Chapter 4099: Gears of Fate

"Everyone, ugh—welcome to, ugh—my territory."

Milwei, holding the bridge pier with one hand, didn't forget to show off that she had won the draw and obtained the ownership of "Sanctuary City, Gran."

After resting for a while, Milwei's face was pale, but she no longer retched from the previous teleportation. She looked at the slowly flowing river and asked:

"Guys, I got 'Sanctuary City, Gran.' What are the benefits?"

Milwei said this, already grinning with her shark teeth.

"Of course there are benefits."

Crias smiled meaningfully. Milwei's eyes lit up a bit, and she asked urgently:

"What benefits? Enhanced strength, or does all the wealth of this city belong to me?"

"As for the wealth of this city, if I'm not mistaken, Dark Bishop Palmer wouldn't be stupid enough to leave assets in a large city that could abandon any area at any time. This large city itself, and the city residents controlled by him, are his source of wealth. If it were me, I would exchange all resources for soul coins and carry them with me."

Hearing Crias say this, Milwei asked somewhat unwillingly: "Then there are no other benefits? I'm the first prize!"

"Of course there are."

Crias reignited the hope that Milwei was about to extinguish. Milwei looked at Crias expectantly.

"The benefit you get is that you cannot leave Sanctuary City, Gran. If enemies attack, you have to control Sanctuary City to sink into the dark sea immediately, and then randomize to a safe place."

Hearing this, Milwei's smile froze.

"So, this isn't a lucky draw?"

"Who said this was a lucky draw?"

A smile appeared on Crias's face that made Milwei's fists clench, wanting to give this guy a punch. Seeing this, Ona sighed secretly and looked at her husband. Crias stopped teasing his old friend's sister and talked to Wood in a low voice, his expression becoming more serious the more they talked.

Ona came to Milwei's side and whispered something to the Demon girl. At first, Milwei was still vigilant, but after hearing it to the end, she nodded repeatedly and looked at Su Xiao.

"Mr. Bai Ye, do you believe in my stability?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but the implication was: I don't believe it. Therefore, he prepared to find a place to upgrade his Qinggangying ability as soon as possible.

"Otherwise, should I transfer the ownership of this Sanctuary City to Xiang Bubu Teni?"

"No." ×3

Wood, Crias, and the Priest spoke one after another. Just kidding, Sanctuary City, Gran was the only foothold in this world that was still somewhat reliable. If this place became a Zerg Mother Nest or a war fortress, although it was a friendly building, once the final enemy fell, this friendly building wouldn't be so friendly anymore.

"The daughters of the Warm Bed can take over here."

Wood, Crias, and the Priest didn't object to Su Xiao's words.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm."

Milwei nodded repeatedly, wishing she could raise both hands in favor.

"Since that's the case, shouldn't we set a time to reunite here?"

Wood opened his mouth. The meaning was simple: there was no need to act together at the current stage. The things each had to do hadn't been completed yet. When they needed to face the final enemy, they would gather and prepare how to deal with the Underworld God.

"And, you couple are truly bold," Wood said, pointing to an empty space: "Coming out to work for the Night Mother, and actually bringing your daughter."

"?"

Ona looked at Wood suspiciously: "Daughter? Our daughter, Yero Ilia, is obediently staying in the Hidden City of Yargul. She has been an obedient child since she was young. How could she..."

Before Ona could finish, Su Xiao raised his hand and snapped his fingers with a pop. With a slight gasp of surprise, a girl who looked like she was twelve or thirteen, wearing a rice-white dress and with rice-white long hair draped softly, suddenly appeared.

She crouched on the ground, holding her ears with both hands. Just now, she felt the whole world tremble. It was hard to imagine that this was a regional world change caused by a seemingly ordinary snap of the fingers.

Crias and his wife's eyes twitched. Their daughter, who had always been obedient, would actually use her causal-level talent ability to sneak out. This was something they hadn't expected.

Ona instinctively wanted to say, wait until I go back and deal with you, but suddenly thought that this time they went out, the God Lord had issued an oracle. After completing the negotiation with the Law-Extinguisher, they had to go to the "Cathedral of Mercy" to meet the Mother of Mercy as a representative of the Dark Night God Sect.

Although Crias and his wife's faith wasn't very pious, the God Lord's oracle had nothing to do with whether they were pious.

Violating the oracle, let alone the God's Judgment of the Mother of Dark Indulgence, even the High Priestess Ururoi wouldn't spare them. This one was someone who could kill her own kin for the sake of righteousness.

In fact, High Priestess Ururoi didn't love her daughter much. What she valued was the inheritance of family power through bloodline. If it weren't for the bloody battle with the monster that gave birth to Ona, which swallowed 90% of her fertility causality, she would never have had only one daughter like Ona.

Ona opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. She came to her daughter's side, crouched down, and let her daughter sit half-leaning in her arms. She whispered to her daughter:

"Ilia, do you see that kind grandfather?"

"Hmm, this grandfather must be very trustworthy."

"Don't believe a word he says. Not a single word."

"Hmm!"

Yero Ilia nodded very seriously and kept the Priest's kind face firmly in mind, warning herself to stay away.

"Do you see that uncle with the diamond skull?"

"That's Uncle Wood, I know."

"Hmm, right. Believe half of what he says. Hmm—your father is cooperating with him, believe more than half."

Ona's expression was exceptionally serious.

"The feeling of being plotted against to my face, I can only say it's unique."

Wood said with a hint of a smile.

"Ilia, do you see that uncle with a long blade at his waist who looks very, very strong?"

"Hmm, that's Uncle Bai Ye."

"Ilia, you're so smart. Then what should you do?"

"Believe Uncle Bai Ye!"

"I take back the praise that you're smart. Uncle Bai Ye's words should be put in the same category as that kind grandfather's."

"Why? Uncle Bai Ye looks very trustworthy."

"Uncle Bai Ye, sometimes he can trick that kind grandfather. Ilia, your pig-like little brain can't understand their words. Do you understand?"

"Mom, why do I feel like you're not praising me?"

"Of course not. Not only did I not praise you, but when you go home later, I will also beat you with the rattan stick I used to beat your brother Griffin. Is Ilia happy?"

"Ha—happy."

Yero Ilia felt her mother's love and began to be afraid.

"You must live, Ilia. You were born in the Meteorite Star. This is your destiny. Look at Uncle Bai Ye, his luck is shockingly bad, yet he achieved the peak realm. As long as you work hard, the next peak powerhouse will be you, Ilia."

After successfully painting a pie for her daughter, Ona stood up and walked toward the teleportation tower in the city center with her husband. After walking out of Yero Ilia's sight, Crias suddenly darted behind a building, poked his head out to look at his daughter, and asked:

"Can the daughter do it? What kind of bad idea is this? Why don't we forget it."

"I entered the insect domain at 10. Ilia is already 12."

Ona's gaze was calm, as if no change could change her choice.

"At that time, did the Meteorite Star have more than ten peak realms? I've never heard of so many peak realms in my life. Fossils like the Lord of the Underworld who have been drowned in the river of time have appeared. This time, it's too outrageous."

Crias said this and was grabbed by the back of his collar by his wife. Ona's attitude was very firm. Her daughter was already a mature wizard and it was time to go out and experience.

Sanctuary City, Gran, in a jewelry store in the front city area.

Milwei was picking out earrings. Her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Suddenly, she turned to look behind her, then looked down at the little wizard and said angrily:

"How long are you going to follow me?"

The Demon girl, Milwei, stared at Yero Ilia. Ilia said firmly:

"We have to act together."

"Ah?"

Milwei looked at Ilia like she was looking at a fool. Ilia remained unmoved and said firmly:

"We will be best friends in the future, and, and..."

Ilia said this, her fair little face twisted in a painful mask, and she pointed to the end of the street:

"And her, the three of us will be best friends in the future."

In the direction Yero Ilia pointed, a figure walked over. Her deep blue hair reached her ears, and she wore diamond mini-scythe earrings on her right ear. She wore a tube top, and outside was a white shirt. The loose white shirt had no buttons and was completely open. She wore super short shorts on her lower body.

That's right, it was the Magic Scythe, Aina. Seeming to feel someone pointing at her, Magic Scythe Aina cast her gaze over, looked at Yero Ilia, then looked at the Demon girl, Milwei, and clicked her tongue. Not her type. She confirmed that the limit of friendship with these two guys was just friendship, not her favorite type at all, even if both guys' looks were very good.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Me, you, her, the three of us will be best friends in the future?"

The Demon girl, Milwei, pointed at herself and looked at Yero Ilia with a laugh.

"Hmm, right."

Ilia nodded exceptionally seriously. Magic Scythe Aina, who had long noticed they were discussing her, stopped beside the two, reached out and scratched her lower back, and looked at the two with deliberately mismatched eyes:

"You two suspicious guys, what exactly are you whispering about?"

Among the three, naturally, Magic Scythe Aina was the strongest. Among the peak tiers, Magic Scythe Aina was also very capable of fighting. Otherwise, the Abyssal Archbishop wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with her on equal terms back then.

"I mean," Yero Ilia took a deep breath and continued: "The three of us will be the best best friends in the future, best friends who can give their lives for each other's safety."

Hearing this, Magic Scythe Aina was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, bending over:

"Ahahahahaha! Me? Give my life for others? Hahaha, little sister, you're really funny."

Seeing Magic Scythe Aina like this, Yero Ilia gritted her teeth and lowered her voice: "You two, two years and five months ago, secretly in... (rare divine language), the other one three years and four months ago, almost..."

While speaking the Void common language, Yero Ilia changed the main content into a rare divine language. However, after hearing these two time points, Magic Scythe Aina and the Demon girl, Milwei, were both shocked. This was their ultimate dark history. It belonged to the kind that, once revealed, although not involving chastity, was definitely very socially dead.

The two looked at each other, exchanged glances instantly, each used a left hand and a right hand to cover Ilia's mouth, grabbed her, and ran toward a dark alley in the distance.

On a three-story building a hundred meters away, Su Xiao, sitting on the water tank on the roof, witnessed everything just now. Although he wasn't of the causal system, after Magic Scythe Aina, the Demon girl Milwei, and Yero Ilia met, he vaguely felt that the gears of fate had begun to turn wildly.

As a peak powerhouse, he vaguely perceived that if the Astral Realm didn't perish in the Abyssal catastrophe, then these three might be three of the several 'protagonists' in the middle of the Third Era.

The inner part of Sanctuary City was like a giant cave. The inner side was a spreading, black rock substance like half a giant eggshell. Observing carefully, Su Xiao discovered that this was the black rock substance corresponding to the Abyssal spreading area. According to Abyssal studies, this thing was called "World Rock."

"World Rock" was quite hard. This half-giant eggshell-like appearance, covering the inner side of Sanctuary City, was clearly created by the Dark Bishop of this world with great effort.

Come to think of it, Dark Bishop Palmer died very aggrieved. To put it simply, this guy who tried to live forever and was cautious had stacked his physical and magic resistance to the max. The problem was, this time it wasn't any attack. To some extent, it was a kind of enhancement for him, but he just couldn't withstand it.

If Palmer hadn't been a Dark Bishop, no one could have banished him to the Abyss. He believed in the Abyss and longed for the extreme power of the Abyss, and Su Xiao and others were just kindly helping Dark Bishop Palmer get what he wanted.

The safest place in Sanctuary City was naturally the Dark Cathedral located on the inner side. Su Xiao came to the Dark Cathedral. The golden hall doors were closed. Blood aura spread, like the claws of a giant blood beast, tearing the giant metal doors open.

The first floor of the cathedral was shrouded in darkness. Su Xiao walked into it. Mist drifted, and there seemed to be whispers in the air. A man in a white bishop's robe, sitting on a high seat on the inner side, slowly raised his head. There were bloodstains on his mouth and chin, not from injury, but more like he had been eating fiercely, leaving bloodstains.

"Bishop was ambushed by you despicable outsiders. I can only gather everyone's strength to avenge him."

White Bishop Yegpo looked at the person coming. His heart, which had been hanging high, finally let go. He was very worried that it was the Underworld God who had plotted against Dark Bishop Palmer. It seemed now that it wasn't Slaughter, Richmond, one of the Four Original Sins, nor was it the Underworld God he feared.

White Bishop Yegpo's mouth corner almost couldn't be pressed down. In Sanctuary City, he was actually stronger than Dark Bishop Palmer. But Sanctuary City was controlled by the other side, so he could only be in the secondary position.

"Let me see..."

White Bishop Yegpo's smile finally couldn't be pressed down. Combined with his bald head, it gave people a sense of ferocity.

Seeing this, Su Xiao felt that "Supreme Charisma," this Supreme-level passive, was unexpectedly easy to use.

【Supreme Charisma. Lv. EX (Supreme-level Passive).】

Skill effect 1...

Skill effect 2: The suppression/invasion power of your external aura (blood aura) +3.

When the aura completely suppresses the opponent, if it's not a clash of auras but aura perception, there will be a very strong aura perception misleading effect, making them feel as if this enemy is similar in strength to themselves.

Of course, this is based on Su Xiao releasing his aura in an inducing way, like watching the prey gradually step into a trap. If he opened his aura fully, the blood aura of the peak realm would be a stormy sea.

However, one has to say, Sanctuary City, Gran truly produced talents. Not only did it produce a guy like Dark Bishop Palmer who was super good at surviving, but the strength of this White Bishop Yegpo in front was also a notch stronger than Death Bishop Erqi, whom he had casually slaughtered before.

Moreover, Su Xiao wanted to try, with all Supreme attributes raised to 300+, how much stronger he was than before. First, he had to make the guy opposite him bristle.

Boom!

Scarlet blood aura spread. A moment ago, White Bishop Yegpo, who couldn't press down his smile, suddenly felt his hair stand on end. The metal chair behind him shattered. He leaped backward, opening all kinds of abilities while in mid-air. This caused him to grow horns on his head, his body size to grow to over five meters, and eyes of different sizes to grow on his chest.

Suddenly, White Bishop

Also, Su Xiao wanted to test how much stronger he was now that all his peak attributes had been raised to over 300 points. First, he had to make the guy opposite him bristle with rage.

Boom!

Scarlet blood energy spread. The white-robed bishop, Ye Geer, who had been unable to suppress the smile on his lips a moment ago, suddenly felt his hair stand on end. The metal chair behind him shattered with a bang. He leaped backward, and while in mid-air, he activated all his abilities, which caused horns to sprout from his head, his body to surge to over five meters tall, and eyes of various sizes to grow on his chest.

Suddenly, the white-robed bishop, Ye Geer, felt his vision darken. The eyes on his chest restored his sight, but he felt strange—a baffled sensation that left him particularly confused. He subconsciously reached for his head, but he grabbed nothing; the space above his neck was completely empty.

This caused him a moment of astonishment, but with his monstrous vitality, his head had merely been severed; in the next second, he would be able to...

With a thud, the white-robed bishop, Ye Geer, collapsed. His final vision saw the man holding the long blade, who had already slashed out and brushed past him before he even knew it. After his body fell, his severed head, which had been sent flying, finally hit the ground with a thud.

The final thought of the white-robed bishop, Ye Geer, was how he, as a super-top-tier peak powerhouse, could possibly die just like this. In the past, he had been blasted by enemies until only a few drops of blood remained, yet he had still managed to complete his resurrection. But today, just by being nonchalantly decapitated by a single slash, he was going to die.

"Peak..."

After the white-robed bishop, Ye Geer, spat out these two words from his severed head, he completely lost his life force, and his causal existence dissipated.

Su Xiao habitually flicked his unstained long blade and sheathed it. He had only recently ascended to the peak realm. Previously, he had thought that if it were a super-top-tier peak powerhouse, and if he were not very serious in the peak realm and hadn't opened his "Peak Domain," it might still be possible for the opponent to parry for two or three rounds before dying. Now it seemed he had indeed underestimated the power of the peak realm.

Don't look at how nonchalantly Su Xiao slaughtered the white-robed bishop; in fact, this white-robed bishop was very capable. Even if he faced the Archbishop of the Underworld Temple, Sauluo, he could fight to a draw.

But when facing Su Xiao, it was just an instant; the white-robed bishop didn't even see when the enemy drew his blade. Not to mention anything else, the physical crushing was too overwhelming.

But there was one problem that made Su Xiao frown: this white-robed bishop he killed was, after all, a small boss, yet he didn't drop a treasure chest. This was very unreasonable. Could it be that it was caused by the crushing combat power?

Hmm, it must be so. As for the -13 million luck, it certainly wouldn't be the reason for this.

Su Xiao, with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha, began to explore the Gloom Cathedral level by level. As it turned out, let alone living people, there wasn't even a living creature.

All the Abyss believers in the Gloom Cathedral had been swallowed by the white-robed bishop. This guy clearly didn't intend to continue acting in the name of the Dark Religion, but rather to establish a faction of his own. As for the result, his ambition was extinguished just as it had begun.

This Gloom Cathedral had nothing of value, only that this building was sturdy enough. Su Xiao estimated that this Dark Bishop had spent at least 40% of his net worth on this Gloom Cathedral.

With all its formations activated, the defensive power of this building was extremely strong, second only to the Lord Train. The Dark Bishop died a frustrated death, directly having his "causal existence" banished. From this, one could also see how terrifying the priest's power system was.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang began to modify the building, while Su Xiao came to the third floor of this seven-story structure. He pressed one hand to the ground, and Aoge crystals spread, forming a large-scale formation. As the formation took shape, the atmosphere in the room became dark.

Before long, a spatial gate made of viscous darkness appeared in front of him. After the dark spatial gate hardened and opened, the hand-holding daughters of the hotbed walked out from inside. They were Ayesha and Delona. Delona had silver hair and a black dress, while Ayesha had black hair, a white dress, and pitch-black eyes.

"Brother." ×2

Ayesha and Delona bowed to Su Xiao. Ayesha closed her eyes, while Delona's eyes were restlessly looking around.

"From now on, this place belongs to you."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Delona didn't react much, but Ayesha seemed to want to say something. Rarely showing any change in expression, she smiled slightly and bowed again.

Compared to the lively Delona, the cold Ayesha actually had no sense of reality about anything. Having such a sanctuary city would undoubtedly allow her to use it as an inner coordinate, greatly alleviating the situation where she had no sense of reality about everything around her, and even temporarily suppressing it.

Ayesha and Delona becoming the city lords of this place was, for the residents of Sanctuary City Gran, a stroke of luck like pie falling from the sky. Not to mention that the daughters of the hotbed wouldn't restrict their freedom, as the "Destined Advance" of this generation, Ayesha and Delona were themselves existences in the Star Realm that were not to be trifled with.

Not long after, the devil girl Mi Erwei was brought back by Baha. Upon learning that she didn't have to guard the sanctuary city to the death, the devil girl immediately agreed to transfer the place.

Before long, Mi Erwei walked out of the Gloom Cathedral very happily. The Magic Scythe Aina, who was waiting outside, gnashed her teeth with a clicking sound. She looked at the cathedral in front of her:

"I've finally found you, Law-Breaker Bai Ye. To this day, no one has ever managed to get such a huge sum from me, no one!"

Magic Scythe Aina walked into the Gloom Cathedral. Mi Erwei wanted to say something but stopped. She asked Ye Luo Yiliya beside her:

"Will we really be best friends with her in the future?"

"Yes."

Ye Luo Yiliya nodded very firmly. In those pure eyes, there was not a trace of a lie.

"Tsk~, why does it feel like this guy is going to die here?"

"She won't. She'll be out of there in a moment."

Ye Luo Yiliya pointed to the window on the third floor of the Gloom Cathedral. In the next second, Magic Scythe Aina leaped out from the window and landed beside them. Mi Erwei asked with a mischievous smile:

"How was it? Ms. Magic Scythe, have you finished settling the account?"

"Mistook the person. Leaving."

Magic Scythe Aina turned and left. As for why, from the moment she rushed upstairs to seeing Su Xiao, and confirming through the intuition of the Magic Scythe that the opponent was in the peak realm, and then leaping out from the window to escape—the whole set of actions could only be described as smooth and flowing.

Southeast of the Mercy Cathedral, on the desolate and scorching Gobi Desert.

Drip, drip.

Golden divine blood dripped down the Deer God's chin. The Scarlet Beast Di Luo held the Deer God's head with one hand. As its hand exerted force, the Deer God's head was crushed, and the headless corpse fell.

The Deer God was dead.

"This..."

Madam Spider frowned as she watched this scene. She had been trapped in the Soul Great Library for too long, but she had heard of the Deer God. She looked at the Scarlet Beast Di Luo, whose left arm hung limply and whose body was covered in sun-scorched marks, and felt that the rumors were too unbelievable. The famous Deer God had actually died just like this.

"Madam Spider, I have a question I want to ask you."

The Scarlet Beast Di Luo said with a cruel smile.

"Speak."

"If all space and teleportation abilities cannot be used, can you run fast?"

"What?"

As Madam Spider spoke, she discovered that the Deer God's headless corpse had actually turned into golden blood, forming a large pool of golden blood on the ground.

"Exactly what it sounds like. Under the pursuit of the Deer God, run."

The Scarlet Beast Di Luo laughed even more boldly. Suddenly, a claw reached out from the golden pool of blood and slapped the surface of the pool, as if pressing on a solid plane. The Deer God, whose whole body was stained with faint golden-red flames, stood up from the pool of blood.

The Star Realm's honey badger was not just a name. The Deer God didn't have immortality; he would die, but he could rely on his own will to stand up again from his own pool of blood, and furthermore, become even stronger.

The only way to kill the Deer God was to completely crush his powerhouse will. Only when he felt that he had completely failed would he truly die.

Rumble!

The earth trembled. The Deer God, who had stood up again, suddenly appeared beside Madam Spider. The battle staff he held in both hands, carrying a terrifying whistling sound, swung horizontally toward Madam Spider. At this moment, all of Madam Spider's abilities failed; she could only rely on her most basic physique to resolve this attack.

Bang!

Madam Spider's human-like upper body flew out. Flying in mid-air, Madam Spider's pupils had turned emerald green. She was already an Abyss descendant, so of course, she wasn't afraid of dying once, but the Deer God who stood up again was indeed ridiculously strong.

The potent poison eroded the Deer God's left arm until it hissed. In an instant, more than half of his body was left with only bones. The golden-red flames on the Deer God's body flared up, and his self-healing ability soared. When he recovered to the point where only his left arm was being continuously eroded by the potent poison, he smashed his entire left arm with a staff. Madam Spider's potent poison was indeed powerful.

The Deer God shifted his gaze to look at the Scarlet Beast Di Luo, only to find that Di Luo had already run away without a trace.