Chapter 3777: Misfortune Money Bag

Under the Star Giant Tree, the ghostly blue star-shining light particles slowly fell, bringing a refreshing coolness that was heart-soothing, especially after a battle, this coolness made the pain of the injuries lighten.

Solomon and the ruthless man were the first to stand up and leave. It was not that the two were not seriously injured, but the world had reached the current stage, which was the best time to fish for benefits, so the two naturally wouldn't waste a single second.

Soon, Zuiyas and Wood also left. From Zuiyas's gradually wanton smile, it could be seen that the two had another opportunity to fish for benefits. Before leaving, both of them cast their eyes on Su Xiao, meaning that the three of them would go to fish for this benefit together. Su Xiao raised his hand; he had no opportunity to participate this time. He still had many world-destroying existences to deal with on his side.

Not long after, the Puppeteer also left. Although Su Xiao wanted to ask for his own small doll back, he always felt that the thing was very wonderful, but considering this involved the secret of the Puppeteer's ability, it was not easy to open his mouth, and finally, he didn't choose to ask for it back.

When Su Xiao ended his meditation, he looked suspicious and turned to look to the left. After a moment, he looked to the right again, and finally locked his gaze in one direction. A few seconds later, Xier, who was invisible at the "existence" level, appeared.

"How did you... discover me?"

Xier was not as socially phobic as before. After all, the two had just fought to the death, and the relationship was naturally familiar.

"Guessing."

"Ah?"

Xier was a bit confused, subconsciously wanting to pull up the zipper of her sportswear, but her hand was raised, only to remember that she was now in a low-cut sportswear, so she could only push her glasses by the way.

"How is that possible? Maybe my state is not good enough in a non-combat situation? Do you want to give me some pressure? For example, you perceive which direction I am in, and then stab a knife in that direction? Don't worry, even if I die accidentally, I won't resent you. Do you want to try? It looks very exciting."

The more Xier said, the more spirited she was, and there was even a blush on her face.

"..."

Su Xiao continued to meditate. He finally knew why the ruthless man had been partners with Xier for so long and was unmoved by Xier, who was impeccable in appearance and temperament. Xier's brain circuit was relatively strange. She looked quiet in temperament and had some social phobia when talking to strangers, but when she entered a state of self-pleasure, she was an assassin type who was dangerous to the extreme.

"Really don't want to try?"

"..."

"Alright, then I'll continue to do the mission. I've accepted a lot of Black Iron City missions."

"See you later."

"Hmm, see you later. Oh~ by the way, I told you before, it seems like something terrible is staring at you. You have to be careful. If you die, I won't have anywhere to get Black Maple Tree output, so you can't die."

Hearing this sincere concern, Su Xiao didn't know how to reply for a while, but thinking of Xier's ability system, he asked:

"I'm being stared at? Is the other party Scarlet? Or World-Eater?"

The two characteristics Su Xiao mentioned represented the Scarlet Monarch and the World-Eater, respectively.

"Neither, it's... Darkness? It seems like it's not again. That is a more profound, more powerful, more advanced existence than darkness."

Xier narrowed her eyes a bit, and after having some dangerous aura, she continued to say seriously:

"Darkness is just one of its power expressions. In short, you have to be careful. But the good news is that the existence staring at you is very, very far away from you. In short, for a very long time, there should be no problem, or rather, there will never be a problem? I don't know either. It's been a long time since I've said so much at once, I'm leaving."

Xier stretched, stood up and was about to leave, when a small bottle of space-time power flew over, about 20 ounces of space-time power. She caught it with one hand and asked: "This is?"

"Information reward."

"This information is not that valuable, too polite."

"20 ounces of space-time power, is it a lot?"

Su Xiao looked at Xier suspiciously, which made Xier speechless. After walking a few steps, she said: "Damn it, clearly both are technique masters, why are you so rich."

Xier gradually disappeared from his perception. Su Xiao's perception relaxed a lot. Although he knew Xier was a friendly party, it was inevitable to activate the intuition ability when this assassin type was in the perception range.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the tree root beside him. He had a feeling that although the Star-Boundary Devourer was dead, it would be reborn, but the next reborn Star-Boundary Devourer would definitely be different from the previous one, regardless of its body shape or way of acting.

Simply put, every generation of Star-Boundary Devourer was a different individual. They were actually a part of the rules of the universe. Those fallen stars always needed something to devour, otherwise, it would not only hinder the birth of new stars but also breed terrible things because of gradual decay.

Star-Boundary Devourers could be good or evil, and every generation was different. Some Star-Boundary Devourers only devoured waste stars, or ate those stars whose energy was unstable and about to burst and destroy the surrounding stars, while some Star-Boundary Devourers were addicted to star power and devoured those strong and healthy stars. This kind of Star-Boundary Devourer would gradually turn into a world-destroying existence.

The most intuitive manifestation of the two types of Star-Boundary Devourers was that friendly Star-Boundary Devourers generally presented the form of a star dragon, drifting between thousands of stars. If there was an evil existence that went to harm those newborn stars, the star dragon would give punishment.

And the Star-Boundary Devourers that would gradually become world-destroying existences were generally in beast form.

The two types of Star-Boundary Devourers had completely different ways of dealing with things. The existence time of the star dragon was exceptionally long, wise, ancient, and friendly, while the latter longed for star power, and there were star marks all over its brain, horns, and soul. Although this could bring powerful power, it also led to being relatively stupid.

Su Xiao didn't know how the next Star-Boundary Devourer would be. If it was a friendly type, he wouldn't interfere. If it was the latter, he would kill it and explode the treasure chest to avoid being hostile to the faction later.

Su Xiao placed the Dragon Flash in its sheath flat on his lap. The Nightmare Blood Shadow sealed inside was still stable, and the ability corresponding to the blood shadow was also very good. As long as the enemy's health was higher than 50%, after adding the Blood Blade ability, one blade would carry 25% of the enemy's maximum health in real damage.

This was carried damage. If you count the original damage of this blade, in the case of the enemy's health being 51%, it must be that one blade would reach the execution line, and then one blade would execute it.

Initially, Su Xiao felt that the Magic Blade executing enemies with less than 25% health was simply a divine skill. This feeling lasted until he entered the Eternal Light World. Even among the enemies he encountered before, the maximum health of the God of Eternity was 150%, and the maximum health of the Old Beast King was still 105.8% after permanent decline, Su Xiao still felt that the Magic Blade's execution was still powerful.

After entering this world, he gradually found that the situation was not right, until he fought the Ancestor to the death and detected that the other party's maximum health was 320%, which led to the original execution line of one-quarter of the enemy's health, while when fighting the Ancestor, he had to wait for the other party's health to be lower than one-thirteenth before he could execute.

For this kind of situation, although Su Xiao was secretly worried, he could still accept it. Perhaps this was the special feature of world-destroying existences, and even, perhaps only the Ancestor had such an exaggerated maximum health

For other powerhouses, being able to reach a 51% execution threshold is an extremely exaggerated combination of abilities. However, for Su Xiao, this is not yet strong enough. The formidable enemies he must face are all monster-level; perhaps among the big bosses he will fight in the future, those with a maximum HP of 100% will be rare, and most should be above 150%.

At present, both the Magic Spirit and the Blood Shadow are sealed within the blade and are restraining each other. This seems decent, but it is only a stopgap measure. In Su Xiao's view, having only the Magic Spirit within Checking Zhan Long Shan is the more long-term development path.

As for the Nightmare Blood Shadow, Su Xiao has two solutions. One is for him to absorb the power of this Nightmare Blood Shadow himself and merge it with his own Blood Qi system. The second approach is to use the Magic Spirit to devour the Nightmare Blood Shadow, at which point it might evolve into a Blade Magic Spirit system exclusive to Su Xiao.

In short, regardless of which of these two approaches is taken, one cannot let the Magic Spirit and the Blood Shadow continue to restrain each other; this is not only unstable but also constrains the potential of both.

Su Xiao can clearly feel that as long as the Magic Spirit intensity of the Blade Magic Spirit is further increased, the execution threshold of the Magic Blade ability can be improved. Currently, the Magic Spirit intensity of the Blade Magic Spirit is 190 points; it is very likely that once it reaches over 200 points, the execution threshold will begin to increase.

Compared to achieving execution through the coordination of Blood Blades, developing only the Blade Magic Spirit to raise its execution threshold is undoubtedly a stronger development method. A simple, unadorned single-slash execution is definitely stronger than a flashy two-slash combo.

Actually, Su Xiao has another idea, which is to become the top of this world's "Survival Ranking" and obtain the top-place reward, the 【Talent Badge】. This item is the ceiling among talent-type items, and it has two effects, summarized as follows:

1. Elevate a talent ability that has not yet reached SSS-level after the second awakening to SSS-level intensity.

2. If the talent ability has already reached SSS-level, then based on the talent holder's own characteristics, an adaptive evolution will be performed on this talent ability. Although it is not an increase in intensity, it can make this talent ability more suitable for Su Xiao.

Su Xiao's second talent ability, Blood Beast, is in urgent need of this adaptive evolution. If, during the evolution process, the talent ability devours the origin power of the Nightmare Blood Shadow, what kind of intensity would the new Blood Qi-type talent have?

The Nightmare Blood Shadow is Su Xiao's projection in the Nightmare Realm, and because of this, the Nightmare Blood Shadow needs to kill Su Xiao to become a perfect individual.

Conversely, Su Xiao can certainly devour the origin power of the Nightmare Blood Shadow. This is his own nightmare projection, and it has a 100% perfect compatibility with him. Devouring its origin power naturally carries no risk of rejection, not to mention that he is not devouring it directly, but using his own talent ability to devour its origin power.

This is undoubtedly the best choice. The problem is that the acquisition difficulty of the 【Talent Badge】 is very high. In the Survival Ranking, Su Xiao's rank is outside the top fifty. Within this world, although he often fights formidable enemies, the time he spends in dangerous areas is actually not much.

For example, in the Scarlet Castle, if an ordinary early-stage Absolute-level Qiyuezhe were to come here, they would likely advance slowly and, based on mission clues and the guidance of plot characters, advance step by step. This would require frequently being inside the Scarlet Castle, which would undoubtedly significantly increase the number of survival days on the Survival Ranking.

The more dangerous the environment, the faster the survival days increase. Su Xiao's problem is that he previously had to deal with the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple; how could he have time to slowly explore the Scarlet Castle? Therefore, he fought his way through directly. Let alone staying there for several days, he only stayed there for a total of two-plus hours.

After two-plus hours, the Scarlet Castle was no longer a dangerous area; the bosses were either executed or ran away at top speed.

Given Su Xiao's current ranking on the Survival Ranking, it is almost impossible to take the top spot using conventional methods. Added to this is his current -??? Void Tree reputation, which makes him a key target of the Void Tree, so there is no possibility of operating with Caesar. However, the Legendary Mission: Eternal Light Lord gave him a chance.

【Legendary Mission: Eternal Light Lord (Only one ring).】

Difficulty Level: Lv.???

Mission Brief: Eliminate over 90% of the World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups in this world.

Mission Deadline: 30 natural days.

Mission Reward 1: Void Tree reputation increased from -??? to 0 points.

Mission Reward 2:??? (Invisible due to low reputation at the current stage; this reward is approximately 20% higher than Mission Reward 1).

Mission Reward 3:??? (Invisible due to low reputation at the current stage; this reward is approximately 40% higher than Mission Reward 1).

Mission Penalty: None.

Su Xiao's plan is to first use this mission to raise his Void Tree reputation to 0 points, then exchange all the accumulated World Reputation for 【Title Chests】 and open them; at that time, there will definitely be different gains.

After that, it will be to take advantage of the Void Tree no longer focusing on him, and with 0 points of Void Tree reputation, manipulate the current ranking situation. As for to what extent the subsequent Void Tree reputation will be deducted, that doesn't matter; with Jila present, Su Xiao's subsequent Void Tree reputation will only decrease and cannot be accumulated.

Rising under the Star Giant Tree, Su Xiao did not set up a teleportation array here. The concentration of natural elements in this place is too high, and the teleportation process would be quite unstable. However, because of the richness of the natural elements here, brewing elemental fine wine here would definitely have better results. Not only that, because of the Star Giant Tree, there is also a cool aura here, which presumably can add another touch of color to the elemental fine wine.

Unfortunately, the large barrel for the elemental fine wine is in the exclusive room. After Su Xiao walked out of the element-rich area, he activated the Monitor Ring. When the spatial fluctuations ended, he, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha returned to the Gray Sanctuary.

Just after returning to this place, Su Xiao smelled a scent of blood. The Sundries Brother, Thorns, was sitting on the steps of the recovery point. His face had little color, as if he were injured, but it also seemed not to be the case.

"Bai Ye, has everything been going smoothly lately?"

While the Sundries Brother spoke, he coughed repeatedly, and blood flowed out from his right nostril. He took a piece of rag from the large package beside him and wiped it away indifferently.

"My destiny seems to have come looking for me. Don't worry, I will bring back the sealer of the Scarlet Seed. As for you, have you really decided to deal with the Scarlet Monarch? Do you have any chance of winning?"

"I do, but it's not high."

"Having one is enough. Bai Ye, if you don't have anything urgent, shall we sit down and chat?"

"..."

Su Xiao sat down on the stone chair. Seeing this, the Sundries Brother wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the rag in his hand and said with a smile:

"Bai Ye, I recently saw my long-lost sister. She has become somewhat... irritable? Hmm, I can barely say that. It's the same as always; our relationship isn't too good. It's been too many years, and I've forgotten why we turned against each other as close relatives back then. Ah~, it's been too long; I seem to have lived for thousands of years? Perhaps even longer."

The Sundries Brother took out a bottle of elemental fine wine, pulled out the cork, took a sip, and continued:

"I heard them say that you are the strongest pharmacist in the Void? Hahaha, this is the best medicine you've concocted, even though it cannot treat physical injuries."

The Sundries Brother raised the hand holding the elemental fine wine, and after talking to himself for a long time, he placed the empty wine bottle on the ground, stood up, and walked toward the teleportation array. As he moved forward, he said with his back to Su Xiao:

"You must win, Bai Ye."

"Hmm."

Having received this reply from Su Xiao, the Sundries Brother activated the teleportation array, carrying the large package, covering his face with a scarf, and wearing old gloves with exposed fingertips. This equipment was the same as when they met at the Shelter City.

The teleportation array activated, and the Sundries Brother disappeared. Seeing this scene, Su Xiao rose from his seat. The Nightmare Blood Shadow had been resolved; it was time to go to the Wild Overgrowth Land and wipe out those World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups.

The poisonous purple rain was pouring down. In the rain, two figures wearing special raincoats were walking through the mud. Amidst the broken walls and ruins, an abandoned clock tower appeared ahead. After the two walked into the clock tower, the shorter figure said:

"May I ask..."

Yusha spoke. Hearing this, Losna's footsteps stopped ahead. She tilted her head to look at Yusha, and those scarlet pupils made Yusha's scalp tingle.

"What should you call me?"

"Mother."

"Hmm, speak, what is the matter?"

The scarlet in Losna's eyes faded a little. Seeing this, Yusha quietly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and asked, "Where are we actually going?"

This question truly stumped Losna. After frowning and pondering for a few seconds, she said, "Black Iron City."

Seeming to think of something, Losna hesitated for a few seconds, then took out a silver-blue scroll, handed it to Yusha, and instructed, "If I die, open this scroll. If you are qualified, this scroll will tell you what to do next."

Hearing this, Yusha was just about to raise her hand to take it when she suddenly paused, then changed hands without changing her expression.

This scene naturally could not escape Losna, even though she had been eroded by the scarlet. Losna immediately grabbed Yusha's hand that she wanted to hide and pulled up the sleeve of that arm. Very faint golden patterns were clinging to Yusha's forearm. These golden patterns were very natural, just like the naturally generated root system of a tree.

Seeing these golden patterns, Losna's eyes were full of disbelief. She really couldn't figure out why there would be a Child of the World in the Eternal Light World.

Losna looked at Yusha, gently stroked Yusha's cheek with one hand, then reached behind, hugged Yusha's head with one hand, and while pulling her toward herself, pressed her forehead against the other's forehead, feeling Yusha's life temperature, as if her daughter had come back to life.

"We... are not going to Black Iron City anymore. We are going to the Sea of Sand. I will help you... take back everything that belongs to you."

Losna's gaze became increasingly firm, and the scarlet in her eyes seemed to have faded a bit.

Wild Overgrowth Area, west side region.

This place is the edge of the Wild Overgrowth Area. The closer to the center, the more lush the vegetation, and the more life ore stored underground. This is the necessity that the World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups here rely on for survival.

As for how this life ore was produced, this was many years ago when this place was a kingdom of plants. Excessively rich natural elements made these plants grow wildly, reaching unprecedented strength. However, after the natural elements passed a critical value, these plant bodies all died rapidly due to overly intense plant vitality.

Because there is a huge dark spring eye in the center of the Wild Overgrowth Area, when the elemental power was excessive and all the huge plant bodies were about to burst and die, this dark spring eye that could absorb vitality became their only means of continuing their lives. Therefore, the more powerful the plant body, the deeper it went into this dark spring eye, eventually filling it up, and more plant bodies simply piled up on top.

Those relatively weak plant bodies could only stay in the nearby area; the weaker they were, the further they were from the dark spring eye, until the concentration of natural elements in this world climbed another step, and all plant bodies died. After years of transformation, the rich plant vitality contained in these plant bodies formed a large amount of life force crystals, which were then gradually buried underground.

After millions of years of changes, these life ore veins were formed, and the original dark spring eye is now the central area of the Wild Overgrowth Land. This central area is occupied by the second-tier Star-Parasite Crabs and the Wild Overgrowth Tribe.

The Jila Hive is located in the west side region. In the vast Wild Overgrowth Area, this belongs to a relatively marginal position, but Jila's territory is exceptionally large. This is because in the last few days, Jila has hammered and wiped out the Moon Snake Tribe, Corrupt Insects, Thirst-Blood Tribe, Cursed Tribe, Sea Siren Tribe, and the Strange Demon Nest.

One-third of the third-tier World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups in this area have been wiped out by Jila, which shows the current strength of the Demon Insect Tribe. And this is still the combat power possessed by the Demon Insect Tribe without the bonus of a War Lord.

At this moment, in the sleeping nest inside the Hive, Su Xiao sat in front of the potion bench, looking at the notes in his hand. The formula on it was clear and logical, the content was explicit, and without a certain talent for pharmacy, one really couldn't draw this level of constant-temperature formula. However, this formula was clearly marked with "The Best Way to Fry Potato Chips."

Added to this was Jila beside him, who currently had a proud little expression of "Am I not very amazing?" Seeing this, Su Xiao closed the notes in his hand and let the leader-level Demon Beasts, Abaddon, and other leader-level insect tribes go out first.

Seeing this scene, Jila's proud little expression suddenly froze, and her eyes began to panic a little.

"You said you were suddenly interested in pharmacy and asked me to leave you temperature-locking devices, constant-temperature systems, etc., and then you researched these?"

"No, you listen to my sophistry, ah no, I actually like pharmacy very much, and then when I was studying pharmacy, I got hungry, so I thought about applying what I learned, so, so I..."

Jila really couldn't make it up anymore, and she started to lower her head and play with her fingers. This was obviously giving up, meaning, hit me if you want, anyway, she is much more resistant to hits than before.

Ignoring Jila standing on the side, Su Xiao checked the situation of the Hive. At present, his side has 30,000 elite Demon Beasts. These Demon Beasts are commanded by the leader-level Demon Beast, Abaddon, and are responsible for protecting the safety of the Hive. In addition, there are 2,000 Shadow Hunting Teeth that can remain invisible, commanded by the leader-level Shadow Hunting Teeth, responsible for scouting the surrounding situation.

Located in a circle around the Hive, a total of 100 Brutal Turrets were built. Although the distance is relatively sparse, the current defense is enough. Added to this, many Soul Jellyfish are floating in the area around the Hive, a total of 5,000 Soul Jellyfish, responsible for scouting the situation around the Hive, not to mention there are three Ninth-Tier "Sensor Towers."

Besides these defensive means, the main combat power of his side is 11,580 Demon Flame Dragons. These Demon Flame Dragons are commanded by the leader-level Demon Flame Dragon, Barbados, and now, Barbados will serve as Su Xiao's dragon-riding mount.

In addition, his Hive currently has 428 evolution points, enough to raise the tribe level from Lv. 95 to Lv. 96. Su Xiao immediately chose to upgrade. In this way, it is only 4 levels away from the tribe level reaching Lv. 100.

As the upgrade started, parts of the Hive were closed off. Regarding this, Su Xiao didn't care; all the Demon Flame Dragons were around the Hive, fearing no enemy attack.

These ten thousand-plus Demon Flame Dragons are already a very powerful combat force, but the problem is that at the current stage, more than a dozen third-tier World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups have already banded together. Jila successively wiped out six third-tier World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups, which truly shocked all the third-tier World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups in this world.

The next thing to do is very simple: wipe out these third-tier World-Extinguishing-level ethnic groups, and then the second-tier Star-Parasite Crabs, Wild Overgrowth Tribe, and Deep Sea Evil Spirits.

After that, it is to deal with the first-tier World-Eaters, which is the most difficult formidable enemy to deal with.

However, before doing these, Su Xiao still has one thing to do. He took out the 【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】. The cooldown of this thing is over, and it can be used again.

【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】

Origin: Void.

Prerequisite: Luck attribute 65 points or higher (achieved).

Equipment Effect 1: Misfortune Gambling (Active), each time this equipment is used, the following two situations can occur.

1. Permanently lose 10% of origin vitality (maximum HP permanently loses 10%).

2. Obtain a base gain of 1~50,000 Soul Coins, plus a small probability of obtaining additional rare resources (such as Space-Time Power, Power Essence, Special Essence, Primordial Fragments, Soul Crystal Souls, etc.).

Tip: Because of the equipment's characteristics, the effects derived from the Luck attribute are negative gains, while Misfortune derives positive gains...

Equipment Effect 2: Misfortune Invasion (Passive)...

Rating: 5,000 points (Special equipment rating is 1~6,000 points).

Brief: This is a gamble with the God of Misfortune.

Price: Cannot be sold, traded, transferred, abandoned, etc., after binding.

【You have activated the "Misfortune Gambling" effect.】

【Misfortune judgment in progress...】

【Judgment complete, you will obtain gains.】

【You obtained 49,980 Soul Coins.】

【You obtained 1,200 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You obtained Primordial Fragment x1 piece.】

【You obtained Soul Crystal Soul x10 pieces.】

Looking at the several items floating in front of him, Su Xiao was a bit surprised. He didn't expect that this God of Misfortune would be so wealthy.

At this moment, in the Void, a temple located in the Land of Nothingness stands tall. Because there is no gravity around it, large rocks and small islands float, connected to each other by something like tree roots.

Inside the dim temple, the God of Misfortune behind the curtain was not sleeping as usual at this moment, but his eyes contained cold murderous intent.

Looking at the display rack beside the bed, several more treasures were missing. The God of Misfortune finally made up his mind. In the past, he always let the holder of the 【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】 lose all their origin vitality and eventually die because of it, but this time, he clearly encountered an opponent. Therefore, the God of Misfortune wanted to use his power as an Evil God to eradicate the enemy.

Originally, because he couldn't see the scene on the side of the 【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】, the God of Misfortune prepared to consider countermeasures first, but this time multiple treasures were drawn away, causing the anger in his heart to climb to the extreme. Furthermore, he had once spied on who obtained the 【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】; it was a thin and weak-looking old man of the human race, who looked like he had no frontal combat power at all.

Obviously, due to Caesar's methods, the God of Misfortune had not yet realized that Caesar had already given the 【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】 to Su Xiao.

Thinking that the opponent he was about to face was not strong in combat power, the God of Misfortune no longer hesitated. With a buzz, a spatial vortex appeared where he was, directly connecting to the location of the 【Strange Misfortune Money Bag】. The God of Misfortune flew up and instantly plunged into the spatial vortex. At this moment, this Evil God, full of anger, did not yet know what he was about to face.