Chapter 3622: Transformation

The night wind at high altitude whistled past Su Xiao's ears. The Storm Flame Dragon flew out of the clouds and landed on an island in the middle of a lake. With the Storm Flame Dragon's flight speed, this place was already far from Kuss City, where the Asylum was located.

Just after landing, the Storm Flame Dragon dipped its head into the spring at the center of the island and drank its fill. Its dragon eyes scanned the surroundings, and after discovering that no one else was present, it even let out a satisfied burp. It seemed it didn't maintain its cold arrogance 24 hours a day after all.

Su Xiao walked down from the dragon's back along the dragon's wing. He sat on a strange rock and looked at the Storm Flame Dragon in front of him.

"It seems you don't want to assist me in fighting powerful enemies."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, the Storm Flame Dragon snorted, spraying sparks. Don't forget, it not only possessed storm power but was also a Flame Dragon; the wild wind and dragon flames complemented each other, making its dragon flames even more terrifying.

"Since you are unwilling to assist me in battle, then leave."

As Su Xiao spoke, he manifested the Storm Flame Dragon's soul brand. With a *snap*, the soul brand shattered. This made the Storm Flame Dragon, which was looking down at him, freeze for a moment, and then its vertical pupils were filled with uncontrollable ecstasy. Even though it was usually fierce and cold, it couldn't suppress its ecstasy at this moment.

"Roar!!"

The Storm Flame Dragon roared and turned to fly away. But possessing intelligence no lower than that of the human race, it suddenly hesitated. It wasn't because it was reluctant to leave the person who had cultivated it, but because it had a characteristic common to all dragon-type creatures: suspicion.

The Storm Flame Dragon's vertical pupils narrowed as it looked at Su Xiao. Its tongue, covered in barbs, licked its sharp fangs. It looked again at the darkness in the distance; that represented freedom, but also too many unknowns.

"You are indeed an Overlord-level creature now, but at most, you are in the early stage of a Tier 9 Overlord. Tessa of the Alliance is stronger than you, the God of Radiance of the Saint Lan Kingdom is stronger than you, the Abyss Leader of Ghost City, Silvis, is stronger than you, the Great General of the North Territory is stronger than you, and the Platinum Bishop of the Sun God Sect is stronger than you. In this world, there are many people stronger than you."

As Su Xiao spoke, he took out the cookbook Xia had given him and flipped to the dragon section. Ever since Xia cooked "Stir-fried Evil God Heart with Chili Peppers," Xia's cookbook had begun to develop in an unimaginable direction.

"The best part of a dragon is not the loin or leg meat, but your belly meat. It's fatty and lean, stewed over low heat for a few hours. It's fatty but not greasy when it enters the mouth. It's not suitable for drinking, but it's great with rice."

Su Xiao pointed at Xia's cookbook. The Storm Flame Dragon opposite him had already begun to squint its dragon eyes. It looked angry, but in reality, it was a bit panicked inside. It could certainly see that the cookbook was genuinely researching how to cook dragons. What kind of terrifying person would draw such a terrifying thing?

"Compared to your meat quality, your 'Storm Core' is actually more coveted. You won't understand the term 'Origin-level,' so let me put it in a way you can understand: in this world, the rare treasures equivalent to this 'Storm Core' can be counted on the fingers of one hand."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Storm Flame Dragon's cruel dragon eyes became a bit clearer when looking at Su Xiao.

"Do you think an Overlord creature can fly freely over the Alliance? Without my soul brand, if you continue to fly, in less than six hours, either you will be served on a dinner table, or you will be sent to the Asylum I manage and locked in the lowest level of the dungeon."

Su Xiao leaped onto the Storm Flame Dragon's back. The Storm Flame Dragon flew up, aiming for the Great Swamp region; it was preparing to fly out of the Alliance borders.

During the flight, time passed minute by minute. About half an hour later, a loud explosion came from diagonally below. In the night, a man with wings on his back and a head of long white hair flew over. From the perception of this person's aura, although his strength was slightly weaker than Tessa's, he was definitely a powerhouse.

When the white-haired man saw the Storm Flame Dragon, his eyes revealed a fierce light. He was just about to summon his subordinates to deal with this Overlord creature that had broken into the Alliance borders and was flying wantonly over Alliance cities, when he discovered a figure sitting on the back of this Overlord creature.

The white-haired man narrowed his eyes and looked, discovering that it was Su Xiao on the dragon's back. He raised his hand to greet him; the two had met before at the Council Chamber.

Su Xiao nodded to signal the white-haired man. Seeing this, the white-haired man flew down and returned to the city he was guarding.

On the way back to Kuss City, the Storm Flame Dragon was locked onto by the guard barrier set up by the Alliance in the high altitude. Along the way, it also encountered four powerhouses with flight capabilities who were skilled at flying. Finally, when passing through Sotto City, it was nearly ordered by Tessa to be blasted down with Iron-Blood Heavy Cannons.

When the Storm Flame Dragon landed in the backyard of the Asylum, there was a bit of confusion in its dragon eyes. The reason was that this world was dangerous beyond its imagination.

"This is the soul brand. You choose."

Su Xiao manifested the soul brand again. The Storm Flame Dragon hesitated for a few minutes before swallowing it in one gulp. The next second, the soul brand merged back into the Storm Flame Dragon's soul body.

Seeing this, Su Xiao took out a half-meter-long, 10-centimeter-thick container column made of active resin. Inside was pure Storm Dragon blood, as well as dragon-type life energy concentrated to the point where tiny crystals appeared.

This Storm Dragon blood could permanently increase the Storm Flame Dragon's comprehensive combat power. As for where such powerful Storm Dragon blood came from, the answer was that this item was originally material-natured, and Su Xiao had exchanged for it using Hunter permissions, but he only exchanged for 10 milliliters. Its origin was a Tier 9 top-level Overlord creature, the Storm Demon Dragon.

Previously, cultivating the Storm Flame Dragon used a large amount of this Storm Dragon blood. The reason there was so much was that it was boosted by Abyss energy. But as a price, after using this kind of Storm Dragon blood, the Storm Flame Dragon's vitality would be massively overdrawn. This was the two-sided nature of Abyss boosting: on one hand, it boosted to the limit, and on the other hand, it reduced to the limit.

To deal with this situation, Su Xiao had formulated dragon-type life energy with a concentration reaching the level of tiny crystals. As a Saint Flame Pharmacist, this naturally didn't stump him.

A long time ago, Su Xiao knew one thing: the Abyss did not entirely represent the negative. For example, areas invaded by the Abyss would begin to produce massive amounts of resources after the Abyss energy receded.

If the Abyss were compared to the night, then elemental power would be the day. Was the existence of the night itself negative and malicious? Of course not. Without the coolness and nourishment of the night, animals and plants would die under the endless day. Only by the alternating existence of night and day could beautiful life be brought about.

Su Xiao checked the team storage space. Inside, there were still three large portions of Storm Dragon blood. Before entering this world, he had prepared to cultivate a Storm Dragon. Or rather, it would be a real pity not to use the Origin-level 【Storm Core】 to cultivate a Storm Dragon.

Su Xiao returned to the office. He cultivated the Storm Flame Dragon to have a dragon-riding state. The problem was that the Storm Flame Dragon was very unruly. Under such circumstances, let alone a dragon-riding state, even having this Flame Dragon assist in battle was not very feasible. Now, this problem was solved.

Solving this matter gave Su Xiao a bit more confidence in the battle against the God of Radiance. If the God of Radiance did not have flight capabilities, he would deal with him in dragon-riding state. If the God of Radiance had flight capabilities, he would use the enhanced Blood Smoke Cannon + Dead Silence Extinction.

Su Xiao took out the 【Golden Can】 from the team storage space. After some research, he finally knew how to open this thing. This item was left by the Deer God. What kind of god was the Deer God? He was the fifth on the Void Grudge List, the "honey badger" of the god system. Once his temper flared, he was a ruthless character who would go find the Underworld God to fight head-on.

When this world reached a consensus with the Meteorite Star to prevent Ancient Gods from entering this world, the Deer God played a major role. In other words, the Deer God was the face of the neutral/friendly faction of gods.

The treasure 【Golden Can】 left by the Deer God in this world had a very Deer God style. The main body of this thing was the can, and the seal on it—the lid—was sealed by the Deer God afterward. This was a test. To open this can, one had to lift it with physical strength. During this period, no active abilities could be used; one had to use the purest physical strength.

Su Xiao estimated that it would take at least 300 points of real strength attribute to open this thing. And reaching a physical attribute of over 300 points was the most difficult hurdle in Tier 9. Over 90% of contractors were stuck at this stage. For some Tier 9 contractors, this was the final limit, and they could not continue to become stronger.

To break through the upper limit barrier of 300 points, one first needed to obtain an 【Iron Refining Invitation】. With this item, one could conduct the Iron Trial. After completing the trial, the physical attribute could reach over 300 points.

The first problem was that the 【Iron Refining Invitation】 was an extremely rare item. After Su Xiao obtained the 【Iron Refining Invitation】, he learned one thing: even if he didn't want this thing anymore, he could only sell it to the Reincarnation Paradise and could not sell or discard it in any other way. The price for selling this thing to the Reincarnation Paradise was 6530 ounces of Space-Time Power.

Don't think that after obtaining the 【Iron Refining Invitation】, one had passed this hurdle. What really made Tier 9 contractors give up was the terrifying danger level of the Iron Trial, and the content of this trial varied from person to person.

For example, Su Xiao's Iron Trial as a Law-Breaker was to go to the Eternal Light World. Although other Tier 9 contractors would not receive such a terrifying trial mission, one could imagine the difficulty of the Iron Trial.

In layman's terms, after crossing this stage, one would be very close to people like Mage Sage Sephiria, the Rime King, the Old Demon Walpole, White Cow, Saintess Seat, etc.

One was still some distance from the Underworld God, Blade Demon, Undead Old Man, and Deer God, but not particularly far.

And from the Leader and the Supreme One, there was an even more insurmountable bottleneck.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the 【Golden Can】. Those powerful entities he could once only look up to were no longer far from him. However, for now, it was more important to open the 【Golden Can】.

To open this thing with pure physical strength would take too long. Moreover, sometimes one couldn't rely solely on strength but had to use one's brain. After knowing that the lid of the 【Golden Can】 was not part of its main body, Su Xiao had many ways to open this thing.

Su Xiao took out a small glass column. Inside the solution, several completely pitch-black eyeballs were soaking. These were naturally not biological eyeballs, but "Dark Eyes" made through the Eye Ritual.

Don't underestimate these few "Dark Eyes." These were the strongest "Dark Eyes" Su Xiao could make. Their energy was obtained from Caesar—or to be precise, obtained through Caesar from the Abyss Can, which was extremely pure Abyss energy.

Using large amounts of Abyss energy would cause unknown risks, but if used in small amounts, especially by making them into "Dark Eyes" and storing them, the risk of use would be much smaller.

Su Xiao didn't know how strong the Deer God's divine power was in terms of formations, but he estimated that it shouldn't be able to block a pharmacy formation blessed by Abyss energy. The pharmacy Su Xiao had mastered now already exceeded the pharmacy branch contained in alchemy. This was the "Pharmacy Master: Advanced Chapter" he bought in the Soul Library for 307 library silver coins.

It wasn't that alchemy wasn't strong, but that alchemy contained many categories of knowledge. The "Pharmacy Master: Advanced Chapter" focused on one point, summarizing and fusing all pharmacy civilizations together. Its upper limit height naturally exceeded the pharmacy branch of alchemy.

Su Xiao controlled a "Dark Eye" to fly out. He held his hands in a virtual grip, and the "Dark Eye" between his hands began to dissolve. As he stretched his hands outward, the black liquid between his hands formed a palm-sized circular formation.

Controlling this formation, he branded it onto the lid of the 【Golden Can】. This was not to erode, but to boost the strength of the lid.

Such an object certainly had means to prevent erosion or engraving, but very few people would guard against boosting. To use an analogy, people would worry about losing money when going out, but no one would guard against others stuffing money into their pockets and thus sealing their pockets. The current situation was basically the same as this analogy.

Sure enough, the dark-characteristic boost was successful, and the seal of the 【Golden Can】 became even more indestructible. This time, even if the real strength attribute reached over 300 points, it might not be able to be lifted. The seal turned black.

Su Xiao took out a mass of black semi-fluid from the storage space. This item was:

【Dark Devour】

Origin: Dark Continent / Reincarnation Paradise.

Quality: Immortal-level.

Category: Special Equipment.

Durability: 30/30 points.

Equipment Requirement: Stamina attribute above 240 points, Willpower above 160 points.

Equipment Effect: Slow Devour (Passive), can devour dark-characteristic items at a slow speed.

Equipment Debuff: Backlash (Passive), every time this equipment is used, there is a probability of causing the Charisma attribute to slip.

Rating: 1500 points (Immortal-level equipment rating is 1000–1500 points).

Introduction: A mass of strange pitch-black substance.

Su Xiao placed 【Dark Devour】 on the seal of the 【Golden Can】. Sensing the dark characteristic of the seal, 【Dark Devour】 began to slowly devour it.

At dawn the next day, Su Xiao, who was napping in the chair, opened his eyes. He looked at the 【Golden Can】 on the table and found that there was already a small hole at the edge of the seal. It would take a few more days to devour the entire seal.

Taking out a crystal container and placing it on the table, Su Xiao picked up the 【Golden Can】 and tried to pour it out. He had obtained this thing because there was a rumor that the Deer God stored the source blood of the evil gods he had killed in this 【Golden Can】.

As Su Xiao tilted the 【Golden Can】, a kind of golden-red divine source blood poured out from inside and was contained by the crystal container on the table.

When Su Xiao emptied the 【Golden Can】, he estimated that there was about 40 ounces of divine source blood in the crystal vessel. He covered the crystal vessel, took this thing, and walked into the bedroom.

Su Xiao had Amu guard the door and Baja guard the window. As for Bubutney, it was watching the fun on the side; there was indeed nothing it could do right now.

Su Xiao began to set up an array on the bedroom floor. To ensure the power of summoning and teleportation, he used the array of the Demon Teleportation Array as a foundation, then carried out the depiction of the summoning formation, and finally perfected it.

After doing all this, Su Xiao took out a gemstone. This item was called the 【Fate Stone】. Although it was a Saint-level gemstone, it had been blessed by the Goddess of Luck and had a certain causal relationship with the Goddess of Luck. Now, Su Xiao was prepared to use this thing as a coordinate to summon the Goddess of Luck to this world. He estimated that this was highly feasible; the fact that the other party had entered the mission world he was in many times before showed that the other party had the ability in this regard.

Placing the 【Fate Stone】 at the center of the array, Su Xiao activated the array. For the first few seconds, the array had no reaction, but after waiting for a few minutes, with a *poof*, a golden ripple spread out.

"Law-Breaker, I sensed your summoning and came..."

The arrival of the Goddess of Luck had a very friendly god style. But after responding to the teleportation array Su Xiao had set up, with a muffled *boom*, the Goddess of Luck appeared. She sat on the floor with a serious look, negotiating with her own stomach. Seeing this, Bubutney handed over a vomit bag.

"Ugh—"

The Goddess of Luck clutched the vomit bag with both hands and couldn't help but start vomiting. Apparently, the negotiation with her stomach had collapsed. A moment later, the Goddess of Luck, who had tidied up her appearance in the bathroom, regained her ethereal goddess feel, except for her slightly pale face.

"You... do you want to kill me?"

The Goddess of Luck spoke with lingering fear. She had really thought just now that Su Xiao was going to break his promise and kill her to seize the Luck God Blood. After all, that teleportation process, no matter how one experienced it, was trap-level. As a result, after arriving, she saw the Demon Teleportation Array on the floor nearby that had been used many times, which made her certain that this was not a trap, but that these guys used this kind of teleportation array daily.

"Do you guys usually use this thing?"

Hearing this, Baja laughed: "Yeah, it's full of teleportation sensation."

"Why? This teleportation experience is terrible. Now even the Demon race doesn't use it themselves."

"We have many enemies, and no one can block this teleportation; it can't be spatially intercepted."

"Uh~, the logic is indeed like that, but... don't you guys feel uncomfortable every time you use it?"

"You get used to it. If you get used to this thing, and then use a normal teleportation array, you'll feel that the teleportation is soft and limp, lacking power, and missing something."

Hearing Baja say this, the Goddess of Luck was speechless. However, she firmly stated that the next time she was summoned, there was really no need to use a teleportation array with such strong power. She would respond to Su Xiao's summoning from her side; just set up a slight summoning array and put the 【Fate Stone】 on it.

"What is it for this time?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak and took out the crystal container containing more than 40 ounces of divine source blood. Seeing this, the Goddess of Luck's eyes went a bit straight. She said:

"After I went home before, I flipped through the records left by all my predecessors, that is, the records of all previous Luck Gods. I found a method to convert Luck God Blood. Although it is feasible for me to absorb non-characteristic divine blood, it is too wasteful. 10 drops generate at most 2 drops of Luck God Blood. In the past, one of my predecessors, she was relatively... uh~, better at fighting. She converted this kind of divine blood into Luck God Blood by seizing the divine blood of evil gods..."

The Goddess of Luck was a bit excited. Su Xiao raised his hand to interrupt her excitement and asked her not to keep going off-topic, explaining it concisely.

"Simply put, it is for me to release my most original divine soul, that is, the God Soul, and use it to convert non-characteristic divine blood into Luck God Blood. This conversion method, 10 drops of non-characteristic divine blood, can probably convert into 3 drops of Luck God Blood. But there is a problem: I became the god in charge of luck precisely because of this God Soul. I will die, but the Luck God Soul will definitely not perish. Even if it is destroyed, as long as the concepts of luck and fate still exist, a new 'Luck God Soul' will slowly condense. The person who obtains it has the opportunity to become the new god in charge of luck."

After saying this, the Goddess of Luck tapped her brow with her index finger. A golden ball of light appeared for a moment before fading back in.

"Oh, I see. In other words, your God Soul actually has the ability to convert divine blood. The risk is that once the God Soul is seized during the process of you releasing the God Soul and using it to convert non-characteristic divine blood, you will no longer be the god in charge of luck?"

Baja's words made the Goddess of Luck nod. Seeing this, Baja spread its wings, and the different dimension instantly swallowed the bedroom into it.

*Crack, crack, crack—*

Ice covered everything, and Amu reinforced this different dimension barrier again.

Su Xiao released nearly one-third of his Blue Steel Shadow energy, using it to construct a complex Devour Core. One must know that his Devour Core ability had already reached Lv. EX.

After the Devour Core was activated, it sucked all the divine source blood in the crystal container into it, starting to purify and filter. After this process ended, seeing such pure divine source blood, the Goddess of Luck prepared to release her God Soul.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at the Goddess of Luck, his brows slightly furrowed. He prepared to filter at least five times before letting the other party convert it. This concerned the Master of Fate and could not tolerate the slightest carelessness.

With a *snap*, the previous Devour Core shattered, and a new Devour Core was constructed, starting to filter the 40+ ounces of divine source blood for the second time.

When Su Xiao filtered and purified these divine source bloods for the fifth time, and the new crystal container below was filled with divine source blood, the Goddess of Luck was surprised to find that the divine blood inside had turned into translucent light red, pure to an unbelievable degree.

"It's ready."

Su Xiao pushed the crystal container toward the Goddess of Luck. The Goddess of Luck looked at the non-characteristic pure divine source blood in the container. She held her hands in a virtual grip, and a golden ball of light appeared in her hands. This was her Luck God Soul.

The non-characteristic pure divine source blood in the container was attracted by the God Soul and wrapped the God Soul in it. Before long, these non-characteristic pure divine source bloods began to turn into light gold. But during the conversion process, 70% of the non-characteristic pure divine source blood was consumed, turning into smoke and evaporating.

Three hours later, the Goddess of Luck opened her eyes and simultaneously retracted the God Soul into her heart. Between her hands held in a virtual grip, a mass of golden Luck God Blood, whose shape was constantly changing, floated. Seeing this Luck God Blood, she was so happy that her body trembled a bit, but she also had a strong sense of frustration. She had gathered for so many years and only gathered 50+ drops, and 10 drops were taken away before.

But now, this mass of pure Luck God Blood, which was as much as she had slowly accumulated, was at least 12 ounces.

Su Xiao raised his hand, and the golden divine blood floating in front of the Goddess of Luck flew to his front. He took out two crystal containers and divided it into two portions before packing them up.

"Are you really prepared to..."

The Goddess of Luck said halfway, suddenly remembering that this was a Law-Breaker.

"..."

Su Xiao tossed about 6 ounces of Luck God Blood to the Goddess of Luck. The Goddess of Luck opposite caught it with both hands.

Ignoring the Goddess of Luck, Su Xiao took out the Master of Fate and soaked it in the Luck God Blood in the container.

Su Xiao observed the situation in the crystal container. The Master of Fate inside was slowly absorbing the golden Luck God Blood. Actually, calling this blood was not quite accurate; this was a kind of divine origin energy. This time, the Master of Fate would definitely be able to be promoted to Origin-level, and at the very least, it would be an Origin-level full rating.

And opposite, the Goddess of Luck opened the seal of the container. Her fair hand reached into it. Just as it touched the golden divine blood, these divine bloods, which were 100% compatible with her, were absorbed by her divine body. This made her pupils faintly appear light gold, and her hair fluttered without wind.

A moment later, the Goddess of Luck absorbed all the divine blood in the crystal container. After she opened her eyes, she suddenly felt that all this was a bit unreal. She had gathered for so many years, although she often went to various worlds to play during the period, she had only gathered 50+ drops of divine blood in so many years. This time, her God Soul was wrapped by divine blood. If the unit of calculation was changed to drops, she had increased by a total of 3000+ drops of Luck God Blood this time.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. Next time we meet, I'll bring you a treasure from home."

"There is something."

Su Xiao was not prepared to let the Goddess of Luck leave yet. He was about to deal with the God of Radiance. If he won, he could obtain a certain amount of divine source blood again.

After Baja explained the matter of dealing with the God of Radiance next, the Goddess of Luck was stunned for a moment, then said: "You guys deal with this guy, I can help you."

"How to help?"

"I can make him unlucky."

"Hmm?"

Baja looked the Goddess of Luck up and down. Just as it was about to say a few words, the Goddess of Luck squatted down, saying something silently in her mouth, and then drew a circular pattern. In turn, Baja received a prompt.

【Prompt: Your Luck attribute is temporarily reduced by 20 points. This effect lasts for 48 hours.】

Receiving this prompt, Baja's eyes widened. After the Goddess of Luck pointed her finger, Baja's debuff status disappeared.

"Can your ability effect stack?"

"Of course it can. I am definitely the Luck Goddess with the most Luck God Blood in history now."

After saying this, the Goddess of Luck felt extremely refreshed in her heart, and the facts were indeed so. She was indeed the Luck Goddess with the most Luck God Blood in history.

Just as the Goddess of Luck said this, she heard a *creak* of a door opening, which made Bubutney and Baja quite surprised. This was inside multiple barriers. They looked at the door that was being pushed open at the same time.

"My dear friend, the coordinate location you sent me is not very accurate. I almost didn't lock onto it accurately."

Caesar, in the state of man-and-can-as-one, walked into the barrier quite sneakily. Before, when Su Xiao first entered this world, he used Hunter permissions to send Caesar the world coordinates. At this time point, Caesar had clearly completed his mission in another world ahead of time and had nothing else to do, so he tracked the coordinates here.

At this moment, the God of Radiance, far away in the God Domain of the Saint Lan Kingdom, did not know that he had already been targeted by the Goddess of Luck, the Law-Breaker, and the Arbiter, Caesar. ===== CHAPTER 3623 =====