Chapter 3561: Commission

Looking at the list of materials before him, although Su Xiao wanted to find Caesar to cooperate and operate, this faction shop was different from the past.

First of all, this was not an exchange method using reputation points. The currency required for the exchange was the hard currency of the divine era, which was Ancient Coins.

Not only that, even with enough Ancient Coins, one couldn't exchange for items at will in the Healing Church's faction shop. Compared to Ancient Coins, more important were the twelve types of badges and one type of medal.

These twelve types of badges should represent the twelve high-ranking members of the Healing Church. To this day, several badges had lost the meaning and status they represented due to various reasons and naturally couldn't be used to exchange for corresponding items in the faction shop. For example, the Filth Worm Badge of the Old Worm couldn't be used to exchange for anything in the faction shop.

At present, there were seven useful badges left, which were: Saint Song Troupe Badge, Wolf Knight Badge, Saintess Badge, Hunter Badge, Moonlight Badge, Outlier Warrior Badge, and Sinner Badge.

Who the Saint Song, Wolf Knight, and Saintess represented went without saying. The Hunter and Moonlight that followed represented the Archbishop and the Holy Priest.

As for the final Outlier Warrior Badge and Sinner Badge, there was no clue for the time being. It was speculated that the Sinner Badge represented the Sin Agglomeration of the "Hall of Atonement."

Among these badges, three had the highest status: Saint Song, Wolf Knight, and Saintess. Only these three badges could be used to exchange for Dark Source.

Besides exchanging for Dark Source, these three badges could also be used to exchange for items representing their respective characteristics. For example, the 【Wolf Knight Badge】 could be used to exchange for Wolf Blood, and the 【Saint Song Troupe Badge】 could be used to exchange for Saint Song Troupe attire, plus the Dagger of Vow.

This was also the method to join the Saint Song Troupe. Put on the Saint Song Troupe attire and stab the Dagger of Vow on the door of the "Saint Ten Church" to challenge any of the existing 30 members of the Saint Song Troupe. If one won, one would replace the other and join the Saint Song Troupe.

This kind of joining ceremony wasn't something anyone could participate in. One had to learn the abilities of the Saint Song Troupe from childhood and wait until a certain age and strength before having the qualification.

Compared to the Saint Song Troupe's joining ceremony, the Wolf Blood that could be exchanged for with the 【Wolf Knight Badge】 had a similar nature, but the inclusiveness was better. As long as one inherited the Wolf Blood and survived, one could challenge with the joining ceremony.

The 【Saintess Badge】 could be used to exchange for 【Proof Object】. Its function was that after holding this object, one could go to a certain place in the inner city area to find an ancient laboratory. This was a building that existed in the divine era. The person in charge of this place was called the Iron Maker.

The Iron Maker was a powerhouse active in the early divine era. Later, he had a conflict of ideas with the "God Cult" and was sealed in the ancient laboratory by the "God Cult." The so-called "God Cult" was actually the predecessor of the "Healing Church."

But there was a significant difference between the two. The "God Cult" was directly led by the God of Immortality, while the "Healing Church" was more inclined to believe in the God of Immortality.

To talk about the specific difference, the God of Immortality was equivalent to the divine leader of the "God Cult," while in the "Healing Church" period, it became the deity they believed in.

Su Xiao continued to check the branch attributes of the 【Saintess Badge】 and 【Proof Object】, understanding the history of the Dark Continent that had been cut off from records through the content of the introduction.

In general, the most glorious era of the Dark Continent was the divine era. The Iron Maker was a powerhouse in the early divine era. Later, one of the twelve high-ranking members of the Healing Church, the Iron Apostle, was his student.

In the entire history of the Dark Continent, the only one truly revered as a god was the God of Immortality. As for other gods who came here, in the eyes of the residents of the Dark Continent, these were Old God-system existences. In the final analysis, they were just slightly more powerful high-ranking existences and were not on the same level as the god they respected.

It was on this basis that the Iron Maker achieved demigod status. Don't underestimate the demigods of the Dark Continent; this didn't represent the strength level, but that to some extent, they could already faintly reach the God of Immortality.

Looking at the history of the entire Dark Continent, there were only two demigods: the Iron Maker and the First Saintess.

The 【Proof Object】 exchanged for with the 【Saintess Badge】 was used to go to the ancient laboratory to find the Iron Maker. After finding the other and showing the 【Proof Object】, if the Iron Maker was in a good mood, he would send the visitor to the "Abyss Battlefield." What one could get afterward depended entirely on one's own ability.

In this way, among the three badges with the highest status, using the 【Wolf Knight Badge】 to exchange for Wolf Blood, using the 【Saintess Badge】 to exchange for Proof Object, and using the 【Saint Song Troupe Badge】 to exchange for Dark Source was the choice that maximized benefits.

【You have paid the Saint Song Troupe Badge.】

【You have obtained Dark Source 30%.】

【You have paid the Wolf Knight Badge.】

【You have obtained Wolf Blood.】

【Wolf Blood】

Origin: Silver Moon Wolf.

Category: Bloodline Power Inheritance/Rare Item.

Usage Prerequisite: Abyss Resistance 3 points.

Usage Effect 1: After successfully inheriting the power of Wolf Blood, if the user is a wolf-type beast, they will obtain Moon-type abilities and corresponding growth inheritance, and all attributes will be significantly improved. If the user is a human, they will master Sword Art Master Lv. 3–Lv. 10, and all attributes will be significantly improved (the degree of improvement will depend on the user's current situation; the lower the user's all attributes, the higher the improvement brought).

Usage Effect 2: Abyss Resistance permanently improved by 5 points.

Introduction: Even under the shroud of the darkest Abyss, we can still see the moonlight. That is the moonlight in our hearts.

Su Xiao turned his head to look at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. No matter how he looked at it, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's Abyss resistance couldn't reach 3 points. Su Xiao's own Abyss resistance actually hadn't reached 1 point, which was why it wasn't semi-digitized.

Su Xiao had always believed that Abyss resistance was a very important ability. Unfortunately, there was no way to systematically train and improve it for the time being.

This was different from improving World Thunder resistance. Su Xiao's method of improving World Thunder resistance was simple and brutal. He often took out 【Thunder Spirit】 and let some World Thunder electrocute himself. Over time, World Thunder resistance became high.

As for using a similar method to improve Abyss resistance, theoretically, it was feasible. Collect some of the purest Abyss energy from the Abyss channel and often use these Abyss energy to erode oneself. Abyss resistance would definitely improve.

The problem was that even in the Samsara Paradise, there were situations of high-intensity erosion by Abyss energy that couldn't be saved in time. Once eroded by the Abyss, even if one didn't die, all the abilities developed so far would be finished. They would all be Abyss-ized. It looked like becoming stronger, but the risk of subsequent improvement was extremely high. One had to continue to absorb Abyss energy, and the distance to the inner heart being completely eroded by the Abyss was just a matter of time.

When both body and mind were eroded by the Abyss, it was the dual demise of will and soul. What remained was nothing more than an Abyss monster with wisdom and thoughts.

Precisely because of this, Abyss resistance was extremely difficult to improve. Su Xiao estimated that his Abyss resistance was about 0.7–0.8 points.

Don't underestimate this degree of Abyss resistance. Among the three levels of Abyss erosion—direct, invasion, and remnant—if one was in the second level of "Invasion-level," Su Xiao would at least hold on for several times longer than someone with 0 Abyss resistance before being eroded.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang saw the Wolf Blood in Su Xiao's hand and shook its head like a rattle. With its Abyss resistance, it might be invaded just after absorbing the Wolf Blood.

In fact, Su Xiao hadn't thought about letting Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang inherit the Wolf Blood either. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's core was not combat-type. Even if it reluctantly inherited the Wolf Blood, it wouldn't have any achievements. It was better to let Xiang Bubu develop along its core abilities.

The badges in his hand were exchanged clean. Su Xiao flipped through the material list. He had to find a way to get the 【Origin Stone · Chaos Fire】 that could be exchanged for with the 【Sinner Badge】. Although he didn't need this characteristic Origin Stone, this kind of Origin Stone with a unique suffix was extraordinary.

Bringing this Origin Stone back and exchanging it with others to get an Origin Stone suitable for himself had a higher probability than purchasing. Just like the 【Origin Stone · Silver Queen】 Su Xiao obtained before, even if this Origin Stone wasn't very suitable for him, this kind of Origin Stone with a unique suffix was still okay for anyone to use, leading to basically no one selling it.

【Origin Stone · Chaos Fire】 leaned toward the fire system. Because the fire system had dominant lethality and range in the early, middle, and late stages, there were many contractors with fire-system abilities.

Besides this, 【Soul of Technique · Dark】 could not be missed either. Su Xiao had previously found the Goblin Company to purchase 【Soul of Technique · Blade】, and the other side asked for 150,000 Soul Coins and wouldn't bargain at all.

The 【Soul of Technique · Dark】 before his eyes was the dark system in the technique-type · energy manipulation system.

This kind of ability was a bit like a dark-system mage in the early stage, but the ability release speed and intensity were far inferior to a dark-system mage. But in the later stage, this system's ability was disgusting enough to make people gnash their teeth.

The fighting style of the dark system was to first find a place to hide the main body, then release the dark soul, go find the enemy, and after finding the enemy, the dark soul would resonate with the enemy's soul and forcibly merge into the enemy's soul. Afterward, it was the enemy's nightmare.

All kinds of dark-system negative states would be blessed on the enemy. Even if the enemy's physique was extremely tough and hadn't died for several days, it didn't matter. Hundreds of negative states could be stacked until the enemy died miserably. As long as these guys were given time, there were few enemies they couldn't kill.

Although 【Soul of Technique · Dark】 wasn't as valuable as 【Soul of Technique · Blade】 and belonged to a technique-type resource with low demand, the price of 100,000 Soul Coins could still be sold.

The 【Hunter Badge】 required to exchange for 【Soul of Technique · Dark】—after returning to the Cathedral, he could ask the Archbishop about it.

Su Xiao closed the material list. Besides the value of several badges, the Pale Medal was also very useful. In the faction shop, 1 Pale Medal could be exchanged for 1000 Ancient Coins.

Regarding the origin of the Pale Medal, if the badge represented status, the medal was a symbol of honor. The Pale Medal was very likely awarded by the Healing Church to those Pale Hunters with meritorious service.

The situation in the Dead City now was very different from the past. Su Xiao estimated that killing Pale Hunters had a certain probability of obtaining Pale Medals.

Su Xiao looked at the little old man behind the wooden window. Noticing his gaze, the little old man grinned, his mouth stretching to under his ears on both sides, his mouth full of yellow sharp teeth interlaced. Without perception, he knew that this old man was an existence similar to a grudge soul.

"A Law-Extinguisher actually willing to come and get involved in the Dead City's affairs, what a strange fate. In short, I wish you success."

The Ghost Old Man smiled somewhat eerily. This old guy was a person from the era of the Iron Maker. Without him, the Iron Maker wouldn't have been sealed. As a price, his flesh was shattered, leaving only a soul body.

"I've been in a good mood recently, so I'll tell you some novel things. Not long ago, a poor guy fell into the Maker's trap. I went to see this old friend yesterday, and he sent the poor guy who fell into his trap to the Abyss Battlefield. That poor guy, was he one of your subordinates?"

"Tell me specifically."

"It is said that he had horns and was quite strong. I had some small conflicts with the Maker before. He is too vengeful. After so many years, he still has unstable emotions when he sees me."

The Ghost Old Man smiled. This was a typical case of standing and talking without feeling back pain. The Iron Maker of that period was a demigod, the most powerful person in the Dark Continent besides the God of Immortality. Alas, at his peak, he was plotted against by the "God Cult" united with the Ghost Old Man.

Hearing the Ghost Old Man's narrative, Su Xiao confirmed that the poor guy the other mentioned was Amu. He had been wondering before where Amu was dragged to by the Dead People in the chaotic space at the entrance of the Dead City.

Looking at it this way, he had to obtain the 【Saintess Badge】 as soon as possible to exchange for the "Proof Object," then enter the ancient laboratory, and reach the "Abyss Battlefield" through there.

"Don't think about using the Proof Object to open the door. Even if you take the Proof Object, whether the door opens or not depends on the Maker in the laboratory. The Proof Object is not a key, but just represents that the First Saintess, who is also a demigod like the Maker, has recognized you, so the Maker gives a little face and lets outsiders in. Now if you go, the Maker won't pay attention to you. He thinks very highly of that poor guy."

The Ghost Old Man stopped here suddenly. Seeing this, Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal (Complete) and placed it on the wooden counter.

"Good stuff."

The Ghost Old Man picked up the Soul Crystal, smiling until his eyes narrowed. He continued: "The Maker thinks highly of that poor guy also because that poor guy was once an alchemical creature. This is not rare. We often customized alchemical creatures when we had

Through the Old Ghost's narration, Su Xiao understood the situation on Amu's side. Alchemical creatures are not rare, but the Iron Maker was seeing one that had transformed from an alchemical creature into a natural creature for the first time, which is why he opened the passage to the "Abyss Battlefield" and threw Amu inside.

There are only two ways for Amu to leave that place: first, complete the Iron Maker's trial, and second, destroy the Ancient Laboratory.

The second option is not being considered; that is the place where the demigod is imprisoned. Furthermore, even if it were successful, there is a high probability that it would cause the spatial passage connecting that place to the Abyss Battlefield to collapse, leaving Amu trapped in the Abyss Battlefield forever.

It is worth noting that although the Abyss Battlefield is related to the Abyss, it does not belong to the regions invaded by the Abyss; rather, it is somewhat similar to an ancient battlefield.

The Old Ghost's meaning was that now that the Ancient Laboratory is completely sealed, it is impossible for anyone else to get there. The implication was clearly that, as a soul entity, he has a way to go to the Abyss Battlefield.

In Su Xiao's view, this is a good thing. If the "Abyss Battlefield" were dangerous enough to be a guaranteed death for an Eighth Tier, Amu would have been unable to hold on long ago, rather than being able to persist for so long.

The problem is that Amu was dragged away too suddenly before, and the team storage space is mandatorily restricted to the leader's authority. When Amu is too far from Su Xiao, he cannot retrieve items from the team storage space, and thus cannot retrieve the recovery items within it.

"I have a commission for you."

Su Xiao took 90 bottles of 【Vitality Stock Solution】 from the team storage space. There were 130 bottles of this potion in total. Facts have proven that when fighting strong enemies, there is simply no opportunity to use recovery potions; basically, one can only drink a bottle after the battle ends. The 40 bottles left behind are mainly for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja to use.

In addition to the recovery potions, Su Xiao also took out 5 Soul Crystals; this is the payment for the Old Ghost to deliver the potions.

"Oh? Aren't you afraid that I'll take the items and not do the job?"

The Old Ghost's smile was somewhat strange.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. His soul power spread to the surroundings, which made the Old Ghost's smile suddenly freeze.

The Old Ghost narrowed his eyes. He recalled one thing: these Law Breakers are extremely vengeful. They belong to the type that, if possible, never lets a grudge go overnight, and these guys are absolute bandits.

Even though the era of Law Breakers has passed, the Old Ghost felt uneasy from the bottom of his heart about cheating a Law Breaker. There was a precedent where a Law Breaker, because his shipment was stolen, hunted down the other party for over a decade, and it was the kind where he basically did nothing else but focus on hunting down his enemy.

The Old Ghost looked Su Xiao up and down, and after evaluating in his heart, he concluded that if he angered this Law Breaker, the other party might do something similar and hunt him down until he died.

Su Xiao stared at the Old Ghost for a few seconds, then took out a sealing device containing 【62.57 ounces of World Power】. One must know that the reason Children of the World can keep getting stronger is that they have the Blood of Fate, and the Blood of Fate is only produced after being endowed with World Power.

The difference between 【World Power】 and 【Space-Time Power】 is that the former can be absorbed by living beings, while the latter is one tier higher in terms of energy nature; more specific details are unknown.

Su Xiao himself does not have the ability to break his limits, nor can he become stronger the more he fights in a life-and-death battle; instead, he only gets more tired. As his follower, Amu is naturally the same.

But if Amu risks injecting this World Power into his body, he would have the possibility of continuously becoming stronger and breaking through his own limits during a life-and-death battle.

"I accept this commission. Within four hours, I will deliver these things to that unlucky guy."

The Old Ghost put on his small round sunglasses and patted the armrest of his chair. The chair beneath him carried him back into the secret door behind him.

After the Old Ghost left, Su Xiao put away a bottle of potion that had mostly evaporated; this was a measure to be used just in case. He looked around and found nothing worth noting on the first floor of the treatment center, so he went up the stairs to the second floor.

The second floor was filled with wooden shelves, with all kinds of bottles and jars placed on them. Continuing forward, Su Xiao saw the Crow Doctor beside the operating table, sitting on a wooden chair and reading a very thick book.

Noticing that Su Xiao had come to the second floor, the Crow Doctor nodded and continued reading the book. On the nearby wall hung a black feather robe, which looked like something worn during battle.

Judging from their builds, there is more than one Crow Doctor in the treatment center. This Crow Doctor was not the same one who opened the door for Su Xiao earlier. That previous Crow Doctor was at least 2.3 meters tall, while this current Crow Doctor was only 1.65 to 1.68 meters tall.

The Crow Doctor closed the book and pointed to a wooden door on the inner side, signaling Su Xiao to push it open.

With a creak, he pushed open the wooden door and Su Xiao found that it was a small room of about ten square meters. It was empty inside, except for a 1-meter-high stone platform at the very back, which had a circular groove on top.

The Crow Doctor made a gesture of reaching forward with one hand, then used two index fingers to outline a shape in the air.

Seeing this, Su Xiao frowned, not understanding the other party's meaning. He crouched in front of the stone platform and lightly touched the circular groove on top with his finger, discovering that this thing was two sizes larger than a badge and was not for holding a badge.

Su Xiao took out a 30-centimeter-tall Sculpture of the God of Immortality. He had previously dealt with the Dragon God Dean, and the other party's gains in this world belonged to him. There were three items in total: a pitch-black seed, a glass bottle containing 519.5 ounces of Space-Time Power, and finally, this Sculpture of the God of Immortality.

After wedging the Sculpture of the God of Immortality onto the top of the stone platform, a ripple spread out, and wisps of mist dispersed in the small room. Su Xiao touched the statue with one hand, and a faint attraction came from it; as long as he wanted to, he could activate this thing and go to the other side.

Su Xiao looked at the wall in front of him. This was a map of the Dead City. There were four points in total: the "Zhong Lou" in the outer city, the "Underground Palace" under the high wall, the "Cathedral" in the inner city, the "Treatment Center" in the middle section of the inner city, and the "Hall of Atonement" toward the back of the inner city.

On the map on the wall, the "Zhong Lou" in the outer city and the "Underground Palace" under the high wall were both marked with an X, indicating that they could no longer be reached; the teleportation devices there had been destroyed.

Of the remaining "Cathedral," "Treatment Center," and "Hall of Atonement," the engraving representing the Cathedral faintly emitted a soft light, indicating it was usable. The "Treatment Center" engraving was dormant, indicating that Su Xiao was right there.

The final "Hall of Atonement" also had a teleportation device left by the Healing Church, but the engraving representing the "Hall of Atonement" was currently red, indicating that it was very dangerous to teleport there rashly.

Right now, being able to return directly to the "Cathedral" from the "Treatment Center" could save several hours of travel time and avoid many risks.

After Su Xiao left the small room and exited the treatment center, the situation on Amu's side could only depend on Amu himself. Su Xiao felt that if Amu could survive this time, his overall strength would undergo a earth-shaking change.

Heading south, Su Xiao returned to the area where he had fought the Wolf Knight Captain. After returning to this place, he found that the buildings destroyed by the battle had not been restored, but the circular high wall made of bones and the rocky ground below had returned to their original state, once again covering the Abyss passage.

Walking into the circular high wall and looking around the empty field, there was no change here. The tall tomb and stone tablet in the center were still in their original state.

Arriving in front of the stone tablet, Su Xiao saw a Wolf Greatsword stuck in front of it. This was the Wolf Knight Captain's greatsword; the jagged grooves on the blade were all caused by Zhan Long Shan. Tied to the hilt of the Wolf Sword was the remnant of the Wolf Knight Captain's cloak.

"Xiang Bubu."

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's nose twitched as he began to sniff the surrounding scent, barking to indicate: 'It's the scent of those few people from the Holy Choir.'

Su Xiao felt slightly relieved. He pressed one hand on the stone tablet and found nothing wrong with the stone tablet or the tall tomb behind it; they were both setups for sealing the Abyss passage.

Seeing this, he took out the 【Sacred Divider】 and activated it.

With a hum, the 【Sacred Divider】 fully unfolded, and a pulling force came from it, indicating that there was a "Deep World" here.

When the scene before Su Xiao's eyes recovered, he had arrived on a small island. The area around the island was desolate, and gray-white flocculent material was slowly drifting down from the sky.

Located a few meters in front, a mound a few meters high was situated here. This tomb had no tombstone. A Moonlight Greatsword was stuck in front of the tomb, and dozens of Wolf Swords were stuck in the tomb behind it. This was the true Wolf Grave.

Su Xiao took out a large piece of fresh meat he had prepared in advance and placed it in front of the Wolf Grave. He sat down on the ground, and the gray-white flocculent material slowly drifted down from the sky.

Very faint silver energy drifted out from the Wolf Grave and merged into the 【Silver Moon Blade】 floating in mid-air. At the same time, the surrounding scene began to blur; one could not stay here for too long.

After a repulsive force, Su Xiao returned to the front of the stone tablet. The 【Sacred Divider】 he held in his hand clicked shut.

Su Xiao tried to check the attributes of the 【Silver Moon Blade】 but found that the equipment was in the process of transformation and its attributes could not be viewed.

Things were going quite smoothly, and Su Xiao began to march toward the next target location, which was the "Filthy Land."

An hour later, Su Xiao stopped in front of a cave. Looking around at the surroundings now, one would see large areas of old buildings, all of which appeared dark red.

Su Xiao in the lead, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang in the middle, and Baja in the rear, they began to advance into the cave.

After advancing more than ten meters, Su Xiao found that the texture around the cave had changed from gray rock to a kind of uneven blood-rock, looking just like rotten flesh. Upon reaching this place, his perception was suppressed to only a few meters away.

The height of this cave was about 2 meters. When Su Xiao reached a hundred meters underground, the passage began to widen. After he walked around a corner, his footsteps stopped.

This was a long corridor passage several meters wide and nearly ten meters high. On both sides of this corridor, one after another, Dead Citizens were leaning against the wall, slumbering. Looking toward the other side of the corridor with the help of a faint light, the number of Dead Citizens here was too many to count.

Su Xiao stood where he was without moving. A few seconds later, he made eye contact with a Dead Citizen more than ten meters away. This Dead Citizen was also looking at Su Xiao, but after staring at each other for a moment, the Dead Citizen shifted his gaze, and after a while, he even lowered his head and closed his eyes to slumber.

After observing for a moment, Su Xiao continued forward. After walking along the corridor for more than ten minutes, a towering pair of metal doors blocked his path. He pushed on each door with both hands.

Creak~

Amidst the harsh sound of metal friction, Su Xiao pushed open the metal doors covered in red rust. After the doors opened, it was an underground palace, filled with Dead Citizens whose bodies were half-decayed, lying on the ground or leaning against the walls. At the very back, there were also a few Tree-Eaters leaning against each other, fast asleep.

These Dead Citizens were all in a deep slumber. Some, even if they woke up due to the sound of the door opening, only glanced at Su Xiao before continuing to slumber. In the center of this underground palace, there was a stone platform higher than the ground, with a diameter of five meters.

Su Xiao arrived in front of the stone platform and stepped up. On this stone platform, a woman wearing a white dress with blind eyes was kneeling. The first impression she gave was gentleness rather than power. As a demigod, she was no longer powerful; this was the First Saintess.

"It has been a long time since a Chosen One came here."

The First Saintess spoke. Although her voice was gentle, it gave one an instinctive sense of awe, even though she was no longer powerful.

The reason the First Saintess had weakened to this extent today was because she chose to come here and use her own power to absorb the suffering of the Dead Citizens here.

This place was once named the "Filthy Land" because it was a gathering place for the Dead Citizens, but now, this place was no longer filthy; it should be called the "Land of Eternal Sleep."

The First Saintess raised her hand, holding a "Source Stone." After Su Xiao took the Source Stone, he absorbed it with the Black King Armguard.

"Take that box away too; I no longer need it."

The First Saintess pointed to a metal box at the back of the underground palace. Su Xiao had Baja bring that thing over.

"Leave this place and go do what you must do."

"Hmm."

Su Xiao turned and walked out, leaving the "Land of Eternal Sleep" the same way he came, arriving at the nearby "Treatment Center," and then going to the small room on the second floor.

Whoosh~

Spatial ripples spread out, enveloping Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja. When the blurry world around them became clear again, he was already in a closed small room. He pulled the lever on the wall, and a door rose on the flat wall in front of him. After exiting the small room, he found that this was the inner side of the Cathedral, and the "Sacrificial Altar" was just a few meters ahead.

The walls of the Cathedral that blocked perception made it difficult to discover some of the secret mechanisms here, and the previous "Sacrificial Altar" was one of them.

Gulu, who was studying the "Star Core Stone" on the "Sacrificial Altar," trembled slightly, then tried to appear as calm as possible.

After exiting the secret room, Su Xiao took out the metal box obtained in the "Land of Eternal Sleep" and placed it on the steps. He slashed the box lock with one strike, and after opening it, the first thing on top was a badge.

【You have obtained the Saintess Badge.】

Looking further down, there were quite a few soul residues, a string of pendants, and gemstones in the box. Baja began to categorize these items.

"Is this the gain from killing the First Saintess?"

Gulu held a lollipop in her mouth, her expression as if to say she wasn't envious at all.

"No, these were a gift from the First Saintess."

Baja spoke.

"A gift? In other words, you didn't fight? You just went there?"

"Correct."

Baja took out an Immortal-grade gemstone and tapped it with his eagle claw, making a crisp sound.

"If I had gone along..."

Gulu said this, and she was already feeling terrible.

"Then it would have been split according to what was agreed upon beforehand, giving you one-third to one-fifth. Even if you just went along for the ride, that would be the split ratio."

Hearing Baja's words, the candy in Gulu's mouth was no longer sweet. Before fighting the Wolf Knight Captain, she had been exceptionally proactive, only to be nearly slashed by the Wolf Knight Captain. This time, going to find the First Saintess, she had thought it would be even more dangerous, but who knew they wouldn't even fight.

Gulu sat on the steps without speaking. She was considering whether she should follow along to deal with the Sin Collection later. Just hearing the name "Sin Collection" didn't make it sound easy to deal with.

On the "Sacrificial Altar," Su Xiao pressed one hand onto the Star Core Stone. The Source of Darkness was sufficient; it was time to upgrade the Law Breaker's unique talent, Shadow Hunter.