Chapter 3517: The Abyss and the Ghoul

The spatial rift gradually healed, and the Silver Queen's aura fluctuations vanished completely. This Zerg Queen, whom even the collapse of the world couldn't drag into the grave with her, would, in all likelihood, be fine during this process of being banished from the current world.

As for what would happen to her after she reached the Eternal Light World, that was unclear. Su Xiao had encountered the World-Eaters, Star-Parasite Crabs, and Abyss-Spawned creatures, but the specifics were hard to put into words.

Regarding Dark Spirits, Su Xiao had never had direct contact with them, but he did have some understanding of them.

So-called Dark Spirits are a rare and dangerous existence; their appearance involves the process of a world being eroded by the Abyss.

Previously in the Tree-Born World, the Dark Spirits Su Xiao knew of were the witnesses and testers of the Royal Crown. Without their recognition, even if one claimed kingship within the race, it was a false king, a usurper; the representative of this was the Old Elf King.

Do Dark Spirits like to meddle in other people's business? Not exactly. A so-called Dark Spirit is a distortion that appears in the world consciousness after an Abyssal invasion, as it is augmented by Abyssal power.

This distortion is irreversible. Some world consciousnesses merge directly into the world itself, which is the best-case scenario; such worlds are confusingly wealthy.

There are other possibilities for distortion, too specific for Su Xiao to know. He only knew that one type of distortion is the world consciousness differentiating into a group of Dark Spirits.

The danger of Dark Spirits lies in the fact that you can never guess their behavioral criteria or their abilities.

Some Dark Spirits only know how to swing a sword, some can spread infectious mental diseases, and some simply transform into headless knights on horseback to punish evildoers.

The behavioral criteria of a Dark Spirit mainly depend on what soul it assimilated during its initial formation.

For example, if a world consciousness is eroded by Abyssal power and transforms into 12 Dark Spirits, those 12 Dark Spirits have no initial consciousness. They are both wandering souls and empty shells. Under normal circumstances, these initial Dark Spirits will wander around.

During this period, if an initial Dark Spirit encounters those who have just died, it will absorb their soul. Assuming this soul was righteous in life, then this Dark Spirit will likely adopt this as its criterion, wandering around to punish evildoers without reason, posing no threat to kind or law-abiding citizens.

Dark Spirits may not seem dangerous, but that is a mistake. Don't forget, they were initially transformed from world consciousness, so the power they ingest is World Power.

From another perspective, these are the dark versions of the Son of the World, and this thing is almost immortal. Even if you kill it, it will absorb World Power and be reborn in some corner of the world.

Not only reborn, but after being killed, they will carry the hatred of revenge, causing one to become two upon rebirth, with two Dark Spirits going to seek revenge together.

After a battle kills both of these Dark Spirits, it won't be long before four Dark Spirits come knocking.

It is said that a guy once killed Dark Spirits several times in a row, and in the end, thousands of Dark Spirits hunted him down. That guy ended up dying miserably, hacked to death by a flurry of swords.

From a certain perspective, being an enemy of a Dark Spirit is being an enemy of the world. From this, one can imagine how strong the Old Elf King of the Tree-Born World and his confidants were; those were tough guys who drank liquid Abyssal energy directly, and it was liquid Abyssal energy catalyzed by a Talent Awakening Device at that.

Su Xiao didn't want to provoke Dark Spirits; it was too much trouble. Originally, the Eternal Light World only had Star-Parasite Crabs, Dark Spirits, and Abyss-Spawned creatures, and now two new members had been added. If anyone went to the Eternal Light World, they would be happy to the point of flying.

Su Xiao returned to the base along the same path. An hour later, inside Jila's sleeping nest, the Origin Stone, which had turned entirely silver, floated in mid-air, covered in spiral-shaped mental imprints.

"Begin."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, Jila clasped her hands toward the Origin Stone.

With a hum, vast mental fluctuations spread out. The mental power spreading around almost materialized, finally wrapping Jila in silk-like threads, forming a fluorescent purple giant cocoon.

Jila's promotion began; if it failed this time, the loss would be quite huge.

The entire Mother Nest began to retract. Before the Mother Nest completely retracted into a giant sphere, Su Xiao had already walked out from inside. Given Jila's current situation, there was basically no possibility of her being assassinated. The mental field within a dozen meters around her was already strong enough to distort; unless one was a specialist in mental systems, approaching her without fainting on the spot would be considered having strong mental power.

Returning to the wooden building, Su Xiao met the Undead Girl who had been waiting for a long time. At this moment, the Undead Girl was wearing a robe and a hood. In the darkness under the hood were a pair of dark red eyes. This was not the Undead Girl's true body, but a summon she had left on Pan Duola Star. At this moment, she was completely controlling this undead-type summon through mental projection.

"Waited for you for a long time. Cleaned and disinfected in advance, thoughtful, right?"

The Undead Girl pulled out a short blade with a narrow edge.

"..."

Su Xiao took off his black feather cloak. Seeing this, the Undead Girl released the short blade in her hand, and under her control, the short blade pierced Su Xiao's chest the next second.

"Oh roar! 50,000 reputation points for one slash, Caesar really has methods. For our common interests, how about a few more slashes?"

The Undead Girl's eyes were glowing slightly red. Initially, she refused when she knew that she had to slash a teammate to farm reputation, but now, with 50,000 reputation points per slash, she suddenly changed her mind.

Su Xiao pinched the hilt of the short blade with two fingers, pulled it out, and flicked it away, pinning the short blade to the wooden floor in front of the Undead Girl's feet.

"No need, Caesar will have a way."

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the wound, and micron-level Spirit Shadow Threads sank into the wound, beginning precise suturing at the cellular level.

"Alright then."

The Undead Girl put away the short blade reluctantly, and her whole body turned into gray mist, drifting away along the window.

The Undead Girl must have come with a large number of faction missions this time. Needless to think, one knows what kind of missions Caesar would manipulate, such as infiltrating enemy camps, assassinating enemy lords, etc.

Caesar letting the Undead Girl do this meant that things over there were ready. As soon as the Nether Gate opened, they could start "stocking up."

Netherworld, Outer City District, in an old mansion.

The candlelight in the bedroom flickered, giving the place a warm tone. Lying on the bed was a strong but slightly illusory man; this person's name was Kain.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Kain woke up amidst a few coughs. He sat up weakly, leaning against the head of the bed, deep in thought with a worried face.

For some reason, he had felt more and more recently that the doctor named Wofu was unreliable. Every time he called the other party by name, Kain always felt he was losing out.

There was another point: Kain could originally get out of bed and walk, but after one course of treatment, he went from being able to walk to being bedridden. He asked many times: "Doctor, why has my condition gotten worse?"

One point made Kain firmly believe in Doctor Wofu's level: after one course of treatment, the Boundary Thunder in his body had gradually subsided.

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock on the door came, and the Snow Monster outside the door said: "Boss, Doctor Wofu is here."

"Please come in."

"Okay."

A moment later, Caesar, wearing a dirty white coat and putting down his medicine box, sat on the wooden chair beside the bed. After pretending to help Kain check, he said with relief: "Your condition has improved."

"Really?"

Kain was now full of doubts, the core of which was: Doctor, recently he felt himself getting weaker and weaker, as if he had been caught by a banshee and had his Yang source absorbed.

"At most three more treatments, and I guarantee you'll be cured."

Caesar opened the medicine box, revealing the dazzling array of potions inside. These potions were all refined by his own alchemy attainments. To avoid Kain discovering abnormalities, he didn't poison them, but before using each material, he put it into the Abyss Jar for a "baptism" to ensure he wouldn't fail to kill Kain.

Kain looked at the bottles of potions in the medicine box. He hardened his heart and decided to drink them one last time. If there was no improvement this time, he would kill this Doctor Wofu.

After drinking a few bottles of potions, Kain, in his soul state, had a solemn expression. The look in his eyes staring straight ahead showed that he was negotiating with his own stomach. The potions he drank this time were not just hard to swallow; the taste was indescribable.

The soul state was Kain's true body; the usual physical state was more like an outer skin. As long as the soul was fine, even if the body was destroyed, his strength, agility, and other attributes would not be affected, because these attributes represented his soul attributes.

A moment later, Kain calmed his breath. Just at this time, he suddenly received a warning prompt, and then his whole body felt intense pain.

【Warning: Your soul has been subjected to an unknown invasion!】

【Your real stamina attribute has been permanently reduced by 5 points!】

【Your real strength attribute has been permanently reduced by 2 points!】

【Your real agility attribute has been permanently reduced by 4 points!】

Dense prompts appeared, and bloodshot eyes burst into Kain's eyes. He knew he had been schemed against this time. Just as he was preparing to fight for his life, the warning prompt suddenly stopped.

A sense of relief appeared from the inside out. Kain, whose soul attributes had dropped by a total of more than 20 points, leaned against the head of the bed with a relaxed expression, because... the stubborn illness of Boundary Thunder in his body had dissipated. He didn't know exactly why, but it had disappeared anyway.

"Doctor Wofu, I will never forget your kindness. You are truly a miracle doctor!"

The weak Kain was very excited, and he even grabbed Caesar's hand while speaking.

Caesar felt as if he had been struck by lightning, but his expression remained normal, and he even nodded with a bit of arrogance.

At this moment, Caesar was confused. He had actually cured Kain, even though he had tried his best to treat him to death.

Holding onto the last glimmer of luck, Caesar asked: "Do you have any other discomfort in your body?"

"No, none at all. I feel great now, cough, cough, cough..."

Kain let out a weak dry cough. Although he had many doubts he couldn't confirm, in the dark, he had a feeling that he must not let this doctor treat him, otherwise he would likely die here.

"How about... a few more courses of treatment to consolidate?"

"No, how could I dare to trouble Doctor Wofu? Snow Monster, see the guest out."

After Kain finished speaking, he lay flat and covered himself with the quilt. Now he couldn't care about face; it was the wise move to quit while he was ahead.

In fact, it was no coincidence that Caesar could cure Kain's condition. The materials he used had been baptized by the Abyss Jar and had characteristics leaning toward the Abyss and the bizarre.

The Boundary Thunder residue in Kain's body had the exact opposite characteristics. The two clashed, using poison to fight poison. Although Kain was tossed until he was bedridden and his soul attributes dropped wildly, the remaining Boundary Thunder in his body was also consumed.

After leaving the old mansion, the iconic lecherous smile on Caesar's face disappeared a little. He took out his communicator and thought for a long time, but couldn't think of how to reply to Su Xiao about this matter. In the end, he took out the Abyss Jar, and after saying something in Goblin language, the Abyss Jar suddenly disappeared from his hand.

At this moment, Kain in the old mansion didn't know that he was about to welcome a wild father. Although this wild father was temporary, he didn't know if he could handle it.

Our base, inside the two-story wooden building.

Su Xiao dispersed the email made of light particles. Beside him were the dull-looking Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja.

"Damn it! Kain, this turtle grandson, has a life that is too tough. This can actually be cured? Damn it!"

Baja looked like it was doubting life, and Xiang Bubu Wang beside it couldn't recover for a while.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. As the saying goes, things are unpredictable. Sometimes plans are just like this; they won't be completely satisfactory.

Moreover, arranging Kain, whether he could kill the other party was secondary; the main thing was to test the Priest's attitude and fleece Kain. From the results, this plan did not fail.

According to Caesar's intelligence, the movement in the Netherworld was not small. This time, Wuying Solaro's retreat and Xiao Fuliya's death outside made the situation in the Netherworld very tense. Looking at the momentum, it was clear that they were prepared to open the World Gate at all costs and attack Pan Duola Star directly with their main force.

There was no need for the Netherworld to attack here. Su Xiao would take the initiative as soon as Jila completed her promotion, or if Jila's promotion failed, they would retreat.

There was no need to worry about the Netherworld for now. The battle on the imperial home planet, Oukai Star, was much more lively. The "Soul-Washing Sect" entrenched there was more difficult to deal with than expected.

This force named "Soul-Washing Sect" was initially supported by Wuying Solaro, but not long after, Wuying Solaro felt that this thing was wrong and decisively arranged it on Oukai Star, ignoring it thereafter.

The specific origin of the "Soul-Washing Sect" can be traced back a thousand years. This sect has always firmly believed that it is not the body that protects the soul, but the body that binds the soul.

All along, believers of the Soul-Washing Sect have "released" soul power by opening fist-sized holes in the center of their chests, until the Netherworld invasion, when their souls were eroded by Netherworld power, becoming more powerful and having stronger adaptability.

In this way, opening holes in the center of the chest to release soul power seemed a bit conservative. Their brains opened wide, and they directly opened holes in their foreheads, and they opened a dozen at a time, filling their foreheads and the entire top of their skulls with holes. The Soul Bell Tower of the Dark Star World called it professional.

I don't know which genius or lunatic had a bigger brain hole. That genius lunatic's idea was, since they can release souls this way, can the Corrupted ones do it too?

During the time Su Xiao and Wuying Solaro were fighting each other, the Soul-Washing Sect believers on Oukai Star were busy with this matter. There were many Corrupted ones there, just grab them.

In the end, that genius lunatic succeeded, letting a Corrupted one regain part of its cognition from before death and release sufficiently powerful soul power.

This made the Soul-Washing Sect believers ecstatic. They began to catch Corrupted ones all over the world, turning them into their own people. Although the success rate was only between 0.5% and 1%, there were many Corrupted ones, and the Corrupted ones with holes opened would also become believers helping out.

This led to the fact that when the Imperial fleet returned to the home planet with great momentum, they were greeted by a group of soul believers with holes all over their heads.

Morei and the other two, who were originally here to go through the motions and reap benefits, soon found that things were wrong. After being beaten by the soul believers, the three of them were furious. After all, they had spent money to be beaten this time, so how could they not be angry?

This was not the end. After the Empire and the Soul-Washing Sect went to war, another force emerged, named the Wasteland Knights.

The people on the Empire side were stupid; they didn't know where the Wasteland Knights came from. Initially, Monarch Aldin even thought that the Platinum Company on Pan Duola Star was making trouble, but later found out it wasn't.

These Wasteland Knights came from a small planet near the colony star ζXV367, which was wrapped in magnetic clouds and had not been detected by the Empire. There, the Wasteland Knights were absolute local emperors.

Due to the full-scale war between the Sun Faction and the Netherworld, the spatial barrier of this world was severely eroded by Netherworld power. By coincidence, a spatial channel leading directly to Oukai Star was opened on that unknown small planet.

The Wasteland Knights had always considered themselves the overlords of the world. Now that they could go to other planets, they naturally wanted to conquer them. Then they killed their way to Oukai Star, just in time to run into the Empire and the Soul-Washing Sect who were at war.

The scene witnessed by the Wasteland Knights was that the fleet cannons of the flying ships fired orbital cannons, and the soul believers released a large number of soul tentacles, covering the sky and the sun.

The Wasteland Knights, with a total force of 60,000, were shocked by the scene before them. They suddenly felt that the wasteland-style firearms in their hands were no different from fire sticks.

At that time, the Hand of the Empire, Rhein Gold, had killed more than a dozen bishops of the Soul-Washing Sect. He had long noticed the convoy of the Wasteland Knights and immediately asked where these people came from.

It must be said that the leader of the Wasteland Knights was quick-witted and immediately defected to the Empire's big daddy.

In general, Oukai Star was already a mess. The Empire wanted to take back Oukai Star, while the Soul-Washing Sect advocated that everything originated from the Lord of Souls. The Empire could return to the home planet, but it must let the Soul-Washing Sect become the faith leader of the Empire's citizens, that is, the Empire must divide its divine power, thereby achieving the coexistence of the Monarch and the Soul Archbishop.

The Empire naturally would not agree and had already begun to investigate what the Lord of Souls was.

Presumably, the Lord of Souls, who was lying in the Soul Arena for no reason, would be very depressed. He didn't know which onion the Soul-Washing Sect was, and he didn't want to become the god worshipped by the Soul-Washing Sect.

Empire VS Soul-Washing Sect was already chaotic enough, plus the comedy-responsible Wasteland Knights... cough, no, it was the Wasteland Knights, the scene could be imagined.

What was worse was that the more than 100 contractors on Pan Duola Star all learned of this news.

Before this, these contractors were all wearing masks of pain, because the Sun Holy Nest rose too fiercely, and they didn't dare to make trouble on Pan Duola Star. If they didn't make trouble, the contractors' income would generally drop by more than 90%.

Now that they heard Oukai Star was so lively, the contractors on Pan Duola Star decisively headed there. Don't underestimate the ability of more than 100 contractors to make trouble. Now the scene there was completely a mess.

As the saying goes, hemp rope specifically looks for the thin part to break. The Black Demon also went to Oukai Star. His going there made the Empire and the Soul-Washing Sect very uncomfortable.

Think this is the end? Not at all. The most brilliant turning point appeared at noon on the second day of Jila's promotion.

Jila had not yet completed her promotion. Su Xiao could perceive outside the Mother Nest that Jila's aura had stabilized. The rest was a matter of time. Promotion to the Queen level was already a sure thing.

Just on this peaceful noon, a major event happened. The starting point was not the Sun Holy Nest, nor the Netherworld, not even the Empire, but the Crimson Queen who had seen through the fighting and "changed jobs" from a Zerg leader to a fortune teller.

The Crimson Queen was definitely a fortune teller delayed by her status as a Zerg leader. Although she hadn't been in contact with fortune-telling for many days, I don't know if she was too talented in this regard or if she was blessed by that pit-father world consciousness, but she actually divined that the Netherworld Gate would open, and it would be opened by the Sun Holy Nest.

At first, the Empire didn't pay attention to the Crimson Queen's words, until the Crimson Queen let Monarch Aldin see that shocking scene, and the Empire believed this prophecy.

That afternoon, the Empire and the Soul-Washing Sect ceased hostilities and advocated negotiations. The Soul Archbishop of the Soul-Washing Sect was very puzzled, but eventually agreed.

Initially, the Soul Archbishop didn't believe the Crimson Queen's divination either, and even laughed out loud, but not long after, he believed it too.

After Monarch Aldin and the Soul Archbishop discussed it, both sides announced to the outside world that everything before was a misunderstanding. In the future, the Empire and the Soul Hall would be allies, and everything was instigated by the Wasteland Knights.

It is said that after this meeting ended, Monarch Aldin, the Soul Archbishop, and others took a group photo.

Before the night of that day, the Wasteland Knights were gone. Excluding this force that "sowed discord," the alliance between the Empire and the Soul Hall became more intimate.

That's right, the Soul-Washing Sect was renamed to a name that tended to be neutral, now called the Soul Hall.

The reason for the ceasefire between the Empire and the Soul Hall was very simple. They couldn't figure out why the Sun Holy Nest would take the initiative to provoke the Netherworld, but no matter what, the two sides couldn't fight anymore. Hugging each other tightly and surviving the next wave was the key. The Sun Holy Nest and the Netherworld forces, these two terrifying guys, were about to fight again.

Before these two sides fought, the Empire played dead the whole time, not daring to breathe. At that time, did the Soul Hall not know the situation here? Of course they knew, they knew it very clearly.

They also hid on the side to avoid being wiped out by the Sun Holy Nest and the Netherworld. That kind of troop-bursting force and their war capabilities had a dimensional gap.

Otherwise, the Soul Hall would not have pretended to be blind and not see the Demon Beast Legion in the previous war. Once they almost captured Morei and others, but pretended not to see them and let them go.

The Soul Hall seemed crazy, but they were very clear in their hearts, knowing who was the big daddy of this world now, and if the Netherworld attacked, who would go to fight.

Su Xiao put down the battle reports sent back by the Demon Beasts sent by Abaddon. From the beginning, Abaddon didn't beat the Soul Hall, but cleared the Corrupted ones everywhere.

Abaddon seemed cold and unreasonable, but in fact, its judgment was not weak. It went there to complete the Empire's commission, to clear the Corrupted ones, not to help the Empire fight the enemy.

"Crimson Queen."

Su Xiao frowned and pondered. This Crimson Queen's divination ability was obviously not simple. Now that they were about to deal with the Netherworld forces, probing the good and bad luck was a good choice.

Chewing sounds came from behind Su Xiao. It was Jila eating dinner. She had successfully promoted to the Queen level, but there was no change. Not only was there no change in her, but even the insect nest, demon beasts, etc., had no changes.

There was a change in biological energy. The biological energy originally stored in the Mother Nest had changed, from more than 18 million points to 182,500 points.

It was not that the stored biological energy had decreased. As Jila promoted to the Queen level, the calculation unit of biological energy became larger. Correspondingly, the biological energy values required for Zerg buildings and Zerg units also decreased. The construction and cultivation costs were as follows:

Demon Flame Dragon: 300 points of biological energy each.

Brutal Turret: 2,000 points of biological energy each.

Titan Behemoth: 10,000 points of biological energy each.

This change in the biological energy measurement unit had no practical significance for the improvement of combat power. Was Jila's promotion to the Queen level limited to this? Of course not. This promotion had extraordinary significance for Jila. Her Zerg evolution path was officially opened.

Jila now had an extra ability. Because she had been improving the strength of the fungus carpet, after Jila promoted to the Queen level, the fungus carpet had an extra ability that was shocking. While the fungus carpet absorbed biological energy, it could also ingest a small amount of soul energy that dissipated after the enemy died in battle.

The absorption efficiency was low, but it accumulated over time. This soul energy was extremely mottled, mottled to the extent that living beings could not absorb it.

The Mother Nest could deeply filter this soul energy, and then through the transformation of the "Soul Core" at the center of the Mother Nest, it turned into a Zerg characteristic, energy that could allow Zerg units to evolve.

Simply put, Jila was imitating Su Xiao's "Talent Ability: Shadow Hunting," but it could only be successfully imitated through multiple methods, and the final characteristics were different.

This ability of Jila seemed complex, but to put it simply, she gave the fungus carpet the ability to weakly absorb soul energy, and then converted this soul energy into "Evolution Points" through the Mother Nest.

This so-called "Evolution Point" was a metaphor. It was a special energy that could allow the Zerg to evolve. In other words, Jila could use these "Evolution Points" to "add points" to Zerg units, the Mother Nest, and even herself.

This kind of adding points was not temporary, but a permanent improvement. For example, allocating Evolution Points to Demon Beasts was not improving one Demon Beast, but fundamentally improving the Demon Beast group.

For example, allocating 2 "Evolution Points" to Demon Beasts would not improve the existing Demon Beasts in the slightest, but the subsequently cultivated Demon Beasts would be more powerful. Correspondingly, the biological energy required for cultivation would also increase.

This improvement had a limit and could not be improved infinitely, but it was also very powerful.

If Jila "added points" to herself, it would improve her mental power. Adding points to the Mother Nest would improve the Mother Nest's troop-bursting speed, biological energy reserves, etc. Adding points to the Brutal Turret would improve the power of live missiles. Adding points to the Titan Behemoth would improve plasma lethality.

This ability derived the most intuitive characteristic: their side would become stronger the more they fought. Not only would the quantity become more and more, but the quality could also be continuously improved with "Evolution Points."

This ability was not without shortcomings. Su Xiao had tested it. If Corrupted ones were killed, because the soul strength of the Corrupted ones was not enough, the soul energy dissipated after death was small, and the fungus carpet could not ingest the mottled soul power.

Fortunately, the 2nd-tier troop types of the Netherworld faction, "Gray-Armored Warriors" and "Soul Twisters," could absorb mottled soul energy after being killed, not to mention the 3rd-tier troop types, "Netherworld Warriors" and "Soul Wizards."

These 2nd-tier and 3rd-tier troop types were not official judgments of the Netherworld faction, but were temporarily named by Su Xiao for the convenience of measurement. The principle was the same as the naming of "Evolution Points" or special-tier to three-tier lucky items.

Although there were no Evolution Points now, it didn't matter. They would have them after starting the war with the Netherworld.

Su Xiao had decided to officially start the war with the Netherworld faction tomorrow morning, but before that, he had to go to Oukai Star.

At 7 o'clock that night, Su Xiao took Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja to New Star City for the first time. Looking around, the city was brightly lit and very lively, but more people were preparing to move, returning to their homes on Oukai Star.

Through the relationship with Rhein Gold, Su Xiao successfully boarded the space rail ship to Oukai Star.

After a short nap on the space rail ship, he arrived at the station. Su Xiao got off the space rail ship, and the spacious boarding hall came into view.

There were not many people in the boarding hall. Without detection, one knew that they were all secret agents or intelligence personnel. This was the Empire's welcome ceremony. If Su Xiao were besieged and died on Oukai Star, then Oukai Star would not be far from becoming a dead star.

Taking the rail car, in less than half an hour, Su Xiao arrived at Heva, the center of the Empire's power.

Heva was a free zone city without city walls or the like. Previous wars didn't require city walls either.

Walking on the streets of the Imperial capital, the scene in sight was cold and silent. This place had not been destroyed, but after a city lost its population, it lost its vitality.

As they gradually approached the center of the Imperial capital, the surroundings became lively and had the atmosphere of fireworks. There were all kinds of people on the street, and some with wide-open brains were obviously members of the Soul Hall.

Su Xiao, with Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja, came to a somewhat remote pedestrian street. There were more members of the Soul Hall on both sides. Finally, he stopped in front of a fortune-telling house with pale purple lights inside.

Ding-a-ling~

Su Xiao pushed open the shop door, and the silver bell sound was very crisp. Inside the shop, a woman wearing a robe with black as the main tone and purple and gold patterns on the edges sat behind a small wooden table. She wore a hood, had thin red lips, and held a cigarette rod in her hand. Her temperament was mysterious and lazy.

"Haven't seen you for a few days, you really have the feeling of a fortune teller."

Baja spoke. Hearing this, the Crimson Queen, whose hood was very low and only the lower half of her face could be seen, smiled lazily.

"Lord Bai Ye, hello."

The Crimson Queen's aura was very different from before.

"I have a question and want to ask you to divine it."

Su Xiao sat down while speaking. He and the Crimson Queen opposite him were separated by only a small table.

"My fees are very expensive."

The Crimson Queen was still smiling.

"..."

Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal Core and placed it on the table. Seeing this, the Crimson Queen was moved. She asked: "What question do you want to divine? I will tell you everything I know."

"I heard that your divination is very accurate, but I don't believe it."

Su Xiao had been in contact with many fortune tellers. He had no doubts about the abilities of those fortune tellers. Those fortune tellers had one thing in common: they spoke half-truths and were god-like.

This time Su Xiao came to divine whether there would be any variables in the battle with the Netherworld. He didn't want to hear those ambiguous words.

Moreover, there was a debt Su Xiao hadn't settled with the Crimson Queen. Previously, this fortune teller revealed to the outside world that Su Xiao would open the Netherworld Gate. The other party became famous for this one divination and became a guest of both the Empire and the Soul Hall.

"Everyone has the right to doubt, Lord Bai Ye. Before the formal divination, I can smooth out your doubts. After all, we can be considered old friends."

The Crimson Queen was still smiling, maintaining gentleness and elegance.

"Alright then, divine for yourself whether you will die next."

Su Xiao pulled the sheathed Dragon Flash from his waist and placed it on the small table in front of him. Hearing this, the Crimson Queen opposite him fell silent. This question indeed stumped her.

PS: (Promoting a friend's new book, book title "Pirate Love System".)