Chapter 3039

Outside the suburbs of Dank City, inside the abandoned ancient castle.

The array on the ground was covered with tree roots, and the defective Son of the Old God at the center was completely lignified, maintaining a posture of roaring at the sky. All the black tentacles on its body had split open, the eyeballs at the ends of the tentacles were widened to the limit, and the surrounding eye sockets were torn.

This Son of the Old God had completely lost all signs of life. Su Xiao did not go up to check; rashly stepping into the range where the array was located was dangerous, as the tree roots of the Overgrowth of Madness did not distinguish between friend and foe.

The plan could be considered a success, though it was worse than the expected effect. The original plan was to severely wound the Old God within the seal; even if it didn't reach the point of near-death, it should have caused its combat power to plummet.

Judging from the fluctuations that appeared just now, the Old God within the seal had indeed been severely wounded.

Su Xiao did not feel very disappointed by this situation. The Old God within the seal did not directly touch the rag stained with the Undying Old Man's source blood and the tree roots of the Overgrowth of Madness, but used the Son of the Old God as a medium to indirectly touch these two.

Even so, the commotion that appeared just now was very large, which showed how dangerous powerhouses the Undying Old Man and the Overgrowth of Madness were.

Although it was an indirect touch, the Old God within the seal was only severely wounded, and its strength might not have been damaged much, which meant that the Old God within the seal was not easy to deal with; the opponent had already accumulated power within the seal for hundreds of years.

This probe was generally quite good. The tree roots of the Overgrowth of Madness consumed were not a big problem; when there was an opportunity in the future, he could trade with the Overgrowth of Madness again, after all, there had already been two trades before.

As long as he didn't actively provoke the Overgrowth of Madness, the risk of trading with the other party was not great. Su Xiao still had six pages of the 【Book of Doors】. For the next trade, he planned to make a targeted trade.

He had kept a very small section of the tree roots of the Overgrowth of Madness. At that time, in a certain world, he could use this very small section of tree roots as a coordinate, and use one page of the 【Book of Doors】 as a bargaining chip to reach a trade with the Overgrowth of Madness.

After the trade was completed, asking the Overgrowth of Madness for a section of tree roots as a sweetener for the trade should be no problem.

Su Xiao was no longer an explorer who needed to be careful and cautious everywhere. For existences like the Overgrowth of Madness, he was already qualified to trade or even communicate with them, and he didn't need to be in the Reincarnation Paradise. Of course, right now, it was a hostile death match; that kind of existence was too ancient.

Su Xiao walked toward the outside of the castle. Not having walked many steps, he discovered that the surroundings had become different; that sense of threat that was always present had actually disappeared, and the surrounding air was even a bit fresher.

Out of the castle, Su Xiao looked at the sky. A silver full moon hung high in the sky, the stars all over the sky came into view, and the breeze of the midsummer night blew slowly.

Just now, the corruption power mixed in the air, like snow exposed to the sun, melted rapidly, and the corruption that had been spreading in this world disappeared.

【Hint: Because the Hunter has temporarily dispelled the corruption of this world, you are about to receive the blessing of this world.】

【While in this world, your Luck attribute will increase by 10 points.】

【While in this world, your World Source acquisition will increase by 25%.】

【While in this world, your treasure chest drop rate will increase by 19.82%.】

【While in this world, when you negotiate with plot characters of this world, you will receive 18 points of real correction.】

【Hint: Because the Hunter's Charm attribute is -3 points, this correction will only take effect in a few situations.】

【While in this world, if the Son of the World of this world is hostile to the Hunter, the Son of the World of this world will temporarily lose the blessing and protection of World Power. During this period, if the Hunter kills them, there will be no world backlash phenomenon.】

Su Xiao closed these hints. He had encountered this situation once in the Wizard World. No world welcomed Old Gods, but there was no way to forcibly exclude them. Old Gods could suck on worlds, and they had unique methods to deal with the exclusion and backlash of worlds.

"I haven't seen tonight's night view for a long time."

Bishop Noah looked at the stars in the sky, his eyes thoughtful.

"Bai Ye, can the array patterns in the castle be restored after being destroyed?"

Bishop Noah was indeed an old fox, thinking at the first moment that the reason this world stopped being corrupted was because of the array in the castle; once that array was destroyed, the corruption would continue.

"In principle, no."

"I have something else to do, I'm leaving first."

Bishop Noah's footsteps were very hurried. The lifting of the corruption of this world was a good thing for everyone. Bishop Noah thought of another thing, which was that crystal fat was about to drop in price, so he had to sell it quickly!

Bishop Noah couldn't care about maintaining the demeanor of a bishop, his footsteps getting faster and faster. Besides his own strong willpower, crystal fat was the only means to resist corruption. Right now, although the corruption hadn't been completely resolved, it was only suppressed, but others didn't know this point.

By tomorrow morning at the latest, many people would notice that the corruption power mixed in the air had disappeared. At that time, crystal fat would no longer be a necessity. Although it wouldn't be worthless, the price would drop significantly.

Su Xiao turned back into the castle, and after a while, he walked out again, leaving with Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Moon Spirit.

Not long after Su Xiao and the others left, figures rushed out from the surrounding wilderness, guarding the perimeter of the castle. An old man dressed as a bishop walked into the castle and finally sat majestically beside the array. If nothing unexpected happened, he would guard here all the time to ensure that the array didn't have any problems.

The Kodo School was not considered an evil faction. They fought against the Old Gods and sent combat power at this time to protect this castle, preventing the array inside from being destroyed, which would lead to the reappearance of corruption.

As for saying they were a good faction? Not really. As the first person to know about this matter, the Kodo School was about to dump crystal fat, cheating people before everyone else.

Late at night, Su Xiao returned to the hotel and entered the room on the second floor to rest. Although he knew that the Kodo School was not a good thing, Su Xiao had no feelings, because what he was about to do was more ruthless than the Kodo School; he was going to fleece a large amount of wool from the Kodo School.

It could be said that over 95% of the extraordinary resources of the entire Dank City were controlled by the Kodo School. For this 'friendly force' that was unreliable to the extreme, Su Xiao certainly wouldn't be polite.

Even when dealing with the Old Gods later, he wouldn't trust the Kodo School, but would trust the Heretic Execution Team that he had fought with.

Through the news sent by Benny, Su Xiao learned about the situation in 'Dank City' at this time. The Kodo School began to use various channels to take out 75% of their stock of crystal fat, used to acquire living supplies and extraordinary resources, cheating the bugs of the Underground Kingdom.

For a long time, the trade between Dank City and the bugs had been restricted by the Kodo School. Now, the Kodo School suddenly decided to stop trade restrictions in order to fight the Old Gods together.

The bug merchants were of course cheering and came to Gem Street overnight to start selling living supplies and extraordinary resources, and the Kodo School accepted everything.

The trade didn't last long before the powerful bugs noticed that the spreading corruption had actually disappeared. They announced this news.

The Kodo School's very flashy operation came: they announced the second use of crystal fat. By melting crystal fat at high temperatures and mixing in an extract they provided, the resulting crystal fat liquid could purify very impure soul stones.

Even if it was a very impure soul stone, it was equally valuable in the eyes of extraordinary beings. Not only that, the Kodo School also announced to the outside world that they had long had this technology and had never made it public to prevent a large amount of crystal fat from being destroyed by extraordinary beings. Purifying impure soul stones would cause civilians to be unable to obtain crystal fat, thereby increasing the risk of being corrupted.

Now the Kodo School was selling crystal fat, firstly to ensure that Dank City's supplies were sufficient, and secondly to provide extraordinary beings with resources to become stronger, no longer blocking the crystal fat trade.

Not only that, the Kodo School also renamed Dank City; it was renamed 'Kodo Sanctuary'. After the Old God broke the seal, whether it was humans, bugs, or beasts, they could all come here to seek sanctuary, which was why a large amount of material reserves were needed here.

Was that it? Not really. The Kodo School continued to announce to the outside world that the corruption was contained with the help of allies, but this accelerated the speed at which the Old God broke the seal. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before the Old God broke the seal. They actually never believed in the Old God, but had always been fighting against the Old God.

After the Kodo School's successive flashy operations, they not only didn't bear a bad reputation, but instead whitewashed themselves. Looking at that posture, if they were given a few more years of development time, they could easily hammer the Soul Zhong Ta to death.

The Soul Zhong Ta side of course wouldn't sit still and wait for death, so they announced to the outside world that the corruption was only temporarily suppressed, and that one must never destroy a large amount of crystal fat. The Kodo School was deceiving everyone; the disappearance of corruption was only temporary, and at the latest, in less than half a month, the corruption would reappear. Their scholars had already observed this point.

After the Soul Zhong Ta announced this news, the Kodo School immediately declared that the Soul Zhong Ta was the running dog of the Old God!

The high-level officials of the Soul Zhong Ta almost laughed out loud after learning this news. This kind of framing, like children arguing, was even a bit childish.

But the Soul Zhong Ta never expected that the Kodo School's follow-up move would be so flashy. The steps were as follows:

The Kodo School summoned the high-level officials of the bugs, as well as managers or gang leaders of other large cities. After finishing this, the Kodo School took out a huge Old God head from a dusty warehouse.

The most powerful claim came: the Kodo School announced to the outside world that they had actually always been fighting against the Old God and had secretly killed an Old God, keeping that Old God's head.

The reason they hadn't announced this news to the outside world was to prevent the Old God within the seal from knowing about this matter. They had always wanted to gain the trust of this Old God to kill it in one blow. And, they also announced the name of the Old God within the seal: Feather God Hegla.

Once this news came out, the Soul Zhong Ta almost exploded on the spot and could only choose to remain silent. The Kodo School's successive operations were too flashy, showing people until their scalps went numb. The Soul Zhong Ta side didn't know if the Kodo School had any even flashier operations.

Overnight, the Kodo School actually rushed to the top among many forces. Looking at that posture, they were the partners of justice, the nemesis of the Old Gods, and the protectors of the three races.

At this time, at the Kodo School headquarters, inside the top-floor conference room.

"Everyone, you must already understand the current situation. A new era is coming, and the Kodo School will not become the leader of the era."

After saying this, Bishop Noah sat down and leaned back in his chair. He was as clear as a mirror in his heart. Don't look at how lively the various forces were now; once the Feather God Hegla broke the seal, except for a limited few who could face the Old God directly, all forces could only crawl underneath.

But even so, Bishop Noah also felt that in the current situation, the Kodo School no longer needed to worry about others and could go and complete that matter.

The leaders of the various forces who sat down were all silent. They all knew that from now on, the rise of the Kodo School was unstoppable, and they could only choose to attach themselves or be destroyed.

Bishop Noah looked around at the four seats, seeing the expressions of the leaders of the various forces, and was very satisfied in his heart. Sitting next to him, the other three bishops also showed smiles, except for Bishop Dulu, whose smile on his face was undisguised.

In fact, Bishop Dulu felt as if he had been struck by five thunders in his heart. He couldn't figure out why the corruption would stop. Had the supreme Feather God left this world? Or had something happened? On the day he chose to join the Old God faction, there was no turning back.

Just when Bishop Noah and the others were complacent, a messenger trotted into the conference room and whispered something in Bishop Noah's ear.

"Hmm?"

Bishop Noah stood up. That is, a few seconds later, a wave spread, and the power of corruption descended again.

In the conference room, everyone had no reaction. Not only them, but even the civilians had long been accustomed to the existence of corruption power. Even, they didn't even notice the disappearance and reappearance of corruption power.

The civilians didn't notice, but the Soul Zhong Ta side definitely noticed. Presumably, they were already prepared to stab the Kodo School hard.

Bishop Noah looked around at the four seats again. The leaders of the various forces were also looking at Bishop Noah. They were all a bit dazed. The Kodo School's series of operations now seemed to be confusing behaviors. What exactly were these religious fanatics doing? Suppressing corruption power for a few hours? And then? Just this?

Bishop Noah's old face felt a burning sensation. They had already let powerhouses with strong perception go to the castle. Although they didn't know the principle of that array, they could still judge the energy operation structure. That thing was stable to the point of being inconceivable, maintaining it for more than ten years, or even decades, was no big problem. It broke after just a few hours?

Bishop Noah had also confirmed with Su Xiao how many years that array could be maintained. Su Xiao's answer was that conservatively estimated, 76 years or more was no problem, and the materials provided by the Kodo School were of high quality.

It wasn't that the Kodo School couldn't hold it. After waiting for the corruption to disappear for a few days, they would then carry out the above operations. They couldn't wait. Once the Soul Zhong Ta seized the opportunity, they would be very passive.

Bishop Dulu in the conference room noticed that the corruption power had descended again. Although the expression on his face changed greatly, his heart, which had been hanging high, was put down. He hadn't chosen wrong. The Feather God's strength and terror were something that no powerhouse in this world could resist.

Compared to Bishop Dulu, a very bad feeling appeared in Bishop Noah's heart. As an old schemer who had controlled the Kodo School for decades, he vaguely guessed what was going on. The array in the castle hadn't failed, but had been turned off.

"You, come with me."

Bishop Noah walked toward the outside of the conference room. Not having walked many steps, he stopped and said: "Go and get the key to the material warehouse; we might need it in a while."

Bishop Noah said this somewhat implicitly. It wasn't that 'the key to the material warehouse' might be needed, but that it would definitely be used. Bishop Noah had already guessed that the Kodo School was about to be fleeced, and it wasn't as simple as being fleeced a few times, but that they were about to be fleeced bald.