Chapter 3981: Meeting Again

The compatibility between "Overlord Essence" and Su Xiao's ability system is beyond doubt. However, due to the cautious nature fostered by the Law-Breaker's luck, he will certainly absorb this item only after reaching 100% compatibility.

Just now, raising all attributes to 900 points consumed over 40,000 units of Space-Time Power, exhausting the amount accumulated this time. Looking at it now, "Overlord Essence" is also a major consumer of Space-Time Power.

In the past, after Su Xiao obtained Space-Time Power, he mostly submitted it to the Reincarnation Paradise or used it as currency within the Reincarnation Paradise's Honor Store.

But upon approaching the Supreme level, although he still cannot directly absorb Space-Time Power, some rare resources for becoming stronger require Space-Time Power to activate, reinforce, or increase compatibility.

This has led Su Xiao to gradually confirm one thing: although Space-Time Power is a resource required by the Paradise faction and cannot be absorbed by an individual's flesh and blood, once at the Supreme level, the areas indirectly requiring Space-Time Power may become increasingly numerous.

The good news is that the foundation laid previously, the "Hunter List: Blood Pact," allows him to obtain Space-Time Power steadily.

Su Xiao certainly hasn't forgotten that he still owes the Reincarnation Paradise 85,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. Thinking about it now, it's no wonder Caesar is so fond of Space-Time Power; that guy is definitely a version or two ahead.

【You have successfully killed the Dark Hybrid, you have obtained the "Entry Key."】

【Detected that you are already within the "Dawn Ruins," you will participate directly in the final phase of this contention.】

【This final phase will last for 5 natural days (28 hours, 52 minutes, and 40 seconds have already passed).】

【This round consists of a total of 40 hours of exploration phase (reward phase) and 80 hours of escape phase.】

【Remaining time for the exploration phase: 11 hours, 7 minutes, and 18 seconds.】

【When the exploration phase time limit is reached, any teams that have not entered the decisive battle area (Dawn Ruins) will immediately lose their qualification to participate, and their currently held "Fragmented Origin" will be reclaimed and added to the quantity of "Fragmented Origin" in the final phase.】

【Current number of teams in the "Dawn Ruins": 6.】

【Upon entering the "Escape Phase," each team will receive 2 "Fragmented Origin Marks." When a team is successfully eliminated, the eliminator will obtain "Fragmented Origin" equal to the number of "Fragmented Origin Marks" held by that team.】

【Congratulations on successfully participating in the final phase of this Paradise Contention. As a reward, you may explore the Dawn Ruins freely and have obtained two free notarization rights belonging to the Tree of the Void.】

【Hint: Some items within the Dawn Ruins cannot be notarized through this free notarization right, such as infrastructure with high integrity, advanced facilities, unique facilities, and core components of such facilities.】

The danger of the final round is beyond doubt, but for Su Xiao, this final round is his home turf. For the other participants, Su Xiao is not just a high-level threat; he is clearly a harbinger of doom.

The reason the plan with the Priest was so successful was that the old guy deliberately withheld hints about the final round of the contention. The old guy knew Su Xiao's Dark Hybrid hadn't died yet, so the notarization couldn't advance to the final round, and naturally, the aforementioned hint information couldn't be known.

Consequently, the Priest gathering those people actually had two purposes: first, to surround and kill the Mad Beast to seize high-value rewards; second, to jointly besiege Su Xiao afterward. It can only be said that this old guy is sufficiently cunning and steady.

Switching the perspective to the Priest, one would find that as long as this plan started, whether Su Xiao's side secured the kill or Cain and the others secured the kill, the Priest would be the beneficiary.

Furthermore, because of the content of the subsequent contention, even if Cain and the others realized they were being calculated by the Priest, they had to swallow it and pretend they didn't know they had been calculated by the Priest secretly colluding with Su Xiao, because they indeed needed to unite afterward to deal with the most powerful Hunter, Bai Ye.

If the Priest's scheme were made public, even if everyone expelled or even killed the Priest on the spot, what would be the point? The kill rewards couldn't be recovered, and they would lose the Priest as a weird, humanoid Ancient God teammate.

One might ask, why is everyone so united? The answer is simple: it is because Su Xiao's combat power this time is too formidable, especially when they joined forces to deal with the Abyss Guard Captain earlier; only Su Xiao could confront this Abyss big boss head-on and severely wound the opponent several times.

After discussion, everyone became more certain that if they didn't do something, even if a whole team fought him one-on-one, there would be no chance of winning.

Originally, Cain's team and the Magic Scythe team had the intention of cooperating in the final round, but because the final round is an escape competition, both sides were hesitant. However, after Magic Scythe, Teride, obtained this detection data from Cain's team, the cooperation between the two sides fell into place naturally.

Not only that, Cain also approached Hao Chou. Hearing that they were going to deal with Bai Ye together, Hao Chou laughed. His original words were that he would deal with Bai Ye, but that would be a one-on-one death match, not a siege.

However, after Hao Chou saw the detection data provided by the bald man, he fell into silence and never mentioned the one-on-one duel again.

Actually, it's no wonder Hao Chou was like this. Before entering this world, Su Xiao's HP was 3.9 million points, which was already exaggerated, but now, he has doubled his own HP.

Of course, this includes the 2 million points increased through the "Supreme Life Essence" and the 1 million points increased by the life-nourishing equipment 【Life Source Monarch】 he already possessed before entering this world.

Even so, the remaining 910,000 HP he increased is also an exaggerated range of improvement. It can only be said that risk and opportunity coexist. Participating in the world contention heading to the Dawn Ruins as a Hunter involves risks several times higher than others, and the rewards are equally considerable.

In front of a damaged "Potential Transcendence Device," Su Xiao observed the precision parts in his hand and studied them for a moment, feeling that he indeed had no talent in mechanics. Fortunately, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang has quite a bit of talent in the tech side and mechanics, so he can continue to cultivate him in this direction later.

There are ten hours left until the final stage of slaughter. Although Su Xiao predicted that he might be besieged, he can only wait and see for now. The few competitors this time are either impossible to fool or have already been fooled by him several times. Now, whenever he negotiates with them, they feel he is going to calculate them. Truly... human hearts are not what they used to be.

Summoning the Lord Train, Su Xiao loaded all the collected parts onto the train.

Su Xiao already has a way to judge the value of these parts. Among a total of thousands of various parts for the "Potential Transcendence Device," he picked one up and tried to notarize it through the "Notarization Right" granted by the Tree of the Void.

【Yes/No to notarize this??? part.】

Su Xiao chose No. He picked up another part and started testing them one by one. After testing over a hundred, a different hint appeared.

【You cannot notarize this item through the free notarization right obtained this time.】

Su Xiao hasn't forgotten that in the hint about the two free notarization rights just now, it was mentioned that it's impossible to notarize Dawn Paradise facilities with high integrity, as well as core components of such facilities.

The parts in his hand clearly don't have anything to do with high integrity. What Su Xiao collected are all "Potential Transcendence Devices" after severe damage. As for complete "Potential Transcendence Devices," cough~, it's not shameful that Paradise's high-level facilities couldn't be dismantled.

Su Xiao observed the part in his hand. It is a rhombus, with many holes on it, and the texture is like black crystal. It looks like a consumable, but this thing is a core part of the "Potential Transcendence Device."

Using the free notarization right as a process of elimination, Su Xiao quickly distinguished three types of core parts for the "Potential Transcendence Device." These three types of core parts are particularly unremarkable and completely incomparable to the five pieces he and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang selected before. The five pieces selected before looked rare and expensive at a glance, but these three pieces are a rhombus crystal block, a mass of gray semi-liquid, and a part similar to a metal button.

Looking at the time, there are more than two hours left until the final stage. He simply picked up a "Potential Transcendence Device" part that looked particularly high-end and atmospheric and used the free notarization right to notarize this item.

【You have obtained Space-Time Power Conversion Device Type T255.】

【Space-Time Power Conversion Device Type T255】

Origin: Dawn Paradise.

Type: Paradise High-Tier Facility Part.

Effect: Participates in converting Space-Time Power.

Rating: This item does not require a notarization rating.

Introduction: Used in conjunction with "Space-Time Power Conversion Device Type N33" and "Circulation Release Device" to perform preliminary conversion of Space-Time Power, avoiding severe wear on the "Dynamic Chain Aggregation Device" caused by the specific World Origin mixed in the Space-Time Power during the subsequent conversion process.

Sale Price: 5943.6 ounces of Space-Time Power (determined by the degree of wear).

Seeing this sale price, Su Xiao tried to inquire about the notarization fee for this thing. He found a total of more than a dozen such converters, but the result was not optimistic; the notarization fee for this thing reached 6580 ounces of Space-Time Power.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked, meaning it was its turn. It and Su Xiao had each selected a type of "Potential Transcendence Device" part just now.

Su Xiao notarized the part Xiang Bubu chose, and a hint appeared.

【You have obtained the Dynamic Chain Aggregation Device.】

【Dynamic Chain Aggregation Device】

Origin: Dawn Paradise.

Type: Paradise High-Tier Facility Part.

Effect: Participates in converting Space-Time Power.

Rating: This item does not require a notarization rating.

Introduction: A precise yet fragile device; preserving such integrity under huge impact is a miracle.

Sale Price: 18590 ounces of Space-Time Power (determined by the degree of wear).

Seeing this sale price, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang proudly and swiftly raised its dog head, but the result was that it used too much force, and with a light 'crack', it sprained its neck. Coupled with the fact that this idiot slept with a stiff neck last night, it howled in pain. Heaven knows what strange posture this Wang star person used to give itself a stiff neck.

A Soul Crystal appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He was just about to take a bite when he thought about the death match with those difficult guys, and if things went wrong, he might be buried here. Eating something luxurious before the death match, he changed to a Soul Crystal Core and, under Fanny's puzzled gaze on the seat diagonally opposite, took a bite with a 'crunch'.

Hmm, the taste of the Soul Crystal Core is just a bit more mellow. Feeling the soul energy in his mouth turn from solid to liquid, it's like ripe fruit juice, full of juice.

"Gulp~"

The sound of swallowing saliva came; it was Fanny. Please don't misunderstand, she wasn't greedy; she was feeling afraid. This is a kind of fear from instinct, from the depths of the soul, just like facing the feeding of an angry beast at close range. Even knowing it wasn't eating her, fear still inevitably grew.

Su Xiao's action of biting the Soul Crystal Core paused. Looking at Fanny, who was staring straight at him, he said: "Do you want to eat?"

"Ah no no no no no no!!"

Fanny's little head shook like a rattle.

The death match was still a few hours away, but just at this moment, a hint appeared.

【Warning: Your team member, Tyrant, has killed the captain of the same faction's second team, Rosa.】

【Your team member, Tyrant, has been judged as a High-Risk Violator for killing his own captain on the battlefield. Because you are not a Combat Angel, you cannot accept the initial pursuit mission for this violator.】

【Tyrant has been automatically expelled from the team.】

It can only be said that he is worthy of being Tyrant, actually becoming a violator within the Dawn Ruins, and the method was so crude and brainless.

Ten seconds after this hint appeared.

Thump, thump, thump!

The train door was rudely knocked. Su Xiao operated the train to open the door. The person who came didn't get on the train but threw up a "Fragmented Origin."

"This is what Rosa asked me to pass to you. Before she died, she kept muttering about this."

Tyrant hugged his arms, looking like he was impatient and wanted to get down and die quickly.

"Kukulin Bai Ye, come down and die!"

Tyrant gave a roar full of energy. From the corners of his mouth that he could barely suppress, one could see how confident he was about this battle and how happy he was about the victory that was coming soon.

Su Xiao walked down the metal steps of the train, looking at Tyrant with some suspicion. He had always known that Tyrant was not good at strategy, but this kind of brain-dead suicide shouldn't happen.

Suddenly, a bad premonition arose in his heart. This Tyrant's undead ability felt very much like the mutation of Abyss power. He, who often came into contact with the spread of the Abyss, certainly didn't fear this point. The key point is that this kind of power system after Abyss distortion has a certain probability of causing resonance with specific Original Sin items.

Su Xiao is indeed sealing six big-daddy-level Original Sin items, but this doesn't mean he is willing to face the abilities of Original Sin item holders. Although such Original Sin item holders are generally short-lived, they can burst out amazing combat power or weirdness in their short lives like fireworks.

"Hehe, hahaha."

Tyrant is worthy of being Tyrant; even his laughter has a unique style of brain stem deficiency.

"Go to hell, Bai Ye."

Tyrant raised his hand with a face full of joy and put a thick wooden mask on his face. It could be perceived that the wooden mask was in the stage of absorption and sleep. Clearly, it was only after swallowing a lot of resources that such a deep sleep was caused.

As the deadwood mask approached Tyrant's face, tentacles as red as hair twisted and grew out of the mask, sinking into Tyrant's face. It could be seen that Tyrant's expression was still somewhat painful. The source life force that the mask continuously absorbed made the blood vessels on his body bulge.

If it were anyone else whose source life force was absorbed like this, they would die in a while, but Tyrant is of the undead system. If a normal person's source life force is 100, then he must be at least 300,000. This is the reason why he can regenerate from a drop of blood.

"Face the power that transcends yourself."

Under the influence of the deadwood mask, Tyrant's voice was somewhat muffled. He opened his arms, already prepared for the imitation and transcendence brought by the mask.

That's right, this is the ability of the deadwood mask. After putting it on, it continuously absorbs the wearer's source life force, but it also grants the wearer the ability to imitate. It can imitate enemies fought or killed before, or even imitate the strong enemy currently fighting.

Not only that, imitation is just the first step of the deadwood mask. As the battle continues, the deadwood mask will make Tyrant gradually surpass the imitated person. Relying on this move, Tyrant killed many strong enemies in the last two world progressions, won two S-level world evaluations, and relied on brute force and the sufficient mission guidance of the Apocalypse Paradise to complete many high-difficulty missions.

Right now, Tyrant wants to defeat the inner demon he has always had, which is the Hunter in front of him.

A gust of wind rolled up fallen leaves and blew between the two sides. Tyrant, who raised his arms, failed to imitate, which made him look puzzled and patted the deadwood mask on his face with his hand.

"Mask, do it!"

Tyrant found that manual control didn't work and started trying to wake it up by voice.

"..."

Su Xiao's hand pressed against the hilt of his blade, his thumb brushing over the Soul Gem at the end of the handle. He had thought the Tyrant was holding back some ultimate move, but the guy had pulled a ruthless stunt; the idiot had actually brought back the "Ancient Mask," a pseudo-Original Sin object he had released.

Actually, it's not just Tyrant who is confused now. Why doesn't the mask work? The "Ancient Mask" was sleeping well, but was suddenly woken up. Considering that this idiot offered a lot of resources, it helped the opponent fight by the way. The result was that just as it was about to unfold its posture, the one coming head-on was the existence it feared most.

Speaking of which, the "Ancient Mask" also had bad luck. The owner it chose last time was named "Black Wizard Casper," who was an assassin. The result was that the assassin sent it to the existence it feared most.

That time, the "Ancient Mask" was like a broken rag. The "Original Sin Power" it had accumulated for a long time was twisted out by that terrifying existence like twisting a rag. Regarding this, the "Ancient Mask" was very angry. Angry, it flew into a rage, was angry for a long time, and then decided not to look for an assassin, but to find a reckless man, preferably one with lower strategy. Then it met Tyrant.

During the time it cooperated with Tyrant, the "Ancient Mask" could be said to be very dashing. This idiot had no brains. What's more perfect is that because this idiot had no brains, the will fluctuations it emitted were actually treated by this idiot as his own thoughts, and then he would execute them. This is simply a full-level tool man.

After dozens of natural days, the "Ancient Mask" was completely at ease with this idiot, so it decided to sleep for a period of time to deeply digest the "power" it had plundered these days. It has a dream of becoming a real Original Sin item, although that would make it lose all its subjective consciousness, it would not hesitate to do so.

"So, you are prepared to deal with me with him."

Su Xiao looked at the Ancient Mask with red eyes. As soon as these words came out, Tyrant on the opposite side felt that he trembled for no reason.

"Hehe, it's not too late for you to beg for mercy now."

As soon as Tyrant finished speaking, he knelt down to Su Xiao with a thud.

"You, you are looking for death!"

Tyrant was angry. Although his IQ couldn't understand the reason for all this at all, it didn't prevent him from raging and cursing.

With a bang, Tyrant, who was kneeling on the ground, knocked his head on the ground. The power of this knock was so great that it smashed a round pit into the stone slab on the ground.

Tyrant, whose forehead was against the ground, had his pupils trembling. Then, a scene that could make it onto the "Apocalypse Paradise Annual Sand Sculpture Ranking" appeared. While Tyrant began to loudly insult Su Xiao, he was controlled by the "Ancient Mask" and knocked his head one by one with bangs. It can only be said that he is worthy of being the undead Tyrant. His physique is strong. He knocked his head out of afterimages, driving the surrounding fallen leaves to fly away.

Bang, bang, bang...

Tyrant's angry cursing gradually decreased. As the saying goes, a great man can bend and stretch. He took a deep breath and then roared:

"Platinum Apostle, come and save me!"

At this moment, in the dark, the Platinum Apostle, dressed as a silk-stocking royal sister, was stroking her forehead with one hand. She originally wanted to fool Tyrant into dying and then use the opponent's death to create a fate mark, but this scene appeared instead.

Clang~

The long knife was unsheathed, and the blade light flashed. Tyrant's head was cut off in response. No kill hint appeared. Regarding this, Su Xiao was not surprised. After all, he is an undead system that survived even on the Burning Sun Star.

The "Ancient Mask" fell off and dropped to the ground. Su Xiao picked it up, frowning and thinking, as if talking to himself: "Could it be, it has developed consciousness?"

Su Xiao's words didn't make the "Ancient Mask" show the slightest fluctuation. It seemed to be the same as before, just a dead object with Original Sin characteristics.

Seeing this, Su Xiao took out the "Book of Original Sin," took out the scarlet card on the ninth page, made room for the "Ancient Mask," and then sealed this fake Original Sin item into it, letting the six big-daddy-level seniors—the Collector, the Necronomicon, the Scarlet Scepter, the Sun Mask, the Nether Bone Ring, and the Soul Crown—have a 'friendly' exchange with it.

Su Xiao saw that the "Ancient Mask" inside the page withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Original Sin power stored inside was all absorbed by the "Book of Original Sin." It is estimated that the amount is equivalent to four 【Original Sin Cores】.

A few minutes later, the "Ancient Mask" was squeezed dry. Su Xiao took it out. Sure enough, his guess was right. The "Ancient Mask" had developed self-consciousness. The reason is that at this moment, a painful mask had emerged on the surface of the originally flat wooden mask. ===== CHAPTER 3982 =====