Chapter 60: Admonition
Compared to the astonishing power of Dead Silence Descending, Su Xiao was more interested in the consumption of this ability. This ability seemed to be purifying Dead Silence City.
Every time Su Xiao used this ability, a part of Dead Silence City would disappear, consumed as the cost to activate the ability. When Dead Silence City completely vanished, Dead Silence Descending could be upgraded.
Su Xiao sensed the injuries within his body. The sword wound on his abdomen still stung, but his health had recovered to about 30%.
After a moment of thought, Su Xiao decided to activate Set Effect 1 and undergo the Will Baptism.
The moment he activated the set effect 1, Undying Will (Passive), darkness engulfed Su Xiao’s vision.
A tall figure stood in the darkness. It was the consciousness of the Black King.
“You… are worthy.”
The darkness before Su Xiao’s eyes faded. He hadn’t suffered any mental impact or the like; he only heard a single sentence: “You… are worthy.”
Su Xiao pressed one hand to his chest, sensing the changes within himself. At that moment, a surge of pure black energy flowed out from the bracer and merged into his body.
This energy disappeared as soon as it entered Su Xiao’s body. Most of it integrated into his muscles, bones, and blood, while the remainder entered his head.
The change was more sudden than Su Xiao had imagined. He could feel his cell activity rapidly increasing. This was more pronounced than when strengthening his stamina attribute, and the degree of improvement was also more astonishing.
The most intuitive feeling was that the stinging pain in Su Xiao’s abdomen quickly subsided. A faint white mist rose from the wounds on his body, and they healed at a visible rate.
In just over ten minutes, the discomfort throughout Su Xiao’s body vanished. His health recovered to 100%. However, even so, he was still completely weak. Severe exhaustion was not something that a permanent health increase could restore.
Su Xiao had never experienced such severe exhaustion before. The end of the Demon Hunting Hour would naturally cause exhaustion, and combined with his consecutive use of Blood Beast, it was easy to imagine how weak he was now.
[Tip: Will Baptism has ended.]
[Your maximum health has been permanently increased by 50%.]
[Your willpower has been permanently increased by 35 points.]
……
After moving his much more relaxed body, Su Xiao immediately activated Set Effect 2, preparing to undergo the Day King’s trial.
Crack~
A stone carving on the inner side of the sacrificial altar opened one eye. The Day King merely glanced at Su Xiao before reverting to a stone carving.
“That’s… it?”
Su Xiao looked at the Day King’s stone carving in confusion. The Day King showed no reaction. Seeing this, he checked the set effects again.
Set Effect 1, Undying Will (Passive): Before health drops below 5%, the Hunter will not enter a dying state. If entering a dying state, only minor effects of the dying state will be suffered until death.
Set Effect 2, Day’s Time (Passive): The Hunter’s subordinates, summons, and familiars have all attributes permanently increased by 10% (excluding luck attribute). The Hunter permanently gains 3 summoning slots.
Set Effect 3, Dead Silence Descending (Set Ultimate Ability, Active)…
……
Su Xiao didn’t feel much himself, but Bubu Wang and Amu had a significant reaction. Two streams of gentle white light were enveloping them.
Bubu Wang twisted its body not far away, adapting to its gradually strengthening attributes. The 10% increase in all attributes brought Bubu Wang’s five attributes to:
Strength: 87 points (increased by 8 points)
Agility: 91 (true attribute, increased by 8 points)
Stamina: 88 (increased by 8 points)
Intelligence: 49 (increased by 4 points)
Charm: 98 (true attribute, increased by 9 points)
……
As for Amu, it was unconscious. However, this guy’s true stamina attribute had reached 110 points, higher than Su Xiao’s, greatly increasing its durability.
Amu was also aggrieved. When others got stronger, they became better at beating people up. For it, it was the opposite—it became more durable, enduring even more vicious beatings.
After Amu increased its stamina attribute, although its injuries weren’t fully healed, they were greatly alleviated. At least it was no longer in danger of dying.
Su Xiao still had 29.2 Dark Source remaining, but he only needed 15%, which was enough to upgrade Blood Beast three times.
Su Xiao stood before the Dark Star Stone and pressed one hand onto it. This time, no blood energy burst out.
The process of upgrading Blood Beast went more smoothly than Su Xiao had imagined. He had used Blood Beast twice consecutively before, draining the blood energy within his body. The most troublesome issue with upgrading Blood Beast was being eroded by blood energy.
When Su Xiao removed his hand from the Dark Star Stone, a red glint flickered in his eyes. This was a minor side effect of upgrading Blood Beast.
Su Xiao checked Blood Beast. There was no qualitative change, but the total damage intensity reached 6370 points (4753 base damage + 1617 points of damage ignoring physical defense).
If Blood Beast had this kind of power when fighting the Black King, the battle would never have been as brutal as it was.
Although it was a pity to waste the remaining Dark Source, Su Xiao didn’t have a third talent ability. He called Bubu Wang over to test it, but Bubu Wang couldn’t use the Dark Star Stone.
Having done everything he needed to do, Su Xiao came before the Day King’s stone carving.
“Let us leave Dead Silence City.”
Su Xiao had known earlier that he could leave Dead Silence City through the Day King. Previously, the Day King had intended to let Su Xiao leave, but Su Xiao had refused. Judging from the fact that the old divine stick had opened the door to Dead Silence City, this method was developed either by the Black King or the Day King.
“As you wish.”
Cracks appeared on the wall behind the Day King’s side, forming the shape of a door.
Clatter, clatter…
A door covered in black rust swung open. Veroni quickly stepped forward, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Are we leaving? Right? It must be, right?”
Veroni grabbed Su Xiao’s arm, her eyes conveying the message: ‘Please, let’s leave. I’m just an ordinary transcendent. This place really isn’t for me. I can’t even beat the weakest resident of Dead Silence City.’
Su Xiao didn’t speak. He just carried Amu on his shoulder and walked into the black rust door. Bubu Wang and Veroni followed closely behind.
“I hope… you can end this dead land. Father, do you think he can do it?”
The Day King spoke. At this moment, his eyes were one black and one white.
“The one who can defeat me can certainly end this place.”
A deep voice came. The black color in the Day King’s right eye quickly faded. The Black King had been defeated. What remained now was only a small part of his consciousness, and this consciousness was about to dissipate.
With a rumble, the black rust door closed. Dead Silence City returned to silence.
The light and shadow before Su Xiao’s eyes twisted. He felt a force pulling at him from all around.
With a thud, light appeared before Su Xiao’s eyes. The intense brightness made him squint instinctively.
Su Xiao’s gaze swept around. Dozens of shocked eyes were staring at him.
“Lord… Kukulin?”
A somewhat familiar voice came. Su Xiao turned his head to see Wufu.
The place Su Xiao was in was not unfamiliar. He was in the central hall of the royal palace. Beside him was the throne, and the Night King, Sayeto, was sitting on it.
Flanking the throne on the left and right were Wufu and the Minister of Finance. Below were officials of the empire.
“Aren’t you…”
Wufu stared at Su Xiao in disbelief. He had previously thought Su Xiao would never appear again, because no one who entered Dead Silence City had ever come out alive.
Su Xiao waved his hand at Wufu. He came before the Night King, Sayeto. The silver-haired Sayeto wore a black feathered robe, which made her skin appear even paler.
Su Xiao grabbed Sayeto’s chin. The officials below seemed to want to say something. Some old officials were even trembling with anger. But in the end, they all chose to remain silent, because this person was truly someone they couldn’t afford to provoke.
Su Xiao locked eyes with Sayeto. Sayeto’s gaze was evasive. Her body was trembling, because she could feel the aura of Dead Silence City on Su Xiao, as well as a residual black energy. At this moment, Su Xiao’s aura was terrifying in Sayeto’s perception. The voices whispering in her ears were crying out, telling her to stay away from Su Xiao. This was a regicide, a villain.
“It seems there’s no problem.”
Su Xiao released Sayeto’s chin and pulled aside the feathered robe on her back. A gray brand was gradually shrinking, indicating that Sayeto’s consciousness was quickly recovering.
“Impudent man! Release our queen!”
An old official could no longer hold back. With the resolve to die, he roared.
“Wufu, if you don’t want to release the things in Dead Silence City, don’t let anyone touch her directly in the next few days. No physical contact at all. The breath of the living will attract Tree Erosion…”
Su Xiao stopped mid-sentence because Wufu and the Minister of Finance had no idea what Tree Erosion was.
“My lord, what exactly is in Dead Silence City?”
Wufu asked in a low voice. Having become the Right Guardian, he naturally had some understanding of Dead Silence City.
“A bunch of dead people.”
Su Xiao looked at Sayeto with a smile. He could sense that she had regained some consciousness.
“Behave yourself. If the Day King can’t hold on, you’ll become a stone carving over there.”
“I… I understand.”
Sayeto spoke in a very low voice. The more she knew, the clearer she understood how terrifying Dead Silence City, the Black King, the Day King, and this man were. The things there were not something she could contend with now.
Su Xiao walked toward the exit of the central hall, tossing Fate Dominator in his hand. A ‘Black’ character had already appeared on it. He had done everything he needed to do. It was time to leave this world.
(PS: Two chapters today. Didn’t sleep well during the day. Got ambushed by my cousin and mom, almost forcibly dragged to a blind date. The sorrow of a single dog.)