Chapter 3710: Unexpected Transaction

Raindrops dripped from the grass blades after the rain, flashing with a fleeting crystalline light under the sun, finally landing in a puddle and creating shallow ripples. The freshness of the vegetation was refreshing.

Yet, the atmosphere here was tense. Above this wetland, the sky was clear for ten thousand miles, but above the forest a hundred meters away, black clouds were thick, and the sound of muffled thunder could be faintly heard.

Su Xiao sat on a strange rock in the center of the wetland. A few small birds landed on his shoulders or nearby. As he poured some grain into his hand, these birds rushed forward to compete for food, showing no fear of Su Xiao.

In the past, this would have been absolutely impossible. Su Xiao's blood energy caused all non-domesticated animals within a one-kilometer radius to flee wherever he went; even the rats in the sewers would move away, all due to the fear of that faint, looming blood energy aura.

The reason these small animals dared to approach Su Xiao now was not only because his blood energy ability had been integrated and fully specialized into Blood Spear Master, causing his control over blood energy to soar, but also because, after he killed the Wolf God, the aura brought by his own blood energy had undergone a progressive improvement.

This increase in blood energy deterrence provided no direct boost to combat power, but it could significantly enhance the influence of blood energy on the enemy's mind.

Under these circumstances, the reason these small creatures dared to approach Su Xiao was that his blood energy deterrence had exceeded the limit of what these small creatures could warn against. Simply put, the strength of Su Xiao's blood energy had caused these small creatures' perception to exceed its upper limit, resulting in a sense of no threat.

So much so that a natural perceptual misdirection began to occur; these small creatures subconsciously felt that approaching Su Xiao was not only not dangerous, but actually had a sense of "security."

Of course, in the eyes of those with similar strength or those weaker than Su Xiao, his blood energy was strong enough to cause mild distortion of space once it spread out.

Boom—!

A muffled thunderclap startled the birds that had landed on Su Xiao, causing them to fly away. Looking again, the sky above the wetland where Su Xiao was located remained clear, while the sky above the forest a hundred meters away was covered by black clouds. Moreover, these black clouds moved along with whatever was inside the forest, gradually pressing toward the wetland side.

On the strange rock, Su Xiao's expression was calm. If they fought head-on, he would certainly not be a match for the World-Extinguishing existence, the Dark Eater. However, as a Law-Extinguishing, he naturally would not clash head-on with this World-Extinguishing existence. This wetland looked ordinary, but in reality, everything was set up. As long as the Dark Eater dared to step into this place, its wonderful journey to the Eternal Light World would officially begin. He wondered how many "World-Extinguishing brothers" were waving and smiling at it in the Eternal Light World.

Suddenly, the black clouds pressing down from the sky stopped. The existence inside the forest stopped at the edge, seemingly very wary of this wetland.

Separated by a hundred meters, Su Xiao saw the Dark Eater standing among the trees. The opponent still had its original image, like a young boy, only the eye sockets were pitch black, and within the darkness, white glowing threads were entangled and circling.

The Dark Eater raised a foot, making a gesture to probe into the shallow water of the wetland ahead. But just as its foot was about to fall, 0.1 centimeters away from touching the liquid, it suddenly stopped, turned its head, and looked at Su Xiao with a hint of playfulness.

Then it pulled at the corners of its mouth with its two index fingers, just like a child making a face and sticking out its tongue. It spat out a large patch of black tentacles with flesh barbs, making a ghostly face that was extremely underworld-like. This caused the Dark Eater's prestige to drop wildly, but it was both creepy and a bit funny.

However, come to think of it, the Dark Eater itself was not the kind of World-Extinguishing existence that would maintain its prestige. It was different from existences like the Silver Queen, the World-Eater, and the Pain Queen; it did whatever it wanted, and apart from "exchange," it had no principles.

It went without saying that this Dark Eater must have suffered at the hands of Law-Extinguishers before, and might even have been caught by a Law-Extinguisher using a "Blade of Sealing" once, but it hadn't been caught, which was why it didn't step into this wetland now, and even didn't let its energy fluctuations spread here.

This was why World-Extinguishing existences were restrained by Law-Extinguishers. As long as it was set up, Su Xiao could just sit there without moving. Even if the Dark Eater attacked him with long-range abilities, as long as the opponent's ability entered the formation boundary, it would be immediately captured, and then the Dark Eater would be dragged in and banished to the Eternal Light World.

As for why Law-Extinguishers were so restrained against World-Extinguishing existences, there was no other reason than familiarity. The Law-Extinguishing faction had been hostile to World-Extinguishing existences for who knew how many years, and had even created a "World-level" cage for World-Extinguishing existences like the Eternal Light World. One could imagine how rich their capture methods were.

Su Xiao could only be considered a beginner in this regard. The "Stele of Awakening" recorded a lot of knowledge in this area, including trap types, lure types, and even bait types.

He didn't know which genius yet devilish Law-Extinguisher had invented the bait-type banishment. It involved making bait that some World-Extinguishing creatures liked, and then hiding a miniature banishment spell inside. When the World-Extinguishing creature ate this thing, it wouldn't be effective at first, but as it digested, it would suddenly activate the thing, thereby causing it to be banished to the Eternal Light World.

The Dark Eater picked up a stone from the ground, tossed it in its hand, and then threw it out.

Boom!!

A straight black trace appeared between Su Xiao and the Dark Eater. This was the trace of space torn open by the pebble. The closer it got to Su Xiao, the thinner and narrower it became. The reason for this was that a single pebble couldn't withstand such great kinetic energy and friction with space, causing it to be exhausted by the time it flew in front of Su Xiao, which was why it left an overall cone-shaped trace.

Looking at the Dark Eater again, it was nowhere to be seen. This was clearly because it both hated Su Xiao and was wary of the Law-Extinguishing Shadow's methods against World-Extinguishing existences.

Confirming that the Dark Eater had left, Su Xiao extended one hand forward, palm facing down. As he gathered his energy, the "Blade of Sealing" that made up the formation boundary gathered again.

His relationship of restraint with this Dark Eater could be described as subtle to the extreme. Without any setup, he was certainly not a match for this Dark Eater, but once the formation boundary was set up, as long as the Dark Eater stepped into it, it would definitely be instantly resolved by Su Xiao, which meant being sent to the Eternal Light World.

Su Xiao checked the squad channel and received the news that the three of them, Morey, had been picked up by the Storm Flame Dragon and were leaving the Sea Clan's territory at the fastest speed. This could be considered a tacit cooperation with the Sea King. Of course, if the Sea King was prepared to tear off the mask, the "Sun Pillar" would be waiting at any time.

Actually, it was no wonder the Sea King had set up today's situation. The cause of all this was that Su Xiao had stated his plan to the Priest. His original words to the Priest were to first assassinate the Sea King, then place the "Sun Holy Sword" on the seabed diagonally below the Sea Clan's main city, and then blow the Sea Clan's main city until it cracked.

It was best to control it in the area where the workshop district and the back street district were located, so that they could be stripped off by the explosion and pushed away. In this way, the plan to rescue the Dwarf King could be easily achieved.

After the Sea King heard this description from the Priest, he didn't laugh, but his ministers on the left and right, as well as several confidants, burst into laughter. Anyone with a bit of sanity wouldn't do this. This wasn't rescuing the Dwarf King; this was a madman wanting to destroy the Sea Clan's main city. It was impossible; absolutely no one would do such a thing.

However, after the Priest showed the Sea King and those present the fate of the Arcane Eternal Star after being hit by two Sun Holy Swords, the Sea King suddenly became a bit worried and tactfully asked the Priest, what was the probability that this Law-Extinguisher would do this?

The Priest's answer was relatively objective: not even 0.5 percent. But the problem was, the Sea King couldn't afford to gamble. Plus, there was another point: he actually wanted to send away the Dwarf King, this hot potato. For so many years, the Dwarf King had trained many master craftsmen for the Sea Clan, which meant that even though the Sea Clan was keeping the Dwarf King under house arrest, they had to be polite.

More importantly, as a legendary blacksmith, the Dwarf King was not weak at all. Among the three legendary blacksmiths—the Demon Blacksmith, the Dwarf King, and the Molten Giant—none of them were weak. How could a frail physique work next to a world furnace capable of scorching the strong? Not to mention that sometimes he was obsessed with forging and stayed by that furnace for years.

The reason the Dwarf King was kept under house arrest was more because the Sea Clan controlled his disciples.

Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal Core. Although he was a bit reluctant, this was the safest way to leave this place. He activated the core engraved with the formation map.

Boom!

Space vibrated. When everything calmed down, Su Xiao had returned to the first basement level of the Lord's Castle. He was just about to step off the teleportation array when he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Two hands reached out from both sides of his neck. The feeling was like the gentle embrace of a neighbor's big sister. The fingers of these two hands were slender, the skin was a pale white, and the nails were pitch black with a hint of scarlet.

In this instant, Su Xiao's physique and soul seemed to be frozen at the same time. His right hand was about to press onto the hilt of his sword at his waist, but his intuition told him that as long as he pressed onto the hilt, he would definitely die.

A sense of eerie coldness and loneliness came from behind. Su Xiao sensed that the thin lips behind him were red to the point of being creepy, the two eye sockets were pitch black, a head of long black hair was disheveled, and she wore a gorgeous white long robe stained with blood. This was the Candle Girl.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but compared to the previous two meetings, this time after Su Xiao encountered the Candle Girl, he actually felt that the aura of this existence was slightly different from the previous two times. More precisely, the previous two times, this existence was purely eerie and devouring life, and apart from that, he really couldn't feel anything else, which made people subconsciously feel despair.

This time, although it was equally eerie and cold, it didn't make people feel as desperate as the previous two times. This made Su Xiao think, could it be that after having contacted her twice, the two sides were slightly familiar, and this time the Candle Girl came not to claim his life, but to trade?

This was not Su Xiao's delusion, but a guess based on the attributes of 【Semi-Fused Fat Wax】.

【Semi-Fused Fat Wax】

Origin: Void Crevice

Category: Alien Item

Introduction: The Candle Girl is an alien existence in the Void, and her existence is accompanied by many mysteries. She drifts in the crevices of the Void. Most alien existences in the Void are unwilling to contact her. Only existences like the Frenzy of Lush Growth and the Lord of the Old Days are on par with the Candle Girl.

The Candle Girl is the representative of eeriness. She can appear in all places with candlelight, flames, and burning debris. She has no physical body and is almost indestructible. The Hunter can use the "Semi-Fused Fat Wax" to trade/exchange with the Candle Girl in the Reincarnation Paradise. The items obtained cannot be determined.

The Hunter can also try to use the "Semi-Fused Fat Wax" to trade/exchange with the Candle Girl in the mission world. Because of the many uncertainties of the Candle Girl, this behavior will bring unknown risks and benefits.

Price: Can be sold, can be traded, cannot be destroyed.

Theoretically speaking, it was possible to trade with the Candle Girl. And last time on Nightmare Island, Su Xiao gave the Candle Girl a "Tree-Born Page." It was very likely that after that, in the Candle Girl's view, Su Xiao had changed from a walkable life essence to a life essence that could be traded with, but if the trade wasn't happy, she would eat him.

He could only say that this grandmother's point of view was quite pure. In her eyes, all living beings seemed to only have the difference between delicious and not delicious.

Su Xiao glanced at the World Contact Platform. The Priest had turned gray in the contact list, but hadn't disappeared. This meant that the Priest had died suddenly, but hadn't died completely. It seemed that the Candle Girl felt the Priest was not delicious, so much so that he was unpalatable, so after eating the Priest in the underground palace, she didn't track the causal line to completely destroy the Priest. If the Candle Girl had done so, the Priest would really be dead completely.

Among the three giants of alien existences, the one Su Xiao had contacted the most was the Frenzy of Lush Growth. Now the relationship between the two sides was that as long as Su Xiao didn't take the initiative to attack, the Frenzy of Lush Growth would not harbor malice. Of course, if Su Xiao chose to attack, the Frenzy of Lush Growth would not show mercy either.

And the Candle Girl, after the previous two meetings, now seemed to be tradable.

Finally, the Lord of the Old Days, this one harbored the purest malice. If one encountered this one in a mission world, before one's strength reached a certain level, there would be no chance to escape.

Frenzy, eeriness, malice—these were the three most intuitive feelings given by the three giants of alien existences.

Just as Su Xiao was considering how to deal with the Candle Girl, the door to the basement was pushed open. It was Xiang Bubu Wang who noticed that the teleportation array had been activated and judged that Su Xiao had returned, so he came here to take a look.

Not only did Xiang Bubu Wang come here, but Xian Lulu, who had nothing to do, also came. After Xian Lulu felt the eerie coldness coming toward her, tears almost spilled directly from her eyes.

Xiang Bubu Wang on the side forcibly maintained his composure. In front of the cat-star person, even if he was so scared that he was about to ascend to heaven, he had to maintain a calm appearance.

Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang and Xian Lulu, who were scared to the point of almost turning into stone, Su Xiao tried to raise his hand. In the next second, he felt the Candle Girl's nails, which brought a chill to his soul, touch his neck.

With a swish, Su Xiao pulled a "Tree-Born Page" from his storage space, holding it with his index and middle fingers. The Candle Girl's hand reached out and touched the "Tree-Born Page" virtually. The "Tree-Born Page" began to decay, and a thin, glowing white energy inside merged into the Candle Girl's black nails.

Su Xiao faintly felt that the malice of the Candle Girl behind him had clearly lessened. However, unlike the trade with the Frenzy of Lush Growth, the Candle Girl was not satisfied after obtaining one "Tree-Born Page."

There was 1.5 "Tree-Born Pages" left. Su Xiao took out another one. After it also turned into glowing white energy and was absorbed by the Candle Girl's nails, the Candle Girl's right hand, which had reached in front of Su Xiao, clenched.

Su Xiao made a gesture of raising his hand to receive. The Candle Girl's hand loosened, and several items fell into his hands.

【You have obtained Primordial Fragment x1 piece.】

【You have obtained the Worn-Out Proof of the Ancient One (Although this item is worn-out, it is a symbolic object and can be exchanged for 1500 Library Silver Coins from the Soul Elder in the Soul Library).】

【You have obtained Abyss Soul Stone x3 pieces (Rare Item).】

【You have obtained Semi-Fused Fat Wax (Remaining one-quarter).】

The aura of the Candle Girl behind him gradually disappeared. Su Xiao gradually relaxed. The risk of trading with the Candle Girl was too high, and each time it required two "Tree-Born Pages."

Su Xiao put away the 【Primordial Fragment】 and the 【Worn-Out Proof of the Ancient One】. These were all good things. He picked up a 【Abyss Soul Stone】 separately and actually felt that there seemed to be a familiar aura inside it. But when he sensed it carefully, he felt it was a bit strange. The energy inside seemed to be somewhat similar to the Blade Demon Spirit?

However, Su Xiao was not prepared to let the Blade Demon Spirit devour this item whose attributes were all???. The unknown risks were really too many.

"Scared me to death."

Xian Lulu spoke with a tearful voice of grievance and hurriedly climbed onto Su Xiao's shoulder. Feeling that this was not safe enough, she simply drilled into the long leather coat on his back, and only then did she barely have a sense of security.

After Su Xiao went up the stairs, he looked at Xiang Bubu Wang, who was squatting at the door. This time Xiang Bubu Wang had improved a lot and hadn't been scared half to death. He was just about to tell Xiang Bubu Wang not to block the door when he noticed Xiang Bubu Wang's small eyes saying: 'Don't move, I peed! Master, you go first, I'll come later.'

"..."

After Su Xiao left the basement, it wasn't long before Xiang Bubu Wang, who had cleaned himself up and even taken a bath, came to the inner hall on the second floor. He looked at Xian Lulu with a smile in his dog eyes, meaning, look at how scared you were; just now, I didn't even tremble once.

Su Xiao didn't have to wait too long. That evening, the Storm Flame Dragon carried the three sisters of the Apocalypse back, and Su Xiao obtained the Space Sealing Ball from Morey.

After weighing it, Su Xiao didn't unfold this thing in the backyard, but came to the adjacent flower field. This place did not belong to the Lord's Manor, but because the flowers and trees planted were precious, it was also surrounded by a wall, and its overall size was not much smaller than the Lord's Manor.

As Baha lifted the space blockade, the alien space torrent unfolded. The spatial fluctuations made the surroundings blurry, and a workshop with a footprint several times larger than the castle next door gradually revealed itself, finally occupying the back half of this area.

When everything calmed down, the spatial frost on the outer wall of the workshop dissipated, and the two metal doors at the front were tightly closed. As Su Xiao pushed open the doors, dozens of craftsmen with different appearances came into view in the workshop, and surrounded by them was the Dwarf King, who was burly, had disheveled hair, and had his beard tied into braids.

Su Xiao looked up at the Dwarf King's face. The Dwarf King, who was over five meters tall, was looking down at Su Xiao. His gaze didn't have any joy or the like, but more of a sense of nostalgia.

Su Xiao looked at the Dwarf King and always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it. However, he soon realized that with this burly height of over five meters, how could he be called a dwarf?

But on second thought, if the Dwarf King was a tribe from the Alien Beast Era, then it was indeed no problem. The alien beasts were all thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of meters in size. The Dwarf King's height of just over five meters was indeed a dwarf.

"The scabbard made by that old goat looks quite good, very good."

Hearing this, Su Xiao pulled out the Checking Zhan Long Shan from its sheath and tossed it to the Dwarf King. The Dwarf King grasped the scabbard, pulled out the long sword, looked at the sharp blade, and said:

"This weapon is sharp. It seems that your journey has been full of hardships and strong enemies."

The Dwarf King tossed the Checking Zhan Long Shan back to Su Xiao. His rough hands stroked the forging table and continued: "It's been a long time since I forged battle armor. Do you wear battle armor?"

"No."

As soon as Su Xiao said this, he noticed the Secret Pattern Master beside the Dwarf King winking and frantically hinting to Su Xiao that he should say he wore battle armor, as the opportunity for the Dwarf King to help forge battle armor was indeed rare.

"However, I need to forge another Law-Extinguishing Blade."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, the Dwarf King frowned, thought for a moment, shook his head, and said: "My skills are not high enough to forge a Law-Extinguishing Blade. Besides, that is not a weapon that can be forged."

Su Xiao took out a design drawing. Seeing that there was no one else around, he told the Dwarf King his idea of scamming the Hunter Guild. After the Dwarf King heard it, he not only didn't feel surprised but felt that this was very Law-Extinguishing.

"A fake Law-Extinguishing Blade? That's possible, but there is a Demon Spirit inside the Law-Extinguishing Blade."

"That's no problem."

Caesar's voice came. The Dwarf King looked over when he heard the sound. After seeing Caesar, he narrowed his eyes and stared for a moment, then said with some surprise: "Are you that fraudster who scammed the Goblin Company more than a dozen times?"

"Mr. Dwarf King, that wasn't a scam; that was a business cooperation. Doing business, there are always gains and losses."

Caesar spread his hands innocently. However, the Dwarf King didn't believe his rhetoric and stopped discussing this topic, saying: "Forging a fake Law-Extinguishing Blade requires very rare main materials."

"..."

Su Xiao took out the 【Eternal Scepter (???)】. He had obtained this thing for a while, but from the beginning, he felt that this item didn't fit his ability system. He kept it all along also because of its high quality.

"Eternal Scepter? Where did you get this thing? You, a Law-Extinguisher, still need this thing to suppress the Abyss passage?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, meaning to use this thing as a foundation as the main material for forging the fake Law-Extinguishing Blade. The Dwarf King pondered for a while and indicated that it was feasible.

As for the Demon Spirit aura of the Law-Extinguishing Blade, that was easy to handle. When forging, integrate a large amount of Abyss energy into it. Caesar, who held the Abyss Jar, could provide high-purity Abyss power.

After both were available, the Dwarf King's attitude was that he could try forging it. As for the follow-up, whether Su Xiao could use the Supreme Blade ability with this weapon to make it more like a Law-Extinguishing Blade, the Dwarf King couldn't guarantee. After all, it was his first time forging a fake Law-Extinguishing Blade.

After delivering this forging commission, Su Xiao returned to the castle next door. It was already late, and plus he hadn't rested much in the past few days, so he went to sleep early.

At four o'clock the next morning, Baha knocked on the bedroom door. After Su Xiao got over the confusion of just waking up, Baha said: "Boss, the Dwarf King wants you to go over."

"Forging finished? So fast?"

"Doesn't look like it."

"..."

After Su Xiao washed up, he rushed to the next door. As soon as he entered the workshop, he saw the Dwarf King and his disciples surrounding the forging furnace, discussing something with each other.

After Su Xiao stepped forward to ask, he learned that after the Dwarf King forged according to the Law-Extinguishing Blade blueprint provided by Su Xiao, it was quite normal at first, using the material of the 【Eternal Scepter】 as the main material, and then integrating high-purity Abyss power into it.

But the more he forged, the more the Dwarf King felt that this semi-finished blade was wrong. That inexplicable sense of naturalness made him a bit obsessed with this forging. He simply added 1200 ounces of Space-Time power into it, as well as various high-value materials, as a supplement, in order to make this forging more perfect.

It went without saying that this was an extra reward given by the Dwarf King, apart from the three "Primordial Fragments" from the Secret Pattern Master.

The current situation was that this fake Law-Extinguishing Blade hadn't finished forging, or rather, no one was sure what could be forged now. Perhaps what would finally be forged wouldn't be a fake Law-Extinguishing Blade at all.

Su Xiao flipped through his storage space and took out the 【God Sect Badge】, 【World Ring (World-level Item)】, and 【Will of the Traitor (World-level Item)】.

Although the 【God Sect Badge】 was very powerful, there was a problem: when Su Xiao fought one-on-one with a strong enemy, he had no chance to use the 【God Sect Badge】. Last time he forcibly used this thing, he almost lost his life because of it. There was another problem: as the world difficulty climbed, the value of the 【God Sect Badge】 would become lower and lower.

It was better to use the large amount of equipment origin energy inside for this forging to see what could be forged. After all, the Dwarf King had invested 1200 ounces of Space-Time power in this forging, so he must be sure. And 【World Ring】 + 【Will of the Traitor (World-level Item)】 were accidental products during the period of cultivating the Devourer. After reaching the Ninth Tier, they basically had no use.

Besides this, Su Xiao also thought of an item, which was the 【Abyss Soul Stone x3】 he had just obtained from the Candle Girl not long ago. This thing was an item from the Abyss origin, and its attributes were all???. Heaven knows if there would be risks if he carried it for a long time. He originally wanted to sell it to someone destined, but now it seemed there was no need.

Caesar on the side was a bit restless. It had to be said that this time going to rescue the Dwarf King, Caesar belonged to having received money but not having done much. He gritted his teeth and took out a large jar of ultra-high-purity Abyss power, the amount of which made even the Dwarf King look sideways.

Looking at these things on the forging table, the first thing the Dwarf King did was to let most of his disciples leave the workshop, leaving only a few who were highly skilled and also quite strong.

As the forging began, Su Xiao left the increasingly scorching workshop and returned to the castle. He had one thing to solve next, which was to kill a Peerless-level Spellcaster. Now with the Dwarf King on his side, he had already occupied the first opportunity.

Time flew to noon. A disciple of the Dwarf King brought a long charcoal box and found him. After the other party put down the charcoal box, he gestured to indicate that he must be careful when opening this thing.

Su Xiao didn't expect it to be finished so quickly. As he opened the charcoal box, black-blue smoke dissipated, and a long sword that was black with a hint of blue was placed in the charcoal box.

【You have obtained Fake Law-Extinguishing Blade · Demon Spirit Will (Unawakened State).】 ===== CHAPTER 3711 =====