Chapter 4121: Olden Times and Choices

Pitch-black seawater slapped against the beach. Snails washed up on the dim beach extended their flexible bodies from their shells. This part turned outward, revealing the eyeballs they wrapped. Coupled with the fact that the beach was full of these snails, from a distance, the entire coastline was full of eyes.

This was the North Port of "Innsmouth," also known as the Dead Sea Port. The Meteorite Star originally didn't have this sea area, but shortly after becoming a Transcendent Realm, seawater began to overflow here. When the Dead Sea formed, the Olden Ancient Gods who had fallen in the ancient era came here with the Dead Sea.

It could be said that it was the transcendence of the Meteorite Star that gave the Olden God, Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla, the opportunity to awaken today.

At this moment, all the civilians of "Innsmouth" were kneeling on the coastline. As the black seawater washed over their bodies, their Deep Sea Curse became more active, leading to more severe marine biological transformation of their bodies.

The former City Lord of "Innsmouth," Hercules, sat in a daze on the damp black sand. His marine transformation was very severe; his right eye was cloudy like a deep-sea fish, and although his left eye still had a clear pupil, it was very dim.

The efforts of generations of "Innsmouth" City Lords turned to nothing the moment the Olden Dominator awakened. The past construction of "Innsmouth" and foreign trade with various worlds also lost their meaning.

This Olden Dominator would protect its believers. In return, the believers didn't need to have their own thoughts; they only needed to pray every day and swim in the deep sea in their spare time.

The deep sea would provide nutrients to the believers. They were tougher than aquatic plants. Aquatic plants still needed sunlight, but these Sea-Kin were different. Once they came into contact with seawater, they could maintain long lives. Ordinary Sea-Kin could survive for hundreds of years.

Strong bodies, long lives, no need to work, no worries. Of course, it wasn't without drawbacks: they would have no self-thoughts at all. The meaning of their continued existence was only to pray to Ubbo-Sathla and cruise in the deep sea.

This Olden Dominator would naturally protect the believers under its command and would not abandon any believer, because every believer was an asset of this Olden Ancient God.

All the residents of "Innsmouth" were transforming into this situation. Their ancestors and they themselves had used the "Deep Sea Curse" to avoid the weirdness and madness emitted by other Ancient Gods in this world, but everything had a price, just sooner or later.

Sea-Kin who had successfully transformed rose one after another and walked toward the deep sea. Their expressions carried a dull smile. Witnessing the last Sea-Kin slowly walking into the deep sea, a tear stained with blood flowed from the corner of City Lord Hercules's left eye.

He began to hear the call of the deep sea. His consciousness was evaporating, and his brain structure was changing rapidly, becoming more conducive to generating pure faith power during prayer.

The Sea-Kin formerly known as Hercules walked step by step into the sea. On the North Sea ahead, the huge phantom tens of thousands of meters high lowered its eyelids and glanced at this last transformed Sea-Kin, but it was just a glance and didn't care. Whether the will was strong or not, they were all ants.

In fact, this might be the reason why the Law-Breaker lineup and the Evil God system had always been mortal enemies in different eras, whether it was the ancient era or this era. Law-Breakers looked down most on these Evil Gods who viewed all living things as ants. Are gods absolutely supreme? You just have to see if I can beat you and if I can knock you down.

Of course, please do not classify the Law-Breaker camp as a just and friendly camp. The Shadow of the Law-Breaker of the Second Era was indeed a force that left people speechless. The Law-Breaker camp of the Second Era fully embodied the diversity of the strong's personality and the variability of human nature.

A figure over eight meters tall, humanoid overall, with silver-white skin and a long lizard-like tail, walked over. It had a pair of dead fish eyes, five rows of gills on both sides of its neck, thick membranes like webs between the five fingers of its large hands, and seaweed-like hair the thickness of a little finger. On its right upper arm, there was a pitch-black V-shaped mark like a dark burn. This was one of the core members of the Azguk family, the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo.

The Scaleless Sea King Nezmo stopped on the darkness and looked up at the Olden Dominator tens of thousands of meters high. Its head, like a giant octopus, was covered with tentacles on the lower half of its face, hanging down like long whiskers. It had pitch-black but seemingly degenerated black exoskeleton wings on its back, and its arms were covered with tassel-like tentacles, and all the tentacles had many eyes. This ancient Ancient God image was indeed not quite the same as the current era.

The Scaleless Sea King Nezmo pondered for a moment and shouted: "Respected Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla, I come on behalf of 'Azguk'."

After speaking, the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo's chin lifted a bit. He could be polite when negotiating with this former Supreme, but when it involved the family's face, he wouldn't give an inch.

Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla looked down at the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo and did not respond. Seeing this, the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo said loudly:

"You also know that the Heart of the Abyss is about to appear, but it can only belong to 'Azguk'."

"Molu (Ancient Ancient God language, meaning arrogant)."

The voice of Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla made the sea surface tremble one after another.

"So, even if you seize the Heart of the Abyss, are you suitable to restore the Supreme Realm now? With your existence rank, you can feel that the Abyssal Catastrophe is coming. Do you have the confidence to survive this catastrophe?"

These words of the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo made the dark North Sea ahead calm down a bit. Seeing this, the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo continued:

"The chips we give you are the Meteorite Star, and we will end the Doomsday Catastrophe. By then, you can recuperate with the power of the Meteorite Star for an era, restore your power, and wait for the Heart of the Abyss or the Eye of the Elements of the Fourth Era to appear. That is your best choice to return to the Supreme."

These words of the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo made the black sea ahead even calmer. The Scaleless Sea King Nezmo struck while the iron was hot and took out the trump card of this time:

"This is a product of the alchemy civilization of this era. It is not a reward, just a meeting gift from both of us."

The Scaleless Sea King Nezmo took out the "Endless Origin." Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla, who overlooked all this, finally had some changes in aura.

Deep blue tentacles spread over and rolled away the "Endless Origin" thrown by the Scaleless Sea King.

A moment later, this item appeared at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, shrouded by slender tentacles. The tentacles surged with devouring power, and the origin power belonging to the Peak Ancient God inside the "Endless Origin" was sucked out.

"Puyong (Ancient Ancient God language, translated as Night)."

Deep blue tentacles wrapped around the "Endless Origin," and the sea surface where the Deep Sea Master was located completely calmed down, representing that it was very satisfied with this item and indeed began to consider cooperating with "Azguk." In the ancient era, it had clashed with this family—Fish Family, Bronze, and Dark-Swallowing were the three major Abyssal descendants of the ancient era.

The Deep Sea Master didn't immediately absorb the origin power inside the "Endless Origin." Its tentacles sank into the surrounding world. Just at this time, cracks suddenly appeared on the "Endless Origin" in front of it.

Boom!

The "Endless Origin" ruptured, and massive Ancient God origin power spilled out, revealing a sealing ball. The sealing ball seemed to have triggered some pre-set mechanism and also shattered with a bang. A bright red eyeball appeared in the air, and liquid like withered blood dripped from this eyeball.

Seeing this, the pitch-black seawater under Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla boiled suddenly, but it was too late; the "Olden Eye" was too close to it.

After a bright red afterimage flashed, Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla's right eye turned bright red. One might ask, why was this Original Sin item called the "Olden Eye"? The reason was that its most suitable hosts were the Ancient Gods of the ancient era. The Ancient Gods of that time were more often called Olden Gods, and the Evil Gods among them were also called Olden Dominators.

Another point was that Su Xiao's Sealing Studies were indeed strong, but not to the point of being so smooth in sealing the "Olden Eye." The Original Sin item's understanding of the outside world couldn't be called wisdom, but a cognitive system different from living beings.

In the cognitive judgment before the "Olden Eye," that Law-Breaker was definitely not a good host. And after discovering that the Law-Breaker was preparing to seal it and send it to an Olden Ancient God, the "Olden Eye" chose to wait. Compared to the weak Sealing Master Turin Heita, who couldn't squeeze out any more oil, that unknown Olden Ancient God seemed better?

At this moment, it was clear that the "Olden Eye" expressed that this newly awakened Olden Dominator was really good. If the opponent were in its peak period, or had completed state recuperation after awakening, it would indeed not have been so easy to parasitize, but now...

"Roar!!"

Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla, with a giant hand made of tentacles, covered its right eye with one hand and smashed forward with the other.

The Scaleless Sea King Nezmo did not dodge, seemingly not wanting to release any power lest he be targeted by that Original Sin item.

After a loud noise that resounded through half of the Meteorite Star, the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo and the coastline where he was located turned into grayish-blue residue-like mottled crystals, evaporating rapidly.

Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla, covering its right eye, stared at the position where the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo died with its single eye. It couldn't be wrong; this must be the resurrection from the dead of the Abyssal descendants, coupled with that fishy smell from the seabed, it must be a member of the Fish Family.

The newly awakened Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla couldn't be said to be completely ignorant of the situation in this world, but it was certainly looking at flowers through the fog.

But this was not important. Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla only needed to be clear about one point: compared to this so-called Fish Family plot, if it were parasitized by this "Olden Eye," which had been notorious since the ancient era, and thus severely damaged, then who would be the biggest beneficiary?

Yes, it was the current owner of this world. Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla would almost certainly seize the Meteorite Star. This was a step it had to take if it wanted to restore its former Supreme posture.

Ubbo-Sathla determined that this matter was not done by the Fish Family; it was the means of the Lord of this world.

Boom!!

The black sea surged angrily. After awakening, Ubbo-Sathla felt the "God Tower" located in the center of this world, suppressing the world core. The Lord of this world must be there.

And at this moment, the "Olden Eye" had just parasitized, which was also the stage when the parasitized person's power was most vigorous. Ubbo-Sathla had clashed with such Olden Gods in the past. In the past, the opponent was not its match, but that time it was only a little weaker.

The entire black sea surged, submerging Innsmouth and Beast Town. Not long after, it submerged the Dream Castle that had just returned to this world.

What followed were ruins and ancient cities, until the black sea surged and slapped against the north wall of the "Eternal City: Or." A total of 1295 large ancient cities, more than 300 ruins, and more than 500 gathering places, former Shelter Cities, hideouts, etc., were submerged by the black sea, but not a single intelligent living being was submerged. This ghost place of the Meteorite Star was just like this.

Coupled with the fact that the "Shelter City" and "Hidden City" were becoming safer, some small cities that were struggling to survive simply moved away, and most of them went to the "Hidden City." The Yarg School indeed had this reputation among the civilians of this world.

Boom!!

The angry waves slapped against the high wall of the "Eternal City: Or." The Olden Dominator, tens of thousands of meters high, overlooked this big city.

Yes, Su Xiao never thought that Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla would go to trouble the Fish Family because of this, because the Pluto, who had a direct conflict of interest with it, had more motivation to do this.

As for whether it was done by the Pluto, this was not important. Would the Pluto explain to Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla? When the two sides met, there was only one possibility: the new and old strongest Ancient Gods would have a big battle. Not to mention, this conflict was a matter of time.

In Su Xiao's view, the best result was that one died and one was injured in this battle, and the "Olden Eye" would take the opportunity to target the injured one. Of course, this was too idealistic, so Su Xiao's plan goal was for Deep Sea Master Ubbo-Sathla and the Pluto to fight to the death, which was a good start.

The Pluto would inevitably investigate this matter later. When the causality-system wizard manifested the "historical scene" on the coastline, the Pluto would basically determine that this was the Fish Family or the Law-Breaker interfering.

The Fish Family was more suspicious because that historical scene really had no flaws. No matter how you looked at it, it was the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo himself.

Even Ubbo-Sathla, who negotiated directly, didn't see the clues of the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo. Such a historical scene was even less likely to be seen. As for letting the causality-system trace back the historical scene related to Su Xiao, the original words of the causality-system would definitely be:

"If you want to kill me, just do it directly, no need to be so subtle."

Regardless, the subsequent melee between the Pluto Temple, Ubbo-Sathla, and the Fish Family gradually evolving into a chaotic battle was almost a certainty. Keep restraint? Don't be whimsical. Moon Witch, Demon Old Woman, Lord of the Underworld, Di Luo—none of them would just watch; they would constantly fan the flames.

Never think that the Peak Team and the Pluto Team were reliable allies. When the situation changed to be subtle enough, Moon Witch, Demon Old Woman, Lord of the Underworld, and Di Luo were not unlikely to join forces, because if the Pluto Temple, Ubbo-Sathla, and the Fish Family fought in a chaotic battle, they would all be beneficiaries.

More importantly, Ubbo-Sathla, who was entangled by the Original Sin item, would not let it go. It had already been framed. Subsequent "Olden Eyes" would inevitably devour massive resources, otherwise, it would constantly absorb its origin power.

If it seized the "Meteorite Star," the bone-sucking extraction of the "Meteorite Star" would not only balance the devouring of the "Olden Eye" but also have nearly half of the extra wealth used for it to restore its own strength.

The Pluto's side was that the "Heart of the Abyss" hadn't been seized yet, so how could it give up the "Meteorite Star"? All previous promises about the Meteorite Star were based on one premise: get the "Heart of the Abyss" first.

And at this time, the Fish Family would also be drumming in their hearts. What exactly did the Arcane Eternal Star mean? Could it be that they had also talked to other Abyssal descendants here?

You must know that the Fish Family was not the only choice of the Arcane Eternal Star. Rune and the Collective were not yet completely loyal to the contemporary Lord of the Abyss. After all, the previous Lord of the Abyss didn't fall; it was unknown whether it was dead or alive.

What made the Fish Family feel even more uneasy was that they hadn't exposed any traces this time. In order to avoid the prediction of the causality-system, they even brought the sealing items of the family's past generations. In the current situation, it was hard not to suspect whether one of the three high-level officials of the Arcane Eternal Star had used the Fish Family to do something. These spellcasters who were at the end of their rope could do anything.

In the final analysis, Su Xiao's layout had only two words that were most difficult to break:

Interest.

No one would be willing to sacrifice their own interests to compensate for others' losses. As for whether the Scaleless Sea King Nezmo at that time was disguised by someone else, was that still important?

In the afternoon of that day, with the black sea occupying nearly half of the Meteorite Star as the battlefield, a chaotic battle was about to break out.

At this moment, the culprit of all this was located in the "Land of All Living Things: Tenth Floor," sitting cross-legged on a canoe. He broke away from meditation and took out a walnut-sized, translucent-textured, heavy-feeling skill stone, which was the "Extreme Realm Master Power" skill stone.

【"Extreme Realm Master Power: According to the current 'Technique Potential Upper Limit,' significantly improve the currently mastered technique-system abilities (can improve Blade Master, Melee Master, Blood Spear Master)."】

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Su Xiao's current "Technique Potential Upper Limit +3355 points" was not far from being fully upgraded. But if he upgraded further, all Supreme Attributes would break through 800 points.

Unless forced, Su Xiao would not obtain two "Extreme Realm Passives" at once. This not only had the risk of death but could also lead to "squeezing" between the two powerful abilities.

Compared to pursuing the extreme boost of "Extreme Realm Master Power," improving himself as soon as possible was more important. Even if the "Olden Eye" plan succeeded, it was ultimately a delaying tactic. To seize the "Heart of the Abyss," he still had to have hard power, otherwise, it would only benefit others.

As Su Xiao injected a small amount of vitality into the "Extreme Realm Master Power" skill stone, this skill stone gradually melted, sank into the flesh and blood of his right arm, and spread toward the bones.

Plop~

On the boundless lake of soul energy, a figure fell from the lonely boat and sank into the soul lake.

Five hours later, Su Xiao, lying at the bottom of the lake, suddenly opened his eyes. For a moment, he seemed to have seen the power at the extreme point of the Technique Master. Although there was still some distance, it was no longer out of reach. Swimming back to the canoe and sitting on it, he checked the "Blade Master" that had completed its upgrade.

【Blade Master: Lv. EX (Technique/Passive)】

Skill Effect: Blade weapon damage tier +3500 (increased by 500), blade weapon slashing power judgment tier +3500 (increased by 500), blade weapon armor-breaking judgment tier +3500 (increased by 500).

Hint: The above boost range has reached the absolute limit of "Blade Master."

Soul-Severing Strength: 220 points (increased by 50 points).

Heart of Extreme Blade: 1/1.

Hint: When HP is below 1%, each Heart of Blade can block one "fatal attack."

Lv. EX Ultimate Ability: Extreme Realm/Star Realm (Transcendent-level/Passive). You fully release your Technique Master's might, affecting the Star Realm operation within a 20,000-meter range (increased by 19,000 meters), letting it enter the "Star Realm Solidification" state for 5 seconds (due to subsequent related upgrades, 4 seconds of duration of the Star Realm has been absorbed). During this period, you can "Limited Dominate" this area, thereby permanently seizing one ability of a strong enemy (any ability except peak abilities), and through the Star Realm transformation of this area, convert its ability into your temporary "Life Core." And after the "Star Realm Solidification" ends, the enemy whose ability has been permanently stripped will fall into a 2~3 second "Absolute Weakness."

Hint: When the target within "Star Realm Solidification" is not a strong enemy and the comprehensive rank is lower than yours, all abilities will be permanently seized. This behavior will cause a super-high probability of immediate death, or you can perform "Absolute Domination" on such targets through the "Limited Domination" of the Star Realm area. Targets subject to "Absolute Domination" will definitely die after 48~72 hours.

Hint: The temporary "Life Core" will only exist for 24 hours. If it is not shattered within 24 hours, it will shatter by itself.

Hint: When an enemy causes damage to you and your HP reaches the "Life Core" trigger threshold, the "Temporary Life Core" will be consumed first.

Hint: Everyone's "Star Realm" ability, except for the "Star Realm Stagnation" effect, has different derivative effects.

Hint: The derivative characteristics of "Star Realm" can only be improved by consuming the duration upper limit of "Extreme Realm/Star Realm."

Hint: The next stage advancement characteristic of the current "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" is that when "Star Realm Solidification" occurs, if the enemy is in a state without a "Life Core," you can permanently seize the enemy's peak ability! After purification through "Star Realm System Power," it forms your permanent "Life Core," which can form 1~? cores, depending on the strength of the enemy's "Peak Ability."

Hint: Completing this advancement requires consuming 5 seconds of the "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" duration.

Hint: It can only be used once every natural day, which is the extreme usage interval derived from this characteristic.

Although there had been no actual combat, the terrifying degree of the current "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" had achieved further integration of offense and defense. Su Xiao currently had seven "Life Cores," which was already a very outrageous number, especially if combined with "Temporary Life Cores," especially at the critical moment of life and death.

After another advancement, he would have a skill that could permanently seize others' "Peak Abilities." After that, unless they were mortal enemies who had to fight to the death, they wouldn't easily clash with him.

In addition, this was not the limit of "Extreme Realm/Star Realm." When this ability was powerful to the extreme, could it seize multiple abilities of an enemy at once and turn them into temporary "Life Cores"?

However, Su Xiao was a bit curious about one thing: to what extent would the "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" ability of the Supreme Person be powerful?

With this upgrade, Su Xiao clearly knew that simply stacking the duration of "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" was not enough; he also needed a sufficiently powerful "Star Realm Characteristic." The duration of "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" could cancel each other out, but what about the characteristics between them? Heaven knows how terrifying the "Star Realm Characteristic" of the Supreme Person was.

Regarding the duration of "Extreme Realm/Star Realm," Su Xiao had a way in this regard:

【"Time Dominator (Passive): The duration of 'Star Realm Solidification' caused by the 'Extreme Realm/Star Realm' ability +1 second."】

If the "Shadow Hunter" ability awakened this time was really generating "Soul Energy Crystals," then for a period of time in the future, the duration improvement of "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" would tend to be stable.

【Melee Master: Lv. EX (Technique/Passive)】

Skill Effect: Kick damage tier +3600 (increased by 35), physical toughness increased by 100%.

Hint: The above boost range has reached the absolute limit of "Melee Master."

Power Penetration/Kick Enhancement: A total of twenty-five times (increased by five times).

Lv. EX Ultimate Ability/Power Penetration/Kick Twenty-Five Enhancement (Supreme-level/Passive): After your "Kick" hits an enemy, the enemy will be temporarily kicked to shatter "Causality" and "Fate," causing the enemy to forget themselves for a short time afterward.

Warning: Please do not use this to attack your own contractors/hunters/employees.

The straight kick accumulated all the way to this point was becoming more and more outrageous. With one kick, the enemy was not only turned into light, but after stopping the backward flight, they would immediately fall into the classic triple: Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do?

【Blood Spear Master: Lv. EX (Technique Passive)】

Skill Effect: Blood Qi attack tier +1920 (increased by 120), any Blood Qi system attack will reduce 95% of all enemy defense.

Blood Qi Strength: 4600 points (increased by 70 points).

Basic Effect: Every time a "Life Core" is shattered, all your melee attack damage increases by 20% until the end of the battle.

Lv. EX Ultimate Ability: Annihilation Blood Spear (Supreme-level/Passive). Consume 90% of Blood Qi value to immediately construct an "Annihilation Blood Spear" for melee combat. This "Annihilation Blood Spear" possesses the "Absolute Piercing" characteristic. When piercing the enemy's main position (torso or more vital position) with this "Annihilation Blood Spear," it causes super-huge damage while definitely shattering one of the enemy's "Life Cores."

One spear to explode a "Life Core"—the current "Annihilation Blood Spear" was definitely a T0-level ability among those he had mastered.

Cooperating with "Extreme Realm/Star Realm" as a trump card, the enemy's execution line was increased from 30% of the "Total HP" without a Life Core to one Life Core + 30% of the "Total HP."

This upgrade was so huge because the strength of "Extreme Realm Master Power" was very high. In fact, it was more than that. Su Xiao's "Technique Potential Upper Limit +3355 points" accounted for a larger proportion of this upgrade. Who else would stack the "Technique Potential Upper Limit" so high?

Of course, it wasn't without a price. Su Xiao checked the current "Technique Potential Upper Limit," which had changed from +3355 to +0. "Extreme Realm Master Power" was not created out of thin air; it consumed so much potential to have such an upgrade.

In this regard, Su Xiao felt it was so worth it. Otherwise, his "Technique Potential Upper Limit" would be reaching its limit soon. Now that it was cleared, he could continue to improve it with "Origin of Power." Each time it would increase by about 600 points, and it would improve very quickly.

【Your All Supreme Attributes have reached 700 points. You can choose from the following "Passive Characteristics."】

【Important Hint: This choice is extremely important and will concern your combat style in the late stage of the Peak Realm. You need to choose with the most cautious attitude.】

1. Hegemon Power/Extreme Destruction (Passive): Your "Supreme Power" is developed and utilized to the extreme, so your physical combat power is your "Supreme Power" attribute × 4.85 times (this bonus only calculates the highest value, and the difficulty of improvement will increase significantly).

2. Absolute God Speed (Passive): Every 5 seconds, you can perform a God Speed of current "Supreme Agility" × 7.5 times.

3. Life Force/Sublimation (Passive): Current "Life Core" quantity +3, and let the "Life Core" obtain the additional characteristic "Soul Recovery." After the "Life Core" is shattered, it will not only restore "any physical damage" but also restore "soul damage."

4. Extreme Transcendent (Passive): "Super-massive" increase in your Elemental Affinity.

【Hint: Because this is the "Extreme Realm Passive" derived from your 700 points of "All Supreme Attributes," as an "Extreme Realm System," you can choose two from the above upgrades as your upgrade this time.】 ===== CHAPTER 4122 =====