Chapter 4008: Hunter God

Closing the ranking list, Su Xiao opened the world communication platform. Entering the world communication platform was naturally not to watch the fun, but because there was an important matter. He and Caesar looted the Beast Master's treasury and obtained a very interesting rare item, which was 【Golden Statue Fragment × 2 (small)】.

【Golden Statue Fragment】

Origin: Ebeyas (Age of Gods)

Effect:???

Introduction: One of the legacies of the gods, this is condensed by source quality power.

Sale Price: Can be sold to Reincarnation Paradise to obtain 6 Golden Skill Points.

If it were just a strange item that could be exchanged for "Golden Skill Points," Su Xiao would feel that this item was precious, but he wouldn't care so much. The key is that the origin of this item is this world.

Su Xiao is in great need of Golden Skill Points. The reason is his "Magic Spirit Awakening" ability. This ability is upgraded using Golden Skill Points. Generally, this kind of Lv. MAX ability will be upgraded to Lv. EX, the absolute max level, with 5–7 points.

But "Magic Spirit Awakening" is already +19, yet there is no sign of reaching the max level. The biggest purpose of upgrading this ability is to increase the Magic Spirit strength.

It is both because, to fight against the Abyss descendants he will face at the Supreme Strong level, he needs very exaggerated Magic Spirit strength to kill them, and because Su Xiao has a hypothesis, which is to make the Magic Spirit "full" in a short time, plus the suppression of his current right arm. In this way, the "Abyss-type Source Energy" swallowed by the Magic Blade at that time can be enjoyed exclusively by Su Xiao himself.

An upgrade of "Magic Spirit Source Quality" shared with the Magic Spirit can permanently increase Su Xiao's health by 50,000 points and Abyss resistance by 1 point. If swallowed exclusively, it is 100,000 health + 2 points of Abyss resistance.

As for what to do if the Magic Spirit refuses to digest these "Abyss-type Source Energy" at that time, there is no need to worry. In the final analysis, the Magic Spirit is Su Xiao's ability, and even if it is very special, it will be controlled by him.

Now there is a problem: the clues for 【Golden Statue Fragment】 are basically equal to none. He asked Xilin, who is of the causal type, to explore it, and the result obtained was that this item, which spanned two full epochs, had all its causality and origins turned into age residue in the long passage of two epochs and disappeared.

Xilin's original words were that whoever could investigate the origin of 【Golden Statue Fragment】, she would twist her head off and let Xiang Bubu kick it as a ball.

Su Xiao didn't care about Xilin's words, because he was certain that someone could know the approximate whereabouts of the entire "Golden Statue" by relying on 【Golden Statue Fragment】. This thing could be exchanged for hundreds, or even thousands of Golden Skill Points. Even if he split it with the other party, it would be enough to temporarily make the Blade Magic Spirit "full."

Bai Ye (Reincarnation Paradise): "【Golden Statue Fragment】, can you still see the residue of fate? If you can, we will split the account five-five after it is done."

Priest (Dawn Paradise): "Let me try."

Siluoer (Death Paradise): "Witnessing the transaction between two big bosses, I offer a hip-shaking dance."

Mo En (Death Paradise): "You are also a Supreme Strong powerhouse, Siluoer. You must pay attention to the face of our Death Paradise. This is an exchange area, not a no-man's land."

Siluoer (Death Paradise): "Alright, alright, I know. You are like an old father, Mo En. You are already a Super-Pinnacle Supreme Strong powerhouse, and even have hope of reaching the 'Supreme Strong Peak.' Why are you still so long-winded?"

Mo En (Death Paradise): "This is for your own good. How about this, I am near you. I will teleport over and talk to you about this."

Siluoer (Death Paradise): "Don't come over! I was wrong. You caught me and lectured me for a whole day last time. I still have nightmares occasionally. Someone is always lecturing me. I was really wrong. Don't come over!!"

Siluoer (Death Paradise): "Hey! Did you teleport behind me?"

Fire Mage (Holy Light Paradise): "Laughing to death, this little chatterbox won't talk much for the next few days. She can only follow Mo En and listen to his lectures."

Priest (Dawn Paradise): "Clues found, let's meet."

Bai Ye (Reincarnation Paradise): "Good."

Su Xiao sent his current coordinates to the Priest. As for why he trusted the Priest so much, it was still thanks to Xilin.

Although Xilin couldn't use causal insight to see the origin of 【Golden Statue Fragment】, she could occupy the other powerhouses in this world to a certain extent. After all, she was a Supreme Strong causal type.

Su Xiao only asked Xilin three questions.

1. Is the Priest hostile to the Soul Master?

The answer was: Yes.

The answer given by Xilin's causal-type ability is more explicit, the lower the accuracy. But if there is only "Yes/No," the accuracy is over 90%.

2. Is the Soul Master a rule-breaker?

The answer was: Yes.

3. Does the Soul Master possess the "Forbidden Brand" of the Dawn Paradise?

The answer was: Yes.

As for why Su Xiao asked the third question, the reason is that the Priest came to this world to seize Hao Tao's "Swallow Brand." Under such circumstances, the Priest would do his best not to be hostile to others. This is also why, when this world first started, the Priest took the initiative to send a map and release goodwill.

Under such circumstances, the Priest was still hostile to the Soul Master, who was at the top of the reputation ranking and had climbed to the top with particularly ridiculous Shelter City reputation points. Then there were not many possibilities left.

When Su Xiao confirmed through Xilin that the Soul Master was a rule-breaker, plus the fact that in the ranking display, the Soul Master's paradise faction was "Reincarnation Paradise," and in the case of Dawn Paradise's revival, the only possibility for a high-level rule-breaker who didn't join that side was that the other party held the "Forbidden Brand."

This, plus the fact that the Priest was hostile to him, plus the five "Forbidden Brands," the Priest absorbed three, Hao Tao had one, and the only answer was that the Soul Master was the holder of the "Soul Brand."

In the case of being hostile to the Soul Master, Su Xiao didn't believe that the Priest still wanted to clash with himself. It wasn't arrogance, but enough understanding of the Priest, this "old friend who has gone through life and death."

More than half an hour later, the center statue of the old Dragon Church cracked, and white biological tissue grew inside. After these biological tissues spread to a certain extent, the upper body of a human figure gradually emerged. From the eyebrows, one could see it was the Priest's appearance.

"Got the clue?"

Su Xiao opened his mouth.

"Better than that."

The Priest in the pale clone state had his usual kind smile. His hand reached into his chest and took out a heart. This heart was half-mechanical and half-flesh and blood, and its beating had begun to gradually weaken. This was naturally not the Priest's heart, but a key mission item.

Seeing this, Su Xiao didn't feel happy but became vigilant. The Priest's efficiency was truly ridiculously high. Just after contacting him, he got the key mission item.

"One of my purposes this time is the mission related to this thing. Unfortunately, the Soul Master is more difficult to deal with than I expected. I can only appropriately give up part of the plan, such as this Heart of the Gods."

"..."

After staring at the Priest for a few seconds, Su Xiao said: "Two-eight split."

"Impossible, five-five at least."

The Priest's attitude was unusually firm, but Su Xiao estimated that this old fox's bottom line was a four-six split, so Su Xiao said: "Three-seven at most."

"Good."

"..."

Su Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly. He confirmed that the Priest was not setting him up, but really gave up the benefits. But this had both good and bad sides.

The good news is naturally the harvest this time. The bad news is that this old guy, the Priest, is clearly preparing to swallow the remaining two "Forbidden Brands" in this world. Once the "Forbidden Brand" is complete, it will inevitably be a qualitative change, and the Priest will be even harder to deal with at that time.

After weighing it slightly, Su Xiao took the Heart of the Gods. The Priest's clone in front, as well as those white flesh and blood, dissolved like a candle and melted into the air before long.

Seeing this, Su Xiao immediately jumped out of the window and put on the super-enhanced alchemy gas mask. He observed the 【Heart of the Gods】 in his hand, and a prompt appeared.

【You obtained the core mission item of "Side Mission: Ancient Divine Power." Do you accept this mission?】

【This mission has been accepted.】

【Side Mission: Ancient Divine Power】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 96.

Mission Introduction: Kill the four Heavenly Gods of the God Temple (after accepting this mission, you can perceive the location of the four Heavenly Gods once every natural day).

Mission Deadline: 20 natural days.

Mission Reward: None (During the completion of this mission, you will get benefits that far exceed the mission difficulty, so this mission has no reward).

Mission Penalty: One randomly accepted mission will immediately fail.

This mission is quite special. It can actually perceive the location of the mission target. After checking the mission branch list, Su Xiao found that this was a killing mission. This was reasonable. The difficulty of a killing mission is combat, not puzzle-solving or searching.

The target is the four Heavenly Gods of this world. This gave Su Xiao an idea. He wanted to maximize the benefits of this time. Just right, he couldn't go to find the Beast Master now. He had to wait for a guy to take the bait before he could carry out subsequent plans with lower risk.

Su Xiao opened the title refining disc of the Reincarnation Paradise and the Void Tree, used the 【Hunter Gold Coins】 obtained this time to start exchanging for 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】, and then opened the 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】 to choose to obtain "Spreading Bed," and re-forged "Spreading Bed" one by one.

After consuming a total of 6,952 "Spreading Beds," Su Xiao obtained 300 "Full Title Potential, 99.99% Success Rate, Spreading Bed."

He took out the 【Hunter God】 title. The mission he received this time was very special, giving him the feeling that this was a reward mission. But from another perspective, the Priest actually gave up this mission, which

The priest was also decisive. Compared to giving up and getting nothing, being able to obtain 30% of the profits was undoubtedly a better choice. It was no wonder this old guy could always be one of the final winners.

A total of 300 "Spreading Hotbeds" wrapped around 【God Hunter】, allowing this title, which had only 71.6% potential, to begin emitting a faint glow. After the "Spreading Hotbeds" dissolved, they resembled golden-red lava and vaguely took the shape of a heart, beginning to nurture this "Limit Burning · 1st Time" title.

Unfortunately, this effect only lasted for a few minutes before the golden-red "Spreading Hotbed" fell off; the upgrade had failed. Su Xiao was not surprised by this. He continued to exchange for "Spreading Hotbeds." After more than ten minutes and a total consumption of 7085 【Hunter Coins】, he obtained another 300 "Full Title Potential · 99.99% Success Rate · Spreading Hotbeds."

It was still the same method as before, wrapping 【God Hunter】 with these "Spreading Hotbeds." The golden-red glow flickered on and off. This time, it lasted for an hour, and the hard shell on the surface of 【God Hunter】 cracked, which meant the upgrade was successful.

Su Xiao embedded 【God Hunter】 into the main title slot at the center of the burning disk. He still had 1906 "Nine-Star Attribute-less Titles" in his title list, enough to upgrade this title to "Limit Burning · 4th Time." It was hard to come across a reward mission, so he had to squeeze its profits to the limit; once technique systems reached the late stage, the resource consumption was terrifying.

The title burning began. Before long, 【God Hunter】 reached "Limit Burning · 2nd Time," and the subsequent push for the third time went very smoothly. When five "Limit Burning · 3rd Time" attribute-less titles were embedded around the 【God Hunter】, which was also "Limit Burning · 3rd Time," the push for "Limit Burning · 4th Time" began.

【This burning process took a total of 6 hours and 25 minutes.】

Seeing this prompt, a crystal chair formed behind Su Xiao. He leaned back on it and closed his eyes for a short rest. Time ticked away second by second; the guy he was waiting for hadn't arrived, but the title burning had finished first.

With the "Limit Burning · 4th Time" 【Old Hunter】 title, it was still difficult to upgrade a title to "Limit Burning · 5th Time," but "Limit Burning · 4th Time" was no longer as exceptionally arduous as it used to be.

【God Hunter】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise.

Limit Burning: Four times.

Title Potential: 100%.

Category: Highly Rare · Title

Title Effect 1: Return to Origin (Core · Passive), after killing a God-type unit, its "Divine Soul" will be seized and subjected to "Primitive Return," allowing the Divine Soul to return to its primordial form.

Prompt: "Divine Soul" is derived from the Astral system. The primordial form is the most powerful state of this Divine Soul. Subsequent generations of inheritance, if the inheritor lacks compatibility with the inherited "Divine Soul" and occupies this divine position for a long time, will lead to the weakening, degradation, or distortion of the "Divine Soul."

Title Effect 2: Coronation of God (Passive), can store the obtained "Primordial Divine Soul" and bestow it upon others.

Maximum Storage Capacity: 0/5.

Stored Divine Soul: None

Due to the massive improvement in title characteristics, the stored "Divine Soul" has returned to the Astral Realm.

Introduction: Seize, Return, Bestow.

Price: Cannot be sold.

……

"Limit Burning · 4th Time" was the qualitative change period for a title; Su Xiao had known this for a long time, but the changes in 【God Hunter】 truly exceeded his expectations.

The Old Dragon Cathedral, which was not bright to begin with, suddenly became even dimmer. Su Xiao put away the 【God Hunter】 title and looked toward the darkness beneath the Old Dragon statue.

A substance like black iron sand emerged and then formed a human shape; it was the Abyss Daughter.

"Heh~, you actually dared to kill the Beast Lord's second son; you still have some guts..."

Before the Abyss Daughter could finish her sentence, Su Xiao raised his hand and pointed to Xilin beside him: "Causality-type; she is the type of person most skilled at shielding perception."

"It seems I made the right bet coming to find you, Bai Ye. You cannot fight the Beast Lord; even if you could win, you would lose very miserably..."

"That's enough."

"What?"

The Abyss Daughter looked surprised.

"Knowing this is enough."

"You..."

The Abyss Daughter was even more bewildered.

"Tell me what you want."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Abyss Daughter didn't have time to be confused and said: "My sister Ayesha is imprisoned by Lady Scorpion in a deep pit beneath the Empress City. I want to save her."

"Oh?"

"What's with that 'oh'? Although we have some small conflicts, we are family after all; I can't just watch her die. Father indeed doesn't care about our existence, but Mother loves us very much."

Speaking of this, the white lines in the Abyss Daughter's eyes softened a bit.

"Aren't you half-sisters?"

Baha's question made the Abyss Daughter shrug and say: "I don't even know who my own biological mother is. She might be some powerful Abyss entity. After I was born, Father threw me to Mother Hotbed to take care of."

The "Dark Hotbed" mentioned by the Abyss Daughter was one of the most powerful Abyss-type existences in the Abyss, second only to the contemporary Abyss Lord. Moreover, unlike other Abyss-type existences that were chaotic neutral or frantically evil, it was the gentlest.

Or rather, all the offspring of the Abyss Lord were raised by the Dark Hotbed, and the Abyss Daughter was of course no exception. As for Ayesha, she seemed to have grown up on the Scorching Sun Star, but what kind of place was the Scorching Sun Star? Its Abyss erosion rate was extremely high.

Because of this, during Ayesha's childhood, she and her sister Delona, who shared one body and two souls, had gone to the Abyss in soul form.

With their soul power, something would have gone wrong the moment they entered the Abyss. It was only because of the protection of their mother, "Dark Hotbed," that they successfully entered and played near their massive mother, the Dark Hotbed, and then met the Abyss Daughter.

At that time, the Abyss Daughter was actually not young, but she had always been in the Abyss, so her mental age was not high, and she was about the same as Ayesha and Delona.

Among them, Ayesha was the quietest, Delona was mischievous but not smart, and the Abyss Daughter was bold and smart. After Delona and the Abyss Daughter met, it was like fire meeting gasoline; often, the Abyss Daughter and Delona would cause trouble while Ayesha quietly watched from the side.

Later, as Ayesha and Delona gradually grew up, although Mother Hotbed was reluctant, she no longer called these two children to the Abyss, but let them grow up healthily in the material world.

The Abyss Daughter naturally missed these two close relatives and playmates. She left the Abyss and left her mother's side largely because she wanted to go out and find her two sisters.

However, she knew her identity was dangerous. If she encountered any of her father's enemies, it would lead to her death without a burial place, and might even implicate her two sisters. She simply claimed while searching that she had a grudge against her two sisters. Anyway, she had no friends and didn't worry about enemies going to trouble them.

"You can go now."

Su Xiao spoke, which made the Abyss Daughter puff up with anger. However, her previous arrogance was just an act; she wanted to say a few tough words, but now she had to ask for help.

"I will go save Delona."

Su Xiao glanced at the Abyss Daughter and then continued to maintain Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. He could faintly sense that a powerful existence had already locked onto his position and would be attacking in no time.

"After it's done, I'm willing to pay you..."

"Not needed."

Su Xiao interrupted the Abyss Daughter, which surprised her. But then, she suddenly sensed something and said urgently: "Let's not talk about this first. Let's leave here. I seem to sense that some powerful existence is attacking."

"..."

Su Xiao's fingers brushed over the blade. Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was longer than an average sword and did not belong to any standard style of bladed weapon. It looked completely different from the white-quality Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan he had obtained back then.

This sword had been upgraded time and time again, and having killed one powerful enemy after another with Su Xiao, it had long since become a weapon that belonged uniquely to him and was most compatible with his height, arm length, and his combat style and system. Or rather, its weapon list was simply Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, the Blade of Extinguishing Law · Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan.

Perhaps in the various worlds of the Astral Realm years later, master weapon smiths would begin to imitate this sword.

The long sword returned to its scabbard, and Su Xiao inserted it into the sword belt at his waist. The reason he didn't accept the Abyss Daughter's reward was a principle of his conduct: he didn't deceive friends, let alone friends who had already passed away.

He had a friend on the Scorching Sun Star named Lusiva. Back then, he likely wasn't the opponent of the First Sun King. After the fight started, Lusiva used the "Predestined Advance" of Ayesha and Delona to overdraw his life to the point of near-exhaustion, exchanging it for extreme power, and only then did the two of them narrowly defeat the First Sun King.

Moreover, the previous owner of the Lord Train was Lusiva. Before Lusiva died, he gave the Lord Train to Su Xiao.

Delona was Lusiva's own younger sister.

Plus, Lady Scorpion's side had actually been plotting against his side for a long time; these Abyss descendants had to be dealt with regardless.

Drip, drip~

Black liquid dripped from the claw tips of the gray-white stone Old Dragon statue. The gravel on the ground began to tremble, and then the entire ground began to shake. Black droplets like water condensed in the air, and soon they spread throughout the Old Dragon Cathedral, which was nearly a thousand square meters and had long since lost its former glory.

Black liquid flowed from the eye sockets of the Old Dragon statue, making it look as if the Old Dragon was weeping.

Crack, crack, crack~

The ceiling above cracked open.

Boom!

The ceiling shattered, and a tall figure fell down. Dust and smoke dispersed, and as the smoke gradually cleared, the figure of the newcomer was revealed.

The newcomer was over ten meters tall, with messy, wood-like horns on his head, and was draped in a tattered black robe, as if he had been practicing hard in some place for a long time, which caused his attire to be like this.

The newcomer's figure could not be described as just burly; there was a sense of majesty. As a perception-type, Xilin felt a sense of trembling when she saw this figure. Her knees went weak, and her heart felt empty; it seemed that only by kneeling at the feet of this figure could she find inner peace.

With just one glance, Xilin was certain that this was one of the ultimate big bosses of this world. In a Supreme-level world, there was a survival rule that everyone knew: don't provoke big boss-level units, let alone ultimate big bosses.

Actually, not only was Xilin panicked, but the Abyss Daughter was also panicked. She didn't think that the famous Beast Lord would fear her background, let alone that her father didn't care about her life or death at all.

Xilin and the Abyss Daughter looked at each other, and both sides confirmed the look in their eyes: they were friends who had to rely on each other in this battle. Participate in the battle? Stop joking. Xilin and the Abyss Daughter both knew that what they had to do next was to successfully survive the aftermath of the battle between these two monster-level beings.

The newcomer was none other than the Beast Lord. He lowered his eyelids and looked down at Su Xiao with calm eyes.