Chapter 3918: Powerful Enemy

A dim sun hung high in the sky. In the central district of Dusk City, a roar erupted. As two auras collided, the phantom of a massive blood beast and the phantom of a Sun-Raging Lion crashed into each other. The raging lion lunged to bite, only to have its throat gripped by the blood beast's claws; the scene was spectacular to the extreme.

His bright red cloak snapped violently in the wind pressure. The Sun Monarch, Ashlot, holding a greatsword, walked forward step by step. Wherever he passed, he left behind scorching red footprints that quickly filled with magma.

Boom! The earth trembled. Su Xiao and the Sun Monarch vanished from their spots simultaneously. When they reappeared, they were already within arm's reach, their long blade and greatsword clashing with full force.

Crack!

The blood-colored lightning in the sky, set against the dim sun, drowned out the sound of the blade clash. The space within a dozen kilometers around the two seemed to be shattered by the heavenly might of the blood-colored lightning; in reality, it was caused by the slashing force generated by their confrontation.

High heat hit his face, and Su Xiao smelled a scorching, burnt odor. At the same time, the durability of Checking Zhan Long Shan dropped sharply. This was clearly a powerful ability of the Sun Greatsword. Last time, the False King had used this greatsword without being able to unleash even a tenth of its power. Even as the last Sun Monarch, Ashlot could only unleash five or six tenths of its capability.

Even so, Su Xiao still felt his pressure skyrocket. His 732 points of real Strength attribute were originally weaker than the Sun Monarch's 800 points of real Strength, and this was still under the power suppression effect caused by the "Dark Moon Ritual." Otherwise, the Sun Monarch's physical attributes would be even stronger; after all, this was a Supreme-tier existence.

Even an early-stage Supreme-tier is not something an Absolute-tier can handle. Therefore, before the "Dark Moon Ritual" began, Su Xiao did not choose to step into the central district. Bravery and seeking death are two different things.

Clang! The greatsword knocked the long blade aside. The Sun Monarch let out a roar, and a golden flame shockwave expanded from his center. This caused Su Xiao, whose weapon had just been blocked and who was in a state of slight imbalance, to be forced back a large step, leaving him wide open.

On the wide, flat battlefield, amidst flying sparks, the Sun Monarch swung his greatsword down, appearing as if he intended to slash Su Xiao's torso into two pieces diagonally. This situation actually made Su Xiao suspicious: how could the Sun Monarch be so ignorant of combat? Could it be a trap? Hmm, definitely.

However, Su Xiao's conjecture did not come to pass. This sword strike fell with terrifying power, but to a master of three techniques like Su Xiao, this was an opening.

Puchi!

As blood splattered, Su Xiao's torso was slashed diagonally into two. Amidst the flying blood, it gradually turned black-blue. Before this, a few drops of blood had already stained the Sun Greatsword, quickly being scorched into mist by the sword's high heat.

The one slashed into two by the Sun Monarch's greatsword was, of course, the Blade Demon Spirit. Su Xiao himself was already ten meters behind the Demon Spirit.

"Demon Spirit: Extreme Blade."

Su Xiao assumed the starting stance for "Extreme Blade: World" on the spot. Almost simultaneously, the Blade Demon Spirit appeared behind the Sun Monarch, and together with Su Xiao, slashed out "Extreme Blade: World."

This move had a prerequisite: the Demon Spirit must first be attacked by the enemy. It belonged to the counter-slash type. Once successfully activated, there was no way to evade it other than tanking it. For the following 1.5 seconds, the Blade Demon Spirit would constantly appear behind the enemy; regardless of whether the enemy hid in another dimension or turned into energy, the Blade Demon Spirit would remain synchronized.

Due to the "Transmission" characteristic of the Blade Demon Spirit, Su Xiao could transmit the sword techniques he used to the Demon Spirit, thus forming the unavoidable "Extreme Blade: World."

Centered on the Sun Monarch, sharp and metallic-sounding slashes appeared. Every dozen centimeters, a rice-grain-sized slash point flickered. This forced him to immediately plunge his greatsword into the ground, his body erupting with the Golden Power representing the Sun God Clan.

Dang! Dang! Dang...

The crisp sounds of slashes were as dense as a rainstorm. The Golden Power on the Sun Monarch's body shattered like an eggshell. Calling it Golden Power was actually a euphemism for weakened Sun Power.

The first few generations of Sun God Clan monarchs used golden-red Sun Power, as scorching as the sun. But as the Sun God Clan declined, by Ashlot's generation, the Sun Power could no longer manifest as golden-red, but merely as pure gold. Its characteristics also shifted from scorching and explosive to defensive and golden.

Under such circumstances, continuing to call it Sun Power seemed like putting on airs, so it was renamed Golden Power. After all, it shared the same name as the "Supreme Source: Golden Power," which saved some face.

Ashlot, his entire body erupting with Golden Power, poured it into his greatsword and swung down with a mighty strike.

Dang!!

This fierce strike was blocked by Su Xiao, who held his blade with one hand. This was the strength of a Perfect Block; after all, it was the signature ability of the Moon Wolf clan. As the greatsword was blocked, the Golden Power on it exploded, and large patches of golden light particles distributed between Su Xiao and Ashlot. The scene was spectacular.

"Perfect Counter."

Su Xiao initially showed a slight retreat, but as the greatsword pressed down further, he suddenly pushed back with immense force. Ashlot, having just unleashed a major move and being in a recovery phase, was hit by this push, causing blood to rush to his heart. Don't let his imposing aura fool you; just a few days ago, he was still bedridden.

Unable to recover his breath, combined with the blood rushing to his heart, Ashlot nearly had his old wounds flare up. Yet, the greatsword in his hand pushed back, and the surging blood made his pupils turn red.

"Ha!"

Ashlot let out a roar, swung his greatsword, and sent Su Xiao, who was in the middle of blocking, flying. Although it looked like Su Xiao was sent flying, in terms of injuries, Ashlot had definitely suffered more.

Ashlot held the greatsword with one hand and stabbed it into the ground, injecting a massive amount of Golden Power into the earth, creating a golden battle formation several kilometers in diameter. As he pulled the greatsword out, the golden battle formation surged from the ground, blasting away Amu and Baha, who were preparing to surround him. Xiang Bubu Wang was also sent flying. Judging by their flight speed and trajectory, they wouldn't be landing for at least ten minutes.

Su Xiao did not fly into the sky. After rising a few meters, he was bound by numerous golden battle patterns. Opposite him, Ashlot, holding the greatsword, had already been continuously charging it. If this sword fell, he would lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

"Blood Smoke Cannon."

A massive amount of blood energy gathered at Su Xiao's index finger and blasted out. Logically, this angle couldn't hit Ashlot. Just as the Blood Smoke Cannon was about to miss, it split apart, turning into dozens of miniature blood beasts. As the blood light in Su Xiao's eyes intensified, these dozens of miniature blood beasts traced tracking arcs and lunged at Ashlot.

Successive blood energy explosions caused Ashlot's Golden Greatsword to stop charging. That was the weakness of this move: it was almost certain death if hit, but it required sufficient charging time.

Su Xiao pierced through space, breaking free from the binding of the golden battle patterns. At his original position, he left behind a crystal shell; otherwise, those golden battle patterns would have tracked and bound him.

After a sound of wind breaking, Su Xiao ambushed Ashlot from the front.

Dang... Dang.

Even though he only slashed once, there were two crisp sounds. The Demon Spirit had attached itself behind Su Xiao, entering "Dual Blade" mode.

"Blade Dao Blade: Extreme."

Dang! Dang!

"Extreme" was already a top-tier slashing ability among Su Xiao's sword techniques. After two consecutive "Extreme" slashes, Ashlot couldn't help but stagger back a large step.

Don't forget, Su Xiao had ascended to Absolute-tier with super-specification. While he could have obtained at most 5 Original Skill Points, he had obtained a full 11. 6 of these were used to upgrade his Sword Master, bringing his current Lv. 95 Sword Master to "Blade Weapon Damage Tier +110, Blade Weapon Slashing Power Judgment Tier +110."

The former was the attack power after a hit, and the latter was pure slashing power. Therefore, Su Xiao's normal slashes were heavy slashes that were particularly difficult to defend against, and they were also heavy slashes with incredibly fast attack speed. The two originally couldn't be combined, but because he had stacked too many passives, they were.

Dang!

Another heavy slash suppressed him. The next moment, a blood beast phantom appeared behind Su Xiao.

"Roar!"

The blood beast lunged out and exploded, causing Ashlot, who was defending, to experience a very brief stagnation. But for Su Xiao, that was enough.

"Blade Dao Blade: Swift."

Su Xiao suddenly vanished, displacing forward at high speed for about 3 meters, followed by three consecutive forward slashes, all hitting the greatsword. This was a newly developed move, characterized by the fastest blade speed and mid-to-close-range displacement.

Besides this, "Blade Dao Blade: Swift" had another powerful characteristic called Electric Shock Imbuement. To explain Electric Shock Imbuement, one must mention Su Xiao's "Soul Electric Shock" ability.

"Soul Electric Shock: Significantly strengthens the control characteristics of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy. When Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy burns the enemy's body energy, there is a 25% chance to trigger a paralysis state (this is an absolute control effect, cannot be exempted by any means), and the abnormal status duration is 0.2–3 seconds."

The characteristic of "Blade Dao Blade: Swift" was that even if it was a weapon clash, there was a probability of triggering Soul Electric Shock. However, in contrast, the derived control effect was not even one-tenth of what it would be if it hit the enemy's body—it was just a very short moment of paralysis. But "Blade Dao Blade: Swift" was a three-hit combo after a dash, so the trigger probability was not low.

Zzzzt~

Blue electric arcs appeared on Ashlot's greatsword, causing him to be paralyzed for a moment. At this very moment, his confidence—that a Supreme-tier would definitely win against an Absolute-tier—suddenly wavered. At the same time, he realized one thing: having lived in the palace for so long and inheriting the Sun Blood, his combat experience was truly inferior to the Dead Silence White King who had fought his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Just as Ashlot was paralyzed by the Soul Electric Shock, Su Xiao, who had closed the distance with "Blade Dao Blade: Swift," delivered a straight kick. It is important to know that this straight kick was not like the ones before; it had been enhanced by "Power Fragment: Golden Annihilation."

The original straight kick was boosted by Strength and Agility attributes, with a base attack power of 878 points. Now, it was boosted by Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Soul Strength, reaching a base power of 1654 points. The increase in the kick's power was a super-doubling on top of an already inhuman foundation.

Facing this straight kick, Ashlot initially blocked with Golden Power, considering a follow-up counterattack. But when the Golden Power protection showed cracks like shattered glass before the kick even landed, he knew things were not simple. Unfortunately, it was too late to do anything else.

Dong!!

As the kick landed, a shockwave expanded from the point of impact. The ground below shattered instantly, and the cracks spread outward in rings, forming a stepped basin with the center at the lowest point. The person involved, Ashlot, turned into light—a golden radiance.

Su Xiao slapped the ground with one hand, and crystal walls rose in the distance. The enemy sent flying by the kick would inevitably suffer secondary or even tertiary damage upon hitting the crystal walls. After all, there were three crystal walls, each 5 meters thick and a hundred meters high, standing in the enemy's path.

Crystal fragments splattered. When Ashlot stopped, he had already shattered three crystal walls. He knelt on one knee. Not only that, starting from his right shoulder, a large portion of his armor was shattered, revealing his gaunt frame, which was only kept upright by his large skeleton.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Intense thirst caused blood to seep out between his fingers. In his life, Ashlot had also led Sun Warriors to conquer the dark tribes of the North Continent.

But now, he deeply felt his own strength was insufficient. The power accumulated through various rare treasures and secret techniques, in this kind of one-on-one death battle, was like that magnificent battle axe of his—it looked imposing, but wasn't meant for actual combat. Conversely, this greatsword inherited from his ancestors, though it looked simple and had several small chips on the blade, was infinitely powerful when used. Although it was his first time using it in battle, he could still feel the greatsword's recognition and approval of the Sun God Clan.

Ultimately, as the last Sun Monarch, Ashlot's God Clan blood was too thin. Ascending to Supreme-tier wasn't to suppress the scene with combat power; the Nun, the Old Monster, and others were the true powerful guardians of Dusk City. Ashlot forcibly ascended to Supreme-tier mainly to inherit the "Sun Blood" and to withstand the erosion of the "Sun Blood" for a long time, maintaining the sun in the sky.

Sadly, the "Sun Blood" was once the source of power for generations of Sun Monarchs; the problem of "Sun Blood" eroding the successor simply didn't exist. This was the supreme secret treasure inherited by the Sun God Clan. But by the last dozen generations of Sun Monarchs, their God Clan bloodline was too thin, leading them to be unable to bear this power. Power that cannot be borne is erosion.

"Ah~! Power of the ancestors!"

Ashlot grabbed his chest with one hand, leaving five bloodstains where his fingers passed. What seeped out wasn't blood, but golden-red Sun Blood.

Boom!

A flame shockwave erupted with Ashlot as the center point. His gaunt body became a bit stronger, and golden-red patterns spread, causing the armor on his body to explode. These golden-red patterns spread to his back, forming a sun mark on his spine.

Kneeling on one knee, Ashlot, holding the hilt of the greatsword with one hand, lifted his head. He suddenly charged out, flames igniting the area he passed, and the greatsword in his hand turned scorching red.

Dang!!

This sword strike fell with full force. Even though Su Xiao blocked it perfectly, the ground beneath his feet cracked extensively. Ashlot roared, and a magma battle axe formed in his left hand, poised to slash at Su Xiao's head.

"Extreme Blade: World."

Zing!

Slash marks crisscrossing the surroundings flashed and vanished. The magma battle axe in Ashlot's hand shattered, and along with it, half of his left arm.

"Blood Smoke Spear."

A blood spear formed in Su Xiao's left hand and thrust forward. It didn't feel like Su Xiao was thrusting a spear, but rather that the blood spear was carrying him forward; the sense of power penetration was particularly strong.

Puchi!

The blood spear pierced through Ashlot's chest. Don't underestimate this blood spear; this move was the melee version of the Blood Smoke Cannon, and its explosive power was particularly fierce. The enemy either dodged, exposing Su Xiao to an opening, or if the enemy attempted to tank this move, they would definitely have their block broken and their body pierced.

The reason was that this ability, named "Blood Smoke Spear," combined the dual bonuses of the Melee Master and Blood Spear Master. Previously, when Su Xiao formed a blood spear, it was a wide-swinging spear that wasn't easy to use. After being taught a lesson by a powerful enemy... cough~, after being countered by a powerful enemy, he improved the manifested blood spear.

Why was the straight kick strong? Because it was focused. Since he wasn't good at using spears, he just focused on one point. So, the only characteristic of the "Blood Smoke Spear" was thrusting and piercing, sacrificing everything to push this characteristic to the extreme.

Regarding the opening exposed after this move was evaded, that was a trap. After the Demon Spirit "replaced" him, the enemy would enjoy a small combo of a blood beast lunge + a heavy slash + a straight kick to the sky.

Boom!

The "Blood Smoke Spear" that pierced into Ashlot's chest exploded. As he took large steps back, blood gushed from his mouth and nose. This was a situation that only happened when various internal organs were pierced. If only the stomach, airway, or lungs were severely injured, there wouldn't be such a large amount of blood spraying.

Ashlot held the greatsword high. With a hum, Golden Power shot straight into the sky, and a golden greatsword towering between heaven and earth formed, poised to strike down.

A blood energy phantom had already appeared behind Su Xiao. A soul bow was drawn, shooting a black smoke arrow. The next instant, the black smoke arrow appeared in front of Ashlot, turning into the Blade Demon Spirit.

"Demon Spirit: Slay."

With a whoosh, a dark red chain slashed diagonally, enveloping Ashlot within it. The slash chain was filled with tiny sparks, as Su Xiao had charged "Blade Dao Blade: Slay" on the spot and transmitted it to the Demon Spirit, using the Demon Spirit to unleash it.

The moment the Demon Spirit slashed out "Slay," Su Xiao performed a phantom slash, creating a circular blood-colored blade glow. The diameter of this blade glow was over three meters, and after flying a dozen meters, it suddenly accelerated and rotated.

"Blade Dao Blade: Blood Vortex."

A blood blade vortex formed, erupting with powerful suction, trapping Ashlot in the center. Coupled with the shredding of thousands of blood blades, large patches of bloodstains appeared on his body.

Su Xiao and the Demon Spirit swapped positions, appearing in front of Ashlot, and slashed out with one blade.

"Blade Dao Blade: Extreme."

The blade edge outlined an elegant bloodstain, gradually dissipating in the air. As the blood vortex dissipated, Ashlot, holding his throat with one hand, retreated several steps. He vomited a large amount of blood with a "wah" sound, and the bloodstains between his fingers were unstoppable.

"Yes, how could a last-generation royal descendant like me, who has lived on a sickbed in the palace for so long, be a match for a Law-Breaker at the same level?"

Ashlot was very calm. He had used up all his strength to ensure the last Sun Monarch did not lose his dignity and decorum. Unfortunately, his body, eroded to the point of being terminally ill by the "Sun Blood," left him unable to fight any longer.

Ashlot looked up at the dim sun in the sky. Holding the greatsword with one hand, he could only lift his other severed arm to make a gesture of praising the sun. He seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be saying to Su Xiao:

"My sun, it is about to set. I also wanted to... bathe in the sacred sun of the First Era."

Having said that, Ashlot knelt on one knee, supporting himself with one hand on the greatsword so he wouldn't fall. The pupils in his eyes went completely dim, and he died with his head hanging, leaning on the Sun Greatsword.

At the same time, the golden-red patterns on Ashlot's body began to dim, representing that the "Sun Blood" in his body had entered an ownerless state. A ripple spread from the "Sun Blood," sweeping across the entire Sun Star like a tide in a short time. However, there were no longer any Sun God Clan members on the entire Sun Star.

No, there was still one.

At this moment, on the dim sun in the sky, cracks appeared, and liquid representing the darkness of the abyss flowed out from the sun's cracks. As the cracks widened, the sun's surface seemed to shatter like a layer.

Looking down from the sky, one could see darkness spreading beneath the dark red sun. Fragments fell, looking small, but after actually landing, each one was the size of a city, crashing onto the distant earth, emitting successive roars and stirring up shockwaves that spread to the surroundings.

Along with the sun's shell fragments and dark liquid, a burly figure also fell. This figure fell like a meteorite. When it was a hundred meters from the ground, its speed dropped sharply. Although it landed like a descent, the strength of its aura caused the surrounding space and earth to crackle and split.

This burly figure was over 4 meters tall. Among the God Clan, whose height was generally 2.9 to 3.2 meters, he was definitely in the tallest and most imposing tier. He wore a War King crown, which was both a headpiece and a crown, his messy gray-white hair was disheveled, his gray-white beard was tied in coarse braids, he wore pitch-black armor, and his cloak was dark red. The sun ring pattern on the cloak hung down in lines, spreading to the tattered hem.

This Sun God Clan member, who had sealed himself in the sun, was none other than the First Sun King of the Sun Star. At this moment, he was awakened from his slumber, or rather, the "Sun Blood" could no longer be inherited, so it awakened this First Sun King.

The Sun King stopped beside the last Sun Monarch, Ashlot. He lifted his hand, covered in wrinkles and calluses, and pressed it lightly on Ashlot's head. He could feel that this was his last descendant, a descendant who, with such thin God Clan blood, still inherited the "Sun Blood."

The Sun King took off his own crown and placed this crown, which represented the Sun King, on the head of this last descendant. There was one thing outsiders didn't know: except for the First Sun King, all subsequent Sun God Clan kings could only call themselves Sun Monarchs or Sun Sovereigns. All God Clan members and old nobles tacitly agreed on one thing: the only one qualified to be called the Sun King was the First King who had created the Sun Faction.

And at this moment, the Sun King bestowed his crown upon his last descendant. Even though this descendant was not powerful and had not saved the Sun Faction from decline, he had still chosen to inherit the "Sun Blood" with such thin God Clan blood and maintained it until this very moment.

The Sun King gripped the hilt of the Sun Greatsword. At this instant, the Sun Greatsword was awakened, releasing an awe-inspiring aura.

At the same time, the sun in the sky, which had been dim, suddenly returned to its peak state of midday, instantly dispelling the darkness and haze, and even scorching the earth too intensely.

Su Xiao and the Sun King stood a hundred meters apart. Without a word, Su Xiao vanished from his spot, his blade tearing through space.

Dang!!

The long blade and greatsword clashed. When Ashlot used the Sun Greatsword, it felt somewhat like using a giant sword, but in the hands of the Sun King, it was of greatsword specification. After all, it was originally forged by the Molten Giant for the Sun King.

The moment the sharp blade and greatsword clashed, Su Xiao felt high heat that threatened to melt his soul hit his face. His health dropped rapidly. If he continued to parry, he would be burned to ashes by this sun heatwave in less than 10 seconds.

The sound of wind breaking came from above. It was Amu, who had been blasted into the sky earlier. With the Dawn Great Shield in one hand and the Bloodthirsty Battle Axe in the other, he slashed at the Sun King's head.

Facing this situation, the Sun King just glanced at Amu.

Boom!

A sun pillar struck down. Amu was instantly scorched all over, falling to the ground with a thud, one leg still twitching on the ground. Even Amu, whose survival ability had been significantly improved, was almost killed by the Sun King in one hit.

Logically, the combat power limit of this world had been sealed to the Absolute-tier, but the First Sun King was too powerful. Facing this seal, his combat power was still between the peak of Absolute-tier and Supreme-tier.

The Sun King's greatsword continued to slash forward, ignoring Su Xiao's parry and block, breaking the block and blasting Su Xiao away. As Su Xiao flew backward, the Sun King extended one hand forward. A whistling sound came from above, and hundreds of scorching red meteorites, each a kilometer in diameter, dragged tail flames as they crashed down.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The earth trembled under the impact of the fire meteors. The slashing sound of the blade tore through the roar. With a crisp sound of metal clashing, all the scorching red meteorites crashing down were slashed into sugar-cube-sized pieces, turning into fire rain.

Seeing this scene, the Sun King was not surprised. Once upon a time, he had fought side-by-side with several old Law-Breakers of the First Era. But at this moment, facing the Third Era Law-Breaker who had killed the last monarch of the Sun God Clan, he would not show mercy. Moreover, the other party had come to take away the Sun God Clan's supreme secret treasure, the "Sun Blood." Since that was the case, he would see if the other party was qualified.

The greatsword was plunged into the ground. Ashlot had used the same move earlier, but when the Sun King used it, it was an ability on a completely different dimension.

A golden-red battle formation appeared, enveloping the entire Dusk City. As the Sun King pulled out the greatsword, golden sun flames rose. If Baha hadn't seen that the situation was bad and hurriedly opened a space channel to send Amu and Xiang Bubu Wang far away, this single move would have sent Amu and Xiang Bubu Wang away.

Speaking of which, Amu, as Su Xiao's follower, was both fully utilizing his talent for taking beatings and was somewhat wasted. In other Absolute-tier squads, Amu would definitely be the core main tank. Alas, the powerful enemies Su Xiao fought were one more outrageous than the next, and Amu's main task became eating skills, helping Su Xiao eat one major enemy ultimate move in every death battle.

In the golden-red sun flames, Su Xiao's health dropped in chunks. This was still because he had:

"Inscription Pedestal: God Sacrifice: Supreme Sun (Core Passive, Overloading), immune to 85% of sun flame damage."

"Cold Will: Protective Cold (Core Passive), after activating this equipment, this equipment will add a protective aura to you and friendly targets within 1000 meters, reducing the sun-type damage you take by 50% (including real sun damage, this is a faction mutual-restraint characteristic)."

The two damage exemption effects could not be stacked. It was 【Cold Will】 exempting first, and then 【Inscription Pedestal: God Sacrifice】 exempting. But even after this double exemption, Su Xiao's health was still dropping in chunks. While his whole body was in intense pain, his soul also had a strong burning pain. One could imagine how outrageous this sun flame damage would be if there were no exemption effects.

Wind pressure hit his face. Su Xiao, in the golden-red sun flames, sensed a greatsword slashing over. He held his blade to parry.

"Perfect Block."

Dang~!

Su Xiao flew backward. The Wild Hunt long leather coat on his right arm was torn into irregular strips. His right arm was covered in cracks, and Checking Zhan Long Shan's durability dropped by 10%.

After flying ten thousand meters, Su Xiao landed in a half-squat. Because he had been sliding backward, his crystal left hand turned into a claw, stabbing into the ground. After plowing until dust filled the air, he stabilized his figure. But the next instant, that burly figure appeared in front of him again, still a simple, unadorned, yet unparryable heavy slash.

Puchi!

Su Xiao was slashed to pieces. The splattered blood turned into black-blue smoke, and when it tried to attach to the Sun King's body, it was scorched into black-blue gas by his high heat. The Demon Spirit could only return, coming behind Su Xiao, one hand hugging Su Xiao's neck. With his long black-blue hair flying, his soul strength couldn't completely suppress the Demon Spirit for the time being; the Demon Spirit had been a bit presumptuous lately.

Blood drops flowed down Su Xiao's chin, evaporating before they hit the ground due to the surrounding golden-red sun flame environment. He couldn't help but suspect that these sun flames wouldn't last for a while, but were like an aura, existing until the end of the battle.

A sense of crisis came from above. Su Xiao jumped sideways. A roar made his left ear buzz, and his left cheek felt the scorching high heat first. It was a sun pillar falling from his side. If he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been hit.

Wind pressure hit his face again. The pressure of fighting the Sun King, if Su Xiao hadn't fought a host of powerful enemies, would have definitely felt like his heart was being tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand. As the saying goes, retribution comes too fast. How he had hammered Ashlot just five minutes ago, the other party's ancestor was now hammering him in a similar way.

"Perfect Block."

While Su Xiao performed a Perfect Block, he entered a space penetration state. He confirmed one thing: it wasn't that the Perfect Block wasn't effective, but that the Sun King opposite him knew how to resolve a Perfect Block. This wasn't surprising; it was the Dark Moon Faction that the Sun King had destroyed. During the peak of the Dark Moon Faction, the Moon Wolf clan was one of the main combat forces of the Dark Moon Faction.

Dang!

The greatsword slashed down, and Su Xiao retreated a large step due to the slash. Why would this happen? The reason was that in the First Era, there were Law-Breakers who used the initial version of Dragon Shadow Flash. Although the Dragon Shadow Flash of that time was far inferior to the current one, the principle was similar.

The Sun King, who had fought against the abyss together with several old Law-Breakers of the First Era, instantly saw through this. He scorched the surrounding space with high heat. Since there was no space, space penetration became ineffective. It could only be said that the simpler the ability, the more powerful it became when pushed to the extreme, such as sun-like high heat.

During the large step Su Xiao took back, the Sun King opposite him had already delivered a straight kick. This made one wonder if the Sun King had been overlooking the battle just now.

Dong!

Su Xiao flew backward again. Fortunately, this time the 【Blood Moon Queen】 pendant's Scarlet Blood Moon ability had been activated.

"Scarlet Blood Moon (Core Active), immediately consumes 95% of current soul energy, converting it into 'Original Life Force,' thereby increasing your maximum health by 400% for the following 10 seconds. This is 'Extra Maximum Health.' During this period, all damage you take will only consume 'Extra Maximum Health' until the 'Extra Maximum Health' is exhausted."

The sun in the sky had been shrouded by dark clouds. In the vast dark cloud vortex, golden world thunder surged.

Su Xiao was using the 【King's Crown】 to enhance the 【Thunder Spirit】's ability to draw world thunder. This directly resulted in the intensity of the world thunder he drew now being determined by his elemental affinity + soul strength. He was drawing thunder with 1130 points of soul strength plus his 1290 points of elemental affinity.

Boom!!!

A golden thunder pillar several hundred kilometers thick fell. The golden-red sun flames burning on the ground were instantly evaporated by the world thunder. As the world thunder pillar fell and expanded, the buildings in the inner and outer cities of Dusk City, and even the outermost high walls, were shattered in an instant. The central district and inner city district were the most severely affected, with layers of ground being evaporated by the overly strong world thunder.

Within a hundred-meter diameter range at the very center, the ground was blasted through, and groundwater surged up. The spreading water area allowed the world thunder to further conduct and surge.

At this moment, on the high wall of Xiguang City, City Lord Shairin, who was watching this scene, had the corner of her eye twitch violently. The heads of several merchant families beside her turned to look at her with eyes full of respect... no, reverence. City Lord-sama had never sought revenge on that Law-Breaker; now it seemed that was truly the right decision.

However, City Lord Shairin's thought was: that was close. Fortunately, she had decided to be steady. It would have taken half a month to gather people to implement a revenge operation. Now it seemed, it was better not to seek revenge.

Inside the world thunder, even with Su Xiao's 674 points of base thunder resistance, plus various temporary thunder resistance abilities and temporary health, he still felt intense pain throughout his body. The health he had recovered with the "Wild Hunt" long leather coat began to slide down gradually.

"Equipment Effect 2: Warm Healing (Core Passive), the 'Ember Fire' contained within this equipment will heal your life force, restoring your health. After you are injured, this recovery effect will increase, and every time you are injured, as long as the damage intensity is higher than 5% of your maximum health, this recovery effect will stack (stacking up to five layers, with the recovery intensity of each layer increasing)."

Equipment Effect 3: Ember Power (Core Passive), in battles with powerful enemies of the same tier, if this equipment is damaged, it will trigger the 'Ember Fire' contained within, permanently increasing the equipment's strength limit.

Ember Power absorption: 75.6% (for every 1% of Ember Power absorbed, the equipment's rating will increase).

Hint: Only life-and-death battles can make the 'Ember Fire' within this equipment burn slightly, thereby triggering this characteristic. Sparring or non-lethal contests will not receive the approval of the 'Ember Fire' and will not trigger this characteristic."

From the time he upgraded "Wild Hunt" to Eternal-tier until now, the Ember Power absorption had only reached 6.2%. Now that this battle hadn't ended, the Ember Power absorption had reached 75.6%.

A golden thunder domain formed. Su Xiao and the Sun King were within it. Even for the Sun King, moving in the continuously pouring world thunder pillar was difficult. His entire armor began to show cracks, and his health dropped steadily.

Su Xiao was certain that whether he could defeat this final powerful enemy of the world depended on the next 10 seconds.

"Blade Dao Blade: Swift."

Su Xiao vanished from his spot, charging forward at high speed, arriving in front of the Sun King.

Dang! Dang! Dang!

Three consecutive slashes were all blocked by the Sun King's greatsword. Not only that, the Sun King, who was in the world thunder, actually had a tendency to counterattack.

As Su Xiao jumped backward, he performed a phantom slash, creating a circular blood-colored blade glow. A blood blade vortex formed, enveloping the Sun King within it. Due to the powerful suction of "Blade Dao Blade: Blood Vortex," the surrounding world thunder was sucked in, causing the world thunder intensity near the Sun King to skyrocket, turning the blood vortex into "Blade Dao Blade: Thunder Vortex."

Just as the thunder vortex showed signs of dissipating, a blood energy phantom appeared behind Su Xiao. The blood energy phantom's index finger pointed forward, and blood energy gathered. Because this strike was boosted by the full "Rage Blood Value" of the "Blood Beast," the blood energy compressed between the blood energy phantom's giant index finger formed a shining cross-shaped blood glow.

"Super Blood Smoke Cannon."

With a thud, a bucket-thick dark red blood smoke cannon blasted into the Sun King's chest, causing several pieces of armor on the Sun King's body to shatter, and he retreated several steps.

Just as he had the upper hand, Su Xiao's heart skipped a beat. A sense of crisis, as if being locked onto by the sun, hit him. The Sun King opposite him jumped up, his whole person seeming to turn into a sun, crashing down on Su Xiao. The scorching temperature caused his health to drop at a rate of 20% every 0.5 seconds.

"Blade Dao Blade: Time."

Dong~

The domain of Time expanded, making everything around him slow down a bit, including the falling sun. Su Xiao's pupils began to constrict gradually, not because of fear, but because he was narrowing his focus to make the most detailed observation.

Dead Silence Power emerged. Su Xiao pulled out the Dead Silence Ember with one hand from the spreading Dead Silence. The five Ember bullets inside fused into one "Super Ember Bullet."

"Equipment Effect 2: Super Ember Bullet (Core Active): Instantly consumes all 'Ember Bullets' in the Dead Silence Ember. This attack's bullet flight speed increases by 5.86 times, and bullet power increases by 1500%. After hitting the enemy, this 'Super Ember Bullet' will form an explosive attack rather than a bullet penetration attack. Therefore, this attack possesses a 'Must-Interrupt Characteristic,' which can interrupt, break, or stop attacks and abilities the enemy is about to use or is in the middle of using.

Hint: If this attack successfully interrupts the enemy's attack or ability, then the enemy will enter a block-broken body paralysis state. The high-concentration Dead Silence Power exploded by this 'Super Ember Bullet' will be immediately retrieved by the Dead Silence Ember in your hand, forming a 'Super Ember Bullet' that exists for at most 3 seconds. If this 'Super Ember Bullet' is not triggered within 3 seconds, it will dissipate.

Hint: If the enemy is hit by two 'Super Ember Bullets' within 5 seconds, their physical defense will be permanently reduced by 20%!"

After Su Xiao's pupils constricted a few times, he aimed the Dead Silence Ember at the falling sun and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A gray-black Ember bullet flew out of the muzzle. While the bullet rotated slightly in flight, it left a semi-transparent air vortex along the way. The speed of this Ember bullet was extremely fast, but it also required sufficient predictive ability.

The falling sun shattered with a boom, and a large amount of Sun Power dissipated. The Sun King within it landed, and under his stomping, the earth trembled.

The Dead Silence energy that exploded on the Sun King's chest was instantly gathered back into the Dead Silence Ember, forming another "Super Ember Bullet." In the pouring world thunder, the hem of Su Xiao's black long leather coat snapped in the wind. He aimed the Dead Silence Ember at the Sun King's head and pulled the trigger again.

Bang!

The Sun King's figure tilted slightly. Although he didn't retreat, he was almost forced to kneel on one knee. Not giving him any breathing room, Su Xiao ambushed him, delivering a straight kick with full power penetration.

The shockwave expanded. This straight kick didn't send the Sun King flying—after all, it was full power penetration—but it successfully forced the Sun King to kneel on one knee, his body falling into a paralysis state.

"Heavenly Wrath: Torrent Slash" ability activated. All surrounding world thunder instantly gathered and attached to the Checking Zhan Long Shan in Su Xiao's hand. The long blade thrust out, instantly piercing the Sun King's chest and heart. The next second, the powerful world thunder gathered on the blade exploded.

After a loud bang, Su Xiao was blasted away by the world thunder, and the Sun King was blasted back several large steps, leaving golden-red God Clan blood along the way.

The surrounding world thunder subsided. The good news was that the golden-red sun flames had been blasted away by the world thunder. The bad news was that the Sun King still had 51.68% of his health left, which was still a large gap from the 30% execution line.

Boom! Su Xiao sprayed blood all over. In just an instant, a large amount of protective energy derived from Su Xiao's technique abilities was consumed. On the Checking Zhan Long Shan, whose tip was pointing diagonally at the ground, golden light erupted. Unlike the golden light corresponding to gold or sun, this golden light was more refined and possessed powerful attack power.

"Blade Dao Blade: Bai Ye."

Su Xiao charged out silently. When the long blade in his hand clashed with the Sun King's greatsword, a loud bang that shook the entire South Continent spread out. The golden slashing force and the scorching red sun each occupied half the domain. As the two subsided, a giant space crack with no end in sight appeared in the sky with a crackle, and the firmament was slashed open.

The greatsword swept across, and a residual image flew backward, crashing into the only remaining pair of metal giant doors in the central district. A black-blue residual image flashed past, and sharp claws pierced into the Sun King's back neck. Just as it was about to pull outward, it was blasted away by a sun explosion. Baha turned from a magic eagle into a bald eagle in a second.

"Moo!"

Amu, who jumped down from the metal giant door, slashed with his giant axe. With a clang, the battle axe was blocked by the long sword, followed by a heavy punch that knocked out more than half of Amu's teeth. Amu crashed into the metal door leaf while flying backward and landed beside Su Xiao with a thud.

"Woof."

Xiang Bubu Wang, who had blended into the environment, lunged and bit the Sun King's shoulder, but was gripped by the Sun King with one hand. With a crack, his neck was almost pinched off. If Baha hadn't ambushed again, Xiang Bubu Wang would definitely have been slashed into two by the sword, rather than being thrown as a weapon to knock Baha away.

Xiang Bubu Wang and Baha also crashed into the metal giant door, falling with thuds. Benny, who had been lying in ambush for a long time, lunged out with a "meow," jumped onto the Sun King's head, and was about to scratch him, but before she could succeed, she was blasted away by the Sun King's aura. Her output for the whole battle was just a "meow," and Benny also bounced comically after hitting the metal door before falling with a thud.

Thus, under the metal door, all members of Su Xiao's squad were neatly gathered. The 【Clock of Time】, which had been prepared for a long time, appeared in Su Xiao's hand. Although the odds of winning were already very low, having fought to this point, there was no turning back.

As for why he didn't find Sinbad or Wood for this battle, the reason was simple: this was not a battle for two "good teammates." The three "good teammates" could cooperate until now because they wouldn't be each other's babysitters, each having their own goals.

A whistling sound came from afar. Su Xiao looked over and saw a sharp spear glow coming from far to near, accompanied by a shout:

"Haha, your godfather has come to save you, old friend."

The dark silver long spear pierced through the rainbow, striking at the Sun King with an unstoppable posture. Logically, as an old noble, Luciva couldn't face the First Sun King in battle; this was a blood oath his ancestors had made with the Sun King. But now, Luciva had done it.

Clang! The greatsword blocked the dark silver long spear. The Sun King, who had already been severely injured by Su Xiao, couldn't help but retreat two large steps.

Luciva, with black smoke rising from his body, turned his dark silver long spear into liquid, transforming it into a sturdy shield. After blocking a heavy sword strike, he thrust his short spear repeatedly, residual images appearing. He shouted: "King of the God Clan, our sun should have set long ago. We are just the past; we cannot drag everyone down with us."

"Blade Dao Blade: Flow."

Dang!

The wind mark was blocked. While slashing this blade, Su Xiao looked at Baha. Baha understood and opened a space channel, taking Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, and Benny to retreat first. The state of the four of them meant that staying would only increase the difficulty of the battle. In Su Xiao's squad, there would never be a situation where someone stubbornly chose not to leave at a critical moment, acting as a drag.

With Luciva's assistance, Su Xiao's pressure was significantly reduced, and his winning percentage increased by a large margin. Taking advantage of Luciva blocking the Sun King, he performed a phantom slash.

"Blade Dao Blade: Blue Ghost."

Blue Ghost was the fastest. At this moment, he had to be so fast that even the Sun King...

Dang!

Blue Ghost was slashed back by a greatsword and bounced onto Luciva's dark silver shield, which left Luciva looking suspicious.

"Blade Dao Blade: Flow."

Puchi~

A bloodstain deep enough to reach the bone appeared on the Sun King's chest. After he slashed Luciva back with one sword, his eyes narrowed slightly. Seeing the change in the Sun King's expression, both Su Xiao and Luciva had an extremely ominous feeling.

Just see the Sun King holding the Sun Greatsword high. With a hum! Sun particles surged on it. These sun particles fissioned and expanded on the sword body. In the blink of an eye, the phantom of the Sun Greatsword was so huge that it towered between heaven and earth. Ashlot had used this move earlier, and even the False King who held the Sun Greatsword had tried to use it. Among them, one failed, and the other successfully blew himself up.

The Sun Greatsword composed of sun particles exploded, the sound resounding through the sky. Su Xiao felt an impact that could crush everything hit him. With a buzz in his ears and his eyes turning white, he temporarily lost all feeling.

A few seconds later, Su Xiao, in the "Blood-Wielder" state of the Blood Spear Master core ability, suddenly opened his eyes. The greatsword tore through the air, about to slash his neck.

Dang!

The long blade blocked the greatsword, and the dark silver long spear thrust over, piercing into the Sun King's shoulder and pushing the Sun King back. As a result, the greatsword slashed down, and the long spear shattered. This weapon could indeed be liquefied, but the temperature of this slash was too high, causing the weapon to solidify until it became brittle. This shattering meant it could no longer be restored.

Luciva, with only his right arm left, lunged forward, but was met with a sword hilt. Luciva, stunned by the end of the sword hilt, was immediately stepped on by the Sun King. Amidst the surging cold wind pressure, the greatsword was poised to stab down, intending to pierce through Luciva's head.

"Blood Smoke Cannon."

Su Xiao gathered blood energy at his index finger and blasted a Blood Smoke Cannon. The move he had used easily in the past almost sent himself away. The world before his eyes kept overlapping, his ears occasionally buzzed, and the whole world swayed left and right like a big ship in a giant wave.

With a muffled boom, the Sun King, who wanted to finish Luciva with one sword, was blasted into stagnation. Taking advantage of this opening, a black-blue residual image lunged over. It was Baha, who had moved away via space displacement and had been watching from afar with his super eagle-eye ability. Determining the timing was ripe, he sneaked over.

Baha's sharp claws pierced into the Sun King's side neck. He spread his wings, just about to fly with all his might to drag him backward, when he was gripped by the Sun King with one hand. Baha was almost killed.

Luciva wouldn't miss such an opportunity. After leaping up, he jumped onto the Sun King's back, using his only remaining arm to choke the Sun King's back neck.

"Slash!"

Luciva roared, meaning there was no need to worry about him; there was only this one chance.

"Blade Dao Blade: Magic Blade!"

Su Xiao, who finally stopped spinning, stepped forward. But the next instant, sun particles appeared on the Sun King's body. With a hum! These sun particles erupted with high heat. Luciva's body was instantly evaporated by more than half, and more than half of Baha's body, as well as all his internal organs, turned into charcoal.

Zing!

The long blade, clinging with black-blue smoke, slashed diagonally across the Sun King's chest. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao squeezed the 【Clock of Time】 in his other hand until it cracked. As a life-saving item from Apocalypse Paradise, the 【Clock of Time】 could of course choose a designated target. He chose Baha and Luciva as the targets.

As the activated 【Clock of Time】 was thrown out, the injuries that would have cost Luciva and Baha their lives in the following seconds were instantly restored. No, it was reversed. The effect of the 【Clock of Time】 was that after use, it could restore the designated target's state to 3 seconds ago.

This life-saving item was of course strong; it was the ultimate reward Apocalypse Paradise gave to Mo Lei when she completed a designated task.

Although they were restored to their state 3 seconds ago, Baha and Luciva only saved their lives. They were already severely injured 3 seconds ago, and at this time, they fell to the ground one after another.

The Sun King didn't continue to attack. The Demon Spirit's dark blue smoke seeped into his wounds, causing his eyes to quickly turn dark blue. He looked up at the sun in the sky. The sun, which had just erupted with scorching sunlight, was dim once again. Even the sun had a time of dimness and ending, let alone the Sun Faction that had been fighting the Ancient Dragon Faction to the death.

With a crack, cracks appeared on the Sun Greatsword, and it shattered piece by piece. The Sun King's majestic body began to turn into ashes from his shoulders and other positions, finally dissipating completely.

The Sun Faction was created by this First Sun King, and at this moment, with his death, the Sun Faction would completely decline. It could be said that it was born because of him and died with him.

Su Xiao and Luciva sat leaning against the metal giant door. Su Xiao drank a few bottles of potions, but the recovery potions beside Luciva were not moved at all. He just watched the sun in the sky gradually set.

【Hint: You have killed the First Sun King. You have obtained "Sun Fragment."】

【You have obtained "Moon Blood," "World Core (This World)," and "Sun Fragment." Collecting these three, your main quest can be completed with the highest quest evaluation. But because you hold these three simultaneously, you can choose the following ways to complete the final link of the main quest.】

1. Dark Moon Rise: Pour "Moon Blood" onto "World Core (This World)." Choosing this will reopen the Dark Moon Era of this world.

2. Old Days Continuation: Forcibly embed "Sun Fragment" into "World Core (This World)." Choosing this will cause the "Residual Yesterday" of this world to rise again, continuing the Old Days Era of the Sun Faction.

3. Witness: After witnessing the Old Days, let "World Core (This World)" absorb "Moon Blood" and "Sun Fragment." This world will open a brand new era belonging to the living beings of this world!

Su Xiao of course chose "Witness." Completing it would grant him the 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power "Hunter List: Blood Contract: Bounty 5," which corresponded to "Witness," or rather, corresponded to the "Witnessing the Old Days" part of "Witness."

"Bounty 5: Old Days: Witness the Old Days."

As the "World Core" in Su Xiao's hand absorbed "Moon Blood" and "Sun Fragment" simultaneously, this "World Core" faded and disappeared, being gathered by the World Consciousness of this world.

At the same time, the dim sun on the horizon set completely, and the whole world returned to darkness. This was absolute darkness that neither fire nor light could illuminate. Every second was very long. In the darkness, Luciva asked:

"Bai Ye, do you think I chose wrong?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Some answers must be seen with one's own eyes to find peace.

Darkness made time long, but there was always an end. A glimmer of dawn broke on the horizon, making the darkness shrouding the world no longer terrifying. As the brand-new sun gradually rose, the darkness on the earth was evaporated like cold mist.

The spectacular lightless zone sky wall also began to collapse with the reflection of the brand-new sun. The darkness accumulated in the lightless zone surged out, but under the pure sunlight, it was quickly evaporated. The two pitch-black sky walls completely collapsed, and one small abyss channel after another in this world was exposed. But under the shine of the brand-new sun, these small abyss channels began to shrink and fade.

These small abyss channels would still appear, but certainly not in the Third Era. Perhaps when the sun in the sky also became a residual yesterday, these small abyss channels would reappear. More accurately, this was part of the world's rule system.

Under the metal giant door, Luciva, who was leaning there, looked at the gradually rising sun and the evaporating darkness of the lightless zone in the distance. After muttering something with a smile on his face, he said:

"Old friend, I'll sleep for a while. By the way, this is for you. Don't wake me up yet, let me sleep for a while."

The metal card-like "Lord Train" key was thrown out. Having said that, Luciva lowered his head and gradually lost his breath. As an old noble bloodline, forcibly suppressing the blood oath with the Sun God Clan, challenging the First Sun King, and briefly erupting with power exceeding the Absolute-tier to shake the Sun King's ultimate move—these all had a price. And this price was named "Destiny Prepayment."

Su Xiao caught the "Lord Train" key with one hand. After resting for a while, he was able to stand up. He flicked the drops of blood off his long blade.

The First Sun King had been killed. ===== CHAPTER 3919 =====