Chapter 3604: The Hegemony Battle Begins

When Su Xiao returned to the office on the third floor, he found Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja watching a fighting program on TV with rapt attention. It was a fighting match between a Ghost race member and a Bearman. One was good at locking techniques and grappling, while the other was good at heavy punches and heavy throws. It was very exciting, and Su Xiao also moved a stool to watch.

Although Su Xiao's strength was far stronger than these two contestants, he absolutely couldn't do it so excitingly. This is what specialization is all about. What Su Xiao is good at is killing techniques, taking the enemy's life in the fastest, most direct, and most violent way. As for the viewing effect, please do not watch it around the battle venue, it is very dangerous.

Before long, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja also moved stools over. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang even took out popcorn, cola, etc.

"What's so good about this."

Behind the office desk, Saint Poetry, who had taken a nap on the dean's chair, woke up. She took off the mask on her face. Just waking up, her demeanor was a bit lazy.

"Speaking of which, Bai Ye, will you encounter strong enemies in the near future? According to our prior agreement, I only need to assist when you are dealing with strong enemies. In that case, when there's nothing to do, I'll go get some Soul Coins. Upgrading healing abilities is also very expensive."

Hearing Saint Poetry's words, Su Xiao, who hadn't eaten dinner and was holding a piece of beef jerky, paused. He turned to look at Saint Poetry. Who knew that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang beside him tilted his head and ate the beef jerky in his hand.

"……"

Su Xiao tried to activate the dean's permission, then skillfully activated various branch permissions notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, finally selecting three mission tasks in Kusi City, and pulled the mission reward range to the highest. The mission reward was naturally not paid by himself, but approved by the insane asylum, and paid by the relevant departments of the Alliance.

After completing this series of skillful operations, Su Xiao released these three tasks to Saint Poetry. Almost at the same time, Saint Poetry received a notification.

【Hint: With the recommendation of Twilight Insane Asylum Dean · Bai Ye, you have joined the Alliance faction.】

【Because of this recommendation, your faction reputation acquisition in the Alliance faction is increased by 20% (this increase covers all reputation acquisition channels).】

【You have activated the Alliance faction store. You can exchange for supplies in this faction store based on Alliance reputation.】

【You have triggered the following emergency tasks of the Alliance · Twilight Insane Asylum (completing the emergency task, the faction reputation rewarded by this task will be additionally increased by 10%).】

【Emergency Task · Ghost of the Opera House.】

Task Content: Eliminate or capture the Ghost of the Opera House.

Task Difficulty: ★★ (The difficulty of this type of task is ★～★★★★★).

Task Danger Level: ★★★

Task Reward: ★★★★★ (Each ★ reward corresponds to 200 reputation points. The final reward of the task is task reward star level × task completion degree × 200, which is the final number of reputation points obtained).】

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【Emergency Task · Crazy Clown.】

Task Content: Capture the crazy clown of the circus.

Task Difficulty: ★★ (The difficulty of this type of task is ★～★★★★★).

Task Danger Level: ★★

Task Reward: ★★★★★ (Each ★ reward corresponds to 200 reputation points……)

……

【Emergency Task · Escort.】

Task Content: 16 hours later, go to the highway in the eastern suburbs of Kusi City, escort the vehicle transporting dangerous criminals, and safely arrive at Twilight Insane Asylum.

Task Difficulty: ★ (The difficulty of this type of task is ★～★★★★★).

Task Danger Level: ★★

Task Reward: ★★★★★ (Each ★ reward corresponds to 200 reputation points……).

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Adjusting the tasks to a pending release state, Su Xiao looked at Saint Poetry behind the office desk and said: "Are you going to seek your own benefits? Since you are so busy, then these faction tasks……"

"Leave it to me, Dean Bai Ye."

Saint Poetry was no longer sleepy. Recalling the various events in Dead Silence City, her action plan in this world became clear at once, and she missed Gulu a little. Before, when cooperating with Gulu, she didn't even have to walk herself. It stood to reason that if Saint Poetry met Gulu again in the future, the reactions of both would definitely be: Gulu turned and ran, while Saint Poetry elegantly committed suicide and entangled Gulu in a soul state.

After Saint Poetry accepted the faction tasks, she felt somewhat uneasy. The reward range of these three tasks was actually pulled up to a somewhat exaggerated level. She asked:

"Bai Ye, won't there be a problem with this."

Hearing this, Su Xiao didn't speak. That is, Caesar was not in this world, otherwise Saint Poetry could see what extreme reward range pulling was.

Saint Poetry left soon to execute the first faction task. In front of the TV, Baja hesitated, but still asked: "Boss, won't there be a problem with Saint Poetry."

"Yes."

"Then we……"

"Xiang Bubu is watching."

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked, and even took out the small Xiang Bubu number. Through the projection of the small Xiang Bubu number, the bird's-eye view appeared on the wall. The picture above was Saint Poetry walking out of the main entrance of the insane asylum.

Su Xiao was not sure what kind of enemies he would encounter this time, so he forced Saint Poetry into this world, with two purposes.

1. If among the six traitors, there really is a strong enemy that Su Xiao cannot defeat one-on-one, then bring Saint Poetry, this healer, to defeat the strong enemy.

2. Among the six traitors, there must be those with great power in the Alliance or the Northern Empire. After Su Xiao targeted the other party, the other party would definitely target Su Xiao.

At the current stage, the probability of direct confrontation between the two sides is very low. It is more likely to be probing, as well as planting eyes around the other party, or simply inciting the people around the other party.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baja, and Amu, who was rushing over at full speed—no, should be swimming at full speed—cannot be incited. Once this situation is discovered, the enemy will treat Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja as the main targets, such as wanting to force puppets, or strong mental or soul control, etc.

Instead of making his side solid as a rock, it is better to take the initiative to reveal flaws, such as Saint Poetry.

In the eyes of outsiders, Saint Poetry is not only a doctor of the insane asylum, but also one of the people the new dean of the insane asylum trusts most. The new dean just took over the insane asylum and let her go to the theater to hand over with the field personnel, then let her go to the circus to contact the information merchant who has cooperated for many years, and finally sent her to hand over the dangerous criminal · Jackal · Fenrir sent from the Holy Capital, this kind of criminal who committed evil acts.

Saint Poetry first went to the theater (field branch), then went to the circus (underground information trading place), and finally went to hand over Jackal · Fenrir. No matter how you look at it, this is one of the confidants of the new dean of the insane asylum. If this confidant can be incited, isn't it stronger than inciting a dog or a magic eagle.

Therefore, Su Xiao deliberately left this flaw to avoid the enemy discovering that his defense was airtight, thus jumping over the wall in a hurry.

When Saint Poetry faces the enemy's incitement, she will definitely be 'internally conflicted', and then agree while holding back her laughter. She won't be stupid enough to refuse this benefit. As for betraying the insane asylum, from beginning to end, she couldn't interfere with anything in the insane asylum. Whether she betrays or not has no essential difference.

Therefore, Su Xiao concluded that Saint Poetry would be very willing to cooperate with him to act as this traitor. The longer Saint Poetry acts as a traitor, the longer she helps Su Xiao drag the enemy.

When the enemy investigates clearly and prepares to kill Saint Poetry, this is not a problem at all. Su Xiao was hostile to Saint Poetry before, why are they cooperating now? Because Saint Poetry is very difficult to kill. As long as the other party doesn't actively invade Su Xiao in a soul state, Su Xiao wants to kill the other party, not only paying time costs, but also setting up formations, etc., paying resource costs.

After Su Xiao briefly explained this point to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja, Xiang Bubu and Baja suddenly realized.

The fighting match broadcast on the TV ended. Su Xiao returned to sit behind the office desk. He took out the phone book from the drawer. After searching on it, he found the phone numbers of Mayor Perkin and the leader of the Hunter Troops · Tasha. He first dialed Mayor Perkin's side, and soon, the phone was connected.

"Hello."

The voice on the other side of the phone was full of energy. However, Mayor Perkin was not a transcendent. He was busy with everything every day, plus he was middle-aged, so it was understandable that he was fat.

"There is a problem with the underground prison on my side."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Su Xiao heard a painful groan of a wooden bed coming from the opposite side of the phone. This was clearly the old bed in Mayor Perkin's home. He suddenly got up, and this old bed he bought when he was newly married didn't survive this disaster.

"The prisoners inside escaped?"

Mayor Perkin's voice was no longer sleepy, and he had his usual aura again.

"That's not it."

Su Xiao said here, lit a cigarette, and gave Mayor Perkin on the opposite side some time to accept it.

"That's good, tell me about it, what's the specific situation."

"Tonight, the prisoners in the underground prison conspired to rush out……"

"Wait."

Mayor Perkin on the other side of the phone suddenly spoke. He continued in a tone that felt unbelievable: "With the security forces on your side, it's unlikely……"

"Don't pay too much attention to these side details."

"This…… alright, you continue, but I'll say the ugly words first, the city treasury has no money."

Mayor Perkin clearly didn't want to participate in the insane asylum's affairs, so he ignored the details of some things tonight.

"In order to suppress the prisoners rushing out tonight, I accidentally blasted through the foundation of the underground prison."

"What?!"

The voice in the phone raised, Su Xiao turned his head, and his ears moved away from the receiver.

A moment later, Mayor Perkin calmed down and asked: "How did you blast through it? How deep did you blast through? Was the gravity alloy layer completely blasted through? Did you see the rock layer below?"

"Saw water."

"Water? Water supply pipeline? When it was built, I don't remember there being a water supply pipeline below."

"Underground water."

Beep, beep, beep~

After Su Xiao said the two words underground water, a blind tone came from the phone. Anyone who thought about it knew that after Mayor Perkin hung up the phone, he must have put on his clothes and got into the car, letting the driver drive to the insane asylum at full speed.

Su Xiao let Baja order a midnight snack at a nearby hotel. When Baja returned with a rich midnight snack, in a few minutes, Mayor Perkin's car drove into the courtyard.

Mayor Perkin, with his driver and bodyguard, walked into the dean's office with a calm expression. His first glance was at Su Xiao behind the office desk, and then at the rich wine and dishes placed on the office desk. This was clearly prepared, waiting for Mayor Perkin to come.

This made the stuffiness of Mayor Perkin, who rushed here in the middle of the night, disappear a bit. After sitting down, Mayor Perkin picked up a wet towel on the side to wipe his face, and also wiped the sweat on his forehead. The wet towel took away the dryness and heat, and he felt refreshed, and the stuffiness in his heart couldn't be vented.

"You just took over the insane asylum, any accident is actually understandable, but you can't blast through the foundation of the underground prison. Do you know how much money it cost to build this foundation back then……"

Speaking to the end, Mayor Perkin's mood began to be restless again. He glanced out the window, and then saw the iron-blooded heavy cannon on the sentry tower outside. This weapon charged with soul crystals, 219 soul crystals (complete), could fire five shots. Therefore, seeing this equally money-burning iron-blooded heavy cannon, Mayor Perkin took back his gaze.

Just at this time, a wine aroma he had never smelled before drifted over. He looked at Su Xiao, and then looked at a bottle of wine among the delicious food on the office desk. This wine bottle didn't look like much, but the color of the wine inside was moist. Mayor Perkin pulled out the cork, poured a little into the cup, and took a small sip. The frown of the whole person stretched out.

"Good wine, really good wine."

Mayor Perkin was about to pour a full cup, but held back. After pressing the cork, he said: "Bai Ye, if this wine could be aged for a few years, it would be even better."

Finishing the wine in the cup, Mayor Perkin got up and left with his driver.

A few minutes later, Mayor Perkin's car drove out of the insane asylum courtyard. In the car, Mayor Perkin in the back seat opened the car window, looking at the insane asylum shrouded in the dark night, as if talking to himself, or chatting with the driver: "Those two old foxes, this time chose a ruthless one, quite good, can make those people in the Hunter Troops settle down. And the wine Bai Ye brewed himself is really good."

Speaking to the end, Mayor Perkin remembered the taste of the elemental wine again. Other fine wines, even if the quality is excellent, will have discomfort after being slightly drunk. Conversely, when drinking elemental wine to a state of slight drunkenness, it can be said to be comfortable, and after a sweat comes out, the whole person is much relaxed.

In the dean's office on the third floor of the insane asylum, Su Xiao looked at the vehicles gradually disappearing into the night. Through this interview, he had an understanding of Mayor Perkin's position. The financial god still couldn't be offended. For example, this time repairing the underground prison, if it were other Alliance officials, they would have thought of ways to push it off, but the financial god, although always saying there was no money, arranged the maintenance personnel and gravity metal properly.

Su Xiao sat on the leather chair. He was also tasting elemental wine for the first time. Although this bottle of elemental wine hadn't been aged, the quality was excellent. If the elemental wine in his exclusive room was aged for decades, or even a hundred years, through "Time Crystallization," the wine bottle would definitely have a considerable improvement.

Dealing with the criminals in the underground prison tonight made Su Xiao confirm two things. First, as the dean, he had the permission to release the insane asylum's tasks, not only to Saint Poetry, but to all contractors in this world.

But as the price of becoming the dean, he killed the criminals here, but didn't get a bit of world source, nor did he drop a treasure chest. After consulting with permission, he learned that killing all the criminals detained here had no kill rewards, except for the only existence on the third floor, which was that Abyss-corrupted creature.

Speaking of this Abyss-corrupted creature, it is necessary to mention the "Dark Sect" and the Law-Extinguishers of this world. It is hard to imagine that the two have a connection, but the fact is, it is indeed a bit.

First of all, the "Dark Sect" is a sect that worships the abyss. They don't worship gods, but worship abyss power. This makes people sigh, there are thousands of worlds, and there are all kinds of wise people. There are actually those who worship the abyss. Even if they worship evil gods, it can be understood, but worshiping the abyss really makes people feel confused.

To say that the believers of the "Dark Sect" have problems with their brains, that is really not the case. They worship the abyss, not to let the abyss descend, but because they learned from an ancient book that the seeds of the Black Maple Tree came from the abyss. Regarding this point, the ancient book clearly stated that the Law-Extinguishers and the Dark Continent had both obtained Black Maple Tree seeds from the abyss.

The founder of the "Dark Sect" had this idea at the beginning. He also wanted to get the Black Maple Tree seeds and plant a Black Maple Tree mother tree. Later, according to the records in the ancient book, he summoned the abyss.

The result was that the abyss channel didn't open, how could there be abyss energy, but that summoning was considered successful. It successfully summoned an Abyss-corrupted creature from a certain world. No one could control or subdue this Abyss-corrupted creature. At that time, the war between the Alliance and the Northern Empire was fierce, and that Abyss-corrupted creature was finally teleported into the main city of the Northern Empire.

From then on, the "summoning" ability of the "Dark Sect" was recognized, until they summoned an Abyss-corrupted creature that couldn't be killed. That's right, it was the Abyss-corrupted creature with the immortal characteristic.

In other words, in this world, besides the immortal characteristic · Abyss-corrupted creature in the basement of the insane asylum, there was another one. Up to now, where that Abyss-corrupted creature was, it was unknown.

With the truce between the Alliance and the Northern Empire, the days of the Dark Sect became more and more difficult. No one would like an organization that often summoned Abyss-corrupted creatures. Even, most cities in the Alliance did not allow the backbone members of the Dark Sect to enter.

Su Xiao thought of the immortal characteristic · Abyss-corrupted creature on the third floor of the underground prison, feeling that he was really lucky this time. For others, even the immortal characteristic · Abyss-corrupted creature detained was very dangerous, but for a Law-Extinguisher, this was a rare opportunity.

If it was swallowed and digested with the "Magic Spirit Awakening" ability, it would definitely bring considerable improvement to Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan and the Blade Magic Spirit inside.

Speaking of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, Su Xiao was most concerned about Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan being promoted to Origin-level, not just the overall improvement of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, but its inlay effect. He looked at the notification that appeared before:

【Hint: Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan has been promoted to Origin-level.】

【This promotion has triggered the unique forging effect "Gem Absorption" buffed by the forger · Demon Blacksmith.】

【The three immortal-level gems currently inlaid on Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan: Crack Space, Soul Cut, Passing Kill · Convergence, will be absorbed by Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan after completing the promotion.】

【"Crack Space (Immortal-level Gem): Sharpness +227 points, penetration +195 points, weapon durability +32 points, high-level non-damage characteristic (this gem bonus has been raised to the limit).】

Soul Cut (Immortal-level Gem): Sharpness +230 points, armor-piercing +199 points, increases soul damage by 18% (this gem bonus has been raised to the limit).】

Passing Kill · Convergence (Immortal-level Gem): Increases attack power by 104 points."】

【After the bonuses of the three gems are absorbed by Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, this bonus will be permanently increased to the basic attributes of this weapon.】

【Hint: Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan can be inlaid with new gems, inlay slots 0/3. Because this gem absorption has been performed, Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan will no longer be able to inlay immortal-level or immortal-level or lower gems. You need to inlay Origin-level gems to achieve a stable inlay effect.】

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Seeing these notifications, Su Xiao had a new understanding of the Demon Blacksmith's forging and gem inlay level. Three immortal-level gems were actually absorbed during Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's promotion. He checked the current attributes of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan.

【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan (Blade Value 0%)】

Origin: Law-Extinguishing Shadow

Quality: Origin-level

Category: Long Knife

Durability: 449/450 points (increased by 80 points)

Attack Power: 521～658 (increased by 57～68 points)

Equipment Requirement: Law-Extinguishing Shadow.

Basic Bonus 1: Buffing Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy on this weapon, mana consumption reduced by 93%, high armor-piercing characteristic, soul damage deepening, slashing characteristic high-tier amplification, space piercing characteristic, ultimate blade, ultimate penetration, immortal blade characteristic.

Basic Bonus 3: True damage caused by Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy increased by 30% (increased by 5%).

Supreme Blade Effect 1: Sharpness +710 points.

Supreme Blade Effect 2: Magic Blade (Core · Active), after activating the Blade Magic Spirit, when attacking an enemy unit with less than 25% maximum health with this weapon, it will execute this unit.

Hint: If the Magic Blade ability fails to execute, and the enemy's maximum health is higher than 25%, this attack with the Magic Blade effect will cause 15% true damage of the enemy's maximum health.

Hint: The cooldown of this ability is 1～5 natural days (depending on the current strength of the Blade Magic Spirit and the comprehensive strength of the executed enemy).

Supreme Blade Effect 3: Shadow · Magic Blade (Core · Passive), when Magic Blade successfully executes an enemy, within the following 30 minutes, the Blade Magic Spirit will not immediately enter the dormant stage, and the Magic Blade ability will be in an available state. If another enemy target is executed, the Blade Magic Spirit will delay the dormant stage again, available within 30 minutes.

Hint: After executing two enemy targets in a row, when you execute an enemy again, the cooldown of the Magic Blade ability will refresh, and you will gain a full-aspect speed bonus that rapidly decreases within 3 seconds.

Hint: After executing two enemy targets in a row, executing an enemy again will cause the Blade Magic Spirit to enter a high-activity state, thereby temporarily increasing the execution limit by 5%. This characteristic can be stacked, stacking up to executing enemies with less than 45% maximum health.

Hint: When no new enemy is executed within 30 minutes, this ability will enter the cooldown stage, and the execution limit will also return to 25% maximum health.

Inlay Effect: 0/3 gems.

Rating: 3000+ (Origin-level equipment rating is 1500～3000 points).

Introduction: Kill gods and evil, slash souls and kill evil, seal demons in the blade, slash all immortal and indestructible!

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Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's improvement range was huge. Just the Supreme Blade Effect 1 adding 710 points of sharpness was already a terrifying bonus.

Putting away Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, Su Xiao felt himself. His blood aura was still quite a bit, but not fully recovered. After the blood aura was fully recovered, he would go to deal with the immortal characteristic · Abyss-corrupted creature detained on the third floor of the underground prison. Although that thing was detained, if he wanted to swallow it with Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, he still had to do some preparation work.

Supreme Blade Effect 2: Demon Blade (Core/Active). After activating the Blade Demon Spirit, when using this weapon to attack an enemy unit with less than 25% of its maximum health, this unit will be executed.

Besides this, the common characteristic of all devourers is to perform early development. Among them, Boiling Red is definitely the fastest, and it will likely complete development with the host in two days, entering a stage with relatively combat capability.

Hint: The cooldown for this ability is 1 to 5 natural days (determined by the current strength of the Blade Demon Spirit and the overall combat power of the executed enemy).

Although Black A is a rebellious son, it has been manufactured by Su Xiao for the longest time. The 【Dark Substance】 and 【Dark Sediment】 stripped from the Dull King were all swallowed by it. Not only that, sometimes it thought it had escaped successfully and would swallow other dark-characteristic energy, so that Black A had swallowed a certain amount of special abyss energy.

Hint: If you execute two enemies in succession, when you execute a third enemy, the cooldown for the Demon Blade ability will reset, and you will simultaneously gain a comprehensive speed bonus that rapidly decays over 3 seconds.

To be precise, Dark Sun could fight a draw with Black A in the fourth stage.

Using a game analogy, Black A is a late-stage hero with three specialties: strength, agility, and stamina. Once it grows up, others have no way to fight. Conversely, it needs the longest growth time among all devourers.

Boiling Red belongs to the early-stage agility hero. It develops the fastest and its combat power takes shape the earliest. If it wants, it can take advantage of its development to kill the other four devourers. At this stage, Boiling Red is invincible, and once killed by it, one of its abilities can be used. It is the only devourer that can swallow other devourers.

Rating: 3000+ (Origin-level equipment rating is 1500–3000 points).

As for Dark Sun, it is equivalent to a sun magic tank, both fleshy and high output. Don't let it enter the bitter cultivation stage. After entering the bitter cultivation stage, its development speed is second only to Boiling Red, and its development limit is also high.

The development of the Sun Apostle is average, combat power is average, and the limit is average. Everything is average, but it is the only old Yin-B in the devourers. Plus there is the Sun Sect in this world, the probability of the Sun Apostle becoming the final winner is actually the highest.

The improvement to Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan is immense; the 710-point sharpness bonus from Supreme Blade Effect 1 alone is already a terrifying increase.

The second stage of the Devourer Hegemony Battle is to let the devourers develop. In this

However, before that, the Devourer Hegemony Battle can begin. Su Xiao's plan is to first release five Devourers—Black A, Boiling Red, Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji—and let them find hosts who harbor malice. This is a characteristic of all Devourers; only those who harbor malice will attract them.

Besides this, a common characteristic of all Devourers is the need for an initial development phase. Boiling Red is definitely the fastest; it will likely complete development with its host in two days and enter a stage with significant combat power.

This is Black A's weak point, but once Black A is fully developed, Boiling Red, Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji combined would not be enough to fight Black A alone.

Although Black A is a rebellious child, it has been manufactured by Su Xiao for the longest time. The 【Dark Matter】 and 【Dark Sediment】 stripped from the King of Dull Hair were all devoured by it. Not only that, it sometimes thinks it has successfully escaped and will devour other dark-characteristic energies, to the point that Black A has devoured a certain amount of special Abyss energy.

However, in this Devourer Hegemony Battle, Black A does not have that much time to develop. It has five stages in total; if it can develop to the third stage, it will be enough to make the other 'younger siblings' suffer. Black A at the third stage can handle Boiling Red, Crystal Ji, and the Sun Apostle; only the dim-witted Dark Sun can beat it.

To be precise, Dark Sun can fight Black A at the fourth stage to a draw.

Using a game analogy, Black A is a late-game hero with specializations in Strength, Agility, and Stamina. Once it grows up, others have no chance. Conversely, it requires the longest growth time of all Devourers.

Boiling Red is an early-game Agility hero; it develops the fastest and its combat power takes shape the earliest. If it wants to, it can take advantage of its development to exterminate the other four Devourers. At this stage, Boiling Red is invincible, and once it kills someone, it can use one of their abilities; it is the only Devourer capable of devouring other Devourers.

Simply put, Boiling Red develops the fastest. Once it kills and devours a Devourer, its combat power will at least rise to the late stage of Black A's third stage, just short of the fourth stage—meaning its period of dominance is extended. If it devours Dark Sun, the Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji, it will be the only Devourer capable of clashing with a fifth-stage Black A.

As for Dark Sun, it is equivalent to a Sun Magic Tank; it is both tanky and has high output. Do not let it enter the ascetic stage; once it does, its development speed is second only to Boiling Red, and its development ceiling is also high.

The Sun Apostle's development is average, its combat power is average, its ceiling is average—everything is average. However, it is the unique schemer among the Devourers, and since there is a Sun Sect in this world, the probability of the Sun Apostle becoming the final winner is actually the highest.

Finally, Crystal Ji. Its personality and specific ability tendencies are still unknown, but as a fifth-generation Devourer, the perfection of its partial domains is nearly at its peak. This might be the most elegant Devourer.

The first stage of the Devourer Hegemony Battle is to let the Devourers develop. During this stage, Su Xiao will not intervene. When it reaches the second stage, Su Xiao will release 【Concentrated Vitality Potions】. These are tailor-made for Devourers; after absorption, they can accelerate the development of the Devourer and its host. Produced by Saint Flame, the quality is guaranteed.

In the second stage, 10 bottles of 【Concentrated Vitality Potions】 will be released, as well as the final 【Blood of Fate (World-class item)】. Once a Devourer helps its host obtain this, that party will have a huge advantage in subsequent struggles.

In the third stage, which is the final stage, Su Xiao will release the only 【Life Essence Aggregation Crystal】. This thing has an irresistible temptation for Devourers; it is not only a supreme treasure for them to evolve further but also the only way to break free from Su Xiao's control—at least, it seems feasible.

Therefore, even the most obedient Boiling Red cannot resist the temptation of these two aspects.

Su Xiao placed the five glass columns containing the Devourers on the table, lined up in a row: black, red, dark gold, gold, and crystal—five Devourers, five different colors.

Su Xiao took out the apple-sized crystallized 【Life Essence Aggregation Crystal】. The moment this thing appeared, Black A, Boiling Red, Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji inside the five glass columns all stopped moving.

Boom!!

The black semi-fluid Black A slammed into the inner wall of the glass column. It bared its fang-filled mouth, seemingly smiling.

Following Su Xiao's manipulation, the sealing formations on the five glass columns were simultaneously lifted. Black A, Dark Sun, and the Sun Apostle rushed out instantly. Dark Sun surged on the table, while the Sun Apostle transformed into a semi-fluid arrow, shot through the window glass, and disappeared without a trace.

The Sun Apostle's judgment was wise; it had no chance of snatching the 【Life Essence Aggregation Crystal】 from Su Xiao's hands right now. Developing as quickly as possible was the real priority.

Dark Sun and Crystal Ji followed the gaps in the window and went out, disappearing into the night.

Only Black A and Boiling Red remained on the desk. Boiling Red did not even come out of its glass column. As for Black A...

Splat~

Black A pounced onto Su Xiao's right forearm, opened its fang-filled mouth, and bit toward the 【Life Essence Aggregation Crystal】 in Su Xiao's hand.

Su Xiao pulled Black A off his arm, squeezed it until it let out a miserable hiss, and threw it out the window. With a crash, glass shards scattered, and Black A also disappeared into the night.

Su Xiao glanced at the direction in which the rebellious child Black A had disappeared, then turned to look at Boiling Red. Only then did Boiling Red emerge from its container. After a while, it also left to find a host with high compatibility.

In this Devourer Hegemony Battle, Su Xiao is the maintainer. As long as no accidents outside the rules occur, he will not enter the field. Baham is the referee. Once Amu arrives, Baham and Amu will act as referee and executor. If any Devourer or host dares to challenge the rules, Baham and Amu, carrying the Dragon Heart Axe, will pay them a visit.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang acts as the material NPC. If the five Devourers and their hosts obtain Soul Coins, they can come to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to buy supplies, such as potions, weapons, etc. As for where these supplies come from, the potions were naturally prepared by Su Xiao earlier. Regarding supplies, given Su Xiao's current status, he has many channels to handle this.

Another point is that the Twilight Asylum is an absolutely neutral zone. The Devourers and their hosts will obtain permits to enter this place, but if they dare to act recklessly here, even if Su Xiao himself is not in the asylum, Eleanor and the squad leaders of the security department can teach them a lesson.

Everything is ready. The Devourer Hegemony Battle officially begins.