Chapter 3255: Three Against One

Facing the demand for more money from Baja, Bishop Cooper expressed indignation, then tentatively and tactfully asked how much more.

After some bargaining, Bishop Cooper finally reached a deal by paying the price of the 【Ward Key】 + two 【Soul Cores】.

Bishop Cooper's level of wealth exceeded Su Xiao's expectations. 【Soul Crystals】, a high-level rare resource, were very rare in Tier 8 worlds and were essential for him to improve his Blade Master skill.

"No need to describe the process. Did you bring the pottery shard?"

"I brought it."

Bishop Cooper took out a pottery shard the size of a silver coin from his bosom. The shard was pitch black overall, and wisps of black smoke were rising from it. It didn't look like an ordinary object at first glance, so it was no wonder Bishop Cooper had picked it up.

Bishop Cooper had been cautious when picking up this shard, placing it into a sealed container without touching it directly with his body. From that time until now, Bishop Cooper had never touched the shard directly.

Actually, that didn't matter. As long as one harbored covetousness for this evil thing in their heart, they couldn't escape it.

What about the Devil Race? Even now, they were still serving it like a biological father. This time, they had gone all out, letting Wood come to the Painted World notarized by the Tree of the Void to try to get rid of this ghost thing.

What about the Gambler Skeleton? That skeleton had won over a million years of life from others, but after the Abyss Jar was restored to completeness, it could only act like a grandson, paying the painful—no, the price of bankruptcy—to respectfully send this master away.

Don't look at the fact that this was just a fragment of the Abyss Jar; even this fragment was absolutely capable of arranging Bishop Cooper with ease. If it exerted a little effort, it could squeeze Bishop Cooper until he was shitting from both ends.

It was now the fifth day since Bishop Cooper had picked up the pottery shard. On the first day, Bishop Cooper's mood was the same as the Devil Race's had been—he thought he had obtained a supreme treasure and could laugh in his dreams.

But on the second day, Bishop Cooper's situation was the same as the Devil Race's had been—his smile gradually solidified, and he realized the severity of the situation.

On the third day, Bishop Cooper was in denial, just as the Devil Race had been.

On the fourth day, Bishop Cooper fell to his knees with a thud, almost saying: 'Dear Father, please let me go.'

On the fifth day, which was today, Bishop Cooper came to Su Xiao with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living one. Bishop Cooper wasn't afraid of death, but the situation he was experiencing now was far more terrifying than death. He had a conjecture: when he was ravaged to death, the next target of this ghost thing might be his closest relative, his granddaughter, Erika.

"Have you never tried throwing this thing away?"

Baja asked while observing the pottery shard on the table. In fact, it had already guessed the answer, but just wanted to confirm it.

"Throw it away? Yesterday I took this thing and jumped into a vertical well. The well was over 400 meters deep. When I reached the bottom, it was so narrow that I could be stuck upside down. I was originally waiting for death there, but I don't know how, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was already lying on the bed in my bedroom at home, with dried moss and stinking mud on my face."

Bishop Cooper was ruthless enough. After knowing there was no way to live, he handed the 【Ward Key】 to his granddaughter Erika, then left alone, jumped headfirst into a well, and was finally stuck hundreds of meters underground. The loneliness and terror of that situation were enough to drive a normal person insane.

"Bishop Cooper, leave the item and you can go."

Su Xiao did not touch the pottery shard on the table. He had agreed to help solve this matter for two reasons: one was that he had been disliked by the Abyss Jar and wasn't afraid of being targeted, and the second was that he had a trump card.

"Just like that? No need for a ritual?"

Bishop Cooper was very uneasy. Seeing his expression, Su Xiao nodded.

"You are right, a ritual is more secure."

"I knew it, let's start then."

"Sit there, don't move."

After Su Xiao said this, he sat cross-legged on the sofa and began to meditate, while Baja on the side began to chant.

After half an hour of meditation, Su Xiao opened his eyes and signaled for Baja to fool Bishop Cooper away. Baja's claw hooked, and a book in his hand snapped shut. He said:

"Donor, cough—Bishop Cooper, the ritual is complete. You can go in peace."

"Hmm?"

Bishop Cooper felt that Baja's words sounded strange. He didn't dwell on it too much and got up to leave.

After Bishop Cooper left, Su Xiao's gaze focused on the pottery shard on the table. According to his observation, the Abyss Jar had intelligence, but this intelligence was different from that of intelligent beings.

"You have three choices. First, entangle yourself with me, and you can test your strength against the Reincarnation Paradise."

Su Xiao finished speaking and waited quietly for the pottery shard on the table to react.

"The second choice, you can try bumping into the Frenzy of Lush Growth again."

Su Xiao took out a charcoal box. This box was made by burning Black Maple branches into charcoal and pressing them together, containing a few small root segments of the Frenzy of Lush Growth.

The pottery shard on the low table didn't react, clearly not wanting to bump into the Reincarnation Paradise, nor wanting to bump into the Frenzy of Lush Growth again.

"Then the third choice: in the near future, I will very likely encounter Wood of the Devil Race..."

Crack!

Cracks appeared on the table surface beneath the pottery shard. Seeing this, Su Xiao understood what the shard meant. One could only say that the Abyss Jar had a special fondness for the Devil Race.

One might ask, why pick on a soft persimmon? That went without saying: soft persimmons are delicious.

Su Xiao picked up the pottery shard directly and put it into his storage space. This thing, even if you just took one look at it, if it wanted to target you, you couldn't escape. It was better to be calm and show more confidence. After doing all this, Su Xiao returned to the bed to continue sleeping.

The next morning, a little after 5 o'clock, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang returned and lay on the sofa to sleep. Although he hadn't stolen the 【Scroll Fragments】, he already knew where the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun kept them, which was a huge gain.

Shortly after 6 o'clock, Su Xiao got up. Although he wanted to sleep a little longer, he still needed to perfect and practice the Spirit Shadow Threads, as well as the Black Reputation, etc.

Before 7 o'clock, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja arrived at the first floor of the Cathedral. First, he went to the supply point with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and, while no one was around, blacked out 225,000 points of reputation. Then, Su Xiao went up to the third floor. The clinic hadn't opened yet, but many believers were already queuing up.

A few minutes later, a wail muffled by a hand came from the clinic. Judging by the sound, it was a female believer. It wasn't that she wasn't strong; to solve her nearly necrotic liver, Su Xiao used Spirit Shadow Threads to forcibly tear her left liver into a dozen pieces, and through the stimulation of medicine to regenerate, gradually eliminated the necrotic parts.

A few minutes later, the female believer with tear-stained face and hollow eyes lay on the surgical bed. Beside the clinic table a few meters away, the next 'victim' was already being invited.

During the treatment, time passed quickly. After Su Xiao returned to the apartment in the evening, he began to prepare several types of medicine that improved speed, physical tolerance, and other characteristics.

This was a 'commission' from the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's side. Calling it a commission, in fact, they only provided the materials and were not prepared to pay for the preparation.

Regarding this, Su Xiao was 'very dissatisfied,' but 'forced by' his desire to obtain the Beast Heart, he could only 'compromise.'

Su Xiao's life became more regular: seeing patients on the third floor of the Cathedral during the day, preparing medicine from 7 to 10 in the evening, and then resting.

The reputation from the clinic + the reputation blacked out, he could obtain about 400,000 reputation a day. Undoubtedly, this was an exaggerated amount of reputation acquisition, but it required two major conditions: the help of Caesar and the mastery of Alchemy, and the Alchemy ability had to be at least Lv. 60 or above.

After completing the first cooperation with the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's side, Su Xiao had helped them prepare a total of 4 bottles of medicine. But on the evening of the next day, the medicine commission volume from that side jumped from 4 bottles to 32 bottles.

This was a test. Su Xiao let Baja convey to the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun that, roughly speaking, they should go wherever it was cool to lie down.

The Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's side didn't get angry, but instead reduced the demand for medicine to 6 bottles and tactfully indicated that they didn't want Su Xiao to prepare medicine for free, but to calculate the remuneration uniformly after cooperating for a period of time.

When Su Xiao heard Caesar convey this, Su Xiao was in a good mood. During their first meeting, he had already planted a seed in the Sovereign's heart, making the Sovereign suspicious of the wise man under his command.

Afterward, the Sovereign went to find his Aze Wu and talked about this matter in person. His Aze Wu appeared very happy and said many things to him: 'Good child, you must keep this suspicion in your heart. Never completely trust anyone, including me. I cannot stay by your side forever; I am growing old and withering. You are the future King; you have something that none of us have.'

That wise man said these words, seemingly teaching the Sovereign, but in fact, it wasn't so. He was playing the emotional card, forcibly suppressing the suspicion in the Sovereign's heart. This was drinking poison to quench thirst.

This wise man had already discovered that Su Xiao was not easy to deal with. He was helpless and exhausted. If it were just dealing with Su Xiao, the wise man wouldn't be afraid; he never feared "his own kind."

But this time, he encountered too many "of his own kind"—a full three "of his own kind," in different factions, hostile to the Sovereign. Su Xiao's side was the Sun Church, Sin Ays's side was the Beast Group, and Wood's side was the Abandoned People Gathering Place.

Under these circumstances, the wise man could only start drinking poison to quench thirst. He was dealing with three parties simultaneously. Others couldn't help him in the slightest. He vaguely felt that the three parties seemed unrelated, but were secretly communicating. Not only were they coexisting peacefully, but they were also tilting all their firepower toward him.

This wise man had one other choice: to have a limit one-for-one exchange, swapping Caesar out. By swapping Caesar out, and perhaps through some maneuvering, he could make the layout on Su Xiao's side collapse completely, creating a one-on-two situation for the Sovereign, instead of the current one-on-three.

The wise man didn't do this; he chose to protect himself. Presumably, his mood would be very gloomy, having been beaten up by Su Xiao, Wood, and Sin Ays from afar.

This matter could be seen from the Sovereign's previous medicine commission. The commission on the first day was 4 bottles, and it jumped directly to 32 bottles on the second day.

If the wise man still had a say, this situation would definitely not have occurred. On the second day, it was still 4 bottles, and the payment for the medicine preparation for yesterday + today was sent over. Having meat soup every meal was much more comfortable than binge-eating for one or two meals. Only by having meat soup every meal could one drink to become stronger.

Did the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun not understand this principle? No, he understood, but there were too many powerful people around him. The desire of those powerful people for alchemical medicine made the Sovereign have no choice but to do so.

He was sitting on the throne, holding a large bunch of chains in his hand. These chains bound a group of hyenas that were barking wildly at the enemy in front, keeping the enemy from approaching. These hyenas could tear the enemy to pieces, and they could equally tear him to pieces.

These hyenas, the Sovereign couldn't easily beat, or they would hate him. The wise man was the one who beat the dogs on behalf of the Sovereign. Whichever hyena barked the loudest, the wise man would beat that one. But now, the wise man himself was almost beaten into a dog from afar.

The current situation was that the Sovereign's side looked the same as before, but it was about to explode in secret. Caesar himself was a stirrer of shit. Besides him, there was also Lady Red Bee, who had been turned by Wood, and the brothers Brau and Blu, who had been forcibly controlled by Sin Ays.

With these factors added together, the wise man's attitude was even more obvious: he didn't care anymore, and no one should bother him.

After confirming this, Su Xiao immediately notified Caesar not to cause trouble, and also let the people on Sin Ays's and Wood's sides stop.

Was this reaching a consensus with the wise man? Not at all. This was to make the Sovereign feel that when the wise man was in charge, they were beaten until they had bumps all over their heads, but after the other party closed the door and stopped coming out, things went smoothly for them.

The third day after cooperating with the Sovereign, at noon, in the clinic.

There were no patients in the clinic. These believers all knew Su Xiao's habit of resting for about an hour at noon.

On the chair in the corner, Su Xiao crushed the paper ball in his hand into powder. The current situation had become completely clear. The other parties all knew that they were 'AFK,' so none of them approached this side.

Sin Ays's side didn't know what method they used, but they actually started to manipulate a large group of psychic beasts. One could only say that the Ancient God system was indeed not to be trifled with.

Wood's side had become the new leader of the Abandoned People Gathering Place. The so-called Abandoned People were those who were about to become psychic beasts. Because they were about to become beasts, they were despised. Over time, this organization was formed. They lived one day at a time. If anyone became a beast, they would attack in a swarm. These guys didn't have a shred of reason; their personalities were twisted, deformed, and hysterical.

Water Brother was still a lone wolf. In terms of ambushing, Water Brother was the strongest present. The Sovereign of the Blazing Sun was so harassed by him that he didn't even dare to leave Saint Dan City.

As for Lilim, she was particularly confused now. She already had considerable say in the Trace King Hall, but this was tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

And finally, the Apocalypse Sisters were on the run...

It was strange to say, the capture team had caught the Moon Apostle seven times, but they couldn't catch Morey no matter what. Those nine believers and one deacon were a bit overwhelmed.

In the end, the Moon Apostle and the believers all became familiar with each other, wearing shackles while sponging off meals and drinks.

It was interesting to say, after the Apocalypse Sisters entered this world, they were on the run the whole time. Morey had already made a name for herself in the Void Arena. The betting odds were out, betting on how long Morey could still escape. Her various nicknames were also emerging one after another: Runaway Ji, Sand Sculpture Girl, and Money-Sending Little Angel. ===== CHAPTER 3256 =====