Chapter 3640: Caesar

The soul memory fragments Su Xiao held in his virtual grip completely evaporated. This time, he didn't absorb any of the soul memory. Even though the Sand King was a dual master of sword technique and melee combat, absorbing this soul memory might have brought no small improvement to his own abilities, but he didn't do so.

Because the Sand King was Mad King-ized by wearing the Soul Crown, his soul memory was mixed with the Original Sin Object and abyss aura. Absorbing these soul memories, if not careful, would not only fail to improve himself but would instead be eroded by the Soul Crown.

Furthermore, Su Xiao had always believed that the core function of the "Soul Eater" talent was to improve his own soul strength, not to absorb soul memories after killing enemies. The risk of the latter was far higher than the gains he could obtain.

A dragon roar came from the horizon. It was the Storm Flame Dragon, Dis. Su Xiao had just won here, and Water Brother had retreated on that side.

This was also one of the reasons why Su Xiao didn't choose to fight the Sand King head-on. Even if he won in a desperate fight, if Water Brother attacked afterward, Su Xiao would be very passive.

Regarding Water Brother, Su Xiao had always been vigilant about this person since he first had contact with him. The reason was that Water Brother, who hadn't obtained the "Origin Magic Mirror," was actually very strong. His strength had always been comparable to Su Xiao, Solomon, Gray Gentleman, and Priest.

Water Brother didn't like to stand out. He belonged to the type who had hard strength but never showed off. He was so low-key that many people felt they could go fifty-fifty with him, but when they really fought, they were taught a lesson by Water Brother.

After obtaining the "Origin Magic Mirror," Water Brother not only didn't float, but became even more humble. Most importantly, even though he had a not-low compatibility with the "Origin Magic Mirror," he still maintained awe for the Original Sin Object when using it.

Previously, Water Brother alone faced Dre, Silver Face, Veronica, the Red-Eyed Girl, and the Beast Knight. This lineup was really not weak.

Silver Face could be called the strongest assassin in this world. Dre used to be one of the top three bodyguards in this world and had protected an Alliance councilor. The Beast Knight had a mysterious background. Veronica was recommended by that old fox in the Alliance and was able to hold an iron-blood grade weapon and leave the Alliance territory. The Red-Eyed Girl was carefully taught by the Platinum Bishop. Saying she was the only seedling of the Sun Religion's inheritance was not an exaggeration. She had learned various sun secret arts that others dreamed of until she cried when she was young.

The result was that such a lineup was cleaned up by Water Brother in one encounter to the point of doubting their lives. They could only escape with the Red-Eyed Girl's ultimate life-saving ability. Even more critically, they were able to escape because the Storm Flame Dragon, Dis, carried Su Xiao to the surrounding area. Water Brother had to be distracted to guard against Su Xiao in dragon-riding state, which gave the Red-Eyed Girl and others a chance to escape.

What made Su Xiao feel even more tricky was that Water Brother was both ruthless and steady. He looked like he had average strategy, but at every critical moment, this guy would appear in the most critical place. What was steady was that this guy would never pretend to be cool and hard-headed if he felt something was wrong. Instead, he would withdraw in a short time and disappear without a trace for a period of time afterward.

"Boss, that guy ran away."

Baha flew over, his voice sounding a bit strange. Su Xiao looked over and found that Baha's head was a bit swollen. This was clearly Water Brother discovering the essence of dealing with Baha: hitting the mouth.

"Next time, I'll definitely kill this guy."

Baha, who had a black eye, said fiercely. Beside him, Veronica, who also had a black eye, nodded in agreement.

Su Xiao was not prepared to track Water Brother now, not only because it was difficult to track but also because his next target was Abyss Leader Silvis. Water Brother was cooperating with Abyss Leader Silvis.

In this way, it was a duel between Su Xiao's team and Ghost City. In Su Xiao's view, this was very unstable. His team's combat power was sufficient, but compared to the entire Ghost City, the scale of the faction was too different. He had to find a way to develop the situation into Alliance Faction vs. Ghost City, and he would act as the representative of the Alliance this time.

Regarding this point, Su Xiao still had some confidence. In the last hundred years, the Dark Religion had done a lot of evil in the Alliance territory. At the current stage, it wasn't that the Alliance didn't want to clean up Ghost City, but that no one was willing to be the representative in this matter. It was simply too dangerous.

The Dark Religion was certainly hateful, but the members here were all capable. Most of the members here had absorbed abyss energy, just with differences in amount, which also meant that their defects were more extreme, and their combat power was also increased to be stronger by abyss energy.

Considering the combat power of these guys and their unscrupulous means, no one in the Alliance dared to take the lead in dealing with the Dark Religion. This explained why the last time the Alliance cleared the Dark Religion out of its territory, it was Su Xiao who took the lead. The reason was that as the Dean of the Twilight Asylum, Su Xiao was one of the two people who were not afraid of the Dark Religion's retaliation. Or rather, his position was a natural mortal enemy of the Dark Religion. In the third-floor dungeon of the Asylum, 60% of the criminals were members of the Dark Religion.

The other person who dared to stand up was naturally the leader of the Hunter Unit, Tasha. Although Tasha dared to do so, her family, the Mono family, would not allow her to do so. Tasha herself was not afraid of retaliation, but other members of the Mono family were afraid. No one wanted to go out in the morning and be bitten into broken bones by the biting insects crawling out of the roadside sewer cracks.

Therefore, as long as Su Xiao was willing to deal with Ghost City, the four councilors of the Alliance, even if they didn't express it on the surface, would definitely support it in secret. To be more precise, as long as Su Xiao showed the intention of going to Ghost City, the four councilors of the Alliance would very likely be willing to pay a huge sum as remuneration to let Su Xiao clean up the Dark Religion.

Su Xiao's idea was to return to Kuss City first and reveal his intention to deal with Abyss Leader Silvis to Mayor Perkin. It was certain that Mayor Perkin would secretly inform the four councilors. Others couldn't contact the four councilors at the same time, but Mayor Perkin definitely could. Saying that this person was the god of wealth for more than half of the Alliance was not an exaggeration.

The subsequent things would be easy to handle. Su Xiao only needed three points: 1. Enter Ghost City in the name of the Alliance and get a relatively safe temporary base in Ghost City; 2. Temporarily transfer the intelligence department under Tasha; 3. Enough remuneration.

This was the benefit of the enemy's bad reputation. Although Su Xiao wanted to defeat Abyss Leader Silvis for his own purpose, he was not prepared to let other factions gain benefits for nothing. Other factions could certainly gain benefits from this matter, but they had to pay him enough remuneration first.

Sending an Original Sin Object to Abyss Leader Silvis was definitely not okay. If the opponent could use the "Soul Crown" or "Nether Bone Ring," it would be counterproductive.

Su Xiao thought up to this point when a prompt appeared. The kill prompt for killing the Sand King appeared exceptionally slowly.

【Prompt: You have killed the Sand King.】

【You obtain 2900 Soul Coins (distributed according to kill contribution).】

【You obtain 16.8% World Source (distributed according to kill contribution).】

【You obtain Abyss Meteor (Origin-level weapon, because the previous user died, this weapon has entered a semi-sealed state).】

【You obtain Origin-level Treasure Chest: Mad King.】

This time killing the Sand King, Su Xiao and Saint Poetry were in a team state. Added to the fact that Saint Poetry's healing amount was amazing in this battle, this allowed her to occupy a considerable share in the settlement of kill rewards. The harvest of Soul Coins + World Source + Kill Title was quite rich, especially in terms of titles. But because the kill contribution was more achieved because of 【Blood Feather】, the distribution of treasure chests was completely tilted toward Su Xiao.

Regarding the kill gains, Su Xiao could obtain the treasure chest, which was enough. At the moment, there was the bounty of the "Hunter List: Blood Contract." As long as he could kill the Sand King, even if there were no kill rewards, he would make a big profit, just like when he killed the Nightmare King before.

However, this kill reward made Su Xiao feel a bit surprised. Generally, the weapons of enemies were opened from treasure chests. This time, it was notarized directly as a kill reward. He exerted force at his feet, and a circular hole appeared in the ice surface below, and he fell into the water.

In the clear water below, Su Xiao sank at a constant speed. From a long distance, he felt the aura of the "Abyss Meteor" sword. When he dived to the bottom of the water, he held the handle of "Abyss Meteor" with one hand and tried to pull it out of the huge rock, but after trying several times, he found that this weapon was indeed too heavy.

The crystal layer clung to Su Xiao's right hand and forearm. He smashed the stone base under the "Abyss Meteor" sword with one punch, held the handle, and put it into the team storage space.

【Abyss Meteor】

Origin: Void.

Quality: Origin-level

Category: Heavy Sword.

Durability: 518/540 points

Attack Power: Visible after lifting the semi-sealed state.

Equipment Requirement 1: Real Strength 300 points, Sword Master lv. 65 or higher, Willpower 170 points or higher.

Equipment Requirement 2: Compatibility with this weapon reaches 30% or higher, can ignore its weight and harsh requirements for willpower, but in this case, it is highly likely that the user will be controlled by the "Dark Evil Spirit" inside this heavy sword.

Basic Effect: The length of this weapon will be changed self-adaptively according to the user's body size.

Equipment Effect 1: Life Thirst (Original Sin Passive), using this weapon to kill enemies will gradually lift the eight-fold seal of this weapon.

Prompt: If you meet Equipment Requirement 1 to use this weapon, each seal lifted will only release the overall strength of this weapon.

Prompt: If you use this weapon by relying on Equipment Requirement 2, each seal lifted will not only release the overall strength of this weapon, but the user's strength will also appear fast and significant improvement with each seal lifted. But at the same time, the user will significantly reduce the resistance to the "Dark Evil Spirit" of this weapon and be further driven by the "Dark Evil Spirit."

Equipment Effect 2: Visible after lifting the semi-sealed state.

Equipment Effect 3:???

Rating: Visible after lifting the semi-sealed state.

Introduction: This weapon was originally a killing heavy blade forged by a legendary blacksmith. Although it leaned toward killing characteristics, it was not evil. However, after being eroded by the Mad King's consciousness and the Soul Crown, a "Dark Evil Spirit" that greedily devoured life was produced inside this weapon.

Seeing the data of 【Abyss Meteor】, Su Xiao was prepared to leave this weapon for now. He wanted to try what would happen if he gave this weapon to Black A.

With Black A's rebellious characteristic, the "Dark Evil Spirit" inside this weapon might not necessarily be able to do anything to Black A. Especially, Black A had even devoured abyss energy. It was possible that Black A could prostitute the strength improvement brought by the lifting of the weapon's seal without being invaded by the "Dark Evil Spirit."

If Black A couldn't use it, he would see if the Demon Blacksmith could re-forge it in the future. Su Xiao had never considered selling this heavy sword, mainly because it was unlikely that anyone would buy it.

A moment later, Su Xiao flicked the crystal short sword in his hand and nailed it to the ice surface. Looking at this piece of ice surface again, it was already covered with spatial arrays. The crowd who arrived one after another had increasingly solemn expressions.

"Old man won't return to the Alliance with you all. There are still many things waiting for me to preside over in the Saint Lan Kingdom. Now that the new king of the kingdom has been enthroned, the Dawn Religion also has many important matters waiting for me to deal with."

The High Priest spoke with a smile. This god-stick swindler was obviously guessing that there would be other strong enemies to deal with later, so he prepared to take the opportunity to slip back to the Saint Lan Kingdom.

"..."

Su Xiao took out the contract he had signed with the High Priest before and destroyed it in front of the other party. Seeing this, the High Priest not only didn't feel much joy in his heart but felt that there was something abnormal in it. He came to Su Xiao's side and asked in a low voice:

"Bai Ye, where are you going after..."

"Ghost City."

"Why go there? That is the territory of Abyss Leader Silvis. Could it be... Oh~!"

The High Priest's "Oh" tone had the meaning of understanding, but thinking that Abyss Leader Silvis was a recognized top-three powerhouse in this world, the High Priest was more determined to retreat immediately.

"If there are no accidents, the councilors of the Alliance will support this matter."

Su Xiao spoke casually. Hearing this, the High Priest nodded thoughtfully and said: "Indeed, if you are the representative of this matter, the four councilors of the Alliance will definitely give you a reward first. This is a not-small benefit. If..."

The High Priest's words were stuck halfway because he thought that if he represented the Dawn Religion this time and participated in the team to deal with Abyss Leader Silvis, then the royal family of the Saint Lan Kingdom must express something. Over the years, the Saint Lan Kingdom had also been harmed by the Dark Religion members.

Thinking of this point, the High Priest narrowed his eyes. In the current Saint Lan Kingdom, Black Rose and the previous God of Radiance had passed away, the young king was barely stabilizing the situation, and the royal high-level officials who had taken all the benefits over the years, except for the death of many servants due to the appearance of the "Nest of Suffering," actually didn't have much loss. And this time, as the leader of the Dawn Religion, he personally went to Ghost City to deal with the Dark Religion. If these royal high-level officials didn't take out a large amount of resources, the High Priest would have reason to clean up all these guys.

If they were willing to take out benefits, it must be a large amount to be worthy of this crusade to Ghost City. Thinking of this point, the High Priest's eyes began to shine.

Going to crusade Ghost City alone, although the name was louder, the High Priest was more guilty. Ghost City was the lair of Abyss Leader Silvis. Going to crusade in the name of the Dawn Religion alone was simply sending heads.

The High Priest looked around at the crowd on the teleportation array. After scanning Su Xiao and the Platinum Bishop, the High Priest firmed up his idea. It was still safer in this team.

"Bai Ye, you are going to Ghost City to deal with Abyss Leader Silvis this time. I absolutely cannot stand by!"

The High Priest spoke righteously. Anyway, he was going to exploit the royal family of the Saint Lan Kingdom who were doing evil. It could be said that he had no psychological pressure at all. Not only did his conscience not hurt, but he felt that his conscience had never been so comfortable.

Su Xiao was about to start the teleportation array when he paused because of the High Priest's words. He pondered for a moment and said: "You are old, forget it."

"It's okay, even if I throw this old bone in Ghost City, I must make the Dark Religion pay the price. I am at odds with the dark!"

"You should rest."

"Ten percent, no more than that."

The High Priest spoke with eyes full of heartache, his eyelids twitching twice.

"This isn't a question of benefits."

"Twenty percent."

Saying this, the High Priest felt his liver tremble. It seemed he still held eighty percent alone, but in reality, this matter required finding others to cooperate to make those royal families obediently submit.

"This is indeed not a question of benefits."

Su Xiao remained calm.

"Thirty percent!"

Bloodshot veins appeared in the High Priest's eyes.

"Hurry up and get on, the teleportation array is about to start."

Baha spoke. He had cooperated in similar situations many times. Hearing this, the High Priest stepped onto the teleportation array quickly. The next second, the teleportation array started with a boom.

When the spatial fluctuations stabilized, Su Xiao had returned to the third floor of the asylum, inside the bedroom connected to his office. Baha opened the door and landed on the top of the door, saying:

"Everyone, the restroom is down the corridor to the left, ten-plus meters away. Assemble tomorrow morning to go to Ghost Soul City..."

Before long, everyone left one after another. It was morning now; first they went to the Saint Lan Kingdom to deal with the Black Rose, and then to the Desert Kingdom to deal with the Sand King. It was time to rest and regroup.

Su Xiao sat behind his desk. Of the six traitors to be dealt with, only one remained. He felt much more relaxed, yet he also had a sense of crisis.

Having Baha brew a pot of maple tea, Su Xiao poured a cup and sipped it slowly, pondering the current situation. From entering this world until now, there was one point he couldn't figure out: why the traitor was so careless.

Su Xiao had entered this world because the traitor had used the Void Tree's notarization to buy the Awakening Tablet from the Saint Light Paradise with Space-Time Power. Su Xiao had triggered the "Hunter List" by tracking the Awakening Tablet.

Logically speaking, with the traitor's strength and means, even though the opponent was in this world, their information channels shouldn't be blocked. Thinking this way, the opponent should know of his existence. This wasn't Su Xiao being arrogant, but rather the fact that the Law Breaker had blown up the spellcaster faction's "Prosperous Star" not long ago, which had spread far and wide; even the Platinum Bishop knew about it and had asked if it was true.

Under such circumstances, the traitor had bought the Awakening Tablet, and after that, the traitor in this world clearly had no defenses. After Su Xiao came here and killed four traitors, the traitor still acted as if they knew nothing and hadn't taken the initiative to attack.

This made Su Xiao feel a bit inexplicably panicked. The more he completed the "Hunter List," the more he felt like he was gradually stepping into a trap, yet he had to move forward step by step.

【Main Mission · Kill the Mad King (Completed).】

【You have obtained Origin Stone × 15.】

【You have activated the final stage of the main mission · Shadow of the Abyss.】

【Main Mission: Shadow of the Abyss (Final Stage)】

Difficulty Level: lv. 88～？？？.

Mission Information: After closing the Abyss Hole, defeat the Shadow of the Abyss.

Notification: The Shadow of the Abyss is currently in a deep sleep and is expected to wake up in the near future.

Mission Deadline: 15 natural days.

Mission Reward: Origin Stone · Endless.

Mission Penalty: None.

Seeing the content of the final stage of the mission, Su Xiao's heart, which had been hanging high, relaxed a bit. He finally knew why the traitor hadn't made a move: it was because they were in a deep sleep.

From the known situation, closing that Abyss Hole, wherever it might be, could significantly reduce the traitor's power. This was also the reason why the mission difficulty was lv. 88～？？？.

If the mission difficulty were lv. 88, he could still put up a fight by exhausting all means, but if he ignored the Abyss Hole and went directly to deal with the traitor, it would be a certain-death situation.

An Abyss Hole is different from an Abyss Channel; or rather, an Abyss Hole is the embryonic form of an Abyss Channel. Once a hole appears in this world, when it expands to a certain extent, it becomes an Abyss Channel. The former is still relatively easy to seal and won't gush out massive amounts of Abyss energy, while the latter is extremely difficult to seal, and the gushing Abyss energy might only take a few days to spread across the entire world, turning it into a piece of darkness.

Regarding the location of the Abyss Hole, Su Xiao estimated there was a high probability it was in Ghost Soul City. In the memory images he had seen before, the Sand King, Abyss Leader · Silvis, and the traitor had met in a church in Ghost Soul City; perhaps it was about the Abyss Hole.

Even if this thing wasn't in Ghost Soul City, Ghost Soul City must have clues about it. Thinking of this, the teacup in Su Xiao's hand was empty. He reached for the teapot to pour a cup of tea, then discovered the teapot was also empty.

"Hiccup~"

Caesar, sitting across from the desk, had drunk his fill and even let out a burp. Chewing on tea leaves, he said: "My dear friend, Caesar has come to help you sell the Golden Cans, and because of our friendship, Caesar has decided not to take a single cent of commission on this matter."

Caesar had suddenly become generous, which surprised Su Xiao. Baha, on the windowsill, took two steps back. For some reason, seeing Caesar so generous made Baha feel a bit panicked.

Su Xiao immediately thought that Caesar must have had a huge harvest in the treasury of Holy Sand Castle, which was why he was so generous this time. Thinking of this, Su Xiao felt much more at ease.

"My dear friend, Caesar has a question to confirm."

"What is it?"

"Do you still plan to have any dealings with the Golden Divine Sect later? If you don't plan to, hehehe~"

Caesar smiled and rubbed his hands. That smile clearly meant he was going to bring out all three divine artifacts to negotiate prices with the Golden Divine Sect.

Su Xiao pondered for a moment and ultimately chose to say nothing. Seeing this, the smile on Caesar's face became even brighter. After having lunch at the asylum cafeteria, stealing away half a bag of onions, a basket of eggs, and half a lamb leg, he left in high spirits.

At two in the afternoon, in the office on the third floor of the asylum, Su Xiao gave the stack of signed documents to Irene. He looked at Irene, who wore rimless glasses and had a well-proportioned figure, and asked:

"Has the asylum's financial issues been handled by Mony recently?"

The Mony Su Xiao mentioned was the Old Fox's granddaughter. Previously, the Old Fox seemed not to want his granddaughter transferred to the asylum, but later changed his mind. It had to be said, Mony was very capable.

"Yes, Mony is in charge of everything. She is very capable."

Irene across the desk smiled, her red lips curling into a suspicious arc. Seeing this, Su Xiao's expression darkened slightly as he said:

"At noon today, Mony reported to me that someone was harassing her."

"Who?!"

Irene across the desk stood up, pressed her hands on the desk, and her eyes turned into constricted vertical pupils.

"You."

Su Xiao extinguished the cigarette between his fingers. Hearing his words, Irene across the desk sat down awkwardly and began to flip through the documents Su Xiao had signed, as if nothing had happened. A moment later, after being stared at by Su Xiao until she couldn't take it anymore, Irene explained:

"Alright, I just felt she looked a lot like my younger sister when she was shy, I had no other intentions. You know me, Dean, what bad intentions could I possibly have?"

"..."

Seeing Su Xiao lower his eyelids and say nothing, Irene hurriedly straightened up and said she would definitely restrain herself, and promised not to harass Mony for no reason again. Finally, after Su Xiao put down the sheathed Dragon Flash, Irene breathed a sigh of relief, said goodbye, and left the office.

Just as Irene left, Su Xiao received several notifications.

【Notification: Golden Divine Sect's favorability toward you -10 points.】

【Notification: Golden Divine Sect's favorability toward you -15 points.】

【Notification: Golden Divine Sect's favorability toward you -30 points.】

【Notification: Golden Divine Sect's favorability toward you -40 points.】

【Current Golden Divine Sect favorability: -95 points.】

Seeing these notifications, Su Xiao knew that Caesar had started negotiating prices with the Golden Divine Sect. He was the seller, and the Golden Divine Sect certainly knew that his trip to Nightmare Island to eliminate the Nightmare King was no secret.

After more than half an hour, the office door was pushed open. A refreshed-looking Caesar walked into the office. After sitting down, he placed a wooden box on the desk and pushed it with his hand, sliding the wooden box in front of Su Xiao.

Su Xiao opened the wooden box and found a medicine bottle sealed with resin inside.

【Notification: You have obtained Golden Secret Medicine (World-class potion).】