Chapter 4093

The most important thing now is undoubtedly to find the "Eye Princess"; once she dies, the main quest will fail, and by then it will be a total loss right from the start.

Taking out the positioning device made by Ignoring Bubu Wang, he saw that Benny was 120,000 kilometers away, Am was 700 kilometers away, Bahamut was 186 kilometers away, and Ignoring Bubu Wang was 715 meters away from him.

"Woof."

Ignoring Bubu Wang on the skeletal structure in the distance barked, and soon came running over, panting.

To find someone in this realm, of course one must seek the local power, but before that, he needed to do something else: take out the communicator, and since it was an inter-realm communicator, it took a long time to connect, and then the voice came through:

"My dear friend, Caesar is enjoying the sunshine on the beach; at this time, you wouldn't bear to let Caesar go to such a dangerous place, would you?"

After saying that, Caesar also gave his signature evil laugh a few times.

"I am on Oblivion Star."

"Huh?!"

One could hear that the emaciated Caesar on the other end, from his original relaxed lying position, suddenly sat up, put on round black glasses like a rat that had become a spirit, and slid them down to the bridge of his nose.

"To be precise, it is I and Night Mother who are joining forces to deal with the Death God and the Soul Lord."

"Huh?!?"

Caesar was astonished and shouted even louder; even without seeing him, one could imagine his eyes wide open.

"My dear friend, do you have a chance of victory?"

"Not bad."

"My dear friend, you now very much need Caesar's help; don't worry, Caesar will soon arrive at Oblivion Star. Our friendship does not allow me to just stand by and watch, and my conscience does not allow me to do so!"

After saying that, Caesar on the other end decisively cut off the communication; one could imagine that if Caesar hadn't arrived in this world within three hours, something must have gone wrong midway.

Is it because Caesar values loyalty? No, no, no. After hearing about Su Xiao, Night Mother, the Death God, and the Soul Lord, this greedy and cunning fellow's CPU had already spun into high-speed operation, his sense of smell for wealth immediately telling him one thing: he must go to Oblivion Star this time.

If the Death God's Palace were to fall, then its treasury would be completely looted by him.

If the Night Faction were to fall, hehe, since Su Xiao and the Night Faction are cooperating, Caesar would ransack the Night Faction's treasury until it was cleaner than a dog licking it; that would also make Caesar and the Night Faction enemies, which has nothing to do with Su Xiao.

Moreover, one must not fall into the misconception that because Su Xiao has ties with Sinias, the Night Faction must therefore be a reliable ally; in the end, this is also the Ancient God Faction, and even if both sides allied to achieve final victory, betrayal afterward is still possible.

Furthermore, one must not think that because Night Mother is cooperating with our side, she is a relatively friendly Ancient God; this utterly mistaken feeling—Su Xiao, Night Mother, the Death God—this is a great melee of all evil persons and evil gods.

After inhaling air with a hint of bitter almond flavor, Su Xiao was about to summon the Lord's Train when he suddenly felt himself being locked onto.

A rift appeared in the space ahead, and numerous dark red tentacles probed out from the spatial rift, forcibly pulling him apart to both sides.

A figure over five meters tall emerged from the spatial rift: its lower body entirely composed of dark red tentacles, its upper body having a torso and two arms, with tentacles around the neck coiling upward like pitcher plants, its head pointed and slender, bearing a single eye; as it walked out, its skull split open into tentacles, each writhing tentacle bearing an eye.

This was clearly one of the Twelve Archbishops of the Death God's Palace, the Death Archbishop·Erqi.

"Who allowed you to come here?"

The Death Archbishop·Erqi's void language was somewhat unfamiliar; he did not immediately attack, indicating that Oblivion Star had some trade with the outside world, and the Death Archbishop·Erqi could not just attack on sight and kill outsiders.

"This transaction is very important..."

As Su Xiao spoke these words, the Death Archbishop·Erqi on the other end released a dark red aura that blossomed like an evil flower, spreading outward.

"Intruders, death penalty."

"..."

Su Xiao placed his hand on the sword hilt, secretly reflecting in his heart: after advancing to Peak Strength, no—after advancing to Strength, he should have been more cautious, leading to inadequate acting when unnecessary.

A large number of dark red tentacles suddenly appeared ahead.

Clang!

A slash mark appeared out of thin air, diagonally cutting through the tentacles ahead, enveloping the surrounding area and sky in dark red tentacles, which suddenly froze; after a brief pause, accompanied by a crisp slash sound, all the dark red tentacles were severed into uniform sugar-cube-sized pieces.

For a moment, all the eyes of the Death Archbishop·Erqi widened; before the formal battle, he had only vaguely sensed that the opponent was at Peak Strength, even feeling little danger, but as this round of combat unfolded, he discovered that the human opposite was not harmless—he was extremely dangerous, to the point of causing sensory deception.

A spatial rift instantly appeared behind the Death Archbishop·Erqi; he immediately leapt backward and lay flat toward the rift, but the next second, he not only failed to enter the rift, but all parts of his body except the torso and head suddenly shattered into sugar-cube-sized fragments, scattering downward.

By this time, the Death Archbishop·Erqi finally sensed that within the area his perception could reach, dense slashes were distributed everywhere; these slashes persisted, crisscrossing, and due to their extreme density, formed uniform square grids.

At some point, a blood moon appeared in the sky, and several blood-colored long spears fell downward, piercing the remaining torso of the Death Archbishop·Erqi, which had not yet collapsed to the ground, crossing through it and fixing it in place.

Blood energy spread to all the wounded parts of the Death Archbishop·Erqi; whenever he tried to activate his regenerative power, blood smoke would surge from the wounds, consuming the regenerative power; moreover, because these blood spears pierced his body, all of the Death Archbishop·Erqi's abilities were suppressed by the blood energy.

"The archbishops under the Death God are not actually Ancient Gods."

As Su Xiao stepped forward and spoke these words, upon hearing this, the Death Archbishop·Erqi glared with angry eyes, about to rebuke this person for disrespecting the Supreme God Lord, when he suddenly recalled that this person and the divine edict issued by the God Lord had a target to kill, and why it was so similar.

"Extinction, Law, Slayer."

The Death Archbishop·Erqi gritted his mouth full of sharp teeth and uttered these words, one syllable at a time.

"I ask, you answer."

"Hehehe, you don't think you can get anything from me..."

A merciful thorn formed in Su Xiao's hand; before the Death Archbishop·Erqi could finish speaking, it had already pierced into his neck.

One hour later, the Death Archbishop·Erqi, whose neck and head had quickly become like a hedgehog, exploded with a bang; the spirit-polluting blood was blocked by the thin crystal layer in front of Su Xiao.

He had just asked the other party about the Eye Princess's whereabouts; the result was quite unexpected: the Death Archbishop·Erqi, under torture, would answer any question asked, but when it came to any information about the Death God, even if he was in pain to the point of howling and crying, he would not utter a single word.

This made Su Xiao realize that even the third-tier archbishops in the Death God's Palace system were this troublesome; perhaps the entire Death God's Palace was truly watertight.

There is an issue: the power structure framework of the first, second, and third tiers of the Death God's Palace is extremely solid; since they followed the Death God in establishing Oblivion Star, this transcendent realm, there has been no change; even if an archbishop-level position becomes vacant due to accident or the end of life, it is inherited by their direct descendants or designated successors.

From the Four Original Sins and Grand Archbishops down to the fanatics, their faith in the Death God can be said to be quite steadfast; the Death God is indeed an evil god, no mistake, but to his subordinates, he has not wronged them nine times out of ten, and is even generous.

If one says the Machine God Sect was deceived by the Ancestral God, and by power and strength as bait, has always served the Ancestral God, then the Death God's Death God's Palace is more like the members of the first, second, third, and fourth tiers actively and seriously managing it, while the Death God himself does not really control these.

This obviously leaves little possibility of being defeated from within, but for Su Xiao, this is nothing; he came to this world, and his subsequent plan can be stated in one sentence:

"Life and death viewed lightly; if not satisfied, just fight."

Indeed, if Su Xiao finds a safe zone and several highly feasible ideas succeed, his subsequent experiences in this world can be said to be the most exhilarating ever, because he can digest his current strength through battle after battle, and in the astonishment of peers of the same tier, the next meeting will inevitably find him stronger than before.

【You have slain the Death Archbishop·Erqi.】

【You have gained 1652 points of world prestige.】

【You can obtain a Reincarnation-level Treasure Box / Spirit Gold Coins ×850.】

……

Without the gains from the World Source, this is normal in the Transcendent Realm; the certification of "World Reputation," Su Xiao has undergone before, which means that within several safe zones of this world, there are World Stores certified by the Void Tree.

The obtained World Reputation can be spent at the World Store, and it will automatically record the total obtained; the subsequent settlement upon returning to Paradise is based on the total amount of "World Reputation."

Don't look at Death Bishop Eqi being beaten up by Su Xiao like a child, but his combat power, among the newly ascended peak to veteran peak, places him last among the Twelve Bishops; this is exaggerated, as the third-tier members of the Underworld God Hall are all peak-level.

Su Xiao summoned the Lord's Train, boarded it and took a seat, then took out the communicator and dialed contact with Siyas.

Moments later, a childish voice came from the other end of the communicator: "Hey, who are you?"

Judging by the voice, it's nine-tenths likely Siyas's son, who can be so cheeky as to leave both Siyas and Ona helpless, Griffin.

Griffin's childish voice had just come through when the communicator transmitted Ona's stopping voice; immediately after, Griffin's running and joyful laughter were amplified within the communicator, clearly Griffin had grabbed the communicator and run off.

No wonder, with Griffin's short legs, he was quickly caught by his own mother, my lady, and then came Griffin's several cries of being lovingly scolded by his kind mother; Ona apologized, and finally the communicator reached Siyas, who had just woken from sleep, his voice somewhat dazed.

"Sorry, you know, I forced myself to ascend to peak for this big event, as a cost, sigh~"

Siyas sighed.

"..."

Su Xiao knew this dog thief too well, so he simply stayed silent.

"Bai Ye, don't you even want to know what terrible cost your friend paid to ascend to peak?"

"No."

"Since you asked sincerely, then I can only say."

Siyas began to recount his "cost," but this is more like showing off—showing off that the Indestructible System reached the late stage, for those who can devour, the advantage of the "karmic cost" paid.

"Speak, what's the matter contacting me this time?"

"Eye Princess."

"Borrowing money, eh~? Although I usually discuss loans face-to-face, whoever let us be brothers, speak, how much?"

"..."

Su Xiao said nothing; whatever could make Siyas prefer borrowing money over speaking must be quite thought-provoking.

"I'll go ask Night Mother."

"You dare say that, calling my divine name directly without saying it, and even shortening Mother of Night to Night Mother; but if you go to Night Mother to discuss this, whether your cooperation can succeed is truly uncertain."

Siyas said this and still smiled; he could only say, a dog thief is a dog thief—expecting this guy's faith to be devout is pure nonsense, and moreover, Siyas never became the Son-in-Law of the Night Mother, the Great High Priest Ulu Luo Yi of the Night's Envoy, due to devout faith in Night Mother.

It was this dog thief who, years ago, having offended the Great High Priest Ulu Luo Yi, simply snatched her daughter Ona; in Siyas's own words:

I abducted that priestess's daughter with sweet talk and brought her along for about two months; the first month I had her tied up while fleeing, the second month she brought me along while fleeing; humans are emotional creatures, and familiarity breeds affection.

Expecting this guy to have devout faith in Night Mother is obviously unrealistic, yet this is precisely why Su Xiao chose to cooperate with Siyas on Extinction Star.

He is not certain how long cooperation with Night Mother can last; moreover, whether it's Siyas and Ona, they are essentially not ancient gods but ancient god-descended; what is an ancient god-descended? On Extinction Star, they have another title: witches.

"Bai Ye, have you heard of the Heart of the Abyss?"

"No."

Su Xiao's answer made Siyas on the other end smile; he could only say, he's already used to this dog thief's passive provocations; if it were others, they'd subconsciously feel this guy deserves a beating.

Put it this way: to ascend to the peak above, only obtaining the Heart of the Abyss or the Eye of Elements gives a chance; you all, that one in the Reincarnation Paradise, in the Second Epoch obtained the Eye of Elements...

Siyas began to elaborate: first, know that the Peaks of Power seats are limited in each epoch, and the "Supreme Realm" above peak has only two seats.

These two seats correspond respectively to the "Heart of the Abyss" and the "Eye of Elements"; obtaining these two does not grant qualification to ascend to the Supreme Realm or break through the peak of power, but merely provides an opportunity.

Siyas found in the secret records of the Night God Cult that the two "Supreme Realm" beings of the First Epoch: one unknown, the other the previous Abyss Lord.

The two "Supreme Realm" beings of the Second Epoch were respectively the Guild Leader and the current Abyss Lord.

As for the Third Epoch's "Supreme Realm," both seats are vacant; however, half a year ago, the aura of the "Heart of the Abyss" appeared on Extinction Star.

This is why the Undying Old Man, Deer God, Spider Lady, Crimson Wild Beast·Di Luo all came to this realm—the opportunity to break through the peak of power lies here.

If this is truly the case, then the "Peak of Power" beings who came to this realm may not be only these; for example:

Moon Witch·Xilihisi, Demon Old Hag, Goblin Elder·Maza·Bi·Dolti, Abyss Blade Dragon, Blade Demon, Underworld Lord—these former lurking peak powers may all appear.

Moon Witch·Xilihisi and Su Xiao are acquaintances; she seems trapped on the moon of the Witch Realm, but as long as this witch wishes, as a peak power she can leave; don't look at her not making a move in the Witch Realm before—it was facing the witch's fate of "corruption," a healer cannot heal themselves fate.

That the Witch Realm remains stable to this day, not overrun by the Abyss Clan like the Wind Sea Continent, shows many things: the Abyss Clan·Azguk probed Wind Sea, while the Abyss Clan·Bronze probed the Witch Realm; Bronze did not act, precisely because this Moon Witch Xilihisi remains.

Demon Old Hag needs no more saying; the Demon Clan has been wall-grass several times, yet remains a major void power, precisely because of her protection.

Goblin Elder·Maza·Bi·Dolti demonstrates supreme top-tier strength, precisely because the Goblin Merchant Guild is a merchant guild, engaged in trade; if Maza·Bi·Dolti truly displayed peak power, he would surely be feared.

But without strong military force, the Goblin Merchant Guild would have long been devoured by the major powers of the Star Realm; now, the probability of this Goblin Elder coming to Extinction Star is truly not low.

The chance of the Abyss Blade Dragon coming here is low; this one has a black maple tree, whose strength can be referenced to the Blade Demon; without peak power, how could he possibly openly possess a black maple tree?

Su Xiao's understanding of the Underworld Lord is even less; this one has always kept a low profile, but Su Xiao always believed the Underworld Lord's low profile is more like accumulation; when accumulation is sufficient, he will surely emerge to contend; after the Underworld was crushed by the Lords in the First Epoch, it rested for over one epoch, and now there is a possibility of rising again.

Know that the Underworld's scale is not inferior to the Void's; and being crushed by the Lords is not shameful; from the First to the Third Epoch, the Lords have always been the most war-adept hegemonic power; at that time, over ninety percent of Lords were besieging the "Netherworld Realm."

That the "Netherworld Realm" was not destroyed is itself a manifestation of strength; the Lords, having fought to exhaustion, also had to pay a great cost for destroying the Netherworld Realm.

Su Xiao suddenly realized something: besides avoiding direct conflict with the Undying Old Man this time, he and nearly ten other peak powers are likely to become opposing sides, for the Heart of the Abyss is only one— which peak power wouldn't want to advance further?

And the Eye Princess is the only opportunity to find the Heart of the Abyss.

"So, where is the Eye Princess?"

Su Xiao's words made Siyas silent for a few seconds, then he said: "Beast Town."

……

The scenery outside the train flew by; at the same time, located north of the Eternal City, darkness shrouded this place, as a severe Abyss-spreading zone, combined with the vastness of Extinction Star, no force would actively approach this side.

Beast Town seems to be the boundary between the Abyss-spreading zone and the normal zone; viewing from above, one can even see that after Abyss eroded the side of Beast Town, part of the buildings were affected, yet for some reason, it did not continue spreading.

It seems the unknown entity constituting Beast Town has reached some agreement with the Underworld God to halt the Abyss's spread here, and in return, will not be expelled by the Underworld God from this realm.

Beast Town has a feature: in the gray, dim daytime, townsfolk close their doors and sleep; only at night do they leave their homes to begin the day's work and life.

Today, Beast Town is especially lively; most townsfolk have gathered in the central square of the town center, bonfires burning, townsfolk singing and dancing, gathered around the fire, speaking of boundless joy.

A thin figure sat curled up on the ground, wearing a hood, ignoring everything around her; her eyes beneath the hood darted left and right, and upon spotting the old town marshal and the sheriff not far away staring straight at her, she sighed.

Crack, crack~

The sheriff in metal-soled boots strode over, stopping behind the girl, grabbing her hood and letting her golden-brown hair fall loose; this girl, standing about 1.5 meters tall, was easily lifted by the hood in the sheriff's hands, who stood over three meters tall, and due to the strain on her armpit clothing, she felt, even in silence, a faintly comical sensation of being hung up.

"It's truly surprising—you're actually worth this much; the Archaic Scholars are willing to pay 12 million soul coins to buy you."

The sheriff with dark red pupils grinned, revealing a mouth full of metal teeth; the soul coins he referred to are the currency of souls.

Due to the ongoing chaos and the complete lack of credibility among all major powers in this world, all mainstream currencies have collapsed, and the soul coins certified by the Void Tree have naturally become the world's primary currency.

However, the native inhabitants of this world are more accustomed to calling them "tree coins," because the reverse of the soul coins bears a woodcut-like tree imprint; a simple finger stroke makes it unmistakably clear that it is genuine, and this is also the most direct and effective anti-counterfeiting measure.

"When will the scholars of Archaic Academy arrive?"

The old town marshal spoke, his voice dull and dark, and his lips remained completely still as he spoke.

"They'll be here soon..."

As the sheriff finished speaking, the rumble of a train approached; a train entered the town and stopped in the central plaza, its doors opening and metal steps extending. A man in a black long leather coat stepped down—the coat's inner collar and similar areas were dark red, a knife belt was wrapped around his waist beneath the coat, and a sheathed long sword was inserted into the belt.

Originally lively around the bonfire, the scene suddenly fell silent; over a hundred townspeople stared expressionlessly at the newcomer.

"Outsider, you don't understand—trespassing on another's territory is a rude act, isn't it?"

The old town marshal spoke, his mouth remaining still, matching his corpse-like complexion, giving him a strong intimidating presence.

On the surface, the old town marshal appeared calm, but inwardly he was secretly wondering why Beast Town had not devoured this intruding outsider.

Actually, upon Su Xiao entering Beast Town, Beast Town would not activate, because Beast Town did not wish to become a new resident of page eight of the "Book of Original Sin."

"I am actually a reasonable person."

Su Xiao scanned the surroundings, his gaze finally settling on the girl held by the iron-blooded metallic-toothed brute—that was the Eye Princess, and the mission target prompt had appeared.

"I'll take her, or I'll kill you all."

As Su Xiao's words fell, the sheriff holding the Eye Princess not far away ground his metal teeth together with a clicking sound, and his pupils began to turn red.

In an instant, Su Xiao appeared before the sheriff and delivered a plain, straightforward straight kick.

Boom—!!!

The surrounding vast area of the world trembled slightly; the sheriff turned into a blazing red beam of light, due to the terrifying force of the kick, his body was directly burned up in the violent backlash of spatial friction, though, because he bore the kick, the terrifying force directly snapped his neck, causing his head to flip and fly upward from the spot.

At the moment the sheriff was blasted away by that straight kick, including the old town marshal, everyone present suddenly forgot that a sheriff even existed.

Because the force of that kick was so terrifying that, at the moment of explosion, it shattered the sheriff's causal existence; after he flew away and burned out, his causal existence gradually reassembled under the influence of cosmic rules, and only then did the old town marshal and others remember that a sheriff had existed.

"Can I take her now?"

Su Xiao looked toward the old town marshal.

"Yes... yes."

The old town marshal chose to retreat, for he had already realized who this was, because the aura the opponent burst forth with at that moment was unmistakably that of the peak realm—an existence even Beast Town itself would not dare to oppose.

Su Xiao lowered his gaze to the Eye Princess, holding the sheriff's skull in one hand, trying to appear as kind as possible, after all, this is the target he must protect later; blood dripped from the severed neck in his hand, he slightly lowered his head and locked eyes with the Eye Princess, saying:

"Don't worry, I'm here to save you."

Upon hearing Su Xiao's words, the Eye Princess slightly lifted her head to look at him, gulped down her saliva, and she was now extremely afraid.