Chapter 3800: Gem

In the quest world, you will encounter various unexpected scenes, such as the assassin wearing the First Ancient Mask walking over calmly.

Which force this assassin belongs to is no longer important. Why the other party can use the First Ancient Mask is what Su Xiao wants to know more. Why did he let the First Ancient Mask leave in the first place? One of the reasons is that this quasi-original sin object is very "eatable," and it has entered the stage of original sin growth, belonging to the kind that can "eat" but doesn't work.

But the assassin who walked over calmly and face-to-face with the First Ancient Mask actually succeeded in using the First Ancient Mask. It seems that he didn't pay the price of original soul, which is very interesting.

As the creator of the First Ancient Mask, Su Xiao feels that this assassin has more research value than the First Ancient Mask.

At this moment, from the perspective of the Black Witch Casper, everything in front of him is blood-colored. This is the unique perspective of wearing the First Ancient Mask. As one of the costs of using this quasi-original sin object, the moment he puts on the First Ancient Mask, he will be continuously absorbed of life force, which also leads to him becoming a regular customer of the Void Pharmacist Guild.

Casper is calculating the distance in his heart. Five more steps, and he will reach his best killing range. The closer he gets to this time, the clearer his thinking is. However, for the first time assassinating the Law-Exterminator, he still has a bit of excitement. This is a target with double bounties from the Hunter Guild and the Arcane Eternal Star.

Casper has prepared to activate his representative ability "Dark Devour." This ability will erupt dark matter to the surroundings with him as the center, causing super multi-stage damage to targets within 20 meters of the surroundings, and it is a triple dark matter penetration damage of physical damage + soul damage + mental damage. If within 3 meters of Casper, the penetration frequency of dark matter will soar from 2-3 times per second to 18-20 times per second.

Coupled with Casper's five rings and several other precious accessories, all of which enhance the power and penetration of dark matter, this blow of his has a 30% probability of instantly killing a Supreme-level powerhouse of the same strength echelon in a surprise attack. Even if it doesn't instantly kill, the body will be pierced by dark matter, and finally die in Casper's hands.

Using this move, the Black Witch Casper killed four Supreme-level powerhouses, which is already a very amazing record. After obtaining the First Ancient Mask, Casper once instantly killed a Supreme-level powerhouse with the "Dark Devour" ability not long ago, even if the other party was only in the downstream of the Supreme level, it was also a very strong record.

In the waiting hall of the transfer tower, which was noisy, Casper continued to move forward. Three steps, two steps, one step... it's now!!

The Black Witch Casper's aura suddenly erupted. He seemed to have seen the Law-Exterminator's body pierced by dark matter, and then died in his hands, which made the joy in his eyes begin to be unable to hide.

"Die!!"

With the Black Witch Casper as the center, liquid or fragmented dark matter erupted. Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Alana were immediately splashed with holes all over their bodies. After the dark matter further expanded, blood and flesh flew in the waiting hall of the space tower. In the center of the violent eruption of matter, the violent smile on Casper's face gradually appeared...

"Boss, what do you think he is thinking? Is it because he has already wiped us out that he is laughing so happily."

A strange voice suddenly entered Casper's ears, which made the violent smile on his face freeze immediately.

That's right, everything the Black Witch Casper experienced just now was an illusion. What perfect disguise, calmly approaching the target, and finally a gorgeous absolute kill, were all illusions.

The real situation is that time goes back 10 seconds. The Black Witch Casper walks towards Su Xiao. After three steps, hundreds of scarlet tentacles on the First Ancient Mask pierce into Casper's head at the same time. Casper immediately straightens his body, and then falls straight down like a wooden stick. After that, the biggest struggle he made was to twitch his body like a fish on the shore.

From beginning to end, Su Xiao didn't move even a finger. He didn't even release mental fluctuations. He just looked at the First Ancient Mask. At this time, the First Ancient Mask had moved from the Black Witch Casper's face to the center of his chest, and while being inlaid on it, one after another scarlet tentacles pierced into various parts of Casper's body, making Casper's unconscious body spasm with foam in his mouth.

From beginning to end, Su Xiao didn't move even a finger. He didn't even release mental fluctuations. He just looked at the First Ancient Mask.

8 o'clock in the evening, in a mansion in the Night City.

This mansion had been uninhabited for a period of time. Su Xiao originally planned to go to the Ancient King City as soon as possible, but learned from the staff in the transfer tower that the space transfer in the Ancient King City had been temporarily blocked. For other areas, this was a big event, but for the chaotic Ancient King City, this was a common occurrence. It must be that the major forces in the city were once again sword-drawn and ready to fight.

The "Law-Exterminator Transfer Array" could indeed ignore the space blockade of the Ancient King City, and even smash it, but then he had to face the siege of all forces in the Ancient King City. In that place, the Dark God Sect wanted to establish a branch, and they had to be slapped a few times a day. It was not worth provoking this group of lunatics rashly. Wait until the situation was urgent later, and it would be fine to provoke them.

The space blockade there would be lifted tomorrow morning. Su Xiao didn't plan to leave the Night City tonight. He had to figure out which side this Black Witch was an assassin sent by. If it was because of the bounty to assassinate himself, it was a small matter. But if it was sent by the Starry Sky Research Association, he had to consider how to retaliate.

In the humid wine cellar, the light flickered. The Black Witch Casper gradually opened his eyes. After looking around, he found that he was tied to a chair with his hands tied behind his back.

Amu held the Bloodthirsty Battle Axe and stood behind Casper, ready to cut off his head at any time.

"Everyone's time is very precious, let's keep it short..."

Before Baja's words were finished, Casper said directly:

"*Cough~*, I am the Dark Witch Casper, more than 400 years old, forgot my specific age, should be close to middle age. The purpose of this assassination is the bounty of the Hunter Guild and the Arcane Eternal Star, regardless of personal grievances. My Hunter badge and bounty voucher are in the hotel room. That hotel is on the third street going north from the city center. It is a special hotel serving assassins. The room number I live in is 4009. Go up to the fourth floor by elevator, go right in the corridor, the last one. I have more than 10,000 Soul Coins in assets, deposited in the bank of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce..."

Casper said it in great detail. Is this cowardly? Not really. Although this information is all facts, for him, it is not a secret worth holding on to. It is better to spit it out directly.

As for betraying the Hunter Guild, this is a neutral force. While accepting any commission, it will not protect the hunters who come here to accept the commission. Hunters don't need to have any confidentiality and partiality for the guild's affairs. Conversely, the guild will not help hunters take revenge. From beginning to end, the two are not superior-subordinate relationships, but cooperative relationships with clear boundaries.

"You are quite sensible. Tell me, how can you use the First Ancient Mask?"

"So this thing is called the First Ancient Mask."

Casper nodded thoughtfully. This assassin didn't have a brand, so naturally he couldn't check the attributes of the First Ancient Mask, and could only gradually explore the way to use this mask.

Casper was silent for a few seconds, sighed, and said: "You think, why do I have only more than 10,000 Soul Coins left after being a hunter in the Hunter Guild for so many years."

Saying this, Casper felt a burst of regret. He didn't know what happened before, but he was willing to give all kinds of resources to the First Ancient Mask to devour, and he specifically chose difficult bounties to deal with.

Thinking about it now, this was destined the moment he put on the First Ancient Mask. While this mask was powerful, it would also bewitch the holder's mind, and it was already very close to a complete original sin object.

"You can't kill me. If I die, you will be targeted by this mask."

Casper showed his last reliance. No one was willing to be targeted by an artifact that was about to become an original sin object.

"Hmm, you're right, you can't die yet."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Casper felt relieved in his heart, but the next second, Su Xiao sitting opposite raised one hand, and the First Ancient Mask at Casper's chest was immediately sucked over, and then something that made Casper shocked to the point of splitting his eyes happened.

Su Xiao held the front of the First Ancient Mask with his right hand, and held a crystal bottle in the other hand. As his right hand wrapped in the crystal layer exerted force, a kind of semi-transparent liquid substance seeped out from the First Ancient Mask and dripped into the crystal bottle below. These liquid substances were a kind of mixed "Special Source Quality," which was transformed after the First Ancient Mask devoured various rare resources, and would be absorbed by itself later, thereby strengthening

Before long, the wooden Ancient Mask became dry and withered. From beginning to end, the scarlet tentacles protruding from within the mask didn't dare to wrap around Su Xiao's right hand or forearm, and could only twist and struggle meaninglessly.

"Get lost."

Su Xiao casually threw the Ancient Mask away. The mask immediately faded into nothingness, disappearing to who knows where. Instead of showing any signs of anger, it hurried to slip away.

At this moment, looking at the Black Wizard Casper, his eyes were wide, his mouth was hanging open slightly without him even realizing it, and his face was full of the look of someone whose worldview had just been refreshed. It was no wonder; during the time he held the Ancient Mask, he had truly treated it like a supreme master, and every time he picked it up with his hands, he had to be extremely respectful.

Casper looked at the Law Breaker sitting on the wooden chair a few meters away. This time, he was truly panicking in his heart.

"I am actually a very reasonable person."

As Su Xiao spoke, Blade of the Demon energy spread from the sole of his right foot, forming a summoning array on the ground, and the tree spirit of the 【Greedy Life Tree】 was summoned.

Seeing the tree spirit of this Life Tree, Casper discovered that this thing was somewhat similar to the Ancient Mask. Although it wasn't a true Original Sin Object, it was only a step behind.

Su Xiao poured the mixed "Special Source Matter" from the crystal bottle onto the roots spreading out from the tree spirit. This "Special Source Matter" was too impure, so letting the Life Tree absorb it to bear "Life Fruit" was the reliable way to go.

"Five."

Su Xiao spoke. He meant that, counting the one "Life Fruit" that the 【Greedy Life Tree】 originally owed, the other party had to repay him with five "Life Fruits" for the "Special Source Matter" provided this time.

The tree spirit's roots surged, meaning that Su Xiao's request exceeded its capabilities. But after being stared at expressionlessly by Su Xiao for a few seconds, the tree spirit conceded, indicating that it would obediently offer up the five "Life Fruits" later.

Su Xiao raised his hand, signaling that the 【Greedy Life Tree】 could also get lost. It wasn't that he had a bad attitude toward the 【Greedy Life Tree】 and the Ancient Mask, but when facing these two guys, he had to maintain absolute dominance in momentum, otherwise, he might suffer a backlash.

The tree spirit faded into the air and then disappeared. Across from him, the Black Wizard Casper's face was dark, and he was already feeling a sense of despair, knowing that he would surely die today. The Ancient Mask he relied on, with its causal entanglement, had just been slapped hard in the face, and after receiving the slap, it had swallowed its pride and left.

"Where were we just now?"

Su Xiao pulled a bottle of wine from the wine rack to the side. Feeling that the wine was decent, he opened it and tasted it. It couldn't compare to Elemental Brew, but the brewing experience was still worth praising.

"You just said that you are actually very reasonable."

"Oh, right, that's what I said. So, do you feel that I am reasonable?"

Just as Su Xiao finished speaking, Amu, who was behind Casper, pressed his battle axe against the back of Casper's neck. Feeling the sharp edge of the axe, Casper said willingly: "In my opinion, Mr. Bai Ye, you are very reasonable."

After saying this, Casper even smiled and nodded to confirm. Although he was a powerhouse, he was more specialized in assassination. In terms of comprehensive strength, he was actually just above the level of a powerhouse, and with his potential capped there, plus being a traitor to the Wizard faction, Casper didn't care at all about the demeanor of a strong person.

After successfully convincing him with reason, Su Xiao asked: "You and I have no grudges, right?"

"Right."

"But for your own selfish interests, you wanted to take my life. Is that right?"

"Not right."

"Hmm, since you provoked me first, I'll spend some Soul Coins to have the Sea Race of the Wind Sea Continent imprison you in the insect den at the bottom of the sea, to be gnawed on by rotting sea insects for a few hundred years to relieve my hatred. That is also reasonable and fair, right?"

Su Xiao had an average relationship with the Beast Race on the Wind Sea Continent; after all, he had beheaded the old Beast King. However, he and the old Beast King had fought a head-on battle to the death, so the Beast Race wouldn't retaliate because of that. As for the Sea Race, Su Xiao had always been hostile to them, but by the time he left the Wind Sea Continent, his relationship with the Sea Race had naturally eased. Even, although he and the Sea King had never met, they had cooperated tacitly; they belonged to the category of people who hadn't met but held each other in high regard.

After listening to Su Xiao's kindly-toned narration, Casper's face began to look wrong. If anyone else had said this, he would only have taken it as a threat.

But the person in front of him was the Law Breaker. What these guys could do was truly uncertain. The deeds of the previous generation of Law Breakers were widely circulated in the Witch World, especially the fact that a certain female Law Breaker had frequently harassed the previous Moon Witch. Witches were always known for holding grudges, but she had endured it, truly not wanting to have too many entanglements with the most vicious female Law Breaker in history.

"Entrusting the Sea Race would cost quite a few Soul Coins. In my opinion, there's really no need for that."

As Casper spoke, he had already made a decision: to find an opportunity to commit suicide to avoid a fate worse than death.

"Actually, I am a person with a lot of compassion."

"?"

Casper, across from him, looked at Su Xiao with a bewildered face. If his hands weren't bound, he would have patted his ears, feeling that he had misheard.

"I am prepared to let bygones be bygones."

"??"

Casper opened his mouth to say something, but didn't know what to say.

"Since I am so generous as to spare your life, you sign a contract and help me do one thing. This request isn't excessive, right?"

Hearing this, a different look appeared in Casper's eyes, because he saw hope for surviving this desperate situation. And, as for the other party saying to sign a contract, as a traitor, Casper was very skilled at avoiding contract penalties.

Su Xiao took out a blood-colored parchment. As the contract unfolded, the contract parchment floated to the front of Casper and attached itself to his chest. After a burning sensation, the contract parchment returned to Su Xiao's hand.

"Since you have already signed the contract with such sincerity."

Su Xiao signaled Amu to untie Casper. Amu unraveled the binding that had hundreds of types of spells intertwined inside.

"This counts as... signing the contract?"

Casper was very surprised. He had truly never seen such an effective way of signing a contract before. In reality, Su Xiao even had contracts that could be signed just by looking at them, but the cost of constructing such contracts was too high, and the binding power wasn't very good.

"The content of the contract is actually not complicated. You help me deliver an Original Sin Object to the headquarters of the Dark God Sect, the Gloomy Church. Whether you hand it to the Abyss Archbishop or his subordinates, either is fine."

Hearing this, Casper, who had just felt a sense of survival, was stunned for at least two or three seconds before he reacted. Although he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, he could only bite the bullet and ask: "What kind of Original Sin Object should I deliver?"

"You choose."

Su Xiao took out the 【Book of Original Sin】 and turned it toward Casper. The 【Book of Original Sin】 opened, revealing the "Collector" on the first page, the "Necronomicon" on the second page, the "Nether Bone Ring" on the third page, the "Scarlet Scepter" on the fourth page, and the "Soul Crown" which had been forced onto the fifth page.

After seeing this scene, Casper's brain buzzed on the spot. He didn't want to choose, but the contract penalty that was faintly about to activate let him know that his control over contracts was simply overestimating himself in front of a Contract Master.

The reason Su Xiao spared Casper's life was for this very reason. After the other party obtained the Ancient Mask, he gradually developed resistance to Original Sin. Wearing an Original Sin Object for a long time would surely lead to death, but holding one temporarily for a few days to deliver the Original Sin Object to the Dark God Sect was still no problem. As for how to escape afterward, that would depend on his own abilities.

In Casper's exceptionally difficult choice, the fluctuations of the Necronomicon emanated from the 【Book of Original Sin】. Su Xiao released it. As for whether the Abyss Archbishop had the possibility of using the Original Sin Object, there was no need to worry. Su Xiao was the holder of these Original Sin Objects; even if the other side had a high affinity, they wouldn't be able to use them, unless, like when Su Xiao dealt with the Sand King, he himself deliberately interrupted most of the causal connection with the "Soul Crown".

The situation now was that after the Dark God Sect received the Original Sin Object, apart from wearing a mask of pain and suffering huge losses, they wouldn't have any gains.

The Black Wizard Casper left carrying the "Necronomicon". As for whether he knew the location of the Dark God Sect's headquarters, the Gloomy Church, there was no need to worry about that; as a traitor to the Wizard faction, it was inevitable that he would have had some dealings with the Dark God Sect.

After leaving the wine cellar and arriving on the second floor of the mansion, Su Xiao had just sat down when Baja flew in from the window and said: "Boss, someone has come to visit."

Hearing this, Su Xiao was a bit puzzled. This mansion was one he had chosen at random, and seeing that it had been uninhabited for at least a year or two, he had only borrowed it temporarily for the night. Under these circumstances, having someone come to visit made him think that this person's influence in Night City must be absolutely sky-high.

Before long, a man wearing a dark brown leather jacket with slightly wrinkled long pants came upstairs. He had a deep red mask wrapped around his neck and the lower half of his face. On the belt at his waist was a dagger with an ivory white handle. He had a clean-cut crew cut, and there were many fine scars on his face and head, the most obvious one of which ran through his left cheek and left eye, extending all the way to the top of his head.

This person looked a bit travel-worn, but there was also an unmistakable bloody aura about him. His eyes, with pupils faintly revealing a blood-red color, were like a hungry wolf in the dark night, fierce and focused.

After the visitor sat down, he pulled down the mask covering the lower half of his face, revealing short stubble, and said with a smile gradually appearing on his face: "Mr. Bai Ye, nice to meet you."

One didn't need to think to know that this person was from the underground world, and the facts were indeed so. This was Lucius, the second-in-command of the underground forces controlled by White Cow. His relationship with White Cow was extraordinary; they had known each other when they were both small-time characters and had fought together to reach their current status.

Within White Cow's forces, besides White Cow as the boss, it was the 'second-in-command' Lucius who had the most power and means, followed by White Cow's younger sister Nilin, and then the 'third-in-command' Tais.

Tais was loyal to White Cow, and the last time they attacked the Arcane Eternal Star, Tais was present. As for the second-in-command, Lucius, White Cow himself knew that this person had a rebellious streak. But if these two turned against each other, then White Cow's forces would fall apart. When this force was gone, neither White Cow nor Lucius would have a good end, and it wouldn't be long before both of them, isolated and helpless, died in the siege of their enemies.

This brought about a very interesting scene: White Cow and Lucius were as close as brothers on the surface, while secretly both wanted to get rid of each other. But the fact was that they absolutely could not get rid of each other; that would be digging their own graves.

The reason Lucius came to visit was that he had quite a few businesses in Night City, and he was considered quite influential here. If Su Xiao had any needs later, he should just come to him.

One might ask, why was Lucius, who was as fierce as a hungry wolf, so polite? The reason was that previously, in order for the fame of the Saint Flame Alchemist to rise rapidly within the Void, so as to achieve the plan of the Arcane Eternal Star inviting the Saint Flame Alchemist, Su Xiao had to sell a large number of potions formulated by the Saint Flame Alchemist in the Void.

The channel for the Saint Flame Alchemist to sell potions in the Void was White Cow's forces. To speed up this progress, Su Xiao gave up the profits that could be brought by potion sales, and these profits basically all went to White Cow's sister Nilin and Lucius.

Now that Lucius knew Su Xiao had come to Night City, he was naturally willing to come and visit, and indicated that if there were any cooperation regarding potions later, he could still be approached.

Regarding this cooperation, Su Xiao was not prepared to refuse. If Lucius could provide materials and a formulation venue, he didn't mind cooperating with the other party once. At most, he would formulate a few hundred bottles of potions and let the other party help sell them. This time, he was going to take a cut, at least 60% or more.

Furthermore, as a local snake of this world, Lucius could provide quite a few conveniences for dealing with the Dark God Sect later.

After the preliminary cooperation was settled, Lucius left. Having been busy until now, Su Xiao was prepared to eat a late-night snack, but just at this moment, a prompt appeared.

【Detected that you hold a "Soul Gem" and have embedded the "Soul Gem" into the Eternal-level weapon, Dragon Flash. This action has triggered the contract effect reinforced by the "Soul Gem".】

【Because the Soul Master has actively intensified this contract effect, you will trigger this contract in advance.】

【You will be forcibly teleported to the Soul Master to sign a Soul Contract. After signing this contract, you will pay a certain amount of soul as the price to obtain the right to use the "Soul Gem", and all your remains after your death will be automatically sacrificed to the Soul Temple, to be disposed of by the "Soul Master".】

【The above is a one-way contract. Except for the fact that you will be forcibly teleported to the Soul Temple, you can make your own decisions regarding whether to agree to the rest of the content.】

【Warning: The Soul Temple where the Soul Master is located is not a neutral zone. Being in this area, there are no impartiality restrictions.】

【Because this forced teleportation is about to begin, the Soul Master can already gain insight into some of your data through the "Soul Gem".】

【Detected that the Soul Master is gaining insight into your Soul Strength and Soul Characteristic abilities.】

【Your Soul Strength is: 890 points.】

【You possess the Triple Soul-Slashing effect (Sword Art, Soul-Severing Shadow, Soul Gem).】

【The Soul Master is attempting to interrupt this forced teleportation.】

【This forced teleportation cannot be unilaterally interrupted. If you agree, this teleportation will stop.】

【You have refused to terminate the teleportation. This teleportation continues.】

【You are about to arrive at the Soul Temple.】