Chapter 3375

The battle inside the fortress calmed down. Su Xiao sat on the iron chair in the center, holding a Soul Crystal (Complete) in his hand, eating it leisurely.

Xian Lulu, who had been muttering endlessly just now, had completely lost her voice.

She floated beside Su Xiao, her cat eyes first looking at the Soul Crystal in Su Xiao's hand, then looking at Su Xiao, and then constantly switching between the two. In the next second, tears welled up from her eye sockets and dissipated before hitting the ground. These tears were essentially a type of energy.

Xian Lulu was scared silly. This was not strange. She claimed to be a light spirit, but in fact, she was a soul body. Seeing Su Xiao eating a Soul Crystal like eating an apple at this moment, could she not be afraid? What's more, she knew very well that she was much more delicious than a Soul Crystal.

Su Xiao had just killed more than 30 Qiyuezhe, and the blood energy on his body was thick. In this situation, could Xian Lulu not be afraid?

"I am not delicious at all."

Xian Lulu muttered softly. Su Xiao glanced at her and bit the Soul Crystal in his hand with a crunch. Xian Lulu was definitely delicious; just her aura had a kind of delicious feeling. If it weren't for this aura being delicious, he wouldn't have taken out a Soul Crystal (Complete) to eat.

"You... you won't eat me, right? We are perfect partners, right? Say something."

"..."

Su Xiao threw the last small piece of Soul Crystal in his hand into his mouth, chewing it crunchily. After eating a Soul Crystal (Complete), looking at Xian Lulu again, he didn't have such a strong feeling of wanting to eat her.

Everything has a price, including the SSS-level talent Soul Eater. This talent ability allowed Su Xiao to have a powerful soul and mana growth.

As a price, when he sees or smells spirits, soul bodies, and the like, he will have the thought of slashing the opponent and eating them.

With Su Xiao's willpower, he could of course suppress the impulses caused by the ability's side effects, but there would still be a feeling of wanting to eat, just like seeing Xia bring the delicious food she cooked in front of him.

Soul Eater has been promoted to SSS-level for so long. As a "Soul Gourmet", Su Xiao has an appreciation for the taste of most souls. The appreciation is as follows:

1. Ghost-type: Because soul energy is related to mental energy, ghosts with chaotic thinking and full of resentment, hatred, sorrow, and other emotions in their hearts have very turbid soul energy. Su Xiao tried eating a little bit, and the taste was like spoiled eel meat—greasy, cold, and made one not want to eat it a second time.

Eating evaluation: ★ (Can be eaten, but particularly disgusting).

2. Spirit-type: Such existences are mostly pure soul bodies, or soul bodies wrapped in energy on the outside (resembling the structure of chocolate jelly beans). There are many varieties, colors, and forms.

Eating evaluation: ★★ (Can be eaten and is very delicious, but after eating, one will be affected by the spirit's thoughts; not suitable for consumption.)

3. Soul Crystal: Staple food.

Eating evaluation: ★★★★★ (Can be eaten and is very delicious. As a staple food, one needs to change the taste occasionally).

4. Soul Fruit: Rare item.

Eating evaluation: ★★★ (The taste is okay.)

6. Soul Tree: Rare plant.

Eating evaluation: -- (Particularly delicious, the deliciousness is similar to Soul Crystal, but cannot be eaten. Eating it is particularly difficult to "digest," and during the "digestion" period, one will have all kinds of bizarre dreams.)

7. Soul of the Strong.

Eating evaluation: -- (Ate a little bit, the conclusion reached is that it is inedible and more difficult to "digest" than the Soul Tree.)

8. Soul of the Ancient God.

Eating evaluation: -- (Ate a little bit. If not for being inside Reincarnation Paradise, one might die on the spot. This thing must absolutely not be eaten.)

Su Xiao looked at the small booklet in his hand. This was his hobby in his spare time. After recording Xian Lulu on it, estimating the deliciousness, and noting not to taste it yet, he closed the small booklet and tucked it into his bosom.

Witnessing all this, Xian Lulu shivered. In her perspective, faint black-red smoke seemed to be rising from the small booklet in Su Xiao's hand, which made her extremely afraid.

Su Xiao guarding here alone and fighting with more than 30 enemy Qiyuezhe was releasing a signal to the outside world: he was the only one guarding here, just come and surround him.

Su Xiao never expected that hundreds of enemy Qiyuezhe would all swarm into the fortress and then be blocked inside. That was impossible.

With the caution and judgment of Tier 8 Qiyuezhe, before they came, they would definitely conduct comprehensive reconnaissance and only advance gradually after confirming there was nothing wrong.

For example, first set up a gathering point nearby, then assemble an assault team of over a hundred people at the very front, and further behind would be hundreds of Qiyuezhe with slightly weaker strength.

An assault team of over a hundred people in front is responsible for surrounding and killing Su Xiao, while the hundreds of Qiyuezhe behind guard against any traps. The two groups keep a distance to avoid being suddenly surrounded by Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise side.

As for dividing hundreds of Qiyuezhe into several groups and pressing them forward one by one while ensuring combat power, this seems to be the best choice, but it is too ideal.

Who comes first, who comes later? The Qiyuezhe who come to assault first will face greater risks. May I ask, in this situation, who would be willing to charge at the very front?

The Qiyuezhe of Holy Light Paradise and Watcher Paradise in this world were indeed united, but everyone had their own selfish motives.

The two leaders, Saintess and Orandi, couldn't solve this problem either. This was unsolvable. Being able to fight to Tier 8, no one would be willing to die for others because of verbal encouragement.

Those "simps" who saw a beautiful woman and had their IQs drop, willing to be used by beauties, had already been consumed at lower tiers. And those who would be angered by a few words or be tricked into being the vanguard were also consumed at low-to-mid tiers.

Su Xiao looked at a scarlet card in his hand. He killed more than 30 enemy Qiyuezhe and only dropped one scarlet card. This scarlet card drop rate was truly confusing.

He estimated in his heart, could it be that the World Contention War caused the scarlet card drop rate to decrease? Hmm, it should be like this. Thinking of this, his mood improved slightly.

Putting away the scarlet card in his hand, checking the kill notification, he found that he had a total of 115 Apocalypse Paradise battle merits.

Battle merits must be sold to Morey or the Moon Apostle as soon as possible. If the identity of an invader is exposed, these Apocalypse Paradise battle merits will either be taken back or cannot be traded, becoming worthless.

At the same time, on the west side of the Border Area, the area bordering the Demi-human territory.

There was a small town here with a population of about a few thousand. However, calling this a small town, it was more like a gathering place—a gathering place built gradually around a T3-level mobile fortress.

Compared to civilian residence, its greater role here was to provide supplies to the border guard posts.

Unfortunately, three days ago, the manager of this gathering place, Captain Jeffrey, suddenly went into shock while having marital relations with his wife. After examination by a doctor, it was said that Captain Jeffrey suffered from cardiomyopathy due to excessive excitement, leading to excessive stimulation of the heart.

The "Border Gathering Place," which was already somewhat chaotic in management, was now even more chaotic. The team leaders stationed at several nearby guard towers had all come to the "Border Gathering Place" to visit two days ago.

For all the team leaders on the border line, taking a few subordinates to guard at various guard towers all year round was really boring to death. There was nothing in the Border Area. Past the Border Area was the territory of alienated beasts. They only needed to pay attention to whether a beast tide was coming.

The last beast tide came 2 years ago. According to convention, there was no need to worry for the last 5 years. As a result, no one was willing to go to the Border Area. Not only was there nothing, but it was also easy to be targeted by flying alienated beasts.

The soldiers of each border guard tower only had the task of looking into the distance every day, daydreaming. On the day the beast nest came, they could evacuate through the underground passage after sending the signal.

Therefore, the visit of several guard tower team leaders to the "Border Gathering Place" to visit their superior was fake; coming to prostitute was real. These Demi-human captains, let alone seeing Demi-human women, now felt that even female pig-headed people looked delicate and pretty.

Was Captain Jeffrey's sudden cardiomyopathy a coincidence? Of course not. Although the Demi-humans were lax in their guard against the Border Area, Su Xiao had to ensure that everything was foolproof to gain room for development.

Inside the "Border Gathering Place" at this time, pedestrians flowed endlessly on the dirt streets. The population here was dense, making one feel crowded while also having a strong sense of life.

Today, many outsiders came to the "Border Gathering Place." These outsiders were all dressed as scavengers, making the locals feel uneasy.

Captain Jeffrey, whose condition had slightly improved, had already guaranteed to the residents here that these scavengers would be very disciplined and were just passing through to rest.

That's right, these hundreds of "scavengers" were the hundreds of Qiyuezhe from Holy Light Paradise and Watcher Paradise. They were all old hands. Before arriving here, some Qiyuezhe had already used their relationships with the high-level Demi-human alliance to handle Captain Jeffrey.

Inside the small theater on West Street of the gathering place, because the doors and windows were blocked by curtains, the small theater was brightly lit. Dozens of Qiyuezhe sat sparsely in the theater, and some sat on the edge of the stage.

These Qiyuezhe were dressed differently; some were normal, and some were very distinctive. Among these Qiyuezhe, two groups were conspicuous.

One group had mostly female members, led by a woman with her long hair coiled up, wearing a white long dress.

Her dress had pale gold embroidery on the cuffs, hem, and other positions, which added a touch of holiness. Her appearance gave people a natural sense of intimacy like a beautiful neighbor sister. This person was the leader of the Holy Light Paradise side this time, Saintess.

Saintess was both gentle and intimate? Yes, without this personality, she wouldn't have become a healing-type initially. Saintess was indeed like this, but the 12 "Double-Blade Mad Dogs" she summoned were not.

And, Saintess's gentleness and intimacy were only given to her friends, teammates, and relatives. To enemies, she would watch them being hacked to death with a smile.

When the enemy died, the classic part came. Saintess's position was Wisdom Angel, related to the faith god system. The "12 Mad Dogs" she summoned, also known as the "Holy Song Knights," were also a faith-based group.

After the enemy was killed, if time permitted, Saintess would not only let the 12 knights bury the enemy, but she would also hold a simple funeral for the enemy in the capacity of a member of the clergy. The process was: 12 knights carrying the coffin, putting the coffin into the pit, burying the soil, etc., while Saintess read a short sacred eulogy. If the dead could speak, the guy in the coffin would probably say: 'I thank you so much.'

Please don't laugh. Saintess and the 12 knights would be very solemn throughout the process. They did this not only because they could use this to increase their strength but also because of faith-related issues.

"Orandi, what's the matter with finding me in such a hurry?"

Saintess spoke softly. More than a dozen Qiyuezhe from the Holy Light Paradise side stood behind her with serious expressions. Although they were allied with the Watcher Paradise side now, after defeating the Apocalypse Paradise side, it would be time for the two sides to go to war. The guys opposite would all be enemies in the future.

Looking at the dozen or so people opposite, the most conspicuous ones were all shirtless, and the muscle lines on their bodies were exceptionally obvious.

The man in the lead wore a swimming cap and had a small mustache on his chin. Although the muscles on his body didn't look like a bodybuilder's, they gave people a sense of toughness, as if nothing could defeat this man.

This person was named Orandi, the leader of the Watcher Paradise side this time. His gaze swept over the dozen or so Holy Light Paradise Qiyuezhe opposite. The girls among them didn't feel much, but several male Qiyuezhe turned pale and didn't dare to look at Orandi.

Seeing this, Orandi raised his hand to touch the swimming cap on his head, the corners of his mouth curling into a demonic arc.

"Orandi, did you come here to make my innocent teammates unable to sleep peacefully tonight?"

Although Saintess was smiling, it was obvious that she was already somewhat displeased. Seeing this, Orandi coughed lightly and said in a loud voice: "Sorry, I came this time to ask for your help."

"Ask... for my help?"

Saintess felt confused. She and Orandi were both leaders this time. Between each other, they wouldn't easily utter the word "help."

"Please save my subordinate. He is about to bleed to death."

"Bleed to death?"

Saintess felt even more confused. Would a Tier 8 Qiyuezhe bleed to death in a non-combat situation? Just a high-quality recovery potion could solve the bleeding problem.

In Saintess's confused gaze, a man wearing a deer antler hat with many branches and draped in animal skin walked over. He was holding a little boy in his arms. The little boy's face was pale, and his torso was wrapped in very thick bandages. Even so, blood was still seeping out.

The man wearing the deer antler hat and draped in animal skin, who called himself a Druid, placed the little boy on a long table. This little boy was Xiao Pe, who had luckily escaped after a battle with Su Xiao.

The Druid unwrapped all the bandages on Xiao Pe's body. A wound that didn't damage internal organs crossed Xiao Pe's entire chest. This was scratched by the blade of a blood spear.

"Blood Spear Master: Lv. 50 Ultimate Ability: Blood Passing (Passive). After an enemy is injured by a blood spear, they will receive a total of Hunter's Agility Attribute × 2.3 true bleeding damage in the following 10 seconds."

The bleeding effect caused by the blood spear doesn't look high at first glance, but it's not the case. Any ability, once digitized, is calculated according to the standard enemies of the same tier, thereby calculating damage values, etc.

For example, if a blood spear pierces Orandi's chest, it will only cause a few hundred points of bleeding damage later, because of Orandi's powerful physique.

But if it pierces Xiao Pe, there's no need for subsequent true bleeding damage. The piercing damage of this blood spear alone can exceed 8000 points. This is because Xiao Pe's stamina attribute is low, and his body's muscle toughness, bone density, etc., are far inferior to Orandi's, so the damage borne is also different.

This led to the true bleeding effect becoming exceptionally tricky after acting on Xiao Pe. Several types of potions were used but couldn't stop the bleeding. Forcibly suturing the wound would lead to blood accumulation in the cavity, which was even more troublesome.

Saintess's fair hand pressed virtually above Xiao Pe, and golden-green light particles scattered and merged into the wound.

Hiss~

Blood smoke drifted out from the wound, causing the golden-green light particles to evaporate, and the true bleeding effect was still continuing.

Once the true physique attribute is lower than 180, or it is not a true stamina attribute, being injured by Su Xiao's blood spear is simply a nightmare.

First is the "Blood Passing" effect brought by Spear Technique Master Lv. 51. What's more fatal is the characteristic of Su Xiao's blood energy. Part of his blood energy was killed out, and more was absorbed on the ancient battlefield.

May I ask, what kind of place is the ancient battlefield? That was a battlefield where spellcasters and law-breakers fought each other. Besides these two, there were other Void races supporting both sides. Fighting there, more than 90% of them died in battle in the end.

The Void races qualified to participate in this level of war were all strong in the Void. Added to the fact that spellcasters and law-breakers died there, after everyone died in battle, their blood, body energy, and soul energy mixed together. Added to the geographical environment of the ancient battlefield, it led to a qualitative change, thereby constituting a new type of aura energy: blood energy.

Coming from the ancient battlefield, but filtered and purified by the simplified version of the Devouring Core, the blood energy became purer, bringing the true bleeding damage brought by "Blood Passing" to the limit.

As long as the stamina attribute is lower than a certain level, those injured by the blood spear, even if they escape, have a very high probability of dying due to true bleeding. As the level of Blood Spear Master increases, this trait will become stronger and stronger.

Saintess looked at the blood energy drifting out from the wound on Xiao Pe's chest. Her slender eyebrows frowned slightly, sensing that the matter was not simple.

"There is one more thing to tell you."

Orandi spoke, and Saintess and the Qiyuezhe behind her cast their gazes.

"The enemy's garrison point this time is a semi-abandoned fortress."

Hearing Orandi's words, Saintess said: "I know this."

"According to our investigation, there is only one Apocalypse Paradise Qiyuezhe guarding that fortress."

"I know this too. That's a trap."

"It's not."

As Orandi spoke, the corners of his mouth curled up again, revealing his unique demonic smile.

"Oh?"

Saintess looked at Orandi, waiting for his subsequent information.

"I have confirmed many times that those people in Apocalypse Paradise have had internal strife."

"Internal... internal strife?"

A girl from Holy Light Paradise had a somewhat strange expression, wanting to laugh but didn't.

"That's right, internal strife. Most of the people on the Apocalypse Paradise side don't want to be the defensive side first, leading to one against two. The person who took down the World Core, however, wants to use the geographical advantage to guard it, which resulted in only him guarding the World Core alone."

After saying these words, Orandi's expression was a bit strange. This situation where the enemy had internal strife before the fight even started caught him too off guard.

After listening to Orandi's narration and seeing the various information he provided, other Qiyuezhe also confirmed that the enemy side indeed had internal strife this time.

The 670 participating Qiyuezhe on the Apocalypse Paradise side were either in the Free City or scattered in the war zone digging for mines. No matter how you looked at it, there was no intention to go to that fortress to guard it.

"Before the fight even started, the enemy is almost surrendering. As expected of Apocalypse Paradise."

The Druid draped in animal skin spoke. Several Holy Light Paradise Qiyuezhe opposite were chatting and laughing. Saintess and Orandi both knew that this assault battle was basically stable.

Compared to the relaxed crowd, Guang Mu, who was sitting on the side, had a complicated mood. As a mole, she actually didn't want to, and she was also very desperate.