Chapter 4153: Banishment

In terms of strategy, the Priest won, but the problem now was that the Priest seemed to be on the verge of dying.

After pondering for a moment, the Priest made a decision: he must not continue to hide in the exclusive room. The longer he held these eight original sin items, the deeper the causality bound to them would be. If he really waited for more than 50 hours and was forced to leave Dawn Paradise, then he would have no chance at all.

Now, every second that passed, the chance of a desperate comeback decreased by one point. The Priest soon found a line of thought. Although it was a guess, he was very sure that these "original sin items" were unwilling to be sealed. So, could it be considered that he and these original sin items temporarily had a common enemy?

Click~

The Priest pressed the stopwatch. He gave himself a final 30 seconds to weigh whether the conceived method of breaking the deadlock could be realized.

This was the longest 30 seconds the Priest had ever experienced. But when the stopwatch rang with a crisp sound, he immediately applied to Dawn Paradise with his own authority to teleport to a designated location. The teleportation array formed under the Priest's feet, and the location he went to was... the Arcane Eternal Star.

Inside the empty "Void Grand Library" of the Arcane Eternal Star, the bookshelves here had been cleared, leaving only a huge library that could not be seen to the end.

This place was covered with spell arrays. Su Xiao stood at the center of these arrays, holding the "Book of Original Sin" which no longer contained any original sin items. Just at this time, teleportation fluctuations appeared in front. A figure dressed in black priest attire, with slightly graying hair and a twisted cross around his neck, appeared. It was the Priest.

As soon as the Priest appeared, eight types of original sin items suddenly appeared behind him. Such huge original sin causality should have caused the Priest to die instantly, but the "Complete Taboo Mark" on the back of his right hand lit up with a faint light. "Initial Death" retreated, and the "Taboo Mark" naturally changed into a non-characteristic state.

The "Taboo Mark" on the Priest's hand actually began to evaporate. With Dawn Paradise's notarization tier for this item, it should not have allowed this item to evaporate; at most, it should have allowed it to enter a recovery state. The problem was that the "Abyss Campaign" had entered notarization, with the Tree of the Void as the main body of notarization, and the notarization power of the current six major Paradise factions was fully activated, carrying out notarization to the greatest extent on various worlds in the Star Realm.

In this way, after a series of judgments by Dawn Paradise, the "Taboo Mark" entered a temporary abandonment state. If this "Taboo Mark" still existed after the Abyss Campaign, then the previous notarization would be restored.

The Priest wanted this short opportunity. He shed layers of gray-white skin due to the invasion of original sin causality. These withered and gray skin dander gave people a sense of physiological and psychological discomfort. He raised his hand, pointing his index finger at Su Xiao:

"Lost, lam..."

Before the Priest's words could be uttered, he discovered that all the arrays under Su Xiao's feet had been activated.

Boom!

In just an instant, the Arcane Eternal Star where the two were located officially entered the stage of collapse. The reason for this was that Su Xiao used the spell arrays here to carry out a large-scale Abyssal sacrifice. The target of the sacrifice was the entire Arcane Eternal Star. From the perspective of causal destiny, his act of destroying the Spellcaster faction meant he had completely taken down the Arcane Eternal Star. Naturally, at the causal level, he had the qualification to sacrifice this place.

Coupled with the Arcane Eternal Star being in a state of elemental exhaustion, the Abyssal power here went a step further. With Su Xiao's level of Abyssal studies, coupled with using the "Contract Method" as the core of the sacrificial spell array, he could naturally achieve all this.

There was an iron rule in the contract: the greater the thing paid, the greater the constraint. After converting with the sacrificial spell array, it meant the more sacrificed, the greater the benefit brought.

Sacrificed item: Arcane Eternal Star.

Sacrifice gain: Banishment.

Banish the Priest? Of course not. Su Xiao and the Priest had many intersections, this was true, but the causality between the two sides had not reached the point where they could banish each other without reason. Therefore, what Su Xiao banished were the original sin causalities of the eight major original sin items: Collector, Necronomicon, Scarlet Scepter, Sun Mask, Underworld Bone Ring, Soul Crown, Fate Coin, and Old Day Eye. Note that it was banishing the original sin causality, not the original sin items themselves. This was very important.

At this moment, these eight "Big Daddy-level original sin items" had to face one of the following two choices.

Continue to entangle the Priest in causality and be banished together.

Return to the former holder, Su Xiao, and shed the shell from this banishment. Ultimately, Su Xiao did not banish the eight original sin items themselves, but their current original sin causality—the original sin causality in the state of them entangling the Priest.

With a bang, the Priest's right arm pointing at Su Xiao exploded, turning into ceramic-like matter and scattering. After landing, these fragments were still evaporating with wisps of white death aura.

Collector, Necronomicon, Scarlet Scepter, Sun Mask, Underworld Bone Ring, Soul Crown, Fate Coin, and Old Day Eye all broke free from the causal connection with the Priest and returned to the former holder, Su Xiao. The "Book of Original Sin" flipped open with a rustle. Although these Big Daddy-level original sin items were unwilling, Su Xiao's choice of the banishment location was indeed too wicked.

Behind the Priest, the shells left by the eight original sin items all sank into the Priest's back. This was the unified and tacit approach of the eight original sin items. If not for this, they could not shake off this banishment.

In this way, it appeared that the banishment that was originally for eight original sin items was instantly concentrated on one person—the Priest. With a boom, a chaotic vortex over ten meters high appeared behind the Priest. He had just recovered from the invasion of original sin causality when he was suddenly sucked in front of the chaotic vortex.

With a snap, the Priest's left hand, which had turned into claws, stabbed into the empty world space. His body below the waist had already been sucked into the chaotic vortex. Seeing the Priest's facial features begin to swell, his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose all bulged, bursting open like a cocoon, and the upper bodies of one Priest after another crawled out from inside.

The space where the Priest's body claws had just stabbed shattered with a bang. This caused those Priests who had just grown vortex suction to be swallowed by more than half. An astonishing and creepy scene appeared: the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose of each newborn Priest also began to bulge with pus. After breaking open, new Priests crawled out, and their bodies grew rapidly, stretching the original body to distortion.

The Priest thus began to constantly be reborn, resisting the absorption of the chaotic vortex. If one could see the Priest's complete appearance now, one would find that he was like a twisted, huge, hyperplastic snake.

When the Priest was reborn for the hundredth time, his head suddenly broke open, and a Priest who was unprecedentedly complete made a move to crawl out of the chaotic vortex, but suddenly.

Splat!

The tentacle-like strongest backstab weapon in the Star Realm, "Spit," pierced through the Priest's back neck and broke out from the right eye that had been parasitized by original sin causality. Coupled with the fact that this banishment was not aimed at "Spit," "Spit" took the opportunity to break free.

The betrayal of "Spit" became the final funeral play for the Priest. In his remaining single eye, there was no unwillingness, only calmness. Before everything ended completely, the Priest would always remain calm.

The chaotic vortex closed, and the Priest's aura disappeared completely. The gloomy weather originally, the gray clouds above were dispersed by the chaotic power. A ray of sunlight shone down, shining on a large area of gray-white skin dander. These skin dander gradually evaporated and finally disappeared completely.

A badge in Su Xiao's hand lost its luster. It was before the banishment started that he used the 【Scarlet Badge】 on the Priest.

Everything was in a state of foggy blur. There was no gravity, no air, not even matter. Even the causal system was chaotic and disordered. The order of time lost its meaning here, and the connection of causality was intermittent. Everywhere he looked, except for granular chaotic matter floating, there was nothing else.

The Priest, who only had his upper body left, suddenly opened his eyes. His first reaction was to deal with the violent invasion from the distant Abyss, or the scorching light erosion of the elemental area. But the scene that met his eyes made his heart, which had already died halfway, die completely.

But suddenly, the Priest sensed an item in his bosom. After taking it out, he discovered it was the "Nightmare Brain Marrow." This item burrowed into his flesh and was banished here with him, which made a smile appear on the Priest's face.

Five years later, the Priest finally adapted to the environment here.

Two hundred years later, the severely alienated Priest had already begun to drift here.

Six hundred years later, the Priest touched the edge of the distant Abyss for the first time.

Two thousand three hundred years later, the Priest returned to the Star Realm and took back "Initial Death." In the same year, he successfully integrated into the death of the Star Realm with Initial Death, thereby becoming an "Extra-Dimensional Alien Existence."

!!

The Priest, who only had his upper body left, suddenly opened his eyes. A crack appeared on the pupil of his left eye. The two thousand-plus years that had just passed seemed to be only an instant, but for the Priest, it was a true experience of every minute and every second.

Sensing all this, it was just a phantom feeling after time distortion. The Priest raised his hand, preparing to dig out his own brain with his bare hands, suppressing the continuation of this thinking from a physical level. But just as he raised his hand, he saw an eye in his palm.

This time, the Priest did not fall into a time illusion again. He entered silence on his own. Time began to pass. After a full 6,700-plus years, the Priest floating in the chaos trembled his eyelids and opened his single eye. With a snap, a crack appeared on his pupil again.

Just like this, for the Priest personally, the flow of time began to become more and more violent. Thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years, millions of years. In the end, the Priest began to experience the terrifying passage of hundreds of millions of years.

Snap!

The third, fourth, and even fifth crack appeared on the Priest's pupil. When time lost its concept in feeling, thinking would begin to stagnate. In a normal environment, the restart of thinking only needed the awakening of consciousness. But in the chaotic zone, once thinking began to stop, it would begin to freeze.

Click click click~

The Priest's body began to harden, turning into inorganic matter. The hundreds of millions of years of thinking time actually only passed 10 seconds. The Priest's thinking stopped at this moment, and stopped forever.

The Priest floated slowly toward the distance of the chaotic zone. He had always used the identity of a shepherd to describe others as lost lambs. But in the end, the one who was lost to the endless distance was this shepherd himself.

The teleportation feeling faded, and Su Xiao returned to the exclusive room of Reincarnation Paradise.

This decisive battle with the Arcane Eternal Star was not as evenly matched as previously expected. It was both because the final enemy was not the Arcane Eternal Star but the Abyssal faction, and because Su Xiao had unintentionally embarked on the dangerous but powerful path of the Extreme Realm system.

If he developed according to the rules, the decisive battle between Su Xiao and the Arcane Eternal Star would inevitably be the major forces of the Star Realm besieging the Arcane Eternal Star, and he would be the main force. In this way, it also meant that the limit he could reach would likely be the Supreme tier, rather than the possibility of challenging the Highest, or even defeating the Highest.

【Hint: You have eliminated the rule-breaker Priest. You have obtained the "Heavy Scarlet Treasure Chest."】

Su Xiao sat on the single sofa, consulting his own status with his current hunter authority. He didn't want to be schemed against by this old guy, the Priest, before he died.

Now that he had finally completely eliminated this hard-to-kill old guy, whether it was the death battle with the Abyss Lord or the final battle, he didn't need to worry about being schemed against. This kind of battle where one could stake everything was bound to be extremely enjoyable.

Su Xiao took out a bottle of elemental fine wine, pulled out the cork, and drank several large gulps. Compared to the previous year's elemental fine wine, the new generation of wine had a bit more mellowness. Coupled with the more stable elemental power of the Eternal Light World, the elemental fine wine had a bit of a sweet aftertaste.

Throwing the remaining half bottle to Am, Am drank it all in gulps. Checking Am's attributes, he found that all of Am's abilities had disappeared, leaving only one "Gluttony Original Sin" ability, and this ability was still in the awakening stage.

Am's improvement saved resources, or rather, even if he wanted to spend resources, there was nowhere to spend them, because the only way for Am to continue to improve the Gluttony Original Sin was to swallow the flesh and blood of Abyssal creatures. The "Abyss Campaign" that was about to start was undoubtedly an opportunity for Am to improve himself.

The 【Heavy Scarlet Treasure Chest】 was placed on the coffee table, and Su Xiao chose to open it.

【You have obtained a strong cursed item (due to the item's characteristics, it will be defaulted to the used state after acquisition).】

【You have obtained the Calamity Curse Book (due to the item's characteristics, it will be defaulted to the used state after acquisition).】

【You have obtained the Suffering Blood Ring (due to the item's characteristics, it will be defaulted to the used state after acquisition).】

【You have obtained the Ring of Death (due to the item's characteristics, it will be defaulted to the used state after acquisition).】

【You have obtained the Despair Curse (due to the item's characteristics, it will be defaulted to the used state after acquisition).】

【You have obtained the Dark Filthy Blood (due to the item's characteristics, it will be defaulted to the used state after acquisition).】

A total of 35 "surprises" including curse + darkness + despair + evil curse + death resentment + death poison, etc., could really make 99.9% of box openers die on the spot. This was clearly something the Priest had considered: if someone could really kill him, he would leave a "surprise" for the other party.

This old guy was truly insidious.

It was a pity that he met an outrageous guy who sealed eight "Big Daddy-level original sin items." Yes, after going around in circles, the "Old Day Eye" finally ended up in the "Book of Original Sin." Fortunately, Su Xiao's sealing studies had reached 96, and the tenth page of the "Book of Original Sin" had been formed.

Besides this, before the "Abyss Campaign" started, Su Xiao prepared to go to the Soul Grand Library, both to exchange for that 【Covenant Item】 and to ask the Ancient One if there was any way to improve the "Book of Original Sin" to ensure nothing went wrong.

【Content omitted for brevity.】

For these cursed items, Su Xiao chose to sell them all to the Tree of the Void. This was one of the most important permissions he obtained after the "Abyss Campaign" started: "Parity Sale Permission."

After the comprehensive notarization of the "Abyss Campaign" started, all contractors obtained permissions related to "Space-Time Power" and learned one point: this was one of the two core resources of this campaign. The other was Merit Points.

For low-tier contractors, even 0.001 ounces of Space-Time Power was very precious, because this thing could be directly exchanged for attribute points, real attribute points, or Paradise Coins/Soul Coins, etc., within their respective Paradise factions.

"Space-Time Power" was very important in the Abyss Campaign. When the Abyss Campaign started, Abyssal power would invade continuously, and each major battlefield and secondary battlefield had a corresponding "Abyss Purification Device" for its tier. This was established and notarized by the Tree of the Void.

The operation of the Abyss Purification Device would continuously consume a large amount of "Space-Time Power."

Once the Abyss Purification Device was destroyed, the concentration of Abyssal energy in the world would soar rapidly. In this way, it would be almost impossible to defend against the offensive of the Abyssal faction.

By then, the friendly position would be composed of "Abyss Purification Devices" with huge volume. The "Abyss Purification Device" at the base camp would be even larger. As long as the base camp of the war zone was not broken through, the "Abyss Purification Device" would not be in danger.

Simply put, all participating contractors, as long as they obtained "Space-Time Power," could return to their respective Paradises to improve themselves during the rest time after changing shifts. And the "Space-Time Power" collected by the friendly Paradise faction, except for maintaining resource consumption during the campaign, would all be invested in the operation consumption of the "Abyss Purification Device."

This situation caused "Space-Time Power" to stop circulating. It was not that the Tree of the Void or the major Paradise factions prohibited it, but that no contractor would transfer this thing. On the Abyssal battlefield, "Space-Time Power" was equal to combat power improvement, and strength was equal to a greater possibility of surviving. They would inevitably submit "Space-Time Power" to their own Paradise in exchange for resources to become stronger.

In a situation where "Space-Time Power" was so important, why did Su Xiao have such an outrageous permission as "Parity Sale Permission"? That was because.

The Group Leader was the commander of the Void war zone, that is, guarding the largest "Abyss Purification Device" in the core war zone. And looking at the current combat power ranking of the Star Realm, Su Xiao was under the Group Leader. Under normal circumstances, he would also be on the core battlefield, ready to reinforce the major war zones of the few Transcendent Worlds at any time.

The simple logic was that the stronger Su Xiao was, the safer the "Abyss Purification Devices" in the few major war zones would be. First, they had to hold on so that the "Abyss Purification Devices" could continue to operate. If they couldn't hold on, even if they retained more "Space-Time Power," it would be meaningless.

If it weren't for the absolute restriction of the initial regulations, Su Xiao would likely have obtained a large sum of Space-Time Power when he became the "Strongest Reinforcement Squad Leader."

As for the selling price of "Parity Sale Permission," that had to be evaluated by Benny. She was professional in this regard. After Benny evaluated it with various general materials, compared to selling to chambers of commerce and other Supreme contractors in the past, the price was about 5%–5% lower.

This was a very good result. Now, don't mention Space-Time Power in the major gathering places. At least before the Abyss Campaign started, Space-Time Power would not circulate in the major gathering places.

The opening of the "Heavy Scarlet Treasure Chest" continued. Various items appeared one after another. Su Xiao sold the ones he felt he couldn't use directly.

【You have obtained "Nightmare Brain Marrow."】

【You have obtained Tree of the Void Task Promotion Permission x1.】

【Nightmare Brain Marrow】 was a partial residue of an Extra-Dimensional Alien Existence. For Su Xiao, this thing was harmful and had no benefit, so he sold it directly to the Tree of the Void. However, he received a notification:

【Your Tree of the Void Reputation +129 points.】

Su Xiao's Tree of the Void Reputation reached an astonishing 130 points for the first time. Subsequently, he felt that his Tree of the Void Reputation should gradually increase. Of course, if there was only an opportunity to operate a large sum of Space-Time Power, he certainly couldn't miss it. At worst, he would be diligent later and reinforce the major battlefields a few more times, and the Tree of the Void Reputation would be pulled up.

It went without saying how complex the judgment of Su Xiao, this overlord unit, would be in the subsequent notarization of the Tree of the Void. Other people's Tree of the Void Reputation was a line that continued to rise or continued to fall. His directly became an "ECG of Reputation," and the span of the upper and lower range would be very large.

Su Xiao directly used the 【Tree of the Void Task Promotion Permission】 to promote the "Abyss Task: Guardian." Subsequently, he would certainly keep this task hanging to stably obtain Space-Time Power. When the "Abyss Task: Guardian" was completed and improved, the task completion degree of this Abyssal task would reach 800%, just like "Death Endowment."

"Abyss Task: Death Endowment: Eliminate at least Supreme-level 'Immortal Abyssal Proliferator' and 'Abyssal Descendant' to obtain the corresponding amount of task completion degree."

"Abyss Task: Guardian: Eliminate Abyssal enemies to obtain the corresponding amount of task completion degree."

The opening of the Scarlet Treasure Chest ended. The last item obtained made Su Xiao feel extraordinary. It should have been something the Priest spent a lot of money to get, which was:

"Dawn Ring: This equipment is damaged and awaiting repair."

Su Xiao tossed the 【Dawn Ring】 in his hand. With his appreciation for equipment, he felt that this thing was bound to be extraordinary. The highest equipment grade of Reincarnation Paradise was "Reincarnation Grade," and Dawn Paradise's was of course "Dawn Grade." Because Dawn Paradise had not been revived for long, there was no equipment that could make the list among "Dawn Grade" equipment yet, but this did not mean there wasn't one before.

This gave Su Xiao a guess: could this equipment named 【Dawn Ring】 be one of the top few pieces of "Dawn Grade" equipment in the past? Even the strongest one? If it were repaired...

Su Xiao didn't know many blacksmiths, just four: Reed, and the three strongest legendary blacksmiths in the current Star Realm. Moreover, whether it was the Dwarf King, the Demon Blacksmith, or the Molten Giant, they all had deep friendships with him.

The Priest's Scarlet Treasure Chest didn't open any general resources. It had been a while since the world progress of the Meteorite Star ended. The Priest had long since converted all kinds of gains into his own strength. This situation was normal. As for the Priest's equipment, the Priest's power system was special, and those seemingly pit-like cursed items should be the Priest's various equipment.

Just at this time, Su Xiao received dozens of emails in a row, all sent by Caesar. The emails had no content, but various items were sent as attachments, saying it was a 50-50 split. However, Caesar checked the rating of all items first, and then distributed the treasures with the same rating but worth more Space-Time Power to Su Xiao.

The item rating was indeed a 50-50 split, but in terms of Space-Time Power, it was closer to a 60-40 split. This was Caesar's wonderful greed. When an old friend needed it, although it looked like he wouldn't pull out a single hair on the surface, he would actually secretly give more to the old friend. Why not give it directly? Because Caesar couldn't bear to! This was Caesar: greedy yet generous, powerful yet weak.

Every time Su Xiao received an email and confirmed that there were no resources he needed, he sold them all directly to the Tree of the Void. After clearing and selling the emails one by one, and the soaring Space-Time Power, the feeling was indescribably refreshing.

After receiving all the emails, Su Xiao took out one of the gains from destroying the Arcane Eternal Star this time.

【You have obtained Power Seed (Star Realm Curio).】

【Power Seed (Star Realm Curio): After planting, it can be nourished with a small amount of fresh blood. This seed will quickly take root, sprout, and grow, thereby bearing a fruit. This fruit will be determined according to the planter's power characteristics.】

【Hint: If you plant "Power Seed (Star Realm Curio)," you will have a 98% probability of obtaining "Miracle Fruit." After eating "Miracle Fruit," the upper limit level of your core technique ability "Heavenly Blade Slashing Shadow" can be increased by 30–35.】

This was undoubtedly a resource Su Xiao needed very much. It went without saying that the Abyss Lord's Supreme main attribute must be high to an outrageous degree. One of the main characteristics of the Abyss was nourishment. It would be abnormal if the Abyss Lord's Supreme main attribute were not high to the point of astonishment. Even as an Extreme Realm system, it could not compare, so he had to strive to catch up.

To defeat the Abyss Lord, one must have a "Supreme Attribute" that was outrageous to the extreme, as well as more outrageous technique abilities. Otherwise, why win? Su Xiao was indeed invincible in the peak realm now, but when it came to the "Supreme Realm," he had to continue to move forward.

Su Xiao's current upper limit level for "Heavenly Blade Slashing Shadow" was 145. Optimistically, eating "Miracle Fruit" could reach 180. The problem was that his 100-level Pharmacy was not just for show. Since it was a fruit, there was a possibility of preparing it into a potion.

Besides 【Power Seed (Star Realm Curio)】, an item named 【Origin of Original Sin】 was also of the same weight. Most of the attributes of this item were???, and only the most preliminary notarization was carried out. To fully notarize it, a very exaggerated amount of Space-Time Power was needed. From this point, one could also see its value.

This item was some kind of supreme treasure. This had been confirmed. There was a note in the small amount of attributes notarized by the Tree of the Void.

Coupled with Su Xiao holding multiple original sin items, this thing was naturally distributed to him. The moment he touched this item, Su Xiao had an inexplicable sense of relief, as if the causal weight of sealing eight original sin items was transferred to this item at once. He put this item into the storage space, and still had this feeling, which was very good.

【Power Seed (Star Realm Curio)】 and 【Origin of Original Sin】 indeed accounted for a large proportion of the gains this time, but they were not the main event. More wealth of the Arcane Eternal Star was in the "Void Bank" under its command. Regarding this, Su Xiao and Caesar would of course not miss it.

【You have obtained "Void Bank Share Certificate 19%."】

"Void Bank Shares" were obviously easier to sell for Space-Time Power, so Caesar distributed more.

At this time, the "Void Bank" was in a notarization ban state by the Tree of the Void. Although it could not be converted into wealth for the time being, the corresponding thing was that there was no need to worry about wealth in this regard having problems.

The notarization ban state of the Tree of the Void would not last long. In terms of gains, Su Xiao did not intend to actively lift this notarization ban state. The reason was that this meant the "Void Bank" was still in a prosperous state, not looted or transferred wealth. Then the "19% shares" held in hand could undoubtedly be sold at a higher price.

Caesar had only made preliminary contact, and several forces were willing to acquire them, which were:

Goblin Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber of Commerce Alliance (Giant Bank and Underworld Bank).

Jill-Eryu Family.

Among these three parties, Su Xiao prepared to sell to the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. The reason was that after killing this force later, he could take back the "Void Bank" shares, and then sincerely sell them to the Goblin Chamber of Commerce or the Jill-Eryu Family.

Even if 【Power Seed】, 【Origin of Original Sin】, and 【Void Bank Shares】 accounted for a very large proportion of the gains this time, when Su Xiao sold all the remaining gains, he found that a total of 23.59 million ounces of Space-Time Power was in hand. The Abyss Campaign was about to strike, so it was time to improve himself. ===== CHAPTER 4154 =====