Chapter 495

Su Xiao aimed at the Dark King's eye socket, and the long sword pierced through the Dark King's already blinded eyeball, sinking into the brain marrow.

The Dark King was like a dead fish on the shore, twitching but unable to move.

The Qing Gang Ying ability continued to be released. Ten seconds later, the Dark King's nervous system collapsed, but even so, it still did not die.

Xiang Bubu Wang also rushed up, biting and scratching, while Su Xiao slashed one sword after another.

Because his injuries were too severe, Su Xiao sat paralyzed on the ground after only a few slashes.

Two minutes later, Xiang Bubu Wang retreated to the side, baring its teeth. The Dark King's skin was really too hard; it could not gnaw through it.

Su Xiao rested for a while and stood up. A blue light bloomed on the Zhan Long Shan in his hand. He had already activated Qing Gang Ying for ten minutes, and the mana combustion effect appeared.

With one slash, under the terrifying true damage bonus, this sword severed the Dark King's throat.

【You have killed the leader-level creature Dark King Minas.】

【Dark King Minas is a key figure of Devour Island, gaining 16% of World Source. Total World Source gained is now 34%.】

【You have obtained the Demon Box.】

Just as the hint for killing the Dark King appeared, a burning sensation came from the back of Su Xiao's hand.

This was a blood-red cross mark, the ability 【Demon Mark】 he had obtained after the end of Water City.

Demon Mark: Lv. 2 (Passive Skill)

Skill Effect 1: Adds 13 points of true damage when attacking.

Skill Effect 2: Can increase the Demon Mark level by sacrificing equipment. You have reached a treaty with a high-level demon.

【High-level demon power discovered, Demon Mark activated, devouring demon power...】

The blood-red mark on the back of Su Xiao's hand flashed, and a wisp of black smoke drifted out from the Dark King's corpse.

The smoke was pure black, seemingly able to devour all light; this was the purest demon power.

The demon power was gradually devoured by the Demon Mark, and the Dark King's corpse quickly shriveled, large cracks appearing on that tough skin.

Su Xiao was not worried about the changes in the Demon Mark. This mark was on the surface of his body, and with Qing Gang Ying energy present, the demon power could not enter his body.

【Demon Mark has been upgraded to Lv. 3.】

【Demon Mark has been upgraded to Lv. 4.】

【Demon Mark has been upgraded to Lv. 5.】

【Demon Mark has been upgraded to Lv. 6.】

【Demon Mark has been upgraded to Lv. 7!】

The Demon Mark stopped after upgrading 5 levels in a row. If it were upgraded by sacrificing equipment, these 5 levels would be enough to make Su Xiao go bankrupt.

Checking the attributes of the Demon Mark, Su Xiao raised an eyebrow.

Demon Mark: Lv. 7 (Passive Skill)

Skill Effect 1: Adds 28 points of true damage when attacking.

Skill Effect 2: Can increase the Demon Mark level by sacrificing equipment. You have reached a treaty with a high-level demon.

The Lv. 7 Demon Mark was already very strong, adding a full 28 points of true damage. Although it required melee combat to add true damage, Su Xiao's main ability, Qing Gang Ying, only caused 50 points of true damage.

According to Su Xiao's observation, the tier of true damage was very high, with characteristics such as ignoring body defense.

Su Xiao put away the Demon Box dropped by the Dark King. His recovery items were not many, and his injuries were not as simple as just recovering health. He had to hide as soon as possible; this was the deep part of the Black Forest.

Looking around, there were only trees and stones nearby. Su Xiao's gaze locked onto the vertical shaft where the Dark King had been before.

This was an excellent hiding spot.

"Xiang Bubu, scout it out."

Xiang Bubu Wang's dog face looked awkward, and it shook its head quickly. That look seemed to say: "Master, I just peed inside."

"It's fine, such a deep shaft, we will take refuge in the middle section."

Xiang Bubu Wang walked to the shaft reluctantly and sniffed the smell inside; there was no smell. After listening carefully for a while, there was no sound under the shaft.

Su Xiao threw the Dark King's corpse down the shaft and cleaned up the battle traces nearby.

Standing in front of the shaft, which was several meters thick, Su Xiao thought for a moment. He cut down more than a dozen large trees nearby and threw the thick tree trunks into the shaft.

Xiang Bubu Wang's expression relaxed a lot. Su Xiao used his right hand to pull out the Jie Duan Xian and lowered Xiang Bubu Wang down.

"Woof."

The bark came from under the shaft, and Su Xiao also entered the shaft using the Jie Duan Xian.

Stepping on the cross-section of a tree trunk about two meters in diameter, Su Xiao leaned against the wall of the shaft. He needed to rest now; multiple fractures in his body and massive blood loss made him sleepy.

The shaft was a safe point in the Black Forest. The Dark King chose to sleep here, which showed how safe it was. The wild boar was lucky to have found this shaft; otherwise, it would have been difficult for Su Xiao to find the Dark King.

Food and fresh water were sufficient, and Su Xiao and Xiang Bubu Wang could hide under the shaft for a long time.

The sky gradually darkened, and the black mist around the Black Forest became thinner and thinner.

Su Xiao was injured too severely and was often in a semi-comatose state in the shaft. If it weren't for the Ice Goddess Halo and the scabbard 【God's Afterglow】's skill "Vitality," he might have already died from his severe injuries; those ribs piercing into his internal organs were too fatal.

Ice Goddess's Gift (Halo): Generates an Ice Goddess Halo, restoring 1 point of health to friendly forces per second. No consumption, recovery effect increases based on Intelligence attribute.

Vitality (Passive): Restores 10 points of health and 0.5 points of mana per minute.

These two abilities kept Su Xiao from dying from his severe injuries. If he wanted to recover from his current injuries, unless he could obtain recovery items with super-strong effects or return to the Reincarnation Paradise.

Time passed quickly, and Su Xiao woke up for the fourth time in the shaft. Although his chest felt stuffy and his breathing was not very smooth, he was temporarily out of danger of dying.

Checking the remaining time of the trial, Su Xiao was stunned.

【Remaining survival time: 7 hours, number of surviving Qiyuezhe: 61.】

"I've been in a coma for nearly three days. I thought I was dead for sure before."

Su Xiao checked his status, and there were a few small blood-red characters below the status list.

【Severe injury status.】

He hadn't expected the Dark King to be so strong before. This was a lesson; in the future, he could not rashly enter areas with a difficulty above Lv. 20, although fighting a BOSS one-on-one was very satisfying.

Checking the hidden mission, the hidden mission showed a completed status, but it could not be completed yet. This was not a derived world, but a trial world; the rewards for the hidden mission would be settled after returning to the Reincarnation Paradise.

Su Xiao did not intend to go out. Facts proved that although this shaft was located in the Black Forest, it was mysteriously safe here.

Normal area, on the grassland.

It was very lively here at this time. Large groups of wild beasts were fleeing for their lives, and overwhelming Undead were pouring out from the Black Forest. Not only Undead, but several existences similar to the Dark King had also fully awakened.

More than 90% of the surviving Qiyuezhe had fled into the Red Earth area, and the normal area had become the territory of the Undead.

Three hours later, the normal area was completely occupied by the Undead. Everywhere were wild beasts gnawed into skeletons, and there was still fresh blood on the skeletons.

At the stone bridge connecting the Red Earth area and the normal area, countless Undead stood in front of the stone bridge, not daring to advance even an inch.

An old man with a pale body walked out from among the Undead. The old man was not only bald but also had no eyebrows or beard.

"Why are you not allowing us to pass?"

The old man looked like a human, but he was not a human; he was a Void race. Including the Dark King, the strong individuals in the Black Forest were all criminals exiled to Devour Island from the Void.

Master Rat stood on the stone bridge. He did not make a move at all; he just stood there.

"I said I won't allow you to pass, so I won't."

The black mist around the Black Forest dissipated. The difficulty of Devour Island far exceeded the trial difficulty, so Master Rat stood out under the instruction of the Reincarnation Paradise; otherwise, the final surviving Qiyuezhe would not exceed ten.

The pale old man looked at Master Rat.

"You..."

"Stop farting, I'm just asking if you're going to get lost or not."

Master Rat looked at the pale old man sideways. He had seen this kind of scene too many times.

The pale old man clenched his fists and was just about to speak when he was interrupted by Master Rat.

"You forgot..."

Master Rat's voice became smaller and smaller, but the pale old man's body trembled, his expression somewhat terrified.

"Three hours later, you can attack the Red Earth area as you please. Now, get lost!"

Master Rat let out a loud roar, and the pale old man turned and left, not daring to say another word. Master Rat was not scary, but the person behind him was too scary.

Under the suppression of Master Rat, three hours passed quickly. There were 36 Qiyuezhe who survived the turmoil.

501 people landed on the island, 36 survived; the survival rate of the survival trial was less than one-tenth.

Red Earth area, in a valley.

Brother Umbrella-less leaned against a rock wall, and beside him was Old Baal, who had been dead for a long time.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Brother Umbrella-less coughed up several large mouthfuls of blood, his eyes showing some unwillingness.

"Little Mihu, so you were the one hiding the deepest."

Brother Umbrella-less looked at his two severed arms and smiled bitterly. They had gone deep into the Skeleton Cave and should have succeeded in stopping the black mist from dissipating, but unfortunately...

Inside the shaft in the Black Forest, Su Xiao was waiting for the trial to end.

【Remaining survival time: 0 hours, number of surviving Qiyuezhe: 36, survival trial ended.】

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