Chapter 4019: Gods

The Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Fate left quickly, clearly not wanting to stay long in this world where the Abyss was spreading.

Since he had decided to sell these three friendly "Divine Souls" to the Apocalypse Sisters, he naturally had to build momentum in advance. Su Xiao opened his contact list and drafted an email with his current Supreme Hunter authority.

【Hint: Because both parties are in different worlds and the star-realm dimension is quite far, this email sending requires consuming additional Lv. 1 Brand authority.】

Compared to the gains it could bring, this extra Lv. 1 authority was worth it. Giving the Apocalypse Sisters more time to raise money, as well as explaining in advance what he needed on his side, would undoubtedly lead to greater gains.

Su Xiao edited the email with the functions of the three Divine Souls—"Enlightenment Divine Soul," "Rain-Bathed Divine Soul," and "Bright Moon Divine Soul"—as well as their initial tiers, the various attribute requirements needed, and the 【God Hunter】 title effect "Coronation of God (Passive)," and mentioned which resources were prioritized in the transaction, etc.

"Enlightenment Divine Soul," "Rain-Bathed Divine Soul," and "Bright Moon Divine Soul" were all Supreme-level Divine Souls. For Su Xiao, this was no longer out of reach. After all, his current strength was conservatively estimated to be "Top-tier Supreme." Whether he had reached the fourth stage of "Super-Top-tier Supreme" was not yet clear, but this time the improvement in Blade Art was too great.

But for the Apocalypse Sisters, who had just ascended to the Absolute-tier, this was undoubtedly an opportunity to rise in one step. Or rather, with their development method, if they had sufficient growth time, their future achievements would not be low. At the very least, all three had the potential to ascend to Supreme and the corresponding resources.

The problem was that recently, the Dawn Paradise had revived, the Void's undercurrents were surging, and more than ten percent of Absolute-tier worlds had traces of mild Abyssal invasion.

Never think that for ordinary Absolute-tier individuals, Abyssal invasion is a common occurrence. Normally, it is only when reaching the Supreme tier that the Paradise faction and the Tree of the Void allow contractors to gradually come into contact with Abyssal invasion. Otherwise, even if they enter a world with Abyssal-strength invasion, contractors will not receive related missions.

The situation of a certain Hunter was clearly not quite the same. From the moment he ascended to Absolute-tier, entering the Abyssal erosion zone was as frequent as going home. By the time he reached Supreme, he had come directly to the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, Eboas.

What was truly outrageous was not entering Eboas, but the main mission received, which was to be directly hostile to the Abyss descendants, and even to slash and destroy the big boss among the Abyss descendants to seize the key mission items.

With the current situation of the Apocalypse Sisters, it was unlikely that they would enter an Absolute-tier world with mild Abyssal invasion. The problem also lay here: the world they had entered this time was indeed one with mild Abyssal invasion.

The Apocalypse Sisters were not stupid; they would definitely be able to detect from the clues that the overall situation in the star-realm was becoming increasingly different, and it seemed that something big was about to happen.

In such large-scale historical events, it was certain that the more strength one had, the more one could protect oneself. If one could obtain a "Divine Soul"-type career template, then the survival rate in the big event would at least soar by 50% to 80%.

This was not an exaggeration. "Divine Soul"-type career templates were not weak. Of course, the premise was not to encounter someone like Su Xiao. In addition, although the Apocalypse Sisters were a combination of a leg-breaking tease, a drunkard, and a punching bag, they never caused trouble.

It could be said that if they could take down these three "Divine Souls" and successfully complete the transformation of the career template, their survival rate in subsequent big events would be conservatively estimated at over 80%.

In order to make the Apocalypse Sisters realize the severity of the situation, Su Xiao also attached a few photos to the email, under the guise of appropriately increasing the trading party's crisis awareness, thereby increasing the other party's purchase intention. As for what photos he sent.

Photo 1: The pile of Abyssal creature remains a thousand meters high in the "Absolute Dark Zone."

Photo 2: The Abyssal passage at the innermost part of the "Absolute Dark Zone," and the dense blood-red eyes inside.

Photo 3: The Lake of Corruption.

Photo 4: The massive amount of white bones floating in the shallow water area of the Lake of Corruption.

Photo 5: The sky of this world, which was like a dark vortex, without a day of light.

As for whether the Apocalypse Sisters would need to face these in the future, how could this be called scaring? This was clearly cultivating the trading party's crisis awareness.

After editing the email, he chose to send it.

【Hint: Detected that you have completed "Side Mission · Ancient Divine Power."】

【This mission has no mission reward.】

Closing the hint, Su Xiao walked out of the Pantheon, looking at the boundless Lake of Corruption in front of him, and came to the side of the lake.

*Crack, crack, crack—*

A crystal layer wrapped around his right hand, and he reached into the Lake of Corruption. Two seconds later, he withdrew his hand from the dark-red, viscous lake water, and the crystal layer already had obvious traces of erosion.

With a *pop*, the crystal layer shattered. Su Xiao roughly guessed the origin of this Lake of Corruption. This Lake of Corruption had no direct relationship with the Abyss descendants. Nine times out of ten, this place was one of the battlefields of the Ancient Dragons and the gods. Some powerful Ancient Dragons and gods had fallen here, and the power of the gods seemed to have strong corrosiveness.

When the Abyss began to invade this world, it naturally spread here as well. The contaminated divine power left behind by the gods, under the nourishment and amplification of the Abyssal power, gradually turned into this Lake of Corruption.

Wanting to dive into this Lake of Corruption not only required Abyssal resistance but also resistance to the contamination of the gods' power. And under the nourishment and derivation of an epoch, the Lake of Corruption gradually formed an ecosystem, and some extremely dangerous insects began to breed and multiply here.

"Black Leech."

"Hmm?"

The Black Leech, Kenbas, who was gazing at the Lake of Corruption, cast his gaze over.

Su Xiao opened the team storage space and took out a total of 50 "Titan Dragon Hearts." Seeing these "Titan Dragon Hearts," the Black Leech's gaze became exceptionally fiery.

"Hard work. This is the reward you deserve."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, the Black Leech was silent for a moment. It was very eager for these "Titan Dragon Hearts," but in all fairness, it felt that it hadn't contributed much this time. Before encountering the Beast Lord, it had indeed done a lot of things, but when fighting the Beast Lord, the arrangement it received was to not make a move in the dark until Su Xiao was completely defeated and other disruptors appeared.

Therefore, the Black Leech hadn't died even once in this world. Its original preparation was to die within five times and not retreat, otherwise, it would be sorry for this high reward.

In the end, the Black Leech didn't say anything more. After swallowing all the "Titan Dragon Hearts" with its dark shadow, it bowed slightly to Su Xiao to show respect, then lifted the summoning oath and used the Soul Original Seal to drag itself back to its old home, the Underworld. This was also the reason why the Iron-Blooded Hounds could become powerful summoned beings.

After the Black Leech left, Su Xiao released his blood energy, and an Iron-Blooded Seal appeared in his palm. He formed the "Iron-Blooded Oath" on the back of his left hand, pressed one hand on the ground, and the Aoge crystal spread to form a summoning array.

The blood-colored light of the summoning array bloomed. When the blood light dissipated, an Iron-Blooded Hound with dark-red, hairless, oily skin, a body full of tight, tough muscles, and a body length of over twenty meters appeared. This was the only defensive Iron-Blooded Hound among all the Iron-Blooded Hounds, and also the Iron-Blooded Hound Su Xiao trusted the most, Giant Blood Tooth.

Giant Blood Tooth's attack methods ranked in the top twenty among Iron-Blooded Hounds, perhaps even around the fiftieth, but if it came to defense and survival, Giant Blood Tooth was definitely in the top few among Iron-Blooded Hounds.

"White, Night, Lord."

Giant Blood Tooth spoke, uttering muffled but very unfluent Void Language. One must know that the last time they met, let alone Void Language, Giant Blood Tooth couldn't even speak the Underworld Language of its home well. In the final analysis, Iron-Blooded Hounds were a fighting race.

Giant Blood Tooth had just learned Void Language recently, and now it could only say a few words.

"This is the Lake of Corruption. In the north-central part of the lake, at the bottom of an underwater ruin, there is a golden statue I need. This is a fragment. Can you withstand the erosion of the Lake of Corruption?"

After listening to Su Xiao's words, Giant Blood Tooth came to the side of the Lake of Corruption, sniffed the lake water, and then plunged into the lake without a word.

Time passed second by second. A full hour later, with a *splash*, dark-red liquid splattered, and Giant Blood Tooth, its whole body skin tattered and covered with various corrosive insects and poisonous leeches, crawled ashore.

With a *boom*, Giant Blood Tooth's iron-blooded dark-red aura was released, blasting or evaporating all the corrosive insects and poisonous leeches on its body surface. Its body surface hissed with white steam; this was its cells regenerating at high speed. However, the erosion was too severe, and some erosion holes could even see the bones inside its body, as well as organs in a semi-eroded state.

Giant Blood Tooth made a retching gesture and spat out a statue from its mouth that was dark-red over most of its surface but revealed a bit of golden color. This statue had a six-winged, four-armed image, with an upright jaw on its head, and on both sides of the jaw were cold, ruthless eyes. It was the image of a certain god.

Small flying machines flew up, surrounding Giant Blood Tooth and spraying painkillers and restorative potions. This made Giant Blood Tooth's tense body gradually relax, and in the end, it simply lay on its side. From its abdomen, which was rising and falling due to heavy breathing, it could be seen that it was not feeling easy right now.

A moment later, Giant Blood Tooth stood up again. Su Xiao took out a "Titan Dragon Heart." Giant Blood Tooth was clearly seeing a powerhouse heart of this level for the first time.

In the final analysis, the powerhouse hearts hunted by Iron-Blooded Hounds were not for the Iron-Blooded Hounds to absorb; no powerhouse would deliberately make their heart like this. Instead, it was to serve their own body.

And the "Titan Dragon Heart" customized by the Insect Nest took into account the Iron-Blooded Hounds' huge demand for source vitality, as well as the absorption rate, and more importantly, the compatibility.

That's right, when the source vitality of the "Titan Dragon Heart" was cultivated in the Insect Nest organs, a small amount of Iron-Blooded Hound blood was involved, resulting in the source vitality within the "Titan Dragon Heart" having a compatibility of over 95% with the Iron-Blooded Hound race.

In the past, the powerhouse hearts hunted by Iron-Blooded Hounds were lucky to have over 20% compatibility. Therefore, even a cold and cruel Iron-Blooded Hound like the Black Leech was tempted by the "Titan Dragon Heart" with clear eyes.

A total of 380 "Titan Dragon Hearts," each the size of a millstone, a little over 1 meter in diameter, heart-shaped, and covered with blood vessels and meridians, were piled in front of Giant Blood Tooth. Giant Blood Tooth, which had been a bit listless just now, half-rose, ate one in one bite, and chewed it up. In a moment, its strength recovered by seventy percent, and it began to eat the "Titan Dragon Hearts" one by one.

After Giant Blood Tooth ate all the "Titan Dragon Hearts," this guy's aura actually increased significantly. However, for the last dozen or so, this guy swallowed them directly. It seemed it wanted to take them back for other Iron-Blooded Hounds. Giant Blood Tooth's personality was clearly an outlier among the fighting-race Iron-Blooded Hounds; it would take care of the young and weak of the same race to a certain extent.

"Hard work. Go back and rest."

"White, Night, Lord."

Giant Blood Tooth bowed to show respect, said goodbye to Su Xiao with the only four words it knew, and returned to the Underworld.

Inside the boiling washer made by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, bubbles were bubbling. Checking the temperature, it had already reached 1800°. Through the crystal layer, Su Xiao found that the statue inside had already shed its dark-red rust, turning into golden color. He opened the boiling washer, and light-red turbid liquid flowed out from the bottom.

【You have obtained Golden Statue · Gods (This was crafted by the gods in the First Epoch with the power of gold).】

【You have a total of the following three choices.】

1. Submit this item to the Tree of the Void to increase "Super-massive" Tree of the Void reputation and obtain a small amount of resource gains.

2. Submit this item to Apocalypse Paradise and obtain a large amount of general supplies.

3. Submit this item to Reincarnation Paradise and obtain 785 Golden Skill Points.

As Su Xiao expected, the constituent material of the "Golden Statue" was "Power of Gold," which was a supreme source quality, on the same level as "Initial Source Quality," but its versatility was much wider than "Initial Source Quality."

Su Xiao tried to consult whether continuing to damage this item would affect its value. The answer obtained was that this item had already been severely damaged, and its current value was the value brought by its constituent materials. As long as it did not cause material-level changes, there would be no value decay.

After weighing its weight and mass, Su Xiao slashed diagonally with his blade, cutting off a part of this 【Golden Statue】, and sent a message to the Priest. The three-tenths belonging to the other party were placed in a fixed-coordinate different space next to the Lake of Corruption, and Baja was responsible for the placement to ensure it would not be lost.

As for meeting the Priest, it was temporarily impossible. The Priest was fighting fiercely with the Soul Master, Hao Tao, and Aurora. Moreover, the detection device Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had left near the Elf Lake had actually remotely detected the figure of the Abyssal Archbishop.

This could be called enemies meeting on a narrow road. Not only that, the small female powerhouse beside the Abyssal Archbishop looked very much like the Magic Scythe, and this Magic Scythe gave Su Xiao a feeling of familiarity, and a gut feeling that he didn't want to have any involvement with her.

It wasn't that Su Xiao disliked the Magic Scythe; in fact, it had nothing to do with her identity as a Magic Scythe. After seeing this Magic Scythe, the facial features between her brows and the indescribable temperament gave him a feeling of vague familiarity, but he was very certain that he had never seen this Magic Scythe before.

A guy with a particularly nasty personality appeared in Su Xiao's mind: Grimm Gillian. After their last meeting, the other party promised to tell him a secret about the Black Maple Tree after Su Xiao ascended to Supreme. However, after Su Xiao contacted Grimm Gillian upon ascending to Supreme, he hadn't received a response yet.

Su Xiao wasn't in a hurry about this. With Grimm Gillian's nasty personality, replying with: "After you ascend to Supreme, you will find that the Black Maple Tree is truly precious," was also possible. The most nasty female Law-Breaker in history was not famous for nothing.

【You have submitted the "Golden Statue (Nearly Complete)" to Reincarnation Paradise.】

【You have obtained 550 Golden Skill Points.】

Seeing this, Su Xiao also submitted the previously obtained 【Golden Statue Fragment × 2 pieces】.

【You have obtained 6 Golden Skill Points.】

A total of 556 Golden Skill Points were in hand. With such an outrageous number of Golden Skill Points, Su Xiao had the confidence to feed the Blade Spirit full by raising the "Magic Spirit Awakening" ability. In this way, the "Source Power" obtained by absorbing "Magic Spirit Source Quality" in the future could increase Su Xiao's health by 100,000 points + 2 points of Abyssal resistance.

That's right, Su Xiao called the "permanent gain energy" converted by the "Magic-Devouring Physique" "Source Power." More precisely, it was the "Source Power" that was completely compatible with himself after being purified and filtered by his own Devouring Core.

Returning to the Lord Train, Su Xiao let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang start the train. As the train started, a thought became more and more persistent in his mind: how could he get a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" on the Lord Train?

He could even temporarily move the "Awakening Monument" to the Lord Train.

If he could complete this matter in the near future, Su Xiao could use the "Golden Skill Points" to "feed full" the Blade Spirit. In this way, every time he slashed and killed an Abyss descendant in the future, he could obtain a considerable amount of "Magic Spirit Source Quality," which was equivalent to a significant increase in his own health.

Su Xiao was very certain that even looking at the star-realm, the Dukain family couldn't find an Abyss descendant as easy to deal with as this guy. This guy had been beaten too miserably by the previous generation of Law-Breakers. To a certain extent, this could be considered a wealth left behind by the previous generation of Law-Breakers for Su Xiao after he ascended to Supreme.

And this time was the opportunity to obtain a large amount of "Magic Spirit Source Quality" and let his "Base Health" break through 10 million points.

Permanently get a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" on the Lord Train? First, rule this out; it was impossible. Not to mention the terrifying expenditure of getting a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" on the Lord Train, the high-tier notarization environment required for it to start and operate was the truly astonishing resource consumption.

The reason he was able to pick up a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" to use in the last world progress was because the Dawn Ruins and the several worlds connected to it all had the highest-tier notarization environment equivalent to that inside the Paradise, which allowed that picked-up "Skill Upgrade Chamber" to start smoothly. Even so, during the period of use, he had to pay a certain startup and notarization fee.

Assuming the notarization environment judgment in the last world progress was +50000 to 80000, then the notarization tier he was in right now was probably only at the +2 to 3 level. And wanting to normally start a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" required at least a 2000+ notarization environment judgment.

Su Xiao estimated that the notarization environment inside Reincarnation Paradise might be much higher than +80000, and therefore, every time he returned to his exclusive room in Reincarnation Paradise, he felt safe from the inside out.

Since it was impossible to permanently get a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" on the Lord Train, he would get a temporary one. Su Xiao activated 【Tree of the Void Storage Application Authority II (20% off)】 and applied to the Tree of the Void to obtain a notarized item from the Tree of the Void that could temporarily use a "Skill Upgrade Chamber."

【This authority is currently in the storage. You need to pay 6300 ounces of Space-Time Power to complete this equipment exchange (because of the "Storage Application Authority II" used, you need to actually pay 5040 ounces of Space-Time Power).】

Checking the obtained authority item, it was a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" that could be summoned and notarized by the Tree of the Void, with a usage time limit of 12 hours. Good news: no need to worry about related notarization and startup fees, etc. During this period, just use it.

The 12-hour usage time limit clearly didn't meet Su Xiao's expectations, but he still chose to exchange it. After all, this was the Tree of the Void's "Skill Upgrade Chamber," and there was room for "negotiation" regarding the usage time.

【Tree of the Void Storage Application Authority II (20% off)】 was consumed, plus an 【Elemental Secret Treasure】 paid by Su Xiao. In the judgment of the Tree of the Void, this was clearly the same hard currency as "Space-Time Stone Fragments," and even change was given.

【You have obtained Space-Time Stone Fragments × 96.】

Just after paying the fee, a "Skill Upgrade Chamber" was teleported to the Lord Train. However, this "Skill Upgrade Chamber" was a bit different from the one in Reincarnation Paradise, but fortunately, the functions were the same.

He tried to send an application to Reincarnation Paradise to teleport the "Awakening Monument" located in his exclusive room to this world. After paying an additional Lv. 3 Brand authority, the teleportation began. Soon, the "Awakening Monument" was also placed in the bedroom of the rear carriage of the Lord Train. Fortunately, the Lord Train had enough space.

This time, Su Xiao not only prepared to use the "Golden Skill Points" but also prepared to refine the 150 Law-Breaker Skill Points he currently possessed to raise the Blue Steel Shadow. But raising it only once felt a bit of a loss; it was best to let the 【Source Container】 be full again.

For things like obtaining temporary authority, he definitely looked for Caesar. Su Xiao took out a Soul Coin.

*Ding—*

The Soul Coin was flicked away. When it fell a distance, it was caught by a hand that appeared out of thin air.

"My dear friend, what good things do you have for Caesar?"

Near the Pantheon by the Lake of Corruption, because of the burning of the blood energy embers just now, the divine remains here had been burned out. Embers were drifting in the air. At the temple entrance, Celine, who was checking the Apocalypse Paradise reward hint and was in a very beautiful mood, suddenly had her mood become not beautiful.

The reason was that this Hunter and Arbiter appeared in her sight at the same time. The next second, the unlucky one would very likely be her.

However, Celine was overthinking it this time. Su Xiao took out the 8400 "Space-Time Stone Fragments" he had, an 【Abyssal Secret Treasure】, and an 【Elemental Secret Treasure】, with a total value of 100,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.

"My dear friend, Caesar is not in a hurry to collect the debt. Besides, it was agreed that it would be paid off within three world progresses."

Caesar laughed happily, being polite on the surface, but his movements were exceptionally agile when collecting things.

Before ascending to Supreme, he was in urgent need of Space-Time Power, so Caesar lent him 80,000 ounces with 25% interest. It seemed quite high, but if one considered that Su Xiao might die during the ascension to Supreme, die in the next mission world, die in the siege of the Arcane Eternal Star, etc., this interest was not high.

"Extend the rental time of this 'Skill Upgrade Chamber'."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Caesar showed some hesitation, but still asked: "Extend for how long?"

"At least double."

"This—"

Caesar scratched his head and said: "It's very difficult to handle."

Caesar's answer made Su Xiao frown and ponder, not because what Caesar said was difficult to handle, but because he was recalling the "Caesar Formula."

Not easy to handle = relatively simple.

Difficult to handle = has some difficulty.

Very difficult to handle = has relatively more difficulty.

Extremely difficult to handle = need to add money.

No = this matter can be handled, but the consequences are very hard to bear.

This matter cannot be handled = although this matter can be handled, the subsequent backlash is exceptionally miserable.

After weighing the pros and cons, it was worth taking this risk. Su Xiao made an offer:

"20 ounces."

"My dear friend, this is extending the rental of a 'Skill Upgrade Chamber'."

"40."

"No, no, no, at least 40,000 ounces of Space-Time Power."

"500."

"Deal."

While Caesar was speaking, he raised his hand to indicate payment. Su Xiao took out 50 "Space-Time Stone Fragments."

Caesar's efficiency was unprecedentedly high this time. Almost at the same time Su Xiao traded the "Space-Time Stone Fragments" to him, Caesar took out a badge notarized by the Tree of the Void and pressed it onto the "Skill Upgrade Chamber."

【Hint: Used "Arbiter's Glory" × 2. This badge is an authority-type item awarded by the Tree of the Void to excellent Arbiters. It has strong adaptability. The current characteristic has been selected, corresponding to the usage time limit of this "Skill Upgrade Chamber." The usage time limit of this "Skill Upgrade Chamber" has been increased to 48 hours.】

Everything was handled, and Su Xiao walked into the "Skill Upgrade Chamber."

*Hum—*

The "Skill Upgrade Chamber" he was in activated. Su Xiao looked at the 556 Golden Skill Points he had. He wanted to try and see where the limit of the "Magic Spirit Awakening" ability was. ===== CHAPTER 4020 =====