Chapter 3436: Daughter of the Abyss

The interior of the great tree hole was filled with black mud, resembling a swamp—and a swamp with powerful corrosive properties at that.

Facts proved that pure combat strength often hits a wall in many situations; for instance, had Su Xiao not possessed his attainments in alchemy, he too would have been blocked outside the great tree hole.

Su Xiao sank into the black mud. The feeling was unpleasant; as he descended, the sensation of squeezing and binding from all sides grew stronger. Fortunately, the great tree hole was nearly vertical, so he simply had to keep falling.

After sinking in the black mud for about five minutes, Su Xiao felt a void beneath his feet, and his body slipped out from the bottom of the mud, falling freely. It seemed the black mud only sealed the upper section of the great tree hole.

During the fall, Su Xiao grabbed a tree root and, aided by the glowing rocks on the surrounding soil layers, looked down at the situation below.

The tangled tree roots that had originally been there were now cleared away, though there was still half a sturdy root with a diameter of nearly 2 meters remaining above.

A crystal arrow-spear formed in Su Xiao's hand. His left hand, wearing the Black King Armguard, flicked, pinning the crystal arrow-spear into the root above, with a Soul Thread connected to it.

Su Xiao grabbed the thin but tough Soul Thread with his left hand and descended rapidly. Soul Threads were not only for stitching wounds; as long as Su Xiao had sufficient Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy in his body, he could construct very long Soul Threads.

After a long rapid descent, Su Xiao returned to the bottom of the great tree hole. The metal door he had kicked a hole into appeared before him.

Walking through the hole in the door, Su Xiao proceeded along the corridor and soon arrived before the second Gate of Slumber.

"It's you again. Blocking the entrance, yet you were still able to get in."

The face on the door looked slightly surprised, then sighed and said with heartfelt sincerity:

"Outsider, give up. Without the secret command, you cannot see the Queen. Moreover... the Queen's condition is not good. My existence is actually the final means the Queen used to trap herself. We... are ultimately unable to escape the erosion of the Abyss. The stronger one is, the closer one is to the Abyss. It... is too terrifying, and also too beautiful."

The eyes of the face on the door were filled with nostalgia. Once upon a time, it had joined the ranks of those resisting the Abyss with full confidence, but the final result was that there was no struggle, no enemy. A group of like-minded powerhouses like them were all eventually eroded by the power of the Abyss without even realizing it. This made it understand one thing: in this world, pursuing strength is equivalent to throwing oneself into the embrace of the Abyss. No one can escape.

The Abyss has no consciousness, no distinction between good and evil. It is not even a specific place; it is more like a conceptual existence.

What about the Silver Moon Wolf? When facing the erosion of the Abyss, it could only suppress it with its own body, and after being plotted against, it ended up being eroded by the power of the Abyss.

In the Tree-Born World, the more one pursues strength, the closer one gets to the power of the Abyss. As the strongest in the Northern Continent, the Queen had been heavily eroded by the power of the Abyss years ago, which is why she sealed herself at the bottom of the great tree hole.

"Secret command: Eternal Sleep."

"You!"

The face on the door was shocked and angry for a moment, then became expressionless.

Appearing in Su Xiao's hand, he used this small silver knife to slice across his right palm. No wound or blood appeared; the Moonlight power was imbued upon him, as well as on Checking Zhan Long Shan, successfully imbuing both effects.

Su Xiao also took out 【Item】, which clung to the back of his right hand, forming pale orange patterns.

Snap~

Su Xiao snapped his right fingers. A soul vibration occurred, resonating with Checking Zhan Long Shan, successfully imbuing the effect.

Although the door ahead had not yet opened, the seal on it had been eliminated. The aura of the Ghoul Queen spread out. The moment he sensed this aura, Su Xiao imbued himself with the 'Double Blade' effect, namely Silver Moon Blade + Spiritual Blade.

From the current bonuses, the Spiritual Blade was slightly stronger, but this equipment was almost upgraded to its limit. Conversely, 【Item】 could still grow three more times, provided he found three burial sites of the Silver Moon Wolf and offered fresh meat as a sacrifice.

"Outsider, this is my final advice. If you insist on entering the Queen's bedchamber, there is no turning back. Either you are buried in the bedchamber, or you defeat the Queen, and the door to the bedchamber will open again."

"..."

"Sorry, I seem to have spoken nonsense. Looking at your gaze, there is no hesitation at all."

After the face on the door finished speaking, bumps and grooves appeared on the metal door it was on. After these bumps and grooves shifted and interlocked, both the top and bottom of the metal door emitted a crisp 'click' sound, and two rows of bolts retracted.

The Gate of Slumber opened with a deep sound of metal friction. Just as a crack in the door opened, bone-chilling cold air drifted out.

When the door was completely opened, Su Xiao walked inside. As soon as he entered the Queen's bedchamber, the metal door behind him slammed shut, and the sound of mechanisms operating came from within the door, clearly locking it again.

Either kill the Queen or die here; there was no other choice.

The bedchamber was over a thousand square meters in size. The reliefs and columns on the surrounding walls gave the place a strong sense of history. In the center of the floor was a 2-meter-wide old red carpet. Looking forward along the old red carpet, there was a huge bed.

The width of the bed was over seven meters. In front of it was a translucent curtain. This curtain was as thin as a cicada's wing, swaying gently with the wind caused by the metal door closing just now.

On the bed behind the curtain, a figure lay on her side, pillowing on cold ice. She wore a pure white dress, and a crown was placed beside her head.

Seeing the Queen for the first time, she did not feel imposing in her slumber. However, she was nearly 5 meters tall, but she did not look like a giant. Her body proportions were very balanced, giving one the feeling that this was truly a huge, beautiful woman.

The Queen lying there moved her eyelashes and opened her eyes. The whites of her eyes were pitch black, and her pupils were white.

"Did the Prophet entrust you to come?"

The Queen sat up gently, exhaling cold mist from her mouth.

"Not at all."

"Then..."

The Queen's eyes narrowed slightly, and she seemed to sigh softly.

"Every time I wake up, I can only maintain a brief moment of clarity. If it wasn't the Prophet who sent you here, do you have a way to leave?"

The Queen's voice was gentle, very different from the imposing manner he had imagined.

"I do."

"That's good."

"Kill you, and I can leave."

"Then that's not good."

The Queen smiled. She sat with her legs to the side. Because she had been eroded by the Abyss and cold for a long time, her long hair had long since turned cold white.

Su Xiao stepped up to the bed. Crystals spread under his feet, forming a crystal chair behind him, and he sat on it.

"You actually didn't slash over directly. This is different from the feeling your aura shows."

The Queen lowered her head slightly to look at Su Xiao. This was unavoidable; the difference in their body sizes was quite large.

Su Xiao took 【Item】 out of his storage space. Seeing this bottle of wine, the gentleness on the Queen's face faded a lot.

Ignoring the change in the Queen's expression, Su Xiao took out two wine cups, one large and one small. The cups were very thin, and their texture was like jade, slightly translucent.

Su Xiao poured 【Item】 into the two cups, picked up the slightly smaller one, and looked at the Ghoul Queen.

The Queen's gaze was very complex; there seemed to be nostalgia in it, as well as a hint of anger.

"This is the last of the fragrant wine. Won't you drink?"

"Of course... I will drink."

The Queen picked up the larger cup. Just as Su Xiao was about to drink the wine in his cup in one gulp, the Queen opposite him reached out with her cup, meaning to toast with him.

"..."

Clink~

The cups touched. Su Xiao drank the fragrant wine in his cup. Although this was a type of strong liquor, it was slightly sweet upon entering the mouth. Only after it reached his stomach did it reveal the nature of a strong liquor.

It was no wonder the Ghoul Queen liked this kind of wine. It was just like her: usually gentle and approachable, only showing ferocity and strength when fighting.

The Queen covered her mouth with her sleeve and drank the wine in her cup. The Queen was impeccable in terms of etiquette.

"A taste that makes one nostalgic yet hateful."

The Queen exhaled the wine breath slowly. After drinking the strong liquor, there was a hint of a rosy flush on her cheeks.

"Outsider, did you come here just to defeat or kill me?"

"I came to find the Soul-Severing Shadow Stone."

"This?"

The Queen raised her hand to show Su Xiao a ring on her little finger. The gemstone on this ring was exactly the last Soul-Severing Shadow Stone Su Xiao was missing.

"The Soul-Severing Shadow Stone cannot be given to you. This is the property of the Law-Exterminators, although I have never seen a Law-Exterminator."

"I am one."

"Eh? Liar~"

"..."

"Are you really a Law-Exterminator? Do natural elements feel affinity with you?"

"..."

The natural elements around Su Xiao gathered toward him.

"You can actually make the elements actively approach you. This is the first time I've seen a living Law-Exterminator."

The Queen leaned forward, observing Su Xiao from closer range. Looking at her appearance, she seemed to really want to poke Su Xiao with her fair and slender index finger.

"Here, returning it to its rightful owner."

The Queen took off the ring on her hand. The main body of the ring was damaged, and the Soul-Severing Shadow Stone on it was peeled off and floated toward Su Xiao.

Su Xiao grabbed the Soul-Severing Shadow Stone floating toward him, and a prompt appeared.

Su Xiao finally gathered all five 【Soul-Severing Shadow Stone · Incomplete】. As long as he synthesized them, the inheritance stone of the Soul-Severing Shadow would be in his hands.

"Law-Exterminator, do you know where the Abyss is? Are there many in the outer worlds? Does the Void really exist? What is there?"

The Queen had many questions, but her aura became increasingly chaotic. She was already finding it difficult to maintain her sanity.

"I... can no longer guarantee my clarity. Next... don't hold back, just kill me with all your might. I wish you... success, Law-Exterminator."

After saying this, the white pupils in the Queen's eyes were gradually eroded by the darkness at the bottom of her eyes.

Boom~

An impact spread out. Su Xiao was pushed back dozens of meters by the cold current. He landed steadily, unharmed by the impact.

On the huge bed, the Queen had already stood up. Her eyes still had black whites, but her pupils had become white vertical slits.

Click, click, click~

Metal-textured ice armor clung to the Queen's body. This silver-white thin armor clung tightly to her body, spreading all the way over her neck to below her cheeks.

Click, click.

The hilts of two long blades protruded from the bed. The Queen gripped a hilt in each hand and drew two long blades nearly 2 meters long.

The hilts of these two blades were slightly curved, making them comfortable to grip. The base of the blade was about 10 centimeters wide, but as the slightly curved edge went upward, the blade became narrower and narrower.

Two long blades nearly 2 meters long could not be used by ordinary people, but with the Queen's slender height of nearly 5 meters, these two weapons were very suitable for her.

The two blades were one black and one white. One had black smoke drifting on it, representing darkness, and the other had glowing white smoke drifting on it, representing light.

A powerful sense of oppression spread to the surroundings. Whether it was combat strength, body size, or aura, the Queen brought a sense of oppression.

Clang~

Su Xiao drew the long blade from his waist. He had to be careful in this battle. 【Item】 had already been used when dealing with the siege of the rule-breakers, and it was currently in the cooldown phase. A slight mistake in this battle would mean death here. No, even without mistakes, the odds of winning were not high.

The Eye of the Gods floated behind Su Xiao, detecting the Ghoul Queen's data.

Name: Queen Yuluo

Category: Ghoul / Eldest Daughter of the Abyss

Health: %

Polar Ice Power: 0 points

Abyss Power: 0 points.

Strength: 252

Agility:???

Stamina: 249

Intelligence: 167

Charisma: 251

Skill 1, Blood of the Abyss: Health +82000, ignores all control effects, reduces physical damage by 27%, reduces light-type damage by 75%, reduces dark-type damage by 75%, reduces ice-type damage by 90%.

Skill 2, Light · Extreme Radiance: When using the left-hand weapon to attack, if this attack successfully hits the enemy, it will cause basic slashing damage +650 points of light-attribute damage, and there is a 50% chance to cause the enemy to suffer 【Effect】. In the subsequent 20 seconds, if the enemy suffers dark-attribute attacks, the damage will be increased by 100%.

Skill 3, Dark · Annihilation: When using the right-hand weapon to attack, if this attack successfully hits the enemy, it will cause basic slashing damage +13% of the enemy's maximum health in dark cutting damage. In the subsequent 20 seconds, if the enemy suffers light-attribute attacks, movement speed will be significantly reduced.???

Skill 5, Daughter of the Abyss: The Queen will continuously absorb the power of the Abyss, and at the cost of continuously consuming the power of the Abyss in her body, she recovers 15% of her health per second.

Hint: This recovery has priority and can only be suppressed by a few methods.

Skill 6, Remorse of Betrayal: Enemies within 300 meters of Queen Yuluo will be identified as traitors. For every additional traitor near the Queen, the damage intensity of the Queen's attacks will be increased by an additional 10%.

Hint: After killing five traitors, the Queen's anger will subside for a moment, and this ability will enter a 3-hour cooldown. During this period, this ability will be ineffective.

Hint: When the Queen's anger subsides somewhat, she will suppress her absorption of the power of the Abyss, causing the recovery effect to stop.???

Skill 8, Dual Blade Master: Blade-type weapon attack power increased by 650%. Every time she attacks an enemy, whether hitting the enemy or being blocked by the enemy, attack speed will be increased by 10% and defense reduction by 4%.

Hint: This effect can be stacked up to 10 times. After stacking 10 times, this effect will last for 300 seconds.

Hint: Due to Queen Yuluo's chaotic sanity, all ultimate abilities derived from this ability are ineffective.???

Skill 10, King of Polar Ice: When Queen Yuluo's health drops below 50%, she will lose her light and dark abilities and enter the King of Polar Ice state.???

Skill 12, Melee Master: Melee body attack power increased by 720%, Basic Nerve Reflex Speed +41 points, Basic Dynamic Vision +41 points...??????

Skill 15, World · Ice Seal: Queen Yuluo instantly consumes all the power of the Abyss in her body, causing a polar freeze pulse within 【Distance】 meters, freezing energy, space, and even the thoughts of living beings in this area. This ice-seal domain lasts for 3 seconds. During this period, Queen Yuluo can move freely within this domain.

Hint: This ability can only be activated after entering the 【State】.

The Ghoul Queen's power of the Abyss was a cut above the Moon Wolf's back then. This was normal; the Moon Wolf was more powerful than the Queen, so its resistance to the power of the Abyss was stronger, and naturally, there was less power of the Abyss in its body.

The Queen's strength was obvious. The black/white dual blades had both light and dark characteristics. The light blade could stun + deepen damage, while the dark blade was explosive damage + deceleration effect.

If one were slashed consecutively by the light and dark dual blades, it would be difficult for even a god to withstand. What was even more fatal was that the Queen was a Dual Blade Master. The opponent's master characteristic was that the more she attacked, the faster her attack speed became, plus crazy defense reduction.

Dual Blade Master combined with the characteristics of the black and white dual blades; once suppressed by the Queen, one could basically say goodbye to this beautiful world.

Besides these, the Queen's agility attribute was???, which meant the Queen was more inclined toward the speed type.

This was only the Queen's first combat state. After entering the second state, King of Polar Ice, the Queen would possess the ability to freeze energy, space, and even the enemy's thoughts.

The current situation was that not only was 【Item】 in the cooldown phase, causing Su Xiao to lose his strongest trump card, but the other participants located outside the great tree hole were also a huge hidden danger.

The Queen was clearly not a formidable enemy that one person could deal with. The Queen was eroded too deeply by the power of the Abyss. Her ability to recover was so strong it was unsolvable. At the cost of consuming the power of the Abyss, she recovered 15% of her health per second. Even if her health dropped below 10%, she would recover to full in less than 7 seconds.

Fortunately, this ability was not unsolvable. Enemies near the Queen would be identified as traitors by her in her irrational state. After killing five traitors, the anger hidden in her heart would subside, thereby refusing the continued erosion of the power of the Abyss, which naturally made the ability temporarily ineffective.

Only by suppressing the Queen's perverted recovery ability would there be a chance to fight. Otherwise, there would be no way to fight at all.

If there were no pre-prepared backup plans, Su Xiao could only use life-saving items to retreat at this time. Alone, he could not defeat the Ghoul Queen who had near-infinite recovery of the power of the Abyss and could recover to full health in 7 seconds, plus the Queen was also a powerhouse with dual master abilities.

The Queen was already strong, and this was the Queen's bedchamber, the Queen's super home field. Looking at the entire Northern Continent, one could not find a place where the power of the Abyss was more concentrated than here.

Fortunately, Su Xiao had a backup plan. Otherwise, he would not have gone deep into the bottom of the great tree hole alone.

According to the message Xiang Bubu Wang just sent via the team channel, besides Wood, Ona, the three brothers of the National Football Team, and Gulu, Saint Poetry, the Ghost Brothers, and others had also arrived.

At this time, outside the great tree hole, there were at least a dozen participants. It was time to cooperate with the 'good teammates' once.

Su Xiao took an eyeball out of his storage space. This was what Wood had secretly handed to him earlier, with the purpose that in case there was a situation he couldn't handle, he could cooperate with the other party, and the two would split the spoils afterward.

Crushing the eyeball meant that only Wood himself needed to come, and cooperating with Su Xiao would be enough to resolve the risk. If energy were input into this eyeball, Wood would have to find a way to trick more people over, and then use the Abyss Can to forcibly tear open space and arrive near Su Xiao.

Taking advantage of the Queen ahead, who didn't rush up directly because she was wary of her own blood energy, Su Xiao injected a trace of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy into the eyeball in his hand. This was equivalent to giving a signal to Wood's side, telling the other party that the more people they tricked over, the better, so as not to have enough for the Queen to slash later.

This opportunity to siege a super big boss should of course be 'shared' with others. If he didn't let the Queen slash enough of the five traitors, Su Xiao would truly be unable to fight her.

Since those participants outside really wanted to come in, let them all come in. When the time was right, Su Xiao would then fight the Queen to the death. ===== CHAPTER 3437 =====