Chapter 4071: Knowledge

As soon as Koin · Mo'erbo said this, Su Xiao, who was already prepared to draw his blade, frowned slightly. His first thought was that the other party had used some kind of "causal strange item" to foresee this scene and had made corresponding preparations for it.

But on second thought, this was unlikely. He was now the holder of the "Origin Stone · World." Even the strongest diviner in the Star Realm, like the old lady, could no longer see his future clearly. It was even more impossible to do this with just a "causal strange item."

It wasn't that Su Xiao was arrogant, but he had some guesses about the rank of the "Origin Stone · World," because the previous holder of the "Origin Stone · World" was the Leader, and the Leader's ultimate opponent was the previous Abyss Lord.

In fact, after this, the Leader thought about obtaining the "Origin Stone · World" a second time, but the result was that the "Origin Stone · World" was obtained by a miner from Apocalypse Paradise and was absurdly fused onto a mining shovel.

After knowing this, the Leader knew that it was impossible, and the "Origin Stone · World" would no longer choose him, so he stopped pursuing the "Origin Stone · World," and even once flatly denied that he was the previous owner of the "Origin Stone · World."

In fact, this miner had never truly held the "Origin Stone · World." Not long after, the "Origin Stone · World" shattered.

There is more than one "Origin Stone · World," but there will never be two "Origin Stone · Worlds" existing at the same time. It must be that after the previous one shatters, the next one will complete the fusion by relying on the "Origin Stone · World (Fragment)."

Currently, there are only a few people who know that the Leader was the previous holder of the "Origin Stone · World," and Su Xiao is one of them.

Excluding the possibility of a "causal strange item," Su Xiao thought of another point: the 【Koin's Alchemy Notes】 he obtained before. This thing had a "causal brand" or something similar on it.

When he obtained 【Koin's Alchemy Notes】, Su Xiao was an eighth-rank contractor. He only truly possessed the 【Origin Stone · World】 in the Eternal Light World, that is, after being promoted to Absolute Rank. This makes sense.

Su Xiao at the eighth rank not only obtained 【Koin's Alchemy Notes】 but also learned and mastered the knowledge on it. And Koin · Mo'erbo, who had made reservations on 【Koin's Alchemy Notes】 long ago, immediately realized that there was someone currently who mastered alchemy that exceeded the limit he could reach and hadn't been killed by the causal curse.

"Kid, you don't look like an alchemist, but rather like... a Law-Exterminator?"

Koin · Mo'erbo looked puzzled and casually put the book in his hand back onto the bookshelf in front.

"Obviously."

Su Xiao's hand had been pressing on the end of the hilt. He could be sure that let alone the current Koin · Mo'erbo, even the one from back then, who had ties such as family and disciples, was definitely not a good person.

"These are all small problems. Follow me."

Koin · Mo'erbo walked down the bookshelf ladder and walked toward the inner side of the library.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at Koin · Mo'erbo's back for a few seconds before stepping to follow. The two left the library and came to an area that looked like a lecture hall.

Koin · Mo'erbo came to a chess table. This chess table was somewhat like a sand table, with a seat on each side. On the table was a pure white spell stone with the most basic spell patterns on it, which could be used as a basis to quickly construct any spell.

In fact, the core of alchemy is spells. Whether it is alchemy mechanics, biology, or pharmacy, spells are the core.

"We are both alchemists, so our way of fighting shouldn't be using mechanical creations and long blades. We, use knowledge."

Koin · Mo'erbo sat down and pressed his right hand on the sensing device on the armrest of the seat. With a hum, the spell table on his side started. He tilted his head to look at Su Xiao.

Almost at the same time, Su Xiao received a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise:

【Your Main Quest · Set Sail has been completed.】

【You have obtained Reincarnation Badge × 1.】

【This is currently the real stage of the main quest. When you complete any link of it, you can choose to end this world progress, but the final world settlement will be significantly reduced. Conversely, if you complete the last link of the real stage of the main quest of this world, the world settlement of this world will be additionally improved.】

【Main Quest · Life and Death Game.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 100!

Warning: The difficulty of this quest severely exceeds the comprehensive combat power bearing range of the Hunter.

Quest Introduction: Sit at the chess table and win against Koin · Mo'erbo.

Quest Deadline: 1 hour.

Quest Reward: Reincarnation Badge × 5.

Quest Penalty: None.

Compared to the difficulty level of Lv. 100, Su Xiao felt that this "quest penalty: none" was actually more dangerous, because this was a main quest.

The problem is that there is no way back now. Before solving the "Causal Lock Ring," if he chose to end this world progress, it would be tantamount to suicide. At that time, although he could return to Reincarnation Paradise, he would definitely be torn apart by the "Causal Lock Ring" of this world.

Su Xiao came to the seat opposite Koin · Mo'erbo. Just as he sat down, he felt that his causality was connected to this seat. The alchemists of the Second Era could only be described as evil.

Seeing Su Xiao sit down, Koin · Mo'erbo opposite him had a smile on his face. He could finally leave this place, although not in his own body.

In the metal giant hall deep underground on the westernmost side of the Secret Island, this place was full of sealed metal containers. These were "Divine Source Blood," but these containers were empty, having been bestowed upon the Three Pillar Gods by the "Leader of the Gods · Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota."

This is also one of the strengths of the god system. They can strengthen themselves by seizing the "Divine Source Blood" of other god systems. This is also why the friendly god system gods don't have any very powerful gods to this day, except for the Deer God.

During the First Era, the war between the gods and the friendly gods ended in a miserable defeat for the friendly gods. Therefore, during the First Era, the friendly gods could only hide. Once discovered by the gods, they would become top-notch tonics for them to strengthen themselves, until the gods declined and the friendly god system slightly recovered in the subsequent Second Era.

The three gods, Blood God · Ashaga, Bone God · Kim, and Spirit God · Oswald, followed behind the leader of the gods, "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota," with fanatical eyes. They had become gods through mechanical ascension.

But those were only the weakest gods. The leader chose them three from among many ascenders and bestowed upon them the Ancestor God Blood, Ancestor God Bone, and Ancestor God Spirit respectively. To this day, they still remember the scene at that time. In contrast, they offered all their loyalty.

Led by Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota, the four gods continued to stay in this divine treasury. When they reached the deepest part, a giant coffin nearly ten meters long and four meters wide appeared in their sight.

Blood God · Ashaga turned into a dark red fluid and appeared on the giant coffin. He pressed one hand on it, and dark red ligaments spread from his back, wrapping him around the metal beam above. This beam was covered with protective spells, showing its sturdiness.

Bone God · Kim, who had the greatest physical strength, came to the head of the giant coffin. He grew giant bone arms, and stability spikes spread from his waist to ensure he could use his maximum strength.

Spirit God · Oswald came to the formation node of this giant coffin. The resonance of spiritual power began to interfere with the spells sealing the giant coffin. All three of them knew what was inside this giant coffin, and therefore were even more eager.

Although they could only get one-third, and the other two-thirds belonged to the leader, compared to now, having only a small amount of Ancestor God Blood, Bone, and Spirit, it was simply a soaring leap.

Even the Three Pillar Gods already had the ambition to subsequently ascend to the "Supreme Peak."

The spells here had not been maintained for a long time, coupled with the interference of the Three Pillar Gods + terrifying power + blood erosion, the spells on the giant coffin gradually dimmed and finally shattered with a bang.

With a boom, Bone God · Kim lifted the giant coffin. The three who were severely overdrawn, especially Bone God · Kim, almost sat on the ground with soft legs. However, the three immediately leaned forward, lying beside the giant coffin, looking at the sleeping body amidst the rising cold mist.

"Leader, we succeeded!"

Spirit God · Oswald was ecstatic, his five eyes squinting with laughter. But in the next second, the leader behind him, Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota, suddenly grabbed the back of the necks or throats of the Blood God, Bone God, and Spirit God with three large hands. The three gods were both confused and felt an uncontrollable horror, because the source of their power was given by this leader.

"Thank you for your hard work."

As "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" spoke, bright red flowing flesh began to spread from the upper arms of the mechanical large hands. Seeing this blood hole, Blood God · Ashaga, who was being choked by the throat with one hand, with all abilities sealed and less than one percent of physical strength remaining, could only scream and wave several arms randomly, as well as kick his legs meaninglessly.

When the bright red flesh spread to Blood God · Ashaga's face, he let out a shrill scream, and when it spread to Spirit God · Oswald's face, he began to curse angrily until his mouth was covered.

Only Bone God · Kim, who was being choked by the back of the neck, remained silent and even closed his eyes to wait. This instead made "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" puzzled, and without slowing down the devouring of him, he asked:

"Kim, aren't you angry, don't you hate me?"

"Everything I have comes from you. You have the right to take it back."

"Hehe, when Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota betrayed me, he said almost the same thing to me."

"Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" accelerated the devouring of Bone God · Kim. In the second before being devoured, intense unwillingness and hatred appeared in the only eye Bone God · Kim had left outside.

In a very short time, the Three Pillar Gods were left with only some living metal structures, which were casually discarded by "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota." He stepped to the side of the giant coffin and looked at the body inside.

All the arms of "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" were raised. At the same time, in the unexplored continent to the north of the endless sea.

This was a continent occupied by divine flesh and blood, living metal, etc. At this moment, the giant building tens of thousands of meters high standing here appeared to tremble violently. All the old active metal on its upper part fell off, and the shape of a face gradually appeared on the flesh and blood building.

This giant face withered first, and then this giant flesh and blood building of tens of thousands of meters also began to turn into rotten meat and ashes.

In the metal giant hall deep underground on the Secret Island, in front of the giant coffin.

The dark red in the chest of "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" had turned into deep azure and condensed into a heart the size of half a meter, but the heart did not beat. One by one, his large hands pierced into his chest, not caring about the damage to this body, and took out the azure heart.

The body lying in the giant coffin had cracks appearing on its chest with a crack sound. The withered flesh and blood structure gradually split open, and the chest gradually bloomed like a withered metal flower. "Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" put the azure heart into the blooming chest.

"Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota" turned into flesh and blood fragments and metal residue, quickly disintegrating. The chest of the body in the coffin gradually closed, and the giant hall became quiet.

Thump~ Thump!

The powerful heartbeat broke the silence. The gods in the coffin... no, it should be called the Ancestor God. The two most powerful gods in the god camp were respectfully called Ancestor Gods.

The most powerful god blood either grew from the "Abyss" or was derived from "Elements," leading to the Ancestor God either being dark and evil to the point of making one's scalp tingle, or holy to the point of absolute justice, which was a ruthless holiness without any emotion, and would be purified and evaporated if there was the slightest mistake.

The one in front of him was clearly dark and evil.

The Ancestor God in the coffin suddenly opened his eyes, and those azure radial pupils contracted slightly.

Being besieged by four Great Lords, two ancient flying dragons, and six Sun God clans, it was already a dead end at that time. But the cautious him, in the divine blood of his disciple Myriad Phenomena Origin · Harota, left a trace of divine cells, allowing him to reawaken and revive at this moment.

At that time, the three parties of Eternal Light, Sun, and Ancient Dragon spent more than 30% of their war expenditure on sealing the gods, until the gods were miserably defeated. But to this day, the old seals no longer exist, the ancient dragons have perished, the Sun God clan has stepped down, and the Great Lords have long since perished.

For the Ancestor God, there was no such thing as breaking free from the "Causal Lock Ring" or anything else. As early as the First Era, he was considering how to revive his dead and incomplete body, until the Second Era, when the alchemy civilization rose, giving him hope.

Patter~

A metal large hand pressed on the edge of the giant coffin. The Ancestor God sat up from the coffin. Under the shroud of darkness, one could only see his azure radial pupils and the azure heart in his chest that was slowly beating and gradually evolving into a divine blood core.

At the entrance of the giant hall, a figure five meters tall with messy woody horns on his head walked out. He had dark golden vertical pupils, a bare upper body, and only a black cloak draped over his back. His strong arms were covered with various scars, and there was a thick layer of keratin on the back of his fingers, as if as long as this person clenched his fist, he could shatter everything.

It was the Ancient Patriarch · Hatu.

"It seems that you schemed against all of us, including those alchemists who thought they were smart. It was you who let them discover the ancient strange item 'Causal Rune.' Only by their abuse of causality could you revive this powerful body of yours, Ancestor God · Yashimis!"

Ancient Patriarch · Hatu's teeth chattered. No matter who it was, after being schemed against and trapped in this world for so many years, they wouldn't be calm.

Ancestor God · Yashimis stood up from the coffin. His cable-like dark golden long hair hung down. Standing over seven meters tall, he looked down at Ancient Patriarch · Hatu with his head slightly lowered. Besides contempt, there was nothing else in his eyes, because this was his former defeated opponent, whom he crushed in every aspect, whether in combat power or strategy.

In the alchemy classroom of the Initial Sanctuary · Library.

Su Xiao and Koin · Mo'erbo sat opposite each other at the spell table. This game did not start immediately, because both sides had preparation time to ensure fairness. This spell table was even notarized by the Void Tree.

And Su Xiao discovered that this notarization format was not drafted by the Void Tree after the Third Era, but an older Second Era notarization format.

The Void Tree notarization during the Second Era had a higher mandatory level than the current notarization, which made Su Xiao think that perhaps it was because the comprehensive notarization power of the several Paradise camps was getting higher and higher that the mandatory level of Void Tree notarization had decreased under the balance of the initial regulations.

After Su Xiao sat down here, three types of "Hunting Bounties" appeared.

【Detected that there are three types of "Event Bounties" that can be accepted, totaling as follows:】

1. Causal Severance: Personally destroy the "Causal Lock Ring" (Pay 5000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. Completing this bounty can obtain 30 times the bounty amount).

2. Winner: Defeat Koin · Mo'erbo by any method (Pay 15,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. Completing this bounty can obtain 5 times the bounty amount).

3. Secret of Runes: Obtain the "Causal Rune" (Pay 20,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. Completing this bounty can obtain 300 times the bounty amount).

Very good, decisively give up the "Secret of Runes" bounty. Su Xiao now has a self-awareness: hunting bounties with bounty gains higher than 100,000 ounces are best not accepted. Moreover, this "Causal Rune" corresponds to 6 million ounces of Space-Time Power.

The bounty gain for destroying the "Causal Lock Ring" is also as high as 150,000. If it were just destroying the "Causal Lock Ring," he would definitely accept this bounty. But after the bounty content had the four words "personally destroy," he decisively gave it up.

【You have accepted the Hunting Bounty · Winner.】

【The event bounties you can accept in this world have reached five, and you cannot continue to accept hunting bounties.】

【Tip (Void Tree): This notarization has been completed. You are about to conduct this "Knowledge Clash."】

【Warning: If you lose in this knowledge clash, you will fall into soul disintegration.】

【Tip: The area within this 5×5 meter range enters an exemption state and will not be affected by the "Causal Lock Ring."】

【The rules for this knowledge clash are as follows:

1. This clash totals five rounds. Before the official start, you can condense any knowledge you have mastered into a "Knowledge Trump Card" to conduct this clash (originally limited to alchemy, but because the Hunter successfully passed the permission application of Reincarnation Paradise, and it was detected that Koin · Mo'erbo actively convened this clash, you, as the passive participant, will have the application permission).

2. Before the start of each round, both sides can bet a "Knowledge Trump Card" they currently possess. After the clash starts, the hand cards of both sides will be flipped, and the side with more powerful knowledge points wins.

3. Because it is a five-round system, and there will be situations where both sides have a draw once, or even multiple draws, the rules of this round will be adaptively changed to ensure that a final winner is determined within five rounds.

This life-and-death game is not a battle of blood splashing and space fragments flying, but a test of the knowledge mastered in the past.

"Our lives are always facing many choices. This time, did you really choose correctly?"

Koin · Mo'erbo placed the five "Knowledge Trump Cards" in front of him on the desktop.

"..."

Su Xiao did the same. After a short wait, the first round of the game began. He placed a "Knowledge Trump Card" on the spell node in front. This groove could just accommodate a "Knowledge Trump Card."

Koin · Mo'erbo opposite him did the same. A few seconds after both sides placed their trump cards, the two trump cards flipped over on their own.

Su Xiao's trump card was "Basic Alchemy · 95."

Koin · Mo'erbo's trump card was "Alchemy Pharmacy · 95."

That's right, the level of knowledge-type abilities is the size of the trump card number. For example, Su Xiao's Basic Alchemy is Lv. 95, and the corresponding knowledge point is 95 points.

Koin · Mo'erbo only studied pharmacy in his later years, but he actually reached this level. It can only be said that this old guy has strength and foundation. The final winning chance of this game seems to be greater for Koin · Mo'erbo.

On the two trump cards, the dark red representing alchemy and the life-sprouting green of pharmacy emerged. The two forces spread forward along the spell patterns, faster and faster, and finally collided with a bang.

Under a draw, both trump cards were ejected from the spell node. "Basic Alchemy · 95" sank into Su Xiao's chest. The feeling of suddenly feeling blurred about alchemy, as if the memory in this regard was shrouded in fog, quickly receded.

【This round is a draw. The next round will start in 5 seconds.】

The prompt of the Void Tree appeared directly above the spell table in the form of text projection.

Su Xiao's fingers tapped on the four stacked "Knowledge Trump Cards" one by one. The experience of often fighting with strong enemies and facing life-and-death moments made him very calm at this moment, even if he would die on the spot after losing this game.

After weighing, Su Xiao picked up the second "Knowledge Trump Card" and placed it on the spell node.

Koin · Mo'erbo opposite him had a smile in his eyes. He didn't hesitate and placed a trump card. A few seconds later, the trump cards of both sides flipped over on their own:

Su Xiao's trump card was "Alchemy Pharmacy · 99."

The trump card appeared!

And Koin · Mo'erbo's trump card was "Basic Alchemy · 99."

The knowledge power represented by the two trump cards spread toward each other along the spell patterns. After a roar, both "Knowledge Trump Cards" were ejected. Another draw.

"It seems that your final trump card is not big."

Koin · Mo'erbo had a smile on his face. He certainly knew that the Law-Exterminator in front of him had high attainments in pharmacy, but at the moment, the other party's pharmacy only brought a draw.

The third round began. Su Xiao placed a "Knowledge Trump Card" on the spell node, and Koin · Mo'erbo opposite him did the same:

Koin · Mo'erbo's trump card was "Alchemy Biology · 100."

Su Xiao's trump card was "Sealing Studies · 94."

With a roar, the bright red power representing "Alchemy Biology" on the opposite side spread along the spell patterns, quickly defeating the colorless power representing Sealing Studies, and surged toward Su Xiao with a bang.

Su Xiao felt his whole body's cells wailing. In just an instant, the world in front of him turned blood red. His whole body's skin seemed to be torn apart, his flesh and blood went berserk and turned into tentacles, his bones cracked, and marrow surged out. Fortunately, all of this was just a painful hallucination, not a reality.

Drip, drip~

Blood dripped from the tip of Su Xiao's nose and landed on the spell table.

"Kid, good willpower. You endured this kind of pain without changing your expression."

Koin · Mo'erbo said so, but his hand movements were not slow at all. Another "Knowledge Trump Card" was placed on the spell node near his side. Su Xiao did the same, but the trump card placed this time was stained with a few drops of his blood.

The trump card flipped over.

Koin · Mo'erbo's trump card was "Alchemy Mechanics · 100."

Su Xiao's trump card was "Abyss Studies · 102"!

The smile on Koin · Mo'erbo's face opposite him froze. In the next second, the darkness of the Abyss surged toward him. The veins on his thick right arm bulged, his teeth chattered, and blood even seeped out from between his teeth. His large hand gripped the edge of the table tightly, making a clatter-clatter sound.

A few minutes later, the pouring of Abyss power ended. Koin · Mo'erbo spat a large mouthful of black blood directly onto the spell table.

"Old thing, good willpower."

Su Xiao, who had blood dripping from his chin, spoke. Koin · Mo'erbo, whose expression was somewhat distorted, opened his mouth and finally said nothing, because this sentence was what he had just said, and now it was just returned to him.

The current situation is 2 draws + 1 win and 1 loss for each side, which means the fifth round is the decisive round.

With a slap, Koin · Mo'erbo slapped the last trump card into the spell node. With black blood flowing from his five senses, there was an uncontrollable smile on his face. The price of surviving after creating the "Causal Lock Ring" was being unable to leave this library.

But as long as he didn't die, there was still a chance. Even if the current Koin · Mo'erbo was a bit implicitly crazy, as long as he became the winner, he could carry out subsequent plans.

Su Xiao also placed the last trump card on the spell node near his side. After a very short wait, the two trump cards flipped over:

Koin · Mo'erbo's trump card was "Alchemy Causal Studies · 116"!

Su Xiao's trump card was "Original Sin Studies · 282"!!

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 4072 =====