Chapter 3688: Beast King

Seeing his own bounty in the commission list, Su Xiao was not surprised. This bounty had a high probability of being issued by the Arcane Eternal Star side. Thinking about it, this bounty was not too high.

Su Xiao pondered carefully for a moment and finally determined that only the Arcane Eternal Star would be willing to take out 1.5 million soul coins to reward him.

Besides this, Su Xiao also found one point, that is, his enemies were fewer than imagined, only the Arcane Eternal Star and the Underworld God. For other enemies, he basically divided life and death as soon as he formed a grudge. Whether it was revenge or rooting out, Su Xiao tried not to stay overnight. The benefits of this habit were reflected now, and there were few enemies.

Looking at the 1.5 million soul coin bounty in the list, even for Su Xiao now, this was a huge sum of money. Under normal circumstances, a ninth-tier contractor experiences a world progress, even if he makes a lot of money, it is about 300,000 soul coins of income.

And this 1.5 million soul coins was equivalent to the income of five world progresses. In a sense, soul coins equal combat power, especially after Su Xiao obtained the Awakening Monument.

Besides independent skills, there were many passive abilities without skill names on the Awakening Monument. Just consume 1 Law-Breaker skill point to master one such passive ability, and after mastering it, you can name it yourself.

When first mastered, that is, when this ability was still at Lv. 1, this ability was very inconspicuous. It might only improve 0.5 points of body defense, or 50 points of life value, or 30 points of mana value, etc.

But don't forget, this kind of ability can be upgraded in the skill upgrade hall at a not-high cost. The full level is Lv. 10, and some are Lv. 20. However, the bonus brought by this kind of ability after being upgraded to full level is only considerable.

What is truly powerful is the lower part of the Awakening Monument, which is densely packed with "inscriptions" of such abilities. One or two such abilities are inconspicuous, what about dozens? Hundreds? If these passive skills are piled up, they can really achieve simple and unadorned power, and flat cuts are big moves.

The most likely scene is that when fighting with the enemy, even if the first move is lost and the enemy catches the opportunity to come with a set of gorgeous combos, as long as there is a little counterattack opportunity, you can kill the enemy with a backhand knife, and then you can't help but sigh in your heart, almost killed by this guy, fortunately I am more skilled.

The more Su Xiao looked at the 1.5 million soul coins in the list, the more he felt that this thing had a fate with him. Ask, who can be more sure to 'kill' Kuku Lin Bai Ye than him? Obviously, there is no one.

Others disguise to kill him, they have to use various means to steal his body energy, blood, etc., so that when they copy the proof of the head, it looks more real.

These conditions, Su Xiao can be said to be uniquely endowed, so that he has better methods than disguise. First of all, consider what is the thing that best represents his identity? Head? Not really.

If you have a high level of biology, as long as you get a small amount of Su Xiao's cells, such as collecting the flesh and blood fragments left by him during the battle, as well as blood, etc., as long as biology is strong enough, you can make his head by relying on these cells.

By the high tier, the thing that can't be faked is the heart. Su Xiao, as a Law-Breaker, his heart is both powerful and special, because the center of his heart is the "Devouring Core" in energy form, or rather, it is the most original source of the Devouring Core. Only with this thing can he use the Devouring Core normally.

Besides the "Law-Breaker Heart", the thing that can prove his identity is his weapon, Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. The former can think of ways, and then call Caesar, who is a man-can-in-one, to operate together, which is still possible. But the Law-Breaker Blade cannot, this thing cannot be forged, even if Caesar has various shameless abilities, it is impossible.

But is it really necessary to forge? Su Xiao can completely make a second "Law-Breaker Blade" that is strong on the outside but weak on the inside, but he cannot complete this point independently, but needs the cooperation of the Dwarf King.

Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was upgraded by Su Xiao step by step with the "Supreme Sharp Blade" ability to the present, and its experience is unique and cannot be imitated. But Su Xiao can use the "Supreme Sharp Blade" ability to formulate a white-quality "Law-Breaker Blade", and then let the Dwarf King help, from white quality, green quality, blue quality, purple quality, dark purple quality, gold quality, legendary level, epic level, holy spirit level, immortal level, forge several knife-type weapons in turn.

Then use the new "Law-Breaker Blade" to swallow these weapons step by step, from white quality, all the way to immortal level. Of course, the strength of the two will be very different, but this is not important. Su Xiao is not going to get another knife, but to pass the verification of the Hunter Guild with this.

This new "Law-Breaker Blade" will not have a magic spirit inside. Since that is the case, then make a fake magic spirit and inject high-purity Abyss energy into it. Regarding high-purity Abyss energy, Caesar, who is a man-can-in-one, can get it.

In this way, "Law-Breaker Heart" + "Law-Breaker Blade" are collected. The most critical point is that members of the Hunter Guild in this world will find a diviner to further determine whether Su Xiao is dead.

If Su Xiao is not dead, it is difficult for the diviner to divine Su Xiao's specific situation. This is different from divining what experience he will have. The former is directly touching his causality, just like using an iron cone to stab into causality, while the latter is drifting and peeping along his causality, careful and gentle.

Ask yourself, Su Xiao has no means to hide from the diviner. The problem is that the top diviners in this world add up to no more than five fingers. In addition, divination has a characteristic, that is, the longer you stay and live in this world, the tighter the diviner's own causality and this world are fused, and the more accurate the divination result is.

In this way, the diviner that the Hunter Guild can choose is only two or three left. Su Xiao indeed has no way to avoid the divination result of this kind of diviner, but he can pull this diviner into the group. 1.5 million soul coins, Su Xiao can get 70% to 80% of the soul coins, which is quite satisfied, and the remaining share is used to recruit accomplices.

At that time, no matter how many times the Hunter Guild lets that diviner divine, the result obtained is that Su Xiao is dead. The divination result is difficult to change, but the person who sees this result can be changed.

Thinking about it this way, rescuing the Dwarf King is even more important. This not only involves three "Original Fragments" but also involves 1.5 million soul coins.

Su Xiao continued to flip down through the commission list. Most were for item retrieval or recruitment information. As a Transcendent Origin World that has been heavily invaded by the Abyss and successfully withstood it, there are many "Dangerous Zones," "Nightmare Zones," and the like here. These dungeon-like perilous areas attract many who are keen on exploration.

Although Su Xiao was interested in this, he had other things to do. As for how to accept the commissions of the "Hunter Guild", he actually didn't need to accept them at all, just remember the commission content.

For example, one of the commissions Su Xiao liked was the exotic beast Erba, which was a powerful exotic beast with a body size of 10,000 meters, entrenched in a vast lake. To kill such a body-sized exotic beast, the dragon riding state was essential.

The strength of exotic beasts is generally related to body size. Although this is not absolute, it is the case in most cases. Therefore, exotic beasts are roughly divided into four levels: 100-meter level, 100

Hundred-meter-class exotic beasts, which are Tier 9 early-stage combatants, have nothing worth noting other than their long lifespans, because they are all exotic beasts capable of reproduction; after mating with their own kind, they can propagate in this way.

Thousand-meter-class exotic beasts possess Tier 9 upper-echelon combat power. Exotic beasts of this level generally have their own unique abilities, and within the same combat tier, few are their opponents. However, exotic beasts of this level can also reproduce within their own kind.

Ten-thousand-meter-class exotic beasts are Tier 9 top-echelon combatants. Exotic beasts of this level are extremely powerful and difficult to kill. Conversely, exotic beasts of this tier cannot reproduce; their life mass is too vast to give birth to offspring of the same tier by splitting off source-quality life.

Simply put, exotic beasts of this level can only reach this degree through the repeated metamorphosis and promotion of thousand-meter-class exotic beasts.

As for the final hundred-thousand-meter-class exotic beasts, the threshold for this tier is "Absolute Foreign Qiangzhe" combat strength. Whether any can reach "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe" is currently unclear; it is estimated there are none. The most famous "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe" on the Wind Sea Continent is Lady Spider, a fact that all the powerhouses of the Wind Sea Continent feel proud of.

In an ordinary Tier 9 world, having one or two "Absolute Powerhouses" is already remarkable. It is only in the Void or Transcendent worlds that a "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe" can appear after a very, very long time. The City of Dead Silence on the Dark Continent can also be considered to have produced one Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe, the God of Eternal Life, but for various reasons, the God of Eternal Life can only be considered half a "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe."

To date, the number of "Supreme Powerhouses" can truly be counted easily on one's fingers: the Underworld God of the Meteorite Star, Lord Soul of the Arcane Eternal Star, the Blade Demon of the Black Abyss, the face of the Spirit system, the Deer God, the old demon woman of the Demon race, and Lady Spider of the Wind Sea.

The Law-Extinguishing faction had a sparse population back then; why could it be called the representative of an era? Because the old Law-Extinguisher, Grin Gillian, Marvin Waltz, Star-Swallowing Arcas, and Ximan Archid were all Supreme Powerhouses.

If it weren't for the fact that the Arcane Eternal Star produced a Supreme Being, the Arcane Eternal Star could not have dealt with so many Supreme Powerhouses even if they risked everything. As a price, the group of "Absolute Powerhouses" of the Arcane Eternal Star died until only four remained. The black-fog figure currently presiding over the Starry Sky Seat was once a "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe" of the Arcane Eternal Star, but now only a remnant soul remains after death.

It is interesting to say that the black-fog figure, the old Law-Extinguisher, and Marvin Waltz fought to the death while alive, but after death, they became a trio of black-hearted old grandfathers. Those who don't know would think they were very close when alive.

It can be said that the powerhouse echelon of the Arcane Eternal Star has not yet recovered to this day. If it weren't for Lord Soul being promoted to the ranks of "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe," that side would be even more faceless. However, one point must be admitted: the Supreme Being is far more powerful than a "Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe."

If we talk about the strongest enemy Su Xiao has fought to date, it must be Ximan Archid. Although they didn't really fight much and he was almost beaten to death by the opponent using only a magic spirit, that was a Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe. Even if aged to the point where less than one-tenth of his strength remained and restricted by the world tier, he was still once a Supreme Foreign Qiangzhe. Su Xiao could neither suddenly explode with power nor did he have the heaven-defying talent to break through himself during battle; not being able to win was a matter of course. If you can't win, you really can't win.

Su Xiao recorded the key information for over a dozen commissions. Regarding hunting exotic beasts, one only needs to bring back specific parts of the exotic beast to submit the commission.

As for what to do if someone colludes with an exotic beast to complete this commission, it is simply impossible. The parts required by the commission are either the heart core or the source blood. Even for the Ancient Candle Ox, which lacks both, one must bring back one of its eggs.

To become an official hunter of the "Hunter Guild," one must first complete any one commission, after which one can obtain a "Hunter Nameplate." Su Xiao is very interested in this because after becoming an official hunter, the commission fee will increase by 10–15%.

After recording over a dozen commissions, Su Xiao turned and walked toward the space gate on the wall. After a soft, powerless teleportation, he returned to the fourth floor of the castle in the Lord's Manor. Sitting on the wooden chair in front of the window, he calmed the discomfort after teleportation. He often uses the Demon Teleportation Array, so he is very unaccustomed to using this kind of gentle teleportation right now.

A knock on the door came; it was the City Lord, Fenris, who had been waiting outside for a long time.

"My lord, several lords have come to visit."

"..."

Although Su Xiao didn't really want to see them, considering the subsequent development of the fungal carpet, there was no need to reject these people's faces at this stage. He simply let Fenris make arrangements to meet them in the banquet hall.

In the afternoon, on a small platform at the top of the castle, Su Xiao sat cross-legged meditating. The reason he came here was that at this moment, at least thirty lords had arrived at the castle. Although none of them said it explicitly, there was no need to think to know they were all here for the fungal carpet. The performance of the Winter Legion on the main battlefield was simply too top-tier.

That evening, the old acquaintance, Grand Commander Kane, arrived at Winter City. The two sides had been cooperating before. Su Xiao originally wanted to go and pick up this old acquaintance himself, but there were nearly fifty lords in the manor, making it truly difficult to get away.

At 8:00 PM, in the banquet hall, a bewildered Gulwei sat in a corner, watching the scene that looked like a dinner party. She took a sip of juice to calm her shock. Now, there seemed to be more lords in this manor than servants.

It was obvious that these lords and Grand Commander Kane had agreed long ago to come here together. This was to wear Su Xiao down, so that he wouldn't be able to do anything until he resolved the matter of the fungal carpet.

Finally, early the next morning, a messenger who had traveled from Eternal Ring City broke this stalemate. The Beast King wanted to summon Su Xiao; more accurately, he wanted to summon all the lords.

By noon, except for Grand Commander Kane, the other lords had left one after another. Their coming here was not actually to force Su Xiao to take a stand, but to deliberately blow this matter up and let the Beast King intervene. Now that their goal was achieved, they naturally wouldn't disturb him anymore, so as not to really form a private feud with Su Xiao. The Beast race lords are all old schemers on average and would certainly not do such a thing that does more harm than good.

In the inner hall on the second floor, Grand Commander Kane put down his teacup and leaned comfortably on the single sofa. As if chatting, he said, "Bai Ye, give me the bottom line. What is the origin of that fungal carpet? Without knowing the origin, no one dares to use it."

"It's just an anti-slip fungal carpet cultivated through biology. Besides, why would I need to let others use the fungal carpet with peace of mind?"

Su Xiao looked at Grand Commander Kane suspiciously, which made Kane smile slightly awkwardly. Yes, from the beginning until now, this Lord Bai Ye had been tightly guarding the fungal carpet and had never prepared to let outsiders use it. Under such circumstances, why explain the origin of the fungal carpet? He never intended to sell or transfer this thing from the start.

"The performance of the fungal carpet is excellent. Such a good thing should be shared..."

"Not sharing."

"Bai Ye, your vision is too short-sighted. Think about it, if you shared the fungal carpet, your subsequent standing in the Beast race..."

"How long can I stay in this world in total?"

"Well~, as the saying goes, we must cherish every day and pursue the ideals and happiness of every day."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

Grand Commander Kane's eyes brightened a bit. He felt that he had persuaded Su Xiao.

"Regarding the pursuit of happiness, I agree very much. Then, why not introduce your foster daughter to me?"

"Cough~"

Grand Commander Kane choked, and the tea almost sprayed out of his nose. That foster daughter of his was the only daughter left by an old friend with whom he had a life-and-death friendship. For so many years, he had treated her as his own, as if she were his own granddaughter.

"Give me a reason."

Grand Commander Kane's expression was very serious.

"I covet your foster daughter's beauty."

"You're talking nonsense! You clearly have your eye on her divination ability. If you really admired her beauty and temperament, I might have let you meet. After all, you are both young people, but you, this guy, definitely don't think that way. No wonder she contacted me yesterday and told me to be on guard against you."

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

Su Xiao's eyes were spirited. At this moment, he was basically certain that Kane's foster daughter was highly likely one of the strongest diviners in this world.

Grand Commander Kane chose to change the subject and continue talking about matters related to the fungal carpet, but Su Xiao insisted that the main function of the fungal carpet was anti-slip. As for other characteristics, those were incidental abilities obtained by accident and not worth mentioning.

"Time is almost up. The main city council hall prohibits entry and exit after 6:00 PM. Let's hurry over. By the way, you have to go with Gulwei. In name, you are the acting manager of this fief, and she is the hereditary lord here."

"Hmm."

Su Xiao asked Xian Lulu to inform Gulwei to let her prepare, and they would set off for the main city, Eternal Ring City, in the afternoon.

At 4:00 PM, main city, Eternal Ring City, Second City District, Grand Council Hall.

Although the entire council hall is not luxurious, it is absolutely magnificent. The main seat at the council table is the Beast King's throne. The throne is iron-black and looks as if it has been scorched by fire. It is carved from the stump of the World Tree and has extraordinary significance.

On both sides of the throne, there is a seat, which are the seats of the two Grand Commanders, but only one came at this time. There is also a saying that the other Grand Commander was long ago assassinated by the Sea race.

On both sides of the council table closest to the throne, there are seven relatively lower seats with different family crests, representing the seven great families of the Beast race. Further back are the lord seats, but because the council table is only so big, some lords have to sit in the second row, or even the third row. The rows further back are high-level officials of the main city or great nobles of the Beast race.

At this time, Su Xiao is sitting in the last row, and Gulwei, who is sitting next to him, is looking around. She has gained knowledge today; she has only heard of many people in this banquet hall in biographies or rumors.

Gulwei ate the snacks she bought on the way and asked with some curiosity: "Bai Ye, why don't we go to the front row? Aren't we lords?"

"Tall trees catch the wind; keep a low profile."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, the two doors of the council hall were completely pushed open. First, two teams of Imperial Guards walked into the council hall and stood in two rows. Then, surrounded by a crowd, a figure nearly three meters tall, wearing a steel-feather cloak and a crown, walked into the council hall with the support of two servants. His hair and beard were all white, and his figure looked thin, but his frame was large, making him look not weak overall. Even though he was old and his expression was peaceful, no one dared to look him in the eye.

With the support of the servants, the Beast King, whose skin showed a grayish-white tone, took his seat. He coughed dryly several times in succession, and the surrounding personal guards hurriedly blocked the surroundings. It seemed that after the Beast King drank a little potion, the surrounding people, all Tier 9 peak combatants, and a personal guard team with an "Absolute Foreign Qiangzhe," retreated behind the throne.

Su Xiao, who was located in the last row of seats, witnessed all this from beginning to end. When the Beast King first appeared, he felt it was incredible. How could he still be alive in such a life state? Let alone sitting on the throne with the support of servants, even being able to breathe weakly, given the opponent's situation, was absurd to the extreme.

After the Beast King took his seat, he raised his hand slightly, and the lords in the first three rows stood up one after another. As for the rows further back, they wanted to pay respects to the Beast King, but they were not qualified.

Everyone took their seats, the doors of the council hall closed, and the council officially began. But for some reason, the atmosphere was a bit wrong.

"Bai Ye, you really have an eye for things. This atmosphere is so scary. Fortunately, we didn't sit in the front row."

Gulwei spoke in a low voice. Just as she said, the atmosphere of this council was not right.

"Cough~, where is Bai Ye?"

Grand Commander Kane stood up and looked around to find him. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find where Su Xiao was. His heart skipped a beat, thinking that Su Xiao wouldn't have left because of something temporary, would he? That would be a huge joke.

"Bai Ye, Bai Ye, where are you?"

"Over here."

Su Xiao in the last row raised his hand, and then, under the surprised gazes of many Beast race officials on both sides, continued to hide among them.

"Why are you hiding there!"

"I am at most an acting lord, so of course I should be further back."

"You! You come over here."

Grand Commander Kane was so angry that his beard was almost standing up. Although the seven great families and the lords all had serious faces, this strange situation and atmosphere really made them want to laugh, and the atmosphere became inexplicably cheerful.

Under the gaze of all the lords, Su Xiao came from the last row to the third row. This made Grand Commander Kane's teeth itch with hatred, and he thought to himself, how afraid is he of having his fungal carpet snatched?

"Over here."

Grand Commander Kane pointed to another empty Grand Commander seat.

"..."

Su Xiao, with a rather speechless expression, finally took his seat in the Grand Commander seat. The council began. According to custom, the lords first reported major events in their fiefs.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao vaguely heard snoring from the side. He turned his head and saw that the Beast King had actually fallen asleep with his eyes open. When the lords had finished reporting, Grand Commander Kane coughed lightly and began to mention the fungal carpet. Strangely, the Beast King happened to finish his deep sleep at this moment, and his eyes regained their luster.

"Bai Ye, I heard that you recently developed a kind of fungal carpet."

"Hmm."

As Su Xiao spoke, the discussion about the fungal carpet ended there. As for the Beast King ordering Su Xiao to share the fungal carpet with other lords, that was impossible. The Beast King would not say such words directly. From beginning to end, the Beast King only said that one sentence, which was already obvious enough.

The atmosphere in the council hall gradually relaxed and became noisy when it was about to end. Many lords were chatting with each other. Just at this moment, the Beast King on the throne to the side said in a conversational tone: "That fungal carpet of yours is very much like a product of the Zerg."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Since the Beast King had discovered it, saying more would be meaningless.

"In order to cope with the training in Eternal Light, you have also taken great pains. If you ask me, the predecessors of your Law-Extinguishing faction all have mental problems. How can you let the younger generation go to Eternal Light for training? Is that training?"

Speaking to the end, the Beast King looked at Su Xiao with some compassion and sighed.

"That must have been a thousand years ago. It is said that the predecessors of the Law-Extinguishers left all their treasures in the treasury of the Eternal Light world. Have you heard of this?"

"I even have the key."

Su Xiao really didn't care about the key to the treasury of the Eternal Light world, so naturally, he didn't hide it.

"Is that so? But why do I feel that there is nothing in that treasury? Don't doubt it, Marvin Waltz and Grin Gillian's group can do this kind of thing. Among that group, I think Arcas is still reliable, but this reliable guy died the earliest."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Seeing this, the Beast King on the side patted his shoulder with a large hand that was so thin it was almost just a skeleton, and said: "Develop the Zerg as soon as possible, but don't hatch combat Zerg here. Even one, not even one."

The Beast King spoke in a peaceful tone.

"Hmm."

"That's good. I will keep the origin of the fungal carpet for you. Things in the world are actually like this; just take what you need. Who doesn't have one or two secrets?"

After speaking, the Beast King raised the hand he had pressed on the armrest of the throne, and a rolled-up piece of parchment fell. His personal guard quietly picked it up and, inadvertently, stuffed it into Su Xiao's hand.

The Beast King stood up with the support of the servants, and a group of personal guards escorted him out of the council hall. The lords in the council hall also left one after another.

After there was no one around, Su Xiao opened the small piece of rolled-up parchment, which read: 'Do not leave Eternal Ring City today; Sea race, Spellcasters, multiple Absolute Powerhouses lying in ambush.'

Seeing this, Su Xiao had already thought of the general idea of the matter. He had been wondering before that the Spellcasters should have known he had come to the Wind Sea Continent, so why had there been no movement? Now it seems they were holding back a big move.

It is certain that as long as Su Xiao uses the main city's teleportation tower, he will definitely be intercepted and then besieged by a large group of powerhouses. That would be ten deaths and no life.

Facing this situation, Su Xiao's idea is that he can try his latest version of the "Law-Extinguishing Teleportation Array," which is a super-strengthened, upgraded version based on the Demon Teleportation Array. This time, he can teleport things to Dusk Winter City at will. The purpose is to attract the Sea race and Spellcasters who are besieging him to intercept this teleportation.

As for this "Law-Extinguishing Teleportation Array," Su Xiao himself had never dared to use it. This time, it's just right to let the Sea race and Spellcasters intercept it and see what reaction they have.