Chapter 3892: Nightmare Depths

Dark Moon Nightmare, Old Royal City · Main Street.

The slacker girl Delona, who suddenly walked out from a nearby side street, made Xiang Bubu Wang subconsciously lower its body. This wasn't to fight, but to prepare to turn and run. Xiang Bubu Wang knew its positioning: during combat, it was responsible for providing buff auras and not being a burden.

Regarding not being a burden, Xiang Bubu Wang did well. Not only that, sometimes during a life-and-death battle with a strong enemy at the most critical moment, it would rush forward. Although it was easily shaken away by the strong enemy every time, it also played a role in attracting attention. At that critical juncture, winning a momentary opportunity could decide the outcome.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on Xiang Bubu Wang's dog head, which made Xiang Bubu Wang dispel the idea of slipping away at any time and instead switch to a relaxed state, ready to show off its acting skills.

This slacker girl Delona, who suddenly walked out from the side street, was seen as problematic even by Xiang Bubu Wang. Su Xiao naturally noticed this too. If he hadn't guessed wrong, this might be that unknown existence from the Abyss.

The black-dressed Delona looked left and right at the end of the side street. After confirming that there were no nightmare creatures on the main street except for Su Xiao and Xiang Bubu Wang, she ran over. When she reached Su Xiao's side, she hesitated for a moment, then stood between Su Xiao and Xiang Bubu Wang, seemingly thinking that this was safer. Not only that, she grabbed Su Xiao's sleeve tightly with her left hand.

"We... just now, got separated, finally... found you."

The black-dressed Delona stumbled through this sentence. This disguise... no, where could this even be considered a disguise? This was clearly acting.

Moreover, the dark aura of the black-dressed Delona was too easy to perceive. Even though she had tried her best to disguise it, it could be seen that her strength didn't lie in this aspect.

"Where is... my brother?"

"Separated."

"Is that so? That is truly... a pity."

Although the black-dressed Delona said this, she clearly had a look of secret relief.

"Xiang Bubu... big doggy, let's chat."

The black-dressed Delona said another sentence that made his vigilance skyrocket. However, what was puzzling was, how did she know Xiang Bubu Wang's name?

*"Woof~"*

Xiang Bubu Wang barked, meaning: as long as you don't suddenly attack me, chatting with you is fine.

Although that was what it expressed, Xiang Bubu Wang didn't think the black-dressed Delona could understand what it was expressing.

"Don't worry, big doggy, I won't hurt... you."

The black-dressed Delona gave Xiang Bubu Wang a cunning smile, which made Xiang Bubu Wang both surprised and vigilant. The other party could actually understand its meaning.

Why did the black-dressed Delona want to chat with Xiang Bubu Wang? It was both because she wanted to and because she was practicing her language skills, striving to make her speech no longer stumble. It could be seen that she had been trying very hard to act, but her acting skills were truly clumsy.

Under Xiang Bubu Wang's lead, Su Xiao arrived in front of a manor in the Old Royal City. The guards in front of the manor gate were dressed in dark red armor, and at this moment, they had all turned into statues. The feeling was clearly: "Don't make a sound, just pretend to be statues; don't let this terrifying monster discover us."

Logically, this Dark Moon Nightmare should have a dark, eerie, and terrifying atmosphere. The environment here was indeed like that, but the monsters here changed their style drastically after meeting Su Xiao.

It seemed that his understanding of nightmare areas before wasn't enough. Most nightmare creatures in the nightmare area had intelligence that wasn't low, which also made them sufficiently afraid of death.

Precisely because they were sufficiently afraid of death, they would feel subconscious fear when seeing Su Xiao, not to mention the "Nightmare Overlord Ability · Nightmare Lord," which came with five negative states: "Despair," "Confusion," "Madness," "Pain," and "Absolute Fear."

Su Xiao walked into the manor. Half a minute after he walked past, among the dozen or so guard statues on both sides of the main gate, one of the nightmare guards opened its left eye. Only after confirming that the terrifying existence had walked far away did it let out a long sigh of relief.

"That monster has gone far."

"Help me up; my legs are shaking."

"Do you guys think this human monster will settle in the Old Royal City?"

"Don't scare me. I estimate he will definitely leave."

"The problem now is, this human monster has entered the Fungal Manor. Should we notify the Manor Lord?"

Several nightmare guards discussed it and decided to run. They extended tentacles from inside their armor, turned into spider-like forms, and ran toward the main street at high speed.

Inside the manor, Su Xiao looked at the ancient castle ahead. He could perceive that a nightmare small boss composed of a large number of pale tentacles was lurking inside this castle, but he wasn't prepared to fight the other party. The reason was that killing enemies in this kind of nightmare area wouldn't yield benefits.

Nightmare areas actually come in two types. The first is a nightmare area similar to a dungeon, with limited scope, usually a small town, a city, an underground palace, etc. This type of nightmare area has been fully notarized and many even reshape themselves, so contractors call this type of nightmare area a "Nightmare Dungeon."

The most famous "Nightmare Dungeons" are three: the "Underground Palace of the Sea" on the Wind Sea Continent, the "Old Site of the Small Fishing Village" in the Witch World, and the "Blood-Stained Town" in the Void Star Sea.

Su Xiao had been to the Wind Sea Continent and the Witch World. Why didn't he go to these nightmare dungeons back then? It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he truly didn't have the time. On the Wind Sea Continent, he was busy developing his fief and beating up the Sea Clan the whole time.

Right now, Twilight Winter City on the Wind Sea Continent had become a safe zone notarized by the Reincarnation Paradise, which meant that their side's staff members could go to this Transcendent World. This had extraordinary significance.

Because of this, in the Reincarnation Paradise's trading market, trading streets, and the large gathering places notarized by the Tree of the Void, the prices of tickets and world keys to the Wind Sea Continent had soared dozens of times.

Besides nightmare dungeons, the other type of nightmare area—the Dark Moon Nightmare where Su Xiao was—was also fine to call a nightmare world. At the edge of the Dark Moon Nightmare, as long as the method was appropriate, one could enter other large nightmare areas. The entire nightmare world was composed of such large areas like the Dark Moon Nightmare.

In the nightmare world, there were no kill benefits, and killing enemies yielded no source blood. Therefore, Su Xiao decided that this time coming to the nightmare world, he must reduce killing. Calculating from the Dream-Eating Beast he had just killed, he had already gone more than half an hour without killing anything, and he would strive to keep it that way.

Ignoring the nightmare small boss in the ancient castle ahead, Su Xiao came to the backyard. A giant flower similar to a rafflesia occupied this place. This was a giant carnivorous flower in the nightmare. At this moment, this giant carnivorous flower was struggling in pain, and black spikes were stabbing out from inside it, leaving it on the verge of death. It was Baham who had used "Night Howl · Desolate Hungry Wolf" to damage this giant carnivorous flower to this extent.

Su Xiao took out a bag of table salt, mixed a bottle of concentrated salt water according to a specific ratio, added a small amount of dark matter to it, and finally poured it into an atomizing device, which he threw into the giant mouth of the dying giant carnivorous flower.

The giant carnivorous flower received a huge stimulus and struggled desperately as if in a final burst of energy. A moment later, it collapsed with a *plop*, and a purple-black liquid flowed out of its giant mouth. A bitter taste spread. In the sense of smell of living beings, this was a bitterness that was still acceptable, but in the sense of smell and perception of nightmare creatures, this was a stench that was unbearable.

If someone in a normal world were parasitized or eroded by a nightmare existence, this stuff could immediately dispel it. Therefore, this defensive liquid quality of the giant carnivorous flower was worth as much as top-tier rare metals of the same volume. Su Xiao collected two large bottles of defensive liquid, which he might use at some point in the future.

Baham traveled through space to escape the giant carnivorous flower's stomach. It took out clean water to wash the mucus off its body. Halfway through washing, it suddenly found that the black-dressed Delona was wrong, but it only glanced at her and didn't express anything extra, as if it hadn't discovered anything at all.

Su Xiao had four goals for coming to the Dark Moon Nightmare this time:

1. Kill the Nightmare King and obtain the "Sun Source Stone" he possessed.

2. Help the great noble Luciva solve his sister's problem. This could yield 1 "Primordial Core" and 20 "Primordial Fragments," and he had already collected 5 "Primordial Fragments" from the other party as a deposit.

3. Complete the "Hunting List · Blood Pact" Bounty 2 · Nightmare Depths, which was to save the noble young lady in the nightmare.

4. Find the "Moon Altar" hidden in the depths of the Dark Moon Nightmare and meet the Sun Great Scholar Remans there. Previously, in the large stone house on Black Fog Island, Su Xiao had met the other party once. He had a feeling that this Sun Great Scholar might know all the secrets and was the most important person related to the main quest.

There were quite a few things to do, but fortunately, they weren't scattered. The enemy to be dealt with, the Nightmare King, wouldn't leave this place, so helping the great noble Luciva solve his sister's problem was the priority right now. The black-dressed Delona on the side was clearly the answer to this matter.

"It's very dangerous here. Why don't we leave this nightmare first?"

The black-dressed Delona spoke with a smile in her eyes. As she spoke, she gripped Su Xiao's sleeve tightly, her anticipation seemingly overflowing.

"Oh? Giving up halfway like this, that's not good."

Baham landed on Su Xiao's left shoulder and spoke. It was clear about Su Xiao's habit: he always drew his blade with his right hand and held it with one hand, so landing on the left shoulder wouldn't affect Su Xiao's drawing speed in case of an emergency.

"Oh~"

The black-dressed Delona was a little disappointed, but she quickly ignored this. She looked left and right with lively eyes, as if she had a new ghost of an idea. She said: "Our main purpose for coming to the nightmare this time is to deal with the Nightmare King, right?"

"That goes without saying. Did you forget the plan we agreed on when we set off?"

Baham looked at the black-dressed Delona "suspiciously," which made the black-dressed Delona immediately say: "Of... of course I didn't forget. Let me tell you, the Nightmare King is the most hateful. Although the White Wolf and the Grand Prince are also terrifying, they aren't annoying. I hate the Nightmare King."

The black-dressed Delona became more and more angry as she spoke.

"Oh?" Baham looked at the black-dressed Delona "in surprise," then asked: "Listening to you, you seem to know quite a bit about this Dark Moon Nightmare."

"That goes without saying. We traveled so far from Twilight City to this Dark Moon Nightmare; of course, I had to investigate everything here clearly for the safety of all of us, haha~, haha."

The black-dressed Delona finally gave a somewhat awkward but polite laugh.

"We actually didn't travel much; we've been riding your brother's Lord Train the whole time."

Baham began to add details for the black-dressed Delona. The black-dressed Delona felt that the more she talked about this topic, the less she could round it off, so she immediately changed the subject and said:

"Let's go deal with the Nightmare King. I actually have a particularly strong perception ability. I can accurately sense which direction the Nightmare King is in. He is... over there!"

The black-dressed Delona pointed to the north side of the Old Royal City. This was the direction to continue deep into the Old Royal City. Because of the thin mist lingering in the environment, one could vaguely see a towering royal palace in the distance, but one had to pass through the entire Old Royal City to reach the front of that royal palace.

Just then, a loud noise came. Dark purple radiance erupted from the east side, forming a greatsword. One could still see the Dark Moon faction's emblem on it. As this greatsword slashed down, Su Xiao discovered that in the world contact channel, the Priest's name had immediately turned gray, which meant the Priest had died.

The Priest had died again. Over there, it should have been the Priest, Platinum Apostle, and Abyssal Archbishop dealing with the Dark Moon Grand Prince. The Priest dying on the spot like this—one could imagine the speechless expressions of the other two.

Thinking of the Priest's previous cooperation intention, and that among the total of 12 strong enemies the three teams had to deal with, half had already been dealt with, the Priest was clearly in the rhythm of starting to cause trouble.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao glanced at the black-dressed Delona on the side. This Dark Moon Nightmare was becoming more and more lively. He would solve this trouble right in front of him first, then play games with the Priest and the others.

Su Xiao looked at the pitch-black alley on the side. He was certain there was a nightmare creature in this darkness. From just now, this nightmare creature had been following not too far or too close. Su Xiao deliberately acted as if he hadn't discovered the other party. Sure enough, the nightmare creature's courage grew, and it got closer.

According to the perception trap left by Xiang Bubu Wang, Su Xiao learned that this was a Shadow Alien Demon. Among the many nightmare creatures, the Shadow type was the most elusive and the one that had concluded the most contracts with living beings outside the nightmare.

"Boss, should we kill the one following us first?"

As Baham spoke, the Desolate Hungry Wolf clung to its entire body, making its feathers look like pitch-black metallic feathers, full of killing intent.

*Sizzle~*

A spirit shadow thread extending from Su Xiao's sleeve materialized and tightened. It wasn't that he was retracting the spirit shadow thread; it was that the Shadow Alien Demon, which had been following and thus stepped into the trap, prepared to escape immediately after overhearing Baham's words. It turned to flee, triggering the trap.

Xiang Bubu Wang's figure flickered like signal interference and then disappeared. In fact, Xiang Bubu Wang had long since blended into the environment. As for the one walking forward with Su Xiao, it was a mimetic projection set by Xiang Bubu Wang—a type of projection that could mimic biological fluctuations and aura. This was the convenience that appeared after putting many points into the technology-side skill tree.

Baham swooped into the darkness. When it flashed out, it threw out a black object. This was a black fog curled into a defensive state, about the size of a millstone. Shadow Alien Demons were generally 2.5 to 2.8 meters tall, with the form of a human wearing a large robe. There was a saying that Shadow Alien Demons were powerful human souls that had been transformed after accidentally entering the nightmare. Therefore, among the many nightmare creatures, Shadow Alien Demons had the richest and most distinct emotions.

Su Xiao raised his hand, his index finger pointing at the Shadow Alien Demon in a defensive state. Blood energy gathered at his fingertip. For some reason, the charging time for his Blood Smoke Cannon this time was unexpectedly long. If his former strong enemies saw this charging speed, their eyes would widen, and they would roar: "When you blasted me before, it was a Blood Smoke Cannon the moment you raised your hand."

"Bai Ye, aren't we going to deal with the Nightmare King? We shouldn't expose our abilities casually."

As the black-dressed Delona spoke, she made a move to block in front of Su Xiao. If this Blood Smoke Cannon were fired, with the black-dressed Delona's body strength, she would be blasted into blood mist.

Taking advantage of the black-dressed Delona blocking Su Xiao, the Shadow Alien Demon in a defensive state turned into black fog and disappeared into a shop next to the main street, causing chaos among the nightmare creatures hiding in the shop.

"It actually ran away. But dealing with the Nightmare King is more important."

The black-dressed Delona spoke, but she looked at the direction the Shadow Alien Demon had escaped in with lingering fear. Just now, when the Shadow Alien Demon was dragged out of the darkness, she had been scared silly. And she truly hadn't expected that Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, and Baham were professionally outrageous in dealing with strange existences.

Su Xiao stared fixedly at the black-dressed Delona. For the first two seconds, the black-dressed Delona still had a smile in her eyes, but as she was stared at by Su Xiao, her smile became increasingly forced. After truly unable to bear this terrifying pressure, she turned her head and looked around.

"Oh! Right, I almost forgot to tell you. Since the Dark Moon Nightmare was assimilated into the Old Royal City, the Nightmare King has had a dominating ability. He can change the spatial attributes here to a certain extent. If you are targeted by him, you might be instantly teleported to..."

Just as the black-dressed Delona said this, the space around her distorted. Her pupils contracted rapidly, and she reached out one hand toward Su Xiao. Looking at her appearance, it was clearly a gesture of seeking help.

The black-dressed Delona's words and actions were truly too strange. According to the information right now, she was an unknown existence from the Abyss, symbiotic with the real Delona, while the real slacker girl Delona was currently with her brother.

Since the black-dressed Delona appeared, her acting had been extremely poor, and she even stumbled through her speech. She had practiced for half a day with Xiang Bubu Wang under the guise of chatting. Although her speech was fluent, she often said things that made one's vigilance skyrocket.

As an unknown existence from the Abyss, she had always been in this Nightmare Old Royal City. But when they first met, she knew Xiang Bubu Wang's name and could say Su Xiao's title, Bai Ye. After Baham appeared, although she learned to be smarter, she seemed to have anticipated Baham's teasing.

This extremely poor acting, coupled with her prophetic performance, made the black-dressed Delona's suspiciousness decrease instead of increase, because she performed too clumsily, so clumsily that Xiang Bubu Wang and Baham, who had always been vigilant, were left speechless.

At this moment, after the black-dressed Delona was nearly half-swallowed by the space vortex, the panic and fear she displayed were definitely not something her extremely poor acting could express.

Baham on Su Xiao's shoulder was about to pounce, but was entangled by spirit shadow threads, and Baham stopped its action. After the black-dressed Delona struggling in the space vortex saw this scene, her gaze dimmed a bit. Her lips parted, and she said a few words silently. Baham, who was proficient in lip-reading, focused its eyes and judged, whispering to Su Xiao:

"Boss, I don't know who she is talking to, but she said: 'Don't come over.'"

Baham's words had just fallen when the Shadow Alien Demon, which had been dragged out by Su Xiao's trap and then took the opportunity to escape, turned into a black shadow and pounced out. As a living being in the nightmare world, its instinct gave it the urge to turn and flee immediately after getting close to Su Xiao, but the scenes of the past forced it to ignore these instincts and pounce toward the space vortex.

*"Roar!"*

The Shadow Alien Demon, like a human wearing a long robe, let out a roar. Hands made of darkness grabbed the black-dressed Delona, attempting to drag her out of the space vortex. It was just a pity that the person who constructed this space vortex had strength far above the Shadow Alien Demon, which caused it to also be dragged into the space vortex. Until it was completely rolled into it, this Shadow Alien Demon didn't let go.

The space vortex in front disappeared. Under the suction of this space vortex, the surrounding environment was pitch-black, which also made the red light in the center of Su Xiao's pupils look more obvious.

"So, that's how it is."

All the doubts in Su Xiao's heart were resolved. The blood energy drifting from his body gathered behind him, forming a huge blood beast phantom. This was a blood beast phantom grinning and revealing sharp teeth.

Deepest part of the Old Royal City, inside the towering royal palace.

The red carpet spread forward, climbed up steps, and spread to beneath the proud throne. Sitting on this throne was a figure wearing black battle armor, a dark golden cloak, and a battle king crown. This figure was over three meters tall, with white hair disheveled and a thick, gray beard. Sitting there majestically, it gave people a sense of awe that made them unable to control themselves from kneeling.

This was none other than the Sun King, the most powerful person in this world from the First Era until now, and honored as the King of Transcendence. It was under his leadership that Blazing Sun Star became one of the three Transcendent Worlds of the First Era.

Inside the royal palace, on both sides of the red carpet beneath the steps, stood figures wearing dark golden battle armor or golden-black robes. The Seven Great Knight Commanders, famous in the First Era, were actually among them.

On the red carpet, the black-dressed Delona was pressed to her knees by two guards. On the side was the Shadow Alien Demon, nailed to the ground by a long spear, struggling desperately. It roared powerlessly but angrily, yet couldn't break free.

"Delona, I have been tolerant enough of you, but you actually defected to an intruder and even wanted to harm me. You all say, how should she be dealt with?"

Hearing the "Sun King" say this, the "Seven Great Knight Commanders" below roared:

"Execute her."

"Throw her into the insect cave."

Hearing the "Seven Great Knight Commanders" say this, others echoed. Just then.

*Boom! *

A muffled sound shook the entire royal palace. A space crack appeared behind the black-dressed Delona. From within this space crack, which was over ten meters high, two huge beast claws reached out, pulling the space crack to both sides. Accompanied by the surrounding space shattering with *crackle* sounds, the space crack grew much larger. While blood energy diffused, the huge blood beast inside the crack came into view.

As blood energy spread, Su Xiao walked out from the space crack. He pressed one hand on the hilt of his blade. The next second, all nightmare creatures within ten meters were slashed into pieces the size of sugar cubes.

This level of blood energy and pressure made the "Seven Great Knight Commanders" and the guards in the hall let out terrified shrieks. Some simply turned and fled. As one "Grand Knight Commander" ran, his body became increasingly fat, throwing his battle armor all over the place. After these battle armor pieces landed, they turned into a kind of purple sludge, as thick as a large puddle of snot.

And this "Grand Knight Commander" himself revealed his true colors as he ran, turning into a nightmare creature with black-purple skin and layers of fat.

For a time, everyone in the hall scattered like birds and beasts, and revealed their true colors, leaving only the "Sun King" sitting on the throne above.

This was naturally disguised by the Nightmare King, or rather, the Nightmare King was also disguised by him. His true title was the Pseudo-King, who could disguise himself as other kings in the nightmare world. This was also why the quest name for the third ring of the main quest was "Pseudo-Appearance."

The Pseudo-King rose from the throne. His three-meter height was very oppressive. As he drew a greatsword from the sword base, the temperature in the royal palace soared. This was none other than the Sun King's former sword, the strongest weapon recognized in this world, the Blazing Sun Greatsword.

As the Blazing Sun Greatsword was unsheathed, the blade gradually turned scorching red, and scorching sun patterns appeared on it. The golden hilt was not dazzling, having a sense of restraint settled by time.

"Law Breaker, just by you, you dare to challenge me!"

The Pseudo-King held the Blazing Sun Greatsword high with one hand. With a *whoosh*, a miniature sun gathered at the tip of the sword.

"Ahahaha! Now, I am the Sun King!"

The Pseudo-King laughed wildly. As he channeled it, the miniature sun above the sword tip suddenly expanded a circle. Sparks appeared on the walls and ceiling of the hall. The black-dressed Delona, who had just gotten up from the red carpet, collapsed immediately.

He couldn't let the black-dressed Delona die, otherwise, it would be a huge loss. Su Xiao was about to kick the black-dressed Delona out of the royal palace, but immediately terminated this action.

It wasn't that he was being tender to the fair sex, but his kicking technique had just undergone an upgrade, and its power had doubled. Even if he restrained his strength, because the kicking technique's power had just skyrocketed not long ago, if he didn't control it well, the black-dressed Delona would be atomized in this royal palace.

Su Xiao picked up the black-dressed Delona and threw her out of the hall. During the flight, the black-dressed Delona tried her best to grab the long spear that nailed the Shadow Alien Demon. As the long spear loosened, the Shadow Alien Demon immediately broke free, sweeping the black-dressed Delona and flying outside the hall.

Inside the hall, the scorching sun soared. The Pseudo-King held the Blazing Sun Greatsword high and laughed wildly. It was to be expected; this was the power of the Sun King. Even if he only temporarily mastered this power, it was enough to make the Pseudo-King laugh wildly.

*Boom! *

The scorching sun came head-on. Su Xiao blocked in front with his left hand wearing a bracer, embers flying between his fingers. Just then, a sound of wind breaking swept past him. It was the great noble Luciva, who had sensed the sun aura and rushed to reinforce. One could only say that as the Legion Commander of the Hunting Group who had explored lightless zones for many years, this reinforcement speed was outrageous.

Luciva held a dark silver greatshield in one hand and a short blade spear in the other, rushing toward the Pseudo-King against the surging sun flames. In an instant, his dark silver greatshield turned scorching red, turning into molten iron and splashing backward. But who knew, Luciva's dark silver greatshield suddenly shrank, the short blade spear in his right hand instantly turned into a long spear, and he rushed out with a *boom*.

As a heavy-armored warrior, Luciva could be said to be able to fight and take hits. Facing the scorching sun flames that burned the space along the way, the Pseudo-King's face changed slightly. He no longer held the Blazing Sun Greatsword high, which caused the miniature sun above the sword tip to disappear. The Pseudo-King pointed the Blazing Sun Greatsword at the rushing Luciva, and the next instant, golden sun flames sprayed toward Luciva.

Luciva was a heavy-armored warrior, but he wasn't a brute. Facing these sun flames that burned the space along the way, the long blade spear in his right hand melted and turned into the dark silver greatshield in his left hand.

*Boom, boom, boom...! *

The sun flames burned the dark silver greatshield, which forced Luciva to kneel on one knee. Even so, he was still pushed backward.

A blood-colored afterimage swept past, appearing beside the Pseudo-King in an instant. The Pseudo-King had been waiting for Su Xiao's sneak attack. A look of pleasure and cruelty appeared on his face. Nightmare-characteristic threads that had been hidden suddenly appeared, binding Su Xiao who was rushing over. This was a terrifying erosion ability; once hit, one wouldn't have half a life left even if they didn't die.

However, Su Xiao wasn't nightmare-ized. His body entangled by the nightmare threads turned into black smoke. This was actually the Blade Demon Spirit. The Demon Spirit turned into black smoke, causing the nightmare threads to miss. The next second, Su Xiao and the Demon Spirit swapped positions.

*Boom~! *

Blood energy swept over, making the Pseudo-King's hair and beard fly. This was the true oppressive feeling of facing Su Xiao.

Su Xiao didn't slash at the Pseudo-King with his blade. He had been in an different space with Baham's cover, and two seconds before swapping positions with the Demon Spirit, he had used 【Origin Stone · Slow Motion】 to charge his straight kick.

"Origin Stone · Slow Motion · Effect · Slow Release (Passive): When releasing an ability, it requires a longer charging time to complete the release, but it will 'super-greatly' increase the power, maximum range, flight speed, etc., of the released ability."

【Origin Stone · Slow Motion】 successfully helped Su Xiao charge this straight kick. As the price, fine cracks appeared on 【Origin Stone · Slow Motion】. One had to know that this was an Origin Stone, very sturdy.

At this moment, beside the Pseudo-King, Su Xiao, who had instantly swapped positions with the Demon Spirit, kicked straight at the Pseudo-King. Sensing this situation, the Pseudo-King first looked suspicious. Facing Su Xiao who had closed the distance instantly, the Pseudo-King was naturally wary. This was a Blade Technique Grandmaster, but the other party didn't slash at him with a long blade, but kicked straight.

The Pseudo-King looked ahead at Luciva, who was continuously retreating due to the sun flames, and immediately understood what was going on. This Blade Technique Grandmaster on the side wanted to interrupt his attack with one kick, thereby giving his accomplice a chance to breathe, and then the two would surround and attack him.

Seeing through everything, layers of shields appeared on the Pseudo-King's body. He had to solve one first to avoid being surrounded. But the next instant, he realized he was wrong because the wind pressure caused by the straight kick had arrived.

*Whoosh!! *

The biting wind pressure arrived with this straight kick, causing the Pseudo-King's hair and beard to fly to the side, and the crown on his head was lifted off. Not only that, the skin on his face was blown, and his lips were uncontrollably stretched wide, changing shapes wildly in the wind pressure.

"Wait...!"

The Pseudo-King had just shouted "wait," but he had already turned into a beam of light.

*Thud!! *

The Pseudo-King flew out, plowing a trench in the ground he passed over. The side wall of the royal palace dented. However, this royal palace was indeed sturdy; one would think this was the core of the Nightmare Old Royal City.

The Pseudo-King was embedded in the wall on his side. He let out a wheezing groan from his mouth. From his already rolled-back eyes, one could see that his state at this moment wasn't very good.

However, the Pseudo-King was after all the possessor of the "Sun Source Stone." He forcibly pulled back his already rolled-back eyes, spat out a mouthful of blood with a *wow*, and held the Blazing Sun Greatsword high.

"Let you see my strength as the Sun King!"

The Pseudo-King roared hysterically. He held the Blazing Sun Greatsword even higher. *Boom! * A kind of golden light particle appeared in the surrounding air. This was sun power condensed into a solid. The sun power in an energy state and the sun power as a solid had destructive powers that were worlds apart.

The Sun King had once used this kind of sun power to nearly pierce through the "Ancient Dragon Kingdom · Ebeias," which was also a Transcendent World. The Ancient Dragon faction had spent many years repairing their Transcendent World.

The wind pressure caused by the scorching sun came head-on. Su Xiao immediately took the "Clock of Time" out of his storage space and held it in his left hand. This life-saving prop he had traded from Morey was powerful enough and might be able to deal with the current situation. His intuition told him that the sense of death was like needles piercing from all around. This was the Sun King's ability, even if it was used clumsily at this moment, it was still powerful.

"Ahahaha, scorching sun..."

The Pseudo-King holding the Blazing Sun Greatsword high laughed wildly, but he hadn't finished his words.

*Boom!! *

The sun power on the Blazing Sun Greatsword exploded, blowing the Pseudo-King into several pieces on the spot. Part of his upper body, along with his head, landed on the throne. After he let out a puzzled *"Eh?"*, his aura weakened rapidly until he died. Even until his death, he didn't believe he would fall and die in this way.

"This..."

Luciva was also a bit stunned. He had been preparing to open his ultimate move to see if he could survive this strike of the Blazing Sun Greatsword. Who would have thought that not long after the battle started, the Pseudo-King would be killed by the backlash of the Blazing Sun Greatsword.

Baham, who was hiding in the dark and preparing to give the Pseudo-King a fatal blow, was also stunned. It had just obtained "Night Howl · Desolate Hungry Wolf" and wanted to show off, but didn't expect this to be the outcome.

Su Xiao glanced at the kill prompt that appeared. After confirming that the Pseudo-King wasn't faking his death, he was about to check the content of these kill prompts when Xiang Bubu Wang ran in from the main gate.

*"Woof, woof, woof!"*

"..."

Su Xiao walked out quickly. Luciva asked: "What's wrong?"

"Your sister is about to fight that unknown existence from the Abyss."

"What?!"

Luciva was so shocked that his blood nearly turned cold. He rushed out and went to a large theater near the royal palace.

When Su Xiao and the others arrived at the large theater, they saw Delona standing on the stage, and the unknown existence from the Abyss who looked 100% identical to her opposite her. This was a confrontation between the unknown existence from the Abyss and the noble young lady. They saw both of them staring at each other, then rushing toward each other, and finally...

Finally, the two of them were "fighting," one grabbing hair, the other biting the other's hand. The eerie confrontation they had imagined didn't appear at all. This huge gap left Luciva stunned there, forgetting to pull them apart. As for Amu, it was standing nearby scratching its head in confusion; it could no longer tell which of the two on the stage was which. Their appearance, body shape, etc., were all exactly the same.

Finally, the two "fighting" together were pulled apart by Su Xiao and Luciva.

The slacker girl Delona, who was being pulled by Luciva, said: "Brother, she is impersonating me."

Hearing this, the black-dressed Delona, who was being pulled by Su Xiao, said angrily: "Bah! I am the real Delona. You not only use my name but also snatched my body. You, you are shameless."

The black-dressed Delona, who had good upbringing, cursed the harshest sentence she thought she could.

May I ask, between the slacker girl Delona being pulled by Luciva and the black-dressed Delona being pulled by Su Xiao, which one is the young lady of the Twilight City Hunting Family? Which one is the unknown existence from the Abyss?

The answer is: the black-dressed Delona, who grew up in the nightmare, is the young lady of the Hunting Family and Luciva's biological sister.

On the contrary, the slacker girl Delona, who grew up in Twilight City and had always been thought to be Luciva's real sister, is the unknown existence from the Abyss.

This is not a guess, but there is actual evidence. Not to mention anything else, just looking at the slacker girl Delona's usual habits, it seems she was cold-shouldered by family members, which made her personality indifferent and she liked to sit alone in the dark. The problem is, she had a brother who took care of her, and her brother was a Strongest-tier peak powerhouse.

Besides that, the slacker girl Delona lived with Luciva's wife, the socialite Bedia. It was because of the slacker girl Delona's indifferent personality since childhood that Luciva arranged it this way.

Bedia's meticulous care, besides making the slacker girl Delona no longer have subconscious malice toward others, still left her with an indifferent personality and a preference for staying alone in the dark.

Why so? The reason is that when Delona's mother gave birth to her, it was the confrontation and clash between the unknown existence from the Abyss and the noble young lady Delona. Two consciousnesses fought for one body; the loser would be banished into the darkness. As for where exactly she was banished, looking at it now, she was banished to the Dark Moon Nightmare.

At the birth stage, the unknown existence from the Abyss, let's call her Abyss Delona, won this round. But there is one problem that cannot be ignored: an existence from the Abyss is not necessarily evil. Whether it is good or evil mainly depends on the influence of the surrounding environment after it comes to the material world.

The first person Abyss Delona saw after coming to this world was the mother who gave birth to her. She was clearly the culprit of her mother's death, yet she didn't feel half a bit of malice or resentment from that gradually drifting soul, which caused Abyss Delona's "good and evil" to gradually tilt toward the direction of kindness.

The second person she saw was the old Legion Commander. The old Legion Commander, who had explored lightless zones for a lifetime and dealt with abyssal existences for a lifetime, naturally saw Abyss Delona's problem and also discovered that, in a sense, this could be considered his daughter. He couldn't bear to kill her and calmly welcomed the end of his life.

This was not caused by Abyss Delona; the old Legion Commander's vitality was indeed exhausted.

With the old Legion Commander, Abyss Delona didn't feel good or evil. Her good and evil tendencies remained unchanged until Luciva, carrying the family longsword, arrived. Abyss Delona's good and evil value began to shift toward the direction of evil because she felt death approaching quietly.

However, everything that followed caused Abyss Delona's good and evil value to tilt toward kindness and never return. She had a brother who cared about her, a sister-in-law who loved her, and her daily life was carefree. Except for the occasional cold looks from family members, everything else she faced was the beauty of this world.

In such a growth environment, why did Abyss Delona still like to sit quietly alone in the dark? Don't forget, before she completed her birth, she was an existence in the Abyss, always drifting in the endless darkness. So even after birth, she habitually liked the darkness.

Besides that, as Abyss Delona, whose close-combat ability wasn't strong, even only slightly better than an ordinary person, she actually had an appetite comparable to one-fifth of Amu's, which was very abnormal. And no matter how she binged, she was still slightly slender. This was because, in essence, she was still an abyssal existence, and her daily consumption was high, so she naturally needed to ingest more energy.

Having said that, a prompt from the Tree of the Void before entering the Dark Moon Nightmare was very interesting. The content was as follows:

【In this nightmare area, the total number of Overlord-tier units has increased to five, totaling:

1. White Wolf Lord.

2. Shadow of the Law Breaker · Kukulín · Bai Ye.

3. Dark Moon Grand Prince.

4. Nightmare King.

5.??? (Unstable state).】

This last??? (Unstable state) was clearly Abyss Delona. What was even more interesting was that after the important ritual of birth, Abyss Delona always believed that she was the real Delona, while the one in the Dark Moon Nightmare was clearly a dark unknown existence, an enemy party trying to fight her for control of the body.

Then the question arises: how did the real noble young lady Delona, who lost in the birth and was banished into the darkness, live in the Dark Moon Nightmare until now? The answer is, she was lucky. The infant Delona happened to encounter a Shadow Alien Demon.

Because of this, after the black-dressed Delona found Su Xiao, that Shadow Alien Demon followed quietly, and after being dragged out by Su Xiao, the black-dressed Delona didn't hesitate to block the Blood Smoke Cannon that was about to be fired, just to give that Shadow Alien Demon a chance to escape.

It was this Shadow Alien Demon that allowed the infant black-dressed Delona to survive in the Dark Moon Nightmare and have a chance to grow up here, instead of being swallowed by those dangerous nightmare creatures.

Why did the black-dressed Delona take the initiative to find Su Xiao? The reason was that when she grew to fourteen years old in the Dark Moon Nightmare, the Shadow Alien Demon led her to a building full of seals. When the black-dressed Delona and the Shadow Alien Demon spent all their efforts and finally entered the building, the black-dressed Delona discovered that this was the legacy of a powerful witch from the Witch World after her death.

The other party had an enemy named Moon Witch Serithis. Whether it was strength, IQ, or the power she mastered, the other party completely crushed her. The gap was so large that there was no chance of a comeback. All this witch could do was flee to Blazing Sun Star and hide in this Dark Moon Nightmare.

Through the legacy left by this witch, the black-dressed Delona became an Astrological Witch. Having said that, Abyss Delona and black-dressed Delona—the more accurate titles for the two are:

Slacker girl Delona.

Astrological Witch Delona.

Slacker girl Delona has unknown and powerful abyssal abilities, an indifferent and cold personality, likes the quiet of being alone, and grew up in Twilight City.

Astrological Witch Delona has the Astrological Witch's iconic ability to see through the past and future, a lively personality, is curious about everything, likes liveliness, and grew up in the Dark Moon Nightmare.

Also because of the Astrological Witch's ability to see through the past and future, Astrological Witch Delona knew Xiang Bubu Wang's name and Su Xiao's title, Bai Ye, the moment they met. These were all pasts she had seen through, although when seeing through the Law Breaker, her pressure was great, and she could only see through part of the past, finding it difficult to see through the future.

Speaking of which, what nailed the true identities of these two was Su Xiao's "Hunting List · Blood Pact" Bounty 2 · Nightmare Depths.

"Bounty 2 · Nightmare Depths: Save the noble young lady in the nightmare."

The noble young lady mentioned in this bounty was the one currently in a black dress, with a slightly bruised left eye, staring angrily at the Astrological Witch Delona opposite her.

The biggest contradiction between the two was that there was only one body. At this moment, Astrological Witch Delona seemed to have a body, but in fact, this was a state that could only be barely maintained while in the Dark Moon Nightmare. Once she reached the outside world, she would present a spiritual state.

The situation was deadlocked. Su Xiao gave Luciva a look. He released the black-dressed Delona. Luciva opposite hesitated for a moment and also released the Abyss Delona. The two, who were already at daggers drawn, walked toward each other. However, after the two sides approached, thinking of the pain of pulling hair and being bitten just now, both sides hesitated.

"Come on, you two. I'll count 1, 2, 3, and you start. 1, 2, 3, start!"

Baham said with a bad smile. However, neither Abyss Delona nor black-dressed Delona moved, just staring at each other.

Su Xiao glanced at the "Hunting List · Blood Pact" Bounty 2. The bounty hadn't been completed. It seemed that letting the situation continue to deadlock wouldn't work; he had to think of a way to solve this matter. ===== CHAPTER 3893 =====