Chapter 3043: Heart of Berg

Su Xiao walked into the room, the floorboards creaking under his feet. Bubu Wang, who was following him, didn't enter, just poked its head in to look around.

Su Xiao looked around. The room was dilapidated, the corners were full of spider webs, and the workbench was covered in thick dust.

Directly in front, a withered corpse sat on a wooden chair. From the decaying clothing, one could tell this was a craftsman.

What exactly was speaking just now was unknown; it could have been this corpse, or some kind of ghost. This was not important.

Su Xiao guessed that this withered corpse might be Gem Master Lindberg. He didn't die on Gem Street but died in White Town.

In front of the Gem Master was a wooden sign, on which was written:

"The King I followed and admired, you, why did you become like that? You have worked hard. I am willing to offer everything to you, but you no longer need my Supreme Work—Gem Craftsman Lindberg of the King of Light's people."

Su Xiao stepped forward and picked up a pendant from the Gem Master's hand.

【You have obtained Heart of Berg (Immortal-grade).】

【Heart of Berg】

Origin: Dark Star World - Gem Master Lindberg

Quality: Immortal-grade

Category: Accessory - Pendant

Durability: 45/45

Equipment Requirement: Real Stamina 206+ points, Willpower 107+ points.

Equipment Effect: Power of Adaptation (Core, Passive): During combat, according to the enemy's ability characteristics, increase the wearer's abnormal status resistance by 62-80 points (adaptive).

Hint: If the enemy has fire-type abilities, increase fire attribute resistance by 62-80 points; if the enemy has dark-type abilities, increase dark attribute resistance by 62-80 points...

Hint: If fighting multiple enemies, an enemy unit will be randomly selected to increase one's own abnormal status resistance.

Rating: 1485 points (Immortal-grade equipment rating is 1000-1500 points).

Introduction: This is the Supreme Work of the Gem Master. Besides this equipment, the Gem Master also manufactured the Bai Yin Heart Amulet and the Ring of Unyielding Heart in his early years. When wearing the Heart of Berg pendant, Bai Yin Heart amulet, and Ring of Unyielding Heart simultaneously, a special effect will be triggered.

Price: 1830 soul coins

Seeing the attributes of 【Heart of Berg】, Su Xiao felt this thing was quite good. Wearing it normally was better than 【King of Hunter】.

It could increase adaptive abnormal attribute resistance during combat, and it was an increase of 62-80 points. For Su Xiao, his survival ability would improve significantly, especially when facing fire explosions and dark erosion.

The rumors outside were correct. The Gem Master had indeed prepared to offer the 【Heart of Berg】 to the King of Light, so he faked his death after crafting the 【Heart of Berg】 and began his journey to find the King of Light.

The Gem Master succeeded. He arrived in White Town and also saw the King of Light. Before that, his idea was to offer the 【Heart of Berg】 to the King of Light so that when the King of Light fought the Ancient God, he would be spared from being corrupted by the Ancient God's power.

But upon seeing the King of Light, the Gem Master froze in place. He discovered that he had been too naive. In order to seal the Ancient God, the King of Light's body had long since been broken beyond recognition.

Back then, Yueling wanted to drive the Gem Master away, but seeing him kneeling on the ground weeping, she couldn't bear to drive away this subject of the King of Light. Not long after, the King of Light woke up and learned the purpose of the Gem Master's visit.

"Berg, you've worked hard. I no longer have... the power to fight the Ancient God."

After saying this, the King of Light fell into a deep sleep, while the Gem Master settled in White Town, waiting aimlessly, and then died.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Heart of Berg】 in his hand. He unequipped the King of Hunter, put on the 【Heart of Berg】, and tucked the pendant into his collar.

"A good piece of work."

Su Xiao turned and walked out of the room. Behind him, the head-drooping withered corpse gradually turned into fly ash. Before long, sparks ignited throughout the room, turning into ashes that drifted into the distance.

【Heart of Berg】 was an unexpected gain. After seeing the attributes of this equipment, Su Xiao became interested in the Bai Yin Heart and Unyielding Heart. However, he knew his luck; being able to obtain 【Heart of Berg】 was already an above-average performance. He didn't hold much hope for the remaining two pieces of equipment.

To obtain more amulets, shearing wool from the Kodo School was a must. Benny was responsible for this, and how many amulets could be obtained in the end would depend on the situation.

Only the Giant was missing in White Town. Su Xiao didn't intend to look for him. The Demon Blacksmith had revealed the Giant's whereabouts: the Giant had left this world.

He wasn't dead, but had become an existence similar to the Blind Old Man and the Mushroom Prophet, signing a contract with the Tree of Void to trade with powerhouses in various worlds.

The Giant wasn't afraid of death; he was looking for a way to deal with the Ancient God.

Time passed in waiting. At 9:00 AM the next morning, the Ouroboros Slate finally returned. It actually ignored the obstruction of the Lost Withered Forest and arrived in White Town.

In the bedroom on the second floor of the residence, Su Xiao ended his daily meditation. He opened his eyes and saw the Ouroboros Slate floating in front of him, with a gem inlaid in the center. This gem was named 【Passing Kill - Convergence】.

After checking its attributes, Su Xiao decided to socket it into Zhan Long Shan.

"The Container's mask, do not forget."

After these words appeared on the Ouroboros Slate, it faded into the wall, obviously not wanting to be stored in Su Xiao's storage space.

Su Xiao left the residence, took the three Immortal-grade gems, and walked towards the blacksmith shop where the Demon Blacksmith was located.

Clang, clang, clang...

The Demon Blacksmith was hammering a glowing red iron bar on the forging table. Looking at the shape of this thing, it seemed he was crafting a sword, not knowing for whom.

"The gems are gathered."

Su Xiao took out the 【Space Rift】, 【Soul Cut】, and 【Passing Kill - Convergence】 Immortal-grade gems. The Demon Blacksmith glanced at these three gems.

"Not bad. Leave the blade and wait outside."

The Demon Blacksmith opened the furnace. Whoosh, sparks flew everywhere. The temperature inside the blacksmith shop suddenly became shockingly high. Even Su Xiao felt a burning sensation all over his body. If he didn't leave, he would suffer high real burning damage.

Leaving Zhan Long Shan behind, Su Xiao exited the blacksmith shop.

The possibility of the Demon Blacksmith making a mistake was minimal. Compared to this, Su Xiao wanted to know what the Ouroboros Slate had prophesied. The prophecy ability of this slate was not comparable to Snake Lady's divination; the two were not abilities of the same tier.

The Ouroboros Slate wanted the Container's mask, and not only that, it had handed over the Immortal-grade gem very readily. This was not the Ouroboros Slate's style. In the past, on the Ouroboros Slate, Su Xiao had only felt malice, endless malice.

Su Xiao conjectured that the Ouroboros Slate had handed over the Immortal-grade gem so easily because it seemed to foresee that he and the Container would inevitably have a battle, and the chance of him losing was very high. Once he died in battle, the Ouroboros Slate would be free, and at that time, it would find a holder who would obey its every word, even disguising itself as an existence like a "grandfather."

Su Xiao had always believed that the Ouroboros Slate escaping his control was only a matter of time. This thing could not be restrained. Before the Ouroboros Slate escaped, maximizing its value was the wise choice, or finding an opportunity to destroy this thing. The latter had no gain and the risk was not low; the former had high gains and the risk was within an acceptable range.

The Container was created by the joint efforts of the King of Light, the Great Sage, the Spider Queen, and the Mother Goddess. Plus, having sealed the Ancient God for so long, it must have been highly eroded by the Ancient God's energy, and its combat power would have greatly increased.

Even so, Su Xiao didn't think he would be weaker than the Container. But if, after cutting all the soul chains, the Container was no longer enough to restrain the Feather God and appeared together with the Feather God to deal with Su Xiao, then the probability of him dying in battle would be very high.

Thinking of these, Su Xiao walked towards the Pale Palace. Better safe than sorry; he had to ensure he wouldn't face the Container and the Feather God at the same time.

A few hours later, Su Xiao walked out of the Pale Palace. Although the setup just now was not enough to be foolproof, at least it wouldn't let the worst result occur.

Returning to the front of the blacksmith shop, Su Xiao saw that the stone door of the blacksmith shop had risen. Zhan Long Shan in its scabbard was placed on the forging table, and beside it was a deep blue ball of light, wrapping something inside.

The Demon Blacksmith had left, taking his forging hammer with him. Su Xiao came to the furnace and found that all the gems inside the furnace had disappeared. It seemed the Demon Blacksmith had left White Town, and they could only meet again if fate allowed.

Su Xiao picked up Zhan Long Shan in its scabbard. The blade was unsheathed a bit, the edge was very sharp, and the blade hummed, as if cutting through the flowing air. He checked the attributes of Zhan Long Shan. ===== CHAPTER 3044 =====