Chapter 3260: Sun God Spirit

A full 500 Soul Crystals were in hand. This was the big meal Su Xiao had been waiting for. For this, he had been 'AFK,' fishing for reputation in the Sun Church.

Exchanging for these Soul Crystals consumed a total of 1,159,500 reputation points from Su Xiao. Could these Soul Crystals (Complete) have been bought at a lower price? The answer was yes, but there was a price.

Soul Crystals (Complete) were not for sale in the Sun Church. Caesar's approach was not to force buy or sell Soul Crystals (Complete), but to swap the 'existence' of Soul Crystals (Complete) in the reputation store with items of equivalent value but unequal acquisition price.

Caesar's operation was to swap the 'existence' of a Soul Crystal (Complete) with 30 pieces of Warm Sun Stone, which was commonly known as cooking the books.

30 pieces of Warm Sun Stone = 30,000 reputation points = one Soul Crystal (Complete). That was roughly the conversion process.

In fact, the exchange Su Xiao performed had nothing to do with 【Warm Sun Stone】; it just borrowed its value existence.

After this conversion, it became Soul Crystals (Complete) appearing in the exchange list, but the price was too high. Exchanging for all of them required 15 million reputation points. The stay time was limited, and Su Xiao had no possibility of getting so much reputation.

This was Caesar's second flashy operation. He tried his best to suppress the price without being extreme. With Caesar's 'Faction Bully' ability, he could even suppress the price of Soul Crystals (Complete) in the list to 1 reputation point each.

Even if Caesar were beaten to death, he wouldn't dare to do this. Such behavior would immediately invalidate his ability effect, causing the Sun Bird in the underground treasury of the Cathedral to wake up.

That thing, usually you look at it and it's cute, but after the flames ignite on its body and it changes form, it's the one looking at you and thinking you're cute.

Su Xiao had planned to have a decisive battle with the Sovereign of the Blazing Sun, but he had never thought of fighting the Sun Bird. There was no possibility of winning.

Sun Bird Tahakak, the strongest existence in the Sand World, was born because of the Sun Church's fanatical belief in the sun for thousands of years.

Belief is a kind of power, commonly known as the power of belief. The sun will not absorb the power of belief. For thousands of years, countless believers of the Sun Church have believed in the sun. Although their beliefs are paranoid and crazy, they are pure and large in quantity.

In the Dynasty era of the Painted World, the sun, the ocean, and the painter were called the three gods. The sun was pure belief, the ocean was royal power, and the painter was the existence that maintained the world.

One day, the Sun God, in people's hearts, gradually changed from the sun itself to the Sun Bird Tahakak. But in the hearts of the sun believers, the status of the Sun Bird Tahakak was very high, but it could not represent the divine power of the sun.

For thousands of years, the power of belief produced by generations of sun believers had been absorbed by the Sun Bird Tahakak. This was... a god-like creature unintentionally created by the Sun Church.

The Sun Church had always said that they couldn't be like the Sun God Clan of the Holy Land Kiliad, manufacturing suns. If the Sun God Clan heard this, they would definitely spit on the Sun Church's face and scold them, saying that they had created a sun-like god themselves and were pretending to be white lotuses here.

Ordinary god-like creatures, Su Xiao naturally wouldn't be afraid. The problem was that the Sand World was the home turf of the Sun Bird Tahakak. This thing was not only reborn in fire, but as long as there were sun believers alive, the Sun Bird Tahakak could convert the other party's belief into flames. While being reborn in fire, it absorbed the power of the sun as the energy required for rebirth.

This thing was closely connected to the sun, the Sun Church, and the sun believers. Unless the sun believers were killed to the last one, it was possible to kill the Sun Bird Tahakak. Note, it was possible; no one knew if it could be reborn by relying on the sun in the sky.

At this moment, the Sun Bird Tahakak was sleeping in the underground treasury a hundred meters under Su Xiao's feet. And Su Xiao and Caesar, equivalent to stealing 500 Soul Crystals under the watch of the Sun Bird Tahakak, so they needed substitutes.

Under the interference of Caesar's ability, the Sun Bird Tahakak hadn't discovered that all the Soul Crystals were missing. And the effect of Caesar's Faction Bully ability was that the lower the price of the Soul Crystals was changed, the shorter the duration of the ability.

Buying a Soul Crystal (Complete) with 30,000 reputation points, according to Caesar's estimation, the Sun Bird Tahakak wouldn't discover it within an hour. The current purchase price was 2,319 reputation points each. If it were more expensive, the reputation value Su Xiao held would not be enough to buy all the Soul Crystals (Complete).

Beforehand, Caesar estimated that for Soul Crystals (Complete) bought at over 2,000 reputation points, he could persist for at least 5 minutes afterward without being discovered by the Sun Bird Tahakak.

Precisely because of this, Su Xiao tried his best to fish for reputation.

It wasn't just 500 Soul Crystals. The 【Scroll Fragments x21】, 【Iron Box】, and 【Sun Flame - Burning Imprint x2】 he exchanged for were all non-for-sale items.

Under such circumstances, Su Xiao and the Sun Church would directly become mortal enemies. He almost moved the entire treasury of the Sun Church. In fact, if the Sun Bird Tahakak wasn't sleeping inside, Su Xiao really might have done so.

【Warning: You have exchanged for various 'non-for-sale items' with faction reputation in an unconventional way, and colluded with Caesar to obtain a large amount of source-less reputation value with faction permissions.】

【Warning: Your reputation level with the Sun Church is about to change to Mortal Enemy.】

【Current reputation level: -178,620/-300,000 (Mortal Enemy).】

【Prompt: Because the Hunter's behavior has not yet been exposed, this reputation level is pending.】

"Only 30 reputation points left. The harvest this time is not bad."

Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal (Complete) and bit it with a "crack." It was crunchy. As for the taste, the taste of Soul Crystals was hard to describe. It wasn't fragrant or sweet, but the more you ate, the more you wanted to eat, the kind that couldn't stop at all.

"Hmm, higher than last time."

Baja opened his eyes and told a lie. Caesar in the counter rubbed his thumb against his middle finger, meaning he also had a share.

Su Xiao placed a medicine formula on the counter. He had given Caesar two price tags before. After the matter was done, he would give Caesar one-fifth of the Soul Crystals obtained, and another reward was the 【Ancient Secret Medicine Formula】.

【Ancient Secret Medicine: After drinking/injecting, physical strength permanently increases by 6 points, and health permanently increases by 2,500 points (Body attributes above 200 points, drinking this medicine is still effective).】

Caesar had struggled for a long time before choosing the formula for 【Ancient Secret Medicine】. It was the first time Caesar had seen such a high-level medicine formula. Soul Crystals could be obtained later, but the 【Ancient Secret Medicine】 formula, if missed this time, Su Xiao might not take it out in the future.

The fact was indeed so. If Su Xiao wasn't too short of Soul Crystals (Complete) recently, he wouldn't have taken out the 【Ancient Secret Medicine】 formula.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had long opened a timer in the team channel. The total escape time was 6 minutes. 31 seconds had passed, but Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baja, and Caesar all looked unhurried.

Running away now, Morey and the Moon Apostle were also scared and running away, so who would be left to take the blame? Don't underestimate the Moon Apostle and Morey. Once their wealth power was fully opened, they were very top-notch.

"Caesar."

"At most 5 seconds."

Caesar's expression became fierce, while beside the counter, Morey and the Moon Apostle were pale. They saw Su Xiao exchange for a pile of things with their own eyes. They were very greedy, but this kind of robbery-like exchange was too scary. They wanted to leave, but unfortunately, the car door had been welded shut.

Su Xiao ate the last small piece of soul crystal in his hand, found a chair to sit on, and looked as if he were preparing to meditate to pass the time.

【Prompt: Nicholas Caesar has activated the unique skill - Faction Bully (Passive, Lv. EX).】

【Judging...】

【Judgment complete, faction store permission is opening...】

【Opening complete. Due to Nicholas Caesar's skill, Faction Bully (Passive, Lv. EX), Caesar has forcibly tampered with the exchange list! The price of the exchanged items has been forcibly tampered with!】

【Warning: Caesar has forcibly tampered with the item price! If the Hunter continues to exchange, he will bear huge risks!】

【You can consume reputation points to exchange for the following items.】

1. Soul Crystal (Complete)

Inventory quantity: 500 pieces.

Price: 2,319 reputation points (25% discount).

【Prompt: You have consumed 1,159,500 reputation points, remaining reputation 30 points.】

【You have obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) x500 pieces.】

With a "clatter!" A large number of Soul Crystals appeared out of thin air. Su Xiao raised his hand and put these Soul Crystals into his storage space.

Doing all this, Su Xiao's gaze looked at Morey and the Moon Apostle. What he did just now was robbing the Sun Church. One could imagine how angry the Sun Church would be. It was time for the scapegoat sisters to appear.

"The Beast Heart is on the seventh floor. Go."

Hearing Su Xiao's sentence, Morey and the Moon Apostle stepped back a few steps at the same time and shook their heads repeatedly.

At this moment, Morey knew she was facing a huge test. Although she wasn't an old schemer, she wasn't stupid. She could be a Tier 8 Battle Angel; she was actually very witty. Right now, she really wanted to ask: 'Misentered a robbery gang, after the robbery was successful, she didn't take a cent, and was about to take the blame, what should she do? Online waiting, very urgent! The kind that will cost lives!'

PS: (12,000 words updated today, but the update time was a bit late.) ===== CHAPTER 3261 =====

Just then, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang blended into the environment. 30 seconds later, he appeared at the doorway; he had just been following the Moon Apostle and Morey to confirm they had gone upstairs.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang let out a low bark, which meant: 'Run quickly!'

The room, which had been peaceful just a moment ago, was suddenly swept by wind pressure that sent playing cards flying. In the next instant, the room was empty, with only a few dozen playing cards still falling to the ground.