Chapter 3506

Ancient ruins, inside the main hall.

The originally drafty doors and windows had been sealed shut, making this open building become airtight and pitch black. Combined with the circles of ritual candles on the ground and Caesar kneeling in the center, "piously" kowtowing, it really had the flavor of summoning an Evil God.

However, the setup in some places could be called quite amateurish, such as the ritual blood and the details of the ground patterns, especially the placement of the ritual candles, which were counter-circular on the inner ring and circular on the outer ring.

Precisely because it was this kind of setup that was both rigorous and full of flaws, it looked more real, and Evil Gods were more willing to descend into this type of ritual.

In layman's terms, Evil Gods also like gullible occult novices rather than dealing with those old, slippery believers. The former are easy to fool, while the latter appear pious but actually won't get up early without profit.

To further set the mood, Su Xiao also gave Caesar a type of "suppressive potion." After drinking this potion, Caesar's various organs would enter a low-vitality state. Unless one was a specialized pharmacist, the first glance at Caesar would make one feel he was very weak, with severe "hidden illnesses."

Although the initial experience of drinking this potion wasn't great, it had no subsequent side effects; otherwise, this fellow Caesar definitely wouldn't play the protagonist. This fellow put his life safety first and money second.

Since they were fishing, the setup had to be comprehensive. No matter how you looked at it, Caesar was an unlucky guy who had been backstabbed and was running away with his family fortune. With no other options, he could only try to summon an Evil God using the evil knowledge in ancient books to escape his current predicament.

Evil Gods are most willing to be summoned by such unlucky guys; taking benefits without doing the work is an unspoken rule among Evil Gods.

In this regard, Ancient Gods are different from them. Although Ancient Gods are treacherous, indifferent to all living beings, and even suck the world dry, as long as one piously believes in an Ancient God, one can obtain power in exchange. Although this power eventually brings disaster and devours the user, it at least gives power, unlike Evil Gods who take money and don't do the work.

In the solemn main hall, Caesar was kowtowing and muttering in goblin language, but he fussed for more than half an hour without any movement.

Seeing this, Caesar stood up. His style changed, and like a goblin shaman, he began to dance a sacrificial dance with a primitive flair, fully embodying the look of someone grasping at straws in desperation.

Just at this moment, an evil wind suddenly rose, and the candlelight on the ground dimmed sharply, to the verge of extinguishing.

Dark red blood mist permeated the air. Accompanying the appearance of this blood mist, an evil and massive consciousness fluctuation pressed down, causing the reliefs on the walls of the hall to begin to alienate. These savage beasts of various shapes seemed as if they would break free from the walls at any moment.

The blood mist condensed, forming a humanoid shadow nearly three meters tall. Many scarlet eyes opened on the arms of this entity. Although it was only a descent of consciousness, one could still see that this Evil God's form was similar to that of the human race.

Many Evil Gods who have established sects are enlarged versions of human images. The reason for this is to make it easier to attract human believers. After all, people will subconsciously feel distrust after seeing entities with terrifying images.

The Evil God descending at this time was known as the Progenitor, Fuld. From this title, one could see that among the Four Pillar Gods of the "Initial Temple," he was likely a decision-maker type. As for the other two Pillar Gods, they only had rough titles rather than a clear divine name like the Progenitor, Fuld.

The avatar of the Progenitor, Fuld, floated in mid-air, looking down at Caesar. After Caesar hurriedly knelt to kowtow, the suffocating majesty of the Progenitor, Fuld, receded slightly.

"Mortal, state your wish."

The Progenitor, Fuld, spoke. What he said was a kind of obscure language, but the unique mental fluctuation that accompanied it allowed one to understand this language.

It could be said that this was an old Evil God. He had definitely done his fair share of fooling sacrificers, even avoiding the inconvenience caused by language barriers.

Hearing this seductive sound that seemed to come from the depths of the Nine Netherworlds, Caesar was "terrified," kneeling there with his forehead pressed against the ground, his body trembling.

At the same time, in the stone house a kilometer away, this place was wrapped in the black fog released by the Abyss Jar, so there was no worry about being detected by the Progenitor, Fuld.

Inside the stone house, Morey and the Moon Apostle, who were staring at the terminal with full concentration, secretly praised the good acting after seeing Caesar's performance at this moment.

Su Xiao didn't look at the terminal screen. He was debugging a device that looked like a helmet, made entirely of bone and connected with translucent wires.

Inside the main hall, the Progenitor, Fuld, looked down at Caesar for a moment. Seeing Caesar looking like he was about to faint from fright, and the large necklace made of soul crystals hanging around the other's neck, the Progenitor, Fuld, knew he had encountered a big fat sheep this time.

"Mere ant, how dare you summon us to this distant place."

The Progenitor, Fuld, made a gesture to raise his hand. Caesar, kneeling opposite, trembled and hurriedly offered a delicate wooden box with both hands, saying urgently:

"Supreme existence, this... this is... this is what I offer to you."

Caesar was so "nervous" that he couldn't even speak clearly. Seeing this, the Progenitor, Fuld, was slightly displeased. Compared to what this ant offered, he was more interested in the string of soul stone necklaces the other was wearing. Such a wealthy idiot was rare to see.

Seeing that the Progenitor, Fuld, didn't speak, Caesar hurriedly opened the wooden box in his hand, revealing the thing inside. This object was a few sizes larger than a walnut, translucent as a whole, looking like crystal, but with an indestructible feeling. This was actually a complete "World Core."

Seeing this "World Core," the Progenitor, Fuld, almost widened his eyes, but at the critical moment, he steadied himself. His expression remained calm, but he was shocked in his heart by the wealth of this ant.

"This is offered to you. Are you satisfied?"

Caesar held the wooden box in his hand higher as he spoke.

"Satisfied enough."

The Progenitor, Fuld, looked at Caesar with a gaze a few degrees kinder than before. Facts proved that no matter where you were, the power of money was very effective.

"It's great that you are satisfied. Although this is just a greeting gift I'm giving you, if it's not precious enough, it wouldn't match your status."

Hearing Caesar say this was just a greeting gift, the Progenitor, Fuld, didn't say anything for more than ten seconds. Caesar's status in his heart had already been promoted from a fat sheep to a treasure vault.

"State your wish."

Without seeing the Progenitor, Fuld, make any movement, the wooden box in Caesar's hand flew up and landed in his hand.

"Supreme existence, it's like this, my whole family... my whole family was..."

Caesar's tears and snot flowed out. Hearing this, the Progenitor, Fuld, felt this situation was too cliché, but thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable. If it wasn't for revenge, no one would summon an Evil God.

"I understand your misfortune. I will make your enemies pay the price, but you must also pay an equivalent price. This price could be your heart, your brain, or even your soul."

"This! This!"

Caesar was a bit terrified. Seeing this, the Progenitor, Fuld, knew in his heart that this time it was a sure thing.

"Supreme existence, can I use something else instead? For example, can I use my property to replace this price?"

"Rules cannot be broken. However, if you believe in me, that's another situation."

The tone of the Progenitor, Fuld, indicated that this matter was difficult to handle. To get it done, one either had to pay the price or pay more money.

"I believe in you! By the way! This is the real tribute I prepared for you. This is something my family has passed down for over a dozen generations."

Caesar picked up a large black box beside him. The Progenitor, Fuld's, aura fluctuation tried to penetrate it but was blocked by this box.

This made the Progenitor, Fuld, quite surprised. The previous "World Core" was already precious enough; now that the box holding the item was like this, the thing inside...

The Progenitor, Fuld, had already forgotten how many years it had been since he experienced this kind of emotion. He was actually looking forward to the treasure inside the box.

The black box floated up and stopped in front of the Progenitor, Fuld. Under his control, the box lock was pulled open by soul power, and the box was pried open with a creak.

A plain-looking black pottery jar sat quietly inside the box. The Progenitor, Fuld, showed suspicion in his eyes. For some reason, he felt this thing looked, perhaps, a little familiar?

The Progenitor, Fuld, recalled carefully. Suddenly, text and illustrations he had seen in some ancient records surfaced in his memory. This object was named, the Abyss Jar!

The Progenitor, Fuld's, eyes widened, and he immediately prepared to retreat into the space channel he came from. Unfortunately, it was too late.

A terrifying suction force appeared. The next instant, the Progenitor, Fuld, who had only descended as an avatar, had his true body forcibly dragged into this world.

Sizzle~

Su Xiao suddenly appeared behind the Progenitor, Fuld. A crystal layer climbed onto his right hand and forearm, and outside it was the black smoke from the Abyss Jar.

Su Xiao swung his arm sideways, slamming into the back of the Progenitor, Fuld. The Progenitor, Fuld, was immediately smashed diagonally into the stone slab on the ground.

Light blue electric arcs surged on the Progenitor, Fuld. He seemed stunned for a moment, and then terror appeared in his eyes as he recognized Su Xiao's identity as a Law Breaker.

After the double strike of the Abyss Jar + Law Breaker, an evil secret code made of the skins of various living beings appeared. The Book of the Dead branded itself onto the chest of the Progenitor, Fuld, the next instant.

With a hiss, gray smoke dissipated, and the Book of the Dead merged into the body of the Progenitor, Fuld. The Progenitor, Fuld's, eyes widened to the extreme. The huge torture from the soul level made his body twist, and translucent tentacles grew out from all over his body.

From the moment the Progenitor, Fuld, opened the black box until he was controlled by the Book of the Dead, the whole process took a total of 1.7 seconds. Even more unsolvable was that from the first glance at the Abyss Jar, his mobility had been controlled by the Abyss Jar, and after the Book of the Dead was branded into his body, this was equivalent to a death sentence.

Caesar, who had been trembling just a moment ago, was already rubbing his hands with a treacherous smile, coming to the front of the Progenitor, Fuld, and picking up the delicate wooden box that had fallen to the ground.

"You... you guys!"

The Progenitor, Fuld, was furious. By this time, he naturally knew what had happened. These guys had deliberately lured him here.

With a creak, the door of the main hall was pushed open. Morey and the Moon Apostle entered and closed the door.

The Moon Apostle stared fixedly at the Progenitor, Fuld. As soon as she entered, she recognized that this Evil God was her enemy. Originally, among her summons, besides Fairy Lulu, there was a permanent summon named Dodo Yi.

Fairy Lulu and Dodo Yi were the first summons to follow the Moon Apostle. The depth of the Moon Apostle's feelings for them went without saying. Fairy Lulu specialized in buffs, and Dodo Yi specialized in defense. When the Moon Apostle was at the First Tier, she didn't know how many times she had been saved from danger by Dodo Yi.

"Progenitor, Fuld, do you... still remember me?"

The Moon Apostle clenched her fists, facing the Progenitor, Fuld, directly.

"Who are you?"

After the Progenitor, Fuld, glanced at the Moon Apostle, he ignored her.

The Moon Apostle was so angry she almost died on the spot. Sometimes, after defeating an enemy, the most painful thing isn't the enemy's sarcasm, but the enemy's light "who are you."

"How dare you..."

The Moon Apostle's mentality collapsed. Morey, who was to the side, hurriedly pulled her back, patting her back and saying: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, let's not get angry at a fish."

"So it was hatred."

The Progenitor, Fuld, spoke in an indifferent voice. After figuring it out, he was no longer angry. The reason was that the lineup that ambushed him this time truly left him with no temper.

The Abyss Jar, the Book of the Dead, a Law Breaker, and that famous goblin adjudicator from Reincarnation Paradise, also known as the Deceiver.

"What chips did she pay? I'll pay double."

The Progenitor, Fuld, spoke. Facts proved that Evil Gods indeed lacked the spirit of Ancient Gods. All the Ancient Gods Su Xiao had encountered were ruthless and didn't talk much.

"Brother Evil God, you might have misunderstood. We aren't dealing with you because we were paid."

Baha spoke. Hearing this, the Progenitor, Fuld, showed confusion.

"We just fished you here purely to slaughter you. Please don't misunderstand; we aren't doing this to uphold justice. That has nothing to do with us. It's a pity you are a humanoid Evil God and can't be stir-fried to eat. The Evil God heart I ate last time, I really miss that taste."

As Baha spoke, he swallowed his saliva. Stir-fried Evil God heart with chili peppers was truly too good with rice; eating several large bowls of rice wasn't even enough.

The Progenitor, Fuld, looked at Baha with a surprised gaze. Evil Gods had always considered themselves superiors; having someone hunt them now was something he couldn't accept.

"Do it, it's just death."

The Progenitor, Fuld, closed his eyes to wait for death. A few seconds later, he found a bone helmet placed on his head.

"Brother Evil God, we heard that your 'Initial Temple' has Four Pillar Gods. Besides you, there are three others. Think about it, if only you die, how lonely you'll be. Our conscience will be uneasy. As the saying goes, a family should be neat and tidy. Even if the Four Pillar Gods are to be stewed, they must be stewed in the same pot. The original soup dissolves the original food."

Baha was best at messing with people's minds. Right now, what it had to do was make the Progenitor, Fuld, generate sufficiently strong emotional fluctuations.

"Don't worry, as an evil god, you must have evil retribution, otherwise you'd lose face. After you die, I will definitely find a good family, turn your skull into a night pot, and send it to that good family. You are atoning for your sins."

"You!"

The Progenitor, Fuld's, eyes widened, his emotions somewhat unstable.

"Brother, don't be excited. If you don't like a night pot, shall we change the style? How about an ashtray? It's clearly more modern and stylish."

Baha's words almost made Morey and the Moon Apostle, who were to the side, laugh out loud. In such an occasion, they tried hard to remain serious.

The bone device worn on the Progenitor, Fuld's, head was activated. The energy threads connected to it floated up, intertwined with each other, and formed a shadow similar in appearance to the Progenitor, Fuld.

The main purpose of this device Su Xiao made was to replicate mental fluctuations. Under normal circumstances, it certainly couldn't replicate the Progenitor, Fuld's, mental fluctuations, but the other party was currently bound by the Book of the Dead.

Since they were fishing for Evil Gods together with the Book of the Dead, the Abyss Jar, and Caesar, they might as well go big and wipe out the so-called Four Pillar Gods in one pot, or come up with a more thorough plan.

The method Su Xiao wanted to use was to replicate an avatar of the Progenitor, Fuld, using a certain characteristic of the Book of the Dead. This point had already been achieved.

Energy threads connected to the fingertips of Su Xiao's right hand. His gaze turned to Caesar. Caesar understood and took out a ball of torn cloth from his arms, which was the 【Filthy Foot-Binding Cloth】.

This rag stretched out on its own, and then one end merged into the air, opening the space channel that the Progenitor, Fuld, had opened when he manifested his avatar earlier.

The cost of opening this kind of cross-boundary space channel was originally very high, but some genius had created the "Descent-style Space Array," which significantly reduced the cost.

A few minutes later, the yellowed rag pulled taut. Seeing this, Su Xiao transmitted an instruction to the temporarily replicated Evil God avatar. The content of the instruction was: 'Gather, Distress, Share, Abundance, Feast.'

Su Xiao didn't know which world the "Initial Temple" was in, but he could be sure of one thing: this space channel most likely led to the hinterland of the "Initial Temple."

In this way, transmitting mental information there through the Progenitor, Fuld's, mental fluctuations would basically not be suspected. Because the distance was very far, the transmission of mental information was naturally limited, so it was best to keep it short and use vocabulary to represent it.

Gather, Distress, Share, Abundance, Feast—these five mental meanings could be understood by the other three Pillar Gods as long as their intelligence was fine. Simply put, the Progenitor, Fuld, had discovered something good here but couldn't handle it himself, so he had to gather the other three Pillar Gods to solve it together and then share it.

As for how to distinguish truth from falsehood, the Progenitor, Fuld's, true body had already arrived here, which showed how high the benefits here were and that it wasn't dangerous here. As for the possibility of being kidnapped, if someone said this to those three Pillar Gods, they would look at the person who said it with a gaze of caring for the mentally disabled.

Adding these factors together, the remaining three Pillar Gods would very likely come here with avatars or clones to investigate the situation first.

In the eyes of the three Pillar Gods, doing this basically had no risk, but they didn't know that the Book of the Dead could use their avatars or clones as a medium to drag their true bodies over.

The best result was that the remaining three Pillar Gods all came here with avatars. This probability was very low. A more likely situation was that only one Pillar God would come here to investigate the situation, and after confirming there were no problems, the remaining two Pillar Gods would come. However, this method required a high degree of trust among the three Pillar Gods.

The Progenitor, Fuld, clearly realized something. He appeared to be controlled, but he suddenly floated up, making a gesture to rush into the sky and flee.

Boom!

A roar exploded. The Progenitor, Fuld, maintained the posture of rushing into the sky. The Book of the Dead branded in his chest manifested, and the translucent tentacles at the edge of the Book of the Dead merged into the surrounding flesh and blood.

The Progenitor, Fuld, was slammed to the ground with a thud. With this level of contact with the Book of the Dead, it was already remarkable that he could do these things.

The Progenitor, Fuld's, whole body began to wither. His hand trembled as he raised it, grabbing toward the Book of the Dead in the center of his chest at a very slow speed.

Zing~

Su Xiao drew his blade with slow and skillful movements and came behind the Progenitor, Fuld.

Puchi.

The long blade slashed elegantly. The Progenitor, Fuld, wasn't very huge, but his heavy head fell to the ground.

Such an easy beheading was partly because Dragon Flash was sharp, but a greater reason was the weakening of the Progenitor, Fuld, by the Book of the Dead.

【Hint: You have killed the Progenitor, Fuld.】

【You have obtained Golden Skill Point x2.】

【You have obtained Divine Luck Soul Money Bag (After opening, you can obtain 250~12500 Soul Coins).】

【You have obtained Soul of the Deity · Progenitor (Special Item).】

Su Xiao's Law Breaker talent, Hunter Shadow ability, failed to activate. His kill reward included 【Soul of the Deity · Progenitor】. The enemy's soul power was sealed and turned into a reward, so the Devouring Core in his body naturally couldn't absorb the enemy's soul energy to convert it into soul energy.

Su Xiao's kill reward was in hand, and the Book of the Dead wasn't slow either. The Corrupted Blood in the Progenitor, Fuld's, body had been sucked dry by this evil secret code.

With a slap, the Progenitor, Fuld, shattered. The fragments of flesh and broken bones were sucked into the Abyss Jar. Caesar's hand reached out and grabbed an Evil God heart.

Morey and the Moon Apostle witnessed all this from the side. The two looked at each other and suddenly understood the essence of fishing for Evil Gods this time.

Although Su Xiao and the others moved fast, at the same time, a spatial reaction appeared, and three avatars descended into the main hall.

The most unexpected but reasonable situation occurred: the remaining three Pillar Gods all descended here in the form of clones.

The reason for this was the mutual distrust among the three Pillar Gods, fearing that the other two parties would collude with the Progenitor, Fuld, to swallow the benefits in this world.

The three Pillar Gods had different images. The Dark Demon Hash had black scales all over his body, grew wings on his back, and was in beast form.

The remaining two Pillar Gods were the Black Pharaoh and the Countess. The Black Pharaoh was a skeleton wearing a black robe, a heavy skeleton image.

The Countess's overall image was very close to a human, except that her height was over 2.45 meters, and her body proportions were also enlarged versions matching her height. She didn't look thin and tall, but big—so big that it was hard to look away. The wide-brimmed hat she wore and the whalebone skirt she wore gave her a Victorian style.

The three Pillar Gods with different images descended at the same time and happened to witness Su Xiao slashing off the Progenitor, Fuld's, head with one blade, as well as the subsequent scene of the Book of the Dead and the Abyss Jar eating the Progenitor, Fuld, clean.

Among the three Pillar Gods, the Countess was the most knowledgeable. She immediately retreated, preparing to escape back into the space channel behind her. Facing the Book of the Dead and the Abyss Jar and choosing to run away was really not shameful at all.

Unfortunately, the ideal was plump, but reality was cruel. All three Pillar Gods felt a sharp pain from their souls, followed by a strong dragging sensation. Their true bodies were forcibly dragged over.

With a clatter, the Book of the Dead flipped open. Arranging three Evil Gods at once still required some effort.

A gray domain expanded. This domain flashed and disappeared, as if it had replicated everything within the domain.

Along with this gray domain, the Dark Demon Hash and the Black Pharaoh also disappeared. After these two Evil Gods appeared, they didn't even have time to say half a word before they vanished, trapped by the Book of the Dead in that gray domain.

Blood-red divine blood splashed. The Countess retreated half a step. Most of her left arm was gone. The divine blood flowing from the severed part gave people an irresistible sense of addiction, as if that divine blood was everything in this world.

The Countess leaned back and fell into the space channel behind her. She felt like she was falling into a pitch-black void, but this made her feel safe. Escape, escape from this divine forbidden zone immediately.

Just as the Countess fell into the space channel behind her, a sound of wind breaking struck. A hand wrapped in a crystal layer grabbed toward her face. She tilted her head, and the fingertips of this hand grazed her face.

The Countess's soul trembled. She could be sure that if she were caught by this hand, today would be the last day of her divine life.

While falling, the Countess looked at the space hole diagonally above. She saw that outside the hole stood the Law Breaker with blood energy all over his body and blue light in his pupils. Beside him was the Book of the Dead emitting gray fog, further to the left was the Abyss Jar emitting black smoke, and on the far left was a little old man with brown-yellow light in his eyes and a treacherous smile on his face—this was the famous Deceiver.

The Countess firmly remembered this scene. The Book of the Dead, the Abyss Jar, the Law Breaker, and the Deceiver were cooperating to hunt Evil Gods. This news had to be released as soon as possible; otherwise, after these four guys tasted the sweetness today, the Evil God camp wouldn't have any good days in the future.

Inside the main hall, the space channel gradually closed. Su Xiao's gaze turned to Caesar and asked: "Was the recording successful?"

"Hehehe, it was successful enough."

Caesar took out a worn-out POS machine. After a series of presses, the POS machine began to print a receipt.

One might ask, with the preparations of Su Xiao, the Book of the Dead, the Abyss Jar, and Caesar, could the Countess escape? The answer is, of course not. If this happened, Su Xiao's alchemy would have been mastered in vain.

The array he had set up earlier had been activated. It had no other function but to simply amplify the spatial fluctuations of the Evil Gods' return journey. Caesar could capture this amplified fluctuation by relying on the 【Endless Greed】 among his "Three Divine Artifacts," thereby printing a receipt with spatial coordinates.

In other words, Su Xiao and the others deliberately let the Countess go. The "Initial Temple" didn't just have the Four Pillar Gods; the Four Pillar Gods were just the four strongest Evil Gods. There was a big nest of Evil Gods over there. Now that they had the coordinates, could the Book of the Dead possibly not go?

In Su Xiao's left hand was the receipt, and in his right hand was a charcoal box. Inside the charcoal box was a small piece of tree root—that's right, it was a small piece of the root of the Overgrowth Madness.

Su Xiao wasn't sure what the Book of the Dead would do next, so he used this as a countermeasure.

The Book of the Dead floated in front of Su Xiao. The Banishing clinging to it quickly peeled off. The Book of the Dead flipped open and stopped at a page with an illustration. On that ancient illustration, a seed the size of a dragon's eye began to manifest. After this fluorescent green seed finished manifesting, it turned into juice and was absorbed by Banishing.

Su Xiao sensed that the fluctuation representing the Book of the Dead on Banishing quickly dissolved, and finally, it completely lost contact with the Book of the Dead, restoring the previous feeling of being able to manipulate it as he pleased.

Su Xiao manipulated Banishing to fly back in front of him. Clearly, the Book of the Dead had erased the mark it left on Banishing and had also used that mysterious fruit to enhance Banishing.

Seeing this, Su Xiao released the receipt in his hand. The receipt was sucked onto the Book of the Dead and burned up. In turn, the Book of the Dead faded away. This must have gone to the "Initial Temple." Thinking about it, the group of Evil Gods and Evil God believers over there would have a very large area of psychological shadow, especially the Countess.

As soon as the Book of the Dead disappeared, Caesar treacherously pulled out another receipt and stuck it on the Abyss Jar. The next second, the Abyss Jar also hid itself in the air. For the "Initial Temple," this represented double the "happiness."