Chapter 3917: Final

Lusiva didn't understand the principle of man-made "Sun Source Stone," but as an old noble, he was greatly shocked. He said:

"As far as I know, the secret method for manufacturing Sun Source Stone has been lost."

"Oh? How do you know? This should be something from several generations of Blazing Sun Kings ago. At that time, your great-great-great-great-grandfather was still a teenager."

Baham had the hobby of being sharp-tongued again. Lusiva didn't mind:

"We old nobles certainly coveted the power of the Sun Source Stone, and even divined the secret method for manufacturing the Sun Source Stone through a diviner, but the answer obtained was that the secret method for manufacturing the Sun Source Stone had been severed under the erosion of time."

Hearing this, Su Xiao, Zuiyas, and Wood all had their eyes brighten a bit. Obviously, these three dog thieves all had the habit of harming... *cough*... all had the habit of making friends with diviners.

*Snap! Snap! *

Zuiyas and Wood on the Sun array were both shaken to the point of being dizzy due to the array fluctuation. As for why the Sun array fluctuated, Su Xiao, who was controlling the array hub, also 'didn't know' what was going on. Such a precise and cumbersome array, it was normal to have some fluctuations, but he took the opportunity to ask:

"Is this diviner your friend?"

"*Cough~*, let's just say so."

Lusiva obviously wanted to change the subject. He wasn't blind. The eyes of these three dog thieves in front of him were all bright. God knows how many diviners these three guys had harmed, and the diviner he mentioned had an unusual relationship with him.

"Oh, it seems there is still contact."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, Lusiva's cheeks twitched uncontrollably. This was the disadvantage of being best friends with old schemers. Any insignificant detail could be detected by them as a soft spot.

For example, the diviner Lusiva mentioned was his first love. The two agreed to marry and grow old together, but due to a sudden conflict between their families, they were forced to separate. They agreed to stay together, but not long after, Lusiva married the socialite Bedia, or rather, was handled by Bedia, and they had a son in about a year.

Su Xiao looked at Lusiva. Baham on his shoulder understood and described as if he had seen it with his own eyes:

"So, Bedia doesn't know about this? Let me guess, something happened to the diviner's family. Your status is different from before. As the first tier of power in Dusk City, it's not difficult for you to solve the family affairs for her. Helping out at a critical moment, it's normal to rekindle old feelings, but it's hard for Bedia, who gave birth to a son and a daughter for you, and doesn't need you to care about the power struggles of Dusk City."

"You! You're talking nonsense! Pure nonsense, I'm just helping, I have nothing with Veronika..."

"Oh~ ×3"

Baham, Zuiyas, and Wood all had expressions of understanding. So this diviner was named Veronika. It would be easy to find her now that she had a name.

Knowing he had let something slip, Lusiva slapped his forehead in hatred, pointed at the three dog thieves with trembling fingers, and could only leave a sentence that he couldn't harm her life before turning to walk downstairs.

"Wait."

While Su Xiao spoke, he threw a wooden box. Lusiva caught it, his eyes showing some confusion.

Seeing this, Baham on Su Xiao's shoulder said: "Inside are 10 distorted Sun Source Stones, which can establish a medium-sized shelter. Even if the sun really falls, this shelter has a chance to survive."

Hearing this, Lusiva was silent for a moment, then nodded and left.

The sunlight outside the window was becoming more dark red, and the array in the small building also revealed a dark red tone like magma. One by one, "Sun Source Stones" gathered in the center of the array.

Nightmare Dungeon · Golden King City · Ancient Heavenly Palace · In front of the door.

The bonfire crackled occasionally as it burned. In nightmares, fire represents life and rebirth, which is why nightmare bodies resurrect at the nearest bonfire upon death. Right now, the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate were both sitting by the fire with their knees pulled to their chests. Looking at those two pairs of eyes that had lost their luster, they must have suffered immensely on the journey here.

"Damn it, sending me here and letting me assist this pig teammate."

The Goddess of Luck spoke with hatred. If it were in the past, her best friend and damage-friend, the Goddess of Fate, would definitely have retorted. But now, the Goddess of Fate, who was already numb to death, had no energy. She felt that fighting to this point with her damage-friend was already the limit. The final big boss in the Ancient Heavenly Palace ahead, the Golden Heavenly God, was really unbeatable.

Because they could improve their physical attributes at the Whisperer in the Cathedral, the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate brushed a large amount of nightmare essence by killing enemies and brushing monsters, and both of them raised their current nightmare bodies to full attributes, but they just couldn't beat the final big boss, the Golden Heavenly God.

Weapons were strengthened to the top level, armor was also strengthened to the top level, and all kinds of props—because the drop rate of the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate was outrageously high, their prop bags were full.

A more intuitive metaphor was that every time they challenged the final big boss, the Golden Heavenly God, the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate would take out all kinds of temporary buff potions, frantically showing off for a few minutes at the entrance of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, to the extent that they could drink until they looked at each other and burped at the same time.

Even so, the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate were still hammered by the final big boss, the Golden Heavenly God, to the point of doubting life. Neither of them was a combat-type god—no, their divine grid abilities had nothing to do with combat. The set of using destiny to create accidents to kill enemies was an ability to bully the weak or fight enemies of the same level. It really wasn't very easy to use against a big boss. Before the other party died of causality, they were first nailed into hedgehogs by the other party's golden iron feathers.

"This can't go on. We need a strategy."

The Goddess of Luck spoke with a solemn expression. The Goddess of Fate, who was roasting fire on the side, glanced at her damage-friend and sighed. The other party's strategy... ah no, the other party's bad ideas were one of the sources of suffering for both of them.

"Listen to me, why do we have to clear this nightmare dungeon?"

"To cure my soul injury and escape this nightmare area."

"No, no, no, your soul injury was cured by that guy long ago. Believe me, there is no doubt about this. So, we clear this nightmare dungeon just to leave this nightmare area, right?"

The Goddess of Luck's eyes became more and more wise, but the Goddess of Fate had a bad premonition. The experiences of the two in the previous few times were basically:

Sudden inspiration → Generous description → Full of confidence → Practice failed → Fleeing for life → Fleeing and crying → Almost autistic → Mutual sulking → Reconciled → Sudden inspiration.

The Goddess of Fate was very familiar with this situation. She said: "Shut up, there is no shortcut to facing challenges."

"Is... is that so? But..."

"No buts, let's go! Go challenge the Golden Heavenly God."

"But the Whisperer said that after we die 100 times, we can further break through the upper limit of our nightmare bodies through the death power we accumulated."

As soon as the Goddess of Luck said this, the Goddess of Fate stopped immediately and asked: "How many times have we died?"

"Exactly 100 times."

"Very good, let's go, find the Whisperer."

"Actually, I feel we should continue to face the difficulties~"

"No, if we keep dying like this, I feel I'm going to awaken some strange attributes. We must clear this nightmare dungeon as soon as possible."

While speaking, the Goddess of Fate couldn't help but smile on her face. Seeing this, the Goddess of Luck covered her forehead with one hand. She really didn't guess wrong. Her best friend didn't have any strange hobbies, but was particularly fond of courting death, just suppressing it all the time. But under the stimulation of the nightmare area, this hobby seemed to be unable to be suppressed.

Perhaps no one would have thought that from this moment on, the most death-courting friendly faction god in history, and also one of the combat power cards of the friendly god faction in the future, appeared.

Blazing Sun Star, Dusk City · Outer City District.

The sun in the sky was becoming more and more dim, and even pitch-black spots appeared on it. The sky above was already pitch-black, and the entire Dusk City was as quiet as a dead city. All civilians were hiding in the "Earth City" below Dusk City.

This "Earth City" was only one-fiftieth the size of Dusk City, but it was built by the Great Library through the recent eight generations of Sun Kings. For others, this was impossible, but the Eyeless Sage, as an old monster who had lived from the First Era to the present, was fully qualified to do this.

Through the window, Su Xiao looked at the red-eyed vultures flying above. These were moon beast-type monsters that would only appear when the blood night descended. But even the red-eyed vultures, facing the environment at this time, showed some unease, circling blankly over Dusk City.

Millions of red-eyed vultures circled, gradually forming a huge vortex. This scene made people feel that the "Eternal Night" above the dark night and blood night seemed to be about to descend. That was a terrible disaster that would only come after the sun fell.

At this time, the sun indeed had no signs of falling, but no matter who it was, when looking up at the sun in the sky, they would feel that this sun seemed to be about to be extinguished by darkness. The dark red halo on the edge made people feel inexplicably panicked.

Su Xiao looked at the time. It had been 71 hours and 26 minutes since the "Moon Altar" in the Lightless Zone was activated. In another half an hour or so, the "Dark Moon Ritual" would start.

Opening the box, there were a total of 58 "distorted Sun Source Stones." Taking out 18 of them, after embodying the "Sun Lord" title, he absorbed these Sun Source Stones through the "Sun Lord." It wasn't that he didn't want to absorb more, but with his current Abyss resistance, this was the limit. As such, the "Sun Lord" absorbed a total of 34 "Sun Source Stones."

The remaining "distorted Sun Source Stones" had no effect for now. He let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang merge into the environment and send these "distorted Sun Source Stones" to Lusiva. Come to think of it, after parting this time, whether there would be a chance to meet again in the future was unknown.

Time passed minute by minute. Baham had been hovering above the small building, guarding against strong enemies. Fortunately, until now, the strong enemy in the central city hadn't attacked. Come to think of it, as the last Sun King, even if he knew the situation he was about to face, he wouldn't anxiously search everywhere, thereby losing the majesty of a king, not to mention that the current situation was actually destiny.

【Hint: The Dark Moon Ritual is about to start.】

Accompanied by this hint, Su Xiao, who was in the three-story building, suddenly felt a fluctuation coming from afar.

*Hum—*

A brief humming sensation appeared in his ears. A familiar yet unfamiliar fluctuation swept past, like some kind of seal. But perceiving carefully, he found it was a more powerful and extensive restraint. With his elemental affinity as high as 1290 points, he soon discovered that dark purple halos appeared on all natural elements. This feeling was very much like all natural elements being wrapped in a layer by this halo.

The reason why Su Xiao felt the fluctuation that swept past was familiar was that he had experienced it once in the Eternal Light World. That was the "Super-World Level Sealing Spell" reserved for the Law-Breaker faction.

【Announcement (Void Tree): The combat power limit of this world has been sealed to "Absolute Strong level," lasting for a total of 15 natural days.】

Seeing this announcement, Su Xiao knew where the "Super-World Level Sealing Spell" of the Law-Breaker faction came from, and why the "Dark Moon Ritual," as its predecessor, was developed.

Compared to the "Dark Moon Star Ring," the "Dark Moon Ritual" was the supreme work of the Dark Moon faction. This was a super-large array boundary opened only when dealing with Abyss erosion. Earlier, before the Sun University Scholar Rimans died, he said such a sentence:

"We killed the descendants who were best at sealing the Abyss in the First Era. Even the Moon Wolves were moved by the Dark Moon descendants' exquisite technique of sealing the Abyss and were willing to join the Dark Moon as a whole clan, bathing in the glory of the Dark Moon Queen."

If the Law-Breaker faction was the backbone of the Second Era against the Abyss, then the Dark Moon faction was the professional against the Abyss in the First Era. A more intuitive metaphor was that in terms of opposing the Abyss, the Law-Breaker faction was about 1200, then the Dark Moon faction was about 350–360.

If the overall strength of the Abyss in the three eras was digitized, it was:

First Era · Overall Abyss Strength: 5.6 million.

Second Era · Overall Abyss Strength: 3.8 million.

Third Era · Overall Abyss Strength: 29 million.

Therefore, the Dark Moon faction could only struggle in the First Era, while the Law-Breaker faction in the Second Era had some meaning of suppressing the Abyss. By the Third Era, this was the era of spellcasters. Spellcasters obtained power by devouring natural elements, and the Abyss and elements were in an opposing/consuming relationship.

With fewer natural elements, the Abyss was bound to be more powerful. Therefore, in the comparison, the overall Abyss strength of the Third Era would reach an outrageous 29 million, which was 5.18 times that of the First Era and 7.63 times that of the Second Era.

However, one point to note was that the reason why the overall Abyss strength of the Second Era was low was that it was the Law-Breaker era, and the suppression of the Abyss was too fierce. To talk about the early Second Era, the overall Abyss strength at that time must be 6–7 million.

Come to think of it, the Law-Breaker faction had a great responsibility for the high overall Abyss strength of the Third Era. Still, the Abyss/element relationship was one of mutual suppression and consumption. The Abyss of the Second Era was suppressed by Law-Breakers, and natural elements naturally rose.

Comparing the total amount of the Astral World to 10, then Abyss 5 and element 5 were the healthiest and most stable. At that time, it was Abyss 3 and element 7, leading to the direct result that at the end of the Second Era, the spellcaster faction, which had sufficient natural elements to devour, could devour natural elements in large quantities, easily, and without cost. This directly led to the rapid rise of the spellcaster faction.

So, the era of spellcasters now, from a certain angle, was created unintentionally by the Law-Breaker faction. Did the previous Law-Breakers not know? They actually knew, but the Law-Breaker faction had always believed that nothing was absolutely eternal. Everything in the Astral World was not non-black or white, but reincarnation and balance.

Suppressing the Abyss led to the rise of elements and the rise of spellcasters. The rise of spellcasters created the Arcane Eternal Star, leading to the depletion of elements. Under the balance, the Abyss rose. After the Abyss rose, the faction opposing the Abyss would inevitably rise again.

Did the previous Law-Breakers not know these? They actually knew very clearly, so they never pursued the eternal dominance of the Astral World pursued by the current Arcane Eternal Star, and even when naming the base camp planet, they added the word "Eternal."

When a world was about to be swallowed by the Abyss, the previous Law-Breakers would not hesitate to lend a helping hand. As for other times, the previous Law-Breakers were basically letting themselves go, doing whatever they wanted.

Did the previous Law-Breakers not know how to maintain the balance between the Abyss and elements? Of course, they maintained this balance for an era. At the end of the Second Era, the Astral World began to erupt with Abyss breeding. Law-Breakers could only suppress it with all their strength, which led to the imbalance between the Abyss and elements. Regarding this, the previous Law-Breakers didn't regret it. They understood one point: it was absolutely impossible to maintain the balance between the Abyss/elements forever.

Excessive "balance" would bring "tranquility," "tranquility" led to "stagnation," "stagnation" derived "sedimentation," and "sedimentation" bred "corruption."

And corruption was even more terrifying than Abyss erosion and elemental eternal light. This was the ultimate catastrophe of the Astral World.

Everything was too much. The previous Law-Breakers, who had maintained the balance between the Abyss/elements for an era, knew that the time limit for balance had arrived. Continuing would only bring disaster. So they were not greedy, choosing to suppress the Abyss to the extreme in the final stage, allowing the reincarnation of the Astral World to flow normally. That was also the most prosperous and brilliant period of the Void Myriad Worlds, and even more than 80% of the powerful forces in the Third Era accumulated their foundation during that period.

Compared to the Law-Breaker faction, the strength of the Dark Moon faction was not enough to look at, but the previous Law-Breakers had great respect for this predecessor faction that opposed the Abyss. In addition, the "Dark Moon Ritual" passed down by the Moon Wolf clan was later upgraded to the "Super-World Level Sealing Spell" deployed in the Eternal Light World.

At this moment, in the Outer City · Rubber Manor, Lusiva looked at the dark red sun outside the window, thoughtful. After a while, he sat behind the desk, looked at the family photo, and then looked at the large box of "distorted Sun Source Stones" on the table. With these "distorted Sun Source Stones" to maintain the underground shelter, even if the dim sun really fell, everyone in his family could be safe and sound.

Lusiva picked up the family photo, looking at it distractedly. After a while, he put down the family photo, got up and came to his sister Delona, and said:

"Delona."

"Don't say it, I refuse, I refuse to perform 'Destiny Advance' with you."

Delona, who was sitting on the windowsill, turned her head away, no longer looking directly at her brother.

The so-called "Destiny Advance" was actually a kind of advance over-load advance with a price, divided into two parts: "Acquisition" and "Price."

"Delona."

Lusiva spoke again. Delona turned her head further, and even she felt a bit of neck pain.

"Ayesha."

As soon as Lusiva said this, Delona's pupils began to shrink. Just as she wanted to straighten her line of sight to look at her brother, her eyes turned pitch-black, her long hair turned silver, and the dress on her body turned into a state of black smoke.

It wasn't just Delona who represented the hotbed of darkness, but also Ayesha, or rather, Ayesha represented the hotbed of darkness to a greater extent.

Lusiva had two sisters. Delona would refuse him because of her own emotions, but his other sister, Ayesha, would not. As long as it was Lusiva's request, Ayesha would agree, even if Lusiva wanted to perform "Destiny Advance."

On the street of the Outer City, a vehicle powered by liquid crystal grease drove past. The moon beasts that were blocked outside the high wall after the blood night descended in the past were now appearing among the buildings. Unlike the ferocity in the past, today, just as the vehicle passed, these moon beasts were frightened and fled everywhere.

Su Xiao sat in the passenger seat, enjoying the peace before the decisive battle. He closed his eyes and rested. When the vehicle stopped, it was already in front of the Silent Ancient Palace at the innermost part of the inner city. Walking into the Silent Ancient Palace where the door opened, he had defeated the Nun here.

Coming to the innermost part of the ancient palace, following the door hole into a corridor, after walking a few steps, there was a wooden door on the right wall. Su Xiao had obtained a pure "Sun Source Stone" inside here.

Continuing along the corridor for a kilometer, the end was a pair of metal doors. These doors were dark gold, and had already opened a crack from the outside from the original cast-dead state.

A stone tablet was half-inserted into the metal door from the outside, which showed how hard this stone tablet was and how fierce the battle was up to this point.

【You are attempting to gain insight into the content on the "Sun Tablet."】

【Insight failed.】

Seeing this hint, Su Xiao took out paper and pen, let Amu set up the battle axe, used the battle axe as a drawing board, and began to record the content of the "Sun Tablet" on the paper. He had a Dawn Light City mission that required recording the content on the "Sun Tablet."

Rather than text, it was more like various strange symbols and graffiti. After Su Xiao copied it, he was quite satisfied. Opening the mission list to check, he found that "Side Quest · Investigate Intelligence" was in an incomplete state.

Seeing this, Su Xiao's brows wrinkled a bit, feeling that there was a problem with the recording method. Could it be that he needed to take a photo or something?

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked. Su Xiao, who was thinking, gave the pen to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. While he was still considering which link went wrong, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang finished copying and handed the paper to Su Xiao.

"Woof."

"It's not copying, it should be rubbing..."

Su Xiao said halfway, because he took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's copy, and "Side Quest · Investigate Intelligence" became a completed mission state.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Comparing his copy with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's copy, after feeling 'almost the same,' he temporarily ignored this problem. As the saying goes, there is no need to care too much about these details.

【Hint: Main Quest · Final Link · Witness (Activated).】

【Main Quest · Final Link · Witness】

Difficulty Level:???

Mission Introduction: Obtain Moon Blood, World Core (this world), Sun Fragment.

Moon Blood: After defeating the Gao Ta Knight Commander, it can be obtained in the Ancient Gao Ta · Queen's Bedroom.

Hint: Currently holding Moon Blood.

World Core (this world): After defeating the Avatar of the Gods, you are qualified to obtain it.

Hint: Currently holding World Core (this world).

Sun Fragment: Defeat the Sun God race to obtain it.

Mission Deadline: 3 natural days.

Mission Reward: Initial Source Quality × 1, Primordial Core × 2.

Mission Penalty: None, immediately teleported out of this world. All gains in this world will lose notarization rights, causing the gains to be unable to be brought out of this world.

Su Xiao walked out of the metal giant door and arrived at the central city. The scene in view was all broken walls and ruins. The central city, which was magnificent three days ago, had turned into this appearance at this time. On the main street dozens of meters wide, the stone slabs were full of cracks, and the buildings on both sides had signs of collapse, and were roasted by the distorted sun power, as if eroded by time. A rotten and dry smell diffused in the air.

Walking on the main street, on both sides of the main street were Sun Warriors kneeling on one knee, their armor showing signs of melting, and their breath was gone. In the entire central city, not a single Sun Warrior survived; they all died because of the severely distorted sun power.

Following the main street, Su Xiao came to the front of the royal palace. Compared to other buildings, the situation of the royal palace was more serious, as if the metal had melted, forming a stone platform with a diameter of hundreds of meters on the ground. The royal palace melted like metal and sank deeply into the ground, so this stone platform was about 1 meter high, with slightly sloping edges.

In the center of this stone platform was a golden throne. This was the Burning Throne. A burly figure sat on the throne, the "Blazing Sun Great Sword" inserted in front. Lion-like wild hair, dark golden ring pupils, and golden armor all over his body, with a bright red cloak behind him, made the Blazing Sun King Ashlot's aura astonishing.

"Our Blazing Sun will not set."

The Blazing Sun King Ashlot held the hilt of the Blazing Sun Great Sword with one hand. As he stood up from the throne, he pulled the Blazing Sun Great Sword from the sword base. This great sword was like being in a furnace, rapidly becoming scorching red, then burning into golden white. With a *boom*, the pure high temperature distorted the surrounding space. Ashlot's wild hair flew, and the big red cloak rustled.

*Zheng~. *

Su Xiao drew the long blade from his waist, the tip of the blade pointing obliquely at the ground, red light appearing and disappearing in his eyes.

*Boom! *

Blood energy and heat collided. This was a contest of aura. A death battle was imminent.

Status is average. It took me a whole day to write it. I have to go to sleep quickly. Good night, dear readers.