Chapter 3614: Nightmare

The setting sun at dusk was like blood. Outside the Alliance, in the big swamp area to the west, was Ghost City.

Ghost City was originally the main city established by the Ghost Clan after they invaded this world, but after being cleaned up by the Alliance and the Northern Empire, the Ghost Clan, or the Ghost Race, completely abandoned this place, which also led to this place becoming a lawless land. The city was mixed with fish and dragons, and from a certain point of view, this place was actually the old nest of the Dark Sect.

At this moment, inside an underground palace in Ghost City, the palace was dim. On the high platform inside, a figure was lying. This was the leader of the Dark Sect, known as the Controller · Silvis, and some also called it the Abyss Leader · Silvis.

With the help of the faint light shining from above, one could see that the upper body of Abyss Leader · Silvis was a human body, while the lower body was like black mud, just like a thick snake body, lying on the high platform.

At this moment, the human upper body of Abyss Leader · Silvis had its eyes closed. Although the figure was strong, the face was somewhat sickly pale, and the long black hair was floating on its own. Its lower body, like black mud, would occasionally open eyes. These eyes opened for no more than a few seconds before closing, and then other positions opened eyes. The pupils of all these eyes were mixed and overlapped by ring circles.

Suddenly, Abyss Leader · Silvis's cheek twitched stiffly. After its right eyelid trembled a few times, the eye opened. This gave people the feeling that it wasn't opened naturally, but more like two invisible hands pulling open the upper and lower eyelids from above and below, both stiff and somewhat creepy.

A Dark Sect Bishop wearing a black robe stepped forward quickly, waiting for Abyss Leader · Silvis's order while slightly bowing.

"Go find, tell, the Betrayer, the Law-Extinguisher he was waiting for, has come."

Abyss Leader · Silvis said this sentence in a stiff tone. Its lower body, like a twisted black snake, had all its eyes opened. Just as the ring pupils in these eyes were turning towards darkness, a translucent blue luster appeared in one of the ring pupils. In the next second, with a snap, the knife wounds that had already healed on Abyss Leader · Silvis's mud-like body exploded, and dense blue electric arcs surged near the wounds.

Abyss Leader · Silvis's facial expression trembled wildly. It opened the eyes on its head. The left and right eyes, which were different in size after opening, gave people a strong feeling of stiffness and disharmony.

"Roar!!!"

A roar carrying a black energy tide spread in the underground palace. Abyss Leader · Silvis on the stone platform stretched its right arm, and with a squelch, it stabbed into its own black mud-like lower body, grabbed the hilt of a knife inside, and pulled it away. This also caused it to continue to let out painful roars.

Hum~

The blue threads spreading from the long knife connected to every part of the black mud body. The more Abyss Leader · Silvis pulled the long knife out, the more painful its expression became, to the point that its upper body even appeared to have a ghosting effect. This was because its human flesh and soul were somewhat separated.

Finally, when Abyss Leader · Silvis couldn't bear it anymore, it could only let go of the long knife it had pulled out halfway. A magical scene appeared: the long knife sank into Abyss Leader · Silvis's black mud body on its own, and then the blue meridians were redistributed inside.

The human part of Abyss Leader · Silvis gasped for breath, sweat dripping down drop by drop. It was as if it had been washed by water.

"Law-Extinguisher!!"

Abyss Leader · Silvis's roar came from the underground palace. The palace shook for a while before stabilizing.

……

Saint Capital, inside the banquet hall of the Tulip Hotel.

After a whole day of painful hits on the Dark Sect, naturally, there had to be a celebration at nightfall. Therefore, several representatives of the Golden Sect organized this banquet.

Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baha, Irene, Dre, Silver Face, Veronica, and others were at one table, while Amu was at the adjacent table, which was the table of the Old Dean and Tessa.

"Chief, why don't we call Amu to our table?"

Veronica, who was enjoying sweet shrimp, spoke, and looked at Amu, who was sitting at the adjacent table without eating anything.

"If you sit at the same table as Amu, you won't be full."

Baha's wings were like hands. While speaking, its eating speed didn't slow down at all.

"How is that possible? Look, Amu hasn't eaten anything. Is it afraid of strangers?"

Veronica's hand, stained with a small piece of shrimp skin, pointed to Amu in the adjacent seat.

"Cough~, ah?"

Baha turned to look at Veronica with caring eyes. Veronica returned the middle finger. This was clearly learned from Baha.

Amu afraid of strangers? Of course not. When letting Amu sit at the adjacent table, Su Xiao had instructed it to sit honestly for at least 5 minutes before starting to eat. Now, time was up.

A waiter passed by the table of the Old Dean and Tessa. The waiter found that the atmosphere at this table was a bit wrong. Looking closely, the table was empty. Cold sweat broke out on his back. These guests had been waiting for so long, and he hadn't served them any dishes. Such dereliction of duty would lead to a deduction of his end-of-month salary.

In no time, plates of delicacies were served. The Golden Sect members who organized this banquet were currently at a large table in the main banquet hall next door, drinking and chatting with several Alliance high-level officials, not knowing how shocking the bill for this meal would be.

Until 10:00 PM, under the street lamp, Su Xiao sat in the passenger seat of the car, his hand holding a cigarette resting outside the car window. Baha on the car roof yawned and said: "Hasn't Amu finished eating yet?"

As soon as the words fell, Amu walked out of the hotel. After it squeezed into the back seat, it let out a satisfied burp.

"Amu, full."

Amu was in a good mood and actually took the initiative to speak.

"Drive fast, go!"

Baha hurriedly flew into the car. Veronica, who had just woken up in the driver's seat, didn't know what the situation was, but had already subconsciously started the vehicle.

When the vehicle drove to the back street area, Veronica in the driver's seat had a more solemn look. She touched her stomach that had just eaten full and asked tentatively: "Chief, where are we going? Are we finding a hotel to stay in the back street area?"

"No, we are going back to the Asylum."

"Should... should we go back tomorrow?"

As Veronica spoke, she had already slowed down the car.

"……"

Su Xiao didn't speak, which made Veronica in the driver's seat feel more and more conflicted, knowing she drove the car into the warehouse and saw the chandelier she rode when she came.

After a while, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha stood on the teleportation array, preparing to go back. But Irene, Dre, Silver Face, and Veronica, the four of them, were all standing outside the teleportation array.

"Dean, do you have any important matters tonight?"

Irene asked.

"No."

"Is that so? Then I'll take the car back. Veronica, you drive for me."

"Okay!"

Veronica agreed while already getting into the car. Before Dre and Silver Face could think of an excuse, the car had already driven out of the warehouse.

Boom!

Space teleportation completed. In the bedroom connected to the office, Dre rushed into the office quickly, then rushed out. Not long after, he heard Dre's dragon roar coming from the washroom in the corridor.

Silver Face, as a top assassin, left calmly. Just after reaching the corridor, he supported the wall. He rested there for a long time before walking forward while supporting the wall with steps slower than Kingsley's aunt.

Su Xiao sat alone in the office. Eliminating Vice Dean Yesinger today made the chaotic situation clear. Not only that, he also received a kill prompt.

【You have killed Vice Dean Yesinger.】

【You have obtained 10.7% World Source.】

【You have obtained Ambition Box (Special Treasure Chest Item).】

……

Although Vice Dean Yesinger had no combat strength, his status, as well as being the core figure in this confrontation, led to this kill prompt.

In Su Xiao's view, compared to these gains, pushing the eager Dawn Sect back to the "Saint Lan Kingdom" side was the biggest harvest.

Cooperating with the Old Dean this time, Su Xiao found that although this old guy had no combat strength, he was an encyclopedia of the forces of this world. Thinking about it, without martial power, managing the Asylum in an orderly manner must be extremely outstanding in other aspects.

Compared to Tessa, the intelligence channels in the Old Dean's hands were weaker, but they were stable and could be mobilized freely, unlike Tessa's side, where the promise of three things only had the last one left.

This was normal. Tessa was neither Su Xiao's subordinate nor a relative. Both sides were in a cooperative relationship, and their status was equal, so naturally, she wouldn't do things for Su Xiao for no reason. Of course, this was under the premise that the interests of both sides were not consistent.

Before in the Council, Tessa was so cooperative because of her hatred and hostility towards the Dark Sect.

Today, the Dark Sect was cleaned up, and Tessa was naturally in a good mood. However, there were also some things that bothered her, which was her sister Alisa, who was in a rebellious period. As a new generation member of the Mono family, her sister Alisa was indeed a bit spoiled by the elders.

There was good news: Alisa had made rapid progress in supernatural cultivation recently, to the point that Tessa was somewhat astonished. She even suspected whether her sister was being targeted by something like an ancient soul, and even chatted sideways about questions only her sister knew. This seemed like chatting, but if there was anything wrong, Tessa, as the Hunter leader, would immediately notice.

The result made Tessa very gratified. Her sister was fine and was still her rebellious but beloved sister. As for supernatural cultivation, if there was no problem later, Tessa had to admit that her sister was the greatest genius she had ever seen, which made Tessa, known as the strongest in the Alliance, feel both particularly happy and a bit sour.

These things were said by Tessa when she was tipsy after drinking tonight, with her arm around Su Xiao's shoulder. The more Su Xiao listened, the more silent he became. "Biological daughter" really knows how to choose.

Su Xiao knew without thinking that Tessa's sister's change was because of Boiling Red, and Boiling Red was also symbiotic with Alisa. Without Alisa's help and cooperation in hiding, letting Boiling Red hide in her heart, it would be impossible to deceive a strong person of Tessa's level.

Her sister's change made Tessa happier than cleaning up the Dark Sect. After getting half-drunk, what she talked about was not capturing the Abyss-spawned creature, nor capturing Hatred and the Mind Master, but about her sister's rapid progress.

Not only that, Tessa also inadvertently said one thing during the chat after drinking: in the "Ghost City" at the far west of the continent, which was the base camp of the Dark Sect, a tough new generation figure appeared, known as the Dark Son.

After hearing this news, Su Xiao knew that Black A, that rebellious son, had developed well. For darkness, "Ghost City" was indeed an excellent place for development. It was mixed with fish and dragons, especially suitable for Black A's style.

In this way, among the five swallowers, the whereabouts of Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji were unknown.

There was no rush in this regard. Give the swallowers time to develop. After the development stage, it would be the time for them to clash with each other.

Moreover, through the Old Dean, this encyclopedia of forces, Su Xiao learned about the situation of the Mysterious One · Black Rose in the "Saint Lan Kingdom."

The situation in the "Saint Lan Kingdom" right now was unstable. The new king was young, and the power was in the hands of ministers, the queen, and the high priest of the Dawn Sect.

Simply put, the "Saint Lan Kingdom" was a coalition of three factions. The first faction was several high-ranking ministers of the kingdom. They were all powerful ministers under the old king. Right now, the new king was sealed, and their best outcome was to gradually retire and enjoy their old age. But all this was easy to say. After truly tasting the taste of power, few people were willing to give it up voluntarily.

Therefore, the queen's faction found these powerful ministers and promised that as long as they were willing to support the queen, they would continue to hold great power. Regarding this, several powerful ministers naturally couldn't refuse.

As for religious power interfering with royal power, this had always been a problem in the "Saint Lan Kingdom." In this world where gods would truly descend, it was too difficult to suppress religious power. From this, one could see the strength of the Alliance and the Northern Empire.

Right now, the Dawn Sect also stood on the queen's side. It seemed that the queen was powerful, but she was just a puppet. The one who truly held the power was Black Rose, who cultivated and supported the queen.

Saying Black Rose was the queen of the "Saint Lan Kingdom" was really no problem at all. She controlled several powerful ministers by controlling the queen, and in terms of religious power, the Dawn Sect showed an attitude full of sincerity. In the history of the "Saint Lan Kingdom," no king had ever been able to do it to the extent of Black Rose.

Without a doubt, Black Rose, the Mysterious One on the hunting list, was difficult to deal with. In terms of combat strength, she was above the Deceiver, Stealer, and Informer, belonging to the upper-middle level among the six traitors. In terms of strategy, Black Rose was very likely the strongest among the six traitors.

Su Xiao took out the hunting list. Except for the Deceiver and Stealer, he had already arranged the hunting order. First was the Informer, so as not to let this guy who could hide in nightmares make any trouble.

After that was Black Rose of the Saint Lan Kingdom. After succeeding, he would go to the Desert Kingdom to find the Sand King (Defector).

The reason why Su Xiao wanted to find the Informer in the nightmare first was because the Old Dean mentioned a key piece of news: No-Light Island, or to be precise, Nightmare Island.

The reason the Old Dean mentioned this was because of the Golden Sect. A long time ago, when the Deer God was still in this world, the prototype of the Golden Sect was established, named the Ascetic Monastery. They didn't believe in the Deer God as a god, but admired the Deer God's will to constantly pursue strength.

Now the core doctrine of the Golden Sect, refining oneself, started because of the Deer God. Before the Deer God left this world, he said he didn't care about these followers, but actually left one of his two supreme treasures, the "Golden Jar," to the Golden Sect. To be precise, the origin of the name Golden Sect was because of the "Golden Jar."

What is the "Golden Jar"? The answer is, the Deer God had killed many evil gods, and he collected the blood of many evil gods in this "Golden Jar." Because of the huge divinity inside, the so-called Golden Power was produced.

In a simpler way, right now, no one in the Golden Sect has Golden Power in their bodies. In essence, the end point these guys pursue is to refine themselves to possess divinity.

In the war many years ago, the "Golden Jar" was seized by the Northern Empire and later stolen. At first glance, this was the Northern Empire's way of stalling, but in fact, this thing was really stolen. It was stolen by a thief, and a few years later, that thief became the first Pirate King in history, also opening the maritime prologue of the Four Sea Kings.

According to the records of the Alliance, the final location of this "Golden Jar" could be determined to be on Nightmare Island, but this was of no use. Going to Nightmare Island required passing through the Storm Sea, which was the Dark Sea area.

The Dark Sea area was abbreviated as the Black Sea. This place appeared together with Nightmare Island. Many years ago, an Abyss hole appeared in this world. That was still the era of Law-Extinguishers. After that Abyss hole appeared, the Abyss energy, which was thick enough to appear as black liquid, poured down from the Abyss hole above and poured onto a nameless island. This nameless island was the current Nightmare Island.

After Nightmare Island was eroded by the Abyss, the legacy caused was more reflected in the nightmare area on the island. The one truly severely invaded by the Abyss was the sea area centered on Nightmare Island.

The seawater in this vast sea area appeared black, and in the sea were marine creatures invaded by Abyss power. Abyss energy caused them to be exceptionally powerful. Conversely, they were also exceptionally violent. Seeing ships on the Black Sea, they would take the initiative to attack.

The degree of terror was equivalent to throwing a skinned beef into a water area full of piranhas. Everything that could float on the sea was the target of these dark sea beasts.

That year, the Pirate King, because he couldn't bear to give up the "Golden Jar" in his later years, was forced to enter the Dark Sea area under pursuit, and arrived at Nightmare Island with great luck, relying on the Nightmare King there.

Hearing the Old Dean talk about the Nightmare King, Su Xiao remembered that he had beheaded a Nightmare King before. The other party also used a weapon called Meteorite to create a small venue and let himself fight one-on-one with the other party. The only impression right now was that the Nightmare King was indeed quite resistant to beating.

There were two reasons why Su Xiao thought of Nightmare Island. First, the Informer had a 70% probability of being there, which was what people called the Nightmare King on the island.

Secondly, even if the Informer wasn't there, the Deer God's "Golden Jar" was worth Su Xiao's trip. Not to mention what effect this thing had, the huge amount of God's Source Blood inside was what he wanted. Moreover, God's Source Blood didn't have the concept of shelf life. Saying this thing is blood is more like a metaphor. This thing is more appropriately called original divinity, belonging to a rare energy of the god system, which only the god system can condense.

Su Xiao's thinking became clearer and clearer. First go to Nightmare Island on the sea, then the Saint Lan Kingdom, and then the Desert Kingdom.

How to cross the Dark Sea area was a problem. In this kind of matter, Su Xiao would never bet on luck. Or rather, if he didn't make enough preparations, it would be a miracle if he could reach Nightmare Island by boat.

To cross the Dark Sea area, a guide who knew enough about that place was a must. The problem is, no ships in the Alliance would go there, only the desperate people on the sea would take risks there for the supernatural materials that could be produced by the sea beasts in the Black Sea.

After Su Xiao screened, he found that such desperate people on the sea wouldn't be locked in the Asylum, as their crimes didn't reach that level. There were no desperate people on the sea, but there was a Pirate King.

Su Xiao took off the ring on his hand and threw it to Baha with a ding: "Go release Anger Shark."

"Do I need to put shackles on him?"

Baha caught the ring representing the Asylum Dean, tried to activate it, confirmed there was no problem, and then put it away.

"No need, just bring him back."

"Alright."

Baha flew away and returned after more than half an hour, walking into the office with Anger Shark.

"Sit."

Su Xiao pointed to the chair opposite the office desk. Anger Shark looked around for a few seconds before sitting down with a very uneasy heart.

"Anger Shark, there is a matter..."

Su Xiao's words were only halfway through when Anger Shark opposite refused, and spoke in a tone of preparing to negotiate chips:

"No way, Captain Bai Ye, I am a pirate, a Pirate King who signed his name on the Pirate Code."

Hearing this, Su Xiao let Veronica, who had been waiting outside the door for not long, come in. Half a minute later, Veronica sat beside Su Xiao, with a sniper cannon nearly 1.8 meters long placed on the office desk. The muzzle was almost against Anger Shark's forehead. Veronica, who was eating the crispy noodles she got from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, held the gun handle in one hand and the crispy noodles in the other, with her index finger on the trigger.

"Pirate, give you a chance to reorganize your language."

Baha beside the office desk spoke and signaled Veronica that she could fire at any time.

Anger Shark, with a shark face, glanced at the pitch-black muzzle, then smiled disdainfully, and said easily and with a smile: "Dean, what are your orders? I, Anger Shark, will definitely do my best. I was just joking with you just now, just to liven up the atmosphere."

Seeing this, Veronica picked up the sniper cannon on the table, its pitch-black muzzle no longer aimed at Angry Shark. Silver Face also retracted the sharp arm blade that had been pressed against Angry Shark's throat. The melee firearm in Dre's hand was no longer pressed against the back of Angry Shark's head. Finally, Amu's Dragon Heart Axe was also moved away from Angry Shark's neck, the axe blade even letting out a light chime.

From the shark face of Anger Shark, which was full of smiles, it was obvious that he was moved by Su Xiao's negotiation ability and chose to willingly become the navigator for this voyage. ===== CHAPTER 3615 =====