mixture of black leather and metal plates, which were severely worn due to frequent combat.

Not only that, but each of them wore a dark red cloak with a tattered hem and a helmet with a long, pointed top. Each person carried a greatsword on their back. The handles of these greatswords were also severely worn, and the exposed blades revealed a dark red color; this was because they were frequently stained with blood, causing the red marks on the swords to be impossible to wash off.

These twelve people were all silent. They were the Kodo School's "Heretic Execution Squad." Pulling out any one of them individually would make them an Eighth-Tier mini-boss. Combined, their combat power was extremely strong; they could easily hold their own against the combination of Goddess Shataye and the Old Knight.

"Bai Ye, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Bishop Noah spoke. It was evident that he was in a good mood.

The group walked into the hotel. The twelve members of the Heretic Execution Squad found seats at random and remained silent.

"I paid a great price to summon the Heretic Execution Squad back this time."

Bishop Noah began to look troubled. It could be said that the Heretic Execution Squad was the Kodo School's strongest combat force. These twelve people were not the Kodo School's lackeys; they had their own code of conduct and were also the Kodo School's final insurance policy.

When the Kodo School truly became a puppet of the Old Gods, the Heretic Execution Squad would come to fulfill their final duty: to kill all the high-level members of the Kodo School. This was an ironclad rule set by the founders of the Kodo School.

This also resulted in the Heretic Execution Squad being away for years at a time. New members joining had to pass an independent initiation test, and they operated as a separate system from the Kodo School.

This time, Bishop Noah didn't know what method he had used to summon the Heretic Execution Squad back.

"Just consider it me being meddlesome, but who exactly are you planning to deal with? Is a seal about to be broken? If so, this trade is canceled, and the Heretic Execution Squad will help you surround and kill the Old God for free."

"That is not the case."

"That's for the best. It means I didn't make this trip for nothing."

While Bishop Noah was speaking, Su Xiao had already taken out a notebook. Seeing this notebook, a smile appeared on Bishop Noah's face. He was just about to take the notebook.

Thump, thump, thump~

A knock on the door came. Hearing this sound, Bishop Noah almost snatched the notebook and stuffed it into his bosom.

The hotel door was pushed open, and an old man wearing a dark white robe walked into the hotel.

"Noah, who gave you the guts to summon the Heretic Execution Squad back?"

The person who arrived walked over slowly. It was another bishop of the Kodo School, Bishop Dulu.

Bishop Noah and Bishop Dulu belonged to different factions. Bishop Noah advocated for establishing a sanctuary centered around "Dank City" to prevent the Old Gods from breaking their seals one day, while Bishop Dulu wanted to expand outward and strengthen the Kodo School's sphere of influence.

Bishop Noah was a conservative, and Bishop Dulu was a radical.

Strangely, Bishop Dulu had come alone. If he wanted to hold someone accountable, he should have brought more Kodo School members or invited other bishops.

"Dulu Gefei."

Bishop Noah's expression darkened. Both were old foxes; the moment Bishop Dulu appeared, he knew what the other party meant.

"Having known each other for decades, you still don't treat me as a friend, Noah."

Bishop Dulu sat down. Seeing this, Bishop Noah took the notebook out of his bosom and threw it on the table.

"That's more like it. One gets forgetful with age. Perhaps after returning to headquarters, I won't remember today's events."

Bishop Dulu raised his hand and picked up the notebook on the table. After he raised his hand, the cuff that had been blocking his fingers slid down, revealing his fingers. And on his index finger, he was wearing a bone ring.

Underground Kingdom, middle-layer city, Anlu.

A train drove through the street. Inside a small shop by the roadside, meat steaks were sizzling as they were fried. Behind a strip-shaped dining table sat a diner who was currently gorging itself. It was generally humanoid, pitch-black all over, with an exoskeleton on its head, and the exoskeleton on top of its head looked like a crown.

"De... licious. Give me, bring more."

Insect Lord Hash finished the meat steaks on the plate in a few bites, and incidentally, stuffed the plate with the remaining sauce into its mouth, chewing it as if it were a biscuit.

"Hash."

A shout entered Hash's ears. Its hand reached out and grabbed a bone awl standing beside the seat. This bone awl, nearly three meters long, was covered with bright yellow patterns. This was the power of corruption; Hash was full of corruptive power within its body, so naturally, it could also wield this power.

Insect Lord Hash had become stronger, or rather, as long as it was given time, it could become even stronger. The reason its body hadn't collapsed was precisely because of this: after it killed other corrupted insects, it would absorb the drifting corruptive power to prolong its life.

"Anlu is my territory. If you dare to harm insects here, I'll slaughter you."

Insect Lord Hash stood up. After sensing who had come looking for it, bright yellow patterns spread across its body surface, and its aura became fierce and violent.

"The Creator's accomplice."

Hash arched its body, its gaze scanning the surroundings.

"Calm down. Haven't you noticed what you're missing?"

A flickering voice came from the surroundings. A pale skull the size of a fist appeared. Hash's hand swept out and grabbed the pale skull.

In the center of Hash's chest was a hole, exactly the same size as this pale skull, just right for embedding the pale skull into it. Or rather, this was something that had been stripped from Hash's body; it was a part of it.

"Hash, since you've accepted the dilapidated container, you have to come with us and help us kill a few people."

"I refuse."

Hash pressed the dilapidated container toward its chest. No changes occurred; everything was very natural. After all, this was a part of it.

"Refuse? Are you sure? My boss doesn't have much patience. Before I set off, he asked me to relay a message to you," Baha, inside the different dimension, said this, coughed lightly, and continued in Su Xiao's tone: "Hash, I can create you, and I can also destroy you."

Hearing this sentence, the exoskeleton on Hash's face split open, and the sharp teeth in its mouth clicked together.

"I, refuse!"

"Then you are useless, Insect Lord Hash."

The moment Baha's voice fell, cracks appeared all over Insect Lord Hash's body. The corruptive power within it began to drift outward. At this moment of impending death, Insect Lord Hash suddenly thought of a little guy it had saved in the underground palace. It was that little guy who had told it many things about the outside world, and it was precisely because of this that it wanted to continue living.

At this instant, Insect Lord Hash actually missed that little guy immensely.

"Dying just like this? Don't you feel regret? Your birth concerns the fall of the Spider Queen, the Old Gods, and the Alchemist. Is it really okay to just kick the bucket like this, Hash?"

Hearing Baha's words, Insect Lord Hash remained silent. After a moment, it raised its head and asked, "Who to kill."

"That's more like it. First, come with us to Gem Street. Someone is already waiting there."

"Fine."

Insect Lord Hash, who had been kneeling on the ground, stood up. The cracks all over its body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Hash's thought was very simple: go see its creator, and then find an opportunity to kill the other party.

Insect Lord Hash overlooked one problem. Not to mention whether it was Su Xiao's opponent, after it arrived at Gem Street, others had also arrived, such as Yueling, Goddess Shataye, and the Old Knight.

If that still wasn't enough, the Heretic Execution Squad could also let Hash know that it was not invincible.

The boss team was currently assembling. The assembly point: the Kodo School's territory, Gem Street.