Chapter 3288

A golden pillar of lightning composed of World Thunder crashed down; this golden lightning pillar alone was a hundred meters thick, engulfing Su Xiao, Siniyas, and the Sun Bird within it.

This was only the beginning. The World Thunder spread to the surroundings, also affecting Wood, the Bolosi God-Envoy, and others. The Bolosi God-Envoy's entire body trembled violently, showing signs of rolling his eyes back.

Compared to those two, the Sea Race members with average strength died on the spot. It must be known that they were not at the point of impact of the World Thunder; they were affected after the World Thunder spread through the seawater.

As everyone knows, after lightning strikes into the sea, the conductivity of seawater causes the power of the lightning to continuously diminish, not to mention that this was at a depth of over 20,000 meters underwater, nearing 30,000 meters.

The degree of weakening the World Thunder suffered after striking to such a depth underwater can be imagined. The current power of the World Thunder made Su Xiao realize a truth.

As a Law Breaker, under normal circumstances, he can only use his Luck attribute to attract lightning; he must never use his Elemental Affinity to attract lightning. The latter attracts World Thunder that is too strong. If it hadn't been weakened by the seawater, the process of attracting lightning would be as follows:

Activation of the Spirit of Thunder → Su Xiao leaps up, using Heaven's Wrath · Thunder Rush to attract lightning → Because the attracted World Thunder is too strong, Su Xiao, who uses his blade to receive the lightning, passes away → The enemy is dumbfounded.

Golden electric arcs were everywhere in the seawater, the high voltage of the current emitting a sizzling sound. Su Xiao's vision was a vast whiteness, but soon, his numb body regained sensation.

Su Xiao saw Siniyas, dozens of meters away, standing bolt upright, shivering in the seawater. Further away, Wood was in a similar state, while the Bolosi God-Envoy had already rolled his eyes back, his body covered in charred lightning strike patterns.

The flames around the Sun Bird disappeared; it was shivering in the seawater filled with electric arcs, its pupils rolling up and down from the electricity, looking quite comical.

Su Xiao stepped on the seawater beneath him, and with a 'Boom—', he streaked through the water in a white line, finally reaching the close front of the Sun Bird. After fighting for so long, this was his first successful close-quarters approach.

"Blade Dao Blade · Extreme."

Su Xiao slashed out with a very ordinary strike; the blade was already covered in deep blue patterns, making the entire sword look even sharper.

*Puchi. *

The long sword slashed across the Sun Bird's head, even cutting off a piece of its beak. The intense pain brought by the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying caused the Sun Bird to immediately regain consciousness, and flames erupted from it as the center toward the surroundings.

With a 'Boom—', the seawater within several hundred meters around ignited into flames. This scene was like the seawater itself burning; it was both breathtakingly beautiful and gave one a sense of unreality.

Su Xiao retreated along the impact of the seawater. Several notifications appeared in succession. A type of fire-attribute energy invaded his body, but fortunately, it was quickly devoured and extinguished by the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy within him. Even so, it still caused him significant injury; his chest burned with pain, and his health points dropped by a large chunk.

The Sun Bird did not pursue; having taken the lightning strike just now, it was not feeling well either.

This was the situation Su Xiao wanted to see. In this battle, Siniyas had been too proactive. The Sun Bird, Taihakak, was Su Xiao's trouble; Siniyas only needed to assist from the sidelines, which was already doing his utmost.

Siniyas not only assisted, but he also invaded the Sun Bird's body, risking the possibility of being burned to death to severely wound the Sun Bird. This was not the Siniyas Su Xiao knew, or rather, this guy had some ulterior motive.

If the motive was some items on the Sun Bird after its death, Su Xiao wouldn't care at all. Siniyas contributed in the battle, so sharing the items the other party needed was a matter of course.

What Su Xiao worried about was that Siniyas wanted to devour the dying Sun Bird. This wasn't the most critical part; if he devoured it, there would inevitably be a risk of failure. Once it failed, if the Sun Bird made a full-health resurrection, that would be a huge joke.

Siniyas was already practicing the Ancient God system; there was nothing he wouldn't dare to do.

A single World Thunder strike basically made Siniyas give up. After defeating the Sun Bird, everyone sharing the benefits was a matter of course, but during the battle, he absolutely could not let these two good teammates, Siniyas and Wood, cause trouble.

In fact, Wood was also guarding against Su Xiao and Siniyas, while that dog thief Siniyas was guarding against Su Xiao and Wood because he was the one who wanted to cause trouble. Now that he had been hit by the World Thunder, he had no such thoughts anymore.

Su Xiao looked at the Sun Bird several hundred meters away; it was time to end this overly dangerous battle. He didn't want to be taken out in a limit-exchange by the Sun Bird.

Su Xiao crushed the scroll in his hand. This scroll was named 【Sea Grudge · Endless Army】, an Immortal-grade item. Depending on the location, it could summon Sea Fury armies with different characteristics. It would receive high bonuses on the sea or in the sea, and the highest bonus was when situated in seawater, which was Su Xiao's current situation.

It was precisely because of this Immortal-grade item that Su Xiao attracted the World Thunder. As he crushed the scroll in his hand, an invisible ripple spread out. With a 'thump', it was as if the ocean had emitted a heartbeat.

*Glug, glug... *

Strings of bubbles emerged from the seabed. The already cold deep sea became chillingly cold, as if knives were scraping against the bones.

Translucent phantoms appeared around Su Xiao. The number of phantoms grew more and more. In just 3 seconds, these ghostly blue phantoms reached tens of thousands. They were the souls of the dead who had sunk to the seabed, now summoned and manifested.

The eye sockets of these wandering souls were hollow black. Su Xiao stood among these sea-grudge souls, his long sword pointing at the Sun Bird.

In this instant, the Sun Bird experienced an emotion it had never felt before; it actually had a momentary thought of fleeing, leaving this deep sea where everything was unknown.

"Roar!"

One by one, the sea-grudge souls rushed out. They formed a ghostly blue torrent, carrying ice-cold death, and pounced toward the Sun Bird.

Seeing this, the Sun Bird spat out white sun flames. As soon as these sun flames touched a sea-grudge soul, the soul would explode and then evaporate. The blazing sun in the sky was the nemesis of these sea-grudge souls.

But! This was the deep sea; even the blazing sun had to submit to the cold of the deep sea.

Countless sea-grudge souls pounced toward the Sun Bird. Initially, there were tens of thousands, soon reaching over a hundred thousand, and finally even nearing several hundred thousand sea-grudge souls. This was the terror of an Immortal-grade one-time item. 【Sea Grudge · Endless Army】 was boosted by the environment + the user's Intelligence attribute.

Besides this, although the number of sea-grudge souls was large, their existence time was short, only a dozen seconds or so. This was the price for their large numbers.

Several hundred thousand sea-grudge souls engulfed the Sun Bird. For the first few seconds, the Sun Bird could still burn away many sea-grudge souls with sun flames. After spitting for a while, the Sun Bird began to feel overwhelmed.

It had left the Desert World, ventured deep into the deep sea, had been continuously weakened by Wood's ability from the start of the battle until now, had been besieged by Bolosi's subordinates for over two hours, had been invaded and wantonly destroyed by Siniyas, had been struck by World Thunder, and had half its head slashed through by Su Xiao's blade.

These weakenings, consumptions, and injuries overlapped, causing it to finally be unable to hold on, engulfed within the sea-grudge souls. Looking at it, it was about to die here.

Su Xiao would not let the Sun Bird be killed by the sea-grudge souls; that could not thoroughly kill the Sun Bird. This divine creature must be killed by the Magic Blade to nip the trouble in the bud.

Otherwise, the other party would be reborn in the Sun Church of the Sand World, and after absorbing sun energy for a period, it would attack again.

If the Sun Bird attacked a second time, Wood and Siniyas would definitely be the first to run. In that situation, it would be impossible to reproduce the current siege formation, and Su Xiao would only be able to strategically retreat.

Su Xiao took a black gemstone from his bosom and crushed it with a 'crack'. This was what Wood had given him just now. Wood also saw that Siniyas was a bit off; the other party should have some ulterior motive.

Just as Su Xiao crushed the black gemstone, Wood, who was floating in the sea like a corpse, saw the ghostly green pupil flames in his eye sockets reignite.

Under the cover of the sea-grudge souls, Su Xiao rushed toward the Sun Bird, which was already tightly wrapped by the sea-grudge souls. The surrounding seawater finally stopped boiling. His approach speed was not fast; there was only one chance for a slash, and success or failure depended on his cooperation with Wood.

As for Siniyas, he was floating in the seawater several hundred meters away. That guy had clearly given up on the motive in his heart. Unless it was a critical moment, he wouldn't make a move and would just slack off on the sidelines. Of course, if the situation became too dangerous, Siniyas would transform into a strong reinforcement.

Su Xiao's distance to the Sun Bird became closer and closer. When he approached within dozens of meters, a palpitating feeling appeared, as if a giant flaming hand was gripping his heart.

The Sun Bird, which was being tightly wrapped by the sea-grudge souls and enduring the erosion of the deep-sea cold, suddenly opened its eyes. Because of the obstruction of the sea-grudge souls, it only revealed one eye. That gaze seemed to be mocking.

In just an instant, Su Xiao understood the meaning expressed by this gaze. From the beginning, the Sun Bird knew it was bound to lose. This was the deep sea, someone else's territory. It was a divine creature, yes, but it wasn't brainless. From start to finish, the Sun Bird was preparing to do one thing: when Su Xiao was close enough, it would perish together with Su Xiao.

Why did the Sun Bird do this? The answer was simple: it could be reborn in the Sand World. Perishing together with Su Xiao would not only kill Su Xiao but also immediately escape the dangerous situation and be reborn in its own lair, where it would be protected by numerous Sun Church members during its weak period.

*Crack, crack, crack... *

Crisp sounds came from within the Sun Bird's body. Its surface cracked, and the sea-grudge souls that protected and bound it hissed and evaporated into soul smoke, not even having time to let out a wail.

Su Xiao was very close to the Sun Bird at this moment; retreating was already too late, and using Dragon Shadow Flash to dodge was impossible. This move of the Sun Bird would likely blast through the surrounding space. At the moment, it seemed he could only rely on the 【Sacred Cross Badge】 to resist it head-on. In reality, it was time to show the role of a 'good teammate'.

Several hundred meters away, black rings appeared in Siniyas's eyes, and his right hand became illusory. Just as he prepared to reach out, a sudden change occurred.

A giant ghostly green skull appeared behind the Sun Bird. Wood, who had been playing dead, stood upright in the seawater, dragging pieces of floating Abyss Jar fragments in his hand. As the saying goes, although this wild father always beat him, he was still his father, and would occasionally help him.

The Sun Bird, which had activated its ability, suddenly found that it couldn't move. Its body, energy, and consciousness were all sealed.

*Bang! *

A torrent broke through in the water, and Su Xiao rushed straight toward the dazzling sun ahead. In his crystal left hand, he quickly constructed a crystal long spear; it was the gun form of the Green Shadow King.

At this moment, the Sun Bird couldn't move a single bit. When Su Xiao was still over ten meters away from the Sun Bird, he had already thrown the crystal long spear in his hand.

"Green Shadow King · Active: Immediately consume 6500 points of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy to construct a weapon of any form within 0.01 seconds. This weapon can only attack once, causing the enemy's lost mana × 2.6 + 5900 points of true damage."

No one stipulated that the weapon of any form constructed by the Green Shadow King must be used for melee combat.

The crystal long spear pierced through the seawater with an air explosion, plunging into the Sun Bird's abdomen, unstoppable.

The Sun Bird had consumed a large amount of sun energy in the previous battle. Now, hit by the Green Shadow King's ability, its remaining 53.72% health points were immediately cleared, and the crystal long spear stuck in its body shattered with a 'snap'.

The Sun Bird's ability was suddenly interrupted. In its gradually dimming pupils was the same paranoia as always. It could feel that its consciousness was about to escape its body and return to the land of origin. As long as it returned there, it could be reborn.

In the deep sea, the black-blue smoke of the Magic Blade slashed across, cutting a sun in two from the middle. The smoke slash marks left by the Magic Blade in the seawater were like a wisp of ink.

With a 'click', the long sword in Su Xiao's hand returned to its sheath. He transformed into an afterimage and lunged toward the distance.

*Thump!! *

The sun flames exploded in the deep sea. The ability the Sun Bird was about to use had been partially unleashed and was not completely suppressed.

Su Xiao, whose entire body was wrapped in a crystal layer, felt a thrusting force hit him from the side. He was sent flying at an extremely fast speed, his entire body's bones feeling as if they were about to fall apart.

Fighting the Sun Bird was too dangerous; this existence itself was ridiculously strong. What was even more ridiculous was that the Sun Bird came to perish together with Su Xiao. The Sun Bird could be reborn and was very good at limit-exchanging.

In order to kill the Sun Bird, Su Xiao used the most secure method. First, relying on the characteristics of the Green Shadow King, he made the Sun Bird enter a state of suspended animation. Before the kill notification appeared, the Sun Bird would not truly die, but be in suspended animation.

This suspended animation would develop into true death in about 0.7 seconds to 3 seconds, which is what people commonly call the lingering consciousness. The stronger the individual, the longer the duration of suspended animation.

Is it most secure to slash an enemy with less than 25% health? No, it should be that slashing an enemy with 0% health who is in a state of suspended animation is the most secure. Su Xiao did exactly that this time.

【Notification: You have killed the Sun Bird · Taihakak.】

【Because the Sun Bird · Taihakak is a special existence in this world, you have obtained Sun Origin × 7.】

【You can directly obtain Sun Origin × 7, or use Sun Origin to exchange for the following rewards.】

1. World Origin 20%.

Price: 1 Sun Origin.

Quantity: 1.

2. World-Burning Karma Fire (Mutated Type · Sun Miracle)

Introduction: A Sun Miracle developed by the third Sun Bishop. After the Sun Bird · Taihakak mastered this miracle, it caused this Sun Miracle to mutate, and its power was greatly enhanced. After exchanging, you will obtain the 'World-Burning Karma Fire · Lv. 1 Scroll'.

Price: 5 Sun Origins.

Quantity: 1.

3. Sun Feather (Immortal-grade · Weapon/Armor)

Introduction: This weapon possesses defensive characteristics and can be worn as a feather cloak. It has an armor tier between leather armor and plate armor. After being dismantled, the Sun Feather consists of 108 feather blades. The wearer's Agility attribute determines the flight speed of the feather blades, and the Intelligence attribute determines the fire damage intensity of the feather blades (the feather blades' attack is: base physical damage + fire-type damage + extra sun flame true damage).

Price: 4 Sun Origins.

Quantity: 1.

Warning: This equipment requires a Charisma attribute of 5 or higher to be worn or used.

Notification: The Hunter's Charisma attribute is -9 points, so please be cautious when exchanging.

4. Scorching Empty Shell.

Introduction: This is a high-level soul equipment in an empty shell state. It needs to be used with Soul Fusion to make it complete. At that time, this empty shell will undergo a transformation, thereby constituting high-level soul equipment.

Price: 7 Sun Origins.

Quantity: 1.