Chapter 4017: Absolute

Although it is pitch-black in front, in Su Xiao's perception, the surroundings are exceptionally clear. This is because, in this tragic slaughter, his intuition ability, which had been growing very slowly, finally reached its limit and, due to the effect of 【Hunting Heart】, made a further breakthrough at the limit.

【Intuition: Lv. EX (Passive)】

Skill Effect: Obtain a "Absolute Perception" range with a 50-meter diameter in a resident state.

According to the master's self-adaptive characteristic: Obtain "Abyss Vision" within the "Absolute Perception" range.

No perception power buff, no perception sharpness buff, and no perception judgment buff, just an "Absolute Perception." This is the simple and pure power possessed after being promoted to a supreme being. Because within the "Absolute Perception" circle, perception power, perception sharpness, perception judgment, etc., all perception-related characteristics are fully maxed out.

However, there is nothing absolutely perfect in this world. As a technique-type supreme being, Su Xiao's perception range will certainly not be large. Compared to obtaining a range of over a thousand meters but only reaching the upstream level of perception, Su Xiao needs this kind of perception that is limited in range but extremely powerful.

Su Xiao's perception opens fully. He tilts his head and looks into the darkness, at a place where there is nothing. A momentary fluctuation appears there, and some extremely hidden existence is about to slip away.

Just for a split second, Su Xiao arrives beside this existence and pinches it.

Squeak~!

A painful scream that can shake the soul spreads.

"Don't!"

Seeing this scene, the Abyss Daughter speaks anxiously, which makes Delona feel puzzled.

Su Xiao certainly ignores the Abyss Daughter and prepares to kill this unknown Abyss existence that is secretly peeking at him, lest it be a subordinate of the current Abyss Lord and report to the other party.

"It's sister, our younger sister."

The Abyss Daughter knows that her words have absolutely no effect on that Law-Extinguisher, because that sister has already been pinched until it sprays transparent blood, so she says this to Delona beside her.

Delona's eyes widen a bit. She is about to speak, but doesn't know how to address it for a while, and finally uses the most accustomed way:

"Brother, that seems to be my sister, it seems... she came to pick me up?"

Delona tilts her head to look at the Abyss Daughter, and the Abyss Daughter nods like a chicken pecking at rice.

"..."

Su Xiao no longer exerts force in his hand. He examines this Abyss existence that looks like a blue jellyfish but has a human-like face. After letting go, this Abyss existence slides down from his hand, soft and mushy. After landing, it almost cries. The only feeling is that the outside world is so terrible, and it will never leave the Abyss again.

Su Xiao steps on the ladder-like pile of Abyss-nourished creature heads and walks down from the mountain of corpses. Passing by the Abyss Daughter, he stops and looks at the Abyss Daughter with a blank expression. The meaning is very clear: if anything happens to his old friend Luosiva's sister after entering the Abyss, then the Abyss Daughter doesn't need to continue to exist either.

The Abyss Daughter obviously understands and immediately says: "We are going to see mother, there is no danger."

"..."

Su Xiao doesn't speak and walks toward the outside of the "Absolute Dark Zone." After he walks far away, the Abyss Daughter looks at his back and says to Delona with envy:

"Having such a powerful brother as a backer is really great."

"Stop sighing, what's wrong with our sister, why does it keep spitting water?"

Delona holds and supports the jellyfish sister, her expression a bit anxious.

"That's not water, it's blood! Really, such a terrifying guy, why did you get close to him?"

The Abyss Daughter's hand reaches into the black hole that appeared out of thin air and begins to grope inside.

"Sister, what are you looking for?"

"Potion, sister is a living body, recovery potion is useful to her. Bad, I am not a living body, I can't use recovery potion, no stock, that thing is too expensive."

"I have some."

Delona takes out a bottle of recovery potion and begins to give it to the jellyfish sister to drink. Seeing this, the Abyss Daughter envies this powerful and top-tier pharmacist backer even more.

Walking out of the "Absolute Dark Zone," Su Xiao feels that the originally dim outside world is unexpectedly bright. This is not an illusion, but the result of the "Intuition" ability being improved to the limit.

He does not deliberately expand his perception, because now the 50-meter diameter perception circle is in a resident state, as natural as a heartbeat.

The train starts. Su Xiao leans on the comfortable single sofa. This battle, seemingly a crushing explosion with "Blue Shadow King" + improved "Swordsmanship Master," actually had a not-low risk. As time passed, the Abyss-nourished creatures rushing out from that Abyss channel became stronger and stronger.

Besides this, Su Xiao also discovered one thing, that is, under the condition of accepting 【Abyss Quest: Gift of Death】, the probability of "Immortal Abyss-nourished creatures" dropping treasure chests is extremely low, and besides having a certain amount of "Hunter Gold Coin" income, there is no other kill income.

However, this time, he devoured two portions of "Abyss-nourished creature source energy" equivalent to "Magic Spirit Source Quality."

After beheading the Beast Lord and devouring its "Abyss source energy" before, Su Xiao increased his health points by 600,000 and Abyss resistance by 11 points, while the "Blade Spirit" increased its magic spirit intensity by 240 points.

With the current 2164 points of magic spirit intensity of the "Blade Spirit," Su Xiao's 1500 points of soul intensity cannot suppress it. But since his right arm absorbed part of the source power of the previous Abyss Lord, he found that he could suppress magic spirit intensity several times higher than the current one.

【Your maximum health points are permanently increased by 120,000.】

【Your Abyss resistance is permanently increased by 2 points.】

It was still a four-six split. It seemed the plan to obtain a massive amount of Golden Skill Points, completely stuff the Blade Demon Spirit, then swallow the "Demon Spirit Source Quality" alone to use it to increase his "Base Health" would need to be accelerated.

After being promoted to a supreme being, Su Xiao, besides increasing real stamina attributes and "Magic-Devouring Constitution," no longer increases health points through other means. The reason is very simple. It was only after being promoted to a supreme being that his mixed health points became pure. This feeling of life force being one is really good and too important.

Besides this, Su Xiao also discovered one thing. This time, his explosion in front of the Abyss channel directly filled the completion degree of 【Abyss Quest: Gift of Death】.

【Abyss Quest: Gift of Death.】

Difficulty Tier: Lv. 98~???

Quest submission count: 1 time.

Quest Introduction:...

Current quest completion degree: 300%

Quest Scope: In any world.

Quest Penalty: None.

Prompt: This quest can be abandoned at any time. After abandoning, you will lose the qualification to accept this quest again forever.

Su Xiao attempts to submit this quest.

【You have chosen to submit Abyss Quest: Gift of Death.】

【Current quest completion degree: 300% (Single-time limit).】

【Because the quest completion degree is the single-time limit, you can choose three reward types from the following quest rewards.】

1. Abyss Secret Treasure (9 pieces).

2. Elemental Secret Treasure (15 pieces).

3. Space-Time Stone Fragment (Super-massive).

4. Random Secret Treasure (Obtain 5~40 Abyss Secret Treasures or Elemental Secret Treasures).

5. Tree of Void Treasury Application Permission II (20% off).

3 and 4 must be chosen. As for reward 5, Su Xiao applies to view relevant data to understand what is going on. In a sense, this is somewhat like wishing, but it is a wish with a cap, and the cap scope is what is currently in the Tree of Void's treasury.

【You have obtained Space-Time Stone Fragment x 8580 pieces.】

【You have obtained Abyss Secret Treasure x 1 piece.】

【You have obtained Elemental Secret Treasure x 39 pieces.】

【You have obtained Tree of Void Treasury Application Permission II (20% off).】

Sure enough, as Su Xiao expected, this Abyss quest has nothing to do with luck in terms of the randomness of "Abyss Secret Treasure" and "Elemental Secret Treasure," mainly depending on Abyss favor and elemental affinity.

Su Xiao's 1428 points of elemental affinity can be considered to have gains. He observes a tree-shaped badge in his hand and attempts to activate it.

【You have activated Tree of Void Treasury Application Permission II. Before completing the resource application and paying the space-time power, this permission badge will not be consumed.】

【You need to submit a material application requirement before you can enter the next notarization step.】

Su Xiao weighs it and chooses to propose the application requirement for the overlord equipment ranked first.

【This equipment is currently in the treasury. You need to pay 8,520,000 ounces of space-time power to complete this equipment exchange (because of the 'Treasury Application Permission II' used, you need to actually pay 6,816,000 ounces of space-time power).】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao has a new understanding of the strength of overlord equipment, or rather, a new understanding of the overlord equipment ranked in the top 100 and top 10. With a selling price as high as 8.52 million, its strength must reach a terrifying degree.

This 【Tree of Void Treasury Application Permission II】 is 20% off, so does it mean there are better 【Tree of Void Treasury Application Permission II】? Can it reach 50% off, 30% off, or even 10% off?

Su Xiao attempts to apply to buy an overlord equipment that suits him and is ranked in the top ten.

【This equipment is currently in the treasury. You need to pay 8,520,000 ounces of space-time power to complete this equipment exchange...】 【4

Seeing this identical prompt, the look in Su Xiao's eyes changed; this strongest Overlord equipment actually suited him quite well? But on second thought, the strongest Overlord equipment likely possessed extremely high strength and versatility.

The replacement application changed to requiring a piece of Overlord equipment ranked in the top fifty.

【This equipment is currently located in the Treasury. You need to pay 135,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to complete this equipment exchange (due to the "Treasury Application Authorization II" used, you only need to actually pay 108,000 ounces of Space-Time Power).】

Sure enough, Overlord equipment that could make the rankings represented a qualitative change. Su Xiao pondered for a moment, and after trying several applications in succession, he received a prompt: such applications were limited to ten free attempts per day, and he now only had two left.

【This item is currently located in the Treasury. You need to pay 10,890 ounces of Space-Time Power to complete this equipment exchange (due to the "Treasury Application Authorization II" used, you only need to actually pay 8,712 ounces of Space-Time Power).】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao canceled the current application. He used this ninth opportunity to make a random attempt to see if he could exchange for a "Fragment of the Awakening Monument." The result was that the Void Tree's Treasury actually did contain "Awakening Monument Fragments."

He had obtained one from the Fallen Mother previously and one from Lady Scorpion. Now there was another chance to get one. If there were no accidents later, using this 20%-off "Treasury Application Authorization" this way wasn't bad.

【Prompt (Void Tree): You have submitted an application to accept the "Abyss Mission: Gift of Death" again.】

【Detected that you have completed the "Abyss Mission: Gift of Death" twice, and in one of those instances, you achieved a 300% completion rate. Given the Hunter's excellent performance, your Void Tree reputation will be significantly increased.】

【Notarizing...】

【Notarization error. Current Void Tree reputation: -????】

【Re-evaluating...】

【Evaluation failed. Constantizing according to initial regulations...】

【Constantization complete. Hunter, you possess the worst Void Tree reputation in history, as well as an extremely excellent and proactive completion record for the "Abyss Mission: Gift of Death."】

【Due to this situation, the Void Tree cannot grant you any profit-based rewards.】

【Constantization complete. Your "Void Tree Punishment Immunity Rank" is permanently +1.】

Clearly, in the Void Tree's judgment, Su Xiao was very complex: he was both a vicious Hunter with a reputation of -???? who should be eliminated, and an excellent Hunter who had completed the "Abyss Mission: Gift of Death" twice and required focused attention and rewards.

It was under this contradictory judgment that the "Void Tree Punishment Immunity Rank permanently +1" was created. To put it simply, this authorization meant that in subsequent Void Tree judgments regarding Su Xiao, "Forced Execution Rulings" would default to being downgraded to "Severe Penalties," "Severe Penalties" would default to "Warning Prompts," and "Warning Prompts" would default to nothing happening.

For Su Xiao, who had a Void Tree reputation of -????, this was undoubtedly a form of insurance.

【Prompt: Detected that you have accepted the "Abyss Mission: Gift of Death" for the third time. The reward and protection mechanisms for this mission have been disabled.】

【Abyss Mission: Gift of Death.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 98～???

Mission submission count: 2 times.

Mission Brief: Eliminate at least Supreme-level "Undying Abyss Proliferations" and "Abyss Lineage."

Mission Reward: Final gains determined based on mission completion rate.

Prompt: The cumulative calculation method for this mission's completion rate is: after you successfully kill a target unit, increase the "mission completion rate corresponding to the target unit's danger level" + "45% of the current existing mission completion rate is added to this mission's completion rate."

Current mission completion rate: 0%.

Originally, it only needed to be an "Undying Abyss Proliferation," but now it had to be Supreme-level to qualify. Su Xiao didn't feel surprised by this; after all, it was a repeatable mission.

The scenery outside the train window flew by. The more he used this Lord Train, the more he felt it was truly a good item. No wonder the lords of the First Era spent a fortune to build it. He stood up, walked into the bedroom in the back, and looked at Amu, who was still fast asleep on the carpet.

"Boss, where are we going?"

"Corrupt King City."

That's right, Su Xiao was going to have a battle with the Abyss Lineage. With the "Green Shadow King" ability, the thing he feared least was being surrounded and killed by a large group of enemies. Presumably, with the gathering of the Dukain family, Corrupt King City was already defended like an iron bucket.

At this moment, inside the inner city of Corrupt King City, in the council hall of the Twin King Palace.

Today's head seat was not the Twin Kings; the Twin Kings were in the secondary seats. His confidant, Holy Knight Monipe, clearly looked dissatisfied, but the person on the throne was Council Chairman Ergubaya, so no one could say anything.

"Little Scorpion, this is the highest price I can offer. If you are still not satisfied, then I can only give up."

Council Chairman Ergubaya spoke with a smile. Lady Scorpion seemed to be hesitating, but in reality, she had long been satisfied with Council Chairman Ergubaya's offer. As for the origin of this bottle of 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】, she had long since made it seamless.

To sell this thing to the Council Chairman, she certainly couldn't say it was concocted by a Law Breaker. Not only would the price be crushed to a miserable degree, but there would be more trouble. Moreover, she had already had the Void's Pharmacist Guild check it through the Arcane Eternal Star, and there were no problems with the potion.

Furthermore, in Lady Scorpion's perception, this was something she had seized from that Law Breaker; more accurately, it was the price that Law Breaker had to pay to complete his despicable plan to attack her.

Was the Pharmacist Guild's level not good enough? Could they not detect that the 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】 was wrong? Of course not.

First, one had to clarify one point: for the Arcane Eternal Star, was cooperation with the Dukain family more important, or was the relationship with the Pharmacist Guild more important? The answer could be guessed with one's butt. Ultimately, the Dukain family was a powerful tumor with a foul reputation.

Therefore, when the Arcane Eternal Star transferred this bottle of secret medicine, they told the old pharmacists at the Pharmacist Guild clearly that this was a secret medicine from the Dukain family that needed to be appraised.

Originally, the Pharmacist Guild didn't want to get involved in this matter, but it wouldn't be good to reject the Arcane Eternal Star's face. They thought, anyway, it was just an appraisal and they wouldn't be in contact with the Abyss Lineage, so they would just do it.

As a result, after the old pharmacist studied it, he discovered that this exquisite concoction technique and profound pharmaceutical knowledge felt so familiar. The old pharmacist slapped his thigh: "Damn, isn't this Saint Flame?"

Half an hour later, the several old pharmacists in charge of the Pharmacist Guild began to discuss this matter in a secret room. Last time at the Arcane Eternal Star's pharmacist gathering, Su Xiao's pharmaceutical level had completely crushed the Pharmacist Guild's old pharmacists. He could have come to fiercely show off and slap faces, yet Su Xiao didn't do that; instead, they gave each other face.

The several old pharmacists were all shrewd people, and they subsequently sent the 【Pharmacist Guild: Saint Flame Badge (Pharmacist Master Badge)】. Face was something established first on strength and ability, and subsequently given to each other.

After studying the 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】, the old pharmacists determined that this thing wasn't just "having a problem," it was terrifying. However, the reply they gave the Dukain family through the Arcane Eternal Star was:

"This secret medicine has no problems."

As for what to do if problems really arose later, who didn't have mistakes? At that time, the Pharmacist Guild would solemnly offer a verbal apology to the Dukain family.

In the council hall, Lady Scorpion had already felt the Council Chairman's increasingly dangerous gaze. She took out the 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】, her eyes full of reluctance. Clearly, in the eyes of outsiders, this was a secret treasure Lady Scorpion had prepared to extend her life when she went to the Abyss to "reincarnate." Having been ransacked by the Law Breaker this time, she urgently needed a startup asset to turn things around, which was why she brought out such a rare secret treasure.

"It belongs to you now."

Council Chairman Ergubaya took the potion, his eyes filled with a heat that was almost impossible to suppress. He could feel the rich primordial life nourishment contained within the potion.

"Council Chairman? Council Chairman?!"

Lady Scorpion suddenly discovered something was wrong, because the old immortal she had always been guarding against had actually pried open the seal of the 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】 right there and poured it into his mouth, even greedily sticking his tongue into the potion bottle to lick it. In the end, he simply ate the crystal potion bottle as well.

"Ah~"

Council Chairman Ergubaya let out a moan with a tremor. The skin on his face visibly became ruddier, the age spots began to fade, and his cloudy eyes became a bit clearer.

"Council Chairman?"

Lady Scorpion spoke tentatively. She suddenly felt that obtaining this bottle of 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】 seemed, appeared, probably, to have been a setup?

The fact was indeed so. The moment Council Chairman Ergubaya touched the 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】, he was bound to drink it; it was no longer a question of whether he wanted to or not. This was, of course, the work of the "Void Alien Existence" hidden within the secret medicine. To a certain extent, Su Xiao was engaging in a tacit cooperation with this "Void Alien Existence" that had never been negotiated before.

"I feel good, very good, great, hahaha."

Council Chairman Ergubaya laughed out loud.

【Side effect: Permanently reduce current 85% + 350 points of Willpower attribute, and every natural day, an Willpower check will be conducted every two hours. If the check is not passed, you will enter the "Evil Joy" state, permanently reducing 1% Willpower, 3% Sanity, and 5% Self-Cognition. "Evil Joy" can be triggered continuously.

Warning: If the current Willpower attribute is negative, the triggered "Evil Joy" will automatically convert into "Evil Pleasure," permanently reducing 50 points of Willpower attribute, 5% Sanity, and 10% Self-Cognition.】

One had to say, Council Chairman Ergubaya's Willpower attribute was truly high; drinking the 【Ancient Dragon Secret Medicine】 didn't actually result in negative Willpower on the spot.

Even so, Council Chairman Ergubaya's Willpower attribute dropped to a very low level, and because of this, he successfully entered the "Evil Joy" state during his first Willpower check.

Every Abyss Lineage member, at the beginning of their birth, had their own "Sin Characteristic." Just like the Beast Lord's "Sin Characteristic" was Pride, and Lady Scorpion's "Sin Characteristic" was Envy. However, as Abyss Lineage members grew, they would break free from this initial sin, which was also a sign that Abyss Lineage members could leave the Abyss. And the Council Chairman's former "Sin Characteristic" was Lust.

The smile on Council Chairman Ergubaya's face gradually became strange. After he opened his eyes, he happened to see the Tyrant sitting there, arms crossed, his whole body covered in layers of fat. Suddenly, the Council Chairman felt that this Tyrant also looked quite charming.

Sensing the Council Chairman's gaze, the Tyrant suddenly felt a chill and shivered for no reason.

The next morning, the Lord Train stopped. They hadn't reached Corrupt Lake yet, but a magnificent large city came into view. Looking into the distance, there was a corrupt aura floating up; that was Corrupt Lake. This was clearly a city that lived by relying on Corrupt Lake.

This was not Corrupt King City; it didn't even have city gates or other defenses. The gate holes in the city walls were wide open, as if welcoming everyone's arrival. Humans, Elves, and Giants were moving in and out of the city gates. Their clothing was different, but in their eyes, there was an inexplicable sense of fanaticism.

Su Xiao walked off the train. He was certain that the Four Heavenly Gods of the Pantheon corresponding to the "Side Mission: Ancient Divine Power" were in this large city, and were even the rulers here.

Walking into the city, the fanaticism in the pedestrians' expressions was even more obvious. Even though they were already skin and bones, they were still busily transporting something into the city. After observing for a moment, Su Xiao knew what was going on: these Humans, Elves, and Giants were Corrupted ones from the "Elf Kingdom," "Empress City," and "Molten City."

It was just that while they were being corrupted, they were also branded with a faith mark, which made them work tirelessly. It seemed the Dukain family and the Four Heavenly Gods were cooperating and plotting the same thing.

Walking along the main street, Su Xiao could occasionally see Humans or Giants who had died of exhaustion on the side of the street. No one helped them collect their bones, because after they died, they would be gradually absorbed by the formations under the entire city, turning into a skeleton that would not rot.

The further he went along the main street, the more white bones there were under his feet. In the end, the street surface was simply paved with semi-weathered white bones. Finally, Su Xiao stopped in front of a hundred-meter-high golden metal temple. A pair of huge, dozens-of-meters-high doors blocked Su Xiao's path.

Su Xiao pushed the doors with both hands. Accompanied by a few wisps of dust falling, the metal doors opened with a clattering sound, until a gap more than a meter wide was opened.

The light from outside shone into the temple. On the towering throne inside the temple, there were four high thrones side by side. The middle one was the highest, the left and right ones were slightly smaller, and the one on the far right was the shortest.

Each throne was more than ten meters high, showing the size of the Four Heavenly Gods. The Heavenly God in the main seat was over ten meters tall just sitting there; standing up would definitely be even more astonishing. One of its hands was resting on the side of its mask, as if it were taking a nap. Sensing an intruder, its eyes opened. Four eyes with dark golden vertical pupils looked down at Su Xiao as if looking down at ants.

"Another ant (God Language)."

The Heavenly God in the main seat was disturbed from its slumber and was clearly displeased.

This was, of course, not in Su Xiao's consideration. He looked around at the Four Heavenly Gods in front of him and calmly drew the long blade at his waist. The huge metal door behind him was slammed shut by his blood energy. The meaning was very clear: "I'm in a bit of a hurry, you four, come at me together."