Chapter 3153: Lightning and Darkness

The tavern is filled with flying wood chips, and the ground is covered with glass shards and alcohol. The chandelier on the ceiling is knocked to the ground.

"Aiqi, wake up!"

The white-haired youth performs a back throw, slamming Aiqi to the ground. He takes the opportunity to ride on Aiqi, and his right fist, wearing an alloy arm guard, hammers down continuously like pounding garlic.

"Aiqi, calm down, calm down, calm down..."

Bang, bang, bang...

While the white-haired youth mutters about calming down, his hand movements are not slow at all, punching Aiqi in the face, fist-to-flesh, making a banging sound.

Aiqi no longer has the strength to fight back, because Goya quietly released a canister of 'mixed inert gas'.

Originally, the combat power of Aiqi and the white-haired youth was fifty-fifty. Now that he is weakened, he is of course pressed to the ground and beaten.

"White-hair, Aiqi has calmed down, stop."

"He hasn't."

The white-haired youth speaks while continuing to hammer.

"He's not even moving!"

Nainai Ni finally can't bear it anymore and kicks the white-haired youth on his upper arm, kicking him off Aiqi. Nainai Ni is afraid that White-hair will beat Aiqi to death.

The white-haired youth leans against the collapsed bar. He pulls a bottle of wine from the glass shards beside him, bites off the cork, and pours several large gulps into his mouth.

"Aiqi, Aiqi, are you okay?"

Nainai Ni lifts Aiqi's upper body and places it on her kneeling legs. At this time, Aiqi has no time to enjoy this beauty; his mouth and nose are bleeding, and blood is also flowing from his ears.

Nainai Ni presses one hand on Aiqi's chest. With a 'pop', the blood from Aiqi's mouth and nose flows back. This is Nainai Ni's backtracking ability. She is backtracking Aiqi's injuries.

Nainai Ni doesn't know one thing: she not only backtracked Aiqi's injuries but also backtracked the amount of mixed inert gas he inhaled.

Aiqi suddenly opens his eyes. His two pupils dilate to the maximum, then shrink, and finally turn into pitch-black vertical pupils.

Aiqi suddenly stands up and backhands Nainai Ni, sending her flying. Under the stimulation of the mixed inert gas, he has no reason left. If it weren't for Aiqi's consciousness being relatively firm, he would have already started a massacre.

The white-haired youth witnesses this scene from beginning to end. He drops the wine bottle in his hand and pounces on Aiqi.

Luhu Manor, in the reception hall on the second floor of the ancient castle.

Su Xiao looks at the projection on the wall. Things are progressing very smoothly. It won't be long before the Blood of Fate can be recovered.

Compared to this side, the situation on the East Continent side is not very smooth. Of the 30 dead soldiers who used S-001, only 26 remain. The other 4 were dealt with. Those 4 could no longer be controlled; their desire to obtain S-001 had reached the point of completely distorting their minds.

Around noon today, the 26 dead soldiers arrived in the East Continent one after another, which confirmed the intelligence that the Supreme Insect is in the East Continent.

After these dead soldiers arrived in the East Continent, there was nothing at first, but as subsequent intelligence personnel arrived, the Hunter Company of the East Continent appeared, issuing warnings to the Institution and the Eclipse.

The Hunter Company not only issued warnings but also captured 6 dead soldiers. They didn't obtain any intelligence; those dead soldiers exploded and died as soon as they were captured.

This left the Hunter Company in a dilemma. The East Continent is their territory. The rash intrusion of the Institution and the Eclipse requires the company to express its stance, and it must be tough.

Just as the middle and lower-level members of both sides were about to tear their faces, Kingsley arrived in the East Continent. Along with him went over 5,000 transcendents from the Institution and the Eclipse Organization.

Kingsley's meaning was very simple: since the Hunter Company's attitude is tough, then let's go to war.

The Hunter Company's attitude was: we are afraid of you, Kingsley? If you want to go to war, then let's go to war. Whoever flinches is a grandson.

And so, the two sides broke off. As for when to go to war, it's to be determined~

The current situation is that the main transcendents and intelligence personnel of the Institution and the Eclipse Organization have all arrived in the East Continent and have found a foothold.

The Hunter Company side has adopted an attitude of preparing for war, but because of concern for civilian casualties, they haven't made a move yet.

As for really going to war, is there a hole in their brains? Fundamentally speaking, what loss is there in having other transcendents temporarily enter their territory?

In fact, there is no actual loss. The Institution and the Eclipse Organization are not here to seize resources. As for the intelligence personnel, anyone with a brain can think that sending intelligence personnel so blatantly is for the Hunter Company to see. If they really wanted to be hostile to the Hunter Company, the intelligence personnel would definitely infiltrate, rather than come by ship.

Being stepped on their territory, the only loss is face and prestige. Has the Hunter Company lost these now? Of course not. They are all prepared to 'go to war' with the Institution and the Eclipse Organization; they are very tough.

The situation seems stable, but the Hunter Company has always had a strong interest in the intentions of the Institution and the Eclipse Organization. In Su Xiao's view, this is a root of disaster.

Su Xiao looks at the projection on the wall. The white-haired youth and Aiqi are still fighting. Under the condition that neither of them uses extraordinary abilities and only fights with physical strength, the Blood of Fate in their bodies is active to the extreme. If the two fight to the death, the Blood of Fate in their bodies will inevitably undergo transformation.

"Baha, let Goya come back to the manor before tonight."

"Understood."

Baha flies out of the window. In the large living room, only Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang remain. Xili went out to execute Su Xiao's orders long ago, and Amu is sleeping soundly on the first floor.

Su Xiao decides to accelerate the plan. Things cannot be delayed any longer. The Hunter Company's claws are reaching out further and further. He must send the protagonist squad over to attract hatred as soon as possible.

To accelerate the plan, he must take out some items. Su Xiao takes out a grayish-white stone from the storage space. This stone is the size of a fingernail, and its shape is very irregular. In some places, the gullies resemble brain tissue.

This item is named 【Dream Stone】, obtained by Su Xiao in the dream world of Dark Star. It is an Epic-grade item, with the effect:

After use, it can drag the designated target into a sweet dream/nightmare (if multiple are used at the same time, the effect will be significantly enhanced).

This is because the Beast Race sleeps in the dream world, and because time is stagnant there, the brain tissue of the sleeping Beast Race undergoes mutations, thus forming stones in the brain tissue.

Su Xiao has a total of 8 【Dream Stones】. He prepares to synthesize them before use. If this were a Holy Spirit-grade item, it would be enough to influence the white-haired youth. If it's Epic-grade, no matter what, the white-haired youth is a World Child, so this bit of importance must be given.

The 8 【Dream Stones】 float up, dissolving while adsorbing to each other, and finally fuse into the size of a walnut, looking like a shrunken brain.

This is not the end. Su Xiao takes out a scale from the storage space, which is the Overlord-grade equipment 【Golden Scale】.

Equipment effect 1: Equivalent Exchange (Passive), place any 'consumable item' on the left tray of the scale, then place an appropriate amount of soul crystals (any specification) on the right tray. After the two ends reach balance, the placed 'consumable item' will be permanently enhanced.

Prompt: The quantity of soul crystals (any specification) required will be determined based on the quality and score of the 'consumable item' on the left tray.

Su Xiao wants to enhance the effect of the 【Dream Stone】 through the 【Golden Scale】. Of course, he won't take out the soul crystals in the storage space; that's too much of a loss. He takes off the 【Soul Lock Lamp】 the size of his little finger from his waist.

The equipment effect of the 【Soul Lock Lamp】 is very simple. After Su Xiao kills an enemy, this equipment can collect the scattered soul power, compress it into soul energy, and store it in the lock lamp. When needed, it can convert this soul energy into soul crystal fragments and release them.

The so-called soul crystal fragments are obtained after crushing a soul crystal (small). This is the smallest unit of measurement in soul stones.

Su Xiao places the 【Dream Stone】 on the left tray of the Golden Scale, then activates the Soul Lock Lamp. While the soul energy inside is released, it is converted into soul crystal fragments by the Soul Lock Lamp.

Clatter~

A small pile of soul crystal fragments that look like broken diamonds appears on the right tray of the Golden Scale. The trays on the far right reach a horizontal line. At this moment, the soul crystal fragments on the right tray turn into a stream of energy. First, it passes through the Golden Scale, making the patterns on it light up, and then this energy merges into the 【Dream Stone】.

Hum~

A faint light emerges, and illusory whispers appear around. This sound from the dream makes one feel sleepy.

A few minutes later, the faint light on the 【Dream Stone】 recedes. As a price, the 2000 points of soul energy stored in the Soul Lock Lamp are exhausted. For Su Xiao, this is just the difference between having 'sugar beans' to eat or not.

Su Xiao picks up the 【Dream Stone】 on the Golden Scale. At this time, this thing is like a crystal product, crystal clear, containing seven-colored light like a rainbow. This represents a sweet dream. Coexisting with it on the other side is a deep dark red. This dark red is like viscous blood, representing a nightmare.

【Dream Stone】

Origin: Dark Star · Dream World

Quality: Holy Spirit-grade

Type: Disposable item (already enhanced by soul power)

Usage effect: After use, it can drag the designated target into a sweet dream/nightmare (sweet dream/nightmare can be formulated according to the user's will).

Prompt: This item has been enhanced by soul power, Willpower judgment tier +1, Willpower judgment correction +18 points.

Score: 1000 points (Holy Spirit-grade item score is 700~1000 points).

The effect of the Golden Scale did not disappoint Su Xiao. Like 【Blood Feather】 or 【Golden Scale】, this kind of Overlord-grade equipment is useless at ordinary times, but once it takes effect, the effect is exceptionally top-notch.

Unknowingly, the sunset appears on the horizon again. After tonight, Su Xiao's main mission time limit will only have 6 days left.

A petite figure wearing a black dress leaps into the manor from the wall. After landing, a badge appears between her fingers, and the dozen or so feelings of locking onto her around disappear, which makes Goya breathe a sigh of relief.

Goya leaps continuously with the posture of a spirit cat, and finally jumps into a bedroom on the third floor of the ancient castle, which is pitch black inside.

Goya lowers her head, kneels on one knee, presses one hand to her chest, and presses the fingertips of the other hand to the floor.

"My lord, following your orders, Goya has returned."

"..."

"My lord?"

Goya quietly raises her head a little. After seeing the pair of pupils emitting red light in the darkness, she immediately lowers her head again.

"The Far South Cold Land is a good place for vacation, especially the Iron Tower Town over there. Don't you think so, Goya?"

The Far South Cold Land · Iron Tower Town that Su Xiao mentioned, he has been there. After the battle with the Moon Wolf last time, he recuperated there.

In the coldest season, that place can reach minus 85°~90°. Simply put, if you pee in mid-air, it freezes into a stick.

More importantly, Su Xiao is very familiar with Colonel Peder of the Far South Cold Land · Iron Tower Town. It is very simple to send someone over.

With Goya's quality, after being sent over, she will most likely suffer the 'poisonous hand' of the female doctor · Vina. That female doctor has no feeling for the opposite sex, and for the same sex, she is a lecher.

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Goya stammers. She doesn't want to be sent to the Far South Cold Land. She doesn't want to go to that icy and snowy place without any entertainment facilities, and she doesn't want to dig coal!

"Legion Commander, I was wrong."

"Oh? You don't want to go to the Far South Cold Land?"

"I don't!"

Goya is truly panicked this time. Losing her little life is a matter of an instant, and fear is only for a while before death. But being exiled to the Far South Cold Land is a lifelong matter. Once she gets there, she will receive a warm welcome, and then there will be an Alliance female officer who will watch her 24 hours a day, eat with her, sleep with her, prevent her from committing suicide, and watch her dig coal.

"Is that so? Then forget it."

Su Xiao folds a transfer order, places it on the table beside his hand, and picks up the small wooden box containing the 【Dream Stone】.

A while later, Goya leaves the manor under the cover of night, heading straight for the tavern where the protagonist squad is located. When she returns to the tavern, she finds Aiqi sitting there drinking dull wine with his head hanging, and Nainai Ni is leaning against the wall with her hands behind her back, watching Aiqi to prevent Aiqi from losing control again.

The white-haired youth has already gone upstairs to rest. He and Aiqi hammered each other for an afternoon. Aiqi has a Devourer in his body and gets more energetic the more he fights. The white-haired youth can only rely on Nainai Ni's healing ability and backtracking ability.

This afternoon of mutual explosive hammering not only didn't cause the two to break up, but instead appeared a subtle tacit understanding. This tacit understanding is: assuming that one day Aiqi really loses his mind completely, then it will be up to the white-haired youth to solve him personally.

"Goya, help me watch Aiqi for a while, I'm going to sleep for a while."

Nainai Ni whispers to Goya. Compared to the white-haired youth and Aiqi, Nainai Ni actually trusts Goya even less, but at this time, there is no way. She helped the white-haired youth heal and backtrack his injuries many times, and she was so tired that her body was soft.

"Not afraid that Aiqi will be sold by me again?"

Goya speaks with a smile. Nainai Ni sighs and turns upstairs. She sighs for the IQ of her teammates. Being sold and still helping to count the money makes Nainai Ni feel that she has lived long enough to see everything.

Goya hums a song in a low voice, and a silver coin flips at her fingertips. Suddenly, the silver coin at her fingertips disappears, and something touches her calf, which lets her know that the helper has arrived.

Goya stretches, counting down silently in her heart: 3, 2, 1, fall~

With a 'plop', Aiqi, who is drinking dull wine, falls down. Goya hums a song and walks upstairs. She stops in front of the white-haired youth's door, presses a crystal-like stone onto the door. This stone turns into dark red mist, penetrates the door panel, and merges into the mouth and nose of the white-haired youth who is sleeping soundly. Nightmare... descends.

Goya continues forward, arriving in front of the bedroom door next to Nainai Ni's. She turns around playfully, and her black floral skirt also spins along.

Goya pushes open Nainai Ni's bedroom door. It is slightly dark inside. She walks to the bed, looks at Nainai Ni lying on it, and snaps her fingers. Nainai Ni has no reaction; the medicine has taken effect.

Goya draws the claw knife from her thigh under her skirt and wears it on her hand. She presses the claw knife against Nainai Ni's neck and cuts it down, blood spraying out.

In the darkness, Goya waits for 3 seconds, immediately takes out a bandage to stop Nainai Ni's bleeding. Not only that, she also presses the claw knife in her hand against her own thigh and slides it fiercely, blood gushing out.

The wound on Goya's leg looks very much like it was injured by the large claws of some kind of creature. For example, the Devourer form of Aiqi has such sharp claws.

Before long, Goya's arms, shoulders, and other positions all have claw wounds. Goya, who is inconvenient to move, carries Nainai Ni, walks to the front of the white-haired youth's bedroom door, and falls down with a 'plop'. She slaps the door hard, leaving a bloody dented handprint on the door.

After doing all this, Goya swallows a small pill. Her vital signs are getting weaker and weaker, and her aura is the same. At this moment, an invisible creature drags the unconscious Nainai Ni downstairs, leaving bloodstains along the way.

Downstairs, Aiqi falls to the ground. He has been mildly paralyzed by the mixed inert gas + medicine, but even in this situation, he stands up from the ground. Black semi-fluid emerges from all over his body, wrapping him in it.

Aiqi transforms into a monster over three meters tall, with sharp claws on both hands and sharp teeth all over his mouth. This is the combat form of the Devourer.

At this moment, at the center of the Devourer's eyebrows, a blue mark flashes with faint light. This is an absolute command from Su Xiao.

The Devourer grabs Nainai Ni, who was dragged by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and with a 'boom', it crashes through the door and disappears into the night.

A few minutes later, in a three-story mansion, the lights flicker. The walls are covered in bloodstains, and a strong smell of blood permeates.

A sturdy man with only half a body left, covered in tattoos on his face and spine, lies on the ground. His tears and snot are flowing together. He died not long ago.

A clawed foot steps on the half-body corpse of this sturdy man, and a mouth full of sharp teeth is tearing the sturdy man's flesh and blood in large mouthfuls.

A while later, the Devourer stands up straight. There are no living people in this building. It doesn't know why it came here. It is instinct driving it to kill all the enemies in this building. The enemies here tried to use firearms to fight back, but it had no effect. In the Devourer's view, they were too weak.

Black tentacles emerge from the Devourer's shoulders. These tentacles twist, and the faint fragrance makes its endurance reach its limit, but instinct is suppressing it not to eat the source of the fragrance. It is not the time yet.

At the same time, in the white-haired youth's bedroom, the white-haired youth sits up from the bed with a 'whoosh', breathing heavily, his face covered in cold sweat.

"Is it a dream? Fortunately, it's a dream."

The white-haired youth shakes his head with a smile. He just dreamed that Aiqi completely lost his mind, the Devourer in his body kept growing, even breaking through the limit to the point where no one could stop it. Garman City turned into a ruin, and there were corpses bitten in half by the Devourer everywhere. The buildings were covered in blood, a scene of purgatory.

Although it was something that happened in a dream, the white-haired youth felt that the dream was exceptionally real. Not only that, after waking up, his eyebrows were still aching faintly.

At this moment, the white-haired youth's body tenses. He smells the smell of blood. Putting on trousers and a shirt, he rushes out of the bedroom. A large area of bloodstains comes into view. Goya is lying in a pool of blood, with multiple claw marks on her body.

"Goya? Goya!"

The white-haired youth grabs Goya's shoulders and shakes her. Goya's eyes barely open a slit.

"Go... save, Nainai Ni, Aiqi... lost control... be careful... Hunter Company."

After saying this, Goya faints completely, with no immediate threat to her life.

The white-haired youth has no choice but to settle Goya in Nainai Ni's bedroom first. As soon as he enters Nainai Ni's bedroom, he sees the bed covered in bloodstains, with several claw marks distributed on the bedspread, and cotton and down feathers turned out.

The white-haired youth places Goya on the bed. He presses one hand on his eyebrows. In his perception, everything around him disappears, leaving only four auras. Two are very strange, and should be the Hunter Company's people. The other two are Aiqi and Nainai Ni.

The white-haired youth leaps out of the window in a few steps and soon disappears into the darkness, heading straight for the direction of Aiqi.

Ten minutes later, in the three-story mansion, the Devourer · Aiqi sits on a tea table covered in bloodstains. It is waiting.

"Hmm~?"

Not far away, Nainai Ni wakes up leisurely. As soon as she wakes up, she feels a heart-piercing pain in her neck, which makes her almost moan and then shed tears. This pain came too suddenly.

Before Nainai Ni could react to what was going on, she was grabbed by an irresistible force. A large claw grabbed her slender waist and lifted her from the ground.

With the help of the light, Nainai Ni finally sees clearly what the monster in front of her is. It is the Devourer · Aiqi. She has seen Aiqi enter this combat form.

The Devourer's big mouth opens. Just as Nainai Ni is about to resist, she feels the grip on her waist strengthen, making her, who was already seriously injured, feel powerless.

Bang!

The front door is kicked to pieces. The white-haired youth rushes in. The moment he rushes into the hall, the Devourer bites down.

Pfft!

With one bite from the Devourer, Nainai Ni's entire right arm, shoulder, and one-third of her torso disappear. Her heart is exposed, and a large amount of blood beads fly everywhere.

The white-haired youth who just rushed in witnesses this scene. His pupils shrink rapidly. The blood and minced meat on the wall stimulate him, representing that Aiqi killed at least a dozen people here. More importantly, the Devourer · Aiqi's large claw is grabbing Nainai Ni's waist, and that is Nainai Ni whose body was bitten off by one-third.

Blood flows down from Nainai Ni's fair arm, dripping along the tips of her nails, falling into the bloodstains on the ground, making a 'drip' sound.

This subtle sound makes the white-haired youth's heart tremble.

"Aiqi!!"

The white-haired youth shouts angrily. The blood vessels on his face and neck bulge.

Boom!

A golden lightning bolt strikes behind the white-haired youth. Golden electric arcs surge on his body. He lowers his body slightly, and his gaze changes.

Opposite, the Devourer · Aiqi squats on the wooden tea table. An eye opens on its left arm.

This is a 'Dark Eye' cultivated by Su Xiao through the Eye Ritual, using the dark matter of the Void · Abyss Dragon Bottom.

The Devourer can open at most five 'Dark Eyes' on its left arm. This is the peak combat power of the Devourer at the current stage, and now, it has opened to the third eye. ===== CHAPTER 3154 =====