Chapter 69: Return
The soul memory ended, and Su Xiao’s eyes opened. Through this soul memory, combined with the secrets he had uncovered in this world, he understood why the three Ancient Gods had appeared in the Wizard World.
First, the world where the three Ancient Gods originally resided had collapsed for unknown reasons. Azathoth, Shub, and Sothoth had no choice but to leave their original world and enter the Void.
Upon arriving in the Void, Azathoth felt as if he had discovered a new world, even experiencing a sense of being a frog at the bottom of a well.
Accustomed to being worshipped and feared by living beings, Azathoth naturally would not be content with obscurity. So, as soon as he arrived in the Void, he enslaved a race.
Just as Azathoth believed he was about to begin a new legend of terror, the three Ancient Gods encountered the Law Destroyers. It served them right for their bad luck; if they had developed in the remote corners of the Void, they might have formed a force.
The result was that the legend of the three Ancient Gods ended as soon as it began. They were nearly locked in cages for research.
The three Ancient Gods narrowly escaped and arrived at the Wizard World, a place outside the Void. After arriving here, Azathoth, due to severe injuries, had his consciousness separated from his body. Shub lost the ability to “give birth to all things.” As for Sothoth, it originally possessed time and space abilities. During the battle with the Law Destroyers, its time ability was forcibly severed, and a large chunk of its soul was cut off.
As for what happened afterward, Su Xiao learned from Shuguang and the others. The three Ancient Gods never changed their ways and continued to rule this world through fear. The Wizard’s potions were knowledge brought by Azathoth from that original great world.
The three Ancient Gods were also unlucky. After being beaten by the Ancestral Law Destroyers, they were then found one by one by Su Xiao and all killed.
Facts, as bloody as they were, proved that if you don’t seek death, you won’t die. The three Ancient Gods demonstrated through their personal experiences that it’s best not to engage in any unspeakable terror; doing so will truly get you killed.
Su Xiao gently rubbed his brow. The gains from watching this soul memory were somewhat special—it was the coordinates of a world. That world was either completely collapsed or in a state of continuous collapse. After all, for such a great world, even collapse would not be accomplished in decades or even centuries.
That great world was indeed not worth exploring, but that didn’t mean it was worthless. Su Xiao had once teleported enemies to the Sea of Living Beings, sending them to “visit” the Blade Demon.
If he obtained suitable props and set things up, it wasn’t impossible for Su Xiao to teleport enemies into that collapsing great world. Encountering an enemy he absolutely could not defeat, this would be a trump card.
Su Xiao currently did not have the relevant props, and setting coordinates was no easy task. Tricking enemies into a designated location was also not simple. As for the method of teleportation killing, Su Xiao was temporarily unable to achieve it.
The main mission could be completed at any time. Su Xiao sat on a pile of rubble, examining a crystal vial in his hand. This item was about 10 centimeters tall, with many protrusions on its surface. Upon closer inspection, these protrusions were shaped like various plants. This was the [Natural Source], a special piece of equipment.
[Nature Source]
Origin: Wizard World
Grade: Due to the item’s numerous uses, its quality cannot be fixed.
Category: Special Equipment
Durability: 180/180 (Without external damage, durability will not decrease.)
Usage Requirement: World Guardian
Equipment Effect 1: Spring of Life (Passive): This equipment can collect natural energy and purify it into liquid form, known as the Spring of Life. Every 15 natural days, 100 milliliters of the Spring of Life can be collected. Once full, no further collection is possible.
Tip: Directly drinking the Spring of Life will result in various outcomes, such as restoring a massive amount of life force, rampant growth, etc.
Tip: Irrigating ordinary plants with the Spring of Life can grant them spiritual life in a short time.
Tip: Irrigating supernatural plants with the Spring of Life will aid their growth.
Introduction: New life, withering, seeds falling, new life bestowed, the cycle never ends.
Price: Cannot be sold, can be discarded.
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Seeing the attributes of [Natural Source], Su Xiao immediately dismissed the idea of directly drinking this thing to restore health.
Using this thing to irrigate ordinary plants was interesting; it could grant those plants “spiritual life.” Simply put, these were plant lives with little combat power but were obedient. They were excellent for use as cannon fodder for scouting or for monitoring enemies.
Imagine equipping Bubu Wang with [Natural Source]. After it sneaked into an enemy’s home, it could irrigate the enemy’s potted flowers with the “Spring of Life” and command that flower to continue pretending to be a plant.
Who would be wary of their own potted plants at home? Using such plant life to monitor enemies was far more effective than micro-surveillance devices. They were hard to detect and left no traces. If a potted plant at home withered, unless someone was extremely bored, no one would investigate.
The uses of [Natural Source] were far from limited to this. Irrigating supernatural plants with it aided their growth. Seeing this characteristic, Su Xiao immediately thought of the Black Maple Tree he had planted in his exclusive room. The Black Maple Tree’s rank was higher than that of supernatural plants. Nourishing it with the Spring of Life would cause no harm; on the contrary, it would be a great supplement.
Just as Su Xiao was about to complete the main mission and return to his exclusive room to irrigate the Black Maple Tree, Xia walked over from the entrance of the Sea Valley.
“Is the battle over? Azathoth…”
Xia’s gaze swept around. She didn’t see the enemy’s corpse, only the chaotic battlefield.
“I killed him.”
Su Xiao tossed [Natural Source] to Bubu Wang. This equipment was more suitable for Bubu Wang, and besides, Bubu Wang had been taking care of the Black Maple Tree all along.
“Uh…”
Hearing Su Xiao’s words, Xia suddenly choked. She took a deep breath, forcing herself to accept a fact: the final big boss could also be soloed; it wasn’t always necessary to form a group.
“There are some pleasures you will never understand.”
Xia sighed, chose to complete the mission, and her body gradually became transparent.
“What?”
“Nothing. Ah… I suddenly feel so weak.”
Leaving these words, Xia returned to the Reincarnation Paradise. She made this remark because of an experience she had in an open derivative world.
As a second-rank worker, Xia entered the Naruto World. In such a situation, she usually just coasted along. However, Xia was different from ordinary workers; after all, she had experienced the Akame ga Kill! World using Su Xiao’s guide.
In the Naruto World, the final big boss Xia encountered was a Konoha Jonin. The scene at that time was exceptionally lively. A group of second-rank contractors formed a group that was united in name but divided in heart, working together to kill that Jonin.
The scene at that time was extremely chaotic. A large group of second-rank contractors besieged the enemy, and when the “final big boss,” the Jonin, fell, the battle had actually just begun.
Clearly, Su Xiao had never experienced this kind of pleasure. His process was much simpler. In the Ghost World, as soon as he entered the world, he nearly killed the leader of the Ghost Ring, the Half-Blood Ghost: Sin.
Fortunately, Sin ran fast; otherwise, Su Xiao’s main mission would have been executed in a very peculiar way.
[You have completed the final stage of the main mission.]
[You have received Golden Skill Points ×2.]
[The Hunter will return to the Reincarnation Paradise in 30 seconds.]
[World Tree notarizing…]
[Notarization complete. Due to the Hunter’s act of eliminating all Ancient Gods in this world, the number of spatial coordinates the Reincarnation Paradise holds in this world has significantly increased.]
[Original number of spatial coordinates: 1.]
[Current number of spatial coordinates: 379.]
[Because all Ancient Gods in this world have been eliminated, the nature of this world has changed. It is now suitable for survival, mineral mining, and resource collection.]
[Checking… Only a very small number of contractors and workers possess the ability to mine minerals and collect resources.]
[Formulating plan for maximizing resource profit…]
[Attribute of 379 spatial coordinates: ф (Reincarnation Paradise).]
[Stripping spatial coordinate attributes…]
[109 spatial coordinate attributes have been stripped.]
[Death Paradise attempting to seize spatial coordinates…]
[Successfully blocked! Death Paradise’s attempt to seize spatial coordinates has failed.]
[Apocalypse Paradise attempting to seize spatial coordinates…]
[Apocalypse Paradise has successfully seized 109 spatial coordinates and changed their attributes to: (Apocalypse Paradise).]
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Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao immediately thought that the Apocalypse Paradise was about to come and mine. Afterward, the Reincarnation Paradise would send Hunters to plunder resources. This was something he had personally done.