Chapter 4221

Because of the promise that this was the last divination, the "Evil-Minded Prophet" took this divination especially seriously, and the result was a failed divination.

Of course it would fail, the "Merchant Guild Alliance" is currently the wealthiest power in the Star Realm, the "Goblin Merchant Guild" and the "Gilthill Family" indeed have a bright future, in the following several epochs, as long as there are no internal problems within these two sides, and no such leader who makes people's eyes go black appears, they will definitely be one of the major powers in the following several epochs.

The problem is, this Abyssal Campaign drained both sides' coffers, and the "Merchant Guild Alliance," jointly formed by the "Underworld Bank" and the "Giant Bank," naturally ranked first.

For Su Xiao, this is good news; he wants to go further, which will certainly require vast resources, so he has the "Evil-Minded Prophet" continue divining, he takes out his communicator, first contacts the Goblin Merchant Guild, then contacts the Gilthill Family.

In dealing with the "Merchant Guild Alliance," killing them outright is simple, but wanting to completely swallow their wealth is dozens of times harder than destroying this power, the wealth composition of the "Merchant Guild Alliance" is very complex, ranging from banking businesses that affect the entire Star Realm to commercial streets and real estate in some second- and third-tier worlds.

Moreover, the "Merchant Guild Alliance" is not a treasury; all its wealth is notarized by the Void Tree, and over eighty percent of its wealth is in a state not notarized by the Void Tree, therefore colluding with Caesar on this matter is not appropriate.

Therefore, it is very necessary this time to ally with the Goblin Guild and the Gilthill Family; the former has great influence in commercial channels, the latter is involved in many types of business, to put it this way, one of the backers of the White Ox Power initially was the Gilthill Family.

In this cooperation, the three parties' purpose is clear: Su Xiao is responsible for slaughtering the high-ranking members of the "Merchant Guild Alliance," while the Goblin Guild and the Gilthill Family are responsible for swallowing the assets of all industries of the "Merchant Guild Alliance."

Moreover, the Gilthill Family is also responsible for securing the treasuries of the Giant Bank and the Underworld Bank; it is worth mentioning that one of the Gilthill Family's main businesses is investment, therefore this family holds shares in the Giant Bank and the Underworld Bank, and these shares are notarized by the Void Tree between the two parties, one holding 95%, the other holding 558%, for such a massive bank, this shareholding is already considerable.

After ending the communication with Gilthill Aldin, Su Xiao picked up the "Evil-Minded Prophet" on the table, he activated the transmission, weighed his options, and chose to go to the Void.

When the transmission's faint light dissipated, Su Xiao, Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, and Bahar had arrived at the Void Battlefield region; Benny was busy with other matters, and for a period afterward Benny would be busy to the point of flying, after all, they had reached the resource preparation stage.

Here has become a vast expanse of dark red earth, the sight before one's eyes is all manner of bones of various sizes, some are the skeletons of colossal magic dragons, some are black knights with forehooves raised, holding aloft strangely shaped horse-slaying sabers.

Gazing into the distance, even half-buried in the ground, they are still ten thousand meters high, resembling the deep-sea manta ray's scaled clan, inspiring awe; besides, standing tens of thousands of meters tall, with a single knee kneeling on the ground in a posture of death, the dark giants are even more shocking to the heart, such enormous terrifying dark beings—how did they die?

Actually, these impressive-looking bones are merely elite monsters of the Abyssal Campaign; those boss-level existences have all turned into unstable dark matter, fermenting and changing.

The immense dark power mixed with various top-tier supernatural forces has layered this region from the outside; presumably, in a few decades, this place will become a hazardous zone, a forbidden area, extremely dangerous, yet at the same time, all kinds of top-tier opportunities will surely exist.

Not to mention other things, just the sheer abundance of source blood in this place is already beyond counting, and the insufficiently strong source blood cannot even be retained, having long been swallowed by the dark things drifting on the Abyssal Battlefield.

A few hundred years later, when the several major powers rising in the Star Realm gather all their strength to "explore the Abyssal Battlefield," the result is returning with feathers shed? This is not mere speculation; it is an event with over a ninety percent chance of occurring.

As for the source blood here, to Su Xiao it means nothing; they are all in an unnotarized state, unless the "Resource Replacement Device" is brought, the risk and reward are not proportional, whether in the subsequent accumulation one can possess the strength to fight the supreme, the "Resource Replacement Device" is of paramount importance.

The danger here has already begun to show signs, as if sensing the intrusion of the living, these dangers posture with malice, but soon, these dark spawnings sink back into silence, because the one who came here is precisely the main participant of this Abyssal Campaign; to speak plainly, a large part of this battlefield's purgatory scenery was directly or indirectly caused by Su Xiao.

Su Xiao again had the "Evil-Minded Prophet" perform divination; the "Evil-Minded Prophet," which had yielded no results from consecutive divinations, was displeased, but considering that refusal would lead to formatting, the "Evil-Minded Prophet" performed divination once more.

At the moment the "Evil-Minded Prophet" began divining the whereabouts of the "Merchant Guild Alliance," Su Xiao's pupils flickered with a trace of blood light, and he suddenly swung a blade.

With a crisp "crack," as if something had been shattered, several fissures appeared on the "Evil-Minded Prophet."

"How is it here?"

Su Xiao spoke, and his hand-held "Evil-Minded Prophet" displayed an inexplicable fluctuation; actually, there is one thing easily misunderstood: the "Evil-Minded Prophet" is in fact a dangerous object, in the notarization classification of the Reincarnation Paradise, it falls under the list of "Abyssal Curios."

"Evil-Minded Prophet (Abyssal Curio): Can consume current fortune to perform divination, with a 50% chance of being absolutely accurate, and a 50% chance of being definitely wrong; the result will be determined by this item's 'mood,' a 'beautiful mood' Prophet will give an accurate divination, a 'terrible mood' Prophet will give a wrong answer."

This is the data Su Xiao saw; the next line reads: "Can view this item's specific attributes through branch attributes," because if others were to view it, the "Evil-Minded Prophet's" notarized attributes would show various debuffs, risks, curses, etc.

Why doesn't the "Evil-Minded Prophet" harm Su Xiao? Because the "Evil-Minded Prophet" is extremely afraid of Su Xiao; it is merely a "weak and helpless" dangerous object.

Therefore, the "Evil-Minded Prophet," which is not a good thing to begin with, finds the current Abyssal Battlefield very suitable for its further advancement; it can be called a dream come true.

The next second, Su Xiao vanished from his spot and reappeared on the corpse of a super-gigantic ancient Abyssal existence; he casually flicked, and the divination-card-like "Evil-Minded Prophet" half-stabbed into the flesh and blood of this Abyssal existence, then began to merge into it; if this dark corpse with a peak-tier rank is not taken away, then within a few years, the "Evil-Minded Prophet" will be able to advance several steps further.

When the "Evil-Minded Prophet" leaves the Abyssal Battlefield, then in the Star Realm it will no longer be the minor-role dangerous object it once was; given this fellow's modus operandi, it will surely find a Son of the World in a high-tier world and wreak havoc to the point of making one feel ecstatic and doubt life.

Su Xiao leapt down from the corpse of the gigantic Abyssal existence; as for the whereabouts of the "Merchant Guild Alliance," he already knew, earlier the "Evil-Minded Prophet" divined the whereabouts of the "Merchant Guild Alliance," but was interfered with by various causal forces.

What Su Xiao did was to slash and shatter these causal interferences at once, and let the destructive force spread to their source; this is the location of the "Merchant Guild Alliance."

……

Forgotten Spirit Realm.

This is a fifth-tier world, a medium-to-large world ruled by plants and insects; these insects do not call themselves the worm race, but the worm descendants, the worm descendants have three great kingdoms and six large tribes, while the plants are more united, having only one alliance kingdom that occupies one-third of this world's territory.

The worm descendants are warlike, so they often launch campaigns against the plant clans; even if the two sides cease hostilities every few decades due to benefit redistribution, the worm descendants' forces are also plagued by incessant internal wars.

What this world is most famous for is not the incessant wars of the two major races, but the "Eternal Ice Crystal" uniquely produced here in the entire Star Realm; this resource is controlled by the "Giant Bank," and the major powers of the Star Realm naturally have given up on it.

The current situation of the Forgotten Spirit Realm is very special; it is undergoing the highest-tier notarization of the Void Tree; to enter this realm, maximum combat power will be suppressed to the fifth-tier limit; this is the sanctuary crafted by the "Merchant Guild Alliance."

At this moment, located in the Southern Continent is the Commercial Capital, one of this world's three great foreign cities recognized by the worm descendants; besides these three worm-descendant-recognized foreign cities and the surrounding wilderness areas, once the worm descendants discover that outsiders have entered their territory without permission, they will immediately launch a ferocious attack.

Because this world originally had a combat power limit notarization, just not at the current level, so during the period when worm descendants and outsiders had conflicts, they were all unresolved due to mutual interests.

Commercial Capital, central district, a towering skyscraper, 278 floors, top-floor·Shareholders' Council Hall, in total there are several dozen high-ranking members of the "Merchant Guild Alliance" present; the Giant Bank and the Underworld Bank have developed over many years, their shareholder composition has long been made up of members of all races.

The current chairman of the Underworld Bank is a man with pale skin, resembling the vampire archetype in film and television; in fact, he is of the demon race, merely a rare bloodline clan; while the chairman of the Giant Bank is a man who appears to be smiling narrowly, with a corpulent figure of at least 800 kilograms, middle-aged, his name is Bartlet Bar; beside him, the demon race chairman is named Amore.

The foremost Amore and Bartlet Bar remain silent; the surrounding shareholders are like a dead tribe, either with ashen faces or restless and anxious, some muttering under their breath.

"Shut up."

Amore spoke in a low voice; among the two leaders, Amore is usually more ruthless and cruel, Bartlet Bar is then a smiling tiger, whoever he fixes his gaze on will surely have no good outcome.

"Two lords, we should now……"

A feathered race shareholder spoke; as one of the shareholders of the "Merchant Guild Alliance," he now dares not even return to his family's territory, after all, during the Abyssal Campaign, he was completely on the side of the "Merchant Guild Alliance," even ignoring the clan chief's summons.

"Shut up."

Bartlet Bar's face, rarely seen, turned gloomy, but then he showed a hint of a smile and asked those present:

"Gentlemen, do you think the Supreme Being is powerful?"

"This……"

"Of course, even someone has speculated that he might be above the Boundless Realm."

"Is it rumored that being above the Boundless Realm is just gossip, but it is undoubted that he is the strongest."

Having received unanimous agreement from the shareholders present, Bartlet Bar continued:

"Then what do you say about the conflict between the Supreme Being and the Law-Destroyer? How will it ultimately end?"

Upon these words, the gazes of the shareholders present all changed, they began to discuss heatedly, and soon the atmosphere in the council hall lightened somewhat.

"I think," Bartlet Bar surveyed those present and continued: "Those seated here are not fools, otherwise they could not have climbed to this position; we only need to wait a bit longer, for as long as the Supreme Being is present, those two Boundless Realm beings dare not appear at will, even saying that they die at the hands of the Supreme Being is merely a matter of time; we only need to wait, as for other major powers' hostility toward us, it is merely a division of interests; given sufficient benefits, they are very willing to forget this period."

Bartlet Bar's words eased the hearts of the shareholders present by several degrees, and the shareholders present could hear that Bartlet Bar was not speaking nonsense.

"Then we might as well try to speed up this process."

Bang!

The large ashtray that Shrike·Ba had originally half-filled with a cigar smashed into the shareholder who was speaking, and that shareholder let out a muffled grunt, wanting to slam the table and stand up, but after locking eyes with Shrike·Ba, he sat down with some resentment.

"Everyone, stop making foolish choices—if it weren't for your foolish choices one by one, we wouldn't have been pushed to the edge of the cliff."

As Shrike·Ba spoke, he glanced around at everyone present, but because he still had a large ashtray in his hand, the other shareholders present did not meet his gaze.

"Well then, we'll leave this world at the latest half an hour from now—don't look at me like that. Just now, the secret treasure we used to hide our karmic traces shattered continuously. If it weren't for the three that remain unbroken, indicating our karmic traces haven't been pierced through, we would have to leave immediately."

Shrike·Ba's words made the shareholders' faces turn ugly again—this fugitive-like existence, they still have to endure for a while. When have they ever been in such a sorry state before?

"I know you all have fire in your hearts—we two feel the same."

Amor threw down the document in his hand, about to continue speaking, when he suddenly noticed a figure already standing on the twenty-plus-meter-long luxurious council table.

"You!"

Amor's expression shifted from surprise to terror as the man standing on the council table fixed his gaze on him.

Bang!

All the shareholders present turned into chunks of flesh and blood, flying outward, but after flying a short distance, their blood reversed flow and converged, gradually forming blood contracts that were imprinted onto the contract parchment.

Splish-splash~

One contract parchment after another fell into the hands of the Anti-Law Visitor who had come to 'visit.' After roughly flipping through them, he crouched on the conference table and, with a slight downward gaze, said to Amor and Shrike·Ba:

"Are you signing yourselves, or should I find a way?"

Under Su Xiao's benevolent smile, Amor's teeth chattered click-click-click, while Shrike·Ba beside him had his entire plump face twisted somewhat.

"Signed—do we not have to die?"

Shrike·Ba spoke with a twitching cheek; although he felt the question was ridiculous, at this point, who wouldn't have a sliver of hope?

Hearing this, Su Xiao's shoulder, where the Bahamut's dark blue smoke formed a sinister smile, said: "Signed, you die immediately; unsigned, you can only die after you sign. Don't say you haven't temporarily hired that sea clan—on this matter, they are indeed the most professional."

Shrike·Ba gulped down saliva, struggled for a moment, turned around, and was about to smash through the floor-to-ceiling window and jump out—but just as he began to turn, his body froze abruptly. After a moment, Su Xiao had two more contract parchments in his hand.

After giving these contract parchments to the Gilferll family members who had come to meet up, the world around Su Xiao began to show signs of collapse. He cannot linger long in this realm—without the suppression of the World Tree's power, once this world region shatters, his power and karma will crush this world, causing irreversible collapse.

As for how Su Xiao came to this realm—crack! —his body showed crystal cracks. This Aogē Crystal Incarnation of his is indeed a fifth-rank limit combat power, having received suppression from this realm's World Tree certification. The problem is, at fifth rank, he was already a rare match among peers—let alone now.

In the exclusive room of the Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao opened his eyes, dispelled his crystal incarnation, and the Bahamut on his shoulder also opened its eyes, saying:

"Boss, I'll handle the aftermath of this matter—I'll go and hand over with Benni."

"Mm."

Su Xiao still has many things to do—this "Merchant Alliance" matter is indeed important, but among several streams of resource income, it certainly isn't the largest.

Checking the time, Su Xiao stood up and left the planting area, taking the unwilling Bubu Wang with him. Before leaving, Bubu Wang called out to Amu, who thought it was going out for dry rations, so he decisively followed.

Amu has some directional difficulties within the Reincarnation Paradise, but he remembers the routes to the Food Street and the Summer Restaurant clearly. However, noticing the forging aura in the surrounding shops growing stronger, Amu's steps unconsciously slowed.

After more than twenty minutes, Amu stood in front of Reid's forging shop, hesitated—this simpleton actually pulled out a metal helmet from his servant's storage space and put it on his head.

Thud-thud-thud~

Amu knocked on the heavy metal door, producing a dull sound. The security in the Reincarnation Paradise is absolutely max level, yet Reid's forging shop door is often upgraded, leaving people puzzled.

The small sliding window on the door opened; Reid and Amu locked eyes. After a moment, the door opened, and Amu, holding a wooden box, entered the forging shop.

In the neighboring district, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang stood in front of the cold drink shop, each holding a cup of fruit drink. Seeing Amu successfully enter, Bubu Wang made a gesture to clink cups with Su Xiao, who glanced at Bubu Wang and casually tapped cups—then the man and dog continued waiting for the result.

Not long after, a bang came from inside the forging shop—like a heavy object striking a metal helmet. After a while, Amu walked out of the forging shop looking dejected, while Reid, who is usually somewhat gloomy and steady, this time actually came out and then stood in front of the forging shop door, laughing loudly to the sky.

Seeing this, Su Xiao knew: oh no—the blow that could be called fatal, which we blocked before the "Night of the Wild Hunt," was indeed the final one. Moreover, the "indestructible" nature of the "Night of the Wild Hunt" mainly comes from the "Abyssal Embers," and that attack was precisely the ultimate "Abyssal Embers" power.

At that time, Su Xiao and the Abyssal Lord had just exchanged ultimate moves, and having fought to the end, at this stage, whoever takes a blow immediately becomes the disadvantaged side. The Abyssal Lord achieved 400 points of supreme stamina, giving it a powerful physique that let it strike first. It should have used this "Abyssal Embers" bombardment to gain the upper hand at the final moment, even tilting the balance of victory heavily toward it.

Unfortunately, this "Abyssal Embers" bombardment was perfectly blocked by the "Night of the Wild Hunt." At the moment of impact, the ember power within the "Night of the Wild Hunt" ignited completely and burned out entirely.

This damned, heaven-slaying, repair-so-much-that-he-lost-hair-and-beard detestable armor has finally been completely destroyed. Reid could be said to be overjoyed—but after laughing heartily, returning to the forging shop, he habitually sat down beside the workbench. Seeing all sorts of repair tools, he momentarily felt a sense of loss.

Su Xiao didn't linger long on the forging street. After buying Amu several super-large meals, he activated the imprint permit and headed toward the Void Platform near the Void. After advancing southward not far, he saw the mist wall of the "Stellar Seat" towering into the sky.

The "Stellar Seat" was not previously here—it was near the "Green Shade Great Wetlands," and that area is precisely the central battlefield of the Abyssal War.

Passing through the mist wall, Su Xiao saw two figures present: the Regiment Commander and the Blade Demon. He arrived, sat down, and did not speak—after all, he and the Blade Demon are both familiar and unfamiliar. Now, the Blade Demon has fully awakened, regained himself, and the Blade Demon's regaining of self...

The Blade Demon looked at Su Xiao, stared for a moment, smiled, and said: "If it's a duel, I have a sixty percent chance of winning."

Hearing this, the Regiment Commander said nothing—this old friend of his is just like that: everything's fine, but when facing someone he knows he can't beat, he still insists on a sixty percent chance of winning. Fortunately, now they're friends, so he won't actually test whether it's truly sixty percent.

Unlike the imagined silent and aloof Blade Demon, before his Blade Demon transformation, this Shadow of the Anti-Law was indeed very hot-tempered. Moreover, he is considered the last of the Anti-Law, and unlike Su Xiao's inheritance skipping a generation, one can only say his temperament is very much that of the Second Era's Shadow of the Anti-Law.

"Truly unlucky—I was fighting the Abyssal Campaign when I fell asleep, woke up and kept fighting—eh, old man, I'm going to sleep."

The Blade Demon leaned back in his seat, seemingly still muttering fragrant words due to having just woken up and started fighting the Abyssal Campaign, but after a moment, he lay as if truly asleep, silent, and a wisp of dark blue spirit ember fluttered upward.

"..."

Su Xiao said nothing and stood up. The Regiment Commander on Seat No. 1 of the Stellar Seat merely gazed upward at the hazy dome—under such circumstances, no words are needed.

When the Blade Demon regains himself, that is the time of his extinction.

After leaving the Stellar Seat, Su Xiao went to the Void Platform—a boundless rock plain with obvious weathering marks. Continuing forward, one can see the ten-thousand-zhang Abyss. In the Second Era, the Void Platform once flourished for a time, but now it has completely declined, even footprints are rare.

Arriving at the edge of the Void Platform, Su Xiao sat cross-legged, gazing at the surging sea of clouds below, began meditating here. Unconsciously, he immersed himself in it, and his meditation level rose rapidly—nearly increasing by one level every few seconds.

This is because, as the holder of the "Origin Stone·World," he has already fulfilled his heavenly mandate, defeated the Abyssal Lord, and now the "Origin Stone·World"'s buff to meditation has reached its peak—but this is also the last time the "Origin Stone·World" will grant such a buff to meditation.

When Su Xiao awoke from meditation, it was already early morning the next day. Opening his eyes, he saw the sunrise on the horizon—the most beautiful sunrise he has ever seen. Not an illusion, but the manifestation of the starry realm environment improving after the Abyss/Elements reached perfect balance.

【Hint: Your meditation ability has reached.】

Su Xiao did not check his meditation ability—he had a clear feeling: even if meditation ability is reached, if he continues meditating afterward, as long as he persists day after day, this ability will still improve—it just takes a long time.

"Kid, it seems you've been persisting in meditation—good habit."

The remnant soul state of Marvin·Waltz spoke. Behind him stood a tall black maple tree with an aura completely different from other black maples—this is precisely the "Black Maple Mother Tree." Su Xiao has seen this thing several times; the missing patch of bark on the trunk was pulled off by him, though that missing part is about to grow back.

"I don't have much time—I must tell you this..."

As Marvin·Waltz was halfway through his words, seeing Su Xiao take out a radiant soul stone, he shook his head, smiling, and said:

"I already know of their existence—impossible to escape..."

Clang!

The blade light flashed and vanished, Su Xiao asked: "Do you know what?"

"I know..."

Ma Wen·Walz stared, recalling the memories of some strange, unknown entities—they blurred instantly, no, they vanished from a certain point, as if severed.

Ma Wen·Walz immediately chose not to investigate further, he grasped the radiant soul stone with one hand and sighed: "My master and Green can no longer sustain their remnant souls; I never expected I would persist until the end."

"..."

Su Xiao said nothing, merely releasing the "Awakening Monument" from his storage space, handing it to Ma Wen·Walz, who could continue existing as a soul body—clearly the better choice.

As for this, the former generations of Dharma-Destroyers had something to say, but when their gaze turned to the side—this "disciple of Ma Wen·Walz"—they had nothing to say; for a moment, a great deal of resentment built up in their chests, making them unable to hold back.

"What were you just about to say?"

"Nothing."

Ma Wen·Walz left behind the "Black Maple Mother Tree" and turned to walk away; it seemed what he wanted to say relied on the mindset of impending demise—awkward as it was—but now that demise was no longer imminent, of course he couldn't say it.

"..."

Su Xiao chose to return to the Reincarnation Paradise, took out his communicator, and dialed; soon, Caesar's voice came through:

"My dear friend, it seems we both won."

"..."

"If Caesar hasn't guessed wrong, you will soon challenge the Supreme Being?"

"Yes."

"Caesar believes that between you and the Supreme, I should invest in one; as your friend, I naturally invest in you. Coincidentally, the Abyssal Vault holds enough resources to astonish both of us. However, my dear friend, if you win, don't forget to give Caesar some return."

Caesar's treacherous laughter came from the communicator; moments later, the tone shifted and he asked: "My dear friend, this time you sought Caesar for?"

"I have 4.7 billion merit points certified by the Void Tree."

Upon hearing this, the Caesar on the other end let out a startled "What?" with a voice breaking in surprise; although both parties had previously agreed to finalize the merit points gained from this operation, they truly hadn't expected so much.

From a certain perspective, after the Abyssal Camp's crushing defeat, the next danger is actually the resource vault of the Void Tree.