Chapter 3456: Soul Arena

Looking at the Holy Snake inside the hollow gemstone that had almost been puffed into a ball, Su Xiao felt that it was a kind of opportunity for this lucky item to meet him. As long as it wasn't puffed to death, it would grow to a very strong level. After all, the bad luck was guaranteed to be sufficient.

If one asked the Holy Snake's thoughts at this time, it would definitely deny it three times: "I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't eat it, please let me go."

Su Xiao looked at the tearful Holy Snake and asked: "Full?"

The Holy Snake inside the gemstone nodded repeatedly, meaning to put it away quickly and let it digest. It felt like it was about to explode.

"So, are you willing to help me swallow bad luck?"

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Holy Snake was about to shake its head, but saw Su Xiao's slightly red eyes, which made it only able to nod tearfully.

After "persuading" the Holy Snake not to have any thoughts of escaping, Su Xiao put it away. This thing could be worn when exploring dangerous places in the future, but not when fighting strong enemies.

When fighting strong enemies, every second involved huge changes in life and death and luck. If he wore the Holy Snake during the battle, perhaps not long after the battle started, the Holy Snake would explode with a *bang*.

The sky was still a bit gloomy, but not as dim as when he was in Bay City. Su Xiao looked at Bay City in the distance. The beautiful scenery of Bay City when he arrived was still floating in his heart, but at this moment, looking at Bay City from afar, one could feel the dampness, coldness, darkness, and the strong distortion aura.

Along the path he came, he arrived at Mushroom Village in the Sunshine Wetland smoothly. Su Xiao pushed open the door of the village chief's house, which was the tree house of the Mushroom Prophet.

As soon as he entered the tree house, a scorched fragrance of walnut tea hit his face. This was a specialty of Mushroom Village.

There were only Wood, Sin Abyss, and the Mushroom Prophet in the tree house. Others hadn't returned yet. Wood and Sin Abyss didn't need to be mentioned, but the Mushroom Prophet was frowning. Anyone would feel worried if their home turned into a high-risk area not far away.

"Bai Ye? Has the Elf Clan really come to an end? They have inherited for thousands of years..."

"Are there few such things?"

Su Xiao spoke, which made the Mushroom Prophet's words get stuck in the middle. It raised its hand to say something else, but finally sighed. As a neutral unit notarized by the Tree of Void, it had been to hundreds of native worlds. Of course, it had seen many such things, but it felt different when such things happened near its home. It had been neighbors with the Elf Clan for hundreds of years. To say it had no feelings at all was a lie.

"In the end, it couldn't resist fate, but they at least prospered."

The Mushroom Prophet sighed again. Compared to the destruction of the Elf Dynasty, it cared more about the fact that this neighbor had become a bad neighbor.

Su Xiao saw the Mushroom Prophet's thoughts. He manipulated the "Sun Ring" in his arms, releasing a trace of faith power—the Sun—in a retrospective way, tracing the scene when these faith powers were produced.

Particles of light floated up, forming a picture. That was the deep area of the "White Swamp" in the North Continent.

On the endless wetland, various multi-story wooden buildings had been built, and countless mushroom people were busy. Not counting those who went out to transport building materials, there were tens of thousands of mushroom people building wooden houses alone.

These wooden buildings were multi-story and pointed-roof, a kind of architectural style from the Sun Civilization. Even if they weren't built yet, they had a unique charm and beauty. This was the charm of cultural style.

All along, the mushroom people of the North Continent were the ones who suffered. The Mushroom Prophet had tried to support them more than once, but they couldn't be supported. Even so, it often used the specialties of the White Swamp to exchange for the resources needed by the mushroom people in Bay City.

Seeing the scene of the White Swamp, the Mushroom Prophet gradually widened its eyes, its expression gradually changing from astonishment to gratification.

The change in the mushroom people made it very gratified, which meant that its new home had been found. It must be known that it had taken care of the mushroom people a lot over the years.

The Mushroom Prophet, who had a retreat, had a clearly different expression than before. Wood and Sin Abyss, who were drinking tea on the side, both noticed this. These two scoundrels both realized that there must be benefits to be gained, otherwise Su Xiao wouldn't have stabilized the Mushroom Prophet's mind for free.

The Mushroom Prophet also noticed it. Don't look at this old guy who didn't dare to make a sound even after being bullied by the Law-Breaker camp, in fact, this old thing was very bad.

"..."

Su Xiao's fingers tapped on the table. Starting from his fingertips, two crystal boxes constructed one of the external characteristics of the Green Steel Shadow energy—"Crystallization." The later it got, the more practical Su Xiao felt this ability was.

After constructing the crystal boxes, Su Xiao took out 30 metal syringes, 15 in each box, and threw them to Wood and Sin Abyss respectively.

"This is?"

Wood took out a metal syringe to check. Facing Wood's gaze, Su Xiao replied:

"This is the 'ticket' to enter that place after Bay City completes its distortion. You can understand it as needing a 'ticket' to enter a high-risk area."

In fact, the ticket for a high-risk area wasn't an entry qualification, but a guarantee of not dying after entering. For example, Dead Silence City, Doom Town, Holy Land of Kiliad, etc. If there were no shelter-type items, that is, tickets, one wouldn't be a hero if they didn't die within 10 seconds after entering, and those who didn't hang up within 1 minute were tough people. Those who could persist for 10 minutes... impossible, even the Black Demon couldn't persist for 10 minutes.

Wood and Sin Abyss quickly understood Su Xiao's intention. After Bay City distorted into "Silt Land," there would definitely be a large number of participants coming here to try to enter Bay City to fish for benefits.

At that time, these tickets would be hot items. Excluding what they used themselves, the rest could be sold to other participants.

Sin Abyss pondered for a moment and said: "I have found the exact location of the Soul Arena. Let's three rush over in a while."

This was good news. Su Xiao had learned before that the Soul Arena was near Bay City. Later, he heard that this arena was very mysterious. It would appear in the area around Bay City at irregular times.

It was useless to just see this arena. Without a key, one couldn't enter.

Su Xiao, Wood, and Sin Abyss all had keys. Now that Sin Abyss had obtained the orientation, they could just take advantage of the few hours required for Bay City's distortion to challenge the Soul Arena.

Wood took out two maps drawn on sheepskin paper from his arms and gave one to Su Xiao and Sin Abyss respectively. This was a complete map of Bay City, and even the passage to the Great Ruins was marked.

Su Xiao had already obtained the key to the "Earth Gate," and now he had this map, which would double the result with half the effort.

The timing wasn't right yet. When Bay City's distortion stopped and the Great Ruins, Talent Awakening Device, etc., all stabilized, the danger level of Bay City would soar. Trying to attack the city by force would be almost like a dream.

As the saying goes, if there is good news, one must know how to "share." Su Xiao's idea was that since it was dangerous, he would trick more participants to come and spread the danger. At that time, he could take advantage of the situation to go deep into Bay City and reach the Great Ruins.

As for others seizing the "Talent Awakening Device," not to mention that it was an immovable huge device, the Great Ruins were more dangerous. Without the key and method provided by the Elf King royal family, entering it was no different from looking for death.

In the tree house, after completing the sharing of resources and intelligence, Wood and Sin Abyss walked out. Su Xiao had taken out 30 "Life Secret Medicines" before, just to block their mouths.

Wood and Sin Abyss had just left when the Mushroom Prophet laughed until its old face was full of wrinkles. It said: "I estimate that Bay City's distortion will attract many participants. As a neutral unit notarized by the Tree of Void, I can't watch them suffer the hardship of not having a ticket."

The Mushroom Prophet gradually revealed its shameless nature. Even if it wanted to make a huge profit, it had to say it was compassionate.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, waiting for the Mushroom Prophet's sincerity.

"With the current situation, if I can stock up on a large amount of 'Life Secret Medicine,' and then I submit a notarization request to the Tree of Void, I will very likely temporarily become a derivative neutral unit of Bay City."

The Mushroom Prophet meant that it had a way to become an NPC specializing in selling tickets and obtain the notarized identity of the Tree of Void.

If this were really the case, it would be equivalent to "official ticket selling," and its credibility couldn't be mentioned in the same breath as the "private ticket selling" Su Xiao was about to conduct.

Furthermore, Su Xiao was notorious. If those participants came to him to buy tickets, the best they could do was come in groups to avoid being robbed.

"Pre-explanation: Although the selling price through my channel is not high, the quantity must be large. By the way, you entrust Caesar to add water to these medicinal agents... cough~, and improve them with Caesar."

The Mushroom Prophet was indeed very bad. It had already hooked up with Caesar. Heaven knows what tricks would be played when the "Life Secret Medicine" went on sale.

Su Xiao contacted Caesar and found that he had already arrived at Mushroom Village and was on his way. Not long after, Caesar walked into the tree house in a hurry.

"My dear friend, leave the improvement of the medicinal agents to me."

Caesar was full of cunning smiles. Not long after, the three sat around the low table, discussing the sale of the medicinal agents.

Su Xiao was only responsible for providing the medicinal agents, and then sat and waited for money, belonging to the supplier + manufacturer.

Caesar was responsible for the later improvement of the medicinal agents (improvement: ensuring the effect of the medicinal agents remained unchanged while adding water, but shortening the effective time, thereby increasing the demand), and Caesar was also responsible for the subsequent publicity and sales in the city.

The so-called sales in the city meant that Caesar, with the Abyss Jar on his head, would wander around Bay City. When he encountered those participants who were trapped and whose "Life Secret Medicine" effect was about to disappear, Caesar would sell the medicinal agents to the other party at a "life-saving price."

With Caesar's original ability to survive, it was enough to step into a high-risk area, not to mention that he was now in a state of human-jar integration. Caesar had tried it before. He found an elite fish-man monster and gave the other party a kick, but the fish-man monster just hummed.

These giant monsters, who saw Su Xiao, Wood, and Sin Abyss roaring and rushing over, could endure and swallow their anger when facing Caesar, who was in a state of human-jar integration. They would only angrily rush toward Caesar when they really couldn't endure it.

Compared to selling medicine in the city, adding water to the medicinal agents had more technical content. If it were to prepare gain medicinal agents, Caesar definitely couldn't do it, but when it involved the preparation of cheating, Caesar's level rose steadily.

Finally, the Mushroom Prophet was responsible for acting as a neutral NPC selling medicine in Mushroom Village. It would consume its contribution points in the Tree of Void to make Mushroom Village temporarily become a "safe/neutral area," making this place a foothold for participants.

Imagine, after fighting in Bay City and being seriously injured, there was such a safe haven. Who could refuse?

Furthermore, there was a vine wall around Mushroom Village, like a large bowl turned upside down, leaving only the entrance and the lighting hole above. After entering here, it would give people a sense of inexplicable security and relaxation.

In this matter, if any one of Su Xiao, Caesar, or the Mushroom Prophet were missing, it wouldn't be possible to make it big and strong, so the profit-sharing ratio was very important.

Finally, it was concluded that Su Xiao occupied 50% of the benefits. Without him, this business was out of the question. Caesar occupied 30%, and the Mushroom Prophet occupied 20%.

After the profit-sharing ratio was negotiated, the Mushroom Prophet took out two pendant-like idols. These were small 【Ancient Idols】, with abilities similar to the 【Ancient Idol】 held by Su Xiao, but they could only record 2 initial trees at most, unlike the large idol owned by Su Xiao, which could record twenty initial trees.

What surprised Su Xiao was that this tree, which was rebuilt from the stump of the initial tree by the Mushroom Prophet, still had some activity. As long as the 【Ancient Idol】 was stuck in a position in the tree house that still maintained activity, this place could be recorded as an initial tree.

Before the fog walls on both sides of the Ancient Capital were opened, the North and South Continents were separated. The Mushroom Prophet used its tree house and the initial tree in the Black Forest to travel between the North and South Continents.

Su Xiao used his own ancient idol to record this tree house. After the Mushroom Prophet's application to the Tree of Void was approved and Mushroom Village became a safe area, this place would have strategic significance.

In this way, the locations Su Xiao could teleport to became: Black Forest, Ancient Capital, Safe Tree House, Bay City/Central District.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Su Xiao found that Caesar and the Mushroom Prophet had a feeling of meeting late. Sure enough, this old guy, the Mushroom Prophet, was very bad. Although it had no combat power, it was bad.

Regarding the transformation of Mushroom Village into a safe area, it would take at least one day. This aspect was in time. Bay City would indeed distort in a few hours and officially become a high-risk area, but it would take some time for the participants scattered all over the Tree Life World to rush here.

Before this, Su Xiao had many things to deal with. He didn't know the role of the six paintings he got from Gulu, so he prepared to return to the "Dark Domain" in the Far North to try the role of these six paintings.

Besides, he had a residence in the "Dark Domain," and that residence was very safe. If time permitted, he was prepared to challenge the 【Greed Chapter】 first to see the strength of the first Soul Spirit Manifestation, the first witch in history, Dark Crow.

However, before returning to the "Dark Domain," Su Xiao had a more urgent matter, which was to go to the Soul Arena to see. If he missed this time period, it would take a lot of time to find the orientation of the Soul Arena again.

Wood and Sin Abyss had already gone to the Soul Arena. Not only them, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Adora, who they met on the way, also went together.

Adora had the key to the Soul Arena. As for the origin, originally Adora should pay 10,000 Soul Coins every day as a "security defense fee." Unfortunately, after paying for two days, Adora had no money.

Adora claimed that she had no Soul Coins. Su Xiao naturally didn't believe it. Sure enough, after arriving in Bay City later, Su Xiao took out a 【Dark Stone】, which made Adora smash the pots and sell the iron, and then scraped together 5,000 Soul Coins. This time, it was truly squeezed dry, not a drop left.

With the 【Dark Stone】, Adora would naturally exchange for the key to the Soul Arena. According to Adora, every time the Tree Life World opened, the Soul Arena would appear in some area of the Ancient Capital at random, and many participants had challenged it.

The reason why it appeared in Bay City this time was because the Tree of Void didn't interfere, and the appearance position of the Soul Arena wouldn't be forcibly corrected.

It is said that the Soul Arena had five levels and was called an arena. Of course, it was a one-on-one challenge. For some reason, most challengers went there not to win.

Wood and others pointed to a position slightly higher in the auditorium, where there was a stone platform with an open metal book. Putting one's hand on it would allow one to obtain the means to fight in the Soul Arena, and all other methods were prohibited.

Su Xiao came to this stone platform, which was half a meter wide and over 1 meter high, and placed one hand on the open metal book. The next moment, the scene in front of him changed greatly, as if he saw the endless starry sky, or as if he saw all living things.

【Hint: You have activated the Book of Endowment. This item will temporarily endow you with soul-type abilities (in the Soul Arena, only these types of abilities can be used).】

【Detected that the Hunter is a melee-type main cultivator. The Soul Arena is for training, challenge, and tempering, so it will not endow you with the ability system you are good at.】

【This temporary endowment of soul abilities will be determined based on your soul strength.】

【Your soul strength is 590 points.】

【Hint: The detection was terminated. The Lord of Souls requests a re-detection of your soul strength.】

【Re-detection completed. Your soul strength is 590 points.】

【The following is your basic data.】

Challenger: Kuku Lin Bai Ye.

Health: 100%.

Body attribute reduction ratio: 0%.

Soul Energy: 42,000 points.

Soul Skill Slots: 24 (The more powerful the soul skill, the more soul skill slots it occupies).

Hint: Although there is a huge difference in strength between low-level, mid-level, and high-level soul skills, the combination of multiple low-level soul skills will have a qualitative change.

【The following are the soul-type skills that the Hunter can temporarily master. You need to perform a combination selection based on the number of your soul skill slots.】

1. Mithril Arrow.

Tier: Low-level soul ability

Attack Power: ★★

Release Speed: ★★

Flight Speed: ★

Required Skill Slots: 1.

2. Shock Back.

Tier: Low-level soul ability

Attack Power: ★

Release Speed: ★★

Knockback Force: ★★★

Required Skill Slots: 1.

3. Soul Energy Jump

Tier: Low-level soul ability

Release Speed: ★★★

Distance: ★

Required Skill Slots: 2.

18. Twin Blade Storm

Tier: Mid-level soul ability

Attack Power: ★★★★

Release Speed: ★★★

Duration: ★★

Required Skill Slots: 4.

32. Soul Crystal Spear

Tier: High-level soul ability

Attack Power: ★★★★★★★★★★

Release Speed: ★★★★

Flight Speed: ★★★★★★★★★★

Required Skill Slots: 22.

【Hint: You can choose any of the above skills until your soul skill slots are filled.】

【You will be endowed with corresponding skill points based on your soul strength. These skill points can be used to improve the soul skills you have temporarily mastered.】

【Your soul strength is 590 points. You will receive 197 skill points (improving low-level soul abilities consumes 1 point per level, improving mid-level soul abilities consumes 5 points per level, improving high-level soul abilities consumes 10 points per level. High-level soul skills can be improved up to Lv. 10).】

A series of hints appeared. Su Xiao chose "Shock Back" and "Soul Crystal Spear" without changing his expression. After the two skills appeared in the soul skill slots, a + sign appeared behind them. Su Xiao chose to add them to the full level.

【Shock Back has been improved to Lv. 90 (maximum level), the level has been converted to X.】

【Soul Crystal Spear has been improved to Lv. 10 (maximum level), the level has been converted to X.】

Su Xiao felt a surging soul energy added to him. The soul mark on the back of his right hand was the root of his temporary use of soul abilities.

He knew why Wood, Sin Abyss, and Adora were a bit depressed before. If the soul strength wasn't particularly high, coming here would not only lead to the sealing of all abilities but also the suppression of body attributes, coupled with the unfamiliarity with the newly mastered soul abilities, which led to the unsuccessful challenge.

Su Xiao had already thought of the path. His two abilities now, Shock Back + Soul Crystal Spear, were not only improved to the full level but also received the bonus of his soul strength. Furthermore, the Soul Crystal Spear was a high-level soul ability, and its power and flight speed were very perverted, only the release speed was relatively slow.

Su Xiao prepared to start with "Shock Back," blasting the enemy until they were stunned, and then using "Soul Crystal Spear" for the kill.

Because Su Xiao was a melee-type main cultivator, the Soul Arena didn't give him melee-type soul abilities, but it didn't matter. "Soul Crystal Spear" was used similarly to "Blood Spear."

Su Xiao walked down from the auditorium and came to the field, preparing to challenge the first level's guardian, "Soul Guard."

With a *boom*, the door on the side of the yellow sand field rose, and a figure holding two knives rushed out.

Su Xiao stepped on the ground with one foot, activating the "Shock Back" ability. His soul energy was over 40,000, almost enough to use at will.

*Boom!! *

Like a thunderclap, with Su Xiao as the center, the yellow sand on the field surged toward the surroundings. The rushing Soul Guard was immediately sent flying back into the rear passage, followed by a dull collision sound.

A soul spear with a crystal texture formed above Su Xiao. This spear was nearly 3 meters long, with soul energy flowing on it, making it look beautiful.

Just as Su Xiao was about to manipulate the Soul Crystal Spear to strike, he received a hint.

【Hint: "Soul Guard" has surrendered.】

Su Xiao frowned. He hadn't used his strength yet, and the opponent had actually surrendered.

"It seems you were right; it's indeed not difficult."

Su Xiao naturally saw that the three of Wood were eating sour oranges and saying they were sweet. For such a bad behavior, he naturally had to retaliate, directly stuffing the peeled orange peel into the three people's mouths.

Wood was silent, Sin Abyss covered his face with one hand and sighed, while Adora had an expression that could perform facial art. I don't know what kind of mood the Lord of Souls, who was sitting in the final level of the Soul Arena, was in at this moment.

"Don't believe her nonsense. 'Candle Woman,' 'Overgrowth Frenzy,' 'Lord of the Old Days'—each one is so terrifying you can't imagine. Compared to them, I'm more normal than a normal person."

Although the four people from the fishing village had been fished out of the underground prison, these four didn't know about the "Fishing Village Incident," only mentioning that the fishing village they lived in had been purged once many years ago.

At that time, the four from the fishing village were only in their teens. They only remembered that after being caught by a group of people, they were released a few days later. Afterward, many people in the fishing village died, all the believers in the village died, and the "Mother of Water" that the fishing village believed in also abandoned them.

"Fishing Village Incident? It is said that more than ten years ago, the ocean god there went missing."

Sin Abyss spoke.

"Do you know the details of this matter?"

"Cough~, I know some."

"..."

Su Xiao threw a Soul Crystal (Large) to Sin Abyss. Sin Abyss immediately knew much more and began to narrate the truth of the Fishing Village Incident.

That was about 16 years ago. The villagers of the fishing village lived in poverty. The fish catch in the near sea was getting less and less, and there were sea monsters in the slightly farther sea areas, so they didn't dare to go there at all.

When the fishing village was struggling to the point of starvation and people began to starve to death, an ocean god was stranded. This ocean god was severely injured, but under the careful care of the villagers, this ocean god survived this difficulty by absorbing a trace of faith power.

This ocean god didn't leave immediately. It taught the villagers bizarre knowledge from another world, allowing the villagers to gradually become oceanized, becoming more suitable for living by the sea.

Becoming a monster with fish gills and pale, greasy skin was hard to accept? No, that was a thought only modern people who had never been hungry would have. For those villagers, as long as they could fill their stomachs, they didn't care whether they were still human. People who had never experienced hunger would never understand how terrifying it was to be slowly "eaten" by their own internal organs.

That ocean god called itself the "Mother of Water." Its arrival made the fishing village gradually prosperous, even alarming Bay City.

At that time, a fever broke out in Bay City. This fever spread in a very short time. Many people in Bay City were sick. Half a year later, this terrible disease was cured. The royal physicians prepared a medicinal soup. After drinking it, they would sweat a lot, and within two days, the fever would be cured.

The fever was cured, but the residents of Bay City all discovered that they began to dislike dry environments. After a long time in dry conditions, their whole bodies would shed dead skin and they would become dehydrated. It wasn't until the royal family brought a waterfall behind the city to make the water vapor in Bay City sufficient that this condition not only improved, but the skin of the female residents in the city also became better, becoming fair and delicate.

Hearing this, Su Xiao roughly guessed what was going on. He said:

"In other words, the royal family dispatched an elite squad to the fishing village to hunt the Mother of Water? Using the Mother of Water as a medicinal guide to treat the fever?"

"Yes, Bai Ye, do you know why the Elf King doesn't agree to let you enter the Great Ruins? At this very moment, the Mother of Water is still alive, imprisoned in the Great Ruins. The Elf Clan can no longer live without its flesh and blood."

Just as Sin Abyss said this, a rapid knock on the door interrupted his words. After Baja opened the door, he found it was the Captain of the Imperial Guard, Arle.

The Captain of the Imperial Guard, Arle, strode into the room. Regardless of etiquette, he picked up the teapot on the table and poured it into his mouth, gulping, gulping.

"Mr. Bai Ye, something is wrong. A large-scale riot has occurred in the East City. The Turbid Blood Disease has broken out on a large scale. His Majesty wants you to go to the Royal Palace immediately."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. The Dragon Flash in its scabbard appeared in his hand. He knew that something big was about to happen.

"Mr. Bai Ye, don't be so vigilant. I brought my personal guards, and the Rear City District is very safe. Cough~, sorry, let me drink some more water, I'm so thirsty."

Just as the Captain of the Imperial Guard, Arle, made a move, with a *splat*, a large piece of flesh stained with mucus fell onto the table. This flesh looked as if it had fallen from a rotting corpse, greasy and rotten.

Arle was stunned for a moment. He looked down at his hands, but saw a pair of moist, cold, large white claws, with white scales of uneven size after distortion on the skin.

"Mr. Bai Ye?"

Arle looked around, but found that he had to lower his head slightly to look at Su Xiao, Wood, and Sin Abyss. And there was something on his head. He raised his hand to touch it; it was the ceiling.

Arle subconsciously stood up straight. The ceiling was broken like tofu. It wasn't that Su Xiao and the others had become shorter, but that Arle had become taller.

"Mr. Bai Ye, am I... sick?"

Arle leaned down. The "skin" that was originally human on his body fell off. At this time, Arle had become a monster nearly 4 meters tall, humanoid overall. Looking at his head, it should be some kind of sea monster. He was wet all over, looking greasy and cold.

"Sorry, Mr. Bai Ye, I accidentally became a monster like my father. But this time, there are many people accompanying me. Mr. Bai Ye, I'm very thirsty. Can you use your flesh and blood to quench my thirst?"

Arle, who had turned into a monster, revealed a ghostly blue light in his eyes. From his mouth full of uneven sharp teeth, he secreted sticky, pale yellow saliva. In fact, he didn't need to say sorry. After all, in the building where he chose to distort into a monster, there were a total of three humanoid big bosses. It could only be said that Arle really knew how to choose a place. ===== CHAPTER 3455 =====

Gulu looked around, and suddenly saw a figure in the corner. The other party was wearing a light white dress, with a plump butt and a slender waist. The size of her chest made Gulu hate her in her heart.

Looking closely, Gulu discovered that this was actually Saint Poetry. Finding the other party curled up in the corner with her arms around her knees, Gulu felt incredibly refreshed.

"Haha, you have today too."

Gulu put her hands on her hips. Hearing her voice, Saint Poetry slowly raised her head to look.

At this time, Saint Poetry's eyes were full of fear. Her lips parted, and she said in silent lip-reading: "Behind you."

Gulu understood. At first, she thought this was Saint Poetry trying to trick her into turning around to ambush her, but the black hair hanging down from above made Gulu dismiss this idea.

Gulu swallowed her saliva. She turned her head abruptly and saw a pale face appearing before her eyes. The red lips of this face were terrifyingly red, the two eye sockets were pitch black, and long black hair was draped over her shoulders. She was wearing a gorgeous white dress with bloodstains. This was the Candle Woman.

The moment she met the Candle Woman's gaze, the scene in front of Gulu changed. She felt herself being dragged into a lake of corpse water. There were human heads inside. The heads near her were like piranhas attracted by the smell of blood, gnawing on her body.

What was even more terrifying was that Gulu felt her body regenerating rapidly, only to be gnawed away again. This pain lasted for 1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 day, 10 days, 1 year, 10 years...

The luster suddenly returned to Gulu's eyes. Everything just now seemed to be an illusion, but pain erupted all over her body, causing her body to crack like ceramic.

After the severe pain passed, Gulu discovered that everything just now was an illusion, but if she had been deeply trapped in it, the pain brought out would have been enough to make her collapse or even die.

The Candle Woman's long black hair gradually spread toward Gulu. Just now, Gulu had only looked at the Candle Woman for a moment and almost said goodbye to this beautiful world. If she were touched by the Candle Woman's hair, then...

Gulu could be sure that the Candle Woman hadn't really arrived, otherwise she would have been cold long ago. But the current situation was equally dangerous. Once she was touched by the Candle Woman's projection, the real Candle Woman would instantly invade her consciousness.

"Run!"

Saint Poetry stood up at some point and stood in front of the only door in the room. This was Gulu's consciousness space, and only Gulu could open the door.

It could be said that Gulu had solved the trouble from Saint Poetry, and now Saint Poetry was desperate to leave Gulu's consciousness space.

Far South, Bay City, Rear City District.

The afternoon sun shone into the living room. Su Xiao leaned on the sofa for a nap. He didn't know the aftermath of Gulu's side. At present, he had reached a preliminary cooperation with the Elf Clan. It was necessary to fish for benefits using the "Life Secret Medicine." More importantly, he needed to head to the passage deep in the Royal Palace to reach the Great Ruins, thereby finding the "Talent Awakening Device."

The Elf Clan's attitude was that they could let Su Xiao use the "Talent Awakening Device," but it would take a few days; it wasn't convenient recently.

This was clearly stalling, as well as hoarding "Life Secret Medicine." The Elf Clan now loved and hated the "Talent Awakening Device."

"My dear friend, when do we start doing business with the Elf Clan?"