Chapter 4049: Essence Soul

The transaction between Su Xiao and the Soul Bell Tower went very smoothly, provided that both sides were harboring evil intentions... *cough! * both sides were full of sincerity.

Where to trade became a problem. To the "Imperial Special Affairs Department"? Su Xiao was of course assured and welcomed, but the Soul Bell Tower resolutely opposed this. To the Soul Bell Tower? Su Xiao also agreed, but it was opposed by some Soul Mentors.

The Soul Bell Tower had a total of twelve Soul Mentors and thirty Teaching Mentors. These twelve Soul Mentors were undoubtedly the backbone under the position of the Master of the Bell Tower.

Speaking of which, if it were someone else, they wouldn't dare to kill the Black Mentor Emanue like this. The various retaliations that followed would be enough to make the perpetrator drink a pot.

The problem was that Su Xiao was not afraid of this retaliation. On the contrary, he was happy to see these people come to send him World Source. Cleaning up the Abyss spreading zone before didn't get even 0.1% of the World Source, which made him urgently need World Source now.

Whether the World Source could reach 350% this time was as important as the main quest from a certain point of view.

Among the twelve Soul Mentors, the conservative faction refused to trade at the Soul Bell Tower. The reason was that Su Xiao killed the Soul Mentor and really wouldn't be soft-handed.

Finally, both sides decided to complete the transaction at the "Former Kingdom Council Hall" in the back area of the Wang Gong. This place had been abandoned for many years.

At one o'clock in the afternoon that day, the Lord Train drove into the Wang Gong. With Su Xiao's current status and the old King's special permission, he was now one of the few who could enter the palace without inspection.

The train stopped in front of a fountain pool, and a large group of birds were startled and flew away. Su Xiao walked off the train. Just as he entered the magnificent and old Former Kingdom Council Hall, he saw a bald little old man who was about 1.4 meters tall and withered, with a total of 11 black holes on his head. This person was the contemporary Master of the Bell Tower, Silgof. 【404

The impression Xie Ergefu gave was of a large head and a small body. Generally, the eyes of Soul Zhong Ta members would appear a translucent soul-blue, and Mentor-level members were dark blue, but Xie Ergefu's eyes were so dark blue they were completely pitch black.

Pitch-black soul energy spread, forming a twisted, multi-eyed giant monster, while blood energy spread, composed of a grinning, lurking, massive blood beast. For a time, the former Kingdom Council Chamber became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The three Soul Mentors who came with him had sweat on their foreheads. Outsiders could not comprehend the pressure they felt facing this Minister of the Empire's Department of Special Affairs. Their skin even felt a faint stinging sensation from their perception, as if taking a step forward meant a mountain of blades and a sea of blood, and taking a step back meant falling into a bottomless abyss.

All three Soul Mentors shared the same hope: to complete the transaction as quickly as possible.

"Heh, heh, heh~"

The pitch-eyed Master of the Zhong Ta, Xie Ergefu, let out a laugh, and the dark giant monster representing his aura dissipated.

"It seems both sides are very sincere."

The Master of the Zhong Ta, Xie Ergefu, raised his hand, and a Soul Mentor beside him handed over a sealing ball wrapped in dirty white bandages. This object was about the size of a soccer ball, and inside it was sealed the "Greatest Overlord Essence Soul in History."

Su Xiao tossed out the 【Soul Secret Treasure Box】, and the Master of the Zhong Ta, Xie Ergefu, opposite him, tossed out the sealing device almost simultaneously.

Click, click, click~

A crystal layer clung to Su Xiao's hand as he caught the sealing device with one hand. Opposite him, the Master of the Zhong Ta, Xie Ergefu's right hand was wrapped in dark soul energy as he caught the 【Soul Secret Treasure Box】.

For a moment, both sides were silent; the atmosphere in the council chamber was a bit awkward.

"……"

Su Xiao and the Master of the Zhong Ta, Xie Ergefu, walked toward the exit of the council chamber almost at the same time. Because it was almost simultaneous, both of them paused their steps due to each other's movements.

This was practically an open hand; both sides knew the items they traded away had issues, it was just a matter of who would be more ruthless later on.

"Guests are guests, Law-Breaker kid, you go first."

The Master of the Zhong Ta, Xie Ergefu, said with a chuckle. He leaped back onto the council table. His loose robes and his aura made one feel that this Master of the Zhong Ta was far more difficult to deal with than the intelligence reports suggested. Anyone who could open 11 "Soul Apertures" was, in the history of the Soul Zhong Ta, a ruthless person among ruthless people.

"……"

After Su Xiao left the council chamber, he boarded the Lord Train directly and headed out of the Wang Gong. He needed to find a place to dispose of this thing in his hand, which could be called a ticking time bomb.

When the Lord Train stopped again, it was already more than 3000 kilometers east of the Royal City. This was the original No. 58 Abyss-spreading zone. The original garrison legion had not yet withdrawn. Seeing a vehicle with terrifying speed stop, the fortress had just assembled when they discovered it was the Lord Train. After this matter was reported to the honorary Second Lieutenant on duty, this female Second Lieutenant's order was concise: just pretend you didn't see it.

Su Xiao arrived at the center of this pitch-black land. A breeze blew past; the place was somewhat cold and damp. He released his blood energy, formed the "Iron-Blood Oath" on the back of his left hand, pressed one hand to the ground, and Aoge crystals spread to form a summoning array.

The blood-red light of the summoning array bloomed. When the blood glow dissipated, an Iron-Blood Hound with dark red, hairless, shiny skin, tight and tough muscles throughout its body, and a length of over thirty meters appeared. It was the only defensive Iron-Blood Hound among all Iron-Blood Hounds, and also the Iron-Blood Hound Su Xiao trusted most: Giant Blood Tooth.

"Bai, Ye, my lord."

Giant Blood Tooth spoke in a muffled voice. Its Void language had improved; at least it was much better than last time. Although it was stumbling, the pronunciation was at least accurate.

Compared to the last time they met, Giant Blood Tooth's aura was at least 30% stronger. It was to be expected, as it had devoured over 300 "Titan Dragon Hearts" last time, which increased its size from the 20-meter class to the 30-meter class.

Not only that, the Overlord Equipment 【Iron-Blood Underworld Hound】, ranked 157th among Overlord Equipment, was activated.

"Slaughter Resonance (Core Passive): You will enhance the Iron-Blood Hounds you summon. The enhancement magnitude will be determined by your Charisma attribute. Due to the special nature of the Iron-Blood Hound race, the lower your Charisma attribute, the stronger this enhancement effect will be.

Your current real Charisma attribute is: -35 points.

Current amplification strength is: 826%.

Hint: Iron-Blood Hounds that have been summoned by you and have received the "Slaughter Resonance" buff from this Overlord Equipment for more than 5 natural days will have their combat power permanently increased to a great extent (the magnitude of the increase will be determined by the current combat power of the Iron-Blood Hound)."

The muscles all over Giant Blood Tooth's body surged. Its skin changed from light red to dark red, and on its neck, underbelly, and other relatively weak defensive positions, fist-sized semi-circular bones pushed up under the skin. A flowing liquid substance flowed slowly under the skin. When Giant Blood Tooth was injured, this liquid skin would immediately fill the gaps.

Su Xiao released 500 "Titan Dragon Hearts" from his team storage space, piling them into a small hill. After receiving his permission, Giant Blood Tooth began to devour them in large mouthfuls. Before long, it had swallowed the last "Titan Dragon Heart." Like last time, there were a dozen "Titan Dragon Hearts" in its belly that it did not absorb.

Leaving Giant Blood Tooth to digest the "Titan Dragon Hearts" nearby, Su Xiao took out the sealing device that looked like it was wrapped in bandages. Watching the darkness visibly drifting from it, he used 【Fallen Demon Eye】 on it.

"Fallen Demon Eye: After use, it can briefly see through darkness or clear intense darkness from items."

The specific energy transformed by the 【Fallen Demon Eye】 drilled into the seal. After the 【Fallen Demon Eye】 took effect, Su Xiao tossed a severed finger to Giant Blood Tooth, which Giant Blood Tooth swallowed in one gulp.

"Suffering Severed Finger (Disposable Item): When carrying this item, if you are subjected to curses and evil resentment (ultra-high-risk negative status), this severed finger will actively absorb the curses and evil resentment you are about to suffer."

Soul Shadow Threads as thick as a little finger were formed. Giant Blood Tooth opened its large mouth and leaned in, letting the crystal spikes at the tips of the Soul Shadow Threads pierce the inner wall of its mouth. It closed its large mouth and waited.

After doing this, Su Xiao opened the sealing device.

Boom!!

Violent dark power erupted from within the seal. This dark entity clearly possessed intelligence and knew how to disguise itself. Its surface was darkness, inside was a layer of ghostly green venomous curse, and in the very center was darkness so dense it seemed endless.

The dark power formed a skull and fiercely attacked Su Xiao. Giant Blood Tooth had already been firmly entangled by black tentacles. This clearly indicated that the dark evil located within this seal had eroded the seal to a certain extent and could initially perceive the situation outside.

Not only that, this dark evil was cunning enough that it had endured and not devoured the massive Overlord Essence Soul it was parasitizing. It clearly knew that if it did so, it would be permanently sealed by the Soul Zhong Ta unless the Soul Zhong Ta perished. Its hatred for the Soul Zhong Ta was already irreconcilable.

The Soul Zhong Ta's move was an open conspiracy. If Su Xiao released the dark evil and did not deal with it, it would rely on parasitizing the Overlord Essence Soul to continue existing, inevitably absorbing the Overlord Essence Soul completely. Using the power of this essence soul, it would breed a body that could contain it. This meant the Soul Zhong Ta had "freeloaded" the 【Soul Secret Treasure Box】 from Su Xiao.

As for Su Xiao dealing with the dark evil, the Soul Zhong Ta was even more delighted to see it. Even if the dark evil were eliminated in this battle, the massive Overlord Essence Soul it parasitized would inevitably be riddled with holes. The essence soul power inside would have been mostly, or even completely, drained by the dark evil during the battle.

What the dark evil had to do at this moment was to feign an attack on Su Xiao; in reality, it had already figured out how to escape this place.

The dark skull lunged at Su Xiao, and he slashed forward with his blade.

"Perfect Block."

Clang!

With a crisp sound of metal clashing, the dark evil felt its consciousness tremble violently. It was forced to detach from the Overlord Essence Soul it was parasitizing. This perfect block truly stunned the dark evil.

Su Xiao had even deflected the "instant-death ability with dark space transfer characteristics" of the ancestor Dukain. The dark evil lunging at him was much easier to block than the ancestor Dukain's "instant-death black ball."

However, the next thing that happened was something the dark evil could never have imagined. The Law-Breaker of the Shadow before its eyes actually raised one hand, and Soul Shadow Threads spread from it. This movement, and the overall structure of the Soul Shadow Threads flying out, made the dark evil suddenly recall Turin Black Tower, who had sealed it back then.

The dark evil never expected that the Law-Breaker of the Shadow it encountered was actually a sealing master. This was simply unreasonable. Which Law-Breaker of the Shadow would try to master sealing studies? Wasn't this just having nothing better to do?

In reality, Su Xiao did not want to master sealing studies. It was mainly because his six strict masters urged him to; he either had to become a sealing master or die at the hands of a Great Father-level Original Sin Object. It was a choice between the two. Clearly, mastering sealing studies to the maximum extent was the more reasonable choice.

The Soul Shadow Threads formed the first layer of the seal. At this moment, the dark evil still had some luck, hoping that this Law-Breaker of the Shadow had only initially mastered sealing studies. But the next second, a total of 3562 layers of seals were formed, and it only took 1 second.

Five minutes later, the dark evil inside the new seal had fallen into despair. A total of 1.05 million layers of sealing incantations imprisoned it within the seal. This "new home" was far sturdier than the "old home." The sealing device that previously sealed it had a total of over 5000 layers. Now, the last digits of these sealing layers were ten times more than the total layers of the "old home."

Su Xiao's previous setup was, of course, a performance for the dark evil to see. If the other party discovered that the one opening the seal was fearless, they might very well act like a cornered dog and destroy the parasitized Overlord Essence Soul. To be more sincere, Su Xiao even used the 【Fallen Demon Eye】.

As the sealing device was completely opened, the Overlord Essence Soul, resembling a large mass of dark golden flames, floated in mid-air. Confirming that there was no problem with this Overlord Essence Soul, he took out the 【Oath Item (Special Item)】 and activated it.

Yes, this item could be activated, but after activating it, if he could not produce forging materials that satisfied the Demon Blacksmith, the Demon Blacksmith would take back this 【Oath Item】.

Crack!

Cracks appeared in the nearby space, as if it had been struck by a hammer. After a brief silence, that space shattered silently. A figure with a burly build, dark red and rough skin, curved ram horns on its head, and eyes that seemed to have magma burning within them walked out from the shattered space. It was the Demon Blacksmith.

His steel-needle-like beard was slightly red, like iron needles that had been burned red. It looked like he had been found by Su Xiao in the middle of forging.

"Kid, you'd better give me a suitable..."

Before the word "reason" could be spoken, the Demon Blacksmith stopped in his tracks, looking at the Overlord Essence Soul floating in mid-air. The Demon Blacksmith, who had always been cold and harbored anger in his heart, had his eyes widen slightly at this moment. His lips under his beard trembled slightly. He opened his mouth to say something, but did not know what to say.

The Demon Blacksmith came to the front of the massive Overlord Essence Soul, and his rough, large hand pressed lightly onto it:

"Old friend, we haven't seen each other for an epoch. Meeting again, yet it is to see your essence soul."

The Demon Blacksmith sighed, then shook his head. There were not many things that could touch him anymore, and even if he were touched, his heart, already smoothed over by time, would quickly calm down.

"You can take your old friend away."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, the Demon Blacksmith turned his head to look at Su Xiao and nodded, meaning: it wasn't in vain that I forged for you so many times, kid. However, the Demon Blacksmith sighed again:

"This old friend of mine was addicted to battle all his life; this is his inevitable end. Moreover, you kid, you are worthy of this essence soul. Speak, what do you need forged?"

"……"

Su Xiao drew the 【Demon Sealing】 scabbard from his waist. This scabbard was forged by the Demon Blacksmith. Now, using this Overlord Essence Soul for further forging and enhancement, looking across the entire Star Realm, no one was more confident than the Demon Blacksmith.

"Demon Sealing, huh? I did indeed reserve potential for it back then."

The Demon Blacksmith took the 【Demon Sealing】 scabbard, waved his hand, and took away the massive Overlord Essence Soul. He walked toward the space that had just shattered. A few seconds later, the pitch-black cracks in that space healed.

After Giant Blood Tooth spat out the 【Suffering Severed Finger】, Su Xiao had it go find Leishma. He still had to find a way to make Leishma the Child of the World, ensuring that before obtaining the "Heart of the Stars," Leishma would not die at the hands of the Soul Zhong Ta or the high-ranking members of the Mechanical God Sect.

Boarding the Lord Train, around two in the afternoon, Su Xiao returned to the Royal City. He headed straight for the Wang Gong, got off the train not far from the Royal Hall, and walked into the Royal Hall.

On the elevator, the captain of the personal guard leading the way had a lazy expression, as if he had come to work without having woken up.

Fifth floor of the Royal Hall, in front of the bedroom door.

Knock, knock, knock~

The captain of the personal guard knocked on the bedroom door. From inside came the continuous coughing of His Majesty the King, Roald Saint Adez. The sleepiness in the captain's eyes faded; his gaze was both worried and helpless.

"Who is it?"

"Mr. Bai Ye."

"Oh, Bai Ye, just let him come in himself."

Hearing this, the captain of the personal guard wanted to say something, but because he had no habit of questioning His Majesty the King, he opened the door and let Su Xiao in.

Walking into the bedroom, Su Xiao smelled a strong herbal scent. Sitting down on the wooden chair beside the bed, he saw that the old King's already thin body had reached the point of being skin and bones, on the verge of death.

"You are dying soon."

Su Xiao spoke. As soon as he said this, the old King was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"Give it to you, 3 seconds."

The old King spoke weakly but with a smile.

Su Xiao took out a bottle of 【Eternal Life Potion】.

"Eternal Life Potion: After use, lifespan limit +30%, and receive a corresponding amount of lifespan replenishment."

"You don't have to die."

It wasn't that there were no emotions in his heart; it was that there were too many. Several generations of his family were low-level officers in the Empire. His grandfather and his father both died defending the exit of this Abyss spreading zone, against dark creatures that seemed to be able to surge out forever.

Seeing the 【Eternal Life Potion】, a glimmer of hope appeared in the old King's eyes. Then, he weakly smiled and shook his head:

"I will die, not only because my body and soul are exhausted, but because the tolerance of the Zhong Ta, the God Sect, and the Dark Beasts toward me has reached its limit. If I die, we might win; if I steal a life, our chances of winning... are too low."

The old King let out a long breath and continued:

"That you could come here is already my luck, no, it's a fluke. So, hurry up and put that thing away. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist stealing a life. No one wants to die, and I don't either."

When the old King said this, he laughed until he coughed dryly again and again.

"By the way, Bai Ye, what are you here for this time?"

"The financial deficit of the Empire's Department of Special Affairs."

"Hmm?"

The old King was a bit puzzled, frowned and thought for a few seconds, then nodded knowingly: "Now is not the time to pursue these things. I'll approve some activity funds for you. How much do you need?"

"80 million Kugo."

"You guy, why don't you go rob someone?"

"Can I rob?"

"Of course not!"

Su Xiao almost made the old King so angry he sat up. The old King thought for a moment, took the approval slip handed over by the maid, and wrote down an expense limit of 12 million Kugo.

"That's all, not a single Lank more."

(Lank: Imperial currency, 1 Kugo equals 10 Lank. Lank has greater circulation in the market.)

"……"

Su Xiao put away the approval slip. He had originally thought that getting 8 million Kugo would be enough; 12 million was an unexpected gain. Bidding farewell to the old King, he had just left the Royal Hall when he felt a faint sense of being watched.

The train drove out of the Wang Gong. When it reached the vicinity of King's Avenue, Su Xiao got off the train and went to a restaurant. After ordering, he waited while lost in thought. As for what he was lost in thought about, it was how he, as a Blade Master, could be dragged into an illusion, and moreover, this illusion was attempting to influence him.

Opening the skill list, he selected Blade Master and checked the branch list of Blade Master:

"Immune to mental-type and soul-type control (this characteristic has the highest priority)."

At the current stage, Su Xiao had roughly figured out the priority order of various abilities. For example, "having the highest priority" was not the peak; the true peak was "absolute characteristic." If he encountered an enemy with "Absolute Illusion," the Blade Master's exemption in this regard would be suppressed and rendered ineffective.

The exemption characteristic had no problems. Since that was the case, the problem lay in the enemy's ability and the related judgment.

In fact, Blade Master had always exempted "mental-type and soul-type control," rather than exempting all abilities of these two systems.

It was just that, before the Absolute-Strong level, and even at the Absolute-Strong level, his Blade Master skill level had always been higher than the current tier he was in, which resulted in one of the branch effects of Blade Master exempting all "mental-type and soul-type abilities."

In reality, Blade Master had always targeted the control characteristics of the two. A simpler and easier-to-understand understanding was that the control effects of mental-type and soul-type were like sharp needle pricks. Blade Master's defense in this regard was brief but intense. However, if he encountered continuous, long-term mental or soul-type abilities, although there was resistance, it could not be completely blocked.

A shield can block swords, but it cannot block a flood. That's probably the feeling.

A more important point was that the environment he was currently in was not born from Su Xiao's heart. This so-called illusion was actually the world infecting this area, turning this place into an illusion. After Su Xiao entered, he remained clear-headed, which showed that Blade Master's resistance to soul-type abilities was still continuing.

But this also sounded an alarm for Su Xiao. In the final analysis, Blade Master was a core combat ability. Its exemption and resistance to "mental-type and soul-type" were branch bonuses. If the capacity of the bucket that was Blade Master was 100, the portion allocated to the "mental-type and soul-type control exemption" characteristic was only about 5. That it could hold on until now was already incredible.

Suddenly, Su Xiao had an inspiration: why be obsessed with using the derivatives of Blade Master to exempt "mental-type and soul-type control"? He could completely master an "absolute characteristic" passive. One must know that there were not a few soul-types among the Abyss entities.

The characteristic of this system was that the influence was either slight, but once their influence invaded, the final outcome was death nine times out of ten.

"Immortal Will (Passive, Lv. EX): After mastering, gain 'Absolute Will'."

He hadn't mastered this ability back then because it conflicted with the willpower characteristic of Blade Master. However, one could consider using it to exchange for a kind of "Absolute Will" with other characteristics.

"Absolute Will" was not just one kind. This "Absolute Will" from the ancestor Dukain was fully named "Absolutely Unyielding Will." Even if one retreated temporarily, even if one evaded temporarily, one always maintained the goal of never having given up.

This clearly conflicted severely with the willpower characteristic of Blade Master. The will of Blade Master was to forge ahead; a Blade Master who retreated and evaded had no possibility of achieving today's "Heavenly Blade Shadow."

The "Absolute Will" Su Xiao needed was fully named "Absolutely Unshakable Will." Its compatibility with Blade Master was at least 70%. In the ability system of "absolute characteristics," this kind of compatibility was already very high.

The reason the "Absolute Perception" Su Xiao mastered had 100% compatibility with him was because this was an ability he had gradually improved himself.

After this "Absolutely Unshakable Will" ability replaced the characteristic of Blade Master's "mental-type and soul-type control exemption," the portion that Blade Master originally added to this aspect would be elevated to the combat characteristics of Blade Master, which was undoubtedly an enhancement to his blade arts.

What Su Xiao encountered at the moment was clearly a mental-type or soul-type of the Supreme level. In fact, compared to his suspicion about failing to exempt the soul-type ability, the soul-type Sharona, who maintained this illusion, had an exceptionally solemn expression. If eroding a normal Supreme with an illusion was a slow but interesting process, then eroding this Law-Breaker of the Shadow with an illusion at this moment was simply terrifying.

The blood-colored aura diffusing from the other party had already burned several holes through the illusion. How could she still have the energy to erode that blood-energy monster? Maintaining the illusion well, trapping this monster with the illusion, and then escaping immediately was what she should be doing most at this moment.

Inside the illusion, Su Xiao examined the tableware in his hand; it actually had a sense of reality. It seemed that the peak of the illusion system was to make the illusion real. That type of illusion system must be extremely difficult to deal with.

The illusion he was currently in actually stimulated his blood energy, making his long-dormant "Talent Ability: Blood Beast" finally have a tendency to undergo a transformation. From defeating Fei to absorbing the "Blood Source Quality," this feeling had always been there, but it had never been as intense as it was at this moment.

Su Xiao stood up and walked toward the bar. The next second, the noisy restaurant suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop. All the diners looked at him expressionlessly.

Su Xiao gripped the hilt of his blade with one hand, drawing the blade while the temporary scabbard was inserted into the belt at his waist.

"Extreme Blade · Absolute Illusion."

The long blade continued to be drawn. Before the long blade was completely drawn, the surrounding illusion shattered with a boom, like glass bursting. The place returned to a normal restaurant, and the diners continued to chat happily or enjoy their food.

Drops of blood spread outside the restaurant; they were left behind by that illusionist.

Zing~

The long blade was finally drawn. The tip of the blade pointed at the blood drops on the ground. The blood drops flew up, rested on the tip of the blade, and along the tip of the blade, gradually formed fine blood-colored veins on the long blade.

"Blood Blade · Heart Gouging."

At the same time, the illusionist Sharona, who had been constantly shifting within the illusion and had left the Royal City area in a very short time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. But suddenly, she felt a hot, wet sensation on the tip of her nose. Raising her hand to touch it, her hand was already stained with blood.

"Damn it, Mechanical God Sect..."

Pfft!

Blade after blade of blood erupted from various parts of the illusionist Sharona's body. She fell to her knees, spraying a large amount of blood from her mouth.

She really could not understand what grudge that Law-Breaker of the Shadow had against the illusion system to actually develop blade techniques specifically targeting the illusion system. Moreover, that move looked at a glance like it had been deeply developed, and was even one of the blade techniques the other party was most proficient in.

With a thud, this Supreme illusionist named Sharona had her forehead heavily hit the ground, and she died just like that. She had never thought that she, as a Supreme, would die so casually. In fact, she originally would not have been like this, but as a Supreme who had been famous on the surface of this world for a long time, coming to provoke those unknown but generally monster-level Supremes was truly courting death.

Su Xiao boarded the train and left the Royal City. He did not return to the headquarters of the "Empire's Department of Special Affairs" for the time being, because his "Talent Ability: Blood Beast" was about to complete a qualitative improvement.

At the same time, the twelve Soul Mentors of the Soul Zhong Ta were tracking Su Xiao with all their might. The reason was that the trap they dug for him was the dark evil that would kill upon touch, while the trap Su Xiao dug for them was that he placed a contract on the ninth layer of the 【Soul Secret Treasure Box】.

The contract itself was never dangerous. As for the content of the contract, well, it was very simple: opening the ninth layer of the 【Soul Secret Treasure Box】 was equivalent to signing that contract, which was equivalent to being willing to temporarily hold the "Book of Original Sin."

(End of chapter)