Chapter 4076: Layout

Su Xiao walked out of the secret room. He had thoroughly understood the current situation. Logically speaking, after the "Causal Lock Ring" of this world shattered, it should have completed the subsequent transcendence, but now it hadn't.

There was only one answer: the newly born World Core of this world was bound and suppressed, forcing its transcendence process to stop.

A transcendent world was very powerful, but in the process of completing transcendence, it appeared fragile and easy to suppress, and could even be possessed.

The World Cores of the three transcendent worlds of the Second Era—the worlds of Destruction, Wind Sea, and Witch—were all in a free state. If the World Core was in a state without an owner during the world transcendence process, then after completing transcendence, it couldn't be possessed by anyone.

Conversely, in the First Era, the transcendent worlds of Ancient Dragon, Sun, and Lord—at that time, the World Cores all belonged to the overlords of those worlds. The subsequent series of situations undoubtedly indicated the huge risk of the World Core being held by native forces.

Su Xiao had previously destroyed the "Causal Lock Ring," causing the world consciousness and World Core of this world to shatter together. This wasn't damage to this world, but let it thoroughly break free from bondage. Given the situation of this world, assuming the Wind Sea Continent was an aged transcendent world, then this world was a young man, so vigorous that it immediately began to re-gather the World Core.

Calculating the time, the World Core had long since re-gathered, and within this world, there were actually only three people left with the ability to suppress and temporarily possess this World Core.

1. Su Xiao.

2. The Priest.

3. Ancestral God Yashimis.

Su Xiao was ruled out first. The Priest's possibility was also very low. It wasn't that the benefits weren't big enough; it was that the Priest definitely wouldn't do this kind of thing that would eventually lead to being besieged by everyone, but rather stand in the crowd and become one of the final few winners.

Looking at it this way, it went without saying who had taken away the newly born World Core. Roughly determining this point, Su Xiao suddenly wasn't in a hurry to fight Ancestral God Yashimis to the death. This guy was the strongest in this world right now, which was no surprise. The problem was that the opponent now stood on the opposite side of everyone.

Su Xiao turned and left the secret room. *Click, click, click*, crystal layers spread, sealing the secret room. When he returned to the ice palace, he sat on the steps under the sculpture. He pointed forward. Ianna hesitated for a moment and stood on the flat ground lower than the steps.

Su Xiao looked at Ianna. For the first few seconds, Ianna was very uncomfortable. After ten-plus seconds, she was a bit shy. After half a minute, she began to feel afraid. After about a minute, she began to consider where she should be buried if she could choose after she died today.

Su Xiao didn't want to kill Ianna, but he didn't quite understand why the old woman had to add this assassin-type link. What was special about this assassin-type? This riddle-maker habit of the fate-type was truly a bad habit.

Su Xiao looked at Bahamut and then at Ianna. Let Bahamut eat Ianna to enhance her assassin-type ability? This clearly wouldn't work.

Putting away this very devilish—no, even a devil would have to hand over a cigarette and call him big brother—thought, Su Xiao began to observe Ianna's appearance. Um, her looks were okay, and her temperament was also not bad, but Su Xiao had seen many who were more beautiful and had more unique temperaments than her.

"The reason for choosing to assassinate me."

Su Xiao's words made Ianna's hanging heart finally die. She simply spoke the truth in a bit of a "let it rot" manner:

"To be stronger."

"Stronger?"

Su Xiao didn't understand at first, but soon remembered that the system of becoming stronger by assassinating others—wasn't that the Star Realm's strongest assassin-type, Owl's power system?

Observing Ianna carefully again—don't say it, really don't say it—she was seventy percent similar to Owl's daughter, and Owl's daughter was actually the daughter left behind by her best friend, "Silver Feather Crow."

Taking out his terminal and inputting the assassin-type "Silver Feather Crow" on the Void network, many materials popped up, but there were only a few. One of them was that after "Silver Feather Crow" died, her appearance and materials were published by a newspaper in the Void. An assassin who was abandoned by the organization and died wasn't worth fearing, not to mention that the force behind this newspaper wasn't weak either.

Enlarging the photo on the terminal and comparing it with Ianna, one couldn't say they were very similar; they were simply identical. What was even more wonderful was that Ianna and "Silver Feather Crow" were the same power system.

"From today on, your name is Silver Feather Crow."

"Why?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't answer Ianna why, but Ianna knew that if she continued to ask, what she would get definitely wouldn't be an answer.

Su Xiao returned to the Lord Train. Ianna, after retrieving her short sword, followed closely behind. On the train, Su Xiao sat in his exclusive seat, pulled open the storage compartment containing the communicator, found the communicator with the raptor Owl mark, and immediately dialed. After a few minutes, the other side finally answered:

"Speak."

Owl's cold voice came from the communicator.

"It seems your daughter has recovered."

"It seems you definitely don't have good intentions."

After saying this, Owl hung up the communication.

"..."

Su Xiao put the communicator on the table and, after setting the train's trajectory, walked toward the bedroom in the rear carriage. He wanted to sleep soundly. As for the threat from the Ancestral God, he was convinced that the Ancestral God wouldn't take the initiative to come to his door; the opponent was currently busy mastering the "World Core."

The cooldown time for "Extreme Realm · Star Realm" was three days, and only a day and a bit had passed. At least two days later, he would go to carry out this decisive battle. So before that, he had to maximize his own strength and find possible helpers.

After taking a hot shower, Su Xiao had just lain down when Bahamut flew over with a communicator: "It's the Priest."

Hearing this, Su Xiao took the communicator, opened the microphone, and said: "Something up?"

"Bai Ye, this time, the two of us might be dead for sure."

The Priest spoke with a hint of a smile.

"Oh?"

Su Xiao leaned against the head of the bed and drank a sip of honey tea placed on the bedside table by the alchemy maid. The taste was very familiar. Well, the alchemy maid had a soft spot for "Black Maple Wind Tea," and she didn't care how precious this maple tea was. However, as long as it was used on his own people, in Su Xiao's view, it wasn't a waste.

"Theoretically, Ancestral God Yashimis cannot be killed. It is 'Existence-level' immortal, unless..."

As the Priest said this, Su Xiao continued:

"Unless someone can suppress its 'Existence System' power and use an ability that can kill existence-level beings to slash it."

"You are right. I can temporarily suppress its 'Existence System' power because I am one too."

The Priest didn't hide this point. They had been through "life-and-death" situations so many times; with the matters of the Soul Master and the Zhong Ta Master Silgefor in front, he didn't believe this old friend couldn't deduce that his complete "Forbidden Mark" + "Initial Death" possessed the power of the "Existence System."

"And you, you happen to be able to kill him. I don't believe this is a coincidence, especially since the strongest diviner has also come to this world."

The Priest's meaning was already very clear: they had been calculated this time, calculated by the old woman, and there would inevitably be traps later.

Dealing with Ancestral God Yashimis alone was already a nine-out-of-ten-death situation. If there was still the Star Realm's strongest diviner calculating from further behind, this was almost a must-die situation.

"She has passed away."

"Passed away? Why?"

The Priest didn't doubt whether Su Xiao's intelligence about the old woman passing away was wrong, because this old friend was too professional when it came to slaughtering others.

Su Xiao was silent for half a minute, finally telling the plans of the old woman and the Empire Emperor. Hearing halfway, the Priest on the other side already had a smile reappear on his face.

"Even so, we are not the rivals of 'Supreme Peak'."

The Priest said this news that was almost despair-inducing.

"Has the Ancestral God completely recovered?"

As Su Xiao spoke, his brows furrowed slightly. Things were worse than expected.

"Not that bad, but it's already very close to recovering to 'Supreme Peak'. Once it successfully fuses with that World Core, it will completely recover."

"How many days?"

"Eight days."

"Enough. I need two days."

"Bai Ye, it seems we are going to join forces against the enemy again."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Seeing this, the Priest said: "I will find a helper."

"Same."

"Good. Two days later, gather at 'Anfeng City'."

"..."

Su Xiao hung up the communication to rest. The battle with the God-Slayer, although it quickly decided the winner, was exceptionally dangerous. Coupled with this upcoming life-and-death battle with the Ancestral God, there was more than a seventy percent probability that he would sleep here forever. Even so, it didn't hinder him from falling asleep at all.

This time, fighting the Ancestral God, the risks and benefits were both maxed out. If this world could really transcend, it would be unprecedented for the Paradise faction. If a native world obtained a "Transcendent World Core," there would be various drawbacks. Then, what would happen if the Paradise faction obtained it?

So far, none of the six major Paradise factions had a transcendent world, and this time, it was the only chance for Reincarnation Paradise and Dawn Paradise to obtain a "Transcendent World" from the First Era until now.

Correspondingly, the benefits would inevitably be extremely astonishing. Counting the astonishing resources accumulated from ascending to Supreme until now, plus this windfall, Su Xiao had an eighty percent certainty that he could stack the success rate of ascending to "Supreme Peak" to 100%.

Su Xiao was woken up by the communicator brought by Xiang Bubu Wang. Looking at the time, he had slept for more than 8 hours. While picking up the communicator to answer, he walked to the bathroom to wash up. The communicator came:

"Silver Feather Crow died long ago. I killed her with my own hands back then."

"Mm."

The electric toothbrush in Su Xiao's mouth changed position. He always felt that the toothbrush made by Xiang Bubu Wang was somewhat unreliable. Every time he finished brushing his teeth, his skull would buzz. This was still at the lowest setting. If it were at the highest setting, the space near the brush head would appear with spatial vibration patterns due to the horizontal brushing + vibration of the brush head.

In front of the washbasin mirror, Su Xiao bared his teeth to observe his teeth. The brushing effect was good, but he had to let Xiang Bubu reduce the vibration power. He looked at Amu's arm-thick electric toothbrush not far away; that thing gave people a sense of the fierce power of veterinary medicine.

Casually picking up Benny's toothbrush and turning it on, feeling the gentle vibration frequency and the comprehensive cleaning effect, Su Xiao's face stiffened. He immediately knew he had been teased by the idiot. A moment later, the Magic Spirit carried a pair of 60-plus-yard giant slippers and sought out Xiang Bubu Wang. A series of *woo-ow-wow* wails, cat meows, and Bahamut's unscrupulous laughter followed.

Not long after, Xiang Bubu Wang, who had been hit by the slippers, re-customized the toothbrush for Su Xiao. It was just an extra zero in the power digit, so why did he have to bring out the slippers?

Su Xiao was eating breakfast cooked by the alchemy maid. The communicator became quiet. When breakfast was about to end, Owl finally spoke again:

"Stupid bait..."

Before Owl could finish speaking, Su Xiao threw the communicator to the assassin-type Ianna:

"Speak."

Hearing Su Xiao's icy voice, Ianna could only bite the bullet and say: "Hello."

A very ordinary sentence, yet it made Owl on the other side silent.

Seeing this, Bahamut flew forward, grabbed the communicator in Ianna's hand, and began to report the coordinates—the coordinates of "Anfeng City" in this world.

When the train stopped, it was already on a metal bridge. This was a landmark building of "Anfeng City." Coupled with the fact that this place was a tourist city, all kinds of transportation were mixed together. The stopped Lord Train, although it made a few people stop to watch, didn't attract too much attention.

According to the coordinate location given by Mo Lei, after passing through a pedestrian street, they walked into a slaughterhouse. Showing the acquaintance certificate, the burly man wearing slaughterhouse suspenders behind the door opened the door with cold sweat all over his face.

Actually, what acquaintance certificate didn't matter anymore. Sixty percent of the guests in the black market under this slaughterhouse came from various worlds in the Star Realm, so the boss of this black market knew about the major and minor events of the Star Realm.

This burly butcher who looked fierce was once a mercenary in the Void. Later, he was heavily injured, his strength declined severely, and he came here to rely on the boss and became an information peddler.

The first time the burly butcher saw the man outside the door, to tell the truth, he was so scared he almost peed his pants on the spot. Wasn't this Law-Breaker Bai Ye? A Supreme-level big shot who dared to be an enemy of the Arcane Eternal Star and made the Arcane Eternal Star pay a not-so-small price.

In contrast, the peak of this burly butcher's life was fighting to the death with an elite employee of a security company under a business alliance affiliated with a second-tier Void family force, resulting in him being so heavily injured that he was forced to retire.

Oh, right, that second-tier Void family force had once thought about attaching itself to the Arcane Eternal Star, but it wasn't looked upon favorably, so it chose to attach itself to the Feather Clan.

With a "sorry boss" in his heart, the burly butcher opened the door. He subconsciously said:

"Certificate."

Saying this, the burly butcher's brain went blank. What was he doing? He was asking a fierce, evil-faction Supreme who had slaughtered countless enemies for a black market entry certificate?

"..."

Su Xiao handed over the certificate. The burly butcher took it with a blank brain, and then a smile squeezed out on his face full of flesh.

Passing through the downward stairs and lifting the heavy door curtain, a warm wind blew toward them. Su Xiao arrived at the underground market. There were quite a few people here. Between several aisles, there were stalls on both sides.

Because Paradise faction contractors often came here, picking up leaks was impossible. However, after walking around, Su Xiao stopped in front of a stall. Behind this stall was a one-eyed old man holding a metal pipe, cleaning the black burnt residue in the bowl.

Su Xiao picked up a crystal on the stall. The stall owner opposite had already said:

"316,000 Void Ancient Coins, or 7,290,000 Imperial Kugos. Oh, the Empire's situation is unstable recently, and the Kugo has depreciated. You need to pay at least 8 million Kugos. If it's Soul Coins, 12,000. Deal."

The price of Void currency was stable, while the Imperial Kugo had depreciated severely; now it was one price a day. As for Soul Coins, they were rock-solid and stable. After all, this was a currency system notarized by the Tree of the Void, and the currency itself had value.

Paying an extra 0.12% fee, a Reincarnation Paradise Soul Coin savings card with a face value of 12,000 Soul Coins appeared in Su Xiao's hand. The one-eyed old man opposite smiled, revealing his yellow, sparse teeth.

Walking in the passage leading to the inner side of the black market, Su Xiao observed the crystal in his hand. He didn't know what this was. The reason he bought it was because this thing had a strong aura of Origin Stone, yet it was very different from Origin Stone.

Afterward, returning to Reincarnation Paradise, he could find a treasure merchant to do an appraisal and pay a certain amount of Soul Coins to let the other party catalyze the use of this item.

Not all natural treasures had a fixed effect initially. More than sixty percent of natural treasures required acquired catalysis, cultivation, or even forging or freezing, etc., to stimulate their precious characteristics.

Su Xiao had just walked into the inner door of the black market when he saw a man wearing a gray fur cloak, with an oddly large frame but a physique so thin he was almost skin and bones. Seeing Su Xiao arrive, the person was clearly stunned, but immediately said respectfully:

"Lord Bai Ye, why have you come to this little one's place?"

"You are..."

"I am the one who followed behind Boss White Cow last time at the Arcane Eternal Star. *Cough~* Although I stood in the third row, I am quite tall."

"Oh."

Su Xiao remembered who this was, but the last time they met, the other party was wearing a bone mask, which was quite conspicuous among White Cow's subordinates.

"What are you here for this time?"

"Mo Lei."

"Damn, look, isn't this a coincidence? Ms. Mo Lei just left. How about this, wait until she comes back next time, and I will immediately send someone to notify you?"

"Good."

"This is the key to my private residence. If you don't mind, Mr. Bai Ye, feel free to use it."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. The respect the other party just showed could be said to be because of White Cow, but this tea-serving and water-pouring, waiting-for-orders appearance clearly meant there was something to ask for.

After being stared at by Su Xiao for more than ten seconds, the black market boss apologized repeatedly. Finally, unable to withstand the terrifying pressure of being stared at by a Supreme, he said:

"Mr. Bai Ye, it's like this. We who do underground business have too many enemies. The assassinations and poisonings I've encountered are too many for me to remember. My physical condition is very bad, and I've sought quite a few doctors, but the effects aren't ideal. You cured the boss, so I hope... you can help me treat it too."

Hearing this, the look in Su Xiao's eyes changed. He had mastered "Sun Treatment Secret Method Lv. EX" and had specially crafted "Sun Secret Method Professional Treatment Tools." Adding the two together, the treatment effect was 1+1=11.

The pity was that even Amu didn't want to face the "Sun Treatment Secret Method." Right now, someone was actually requesting treatment, and he happened to have time now. Before the cooldown time of the "Extreme Realm · Star Realm" ability arrived, he wouldn't go to a decisive battle with the Ancestral God.

The only pity was that the black market boss's hidden injuries weren't serious.

"Actually, we brothers have hidden illnesses all over our bodies."

The black market boss sighed.

"Oh?"

Su Xiao's eyes brightened even more. He wore a kind smile and said: "Find those brothers of yours who have hidden illnesses and injuries and bring them all together. It just so happens I have time in the next two days."

"Really?"

The black market boss was so excited he stood up with a *whoosh*. Getting a clear answer, he left quickly.

One hour later, in the East City District of "Anfeng City," in a three-story building built by the lake.

A figure wearing a gray-white feather garment, a feather hood, and a bone mask on her face appeared on the roof of the mansion. The next second, she appeared beside the sofa in front of the fireplace. The mask had bright red outline patterns, and in her hand was a short blade as thin as a cicada's wing but hard to the extreme. The short blade was pressed against the neck of Su Xiao, who was taking a nap on the sofa.

"You know the price of threatening me."

"..."

Su Xiao opened his eyes. His hand wrapped in crystal layers grabbed the short blade. Owl was indeed the strongest assassin-type in the Star Realm. The problem was that there was no known "Supreme Peak" assassin-type, and Owl, who was a "Super-Top Supreme," was of course the strongest among assassin-types.

The problem was, how could an assassin-type compare strength with a Technique Grandmaster? But this time, both sides were more testing each other.

The faint stinging sensation from his perception let Su Xiao know that Owl had the possibility of stepping into "Supreme Peak," but death was certain if she failed. This made Owl hesitate. Once she hesitated, there was basically no hope of ascension unless the opponent carried out another destiny-level duel—the deepest awakening of that power system of hers, which was also particularly absurd in the Star Realm.

Unfortunately, Owl's best friend + nemesis had been killed by her many years ago.

"Crow didn't die. The one downstairs is her reincarnation."

Su Xiao said words that even he felt were absurd. That's right, to pit a top-tier assassin as cautious as Owl, one had to use strong medicine.

"?"

Owl looked at Su Xiao as if he were a lunatic.

"She is the helper left to me by the Star Realm's strongest diviner. I don't think she can play any role when dealing with Ancestral God Yashimis..."

Su Xiao explained the previous situation to Owl truthfully. The real trap was that there wasn't a single lie, but the content and the real situation were completely different.

Hearing halfway, Owl frowned and turned to leave. It was indeed the powerful existence downstairs, and she was indeed too similar to her former nemesis "Silver Feather Crow," even some facial details were completely identical.

Of course they were identical. After swallowing a bottle of Spirit Thought Secret Medicine and letting Ianna stare at the photo of "Silver Feather Crow," coupled with the fact that "Silver Feather Crow's" looks were indeed more striking than Ianna's, Ianna, who said she didn't care whether her appearance was beautiful, only took five minutes to accept this face with a comprehensive score of 98, and even her sitting posture became a bit more gentle.

"I don't know much about the fate-type. Whether she is really the reincarnation of 'Silver Feather Crow', I actually doubt it more than you. How about we kill her?"

Su Xiao spoke. From the moment he picked up the communicator and called Owl until now, he had been expressing that this matter probably wouldn't work, but trying it wouldn't hurt.

"This..."

Owl looked thoughtful.

"Amu."

Su Xiao ordered Amu. Amu carried the Dark Battle Axe and went downstairs. Su Xiao acted as if the matter was over and continued:

"Let's talk about business."

"Wait!"

Owl walked out of the room quickly, but thinking of how loyal the Tauren Amu was to this Law-Breaker, she turned to look at Su Xiao.

"..."

Giving Bahamut a look, Bahamut flew out. Not long after, Amu carried her back. There was a slash from her shoulder to her chest, a wound so fierce it almost touched her heart. It could be seen that Amu really didn't hold back this time, and Ianna also went all out, just because that man who looked like a Law-Breaker but actually had a devilish charm had asked her a question before:

'Do you want to seal into Supreme?'

Su Xiao observed Ianna's injuries, shook his head, and said: "The heart has been eroded by dark power. It's hard to save. Give up. We still have business to talk about."

Su Xiao signaled that Amu could take the person away and bury her directly in the backyard anyway, as the surroundings were very desolate.

"You can save her."

Owl's tone was firm. After all, she had indirectly experienced this Law-Breaker's pharmacology level.

"What's the point? You don't really believe she is the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow?"

"You said this was the result divined by the Star Realm's strongest diviner."

"I didn't say that."

"You..."

Owl thought carefully. Alright, this Law-Breaker indeed hadn't said it. The other party had previously tried to make this assassin-type named Ianna become the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow, thereby using it as a bargaining chip to make her deal with the Ancestral God together. But after failing, he immediately brought out a plan that was truly sincere and could allow her to obtain actual benefits.

"Silver Feather Crow was too calm before she died. Now it seems she really might have reincarnation ability."

Hearing Owl say this, Su Xiao suddenly fell silent. He immediately understood that whether Ianna was the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow didn't matter at all. What mattered was that now there were many clues he had created that could verify this point very well.

To put it simply and easily, whether Ianna was the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow didn't matter; that Owl believed Ianna was the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow—that was what mattered to Owl.

Owl, Silver Feather Crow, and Ianna were the same power system. Only by killing a stronger person could one further improve.

The problem was that Owl had to kill a "Supreme Peak" to achieve the step toward "Supreme Peak." This was impossible, so she could only use the other method of this power system, called "Destiny's Curse."

Thinking about it now, a top-tier assassin like Owl was really dominated by family affection to save her daughter. If one considered that this daughter was actually born to Silver Feather Crow, then cultivating her to Supreme and killing her, the intense emotional outburst might allow Owl to take that step she had never been able to take since the Second Era.

"The one we are besieging this time is a former Supreme Peak. Now it is only one step away from recovering to Supreme Peak."

Su Xiao picked up a glass of wine filled by Bahamut. Seeing this, Owl picked up another glass, clinked glasses, and drank it in one gulp. Beside them, Ianna, who had been fed several recovery potions by Amu, woke up faintly.

Owl disappeared in the room, and Ianna of course didn't know where she went. At this moment, on the big clock tower of "Anfeng City," Owl appeared. Her sleeves flicked, and the wine she had seemingly drunk but actually hadn't had any physical contact with throughout was flicked away.

The light in the basement was very bright. The black market boss was shirtless, lying on the operating table. He held an oxygen mask in his hand and asked:

"Mr. Bai Ye, is there any risk in this treatment process?"

The black market boss looked around at the fixation devices and began to feel inexplicably guilty.

"No risk. First, inhale enough pure oxygen. Your physique is far stronger than ordinary people..."

While the black market boss was 'inhaling oxygen,' Su Xiao's voice became more and more distant. He passed out directly. When he woke up again, it was in the middle of treatment. His bloodshot eyes opened!

Outside the treatment room, a man wearing dark brown leather clothes with slightly wrinkled trousers was sitting on an iron chair. He was wrapped in a deep red face towel around his neck and the lower half of his face. A dagger with an ivory-white hilt was inserted into the belt around his waist. He had a capable crew cut, and there were many fine scars on his face and head, the most obvious of which ran through his left cheek, left eye, and all the way to the top of his head.

This was none other than Lucius, the second-in-command under White Cow. Beside him was a shirtless, sturdy, and fierce man. This person was Tais, the third-in-command under White Cow.

If it could be said that second-in-command Lucius had all his abilities maxed out but had some rebellious bones, then the third-in-command had average abilities hovering between A and S, but was loyal to White Cow.

Besides these two, there were two other core figures of the White Cow force and six backbone members here. How well their boss had recovered, and, after recovering, he had successfully ascended to a "Supreme" who had long been qualified but couldn't seal into it because of hidden injuries.

In less than an hour, the door of the treatment room opened. The black market boss walked out with a wandering gaze. Seeing Lord Lucius, he was startled.

Lucius asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "How is it?"

The black market boss, who had committed all kinds of crimes, almost cried on the spot. But on second thought, he said with red eyes: "I... all my hidden injuries have healed."

Hearing this, in the corridor filled with smoke from smoking, happy laughter appeared. Everyone noticed that this black market owner was so excited that his eyes were red. This was the joy of being tortured by hidden injuries for many years and finally healing today.

Third-in-command Tais took advantage of the crowd's inattention and drilled into the treatment room, and with a *bang*, closed the metal door with various sound-insulation spell structures inside.

Two hours later, third-in-command Tais stood inside the door. Having completed the treatment, he of course had to leave. He was taking deep breaths, managing his expressions well. The only thought in his heart was that he must let the next person also receive Mr. Bai Ye's treatment. As long as everyone wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves, and tears and snot accumulated in a large puddle on the metal bed, then everyone would keep the secret, which meant this matter hadn't happened.

Third-in-command Tais pushed open the door with a smile. A few minutes later, second-in-command Lucius, whose expression management was gradually losing control, lay on the operating table. He said urgently: "Mr. Bai Ye, is it too late for me to regret now?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, just took the cutting... *cough~*, human body opening device from his assistant Amu.

At noon the next day, the group under White Cow all left with reasons like having many important matters, their wives being about to give birth, or their girlfriends having their thousand-year birthday.

For this treatment, Su Xiao could be said to have benefited a lot, especially the Spirit Shadow Thread in terms of treatment.

*Dong, dong, dong~*

On the third floor of the mansion, the door of the inner hall was knocked. Mo Lei pushed open the door with both hands, sat down opposite Su Xiao, and crossed her legs. Just on the verge of being disciplined, she suddenly took out a Soul Coin savings card.

"I've already sold the proceeds from this mining trip. I happened to run into this group from the black market. Their purchase price was 15% higher than the ore merchants. According to our agreed split, you have a total of 3,195,200 Soul Coins. I'll round it up for you to 3.2 million Soul Coins."

"..."

Su Xiao raised his hand to take the Soul Coins, but Mo Lei hooked her wrist and avoided it, saying: "Bai Ye, shouldn't you thank me properly for this harvest? No need for anything else. For the behavior of treating me as an ATM before, give me a sincere and serious bow and apology..."

A moment later, Mo Lei sniffed her bloody snot, wearing a black eye, and bowed to Su Xiao to apologize:

"I'm sorry, I'll dare to do it next time... ah no, I won't dare next time."

【You have obtained a 3,200,000-limit Soul Coin savings card.】

Su Xiao took out a bottle of potion. This was a potion Mo Lei had ordered on the Scorching Sun Star last time. At that time, Mo Lei's requirements were:

Mo Lei requirement 1: Must be able to enhance more than two physical attributes.

Su Xiao understood it as: Enhance all attributes, HP, mana, soul strength.

Mo Lei requirement 2: Must have no side effects.

Su Xiao understood it as: No side effects.

Mo Lei requirement 3: Must be ultra-low risk after drinking.

Su Xiao understood it as: Won't die after drinking.

Mo Lei requirement 4: The experience during the enhancement process after drinking is not painful.

Su Xiao understood it as: Won't die during the enhancement process.

After the potion was taken out, Mo Lei's depressed mood after being disciplined just now could be said to have vanished instantly. She took the potion, and her expression gradually changed from happy to shocked, because the effect of this permanent enhancement potion was indeed too absurd. In fact, this was very normal. Personalized physique customization + Pharmacology Lv. 99 + Peak Masterpiece title must be absurd.

Suddenly, Mo Lei thought of something and asked suspiciously: "Bai Ye, the effect of this potion of yours is so strong it makes me feel unreal. Won't there be risks in drinking it?"

"No."

"Then, you must face many strong enemies in this world. Where did you get the time to prepare it? You must have prepared it long ago. Why didn't you give it to me before? You had to wait until I gave you the mining proceeds from this world progress before you gave me this potion. Are you worried that I would die after drinking it?"

"..."

Su Xiao furrowed his brows, not because of anything else, but because of why Mo Lei had become so smart.

As for dying after drinking it, that definitely wouldn't happen. As for how long she would need to recuperate, don't worry about such minor details.

"I, I won't drink this secret medicine first."

"Okay."

"Are there no risks?"

"Yes."

"What?"

"Leaving the external container, it will lose activity after five minutes, and the effect will decline."

Hearing this, Mo Lei was stunned. She took a deep breath, pulled out the stopper, and drank it in one gulp. Then~, she opened her eyes in surprise: "It's actually a bit sweet."

As soon as Mo Lei finished speaking, her eyes rolled back, and she lay straight back. It could only be said that it had to be young people; the sleep quality was just good.

Seeing Mo Lei enter 'dreamland,' Su Xiao saw a summoning array spread under his feet. A moment later, golden light belonging to fate characteristics emerged.

In the evening, Mo Lei suddenly got up from the sofa. She looked around in confusion and saw the Hunter sitting in front of the fireplace, reading an ancient book.

"You, wow!!"

The pain nerves of Mo Lei's whole body seemed to have just woken up. The surging severe pain made Mo Lei almost faint again.

"Is what you prepared really an enhancement potion?"

Mo Lei, lying on the sofa again, spoke weakly.

"However, the effect is really strong. This is the 'Power Source' we agreed on."

"..."

Su Xiao casually took the thrown "Power Source."

【You have obtained "Power Source (Small Portion · Unit)."】

Su Xiao couldn't use this portion of Power Source anymore. As for synthesizing it into a standard unit, he hadn't obtained the relevant permission yet. He prepared to use this small portion of "Power Source" to exchange for some rare resources.

"Don't Moon Apostle and Hao Mei need customized permanent enhancement potions?"

As soon as Su Xiao said this, Mo Lei, who was in pain all over, sat up. She absolutely wouldn't do things that pit friends, but this kind of thing that could obtain huge benefits but the process was a bit... not very beautiful, must, definitely, certainly be shared with her best friends.

"They need it! I'll go find them."

Mo Lei walked out, but didn't take a few steps before she curled up on the ground in pain.

Ignoring Mo Lei, Su Xiao continued to wait. At this time, the metal decoration above the wall began to dissolve, forming a metal arm. Seeing this scene, his eyes narrowed. This was the power of the gods.

After the Ancestral God left the Secret Island and returned to the Empire, it didn't let go of any of the gods of the God Sect. This was reclaiming power.

This was also a major drawback of the god power system; it had a root cause. The power of the gods all came from the two Ancestral Gods. One of the sources had already been eternally exiled, which also made the god power system lean more toward darkness and flesh, while the mechanical and ascension power parts were much less.

Besides this, reclaiming all power could also help the Ancestral God avoid risks. It knew very well that a Law-Breaker had already brought the "Origin Code" to this world. The Ancestral God derived from elemental power was destroyed by this method back then.

If it weren't for the "Origin Code" only being able to destroy one Ancestral God at a time, the Dark Ancestral God Yashimis would definitely not have survived that catastrophe.

The metal arm on the wall was holding a bottle of silver liquid. This thing looked like semi-fluid metal.

*Sizzle~*

The Spirit Shadow Thread tightened and pulled this thing over.

【You have obtained "Sacred Blood."】

【This item has multiple effects. The currently awakened effect is: Plating it onto a weapon can cause deeper damage to "God-type" targets.】

This was the sincerity from the old king and his collaborators, and it represented that in the subsequent battle against the Ancestral God, that side would exhaust all power. After all, if this battle was lost, that side would definitely be wiped out. Now they were all in the same boat.

Su Xiao wins the battle against the Ancestral God, and this world transcends.

Su Xiao loses, and everyone dies, including the Priest. The reason why Initial Death was so hard to kill was because of the "Existence System," and the Ancestral God was the only "Existence System" in the current Star Realm stronger than the Priest.

Today's breakfast was very sumptuous. The alchemy maid cooked it according to the specifications of dinner. After enjoying this sumptuous feast, Su Xiao leaned back in the dining chair and rested his eyes for a moment before getting up and walking out.

The Lord Train had already stopped in front of the door. Target: Empire Royal Capital, Star Shine City, Inserton!

As the train passed through large wheat fields and arrived at the territory under the jurisdiction of Star Shine City, the color of the earth was different, becoming exceptionally dark, and there was even very faint black smoke slowly drifting from the soil.

The train was like a steel beast, going against the crowd heading out, heading straight for the royal city. Countless commoners of the royal city were wrapped in rags or dirty bandages, walking heavily on foot. Under their bloated wrappings were bodies covered in pus-filled boils of various sizes, some larger than fists.

It wouldn't be long before the mechanical bones under the boils would grow to the point of bursting the flesh. This was mechanical pollution from the power of the gods.

The Ancestral God obtained the location of the "World Core," which was of course the very center of this world, the Empire Palace. With it as the center, its god power polluted a large area around it. Looking down from above at the continent where the Empire was entrenched, more than half of the area was radiated outward from the center and suffered mechanical pollution.

The scenery outside the train window flew by. As they approached the inner city area of the royal city, the train speed slowed down. The road along the way was full of iron-black corpses kneeling on the ground. They were too close to the source of mechanical pollution. When they struggled painfully before death, they curled up on the ground. Only by instinctively kneeling toward the source of pollution could the divine power of the intense pollution in their bodies have some faith resonance, thereby reducing the pain.

Therefore, these victims who maintained a kneeling posture actually had no faith or piety toward the gods. They just wanted to suffer less misery. This was the evil of the gods. They first brought down misery, forcing the weak to believe and submit, and then gave a little favor, and they obtained everything from the believers.

The gods were attacked by everyone in the First Era because they didn't give the innocent people in their territory any choice—either join mechanical ascension or become ants.

The train stopped in front of the palace. At this time, the palace was like a super-giant metal epiphyllum in full bloom, frozen in this moment of blooming.

Walking down the steps of the train, followed by the big and tall Amu, Bahamut landed on Amu's shoulder.

Su Xiao walked on the Royal Avenue. The once empty Royal Avenue was full of metalized corpses. Some of them were Royals, some were Empire ministers. Before death, they fought to the death for their respective interests, and now they all died here.

When Su Xiao reached the end of the Royal Avenue, there were layers of steps leading upward. Located at the top of these steps was a towering metal high seat. A figure sat on the high seat. Behind this high seat was the World Core floating in mid-air.

The black clouds above were like the original dome of the royal palace, blocking the top, letting shadows cover the entire royal city.

The figure on the high seat had arm-thick cables inserted into its body, taking away 80% of the life force of all living beings in the entire royal city, all accumulated in this high seat, and slowly outputting it to the figure on the high seat through the cables.

This figure was over five meters tall, and its torso was mostly precise mechanical flesh structures. Its eyes revealed a deep blue, especially the radial pupils. The powerful distorted force field around it gave it an aura like a sky-reaching mecha. In fact, it was indeed so. Its original body height was 125,200 meters, but the painful siege in the past made it give up its super-giant body size.

Its left elbow rested on the armrest of the high seat, and its right arm was connected to multiple cables, looking down from above at the Law-Breaker who stopped at the bottom of the steps.

"Long time no see, the taste of life. This makes me forget that there are still enemies waiting for me to slaughter."

Ancestral God Yashimis raised its right arm slightly, and the cables on it had a slight wriggling sensation. A large amount of life force was continuously injected into the Ancestral God. As it stood up, the cables were snapped off and detached.

Almost at the same time, Xiang Bubu Wang's detection data arrived.

【This detection failed. The enemy was once a "Supreme Peak" individual, and there is some non-detectable residue.】

【Because Xiang Bubu Teni's charm attribute is 780 points, significantly higher than the enemy's -19 points, some data has been successfully detected. The data is as follows:

Name: Ancestral God Yashimis.

HP: 850%

God Power: 3,000,000/3,000,000 points.

Real Strength:???

Real Agility:???

Real Stamina:???

Real Intelligence:???

Charm: -19 points

Skill 1, Origin God (God Passive, Lv. EX): After Ancestral God Yashimis is killed, it will not die completely and can only be exiled.

Skill 2, Metal God Skin (Supreme Passive, Lv. EX): All damage reduction 90%.

Skill 3, Undying Conductor (Supreme Passive, Lv. EX): Restores 50% of maximum HP per second until "God Power" is exhausted.

Hint: This recovery effect will not be curbed by any means.

Skill 4, Absolute Domination (Supreme Passive, Lv. EX): Can devour the world power of the world it is in through the "Mechanical Core" to restore "God Power."

Skill 5, Existence Extinction (God Passive, Lv. EX): Every time you are attacked by Ancestral God Yashimis three times, you must undergo an "Existence Judgment." If the judgment is not passed, you will be immediately "extinguished," turning into residue. If you successfully pass the judgment, your "Existence Judgment" related resistance will also be temporarily reduced by 50%.

???

Skill 7, Death Missile (God Active, Lv. EX): Ancestral God Yashimis can fire 105 micro "Death Missiles" in a single shot. Each missile will cause 32% of maximum HP + (5000 - victim's stamina attribute) × 208.4 points of dark divine damage, and has a 25% probability of "instant death."

Skill 8, Dark Force Field (Supreme Active, Lv. EX): Instantly suppress all enemies around with gravity.

Hint: This skill has no cooldown, each use consumes 3,500 points of "God Power."

Skill 9, Gravity Monarch (Ultimate-level Passive, Lv. EX): Ancestral God Yashimis masters "Absolute Gravity" and can manipulate "Absolute Gravity" to cause "Absolute Knockback" effect.

Hint: The cooldown time for this ability is 3 seconds.

Skill 10, Absolute Death Ray (Ultimate-level Passive, Lv. EX): Ancestral God Yashimis can release the "Eye of Death," releasing a continuous ray. The ray defaults to "Devour-Extinguish Characteristic" attack and "Life Explosion Effect."

???

Skill 11, Combat Chip · Gift (Ultimate-level Passive, Lv. EX): Can use any weapon to fight and let the weapon used get rapid, super-large-scale evolution. As the battle continues, this weapon will evolve to the extreme, possess individual consciousness, and be able to independently assist Ancestral God Yashimis in battle.

???

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Skill 20, Devour All Things Darkness (Supreme Peak Passive/Active, Lv. EX): This skill is about to be awakened.

...】

*Zheng~*

Su Xiao's long blade left its sheath, while the Ancestral God on the steps hundreds of tiers up raised one hand. A fist-sized mechanical eye flew up in its hand. The flesh inside this mechanical eye grew rapidly, turning it into a giant eye with a diameter of over 1.5 meters, with pupils revealing yellow-gold light.

*Sizzle*, a bucket-thick ray shot out from the Eye of Death, flying toward the clock tower in the distance. After a brief silence, the clock tower in the distance exploded, and ashes scattered. This was the terrifying nature of the "Devour-Extinguish Characteristic" attack.

On the fluid armor on the upper back of the Ancestral God, one after another, cannon muzzles as thick as goose eggs gradually protruded. These cannon muzzles were of different lengths. At first glance, one would think the Ancestral God had a pair of metal death wings that hadn't unfolded yet.

"Without the Causal Lock Ring, you actually dare to appear in front of me..."

As soon as Ancestral God Yashimis finished speaking, an impact struck from afar, sweeping across it. Its powerful strength, which was about to return to "Supreme Peak," was suddenly suppressed. Ancestral God remained calm and composed. Having experienced too much, this sudden change wasn't enough to shake the Ancestral God's heart.

Why was the Ancestral God's combat power stopped before "Supreme Peak"? That was because the Causal Lock Ring had appeared again.

To be precise, it was Caesar who used the fragments of the Causal Lock Ring, coupled with the ninth page of the "Original Sin Book" in a semi-unsealed state, and Caesar's various shameless abilities to defraud the Causal Lock Ring. The content of the fraud was "complete and undamaged." In short, it was to let the shattered Causal Lock Ring be temporarily defrauded into recovering operation.

The Causal Lock Ring recovered. Although alchemy curses and the like wouldn't recover, the suppression of the "Supreme Peak" of this world could be recovered. Coupled with the fact that there was only one Ancestral God in this world now, who was about to recover to "Supreme Peak," only needing to suppress one target made the operation of the lock ring more stable.

Caesar could hold on for at most 12 hours. For this, Su Xiao had previously paid Caesar 30,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.

A sound of breaking through the air came from above. It was a gold-red scepter more than five meters long. This scepter seemed to have just flown at high speed from outside the world. After reaching the front of the Ancestral God, it was held by it with a *bang*.

*Dong~*

The end of the scepter smashed down. With the Ancestral God as the center point, the surrounding earth quickly metalized. In a very short time, the entire royal city area turned into black iron earth.

The death battle officially began. ===== CHAPTER 4077 =====