Chapter 4213: Guidance

Above, golden boundary lightning surged, crackling as it struck downward, hitting the spine of the Abyssal Dragon. A layer of dark red power enveloped the Abyssal Dragon, granting it formidable defense in this supreme-tier battle. Of course, like Barbatos, it could withstand the residual shockwaves unharmed, but if it directly bore an attack from the supreme realm, it would struggle to endure.

The first encounter with the Dark Tide Shadow·Aviella showed her aura crimson, her abilities leaning toward the temporal system, but in this clash, only her crimson spear remained in her hand, her aura shifting to Abyssal Darkness, signifying her Abyssal power had fully awakened.

Black abyssal lightning formed spear after spear, aimed at Barbatos and shot forth, yet before striking Barbatos, they were swallowed by the falling boundary lightning heavenly wall.

For a moment, the sky was split—half golden boundary lightning, half dark abyssal lightning—while two flying dragons circled above, countless "Annihilating Blood Spears" shot up across the battlefield, following Barbatos, not to attack him, but accumulated by Su Xiao using "Blade Domain" to slaughter the Abyssal Legion.

Thousands of blood spears shot toward the Abyssal Dragon, just as they pursued it in flight, about to strike consecutively.

Zizz—

Like plucking metal threads, Aviella's crimson spear swept horizontally, letting countless invisible temporal threads latch onto the incoming blood spears, causing all blood spears to revert to their primal life-force form and dissipate.

Aviella, with pitch-black pupils and crimson irises, began calculating Barbatos's flight trajectory, just as he flew over a certain area.

"Instant Return."

Aviella's crimson spear, Blood-Weeping Oath, blazed with light, the blade emitting a white glow; she swept her spear, and her entire body suddenly vanished.

This was not spatial ability, nor was it piercing through the world to move—it was Aviella rewinding her own time, returning to her position from over ten seconds ago, precisely where Barbatos was now flying past.

Successfully standing on Barbatos's dragon back, Aviella's lips curled into a charming arc.

Clang! The longsword and battle spear collided—first a crisp metallic ring, then the eruption of their power clashing, a booming roar followed, after which the boundary lightning and abyssal lightning in the sky were dispersed, leaving only a clean but gloomy sky due to Abyssal erosion.

Crack-crack-crack~

The surrounding space shattered inch by inch.

Aviella's long hair flew wildly; her hand, wearing a crimson armguard, gripped the battle spear, and suddenly she appeared behind Su Xiao, the spear's tip poised to pierce his nape—less than half a centimeter away.

Aviella's ability is nearly unstoppable; she controls the "Temporal Tide," which is the shadow aspect of the "River of Time," a deeper level of temporal core ability—if traditional temporal abilities dared interfere with time flow, the corresponding causal backlash would be terrifying.

But the "Temporal Tide" has no such issue, because the entire "Temporal Tide" belongs to Aviella.

As for how she instantly reached behind Su Xiao and achieved this fully charged thrust, it involves a "time slice" problem.

After Aviella and Su Xiao clashed head-on, in her timeline, she would, two seconds later, instantly appear behind the enemy's position—regardless of what followed this rash advance, she only needed this temporal position.

Aviella directly arrived at the position two seconds in the future, her fully charged spear thrusting out instantly—this "time slice" is far faster than teleportation, making it absolute zero-frame action; if not for this opponent also being supreme, Aviella could even "time slice" directly, the spear already piercing the enemy's nape.

At this moment, Su Xiao was still locked in weapon clash with Aviella; in his perception, the enemy suddenly vanished completely while the attack came from his nape—since he was locked in blade clash with the enemy, Dragon Flash Slash was certainly a downward follow-through.

"Perfect Parry."

Clang!

Aviella's spear thrust at Su Xiao's nape was like striking a blade's parry—it was instantly rebounded, making her eyes widen slightly; she understood the principle now, yet she could not comprehend it further.

Because the enemy used his longsword to follow through with a downward slash, letting killing intent radiate from his whole body, then used the killing intent at his nape to resonate with the blade in his hand, achieving a blade parry that deflected this killing move.

"Time Sever."

Aviella immediately swept her battle spear horizontally again—hum—time in the vicinity became chaotic.

Clang!

Having turned and leapt backward, Su Xiao slashed at the "Time Sever Line" with his blade, using the slashing-state "Perfect Parry" to block this strike.

Aviella remained expressionless; the physical-property attack just now was parried—even if the parry method was absurd, she could understand it—but this parry of a temporal-property slash—what does it mean?

At this moment, before the main camp's northern gate, Black Moon Wolf·Xileibuh, who had not gone to reinforce the western front, witnessed this scene—this moon wolf, the sixth who loved ambushing from the shadows, now had his eyes wide open; "Perfect Parry" he certainly knew—it was one of the most commonly used abilities in the moon wolf system.

Actually, not only did Aviella as an enemy fail to understand, but even Xileibuh this moon wolf didn't understand—why could "Perfect Parry" block a temporal severing slash, and what is the principle behind an offensive-property parry? Is this even our moon wolf family's ability? It's foreign, too foreign.

Black Moon Wolf·Xileibuh fell silent for a few seconds, then walked toward the western defense line; he suddenly felt an inexplicable mix of joy and sorrow—joy that the moon wolf system's abilities had been developed by blood-oath allies to this extent, he was gratified; sorrow that the strength the allies had developed was too absurd.

Above, boom after boom and supreme pressure descended, accompanied by Barbatos's endless wails—he had just appeared not long ago, now two supreme beings fought on his back; if not for his demonized state, he would have been the first to die.

Boom!!

A shockwave spread, the temporal force field shattered violently, Aviella was flung backward, the Abyssal Dragon swept past carrying Aviella, but the next second, a trail of blood-smoke cannon fire followed in succession, about to hit Aviella, only to be blown apart—yet as the blood smoke dispersed, a figure emerged from it, landing on the Abyssal Dragon's back.

Barbatos, dragon blood trickling from his mouth, upon seeing this, suddenly felt elated.

Layer after layer of shockwaves swept the sky; at times, descending slashes struck the ground, their power fully displayed, carving bottomless trenches stretching to the horizon; meanwhile, falling temporal shards—if a combatant below touched them, partial bodily aging would be fortunate, some would simply drop dead on the spot.

One hour later, a residual image shot forward, crashing heavily onto our main camp; Su Xiao half-knelt on the ground, white smoke drifting from his body—this was from multiple temporal erosions, fortunately his physique, soul, and causality were strong enough.

Meanwhile, in the distance, the wailing Abyssal Dragon crashed behind the Crimson Fortress; Aviella landed atop the Crimson Fortress, standing tall, appearing like a Valkyrie—light as wind, calm as clouds—but in reality, beneath her feet spread a blood pool invisible to outsiders; this engagement was both probing and harboring killing intent.

In truth, Aviella originally had confidence in defeating the enemy's supreme being in combat—supreme beings aren't divided into early/mid/late stages; supreme is supreme—but those who had just ascended not long ago still needed to adapt to supreme power; yet Aviella found this one's supreme power was absurdly strong, especially in technique and physique—his physique was so strong he resembled an Abyssal supreme more than she did.

By now, the battlefield airspace had become a no-go zone; a flying creature passing through, resembling a fish of the Scaled Abyss Clan, suddenly split in two, emitting a long mournful cry as it fell, blood rain pouring along its path; where the Scaled Abyss Clan had flown, a slash mark remained, possibly taking hundreds or thousands of years to fade—or until the star realm re-established Abyssal/Elemental balance, generating enough great fluctuation to smooth it.

A few minutes later, inside our main camp, Su Xiao sat on the metal bench near the mother nest; this battle against Dark Tide Shadow·Aviella had given him a general understanding of Abyssal supremes.

In direct combat, even now he was slightly stronger than her—after all, ascending to supreme set the standard; facing one who had ascended to supreme years ago, still Abyssal-system and mastering "Temporal Tide," he remained the advantaged side.

But if he wanted to slay this Abyssal supreme, his current strength was insufficient—this wasn't a one-on-one death match, but a chaotic battlefield where Aviella was already hard to kill, and this scenario made her even harder.

Moreover, the victory scale was rapidly tipping toward the Abyssal camp—not because past strongmen reappeared weak, but because the star realm was being eroded by the Abyss every second.

The current star realm erosion level had reached 55%, previously 95% during mid-intermission; such rapid progress demanded immediate action.

In Su Xiao's view, after repelling the Abyssal Legion and storming the Abyssal Gate, then using the "Abyssal Purification Device" at the star realm-Abyss boundary to forcibly balance Abyss/Elements, close all Abyssal Gates, and restore balance to win ultimate victory—this plan was now impossible.

The "Abyssal Gate" had opened three seats, making forced balance at the "boundary" several times harder; if not for the team leader's trump card being very effective, we'd already be unable to exit the main camp after the Abyssal Legion's assault—thus other methods must be found.

The Abyssal camp could win this battle in more than one way: either destroy the "Core Abyssal Purification Device," or cause combatant casualties so large-scale resistance becomes impossible, or drive the star realm's "Abyssal Invasion Degree" to extremely high levels, or even after the three Abyssal Gates stabilize, continue opening them.

Ultimately, the Arcane Eternal Star had devoured elemental energy for nearly an eon, no different from laying the foundation for the Abyssal Age; now, to win, only high-risk means remain—such as, before the star realm is fully Abyssal-invaded, slay the Abyssal Lord—this should be the current sole chance to win.

Dark Tide Shadow·Aviella is the current greatest obstacle; let alone that Su Xiao isn't yet a match for the Abyssal Lord—if he went to challenge now, he'd inevitably face a two-on-one; not that the team leader fears entering the Abyss, but he can no longer enter that giant hall within—his Chosen identity is now past; among star realm powerhouses, only the Chosen can enter that deepest Abyssal place.

With Su Xiao's current strength, clashing with Aviella is a 6-to-4 ratio—he six, she four; as for killing her, even a 20% success chance doesn't exist; killing an equal-strength Abyssal-system/Temporal-system being is indeed……

A problem that cannot be ignored: Su Xiao's current strength is nearly his lower limit in the supreme realm—if he removed the +6 total main attributes gained last time, he'd truly be at his supreme realm's lowest combat power; conversely, Aviella is now nearly at her supreme realm's upper limit.

What Su Xiao lacks most is resources—good news: several gains are at hand, first is "Hunt Bounty·Hunter," meaning slaying three super-giant ancient Abyssal entities.

If still at peak realm, this would be very hard—super-giant ancient Abyssal entities are extremely hard to kill—but now it's different; he has already slain four super-giant Abyssal entities; the blood spears from "Blade Domain"'s transformation are practically the nemesis of such foes—thus the Abyssal camp no longer deploys super-giant ancient Abyssal entities on the battlefield.

When Su Xiao stood on the main camp's top earlier, he had observed all four battlefield directions—front needed no words, the Sun Legion held firm there, giving only one feeling: steadfast; the right-side eastern front was handled by the Elemental Insect Clan; after entering full-force troop production, the current Elemental Insect Clan, though unable to counterattack like the main battlefield, still held the line.

The rear southern direction was managed by the Paradise Camp's contractors; this rear line was actually poor to defend, plus they still needed to reinforce the left-side western front.

Or put another way: the Paradise Camp's contractors were simultaneously guarding the front line, rear line, and half the western front; star realm powers usually look imposing, full of vigor, but on this brutal battlefield, they were truly pathetic.

Core members of major factions such as the Feather Tribe, Demon Tribe, Star Tribe, Soul Tribe, Devil Tribe, and Underworld Wang Zu—whether former elites or rare geniuses who appear only once in many years—once they mature and reach the Abyssal Battlefield, cannot be said to be utterly useless, but they are also not greatly effective.

The reason is that their former rival great tribes were actually also somewhat weak, but since everyone was weak, no one noticed; in contrast, the contractors of the Paradise Camp, even in the most mild Initiate Paradise, face brutal punishments for failing main quests, and after two failures, eighty to ninety percent begin to suffer chronic death, while the punishments for failing main quests in the Reincarnation Paradise and Death Paradise are simply forced execution.

For contractors, this battlefield where one could die in the next second may be called daily life, which is indeed an exaggeration, but from level three to nine, they will certainly experience over a dozen such intense battles, plus countless lower-intensity ones, and those who reach Absolute Peak and Ultimate Peak contractors endure even more brutal combat.

Don't look at the various major media in the Void constantly talking about the Void's survival of the fittest and how harsh the environment is—putting it bluntly, if not for the restriction of the Void Tree, contractors would quickly plunge the Void into "Hell Difficulty," making all Star Realm powerhouses understand what true survival of the fittest really means.

After confirming the current direction was stable enough, Su Xiao applied to the Void Tree for a return to the Reincarnation Paradise, and after a series of evaluations, this application was approved.

When the teleportation ended, Su Xiao had already returned to his exclusive room, with only Benny present; Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang was responsible for maintaining the base camp's alert devices, while Bahar handled rescuing our side's severely wounded participants—Bahar's spatial ability is simply divine, though no one knows how this guy developed it, somehow managing to create a "Fixed Point Return."

Simply put, Bahar shares the viewpoint of the alert devices released by Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang to observe whether any of our side's participants on the four defensive lines have suffered heavy blows; upon discovering a critically injured, dying participant, Bahar can instantly lock onto the spatial coordinates representing that location, then turn that area's spatial distortion into a vortex to suck in the dying one.

Once sucked into the spatial distortion, it's easy—Bahar drags them to the main gate of the base camp, as for why not inside the base camp, the internal space of the base camp is completely sealed, making such a thing impossible.

Next, it's handed over to the workers to carry away the wounded, allowing the healing system to rescue them—just like that, Bahar has already forgotten how many participants he has saved, anyway, his merit points keep soaring without end.

As for what Am is doing, he's eating dry rations—from the Abyssal Campaign to now, Am hasn't really stopped; earlier, there was even a surprise attack by an ancient Abyssal existence, but fortunately, the Moon Witch was nearby; Am usually looks dull, but at critical moments, he's not stupid at all.

Right now, Am has devoured various Abyssal existences to the point that no Abyssal system entity dares to come within a few hundred meters of its vicinity.

"Meow."

Benny called out as she left—she was going to the Great Gathering Place and the "Merchant Alliance" people to complete the transaction of "Void Bank Shares."

Arriving at the room housing the Awakening Monument, Su Xiao entered the "Exclusive Attribute Upgrade Chamber," the chamber door closed behind him, he sat cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation; after this upgrade, he would have confidence in slaying the Shadow of the Dark Tide·Ayvira.

Not keeping Su Xiao waiting long, Benny's side completed the transaction—previously, they had bid 15,000,000 ounces of spacetime force, and after Su Xiao raised the bid to 20,000,000, the "Merchant Alliance" immediately realized this might actually succeed.

The second bid they made was not between 15,000,000 and 20,000,000 ounces, but 13,000,000 ounces; the "Merchant Alliance" of course wasn't stupid—let alone 13,000,000, even if they bought the "Void Bank" shares for 31,000,000 ounces, it would still be profiteering in chaos, anyway they'd already offended the supreme realm of this era to death, so they might as well maximize profit; moreover, the "Merchant Alliance" generally believes the Star Realm camp's chance of victory is less than 1%.

The opening of the Second and Third Abyssal Gates made the "Merchant Alliance" fully convinced that the Abyssal camp's victory is merely a matter of time.

Therefore, this side needs to accelerate progress; once the major powers of the Star Realm are destroyed, the "Merchant Alliance" will effectively own 100% of the "Void Bank" shares, at which point it won't be the "Void Bank" being notarized by high-ranking Void Tree officials, but rather the ability to open the "Void Bank"'s previously sealed vault.

In the view of the "Merchant Alliance," if this Extinction Law practitioner truly agrees to the price of 13,000,000 ounces, then they can truly rest easy—this indicates the war situation has deteriorated to the point where this Extinction Law practitioner is willing to cheaply liquidate assets.

The huge profit has revealed the true nature of the "Merchant Alliance," yet these greedy ones don't know what Su Xiao intends to do with this spacetime force, nor that this is not the entirety of this round's gains.

Su Xiao previously obtained a Fate Curio named 【Spiritual Jililigu】, whose effect is "Treasure Smell"—Jililigu can 'sniff out' the several highest-value treasures in the current world and lead the holder to seek them.

Su Xiao's compatibility with 【Spiritual Jililigu】 cannot be said to be low—it's basically nonexistent; moreover, when facing Su Xiao, the Jililigu with golden whiskers and a appearance resembling an old mouse will be so frightened it cannot move, let alone treasure hunting—if it doesn't urinate on the spot, that's already its limit—and it also greatly fears "Fate Reversal."

This little thing is quite interesting—it actually spat out four "Complete Spacetime Stones" that had been stored for an era; selling these to the Reincarnation Paradise yields 300,000 ounces per stone, and moreover, this little fellow seems to be redeeming itself—seeing this, there's indeed no karmic connection between us, so Su Xiao lets this Fate Curio go.

Besides, Benny, who didn't go to the battlefield, isn't idle either—using her available spacetime force, she conducts item purchases; some contractors urgently needing spacetime force will sell items difficult to offload quickly during the few hours of rest they've applied for, converting resources into combat power.

Su Xiao has "Fair Sale Permit," so Benny naturally can use it to sell items; when Benny discovered that items at the Great Gathering Place stall had a "Fair Sale Price" higher than their displayed stall price, she decisively bought them out, then used "Fair Sale" to earn some price difference.

If the item was just purchased from the Void Tree/Paradise Camp, it definitely cannot be sold using the "Fair Sale Permit," but if bought from other participants, there's no such issue.

The real main income this time comes from Su Xiao's slaying of the five major Abyssal tribe chieftains' derived gains—yes, Caesar's side has already completed the looting, and Su Xiao, who took thirty percent, received 28,850,000 ounces of spacetime force; one can only say the Abyssal resources are abundant and not falsely reputed, while Caesar's wealth this time soared to takeoff? Not at all—Caesar this time only took fifty percent, not even one-tenth.

The distribution of this loot from several major Abyssal tribe treasuries is: Su Xiao 30%, Caesar 50%, Reincarnation Paradise 50%; this time Caesar not only had a full grasp of the big picture, his benefits were not lacking in the slightest—through the Arbiter's Permit, he exchanged this round's gains for several top-tier "Permit Items"; no need to think, this is definitely one of Caesar's core trump cards for future battles against the "Abyssal Vault."

With a total of 52,080,000 ounces of spacetime force in hand, Su Xiao activated the Exclusive Attribute Enhancement Chamber; this enhancement was: Strength +37, Agility +37, Stamina +37, Intelligence +37.

Plain and unadorned enhancement, began.

Ten hours later, Su Xiao opened his eyes, feeling his body significantly stronger; of course, he currently cannot clash with the Shadow of the Dark Tide·Ayvira, but the current situation lacks no place for battle.

Name; Su Xiao (Hunter).

Level; 110.

Life Core: 1840/1840 grains.

Azure Shadow King Energy: 710420/710420 points.

Supreme Strength: 203 points.

Supreme Agility: 203 points.

Supreme Stamina: 203 points.

Supreme Intelligence: 203 points.

True Charm: -140 points.

True Luck Attribute: -23 points.

Fortune: -50,000,000 points.

……

Su Xiao opened the skill list, viewing the 【Extreme Shadow】 ability:

【Extreme Shadow: (Passive)】

Skill Effect: Will increase your core ability level cap according to your main attribute strength, and more importantly, break through the "Absolute Limit."

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Currently enhanced core ability is: Heaven's Edge Severing Shadow.

Number of times breaking the Absolute Limit: two times.

Current total Supreme Main Attribute: 203 points.

Current raised level cap: 145th level (increased by 20 levels).

Prompt: This increase occurs only after accumulating 10 points of total Supreme Main Attribute.

Prompt: The creator of this ability is the Extinction Law Shadow·Su Xiao.

……

Su Xiao immediately activated the "Endless Initial Force," a thread of "Star Realm Initial Force" first appeared, then gradually increased, he began using these "Star Realm Initial Force" to upgrade the "Heaven's Edge Severing Shadow" level, until the "Heaven's Edge Severing Shadow" ability reached 335.

A sense of unprecedented power emerged; sitting cross-legged on the ground, Su Xiao raised one hand, suddenly forming a claw, then clenched tightly—crack! —a black fissure appeared at the gripped spot, inside was chaotic space; he hadn't expected he could actually destroy the spatial boundary layer of his exclusive room—it seems the true peak is not really far away.

【Warning: Due to destroying the spatial boundary layer of the exclusive room, 128 ounces of spacetime force have been deducted.】

Well, although reaching unprecedented strength, the spacetime force deduction still stands—deducted it is.

Rising from the Attribute Enhancement Chamber, just as he passed the Awakening Monument, he stopped; the predecessors of Extinction Law reappeared—he naturally knew, not greeting them wasn't impoliteness, but that everyone had their own affairs; however, Su Xiao always believed the predecessors of Extinction Law had a more comprehensive grasp of the Extinction Law system, and some Extinction Law system abilities he lacks can be learned by asking these seniors.

Moreover, this time he also took the chance to concretize his self-developed "Extreme Shadow" into a inheritance system, letting the predecessors judge whether it can be listed on the Awakening Monument; for this kind of inheritance judgment, he has always been somewhat unfamiliar.

Because I had already summarized the "Extreme Shadow" system earlier, I used the effect of the Awakening Monument, and in no time, Su Xiao formed a book-sized Aogé crystal carrier, on which were inscribed the prerequisites, mastery methods, and effects of this ability.

【Prompt: Due to your increased overall combat power limit, the human potential limit of the current Great Epoch has been raised by 69%.】

The "current Great Epoch" mentioned in the prompt is interesting, and moreover, as humans have risen to their present level, they can still enhance the causal limit of the entire human race, which then feeds back into the potential limit.

Amid the ever-changing void battlefield, Su Xiao chose to activate transmission permission; a few seconds later, the surrounding transmission fluctuations dissipated. He did not go to the main battlefield but headed for the western front to meet the former exterminators. Just as he was about to step forward, he saw several figures entering the headquarters through the western gate. Leading them was an old man with scattered white hair, wearing clothes stained with specks of black blood.

This person's aura was very strong. Upon locking eyes, Su Xiao confirmed he was a former exterminator. Besides him, Su Xiao also saw several others among the group: the old exterminator, Glen Gillian, and even Ximan Archid, whom he had once fought. As for the outcome of that fight, cough—don't pay attention to these details.

"Bai Ye, these few..."

The old exterminator was about to introduce them when Su Xiao said: "I have applied for council authorization."

Upon hearing this, the old exterminator smiled and nodded slightly. Here, the agonized cries of the severely wounded, the painful groans of the dying, and the loud arguments, or even muttering, made the place very noisy.

A moment later, in the council hall where the "Door Node" plan had previously been discussed, the former exterminators took their seats one by one. The environment grew quiet, and finally, the old exterminator who sat down last said:

"This is Barn Diwa, my master."

"Hello."

Su Xiao spoke, and Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa rarely showed a hint of a smile as he nodded.

"This is Keshar Xuna, Glen's master."

The old exterminator's introduction was met with a glare from Keshar Xuna, but he paid no mind and continued: "This is Star-Eater Akas."

Following the old exterminator's gesture, Su Xiao looked and saw the renowned Star-Eater Akas. Star-Eater Akas had a square face, and between his brows radiated a sense of righteousness, giving people a particularly reliable impression—and indeed, it was true; he truly was the most reliable exterminator.

Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa was indeed the strongest exterminator at that time and of the oldest generation. As for reliability, well, his two disciples—the old exterminator and Keshar Xuna—had not yet shown much, and their disciples were Glen Gillian and Marvin Walz, whose value immediately rose.

"This is Xilaibuh, Moon Wolf."

After the old exterminator's introduction, the Black Moon Wolf Xilaibuh smiled and said: "Long admired."

This remark left Glen Gillian and others somewhat dazed, and she asked: "Huh?"

"What?"

The Black Moon Wolf Xilaibuh's "Long admired" left everyone bewildered, but it couldn't be blamed on Xilaibuh—he had been bounced by those two previous "perfect blocks."

At this moment, Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa said:

"Bai Ye, just now I and the two of them inquired about your Paradise Camp's rank certification, and I have gained some understanding. Previously, Star-Eater Akas said your extermination system, due to broken inheritance, might not be considered complete. We came to see you this time precisely to help you resolve this."

"Good."

Su Xiao indeed needed this help. After chatting with Barn Diwa for a moment, he indeed found that while his extermination ability system was not deficient, it only contained the most essential part. Some abilities that could link the extermination system to achieve 1+1=3, or even 5, were indeed lacking. The former exterminators present could help him fill this gap.

The more they talked, the more Barn Diwa's old face smiled. From a certain perspective, after all, the one before him was the disciple's disciple's disciple— the more he looked, the more satisfied he became. Juniors bringing honor to the extermination system brought inner comfort to this already-deceased former exterminator. After a conversation, he gradually aligned the ability tiers of the Second Epoch with the rank system of the Paradise Camp, making it easier to judge which abilities Su Xiao lacked. After a few minutes of talk and gaining a preliminary understanding, Barn Diwa asked:

"Bai Ye, what level is your Azure Qing Qing Gang Ying ability now... uh, I mean, what rank, at what level?"

"Around level 250, with room for improvement."

Hearing this, Barn Diwa's smile remained, but for some reason, it became somewhat solemn. Keshar Xuna and Star-Eater Akas turned toward the sound, their gazes almost asking: "You said how much?"

However, Azure Qing Qing Gang Ying has the "Infinite Trait." Though this level is very high, it only caused slight astonishment among a few former exterminators. Ximan Archid glanced at Su Xiao, his gaze calm, after all, this had nothing to do with him—he bore the name of a traitor, though everyone present didn't care about this so-called "traitor" identity.

Barn Diwa nodded and continued: "Well, I know a path very suitable for your current Azure Qing Qing Gang Ying situation. How are your other abilities?"

"Maxed out."

"What do you mean 'maxed out'?"

"Raised to the limit using soul energy crystals."

Su Xiao's words caused the former exterminators present to fall silent once again. Even Ximan Archid, who had no stake in this, felt somewhat moved. After all, "soul energy crystals" can only be condensed by the first-generation exterminators, and now there is one more.

"Well, this is good."

Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa suddenly felt that guiding this third-generation exterminator with an incomplete inheritance system seemed to have entered a knowledge blind spot. But then he thought of another matter: since the extermination system must be fully upgraded, the technique system becomes paramount. In the extermination system, there are many abilities linked to the technique system, and furthermore, they are not recorded on the Awakening Monument.

Therefore, Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa casually asked: "Bai Ye, what level is your core technique ability now?"

"Level 335."

"You said what?!"

Keshar Xuna, disregarding her image, looked at Su Xiao with slight astonishment.

Su Xiao's words made the former exterminators present feel emotional inside, but upon reflection, this was normal—this is a third-generation exterminator who has ascended to the supreme realm. Well, let's just call it normal.

Everyone was silenced by the 335-level core technique ability. Seeing this, the old exterminator prepared to lighten the mood and thought of something to ask:

"Bai Ye, you are the Soul-Splitting Shadow, but I see your magic spirit is very strong. I roughly calculated earlier: based on your previously mentioned magic spirit strength, converted to the Second Epoch extermination system's judgment standard, 100 points of magic spirit strength is roughly one tier. Now, how many tiers is your magic spirit? At your stage, whether the magic spirit is strong is very important, as it relates to whether your magic blade strength is strong."

After this question was spoken, Ximan Archid became somewhat interested. If speaking of magic blade strength levels, besides Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa, it would be him. Moreover, since the other party died much earlier than him, if speaking of the ultimate achievement of the magic blade, Ximan Archid would be unquestionably the one.

After this question was raised, Seaman Archid became somewhat interested. If one were to speak of the strength of demon blades among those present, aside from the Blood Demon Blade Barn Diwa, it would be him. Moreover, since the other party had died long before him, if one were to speak of the ultimate achievement of demon blades, Seaman Archid would be unquestionably the foremost.

Su Xiao, converting at 100 points of magic spirit strength per tier, said: "Roughly over 400 tiers."

Upon hearing this, the council hall, which had just relaxed a bit, fell silent again. Ximan Archid, who had just been about to speak, crossed his hands and clasped them before him, as if making some decision, and thereafter did not speak again in the subsequent discussion.

Blood Magic Blade Barn Diwa, kicked hard into the knowledge blind spot once more, fell silent for a few seconds, then said: "Bai Ye, if you have any questions about the extermination system, I might be able to help you answer them."

It can be seen that this exterminator skilled in teaching, in his speech, added a touch of caution, beginning to use words like "perhaps" that leave room for flexibility—after all, he had just been kicked several times into the knowledge blind spot.

"Several seniors, I seem to have independently created an exterminator system."

Upon hearing Su Xiao's words, everyone present smiled with relief, for besides Star-Eater Akas, the others had also "independently created" systems before—except that, aside from their own agreement, others did not agree to inscribe their "independently created" systems onto the Awakening Monument.

Su Xiao handed over the Aogé crystal inscribed with "Extreme Shadow" to Barn Diwa. Barn Diwa initially had a natural expression, but as he sensed more, his brows furrowed deeper. Until he began to look solemn, yet when he saw that "Extreme Shadow" requires reaching the supreme realm to fully perfect the system, his expression turned strange—this is far too late-stage.

But upon seeing the requirements for ascending to the supreme realm demanded by "Extreme Shadow," he fell silent:

Supreme Power, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence attributes reaching 80 points.

Heart of the Abyss.

Eye of the Elements.

Path of the Peak.

Stone of Ultimate Harmony.

Ultimate Harmony Stone.

Mastering the power of the star realm.

……

"The Path to the Peak" — the Blood Demon Blade, Barn·Diwa, knew of it, but what "Ultimate Harmony Stone"? And "Mastering the power of the star realm"? What absurd conditions these are. After reviewing them, Barn·Diwa fell into silence.

How strong is "Ultimate Shadow"? Very strong — extremely strong. At the final stage, transcending tiers produces the powerful Severing Soul Shadow, Void-Rending Shadow, and Demon-Devouring Shadow. But these absurd prerequisites — is this truly suitable for inheritance? This is well worth discussing.

Seeing Barn·Diwa remain silent for a long time, Kaise·Xuna took over the inheritance records. After a short while, she too fell into silence. As the records were passed around in turn, eventually, the council chamber grew quiet. Even Seiman·Aichde showed a hint of difficulty in expression.

Finally, Glen·Jilian broke the silence, saying:

"Why not engrave this inheritance at the very top of the Awakening Stele — the very part originally decided not to inscribe abilities upon? Then separate this top section from the lower part with a tangent cut, treating it as a standalone page dedicated solely to recording it. Its requirements are absurdly high, but to omit it would be a tremendous loss to the posterity of the Annihilation Law system."

Finally, several predecessors of the Annihilation Law agreed with Glen·Jilian's somewhat peculiar proposal — namely, to give "Ultimate Shadow" its own separate page.