Chapter 3775: Nightmare Invasion

In the inner hall of the manufacturing plant, Su Xiao and the priest sat opposite each other across a wooden round table. The atmosphere didn't look tense, but it was actually hidden with murderous intent. The door of the inner hall was open; the priest deliberately didn't close it to prevent Su Xiao from using this place as a barrier and turning it into a trap.

The speed at which the barrier climbed on the walls and doors was faster than spreading in the air, so keeping the door open could delay the closing speed of the barrier at the door by 0.2–0.3 seconds. For the priest, this time gap was enough.

Su Xiao poured a cup of maple tea and pushed it casually, and this steaming cup of maple tea reached the priest. In the past, the priest would pick it up and take a sip, but today, the priest only nodded symbolically and didn't even touch the teacup.

Su Xiao didn't look at the priest opposite, but calmly poured himself a cup. After taking a light sip, he looked at the priest opposite with suspicion and asked:

"Why don't you taste it? Afraid I poisoned it?"

While speaking, he took another small sip and exhaled some heat comfortably.

"That's not it, just that my stomach has been uncomfortable recently."

For a humanoid ancient god to say this was simply outrageous, but the priest remained calm and kind-eyed.

"Is that so? Then you should drink more hot tea. This is maple tea made by Amu. Amu is usually clumsy and doesn't do much fine work. Besides liking to tinker with his antique clocks, he is only interested in making maple tea. Wasting this maple tea is failing Amu's good intentions, and failing Amu's good intentions is being my enemy."

After Su Xiao finished speaking, he drank the tea in the cup. After putting down the teacup, he exhaled some heat from his mouth. Because the light in the inner hall was a bit dim, he stared into the priest's eyes, and a red glow faintly appeared in the center of his pupils. The fire burning in the nearby fireplace gradually became still.

The smile on the priest's face gradually disappeared, and his gaze was unprecedentedly solemn, because he could feel that the "old friend" opposite was really ready to fight him to the death this time.

"However, everyone has their own preferences."

Su Xiao changed the subject, and a Spirit Shadow Thread wrapped around the teacup opposite. The steaming teacup appeared in his hand the next second. He poured the hot tea inside into his own teacup.

The tense atmosphere, where the air was almost about to freeze, gradually became relaxed. From beginning to end, the priest had the winning hand, both because he won a hand against Su Xiao in the Abyss Archbishop matter, and because the one who came here this time was a clone of his, and his main body was in a hidden place in the Salt-Wet Area.

In non-essential situations, the priest didn't want to lose this clone. In each world, the limit of the number of clones he could have was only a few, and losing one meant the upper limit of the number of clones would be one less forever.

Therefore, the priest's clone was so realistic that even Su Xiao, a Blade Master Lv. 82, couldn't distinguish the true from the false at close range. What was stronger was that if the priest only split into two clones, then each clone had 90% of his combat power. This was a quite exaggerated clone ability.

"Bai Ye, what urgent matter do you have for finding me this time?"

"Let's talk about how to deal with the Nightmare Blood Shadow."

"Hmm, that is indeed a problem. I will try my best to assist you."

"Good."

A smile reappeared on Su Xiao's face. After the two looked at each other for a moment, the priest stood up to say goodbye and walked out. At this moment when his back was to Su Xiao, the priest naturally locked onto Su Xiao with his perception, especially since Su Xiao behind him faintly released blood gas, and one hand was already pressed on the end of the hilt.

The priest opened the door and walked out, but just as he stepped out of the door, he suddenly stopped. There was a fleeting surprise in his expression. He raised his right hand, and golden lines appeared on it.

The priest stopped at the door and was silent for a moment, and finally, turned back to the inner hall and sat down at the round table. He said sternly: "Regarding how to deal with the Nightmare Blood Shadow, we should have a more perfect plan."

"Hmm, I think so too. Drink a cup of hot tea?"

Su Xiao poured a cup of maple tea and pushed it casually, and the teacup slid to the priest.

"Good, my stomach has been uncomfortable recently, I really need to drink a cup of hot tea."

The priest picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and his furrowed brows relaxed a bit.

The priest clearly had the winning hand, why did his attitude suddenly change? The reason was that just when he went out, he signed a contract. More accurately, there was a contract medium stretched to be thinner than a film, sealed at the door. When the priest touched this medium that was as thin as nothing when he went out, he naturally signed the contract successfully.

When the priest had his back to Su Xiao and was walking out, he was both guarding against Su Xiao suddenly making a move and guarding against the contract in Su Xiao's sleeve. In the priest's previous judgment, this contract hidden in Su Xiao's sleeve was the other party's trump card.

Reasonably speaking, a contract, even if it could be made into a medium as thin as nothing, would not be signed just by touching it. A contract was a restriction and punishment, and it would never be so simple to sign. Even if Su Xiao had the level of a Contract Master, he could not violate the basic principles of a contract.

The reason why it could be like this was because this thing Su Xiao set up, essentially, was not a contract with punishment at all, but a contract spell closer to blessing and buff characteristics.

The "blessing buff" the priest received just now was that when Su Xiao died, this "blessing buff" would be activated, using Su Xiao's soul strength + elemental affinity as the measurement standard to apply an elemental blessing of the same intensity to the priest.

Don't forget, this was the Eternal Light World, so it was Su Xiao's soul strength + elemental affinity + the natural elemental concentration of this world as the measurement standard to perform an elemental blessing of ultimate intensity on the priest.

If this were replaced by a spellcaster, not to mention taking off on the spot, that would be a surge in strength. The problem was that the priest was a humanoid ancient god characteristic ability, belonging to the ability characteristic of negative characteristics, while elemental power was a power of absolute positive characteristics. This was like embedding a soldering iron that was as hot as the sun's core into the strange, dark darkness. That was not driving away darkness, etc., but would constantly cause explosions of mutual repulsion.

If the priest really received this "elemental blessing", this "elemental blessing" mark would not be a buff at all, but would make the priest wish he were dead, and this was Su Xiao's notarization means left to the priest as a "gift" after death. There was no possibility of getting rid of it, and this was received by the priest himself. He had crashed into this gift medium just now.

"To be honest, I don't have much confidence in defeating the Scarlet Monarch, but there is only this one chance. As an 'old friend', if I die in the clash with the Scarlet Monarch, I will naturally leave a gift for you. Are you satisfied with this gift?"

Su Xiao pulled out the contract that only needed to be touched to be signed from his sleeve. This contract parchment unfolded on its own. There was no content inside. This was natural. This kind of punishment contract that could be signed by touching it was already outrageous enough, and it could naturally not contain any content, or rather, only this kind of contract without any content could have such a wide range of signing means.

Seeing this blank punishment contract, the priest's expression remained unchanged, and his thoughts were unknown. Thinking about it, his mood was not very good. After all, he had been guarding against this thing just now, so he didn't notice the blessing medium attached to the door.

Regarding this buff contract, it was actually Su Xiao's inspiration from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's aura. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang often perceived hidden assassins through his aura ability. Similarly, the defense of high-tier contractors against buffs such as blessings and blessings must be far lower than bearing a contract.

Assuming the defense or resistance to a contract was 300 points, then the defense against buffs such as blessings and blessings was only about 2–10 points. This was the nature of living beings, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. It was just like people would avoid losing money, but no one would guard against picking up money every day.

The situation now was very simple. If Su Xiao died in the clash with the Scarlet Monarch, the priest would not have a good end either. This made the priest unable to sit back and enjoy the fruits, and his attitude naturally changed.

"As far as I know, Bai Ye, your enemies are the Nightmare Blood Shadow and the Scarlet Monarch?"

When the priest asked this, although his expression was calm, in his heart, for some reason, there was an ominous premonition.

"And the World-Eater."

Hearing this, the priest opposite was silent for a long time.

"I will think of other ways to deal with the World-Eater. As for dealing with the Nightmare Blood Shadow tomorrow."

Su Xiao took out a bottle of potion. This potion was pitch-black and thick, with white shimmering particles inside. Staring at it, one would feel like looking at a dark starry sky. This was a potion he developed himself, temporarily naming it 【Starry Sky Potion】. However, he hadn't dared to drink it before. This thing must have no side effects, and the effect was powerful. The problem was just that, the effect was too powerful. Even with his physique, he might not be able to hold it.

This 【Starry Sky Potion】 could permanently increase original power. In digital terms, it was to increase all attributes, health, and mana. The problem was that the medicinal effect was too violent.

Others might be wary of its medicinal effect being too violent, but the priest, this immortal humanoid ancient god, wouldn't care about this point. In the priest's view, this was a rare secret medicine.

Su Xiao took out the 【Starry Sky Potion】. This was the reward for the priest to deal with the Nightmare Blood Shadow together. Although there was the "elemental blessing" mark as a restraint, this was at most a restraint. It was impossible to threaten the priest with this, and Su Xiao wouldn't do that either. This was just increasing risks.

There was another point: as long as this world progression ended, the "elemental blessing" mark would dissipate on its own. Otherwise, the priest would definitely not consider how to deal with the Scarlet Monarch, but would think of every way to strip off the "elemental blessing" mark. The priest could accept being restrained for the remaining time in this world and being forced to help Su Xiao deal with enemies, but he would not accept being restrained forever in the future.

The priest picked up the 【Starry Sky Potion】 and asked: "Where is the location to deal with the Nightmare Blood Shadow?"

"Elemental Zone."

The Elemental Zone Su Xiao mentioned was on the east side of the Shelter City, the giant hole blasted out by the elemental torrent when he and the Abyss Archbishop clashed before. It was nearly 100,000 meters deep, and the diameter of the underground space was also over 100 kilometers.

"Are you going to eliminate that thing?"

The priest asked as if chatting, but he was actually testing.

"Seal."

Su Xiao took out the Chapter of Greed. Getting this answer, the priest nodded. Eliminating that Nightmare Blood Shadow was not very reliable, but sealing was still very reliable.

"At the critical moment, I can help you trap it for 3 seconds..."

"5 seconds."

"Impossible, how strong your Nightmare Avatar is, you should know very well yourself."

"At least 5 seconds."

Hearing this, the priest fell into silence again. After a moment, he said: "Alright, then 5 seconds."

Getting this answer, Su Xiao felt that the confidence in dealing with the Nightmare Blood Shadow increased by one point. Cooperation with the priest was like this. How tricky this old guy opposite was when he was an enemy, he was just as reliable after becoming a "good teammate".

Speaking of "good teammates", Zuiyas was also a main force in dealing with the Nightmare Blood Shadow. With Su Xiao's sponsorship, this ancient god system finally promoted to absolute tier at the cost of 8 "Original Fragments", 5 of which were borrowed from Su Xiao.

As a token of gratitude for borrowing the "Original Fragments", Zuiyas helped Su Xiao deal with the Nightmare Blood Shadow for free this time. With this guy's immortal ability, he was definitely one of the main combat forces this time.

After negotiating the relevant matters, the priest left. Su Xiao looked at the time, stood up and went upstairs, and meditated in an empty room. He found that meditating in the Eternal Light World was difficult to enter the meditation state at first, but after getting used to it, the meditation efficiency was significantly improved.

The "Heart Meditation" ability had reached Lv. 95. This ability was improved by Su Xiao bit by bit, but after reaching Lv. 95, the improvement progress was extremely slow.

Su Xiao tried to use the hunter permission to further view the information of "Heart Meditation" and find a way to improve it, but failed. However, it was not without harvest. He found that this kind of ability improved by himself could actually view the proficiency. Of course, it did not exclude that this kind of meditation ability could view the quantity.

【"Heart Meditation (Passive): 395/32000000."】

Seeing this information, Su Xiao finally knew why he felt that after the Heart Meditation ability was improved to Lv. 95, there was a feeling of not being able to upgrade. If the improvement range was converted into proficiency, it would take a full 32 million proficiency points to improve from Lv. 95 to Lv. 96, and a single meditation only increased by a dozen proficiency points. This was still under the condition that his meditation ability had numerous bonuses.

Regarding this, Su Xiao didn't feel discouraged or give up the meditation ability. Sometimes meditating would enter a state of complete concentration. Although the probability was extremely low, once entering this state, it could at least increase the proficiency by half a level.

"Boss, they are here."

Baja flew in from the window. Hearing this, Su Xiao ended his meditation, went downstairs to the inner hall. Just as he walked into the inner hall, he saw the ruthless man sitting on the sofa, crossing his legs, with one arm on the back of the sofa, and a bespectacled girl sitting on a wooden chair by the fireplace, sitting in a restrained posture.

This bespectacled girl wore black round-framed glasses, had a white short ponytail, and was dressed in black sportswear. The raised collar was high, and she was shrinking her head a bit. The zipped-up collar almost blocked the lower half of her face. Seeing Su Xiao come, the girl said in a low voice: "Hello."

After speaking, she turned her head slightly, not making eye contact with Su Xiao. Obviously, she had severe social phobia. This was the ruthless man's partner, Xier.

Su Xiao sat down on the single sofa opposite the long sofa and picked up the teapot Amu put down, pouring three cups.

"Don't be restrained."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Xier hesitated for a moment, stood up to pick up the teacup, and then retreated to the fireplace to sit down again, slightly unzipping the collar, and took a sip of tea.

"Bai Ye, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."

"Nightmare Blood Shadow."

"I suddenly remembered, I still have some urgent matters..."

"3 kilograms of Black Maple Tree output."

"This is not a question of remuneration."

"I'm talking about 3 kilograms of Black Maple Tree output for you and Xier each."

"The time is tomorrow morning, right? Where is the location?"

"Elemental Zone."

"I have no problem, what about you, Xier?"

The ruthless man turned to look at Xier. Xier, who had just taken a sip of maple tea, looked hesitant and asked a bit unconfidently: "I, really... can I?"

"Of course you can. The probability of you surviving this clash is definitely higher than mine. Besides, Bai Ye is our friend. For a friend, taking risks is worth it."

"Isn't it because you were too poor after improving your ability and still owed me 300,000 Soul Coins, so you..."

"Ahem!"

The ruthless man coughed dryly. Xier turned her head away. Although she still wanted to complain a few words, due to her teammate's aura, she didn't continue to complain.

"That's settled then, see you tomorrow morning."

The ruthless man stood up and left, but not with his teammate. Su Xiao looked at Xier and found that Xier, who had just been sitting on the wooden chair by the fireplace, had disappeared at this time.

"Are you looking for me?"

Xier's voice suddenly came from the side, no more than half a meter away, and Su Xiao's hand had subconsciously gripped the hilt of his blade.

"Be careful, it seems like something terrible is staring at you."

Xier was kindly reminding him. The Scarlet Monarch was staring at Su Xiao. However, as she spoke, she had already arrived at the door. This was not a spatial ability, but her aura would disappear intermittently for a few seconds and then reappear. She was not doing this on purpose, but a passive characteristic that persisted.

Su Xiao released the hilt. The ruthless man and Xier were partners. Outsiders thought the ruthless man was the main force of this team. In fact, this was not the case. Xier's strength was never weaker than the four-technique master ruthless man, but she was usually very low-key.

Su Xiao felt that Xier was the strongest assassin type he had ever encountered, none other. The other party could integrate into the world and carry out existence-level invisibility, or rather, this was not true invisibility, but Xier interfered with the cognition of a single target or several targets. In the enemy's cognition, Xier did not exist. This was the strongest invisibility.

Imagine, a person who didn't exist in the opponent's cognition walking up to the opponent openly and cutting their throat with one blade, and the attack power of this non-existent person was terrifyingly high.

Su Xiao sat on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest. The confidence in dealing with the Nightmare Blood Shadow this time increased by a few points. The members were: Priest, Zuiyas, Wood, Puppeteer, Ruthless Man, Xier, Solomon, Caesar.

Erosion Rain Land, an abandoned Watcher high tower, inside the second floor.

Although this Watcher high tower was abandoned, the bottom three floors were relatively well-preserved, at least normal living was no problem. The poisonous purple rain was pouring outside. In the empty room on the second floor, a fluorescent stone floated in mid-air, casting a few square meters of white shimmer and warmth, allowing Yusha, who was lying on the blanket and curled up a bit, to sleep quite peacefully.

Yusha's eyelids moved, and then she slowly opened her eyes. After the initial confusion, she suddenly sat up. Just a few hours ago, a strange woman suddenly broke into her bedroom and took her away without saying a word. She just wanted to resist, and then her eyes went black.

After fainting, Yusha seemed to have a very long dream. She heard someone apologizing to her by her side in a dream-like state. The other party's whimpering voice blurred the content of what was said, but Yusha could feel that the other party was really sad.

"You're awake."

A voice came from the darkness ahead.

"Who!"

Yusha made a move to retreat, but her back was against the wall, and there was no retreat.

"Don't be afraid. In this world, anyone might harm you, except me."

The woman in the darkness spoke in a calm tone. Hearing this, although Yusha didn't quite believe it, she was smart enough not to refute. She changed the subject and asked: "Where are my friends? Some of them are still children. Don't make things difficult for them."

"They are all here."

"What?"

Yusha was suspicious. Suddenly, footsteps came from around. As these footsteps approached, Yusha, with the help of the faint light shining from above, saw the faces of these people, which made her breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, and finally there was a smile on her face.

"Why didn't you say anything? You scared me to death. I thought you had some accident."

"No, they can't have any accidents."

The woman in the darkness spoke again. Before Yusha understood what was going on, the woman in the darkness and all the dolls around said in unison: "Yusha, it's time to tell you the truth."

The voices of multiple vocal lines overlapped neatly, which made Yusha immediately look around at her little friends. At this moment, she found that these little friends who used to live with her were all expressionless, just like... dolls. Seeing this scene, Yusha was both terrified and angry.

"You! What did you do to them."

Saying this, Yusha's voice already had a bit of tremor. The conjecture that a pervert had made all her little friends into dolls appeared in her mind.

"Don't look at me with such anger. They were originally dolls, dolls I made. Their mission is to accompany you as you grow up, but, you, you! Why don't you grow up! You... why, no change at all."

The woman in the darkness had a silvery-blue light in her eyes, and her aura began to be unstable, which made Yusha a bit afraid. Her thinking at this moment was already chaotic, and the huge amount of information made her unable to react for a while.

Before Yusha could speak, the woman in the darkness, that is, the female swordswoman Losna, had appeared in front of Yusha. She hugged Yusha in her arms with doting eyes, murmuring: "My daughter, why... haven't you grown up yet."

"Of course she won't grow up."

A male voice came from the darkness, accompanied by footsteps. The junk dealer, Thorns, walked out of the darkness, and following him was the Dark Maiden holding a sharp sword.

"You lie! My daughter, of course, will grow up, definitely will."

Losna gently stroked Yusha's hair. Yusha, who was hugged in her arms, didn't dare to move at this moment.

"My sister Losna, have you forgotten? Because you coveted the power of the Scarlet Seed, your mind was eroded. You not only mistakenly killed your daughter Yusha but also failed the Moon Wolf's trust in you. What is in your arms at this moment is just your masterpiece, a doll you gave life to. She, of course, won't grow up."

After the junk dealer, Thorns, finished these words, he put on an arm guard that wrapped his right hand and right forearm, and clenched his fist.

"You lie! My Yusha is still here, she is in my arms, I can feel her, she is still here. You two are just liars, wanting to trick Yusha into awakening the Scarlet Seed. You dream! What I was bewitched by Scarlet, it's just a scam, my power comes from moonlight!"

Losna gripped the hilt of the Wolf Sword, but her eyes revealed scarlet. With a hiss, the moonlight power of the Wolf Sword burned her hand, and the Wolf Sword fell to the ground, making a clanging sound.

Losna's silver hair flew, and the Wolf Sword was forcibly sucked up. She gripped the hilt of the Wolf Sword. Fine cracks appeared on this war sword that had experienced long years, and finally, it shattered. However, the fragments of the whole sword did not scatter but were adhered by a scarlet and resilient substance, making it turn into a sword whip.

"Look, blood-colored moonlight, my power still comes from moonlight!"

Losna swung the chain sword, and all the dolls around instantly shattered into residue.

Zing~

The Dark Maiden, who was walking over, drew her sharp sword to fight Losna again. This time, the Dark Maiden would no longer show mercy.

Next morning.

Drip, drip~

The morning dew dripped along the grass leaves, and the daylight, after passing through the moist elemental mist above, became like the early sun.

Su Xiao looked at the surrounding scenery. He really didn't expect the Elemental Zone to become this scene. Saying this place was a normal world was actually not an exaggeration, but this place was still a bit different from a normal world, lacking the sense of life nourishment produced after the Abyss and elements canceled each other out, which was commonly known as vibrant.

Priest, Zuiyas, Wood, Puppeteer, Ruthless Man, Xier, Solomon were all present at this time. Zuiyas and the Ruthless Man were by Su Xiao's side; they were high survival and melee, while the Priest, Wood, and Puppeteer were at a slightly further position; they were good at mid-range combat. Xier and Solomon were further away. As for the furthest, that must be Caesar, who was sticking his butt out and hiding behind a rock two kilometers away.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at Caesar in the distance. The one responsible for luring the Nightmare Blood Shadow here this time was Caesar, but this guy was hiding too far away.

Caesar in the distance shouted: "My dear friend, shall we start now?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't reply. Not long after, Caesar, with a somewhat lewd smile, hesitated again and again before walking nearby.

"Can start."

Su Xiao calmed his aura and was ready for battle.

"My dear friend, my method can indeed lure the Nightmare Blood Shadow, but there is a problem, that is, the appearance location of the Nightmare Blood Shadow might be relatively close to you."

Caesar was contrary to his usual behavior and didn't pat his chest to guarantee that this time would definitely succeed. From this, it could be seen that regarding the nightmare aspect, Caesar was not very proficient either, but the problem was that only Caesar had this kind of means on the scene. Even if it was not completely reliable, he had to try.

"No problem."

As a Blade Master, Su Xiao was naturally not afraid of being approached. In a while, when clashing with the Nightmare Blood Shadow, he also needed melee.

"Then I'll start."

Caesar put the Abyss Jar on his head, then took out a piece of dark purple meat. This dark purple meat began to mist as soon as it touched the air. This was a very rare nightmare-characteristic treasure. No wonder Caesar said it would definitely lure the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

Su Xiao was more vigilant, perception fully open, and others were the same. But suddenly, a stinging pain came from Su Xiao's right arm. He raised the hand holding the blade and found that the dark red blood smoke representing the Nightmare Blood Shadow was drifting from his right arm.

Caesar said just now that he could lure the Nightmare Blood Shadow, but there was a drawback: the appearance location of the Nightmare Blood Shadow would be very close to Su Xiao. Now it seemed that this was not very close; this was directly overlapping with Su Xiao's location.

A buzzing sound came in Su Xiao's ears. When his vision became clear again, he was already in a vast consciousness space. This was a calm water surface, and the Nightmare Blood Shadow was 100 meters away on the opposite side.

The clash in the consciousness space had not yet begun, but the material world was already very lively. On the grassland of the Elemental Zone, Su Xiao, with blood smoke rising all over his body, stood in place. Priest, Zuiyas, Ruthless Man, and others all retreated to 100 meters away.

"Bai Ye, he, won't be in an unconscious killing state, right?"

Just as Xier finished speaking, Su Xiao, who was lowering his head, raised his head and opened his blood-red eyes. In normal circumstances, Su Xiao would never enter this state. Blade Master could exempt this kind of nightmare invasion. The problem was that the one invading him this time was not someone else, but his own Nightmare Avatar, plus his consciousness was dueling with the Nightmare Blood Shadow, and his physical body naturally entered an unconscious killing state. In fact, this was not being controlled, but a defensive state after entering an unconscious state.

"Bai Ye, he, shouldn't attack us, right?"

Just as Xier finished speaking, Su Xiao pulled out the Dead Silence Extinguisher from the dead silence energy. This was clearly targeting the priest and others.

Seeing this scene, Xier's pupils shrank, just about to speak.

"Don't say anything."

The Puppeteer immediately interrupted Xier's words.

"What should we do next? Whether it's Bai Ye or the Nightmare Blood Shadow, both are too difficult to deal with, let alone Bai Ye + Nightmare Blood Shadow."

After the ruthless man said this, his cheeks twitched.

"Of course, run."

Zuiyas turned and ran. Seeing this, others all turned and fled.

Boom!

Massive blood gas surged from behind everyone, and along with it, there were sharp blood-colored slashes. ===== CHAPTER 3776 =====