Chapter 3674: Mark

A choice was laid before the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon: either become food or temporarily cooperate with the Law Destroyer. Under these circumstances, for the sake of the dignity of all dragon-kind, the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon chose to cast aside past grievances and cooperate with Su Xiao.

The soul mark was further branded into the soul of the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon. Because this dark soul was too powerful, it caused this soul mark to gradually dissipate; this was also why it was impossible to control the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon for a long time.

After Su Xiao perceived it for a moment, he estimated that this soul mark could last for about 2 months. For him, this was enough; two months later, he might already be in another Transcendent Origin World, or even a more dangerous place.

The eldest son of the Abyss Dragon dragged its scarred body and sank into the lake, going down into the dark matter below to recover from its injuries. Seeing this, Su Xiao ordered the members of the Lord Squad to rest in place.

More than an hour later, the massive eldest son of the Abyss Dragon rushed out from the Dark Salt Lake. Hearing the dragon's roar, Ergein, Harvey, and the others, who had already formed a conditioned reflex, all woke up from their deep sleep.

Just as they opened their eyes and sprang up from the ground, the Viper, whose brain was not yet fully awake, shouted loudly. The Beastmen made a move to charge at the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon, but before they had charged more than a few steps, they suddenly remembered that they had been forcibly turned from enemies into allies, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Su Xiao leaped onto the dragon's wing and walked to the top of the dragon's head. Seeing this scene, the members of the Lord Squad leaped or climbed onto the dragon's back one after another. The eldest son of the Abyss Dragon did not fly immediately; black semi-fluid surged on its massive body, and with this huge and special body, it 'swallowed' everyone, including Su Xiao, into itself.

The surrounding light was somewhat dim. Su Xiao looked around; his feeling at this moment was like sinking into a dark fluid. Although the surrounding suction force was not small, he could still break free. The most wonderful thing was that although he was in such a closed place, he could see the scene in front through a kind of aura resonance. This was very much like synchronizing part of the perspective through the eyes of the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon.

Breaking away from this state, Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back again and looked back. The Beastmen who had been on the dragon's back just now were nowhere to be seen. In fact, they had all been 'swallowed' by the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon and were in various positions on its body.

Following Su Xiao's control, the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon roared and flew up. With a 'whoosh', a curtain of water was lifted from the Dark Salt Lake by the wind pressure. The eldest son of the Abyss Dragon ignored the gale and flew over the dark Gobi.

High in the sky, it was dim, and all around were patches of black clouds. Standing on the dragon's back, Su Xiao faintly felt that there seemed to be something in these black clouds. Trying to perceive it, a dark and cold feeling came over, very much like some kind of remnant left behind after an abyss invasion.

The things inside these black clouds were both ancient and strange. Su Xiao decided not to disturb them. There were always too many unknowns in an Origin World; he could not explore everything. Facing unknowns that were too strange, rushing forward rashly would only bring bad results. One must maintain mutual awe.

In less than half an hour, the surrounding environment became bright and clear. Sunlight shone down from above, giving a sense of warmth. The flying eldest son of the Abyss Dragon discovered that the sunlight it had originally loathed could now bring it a healing effect, making its primordial life force exceptionally active.

With a 'whoosh', the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon swept past the edge of the main battlefield. When it arrived near Iron Fortress City, the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon lowered its flight altitude to avoid being shot down by the garrison forces of Iron Fortress City.

The wings of the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon spread wide. Ergein, Harvey, and other Beastmen detached from the dragon's belly and the underside of its wings, falling toward the ground. If this were a surprise attack on an enemy camp, it would certainly achieve excellent results.

After explaining the situation to the garrison legion that rushed out from Iron Fortress City, the leader of the Angry Lion tribe only led his men away after repeatedly confirming that Su Xiao was a Lord. It seemed that they were very uneasy about the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon coming near Iron Fortress City.

When Su Xiao returned to the temporary station, it was already past 10:00 AM. He had Xiang Bubu Wang and Amu take five savings cards from the Ten Thousand Beasts Bank to exchange for 500,000 Soduo, which was the Beastman gold coin.

When boxes of gold coins were piled up in the courtyard, the group of Beastmen still found it hard to believe. Su Xiao was really prepared to fulfill the promise of 1,000 gold coins per person after defeating the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon. Only when they were holding several large bags of heavy gold coins in their hands did they confirm that this was real.

With a large amount of gold coins scattered, it was natural to rest for a period of time. Su Xiao ordered them to rest until tomorrow morning. After doing this, he took Xiang Bubu Wang, Baham, and Amu to the rear city area to start purchasing battle armor, high-quality weapons, etc., with the remaining 150,000 gold coins.

The development of the Lord Squad to this extent had reached Su Xiao's expectations. Although it could continue to develop toward being stronger, for example, by improving the strength of the Lord Squad members through permanent buff potions, there was no need to do so.

Now the combat power of the Lord Squad was sufficient. Moreover, Su Xiao would not stay in this world forever. No matter how strong the Lord Squad was developed, once he left this world, it would be equivalent to benefiting Grand Marshal Kane and the others.

Therefore, getting a fief as soon as possible and developing the comprehensive strength of the Zhila Zerg was the more important matter.

After arriving at the supply point in the rear city area, in addition to purchasing battle armor, Su Xiao also replenished food, fresh water, etc. The space-packaging technology of this world allowed the food in one supply box to be enough for the Lord Squad to eat for many days.

Replenishing 5 units of meat food and fresh water supplies, 1 unit of medical supplies, and 3 units of strong liquor. Compared to meat food, the members of the Lord Squad actually cared more about strong liquor; this was the favorite item of over 90% of Beastmen.

When Su Xiao returned to the temporary station, he found that in the empty courtyard, only the Maoshu tribe's Giant Armor was lying on the roof sleeping soundly, still holding half a bottle—no, it should be half a jar of wine. That wine jar was larger and a head taller than Amu.

Ignoring Giant Armor, Su Xiao went into a bedroom on the second floor of the station. Since leaving the main city, Eternal Ring City, he had not closed his eyes much. After taking a shower, he had just lain on the bed and closed his eyes when, in the next second, he felt as if he had sunk into the deep sea. A strange shadow like a sea monster attacked, and then with a 'hiss', it evaporated accompanied by a wail.

Su Xiao's eyes opened, his gaze filled with shock and suspicion. Just now, before he fell into a dream, he seemed to have been assassinated—an assassination by some kind of nightmare zone + soul body. As a result, because the gap in soul power was too large, Su Xiao had not even figured out the situation when the enemy's soul body 'hissed' and evaporated.

For a moment, Su Xiao could not even figure out whether it was the Sea Race that had made the move. The assassin had died too suddenly and sloppily. He pondered for a few seconds and decided to continue sleeping.

When the morning sun shone through the curtains, Su Xiao sat up on the bed. It was time to formally clash with the Sea Race. He opened the faction list and accepted a task with high risk but also high rewards.

【Faction Task: Capture/Surprise Attack White Hoof Port.】

Difficulty Level: ★★～★★★★ (Faction task difficulty is ★～★★★★★).

Task Introduction: Because the Sea Race occupies White Hoof Port, which is close to the main battlefield, and uses this as a landing buffer zone, the several major legions of the Beastmen are under huge pressure.

Reward for capturing White Hoof Port: 38,000 reputation points (must occupy for at least 2 natural days).

Reward for surprise attack on White Hoof Port: 500～37,000 reputation points (based on the number of enemies killed during the surprise attack and the degree of building destruction).

Task Time Limit: 3 natural days.

Task Penalty: -1,000 reputation points.

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At the same time, on the north side of the main battlefield, a fortress city.

On the towering city walls, one after another living heavy cannons were in a state of readiness. The development of the Sea Race was different from that of the Beastmen. The Beastmen were Transcendent + metal + various rough black technologies, but in some aspects, they were exceptionally backward. For example, regarding the use of electricity, the Beastmen were never interested. Even if this energy was enough to drive some precision technology, it was not what the Beastmen needed.

In contrast, the technology tree of the Sea Race was more skewed. This side developed biotechnology. The most obvious manifestation was that all the war weapons of the Sea Race were living bodies, plus they were driven by biological energy.

Looking down at this seaside fortress from the sky, one would find that the city wall design here was special, like a barrel with only half left, stuck on the coast. The alloy city wall, which was hundreds of meters high, was covered with explosion cracks and erosion marks, which showed how many times the Beastmen had launched surprise attacks on this place.

The fortress and the numerous buildings inside were not the point. The most important thing here was a giant port near the seaside. This place was named "White Hoof Port" and was one of the safest landing points for the Sea Race. Over 80% of the Sea Race legions on the main battlefield landed here.

Such an important place was naturally equipped with a supply depot. The giant building that was thirty stories high in the center of the fortress was the supply depot + storage depot + command center of "White Hoof Port". To prevent accidents from happening here, the various buildings of different heights around it were actually collective dormitories for Sea Race soldiers. As long as enemies attacked, they would protect this place at the first moment.

At this moment, in the 21st floor of the command center, a Sea Race commander with pale green skin and a bald head sat in the main seat. He was the supreme commander of "White Hoof Port", Sea Race Commander Poinelo, the absolute confidant of the Sea God.

"Are you saying that Iron Fortress City recently transported a large batch of living crystals to Eternal Ring City?"

Sea Race Commander Poinelo spoke with some displeasure. Ever since the Sea Race controlled the Crystal Forest, they had been suppressing the Beastmen's resources in this regard. At the moment, Iron Fortress City suddenly had an extra batch of energy crystals, which made him wonder if this was related to the ambush of the transport team three days ago.

The ambush of the transport team was a small matter. The key was how the Sea Race opened those sealed boxes, or rather, had the Beastmen cracked the space secret patterns currently used by the Sea Race?

Thinking of these, Sea Race Commander Poinelo had a headache. The dwarf adjutant standing on the side kept his head down. He had narrowly escaped death on the main battlefield before, and now he had been transferred under Sea Race Commander Poinelo, which could be said to be a promotion rather than a demotion. Plus, guarding White Hoof Port, he would no longer need to go to the main battlefield, so it was unlikely he would encounter that Human Race killing god. Every time he thought of this, the dwarf adjutant was happy from the bottom of his heart.

"My lord, is there such a possibility that those Beast Savages accidentally cracked our space secret patterns?"

A Shark-man tribe member spoke. He was called Black Omen Apolunus. He was originally the personal guard chief of the Sea King, but because the Sea King was worried that Sea Race Commander Poinelo would encounter danger on the main battlefield, he transferred Black Omen to the side of Sea Race Commander Poinelo.

"Impossible."

Standing against the bookshelf, the Deep Sea Banshee Dita, who had her arms crossed, spoke. It went without saying that the Deep Sea Banshee must be a member of the Council of Elders. At this time, she was sent to serve as one of the deputies of Sea Race Commander Poinelo.

Just as Sea Race Commander Poinelo was silent and thinking, and the dwarf adjutant, Black Omen, and Banshee Dita were discussing whether the Sea Race's space secret patterns had been cracked, the translucent jellyfish floating on the round table suddenly turned light red and presented a picture: a massive Abyss Dragon flying in the clouds and mist. After it climbed to a certain height, it actually folded its wings and dived straight down. The speed was so fast that it broke through layers of sound barriers and spatial ripples.

Sea Race Commander Poinelo saw at a glance that the picture presented on the "Detection Floater" was actually the scene directly above the command center.

Boom!

A loud explosion appeared from above. Everyone present was full of suspicion and confusion. The reason was that they could not figure out why this notorious eldest son of the Abyss Dragon wanted to come here to die today.

Above the command center, the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon had turned into a black afterimage, diving vertically. Just when it was still a thousand meters away from the central building, one living missile after another attacked. The number of these living missiles completely blocked the path of the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon diving down.

The deafening sound of explosions was endless, and large patches of black dragon blood were scattered. To the surprise of all the Sea Race, the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon, which had withstood a large number of living missiles, not only did not die but also charged to the very top of the command center. But this was meaningless; this building was engraved with massive amounts of spells inside and was indestructible. If the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon smashed into it, this building would pierce through it like a sharp sword.

Suddenly, the rapidly diving eldest son of the Abyss Dragon spread its wings and stopped its dive. One Beastman after another detached from its semi-fluidized body and landed around the command center; some even hung on the high levels of the building with one hand.

After a burst of rapid roaring, the main gate of this central building, which had just been lowered, was blasted open by the concentrated fire of 150 Horsemen. The solar flames melted the two-meter-thick alloy gate into molten iron. The Arboreal Clan's Giant Armor was the first to charge in, followed by Ergein, Harvey, and the others, who also slaughtered their way inside.

In just a few seconds, White Hoof Port, which had been peaceful just a moment ago, was filled with shouts of killing. It had to be said that this central building was truly sturdy. Except for the Centaur tribe members activating and shooting to explode the front door, several Beastmen joined forces to blast the windows and other relatively weak positions, but all failed to blast open the windows and other parts because of the massive amount of spells inside the building.

At the moment, breaking through the front door, the members of the Lord Squad filed in. The defense line on the first floor could not last for two minutes before being killed through by Ergein and the others. The eldest son of the Abyss Dragon, which had turned into a large patch of black semi-fluid, also entered the first floor and surged and spread toward the second floor.

150 Centaur tribe members guarded the hall on the first floor. As long as any Sea Race rushed in from the front door, what greeted them were metal spiral arrows that were more than three meters long and attached with solar flames.

The front door was guarded by the Centaur tribe members, and as many Sea Race as rushed in died. Ergein and Harvey each led a group of people. Ergein led the Snake-man tribe, Blood Beast tribe, Mad Beast tribe, etc., members who were good at attacking and killing, to push toward the command center above. Harvey led the Maoshu tribe, War Bear tribe, Titan tribe, and other groups with fierce physiques to push toward the supply depot underground.

At this moment, in the command post on the 21st floor, the face of Sea Race Commander Poinelo was exceptionally ugly. He had guarded "White Hoof Port" for so many years and had naturally imagined what to do if this place was captured by the Beastman army one day, but he had never thought that this place would be captured by the Abyss Son plus hundreds of Beastmen.

What made Sea Race Commander Poinelo's blood pressure soar even more was that at this moment, outside the central building, there were two legions of Sea Race soldiers, which was a combat power of a million. But now these two Sea Race legions were confused; they did not know who to fight. Bombard the central building? Their supreme commander was still inside. Rush inside? The Centaur tribe members on the first floor were the most fierce Centaur tribe members they had ever seen in their lives. As many as rushed in were shot and killed.

"My lord, we..."

Black Omen wanted to speak but stopped. He held a space item in his hand. Relying on this item, he could escape and teleport the people present to the "Ancestor Lighthouse" further back. But to retreat just like this, it was truly unwilling. Outside the building, there were two Sea Race legions, and further out, there were eight Sea Race legions. In other words, a total of millions of Sea Race soldiers were stationed here, but the most core place was occupied by a Lord leading hundreds of Beastmen.

The dwarf adjutant and Banshee Dita on the side did not dare to say a word. Both of them were a bit stunned. The situation now was too magical.

Bang! Bang!

The muffled sound of a big axe chopping on the alloy door came, which made the face of Black Omen, who was blocking in front of Sea Race Commander Poinelo, even uglier. Killing their way to the 21st floor so quickly, these hundreds of Beastmen this time might all be big boss level.

"Go, leave this place."

Sea Race Commander Poinelo spoke in a deep voice. Hearing this, Black Omen immediately activated the space item in his hand. The four people were wrapped in the spreading space tentacles and then disappeared.

Boom!

Ergein, who was covered in quite a bit of blood, kicked open the door. He looked around the situation in the room. Seeing the scattered space dust, he kicked away the tables and chairs and other sundries blocking the front.

In a total of more than half an hour, the Lord Squad successfully captured the central building of "White Hoof Port" and forced the enemy commander to retreat, leaving behind ten confused Sea Race legions.

Inside the underground supply depot, metal boxes were neatly stacked. Walking among these metal boxes, Su Xiao discovered that most of them were meat, grain, etc., packaged with space metal. The rest were processed energy crystal grease, and they had all been purified and catalyzed to a liquid degree, with extremely high value.

Unable to send these resources away by teleportation, Su Xiao tried to put an alloy box into the team storage space, and the result was easily successful. Obviously, the storage space of Reincarnation Paradise was far superior to the space secret patterns of the Sea Race.

Su Xiao put these boxes of supplies into the team storage space, which took up about one-third of the team storage space. He came to the stairs on the inner side and continued downward, arriving at the treasury where transcendent supplies were stored.

This treasury did not store soul crystals, etc. These types of supplies were distributed as soon as they arrived at the main battlefield area, and it was impossible for them to be left behind. On the shelves here, there were more various unnotarized equipment. But what he needed were notarized items. After searching for a while, a bone box attracted Su Xiao's attention. After he opened it, he found that inside were several pieces of God Bone.

【You have obtained God Bone (Origin Level) × 5 pieces.】

Looting the treasury could be said to be full of surprises everywhere. Just these five pieces of Origin Level God Bone made the trip worthwhile. He continued to search, and several light balls similar to essence souls were placed side by side on the shelf.

【You have obtained Eternal Life Source (World Level Item).】

【Eternal Life Source】

Origin: Wind Sea Continent (Unique)

Quality: World Level

Usage Requirement: Can be absorbed without risk, replenishing a large amount of primordial life force (if there is no loss of life force, it can permanently increase 7,500～9,000 points of health. By absorbing the Eternal Life Source, it can permanently increase up to 42,000～50,000 points of health, depending on different physiques, the bonuses obtained will vary).

Law Destroyer Shadow Usage Effect: Can use the Devouring Core that has reached Lv. EX level to absorb this Eternal Life Source, and use the unique energy converted by this item to improve the Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying ability.

Rating: 3,570 points (Eternal Life Source rating is 3,000～5,200 points).

Introduction: Please do not confuse this item with ordinary "Life Sources". The value of the two is vastly different.

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There were a total of three 【Eternal Life Source】 on the shelf, with ratings ranging from 3,570 points to 3,820 points. It went without saying that this must have been obtained after killing the exotic beasts of this world.

One could prioritize using this item to improve the Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying ability level. The current Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying ability was only Lv. 20, and the potential for improvement was huge.

After improving the Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying ability to a certain extent, absorbing this 【Eternal Life Source】 directly was also not bad. It could increase up to 50,000 points of health, which was a very powerful improvement.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Eternal Life Source】 in his hand, and the more he looked, the more pleasing it was. This thing was definitely the more the better. This made him start to become interested in the exotic beasts of this world. Thinking carefully, the exotic beasts were simply treasures all over, many parts were top-tier ingredients, and there was also the unique output like 【Eternal Life Source】.

After searching in the treasury for a while, a small wooden box labeled "Priority Transport" in Sea Race language attracted Su Xiao's attention. After opening it, inside was a fragment. Looking at the texture, it was somewhat like crystal. After he tried to touch it, a prompt appeared. It was indeed an "Initial Mark" fragment. Just as he walked into this building, he received a prompt from the Void Tree that there was an "Initial Mark" fragment nearby.

【You have obtained Initial Mark (Large Fragment).】

【This Initial Mark (Large Fragment) has not been obtained by a contractor and is about to begin notarization. In the following 40 minutes, the location of this Initial Mark (Large Fragment) will be perceived by all contractors in this world.】

【If the Initial Mark (Large Fragment) you hold is not snatched away within 40 minutes, you will formally hold this mark fragment and can put it into the storage space.】

【Prompt: Only large mark fragments will undergo this kind of notarization competition. This is synchronized notarization by Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Death Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, and Watcher Paradise. Small fragments, after being found, are defaulted to belong to the current holder and will not undergo this kind of notarization competition.】

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A wave spread from the 【Initial Mark (Large Fragment)】 in Su Xiao's hand. In the next second, all contractors in this world received an announcement and could know the location of this mark fragment. If the Void Tree credibility was high enough, they could even know the approximate identity of the current holder.

After the announcement appeared, the world contact platform became exceptionally lively. After Su Xiao discovered this, he opened the contact platform to check. For these 40 minutes, he was prepared to stay here. Contractors who wanted to snatch the mark fragment could come and try.

Xiao Ge (Sanctuary Paradise): "Finally a large mark fragment has been discovered. Can start snatching."

Kain (Death Paradise): "Where is the location of the mark fragment?"

Antler Man (Death Paradise): "White Hoof Port."

Bee: "(′??? `)"

Ruthless Brother (Reincarnation Paradise): "Whose Void Tree credibility is high? Detect which faction's person is holding the mark fragment."

Thunder Law God Aige (Apocalypse Paradise): "The mark fragment location is at White Hoof Port, held by a Lord of the Beastman faction. However, at the current stage, White Hoof Port has not been captured by the Beastmen and still belongs to the Sea Race territory."

Xiao Ge (Sanctuary Paradise): "The amount of information in these words is a bit large."

Lu Ge (Apocalypse Paradise): "Cough~, everyone, I am currently on the high wall of White Hoof Port. In short, the Sea Race legion is besieging the central building and hasn't broken in yet."

Diviner (Holy Light Paradise): "You mean to snatch that mark fragment, one must first break through the encirclement of several Sea Race legions before being able to fight with that Beastman faction Lord? Then what's the point of snatching."

Lu Ge (Apocalypse Paradise): "Attached photo × 2."

Thunder Law God Aige (Apocalypse Paradise): "You successfully made me give up the idea of snatching this mark fragment."

Antler Man (Death Paradise): "About how many Sea Race legions are there?"

Lu Ge (Apocalypse Paradise): "Don't know, anyway I am standing on the high wall, below is full of Sea Race legions, and there are also some outside the high wall. Can't see the edge, probably 8～10 Sea Race legions? (Attached photo × 3)"

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