Chapter 3643

In the dim building, Water Brother sat there expressionlessly. Because the light was too dim, his complexion could not be seen clearly, but presumably, his complexion at this time was not good.

After Water Brother obtained the "Origin Magic Mirror", he knew that this was an opportunity where fortune and misfortune depended on each other, and also a kind of alternative means to persuade enemies to retreat. But at this moment, Water Brother witnessed what a true holder of an Original Sin item was.

Water Brother could hold the "Origin Magic Mirror" not only because he was blind, but because at his soul level, he simply didn't see this concept. Therefore, the negative effects of the "Origin Magic Mirror" would not easily act on him.

But now, Water Brother witnessed someone holding three Original Sin items at the same time, and the holder didn't have any abnormalities, looking as if he hadn't been affected by these three Original Sin items.

"You, how did you do it."

There was a bit of suspicion and confusion in Water Brother's tone. He felt that he was on the verge of life and death at any time while holding one Original Sin item, and the growth speed of his perception ability increased sharply. Now, the Hunter opposite him actually held three Original Sin items.

"If you tell me this method, I will abandon all the tasks that have already reached 80%. A total of 32 branch tasks are all aimed at the Twilight Asylum and the Sun faction. By then, I will assist you unconditionally until the progress of this world ends. All the benefits I generate during this period will belong to you. Except for signing a contract, you can promise this in any way."

Water Brother was simply a branch task maniac. Receiving more than 30 branch tasks at the same time was not something an ordinary contractor could do. This was simply making a fortune in silence.

"Without signing a contract, how can I believe you?"

"After signing the contract, you can believe me, but I am not far from death."

Water Brother's attitude was firm. Even if he abandoned this deal, he would never sign a contract. This was the ultimate means to restrain the "Contract Master".

"You have a misunderstanding about contracts."

"I don't have a misunderstanding about contracts. I had a friend who wasn't quite a friend before. His name was Gray Gentleman. Once he dived deep into the native world of our Death Paradise, I received a hunting mission and almost fell into his contract trap. At that time, he was 'full of praise' for your contract level."

Speaking of this, Water Brother had some lingering fears. He had experienced Gray Gentleman's contract trap and almost got caught. And Bai Ye, who was "full of praise" by Gray Gentleman, had a danger level that must be another layer higher.

"Gray Gentleman and I are mortal enemies; he was just slandering."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette while speaking, his demeanor as relaxed as an old friend chatting.

"I'll believe it for now."

Water Brother's attitude was firm. Cooperation was possible, but absolutely no contract signing.

The current situation was actually easy to understand. Whether it was Su Xiao or Water Brother, they actually didn't have good intentions, but they didn't want to be hostile to each other. It was too much of a loss. But the problem was that the situation had reached this point, and whichever side chose to retreat would suffer a loss.

"The method of safely holding Original Sin items is not a secret. I can tell you."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Water Brother opposite felt cold in his heart, but after hesitating, he made an attitude of listening attentively.

"You can think of Original Sin items as creditors, creditors who take lives. Every time you use an Original Sin item, you accumulate karma. This is like constantly borrowing money from this creditor. One day, this creditor will come to you for debt."

"This metaphor... is very appropriate."

Water Brother nodded thoughtfully. Seeing this, Su Xiao continued:

"You only have one life. Since they are creditors, they don't want to see bad debts."

After hearing Su Xiao's words, Water Brother's brows furrowed deeply. He felt it made sense, but also felt it was nonsense.

"Are you saying, let me find another Original Sin item?! Let the creditors become two?"

"No, I mean, let you find a way to get a few more lives, a few more creditors? What kind of stupid idea is that? Original Sin items can completely divide your life."

"You..."

Water Brother was a bit broken, but immediately calmed down and said, "Sorry, I lost my composure."

"Touched by the karma of Original Sin items, and still want to escape? Find a way to make your karma bigger, big enough that the Original Sin items dislike you."

"Oh～?"

Water Brother's dull eyes widened a bit. He could feel that this sentence was dry goods, dry goods that could save his life.

"Thank you."

Water Brother took out a translucent blue crystal and threw it toward Su Xiao. Su Xiao raised his hand to catch it.

【Tip: You obtained Awakening Stone.】

【Awakening Stone (Exclusive Gem for Shadow of Law): Can deeply enhance Shadow of Law abilities.】

……

"When I was in the fourth or fifth tier, I forgot specifically. In short, I bought it in the trading market. To be precise, this is an add-on. For others, this thing is useless."

After Water Brother finished speaking, he made a gesture to stand up and leave. The next instant, an oval-shaped amber the size of a pigeon egg was thrown over. Located in the center of the amber was a strand of black energy as thin as hair. It was very little, but it gave people an exceptionally strong feeling.

"This is?"

Water Brother clamped the amber with two fingers, feeling the substance as thin as hair inside, and had a faint sense of familiarity.

"This is a trace amount of Original Sin. One day when that magic mirror is about to swallow you, throw this thing to it. It will delay your death date, test whether you have more Original Sin, and it will definitely be no problem to save your life temporarily."

The trace amount of Original Sin Su Xiao threw was a small section he cut off after obtaining the 【Original Sin Bud】. The remaining 【Original Sin Bud】 was all fed to the "Bloodthirsty Battle Armor".

"Are you not prepared to tell me some intelligence about the Abyss Leader Silvis?"

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Water Brother opposite stood up and walked into the darkness on the inner side of the building. When he was half submerged in the darkness, he said, "Sorry, I don't have the habit of betraying collaborators, even if he and I are no longer in a cooperative relationship now."

Leaving these words, after a few sounds of the blind cane hitting the ground, the darkness became silent.

Looking at the darkness ahead, Su Xiao's mood was good. He didn't get the answer he wanted, but he got the result he wanted. If Water Brother said the intelligence about the Abyss Leader Silvis, in the subsequent development of the situation, if Water Brother didn't exit, Su Xiao would definitely try every means to get rid of this person.

If the other party could betray the intelligence of the Abyss Leader Silvis, why couldn't they betray him later? Su Xiao always had self-knowledge. He never thought he was special, able to make others' IQ drop with a few words, and be loyal, etc.

The current situation was that although Water Brother chose to terminate the cooperation with the Abyss Leader Silvis, he was not prepared to stab the other party in the back. This also meant that if Su Xiao had cooperation with the other party later, even if the two sides parted ways because their opinions or interests were no longer consistent, it wouldn't reach the point of being stabbed in the back by the other party.

Su Xiao looked around at the furnishings of the temporary base camp, the old and rotten furniture, the peeling and moldy wall skin, and there were many abandoned bird nests on the chandelier above. He had to find someone to repair this place properly before it could be used as a temporary base camp.

Before coming, Su Xiao had already contacted a local small company specializing in this matter through his connections at the Golden Bank. The other side promised that as long as the money was in place, before noon, they would definitely make this place look grand and luxurious.

Su Xiao had just prepared to take out the communicator when a sense of crisis suddenly came from above. Crystal layers clung to his body.

Boom!!

The pitch-black gravity beam fell, vertically smashing into the temporary base camp, blowing up this three-story building. The surrounding courtyard turned into a concave pit, and the walls were shattered and scattered.

Amidst the splashing building debris, Su Xiao, with crystal layers clinging to his body, was flying backward. With a "pop", he grabbed the spire of the steel building with one hand. Amidst the creaking metal distortion, he stabilized his figure.

With a "crack", the crystal layer on Su Xiao's body shattered. He stood on the roof half a kilometer away from the temporary base camp. At this moment, the temporary base camp had turned into a giant pit.

Su Xiao looked at the dark clouds above. This attack didn't even need to be thought about; it was highly likely to be the work of the Dark God Sect.

"Roar."

A dragon roar came. The Storm Flame Dragon Dis landed on the roof. Su Xiao jumped onto the dragon's back and said to Xiang Bubu, "Lock the location of the Dark God Sect's headquarters and provide me with real-time coordinates."

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang merged into the environment. Seeing this, Su Xiao controlled the Storm Flame Dragon to fly up.

At the same time, on the top of the steel giant tower several kilometers away, several figures wearing black robes were looking at the giant pit in the distance. One of the Dark Believers asked, "High Priest, will we enrage that lunatic by doing this?"

In the eyes of this Dark Believer, the director of the Twilight Asylum was a lunatic. Normal people wouldn't provoke Black Rose, the Nightmare King, the God of Radiance, the Sand King, and others.

"So what if he is enraged? This is Ghost City, our territory."

Black-robed High Priest Hauders spoke. As one of the main forces to rescue Hatred at the asylum, after returning to Ghost City this time, his status in the sect rose, and becoming a bishop was also possible.

The Dark God Sect had strict hierarchy. The Abyss Leader Silvis was naturally the highest leader. Below him were the positions of bishop and elder. Below that were black-robed high priest, gray-robed high priest, and further below were priest, devout believer, formal believer, and new believer.

Bishops and elders seemed to be of the same level, but the gap in real power between the two was not small. Bishops were those who had both strength and ability, and were sinister, cunning, and cruel, to reach this position. Elders were those who had strength + seniority. After being a black-robed high priest for decades without dying, one could be promoted to elder.

The black-robed high priest and gray-robed high priest below were even more so. A black-robed high priest was enough to make a city of the Alliance fall into considerable panic. The threat of a gray-robed high priest was smaller, at least they couldn't summon Abyss Nourishment, but they could summon very tricky strange monsters from the outer world.

The priests below that were slightly famous in the Dark God Sect, but to put it bluntly, they were actually high-level lackeys. The devout believers below that were considered ordinary members of the Dark God Sect.

Reaching the level of formal believers, they were the cannon fodder of devout believers and priests. The new believers with lower status than formal believers were even more miserable, completely like white mice. A more intuitive ranking was:

New believer (white mouse) → Formal believer (cannon fodder) → Devout believer (high-level cannon fodder) → Priest (rare cannon fodder) → Gray-robed high priest (not cannon fodder, but will take the blame) → Black-robed high priest (tumor-level figure) → Bishop/Elder (tumor-level figures that make both the Alliance and the Northern Empire have headaches) → Abyss Leader Silvis.

Black-robed High Priest Hauders looked at the giant pit in the distance. After learning that the director of the Twilight Asylum had come here, he immediately decided to give the enemy a heavy blow before anyone else. After the credit for rescuing Hatred hadn't faded, he would make another great contribution and leap to the position of bishop. As for the consequences, he didn't care about the consequences at all. Moreover, the other party was a Shadow of Law, just a Shadow of Law who had just come to Ghost City. Even if powerful, it was not easy to make a move immediately.

In fact, Black-robed High Priest Hauders had studied Su Xiao's way of acting in the Saint Lan Kingdom and the Desert Kingdom and found that Su Xiao was not reckless, especially just arriving in Ghost City, and even less likely to be reckless directly.

Black-robed High Priest Hauders was certainly not out of his mind, wanting to have a battle with Su Xiao. He had already planned that as long as Su Xiao attacked this side, he would immediately escape under the cover of his cannon fodder subordinates.

After waiting for a while, High Priest Hauders found that there was no movement in the distance, which made him couldn't help but think, could it be that the lunatic-like asylum director was upholding the principle that a strong dragon doesn't suppress a local snake and retreated temporarily? Thinking of this, Hauders couldn't help but feel excited. His position as bishop was already ten-tenths secure.

Boom!

A black-blue afterimage shot straight into the sky. It was Dis with black-blue dragon feathers. It flew almost vertically upward until it broke through the clouds.

Seeing this terrifying flight speed, Black-robed High Priest Hauders was truly shocked in his heart, but finding that it was not coming toward his side, he felt much more at ease.

At this time, above the clouds, Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back. A glass column the length of a forearm appeared in his hand, which he crushed with one hand. The liquid Apollo inside splashed everywhere.

Su Xiao held the liquid Apollo in his hands. He used the soul-type ability "Soul Crystal Spear" to release soul energy, used it to wrap the liquid Apollo, and stretched his hands to both sides. A "Sun Soul Crystal Spear" appeared. Initially, it was only a meter long. When it was perfected to nearly four meters, Su Xiao held it in his hand.

Crack!

Angry thunder surged. Su Xiao often attracted thunder in the dragon-riding state. He was fighting in this state now. Even if he didn't actively attract boundary thunder, thunder would gather in the sky. This belonged to the constant characteristic of the dragon-riding state.

A simple ring was worn on the index finger of Su Xiao's right hand. This ring was named 【Ancient Killing Ring】, and its core ability was:

"Equipment Effect 2: Hills Power (Passive/Unique), when attacking enemies from a distance, it will trigger Hills' soul power to bless the long-range attack (blessing bullets, arrows, etc.)."

……

After Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang on the ground locked the location, it sent the coordinates of the Dark God Sect's headquarters, the Dark Cathedral, to the team channel. Seeing these coordinates, a blood-colored phantom constructed above Su Xiao, and a soul-strong bow appeared in the hands of the blood-colored phantom.

Su Xiao threw up the "Sun Soul Crystal Spear" in his hand. The tall blood-colored phantom used this "Sun Soul Crystal Spear" as an arrow and aimed at the lower diagonal. At an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, attacking a designated biological target, Su Xiao didn't have much confidence, but hitting a magnificent building, he had a lot of confidence.

Crack crack crack～

The soul-strong bow was pulled to the point of creaking. When the blood-colored phantom's force was fully charged, Su Xiao controlled it to release the bowstring.

Boom!

The bowstring vibrated, and the clouds within a hundred meters were instantly dispersed by the air explosion. The "Sun Soul Crystal Spear" turned into a flame afterimage and hit the Dark Cathedral diagonally below.

Boom!!!

The Dark Cathedral was instantly swallowed by the sun flame. The surrounding ground surged like water waves, and the buildings above turned into fragments. With the vastness of Ghost City, half of Ghost City felt the vibration and the terrifying roar.

When everything subsided, the Dark Cathedral was still there, but the Abyss Nourishment statue on its top began to tilt, then fell and smashed to the ground. The hundred-meter-high Dark Cathedral had fine cracks on its outer wall. Looking down from above, the surrounding area within a diameter of 1.5 kilometers was razed to the ground. This also meant that more than half of the residences of the middle-lower members of the Dark God Sect were destroyed, and some of the middle-lower members of the Dark God Sect were even directly shaken to death by the explosion.

Crack crack crack～!

The soul-strong bow was pulled full again. Su Xiao controlled the blood-colored phantom to release the bowstring, and another "Sun Soul Crystal Spear" attacked the Dark Cathedral.

Black mist surged out from the windows of the Dark Cathedral, turning into a giant hand, grabbing the incoming "Sun Soul Crystal Spear". Another loud bang spread out.

But a few seconds later, there was another muffled sound from above, and the third "Sun Soul Crystal Spear" attacked. The black mist hand condensed again, meeting the "Sun Soul Crystal Spear".

Above the clouds, after shooting a few more arrows, Su Xiao took off the assassination ring on his index finger. His mood also gradually turned from being raided to cloudy and sunny. He used mental instructions to let the Storm Flame Dragon fly to the east side of Ghost City to find a building suitable as a base camp and rent it temporarily.

At this moment, on the steel giant tower, High Priest Hauders was looking up at the flying Storm Flame Dragon. When he turned his gaze to the Dark Cathedral that was still emitting black mist in the distance, his brain felt dizzy. If the elders and bishops in the sect knew that it was he who provoked this Shadow of Law first, which led to the other party taking retaliation, those old guys would definitely peel his skin.

"Today's matter must not be spread."

High Priest Hauders spoke in an icy tone. Hearing this, the dozen or so believers around all lowered their heads, indicating that they would never spread it.

"Forget it, I don't trust you. You'd better shut up forever."

Black flying insects flew out from the cuffs and collars of High Priest Hauders. These flying insects looked a bit like horseflies, but their mouths were circular and covered with multiple layers of sharp small teeth. The tail tentacles at the end were like tiny leeches, which could drill into flesh and blood, bringing intense and terrifying pain.

The dozen or so believers around didn't even have a chance to escape, let alone scream, before being enveloped by the black flying insects. In the blink of an eye, they were gnawed to the point that not even dregs were left.

……

Ghost City, Chengdong.

Su Xiao looked at the three-story apartment in front of him and felt that this place was quite good. There were enough rooms to live in, and there was a public area on the first floor. Finally, the rental fee here was cheap. This area belonged to the slums in Ghost City, chaotic to the point that local civilians couldn't live normally.

Walking into the first floor of the apartment, Su Xiao found that it was still quite clean. He sat on a single sofa and checked the countdown of the notarization expansion. There were still a few minutes left. This notarization expansion was about to be conducted, and he didn't know what mode the Strongest Hegemony Battle would be notarized into.

Regarding the attack just now, Su Xiao could be certain that it was not a resolution of the Dark God Sect's high-level, but the work of some middle-high-level person who was eager for quick success and instant benefits. The reason was that this was Ghost City, the base camp of the Dark God Sect stood there, and if they attacked each other's base camp, that side would suffer a blood loss. As long as there were no casualties on Su Xiao's side, it was just spending some Gulang to change a building.

【Tip: The expansive notarization officially begins.】

【Tip: In this notarization, the Void Tree is the neutral party of notarization, and the Reincarnation Paradise is the adjudicating party of notarization.】

【Notarization Scope: The entire Ghost City.】

【Notarization Factions: Alliance Faction, Dark Faction, Yuge Family, Business Alliance, Ghost Race.】

【The above five factions all have formal qualifications to send small teams to enter the Dangerous Area: Family Mansion and Dangerous Area: Ancestral Palace.】

【Warning: Because you and the Abyss Leader Silvis have individual combat power exceeding the critical point of the above two dangerous areas, if you or the Abyss Leader Silvis enter the above two areas, it will lead to explosive overflow of these two areas, resulting in collapse phenomena.】

【After notarization, you and the Abyss Leader Silvis are both prohibited from entering the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace", but you and the Abyss Leader Silvis will obtain faction leader functions and obligations.】

【Faction Leader Function: You can allow the small team members you designate to obtain temporary Void Tree imprints, so that they can obtain kill rewards in the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace", or trigger special tasks within the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace".】

【Faction Leader Obligation: Except for the small teams designated by the Alliance Faction, Dark Faction, Yuge Family, Business Alliance, and Ghost Race factions, you are prohibited from allowing any outsiders to enter the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace". Once discovered, you can conduct positioning-type hunting until they are killed. And during this period, you can make them become "Enemies of the Alliance" and be hostile to all units of the Alliance faction.】

【Tip: Only you and the Abyss Leader Silvis possess faction leader functions. The other three factions (Yuge Family, Business Alliance, Ghost Race) cannot designate personnel to form small teams. The Void Tree will select personnel with suitable combat power from within these three factions to form small teams of 3–5 people.】

【Tip: For the five-party small teams, the number of people per team is 1–5, and the combat power upper limit is limited.】

【This hegemony battle has been re-notarized into three stages.】

Stage 1: The five-party small teams enter the "Family Mansion" to find ancestral treasures while obtaining palace keys.

Tip: Whichever faction among the five-party small teams obtains the palace key, that faction will obtain constant material rewards, or 2 ounces of "Abyss Sediment".

Tip: If all members of a certain small team die in the "Family Mansion", this faction will be eliminated and have no right to participate in the subsequent hegemony battle.

Stage 2: The remaining small teams use the palace key to enter the "Ancestral Palace" under the "Family Mansion".

Tip: The "Ancestral Palace" possesses more ancestral treasures, but it is also more dangerous.

Stage 3: The small teams in the "Ancestral Palace" need to find and contend for the "Ancient Emblem" and finally bring it out of the "Ancestral Palace". The faction that obtains the "Ancient Emblem" is the winner of this hegemony battle.

【Tip (Void Tree): The areas "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace" where this hegemony battle is conducted are extremely rare areas. After completing the hegemony battle, both areas will be stripped from this world by the Void Tree.】

【Tip (Void Tree): Judging from the total value brought by this hegemony battle, final material rewards will be given based on this value.】

【Tip (Void Tree): The winner of this hegemony battle will obtain Original Sin Fragment × 1.】

【The following members are the advantaged ones in this hegemony battle.】

1. Dark Saint Son Black A.

2. Alisa (Boiling Red).

3. Sun Apostle.

【You can choose one of the above devourers as the core member of the small team under your command. After choosing, it cannot be changed.】

……

Su Xiao chose Boiling Red directly. This was something that didn't need to be considered.

The devourer melee battle had reached this point, and Su Xiao found that Dark Sun, who had been looking for people to fight, died the earliest. Black A and Boiling Red, who had been fighting each other to the death, simply ignored Crystal Ji and the Sun Apostle. As for Crystal Ji and the Sun Apostle, one was responsible for being beautiful, and the other was a ten-thousand-year-old turtle-shrinking old schemer.

Now that the devourer hegemony battle had expanded, it adopted another form. First of all, it was to understand the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace".

These two places originally belonged to one of the five factions in this hegemony battle, the Yuge Family. This family was very old. Before the establishment of the Alliance and the Northern Empire, it was the era of this family. The wealth and resources of the kingdoms in chaotic wars were basically earned by this family.

Suddenly one day, the Yuge Family declined. First, the people were withered, and then it was as if the bloodline was cursed, and the bloodline passed down from generation to generation was almost cut off. It was rare for the patriarchs of all generations to live past 40 years old. In the end, the remaining personnel of this family fled their "Family Mansion".

It was also at that time that the secret of the Yuge Family's "Family Mansion" was discovered by outsiders. That mansion had already become a dark, weird, and terrifying place. In contrast, there was an artifact called "Ancestral Treasure" there, which was something that major factions in Ghost City longed for, especially the Dark God Sect.

But before a group of factions went to explore, the "Family Mansion" disappeared into the fog, leaving only a pitch-black giant pit. And now, the "Family Mansion" of the Yuge Family's ancestral land would appear again with the fog.

To put it bluntly, the "Family Mansion" would be dragged back from the exotic land by the Void Tree. However, the weird environment here was too special and belonged to a dangerous but treasure-rich place.

The ancestral treasures inside were actually useless to Black A, Alisa, and other chosen ones. Not only were they useless, but if they dared to use them, it would even cost them their lives. But for Su Xiao and the Abyss Leader Silvis, these ancestral treasures were very useful, and even rare treasures.

In contrast, the resources provided by Su Xiao and the Abyss Leader Silvis were treasures that were hard to come by for the participants, and they were also what they needed most at the current stage.

Su Xiao and the Abyss Leader Silvis could not enter the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace". They were both too strong. Choosing to enter either of these two areas would cause the energy there to run wild and collapse. It was not that they couldn't enter, but they didn't want to see such a place with a large amount of treasures collapse, which was too regrettable.

Therefore, Su Xiao and the Abyss Leader Silvis needed Alisa and Black A to represent them in entering the "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Palace". Of course, it was not letting Black A and Alisa go for nothing. How many ancestral treasures they obtained, they could get corresponding returns.

If the Yuge Family, Business Alliance, and Ghost Race didn't follow the rules, they would be beaten together by the Alliance Faction and the Dark Faction. Therefore, these three parties also selected excellent younger generations or middle-aged clansmen to participate. If the old guys of these three parties wanted to enter and bully the weak, Su Xiao and the Abyss Leader Silvis would let them know who was the one being crushed by strength.

Now it was publicly recognized in the outside world that the Betrayer was the strongest in this world, followed by Su Xiao and the Abyss Leader Silvis. Who among them was stronger was not yet clear.

It seemed to be a fair competition among the five parties of Su Xiao, the Abyss Leader Silvis, Yuge Family, Business Alliance, and Ghost Race, but if one thought carefully, the gap between the parties was very large. The Abyss Leader Silvis could provide Black A with special Abyss energy, and Su Xiao's other identity was the Holy Flame Pharmacist, who would naturally customize a long list of permanent buff potions for Alisa. In addition, when in a dangerous place, drinking healing potions like water was no problem at all.

This also meant that among the five-party small teams, Black A and Alisa were simply two small bosses. And wanting to plot against them outside the palace to win? This was simply a fancy way of seeking death because behind these two small bosses, there were two ultimate big bosses.