Chapter 4109: Facing Danger

Meteorite Star, gloomy all year round, welcomed a rare clear sky today.

The sun shone on the middle city area of In-Mouth, causing all marine creatures to shrink back into their shells. The residents here were also not very accustomed to sunlight, but for the sake of survival, many residents could only walk out of their homes under the bright sun.

On the south side of the middle city area, the economy here wasn't prosperous, and coupled with being close to the factory area, the giant factories exuded a dead and lifeless aura, yet the noise was huge.

These were all supernatural creation factories. If it weren't for the fact that the residents of In-Mouth had high supernatural resistance, ordinary people would get sick very quickly upon entering this place and eventually lose their lives. Even for the residents of In-Mouth, working here long-term meant an average lifespan of only 5–8 years.

Everything that seemed absurd and unreasonable actually had bloody incentives. Meteorite Star was such a land of suffering. The birth of this transcendent world wasn't for the sake of the survival of living beings; this place was the throne of ancient gods.

And the Myriad Race World, the transcendent world of the Third Era, could be said to be the most suitable transcendent world for living beings to reside in. It was even more suitable than the Witch World or the Wind Sea Continent. The Witch and Wind Sea worlds each had hidden dangers, whereas the Myriad Race World had its hidden dangers—the power and curses of the gods—permanently banished by a certain Law Breaker.

In reality, Su Xiao didn't understand at all what kind of temptation the Third Era transcendent world he had unintentionally created had for major Star Realm powers. Such a world with abundant resources, an extremely stable world system, and no corresponding hidden dangers of transcendence should have long attracted the contention of major Star Realm powers.

The truly wonderful place was right here: all major Star Realm powers feared Su Xiao. He was a Paradise faction, almost equivalent to a lone wolf without a power, which also meant that apart from his own safety, he had no weaknesses or handles.

Bergmann, the Chief Priest of the Night Mother faction, risked danger more terrifying than death just to strive for a place for his grandson in the Myriad Race World at the level of causality. From this, one could see how ideal the Myriad Race World was in the eyes of the high-level members of major powers.

West of the factories was an academy area. The area here was over 80 hectares, which was not a small area for In-Mouth. That's right, this academy area was the Yargul School, one of the oldest powers on Meteorite Star.

Scholar Edro walked hurriedly on a small forest path. Beside him were the two most famous legendary wizards of the academy, as well as three Eye Mentors. In the Yargul School, those who could be crowned with the title of "Eye" were not simple.

However, the legendary wizard Sawyer was not among them. It seemed that in the Yargul School, Sawyer was isolated and guarded against by other high-level members. For Su Xiao, this was good news.

The group walked hurriedly and stopped in front of a forest tomb cave. Opening the tomb door, Scholar Edro was the first to descend into the tomb. There were massive candles lit here. In the center on a stone platform lay a corpse wrapped in burial cloths. Even so, the corpse looked as if it had been soaked in seawater, making the stone platform and the surroundings wet.

"Dean."

Scholar Edro bowed and saluted in front of the stone platform, but the corpse on the stone platform had no reaction. Seeing this, Scholar Edro continued:

"The ritual has been awakened and has reached the stage of collecting the blood of peak powerhouses."

As soon as Scholar Edro finished speaking, with a slap, one of the corpse's burial cloths snapped. Seeing this, the legendary wizards and Eye Mentors stepped forward to help the Yargul Dean up.

The burial cloths snapped one after another, revealing a pair of eyes with a large number of pupils squeezed together. The Yargul Dean made a sound in his throat, and Scholar Edro listened sideways, hearing:

"It is time to awaken, my god."

Over a thousand kilometers north of Beast Town, this was an ancient ruin, but recently it had traces of a monarch. Stone houses were built, and tall religious totems were formed. From the V-shape, like a burning flame, one could determine this was the Dark Religion.

Originally, the Dark Religion occupied Shelter City, but after the Dark Bishop Palmer died, everything changed. The stronger White-Robed Bishop Jager, who didn't have ownership of Shelter City, could only rank second. It seemed that Dark Bishop Palmer and White-Robed Bishop Jager were at odds and would have conflicts sooner or later, but in fact, these two guys were as close as brothers in secret.

Therefore, after Dark Bishop Palmer died, White-Robed Bishop Jager had a chance to escape, but he didn't. Instead, he acted as if he had devoured everyone in the current Dark Religion, gathered all his power, and was going to kill the enemy, subsequently completing his long-held wish of possessing Shelter City, Gran.

The real situation was not like this. White-Robed Bishop Jager was already powerful. He stayed behind to avenge his brother, with whom he had no blood relation but was as close as a brother, and to cover the escape of all Dark Religion members.

The reason was that the Dark Religion of this world had always had an extremely terrifying plan: to construct a sufficiently high-tier Abyss passage so that the Abyss Lord could descend here. At that time, this would be a transcendent world belonging to the Abyss Lord and also the base of the Dark Religion.

In the cathedral built inside the ruins, Red-Robed Bishop Archer looked at the Abyss passage in front. He was certain that it was not enough. This degree of Abyss passage was not enough for his master to descend.

North of the "Barren Stone Mountain Range," which had been leveled by Su Xiao, the Deer God, and Di Luo, this was a barren land. The earth cracked, and thunder and lightning flashed in the sky. In such an area, there was a cathedral over ten thousand meters high, so huge it was like a city. This place was the Cathedral of Mercy.

Located in the core area of the cathedral, figures in blood-colored robes, bald, with numb gazes, knelt in front of a dark silver metal door. The leader of the ascetics slowly raised his head, stood up, came to the dark silver metal door, and pushed the door open.

The area of this inner small cathedral was not large, about several dozen square meters. The metal bed was surrounded by semi-transparent curtains. On this metal bed, which was over four meters wide and five meters long, was a figure with the upper body of a merciful woman and the lower body of dark purple tentacles. The upper half of its face was sealed with metal, and its nose, lips, ears, and other positions were all pierced and hung with gorgeous ornaments. This was the Mother of Mercy.

It was through the Hunter Bounty regarding her that Su Xiao obtained 3.3 million ounces of Space-Time power.

The Mother of Mercy raised her hand and pressed it on the head of the ascetic leader. A moment later, the ascetic leader knelt on one knee and said in a calm voice: "Obeying your will, Meteorite Star will belong to us."

Eternal City, Or, center of the God Tower, first floor, council hall.

Slaughter Richmond, Lust Inna, Gluttony Quek, Rage Stein—the four high-level members of the Underworld God Temple, that is, the Four Original Sins, gathered here. Archbishop Saul was also seated. The several bishops who were still alive didn't even have seats at this time, and the high-level members of the Beast Cathedral received the same treatment as the bishops.

But for some reason, several seats were empty. Just then, the door of the council hall opened, and a burly figure walked into the hall.

She wore mysterious and primitive makeup, and at over five meters tall, she gave off a strong oppressive feeling. Behind her was an ancient god scholar who looked a bit weak, and three figures wrapped tightly, roughly human-shaped, representing Punishment, Karma Fire, and Repentance respectively.

Yes, the one who came to the council hall of the Eternal City was the Chief High Priest of the Night Mother faction, Ururoi—that is, Zuiyas's mother-in-law, as well as his father-in-law, and the three "original shareholders" of the Night Mother faction: Punishment High Priest, Karma Fire High Priest, and Repentance High Priest.

It was hard to imagine what kind of interest exchange allowed the Underworld God Temple and the Night Mother faction to reach an initial cooperation.

Actually, it wasn't hard to understand. With things reaching today's point, the Underworld God and the Night Mother were no longer like the past, where one was the master of this world and the other wanted to usurp the main god position. Now, what the Underworld God cared about most was not Meteorite Star, but the "Heart of the Abyss."

Once the Supreme-less Realm was achieved, then Meteorite Star, for the Underworld God, couldn't be said to have no value, but it was no longer of paramount importance. Conversely, the Myriad Race World, with its abundant resources, was more suitable for the Underworld God after promoting to the Supreme-less Realm, and this massive resource might even concern the subsequent confrontation with the Abyss Lord. After all, whether the next era would be the Abyss Era or the Ancient God Era depended on who was the final winner.

The only thing the Underworld God feared was the Supreme Person of the Void, the strongest in the Star Realm.

The Underworld God's goal was the "Heart of the Abyss" and the Myriad Race World, while the Night Mother, who had just promoted to the peak realm, didn't need the "Heart of the Abyss" of the current era; what she needed was Meteorite Star.

Looking at it this way, the alliance between the Underworld God Temple and the Night Mother faction was almost inevitable. As for the grudges of the past, which of the Underworld God and the Night Mother would care about the life or death of other running dogs under their command, except for their most trusted subordinates?

In front of the "Abyss Eye Ritual," Su Xiao looked at the ritual container in front. If Meteorite Star before was a quiet dead sea, then now, it was throwing fresh blood and meat into a raging sea full of sharks.

【Your Main Mission: Second Ring: Ritual (Completed).】

【You obtained the stage reward: Reincarnation Badge x 6.】

【Main Mission: Third Ring has been activated.】

【Main Mission: Path of Survival.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 105

Mission Introduction: Survive until the "Ritual Container" is filled.

Mission Deadline: Until the "Ritual Container" is filled.

Mission Reward: Reincarnation Badge x 20.

Mission Penalty: None.

Seeing this main mission, Su Xiao's only feeling was that it was not good. The situation was very not good.

But thinking about it again, the matter revealed a bit of evil. He was already peak Supreme. To say something that was arrogant but also a fact, in the entire Star Realm, those stronger than him didn't exceed a single digit, and those qualified to make him trigger a long-lost "Survival Mission" were even fewer.

As the holder of the "Original Sin Book," coupled with his current strength, he feared no Star Realm alien existences, ancient Abyss existences, extra-boundary alien existences, or unknown eerie things of the same tier—those terrifying existences that were death upon meeting.

According to his understanding of survival missions, one had to be at least one tier higher to trigger a survival mission. In this way, the strongest few among peak Supreme-level fighters like the Underworld God were excluded. In the entire Star Realm, only three remained.

The Supreme Person, the Leader, and the contemporary Abyss Lord.

Directly exclude the Leader. Considering purpose, rationality, faction, and many other aspects, the probability of the Leader coming to kill Su Xiao was still 0%.

As for the Supreme Person, he wasn't completely excluded, but the possibility wasn't high. Su Xiao had asked the Leader about this before. The Leader's meaning was that there was no need to worry. Now Meteorite Star was temporarily notarized by the Void Tree. The Supreme Person forcing his way into this world would not only pay a huge price but also cause damage to this world, or even collapse it.

A long time ago, Su Xiao had considered a question: to what extent was the Supreme Person powerful, and could he break the notarization and rules of the Reincarnation Paradise? This kind of thing was of course asked directly to the Leader. The answer obtained was unexpectedly clear: although the Supreme Person was invincible in the Star Realm, he was still under the Reincarnation Paradise.

As for why the Leader was so certain, he didn't say specifically, but this was the Leader's personal experience. He was very certain that the Supreme Person was under the Reincarnation Paradise.

So the more precise positioning of the Supreme Person was under the Void Tree and the Paradise faction, or rather, no matter how powerful an individual was, they couldn't be compared with the Reincarnation Paradise.

After excluding the Leader and the Supreme Person, only one possibility remained: the contemporary Abyss Lord, and this one indeed had the motivation to kill him.

If Su Xiao obtained the "Heart of the Abyss" this time, then the future would be a situation of Su Xiao vs. the Abyss Lord.

"Top-tier Abyss Study Lv. 12" played its role at this time. Su Xiao was certain that there was no Abyss Gate in this world sufficient for the Abyss Lord to descend—that is, an ultra-giant Abyss passage.

And this thing was not something that could manufacture "World Opening Runes" in a year or two, or even a few years. This thing conservatively estimated it would take over ten years. And that was with very abundant resources; otherwise, it would take decades to possibly...

A possibility emerged in Su Xiao's mind: there were Abyss powers in this world for decades. Not to mention decades, that power had been hiding here for over a thousand years. That's right, it was the Dark Religion of this world. As a Dark Religion that looked very harmless, it was easy to be ignored.

The Dark Religion of this world could be said to have been personally destroyed by Su Xiao. He killed two people, the Dark Bishop and the White-Robed Bishop. From the scene at the Shelter City cathedral before, the White-Robed Bishop had devoured all the religious members there.

Now it seemed that this was simply an emergency plan carried out by the Dark Religion to continue the plan of over a hundred years after Dark Bishop Palmer died suddenly. To ensure nothing went wrong, the White-Robed Bishop even chose to stay behind to welcome the enemy.

Closing the mission list, Su Xiao was certain that the appearance of Main Mission: Third Ring was both luck and inevitability. He estimated that the third ring mission was eight or nine out of ten to fill the ritual container, but the Reincarnation Paradise would not issue a mission that he had absolutely no possibility of completing.

In the situation where the Dark Religion might open the Abyss Gate at any time, this kind of real-time existing crisis would inevitably enter the mission judgment, leading to an adaptive change in Su Xiao's main mission.

The problem now was, where were those Dark Religion members?

Temporarily saying goodbye to the legendary wizard Sawyer, who still had an excited gaze, Su Xiao left the laboratory. After the teleportation array appeared under his feet, he returned to Shelter City the next second.

Taking out the communicator, Su Xiao contacted Zuiyas, but before it connected, the other side cut off the call, which made his eyes narrow. Guessing a possibility, he sat on the bench by the street. Not long after, a tall figure walked over.

"Amu."

Amu spoke. It was Amu who had rushed to Shelter City. As for how Amu in the off-group state woke up, after devouring too many dark creatures, it naturally recovered its sanity, and then rushed to Shelter City according to the message left in the team channel.

On the bench, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja each held a skewer of roasted meat, eating in sync. However, Amu was holding a large bunch, and Su Xiao and Baja would take from it when they finished eating.

A few minutes later, the communicator rang. Su Xiao seemed to have expected it, and naturally picked it up to answer. Zuiyas's low, sneaky voice came from the other side:

"You dog thief, we are hostile. The council suddenly contacted me, and I was so scared my butt almost went cold."

"Oh? The Night Mother and the Underworld God have joined forces."

"You guessed it?"

"For the Night Mother, this is the best choice at present. No need to guess."

"Sigh, our stances are ultimately hostile. How could a devout Night Mother believer like me cooperate with you, the hostile side, again."

"Where is your daughter."

"Damn! Even if the factions are hostile, we are still old friends. Targeting my daughter is too unrighteous, you dog thief."

"Have something to find her for."

"No."

"Don't interfere, the Abyss Lord will arrive in this world soon."

"Ilya is in the 035 city area of Eternal City. The spatial coordinates are..."

Zuiyas reported the specific spatial coordinates. As for faction hostility, stop joking. Zuiyas didn't care about these at all. To put it more directly, he dared to tell Su Xiao where his daughter was, but he absolutely didn't dare to tell any high-level member of the Night Mother faction where his daughter went.

Moreover, the matter of his son obtaining a place in the Myriad Race World at the level of causality still needed Su Xiao to handle.

A Law Breaker teleportation array formed under Su Xiao's feet. The destination: Eternal City.

At this moment, Eternal City, 002 city area, the towering Space Tower emitted a faint azure light. The next second, the Space Tower turned bright red. This was intercepting an unknown incoming teleportation.

Boom!!

The metal shell of the Space Tower shattered. A large number of tentacles in the core part inside twisted painfully, and many exploded directly, with wriggling fragments splashing everywhere.

On the altar of the central sacrificial square, Su Xiao appeared. Because he was interfered with by the Space Tower, he was offset from the original coordinates by some distance, but fortunately, the distance wasn't far.

After arriving at Eternal City, Su Xiao felt a treacherous, deep, and dark oppressive feeling descending from the "God Tower" in the distance. It was the Underworld God.

Su Xiao coming here in person would of course be perceived by the Underworld God. Logically speaking, the follow-up would be a siege on Su Xiao. He took out a contract parchment, and after his body energy outlined Void language characters on it, the contract parchment burned by itself.

A moment later, the oppressive feeling from the Underworld God gradually dissipated until it completely disappeared. Why was this? The reason was that the Underworld God also didn't want the Abyss Lord to descend into this world. Not to mention, this was his base.

As for Su Xiao using this as a lie to deceive the Underworld God, thereby taking the opportunity to do something in Eternal City, this was neither reasonable nor very stupid. The Underworld God wouldn't believe that this opponent was so stupid.

Four figures appeared on the roof of the building diagonally opposite. The one with the strongest aura was wearing a dark red robe. No need to guess, Su Xiao was certain this was one of the Four Original Sins, Slaughter Richmond. Even if the two sides hadn't met before, the remaining three were definitely Lust Inna, Gluttony Quek, and Rage Stein.

Lust Inna was the shortest. Compared to the ten-plus-meter-tall Gluttony, she was just over 1.6 meters, which could be said to be petite. Her ghostly purple eyes flickered, and just as she was about to say something, she was looked at by Slaughter Richmond with a warning. She finally just smiled.

Slaughter Richmond was very wise, because if Lust Inna really spoke disrespectfully, they might really fight today.

A Law Breaker teleportation array formed. First, there was a muffled teleportation sound, followed by a loud bang from the Space Tower in the 036 city area, which made Rage Stein's cheek twitch fiercely. That was the Space Tower in his territory.

Saltwater Hotel, Third Floor.

Knock, knock, knock.

At the same time the knocking sound came, the person had already walked into the room. Ena and Milvi, who had just returned, subconsciously wanted to meet the enemy. After seeing who it was, Ena went "blind" on the spot, while Milvi's expression was astonished, not understanding why this person would appear in Eternal City.

"Uncle Bai Ye, you..."

Before Yelo Ilya could finish her words, she and the person who came disappeared.

On the hotel roof, Su Xiao looked down at Yelo Ilya, which made Ilya a bit panicked.

"Dark Religion, where."

Su Xiao said this and added: "Only look, the scene of the future 1 second."

The reason Su Xiao didn't let Yelo Ilya perceive more was because that might involve the Abyss Gate. That kind of causality volume was not something the current Yelo Ilya could bear.

Throwing the 【Origin Clan Emblem: Rune (1/10)】 to Yelo Ilya, the characteristic of this thing absorbing causality hadn't disappeared yet; it was a life-saving wonder for perceiving the future. Yelo Ilya didn't ask any questions. Her body leaned back slightly, her eyes began to go blank, and a few seconds later, she took a deep breath, her face a bit pale as she gasped for breath.

"In, Beast Town, North."

After saying this, Yelo Ilya sat paralyzed on the ground, exhausted.

"..."

A Spirit Shadow Line in Su Xiao's hand retracted, pulling back the 【Origin Clan Emblem: Rune (1/10)】 from Yelo Ilya's hand. It wasn't stinginess; if he were slightly careless, attracting members of the Rune family because of this thing would be a certain death situation for Zuiyas's daughter.

Su Xiao took out an item and gave it to Yelo Ilya. This was a pitch-black crystal with a worm sealed inside.

【Dead Evil Worm】

Origin: Abyss: Dukain Family.

Quality: Abyss-level.

Usage effect: After activating this worm, it will enter the peak "Dead Evil Worm Body" stage, which is the third form of the Dukain ancestor. This "Dead Evil Worm Body" has no combat consciousness or combat experience of the Dukain ancestor Bain, and has no "Ultimate Evil" ability. It is a violent, murderous, and chaotic twisted monster.

Hint: The "Dead Evil Worm Body" exists for a total of 300 seconds.

"This is, what."

Yelo Ilya held the 【Dead Evil Worm】 with both hands. She was terrified now; the sense of danger this thing gave her was very strong.

"Encountering a fatal danger, throw it out, and then, run as fast as you can."

Using the 【Dead Evil Worm】 was indeed dangerous, but this was a prop notarized by the Reincarnation Paradise. After throwing it out, the user wouldn't become the first target of the "Dead Evil Worm Body," and in the subsequent few minutes, as long as one didn't actively approach the "Dead Evil Worm Body," one wouldn't appear in its perception.

Before promoting to peak Supreme, this item was very useful to Su Xiao, but now it had no effect. Speaking of which, he often kept such one-time props until their value greatly decreased due to his own strengthening.

The reason was that in battles with strong enemies, if Su Xiao dared to be distracted for 0.1 seconds, he might die because of it. So compared to props that weren't 100% stable, he was more accustomed to relying on his own abilities. Next time he got such items, he would prioritize selling them.

A teleportation array formed under Su Xiao's feet. Seeing this, Yelo Ilya climbed up quickly. Although she almost fell on the way, she also moved away from the teleportation array. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang on it barked at Ilya, indicating goodbye, and Yelo Ilya waved back politely.

Hum~

The teleportation array emitted a muffled sound. Not far away, the Space Tower in the 036 city area emitted a loud bang.

In the newly established gloomy cathedral in the Baalgu ruins, hundreds of Dark Religion members gathered here. The leader, Red-Robed Bishop Archer, looked at the looming dark door in front with a fanatical gaze. It would be soon—in a few more days, they could temporarily open the Abyss Gate here.

"Bishop, our consumables are running out..."

Before the old believer could finish half of his words, Red-Robed Bishop Archer said coldly:

"Then go and slaughter all the Shelter Cities near the Dead Sea. That will be enough."

"But..."

The old believer wanted to say something else, but swallowed the words he wanted to say under Red-Robed Bishop Archer's cold gaze.

Suddenly, a sound of breaking wind came from above, as if something was falling.

Boom!

A figure pierced through the ceiling of the cathedral and various defensive techniques, falling among the group of dark believers. The moment the person landed.

"Extreme Blade: World."

Zing!!

A sharp and metallic slashing sound appeared. With the person as the center, the color of the surrounding air became deeper. Every few centimeters, there was a slashing flash point the size of a grain of rice.

The impact of the person falling, coupled with this terrifying range slash, caused the hundreds of Dark Religion believers to all turn into the size of sugar cubes and fly toward the surroundings. Blood mist permeated the surroundings.

Red-Robed Bishop Archer was bleeding all over. Before he could have any reaction, a long blade had already struck.

"Extreme Blade: Star Piercer."

With a click, Red-Robed Bishop Archer was nailed to the looming dark door. Cracks spread rapidly along the position where the long blade pierced. In the second before the dark door shattered, Su Xiao saw over a dozen scarlet eyes arranged in a V-shape in the distant place connected by the darkness.

The two sides looked at each other from afar, which made Su Xiao clearly feel that he and that existence would definitely have a life-and-death battle. This was the inevitable fate after obtaining the 【Origin Stone: World】, unless he died accidentally before that.

Boom!

The dark door shattered completely. From Su Xiao's appearance to destroying this dark door, it took 2.15 seconds in total. And from the time he triggered Main Mission: Third Ring until now, a total of 15 minutes and 26 seconds had passed. Facing danger, one must be so swift and decisive.

After Su Xiao checked the main mission, he received a hint that the main mission: Third Ring had changed. This represented that his crisis was resolved. Conversely, in the Hidden City of Yargul, in the top city area high in the sky, in the mansion courtyard by the lake, the Spider Lady was enjoying afternoon tea. This was a habit she had cultivated in the Great Library, but at this moment, the Spider Lady didn't know that her crisis was coming. ===== CHAPTER 4110 =====