Chapter 3689

Inside the council hall, Su Xiao ignited the small piece of parchment in his hand. Watching it burn to ash with his own eyes, he estimated that the authenticity of the information on it had a ninety percent or higher probability of being accurate.

As for why the Beast King would provide him with this news, the implications were numerous. First, it was an acknowledgment of his status as a lord, as well as a show of sincerity for their subsequent cooperation. Furthermore, it was an appropriate display of the Beastfolk's intelligence-gathering capabilities. Beyond these relatively friendly implications, the rest were not so friendly.

The other party was using this form to tell Su Xiao that everything the Spellcasters and the Sea Race were doing on Beastfolk territory could not escape the eyes and ears he had deployed. This also meant that if Su Xiao were to break his promise and let the Zerg of Dusk Winter City secretly mass-produce troops, it would likewise not escape the eyes and ears of the King's Royal Guards.

Under normal circumstances, such a warning would cause resentment, but the problem was that this warning contained the news that the Spellcasters and the Sea Race intended to ambush Su Xiao tonight. If he were unaware of this and rashly used the teleportation tower or the Demon Teleportation Array to return to Dusk Winter City, he would be almost 100% intercepted and ultimately die under the siege of numerous powerhouses.

With such life-saving intelligence as a backdrop, the warning implied within it was truly easy to accept, not to mention that the warning hadn't even been stated explicitly.

Su Xiao had, of course, considered what would happen if the Beast King saw through the origin of the creep. The other party was a top-tier ruler of a Transcendent/Native World, with knowledge so vast it was inconceivable. But even so, he could not abandon the creep due to momentary concerns; it was the most effective means to deal with the Eternal Light World.

Furthermore, with the Sea Race and the Arcane Eternal Star currently cooperating, the Beastfolk were facing unprecedented pressure. Under such circumstances, the sudden appearance of the Zerg meant the probability of the Beastfolk attacking directly was low, especially since the person controlling these Zerg was a Law-Breaker.

If the situation of the Beastfolk on the main battlefield were truly disadvantageous to a certain degree, then joining forces with the Zerg to deal with the Sea Race and the Arcane Eternal Star through the Zerg's mass-production of troops would not be a bad strategy. As for the threats and hidden dangers the Zerg might bring, with a great enemy at the gates, there was no time to worry about such things.

Moreover, as long as they first joined forces to beat back the Sea Race and the Arcane Eternal Star, the Arcane Eternal Star would be unable to continue supporting the Sea Race later. The Arcane Eternal Star was a Void hegemon, not a force of this world; suffering excessive losses of power in this world would inevitably lead to a weakening of their control over the Void.

Not to mention, an Abyss passage had appeared in the Void that could not be completely closed; every time it was closed, the next opening would be even larger.

As long as the Arcane Eternal Star retreated, a situation would arise where the Beastfolk + Zerg besieged the Sea Race. What would the Beastfolk do then? Exterminate the Sea Race? Not necessarily. The Beastfolk would join forces with the Sea Race to drive the Zerg away, because whether the Beastfolk or the Sea Race lost to each other, they would not be completely exterminated; at most, they would suppress the other side.

The Zerg were different. If the Zerg were truly allowed to rise on the Wind Sea Continent, then the Beastfolk and the Sea Race would not be far from total annihilation. The Zerg were just that ferocious; killing, devouring, and evolving were the Zerg's most instinctive genetic memories.

Of course, at present, they couldn't even reach the stage of the Beastfolk and Zerg cooperating. The conflict between the Beastfolk and the Sea Race, even with the intervention of the Arcane Eternal Star, would be difficult to decide within a few, or even a dozen, years.

The lords and officials in the council hall left one after another. Su Xiao was not in a hurry to set up the "Law-Breaker Teleportation Array." He estimated that once he arrived at Eternal Ring City this time, he would likely be targeted by Sea Race eyes in the shadows. However, it was impossible for the other party to sneak into a place like the main city council hall, so this was a blind spot for enemy detection.

Taking out a piece of parchment, Su Xiao examined the formation on it. This was a Law-Breaker Teleportation Array he had developed based on the Demon Teleportation Array. Because he was worried about losing his life, he had never tried it.

The Law-Breaker Teleportation Array was excellent in every aspect; its maximum teleportation distance was 12–15 times further than the Demon Teleportation Array, and it was extremely difficult to intercept. Assuming the interception difficulty of the Demon Teleportation Array was 20, the interception difficulty of the Law-Breaker Teleportation Array was at least around 300. Not only that, but this teleportation array could also quickly train spatial resistance.

The reason Su Xiao had never used such an excellent teleportation array was that he was worried about one thing: once this teleportation was activated and he arrived at his destination, would he still be able to maintain his human form, or would he be reduced to chunks, evenly distributed across the formation diagram?

Whether this thing was a spatial railgun or a spatial shredder was something Su Xiao could never quite grasp. If it were the former, then with his spatial resistance, he could use it; if the latter, it could only be used as a trap.

Currently, the ambush by the Sea Race and the Arcane Eternal Star gave him hope for testing the Law-Breaker Teleportation Array. He estimated that the Arcane Eternal Star side definitely knew he was using the Demon Teleportation Array, so this ambush likely involved a spatial expert capable of intercepting the Demon Teleportation Array.

This also meant that as long as Su Xiao later learned what this spatial expert roughly experienced during the interception, he would be able to determine whether this spatial formation diagram was a spatial railgun or a spatial shredder.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao began to review the miniaturized formation diagram inscribed on the parchment. He had been developing this thing for a long time, and some of the structural details needed to be carefully reviewed.

A dozen minutes later, Su Xiao put away the scroll and walked out of the council hall with Gu Erwei. After leaving the hall, the expected feeling of being watched did not appear. Su Xiao was not surprised by this; the Sea Race had many capable people. Furthermore, he specialized in blade arts; his short-range perception was peerless, but his medium-to-long-range perception was actually only at an above-average level.

According to the Lucky Goddess's "Myriad Worlds Gourmet Guide," Su Xiao took a public bus to the Fifth City District and tasted a noodle shop highly recommended in the guide. It had to be said that although the Lucky Goddess's ability to increase luck was unreliable, her "Myriad Worlds Gourmet Guide" was indeed top-notch.

After enjoying dinner, Su Xiao headed to the residence of Grand Commander Cain to have a private talk about the creep. The general content was that Su Xiao did not intend to contact the more than one hundred lords, but would first hand the cultivated creep to Grand Commander Cain, who would then distribute it to the legions under each lord according to the situation.

The Beast King knew that Dusk Winter City had Zerg and kept his mouth shut about it; this was giving him plenty of face. Face was something that had to be given mutually. Grand Commander Cain was the Beast King's absolute confidant; letting him distribute the creep would undoubtedly win over the lords to the greatest extent.

The lords certainly knew who was behind Grand Commander Cain, and they would naturally attribute this favor to the Beast King. Whether in the council hall or the subsequent distribution of the creep, it was the Beast King who had secured the creep for the lords. By gaining the explicit support of so many lords, the Seven Great Families would no longer dare to openly or secretly fight the Beast King.

It seemed that the benefits of the creep were all occupied by the Beast King and Grand Commander Cain, but in fact, this was not the case. In the Beastfolk faction, although Su Xiao was a lord, his credibility could not be compared to the Beast King and Grand Commander Cain. If he were the one distributing the creep, then among the 140-plus lords, initially only four or five percent of the radical faction would be willing to use this thing.

Conversely, if the Beast King gave the order behind the scenes and Grand Commander Cain distributed it openly, then all the lords would not care about the origin of the creep. Moreover, they would fight tooth and nail for the allocation quota of the creep. First, this thing was indeed easy to use; second, it was safe to use, as it was personally chosen by the Beast King.

In this way, the evolution points Su Xiao obtained would be doubled, and then doubled again. Plus, Grand Commander Cain's stance was that Su Xiao would not provide the creep for nothing; this was a merit to the Beastfolk.

At first glance, this sounded like a verbal check, but in reality, this guy Grand Commander Cain understood very well. With such a promise, this became a notarized act judged by the Tree of the Void. Simply put, every time Su Xiao provided a portion of creep to the Beastfolk, he could obtain a certain amount of reputation points.

With the premise of a faction shop, being able to obtain reputation points was genuine resource acquisition.

This made Su Xiao think about whether he could have the Zerg Hive draft temporary Zerg building genes, thereby cultivating Zerg buildings similar to the creep that were relatively easy to carry and could be quickly deployed after the start of a war.

Currently, with the Beast King backing him behind the scenes, there was no need to worry about any Beastfolk lords coming to Dusk Winter City to investigate. But there was one point: he could not create offensive buildings. This was the bottom line of the cooperation; buffs were fine, but they could not be directly used for attacks.

Regarding the recovery ability of the creep, Su Xiao always felt the effect was not very good. He could completely create a type of temporary Zerg building gene sequence based on the existing Zerg building gene bank.

Its function would be: after the start of a war, it would absorb the life force of enemies after they died through the creep, and then gather this life force into this Zerg building. After conversion, it would filter and catalyze it into non-characteristic life force, and through the photosynthetic reaction of plant characteristics, slowly release it, allowing friendly units near this Zerg hive building to slowly but persistently recover a large amount of health.

This object could be named the "Life Nourishment Pile." Its overall height should preferably not exceed 3 meters to reduce the probability of being targeted by enemies. The horizontal area could be larger, as it was meant for the Beastfolk to sit around on the creep.

If such a Zerg building were created, it would be a mobile fountain, which could significantly reduce the casualties of Beastfolk warriors and increase the combat endurance of the Beastfolk legions. The improvement of these two aspects would undoubtedly allow the creep to absorb more soul energy, and his side would obtain more evolution points.

And letting the creep absorb the soul energy drifting away after the Beastfolk died was not feasible. The creep had to have identification capabilities, only absorbing the life force and soul energy of the Sea Race. Absorbing the soul energy of friendly forces was not a long-term solution. Fortunately, the life energy and soul energy of the Beastfolk and the Sea Race were vastly different; his side's was scorching and irritable, while the Sea Race's was damp, cold, and ghostly. The creep's genetic memory in this regard had long been adjusted.

Around 9:00 PM, Su Xiao left Grand Commander Cain's residence and took a vehicle back to his temporary residence in the Tenth City District. Everything looked normal. Whether it was going to the Fifth City District for dinner or going to discuss creep-related matters with Grand Commander Cain, Su Xiao seemed to have completely failed to notice the person watching him in the shadows.

Inside the three-story mansion, Su Xiao was sitting cross-legged on the sofa on the first floor meditating, while Gu Erwei was yawning and heading to the bedroom on the third floor to rest.

"Guards are outside the door. Baha and Xian Lulu will come to pick you up tomorrow morning."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, Gu Erwei, who was walking up the wooden stairs, stopped. She asked, sleepy and a bit confused: "Are you going back tonight?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll go with you."

"The teleportation array I use is very dangerous."

"Why use a dangerous teleportation array?"

"To guard against enemies."

"Alright, then I'll go back tomorrow. I'm going to sleep first, I'm so sleepy."

Gu Erwei went upstairs. Only Su Xiao remained on the first floor, meditating. It became exceptionally quiet here.

At the same time, on top of a building five kilometers away, a figure was standing in the darkness. Those eyes, which emitted a brilliant luster like gemstones, were looking at the direction where Su Xiao was from five kilometers away, as if they could see Su Xiao's every move.

"As expected, because of the cooperation with Grand Commander Cain, the target is returning to Dusk Winter City tonight. And because the teleportation destination was changed last time he used the spatial tower, he doesn't trust the teleportation tower and wants to set up the teleportation formation diagram himself."

The Gem-Eyed person spoke in a voice without emotional fluctuations. Hearing this, the Sea Race person beside him lay back, and after a splash of water, he disappeared into thin air.

Outside Eternal Ring City, inside a farmhouse residence, the original farm owner was serving tea and water like a servant. There were more than a dozen people in the room. Leading them were Mage Sage Serphilia and Dean Guya of the Zhongshi Academy. Besides these two "Absolute Powerhouses," Lin Wei, Rune, and others were also there.

Unlike the last time they met, Rune, who was originally handsome and liked to flirt with girls, now had several scars on his face and hands. His gaze was much sharper; presumably, after being besieged by the White Bull's subordinates and escaping death, his strength had improved significantly.

Among the other unfamiliar Spellcasters, Crow Woman was sitting there silently, her gaze somewhat vacant. After all, she now had two "Daddy-tier" artifacts on her, and she hadn't shared this 'good news' with the others present.

Besides Spellcasters, there were also several Sea Race members present, led by Black Omen Aponus and Great Warrior Zakawa. These two were Absolute Powerhouses of the Sea Race.

Among them, Black Omen Aponus was originally the captain of the Sea King's personal guard and was a newly promoted "Absolute Foreign Qiangzhe." Later, he followed the Sea King's orders to protect the White Hoof Port commander, Sea Race Leader Poneiro.

Last time in the central building of White Hoof Port, Black Omen could have made the lord's team pay an extremely painful price, but because he was worried about Sea Race Leader Poneiro encountering assassins during the withdrawal, he had remained as a guard and did not take the initiative to attack.

Black Omen Aponus gave people a feeling of sharp coldness, while the Great Warrior Zakawa beside him was a giant fish-man. He was an Absolute Foreign Qiangzhe who had achieved his status on the battlefield; his experience was both inspiring and legendary. The eye that had been blinded by a slash should have been due to a severe soul injury that could not be healed as before; presumably, this was left by his formidable enemy.

Behind Black Omen and the Great Warrior were several Sea Race powerhouses with combat strength at the peak of the Ninth Tier. Did they think this lineup was just to besiege Su Xiao? Not at all. A total of 4 Absolute Powerhouses, nearly 30 Ninth-Tier peak powerhouses, and over a hundred Ninth-Tier mid-to-upper-tier combatants were all in this farmhouse at this moment.

It went without saying that this matter was definitely planned by the Spellcasters. The style of the Spellcasters was just like this: either they didn't make a move, or they used all the power they could mobilize and needed, leaving the besieged enemy with no chance at all.

A long-haired Spellcaster wearing a black robe walked quickly into the room and whispered something into Dean Guya's ear. Hearing this report, Dean Guya remained solemn and said:

"Serphilia, are you sure the person you found can intercept this teleportation? As far as I know, that Law-Breaker is using a spatial formation used by the Demon race in their early years."

"Of course, I'm sure."

Serphilia spoke. She was still wearing a gold-white robe and a hood. Not to mention anything else, the golden pupils brought by the Li element had a unique beauty, but the powerful magic energy field made people afraid to get close.

Under Serphilia's instruction, Rune brought in a skinny, somewhat bald little old man.

This person was known as Space-Breaker Moser. From the faint smile on his face and his subconsciously slightly raised chin, one could see how confident he was in his abilities. Plus, he specialized in the business of helping people seek revenge. Intercepting spatial teleportation, sealing space, and deploying large-scale barriers were all his specialties.

"A spatial formation used by the Demon race in their early years? This technique is terrifying. My ability is limited, so..."

Space-Breaker Moser spoke with a smile. Hearing this, Serphilia knew that the other party had ten percent certainty before saying this.

"The risk is too high, so in terms of remuneration..."

Space-Breaker Moser was all smiles. Hearing this, Lin Wei turned her head to look at this person. Her thought was to beat this person half to death, lock him in a cage, and then ask him if he dared to raise the price temporarily. As for why she did this, Lin Wei herself didn't know; she just wanted to do it, as if she should have done it in the first place.

Just as Lin Wei was about to take action, Crow Woman hugged her neck from behind with one arm, which made Lin Wei say: "Sister Crow, don't stop me..."

"Shh~"

Crow Woman covered Lin Wei's mouth, telling her not to speak.

"As long as you succeed, just name your price."

Serphilia didn't care about this small amount of money. In her view, Su Xiao had to be eliminated as soon as possible. The speed at which this Law-Breaker's combat strength improved was too outrageous, or rather, the combination of a Law-Breaker from the Reincarnation Paradise faction was very outrageous.

"I take money to do things; you should know my reputation. It's about to start over there. I can sense another spatial node appearing in Eternal Ring City. That's the teleportation array built by the Law-Breaker."

Speaking of this, Space-Breaker Moser walked out of the room, and everyone followed him into a spacious barn, seeing the layers of formation diagrams drawn on the ground.

"Just waiting for that Law-Breaker to activate the formation diagram."

Space-Breaker Moser stood in the center of the spatial formation, his eyes having a strange pupil light.

At the same time, inside the three-story mansion in the Fifth City District.

Su Xiao looked at the Law-Breaker Teleportation Array that had been set up on the ground. Although it was the first time he had set it up, he was relatively satisfied with all kinds of details. However, what to teleport was something he hadn't considered yet.

Originally, he was prepared to teleport a few Apollo: Wrath of the Sun, but considering that he still had to judge the characteristics of this teleportation array, he shouldn't teleport anything too dangerous.

He released Qing Gang Ying energy and activated the passive Aoge. Translucent blue crystals spread, eventually forming a statue similar to Su Xiao. He stood this statue in the center of the formation diagram and finally placed a Soul Crystal Core at the center node. Using this formation diagram for the first time, he definitely had to make its energy full.

Su Xiao retreated outside the formation diagram and then pressed one hand on it to activate it. Accompanied by a somewhat creepy low roar, he felt the ground under his feet begin to vibrate at a high frequency. This feeling was very much like the formation diagram was charging up.

Almost at the same time, inside the barn of the farmhouse outside Eternal Ring City.

Standing on the reverse formation diagram, Space-Breaker Moser suddenly opened his eyes. The few hairs around his head moved without wind. He saw his hands clap together with a slap, and he growled with a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes:

"That Law-Breaker has activated the teleportation array. Get ready to welcome his arrival!"

After shouting the last tone, all of Space-Breaker Moser's body energy erupted, and he triggered the reverse formation diagram under his feet, cutting off and modifying Su Xiao's teleportation destination, causing him to be teleported into this barn.

But in the next second, the confidence in Space-Breaker Moser's eyes diminished a bit. His feeling at this moment was like he had set up a roadblock, just waiting for the train speeding on the rocky road to hit, but who would have thought that this time, first a 'strong wind' came head-on, and then what followed was not the speeding train he expected, but a bombardment like a spatial railgun.

Space-Breaker Moser's gaze instantly became surprised and terrified. His pupils contracted to the extreme, and because of fear, his face was full of wrinkles.

Just as the terror on Space-Breaker Moser's face emerged, his whole body exploded with a bang, turning into blood mist. The reverse formation diagram under his feet erupted with a terrifying spatial explosion.

The impact came. Serphilia subconsciously wanted to use spatial movement to leave, but she immediately stopped this wrong avoidance method. Even if it were her, she couldn't use spatial movement now, so she could only turn her body. The impact caused her to stagger a few steps to the side, and her left ear was buzzing.

When everything calmed down, Lin Wei was sitting on a haystack at the edge of the farm. After she climbed up, she patted her buzzing right ear with one hand. She looked in the direction where the farm was originally located and saw spatial cracks and remnants all over the sky within a ten-kilometer range in front, and a semicircular giant crater appeared on the ground.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Rune, who coughed up several large mouthfuls of blood in succession, looked at the shocking scene in front of him. He pressed one hand on his head and muttered in disbelief: "Is this really... intercepting spatial teleportation?"

Rune, Lin Wei, Crow Woman, and other Ninth-Tier peak combat power Spellcasters and Sea Race members all looked at the scene in front of them. Obviously, at this very moment, their understanding of spatial teleportation was refreshed.

Spatial ripples dissipated. Inside the three-story mansion, Su Xiao looked at the spatial formation diagram that had calmed down and found that this formation diagram was still stable? At least after teleportation, the formation diagram was still complete and could be reused about 8–10 times.

Calculated this way, one Soul Crystal Core to ensure 8–10 times of ultra-long-distance spatial teleportation that would never be intercepted seemed acceptable. And through the enemy's interception just now, he had clearly sensed the characteristics of the "Law-Breaker Teleportation Array." The activation process of this thing was more aptly described as a spatial railgun.

This made Su Xiao confirm that the "Law-Breaker Teleportation Array" had the following advantages:

1. Long teleportation distance.

2. Guaranteed not to be intercepted.

3. The cost is not too high, and it can be reused.

4. Can permanently, significantly, and quickly improve spatial resistance.

As long as you ignore the teleportation experience, this "Law-Breaker Teleportation Array" is simply perfect.

After perfecting it further, this good thing could be considered to be shared with his two good teammates. Thinking about it, those two sides also had many enemies. Sin Yas and Wood should try this kind of teleportation array that couldn't be intercepted, right?

Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't use this "Law-Breaker Teleportation Array" to return to Dusk Winter City. It wasn't because he was guilty; Serphilia and the others had just intercepted a teleportation tonight, so it was safer to wait until tomorrow to use the Law-Breaker Teleportation Array... cough, to use the Demon Teleportation Array to go back.

The creep aspect had been handled properly, and he could just wait for the evolution points to be gained. In other words, it was time to head to the tribe faction, hunt exotic beasts, and kill the Soul Reaper.