Chapter 3254: You Must Be Strong

In a secret room in an unknown place, Su Xiao walked down a corridor about four meters wide. He could feel the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun watching him from behind. This was likely a key location in the New Kingdom, and there were bound to be many hidden sentries around.

As the meeting place requested by the Sovereign, it was normal for it to meet these conditions. Su Xiao even suspected that this was the Sovereign's lair, the Dynasty Ruins, Saint Dan City.

Su Xiao stopped at a circular teleportation array. Judging by the wear on the array, it had been there for some years—it might even be an antique from hundreds of years ago.

After observing the array, Su Xiao discovered its ingenious design. It had excellent compatibility and could match with various space items or objects. Once matched, the space item would be Point A, and this array would be Point B, allowing for mutual teleportation.

The ingenuity of this array lay in the fact that it could be closed one-way. Once closed, the connection with Point A would be severed, and Point A would only reconnect once the array was reactivated.

Undoubtedly, the person who chose this place for the meeting really wanted the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun to hold the initiative, keeping both the timing and the location in his hands. The only thing missing was the human element.

One could only say that the wise man behind the Sovereign had done his best and had broken his heart for the Sovereign.

The teleportation array under Su Xiao's feet activated, and spatial fluctuations appeared. Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja disappeared. Everything was normal, but was that really the case? No, the plan had already begun.

This seemingly normal teleportation actually contained the abilities of Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja. If one were to rewind time by five seconds, one would find that when the spatial fluctuations appeared, Su Xiao had penetrated space for an instant, which caused a brief fluctuation in the spatial waves, much like signal interference.

During medium-distance spatial movement, this kind of signal-like interference was too common, and the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun, who witnessed it all, didn't care.

It was this momentary spatial interference created by Su Xiao that allowed Baja, of the spatial type, to seize the opportunity. Before the interference disappeared, he amplified the feeling of signal interference, making Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang look like he was pixelated.

This was to create an opportunity for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had 0.7 seconds to react. The moment the spatial teleportation ended, he merged into the environment and leaped out of the teleportation array.

Because Baja had amplified the signal-like interference effect, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who looked like he was pixelated all over, did all of this without arousing the Sovereign's suspicion.

In the quiet corridor, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang walked forward. His task afterward was simple: follow the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun.

Su Xiao left Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang here not to determine where this was—that wasn't important. Just a moment ago, he had given the Sovereign a 【Scroll Fragment】, and that was the key point.

Su Xiao guessed that the Sovereign might have more scroll fragments than the Sun Church. Did the Sovereign carry so many 【Scroll Fragments】 with him?

That wasn't very feasible. Even if he had a strange item capable of storing objects, he couldn't be sure if that item would be lost.

Storing the 【Scroll Fragments】 in a place that was sufficiently secure and guarded by several perception-type powerhouses was the safest option.

This time, the Sovereign had obtained one 【Scroll Fragment】. It was unlikely he would carry it with him all the time. There was a high probability he would place this 【Scroll Fragment】 in a sufficiently safe place, where there might be other 【Scroll Fragments】.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, merged into the environment, would track the Sovereign throughout until he determined where the Sovereign's 【Scroll Fragments】 were hidden. The 【Scroll Fragment】 Su Xiao had taken out earlier was just a test.

Apartment No. 4, in the residence on the 3rd floor.

The living room was pitch black. Su Xiao checked the time; it was not yet 11 o'clock. He needed to continue the clinic tomorrow, so he took off his clothes and went to sleep on the bed.

He didn't know how long he had slept when the sound of footsteps coming upstairs reached his ears. He sat up from the bed with a "whoosh," and the Dragon Flash appeared in his hand. He glanced at the small clock on the nightstand. By the dim light, he saw it was 2 o'clock in the middle of the night. No wonder he felt a stuffy anger in his heart; he had only slept for 3 hours.

Knock, knock, knock.

A knocking sound came. Su Xiao got out of bed and opened the door. He only opened the door a small crack. In the darkness of the stairwell outside, a hunched figure stood there, looking emaciated.

"Who are you?"

"It is me, Bishop Cooper."

Hearing that dry, hoarse voice outside the door, Su Xiao was surprised, then relieved. It was normal for such a situation to occur.

Su Xiao opened the door and signaled for Bishop Cooper to come in. After the Bishop entered, Su Xiao slammed the door shut and locked it.

"Damn, were you sucked dry of your yang energy by a female demon? You need to pull yourself together."

Baja looked Bishop Cooper up and down. If the other party hadn't introduced himself, Baja really wouldn't have recognized who this was.

When Su Xiao last saw Bishop Cooper, although the other party's real age was over 70, he looked like he was in his early 50s. The small mustache on his chin made him look even younger, and his eyes were full of spirit.

Looking at Bishop Cooper now, he was just a bald old man. The beard on his chin was white to the point of turning yellow, his head was bald without a single hair left, and the surrounding hair was sparse and white—the same hairstyle as the Fire Cloud Evil God.

That wasn't all. Bishop Cooper was leaning on a cane, his back was hunched, his lips were cracked, and he stood there trembling, his gaze turbid.

"Bishop Cooper, I have no way to deal with this illness of yours."

Su Xiao sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette.

"What do you mean!"

Bishop Cooper's tone was inevitably agitated.

"It means, there is no saving you. Wait for death."

Baja didn't dare to get too close to Bishop Cooper. The thing on the other party was too evil. Bishop Cooper had been fine just a day ago, and now he had been ravaged like this. One could only say that the Devil Race was worthy of being one of the great races of the Void; they were too resistant to being ravaged.

Bishop Cooper walked to the opposite side of Su Xiao with a trembling gait that didn't recognize his own kin. After dropping his cane, he sat down with somewhat stiff movements. Su Xiao heard a "crack"—Bishop Cooper had sprained his waist.

"Is there... really no way at all?"

Bishop Cooper's tone was a bit desperate. He could clearly feel himself mutating. Before long, all the long bones in his body would become hollow structures—this was a transformation toward birds.

Bishop Cooper never thought he would become a bird capable of flight; it was more likely he would become a bald bird that struggled even to breathe, living a life worse than death.

"That pottery shard you picked up has a great origin. I am powerless."

Su Xiao exhaled smoke, putting on a helpless look.

"Actually, Bishop Cooper, it's not entirely hopeless."

"Tell me."

Bishop Cooper perked up, his ears almost standing up.

"You are about to become a bald bird as tall as a person; this is an unchangeable fact. If I do some psychological work for you, perhaps you won't be so desperate. Am I right, Bishop Cooper? As long as you get past yourself, even if you become a thousand-year-old turtle, you won't be too desperate."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Bishop Cooper regretted dropping his cane aside just now. If he had his cane in hand now, even if he knew he would die, he would have to give Su Xiao a whack, even if he knew the probability of hitting him was 0%, Bishop Cooper still had to vent the evil in his heart.

"However... there are always miracles in this world."

Su Xiao didn't continue. Afterward, it would depend on Bishop Cooper's 'expression.'

Bishop Cooper understood well. He hesitated for a moment, then took a key out of his bosom. Before this, he had valued this key more than his life, but now, he felt his life was more precious.

"Take it."

Bishop Cooper placed a silver-gray key nearly 10 centimeters long on the low table and turned his head away, not wanting to see it, lest his heart ache.

Su Xiao picked up the key on the table, and a prompt appeared.

【Prompt: You have obtained the Ward Key.】

A very simple prompt. The origin, use, etc., of this key were all absent. Checking its attributes, there was only one sentence: 'This is a key.'

Su Xiao didn't take this fart-like introduction to heart. He looked at Bishop Cooper and pondered for a long time before saying, "Bishop Cooper, your situation is very difficult to handle. I have to take a big risk for this, and it might even implicate someone. He is my 'friend'—well, a 'friend' with a close relationship."

"Difficult to handle? What do you mean?"

Bishop Cooper's gaze was burning. Baja, who was on the side, said, "It means you have to pay more." ===== CHAPTER 3255 =====