Chapter 4097

Eternal City: Or.

The sunset glow on the horizon illuminated the entire city.

From a distance, the entire Eternal City looked like a tower of gods. Although the surrounding buildings were not short, compared to the god tower that towered into the clouds in the center of the city, it was as if gods were looking down on ants.

This was a place where believers and bishops could not set foot. Only the Four Original Sins and the strongest Ancient God, the Underworld God, could enter this place. The Underworld God slept here all year round, and the Four Original Sins were more like guards under the gods.

Located in the East District, toxic fog dispersed in the factory area. This was a giant factory for processing life ore, managed by the bishop of the East District.

Factory slaves with cyan skin marched in line like living corpses under the long whips of the overseers. The overseers, wearing bio-style gas masks, had exceptionally fierce gazes because if they couldn't complete the tasks assigned by their superiors, they wouldn't have a good time either. In fact, at times, they would envy these slaves who didn't have to think about anything and had long since become numb to death and lost their fear.

Was the Eternal City a place of complete oppression and darkness? Not necessarily. The initial Eternal City was indeed like that, but after the Underworld God handed over the power to manage this world to the Four Original Sins, the situation began to change.

Still in the East District, on the south side of the 016 city area, there was an area located within a barrier, known as the "Domain of Bliss."

It was established by Slaanesh: Inna, one of the Four Original Sins, together with Gluttony: Quake. In a situation where the power of faith in this world belonged to only one Ancient God, the Four Original Sins certainly had to think of other ways to strengthen their own power, which was emotion—the extreme emotions that erupted from people who indulged and lived luxuriously in the "Domain of Bliss."

Besides this, the rich gains brought by the "Domain of Bliss" were the reason the other two Original Sins chose to accept this place.

Further south of the "Domain of Bliss" was a place completely different from other city areas of the Eternal City. The colors of the buildings here were clear, rather than dim and full of eeriness, and one could see normal pedestrians walking quickly on the streets.

This place was the 035 city area, and it was also the only place in the entire Eternal City that had not been invaded by the power of the Ancient God. More accurately, this area was the very center of this world.

The entire city area had a total population of less than 200,000. The civilians living here were like a flock of sheep living on a dark wasteland. The reason they hadn't been swallowed was both because the bishops would occasionally sneak in to forage, and because Slaughter: Richmond, one of the Four Original Sins, needed such a place to receive visitors from the outside world.

If the Underworld God was the absolute master of the Underworld God Temple, then Slaughter: Richmond was the greatest contributor to the Underworld God's forces being able to grow to this extent. Although called Slaughter, in normal times, it was very calm. Whether it was the planning of the Eternal City or the appointment and removal of the controllers of the major city areas, it was the one in charge.

At this moment, in the 035 city area, inside a three-story building in the back street.

A strong figure who was fast asleep in the room suddenly sat up from the bed. Thick curtains blocked the sunset, and one could vaguely see that the man who got up from the bed was over three meters tall. A ray of sunset that shone through the gap in the curtains happened to shine on the man's back, where there was a sun mark—a dark golden sun.

This person—no, calling him a person wasn't quite right. He was originally a Devourer, the third-generation Devourer: Dark Sun. In essence, he was born through the Eye Ritual. In the words of the Ancient God scholars, Black A, Crimson, Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji were all children of the gods.

This was because the Eye Ritual was the source of power for the strongest Ancient God during the ancient era. Precisely because that Ancient God perished, the power of the "Eye Ritual" became even more abundant. The wonderful thing about this power system was that there was an upper limit to the total amount of extraordinary power. Only when the "Eye Ritual" had no god master was this power system at its most powerful.

Dark Sun pressed one hand to his face. The dream just now was too real. In the words of Archbishop Saul, the most senior Ancient God scholar in the Eternal City, this was the prophecy of the God Master and the choice of power.

"The Infinite Eye has appeared."

Dark Sun whispered. At this moment, he had determined that he was the God-Chosen one among the five brothers and sisters that Archbishop Saul had spoken of.

In the next room, the Sun Apostle tore his own ear off the wall and put it back in its original place. He was very interested in this so-called "Infinite Eye."

And in the room upstairs, Boiling Red hung herself upside down. Her light red eyes opened. Evidently, Dark Sun whispering this "Infinite Eye" also made her very interested.

In the next room, Crystal Ji yawned and took the monitoring equipment off her ears.

And at this moment, Dark Sun in the dim room stood in front of the mirror, a smile gradually appearing on his face. He would definitely wash away the shame of almost dying in the past. Moreover, this time as the God-Chosen one, he would become the final winner.

Had Dark Sun really become the God-Chosen one? Of course not. This was a trap woven by the "Laughing Ghost Mask" after it successfully parasitized him.

All he could say was that Su Xiao really hadn't chosen wrong in picking Dark Sun. With Dark Sun's IQ, his actions had a natural paralyzing effect on the other four children of the gods, because with Dark Sun's IQ, things like schemes were clearly incompatible with his CPU.

The combination of Dark Sun + Laughing Ghost Mask could fool the other three children of the gods, except for the Sun Apostle, into doubting their lives.

【Prompt: Whether to summon the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" to the current world? This action requires paying 5,000 ounces of Space-Time Power and requires a sufficiently suitable summoning location.】

【Warning: After the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" leaves Reincarnation Paradise, it will become a Paradise facility that can be damaged. If damage occurs, you can pay the corresponding amount of Space-Time Power to apply for repairs. When this "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" is 70% damaged, it will be judged as destroyed and cannot be repaired. Moreover, each Hunter has only one exchange quota for an "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" in their lifetime, which has already been used.】

【If you need to summon the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" to the current world, you can consume Lv. 7 additional authority to perform subsequent notarization.】

【"Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" teleporting...】

【Teleportation location: Lord Train, Third Carriage (Tail Carriage).】

【Estimated teleportation time: 5 minutes and 32 seconds.】

【Teleportation complete. The "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" has integrated with the Lord Train to a certain degree. Before the Lord Train is destroyed, the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" will not suffer excessive damage. After returning to the exclusive room, you can choose to detach the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" from the Lord Train.】

【Due to the notarization environment of the current world, it is not enough to complete the activation of the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber." For each use of the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber," you need to pay a notarization fee of 500 ounces per hour.】

【Or pay 10,000 ounces at once for a short-term notarization (that is, within this world progress, you can activate the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" at any time).】

【You have paid 10,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. You can activate the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" at any time within this world progress.】

Su Xiao returned to the Lord Train and came to the bedroom carriage, seeing the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" in the corner on the right. It was indeed highly integrated with the Lord Train, and many cables and pipes were temporarily borrowed from the Lord Train.

In fact, the train armor on the right and back of the upgrade chamber had been additionally reinforced. It seemed the original external armor defense of the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" had integrated into this area of the train.

He didn't let Su Xiao wait too long. Benny contacted the Goblin Chamber of Commerce and seven skill scroll merchants separately. Finding the Goblin Chamber of Commerce was to discuss selling a large amount of Space-Time Power. Using the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" to upgrade "Peak Passive," even if the "Peak Passive" Su Xiao mastered was initial Lv. 21, it would still cost 32 million Soul Coins each to upgrade to the max.

The "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" didn't accept Space-Time Power; this was a notarization rule that couldn't be changed by any means. So, the ratio of selling Space-Time Power was the key this time.

The Goblin Chamber of Commerce offered 1:320—that is, 1 ounce for 320 Soul Coins. All he could say was that the Goblin Chamber of Commerce lived up to its reputation for being black-hearted as always. The reason he continued to talk was that only the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, the Underworld Bank, and the Giant Bank could eat up a large amount of Space-Time Power in a short time.

The latter two seemed to have a better reputation, but in reality, their final offer might not necessarily be better than the Goblin Chamber of Commerce's.

Benny was also ruthless, immediately pulling the price to 1:1600. Jin Guwo, the general manager of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce who came to negotiate this matter, had his eyes widened. However, because the Abyss Catastrophe was imminent, the price of Space-Time Power was indeed rising. Before Su Xiao entered the Meteorite Star, many Space-Time Power merchants were buying at 1:400.

After some tug-of-war, the ratio reached 1:423. Benny kept saying that there were millions of ounces of Space-Time Power this time. As for exactly how many millions, she didn't say.

Compared to the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, the skill scroll merchants soon gave in. First, unless it was a "Peak Passive Skill Scroll" of medium strength, the price was calculated at 2 million Soul Coins each. Logically speaking, Benny was a buyer in urgent need with a large demand and should have been squeezed by the skill scroll merchants who were hoarding goods.

One sentence from Benny made the group of skill scroll merchants give in: trade with Space-Time Power at a ratio of 1:423—that is, 4,728 ounces of Space-Time Power for one "Peak Passive Skill Scroll."

Space-Time Power was currently appreciating continuously, and this momentum would not only stop but was instead intensifying. So, the skill scroll merchants were all scrambling to do this business that was traded entirely with Space-Time Power.

Subsequently, even if Space-Time Power didn't appreciate much, even if it appreciated to 1:480, that would be earning 170,000 Soul Coins for one "Peak Passive Skill Scroll." Not to mention, the market trend of Space-Time Power, no matter how one looked at it, was heading straight for 1:500 or even higher.

Su Xiao didn't care about this. Only by turning wealth into strength could he possibly obtain more wealth, rather than hoarding it and waiting for appreciation. For his current situation, doing that was a path to death.

Not long after, a total of seven "Peak Passive Skill Scrolls" appeared in the team storage space, along with a massive amount of Soul Coins, which were obtained from the trade with the Goblin Chamber of Commerce.

Su Xiao pressed one hand to the door of the "Exclusive Skill Upgrade Chamber" to complete identity verification. The skill upgrade chamber opened, and he took out the first "Peak Passive" and used it.

【Whether to master "Peak Passive: Destroyer"?】

【Destroyer mastered, Lv. 21.】

【You have chosen to upgrade "Peak Passive: Destroyer" to Lv. MAX. A total of 33.1 million Soul Coins is required. Yes/No to perform this upgrade?】

Su Xiao chose to continue. Accompanied by a slight buzzing sound, the upgrade began. Considering that enemies might attack at any time, he didn't master all seven "Peak Passives" at once, but mastered one and upgraded it to Lv. MAX one by one.

Twelve hours later, a total of seven "Peak Passives" appeared in his skill list. He invested the remaining 70 Golden Skill Points into them. This time, in less than two hours, all seven peak passives reached Lv. EX.

Su Xiao activated the "Origin of Power" ability. He began to feel his heart becoming scorching hot. This power furnace made of flesh and blood took in all seven newly mastered peak passives. He had originally wanted to master 4–5 peak passives at once, but considering the subsequent situation, the enhancement of his own strength had to be accelerated.

A moment later, the seven "Peak Passives" disappeared from the skill list. After the power furnace reached the critical point, "Origin of Power" entered the second stage. The bright red energy refined by the power furnace formed a unique mark.

This mark resembled a vortex, erupting with a unique suction force. A light golden energy emerged in front of Su Xiao. This was the "Astral Origin Power." As this energy was absorbed by the heart furnace, Su Xiao's four main attributes, technique potential upper limit, and Abyss resistance all began to improve.

In the past, Su Xiao had been concerned about whether the "Astral Origin Power" in areas other than Reincarnation Paradise was contaminated. After mastering the "Peak Ability: Star Swallower," he no longer needed to worry about this problem.

He raised his hand, and a mark resembling a starry sky formed in his right palm. All the "Astral Origin Power" was absorbed into it. Afterward, this starry sky mark detached from his palm, and it had already turned gray and black. This was the mottled impurities filtered out from the "Astral Origin Power."

If Star Swallower Arcas didn't have this means, his final cause of death would definitely have been absorbing too many mottled impurities into his body when absorbing "Astral Origin Power."

Not only Star Swallower Arcas, but also Shiman Archid, who also devoured "Astral Origin Power," found it difficult to avoid this problem with his peak ability. Come to think of it, Su Xiao was quite lucky in this regard; the "Astral Origin Power" in Reincarnation Paradise was very pure.

When all the "Astral Origin Power" was absorbed by Su Xiao, he let out a long breath, and the corresponding prompt appeared:

【All your peak main attributes are permanently increased by 84 points.】

【Your technique potential upper limit +420.】

【Your Abyss resistance +35 points.】

【Prompt: Your overflowing peak health has reached 50 million points. You will once again condense a "Life Core."】

【Life Core quantity: 2/2.】

【Life Core (Life Passive): The moment your health reaches 0.1%, you will not die. The "Life Core" will immediately shatter, and you will immediately recover 100% of your original life force (that is, recover to full current health), as well as remove "all negative states" and recover "any physical damage."】

At the peak of power, having one more "Life Core" was equivalent to having one more life. Su Xiao felt his current physique. His peak strength, agility, stamina, and intelligence had all reached 302 points. What was very outrageous was that he felt he was clearly a cut stronger.

If he faced the Deer God again, even if he still wasn't a match, the difference wouldn't be that much anymore, no longer like before—one was a newly promoted peak powerhouse, and the other was a peak powerhouse who had been through hundreds of battles at this level.

But now, Su Xiao needed to adapt to the strength he had gained. He took off the Wild Hunt Night long leather coat; this was core defensive gear and would only be used when fighting the final enemy.

He glanced at the mission list. The first ring of the main mission was already in a completed state, so there was no need to continue protecting the Eye Princess. He let Bubu Wang and Bahar act according to the situation. If they encountered enemies, they should immediately start the Lord Train and ask him for help. He could rush back at the first moment by relying on the "Law-Extinguisher Teleportation Array."

Su Xiao stepped off the Lord Train, and a teleportation array formed under his feet.

Boom!

Space vibrated. When the surrounding scene became clear, Su Xiao had arrived at the north side of Beast Town. He looked at the surging Abyss darkness in front of him and pressed his right hand to the hilt of his blade.

Zing~

The long blade at his waist slowly left its scabbard. On the desolate, dark, and pitch-black land, the sky was a crescent moon stained black. One person, one blade, a bare-chested back, stepping alone into the darkness that had swallowed hundreds of millions of lives.

Shelter City: Gran

This was the territory of the Dark God Sect and also a relatively safe area in this world. Of course, if a wizard suddenly went crazy in the city, or an Ancient God scholar rushed out of a building laughing wildly, shouting "I succeeded, I finally became a class," there was no need to be surprised. This was very normal. If you were affected and died, you could only pay attention in your next life.

At the very least, there were no "indescribable terrifying things" from the outside world here, or on some day, tentacles might grow out of random parts of your body, or because of a dream, you might be infected with madness and eat your whole family by midnight, and when morning came, you would despair and cry hysterically in a room full of splashed blood.

The light of the teleportation array in the city center was dim, and three figures appeared. The guards stationed here couldn't help but take an extra look, not only because of the three's identity as members of the Devil race, but also because of the unique beauty of the Devil girl among them.

Although the Devil girl's flesh and blood looked withered, this was the healthy appearance of the Devil race. She wore small round sunglasses, and the silver earring on her right ear swayed slowly. The shark teeth she revealed when she smiled didn't look fierce, but had a kind of rebellious beauty.

Her brother beside her was in a deep purple suit, his skull seemingly inlaid with rice-sized diamonds, his ghostly green eyes seemingly considering and weighing something. Beside him was an old devil, his figure somewhat hunched, his head's flesh and blood withered, his eye sockets dry and pitch black, yet exceptionally deep.

These three devils were Wood, the good teammate; his sister, Mierwei; and Wood's grandfather, the old devil, Mammon.

Judging by common sense, among these three, the old devil, Mammon, should be the most serious. In reality, this wasn't the case. This old guy wore small round sunglasses. Needless to say, Mierwei's habit of wearing small round sunglasses was learned from this old guy.

The old devil, Mammon, walked on the pedestrian street, his devil eyes under the small round sunglasses scanning one pedestrian after another, sighing:

"It's time to come out and walk more. This is the first time I, an old man, have come to the Meteorite Star in my life. The scenery here is truly... breathtaking~"

This old devil's gaze followed a beautiful woman, and from the heartfelt smile on his old face, it could be seen that he truly liked it.

Wood was speechless. He had refused to come out with his grandfather, but alas, he was no match for this old guy. Even though he had paid a huge price and was using the clan's "Daddy-level" Original Sin item, "Fate Coin," he still felt that his grandfather was unfathomably strong.

"Grandfather, are you really just a powerhouse?"

"Of course, otherwise, a peak powerhouse? What are you thinking, kid? Our Devil race, except for your great-grandfather achieving the peak in the First Era, has never produced a peak powerhouse since."

The old devil, Mammon, said this, but his eyes had never been idle. Feeling that he hadn't seen enough, he even lowered his small round sunglasses. Regarding this, Wood was speechless and accustomed to it. His grandfather had been like this all his life. If nothing unexpected happened, only when he became a photo could that pair of devil eyes be controlled.

One of the most shameless guys in the astral world of the Second Era, he didn't live up to his reputation, especially the one ranked first, Green Gillian, which made the gold content of this ranking soar.

"Kid, where are your collaborators this time?"

The old devil, Mammon, spoke. He never used nicknames for Wood as a junior. In this old guy's words, "You kid didn't grow up under my watch, I'm not familiar with you, so let's be polite and hypocritical to each other, it's the Devil family style."

"One is in the City of Secrecy: Yargu, and the other is fighting to the death with other peak powerhouses all over the world. I won't go find him for now. We're going to the City of Secrecy: Yargu."

While Wood was speaking, a gold coin suddenly appeared in front of him. He helplessly gripped this gold coin and flicked it with a ding. His palm faced upward, and the gold coin landed in his palm with a slap, showing a void number 6.

In an instant, the old devil, Mammon, and Wood's sister, Mierwei, simultaneously crab-walked away from Wood on the street.

Original Sin item: Fate Coin. The holder must forcibly perform a coin toss within 1–30 days (randomly). The front and back of the coin will present 0–3 and 4–6, a total of seven numbers.

Tossing a 0 means nothing happens, while 1–6 determines the intensity of the result presented by the next toss. 1–5 is the range from mild to most severe, and 6 is certain death.

To put it more clearly, tossing a 6 is a matter of time. This is the price that must be paid after using the Fate Coin for a period of time. This coin will force the holder to do something that leads to certain death on the causal level.

Wood looked at the gold coin in his palm, a smile appearing on his face. He tossed it again. The Fate Coin spun. When he caught it again, he flipped his hand and opened his palm. A creature that looked like a white maggot but had an upper body that looked like a human appeared in his hand. This was the true face of the Fate Coin.

A strange causality was quietly connected to Wood. This causal destiny was... to eliminate the "Mother of Mercy."

On the north side of Beast Town, the darkness here was already riddled with holes. Dark blood spread out from the dark area. A few hours ago, roars and vibrations had been coming from inside one after another. By now, the dark area had become quiet.

The dark fog split open, and a figure walked out from inside. His bare upper body had claw marks and bite marks. Yes, Su Xiao had once again entered the Abyss through the dark area.

The result was that even at the peak realm, it was still difficult to move an inch in the near area of the Abyss. The Abyss creatures that surged in like a tide were endless. More importantly, after entering the Abyss, the "Peak Domain" could not be deployed. He used "Death Silence Descent" to confirm this.

This was something he had expected long ago. That was the Abyss, one of the two strongest sources of power. Or rather, it wasn't that the "Peak Domain" couldn't be deployed in the Abyss, but a matter of the "Peak Domain's" volume. When the "Peak Domain" was practiced to a volume sufficient to suppress the Abyss, it could be opened. Obviously, that was impossible.

Liquid like black blood dripped from Su Xiao's right hand. It wasn't his blood, but the Abyss power that had invaded his body. He had expelled it all through this Abyss right arm.

There were three gains from this intrusion into the Abyss.

1. He determined the Abyss coordinates of this place. Su Xiao had entered the Abyss last time in the Ten Thousand Races World and was subsequently targeted by the Abyss Master. If it weren't for the invincible authority of Reincarnation Paradise, he would definitely have died. Although that was the case, he also determined that the place where the Abyss Master slept was not far from those coordinates.

Entering the Abyss this time, he determined that the Abyss area corresponding to this world was very far from where the Abyss Master slept. He couldn't even faintly sense the coordinates he had left in the Abyss area he entered last time using "Top-Tier Abyss Studies."

Or rather, as long as he didn't court death this time, attract the attention of the Abyss Master, or lead to two or three ancient Abyss existences, he wouldn't die in the Abyss.

2. The enhancement this time had been mastered through this blood-soaked battle.

3. Because he had slashed a massive amount of Abyss-derived creatures, his "Origin Container" was full. That is to say, as long as he summoned the "Awakening Monument," he could upgrade the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability from Lv. 185 to Lv. 215. He wanted to try to see if this Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability with endless characteristics had an upper limit.

Besides this, he had one more thing to do: find the traces of the Deer God and go have another fight with this strongest friendly-camp god.

Four hours later, southeast of the Cathedral of Mercy, on a desolate and scorching Gobi desert.

In the sweltering Gobi desert, every hundred meters, there was a "Feng"-shaped bone pile made of white bones. The Deer God, who was tracking Su Xiao's aura, suddenly stopped. The reason was that a figure in front made him grip the hilt of the Abyss weapon: Tao Shou.

Dark red skin, bare upper body, strong body covered in various scars, plus that beast-like aura—there was no mistake. A member of the Rune family of the Abyss race, a peak powerhouse at the fourth position, the Crimson Beast: Di Luo.

The Crimson Beast: Di Luo also stopped. It gradually grinned, looking cruel and violent.

The situation now was very simple: enemies meeting, eyes turning red with hatred.

PS: (Tomorrow is Sunday, resting for one day. My readers, please forgive me.)

(End of chapter)