Chapter 3823: Heart

Void: Arcane Eternal Star: Underground Prison: Warden's Office.

Although located underground, there was no feeling of stuffiness here. In the hundred-square-meter office, there was the bitter-faced Deputy Warden, the dazed Prison Guard Captain with a blank look, the miserable-looking confused Accountant, and the depressed female Secretary with a face full of doubt about life. Finally, there was the leisurely Warden sitting on a leather chair with his legs crossed on the office desk.

Like boss, like subordinates. None of the confidants under Hughge's command looked like they had a serious appearance, and they all had a pile of strange habits and bad hobbies, but this couldn't cover up the fact that they were all top-notch in their respective fields.

"Shh, don't make a sound, it will affect Warden Hughge's thinking."

The Prison Guard Captain made a gesture of silence. The female Secretary on the side glanced at this top lick-dog and punched the office desk.

*Bang! *

"Hmm? Is it mealtime?"

The awakened Hughge swallowed his saliva, sat up straight, and while adjusting his warden hat, he wiped the corners of his mouth without changing his expression.

"Warden, have you decided how to deal with Crow Girl?"

The bitter-faced elderly Deputy Warden opened his mouth.

"This matter, Crow Girl must be dealt with, but we must discuss it carefully before deciding how to deal with it."

Hughge coughed lightly and finally had a bit of a serious appearance.

"Sir, we have already discussed it for two months. The Arcane Faction has come seven or eight times, asking us to give a ruling document quickly."

The female Secretary's gaze was very sharp. After all, she had been holding off the pressure from the Arcane Faction for these two months.

"How can we issue the ruling document? This must be issued by the Trial Court."

After saying this, Hughge took a big sip of hot tea and tasted the bitterness of the strong tea. He was deliberately stalling like this. From beginning to end, he didn't believe that Crow Girl would be a traitor. The attitude of the Arcane Faction was very clear: the Arcane Eternal Star had suffered losses caused by original sin items several times, and someone must take the blame. Crow Girl, who had always done dirty work, was the best candidate.

Hughge and Crow Girl were friends. More importantly, Hughge's elder brother also did dirty work for the Arcane Eternal Star. This time, whatever fate Crow Girl had, his elder brother would have the same fate later. So this matter was stuck here with Hughge.

Hughge looked at the photo on the office desk. Looking at the photo of his elder brother, Hughge's deepest impression was that his brother's beating was too painful, and the roasted sweet potatoes he roasted when he was a child were really delicious. Every time he roasted sweet potatoes, his brother couldn't bear to eat them himself and gave them to him to eat. After he was full, he would take out all kinds of delicious food, and while watching him cry loudly in anger, he would eat them.

Suddenly, Hughge felt an unprecedented sense of terror. This feeling was like an invisible hand grabbing his heart, and then squeezing with all its might. Accompanied by the heart-palpitating sharp pain, he felt a majestic source energy pouring into his body. The amount of this source energy was so much that it almost caused cracks to appear on his flesh and blood.

When Hughge caught his breath, his subordinates were all looking at him with full worry. He pressed his ten fingers on his forehead with both hands, rubbed his temples with his two thumbs, and said in a flat voice: "All go out."

The female Secretary wanted to ask, but was stopped by the Deputy Warden with a cold look. Several people exited the Warden's office.

"Before leaving, at least let me see you one last time."

Hughge whispered, his eyes floating with a different pupil light than before.

These two brothers, the elder brother had cultivation talent far beyond the genius level, and the younger brother had unparalleled soul-type talent. If these two brothers' abilities were combined, the degree of strength would definitely be shocking.

In fact, these two brothers had a secret. Many years ago, their father left them an inheritance and a curse. When one of the brothers died, the other would plunder everything from the other. And now, Hughge had plundered the source power of the peak Absolute Strongman level from his elder brother.

Ancient Battlefield: Giant Beast Burial Ground.

Su Xiao was very familiar with the ancient battlefield and naturally had been to the Giant Beast Burial Ground. When the teleportation mist dissipated, he was already under a huge skeleton.

This skeleton was overall rib-shaped, several thousand meters long. Even half-buried in the mud, the height had to be over five hundred meters. Being under this skeleton was very shocking. Faint black mist still drifted on the pale bones, and one could vaguely feel the majesty of the giant beast before it was alive.

Various weapons were inserted into the flat arena. A hundred meters away, the Fanatic was sitting on a strange stone, shirtless.

Unlike the strong enemies he had fought before, the Fanatic did not have the aura of a big boss. He could not be compared with the aura of strong enemies like the Wolf God, the Old Beast King, and the Scarlet Monarch. This guy was eating a roasted beast leg with his mouth full of oil.

"Bai Ye, don't mind. This isn't disrespect for the decisive battle with you. I just thought, there's a 50% probability that this is my last meal, so I have to be full, right? Hahaha."

The Fanatic laughed heroically, ate the fat and juicy beast leg meat in a few bites, and used his beast-like sharp teeth to bite the bone stick, finally sucking the charred fragrance grease on his fingers. He stood up on the strange stone and asked tentatively:

"Bai Ye, how about I exchange this championship position for an 'Origin Core'? You shouldn't lose out on this deal, right?"

The Fanatic could be said to have no big-boss style at all, actually preparing to bribe Su Xiao with this.

This was the true appearance of the Fanatic. He was once a street thug who accidentally obtained a set of explosive material spell diagrams, and by relying on this, he constantly climbed to a higher place. During this period, as long as he could defeat the strong enemies blocking the way, no matter how despicable or shameless the means, he would regard them as feasible strategies. He never forgot that his origin was humble, and everything had to be snatched by his own hands.

*Zheng~*

The long sword in Su Xiao's hand came out of its sheath. Compared to an "Origin Core," more than a hundred Golden Skill Points were more important to him. Moreover, the enemy's promise was not credible.

The golden chains circling Su Xiao gradually dissipated, which meant that the decisive battle of this round of the Golden Arena was about to begin. Opposite him, the Fanatic bit his own forearm, leaving circular tooth holes on it. Blood gushed out, and before it could drip down, it evaporated into transparent gas.

The golden chains floating around the two became fewer and fewer. When they completely disappeared, a blood energy phantom appeared behind Su Xiao. While pulling the soul bow, the Magic Spirit turned into a black smoke arrow. This was a point Su Xiao accidentally discovered. The current Magic Spirit was difficult to control, but after killing the enemy and causing the Magic Spirit's consciousness to fall into a deep sleep, the Magic Spirit was very easy to control.

*Bang! *

The black smoke arrow broke through layers of air waves and arrived in front of the Fanatic in an instant. He reached out with one hand, and a dark suction force emerged, causing the black smoke arrow to begin to twist, and then, as if suffering from spatial tearing, the black smoke arrow twisted until it exploded.

However, resolving the black flame arrow attack had no meaning. Su Xiao swapped positions with the Magic Spirit and appeared two meters in front of the Fanatic.

"Blade Dao: Absolute Nether."

In the Fanatic's vision, the surrounding world suddenly became pitch black. In his eyes, only three black-blue slash marks were coming face to face.

"Directional: Detonation."

*Thud! *

The explosion appeared out of thin air. In the spreading explosion flames, Su Xiao was not blown back. The intersecting slash marks appeared on the Fanatic's chest. While he was bleeding and flying backward, he let out a desperate cry from his mouth. It was unbelievable that the Fanatic was in such pain that he shouted so loudly.

"Darkness: Devour."

With his face twisted in pain, the Fanatic, who was still flying backward, put his hands together. A black light spot the size of a rice grain appeared in front of Su Xiao's chest and expanded in an instant, swallowing him into it.

The black hole that appeared out of thin air stirred, and black-blue smoke gradually drifted out. Naturally, it was not Su Xiao who was involved. At the critical moment, he swapped positions with the Magic Spirit. Don't underestimate this kind of ability of the Fanatic. This ability was a very insidious kill-in-one-hit technique. As long as one was hit, the physical strength below the Supreme level would definitely be stirred to pieces.

With a *thud*, the Fanatic, who had flown backward for more than ten meters, fell to the ground. After he climbed up from the ground, his whole body's muscles were twitching. He punched his own head twice with a *bang, bang*, his eyes full of bloodshot, staring at Su Xiao, who was dozens of meters away.

"What kind of ghost energy is this? Pain... it's killing me. Close call, almost went into shock."

The muscles on the Fanatic's body could not be suppressed from twitching. It was worth mentioning that from the first tier to the Absolute Strongman level, he had dealt with so many bosses, and the intense pain attached to the Green Steel Shadow energy had played such an obvious effect for the first time. This kind of pain, which had been multiplied many times, was one of the prices the Fanatic paid to obtain power.

*Boom! *

The explosion that appeared out of thin air appeared around Su Xiao again. When the smoke cleared, he was already covered in a large amount of crystal layer. With the shattering of the crystal layer, the surrounding explosion flames dissipated.

Witnessing this scene, there was undisguised disappointment in the Fanatic's eyes. These abilities were all developed by his own talent and were particularly useful for dealing with those "strongmen" who were famous but actually weak on the outside. Now that he was facing a real strongman, these abilities of his had little effect.

Root-like dark lines spread across the center of Kuangtu's chest, and the depths of his eyes were gradually tainted by darkness. The sound of his bones and muscles expanding was somewhat chilling. In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a humanoid monster over four meters tall, with dark mist drifting from his body and a mane of lion-like messy hair.

*Click, click~*

The Fanatic clenched his fists, and a metallic, hard black light appeared on the surface of his skin. A series of air holes appeared on his upper arms and shoulders, from which flames fueled by life force were sprayed. His heart position had become scorching red, and the heart, beating at high speed like an engine, made him look like a cruel and powerful killing machine.

"Roar!!"

The Fanatic let out an angry roar, and with a *boom*, the ground within ten kilometers around collapsed suddenly, like the heavenly power collapsed by a Titan giant stepping down. This was the true Fanatic, Su Xiao's final opponent in this Golden Arena.

*Boom!! *

Life flames sprayed from the circular holes behind the Fanatic. The corresponding reaction force allowed him to shatter layers of space. He clenched his right fist, which was the size of a washbasin, and while raiding forward, he punched.

The long sword and the heavy fist collided. After a loud noise that sounded like glass shattering, with Su Xiao and the Fanatic as the center, the space within a few kilometers around collapsed suddenly, like a broken mirror.

At this time, in the Golden Arena, the audience who had complaints about the Fanatic's performance that did not match his ferocity suddenly lost their voices. They looked at the screen on the big screen in astonishment. Even if it was a broadcast, they felt a fear from the soul, worrying that those terrifying attacks would spread through the screen.

The audience's heart-pounding fear quickly disappeared. The screen on the big screen was already pitch black.

At this moment, in the Giant Beast Burial Ground of the Ancient Battlefield, the long sword and the heavy fist were against each other. The Fanatic's heavy fist was very solid, but the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, as a weapon with a rating exceeding the Eternal level limit and reaching 7150 points, was naturally not for display. First, it broke through the outer defensive skin, and then it slashed through flesh and bones refreshingly.

*Zheng~*

The Fanatic's right fist was slashed off by more than half. While black blood sprayed, Su Xiao jumped backward.

With a *rip*, the ground eroded by the black blood corroded rapidly, and the air and even space where the black blood fell were corroded with mottled rust marks.

Black tentacles surged on the wound of the Fanatic's right fist. The part of the fist that was slashed off healed rapidly, and this fist also evolved a honeycomb-shaped exoskeleton on the surface, inside which was a nerve fiber structure, which could maximize the obstruction of slashing.

In addition to this, the Fanatic's neck, head, and other vital parts also rapidly evolved this kind of exoskeleton. He protruded bones from his back to improve the slashing defense behind him.

"Blood Smoke Cannon."

A Blood Smoke Cannon bombarded. The Fanatic used his left hand to block it. This left hand, which was the size of a shield, completely blocked the Blood Smoke Cannon. Although he was blown back half a step, he was about to rush toward Su Xiao.

*Boom! *

A golden Boundary Thunder fell, causing the Fanatic to stagger. He instinctively raised his left hand to block again.

*Zheng! *

The sword blade chirped. The Fanatic's thick left arm was slashed off. His eyes constricted. After evolving the slash resistance once, he was still slashed off an arm. This made him feel a bit bad. Even if he activated the "Abyss Contract," facing this big boss: Extinguisher of Law, he was still under full pressure.

"Roar!!"

The Fanatic let out a roar, and layers of black sound waves spread around, causing the surrounding space to hum. Just as he was preparing to take the opportunity to stabilize the energy in his body, the long sword hissed and slashed face to face.

*Clang! *

The Fanatic used his right arm as a weapon to block this time. But after blocking this sword, every cell in his body seemed to be wailing and unbearable. The powerful slashing power on the opposite sword forced him, who had a larger body, to kneel on one knee.

Amidst the biting wind pressure caused by the collision of their attacks, Kuangtu looked at his formidable enemy two meters away. The enemy's eyes, with blood-red light glowing in the center of the pupils, caused his pressure to soar once more. The only thought in his mind was... is this monster really human?

*Zheng! *

The long sword cut off the Fanatic's right arm as a weapon. This caused his left eye corner to twitch. Having no choice, he could only punch the enemy on the opposite side, hoping to force this human monster back.

With a *bang*, the wind pressure spread. The left fist punched by the Fanatic was hit by the hilt of the sword swung sideways by Su Xiao. In just an instant, the Fanatic felt his left arm and a small half of his left body go numb. This was the horror of fighting a technique master. It looked like an ordinary melee attack, but it contained particularly dangerous effects.

The Fanatic stared at the strong enemy's long sword. At this moment, half of his body was numb. He must not let this sword slash down. Black tentacles surged from the broken right arm, entangling the long sword on the opposite side, and the Fanatic's bloody mouth opened. A small black hole-like round core gathered in his mouth, preparing to spray toward the strong enemy on the opposite side.

What the Fanatic didn't expect was that the strong enemy on the opposite side didn't choose to force the sword, but kicked straight out. Compared to taking a slash with that terrifying slashing power, he would rather take a straight kick at close range.

This cognition only remained in the Fanatic's brain for 0.5 seconds before it changed permanently. The strong wind pressure attached to the straight kick blew face to face. The Fanatic's messy hair was blown up with a *whoosh*, blowing straight backward.

In this instant, the Fanatic actually felt time slow down. All his past memories and experiences surged into his heart. Suddenly, he threw all of this out of his mind, and his pupils trembled as he thought: This is seeing the lantern of walking!

*Thud! *

The Fanatic took a straight kick head-on. In this instant, he saw light. This was not a metaphor, but a physical phenomenon. Because he flew backward too fast, his eyeballs couldn't collect the light around him during the retreat, and could only collect the intense light that was easier for the senses, which formed the illusion that he saw light.

In addition to this, the Fanatic had another feeling, which was that taking this terrifying straight kick didn't hurt at all. His whole body went numb directly, as if his flesh wanted to throw his soul out.

When the Fanatic's vision recovered, he was already lying in a very wide deep trench. The moment he opened his eyes, the tip of a long sword attacked. This kind of pressure was simply ridiculous.

The Fanatic used his newly regenerated right arm to block this sword. While the long sword pierced his palm, he moved his palm sideways with all his strength, letting the sword pierce into the mud beside his head.

Dodging this fatal sword, the Fanatic was just about to counterattack when he felt his right arm go numb, followed by the scene of his right arm being slashed off. He had no time to think about how the enemy did it, and could only use a trump card.

"Black Hole: Devour All Living Things."

Darkness eroded dozens of kilometers around, and then, with the Fanatic as the center, the darkness was adsorbed by him. Pieces of energy blades made of darkness performed indiscriminate attacks. After all the dark energy blades gathered around the Fanatic and cut the surroundings into thousands of holes, he bombarded all the dark energy blades out in the form of energy explosion.

After unleashing a powerful ultimate move, Kuangtu finally had a moment to catch his breath. Unfortunately, a long blade slashed toward his face. Kuangtu looked on in disbelief, seeing his formidable enemy, whose eyes glowed with blue light and who had not been affected by the dark energy blade fragments.

*Zheng~*

The Fanatic's half head was slashed off, which caused his right eye to twitch up and down in his eye socket, and it only recovered after the head regenerated.

"Pfft~"

The Fanatic couldn't help but spit out a large mouthful of black blood with organ fragments. This was the price of taking a kick just now. However, in his judgment, this battle had gradually increased from a 30% win rate to 50%.

His biggest advantage was being able to produce temporary evolution based on the enemy's attack characteristics. For example, the strong enemy on the opposite side initially slashed off his arm cleanly with one sword, and now, although that sword was still sharp, when it slashed off his arm, there was already a clear sense of stagnation.

The Fanatic did not show the joy in his heart. He was prepared to continue dragging it out like this until he evolved to be able to kill the strong enemy on the opposite side.

This thought had just surfaced in the Fanatic's heart when he noticed something wrong. For some reason, the surroundings became very quiet. This technique master on the opposite side didn't continue to attack, but jumped backward several times.

The Fanatic saw that a scarlet costume appeared on the other party. This scarlet costume had a bit of the feeling of battle armor, but it was more of thick fabric. Its purpose was by no means to defend against physical attacks, and there was a circle of complicated spell patterns at the waist, which looked like it was used to suppress lightning conduction. The Extinguisher of Law wearing this scarlet costume was floating a few meters above the ground.

Seeing this scene, the Fanatic knew that his idea of wanting to delay the battle time had been exposed. Before he could respond, he felt an unprecedented sense of terror. Without even needing to perceive, he instinctively looked up at the sky. A huge vortex made of dark clouds was slowly rotating above, and golden lightning was brewing inside.

The Fanatic looked at the firmament in astonishment. His only thought was: 'This... is this really an ability that an Absolute Strongman is qualified to use?'

*Boom!!! *

A thunder pillar dozens of kilometers thick fell, standing between heaven and earth, continuously pouring golden thunder downward. The huge alien beast skeleton of the Giant Beast Burial Ground evaporated. Because this place was the notarization area of the Void Tree, this allowed the Boundary Thunder not to spread further to other areas of the ancient battlefield.

In the golden lightning, Su Xiao was under the protection of the scarlet costume. His "Falling Thunder: Soul Core" and "Extreme Physique: Heaven's Wrath" and other passive abilities were all activated, allowing him to obtain high lightning resistance. As his health dropped, the "Indestructible Physique" was also activated, providing him with high physical defense.

Even if he was not in the Void or a Transcendent Native World, it was still very dangerous to draw thunder with 1180 points of elemental affinity. Fortunately, Su Xiao had 1.66 million health points and various passive abilities to increase himself. In addition, there was the scarlet costume he had newly developed, which was an external defense specifically for Boundary Thunder.

Su Xiao obtained the 【Blood Soul Grasp】, an Eternal-level pendant, through the Scarlet Monarch's treasure chest. The core characteristic of this ability was:

"Soul Blood Protection (Core: Passive). After activating this ability, it will immediately consume 95% of soul energy to form a blood armor with 100% of its own health cap, protecting itself. After the blood armor is formed, it can maintain a good state for 5 seconds. After 5 seconds, even if it is not attacked, the blood armor's health and defense will rapidly decay until it shatters completely after 10 seconds. (Because of your 890 points of soul strength, after the blood armor is formed, it will possess 712 points of heavy armor-level defense, which is your soul strength × 0.8)."

Su Xiao had always adhered to the principle of learning and applying abilities flexibly. It was not only his own abilities, but also equipment abilities. In the stage where this blood armor was formed, as long as it was controlled through his own mental power, stimulating its core structure to formulate thunder-type defense, he didn't need to interfere later. The good adaptability of Eternal-level equipment naturally adapted to the scarlet costume.

Inside the scarlet costume, Su Xiao could still feel the pain of being invaded by the Boundary Thunder. With the continuous pouring of the Boundary Thunder, the scarlet costume on his body gradually tore, and it shattered completely after persisting for five seconds.

In the Boundary Thunder domain, Su Xiao fell from mid-air. The long sword in his hand slashed slowly in front. Accompanied by the activation of the "Heaven's Wrath: Flowing Slash" ability, the Boundary Thunder in the surrounding area was all gathered and clung to the long sword, which caused the durability of the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan to consume one-fifth suddenly. Fortunately, it could be restored by Reed's repair.

Su Xiao crouched low. The ground around him collapsed with a *boom*, and golden lightning spread from the cracks. Accompanied by a roar, he disappeared as a golden arc. When he appeared again, he was already in front of the Fanatic, slashing down with a sword added with full-amount lightning.

*Pfft~! *

The long sword slashed across the Fanatic's chest, cutting him in two. While large black blood beads splashed, the golden electric arc forming a slash mark was quite gorgeous. A muffled thunder sounded in the sky. Su Xiao, who successfully killed the enemy, shook his long sword, and the golden electric arc on it dissipated.

The Fanatic, who was slashed into two sections, fell to the ground with a *thud*. His wounds were clung to by the Boundary Thunder and could not be restored through regeneration ability. His originally heroic and violent gaze calmed down. His body was full of scorched marks, and the lightning patterns climbed from his neck to his cheeks. He breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, after the Boundary Thunder poured down, he had no possibility of survival. It was the "Abyss Contract" that allowed him to hold on through the falling Boundary Thunder. The subsequent "Heaven's Wrath: Flowing Slash" sword made him die. Even, he still owed Su Xiao more than half a tube of health. He didn't die immediately, also because the "Abyss Contract" gave him a short continuation of life.

Lost.

This thought surfaced in the Fanatic's heart. He still had one last means of dying together, a final ability called "Gorgeous Finale." However, the previous battle consumed too much of his soul energy.

Just at this moment, the Fanatic suddenly discovered that his soul was ignited. He actually activated the "Gorgeous Finale" ability without any awareness. This made him first surprised, and after thinking clearly about what was going on, anger surged into his heart. This betrayal and calculation from his closest relatives made him angry to the point of almost going crazy. But then, he felt relieved, because his final goal was also betrayal.

"Heh."

The Fanatic smiled at the end. The soul explosion spread extremely fast, covering a very large area around it in an instant.

*Thud~!! *

White strong light swallowed everything. Su Xiao, who was wrapped in a crystal layer, crouched in this explosion. A few seconds later, the continuous impact weakened and finally subsided. The crystal layer on his body shattered.

Su Xiao was not severely injured. This attack only looked terrifying. The Fanatic had consumed too much soul energy in the continuous evolution just now. Without sufficient soul energy to detonate his own soul, this explosion power was not as terrifying as imagined.

Su Xiao took out a bottle of recovery potion and pressed it into the injection gun to inject it into his arm. This was the fastest way to take effect. He looked around. This time, the enemy Fanatic had no bones left. The other party's act of detonating his soul at the end was really a bit uncoordinated.

Especially when the other party was in the process of self-detonation, that relieved look. Normally, when the other party was performing soul self-detonation, they should stare at Su Xiao, who was the enemy, but the other party looked at the sky with a bit of blankness.

What the truth was, Su Xiao couldn't guess for the time being, but he knew one thing: the Fanatic died so tracelessly that he couldn't strip the soul memory, and thus couldn't find where Black Hole: Azle was.

Black Hole: Azle possessed "Dark Blood: Heart," the power to control the heart. In this way, everything the Fanatic did before he died was easy to explain.

【Notification: You have killed the Fanatic.】

【You have obtained 12.6% World Source.】

【You have obtained Eternal-level Treasure Chest: Black Hole: 50% (this treasure chest can be synthesized).】

【You have obtained Abyss Contract (sealed, this is one of the power sources of Black Hole: Azle).】

【Notification: You have defeated the opponent of this round.】

【You will become the champion of this Golden Arena. Do you want to go to the arena to enjoy the cheers and applause, and participate in the subsequent exhibition match?】

【You have refused to participate in the exhibition match.】

【As the champion of this Golden Arena, you can choose one of the following benefits.】

1. A Champion Ring + Golden Suit (3/3 Eternal-level suit).

Notification: The Golden Suit can only be recovered and bestowed upon the new champion of the Golden Arena after the previous wearer has died.

Su Xiao chose 128 Golden Skill Points without needing to consider. The Eternal-level suit was precious, but compared to the improvement brought by Golden Skill Points, it was much worse.

Su Xiao was not interested in the subsequent exhibition match. However, he finally knew why so many spectators came to watch the Golden Arena. This was not for the champion's clash. Even if they watched the battle between Su Xiao and the Fanatic through the big screen, the audience would only feel shocked and afraid. Conversely, the exhibition match after the championship competition ended was what the audience particularly liked—wonderful and exciting, and they wouldn't feel afraid while watching.

【You are about to return to the Witch World. Teleportation begins.】

When the sensation of teleportation faded, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja returned to the workshop in the backyard of the Star Fall City Lord's residence. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang sniffed around Su Xiao and only felt at ease after confirming his injuries were not severe; Xiang Bubu yawned and went to sleep.

Su Xiao sat down on the single sofa and checked the income. This time, he obtained a total of 255 Golden Skill Points. No wonder some people said that participating in the Golden Arena was the experience of obtaining the most Golden Skill Points in everyone's life.

A few meters away, Alanna was concentrating on depicting the spell patterns. Seeing Su Xiao cast a glance, Alanna said: "Lord Bai Ye, you are back early? This sealing spell pattern still needs to be stabilized for a period of time,

"No rush."

Su Xiao leaned back and closed his eyes to rest. After dealing with Kuangtu, how to handle Black Hole Azule became clear. Just then, Serin pushed the door open and entered.

"Mr. Bai Ye, the task you entrusted to me has been completed."

Serin took out a photograph. In the photo was Dancer Fula'er, sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket covering her lower body. This was clearly Black Hole Azule's weakness.

"How was she captured?"

Su Xiao put down the photo and looked at Serin. He wasn't looking at her as he usually did, but staring intently. This made Serin feel a bit terrified, and she braced herself to reply: "Thanks to Alanna's fortune-teller friend."

"A fortune-teller..."

Su Xiao continued to stare at Serin. Serin finally couldn't take it anymore and said, "Mr. Bai Ye, have I done something wrong recently? I have been very honest. I swear, I have not committed any misconduct against Dancer Fula'er."

"Hmm, I know. Lead the way."

Su Xiao stood up and walked outside. He brought Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja along, and Serin, who wanted to go inside with him, was left behind.

The night was deep. At nine o'clock that evening, the vehicle stopped on the gravel road of the manor. Su Xiao in the passenger seat raised his hand slightly, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang in the driver's seat understood his meaning and did not get out.

Arriving in front of a two-story building in the backyard, Su Xiao stopped at the door and told Amu and Baja to wait there. Serin, who wanted to go in together, was also left behind.

Knock, knock, knock~

Su Xiao knocked on the door. Ten seconds later, a low male voice came from inside. After the person saw Serin behind Su Xiao through the peephole, the man inside opened the door. This was a member of Serin's family.

Led by the gloomy man, Su Xiao passed through the porch and, after passing through the living room, arrived at the inner hall. The furnishings here were classical. A slightly sickly beauty sat in a wheelchair. On the wall behind her was an oil painting of a white flower blooming on an animal carcass, symbolizing a tragic and unfinished love.

The two family members Serin had found were standing on either side of Dancer Fula'er, a few meters apart. Su Xiao stared at the gloomy man among them; his gaze was almost the same as when he looked at Serin earlier, only more obscure. He stepped toward Dancer Fula'er, and when he reached her, he made a move to speak:

Clang!

"Extreme Blade: World!"

This was Su Xiao's fastest move; he only needed to place his hand on the hilt to use this ultimate technique.

Slash flashes were densely distributed in the surroundings. The two family members on either side of Dancer Fula'er were shredded, and bloodstains quickly appeared on Dancer Fula'er herself.

Su Xiao stepped forward, crystal layers clinging to his right hand, and using his palm as a blade, he vertically pierced through Dancer Fula'er's neck.

Hum!!

A buzzing sound rang in Su Xiao's ears. After a brief moment of dizziness, the double images in his eyes gradually merged. He withdrew his hand from Dancer Fula'er's neck. Dancer Fula'er stared fixedly at Su Xiao; even though she sat in a wheelchair with blood flowing from her mouth and nose, her aura was no longer that of a weak dancer with crippled legs.

This was Black Hole Azule! One of the leaders of the Dark God Sect.

"Did Kuangtu... betray... me?"

Dancer Fula'er's mental power made the surrounding space crackle. The entire building twisted and rose from the ground, slowly floating.

Dancer Fula'er was ultimately not a perfect powerhouse; she only mastered the power of "Dark Blood: Soul." Therefore, after a short while, she lowered her head and died. The building she was in landed, nearly collapsing.

【Prompt: You have killed Dancer Fula'er.】

【You have obtained 12.6% of the World Source.】

【You have obtained an Eternal-grade Treasure Chest: Black Hole 50% (This chest can be synthesized).】

【Prompt: You have collected the parts for this chest and can synthesize it immediately.】

【You have obtained Dark Blood: Soul (Sealed; this is one of Black Hole Azule's sources of power).】

Drip, drip~

Blood dripped from Su Xiao's right ear. He now felt as if his brain had taken a heavy blow. Although he killed Dancer Fula'er in one strike, the danger involved was by no means low.

As for why Dancer Fula'er was Black Hole Azule, that is a story that must be told from another beginning.

Dancer Fula'er did indeed lose her left leg because of the Moon Witch's successor, Star Witch Yulia. Starlight from dozens of kilometers away happened to hit Fula'er; this might have been a coincidence, or perhaps someone was manipulating it from the shadows.

Since then, Dancer Fula'er felt the world was dim. When she was about to jump from the rooftop to end her life, she happened to witness Black Hole Azule's slaughter scene during her fall. Afterward, she was taken away by Black Hole Azule, leading to the story of them falling in love.

In fact, this was the lie version. The real story was true until Dancer Fula'er was about to end her life. During her fall, just as she was about to end her life, everything suddenly stopped. She was sucked into the darkness and met her future teacher, the previous generation's Black Hole Azule.

The true Black Hole Azule not only had to master "Dark Blood: Soul" but also possess the "Abyss Contract." This was the complete power system.

At that time, the previous Black Hole Azule, who was aged beyond saving, urgently needed a successor. But finding someone who could simultaneously bear "Dark Blood: Soul" and the "Abyss Contract" was not easy. After choosing many people, Black Hole Azule only found one youth who could bear the "Abyss Contract"—that is, the future Kuangtu.

The previous Black Hole Azule had to take another path. He passed his power to two different people. The one with the talent to inherit "Dark Blood: Soul" was naturally Dancer Fula'er.

How could there be such a coincidence in the world? A star ray from dozens of kilometers away happened to hit Dancer Fula'er in Star Fall City. This was done intentionally by the previous Black Hole Azule. He wanted to make this young dancer despair; only by losing everything is it easier to fall into darkness.

Not long after, the previous Black Hole Azule died of old age. From then on, the cooperation between Dancer Fula'er and Kuangtu began. Fula'er was very smart; she didn't want to give up the fame left by the previous Black Hole Azule. Under her weaving, the story of Dancer Fula'er and Black Hole Azule falling in love was created.

The essence of doing this was that if someone wanted to deal with Black Hole Azule, the best choice was to find his weakness, Dancer Fula'er. After finding her, the first thing to do would be to intimidate and question Dancer Fula'er about where Black Hole Azule was. Dancer Fula'er, who only mastered the power of "Dark Blood: Soul," feared most that the enemy would kill her in one strike without saying a word.

Therefore, the enemy's questioning of her was no different from suicide. As long as they spoke to her, they would have their cognition tampered with by her mental power and be controlled by her.

Most of the rumors and intelligence about Black Hole Azule in the outside world were created by Dancer Fula'er. Even the half-photo that the Witch Guild obtained earlier was bait she intentionally released.

The reason Su Xiao saw through Dancer Fula'er's identity was thanks to Zuiyas's wife, Ona. Ona's "Marrow-Parasite Worm" also tampered with others' cognition.

Whether with Zuiyas or Ona, Su Xiao had a life-and-death friendship with the couple. Just as he taught them how to distinguish the virulent poison targeting the Ancient God system, Ona also told him that those whose cognition had been tampered with would have somewhat uncoordinated mental fluctuations. By gathering soul energy in his eyes and staring carefully at the head of the person whose cognition had been tampered with, one could see a special ripple-like mental fluctuation.

Before Kuangtu died, Su Xiao saw this special mental fluctuation. This was also why he had stared at Serin earlier; the result was that Serin had not been tampered with. But when he arrived at the place where Dancer Fula'er was imprisoned, the two family members guarding her had been tampered with. Combined with the content of Kuangtu's kill prompt, it was not difficult to judge the situation.

Dancer Fula'er and Kuangtu were destined to have Kuangtu stand in the light, giving people the feeling that Kuangtu was a thug under Black Hole Azule. In fact, both Dancer Fula'er and Kuangtu were considered Black Hole Azule, and they both hoped to become the truly complete Black Hole Azule.

This was the reason Kuangtu participated in this Golden Tournament. He wanted to use the large amount of "Golden Power" obtained from being the tournament champion to defy his fate. While bearing the "Abyss Contract," he would also absorb the "Dark Blood: Soul," even if it meant killing his lover, Dancer Fula'er, in the process. Kuangtu would not hesitate.

Dancer Fula'er was actually waiting for this scene to happen. She had long since set up mental traps. The two types of mental traps were: when Kuangtu was certain to die, he would detonate his soul; and the moment he successfully absorbed the "Dark Blood: Soul," Kuangtu would commit mental suicide, and then Dancer Fula'er, whose soul and consciousness had already merged into the "Dark Blood: Soul" in advance, would take over the nest and become the true Black Hole Azule.

Neither of them was perfect, and it was precisely because they both had flaws that they fell in love. Unfortunately, they both longed for perfection, even if it meant losing each other.

Black Hole Azule was no longer just a person's name; it also represented a mind greedy for perfection.

Su Xiao took out the "Astrological Compass" and "Dark Blood: Soul," used the "Astrological Compass" to absorb this dark blood, and the mission prompt appeared.

【Main Mission: Second Ring - Dark Blood (Completed).】

【You have obtained a Soul Treasure Chest (After opening, you can obtain 5–30 Soul Crystals).】

【You have obtained a Commission Voucher (1/5; after collecting these vouchers, you can claim the 3.5 million Soul Coins, 100 Soul Essences, 1 Power Source, and 1 Vitality Source deposited by the Night Witch Guild at the Tree of the Void).】

【Main Mission: Third Ring (Triggered).】

【Main Mission: Third Ring - Old Friend.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 93～Lv.???

Mission Brief: Defeat or kill Sha and seize the portion of dark blood she possesses (Dark Blood: Will).

Mission Deadline: 8 natural days.

Mission Reward 1: Gem Box (After opening, you can randomly obtain a gem of White quality to Eternal-grade with full rating).

Mission Reward 2: Commission Voucher (1/5...).

Mission Penalty: Forced execution.