Chapter 4003: Hound

This feeling was very wonderful and intoxicating. Su Xiao looked at Bulgan, who was the guide. Hearing the other party say that there was still half a day's journey to the first destination, he actually felt it was too close.

As for using the Lord Train to travel, of course, he couldn't do that now. Since he finally had the ability to improve intuition, he had to grasp it.

Cool breezes blew in the darkness. Su Xiao simply took off his shoes and walked barefoot. He took off his long leather coat on his upper body. Because of the blade belt on his waist, the long leather coat hung down. The reason for doing this was to further feel the environment and maximize the perception of the surrounding world.

Stepping on the soft but cool soil, Su Xiao stopped beside a giant tree and pressed one hand on the rough bark.

Clang!

An abyss creature was slaughtered, and dark red blood sprayed on the tall dead tree. The dying abyss creature's vortex-shaped pupils trembled, not understanding why this human with no threatening aura would be so powerful.

As for Xilin, Bulgan, and others, they were already walking dozens of meters behind at this time. The reason was that near Su Xiao, who had his perception fully open, they all felt creepy, as if in the next moment, they would be beheaded. The Pain Priest didn't approach Su Xiao at this time, let alone them.

Walking in the darkness, Su Xiao suddenly felt that the surroundings were not as dark as before. From the degree of not being able to see his fingers, it gradually had the brightness of a moonless night, and in the area within his sight, there were traces, looking like residual auras that appeared after passing through this place.

He let go of the liquid Apollo in his hand, letting it hang on his waist like an ornament, and touched the residual aura in front with his left hand. As a result, it passed through. He thought for a while, and his right hand no longer pressed on the hilt, touching the black aura afterimage with his right hand. A feeling of grabbing thin gauze appeared in his hand.

As he exerted force, this black aura residual that spread to the distance suddenly tightened into a black line. Just for a moment, he sensed the end of this black line, where the Abyss-Nourished Alien Species was. The other party was dozing in the darkness. Almost the moment it was sensed, the eyes that showed red light opened one by one.

Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from where he was. Seeing this scene, Xilin felt a chill in her heart. Although she had full resentment towards this hunter who snatched her, she knew that the only ones who really cared about her life and death now were this hunter and the fraudster on the side.

A moment later, the sound of wind breaking came, and a giant object smashed down. Blood and minced meat scattered. It was a giant head with a height of more than ten meters, larger than a three-story building. This head was like a beast, but had dozens of eyes, and the open mouth had multiple rows of sharp teeth.

Its broken neck had jagged edges, not like it was cut, but more like the entire head was separated from the body after being attacked by a terrifying force and flew to this place.

【Hint (Apocalypse Paradise): You have participated in killing an Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creature.】

【Detected your excellent performance. As a Battle Angel, you have obtained an Eternal-level equipment treasure chest × 1.】

【You have obtained Apocalypse Honor Badge × 10.】

"Ah? Ah??!"

Xilin was stunned. She really did nothing, just in the Dawn Team. If there was a contribution, it must be because she was the perception system in the team, and in the notarization, there was an extra team contribution bonus.

While Xilin was still confused, Su Xiao had already walked out of the darkness and returned to the original route, continuing to walk towards the destination "Wild Lush Sea."

Su Xiao looked at his right arm. Besides being able to suppress the "Blade Spirit," this arm also had a unique tracking method for abyss-type existences.

For example, the Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creature just now, with Su Xiao's abyss-type hunting level, he definitely couldn't find the guy's hiding place. Now it was different.

And Su Xiao found that every time he killed an Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creature now, it had great benefits for him.

1. There is a probability of obtaining high-quality treasure chests or abyss treasure chests (although this time, due to individual cases, no treasure chest was dropped, and this was a Supreme-level Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creature, the probability of dropping a treasure chest was not high, which was normal.)

2. After killing, accumulate the completion degree of 【Abyss Task: Death Endowment】. At the moment, the completion degree of the task is: 1.02%.

3. Killing Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures with the "Spirit Awakening" ability can allow the Blade Spirit to swallow its "source energy." When enough amount equivalent to a portion of "Spirit Source Quality" is accumulated, the spirit can have a full meal, increasing spirit strength by 30 points, and Su Xiao can permanently increase health by 50,000 points and abyss resistance by 1 point.

And the health increased in this way belongs to strengthening Su Xiao's original vitality, and there is no problem of increasing impurities.

In this way, the goal of this trip had to add one more: to clear as many Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures in this world as possible. Thinking of this, Su Xiao saw the faint residual black aura in front.

Originally, it was expected to arrive near the "Wild Lush Sea" by evening, but the Blade Technique Grandmaster leading the way often changed the route, almost circling the area around Sanctuary City before rushing towards the "Wild Lush Sea."

Xilin, who had been following behind, could be said to have won big. The team kill bonus of the perception system allowed every kill to trigger the reward mechanism related to Apocalypse Paradise. After triggering this benefit for the second time, Xilin decisively applied to Apocalypse Paradise to officially enter this world and end the temporary reinforcement state.

Logically speaking, this was not simple, but the problem was that Xilin had already participated in the killing of two Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures, so the application was passed smoothly after not being submitted for long.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still pitch black. Su Xiao stopped hunting. A total of 9 Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures were killed. Unfortunately, there were no Supreme-level ones; they were all Supreme-level Abyss-Nourished Creatures.

A total of three portions of "Spirit Source Quality" were accumulated, and the harvest was fruitful. Not only that, the completion degree of "Abyss Task: Death Endowment" also reached 61.03%, the reason being:

"Hint: The completion degree accumulation calculation method for this task is: when you successfully kill a target unit, increase the 'task completion degree corresponding to the target unit's danger degree' + '45% of the current existing task completion degree, which is the task completion degree increased this time'."

When Su Xiao killed the eighth Abyss-Nourished Creature, the completion degree of this task was still 41.4%, and a Supreme-level Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creature could increase the task completion degree by about 0.9~1.2%.

But when killing the ninth one, the task completion degree increased by 19.63% immediately. The next kill, even if it was still a Supreme-level Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creature, could obtain at least 28% task completion degree.

In other worlds, one or two Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures would be amazing, but don't forget, this world is heavily eroded by the abyss and is almost beginning to be assimilated by the abyss. There are many Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures here.

This made Su Xiao determine that the biggest benefit of this world is not from the main quest, hunting bounties, etc., but from this "Abyss Task: Death Endowment."

Thinking of this, the priority of this trip had to be modified. The first priority is the main quest. If this can't be done, there is forced execution following.

The second priority is to rescue the White Dragon Lady, which is the only way to be promoted to the Supreme level with a unique specification by relying on this contract/oath.

The third priority is "Abyss Task: Death Endowment," and "Hunting Bounty: Blood Pact" has to be pushed back.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao collected his mind. He found that there was faint light in front. After approaching, he found that what came into view was an endless black water area. The beach under his feet was cold and bone-chilling, and the ocean in front was as calm as a huge mirror.

Su Xiao felt the fishy and salty sea breeze with a rotten smell blowing, but the pitch-black sea surface in front was still calm and waveless. He stepped forward. When he was still a few meters away from the sea, a black root broke through the water and headed straight for his right eye.

Clang~

The slash cut off the black root. After this plant body landed, it was like a cut-off octopus tentacle, twisting for a long time before calming down, and oozing black water, infecting the sand below.

Su Xiao looked at Xilin. This was the time for the perception system to appear. Xilin came behind Su Xiao. In the past, she was Xilin the Big Boss, but in this place, let's be cautious. This place was too dangerous.

Xilin's perception opened. Her eyes gradually widened, and her face began to turn pale. A few seconds later, she interrupted her perception and covered her mouth with one hand to avoid retching.

As a Supreme-level being, even a Supreme-level being of Apocalypse Paradise, Xilin's heart was not fragile, but the scene she perceived was the spread and distortion of mental pollution.

This "Wild Lush Sea" was very vast. It looked like an ocean, but it was actually a kingdom of plants. Under the sea were all twisted plants covered with eyeballs on the roots. They intertwined, squirmed, and emitted strong mental pollution.

It could pollute the spirit of all normal living beings on the sea, and then let the mental pollution pollute the flesh, and finally be assimilated into their kind, taking root and sprouting in this dark sea.

With the vastness of the "Wild Lush Sea" and the number of dark plant bodies, killing through was unrealistic. Su Xiao looked at Bulgan. This guide from Sanctuary City had some secrets that he only told the Pain Priest.

"We have to take a boat across the sea. The Lush Tree Clan lives on this sea. They have ways not to be attacked by violent sea creatures."

Saying that, Bulgan pointed to the nearby watchtower. He climbed up this old tower built of dead wood and rotten vines, and used a large bone stick that was so clean that dogs would cry when they saw it to smash the large copper bell hanging at the top of the tower.

Although Bulgan used special force, making the large copper bell sway back and forth and copper rust fly, it didn't make half a sound, only layers of sound waves spread to the distance.

After the group waited on the shore for more than three hours, the sound of wooden boards rubbing, creak, creak, came. A five-masted large ship sailed from the sea level. This ship didn't look very good, but after approaching, it was discovered that the whole ship was composed of living tree roots intertwined. There were no sailors on the ship, and the deck was empty.

After this large ship docked, Su Xiao knew why there were no sailors or helmsmen. I saw this large ship begin to decompose itself. A few minutes later, only the old ship bones remained, and other parts were composed of members of the Lush Tree Clan. Their average height was over five meters. They didn't look like trees, but more like wet, marine humanoid creatures covered with barnacles.

Among them, the tallest Lush Tree Clan member came to the front of Bulgan. After looking down for a few seconds, it opened its big mouth and smiled, revealing those yellow flat teeth, with a sense of ferocity.

"So, it's you (Void Language)."

The Lush Tree Clan captain looked at the others. After seeing the Pain Priest and Su Xiao, its upright single eye narrowed a bit, and it continued to say in a loud voice:

"Still the same price as before. To cross the sea, you must pay with your soul."

As soon as the Lush Tree Clan captain finished speaking, the Pain Priest had already thrown out a large cloth bag. After the Lush Tree Clan leader opened it and saw the soul crystals inside, it felt satisfied. It emitted a silent, majestic angry shout, which made the Lush Tree Clan members behind it run to the ship skeleton frame in a panic and quickly, gradually forming the large ship seen just now.

The Lush Tree Clan captain tilted its head and glanced at the few people, its gaze meaningful. It walked towards the "Terror Number" and also merged into the ship body.

"Boss, this big tree is not well-intentioned."

Baja on Su Xiao's shoulder spoke. Su Xiao didn't speak, just jumped onto the large ship and walked towards the cabin. Pushing open the cabin door, he found that it was not damp inside and was quite clean. Obviously, it was occasionally cleaned by someone.

This meant that these Lush Tree Clan members had been doing this business for a long time, but the port nearby hadn't been used for a long time.

In this world, besides being able to do business with the Dukain family, Su Xiao couldn't think of any other stable partners. Sanctuary City was already the largest resistance force in this world, and the port belonging to Sanctuary City had fallen into such a state, let alone other resistance forces far inferior to Sanctuary City.

The problem now is that the space coordinates of this world have become abnormally chaotic under the erosion of darkness. Daring to specify a direction without specifying specific coordinates to teleport, if things go wrong, one might teleport directly into the abyss, which is a situation of certain death.

Clearing the aquatic plants of the "Wild Lush Sea" and killing all the way across the sea is also unrealistic. Su Xiao even suspected that the aquatic plants of the entire "Wild Lush Sea" had a huge body. The combat power of this thing is so exaggerated that even the Dukain family is unwilling to provoke it easily. It should be some kind of ancient existence from the abyss.

Thinking about it this way, to cross the sea, one can only pass through the malicious Lush Tree Clan. Not only that, but now it is not certain whether there is a stable space area in the vast Elf Kingdom on the south side of the "Wild Lush Sea."

If not, after the confrontation with the Beast Lord, he will have to return the same way. "Sanctuary City Doan" is the central area of this world. Wherever he wants to go later, starting from Doan is the best choice.

Accompanied by the creak, creak sound of wooden boards, the "Terror Number" went to sea. In the cabin, Bulgan sat blankly on a wooden chair, as if thinking about something, thinking until he was lost.

"Bulgan, back then, was this how you successfully crossed the sea?"

Xilin spoke, her gaze already beginning to be unkind.

"I... don't know."

Bulgan's gaze drifted. The scene he was experiencing now was completely different from his memory. He remembered that when he took the "Hope Number" back then, the captain of the "Hope Number" was friendly and heroic, but this time, the other party had become cold and full of malice.

"You TM..."

Xilin stood up, making a move to kick Bulgan to the wall, but Baja said:

"This time, it's not suitable for infighting."

"Yes, yes, we can't have infighting. It should be that the darkness back then eroded my brain, making my cognition have some changes, but one point can be determined now: I remember the route to the 'Elf Kingdom,' it should be correct."

Bulgan's gaze gradually changed from the confusion just now to becoming firm. Those lively eyes made people feel that this young man was sincere and brave.

However, under Bulgan's disguised appearance, his subconscious self had already grinned. He really passed that half-year nightmare-like imprisonment observation and knew the space coordinates for entering and leaving Sanctuary City.

What he had to do next was to return to the Lord's kingdom and report everything about Sanctuary City Doan to the Lord. As for these fellow travelers who dared to challenge the Lord, they were just unexpected gains.

Thinking about being able to meet the Lord soon and happily and obediently kneeling at the Lord's feet, Bulgan almost couldn't suppress the smile on his face and the joy in his heart.

That's right, this is the "Darkness Corruption" of the Dukain family. The most terrifying thing about this "Darkness Corruption" is actually two points: one is taming from the inside out, and the other is that there is no special aura fluctuation. For example, Bulgan, he was "Darkness Corruption" back then, and after various observations and probes, there was no abnormality. He was still him, but he was completely not the original him.

Su Xiao naturally noticed this change, but he didn't plan to pay attention to it, and even didn't plan to take action against the captain of the "Terror Number." The reason is that since the captain of the "Terror Number" is a running dog of the Dukain family, he must send Bulgan, this servant who completed the exploration, back to his master's side.

Confirming this, Su Xiao leaned on the recliner, took out a blanket, and covered himself for a nap. He slaughtered quite a few Abyss-Nourished and dark creatures last night, and he was quite tired.

At the same time, Elf Kingdom Seton, 5th Underground City District.

The giant mechanical disk operated above, spewing out streams of hot steam. Elves as numerous as ants worked in this underground city. They wore crude robes, and their exposed clothes were full of oil and sweat. The pointed ears of the elves were curled due to the long-term high-temperature environment, and there were identity tags on their ears. They had no names, only production batches and serial numbers.

In the central building of the underground city, on the 105th floor, in an office with bright red and dark gold as the main tone, a man in a pure white suit with short blue hair was sitting on a chair, boredly looking at the floor-to-ceiling window, admiring the elves working like ants.

It was called Soth, and the name was given by its father, the Beast Lord. The appearance was gradually changed to facilitate business with major forces in the Void. There were not many members of the Dukain family, only a hundred or so, and most of them were sleeping. Only less than 20 members were frequently active.

And the Dukain family also had internal factions. In general, there were four factions: the three councilors each were a faction, and the council president was a faction.

Each faction was responsible for managing different territories. The Elf Kingdom belonged to the Beast Lord, but most of the management was handled by its offspring Soth. If there was really something important, Soth would summon several of its brothers and sisters to discuss. As the youngest member of the Barbarian lineage, Soth had ambition but was not out of line and was very trusted by its father.

"So boring (Abyssal Language)."

Soth fiddled with an iron coin in its hand. This was left by an awakened elf many years ago. Everything had exceptions, including "Darkness Corruption." The awakened elf who broke free from "Darkness Corruption" fought with Soth for several years and brought Soth a lot of fun. Unfortunately, it finally attracted the attention of an older brother, and Soth could only immediately solve this hard-won playmate.

"No-Ear, anything different recently."

Soth sat back, opening its eyes without closing them. The old elf slave waiting on the side answered respectfully:

"Master, everything is fine, all city districts are very stable."

"Is that so? That's really a message that is neither good nor bad."

Soth was even more bored. It threw the iron coin in its hand and asked: "Is the representative sent by Lady Scorpion settled?"

"According to your requirements, it has been arranged."

"That guy with developed limbs, besides food, likes female elves. Send them continuously. Anyway, there is no cultivation cost."

"Your order is my mission."

"Hehe, you have served me for so many years, no need to be so flattering all the time."

Soth patted the old elf slave on the shoulder. The old slave remained unmoved and still respectful.

"The grudge between our Barbarian lineage and the Scorpion lineage has been long. Just take this opportunity to ease the relationship between the two sides. You let..."

Speaking of this, Soth was a little reluctant, but still said: "You send Yaya over. Although I am a little reluctant to part with the sweetness of her blood, there must be some sincerity in peace talks."

"Yes."

The old elf slave went to do things. Soth sighed. In its completely pitch-black eyes, irritability gradually emerged due to boredom. Just then, the ancient book on its table emitted a faint light. After flipping open by itself, it revealed a page with a tree shape.

"These Lush Tree Clan members are dreaming of redeeming their spirit seeds again."

Although Soth muttered boredly, it still pressed one hand on it, reading the information from the "Terror Number" side. Just by reading it slightly, it sat up straight, and the darkness in its eyes gradually surged towards white silk threads, representing that its emotions were fluctuating.

"The seeds thrown out casually back then are really coming back? And they are leading the way for the two Supremes of Doan. This is... really wonderful."

A smile gradually appeared on Soth's face. Almost at the same time, in the 26th city district directly above the underground city, in a magnificent two-story building.

In the bedroom that was a thousand square meters in size, there was a giant bed that was over 20 meters long and wide. On this bed was a fat, evil man who was six meters tall even when sitting, with layers of fat all over his body. He had four fat arms, more than a dozen eyes on his head, and a very large mouth, to the extent that his entire lower jaw could be opened.

At this moment, this evil man with black and shiny skin was chewing something, crunching, crunching, with blood dripping from the corners of his mouth. And beside him, in a place he could grab at will, were a dozen female elves huddled together, shivering and crying silently in fear. However, the "Corruption Mark" on their bodies made them unable to disobey the orders of the guardian, let alone this existence close at hand, which was one of the sources of "Darkness Corruption," the Abyssal Race.

"You are really cruel."

A female voice came. The chewing action of the fat evil man paused. He looked at the Abyss Daughter in the darkness more than ten meters away and asked: "Where have the people arrived?"

"Wild Lush Sea."

"Very good. It seems it won't be long before I can bring people back to see the Empress."

The fat evil man spoke in a muffled voice. The Abyss Daughter in the darkness nearby let out a "che," and pursued: "After success, let your Empress release my two sisters immediately."

"Roar roar roar~" The fat evil man let out a dull laugh and teased: "You don't hope for them to be extinguished, why do you still want to save them."

"Don't look at our Abyss Royal Family as the same as you Abyssal Race, profit-seeking. We have different mothers but the same father, that's right, but there is a blood bond."

Hearing the Abyss Daughter say this, the evil man looked unhappy: "We, the Abyssal Race, also have blood bonds."

"Oh roar roar? Your blood bond is that back then the Scorpion lineage watched the Barbarian lineage almost be slaughtered by the previous generation of Law-Extinguishers? I remember, you were also one of those watching the show back then."

This remark that poked the sore spot made the evil man very unhappy. He grabbed a female elf and threw her into the darkness.

Slap~

Blood splashed, and the Abyss Daughter in the darkness had already disappeared.

Wild Lush Sea, South Port, Antler Pier.

The "Terror Number" docked in the evening. After crossing the "Wild Lush Sea" and arriving at the southwest area of this continent, Su Xiao found that there was actually faint light shining down from above, roughly equivalent to the illumination degree on a cloudy day. Even so, it was very incredible in this world.

Thinking about it, the Abyssal Race must have a way to curb the abyss invasion. After all, the abyss darkness invasion of this world was planned by them. If there was no curbing method, it would be too ridiculous.

The Abyssal Race can always be in the darkness without light, but the elves they enslave cannot, and this degree of illumination is the basic condition to ensure that the elves can survive under high-intensity labor.

Jumping off the "Terror Number," Su Xiao walked on the pitch-black sea surface and went ashore after a while. After everyone went ashore, the "Terror Number" soon went far away.

Su Xiao tilted his head to look at Bulgan. After being stared at for a few seconds, Bulgan began to be unnatural. In the end, he even began to show angry anxiety because he found that this Law-Extinguisher who was staring at him had an increasingly kind smile.

Looking around, Su Xiao felt that this place was good. He certainly knew that Bulgan on the side was likely a corrupted servant of the Beast Lord or the Beast Lord's offspring, but this was not a big problem. No, if arranged properly, this would instead become the Beast Lord's flaw.

It was time to let the hound friends from the Underworld come to this place for sightseeing. And, after Su Xiao was promoted to the Supreme level, he was qualified to summon hound friends from the Underworld at the Supreme level. He knew one of them, who was very suitable for the current situation. That was the third-ninth in the combat power ranking of the Iron-Blooded Hounds, the brother of Red Leech, the sixth in the Iron-Blooded Hounds ranking, Black Leech Kenbas!

Also known as Dark Prison Scream Kenbas, the reason is that enemies fighting it will be in pain as if they were in a dark prison, emitting desperate screams before death.

Besides strong combat power and particularly cruel abilities, Black Leech Kenbas's extremely bad personality was also famous in the Underworld. Regarding this point, Su Xiao had a way to solve it. **CHAPTER 4004: HOLD ON**