Chapter 3585: Blood Shadow

In the Void Grand Library, Su Xiao put the ancient book back in its original place and picked up another ancient book nearby to read, although he was not very interested in this ancient book.

The reason for doing so was to avoid the Arcane Eternal Star knowing his general preferences through the ancient books he read.

The sky darkened unconsciously. Wind Prince and Hugh had already left after saying hello before. The factions behind them were not urgent about winning over Saint Flame Pharmacist.

The remaining Green Wei and Luen—one had been leaning on a single sofa sleeping for an afternoon, and the other had gone to the first floor of the Grand Library to flirt with girls.

Su Xiao put an "Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Plants" back in its original place. He had gained a lot this afternoon, but Travel Task 2 "Ocean of Knowledge" was not completed. The content of this task was:

【Travel Task · Ocean of Knowledge: Obtain three or more high-level knowledge stored in the Void Grand Library of the Arcane Eternal Star through non-theft methods.】

Su Xiao guessed that this so-called obtaining high-level knowledge required obtaining the carrier of the knowledge together. Many knowledge in ancient books was difficult to record in text and needed to be combined with the imprints on them.

For example, "Soul Studies" and "Mysterious Energy Studies," many knowledge in the ancient books of these two required the use of "imprints." The reader only needed to inject a small amount of spiritual energy into the imprints on the ancient book, and under the guidance of the imprints, they could soon master this part of the knowledge.

This recording method had been applied a long time ago. For example, what was recorded in the Alchemy Secret Code was not text, but a large number of imprints interpreted by spiritual energy.

Precisely because of this, a situation arose where these ancient books recording high-level knowledge became exceptionally precious. This was also why when Su Xiao and Caesar joined forces to empty the library of the Dragon Academy, that side was angry to the extreme.

Wanting to get three such ancient books on the fifth floor of the Void Grand Library, and also in a legitimate way, the difficulty was quite high. Fortunately, Su Xiao already had a countermeasure. By the day after tomorrow at the latest, he would have the confidence to enter the fifth floor of the Grand Library, where he could not only read ancient books but also take a few books away openly when leaving.

"Green..."

Su Xiao spoke. He was calling Green Wei, who was sleeping soundly beside him. But after the word "Green" was spoken, his heart suddenly "palpitated." To be precise, it was more like a vague resonance. This feeling was fleeting, as if it had never appeared. If it weren't for the powerful perception derived from Su Xiao's Blade Technique Master, he would definitely have ignored this fleeting feeling.

This made Su Xiao observe Green Wei carefully. At this moment, Green Wei was lying on the seat in a very unladylike posture, sleeping with drool flowing out. Compared to other female spellcasters, Green Wei had neither cold and arrogant beauty nor noble dignity, only the vitality of a "silly" girl.

Su Xiao dragged a chair and sat in front of Green Wei. He cared very much about the momentary "palpitation" just now. That feeling was like meeting a "kind."

Su Xiao began to think about the scope covered by "kind." First of all, he was a Hunter. He had encountered other Hunters, but he had never had this kind of momentary palpitation. Or rather, this kind of resonance fluctuation shouldn't have appeared.

Excluding this point, only Law-Extinguishing Masters remained. To be precise, besides himself, Su Xiao had never seen a living Law-Extinguishing Master. The "bad mentor" Marven Waltz, the old Law-Extinguishing Masters, etc., were all residual souls. That was a state achieved after the soul power was strong to a certain limit, carrying consciousness after death.

Besides a few previous Law-Extinguishing Masters and the black fog figures of the Starry Sky Seat, Su Xiao had never seen anyone else with this ability.

Su Xiao's guess was: was that short and weak palpitation in his heart just now a mutual resonance between Law-Extinguishing Masters? Or rather, did he inadvertently perceive the specificity of Green Wei, so he had this perception? This perception was not two-way.

At this moment, Dark Crow was staring at Su Xiao with bright red pupils in the center of her eyes. The half-smiling expression seemed to be saying: "You're here to die again."

For Sefilia, even if the word "Green" was not taboo, it was definitely not something she wanted to hear. Taking a girl named Green Wei as a disciple was absolutely impossible. Therefore, if Green Wei was introduced by someone else, it was no different from sprinkling salt on Sefilia's wounds.

This couldn't be a disciple chosen by Sefilia herself, as that was no different from revealing her own scars.

After excluding many possibilities, Su Xiao reached two results: 1. Green Wei was Sefilia's biological daughter; 2. Green Wei was cultivated by Sefilia with someone's cells.

The first possibility was excluded first. Sefilia's sexual orientation was at the level of cleanliness. Even when representing the Arcane Eternal Star to welcome Saint Flame Pharmacist, she kept a distance of about 2 meters from Su Xiao.

With Su Xiao's sensing power as a Blade Technique Master, he could clearly feel that when he was closer than 2 meters to Sefilia, every pore of the other party seemed to reveal displeasure, even if the face was still a polite smile, but the inner thought must be: "Stay away from me, keep your distance."

Su Xiao also discovered one point: Sefilia's habit was not aimed at himself, but at all males. With Sefilia's habit, saying Green Wei was her biological daughter was absolutely impossible.

Besides that, only one possibility remained: Green Wei was cultivated by Sefilia, or rather, artificially cultivated with someone's genes or cells using extraordinary knowledge + biology, etc.

If this was the case, the situation was very interesting. A girl cultivated by Sefilia was named Green Wei. Anyone who knew the story of Sefilia and Green Gillian could guess a thing or two from the meaning contained in this.

Su Xiao's guess was that Green Wei was likely cultivated by Sefilia after she killed Green Gillian, having secretly hidden Green Gillian's cells and preserved them for many years.

This should have nothing to do with personal feelings. According to Su Xiao's understanding, besides hating Law-Extinguishing Masters to the extreme, Sefilia was very rational in other matters.

Many years ago, Sefilia had a worry: Law-Extinguishing Masters could not be completely eradicated. As long as there were still people obtaining powerful power by devouring natural elements, Law-Extinguishing Masters would appear sooner or later. This was just a matter of time.

Precisely because of this, Sefilia developed "Li Element," wanting to deal with possible Law-Extinguishing Masters. Facts proved that although "Li Element" couldn't beat Law-Extinguishing Masters, this power could fight against them, unlike the pure Magic Energy Faction, which could only be beaten or use human-sea tactics.

It could be guessed that when Sefilia artificially cultivated Green Wei, her idea was likely to defeat magic with magic, and prevent Law-Extinguishing Masters with Law-Extinguishing Masters.

However, the more Green Wei grew, the more she looked like someone. In the end, Sefilia even gave her the name Green Wei in a daze.

Unlike that person, Green Wei didn't have a bad personality and had a strong dependence on Sefilia. Ask, who could refuse a disciple who looked 90% similar to an old lover but didn't have a bad personality?

But there was a law: the more powerful a life, the harder it was to cultivate. What Sefilia did was cultivate a new life using the cells of a Law-Extinguishing Master. The difficulty and risk could be imagined.

Undoubtedly, Green Gillian was once a top-tier powerhouse in the Void. The worse her personality, the stronger she was. If she weren't strong enough, she would have been beaten to death long ago.

Therefore, in Su Xiao's view, a new life cultivated with Green Gillian's cells would inevitably face many problems. Even if it finally succeeded, this cultivated life would have certain defects due to its innate power.

Looking at Green Wei sleeping soundly there, Su Xiao had a feeling that the other party's aura was strengthening at a weak speed.

From another angle, this girl would gradually become stronger even if she was sleeping, which showed how powerful Green Gillian's cells were.

Such heaven-defying potential, the price corresponding to it, must also be very large. From the previous contact, Green Wei didn't show any abnormality.

Guessing like this, one possibility was the greatest: Green Wei's life cycle would not be long. Ordinary spellcasters could live for hundreds, thousands of years, or even longer, while she might only live for thirty or forty years, shorter than the lifespan of ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao finally knew why Sefilia was so enthusiastic about receiving Saint Flame Pharmacist this time. As one of the four leaders of the Arcane Eternal Star, she personally welcomed him at the Gate of Law. It turned out that she had something to ask for in this matter.

Sefilia doing these things was likely not for herself. To be precise, Green Wei's existence had significant meaning for the entire Arcane Eternal Star.

Law-Extinguishing Masters are Elemental Guardians, while spellcasters are Elemental Devourers. Judging from the current situation, the Arcane Eternal Star likely wanted Green Wei to also become an Elemental Guardian.

The reason was that the chain reaction caused by "thieves guarding the treasury" must be smaller than that caused by looting. At the very least, it would not lead to frequent Abyss passages in the Void.

"Green."

Su Xiao spoke again. Green Wei, who was sleeping soundly, opened her eyes. After sitting up, she wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and said: "Is it time to eat? Immersed in the ocean of knowledge, time passes really fast."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, looking at the replica book with tooth marks on the small table beside him. He could only say that Green Wei's way of absorbing knowledge was more direct.

"Let's go back."

Su Xiao picked up a few ancient books, put them back in their original places along the way, and walked towards the elevator.

"Oh~"

Green Wei followed behind, yawning. She was trying hard to suppress her "waking-up temper." She didn't even know why herself. Ever since she was sensible, her waking-up temper had been very big, and she knew herself that she shouldn't be like this, but every time she was woken up in the middle of sleep, she couldn't control her waking-up temper.

What made her feel even more absurd was that every time she held back her waking-up temper, she had a feeling that she was really amazing. In the "past," she definitely couldn't hold it back, but this "past" was very strange to her, as if it didn't exist at all.

Walking out of the elevator, Su Xiao saw Luen, who was laughing and talking with several Fur-Ear girls on the first floor of the Grand Library. As a representative sent by the "Magic Energy Faction," i. e., "Zhongshi Academy," compared to winning over Saint Flame Pharmacist, this guy was more interested in flirting with girls and was more active.

It was also understandable. It was unlikely that the four factions of the Arcane Eternal Star would compete with each other to win over Saint Flame Pharmacist, which would lead to Saint Flame Pharmacist raising the price, and the Arcane Eternal Star would ultimately suffer.

The leaders of these four factions should have talked secretly and decided that this time, the faction led by Mage Sage Sefilia, the "Arcane Faction," would win over Saint Flame Pharmacist. The other three factions sending people was more of a manifestation, showing the importance the Arcane Eternal Star attached to Saint Flame Pharmacist, commonly known as giving face.

"Luen, stop flirting, let's go eat."

Green Wei's shout made Luen's face sink. Just as he was about to tell Green Wei to go cool off, he saw Su Xiao standing beside Green Wei. Luen said seriously:

"Mr. Bai Ye, what are you planning to eat for dinner? Are we going to the academy's restaurant, or to 'Light Dawn Manor'? At this time, the food street in Star Plaza must be very lively."

"A quieter place."

"That's good, let's go to the lakeside restaurant of the academy. There shouldn't be many people there."

Luen snapped his fingers while speaking, and the space fluctuations around them gathered suddenly. The next instant, the three of them appeared in front of a building, which was the lakeside restaurant.

Walking into it, the mixed scent of various foods drifted over, making their stomachs even hungrier. A moment later, the three of them sat by the window. Outside the window was "Silver Moon Lake." Under the sunset of the evening, the scenery of "Silver Moon Lake" was like a painting.

This trip to the Void Grand Library was very fruitful for Su Xiao. He had always firmly believed that he could achieve what he had today not only because he dared to fight with strong enemies, but more importantly because of his attitude towards knowledge. No matter where he was, knowledge was a precious thing. It was warnings about failure and shortcuts to success recorded by predecessors after paying unimaginable prices and suffering.

Besides various pharmacy and extraordinary-inclined knowledge, two pieces of information were equally precious. First was about the "Awakening Monument."

Su Xiao had always felt that there were few Law-Extinguishing abilities. From Tier 1 to Tier 9, he had only mastered a few kinds of Law-Extinguishing abilities.

Now Su Xiao finally knew why. It wasn't that there were few Law-Extinguishing skills, but that he lacked the means to learn Law-Extinguishing abilities. First, he had to master the Hunter Shadow talent to obtain "Law-Extinguishing skill points." After having Law-Extinguishing skill points, he could not only improve his Blue Steel Shadow and Blue Shadow King abilities but also master the Law-Extinguishing abilities engraved on the "Awakening Monument."

Besides that, it was the correct way to open the 【Chapter of Greed】. Regarding this, Su Xiao prepared to try it after returning to his room in the "Lakeside Dormitory." The reason was that the 【Chapter of Greed】 was not unique. Someone had obtained it before, and even now, he hadn't collected the 【Chapter of Greed】 completely, just got a large piece of it.

As Saint Flame Pharmacist, it was normal to have some treasures on him. More importantly, the probability of the Arcane Eternal Star installing monitoring means in that temporary residence was lower than imagined.

Su Xiao came to the Arcane Eternal Star as Saint Flame Pharmacist this time as a distinguished guest here. As the Void overlord, the Arcane Eternal Star, in receiving a distinguished guest, having people probe was reasonable. Both sides knew this tacitly, but installing monitoring means in the guest's residence was not winning over, but an intention for unilateral strong control.

Regarding this point, Su Xiao had long been prepared. Although he hadn't met the old pharmacists of the Void Pharmacist Guild before, he had established a friendship that was not deep but relatively reliable with those older pharmacists by means of pharmacy levels that far exceeded the Void's pharmacy level.

The current situation was that the eyes of those older pharmacists were also staring at Su Xiao's side, watching how the Arcane Eternal Star received this Saint Flame Pharmacist. To be more precise, they were watching how the Arcane Eternal Star, this Void overlord, received and treated a Pharmacy Master.

This situation was naturally deliberately promoted by Su Xiao. He gave up the fame-seeking means of hanging the older pharmacists up to beat them with his own pharmacy level. After giving each other face with the older pharmacists, the two sides vaguely had a feeling of sharing a common enemy and being connected in fame and fortune.

Or rather, the facts were indeed so. If the Arcane Eternal Star adopted a strong, rude, and controlling way to win over Saint Flame Pharmacist, then when treating other pharmacists whose levels were far inferior to Saint Flame, it would definitely be more rude and vicious. So at this moment, all the older and younger pharmacists on the Arcane Eternal Star were staring at this side.

As the representative receiving Saint Flame Pharmacist this time, Sefilia had already noticed this. She had a headache and felt a bit tricky. She really didn't expect that things would develop into the Arcane Eternal Star's attitude towards Saint Flame Pharmacist being equivalent to its attitude towards pharmacists.

This made Sefilia keenly notice that this Saint Flame Pharmacist was not as casual and kind as he looked, but this instead made her feel a bit relieved. If Saint Flame was really as casual and kind as he looked, how could he cooperate with White Cow's forces, and still be able to protect himself after the cooperation, not letting the hungry wolves under White Cow pounce and tear him apart?

After the meal, Su Xiao walked out of the lakeside restaurant. In the starry night, half of the rooms in the lakeside dormitory diagonally opposite were lit. Combined with the "Silver Moon Lake" reflecting the blue-silver moonlight on the water surface, the beauty of the night scene and the cool, fresh air made people feel relaxed and happy.

"Mr. Bai Ye, see you later."

Luen activated his space ability and disappeared. Seeing this, Su Xiao walked towards the lakeside dormitory. A moment later, he stopped in the corridor paved with red carpet and connected to windows on one side, his gaze looking at a door.

The room was very quiet. It was also understandable; the goddess temporarily staying here had always been hiding at a friend's house to avoid various traps of Law-Extinguishing Masters. Now that she had come to the Arcane Eternal Star and was certain that Law-Extinguishing Masters dared not come here, she naturally wanted to go to "Light Dawn Manor" or "Star Plaza" to her heart's content.

Pushing open the door next door, Su Xiao walked into it and sat on the single sofa, saying: "What a coincidence, so you live here too."

As Su Xiao spoke, he picked up the hot tea Beni brought, took a light sip, and looked sideways at Green Wei standing on the side. After coming out of the lakeside restaurant just now, this girl had been following behind.

"Uh~"

Green Wei looked embarrassed. She scratched her head. Even she didn't know why she followed here. She had just been like sleepwalking, naturally following here.

"Uh, this, oh! Right, I am here to ensure Mr. Saint Flame's safety."

Green Wei laughed heartily, showing her neat little white teeth. In her heart, she had already liked her own on-the-spot response ability.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at Green Wei again. This was if Baha wasn't here; if Baha were here, he would definitely have said a few "sassy" words.

"Mr. Bai Ye, I live next door. To tell you the truth, I was hiding my aura before. I am actually very good at fighting. Luen can't beat me; otherwise, he would have beaten me long ago."

After speaking, Green Wei showed a happy smile. This was eight or nine out of ten times that she had pitted Luen, who was a magic-type top student, during her time at "Zhongshi Academy."

"It's getting late, go back to sleep."

"Oh~"

Green Wei left the room a bit reluctantly. Before closing the door, she specifically said that she must be called to wake up tomorrow morning.

After Green Wei left, Su Xiao's brows gradually frowned. He had already discovered that Green Wei's existence was a hidden danger to him. What was even trickier was that this risk could not be removed at the current stage.

By now, he had already determined that Green Wei was cultivated by Sefilia with the cells of her old lover, the female Law-Extinguishing Master Green Gillian.

Precisely because of this, Green Wei had the "abnormal" behavior just now. She subconsciously wanted to follow Su Xiao because their powers were from the same source, which led Green Wei to have a natural recognition of Su Xiao without even realizing it herself.

Don't forget, this is the Arcane Eternal Star, with a large number of spellcasters here, and magic energy power shrouded here, which also led to Green Wei, who was closely related to Law-Extinguishing Masters, being in the "enemy camp" at all times, and still in a state of being completely unaware.

Under the influence of this external environment, after Green Wei met Su Xiao, she instinctively felt close to Su Xiao, so she subconsciously wanted to follow Su Xiao and didn't want to leave in this room. This had nothing to do with emotions or feelings, but she felt a sense of relaxation that couldn't be described when staying here.

In Su Xiao's view, this was a risk. Once Sefilia asked Green Wei about this, with Sefilia's sharpness, she would notice something wrong in the first instance.

Don't forget, this woman had participated in the final battle with Law-Extinguishing Masters. Besides occasionally being hot-headed because of Green Gillian, in a normal state, she was a particularly difficult strong enemy.

Su Xiao thought for a moment and decided that not only could he not use various reasons to send Green Wei away, but he had to let the other party always be his guide on the Arcane Eternal Star, and must let the other party be so busy that she had no time to see Sefilia.

Su Xiao's idea was to say that Green Wei had the aptitude to become a top pharmacist. As a Pharmacy Master, it was normal for Saint Flame Pharmacist to have the habit of cherishing talent.

Regarding this, whether it was the Arcane Eternal Star or Sefilia, they would feel gratified and would strongly support Green Wei in learning pharmacy. No matter what, winning over a pharmacist was not as good as cultivating one's own people into top pharmacists.

As for whether Green Wei really had pharmacy talent, this was not important. The pharmacy system Su Xiao mastered was different from other pharmacists in the Void, and his pharmacy level could beat those Void pharmacists up.

Of course, this plan was not without flaws; it could only be effective in the short term, and it would make Green Wei herself particularly confused. Thinking that this lively girl, after seeing a large number of pharmacological patterns in books, would not only be confused but also have to wear a "pain mask," constantly doubting herself, for example, producing: "Am I really a pharmacy genius? Why can't I understand it at all? What exactly is Saint Flame teacher saying? I can understand every word, but after they are put together, I can't understand them at all!"

Having made up his mind, Su Xiao looked at Beni, who was lazy on the side: "Go next door and find Green Wei."

"Meow~"

Beni raised its tail tip, got up lazily, stretched, and went to the next room to find Green Wei.

A moment later, Green Wei, with her hair a bit messy from sleep and sleepy eyes, stood in front and said: "Mr. Bai Ye, do you have anything for me?"

"Sleeping so early?"

Su Xiao looked at the clock while speaking. It was only 7:30 in the evening.

"Hmm, yeah, my mentor told me to practice diligently, and I cannot let down her high expectations."

At the end, Green Wei yawned again.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but on second thought, what the other party said was actually correct. With Green Wei's situation, after she fell asleep, her body cells would be more stable, which would lead to her body potential being fully stimulated and her elemental affinity soaring.

This led to the fact that her strengthening speed while sleeping was indeed faster than diligent practice. Therefore, for Green Wei, diligent practice = sleeping well.

Su Xiao took out a scroll, unfolded it, and placed it on the small table in front. This parchment was grayish-white, with cracks in some places, giving people a sense of simple history, as if it had existed for ten thousand years.

The main body of this parchment was a circular array with complex structures. Further up, there were six transparent gems the size of rice grains.

"Green Wei, in your cognition, what is needed to become a pharmacist?"

"Wisdom?"

"Not enough."

"Diligence?"

"Not enough."

"Talent?"

"..."

Su Xiao looked Green Wei up and down and nodded quite satisfactorily.

"I, I am not..."

Green Wei said, with surprise and astonishment in her eyes.

"Hmm, you have talent. Press your hand on it."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Green Wei hesitated for a few seconds, then pressed her hand on the array in the center of the parchment. The next instant, the light flourished, and the six gems on the parchment not only lit up completely but also shattered one after another.

Green Wei took half a step back, looked down at the broken parchment, then looked up at Su Xiao and said: "This, very... expensive, right?"

"Not expensive, just a few tens of thousands of Soul Coins."

Su Xiao said, letting Beni clean up the gray parchment scattered on the carpet. The actual value of this thing was around a hundred Soul Coins. It was used when signing contracts, but this thing was rare. Using it to fool Green Wei was no problem at all.

"Hiss~"

Green Wei gasped. Although she was Sefilia's disciple, due to her personality, every time she had money, she spent it all the next day. A few tens of thousands of Soul Coins was a huge sum for her, a huge sum she absolutely couldn't pay back without asking her mentor for help.

It is worth mentioning that this prodigal talent was likely "inherited" from Green Gillian.

Learning that the parchment she destroyed was worth a few tens of thousands of Soul Coins, Green Wei's gaze began to dodge. If she whistled again, it would make people exclaim: "Holy crap, could it be that the female Law-Extinguishing Master has been resurrected?"

"Meow!"

Beni on the side cried, attracting Green Wei's attention. I don't know when, but an IOU had been drafted, just waiting for Green Wei to sign it, which made Green Wei full of doubt about life.

Su Xiao raised his hand to signal Beni not to tease Green Wei anymore, and said: "Same as the result of my observation, you have talent in pharmacy."

"Ah?"

Green Wei dragged a long "Ah?" with confusion and ignorance in her eyes. She pointed to herself suspiciously, and the expression was almost saying: "Just me? Have pharmacy talent?"

It was no wonder Green Wei was like this. She had eaten the wrong medicine once when she was sick before and almost sent herself away. It was her strong cells and her mentor inviting a famous doctor that saved her.

Ignoring Green Wei's confused mood, Su Xiao continued: "Contact your mentor and let her come over. I have something to discuss with her."

Hearing this, Green Wei asked tentatively: "Is it a compensation issue?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, which made Green Wei feel a bit guilty.

Ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Immediately, Sefilia, wearing golden-white robes, walked into the room. At this moment, a bit of severity could be seen between her brows.

"Mr. Saint Flame, what trouble has my disciple caused?"

Sefilia said, glaring at Green Wei without a trace. Green Wei, who subconsciously wanted to argue, lowered her head to the side in a second. It could be said that tilting her head represented her last stubbornness.

After Sefilia sat down and Beni brought hot tea, smiling and nodding to Beni, Sefilia's gaze gathered on Su Xiao again.

"Trouble is not quite it. It's that I discovered your disciple Green Wei has talent in pharmacy. With a little teaching, she can become a pharmacist..."

Before Su Xiao finished his words, Sefilia, who was drinking tea, stopped her movements. She looked suspiciously at Su Xiao sitting on the single sofa opposite, put down the teacup, and said: "Mr. Saint Flame, such jokes should not be made..."

"It's not a joke. The pharmacy I master is a bit special and relies heavily on talent in soul perception. Green Wei's talent in this area might be above mine."

Su Xiao looked at Green Wei while speaking.

The reason Su Xiao said this was based on grounds and also nonsense. The pharmacy he mastered was naturally not based on talent in soul perception. As for saying Green Wei's talent in this area was strong, it was a guess.

The "Broken Soul Shadow" ability Su Xiao mastered was developed by Green Gillian. Could the person who could develop the "Broken Soul Shadow" ability have poor talent in soul characteristics? To be precise, it was highly likely to rank in the top few in the entire Void.

Green Wei was cultivated with Green Gillian's cells. Thinking with his heels, he knew that Green Wei's talent in soul must be extraordinary.

Sure enough, hearing Su Xiao's words, Sefilia was slightly moved. She turned her head to look at her disciple.

"Mr. Saint Flame, are you preparing to teach Green pharmacy? Or are you preparing to take her as a disciple?"

Sefilia's tone was calm, but it actually carried a bit of probing meaning.

"Disciple is not necessary, but teaching her pharmacy is fine."

"This..."

Sefilia couldn't guess Su Xiao's purpose for a while. She pondered for a moment and said: "Pharmacist knowledge is not passed on to outsiders..."

Hearing this, Su Xiao interrupted Sefilia's words and asked: "Who said that?"

As soon as Su Xiao said this, Sefilia couldn't answer. She couldn't say that all pharmacists in the Pharmacist Guild were like this.

Regarding this, the time Su Xiao taught Green Wei pharmacy would not be long, and he would first teach basic things. Furthermore, after a period of contact, Su Xiao had a certain confidence in Green Wei: this girl with a lively personality would likely not learn anything. This could be seen from her "direct" absorption of knowledge in the Void Grand Library.

Therefore, Su Xiao was not worried about cultivating a pharmacist for the Arcane Eternal Star and thus helping the enemy. Furthermore, he solved the hidden danger of Green Wei, letting the other party be crazily "tortured" by vast pharmacy knowledge in the recent period, thereby avoiding resonance between homologous powers and exposing his identity as a Law-Extinguishing Master.

Of course, teaching Green Wei pharmacy was not without a price. Su Xiao proposed wanting to go to the "Black Maple Courtyard" of the Arcane Eternal Star to see with his own eyes what the legendary Black Maple Tree looked like.

Regarding this, Sefilia declined, but Su Xiao discovered one point: the other party's refusal was not firm, and she seemed to have absolute confidence in the defensive power of the "Black Maple Courtyard."

Noticing this kind of intelligence, Su Xiao felt relieved in his heart. The stronger the defensive power of the "Black Maple Courtyard," the higher the probability that he could go there openly, thereby completing the travel task "Law-Extinguishing Master Was Here."

【Travel Task · Law-Extinguishing Master Was Here: After arriving at the Arcane Eternal Star, you need to go to Zhongshi Academy, Clock Tower, Void Grand Library, Black Maple Courtyard, and Elemental Wetland.】

【Task Reward: Team Skill Card Random Extraction Permission (Extraction lower limit ~ upper limit, for team skill card Lv. 30 ~ Lv. EX).】

Going to the "Black Maple Courtyard" was one of Su Xiao's main purposes for coming to the Arcane Eternal Star as Saint Flame Pharmacist this time. This was not only to complete the travel task, but actually there was a more important point.

Su Xiao also had a Black Maple Tree. Although due to the incomparable environment in the Reincarnation Paradise, combined with the cost-no-object use of 【World Core (Fragment)】 as "fertilizer," the quality of the output of his Black Maple Tree far exceeded the average level.

But even so, Su Xiao still wanted to go to the "Black Maple Courtyard" to see how the Arcane Eternal Star cultivated Black Maple Trees. No matter what, they had been cultivating Black Maple Trees here for thousands of years, and in many aspects, they would have unique understanding and experience.

Su Xiao would never be arrogant enough to think that he had cultivated the Black Maple Tree to the best. Therefore, it was still very necessary to go to the "Black Maple Courtyard" to see.

"Meow."

Beni jumped onto Su Xiao's lap, curled up, and prepared to sleep for a while. On the single sofa, Su Xiao stroked Beni casually, and his brain was also thinking about one thing: Sefilia's attitude towards outsiders going to the "Black Maple Courtyard."

Judging from the other party's attitude just now, although she refused, it was not a particularly firm refusal. This was undoubtedly a good sign. Most things or items in this world had value. Sefilia's attitude just now could only say that Su Xiao's offer was not high enough, rather than fundamentally refusing this transaction.

Thinking of Sefilia's importance to Green Wei, as well as the short-lived constitution caused by Green Wei's own cells, what the other side wanted in exchange was relatively obvious.

However, this matter could not be initiated by Su Xiao. He had to wait for the other side to come, and then he would choose to accept this transaction with a difficult and tricky attitude. Only in this way could he successfully go to the "Black Maple Courtyard" before the "Arcane Celebration" officially started.

With a bottom line in his heart, Su Xiao began to consider another thing: how to obtain three ancient books on the fifth floor of the Void Grand Library in a non-theft way.

According to Wind Prince, although there were many ancient books on the fifth floor of the Void Grand Library, they were all very precious. The only people in the Arcane Eternal Star qualified to lead this matter were the Rime Wind King and the Supreme One.

Su Xiao would never go to see the latter, and judging from the attitude of the high-level members of the Arcane Eternal Star, it seemed they were not prepared to let him, as Saint Flame Pharmacist, see the Supreme One. For Su Xiao, this was a good thing. Being in the Arcane Eternal Star with the Supreme One already made him feel uneasy in his heart. If they met and talked, who knows what changes would occur.

In other words, as long as he handled the Rime Wind King, with the other party's authority, it was entirely possible to transfer three ancient books on the fifth floor of the Void Grand Library for trading.

However, there was one point: this transaction must not only satisfy the interests of the Rime Wind King personally and the faction under his command but also satisfy the interests of all factions of the entire Arcane Eternal Star. Only in this way could he block the mouths of all spellcasters. After all, the Void Grand Library belonged to the Arcane Eternal Star, not the Rime Wind King personally; the other party was just responsible for jurisdiction.

After weighing for a moment, Su Xiao decided to take out one of his trump cards, the high-level permanent gain potion 【Ocean Origin Liquid】.

The effect of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 was to improve spiritual power strength and resilience, which had an irresistible temptation for spellcasters. Before, when he cooperated with White Cow to sell potions, 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 was among them, but that was a weakened version of a weakened version.

Even so, the Arcane Eternal Star still had a strong interest in that version of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】.

What Su Xiao was going to take out now was an enhanced version of an enhanced version. The so-called normal version of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 was the potion finished product Su Xiao mixed in his normal state.

And the enhanced version was the perfect grade achieved by the ability "Strong Plunder of Luck" derived from the luck attribute.

What Su Xiao was preparing to mix now was the peak work that could be achieved under the condition of wearing the Seven-Star Title 【Miracle Maker】. This title was obtained in the Dead Silence World, and its characteristics were:

【Miracle Maker】

Origin: Void Tree

Quality: ★★★★★★★

Category: Title

Title Effect: When performing manufacturing, there is a probability of entering the peak state of manufacturing you can reach, thereby manufacturing a "Miracle" grade that exceeds the "Perfect" grade.

Introduction: Is this a miracle? No, this is the peak you can reach. Breaking through perfection is the pursuit a manufacturer should have.

Price: Cannot be sold.

Although he was going to mix the enhanced version of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】, there was one point to avoid: the positioning of this potion must not be aimed at the high-level combat power of the Arcane Eternal Star.

Therefore, Su Xiao wanted to mix a permanent gain potion that was strong enough but limited to use by mid-to-low-tier spellcasters, avoiding improving the strength of the high-level combat power of the Arcane Eternal Star, thereby suffering losses in subsequent games with the Arcane Eternal Star.

Since this was the case, relying solely on the characteristics of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 was not enough. It was best to not only significantly improve spiritual power strength and resilience but also improve the potential in this aspect, making this a potion that only spellcaster geniuses among the young generation were qualified to drink.

Like a hegemon force like the Arcane Eternal Star, the cultivation of the young generation was naturally placed in the first place.

In this way, it not only guaranteed the value of this potion in the Arcane Eternal Star but also avoided helping the enemy.

By the time these spellcaster geniuses who drank 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 grew up, who knows what year it would be. Before that, either Su Xiao was defeated by the Arcane Eternal Star, or the Arcane Eternal Star was destroyed by Su Xiao's hands.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao was more careful about the mixing of the improved + enhanced version of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】. After all, this was to be used to exchange for ancient books, and the quality must be hard.

Pushing open the door of the study, Su Xiao began to transform this place into a potion mixing room.

At twelve o'clock that night, Su Xiao sat at the mixing table and began to mix potions.

After wearing the 【Miracle Maker】 title, he didn't feel anything usually, but after Su Xiao raised his hand to pick up the mixing vessel, in just an instant, everything around him seemed to have changed, as if the whole world, except for the mixing table and the various vessels and materials on it, other things around him didn't exist, becoming white, and all his heart and spirit were concentrated on the one thing of mixing potions.

Time passed in repeated mixing and trial and error. Unconsciously, the morning sun light penetrated through the gap in the curtains. Su Xiao removed the 【Miracle Maker】 title and detached from the state of full concentration on potion mixing. This state was powerful, but the burden on spirit and soul was great. Fortunately, he was strong in both aspects.

Pressing the last crystal bottle into the stable semi-fluid in the wooden box, a total of 20 bottles of improved + enhanced 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 were mixed.

【Ocean Origin Liquid (Miracle)】

Origin: Saint Flame Pharmacist

Quality: Immortal Grade

Type: Permanent Gain Potion

Effect: After drinking, significantly improve spiritual power strength and resilience, and improve spiritual power growth potential to a certain extent in the subsequent 30~40 natural days.

Miracle Grade Bonus: After drinking, it will improve a total of 15 points of real intelligence attribute in the subsequent 50 natural days.

Prompt: This potion is effective below 130 points of real intelligence attribute, and repeated use is invalid.

Score: 1493 points (Immortal grade quality potion score is 1000~1500 points)

Introduction: To be determined.

Price: To be determined.

The high-level members of the four factions of the Arcane Eternal Star could hardly refuse a potion with such effects.

Among the four factions here, the Arcane Faction led by Sefilia had the richest resources, the Elemental Faction of the Rime Wind King was the most united internally, the Magic Energy Faction of Dean Guya, i. e., the academy faction, had the widest connections, and finally the Soul Faction led by Soul Lady was the most special.

Su Xiao saw other members of the Soul Faction in the Void Grand Library before, which left the deepest impression on him, no different from the other party's brain hole.

This was not a metaphor, but a description of appearance. On the right side of the forehead and both sides of the head of that Soul Faction member, holes the size of index fingers were opened, which were pitch black inside, and although he couldn't see the brain tissue, it was a bit creepy.

Seeing this appearance feature, Su Xiao immediately remembered that in the Dark Star World, there was a force called the Soul Clock Tower. Now it seemed that that force was simply imitating the Soul Faction of the Arcane Eternal Star.

It was very likely that the introductory secret method of the Soul Faction of the Arcane Eternal Star was accidentally obtained by the indigenous people of the Dark Star World, who then imitated it to establish the Soul Clock Tower, where "Soul" represented ability, and the two words "Clock Tower" came from the Grand Clock Tower on the Arcane Eternal Star.

However, the Soul Clock Tower of the Dark Star World only learned to open brain holes on the head to release soul power more conveniently. The essence of the Soul Faction of the Arcane Eternal Star, soul spells, was not learned at all. If they had, the Soul Clock Tower would have ruled the entire Dark Star World long ago.

However, there was one point: not all members of the Soul Faction of the Arcane Eternal Star would open brain holes. For example, Hugh, with his soul talent, didn't need to open brain holes to release soul power more thoroughly.

Using one sentence to describe the Soul Faction of the Arcane Eternal Star was very accurate: soul talent is not enough, open brain holes to make up for it. There was a secret method here: the more brain holes opened, the stronger the soul talent potential. Correspondingly, when the number of brain holes exceeded 2, the person involved would become more extreme and paranoid as the number of brain holes increased.

Precisely because of this, compared to other three factions, people of the Soul Faction generally would not appear in too public occasions, and their members were few. All members added together were only a few hundred people.

This kind of extreme ability characteristic made them naturally responsible for the management of areas such as the underground prison of the Arcane Eternal Star. Not to mention outsiders, even the spellcasters of the Arcane Eternal Star had an indescribable expression when mentioning people of the Soul Faction.

Su Xiao picked up the wooden box containing 20 bottles of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】. Although these potions were precious, their value could not compare to the three ancient books on the fifth floor of the Void Grand Library.

Since this was the case, he had to take some measures. For example, these 20 bottles of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 were just a deposit, and 50 more bottles could be provided later—no, provide 80 bottles. Anyway, Su Xiao didn't plan to fulfill it. As long as it didn't seem too exaggerated, the quantity promised was naturally the more the better.

As one of the four leaders of the Arcane Eternal Star, the Rime Wind King was naturally an old hand. Pure verbal checks couldn't fool this person, but Su Xiao could sign a contract. To be precise, it was a contract signed by Saint Flame Pharmacist.

A contract with a painful price for breach of contract + a deposit of 20 bottles of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 was taken out. Even if the Rime Wind King hesitated, Sefilia would definitely express her stance. After all, Sefilia was the main person responsible for winning over Saint Flame Pharmacist this time. Letting Saint Flame Pharmacist sign a contract with the Arcane Eternal Star would stabilize this winning over.

Regarding the signed contract, this was a contract signed by Saint Flame Pharmacist. The binding force was on this disguised identity. Don't forget, even Wood of the Devil Race recognized Su Xiao as a "Contract Master."

"Beni."

Su Xiao handed the wooden box containing 20 bottles of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 to Beni and added: "Send it to the Elemental Faction side and give it to Wind Prince or his father."

"Meow."

Beni made a gesture to put the wooden box containing 20 bottles of 【Ocean Origin Liquid】 into its small storage space, but on second thought, it chose to place it on the flying carpet. If it encountered people from other three factions intercepting it halfway, that would be even better. The messier the relationship between Su Xiao and the four factions of the Arcane Eternal Star, the lower the risk of being here.

On the flying carpet, Beni looked up at the simplified map on the wall and began to plan the delivery route.

After Beni went out, Su Xiao looked at the time. Not only did he not sleep last night, but since leaving the Reincarnation Paradise, except for occasional naps, he basically didn't rest. A moment later, he was lying on the bed in the bedroom. As if bored before sleep, he took out the 【Chapter of Greed】 to play with.

Previously, in a record in the Void Grand Library, Su Xiao learned the correct way to open the 【Chapter of Greed】.

First of all, this thing was not fought by "naked" spiritual power. It was to build one's own "Soul Image" after the spiritual body entered it.

Each battle, one could give this "Soul Image" of one's own four different characteristics, namely: Soul of Strength, Soul of Agility, Soul of Constitution, and Soul of Intelligence.

To be more precise, it was the focus, choosing a characteristic that suited it to deal with different "Soul Images."

For example, when fighting "Soul Image · Dark Crow," switching one's own "Soul Image" to Soul of Intelligence would be better to deal with it, thereby limiting the crows flying all over the sky with large-scale spiritual characteristic abilities, and avoiding the continuous life force absorption effect caused after being shrouded by the crow flock.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao sank a tiny amount of his spiritual power into the 【Chapter of Greed】 in his hand. The next second, the scene in front of him blurred, followed by the dragging feeling of the spiritual body appearing.

When his vision recovered, around him was hazy gray fog, and in front was an ancient but sturdy metal door. Just push open this door, and he could enter the battle field to fight Dark Crow to the death. Su Xiao was very familiar with this; after all, he had been here dozens of times.

For always failing to beat the first "Soul Image · Dark Crow," although Su Xiao had always maintained a "calm heart," it was inevitable that he had a feeling that he might never pass the 【Chapter of Greed】 in this life. One must know that the combat power of each "Soul Image" would increase incrementally.

Before only having the 【Chapter of Greed】 fragment, he had successively challenged Saint Cultivator, Life Butcher, and the daughter of the tenth-generation Tianba · Qin.

The process of fighting Saint Cultivator, how many times he was slashed, he had long forgotten, and fighting the stronger Life Butcher, let's not mention it.

As for the daughter of the tenth-generation Tianba · Qin, until the 【Chapter of Greed】 was completed, Su Xiao hadn't beaten the other party. Qin's daughter's blade technique was as slender as water, but it was full of resilience, soft with strength, and needles hidden in cotton.

Especially when particularly close, the other party abandoned the blade to entangle and fight. Although it was a beauty's embrace, once he was coiled and bound by the other party's throat, in less than 0.5 seconds, his eyes were immediately pitch black, and no escape skill worked. Once bound, he was gone.

Between the gray fog, Su Xiao raised his hand and found that his hand appeared semi-transparent. This time entering the 【Chapter of Greed】 with a spiritual body was different from the past. There was no sense of entity, and there was a bit of the illusion and semi-transparency that a spiritual body should have.

This was the change brought about by building a special "Soul Seal" inside the spiritual body. Precisely because of this soul seal, Su Xiao could build his own "Soul Image" here.

Su Xiao stretched his hand forward, and wisps of soul energy spread from his hand, gradually forming a human shape in the gray fog in front. As more and more soul energy was released, this blurred human shape began to gradually solidify, and the form, facial features, etc., began to have a sense of similarity to Su Xiao himself.

Su Xiao stopped releasing soul energy. The prototype of the "Soul Image" had been built. Next was the choice of characteristics. After choosing one from the Soul of Strength, Soul of Agility, Soul of Constitution, and Soul of Intelligence, he could enter this "Soul Image" with his spiritual body, thereby using this as his body in the 【Chapter of Greed】 to defeat Dark Crow.

Su Xiao was almost able to defeat Dark Crow in the "naked" stage of the spiritual body. If he wore a set of equipment and had the "Soul Image" to support the basic attributes, defeating Dark Crow was a sure thing.

However, when Su Xiao tried to choose the characteristics of this "Soul Image," he found that, unlike the record in the book, although he sensed the Soul of Strength, Soul of Agility, Soul of Constitution, and Soul of Intelligence, the four characteristics within this "Soul Image" were all in a dormant state.

Not only that, besides these four soul characteristics, this soul body actually had a fifth soul characteristic. That was a blood-red soul characteristic, named Blood Soul.

To be more precise, Su Xiao could neither choose to give this "Soul Image" the Soul of Strength, Soul of Agility, Soul of Constitution, and Soul of Intelligence, nor could he give it its unique Blood Soul.

Although he couldn't give it, Su Xiao found that he could strengthen this "Soul Image's" Blood Soul. Noticing this, he pressed one hand on the "Soul Image," and blood energy spread from his hand, turning into blood energy threads and piercing into this "Soul Image."

As the blood energy entered the "Soul Image," the Blood Soul inside immediately absorbed the blood energy and began to grow. At the same time, a prompt appeared.

【You have activated Soul Image · Nightmare Blood Shadow】

【Soul Image · Nightmare Blood Shadow】

Subordinate relationship: Hunter's special clone/avatar.

Soul of Strength: C (E- ~ S+ grade).

Soul of Agility: C+

Soul of Constitution: D

Soul of Intelligence: D

Soul of Luck: E-

Skill 1: Blade Technique Master (Passive, Lv. 55), the level of this ability does not exceed the Hunter himself (i. e., does not exceed Lv. 70).

Prompt: If the Hunter's Blade Technique Master ability is improved, the blade technique level limit of Nightmare Blood Shadow will also be improved.

Skill 2: Mad Blood Nightmare (Passive, Lv. EX), all melee attacks carry blood energy erosion damage, as well as subsequent real bleeding damage.

Skill 3: Soul Blood Resonance (Passive, Lv. EX), after absorbing the Hunter's blood energy, the Soul of Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence of Nightmare Blood Shadow will all appear to be improved, and in each stage, abilities will be awakened.

Seeing the data of Nightmare Blood Shadow, Su Xiao was suspicious in his heart. The current situation, no matter how one looked at it, his spiritual body could no longer enter this "Soul Image." This "Soul Image" was clearly about to become an independent individual.

From the data, as long as Su Xiao infused blood energy into this "Soul Image," its comprehensive combat power would improve.

Regarding blood energy, Su Xiao was naturally not short of it. His blood energy could recover at a not-slow speed after consumption. He simply released one-third of the blood energy in his body and injected it into the "Soul Image · Nightmare Blood Shadow."

The next instant, blood energy wrapped the "Soul Image · Nightmare Blood Shadow," forming a blood energy giant cocoon several meters high. Thin blood energy threads were tightly coiled, forming a sharp cone shape.

A few seconds later, the blood color of this blood energy giant cocoon began to fade, showing signs of exhaustion. The Nightmare Blood Shadow inside also had an aura that became more and more drifting, as if it were about to collapse.

Su Xiao didn't know why the "Soul Image" he built after getting the special soul seal was not non-characteristic, but Nightmare Blood Shadow. He estimated that this might be because of his soul strength as high as 650 points, and also because his aura was cultivated by absorbing the blood energy of the ancient battlefield. These two key factors led to the appearance of Nightmare Blood Shadow.

Letting Nightmare Blood Shadow collapse now, whether there would be such an opportunity to build a "Soul Image" later was unknown. Thinking of this, he injected the remaining blood energy in his body into the blood energy giant cocoon.

With a large amount of blood energy, the faded blood energy giant cocoon immediately appeared with a dark red blood color. Time passed minute by minute. About ten minutes later, the blood energy giant cocoon exploded. A figure nearly two meters five tall stood in the gray fog mixed with blood energy. This was Nightmare Blood Shadow.

At this moment, Nightmare Blood Shadow held a 1.3-meter-long black long blade. Its image was bare-chested, with tattered black cloth strips like a skirt on the lower body, wearing a bone mask on its face, and long black hair scattered messily.

Strands of blood energy threads were connected between Su Xiao and Nightmare Blood Shadow. Seeing this, Su Xiao used spiritual fluctuations as instructions to give Nightmare Blood Shadow the first instruction to move forward.

A chaotic spiritual fluctuation struck. This spiritual fluctuation was violent, crazy, and murderous, but it was also fleeting.

If one were not good at dealing with blood energy, just this one time would be enough to make people fall into a period of madness. But for Su Xiao, this spiritual fluctuation was just a drizzle and couldn't affect his mind at all.

Even so, in Su Xiao's view, this was also a warning bell. The appearance of Nightmare Blood Shadow had many coincidences and randomness.

According to the records he knew, the 【Chapter of Greed】 had existed for many years, and many people had obtained this thing, but those who defeated all the "Soul Images" inside were rare. At least the person who wrote the personal biography had never been able to defeat the 10 "Soul Images" in the 【Chapter of Greed】.

Su Xiao never believed that he could do what others couldn't. The scenes of being taught a lesson by the 【Chapter of Greed】 in the past were still fresh in his memory, so he had self-knowledge in his heart. By conventional means, he really might not be able to pass the 【Chapter of Greed】.

And now, although Nightmare Blood Shadow was evil everywhere, this might also be a possibility to pass the 【Chapter of Greed】. In other aspects, Su Xiao didn't dare to say he was stronger than the previous owners of the 【Chapter of Greed】, but he still had some confidence in his aura and soul strength.

Following Su Xiao's manipulation, Nightmare Blood Shadow moved forward. The blood energy threads connected between him and Nightmare Blood Shadow became thinner and thinner, and finally, they were pulled together into one.

Walking out about a hundred meters, Su Xiao felt that the blood energy line connected between him and the blood shadow was pulled to the longest. If he continued, this blood energy line would temporarily dissipate, and after Nightmare Blood Shadow was within a hundred meters of him, it would reappear.

Su Xiao tried to view the data of Nightmare Blood Shadow. A situation he didn't expect appeared. He could view all the data just now, but now he could only view the upper part. The data related to abilities below all became blurred blood energy characters, which he couldn't understand at all. The visible data was:

Soul of Strength: B- (After releasing the blood bundle, it will be improved to A-)

Soul of Agility: B (After releasing the blood bundle, it will be improved to A)

Soul of Constitution: C+ (After releasing the blood bundle, it will be improved to B)

Soul of Intelligence: C+ (After releasing the blood bundle, it will be improved to B)

Soul of Luck: E-

The so-called blood bundle was the blood energy line between Su Xiao and Nightmare Blood Shadow. Su Xiao could clearly feel that when the blood bundle existed, he could fully control Nightmare Blood Shadow to fight, and when he temporarily released the blood bundle, Nightmare Blood Shadow would enter an "automatic" state.

Su Xiao's various abilities had nothing to do with the control system. Therefore, in his view, controlling Nightmare Blood Shadow to fight was not a good strategy and couldn't exert its full combat power.

Although there might be some risks, in the battle within the 【Chapter of Greed】, temporarily releasing the blood bundle to Nightmare Blood Shadow was the best way to deal with the enemy.

Su Xiao controlled Nightmare Blood Shadow. Following his manipulation, Nightmare Blood Shadow gradually disappeared, following behind him in an invisible state.

Arriving in front of the ancient metal door, Su Xiao pushed it open with both hands.

Ka da da~

As the door opened, a circular battle field came into view. Around this place was a gray fog wall flowing upward, the ground was black rock, and above was a super-large chandelier, on which crows were full.

As Su Xiao walked into the battle field, the door behind him slammed shut, and after being locked, it turned into a fog wall flowing upward.

With a "whoosh," a figure landed from top to bottom. She wore a black witch robe, a loose hood on her head, a ruby pendant hanging on her neck, and wide sleeves on the witch robe. She held a long-handled battle sickle in one hand and stood on the ground barefoot. This was the first witch in history · Dark Crow.

"Whoosh~"

Wisps of cold fog exhaled from Dark Crow's mouth. The sickle blade cut through the air with a breaking sound. Dark Crow's index finger brushed over the sharp edge of the battle sickle, and the sickle blade made a sharp sound.

At this moment, the Dark Crow was staring at Su Xiao with its crimson pupils, and that half-smiling expression seemed to be saying: "You've come to throw your life away again."

Su Xiao was naturally not here to die this time. The next instant, Nightmare Blood Shadow appeared behind him, and he also released the blood bundle.

Dark red blood energy suddenly appeared behind Su Xiao, and a blood shadow suddenly swept out, the blade edge slashing at Dark Crow's throat.

Clang!!

Sparks splashed, the long blade and the battle sickle's edge collided, and the dark red and ghostly purple auras collapsed, impacting the crows on the chandelier above into powder. Broken crow feathers drifted down.

Zing!

The sharp sound of the slash spread, and Dark Crow and Nightmare Blood Shadow brushed past each other. However, blood splashed on Dark Crow's neck.

Seeing this, Su Xiao knew that defeating Dark Crow was a sure thing. Nightmare Blood Shadow's combat power in the 【Chapter of Greed】 was much stronger than Dark Crow's.

The moment this thought appeared, a wind-breaking sound struck his face. Su Xiao was a spiritual body at this time, and his overall combat power was limited by the Chapter of Greed, but his combat experience and intuition were still there.

Su Xiao leaned back as much as possible and felt the blade edge slash past his face, even cutting off a few of his hairs.

After leaning back to the limit, Su Xiao supported the ground with one hand, letting his whole body leap up with arm strength, but the next instant, dark red blood energy struck his face.

Zing~

The blade edge rang crisply.

"!"

Su Xiao, lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes. After looking at the ceiling for a few seconds, he raised his hand and looked at the 【Chapter of Greed】 in his hand. Just a few seconds ago, he was slashed by Nightmare Blood Shadow. This thing was both strong and had growth potential, but it didn't distinguish between friend and foe. Before defeating Dark Crow, it aimed at Su Xiao.

Regarding this, Su Xiao didn't care. His purpose was to pass the 【Chapter of Greed】, thereby obtaining a total of 55 Golden Skill Points, as well as rewards corresponding to the strong enemies he defeated.

As for improving combat experience through the 【Chapter of Greed】, let's

This also meant that if Su Xiao could not defeat the "Soul Manifestation" within the 【Chapter of Greed】 while in his spirit form to obtain the reward, then this piece of equipment would be completely useless to him; as a Hunter, he was truly not lacking in combat opportunities at all.

At this time, Su Xiao wanted to confirm one thing: whether the battle between the Nightmare Blood Shadow and the Dark Crow would continue after he was "killed" within the Chapter of Greed.

If it could continue, then the characteristics of the Chapter of Greed equipment would shift from a personal combat-type item to a growth-type item for cultivating the Blood Shadow.

The characteristic of the Nightmare Blood Shadow was that after absorbing the blood energy released by Su Xiao, the Nightmare Blood Shadow's overall combat power would continuously grow, which was equivalent to having a proxy fighter whose combat power could constantly increase.

While Su Xiao was pondering, a notification appeared.

【Notification: You have defeated the Soul Manifestation: Dark Crow.】

【You have obtained Golden Skill Point x1.】

【You have obtained Soul of the First Witch in History: Dark Crow (This type of complete soul of a powerful individual is obtained with a certain probability after defeating a Soul Manifestation).】

【You have obtained Will Crystal: Wild Hunt (An exclusive characteristic material that can be catalyzed by consuming Soul Crystals to significantly increase its quality. This item possesses immense beneficial properties, exclusivity, and limitations; it provides permanent enhancement and improvement effects to only one unique piece of equipment).】