Chapter 3816: Lineup

City Lord's Mansion, workshop in the backyard.

Around twelve o'clock tonight, Su Xiao accepted the invitation to come here. Unlike the inefficient Hunter Organization, the City Lord of Star Fall City already knew the situation in District 10 roughly, and knew even more clearly that if Su Xiao hadn't arrived at the Beehive Theater, the entire District 10 would have been blown up by the Madman.

Because of this, the City Lord of Star Fall City, an old lady with a serious temperament, met with Su Xiao and expressed that she owed Su Xiao a big favor this time. If there was anything he needed help with later, he could contact her.

At this time, borrowing the workshop in the backyard of the City Lord's mansion was naturally not a problem. In Workshop No. 2, Su Xiao sat on a metal chair. This metal chair was composed of individual supports. Beside him, Alana wore round-framed glasses, and a mechanical arm was installed under her right armpit.

"What a wonderful and powerful energy."

Alana, temporarily acting as a bespectacled girl, pushed her glasses and observed the trace amount of Demon Spirit energy sealed in the container. She was trying to adapt a sealing formation specifically targeting the Demon Spirit.

For an ordinary Sealing Master, this was simply a fantasy. But as a top Sealing Master trained by the Witch Guild, Alana could still do this.

"Lord Bai Ye, the energy you provided, called Demon Spirit, is very powerful. Even if I adapt a sealing formation, this Demon Spirit energy will produce corresponding corrosiveness before long, and the formation I adapt will definitely fail by then."

"How long?"

"Hmm~, it can probably last for a month?"

"Enough."

"There's another problem, Lord Bai Ye. The sealing formation adapted this time needs a carrier. The best choice for this carrier is metal, so you might need to wear the formation carrier for a period of time. I will minimize its volume as much as possible. Also, this is a sealing formation after all; while sealing the Demon Spirit, it will have a certain suppression on your usual combat power. When dealing with strong enemies, you must take off the formation carrier. Finally, if you want to wear the formation carrier, where do you want to wear it?"

Hearing this, Su Xiao pondered for a moment and said: "Left arm."

The reason Su Xiao chose this was that while sealing the Demon Spirit, it would also affect his combat power. If he suddenly encountered a strong enemy and had the seal on him, unable to immediately face the enemy in his prime state, he could cut off his left arm with one slash and then construct a crystal left arm through the "Combat Prosthetic" ability.

In this way, he could not only lift the seal at the fastest speed but also minimize the damage. Regarding the preservation of the left arm, the technology he mastered was particularly professional.

Alana took a tape measure to measure Su Xiao's left arm. Seeing this, Su Xiao raised his hand to indicate it wasn't necessary. He pointed his left finger, wrapped in a metal bracer, at the workbench. Crack, crack, crack—crystals emerged, and a combat prosthetic left arm was constructed, 100% identical to his left arm. Alana just needed to manufacture the sealing formation carrier according to these specifications.

"What a cool ability, Lord Bai Ye. Can you help others construct this kind of prosthetic limb?"

"I can."

"Then what's inside this crystal prosthetic... a semi-energized neural structure? Incredible~"

Alana was very knowledgeable, as she was a master of knowledge in many fields. She took off her formation gloves, raised her hand to stroke the crystal arm, and asked: "Lord Bai Ye, how long can this kind of crystal prosthetic last?"

"If not used for combat, a lifetime."

"I have a friend whose right forearm is broken. Because she suffered a life curse in her early years, she cannot accept limb regeneration-type formations. I can bring her here, and then you..."

"You can, but it must be after tomorrow."

After saying this, Su Xiao leaned back on the lounge chair and checked the series of hints that had appeared earlier. This Golden Arena had two identities: Overlord Unit and Challenger.

These two identities faced completely different challenges. In the total of eight rounds of no-rules duels, Challengers only needed to successfully survive the first seven rounds to get "Basic Challenge Gains." Conversely, the Overlord Unit didn't have this guarantee but needed to kill Golden Units themselves to obtain corresponding gains. Simply put, the Overlord Unit's profit floor could be as low as 0, while the profit ceiling was extremely high.

Another point was that the Challenger's gains for each round were incremental. For example, if the "Challenge Gain" at the end of the first round was 2, then after passing the second round, the "Challenge Gain" would increase to 3, and so on. By the third round, the "Challenge Gain" would reach 4.

The Overlord Unit had another mechanism. The "Challenge Gain" for the first round was definitely 1, even lower than the Challenger's. However, the "Challenge Gain" for the second round would increase to 2, which seemed the same as an ordinary Challenger's. But by the third round, the "Challenge Gain" would be different; the challenge gain for this round would increase to 4, the next round would reach 8, the next 16, and so on. If one won all eight rounds and became the champion, one would obtain astonishing gains.

After confirming this, Su Xiao immediately chose the identity of Overlord Unit. It wasn't that he was arrogant, but the Golden Arena was notarized by the Tree of the Void, and the upper limit of strength for participants was the Absolute-Strong level. With his current strength, he still had a lot of weight among the Absolute-Strong.

Sword Master Lv. 87, Melee Master Lv. 85, Blood Gun Master Lv. 85, True Strength 539 points, True Agility 539 points, True Stamina 539 points, True Intelligence 534 points.

All seven basic passives were maxed out, and the resulting Overlord Power was also raised to Lv. EX. In addition, the high-level passives corresponding to the three technique abilities were also mastered.

Among the various Law-Breaker abilities, except for the Green Steel Shadow and Green Shadow King abilities, the others were all Lv. MAX or Lv. EX. With three talent abilities, various Eternal-level equipment in hand, and finally, various "passive abilities" that made enemies wear pain masks, plus the four big ultimate moves—Green Shadow King, Heavenly Wrath: Torrent Slash, Extreme Blade: World, and Direct Kick—as his trump cards.

These were all the powerful strengths Su Xiao had gradually accumulated. Therefore, he chose the identity of Overlord Unit, definitely not blinded by greed or arrogance. Earlier, the notarization of Reincarnation Paradise had already acknowledged that he could serve as an Overlord Unit.

The Golden Arena wouldn't open until 8:00 tomorrow morning. With nothing to do, Su Xiao decided to test whether he could still use the two Demon Spirit-type abilities, namely "Replacement" and "Demon Blade."

Su Xiao took out the sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan and released the Blade Demon Spirit inside. Just after releasing the Demon Spirit, he found that the Demon Spirit was slightly different from the last time they met. The gorgeous bone mask hadn't changed, but the short hair that hadn't reached her neck before had now become long, flowing hair, looking like something between hair and black mist.

This wasn't the point. Su Xiao chose to swap positions with the Demon Spirit. A familiar feeling emerged, and after the scene before his eyes changed instantly, he had swapped positions with the Demon Spirit. The Demon Spirit sat on the lounge chair, and he stood a few meters away. Regarding the position swap, the Demon Spirit had no resistance, nor could it resist; this was an ability dominated by Su Xiao.

After understanding this, Su Xiao felt relieved. The "Replacement" ability was like this, and the "Demon Blade" ability went without saying.

The Demon Spirit sat on the lounge chair, seemingly feeling that this was not bad. She actually learned Celine's manner, put her hands behind her head, and crossed her legs.

Su Xiao reached out with one hand, his palm virtually facing the Demon Spirit, trying to see if he could still control the Demon Spirit's actions as before. A sense of sluggishness appeared. He could control it, but the efficiency was very low.

If controlling the Demon Spirit in the past was as simple as lifting an arm or taking a step, now it was like holding a wooden stick in his hand, trying to pick up grain from the ground with it—both laborious and impossible to do.

Su Xiao had long expected this. He was quite satisfied that he could use "Replacement" and "Demon Blade" normally. Now that the Demon Spirit had self-consciousness, it was impossible to control it as before, unless his soul strength was high enough to suppress the Demon Spirit again.

But in contrast, the current Demon Spirit had a new ability, which was powerful control. If the Demon Spirit's control power before was 10, now it was at least 9000.

How powerful the Demon Spirit's control power was, he still had to test it practically. He looked at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha. Since they were all his followers, the Demon Spirit resistance of the three wouldn't be low. His gaze turned to Alana, and after weighing it, he decided against it. The delicate Alana—if there were any accidents, it would be hard to explain to the Moon Witch.

As a top-tier combatant of the ninth rank, if Alana knew she had an evaluation of being delicate, she would burst into tears on the spot.

However, after joining Su Xiao's team, Alana felt increasingly like a salted fish regarding her own strength. Initially, as a top-tier ninth-rank combatant, she was secretly holding her breath, thinking that she must seize this opportunity to show herself as much as possible.

Unfortunately, the Law-Breaker teleportation array used on the day she joined the team made her suddenly miss home. However, Alana quickly became strong again, expressing that her determination had never been abandoned, until she witnessed the first battle of Su Xiao's team in this world: Su Xiao vs. Light-Dark Lord.

After witnessing this battle, Alana suddenly felt that she should stop trying to show herself. After leaving Moon Ring City, the outside world was too malicious toward top-tier ninth-rank strength.

However, not long after, Alana cheered up again. She was ordered by the Moon Witch to assist the Shadow of Law-Breaker, Lord Bai Ye. In such a situation, how could she, Morgan Alana, the last face of the Morgan family, be a salted fish? She must stand up!

Alana, who was prepared to stand up, came to Star Fall City according to Su Xiao's order. Then, the high-spirited Alana encountered the Dark God Sect forces led by Black Hole Azle, and because of her outstanding performance, she successfully attracted Black Hole Azle's attention. The subsequent events were simple. Under the calculation of the super old schemer Black Hole Azle, Alana almost said goodbye to this beautiful world. Fortunately, Celine saved her at the critical moment.

Actually, in this matter, Celine was holding back evil. She had arrived long ago, and finding that Alana was not in immediate danger of life, she waited in the dark. As one of the candidates for the next Moon Witch, she had long taken a fancy to Alana, this top-tier tool person. Although this wasn't the type she liked, as a backbone of her future subordinates and a high-level member of the Witch Guild, she was still very good.

Using Alana to test the Demon Spirit ability wouldn't work, but Celine, who had the combat power of an early Absolute-Strong, could. And as an admirer of Grimm Gillian, Celine's survival-type abilities must not be weak. This was inevitable. If she were weak in this aspect, she would have been beaten to death for the bad things she did.

Su Xiao's gaze turned to Celine. Celine, who was leaning on the lounge chair, holding a terminal, and chatting with someone with an increasingly rampant smile, suddenly shivered. She looked up and around, finding Su Xiao a few meters away looking at her with a smile, which made Celine feel secretly in her heart: 'It's over.'

"Celine..."

Su Xiao just opened his mouth, and Celine preempted: "Mr. Bai Ye, wait a moment, I'm going to the bathroom, it's urgent."

"..."

Su Xiao took out a bottle of the top-tier "Witch Potion" that emitted a luxurious purple glow and stood it on the small table beside his hand. Celine, who was about to rush to the restroom and thinking about running away through a small window and not coming back tonight, chose to retreat backward and sincerely said to Su Xiao:

"I'll go through fire and water, Mr. Bai Ye."

While speaking, Celine had already grabbed the "Witch Potion" with both hands. She had the courage to run away before receiving Su Xiao's order, but she definitely didn't have the guts to slip away after receiving the benefits.

"I just mastered a kind of ability and want to test it..."

"Mr. Bai Ye, this potion is too precious, I can't accept it."

Celine decisively put down the "Witch Potion." This potion was indeed rare, but her life was more important.

"Don't worry, it's not an attack-type ability."

"Really?"

"Hmm."

"Then..." Celine looked conflicted. After hesitating for a moment, she grabbed the "Witch Potion" with one hand and continued: "Come on!"

Su Xiao conveyed a mental message to the Demon Spirit. The Demon Spirit suddenly swept toward Celine. It wasn't that the Demon Spirit was willing to listen to Su Xiao, but the Demon Spirit itself also wanted to try its own ability.

The Demon Spirit entered Celine's body, which made Celine take a long breath. The bottom of her eyes turned black-blue, and the blood vessels under her skin also began to turn black-blue, spreading from her neck to her face. A few seconds later, Celine took a step forward. To be precise, she was dragged forward by the Demon Spirit wrapping around her soul.

The Demon Spirit peeled out of Celine's body. Regardless of anything else, Celine was an Absolute-Strong. The Demon Spirit controlling her to take a step was already an astonishing characteristic. One must know that if Su Xiao wanted to kill Celine just now, it would only take one slash. Celine was in the stage of being controlled by the Demon Spirit. This was longer and more thorough than ordinary control skills.

"Hoo, hoo~"

Celine gasped for air. After grabbing the water cup on the table and drinking it in one gulp, her breath finally calmed down.

"How do you feel?"

"Hiss~"

Celine was still a bit fearful. She brewed her words and said: "This feeling is like... hmm~, assuming my physical body is a car and my soul is in the driver's seat, then the Demon Spirit's intrusion is like wrapping around the soul in my driver's seat, thus temporarily controlling my physical body."

After hearing this description, Su Xiao basically understood. He looked at Alana. Since Celine had confirmed that this ability had no direct danger, letting Alana, who had ninth-rank strength, test it was a good choice.

Su Xiao took out an ancient book of ancient mysticism and looked at Alana. Alana was exceptionally straightforward and nodded repeatedly.

The Demon Spirit swept toward Alana. This time, the change was even greater. The bottom of Alana's eyes turned black-blue, her pupils appeared crimson, smoke slowly drifted from her body, and her entire aura was completely different.

Alana raised her hands, looked at them for a moment, and suddenly swept toward the window.

Zzz!

One by one, Spirit Shadow Threads tightened, and Alana stumbled forward a few steps. The Demon Spirit was pulled out by the Spirit Shadow Threads and then sealed back into Checking Zhan Long Shan.

This time, Alana took half a minute to recover. She hugged the ancient book of ancient mysticism as she wished and described: "Just like what Lady Celine said, if the body is a car, then the soul is in the driver's seat. However, I wasn't being wrapped around the soul; it was more like... like being kicked out of the driver's seat, and then I didn't know anything."

After hearing this description, Su Xiao basically understood this ability. Facing enemies of the same level, it was just strong control. Facing enemies below his own tier, it was long-term control, controlling the other party's actions, speech, etc.

Arriving at the bedroom after the workshop, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed and meditated. Time passed quickly. When the first ray of morning sun shone in, he opened his eyes.

After eating breakfast casually, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baha took the bus to District 16. As for Amu, it had to stay in the workshop of the City Lord's mansion to prevent Black Hole Azle from sending people to deal with Alana.

There were many pedestrians on the street. Today was not only the day of the Golden Arena but also the Midsummer Festival of Star Fall City. The central city area would hold a cold drink festival today. Almost all drink shops would participate. The temptation of the Cold Drink Star plaque obtained by the top three was simply too great.

Because there were many pedestrians, the bus moved somewhat slowly. However, Su Xiao left at six o'clock, and he arrived at the Central Square of District 16 just after seven. As soon as he arrived, he found an invisible barrier covering the place.

Taking out the "Golden Arena Entry Ticket," Su Xiao successfully walked into the barrier. A sense of teleportation struck. Because he had experienced many mission worlds, this sense of teleportation let Su Xiao know that he had temporarily left the Witch World. The "Golden Arena" was notarized by the Tree of the Void, so thinking about it, the scene before him was not surprising.

A huge golden disc appeared in front. This golden disc had many rings, clicking and rotating in different directions. The golden power drifting out from inside drifted toward the sky, gradually forming a golden greatsword, which inserted into the golden disc below, fixing all the rings with a click.

"When people discovered the golden power, it can no longer be found."

An old but powerful voice came. After the sound of a match being struck, the old scroll in front was ignited. The golden patterns on it dripped down as golden liquid under the scorching heat, falling onto a hand that had turned into abyss wood. The cracks in this hand were filled by gold, and it clenched into a fist. The crack-shaped golden patterns lit up with golden brilliance.

"The supreme power of gold can reach the peak above the limit. This is the supreme source power second only to the two 'Supreme Source Matters' of 'Element' and 'Abyss'."

The old voice stopped here. The golden greatsword in front was pulled out from the golden disc, and the golden disc rotated again, gathering the golden power.

Su Xiao's knowledge improved by another point. Having used golden skill points for so long, he finally knew the origin of this thing. This was also a kind of source matter, and its tier was very high.

Based on the intelligence he currently had, Su Xiao sorted the source matters:

1. Supreme Source Matter: Element, Abyss (there are only these two supreme source matters).

2. Supreme Source Matter: Golden Power (the main material for golden skill points, not entirely representing golden skill points), Initial Source Matter (a necessary condition for advancing to an Absolute-Strong), Unknown Source Matter (whether there are other supreme source matters is temporarily unknown).

3. General Source Matter: Strength Source Matter, Initial Source Matter (Initial Source Matter is both a general source matter and a supreme source matter; the former represents the scope of use, the latter represents the tier), Vitality Source Matter, etc.

4. Exclusive Source Matter: Demon Spirit Source Matter, Brilliance Source Matter, Dark Source Matter, Golden Source Matter (Golden Source Matter has nothing to do with Golden Power and Golden Skill Points; this is a metal-type source matter), Holy Source Matter.

5. Trash Source Matter: Dead Soul Source Matter (this is the source matter needed by the necromancy system, the least valuable among all exclusive source matters. Su Xiao was 'lucky' enough to obtain it. As a portion of source matter, this thing only sold for 80 ounces of space-time power).

The huge golden disc Su Xiao saw just now could be said to have a great background. It was currently notarized by the Tree of the Void. This thing could slowly gather the golden power of the Ten Thousand Worlds. In other words, it was the Tree of the Void that mastered the golden power.

After the Paradise faction obtained the golden power, it could use facilities to qualitatively change it into golden skill points and store them. However, even the Paradise faction couldn't generate golden power out of thin air, or rather, the initial regulations clearly stipulated that this could not be done, as it would affect the system of the Ten Thousand Worlds.

A world operates as usual, and the world itself produces a very small amount of golden power. The golden power of one or two worlds is too little, but calculated according to the overall specifications of the Ten Thousand Worlds, it is relatively large.

Regarding the distribution of golden power, this is simple. The Tree of the Void will keep it constant according to the situation of the World Contention. The more World Contentions won, the higher the proportion of golden power obtained, which means the more golden skill points the Paradise faction can construct. As a result, the contractors of this Paradise can obtain more golden skill points, such as Reincarnation Paradise.

Even an Absolute-Strong cannot absorb golden power in its initial state. Of course, after so many thousands of years, there is always one in ten million exceptions, and that is the face of neutral and friendly gods, the Deer God.

The Deer God is the first individual existence in the Void in so many eras that can absorb golden power. Of course, this doesn't mean he can convert it into golden skill points, but being able to directly absorb golden power is already very remarkable.

What special talent does the Deer God have? Actually, it's not that. When the Dawn Paradise was shattered, the "Transformation Core Fragment" regarding golden power was picked up by the Deer God when he was weak. At that time, the Deer God had a flat-headed brother personality, so he was miserable. He hadn't swallowed extraordinary objects for a long time, so he swallowed this thing.

Actually, the Deer God's true talent should be his digestive ability. Calculated this way, there is still no individual that can directly absorb and convert golden power; only the Paradise faction and the Tree of the Void can.

A sense of weightlessness appeared. When Su Xiao stood on solid ground again, he was already on a giant rock disc. This ancient rock disc was about 100 meters in diameter. Looking down from the edge, it was bottomless darkness.

The faint light under Su Xiao's feet disappeared. He, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baha stood in a golden ring. There were more than a dozen such golden rings on the entire rock disc, all at the edge, each a few meters apart.

In the golden ring where Su Xiao was, there was the blood-colored φ mark representing Reincarnation Paradise. This represented the faction to which he belonged in the Golden Arena. Actually, participating in the Golden Arena wasn't that simple. After obtaining the "Golden Arena Entry Ticket," not everyone was qualified to use it.

The problem was that as a Hunter of Reincarnation Paradise, he had never lost a World Contention and had also represented Reincarnation Paradise in the Overlord Contention, Painting World Contention, Tree World Contention, etc. Therefore, after obtaining the "Golden Arena Entry Ticket," he didn't even have the corresponding judgment appear, and he directly obtained the qualification to participate in this Golden Arena on behalf of Reincarnation Paradise.

Su Xiao looked at the golden ring not far away, which had the gray £ mark representing Death Paradise. Two people stood there. From the hugging stance, this man and woman were a couple. Absolute-Strong couples were still very rare.

Su Xiao turned his gaze and saw the side representing the Law-Breakers of Dawn Paradise. Although he couldn't see their appearance, everyone was a black shadow. But from the style of clothing and physique, Su Xiao judged that among these three Law-Breakers, one was a priest, one was a Moon Witch, and the last Law-Breaker was unknown. Having the qualification to be with the former two, this must be a troublesome Law-Breaker.

Further out was the magic energy mark representing Arcane Eternal Star. Su Xiao was relatively unfamiliar with the two people here. Thinking about it, the ones sent by Arcane Eternal Star must be Absolute-Strong. And Ling Feng Wang and Serphilia were both 'old friends.' After arriving, Su Xiao would recognize them immediately. Plus, Serphilia was recently advancing to Absolute-Strong. Thinking about it, Arcane Eternal Star finally began to reveal its true power. Those Absolute-Strong who had been hidden in the past began to reveal themselves one after another.

Only hope that besides Soul Lord, Arcane Eternal Star had no other Absolute-Strong. With Arcane Eternal Star's foundation, it wasn't impossible to hide an Absolute-Strong. This was the most powerful force in the Ten Thousand Worlds.

Regarding the fact that Arcane Eternal Star had hidden many strong people, Su Xiao was not surprised. The older generation of strong people revealed here was enough to suppress other forces. There was no need to continue to reveal power, which would only make other forces feel afraid, thereby uniting to point their spears at Arcane Eternal Star.

This time Su Xiao killed Dean Guya, forcing Arcane Eternal Star to reveal its power, otherwise there would be forces coming out to challenge Arcane Eternal Star constantly. There were many forces jealous of the massive resource production areas controlled by Arcane Eternal Star.

Thinking about it, the two sent by Arcane Eternal Star this time were two newly promoted Absolute-Strong, and their strength must be very top-notch. The scale of each Golden Arena was very large, which was the best means for Arcane Eternal Star to quickly reveal its power. As long as these two Absolute-Strong from Arcane Eternal Star showed the power of spellcasters under the notarized broadcast of the Tree of the Void and won the championship, then all forces that had ideas about Arcane Eternal Star's massive resource production areas would definitely be honest.

For spellcasters, this cost was much smaller than cleaning them up one by one, and it was fast enough.

Su Xiao turned his gaze again and looked at the side of Watcher Paradise. Four muscular men came into view. These four were even posing, and occasionally changing.

Moving his gaze, the faction representing the Witch World/Dark God Sect came into view. Only one person stood in the golden ring there: the Madman. And the golden ring he was in was exceptionally bright. Presumably, he entered with the Champion Ring, which brought advantages.

What really surprised Su Xiao was that a few dozen meters away, there was actually another golden ring representing the Reincarnation Paradise faction. Three people stood there. Su Xiao stared, and the corners of his eyes actually twitched imperceptibly. With Su Xiao's concentration, he was like this, so one could imagine the faction opposite.

Although he couldn't see the appearance of the three people there, he recognized Caesar immediately. Combined with the figures of the other two, Caesar, Violent Rat, and Toad, the famous adjudication trio of Reincarnation Paradise, it couldn't be wrong.

Su Xiao continued to observe. In the golden ring next to the adjudication trio was a blue mark. Su Xiao was too familiar with this mark; it represented Apocalypse Paradise.

There were six people in Apocalypse Paradise. This wasn't surprising. Apocalypse Paradise was relatively gentle to contractors, which also led to a large base of contractors. Plus, the rewards of resources were generous, so there were many strong people. As a result, there were naturally more Absolute-Strong. However, being Absolute-Strong, the Absolute-Strong of Reincarnation Paradise and the Absolute-Strong of Apocalypse Paradise represented different meanings.

But six Absolute-Strong were still extremely difficult to deal with. Plus, these were six very rich Absolute-Strong. But after careful observation, Su Xiao found a piece of good news: among the six participants of Apocalypse Paradise, there was a graceful figure holding a healing staff. This was a 90% probability of being a rare Absolute-Strong healer.

If Su Xiao faced the siege of these six alone, the top-tier Overlord equipment · Blood Feather, which had been improved to the first tier before, would definitely have an unexpectedly powerful effect. ===== CHAPTER 3817 =====