Chapter 3950: Supreme Treasure

Two pieces of news, one good and one bad, lay before him.

The good news: he had successfully killed Great Lord Gulbak.

The bad news: eighty percent of the spoils he should have received for killing Great Lord Gulbak had been stolen by the Mysterious Merchant.

Su Xiao and Caesar had been working together for so long, yet this was truly the first time they had been fleeced while teaming up.

"My dear friend, I will find a way to drag him out."

Caesar spoke with a lewd, cunning grin on his face.

"I'll handle the cleanup."

Su Xiao walked out of the office. His division of labor with Caesar had always been clear. After exiting the top-floor office, he arrived at the hole Great Lord Gulbak had just smashed through, jumped down into the dungeon, and saw Gulbak's mangled corpse.

A crystal short blade formed in Su Xiao's hand. He pried open the clothing on Gulbak's left upper arm, where a golden mark was dissipating. This thing had another name: the "Apostle Mark."

Su Xiao had seen this mark many times and naturally knew it was placed by his old rival, the Platinum Apostle. Come to think of it, the clashes with the Platinum Apostle were trickier than expected. This guy's methods never manifested immediately; they always had a fermentation period of at least a few days. By the time his plans were exposed and one wanted to track him down, he would have vanished without a trace.

Su Xiao never hunted the Platinum Apostle, not because he didn't trust his own tracking abilities, but because he trusted the tracking methods of the Reincarnation Paradise's strongest hunter, the Leader. The fact that the Platinum Apostle had survived under the Leader's pursuit proved that hunting wasn't the correct way to deal with him; one had to find his weakness.

At this stage, it was no longer a time when one could eliminate rule-breakers through mere pursuit. Thinking about it carefully, clashing with these monsters and demons was actually quite fun. One shouldn't be dominated by urgency or anger; one should enjoy the process of the hunt. A hunter who is focused and enjoys the process of the hunt is the most brilliant and terrifying kind.

The crystal short blade sliced open the skin where the "Apostle Mark" was. A small amount of golden blood trickled out. Seeing this, Su Xiao understood why the usually platinum-colored "Apostle Mark" had been dyed golden this time: Great Lord Gulbak was the World's Son of this world!

Discovering this, Su Xiao felt that the Scarlet Lord's move was truly brilliant. One could only say that he was worthy of being the hegemon of the First Epoch; even without the sharp fangs of the past, his ruthlessness had not diminished.

Su Xiao had been locked in a bitter struggle with the Golden City for so many days, and he had long since had the irritable sprite Diagu investigate the past of the Golden City to avoid the enemy having a trump card that could decide the outcome. The most crucial piece of intelligence among them was Gulbak's rise.

The appearance of a World's Son is closely related to the world's consciousness. For the world's consciousness of this world, the lord system was forcibly embedded into the world, a terrifying parasite. The core of this parasite was the Scarlet Lord.

Unfortunately, as the World's Son, Gulbak had not been able to grow stronger according to the path of destiny. With the Scarlet Lord's insight, he had discovered Gulbak's existence as soon as the latter began to show promise.

An even more brilliant step was that the Scarlet Lord did not choose to kill Gulbak. He knew clearly that after killing this World's Son, a new one would appear within a few years, or even less time.

The Scarlet Lord actively supported Gulbak, using this World's Son to get rid of the Golden Lord.

Gulbak destroying the Golden Lord was undoubtedly the situation the Scarlet Lord most wanted to see. Furthermore, as the World's Son, even if Gulbak mastered the Lord Aura, he could not possess the Lord Core, which would inevitably lead to rejection by the world's consciousness.

The world's consciousness needed a World's Son who could defeat the lord system, not one who would create a powerful lord.

From Gulbak's perspective, he could only feel that he lacked the talent for the lord system and couldn't activate the Lord Core even after successfully seizing it. But for the Scarlet Lord, letting a waste like Gulbak, who couldn't master the Lord Core, rule the Golden City was the best choice.

As for why he didn't destroy the Golden City to eliminate future trouble, twenty percent of the wealth expenditure of the Eternal Light City came from the Golden City's "Energy Crystal" business. This was also why, even when the Golden Lord was so arrogant back then, the Scarlet Lord hadn't directly taken action against him. The Undead Race only recognized the cooperation with the Golden City; as for who controlled the Golden City, the elders of the Undead Race didn't really care.

The Undead Race was famous for being stubborn mules; it wasn't just a matter of being dead-headed, they were dead through and through.

After completing this step, the Scarlet Lord began the next: destroying the World's Son's faith. This aspect wasn't hard to operate. By borrowing his hand to let the other party kill their own best friends, partners, or childhood sweethearts, they would basically turn evil on the spot.

Su Xiao had personally planned and implemented such things when dealing with World's Sons of other worlds in the past... *cough*, he once had a friend who had done similar things.

After being finished off by the Scarlet Lord's set of operations, Gulbak, this World's Son, turned completely evil. Until a few days ago, a Law-Breaker arrived in this world.

After the hegemon forces of the First Epoch met the strongest faction of the Second Epoch, the former was very cautious. Just as he was preparing to test the waters, an apostle took the initiative to approach him and presented a more perfect plan.

Gulbak's growth to this point could be considered a figure of some fame in the Void. This made the Scarlet Lord feel threatened again, so he didn't hesitate to agree to the Platinum Apostle's plan and conditions.

This time, the Platinum Apostle didn't devour Great Lord Gulbak's destiny but quietly stripped away Gulbak's predestination. Logically, it was impossible to strip away a World's Son's predestination. The problem lay in the fact that as a World's Son who was "occupying the latrine but not producing," Gulbak was also being rejected by the world's consciousness. With this guidance, the stripping of his predestination succeeded.

This caused Gulbak to lose his fortune, leading to his legions collapsing in the face of a strong enemy like Su Xiao. His four legions should have had three and a half capable of fighting, but as a result, only the Troll legion was truly capable; the others either fled or betrayed him.

Su Xiao didn't believe the Platinum Apostle would help the Scarlet Lord with such a big favor for no reason. He held his hand in a void grip, keeping it from touching the golden blood flowing from Gulbak's "upper arm mark," made it float up, and took out a thumb-sized crystal container to seal it.

【You have obtained Filthy Destiny Blood.】

【Filthy Destiny Blood】

Origin: Lord Continent.

Quality: World-class.

Category: Filthy Object.

Usage Effect: This filthy object can permanently erode and pollute all sacred characteristics. When this destiny blood is activated, it will automatically track a certain sacred entity it intends to pollute.

Rating: 5999 points (World-class item rating is 10–6000 points).

Introduction: Oh, twisted and deformed destiny.

There was no doubt that this was the Platinum Apostle's goal. The only flaw in the opponent's plan was not expecting Gulbak to die so early, or rather, not expecting Su Xiao to be able to upgrade an ultimate-level move like "Dragon Shadow King" to max level within a few days, thereby soloing the Golden City.

Thinking in another way, the Platinum Apostle was willing to bear the risk to catalyze this 【Filthy Destiny Blood】, likely to deal with someone. This person possessed sacred-type abilities, and this person's existence threatened the Platinum Apostle to a great extent.

But thinking about it again, with the Platinum Apostle's style, how could he leave such a hidden danger? Even if Gulbak hadn't died so early, there would have been many unknown risks in recovering the 【Filthy Destiny Blood】 later.

In that case, what the 【Filthy Destiny Blood】 corresponded to was nine times out of ten not the Platinum Apostle's weakness, but another secret. The current plan felt somewhat like intentionally gifting the 【Filthy Destiny Blood】 to Su Xiao.

Combining these factors, a possibility began to emerge: this unknown powerful sacred-type entity might have an ability that restrained the Priest's immortality. If one considered the Priest's immortality ability to be at a very high rank, then looking across the Void, only this unknown powerful sacred-type entity had an ability that might be able to kill the Priest completely.

After Su Xiao obtained the 【Filthy Destiny Blood】, once he survived and completed this World Contest, he might be able to activate it and track down that unknown powerful sacred-type entity.

Why would the Platinum Apostle pit his own "teammate" like this? The answer was that he knew his teammate's style too well. If he didn't use some methods, this old thing would definitely pull off an operation where his faction and team lost, but he himself won.

This World Contest was crucial to the Platinum Apostle, or rather, it was the only chance he had to continue living. The "Dawn Exemption Certificate" that shielded him from the Leader's pursuit would expire in a few months. At that time, it would be his death date; facing the Leader, there was truly not a single chance.

The effect of the Platinum Apostle's open conspiracy was that the Priest either had to kill Su Xiao in this world or, after the World Contest ended, expose his only weakness to Su Xiao. With this multiple-choice question, the Priest couldn't slack off the whole time and eventually become one of the winners.

And this open conspiracy wasn't just against the Priest; it was also against Su Xiao.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering, footsteps came from the side. An elf wearing a dark green long coat and a hood walked over. She looked past middle age, but judging by her features, she must have been a beauty in her youth, except for the erosion marks on her left cheek that spread into her collar.

"He is already dead. Your grudges should be over. Can I take him away and bury him?"

The elf spoke with a complex look in her eyes.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. "Deathly Silence" appeared in his hand, and he fired a shot through Gulbak's chest, also piercing the opponent's stopped heart. One could give a dead strong enemy some decency, but this decency had to ensure the opponent wouldn't rise from the ashes.

Seeing Su Xiao's silent consent, the elf stepped forward, carried Gulbak's corpse on her back, and after walking a few steps, tilted her head slightly and said to Su Xiao: "He wasn't like this before. Be careful... the Scarlet Lord; he might be your true enemy."

Leaving these words, the elf gradually walked away. The story of a lord named Gulbak ended here. Sadly, this wasn't his story, but an insignificant yet somewhat brilliant page in the Scarlet Lord's heavy biography.

Returning to the surface, the Golden City at this time had already displayed its "simple folk customs." After the enslaved dungeon poor regained their freedom, they didn't cheer or look full of joy as in movie stories, but hysterically released their past despair and suffering, transforming it into violence.

Boarding the Lord Train, Su Xiao left this place with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha. When the scenery outside the window became lush with greenery, the bonus brought by Dragon Shadow King gradually faded. In contrast, he felt waves of exhaustion. This wasn't the overdraft caused by the ability, but rather he was somewhat unaccustomed to using a max-level Dragon Shadow King for the first time.

Taking the lemon ice water delivered by the smart robot, Su Xiao drank it in one gulp, feeling refreshed from the inside out. He checked the current gains. Although the money in the casino vault had been intercepted, the gains from Caesar and Fanny "stocking up" at the No. 2 vault were still very secure. The total gains were as follows:

【You have obtained 620,000 Soul Coins.】

【You have obtained Soul Crystal Essence × 106.】

【You have obtained a 50% off coupon for the Goblin Chamber of Commerce.】

【You have obtained the Giant Bank Vault Key (With this vault key, you can retrieve 10 Eternal-grade equipment stored in the Giant Bank).】

It could be seen that Gulbak had already planned to run away; the Eternal-grade equipment he had accumulated wasn't stored in his own vault but in the Giant Bank.

However, this kind of deposit key seemed more appropriate to be kept in the top-floor vault of the casino. It seemed it was the same as expected; the top-floor vault of the casino only stored Soul Coin savings cards. Thinking about it this way, it was even more heartbreaking—that must have been a lot of Soul Coin savings cards.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Goblin Chamber of Commerce 50% off coupon】 in his hand, which looked like a plane ticket but didn't feel like paper. If used well, this thing was also a large sum of Soul Coins.

In the evening, Su Xiao returned to the Lord Manor. Dragon Shadow King could indeed kill enemies to restore health, but it didn't restore injuries thoroughly. He now urgently needed a sufficiently thorough treatment. Going up to the third floor, he knocked on Fanny's door.

After knocking several times with no one opening, Su Xiao looked at the head maid beside him. The head maid wanted to say something but stopped. Under Su Xiao's gaze, she could only open the door.

A moment later, in the inner hall, Fanny, who was yawning while maintaining her healing-type ability, saw the injuries on her body gradually recover, and the persistent feeling of weakness faded. Su Xiao opened the city list to check the current development situation.

【Current Identity: Lord of Muyu City.】

Lord Aura: E-rank (E~SSS-rank).

Lord Core: SSS-rank (E~SSS-rank).

Food: 98.6 million units.

Soldier-type units: 1.685 million (Berserk Orcs).

The Mother Nest dominated by the Silver Queen had successfully reached the fifth stage and established the "Zerg Space Tower," which caused their food production to soar from the original 960,000 units per hour to 92 million units per hour, an increase of nearly a hundred times.

This meant the Berserk Orcs' troop explosion had officially begun. Relying solely on the Lord Core to explode troops was too slow. Although their Lord Core rank was high, the volume belonged to a small-to-medium Lord Core, producing 50,000 troops per hour, and that was only because it had been upgraded to SSS-rank. This was also why the Scarlet Lord allowed every lord to possess their own Lord Core.

There was only one super-large Lord Core in this world, located under the Lord Palace in Eternal Light City. This was the super-large Lord Core built during the peak period of the Eternal Light World.

Their troop explosion relied on the perfect division of Berserk Orcs after consuming a large amount of food. This, of course, had a price. Their Lord Core producing one Berserk Orc required 40 units of food, but if it was a perfect division, the Berserk Orc needed to consume 52 units of food to complete the division.

Now, what they lacked most wasn't food, but Worker Scorpions. Now that they had 1.685 million Berserk Orcs, if they were in Muyu City, even filling the area of this small city wouldn't be enough. They could only dig large spaces deep underground to accommodate these Berserk Orcs while also providing them with a place for perfect division. Digging large spaces required many Worker Scorpions, and because of this, their Worker Scorpion count had reached 269,000.

If it were a style of seeking quick success, they could take action against the neighboring Corrupted Beast herds now. Su Xiao didn't plan to do that. Their 1.685 million Berserk Orcs, if they wanted to double their number, required 87.62 million units of food.

With their current food production of 92 million units per hour, they would increase by 1.77 million Berserk Orcs every subsequent hour. After 24 hours, their Berserk Orc count would reach over 45 million.

Two days later, they wouldn't need to plan who the enemy was; they could just keep releasing Berserk Orcs. By then, the Berserk Orc legion would spread across the entire Lord Continent like a tide. The lords of this world didn't know yet that their death knell had rung and had entered the final countdown.

Su Xiao estimated that the Scarlet Lord, Corrupted Beast herds, Molten Iron City, etc., were unlikely to wait until two days later. Although they were an endless legion flow, it was best not to defend passively. They would take the initiative to attack the Corrupted Beast herds tomorrow noon to enter the fastest state of development.

The soft glimmer of the healing type dissipated. Fanny yawned. She had been very weak these past two days and really wanted to sleep comfortably for a day and a night. "I'm going back, so sleepy."

"Wait."

After Su Xiao said this, he leaned back on the single sofa to take a nap. Fanny didn't react at first, and before she could speak:

"Sit here."

Su Xiao pointed to a crystal round stool beside the sofa. Fanny took a deep breath, and after comforting herself that this was her captain, she sat down.

What made Fanny even more mentally separated was that after Su Xiao let her do all this, he actually started to nap. The corners of her mouth twitched. She took a deep breath and comforted herself, such as "He is the captain, endure this wave first," or "This must be an arrangement with deep meaning."

After successfully doing her psychological work, Fanny was bored and looked around. When two hours passed, she put away her personal terminal, preparing to chat with her captain. She was a healing type, responsible for buffs and healing, and didn't have the option of accompanying. She just prepared to speak.

*Zheng! *

A long dagger, over 50 centimeters long and sharp to the extreme, suddenly stopped in front of Fanny's brow. A hand wrapped in a crystal layer held the blade of the dagger. The blade and the crystal layer on the palm rubbed together, making a *clack-clack* sound. In 0.5 seconds, the other end of the dagger lost force; the assassin had let go of the handle, preparing to escape.

Su Xiao flicked the dagger handle in his hand, and with a *bang*, it was nailed to the wall beside the fireplace. First, blood spread on the dagger blade, and 2 seconds later, a Corrupted Beast race member, nearly human-shaped and covered in black hair, was pierced through the head and nailed to death.

"*Gulp*~"

Fanny swallowed her saliva. Her sensing-type equipment and passive defense equipment could block this strike. The problem was that while this equipment was strong, it wasn't strong enough to block an assassin's surprise attack at the absolute-strong level multiple times. Hundreds of backstabs in an instant would cause the shield formed by Eternal-grade defensive equipment to explode after 2 seconds, unless it was a shield formed by an Eternal-grade one-time item.

Suddenly, the body of the nailed Corrupted Beast race member twisted. All its blood surged out, forming a few words a few meters in front of Su Xiao. It should have been to prevent Su Xiao from not understanding the language of this world, so it was formed in Void language.

"You have one quarter of an hour to leave our world."

The black bloodstains lingered in mid-air for half a minute before gradually scattering on the ground. No matter how one looked at it, this was a warning from the Corrupted Beast King.

But in Su Xiao's view, this was done by the Molten Iron City Lord in the south. The Molten Iron City Lord had always been the Scarlet Lord's number one hawk dog, said to have followed him since the Second Epoch. At the moment, although this framing wasn't brilliant, it was practical.

Su Xiao had just destroyed Great Lord Gulbak, which caused the four-faction alliance that had just been reached to fall apart. Of the Molten Iron City, Undead Race, and Corrupted Beast herds, the Undead Race cared the least; they mainly did "Energy Crystal" business with Gulbak. The Molten Iron City and Corrupted Beast herds were the ones truly caring about this alliance.

The Molten Iron City Lord among them seemed to be the Scarlet Lord's hawk dog, but there was a saying: no one likes to be a hawk dog, especially after being one for an epoch. As of today, the Molten Iron City Lord felt he could try to challenge the Scarlet Lord's majesty, especially since he had mastered several highest-tier combat troop types and had a total of over 90 legions under his command.

Gulbak had money, the Molten Iron Lord had war strength, the Corrupted Beast herds provided inexhaustible "Corrupted Soil," and the Undead Race had "Energy Crystal" veins. After these parties teamed up, as long as they eliminated the Scarlet Lord, this place would be their territory.

This plan was shattered before it even began, which made the Molten Iron Lord very wary of Su Xiao's strength. He simply decided to go all the way, using the Corrupted Beast herds to test the limits of this Law-Breaker.

When necessary, the Molten Iron Lord would come forward to mediate and then try to see if he could team up with Su Xiao. In this way, there might be a better way to deal with the Scarlet Lord.

The scheme wasn't complicated, not on the same level as those super old schemers like the Priest and the Platinum Apostle, but this couldn't be blamed on the Molten Iron Lord. In his view, Su Xiao, this Law-Breaker, was an ultimate brute. Otherwise, how could he have soloed the entire Golden City?

Decided. Tomorrow noon, he wouldn't attack the Corrupted Beast herds first; he would take Molten Iron City as the first target. It was just right to test the Berserk Orcs' ability to siege cities and fight flying units.

Fanny, who was sleepy just now, was no longer sleepy. At this moment, the door to the inner hall was knocked, and Caesar pushed the door open and entered.

"My dear friend, we can begin."

Seeing Caesar come, Fanny subconsciously stepped back. It wasn't that Caesar's aura was terrifying, but the operations Caesar pulled off during "stocking up" that left one full of question marks truly made her doubt life. Among them, "Unique Ability: Impersonation," "Unique Ability: Collusion," etc., made the smile on her face helpless and complex.

In Caesar's description, which gradually became lewd and cunning, Su Xiao knew the general plan. He pondered and judged that this plan was feasible.

Su Xiao looked at Fanny: "Do me a favor."

"What favor? It's not helping someone heal, right?"

"No."

"Oh, that's fine. I really don't have any healing energy right now."

The group set off. For this kind of thing, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha naturally went together. Benny lay lazily on the cat tree on the balcony, meaning it would stay to watch the house. Although it couldn't fight, it wasn't afraid of assassination.

After the group left the Lord Manor, they walked on the streets of Muyu City at nine o'clock at night. Compared to when Su Xiao first arrived, it was prospering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Come to think of it, with abundant supplies of food, fresh water, etc., residents of some small underground cities without lords in the surrounding area would naturally be attracted here gradually.

In contrast, the crime rate in the city had increased, and gangs were forming. Along with this was the gradually improving city lord power system, as well as the plan to expand Muyu City in the near future.

This had something to do with Su Xiao, but not much. He couldn't stay in this world for long; after all, this was just one round of the World Contest, not a separate world progress.

In the drizzling rain, Su Xiao arrived at Xina's residence. This was a three-story mansion with thousands of square meters of front and back courtyards. However, Xina had never lived here. As the deputy city lord, she had to deal with all kinds of monsters and demons every day.

Her biggest expectation now was to quickly select an outstanding deputy city lord. She wanted to take a vacation immediately, right now, and stay away from officials, family members, and wealthy merchants who looked gentle and sincere but were actually full of schemes.

Walking into the first floor of the mansion, Su Xiao and the others sat down in the living room. After turning on the lights, Caesar took out a scroll. This was a contract scroll. It wasn't clear where he got it, but presumably, the price Caesar offered the other party wasn't low, so it was delivered quickly.

【You have obtained Mysterious Contract: This is a contract established between the Mysterious Merchant and Contractee No. £135****52. After use, Contractee No. £135****52 can conduct one transaction with the Mysterious Merchant.】

This "£135****52" number, the £ in front represented the Death Paradise, and 13 was a very early recruitment batch, but adding 5, it should be a recruitment batch from the last 1-2 years.

The three people present were naturally not contractees of this Death Paradise, but there was a Contract Grandmaster present, as well as a... Shameless Grandmaster? Thinking about it carefully, Caesar's abilities truly exuded a strong and incredible shamelessness.

Su Xiao picked up this contract parchment, rolled the edges to feel the texture, and then blood smoke diffused from his index finger, pointing at the contract parchment. The spot pointed at on the contract parchment began to glow red. After he moved his index finger away, he picked up the contract parchment, folded it to highlight the small glowing red piece, carefully felt its temperature, and even smelled it in front of his nose. He said:

"This isn't a contract notarized by the Tree of Void or the Paradise faction. It should be a contract carrier from the Devil Race."

While Su Xiao was speaking, he pointed to the patterns on the contract parchment. Caesar observed carefully and asked: "How did you judge that?"

"Looking from this angle, there are reverse scale patterns, and the Devil Race, in order to save on contract carrier costs, uses secondary materials, which have a waxy smell after heating."

"Oh~"

Caesar nodded in realization. Asking when you don't know is a rare and beautiful character of Caesar.

Hearing this knowledge he had never been exposed to, Fanny hesitated and asked: "Then how can one avoid contract traps?"

Hearing this, Su Xiao looked at Fanny, as if evaluating her level of old-schemer-ness. A moment later, he gave an answer: "Don't sign contracts."

"Hey! How come it feels like my IQ is being looked down upon? So unhappy. I'm also very smart, okay? Otherwise, how did I get promoted to the absolute-strong level?"

"Hmm."

"Don't answer! I'm just complaining, not asking. You answering makes me look even less smart."

Fanny's complaining stopped quickly because she saw the hunter opposite take out a parchment of similar texture. After a few processes, he made the two parchments look exactly the same. What truly made Fanny's eyes widen gradually was that the other party stacked the two parchments, with the one containing contract content on top and the one without content on the bottom, and then spread a parchment with all kinds of strange contract content on top.

The top parchment began to turn transparent, and those strange contract contents actually permeated to the second layer below, which was the "Mysterious Contract." This didn't change the content of the "Mysterious Contract," but it made some of its content gradually permeate to the bottom layer. In this way, the content of the third contract parchment became:

"This is a contract established between the Mysterious Merchant and (blank space). After use, (blank space) can conduct one transaction with the Mysterious Merchant."

Just as infinite confusion appeared in Fanny's ignorant eyes, she saw the man opposite take out a contract engraving pen and then write her brand number in the blank space, followed by notarization. After notarization, a mark appeared on its own in front of her brand number on the contract.

"Alright, use it."

Su Xiao handed the "Mysterious Contract" to Fanny. Before Fanny could answer, he had already taken out the sheathed Dragon Shadow Flash. The long blade was unsheathed and pressed against Fanny's fair neck. In this regard, Fanny's business began to be proficient. This wasn't to threaten her to definitely do this; it was to leave a safe judgment space so she could file a notarization appeal with "she was forced to do this."

With this premise, Fanny didn't worry. She chose to use the Mysterious Contract. As for losing the opportunity to trade with the Mysterious Merchant because of this, Fanny really didn't worry at all. Among the top-tier contractees of the Apocalypse Paradise, the Mysterious Merchant was the least welcomed among the three highest-tier merchants; this was a famous unscrupulous merchant. The Traveling Merchant was the reliable merchant.

The power of the contract caused a space channel to appear. Sure enough, realizing that he had come to this world to fulfill the contract, the Mysterious Merchant, who had just fleeced the Deceiver and the Law-Breaker here, chose to activate the hidden content of this contract, which was to breach the contract without cost.

Unfortunately, the original "Mysterious Contract" did have this backdoor, but now it didn't, and it came with a contract penalty. And this contract penalty concerned the content of 15 branch contracts, and the 15 branch contracts were densely linked to a total of 1280 sub-contracts.

On these 1280 sub-contracts, penalty content was densely set. To make a simple analogy, being bitten by a mosquito and getting a red bump is very common in life, but if one were bitten by hundreds of billions of mosquitoes, even a mammoth would have to ascend on the spot.

Facts proved that even a neutral unit notarized by the Tree of Void had to be cowardly when facing contract adjudication. Furthermore, not every neutral unit notarized by the Tree of Void or the Paradise faction was honest and reliable; Caesar was an adjudicator, after all.

A figure carrying a large wooden box and wearing a strange headgear walked out of the space channel. As soon as the Mysterious Merchant arrived in this world, a contract was activated, transferring the trading right Fanny possessed to Su Xiao. That is to say, the Mysterious Merchant had to complete this transaction with Su Xiao to successfully fulfill this contract.

The Mysterious Merchant naturally knew the situation this time. He took off the large wooden box he was carrying and sat on the ground in front of the wall. As the large wooden box unfolded, all kinds of items were presented before their eyes.

Although he didn't say a word, the Mysterious Merchant's attitude was very clear. He had the neutral notarization of the Tree of Void and wasn't afraid of Su Xiao attacking or threatening him. At worst, they would just keep stalling, or Su Xiao would buy one of his items, thereby completing the contract between the two parties.

Caesar on the side put the Abyss Jar on his head, took out all kinds of suspicious things, placed them around as if setting up an array, and began to dance, during which he also fell to the ground and twitched, or swam on dry land, etc. After working up a sweat, he groped out a rusty badge from the white ashes on the ground and handed it to Su Xiao.

【You have obtained ^/*|? ◣##??.】

【You have used this item: Reversal Badge.】

【Reversal sequence judging...】

【The only currently reversible judgment is: Transaction.】

【Transaction content: Purchase.】

【Reversal complete, the transaction content has been reversed to: Sale.】

【Hint: You can sell items to the Mysterious Merchant. Maximum number of items that can be sold: 30.】

Su Xiao came to the stall, opened the "Book of Original Sin" in his hand, took out the "Soul Crown," and placed it on the stall.

"I hope our transaction this time is pleasant."

As the "Soul Crown" was placed on the stall, the Mysterious Merchant, who had been calm and composed just now, became increasingly solemn. Judging from the constantly twitching corners of his eyes, he seemed to "like" the item he was about to sell to him very much.

A Great-Daddy-level Original Sin item was placed on the stall. Was the Mysterious Merchant a neutral unit notarized by the Tree of Void? Could he not attack the other party? It didn't matter; this was just a transaction. As for the other party dying from the side effects of the transaction, and dying on the spot after completing the cause and effect of this transaction, that wasn't something Su Xiao could control. At least on his end, these Great-Daddy-level Original Sin items were properly sealed. Who knew the Mysterious Merchant's predestination was so fragile?

"Name your price."

While speaking, Su Xiao sat on the crystal chair he formed behind him and activated the hidden content of the contract, making this contract have to be fulfilled within half an hour. If not, the contract adjudication would gradually descend. A Contract Grandmaster who could make the Priest, the Platinum Apostle, and Hao Chou all have to be cowardly in this regard was truly not just famous for nothing.

The Mysterious Merchant looked at the five Great-Daddy-level Original Sin items on the stall and swallowed his saliva. If he really completed this transaction, even if he had a million lives, it wouldn't be enough to die in an instant. Moreover, he only had one life.

This made the Mysterious Merchant's stiff face gradually bloom with a smile. He simply pulled off his headgear, revealing a middle-aged face full of dense wrinkles, and that unexpected afro.

"It seems I have offended the two of you in some way. If so..."

The Mysterious Merchant prepared to play dumb. Seeing this, Su Xiao and Caesar walked out of the mansion.

"Wait... wait! Let's talk things over, let's talk things over. Let's chat slowly."

The Mysterious Merchant smiled all over his face. Then, he slapped his thigh in sudden realization and said: "I remember now. Was it because of that vault I accidentally entered before? I was even wondering why a vault of this scale would lose resonance with its owner. So it was the two of you's spoils of war. What a misunderstanding."

The Mysterious Merchant laughed awkwardly a few times, but then, he looked troubled: "The two of you, those Soul Coins that belonged to you were used by me a little bit. Don't look at me having the title of the highest-tier merchant; my Soul Coin consumption, sigh~"

The Mysterious Merchant sighed. Hearing his words, Caesar's eyes widened. He stepped forward a few steps, and because the two were similar in height, Caesar successfully grabbed the Mysterious Merchant's collar and questioned: "How much is left!"

Using up Caesar's Soul Coins was as painful as cutting his flesh. This also caused his skin to tremble at this moment. It wasn't anger; it was heartache.

"30 left."

"Only 3... 300,000 left?!"

Caesar took a big step back, heavily struck, his body even swaying. That was over ten million Soul Coins. He could see it now; the person opposite was a pauper. Even if he held him and squeezed hard, he couldn't squeeze out half a drop of oil. As for killing the other party, what was the point? Soul Coins were Caesar's heart and treasure.

"No ten thousand, 30 coins."

The Mysterious Merchant became more guilty the more he spoke. Caesar felt dizzy. If Amu hadn't been holding him, he would have already gone up and stuffed his socks into the Mysterious Merchant's mouth.

"You, you must stop him."

The Mysterious Merchant gagged while getting up and leaning against the wall.

Su Xiao could see the Mysterious Merchant's style. If Caesar's style was Life > Money, then the Mysterious Merchant's was Money > Life.

But at this moment, the Mysterious Merchant began to panic. Seeing this, Su Xiao gave Amu a look. After Amu let go of Caesar, he stepped forward and pressed the Mysterious Merchant down, prying open the other party's mouth.

"You actually dared to embezzle my money. I'll let you taste my treasure socks that have been deposited in the Twisted Time Dead Pool for over 6000 years. Amu, pry his mouth open more."

Caesar walked up, gnashing his teeth. The Mysterious Merchant looked at Caesar, then at the Great-Daddy-level Original Sin items on the stall. To be honest, he was truly afraid of these Original Sin items coming to him. And the last time he met this Law-Breaker, the other party had more than one Original Sin item. If he sold all the Original Sin items to him, plus that arm guard that sealed the "Source of Deathly Silence," at that time, being able to die would be a kind of relief.

The current threat was the foul object coming towards him, followed by being unable to survive. This made the Mysterious Merchant shout with a slurred voice:

"There is compensation, definitely compensation that will satisfy you! Equivalent... equivalent to several times the compensation of those Soul Coins of yours!"

Hearing this, Caesar put on his socks and shoes very naturally and winked at Amu, letting him release the Mysterious Merchant. Caesar stepped forward enthusiastically and helped the other party up:

"Just a joke, look at you being serious, haha, tell me what compensation."

Caesar hooked his arm around the Mysterious Merchant's shoulder, as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for years. And don't say, the temperaments of these two goods were unexpectedly compatible.

Not paying attention to Caesar's negotiation for now, Su Xiao helped up Fanny, who had fallen to the ground with her eyes rolling back a bit, and let Baha open the window. Fortunately, it was drizzling outside, and the air was particularly fresh. A moment later, Fanny recovered.

After two friendly slaps of friendship, Fanny was a bit clearer. She asked confusedly: "White Night, where are we? I just seemed to see an old grandpa holding a death scythe, smiling and waving at me, letting me go over. I just... felt an inexplicable force hit my nose, my head buzzed, and I saw that old grandpa."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha on the side turned their heads away. After all, Fanny was so miserable; laughing out loud was truly unkind.

On the other side, the negotiation between Caesar and the Mysterious Merchant had reached the final step. However, the Mysterious Merchant was still a bit hesitant. When Caesar suddenly turned cold and called out to Amu, making a gesture to take off his shoes.

"Brother, brother, wait a moment. I didn't say I didn't agree. Just... just do as you say."

The Mysterious Merchant was like a deflated balloon. He now regretted it so much his intestines were green. It was a case of being fine and looking for excitement, why provoke these two stars of disaster? Unfortunately, regret was already too late. Today he had to suffer a bloody loss to save his life.

What Caesar got, Su Xiao didn't ask. Having worked with Caesar for so long, although this guy was cunning, lewd, and didn't pay attention to personal hygiene, in terms of dividing the spoils... *cough*, when dividing gains, he never cheated or slacked off.

... ===== CHAPTER 3951 =====