Chapter 3257: Closing the Net

The minute hand of the clock pointed to 7:26. The last patient in the clinic expressed gratitude to Su Xiao with a timid attitude and moved outward with a limp.

After this emaciated believer walked a few steps, he panted for a while before he had the strength to continue moving forward. He felt that every cell in his body was wailing, a tearing pain, yet he was smiling.

Compared to before, his current situation was nothing. Moreover, this was temporary and would disappear after the recovery period. Before, his blood was full of tiny parasitic worms, crawling and creeping everywhere in his body. Because of these worms, his eardrums made hissing sounds, accompanied by chronic tinnitus. Now his ears were clear, and the occasional clear chirping of insects was so pleasant. The parasitic worms in his body had been completely eliminated.

The emaciated believer stopped outside the door, bowed slightly again, and then left with a limp.

Behind the clinic table, Su Xiao held a small bottle between his fingertips, inside which were red parasitic worms like fine earthworms.

"Xiang Bubu, this parasitic worm is a high-level organism..."

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang almost jumped up, his dog body standing against the corner, pressed tightly against the wall.

"If you can't accept it psychologically, you can squeeze it into juice."

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang shook his head from side to side, his little eyes clearly saying: 'It's even harder to accept if it's squeezed into juice.'

"Pity."

Su Xiao pressed the bottle cap, and pale red flames ignited inside the bottle, quickly turning the parasitic worms into ashes.

"Mr. Bai Ye, I've been waiting for you for a long time. I wanted to invite you to dinner before."

Airo leaned against the door, her hair tied into a ponytail. Today, Airo was a lady.

After Su Xiao's treatment, Airo not only didn't recover, but became even more serious. She changed from a random gender transformation to a selectable gender transformation, which belonged to evolution.

For so many years, Airo had long been accustomed to it, or rather, she had pulled off a very flashy operation.

The long-term uncertainty of gender caused Airo's spirit to split. She didn't develop multiple personalities, but her own consciousness split, dividing into two: one side representing male, the other female. The male's combat power was stronger, and the female was better at detection, crisis response, etc.

Members of the Sun Church had psychic beastification problems in over 70% of cases, but the Sun power in their bodies had high resistance to this aspect.

Airo's flashy operation was that after receiving Su Xiao's treatment, she could freely transform her gender, so she completely separated her spirit into two. The male state with severe beastification was used for combat, and the female state with almost no beastification was used for normal life.

If one day, the male state became completely beastified, she could still save her life through spiritual detachment, even if it led to a broken soul.

Airo had actually achieved this genius conception. Learning of this, Su Xiao was surprised and hesitated for a while whether to let Airo become an adaptation body for the Second Generation Devourer, allowing the Second Generation Devourer to complete its growth. After deliberation, Su Xiao gave up; there was no time.

Declining Airo's invitation, Su Xiao left the Cathedral and returned to the apartment. It was now almost 8 o'clock in the evening. The invitation from the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's side had not yet arrived. The content of that invitation would determine which branch of the plan Su Xiao would use to wrap up this long-laid-out plan.

A sound of wind breaking came, and Baja flew into the living room from the window.

"Boss, the invitation from that side is here. The content of the invitation is not a palace feast, but a pharmacist exchange meeting. It is held temporarily today. All pharmacists in the New Kingdom and a small part of the Church's pharmacists are participating. This time, the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun is very generous, preparing to announce several ancient medicine formulas left by the Dynasty."

Baja took out two invitations. One was written by the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun, the content being that he hoped Su Xiao could participate in today's pharmacist exchange meeting, allowing him to gain a voice among the pharmacists, so as to facilitate the subsequent actions of the two.

It could be said that the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun was not stupid at all; his IQ was at a mid-to-high level. In terms of force, he was the top of the Sand World. Compared to him, the Nightmare King was just a little brother.

This move by the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun could be said to be very clever. The palace feast was both a peace talk and possibly a trap.

The pharmacist exchange meeting was clearly the Sovereign's way of trying to drag Su Xiao away, and implicitly indicating that if Su Xiao did anything behind his back, he would not be able to stand in the New Kingdom or the Sun Church.

Su Xiao received a total of two invitations to the pharmacist exchange meeting. One was from the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun, and the other was from Bishop Cooper. Bishop Cooper was also a pharmacist, but no one dared to drink the medicine he prepared.

Bishop Cooper's invitation had no conspiracy; it was just because the two sides had some private friendship, so he invited him.

Su Xiao was not prepared to pay attention to the pharmacist exchange meeting. Since the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun didn't want him to participate in tonight's banquet, his train of thought was clear.

Su Xiao had seen people courting death, but he had never seen someone who actively put their head under the guillotine like this. What surprised him even more was that the person had grabbed the handle of the guillotine himself, preparing to guillotine himself.

Good words cannot persuade a ghost that is about to die. Originally, Su Xiao was prepared to let the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun take the blame and then destroy the other party. Now it seemed that the other party had no possibility of taking the blame. If he didn't act quickly, Su Xiao was worried that the Sovereign would show himself to death.

For so long, this was the first time Su Xiao worried about the safety of an enemy. If the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun showed himself to death, Su Xiao wouldn't get the treasure chest and the World Source, and he might not even be able to grab the scroll fragments there.

"Baja, notify Caesar immediately, let that side unlock the lock."

Su Xiao knew he couldn't wait any longer. Baja immediately contacted Caesar's side. He took out an old-fashioned walkie-talkie, and after starting it, a hissing sound came from the walkie-talkie, and Caesar's voice came out.

"Baja, I am very busy now, oh ho ho~"

Caesar made a soul-stirring sound on the other side. At this moment, he was lying on a lounge chair, surrounded by several desert beauties, rubbing his shoulders, pressing his legs, and pressing his feet, making Caesar scream.

"Send someone to pick up the medicine tonight. My boss is still waiting to go to the pharmacist exchange meeting. If you delay my boss's business, I'll kill you."

"Got it, I'll handle it immediately."

Caesar on the other side hung up the communication, and the walkie-talkie in Baja's hand emitted a wisp of blue smoke. This thing was a prop provided by Caesar and could only be used once.

The conversation between the two seemed to be mutual dislike, which was natural. Caesar represented Su Xiao on the New Kingdom side. If Caesar was on good terms with this side, why would the Sovereign be interested in recruiting Caesar? If he didn't recruit Caesar, how would Caesar have the opportunity to assist Su Xiao in completing the plan?

Caesar understood Baja's meaning. That "I'll kill you" was a pre-agreed code, and Caesar's "I'll handle it immediately" meant he could respond immediately.

Su Xiao had always been at ease with Caesar's handling of things. The greedier this guy was, the more reliable he was when handling things.

Su Xiao came to the window and stuck metal blocks like magnets onto the peeling. A honeycomb-like grid appeared on the glass. A few minutes later, all the windows in the room became like this. This was an optical projection device.

The appearance of the window returned to normal. Looking from the outside, with the help of the gap in the curtains and the dim light in the room, one could see Su Xiao sleeping on the bed, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang squeezed beside his legs, and Baja sleeping on the floor clock. Everything was optically projected, and there was also a recording from last night. It was impossible for there to be no sound when sleeping.

Spirit Shadow Threads were released by Su Xiao, wrapping around the door and window handles. These Spirit Shadow Threads were all concentrated in the center of the room, connected to an Apollo. If anyone tried to knock on the door or window, boom~

After doing all this, Su Xiao lifted the bed frame, revealing the teleportation array map under the bed. At this moment, the teleportation array map had changed greatly, and the patterns were so dense that it made one dizzy.

Su Xiao glanced at the white robe he was wearing. Considering he would have to wear it again later, he took it off and put it away.

Before long, Su Xiao changed greatly. He was shirtless, wearing an iron-black bucket on his head, wearing black trousers on his lower body, and the Dragon Flash was hanging on his waist. A binding rope as thick as a finger hung down from the scabbard.

With a "click," the teleportation array map suddenly made a crisp sound of metal friction, and the lock-like patterns on it began to change. This meant that Caesar's side had unlocked the lock.

Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja stood on the array, and the next instant, they disappeared.

The light and shadow in front of them flickered. When Su Xiao's vision recovered, he was already standing in an empty building. Stone pillars stood here, and clumps of green grass grew out of the cracks in the rock floor.

Caesar was already waiting nearby. This teleportation array was activated by him, and he had opened the lock on the teleportation array.

The place Su Xiao had arrived at was the Dynasty Ruins, Saint Dan City. From the hole in the wall in front, he could even see the oval roof of the palace in the distance. The feast in the palace would start at 10 o'clock in the evening.

"My dear friend, of the five targets, I finally chose Lancelot. Shall we do it now?"

"Hmm."

Su Xiao took Baja and walked out of the building. This place had been abandoned, so naturally, there were no doors, while Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang acted with Caesar for the time being.

Su Xiao was going to find the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's subordinate, Lone Skeleton Lancelot. This was the target he had chosen. Tonight's plan had to start from this person.

Palace, in the Grand Banquet Hall.

Describing this place as magnificent was not an exaggeration. Besides luxury, all the furnishings here were antiques, left over from the previous Dynasty.

The banquet had not yet started, and servants were busy walking between the tables and chairs. The Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's subordinates gathered in groups of three or five, either chatting or enjoying fine wine. In this world of material scarcity, wine was a rare treasure.

There were less than a hundred people in the Grand Banquet Hall. With the area here, a hundred people made the banquet hall look a bit cold.

Strangely, all the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun's subordinates had their eyes focused on one table, including the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun himself, who was sitting in the main seat, drinking alone.

The Sovereign of the Blazing Sun drank the wine in his glass and asked, "You said earlier that those two guests arrived long ago?"

The Sovereign of the Blazing Sun looked at the two people sitting at the corner table. When those two girls first arrived, if 100 points were the full score, the Sovereign would have given them at least 98 points, because their temperament was unique. But the two girls' eating manners successfully deducted 20 points, then etiquette deducted 35 points, and finally, food intake deducted 700 points.

Looking at the two girls, the Sovereign felt a bit displeased. These were two of the guests he had invited tonight, but he never expected that although the time was set for 10 o'clock in the evening, these two had come at 7 o'clock and had been eating until now.

The importance of this banquet was self-evident, and the food was naturally scarce and expensive. Originally, the Sovereign didn't think the guests would eat much, but he had also asked people to prepare more. Now it seemed that it was fortunate he had prepared more, otherwise, he would lose face tonight.

Beside the round table in the corner of the banquet hall, the Moon Apostle held a cake in one hand and a dinner fork in the other, while Morey on the side was chewing on extraordinary beast meat in large mouthfuls. A whole cooked, sauced beast leg was held in her hand. The meat was delicate, sticky, and fragrant, yet fat but not greasy. Excellent!

"Morey, is it a bit embarrassing for us to do this?"

The Moon Apostle spoke with a mouthful of food. Although she said so, her movements were not slow at all. After entering the Sand World, the food and fresh water supplies in the storage space were exhausted. Although the Moon Apostle was a Summoner, her physique was at the bottom of the same tier, but this was also very strong.

As for Morey, who was inclined toward the melee type, her body needed more energy. Recently, she was either starving or being chased. During that time, she could only eat water grass, and her nutrition couldn't keep up at all. Morey was now starving crazy. She and the Moon Apostle came so early just to have a big meal.

"Don't talk while eating."

While Morey was speaking, she grabbed a bunch of blue grapes on the table. She glanced at the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun a hundred meters away and nodded at him. A good person, she thought. They had been hungry for so many days, and he actually invited them to eat. Eating more now was the greatest affirmation of the host's hospitality!

In the main seat, the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun witnessed all this. His expression was normal, and he even had a smile on his face. But ten minutes later, when Morey shouted for another table, the Sovereign's brows furrowed a bit. Those two gluttons were actually able to eat so much.

North of the city, inside the city guard post.

Under the moonlight, the buildings in the city looked desolate, and most of the houses had collapsed.

On North Street, a figure walked quickly, and a small number of houses on both sides had lights on.

The banquet was starting in less than an hour. As one of the Sovereign's confidants, Lone Skeleton Lancelot should have been waiting at the venue, but he had rushed to this place in the evening and only rushed back now. He must have received a secret order from the Sovereign. It could be seen that today's banquet was definitely not simple.

Lone Skeleton Lancelot's figure looked a bit thin, his aura was cold, and he was silent. It was precisely because of this that Caesar targeted this person and recommended him to Su Xiao, making him the key point for wrapping up the plan.

Lancelot's footsteps became faster and faster. A figure on the street ahead attracted his attention.

"Are you Caesar?"

Lancelot spoke coldly, his arm hanging down, ready to pop out his arm blade at any time to slit Caesar's throat.

Caesar stood by the street, grinning at Lancelot. Suddenly, a black shadow swooped down from above. Lancelot leaped backward. Just as his feet landed, an array map appeared on the ground under his feet.

"Let's go."

Baja suddenly disappeared. Cooperating with the Alchemy array, Lone Skeleton Lancelot also disappeared with him.

In the different space, the full moon was covered in blood by the spatial wall. Lone Skeleton Lancelot blocked his face with one hand, and the arm blade popped out from the outside of his arm, revealing sharpness through thickness.

Lancelot's gaze looked straight ahead. A hundred meters away, a shirtless figure holding a blade in one hand stood on a sharp, tall tower, with the blood-colored full moon behind him. This person's aura was ferocious, sharp, and powerful.

The person standing on the tower leaped down. Although the falling speed was extremely fast, when he was about to land, the person's speed dropped sharply, landing at a slow speed.

Click.

An arm blade also popped out on Lone Skeleton Lancelot's left arm. He was silent, his whole body burst with cracks, and blood sprayed out. Just by meeting, he forcibly overdrawn his vitality to exchange for temporary strength. When he saw the powerful enemy in front, the incoming blood energy and pressure made him feel despair. Only by betting everything could he possibly escape.

"Ah!"

Lone Skeleton Lancelot roared and pounced like a ghost. ===== CHAPTER 3258 =====