Chapter 3606: Devour

At the lowest level of the underground prison, in front of the cell imprisoning the Abyss-spawn with the undying trait.

Compared to other cells, the gravity crystal layer of this cell, which imprisons the Abyss-spawn, is a full half-meter thick, showing the extent of the wariness toward this Abyss-spawn. Furthermore, this cell is a standalone structure, not built side-by-side with the others.

The original design for remodeling this cell was so that the criminals in the other nine cells could see the undying Abyss-spawn inside. If a criminal discovered any unusual activity from the Abyss-spawn and informed the guards, they would have a chance to be transferred to the second level above.

Being on the third level of the underground prison means there is no chance to go out, unlike the prisoners on the second and first levels, who can still go outside for an hour of fresh air every week.

The reason for this arrangement is that once this undying Abyss-spawn breaks free, the revenge it would take on the Alliance after being imprisoned for so many years is unimaginable.

Su Xiao looked at the Abyss-spawn inside the cell. The creature, which had been radiating malice every moment, was now uncharacteristically motionless. It had sensed that the person capable of killing it was standing right outside the cell, which made its aura become increasingly violent.

The already quiet underground prison was now filled with an inexplicable sense of oppression in the air. This caused the Lion King, Angry Shark, and Banshee in the surrounding cells to cast their gazes over. Hatred, who was always hanging upside down in their cell, and the Mind Master, who sat cross-legged on the bed without moving, also walked to the gravity crystal layer, casting their gazes toward the Abyss-spawn and Su Xiao, who were in a standoff.

"Mr. Warden, I suggest you get along with it. If you want to kill it once and for all, I advise you to forget it."

Angry Shark, the most talkative of the five criminals, spoke up. This guy had a shark-like face, cyan-tinted skin, and gills behind his neck and ears. He wasn't a merman; rather, he had been cursed by a bizarre object from the deep sea in his youth. He was once a famous pirate of the "Anglos Strait," having repeatedly raided merchant ships of the Saint Lan Kingdom and the Alliance.

The sea area of this world is too vast, which led to this expansive ocean becoming a paradise for outlaws. The Four Sea Kings were representatives of this, and Angry Shark was once one of the four pirate kings, until his first mate got carried away and robbed a cargo ship of the Alliance Merchant Union.

The Alliance Merchant Union and Alliance merchants sound similar, but the actual significance they represent is different.

When Angry Shark's first mate was counting the cargo on that ship, he found it was full of tea and spices. At the time, the first mate was laughing like a madman, until he opened the last few containers, which were filled with neatly stacked heavy-artillery-grade weapons that emitted a metallic dark light.

The Alliance broadly classifies weapons into three tiers: Danger-grade, Heavy-artillery-grade, and Iron-blood-grade. The first tier, Danger-grade, is forbidden for civilians to possess, as it poses a threat to the safety of citizens and buildings within cities.

The subsequent Heavy-artillery-grade enters the war-level category, meaning these are weapons only used during wartime.

Finally, the Iron-blood-grade weapons are exclusively produced by the Alliance's First Military Factory. In this world, only this military factory can produce weapons powered by soul crystals.

Iron-blood-grade weapons are only to be used during wartime when necessary. Such weapons can only be stored and deployed in limited departments, and every Iron-blood-grade weapon has its own exclusive serial number, unless one has documents approved by the Alliance Council, such as Veronica, who possesses such documents.

When Angry Shark's first mate saw the containers full of Heavy-artillery-grade weapons, he laughed happily and then had his men count them while he went to take a leak, intending to run away.

Since then, that first mate disappeared. To be precise, he was interrogated and thrown into the sea to feed the fish. An hour later, a five-man squad of the Hunter Unit infiltrated a luxury cruise ship, kicked open the VIP room where Angry Shark was, and found him drugged by a "beauty" and lying on the floor. Until he was brought onto the speedboat, he was completely bewildered, not knowing who he had offended. No matter what, he was one of the four pirate kings; how did he end up like this?

Facts proved that the Alliance Merchant Union cannot be provoked, because you never know which big shot the Merchant Union is working for. That batch of Heavy-artillery-grade weapons was part of a cooperation agreement between the Alliance high-level officials and the royal family of the Saint Lan Kingdom, which is why they were sold or given away to that side. It looked like cargo transport, but it was actually under the secret protection of the Hunter Unit the entire time.

When they saw Angry Shark's first mate brazenly attack, the members of the Hunter Unit thought this was a pirate group secretly supported by the Northern Empire. They didn't attack directly but first asked their leader, Tessa, for her opinion.

Tessa also felt it was troublesome. After weighing the options, she began to pressure the relevant departments of the Northern Empire. Their attitude was just two words: "What?"

In the end, the heads of the Saint Lan Kingdom's royal family, the Alliance high-level officials, and the Northern Empire's intelligence departments were all left crying and laughing; it was all a misunderstanding.

Actually, the most bewildered one was Angry Shark. He admitted he had done many bad things over the years, but the Alliance Tribunal shouldn't have sentenced him to 8,700 years in prison, and sending him to the Twilight Asylum was even more excessive.

Lion King was the boss of the Ghost Gang; the Ghost Gang was cleaned up by the Alliance, so Lion King had nothing to say about being locked in the Twilight Asylum.

Banshee had disguised herself as a high-ranking Alliance councilor, was sentenced to ten thousand years, and had nothing to say about being locked in the Twilight Asylum either.

Hatred and the Mind Master go without saying; one intended to destroy several cities and nearly succeeded, while the other organized a massive cult. Of course, they would be imprisoned here.

So Angry Shark felt very wronged. Why exactly was he locked in here? It wasn't until later, when the old warden came to the third level for an inspection, that after Angry Shark's repeated inquiries, the old warden said, "You dared to rob an Alliance Merchant Union ship and you still don't know why you were locked in?"

At the time, Angry Shark was confused. He asked the old warden for a notebook and a pen, and the old warden agreed.

Since then, Angry Shark began to write down and recall the bad things he had done in the past, stroke by stroke. In the end, he became more and more convinced that he had never robbed an Alliance Merchant Union cargo ship.

When Angry Shark told the old warden that he was wronged, the old warden shut him up with one sentence: "Have you caused few innocent people to die in the first half of your life? I see you are unrepentant; I'll have to let the people from the monastery come to reform you."

Hearing this, Angry Shark didn't have another word to say, not only because he had nothing to say, but also because he never wanted to see those lunatics from the monastery again; those people should be the ones sent to the asylum for treatment.

Su Xiao glanced at Angry Shark inside the cell. The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Angry Shark looked away. It wasn't because he was scared, but because under the influence of Su Xiao's "Soul Gaze" ability, Angry Shark felt that if he continued to stare, his soul would burn up.

Su Xiao looked back at the undying Abyss-spawn inside the cell and checked if the one-way valve was usable.

Su Xiao had always studied Abyss energy and Abyss-spawn because he discovered that the higher the tier he reached, the higher the probability of encountering Abyss energy or Abyss-spawn.

"Roar!!"

The Abyss-spawn in the cell ahead roared. Because of the specialized soundproofing treatment, after the Abyss-spawn roared, one could only see the gravity crystal layer fluctuating like water waves.

Boom! Boom!

The Abyss-spawn in the cell hit the gravity crystal layer repeatedly, causing it to bulge outward constantly. The most violent hit caused the bulging gravity crystal layer to be only 10 centimeters away from Su Xiao's nose.

"Roar!!"

The Abyss-spawn in the cell roared again. Although the sound couldn't be heard, one could see layers of black sound waves spreading out around it. If one were hit by these sound waves, anyone with mid-to-low tier nine strength would be dead or crippled, and this was without being directly attacked by the Abyss-spawn.

Su Xiao estimated that in a one-on-one duel, with both in their prime, he couldn't beat this undying Abyss-spawn. Its immortality was just one of its many powerful traits. The Hunter Unit had originally captured it through a siege, paying a heavy price in casualties.

Through observation, Su Xiao discovered that the Abyss-spawn had a certain level of intelligence. To be precise, an Abyss-spawn that had just left the Abyss had no intelligence or thoughts; it was a terrifying existence driven purely by instinct and cruelty.

After staying in one place for a long time, the Abyss-spawn would develop a certain level of intelligence and thinking ability due to environmental influence, but because of its overly violent and cruel instincts, this acquired intelligence and thinking ability would be significantly suppressed.

After confirming this, Su Xiao took out the means to deal with the Abyss-spawn. Opening the gravity crystal layer of this cell and dueling the Abyss-spawn was impossible, but he could let the opponent praise the sun.

Su Xiao took out a reinforced glass column containing a glowing golden solution. To be precise, this was liquid Apollo.

A long time ago, Su Xiao had the idea for liquid Apollo and had been perfecting it until he achieved satisfactory results. The two Solar Holy Swords used on the Arcane Eternal Star were achieved through liquid Apollo.

When liquid Apollo was achieved, Su Xiao had another idea: gaseous Apollo. To be precise, it was an aerosol-type Apollo. For some places where solid Apollo couldn't be thrown in and liquid Apollo couldn't be poured in, would injecting gaseous Apollo achieve the goal of eliminating the enemy?

For a long time, there was a problem with gaseous Apollo that couldn't be solved, until one time when Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang bought snacks that came with a balloon. After Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang blew up the balloon to a certain extent, it popped with a "pop."

Seeing this, Su Xiao secretly reflected that he hadn't thought of such a simple principle; there was no need to worry about the detonation problem with gaseous Apollo.

In front of the cell, after Su Xiao set everything up, the Abyss-spawn in the cell actually imitated Su Xiao's figure, but the imitation wasn't accurate; it was just a physical imitation.

Su Xiao ignored the Abyss-spawn in the cell. He attached the device to the glass column and just as he was about to activate it, his movements paused.

From the first tier to the ninth tier, this was the first time Su Xiao experienced what it felt like to be controlled. He only felt his whole body as stiff as stone. This feeling of turning into a statue made him unable to do even such a simple thing as activating the device.

The feeling of full-body stiffness lasted for about 2 seconds. When Su Xiao recovered, he confirmed one thing: the Abyss-spawn had a control ability, and this control ability could not be exempted.

Of course, there was another possibility: Su Xiao's Sword Master level wasn't high enough. Once it exceeded a certain limit, even the Abyss-spawn's control ability could be exempted.

Su Xiao moved his five fingers. Although he had been controlled for less than 2 seconds, his fingertips were still a bit numb. Fortunately, this feeling was fading quickly.

Su Xiao activated the device and turned the power to the maximum. Gaseous Apollo sprayed from the one-way valve into the Abyss-spawn's cell.

The next instant, the Abyss-spawn lunged forward, slapping its claw at the golden mist. Even though most of its abilities were restricted by the seals, its melee ability was still chilling.

Thud!

A muffled sound spread. The Abyss-spawn's slap caused the liquid Apollo to explode prematurely, covering its claws in sparks, but these sparks were immediately swallowed by the surging darkness.

In this short moment, the cell where the Abyss-spawn was located was already filled with golden mist. Outside the cell, Su Xiao took out more glass columns containing liquid Apollo.

Thud!!

A deafening explosion came from inside the cell, and the Abyss-spawn's roar could be faintly heard.

A few seconds later.

Thud!!

The explosion continued. After two explosions, Su Xiao began to inject pure oxygen into the cell where the Abyss-spawn was, intensifying the burning of the sun flame inside and causing it to flare up.

Initially, the Abyss-spawn inside opened its blood-red mouth full of fangs, swallowing the flaring sun flame like a whale drinking water.

But a few seconds later, the concentration of gaseous Apollo reached the explosion critical point again. The sound of the explosion came from inside; to be precise, it was the sound of the gravity crystal layer vibrating violently.

Within a very short time, the cell where the Abyss-spawn was located turned into a sun flame domain. Because the temperature of the sun flame was getting higher and higher, its color changed from light gold to incandescent, then the incandescent color gradually rose to golden-white, and finally, it was a dazzling golden sun flame.

The other five criminals were all watching the dazzling golden sun flame in the Abyss-spawn's cell. This scene made them feel a sense of déjà vu. No, they had seen a similar scene years ago, when the old warden entrusted the bishops of the Sun God Sect to burn this Abyss-spawn with sun flame, but that time, the sun flame only reached golden-white, not the terrifyingly hot dazzling golden sun flame of now.

Su Xiao narrowed his eyes, looking at the Abyss-spawn within the dazzling golden sun flame. The opponent struggled left and right at first, tossing and turning for nearly half an hour before showing slight fatigue, crawling in the sun flame, its eyes glowing red, staring fixedly at Su Xiao.

Seeing this, Su Xiao had a new understanding of the Abyss-spawn's survival ability. This existence had bizarre abilities and an outrageously strong survival ability. What was even more outrageous was its undying trait. The only good news was that such existences with the undying trait were extremely rare, even among the entire Abyss-spawn population.

In this way, this world was really unlucky to have two undying Abyss-spawn, but thinking of the existence of the Dark God Sect in this world, this situation made perfect sense.

The dazzling golden sun flame burned for over an hour before Su Xiao pressed the Abyss-spawn's health in the cell to about 2%. "Enemy Health" was the only result he detected after using detection equipment.

It is worth mentioning that after burning for so long, the cell where the Abyss-spawn was located was only burned into a pitted state. It seems it had been reinforced in this regard. It was likely that after the last time he found several bishops of the Sun God Sect to eliminate this Abyss-spawn, targeted reinforcements were carried out.

Even so, the gravity crystal, known as the strongest crystal body, was now covered in cracks, with only a very thin layer left. Su Xiao drew Checking Zhan Long Shan and slashed it to pieces.

Su Xiao held the blade in one hand and walked into the cell. Five blood souls emerged behind him, floating behind him, one of which merged into his body to buff him.

The moment he walked into the cell, the Abyss-spawn inside suddenly erupted. A dark wave exploded with the Abyss-spawn as the center, and its health recovered slightly.

The Abyss-spawn, transformed into a humanoid monster, cracked the metal floor beneath its feet. It broke through layers of sound barriers and raided Su Xiao. Looking closely, one could see shattered space along the Abyss-spawn's path, scattering like glass shards.

"Blade Dao Blade · Slaughter."

Su Xiao slashed diagonally. With a "whoosh," a blood-colored streak slashed out. The "Slaughter" buffed by the blood soul presented a dark red color, filled with tiny sparks.

The "Slaughter" slash streak enveloped the Abyss-spawn. Blood flames ignited on its body with a "whoosh," causing its movements to slow down.

Taking the opportunity, three blood souls merged into Su Xiao's body. He raised his left arm, pointing his index finger at the Abyss-spawn, and the blood energy compressed to the extreme gathered at the tip of his index finger.

"Blood Smoke Cannon!"

After the blood energy was compressed to the limit, it turned into a blood-colored ray and blasted out, breaking through layers of small air waves along the way.

Thud!

The already heavily injured Abyss-spawn was blasted against the wall at the innermost part of the prison. Its chest and abdomen exploded, and the semi-fluid black structure here turned into black tentacles, twisting.

"Blood Smoke Cannon."

Another reinforced Blood Smoke Cannon blasted out, causing the entire underground prison to feel the ground shake.

After the second Blood Smoke Cannon blasted out, Su Xiao's left arm began to feel a bit numb, but he didn't stop. The Abyss-spawn ahead clearly still had energy left, and he didn't want to get close to this thing easily; its abilities were both strong and bizarre.

Boom!

The third Blood Smoke Cannon blasted out, causing the Abyss-spawn to be unable to maintain a fixed form, turning into a black semi-fluid, floating one meter above the ground, twisting its black tentacles.

Su Xiao immediately activated the "Magic Spirit Awakening" ability. This was his first time activating this ability.

"Passive effect: Completely awaken the Blade Magic Spirit within Checking Zhan Long Shan. For the subsequent 30 seconds, the Blade Magic Spirit will enter the 'Mad Devour State.' During this period, if attacking an undying trait Abyss-spawn with health below 10%, the Blade Magic Spirit will devour the Abyss-spawn's origin power, thereby sealing it within Checking Zhan Long Shan (this devouring requires Checking Zhan Long Shan to reach at least Origin-grade to proceed; otherwise, Checking Zhan Long Shan cannot serve as a sufficiently sturdy container to seal the origin power of an undying trait Abyss-spawn)."

"Hint: After completing the devouring and sealing, the Blade Magic Spirit will begin to gnaw on the origin power of the sealed 'undying trait Abyss-spawn' until it is completely digested. The absorbed origin power during this period will be used to permanently increase the quality limit of Checking Zhan Long Shan and the strength of the Blade Magic Spirit."

A large amount of black-blue smoke spread from Checking Zhan Long Shan. Checking Zhan Long Shan nailed itself to the ground, and all the black-blue smoke it spread surged toward Su Xiao.

After Su Xiao was enveloped by the black-blue smoke, his arms turned into claws made of black-blue smoke, red light shone in his eyes, and a black-blue smoke line connected the center of his chest to the hilt of Checking Zhan Long Shan nailed not far away.

Su Xiao disappeared from where he was. When he appeared, he was already in front of the Abyss-spawn, grabbing the Abyss-spawn with one hand.

"Roar!!!"

The Abyss-spawn let out a deafening roar, causing fine cracks to appear on the metal walls of the cell that had been scorched black by flames. But for some reason, the Abyss-spawn, which didn't show panic even when scorched by sun flame, was now waving its limbs and tentacles wildly, and those scarlet eyes were all widened to the maximum.

At this moment, from the perspective of the five criminals, Su Xiao, who was enveloped in black-blue smoke, held the Abyss-spawn with one hand and lifted it up. At the same time, the black-blue smoke on his body began to quickly devour the Abyss-spawn, causing the Abyss-spawn to get smaller and smaller. In the end, the black semi-fluid Abyss-spawn was completely swallowed by the black-blue smoke.

Witnessing the Abyss-spawn being devoured, Hatred among the five criminals remained expressionless throughout. The Mind Master next to him looked indifferent, but judging from the twitching of his eyes, he was not calm inside. As for Lion King, Angry Shark, and Banshee, they had expressions of having seen a ghost.

The black-blue smoke gradually peeled off Su Xiao's body and all merged into Checking Zhan Long Shan. He pulled Checking Zhan Long Shan from the ground and looked around at the destruction. He would have to contact Mayor Perkin again, but this time, the other party would definitely be very willing to pay for the repairs here.

The long blade returned to its sheath. Su Xiao walked out of the cell and looked at Banshee in the cell diagonally opposite. He came to the cell where Banshee was and looked at her calmly.

"Bai Ye... Warden, congratulations on eliminating the Abyss-spawn. I truly admire you."

"......"

Su Xiao didn't speak, just looked at Banshee inside the gravity crystal layer.

"Cough, Warden Bai Ye, is there something you need?"

"......"

Finding that Su Xiao still didn't speak, Banshee made a dry retching motion, then spat out a key-shaped metal strip from her mouth and placed it on the tray where food was delivered every day.

"Warden Bai Ye, actually, it's not that I want to break out of prison. Lion King entrusted me to make this thing. You knew before that Lion King and Angry Shark were plotting to break out."

Hearing Banshee say this, Su Xiao's gaze turned to Lion King, which made Lion King feel his blood run a bit cold. He was already wary of this new warden; the other party not only acted ruthlessly, but unlike the old warden, who needed a reason before acting, this guy acted first and then found a corresponding reason.

If Lion King was wary of Su Xiao before, then after witnessing Su Xiao devour the Abyss-spawn with his own eyes, he felt his liver tremble when he saw Su Xiao now. The more he knew about the Abyss-spawn, the more he knew how terrifying this new warden was.

Su Xiao pressed the one-way valve of the gravity crystal layer, and the tray was pulled out with a "pop." He picked up the homemade key on it, and Banshee opposite explained:

"The human body contains iron. After accumulating for a few months, there's this much."

"......"

Su Xiao threw the homemade key into the Abyss-spawn's cell and stepped toward the stairs. Until his footsteps disappeared, Lion King in the cell angrily said:

"Banshee, you sold me out."

"Don't be angry, look what this is?"

Banshee took out a second homemade key from her mouth. Seeing this, Lion King and Angry Shark suppressed the anger in their hearts.

"So, you still want to break out of prison."

Su Xiao's voice came from the dim stair corridor. He sat on the steps, considering whether to kill Banshee, but the other party's ability was truly too useful. The other party's ability wasn't just imitating others, but directly becoming others, performing a comprehensive mimicry at the cellular level.

Su Xiao's return made Banshee's movements stiffen. She decisively took out the second homemade key.

After taking away the second homemade key, Su Xiao left. This time, after half an hour, Banshee, Lion King, and Angry Shark breathed a sigh of relief. Angry Shark said unluckily:

"What are you showing off for? Isn't it better to hide it? Or are you saying you have a third one?"

"There really isn't one this time."

Banshee sighed and fell backward onto the bed.

"Don't talk, I suspect that guy is still there."

Lion King whispered. Hearing this, the Mind Master teased:

"From a psychological perspective, someone like Warden Bai Ye who cares about face won't come a third time. Things don't happen three times."

"Hmm, that makes a lot of sense."

After saying that, Su Xiao, who was sitting on the steps in the darkness, got up and left.

Half an hour later, in the warden's office, Su Xiao, who had taken a cold shower, sat behind the desk, feeling much more refreshed. This time, killing the Abyss-spawn had a kill reward. Su Xiao knew this before, but this time, the kill reward was a bit special; it actually needed settlement. This was the first time he had encountered this situation. He tried to check, and the prompt he received was:

【Hint: Your kill reward for killing the Abyss-spawn (Heterogeneous Species) is being settled. This kill reward is dual: Reincarnation Paradise notarization + Tree of the Void notarization. It is expected to be completed in five minutes.】 ===== CHAPTER 3607 =====