Chapter 4173: Bounty

In the extreme darkness of the Abyss, a towering giant hall.

This giant hall seemed to be naturally formed. Although it had a bit of roughness like being composed of substances like petroleum, it also had a sense of heaviness after endless years, as if it would stand here forever.

Outside the Abyss giant hall, there were Abyss Knights with three arms and a single eye on their chests, all wearing black heavy armor, guarding it. They were all in a deep sleep. Once an intruder arrived here, the first thing they had to face was these Abyss Knights. In essence, they were existences that could not be killed at all. They belonged to the giant hall itself and were one of the breeding grounds of Abyss power.

The door of the giant hall was closed. Inside the dim giant hall, at the very back, the figure on the Abyss throne was slightly tilted, with messy, dark, wood-like horns on his head. This was no longer a manifestation of ominousness in the past. If a newborn in the Abyss race had such a physical appearance, the whole clan would feel glorious. This was one of the most natural manifestations of Abyss power.

Actually, not far to the right of the throne, there was a secret door. Walking into this secret door, one would see that there was another world behind the throne wall. The area here was not large, only nearly 100 square meters, and the overall layout had a dark and mysterious sense of ritual.

Drip, drip~

Dark blood dripped along the wood-like fingertips hanging down from above, falling into the pitch-black deep pool. Layers of ripples spread slowly. This scene had lasted for a very long time. But today, the black pool appeared to change. An arm shape lifted from the viscous pitch-black water, slapped on the edge of the black pool. This right hand wore a red armguard, and strands of Abyss power outlined patterns on it, forming rings on the back of the hand.

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Su Xiao lay on the bed in the lounge. Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Benny took Jila to stroll around the Great Gathering Place of the Tree of the Void. Right now, regarding the three-choose-one choice of the "Extreme Realm · Astral" ability, the first one was excluded first, which would make the currently formed system messy.

The second and third ones: one had a longer Astral Realm stagnation time with a fixed range, and the other, when raised to the extreme, could even stagnate the entire Astral Realm for three seconds, and continuously raise the intensity of the "Astral Realm Stagnation" process.

This required considering a problem, which was when fighting a strong enemy, with Su Xiao's attack means, was there really a difference between stagnating for 3 seconds and 15 seconds? Enemies that couldn't be removed within 3 seconds, could 15 seconds really do it? In addition, the enemies that needed to be dealt with by "Extreme Realm · Astral" later, one hand really couldn't count them.

First talk about fighting the Lord of the Abyss. Su Xiao estimated that if he chose the second characteristic, then "Astral Realm · Stagnation" didn't exist in this battle. Conversely, the third one was different.

If Su Xiao really had the ability to make the entire Astral Realm stagnate for 3 seconds, then the stagnated Astral Realm would be like a huge radiation range of the "Extreme Realm · Astral" ability. There was a great possibility of spreading this stagnation to the giant hall where the Abyss throne was located. Even if it couldn't stagnate this Abyss area, this level of battle, even if it could cause a short-term delay to the enemy, would be the key to victory.

Not to mention, the ultimate purpose of continuously enhancing "Extreme Realm · Astral" was to offset the ability of the Supreme One to stagnate the Astral Realm.

"Hint: 'Absolute Stagnation' can suppress other abilities that stagnate the Astral Realm in the same system, and even break their effects."

The good news was that with "Absolute Stagnation," he could break the Supreme One's Astral Realm stagnation ability.

The not-so-good news was that what the Supreme One mastered was also "Absolute Stagnation." Both sides still offset this ability. Thinking about it this way, he could only choose this characteristic.

【Your "Extreme Realm · Astral" ability has completed advancement.】

【Extreme Realm · Astral: (Transcendence Grade · Active)】

Active Effect: You completely release your technique Grandmaster power, affecting the operation of the Astral Realm in the world where you are located, letting this world enter the "Astral Realm · Absolute Stagnation" state for 3 seconds.

Hint: When this ability can stagnate the entire Astral Realm, its stagnation intensity will reach the limit.

Hint: Every 5 natural days, you can only use this ability once, determined by your current Supreme Stamina attribute, and it can be shortened to once every 3 natural days at the lowest.

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Su Xiao didn't need "Extreme Realm · Astral" to have too many characteristics. Pure, stable, and powerful—these three coexisting would never disappoint at critical moments.

【Rhythm of Life, (Extreme Realm Passive).】

Passive Effect: You have further insight into the Astral Realm and mastered "One of the High-Level Rules of the Astral Realm · Rhythm of Life." When all your life cores are shattered and you are about to face death, you will trigger a large amount of "Astral Source Power" to resist this death. You will 100% resist this death while obtaining a 5-second "Invincible State" and immediately recover 50% of your life cores.

Hint: After successfully resisting death, you can temporarily delay this activation ability, lasting up to 600 seconds. The life awakening brought by this ability will be activated by itself.

Hint: This ability can be activated in any environment. Even if you are in an Abyss/Elemental environment, or even a chaotic environment, you can still trigger this characteristic.

Hint: This effect has a long cooldown time, determined by the volume of your original life force.

……

The life-saving ability separated out was still powerful, and it also possessed deceptiveness. The moment of successfully resisting death was the beginning of turning defeat into victory.

Closing the skill list, Su Xiao soon fell into a deep sleep. He was awakened by the hint sound of an email. Sitting up from the bed, he opened the email and saw a total of more than a dozen emails. Most of them were about the council held during the war, which had nothing to do with Su Xiao; it was the position scheduling of various defensive lines.

There were still 30-plus hours before the war started again. Right now, the participants in the base camp were more nervous than when the war just started. When the war just started, they all thought it was the opening of the Abyss Gate, and endless Abyss creatures rushed out.

But the result was that the participants had already experienced the power of the ten-plus Abyss Legions under the current Abyss Lord, from the First to the Third Legion. If it weren't for the Abyss Gate projection of the main battlefield restricting these three Abyss Legions, more than 40% of the participants on the scene would have already died.

The Abyss faction was not beasts driven by darkness. The current Abyss Lord was ambitious and had a clear purpose. The legions under his command were not afraid of death and were of one heart. If their side couldn't resist the Abyss Legion, everyone would die. Correspondingly, the Abyss races were now at a dead end of survival. If the Astral Realm didn't enter the Abyss Era, the Abyss races would perish. This was a life-and-death battle for both sides.

It is worth mentioning that Abyss races and Abyss descendants/Abyss creatures were not the same thing. The former were groups that lived and grew in the Astral Realm when the Astral Realm was in the Abyss Era, and were initially born in the Abyss-ized Astral Realm. The latter two were born in the Abyss.

Ignoring these emails, Su Xiao saw the email sent by Caesar. That side had already finished harming the Bronze family and was now harming the Fish family. The next target was the New Insect family. As for the Beast family and the Aggregate, these two sides didn't have family treasuries, and didn't have the habit of saving resources.

Caesar's meaning was that the treasuries of the three families—Bronze, Fish, and New Insect—would be divided 30/70, Caesar 70, Su Xiao 30. The reason was that Su Xiao slashed the leaders of the five major Abyss races, giving Caesar, who originally only had the opportunity to loot the Bronze family and then had to wait to fight the "Abyss Treasury" for the outcome, the opportunity to clean up the Fish family and the New Insect race.

Caesar was greedy, but when it came to sharing benefits, Caesar wouldn't be stingy with friends, provided that they were Caesar's friends.

The next email was sent by the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance," which was "Giant Bank" + "Underworld Bank." The meaning here was that they intended to acquire the shares of "Void Bank," but could only pay 15 million ounces of Space-Time Power. You must know that the wealth of the Arcane Eternal Star was all concentrated in "Void Bank." "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" offering this price was no different from robbery.

Daring to offer this price, they must have been hiding in an unknown place long ago. What was even more wonderful was that this was the offer of "Giant Bank." The meaning of "Underworld Bank" was that their financial resources were insufficient, and they didn't dare to take the opportunity to suppress the price of the Law-Extinguisher, etc. They spoke well, and their attitude was even better.

"Giant Bank" stated that except for them, no one would acquire "Void Bank" at this juncture. Even if this asset was under the notarization of the Tree of the Void and was teleported to an unknown place, it could be recalled to the Void after obtaining enough equity.

The "Void Bank" shares currently held by Su Xiao were "Share Certificate · 19%." In addition, after this Abyss campaign, how many of those major forces holding scattered shares would remain was uncertain. The current notarization was that when the holder of "Void Bank shares" died, their shares would be evenly divided among other shareholders.

May I ask, would Su Xiao accept the price of 15 million ounces? Naturally, he would. Who would refuse 15 million ounces picked up for nothing? In addition, the operation of "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" this time was indeed amazing to the point of scalp-numbing. This side had done something that even the "Wall-Riding Master" Demon race hadn't done, which was that they were preparing to ride the wall.

This kind of top-secret news was only known to a limited number of high-level executives of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance," as well as Caesar and Su Xiao. Su Xiao learned it from Caesar.

The "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" guys didn't know where they got the means to complete Abyss-ization with high probability. With the Abyss power so vast at present, it was incredible that Astral Realm creatures could retain their sanity while Abyss-izing. But thinking of the wealth of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance," after the destruction of the Arcane Eternal Star, the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" was the top financial power among the major forces of the Astral Realm. The Goblin Chamber of Commerce, which ranked second, couldn't withstand the financial resources of the third and fourth combined.

The plan of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" was clear: even if the Abyss Era descended, the Abyss races couldn't live in the Astral Realm like primitive tribes, right? If there was civilization, there would be currency. In a few hundred years, or at most a thousand years, the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" would rise again in the Abyss Era.

Didn't the Demon race have this idea? The answer was yes, but their financial resources were insufficient, and they couldn't afford the rare secret treasures that could transform into Abyss-ization before the Abyss catastrophe started.

Speaking of which, whether it was Sha who chose Abyss-ization or the Necromancy sister who went further on the road of Abyss-ization, they should have already met their end. Perhaps they weren't dead yet, but their situation must be miserable. Everyone had their own fate, and this was the choice of Sha and the Necromancy sister respectively.

The even more flamboyant operation of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" was to send all the combat power belonging to the "Underworld Bank" under their command to participate in this Abyss battle.

By then, if the Astral Realm faction won, "Giant Bank" would be completely wiped out by the "enemy," and the wealth in their hands would be completely swallowed by their former ally "Underworld Bank." In this way, the "Underworld Bank" that participated in the great war could continue to be one of the major forces in the Astral Realm.

This was also the reason why "Giant Bank" took the opportunity to suppress Su Xiao's price to the extreme.

If the Abyss faction won, then "Underworld Bank" would be completely wiped out by the "enemy," and its wealth would be seized by "Giant Bank." As "Giant Bank" that stood by during the final campaign, the probability of being retaliated against by the Abyss faction was very low.

In addition, the few Abyss-ized high-level executives of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" who survived would lie dormant and gradually become a major force using the wealth in their hands later.

Su Xiao replied to the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" by email, raising the price of "Void Bank shares" to 20 million ounces. It wasn't that he didn't want to get 15 million ounces of Space-Time Power immediately to enhance himself, but agreeing to the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance's" robbery just like that would make the other party completely alert, thereby giving up this transaction. One point must be admitted: those who were still willing to acquire "Void Bank" at this juncture were indeed only the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance."

Regarding how to find the traces of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" later and slaughter them all without leaving one, no need to think, one knew that the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" must have a lot of anti-tracking means and was hiding in an extremely secret area.

Regarding this, Su Xiao was prepared to use the 【Bad-Hearted Prophet】 to divine the location of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance." Feeling this was incredible? Understanding the principle was not difficult.

Use the "Bad-Hearted Prophet" to divine the traces of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance."

Divination would definitely fail. But even the most brilliant anti-tracking and divination means would always leave traces. Su Xiao would slash this causality trace to pieces with one blade.

All anti-tracking means of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" shattered.

Use the "Bad-Hearted Prophet" that had just completed 'formatting' to divine again.

Slaughter the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance," and during this period, let Caesar knock the bones and suck the marrow of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" to prevent the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" from having high-level executives take the opportunity to abscond with money.

Get back the "Void Bank shares," and the rest of the gains would be divided according to the predetermined ratio.

Sell the "Void Bank shares" to the Goblin Chamber of Commerce or the Gil-Eryu family, and guarantee in his personal name that he would definitely not take them back after this sale.

……

That's right, it was such a simple plan. After having enough powerful strength, there was really no need to engage in conspiracy calculations with the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance." In addition, without any conspiracy paving, the possibility of the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" agreeing to this transaction was higher.

Sincerely destroying the "Chamber of Commerce Alliance" was definitely after winning the Abyss campaign. There was really no time before, so selling the "Void Bank shares" to earn a sum in advance could increase the chance of winning the decisive battle with the Lord of the Abyss.

After replying to the email, Su Xiao looked at the next one, which was sent by Logistics Director · Tailier. The content was that in the "Space-Time Power Theft Case," Immortal · Achis did indeed have a share, but this guy belonged to being hit by a stray bullet.

He completed an important mission in the first half of the Void Battlefield. The content was to destroy the dark power source in the west war zone. This thing would significantly enhance the Abyss Legion within a range of hundreds of kilometers, and there were multiple ancient Abyss existences guarding it.

Immortal · Achis took a few peak teams and successfully took down this dark power source. When submitting the mission, this guy didn't submit it to the Tree of the Void, but to the Dawn Paradise because there was a bonus.

As a result, he obtained "Resource Seizure Authority · 200,000 ounces." Immortal · Achis didn't think much about it. A total of 12 peak powerhouses and 183 Supreme Strongs, and in the end, Immortal · Achis himself took 220,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.

The problem was with these 200,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. It was dispatched from the Apocalypse Paradise by the Dawn Paradise through the campaign scheduling of the Tree of the Void. Because of this, the forehead of Immortal · Achis began to sweat in the previous meeting.

After reading the email, Su Xiao replied that he was aware of the matter and that he had miscalculated his previous judgment. He had previously judged it to be a free gain of 48 million, but he realized this assessment was not precise enough; after all, the amount involved in the "Space-Time Power Theft Case" was 50 million. Now, adding these 2 million ounces, it was clear that his calculation had been spot on.

As soon as the email was sent back, Logistics Director · Tailier replied:

【You must, carefully, in, ves, ti, gate, ah.】

From the words, one could see the appearance of Logistics Director · Tailier gradually gnashing her teeth. Su Xiao weighed it slightly, feeling that the possibility of the Tuanzhang and Logistics Director · Tailier warming up in the previous 12 hours was not high. Both sides were very busy. The Tuanzhang shouldn't have sold him yet. Even if the old love was rekindled, it had to be after winning the Abyss campaign. Saying this, it was 80-90% Tailier's intuition. Hmm, no evidence, not a big problem.

If there was evidence, deny it to the end, not a big problem either.

And now the primary suspect was Immortal · Achis. Su Xiao opened the email, expressing his trust in Immortal · Achis, saying that he wouldn't do this based on his performance in the campaign, etc.

At this moment, Immortal · Achis, who had just finished breakfast, saw this email, and his expression was distorted. Although the 200,000 he took was not upright, it was a legitimate mission gain. And why did he, who took 200,000 ounces, have to carry the pot of 50 million ounces? That hateful guy who swallowed 48 million!

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Immortal · Achis just prepared to scold the bastard who swallowed 48 million in his reply, but his caution all along made him silently delete the words he had already entered. I don't know why, but after scolding this paragraph, he felt refreshed, but his back felt cold, his neck felt numb, and his head felt light as if it was flying.

This sense of immediacy of being beheaded by a blade made Immortal · Achis shiver, and then he deleted the paragraph in front, choosing to send it.

Inside the lounge, Su Xiao closed the email list, calmed his breath for a moment, and entered a meditation state. Unknowingly, his "Meditation of the Heart" ability rose by one level. It wasn't because he perceived anything, but the lingering charm of this Supreme promotion. When he ended his meditation, a hint appeared.

【Hint: All your Supreme Main Attributes have reached 100 points. You have triggered "Extreme Realm System · World of Only Me" for the first time. You have mastered "Spirit Life Core."】

"Spirit Life Core (Extreme Realm Ability): Constitutes 30% of the current life core upper limit quantity of 'Spirit Energy Life Cores.' This requires consuming 450,000 points of 'Green Shadow King Energy.' The 'Spirit Life Core' has two effects: it can be used as a life core to resist damage, or it can be attached to the next attack, causing a more violent attack (attack intensity will be determined by the 'Spirit Life Core' intensity and the number of 'Spirit Life Cores' attached to this attack)."

Current life core upper limit quantity: 1410.

Current constructible Spirit Energy Life Core quantity: 423.

Hint: You can attach all "Spirit Life Cores" in a single attack.

Hint: Because "Spirit Life Cores" are composed of your own physical energy, they possess permanence. Before being destroyed, there is no upper limit to their existence time. They possess self-metabolism. When a "Spirit Life Core" exists for more than 365 natural days, it will gradually be metabolized and replaced by your own physical energy.

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Undoubtedly, this was the best opening ability, and perfectly matched Su Xiao's way of slashing as a big move. This ability brought offense and defense to the extreme, and really turned the "Green Shadow King Energy" that Su Xiao had raised to 538420 points into strong combat power during battle.

The first blade of the opening was very important. Whether he could occupy an advantage in the subsequent battle largely depended on this blade.

【Hint: You have triggered the following Hunter Bounty.】

Gate Node: Destroy three Gate Nodes (Pay 60,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. After completing this bounty, you can obtain 150 times the bounty amount).

Ultimate Hunter: Slay three super-giant · ancient Abyss existences (Pay 45,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. After completing this bounty, you can obtain 200 times the bounty amount).

Supreme Dragon Rider: Slash and extinguish the Dragon Rider Supreme of the Abyss faction (Pay 250,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. After completing this bounty, you can obtain 200 times the bounty amount).

Lord of the Abyss: Slash and extinguish the Lord of the Abyss (Pay 100 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. After completing this bounty, you can obtain the final bounty of "Hunter List · Blood Contract").

Hint: This is a world bounty.

Hint: After completing this bounty, your "Hunter List · Blood Contract" will be filled, thereby obtaining the "Final Bounty."

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【Warning: Detected Hunter's sharing behavior of bounty missions. This Abyss campaign has prohibited sharing bounty missions.】

Well, it seems that he couldn't continue to operate. As for only operating once, and the Tree of the Void credibility -? points, this didn't matter. After all, the massive merit points on hand couldn't be exchanged for materials now. After this campaign ended, if they lost, then this had nothing to do with Su Xiao. If they won, he would definitely operate fiercely several times when the merit points had reached a massive amount. By then, the Tree of the Void credibility would definitely be negative to a new height.

Four bounty missions, the first amount was 9 million ounces of Space-Time Power. The danger of "Gate Nodes" had been expected long ago. The second one had to be completed in the subsequent melee. He hadn't seen super-giant · ancient Abyss existences appear yet. Thinking about it, their survival must be strong. Three were rewarded with 9 million ounces.

The third bounty "Supreme Dragon Rider

As for the bounty corresponding to the contemporary Abyss Lord, it was actually the final bounty required to complete the "Hunting List: Blood Pact." Thinking about it carefully, it seemed correct; since it was a "Bounty List," there had to be a day when it would be filled. This "final bounty" made one feel highly expectant.

He accepted all four bounties, and with that, the number of bounties Su Xiao could accept reached its limit. He stood up and walked out of the room. Just as he exited the base, a World-Extinguishing Wing swooped down and lowered its dragon head before him. He leaped onto the dragon's back, and the World-Extinguishing Wing spread its wings and took flight.

As for the situation on the dragon's back, it had nothing to do with riding comfort. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the dragon skin, which was as rough as an asphalt road, and thought of the Storm Flame Dragon, Dis. Not to mention that its size of nearly twenty meters was suitable for riding, Dis was covered in scale-feathers. Thinking of this, he opened the Zerg list to check on Bhabatos and was surprised to find that Bhabatos had already awakened and was in the resurrection-capable stage; the resurrection cultivation would take 36 hours to complete.

On the dragon's back, the sound of the wind at high altitude whistled in his ears. Su Xiao did not head straight for the "Boundary Wall." While rushing through the "Boundary Wall" directly to the Abyss Dragon Bottom was indeed the shortest path, he would have to slaughter a massive amount of Abyss Legions along the way. Therefore, taking a detour and flying past the Feather Tribe's original station—that is, the southeast side of the Mamon Mode Fortress entrance—was the best route.

Three hours later, Mamon Mode Fortress appeared before his eyes. This once magnificent fortress had already revealed a sense of darkness and decay under the erosion of the Abyss power.

It seemed to signify that the glory of the Demon race in the previous Great Epoch had withered away along with Mamon Mode Fortress. Yes, the Demon bloodline came from the ancient era, or even further back, and they were once one of the ruthless characters. By the current era, for some reason, they had begun to decline.

According to the Great Library's Soul Elder, the Demon race had lost the core power of "Sacrificial Rearing." Ancient demons were generally extremely evil and had constant internal conflicts, yet they relied on powerful combat strength to keep the Demon race prosperous until the end.

This was because the Demon race had never given up on "sacrifice." As long as living beings offered sacrifices to them, they could obtain power. Of course, it didn't take long for the tragic price to strike, eventually leading to a catastrophe.

This behavior, which seemed to offer little benefit, actually contained immense causal power. The Demon race, having lost this causal system power, was nothing more than a strong alien species kept in captivity by the Astral Authority system. A demon's heart cannot be restrained; only extreme evil can bloom into extreme power. This is why the entire current epoch has produced only one "Extreme Demon," and even that was by absorbing the power of the Astral Realm.

Su Xiao seemed to understand why the Ancient God system of this epoch was so strong: because the power of "sacrifice" had been occupied by the Ancient God system.

In fact, there are only a few paths to the strongest power systems: the Abyss, the Elements, and the Astral Realm are the three strongest T0 tiers, followed by Sacrifice and Primitive Life as first-tier options. Beyond that, the current Great Epoch has a super first-tier tier, which can be considered 5: the Fate system.

Alas, this system either produces slacker after slacker—like the Goddess of Luck, the Goddess of Fate, etc. —or they are killed halfway by Su Xiao and others before they can rise. For example, the Platinum Apostle was one of them.

A low, muffled sound like a deafening roar reached his ears. Su Xiao passed through a layer of invisible boundary wall. The surroundings immediately became dark and damp, yet there was a hint of warmth? The Abyss was never actually cold; its breeding characteristics would certainly bring a hint of warmth.

A black crystal appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He tossed it onto the back of this World-Extinguishing Wing. The next second, this World-Extinguishing Wing began to undergo intense Abyssification. It looked like it could only last for another ten minutes or so before turning into an Abyss creature. Only in this current state of gradual Abyssification would it not attract the attention of the Abyss faction.

Abyss Dragon Bottom was a dim, large canyon. Located at the innermost side, it presented a cylindrical shape ten thousand meters wide, with half-a-meter-deep black liquid on the ground. The former Abyss Dragon used to slumber in the underground hot springs that flowed here, and the Black Maple Tree was located at the center, nourished by the earth's veins. At this moment, the Abyss Dragon was nowhere to be found, and the Black Maple Tree was also gone. At the center of the Abyss Dragon Bottom stood a huge crystal stele over ten meters high; this was the "Gate Node."

Ancient Abyss existences led by Mad Scale Kunha were stationed here. In addition, the Fish family's Second Elder, the Fish family's Sixth, Deep Sea Shadow, and several members of the Bronze family were all stationed here.

Besides them, there were tens of thousands of elite Black Knights led by Black Knight Commander Mo Kai. These Black Knights not only used heavy weapons, but each also had a large bow on their back. Given the length of these things, they were more than enough to hunt down creatures the size of a World-Extinguishing Wing.

A Dark Demon Dragon flew into the sky and transformed into a dark humanoid form. Mad Scale Kunha, whose entire body was covered in black scales, opened one vertical eye after another to look at the sky. For the first few seconds, he was somewhat suspicious. Suddenly, his eyes widened abruptly. Without hesitation, he grabbed the neck of Black Knight Commander Mo Kai with one hand and pierced the neck of an elite Black Knight nearby with his other sharp claw.

Puchi!

Black blood splattered, turning into scales before it even hit the ground. The Black Knight whose throat had been pierced exploded into a large patch of black scales with a boom, while Mad Scale Kunha and the Black Knight Commander Mo Kai, whose neck he was gripping with one hand, were nowhere to be seen.

"Hmm?"

Not far away, the Second Elder, Diknuja, who looked like a tall, thin old man, was horrified. He smashed the pendant on his neck with a slap. As for giving up the defense of the "Gate Node," death was inevitable anyway. Since even Mad Scale Kunha had run away, it could only mean one thing: that god of slaughter had arrived!

The First Elder's eyes widened, and just as he was about to take out his life-saving item, he was unfortunately a step too slow.

Boom!

A figure landed, and the scarlet blood energy dispersed abruptly. The figure that landed was shirtless, with a sword belt tied around his waist. The long sword in his hand seemed to be coated with a layer of spiritual energy plating. As he raised the long sword and slashed through the air, the spiritual energy plating shattered, and a wave of slashing power expanded with a boom.

Dong!!!

The Abyss Dragon Bottom disappeared immediately. Everywhere the eye could see in the surroundings turned into a flat, crystalline plain. From today on, the terrain here would change completely, and even the corresponding environment would change. Years later, this place would even begin to naturally produce unique crystal minerals, and even evolve into crystalized semi-biological entities, forming a strange and stable ecological system here. This was the result of a single slash carrying 423 "Spirit Life Cores." It possessed both the terrifying power to instantly kill those at the peak realm and a long-lasting regional impact.

Located beneath the "Gate Node," the Fish family's First Elder was still in the posture of using his life-saving means. With a crack, his body, which had turned into crystal, shattered, and along with it, his causality and everything he possessed were also shattered.

With a boom, all the statues that had turned into crystal around Su Xiao shattered. Only the "Gate Node," which was in a state of surging power, remained intact. Su Xiao deliberately did not attack it, but the next second, dark liquid surged from the "Gate Node," gradually transforming into a dark creature resembling a giant slime.

"Roar!"

Layers of black sound waves expanded.

Su Xiao looked at this dark creature and did not immediately slash it to death.

Black Demon.

"Roar!!"

The Black Demon let out a roar at Su Xiao that was somewhat angry, but mostly filled with chaotic pain. It lunged at Su Xiao with ferocious intent, its frantic killing intent almost boiling. Seeing this, Su Xiao also disappeared from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was less than two meters away from the lunging Black Demon, and he slashed out with the long sword in his hand with all his might.