Chapter 3902: Enhancement

Inside the underground shelter, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the plush carpet. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, the three Apocalypse sisters, and the Goddess of Luck, who had been nearby just a moment ago, were nowhere to be seen. They had been instantly teleported to the surface, tens of thousands of meters above, by the "Law-Extinguishing Teleportation Array" constructed from crystal layers.

As the kill notification appeared, a mask made entirely of gold appeared in Su Xiao's hand. The mask did not look thick, but it felt exceptionally heavy and dense in his hand. On the front of the mask were flowing patterns that converged at the center of the brow, forming a dense, intricate vortex.

The moment the mask appeared in Su Xiao's hand, a buzzing sound rang in his ears, and a sensation of weightlessness washed over him. When his perception recovered, his perspective had shifted to a bird's-eye view; his soul had been expelled from his body. Although not completely ejected, his various sensory abilities had begun to weaken.

*Snap! * The metal button on Su Xiao's cuff burst open. It was an emergency device he had set up long ago. This metal button had the ability to sense Original Sin characteristics—achieving this was not simple, but after sealing five "Great Daddy-level" Original Sin items, he had gradually managed it.

Expecting a button-sized device to suppress a sudden Original Sin invasion was truly wishful thinking. Fortunately, that was not Su Xiao's original intent. The trigger mechanism for this button was that, if not suppressed by Su Xiao, it would trigger a pre-set contract inside the moment it sensed Original Sin characteristics.

This was a contract Su Xiao had made with himself. Its content was that once triggered, he would use the Reincarnation Paradise's contract notarization to grant this contract the authority to open his storage space and retrieve a specific item. That item was named the "Book of Original Sin."

Although it was a bit troublesome to have to use mental energy to suppress the contract metal button on his cuff every time he came into contact with an Original Sin item, once this thing actually took effect, it was a life-saving setup.

The black metal button shattered, and the next instant, the "Book of Original Sin" appeared.

Su Xiao, his eyes unfocused, was holding the "Sun Mask" with one hand, moving it toward his face. Suddenly, black tentacles resembling tree roots spread out from the "Book of Original Sin," binding Su Xiao's hand and then climbing onto the "Sun Mask."

Faced with such provocation, the "Sun Mask," with an aura like a supreme monarch, immediately erupted with a golden Original Sin aura. Sparks drifted within this aura, and the temperature here was about to rise to a terrifying degree. Even more terrifyingly, in less than 3 seconds, the entire Exile Land would be reduced to ashes.

And in 5 seconds, half of the Southern Continent of the Blazing Sun Star would be engulfed in golden-red flames; the earth would turn into magma, the sky would be ignited, the bodies of living beings would turn to ash, and their souls would become drifting embers.

In 10 seconds, the entire Southern Continent would be shrouded in golden-red flames, and the sky of the entire world would begin to burn.

In 30 seconds, the Blazing Sun Star would turn into a super-giant fireball.

One minute later, the astral region surrounding the Blazing Sun Star would be ignited by the golden-red flames. The subsequent astral space collapse and annihilation phenomenon would create an incomparably huge black hole, shredding and swallowing the Blazing Sun Star, which had already become a giant fireball.

When everything calmed down and disappeared, only the golden mask—the "Sun Mask"—would remain, floating in the astral realm until one day, drifting with the astral tides, it would arrive near some material world and eventually fly into some part of that world, perhaps to remain silent, or perhaps to be discovered by some living being.

That's right, this is the terror of a Great Daddy-level Original Sin item. This is also why, even when the Leader learned that Su Xiao had sealed five Great Daddy-level Original Sin items, the Leader, who was tasting elemental wine, choked twice and then looked Su Xiao up and down, as if observing a brand-new species.

The tree-root-like black tentacles spreading from the "Book of Original Sin" firmly wrapped around the "Sun Mask." Just as the terrifying flames of world-burning were about to spread, they were strangled by the black tentacles and extinguished with a *hiss*.

The "Sun Mask," which had existed for who knows how many ages, had clearly never experienced such a situation. The Original Sin aura stalled for an instant, but then, what the "Book of Original Sin" had to face was the "Sun Mask's" world-burning rage, like that of a supreme monarch.

All the black tentacles retracted. Amidst the *crackling* sound of the "Sun Mask" solidifying space, it still dragged the "Sun Mask" into the solidified space and pulled it onto the sixth page of the "Book of Original Sin"—the page where the "Blood-Bathed Mad Demon" resided.

The "Mad Demon Ring" popped out and landed on the coffee table. Su Xiao's soul instantly returned to his body. He opened his eyes, regaining their normal luster. The moment his soul had been expelled from his body had left him with a splitting headache, but fortunately, his soul and body were strong enough; the feeling came quickly and went just as quickly. His state returned to normal, the surrounding world became clear, and his sense of smell, touch, and hearing all recovered.

Su Xiao held the "Book of Original Sin" in one hand. Because it was currently sealing the "Sun Mask," the entire "Book of Original Sin" was covered in fire patterns, with embers still drifting about, possessing a beauty that was ancient, dark, and mysterious.

*Snap! * Su Xiao closed the "Book of Original Sin" with one hand, making the spark patterns on its surface even more prominent. There was no need to guess; with the "Sun Mask's" aura like that of a supreme monarch, it definitely wanted to destroy the "Book of Original Sin" and then put Su Xiao to death.

Many holders of Original Sin items died because the massive causal consumption of the items exhausted their causal luck, leading to a miserable death. Su Xiao didn't need to worry about this at all. With the six Great Daddy-level Original Sin items he had now, the Law-Extinguishing luck could recover to its original state the next day from the daily causal consumption.

The causal consumption of Great Daddy-level Original Sin items is astonishing, but the problem is that the Law-Extinguishing Faction was the representative force of an era during the Second Era, not to mention that the luck of the entire Law-Extinguishing Faction is now concentrated on Su Xiao alone.

It was also because of this, combined with the "Book of Original Sin" he created by chance, and his rapidly improving sealing skills under the supervision of several strict masters, that he had the ability to seal "Original Sin items" at this time.

As the "Book of Original Sin" closed, a large number of sparks surged from the entire book, drifting everywhere. A massive and majestic Original Sin power surged angrily within the "Book of Original Sin," activating the massive sealing formulas blessed upon it. With the "Sun Mask's" Original Sin aura fully unleashed... nothing happened.

If something had happened, it would have been abnormal. The "Book of Original Sin" had five Great Daddy-level Original Sin items sealed inside, mutually restraining each other. The moment the "Sun Mask" was sealed into the "Book of Original Sin," this Great Daddy-level Original Sin item had already sensed that things were not simple, which was why it had rarely unleashed its full Original Sin power.

Just after being sealed into the "Book of Original Sin," the "Sun Mask's" Original Sin aura was in a state of rage. Clearly, no holder had ever dared to be so disrespectful to it. Ninety-nine percent of holders, after possessing it, would first submit. Someone like the Nun, who didn't provoke the "Sun Mask," was already an exception. Now, it had actually encountered someone who didn't know what was good for them and wanted to seal the "Sun Mask." Could it endure this?

The answer was, it could endure it for a while. Sealed into the "Book of Original Sin," the "Sun Mask" had already discovered that its neighbors were all not right. Four of them could stand on equal footing with it, and the last one was a newly promoted peak Original Sin. Being sealed in such a place, even the "Sun Mask" chose to remain silent for the time being.

Su Xiao watched the sparks on the "Book of Original Sin" gradually fade. He knew he had temporarily survived the "Sun Mask" ordeal. As in the past, he and the "Sun Mask" mutually despised each other; one couldn't get rid of the other, and the other couldn't kill him, so they could only remain in this stalemate.

Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao adjusted the sealing order of the "Book of Original Sin," moving the "Sun Mask" to the fourth page.

Opening the "Book of Original Sin," the contents inside were such that even if a Supreme powerhouse came, they would have to quicken their pace and leave. The contents were:

The first page was the "Collector," like a vortex of dark gold metal fragments.

Relationship with Su Xiao: Temporarily very good. After all, the "Sun Mask" had just been sealed, which allowed the "Collector's" collecting habit to be temporarily satisfied.

The second page was the gray-white "Necronomicon."

Relationship with Su Xiao: Generally relatively stable. Among the several Great Daddy-level Original Sin items, it had the lowest desire to kill Su Xiao, but be careful—this was only a relatively low desire to kill Su Xiao, not that it didn't want to kill him.

The third page was the entirely scarlet "Scarlet Scepter."

Relationship with Su Xiao: Hostile. Su Xiao had beheaded the "Scarlet Scepter's" highly compatible holder, the Scarlet Monarch Eiyushuer, and had also sealed it, so the relationship was naturally hostile.

The fourth page was the "Sun Mask," which looked like it was cast from gold.

Relationship with Su Xiao: Very hostile. Among the several Great Daddy-level Original Sin items, this one wanted to kill Su Xiao the most, but this was normal, after all, it had just been sealed by Su Xiao.

The fifth page was the ghostly green "Nether Bone Ring."

Relationship with Su Xiao: Moderately hostile, and it couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Su Xiao. Among the several Great Daddy-level Original Sin items, this was the one that least liked to interact with Su Xiao.

The sixth page was the "Soul Crown," with a black body and bright red gems.

Relationship with Su Xiao: On the surface, it looked quite good. Su Xiao had just helped it promote to a Great Daddy-level Original Sin item, but if there was a chance, it would still kill Su Xiao. Therefore, one had to have sufficient precautions against it. Never think that after helping this Original Sin item promote to Great Daddy-level, you would be on friendly terms with it. This was the one among the several Great Daddy-level Original Sin items that was best at bewitching the holder's heart, capable of infinitely magnifying the holder's various desires.

The seventh page was "World-Eater," which looked like an iron-silver metal insect.

Relationship with Su Xiao: Extremely hostile. If there was a chance, "World-Eater" would definitely try its best to kill Su Xiao. Thinking about it, it made sense; previously, "World-Eater" was the boss of the world-destroying-level group in the Eternal Light World, and at that time, no one dared to provoke it, and it swallowed whatever it wanted. But after Su Xiao arrived in the Eternal Light World, he not only wiped out all its minions but also sealed it into the "Book of Original Sin" to be neighbors with several Great Daddy-level Original Sin items. This grudge was too deep; the hatred value had reached Lv. EX.

Su Xiao put away the "Book of Original Sin." A faint light appeared at the teleportation array a dozen meters away; it was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and the three Apocalypse sisters returning. Among them, Morey was still carrying the Goddess of Luck, while the Moon Apostle and Hao Mei were still feeling lingering fear. Thinking about it, they had been sleeping soundly when they were suddenly teleported away by the "Law-Extinguishing Teleportation Array."

Hao Mei was more thick-skinned and went back to sleep after a while, while the Moon Apostle hugged her knees and ate potato chips, feeling aggrieved. After being stared at by Su Xiao for a few seconds, the Moon Apostle also went to rest.

【Notification: The Power Lord (Nourishing-type, Eternal-level equipment) has absorbed enough natural power in this world. You can use this equipment to convert the world power absorbed and stored this time into a "Power Fragment." There are a total of three types of "Power Fragments."】

1. Power Fragment · Crimson: Absorbing this "Power Fragment" can permanently increase real strength attributes.

2. Power Fragment · Darkness: Absorbing this "Power Fragment" can permanently increase melee attack power (including sword techniques and kicking techniques).

3. Power Fragment · Soul Will: After absorbing this "Power Fragment," your own willpower attribute can be boosted by your own soul strength.

Maximum number of "Power Fragments" you can absorb: 2/6 pieces.

Su Xiao had originally thought that after absorbing the "Power Fragment · Golden Annihilation" and mastering the "Power of Annihilation," the power fragments derived from the Eternal-level Nourishing-type equipment 【Power Lord】 would decrease from three to two. Now it seemed he had underestimated the power of the Eternal-level Nourishing-type equipment.

Undoubtedly, "Power Fragment · Soul Will" was very compatible with Su Xiao. The problem now was whether he could draw it. This reminded him of the Hand of Destiny, Ashvis. Last time he was able to obtain "Power Fragment · Golden Annihilation," it seemed to be achieved through this destiny-type ability. Unfortunately, after experiencing the events of last time, Ashvis should have already escaped the Blazing Sun Star.

Su Xiao chose not to form the "Power Fragment" for now. He had just soaked the "Fate Dominator" in the blood of the luck god, and this equipment was about to complete its upgrade. Although last time he was able to draw "Power Fragment · Golden Annihilation," it might have had nothing to do with luck, but trying it didn't cost anything, so why not?

Getting up and stepping onto the "Law-Extinguishing Teleportation Array," Su Xiao returned to the mansion in Dusk City with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja. Just as the teleportation was completed, he sensed an unusual aura located in the courtyard. Upon arriving in the courtyard, sure enough, a middle-aged man was standing under a tree in the courtyard, his gaze dull.

This middle-aged man seemed to notice Su Xiao's arrival. He stepped toward the outside of the manor, neither saying anything nor leaving anything behind.

The appearance of this middle-aged man already represented a lot of information. With Su Xiao's experience in dealing with Ancient Gods, he naturally sensed the Ancient God aura on this middle-aged man. Given the current situation, the only one who would convey this information was the Priest. In other words, the Priest had decided to take action, and the cooperation previously agreed upon with Su Xiao could proceed.

Regarding this cooperation, Su Xiao only believed half of it—that the Priest had set his sights on the strongest assassination weapon, "Spit," and was preparing to snatch it from the Abyss Archbishop. But there was a prerequisite for this: he must successfully backstab the Abyss Archbishop; otherwise, even if he snatched "Spit," there would be endless trouble.

Su Xiao opened the team list. He was not in the Dawn Team at this time, but in a temporary team formed by the Priest. As long as there was a temporary Void Tree imprint, one could join it. For example, Elucle and the Astral Devourer both had temporary Void Tree imprints.

Later, they would have to deal with the Incarnation of All Gods together. Even the three members of the "Big Smart" team, who had mysterious confidence, chose to come to Dusk City to gather. Calculating the time, these people would arrive one after another before long.

Su Xiao leaned back on the lounge chair in the courtyard. The gentle sunlight shone down; the morning sun was a bit dim. It seemed that the Blazing Sun Monarch Ashlot's physical state was getting worse and worse.

Just then, Su Xiao suddenly felt a fluctuation of moonlight aura. It was a piece of equipment he was wearing that had been upgraded.

【Notification: The Silver Moonlight (3/3 set) you are wearing has been upgraded to Eternal-level.】

【Silver Moonlight (3/3 set)】

Origin: Void · Silintis Dwarf.

Quality: Eternal-level · Set (Unique · Not fully awakened state)

Category: Ring/Badge/Pendant.

Equipment Requirements: Silver Moon Wolf/Law-Extinguishing Shadow, or pass the Wolf's Trial.

Equipment Form: You can choose one of three states: "Wolf Ring," "Deep Blue Badge," or "Moon Heart Pendant."

Current Form: Deep Blue Badge.

Set Effect (Activated).

Set Effect 1, Soul of Technique (Passive): All technique-type ability damage tiers +5 (upgraded by 4), and comes with one of three effects: "Sharp," "Heavy Strike," or "Absolute Penetration"...

Set Effect 2, Abyss Warden (Passive): Damage you deal to Abyss units is increased by 20% (this bonus is ineffective against a certain Abyss unit).

Set Effect 3, Combat Awakening (Passive): This set is in the not-fully-awakened stage. Every time you fight to the death with a strong enemy, this set will awaken to a certain degree.

Notification: This awakening has reached its limit.

Set Effect 4, Perfect Parry (Core · Passive): You have already mastered this ability and cannot trigger this equipment effect.

Set Effect 5, Reforging (Core · Passive): You can go to the Demon Blacksmith to reforge this equipment, thereby fully releasing its potential.

Current potential release degree of this equipment: 22.5%.

Notification: This equipment has been severely eroded by Abyss energy. Only through the Demon Blacksmith's reforging can 100% of the equipment's potential be released again.

Score: 6000 points (Eternal-level equipment score 3000–6000 points.)

Sale Price: Cannot be sold after wearing.

Although the 【Silver Moonlight】 set was upgraded from Origin-level to Eternal-level, its attributes didn't increase much. Judging from the equipment attributes, it would have to be reforged by the Demon Blacksmith to release 100% of its power.

Besides this, the equipment's core ability, "Perfect Parry," was currently in an untriggerable state. The reason for this was Su Xiao's other piece of equipment, 【King's Crown (World-level · Full Score)】.

【King's Crown】

Durability: 215/500 points.

Equipment Effect 1: Deathly Still Immortality (Core · Passive), total melee attack strength +10% (including your slashes and kicking techniques), total health +10%.

Equipment Effect 2: Malicious Gaze (Core · Passive)...

Notification: This passive effect will be boosted according to the strength of the negative charisma attribute.

Equipment Effect 3: Power of the King's Crown (Core · Passive), you can choose any one of the current "equipment abilities" to significantly strengthen it.

Notification: This effect only applies to abilities attached to equipment and cannot boost abilities you have mastered yourself.

Notification: This passive effect will be boosted according to soul strength.

Notification: Due to the special nature of this equipment, the durability consumption of this equipment is +300%.

Notification: After successfully strengthening an "equipment ability," every time you use this ability, you will gain a "deep understanding" of it. After triggering "deep understanding" multiple times, you have a very high probability of mastering this ability yourself (this ability is currently unavailable).

Current selected equipment ability: Perfect Parry.

Notification: You have successfully mastered this ability.

Notification: Because the Power of the King's Crown has allowed you to successfully master a "faction-specific ability," the "deep understanding" characteristic of this equipment will be sealed until you choose to abandon this equipment and a new holder obtains it, at which point this characteristic will be reawakened.

Introduction: This is a powerful and special piece of equipment with an extremely complex forging structure. Fine cracks appear on the surface during use; this is normal. You need a blacksmith you know well to repair it. Of course, this blacksmith must have superb skills and a gentle, easygoing temper. After all, looking across the myriad worlds, this is one of the five most difficult pieces of equipment to repair. However, judging from the last repair, although the blacksmith you found had superb skills, his temper was violent. When you look for this blacksmith to repair this equipment next time, you need to be cautious and guard against the forging hammer in the other party's hand, because no one can be sure whether this blacksmith's next hammer will smash onto this King's Ring to repair it, or smash onto your head to repair you.

Score: 6000 points (World-level equipment score is 10–6000 points).

Sale Price: Cannot be sold after wearing. Can be abandoned; after abandoning, this equipment will be teleported back to the Witch World and appear in a random location.

Opening the skill list, Su Xiao saw the "Perfect Parry" ability he had just mastered.

【Perfect Parry: Lv. 90 (Supreme-level · Passive)】

Skill Effect: Your parry with a melee weapon will trigger the "body-protecting energy" brought by your technique ability, thereby making that parry a "Perfect Parry." Every level of the basic technique ability you have mastered will increase the parry correction by 1 point. It is currently 277 points of parry correction.

Notification: The cooldown of Perfect Parry is 5 seconds.

Notification: Perfect Parry cannot completely resist the shock damage and energy damage brought by the enemy's attack, but within the parry correction range, you will definitely not have your parry broken.

Notification: After a successful Perfect Parry, the shock damage you receive is reduced by 10%.

The initial level of "Perfect Parry" was not low, reaching Lv. 90. However, since the skill strength was set there, an initial level of Lv. 90 was not considered high. Plus, even with this initial level, there was still significant potential for improvement later. He just hoped that the cost of upgrading this ability wouldn't be ridiculously expensive.

Su Xiao opened the equipment list, looking for an equipment ability to boost with the "Power of the King's Crown." There were a total of several choices:

Zhan Long Shan · Demon Blade (Active).

Spirit of Thunder · Boundary Thunder (Active).

Soul · Coronation of the King · Deathly Still Extinction (Active).

Blood Feather · Malicious Damage (Active).

Blood Moon Queen · Scarlet Blood Moon (Active).

After pondering for a few seconds, Su Xiao somewhat wanted to choose "Spirit of Thunder · Boundary Thunder." If he used the 【King's Crown】 to boost the 【Spirit of Thunder's】 ability to draw Boundary Thunder, it would be equivalent to drawing Boundary Thunder through 1130 points of soul strength plus his 1290 points of elemental affinity. Just thinking about this situation, one could feel its power and danger.

Su Xiao had various ways to stack thunder resistance, plus the 【Blood Moon Queen】 pendant's massive boost to survivability, so using the 【King's Crown】 to strengthen the 【Spirit of Thunder's】 ability to draw Boundary Thunder seemed feasible.

Wanting to master the ability to draw thunder forever was unlikely. After the 【King's Crown】 helped Su Xiao master "Perfect Parry," this characteristic of the 【King's Crown】 was sealed. It seemed that the number of abilities the 【King's Crown】 could help each person master was limited. "Perfect Parry," as the signature ability of the Moon Wolf Faction, exhausted all the 【King's Crown's】 quota at once.

Su Xiao chose to use the 【King's Crown】 to strengthen the 【Spirit of Thunder's】 ability to draw Boundary Thunder. Just as he made the choice, a wisp of golden electric arc appeared on the ring-shaped 【King's Crown】, disappearing in a flash.

Just then, a figure walked into the courtyard. It was the Priest. Behind the Priest were the Platinum Apostle and the Abyss Archbishop. None of the three spoke, just finding seats in the courtyard to sit down.

Not long after, Wood and Sin-Arias returned. These two guys had disappeared for many days, but judging from Sin-Arias's punchable smiling expression, the plan was progressing quite smoothly.

Half an hour later, Elucle, dressed in gold-white magic robes, walked into the courtyard.

The Black Demon, wearing a black robe and looking much thinner than before, walked into the courtyard, followed by the Tyrant, the Immortal Brother, and the Astral Devourer.

Everyone was present, but everyone remained silent. Since they were going to deal with the same strong enemy, choosing a temporary captain at this time was a good choice.

"Why don't we choose a captain? It will be convenient for the subsequent battle."

The Priest spoke, and everyone looked at each other, none of them responding.

Su Xiao, Sin-Arias, Wood, the Priest, the Platinum Apostle, and the Abyss Archbishop were all suitable candidates. The problem was, if one of these six guys were chosen as captain, the subsequent development of the situation would be truly terrifying.

"Ahem!"

The Tyrant coughed loudly and said in a high voice, "I feel that I should be the captain."

The Tyrant spoke confidently, and then, under the gaze of Su Xiao, the Priest, Sin-Arias, Wood, the Platinum Apostle, and the Abyss Archbishop, the Tyrant, who had never been timid, retreated sheepishly this time.

Su Xiao, the Priest, Sin-Arias, Wood, the Platinum Apostle, and the Abyss Archbishop looked at each other, confirming through their eyes that none of them intended to pit the others. The Incarnation of All Gods they were about to face was too strong; infighting at this time was suicide. But the problem was, letting each other be the captain was truly nerve-wracking.

A moment later, Su Xiao, the Priest, Sin-Arias, Wood, the Platinum Apostle, and the Abyss Archbishop all looked at Elucle.

For some unknown reason, Elucle, whose long hair was light blue, representing murderous intent, suddenly felt something was wrong. She collected her thoughts and discovered that several people were looking at her. Being stared at by so many old schemers, her long hair instantly changed from light blue to suspicious crimson, and then to confused milky white.

Just like that, Elucle successfully served as captain. She had originally wanted to refuse, but after the gazes of those old schemers opposite became increasingly kind, benevolent, smiling, friendly, cordial, and gentle, Elucle decisively gave up the idea of refusing.

Although she was a Supreme powerhouse, she didn't know why, but she always felt that if she refused on the spot now, it was uncertain whether she could survive to the Dead City later. It was very likely that she would be pitted to death by these old schemers halfway there. With six old schemers gathered together, just thinking about it, Elucle felt it was simply a nightmare lineup.

Everyone was present, and since a captain had been chosen, everyone decided to set off now. The goal: go to the Dead City and defeat the Incarnation of All Gods. ===== CHAPTER 3903 =====