Chapter 3631: Gift

Near the main cathedral of the Dawn God Sect, on a spacious but sparsely populated street.

Inside a taxidermy shop by the street, a young girl was dragging a falcon specimen with one hand, observing it carefully. She wore a light gray tracksuit on her upper body, the zipper wide open to reveal the wrinkled white shirt of soft fabric underneath. She wore the tracksuit on top, but super-short shorts on the bottom; at a glance, it looked mismatched, but paired with the smiling-face plastic brooch she wore and her soft, shoulder-length hair, it actually possessed a beauty unique to her.

Alisha carefully set down the falcon specimen, stretched her arms upward with fingers interlaced, and then glanced at the clock. She had been waiting here for half an hour.

As the younger sister of Tessa, leader of the Alliance Hunter Corps, Alisha had lived under her sister's shadow since childhood. She had originally thought that as she grew older, she would display her own talent. Her talent did indeed manifest, but at the same time, her sister had already ascended to become the Alliance's strongest individual combatant, on par with the Great General of the Northern Territory. Compared to her sister's excellence, the talent Alisha displayed was simply the difference between a firefly and the stars.

This also made Alisha gradually rebellious and independent. Highly gifted, she dreamed that one day she could surpass her sister, but the more she grew, the more she felt her sister was out of reach.

"Alisha."

A somewhat cold and serious female voice suddenly appeared in Alisha's mind. When she first heard this voice, Alisha had immediately punched herself in the head, thinking she had been invaded by an evil spirit in her consciousness space. Later, she discovered that was not the case; this was her partner in destiny, the arrival of Boiling Red.

"What's wrong? Did you sense your brother, Black A, again?"

"It is nearby, 300 meters to the east. We must prioritize eliminating it."

"Mm, let's go immediately."

"Wait, it is moving at high speed, very fast! It has already reached 5,700 meters away."

Hearing Boiling Red say this, Alisha's footsteps paused. Her slender brows furrowed, and she muttered, "Is your brother a space-type? I hate space-type enemies the most; they run around and can't be hit."

"No. Even if its host has space abilities, it wouldn't be compatible with its dark nature. We'll go 5,000-plus meters away to find... wait, it's back to 300-plus meters away."

"This is clearly a space-type. Never mind, whatever it is, we have to deal with it."

"It has high-speed dashed to 5,700 meters away again. The speed is too fast; at this speed, we should temporarily retreat."

"?"

Alisha was stunned. She didn't know if Boiling Red had sensed it wrong or what.

"But Boiling Red, why is the ancient clock tower in this royal capital ringing constantly? I've been here all morning and didn't hear it ring once, yet in this short time this afternoon, it's rung three times."

Alisha looked toward the direction of the ancient clock tower, but because buildings blocked her view, she couldn't see the ancient clock tower more than 5,000 meters away.

"Brother is back to 300-plus meters away. It seems... very weak."

"Never mind, let's go over and take a look first."

"Stay calm, Alisha..."

Before Boiling Red could finish, Alisha had already flashed a few times to the corner of the street. Just as she was about to pass the corner, Boiling Red's voice appeared in her mind.

"Immediately, stop. Do nothing. Stand where you are."

At the same time Alisha heard Boiling Red say this, a man with a magic hawk on his shoulder and a large dog following beside him walked out from behind the corner, brushing past Alisha.

The moment they brushed past, Alisha felt Boiling Red's extreme sense of fear. She had always believed that creatures like Devourers did not have emotions like fear or dread. But now, she discovered that was not the case. Boiling Red's extreme fear made Alisha feel her whole body stiffen, making it difficult to take a step.

After half a minute, Alisha finally remembered to breathe. She took deep breaths of fresh air, sweat having soaked her tight-fitting clothes. After calming her breathing, she asked, "Who... is that?"

Boiling Red did not reply. Before Alisha could pursue the question, a figure walked out from the alley diagonally opposite. Alisha looked over at the sound; it was the Northern Territory Princess, also known as Crystal Ji.

"He clearly walked right past me, yet he turned a blind eye to me."

The Northern Territory Princess spoke with a hint of sadness.

"?"

Alisha looked at the Northern Territory Princess in confusion.

At this moment, Boiling Red spoke: "My sister is a weakling, no need to pay attention to her."

"Uh~."

Alisha scratched her head. She could feel that the relationship between Boiling Red and Crystal Ji didn't seem very good.

"I can hear you, you know. To actually say that about your own sister. However, I am broad-minded, so I won't hold it against you."

"Alisha, don't pay attention to her. Go deal with my brother, Black A; he is your greatest enemy."

"That is also my intention. I can deal with Black A together with you."

The Northern Territory Princess tied up her soft, light blue hair, her eyes turning into a seven-colored crystal hue.

Soon, Boiling Red and the Northern Territory Princess walked together on the spacious but empty street. Opposite this 100-meter-long street was Black A, who had just dropped the medicine bottle in his hand, and beside him, Vivi, who was wearing a hoodie.

At the top of a water tower 2 kilometers away, Su Xiao sat cross-legged. Behind him was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and on his shoulder was Baha. Baha said:

"Boss, although Black A drank the healing potion Xiang Bubu gave him, at this stage, it's 2-on-1, and the probability of him losing is very high. Especially since Boiling Red is already at the third stage; in terms of early development speed, Boiling Red is several tiers above other Devourers."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Black A seemed to be at a disadvantage, but when this guy was in Ghost City, he most likely absorbed Abyss energy; otherwise, it would be impossible for him to reach the third stage so quickly.

On the spacious street in the distance, the four people stared at each other from both sides of the street. Suddenly, black tentacles erupted from Black A's entire body, wrapping around his whole person and transforming him into a monster-like wild beast form.

Black A's height reached four meters, overall humanoid, his hands' ten fingers had already turned into sharp claws more than 20 centimeters long. On his back were sharp bone spurs, and in the center of his right hand was a dark eye that could erupt at any time with dark rays possessing erosion and decomposition properties.

Slap!

One of Black A's claws slapped onto the street surface, and the street surface immediately showed large cracks. Its tongue, covered in flesh thorns, licked across its staggered sharp teeth with saliva.

Seeing this form of Black A, Alisha took down the knife bag from her back and drew from the scabbard inside the knife bag a long knife that her sister had given her for her birthday. This knife was forged by a weapons master in Winter City and was not something that could be bought just with money.

Clang!

The blade and the sharp claw clashed, and the wind pressure caused the glass of the shops on both sides of the street to explode instantly.

"It seems I can't continue to watch the battle."

The Northern Territory Princess remained elegant, but just as she prepared to join the battle, she discovered that the little girl following Black A had already blocked her path more than ten meters ahead.

"Little sister, I don't want to hurt you, so... move aside."

"Pfft~"

Vivi laughed. She unzipped her hoodie and loosened her neck, saying, "Hurt me? Guess where Black A bought me from? An ant nest? A pleasure house? An orphan like me from Ghost City, if I didn't have talent, I would definitely have been sold to those two places. I'm very lucky; I have talent, so Black A saved me from the beast arena."

Vivi tossed away her hoodie. She wore a tight black tank top. Although the arms she revealed couldn't be considered strong, one could see smooth muscle lines. Not only that, her arms, shoulders, and other locations were covered in beast bite scars and claw marks.

Boom!

An explosion sounded on the street surface where Vivi was. She left a crater where she had been standing and disappeared. When she appeared the next instant, she was already in front of Crystal Ji, throwing a standard yet swift uppercut. People accustomed to fighting wild beasts like to use this move to start.

Crack crack crack~

Crystals spread in front of the Northern Territory Princess. Her pupils rapidly constricted. If she took this punch, let alone maintaining elegance, she would have difficulty speaking for the next few days.

With a whoosh of wind, Vivi had forcibly interrupted her own attack and appeared behind the Northern Territory Princess. Her heart rate reached its peak, causing her blood to start heating up rapidly. After her entire body's strength erupted to the peak, she punched the back of the Northern Territory Princess, who was clinging to a crystal layer.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

The Northern Territory Princess smashed through the walls of two buildings and plunged into a shop by the street.

At the top of the water tower high up, Baha rubbed its face with its wing and asked, "Boss, what exactly is Crystal Ji's advantage?"

"Strong adaptability, can generate and control crystals."

"This..."

Baha suddenly knew why Crystal Ji, at the current stage, couldn't even beat Vivi.

In fact, in this round of the Devourer Hegemony Battle, Crystal Ji had basically entered the experience stage. It chose the Northern Territory Princess; it seemed like a dream start, but in fact, this start was not good for it.

Among the total of five generations of Devourers, each generation of Devourers had a core ability. For example, Black A was good at devouring + infinite growth, Boiling Red's growth was fast + could devour other Devourers, Dark Sun could continuously become stronger through battle, and the Sun Apostle was an old schemer.

As for Crystal Ji, generally speaking, its adaptability was strong. More specifically, Crystal Ji did not parasitize but fused with the host. This also meant it could have a higher starting point.

If the host was strong enough, then after Crystal Ji fused with it, it could reach the fourth stage at the start at the highest. This could completely allow it, at the start stage, to single-handedly beat Black A + Boiling Red + Dark Sun + Sun Apostle.

But who would have thought that Crystal Ji actually chose the Northern Territory Princess as the host to fuse with? Because of the Northern Territory Princess's strength, the combination of Northern Territory Princess + Crystal Ji had an initial strength of the first stage.

A whooshing sound came from afar, like a meteorite crashing onto the street. It was the battle between Black A and Boiling Red that had attracted Dark Sun.

Wave~

A subtle fluctuation spread with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang as the center. Xiang Bubu barked, meaning the Sun Apostle had also come, and had come long ago, lurking in the dark.

Seeing this, Su Xiao had an idea: why wait until tonight to release the 【World Ring】? Since the Devourers were all here, releasing the 【World Ring】 now was a better choice.

Because the Pain Queen had previously created the "Nest of Suffering," causing the living beings in the rear city area of the royal capital to suffer misfortune in a short period, this also led to both civilians and nobles fleeing the royal capital one after another. Looking at the trend, they wouldn't return in a short time, which made the current Holy Lan Kingdom Royal Capital the most suitable place to fight for the 【World Ring】.

Su Xiao activated the Creator's permission, choosing to drop the 【World Ring】 in the central park in half an hour. Completing this operation, the 【World Ring】 in his hand disappeared.

Sure enough, after the contact platform released this announcement to all Devourers, Black A, Boiling Red, and Dark Sun, who were fighting together, all gradually stopped. They seemed to retreat separately, but in fact, they were all rushing toward the central park.

Su Xiao didn't intend to pay attention to the subsequent battle; he only cared about the result, which was who could seize the 【World Ring】 and wear it on their hand before nightfall tonight.

Switching to the Storm Flame Dragon, Su Xiao returned to the royal palace on the dragon. When he walked into the Kingdom Council Hall, the Platinum Bishop, Caesar, the High Priest, and the Ghost Prophet were all present.

"Bai Ye, I heard you are setting off to leave tonight. This is too hurried. Why not leave tomorrow morning? Tonight, I will pay for a banquet personally."

The High Priest spoke with a hint of reluctance in his eyes. In fact, when he heard earlier that Su Xiao was setting off to leave the Holy Lan Kingdom tonight, he was so happy he disregarded the dignity of a priest and laughed a few times. But when he said this just now, he seemed sincere, appearing inseparable due to his friendship with Su Xiao, while his true mood was that he was holding back from laughing out loud.

"No need, I'm leaving tonight."

Su Xiao glanced at the High Priest and, after discovering that the other party controlled his expression well, already had a way in his heart.

"Sigh, we have to part after all."

The High Priest sighed, his demeanor still flawless. Seeing this, Su Xiao showed suspicion and asked:

"Parting?"

"We are parting tonight."

"Who said that?"

Hearing Su Xiao say this, the High Priest on the seat diagonally opposite suddenly saw the reluctance of parting disappear from his face, and a very ominous feeling gradually emerged in his heart.

"We signed a contract to deal with the Sand King together."

Su Xiao took out a contract parchment and displayed it to the High Priest.

"You, you, you!"

The High Priest pointed at Su Xiao with a trembling finger, so angry his beard was almost standing up.

"It's getting late. Go back, pack your luggage, and prepare to set off."

Su Xiao put away the contract parchment, which made the High Priest's face turn black. But after a few seconds, the High Priest laughed out loud, actually adopting an attitude of having long wanted to go to the Desert Kingdom together with Su Xiao and the others. It can only be said that in terms of being shameless, the High Priest was the ceiling level in Su Xiao's team this time.

At the moment, Silver Face, Red Pupil Girl, and others were all in the Northern Territory, which made Su Xiao's team not only have changes in appearance but also different styles.

Su Xiao's previous team had both people like Dre, who was decadent but had the charm of a middle-aged man, and girls with high looks and straightforward personalities like Veronica, as well as beautiful women with the temperament of court nobles like Red Pupil Girl, and the cold assassin Silver Face.

When these people stood behind Su Xiao, even if Su Xiao was full of blood energy and his eyes were somewhat cold, overall, it still gave people a feeling of, "Hmm, these should be a group of good people."

Looking at Su Xiao's team now, the Sun Bishop sat there, and that platinum-gold metal mask, paired with those listless eyes, made people feel that this guy didn't seem normal.

Shifting his gaze to Caesar, the High Priest, and the Ghost Prophet, hmm, very good, the Goblin Great Schemer, the God-Stick Great Schemer, and the Divination Great Schemer, all complete. And this age group, it changed from the youthful vigor of Veronica and Red Pupil Girl to the sunset red.

After Su Xiao, Caesar, the Platinum Bishop, the High Priest, and the Ghost Prophet stood together, the first time an outsider saw these five, even if they didn't tremble, they would hesitate in their hearts.

However, in terms of combat power, Su Xiao's previous team and Su Xiao's current team were not on the same level.

Su Xiao and the Platinum Bishop were the combat power pillars, Caesar naturally goes without saying, the Ghost Prophet was the strongest diviner in this world, and as for the High Priest, don't be deceived by this guy's Dawn God Sect outer garment. This old guy was a very strong curse master. His frontal combat power was upper-middle, but if given the chance to secretly cast curses from a distance, he could at least rank in the top 15 combat powers in this world.

After discussion, after everyone set off tonight, Su Xiao would ride the Storm Flame Dragon alone and walk at the very front. The purpose was twofold: first, to cover eyes and ears to avoid the Sand King having eyes and ears here; second, Su Xiao was going to the Scorching Desert to find the Sun Flame there.

First, regarding whether the Sand King had eyes and ears, Su Xiao estimated that this probability was actually not high. The reason was that whether it was dealing with the Deceiver, the Informant (Nightmare King), or the Mysterious One, except for the Mysterious One being slightly prepared, the other traitors were all improvising. This represented one thing: the connection between the several traitors was not close, at most having letters exchanged every ten-plus years or even decades.

It was reasonable to think so; the several traitors each knew the bottom line, so naturally, they were unwilling to meet each other. Even if they were in the same force, they were unwilling. There was another point: they betrayed the Law-Extinguishing Camp a thousand years ago, the time was too long, and plus the current hegemon in the Void was the Arcane Eternal Star, these traitors naturally didn't worry about people from the Law-Extinguishing Camp coming to take revenge on them.

Su Xiao estimated that at the current stage, the Sand King of the Desert Kingdom might still be enjoying the power that had already started to become boring in the posture of a tyrant, and continuously strengthening his own strength. Not to mention other things, these traitors who came out of the Law-Extinguishing Camp, except for the Deceiver who had an absolute upper limit, the others were all moving toward the goal of a peerless powerhouse.

Su Xiao returned to the three-story small building where he was temporarily staying. Just as he was about to sit cross-legged on the round velvet cushion on the floor to meditate, he sensed that an object in his storage space was emitting fluctuations; it was the Fate Stone.

Taking out the Fate Stone, crystal layers spread, and with the Fate Stone as the center, a simple summoning formation was constructed on the ground. The other side tested it slightly, and after confirming it was not a demon teleportation array, it accepted the summoning.

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

The Lucky Goddess, whose entire body emitted pale golden radiance, appeared. Hearing her opening line, Baha couldn't help but complain: "Why do you have to say this every time you come?"

"After I am summoned, if I don't say this, I feel uncomfortable."

The Lucky Goddess, who had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, withdrew the golden radiance and floated at a position half a meter above the ground, her posture somewhat lazy. She took out the facial mask she had taken off just now because she accepted the summoning, reapplied it to her face, and even patted her cheeks on both sides twice with satisfaction. This made Baha's head buzz.

"Didn't I promise before? After going home, I would bring you a treasure. Look at what this is."

The Lucky Goddess took out a pendant. The main body of this pendant was about the size of a quail egg, with a translucent texture, and inside were golden light particles like stars. This was clearly a special-grade lucky item.

Lucky items were roughly divided into four grades: special grade, first grade, second grade, and third grade.

Third-grade lucky items were the worst, mostly dead objects, such as lucky amulets, fortune-turning ropes, or family heirlooms, etc.

For Su Xiao, third-grade lucky items were useless, and the second grade above that were living lucky items.

The 【Wandering Luan】 and 【Greedy Fish】 obtained before were both second-grade lucky items.

And first-grade lucky items were things like 【Holy Snake Protection】, which could swallow bad luck, had relatively high intelligence, knew how to ask for help or retreat before being about to be burst, and more importantly, had growth potential.

The highest grade was the special-grade lucky item, which was the 【Spirit Luck Pendant】 obtained at the moment. For this type of special-grade lucky item, there were both dead objects and living objects, with dead objects being more numerous.

The Lucky Goddess shook the 【Spirit Luck Pendant】 in her hand and said with a hint of joy: "You previously, in order to deal with the God of Radiance, pushed your luck to the limit of this world, but don't forget, after extreme luck, it might be a period of extreme decay.

Simply put, your luck might be particularly bad for a period of time recently, but if you carry this thing with you, it can absorb your bad luck in huge quantities, so that negative times negative equals positive, and your luck will slowly stabilize. How about it? The five percent of divine blood wasn't shared in vain, right? Am I thoughtful? So you definitely can't scheme against me, for example, finding Saintess Seat, letting her go to my house to block me, and then robbing my divine blood, and finally you split it equally. Can you do such a thing? Your conscience won't allow it, right? Saintess Seat passing by near my house must be a coincidence, it must be, right."

Speaking to the end, the Lucky Goddess had already floated to Su Xiao's front, staring at Su Xiao at close range, and asked somewhat aggrievedly: "Saintess Seat definitely wasn't found by you, right."

"If I wanted to snatch that share of your divine blood, I wouldn't need to be so troublesome."

Hearing this, the Lucky Goddess pondered with a worried look for a while, feeling that this was indeed the truth. She asked in confusion: "Then Saintess Seat passing by near my house several times was a coincidence?"

"Based on my understanding of Saintess Seat, she should be scouting."

"Scout... scouting? Then isn't that still wanting to ransack me? Didn't you say before that if I encountered trouble, she would help me."

"Yes, but helping you and ransacking you are not contradictory."

Hearing this conclusion, the Lucky Goddess was in a mess. She really wanted to ask: "What kind of people are you all in the Starry Sky Seat?"

"I will contact Saintess Seat later."

Getting this guarantee from Su Xiao, the Lucky Goddess felt much more at ease. She handed the 【Spirit Luck Pendant】 in her hand to Su Xiao, not forgetting to continue to flatter him: "As long as you carry this treasure with you, I guarantee you..."

Crack~

Cracks appeared on the surface of the 【Spirit Luck Pendant】, which made big doubts appear in the Lucky Goddess's eyes. Golden rings appeared in her pupils, and she immediately saw the massive amount of bad luck on Su Xiao's body rapidly entering the main body of the 【Spirit Luck Pendant】.

Boom!

An explosion sounded in front of them, golden light particles scattered in large areas, and the special-grade lucky item 【Spirit Luck Pendant】 exploded.

Su Xiao collected the fragments of the 【Spirit Luck Pendant】. He had already experienced this situation, so he naturally appeared calm. Moreover, he felt that his luck had actually recovered to the normal level of the past, having passed the severe overdraft of luck brought about after extreme luck.

"This is 3 ounces of lucky divine blood. Next time you get divine blood, remember to summon me the first time. I have time anytime. See you."

The Lucky Goddess gradually faded away. Judging from the spatial fluctuations, it didn't look like she was returning to the Void, but heading in the direction of the Northern Territory.

Su Xiao held the container containing the lucky divine blood. This was obtained by killing the God of Radiance, purifying and filtering its divine blood, and then converted by the Lucky Goddess.

Su Xiao didn't intend to use this divine blood for the time being. The amount of lucky divine blood required for the Fate Dominator to promote to the next stage was massive, and the current share might not even be one-tenth.

The sky gradually darkened. When night fell, in the palace garden, Su Xiao leaped onto the dragon's back, rode the Storm Flame Dragon alone, and flew away from the Holy Lan Kingdom.

Two o'clock in the second half of the night, the cool night wind blew across his cheeks. This place had already reached the border of the Alliance. Su Xiao looked at a small town below, and a beautiful figure was standing alone on the balcony of a castle; it was Saint Poetry.

"Bai Ye, you finally came to find me. I thought you had forgotten me."

Saint Poetry, whose temperament was as gentle as a neighbor's big sister, spoke. Although she said this, her inner thoughts were the exact opposite.

"Team messages, you didn't see them?"

Su Xiao spoke while sitting cross-legged on the dragon's back. Before dealing with the God of Radiance, he had sent team messages to Saint Poetry, but Saint Poetry was beyond the maximum reception range of the team messages. Saying this was a coincidence, no one would believe it.

"I'm used to traveling alone, I always forget to check team messages. But now that we've met, I will assist you all the way from now on."

Saint Poetry smiled exceptionally gently and happily. She had already muddled through more than half of the world's progress; naturally, she couldn't slack off anymore. With a contract in place, this was no joke.

"That's good, let's set off now."

"Okay, but Bai Ye, this Flame Dragon of yours is really good," Saint Poetry leaped lightly onto the dragon's back, sat sideways, and continued: "Where are we going next?"

"A desert."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Saint Poetry's heart, which had been hanging high, let go a little. However, she didn't know that the destination this time was the "Scorching Desert," where the daytime temperature could reach 4500 to 5000 degrees. There was another more important problem: recently, it was the active period of the Sun Flame in the center of the "Scorching Desert," where the temperature could reach 7000 to 9000 degrees. ===== CHAPTER 3632 =====