Chapter 4018: Making a Fortune

Inside the Pantheon, the one occupying the central seat among the Four Heavenly Gods was the God of Dark Magic, a powerful deity who governed darkness and devouring. Rumor had it that this Dark God had already devoured a portion of the power of the gods from the First Epoch.

One must know, the terrifying level of those gods was, back then, not the slightest bit inferior to the three great overlords: the Ancient Dragons, the Sun, and the Lords.

Flanking the Dark God were the Goddess of the Sky, Fema, and the God of Cursed Rain, Muta. Further down sat the Goddess of the Dead Moon, Papamizi.

Among the four deities, the Dark God's aura was the most powerful. Just by sitting on the throne, the surrounding space rippled in layers; this was the suppression from its aura. In comparison, the Goddess of the Dead Moon, whose throne was the lowest, had an aura a cut weaker.

"Audacious ant."

The Goddess of the Dead Moon's four arms rested on the armrests of her throne. Each of her hands had many fingers, and all of them were riddled with holes of varying sizes.

"Great Dark God Lord, let me be the one to crush this ant."

The Goddess of the Dead Moon floated up from her throne. Hearing this dialogue from the Four Heavenly Gods, Su Xiao was slightly stunned. How long had it been? How long had it been since he encountered such an arrogant divine creature? But thinking about it carefully, it made sense. If it were a god-system entity with any real insight, how could it cooperate so openly with the Abyss descendants?

This confirmed to him that these gods, who had grown strong by invading worlds with the Abyss, certainly possessed formidable strength but lacked any insight into the outside world.

The Goddess of the Dead Moon descended in a floating state, her every movement exuding a touch of laziness amidst her elegance.

"You, grow. Joyfully, unrestrainedly, grow."

The Goddess of the Dead Moon smiled and pointed a finger forward.

*Pop—*

A ripple spread quietly. The next second, Su Xiao felt his vitality become extremely active, as if it were about to... aberrantly proliferate and grow wildly. However, because his base source vitality was vast, this dark power only made him feel uncomfortable.

*Boom! *

Su Xiao vanished from his spot. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the Goddess of the Dead Moon, making a move to slash down with his blade. This made the Goddess of the Dead Moon almost laugh out loud; she couldn't fathom how this crude human had ascended to the Supreme level, knowing nothing of using the world's power to bind and destroy all things.

As the long blade slashed down, the thoughts in the Goddess of the Dead Moon's mind came to an abrupt halt. She felt a terrifying wind pressure rushing toward her. Her divine perception, which warned that she could not evade and must take this blow head-on, went frantically wild. Her expression turned ferocious, her several arms instinctively raised, and her divine profession power surged, condensing into thick moonlight power that formed a silver, armor-like defense on her body surface.

With a deafening boom, the Goddess of the Dead Moon vanished from the spot instantly, leaving a large splash of silver blood along the path from where she had been to the wall of the Pantheon behind her.

"Cough—cough!"

The Goddess of the Dead Moon, covered in silver blood, was embedded in the inner wall of the Pantheon. One could only say that this temple, built for the descent of the gods, was of truly top-tier quality; even after several epochs, it could still withstand such a blow.

"Save..."

The dying Goddess of the Dead Moon had just uttered this word when she felt the wind pressure rushing toward her again.

This scene was, of course, seen by the Dark God, the Goddess of the Sky, and the God of Cursed Rain. Their majesty immediately covered the entire Pantheon, and various abilities—binding, erosion, suppression, and mental fluctuations—descended upon Su Xiao out of thin air.

And then, it was of no use at all. It couldn't stop Su Xiao, this Grandmaster of Techniques. He lunged in front of the Goddess of the Dead Moon, his left hand, wearing the Black King Armguard, grabbing toward her head.

The Goddess of the Dead Moon let out a scream and was forcibly ripped from the wall by Su Xiao. The Goddess of the Dead Moon was over ten meters tall, yet at this moment, she was being held by her snake-hair by Su Xiao, who was just over 1.8 meters tall.

The long blade slashed horizontally with force. Despite slight resistance, it cut through the Goddess of the Dead Moon's neck. Normally, such an injury would not threaten the Goddess of the Dead Moon as a deity, but this was a slash from a Grandmaster of Techniques' Triple Soul-Slash.

The long blade swept past, outlining a silver blood-stained slash in the air. The Goddess of the Dead Moon's severed head let out a fearful shriek, but this shriek suddenly stopped.

Su Xiao flicked the giant head in his hand, using it to block the various curses coming his way. The ground beneath his feet cracked, and he vanished from the spot abruptly.

At this moment, the Goddess of the Sky and the God of Cursed Rain suddenly understood what fear was. In truth, the Dark God felt the same, but it didn't show it in the slightest; instead, it flew into a true rage. It raised its hand, and darkness instantly shrouded the temple.

Su Xiao, who had vanished a second ago, was already standing on the shoulder of the ten-plus-meter-tall God of Cursed Rain, delivering a simple, unadorned side kick to the side of its head.

*Thud! *

The God of Cursed Rain was instantly shifted horizontally, slamming hard into the side wall. Its faceplate shattered with a boom, revealing a mouth full of fangs and a long tongue. It was kicked so hard that its long tongue hung down limply, like a pet cat that had just been neutered and hadn't yet worn off the anesthesia.

After discovering that various god-system abilities had little effect on Su Xiao, the Goddess of the Sky drew the sharp spear-blade from before her throne. This weapon resembled both a greatsword and a long spear; the front half was a greatsword, and the back half was a spear grip.

The Dark God also realized that the once-invincible god-system abilities seemed to have failed today, with less than one-tenth of their power remaining. Several pitch-black spikes, each several meters long, emerged behind it.

Su Xiao dodged the incoming black spikes with just a side-step. The next instant, he reappeared on the shoulder of the God of Cursed Rain, making the God of Cursed Rain's eyes widen to the size of washbasins, its ringed pupils trembling. However, this could not stop the incoming attack; a straight kick struck toward the side of its head.

Almost simultaneously, the Goddess of the Sky pointed forward with her spear-blade, which glowed with golden radiance. One of her abilities was to instantly swap positions with a target standing on the ground. She was certain this would save the God of Cursed Rain, but the question was, what then? Would she face that terrifying attack? And that even more terrifying human?

*Bang!!! *

The God of Cursed Rain's head exploded like a shattered watermelon. Its massive body slammed into the wall and then slumped down powerlessly.

"Darkness, Death (God Language)."

The Dark God raised its right hand, which had black tentacles hanging from it, and pointed its index finger, which had beast-like sharp nails, at Su Xiao.

In just an instant, Su Xiao's figure paused, but then, as if nothing had happened, he was already in front of the Dark God.

*Blood Smoke Cannon. *

As the Dark God tilted its head to dodge the Blood Smoke Cannon, several black spikes attacked Su Xiao. Su Xiao entered a state of spatial penetration, and the Goddess of the Sky, who happened to be attacking from behind him, was the one who suffered.

*Clang, clang... *

The Goddess of the Sky slashed away two dark spikes, and the other incoming dark spikes were dissolved under the Dark God's control, but this also resulted in Su Xiao arriving in front of the Dark God.

*Blade Dao Blade · Kill. *

Su Xiao slashed diagonally. With a *whoosh*, a blood-colored ribbon of energy slashed out, filled with tiny sparks. The Dark God, struck by "Kill," had dozens of parallel slashes appearing on its divine body, slanting upward, and divine blood splattered everywhere.

Due to the height difference, Su Xiao leaped up.

*Blade Dao Blade · Extreme. *

At this moment, on the opposite side, although the Dark God didn't want to block this blade head-on, it had no choice. Either take it head-on or attempt to evade, but its divine perception told it that attempting to evade a slash from a Grandmaster of Techniques of this level would surely result in a worse fate than taking it head-on.

A dark greatsword formed instantly, and the Dark God gripped the hilt with all five of its arms. At this moment, it converted all of its divine power into unparalleled physical strength through its dark devouring ability. It prepared to blast this human out of the Pantheon and then activate the temple's defenses, using the time gained to escape.

The dark greatsword and the long blade clashed.

*Thud!!! *

The ground inside the temple collapsed, and darkness clashed with blood energy. The next second, Su Xiao flew back to the ground, landing in a half-crouch. On the opposite side:

The Dark God slammed into the throne behind it. A terrifying slash wound on its chest spurted a massive amount of black divine blood. Four of its five arms were severed at the root, and the remaining one, as if scraped to the bone by a blade of wind, lost all flesh and was left only with bone. This skeletal arm gripped the dark greatsword, which was now just a hilt.

Because the force of the slash was too terrifying, the throne beneath the Dark God shattered into metal fragments, forcing it to collapse to the ground.

The Dark God, its whole body numb, had the vertical pupil on its forehead trembling violently. It couldn't understand: it was just a human, even if a Supreme, how could he have such a terrifying slash? It had fought Grandmasters of Techniques before, and even Blade Grandmasters, but without exception, their slashes weren't this terrifying. Moreover, the slash the opponent had just unleashed didn't seem to be a finishing-move-level ability.

However, the Dark God didn't know that with a large number of passive skills stacked, plus "Blade-type weapon damage tier +760, Blade-type weapon slashing force judgment tier +760," and the passive ability "Extreme Blade · Bai Ye," the development method of making basic attacks into ultimate moves was just this terrifying in the later stages.

*Zing! *

The long blade slashed past, and the Dark God's giant head was slashed open diagonally. The pupils of its dozen eyes began to dim gradually.

*Drip, drip—*

Black divine blood dripped down the tip of the blade. Su Xiao turned around and looked at the Goddess of the Sky, who had stopped attacking due to the Dark God's fall.

At this moment, the Goddess of the Sky, meeting Su Xiao's gaze, instinctively took a step back. She suddenly wanted to say something.

Su Xiao vanished from the spot, which made the Goddess of the Sky produce a frenzy born of fear. All of her hands gripped her golden spear-blade.

*Clang! *

The long blade and the golden spear-blade clashed. All of the Goddess of the Sky's arms went numb, but she successfully blocked it. This made all her eyes narrow; the divine profession of the earth she could command allowed her to maintain terrifying gravity on the spear-blade.

*Clang!! *

The long blade clashed with the golden sword-spear again. Bloodstains appeared on the Goddess of the Sky's white face because, this time, the divine weapon she had spent a fortune to forge in "Molten City" shattered into fragments. Due to the force of the slash, some sharp fragments grazed her face, and others were simply embedded in her throat.

The sword-spear exploded. This was the level of threat to the enemy's weapon after the Blade Grandmaster level was raised.

Speaking of which, fighting a Grandmaster of Techniques was quite desperate. Using suppression-type abilities didn't work, which meant that other Supreme battles, where two Supremes bombarded each other from a distance or even unleashed powers of the astral rules, couldn't happen. The key was that such power caused damage to a technique-type with a strong physique, but it was far from fatal.

This led to the inevitability of being closed in on by a technique-type. And 99% of Supremes were extremely good at fighting and didn't fear close combat; in fact, their own close-combat systems weren't much weaker than the technique-type.

The problem was, facing "Zhan Long Shan," which had terrifying sharpness under the bonuses of Blade Grandmaster and various passive abilities, taking it head-on with the body was clearly the worst strategy.

But that doesn't matter. Which supreme powerhouse doesn't have a rare, world-class treasure weapon? Yet, after just a few rounds of close-quarters combat, the rare weapon in their hand is shattered with a boom. This is clearly something that cannot be accepted on either a psychological or physical level.

*Blade Dao Blade · Flow. *

An elegant wind-mark slashed past. Under these circumstances, the Goddess of the Sky, whose whole body was numb from being eroded by technique energy, had no chance to use any abilities.

*Squelch! *

Several arms flew off. The Goddess of the Sky slapped the ground with one hand, wanting to make the earth rage and blast this terrifying human away.

*Extreme Blade · World. *

*Zing! *

A sharp, metallic-sounding slash-ring appeared. With Su Xiao as the center, a spherical "Extreme Blade Domain" appeared. It only appeared for an instant; it looked as if the surrounding air had become deeper in color, and every few centimeters, there was a rice-grain-sized flashing point of a slash.

The Goddess of the Sky's slapping hand came to an abrupt halt. She looked as if she had turned into a sculpture. Then, her body scattered like sugar cubes, and divine blood spread on the ground.

This battle wasn't the Four Heavenly Gods besieging Su Xiao at all, but a one-sided crushing. Or rather, this was the power of using all 120 "Initial Skill Points" to improve blade technique. If he had used them for comprehensive development, Su Xiao could still have won this battle, but it certainly wouldn't have been such a crushing victory.

Located before the shattered throne, the God of Cursed Rain, whose head had regenerated to a certain extent and whose body was filled with golden technique energy, still felt its body numb.

A side kick + a straight kick, and it actually didn't kill this Supreme god. One could only say that at the current level, the Triple Soul-Slash was truly too easy to use. Otherwise, killing the Dark God, the Goddess of the Sky, and the Goddess of the Dead Moon just now would certainly have taken more trouble. It was no wonder that in the Second Epoch, the powerful were so wary of Grin Gillian.

However, there was a small problem: not selecting "Soul-Core of Dark Devouring" for "Soul-Severing Shadow" meant that using the current powerful blade technique would indeed cause some self-injury.

And in the state of "Soul-Severing Soul-Core," the "Soul-Severing Soul-Core" had 50 points of soul-severing intensity, the Blade Grandmaster had 48 points of soul-severing intensity, and the Soul Gem had 12 points of soul-severing intensity (boosted by his own soul intensity). In this way, Su Xiao's soul-severing intensity accumulated to 110 points.

*Tap, tap, tap—*

Su Xiao walked on the blood pool of the temple, which made the God of Cursed Rain, who was half-lying on the ground and could only drag itself with two remaining arms, move backward in fear.

Su Xiao took out the 【Golden Statue Fragment】 and asked, "Where is this thing?"

"Ba-wo, pu-pu-da-wo (Ancient God Language)."

The God of Cursed Rain spoke in God Language. Su Xiao frowned; he couldn't understand it. After pondering for a moment, he took out a small bottle of golden divine blood and tried to activate the few drops of golden divine blood inside. A moment later:

*Pop—*

Golden ripples spread. The soft ribbons of a golden-white dress fluttered, accompanied by golden light particles. The Goddess of Luck descended. It seemed she had regained her dignity as a god; her appearance wasn't as perfunctory as before.

"Bai Ye, you called me..."

The Goddess of Luck had just said this when her expression stiffened. The reason was that not far away, the Dark God's head, slashed into two, was staring with wide eyes; the God of Cursed Rain was clutching its spurting throat, its eyes full of resentment; the Goddess of the Dead Moon was headless; and the Goddess of the Sky was even more miserable, scattered in uniform sugar-cube shapes over a large area of divine blood.

*Gulp—*

The Goddess of Luck swallowed. She had thought this collaborator of the Law-Exterminator was terrifyingly strong, but she hadn't expected him to be this terrifying now. She asked:

"Did you do all this?"

"No, they weren't careful while walking and fell."

"Uh—, okay, I believe you. So, why did you call me this time?"

"Translate what it said."

Su Xiao's long blade pointed at the God of Cursed Rain, which had several slash marks on its body, was pinned with hundreds of oversized "Thorns of Mercy," and whose pupils were all trembling violently.

"Cough—"

The Goddess of Luck walked up and said to the God of Cursed Rain, "Hello (Void Language)."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang: "..."

Baha: "..."

Celine: "..."

Good grief, he asked her to translate what the God of Cursed Rain said, and she spoke fluent Void Language. The Goddess of Luck, immediately realizing her problem, said:

"Hello (Ancient God Language)."

"Hello (Evil God Language)?"

"Hello (God Language)?"

"It's not working. Is its intelligence not yet opened? Why can't it understand what I'm saying?"

The Goddess of Luck expressed helplessness. Baha said, "Is it possible it's speaking God Language? These Four Heavenly Gods seem to worship the gods quite a bit."

"Then it's over. I don't know such ancient divine languages. Wait..."

The Goddess of Luck thought of something. She closed her eyes and pressed her hand toward the side. Golden ripples spread, and there was a response in no time.

A friendly god descended again. The god who came had milk-white long hair draped down, and on the back of her fair hand was a faint, pale-gold mark. Those golden-red pupils seemed to be able to see through everyone's destiny. That's right, it was the Goddess of Luck's good friend, the Goddess of Fate.

Witnessing the scene inside the temple, the Goddess of Fate was very flustered inside, but she remained calm and asked, "May I ask why you called me?"

"You know God Language, you should be able to translate temporarily."

"Okay."

The Goddess of Fate didn't ask her best friend why this was. Seeing this, Su Xiao tossed a 【Golden Statue Fragment】 to the Goddess of Fate:

"Ask it where this thing is."

The Goddess of Fate immediately conveyed Su Xiao's question. The God of Cursed Rain sneered and said something. The Goddess of Fate translated:

"It says you are all despicable idiots, and you will never get the secret treasures left behind by the gods. You are greedy and stupid ants."

Hearing this translation, Baha laughed, holding his forehead with his wing: "Big sister, you don't need to translate the parts where it curses us."

"Oh—"

The Goddess of Fate seemed to understand, but in fact, her mischievous thought was that if she didn't translate it, wouldn't she be the only one being cursed? One could only say, she was worthy of being the Goddess of Luck's good best friend.

"What else do you want to ask?"

*Zing! *

Just as the Goddess of Fate finished speaking, a slash mark had already crossed the God of Cursed Rain's head, and a diagonal blood line gradually appeared.

"Uh—"

"Huh?"

Both the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate were stunned. Su Xiao's gaze turned to Celine: "Did you catch it?"

Celine nodded: "Caught it. The thing you want is at the bottom of the Rotten Lake."

That's right, Su Xiao never counted on the God of Cursed Rain to reveal the location of the 【Golden Statue】. All he wanted was for the God of Cursed Rain to mention the 【Golden Statue】, which required a certain degree of language exchange, which was also the reason he called the Goddess of Luck.

As long as the God of Cursed Rain mentioned the 【Golden Statue】, the Supreme Causality-type Celine would immediately use this as a causal line to find the 【Golden Statue】.

As for predicting and divining the 【Golden Statue】 out of thin air, such a valuable divine relic left behind by the gods would require a considerable price for divination, which was clearly not something Celine was willing to accept.

"Her divine blood has no pollution; it's the reward for you two."

Su Xiao's long blade pointed at the Goddess of the Sky. After doing this, he activated the 【God Hunter】 title.

【God Hunter】

Title Effect 1: Principle of Return (Core · Passive), after killing a god-system unit, you will seize its "Divine Soul" and perform "Primitive Return," allowing that Divine Soul to return to its original form.

Hint: "Divine Soul" is derived from the astral system. The original form is the most powerful state of this Divine Soul. Subsequent generations of inheritance, such as if the inheritor has insufficient compatibility with the inherited "Divine Soul" and occupies this divine position for a long time, will lead to the weakening, degradation, and aberration of this "Divine Soul."

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

Maximum storage: 0/5.

Su Xiao first came to the Dark God's corpse, held his hand out in a virtual grip, and a large amount of black lines emerged from the Dark God's corpse, converging into his hand. In no time, it formed a gray, dim Divine Soul. This was the "Dark Magic Divine Soul."

It could be seen that this Divine Soul had been inherited for many generations, containing complex and chaotic soul memories. Su Xiao held this Divine Soul in a virtual grip with both hands, and the 【God Hunter】 title's "Principle of Return" ability was activated. White-hot rays of light spread from his hands and merged into the "Dark Magic Divine Soul."

*Hum—*

A large amount of impurities evaporated from the Divine Soul, and a large amount of astral power merged into this Divine Soul.

【You have obtained "Dark Night Divine Soul."】

A Divine Soul symbolizing darkness, night, devouring, and the sleep of the night appeared in Su Xiao's hand. Heaven knows how this Divine Soul was inherited into the ugly appearance of the "Dark Magic Divine Soul," and this was a "Divine Soul" with four divine profession abilities. One must know that most Divine Souls only had three divine profession abilities.

This Divine Soul would certainly sell for a good price.

With this start, Su Xiao came to the Goddess of the Sky's corpse, stripped out the dark-gray "Sky Divine Soul," and activated "Principle of Return" again. Rays of light spread from his hands and merged into the "Sky Divine Soul."

A moment later.

*Hum—*

Various impurities were repelled from the "Sky Divine Soul," turning it into a pure azure blue.

【You have obtained "Enlightenment Divine Soul."】

Seeing this hint, Su Xiao felt puzzled. "Sky Divine Soul" -> "Enlightenment Divine Soul," what relationship did these two have?

Checking the divine profession of the "Enlightenment Divine Soul," Su Xiao knew what was going on. The profession of this Divine Soul was: Luck, Insight, Earth/Sky.

Good grief, how many times had this degraded? But it was no wonder that the Supreme Goddess of the Sky could use earth-system abilities.

Coming to the God of Cursed Rain's corpse, this experience, which was like opening a blind box, made the Goddess of Luck, the Goddess of Fate, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baha, and Celine all gather around.

It was still stripping out the Divine Soul first. The "Cursed Rain Divine Soul" gathered in Su Xiao's hand, and "Principle of Return" was activated.

With a *hum*, a massive amount of impurities were excluded from the "Cursed Rain Divine Soul." This time, more were excluded. Before it became semi-transparent, a hint appeared.

【You have obtained "Rain-Bathed Divine Soul."】

The divine profession of the "Rain-Bathed Divine Soul" was Fate, Thunder, and Rain's Gift. This was even more exaggerated than the Goddess of the Sky, simply inheriting a Divine Soul that was originally of a friendly system into an evil god system.

Stopping before the last Heavenly God's corpse, this time, whatever "Principle of Return" produced, it wouldn't be surprising.

As Su Xiao held the "Dead Moon Divine Soul" in a virtual grip with both hands and activated "Principle of Return," a large amount of chaotic impurities surged out from within this Divine Soul. A few minutes later, a silver-white Divine Soul fell into Su Xiao's hand.

【You have obtained "Bright Moon Divine Soul."】

The divine profession of the Bright Moon Divine Soul was Living Being Affinity, Plant Growth, and Moonlight Power.

With four Divine Souls in their initial states in hand, it seemed that the "Dark Night Divine Soul" with four professions was the most valuable, but in Su Xiao's view, that wasn't the case. This time, his luck was off the charts; the other three "Divine Souls" of the friendly system were the real treasures.

The "Enlightenment Divine Soul" could completely be sold to Apocalypse Paradise's Battle Angel, Morey. Looking at the profession of this Divine Soul—Luck, Insight, Earth/Sky—it perfectly matched Morey's biggest hobby.

Luck goes without saying. Among the Earth/Sky professions, Earth clearly matched the hobby of mining very well. As for Insight, that would have to be developed by Morey herself. Being able to match two professions was already quite remarkable.

The "Bright Moon Divine Soul" could be sold to Moon Apostle. In terms of Living Being Affinity, Plant Growth, and Moonlight Power, only "Living Being Affinity" matched Moon Apostle, but this was a Divine Soul, equivalent to a shortcut to a high tier. Of course, this was a shortcut that could only be taken if one had enough money-making ability.

Su Xiao was certain that Morey and Moon Apostle would be willing to smash pots and sell iron to raise money for these two Divine Souls. This path to becoming stronger was truly too perfect for them.

And whether the "Rain-Bathed Divine Soul" matched Hao Mei, the other party should be able to buy it, after all, there was a bonus in terms of fate, and Hao Mei's bad luck wasn't a one-day thing.

Although Amu had drunk 32 bottles of 【Abyssal Source Matter】, the gains from these three Divine Souls could completely make up for it. That is to say, the resources for subsequently maxing out the three Grandmasters of Techniques were already partially settled. Never underestimate the financial power of the Apocalypse Sisters when they are smashing pots and selling iron.

Especially Morey, who not only had mines in a certain world but also a certain amount of shares in the Underworld Bank. Among the richest forces in the astral world, Arcane Eternal Star was in the first place, followed by the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, third was the Giant Bank, and fourth was the Underworld Bank.

PS: (Tomorrow is Sunday, taking a day off, please forgive me, dear readers.)