Chapter 47: The Full-Power Resentful Orphan
Qis's corpse fell to the ground, dead beyond any doubt. Su Xiao deactivated Demon Hunting Hour. He was already on the verge of complete exhaustion; if he kept Demon Hunting Hour active for another two seconds, he would collapse to the ground, unable to move even a single finger.
Amu and Baha hadn't come to help because of Qis's 'Dark Burial.' When they first met, Su Xiao had used Apostle's Eye to scan Qis's information. This was his habit before facing a powerful enemy. The scan hadn't been complete, but it had detected 'Dark Burial,' a terrifyingly lethal ability.
Since Qis hadn't used 'Dark Burial' before, Su Xiao didn't let Baha and Amu assist.
'Dark Burial' couldn't be tanked head-on. In the initial 1.7 seconds, its damage wasn't high, but after that, physical defense would rapidly decrease, causing the lethality of 'Dark Burial' to skyrocket. If someone endured the entire duration of 'Dark Burial,' even Amu would kick the bucket and die. Qis had kept this trump card extremely vicious.
Su Xiao didn't tank 'Dark Burial,' but the Resentful Orphan did. At that moment, its 'corpse' was lying several dozen meters away, most of its body eroded down to exposed bone.
Amu and Baha were rapidly approaching. Just then, Su Xiao felt his surroundings change.
After a roar in his ears, Su Xiao found the world around him had turned black and white. The only things with color left were himself and the Resentful Orphan.
"You... are... strong."
The Resentful Orphan slowly climbed up from the ground. If anyone still called the Resentful Orphan a mad monster, that person should be hung up and whipped.
After all these years, the Resentful Orphan, who possessed the ability to speak, had remained silent, only using roars to express itself. It understood Ancient God language, the language of the Radiant Dark Empire, and could even comprehend some of the Hyena Tribe's tongue.
The Resentful Orphan slowly exhaled black mist from its mouth. It had just absorbed a large amount of Ancient God power to resist 'Dark Burial.'
With a wet tearing sound, the Resentful Orphan's back split open. Its broken body rapidly dried and cracked, and a Resentful Orphan, as if reborn, crawled out from the withered corpse.
The Resentful Orphan's health quickly recovered: 17%, 36%, 59%, 72%, 89%...
Until it reached 92%, its health recovery stopped. Its injuries were mostly healed. It had nearly returned to its peak state.
The Resentful Orphan had hidden its cards even deeper than Qis. Within Ancient God power, fire represented birth and rebirth.
The Archbishop controlled the fire of birth, which left one weakened after revival. The Resentful Orphan wielded the fire of rebirth, a flame closer to the true nature of Ancient God power. After revival, it would be healed by the fire of rebirth.
Pfft.
Su Xiao held his blade and cut off a piece of flesh from his left shoulder. His face was somewhat pale, his breathing heavier. Only then did the almost maddening whispers in his ears disappear.
The Resentful Orphan's vertical pupils showed some confusion. It felt Su Xiao wasn't the type to beg for mercy, let alone use 'self-harm' to gain sympathy.
The Resentful Orphan ignored this point. It found its condition was excellent, even surpassing its peak state.
The Resentful Orphan didn't hesitate. It gathered a cluster of sparks in its mouth, preparing to blast Su Xiao from a distance.
The surroundings were only black and white. This was likely within some kind of domain. The Resentful Orphan's trump card was this domain plus the fire of rebirth. Seemingly mad, the Resentful Orphan was actually as steady as an old dog, having even considered the threats from Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, the Holy Maiden, the Blacksmith, and others.
Su Xiao was very weak. He had just heard a very brief whisper, only 0.1 seconds, but it had dropped his health to less than 5%.
Just as it was about to spit out the sparks, the Resentful Orphan's body stiffened. It exerted force throughout its body, and with a tearing sound, the fragments of Banishment burst out from various parts of its body.
Using Ancient God power to expel the Banishment from within, the Resentful Orphan felt much relieved. This should be the enemy's final move.
Just as the Resentful Orphan was about to blast Su Xiao from a distance, it neurotically looked around, its claws grasping wildly in the air.
"Ah!!"
The Resentful Orphan screamed sharply, beginning to claw at its own head and neck with its talons, leaving bloody scratches, exposing bone in some places.
"Roar!"
The Resentful Orphan threw its head back and roared. The skin, muscles, and blood vessels on its body all detached and rose into the air, writhing and thrashing, creating a cruel yet grotesque beauty.
The reason for the Resentful Orphan's state traced back to a dozen seconds earlier. When Qis used 'Dark Burial,' Su Xiao activated Demon Hunting Hour. He didn't use Space Penetration to stay in place but instead arrived near the Resentful Orphan.
At that time, the Resentful Orphan was using Ancient God power to resist 'Dark Burial.' Su Xiao appeared for an instant and threw something called a [Primordial Umbilical Cord] onto the Resentful Orphan.
[Primordial Umbilical Cord]
Origin: Doom Star
Quality: Special
Use Effect 1: ...
Use Effect 2: ...
Use Effect 3: Can throw the Primordial Umbilical Cord at an enemy. If the Primordial Umbilical Cord touches the enemy's skin, the enemy will be affected by 'Filth Whispers,' resulting in instant death or partial body collapse.
Tip: After use, the Primordial Umbilical Cord must be destroyed within 10 minutes.
Destruction Method: Sheep feces + distilled water + acidic chitin powder + undead powder + sacred oak root.
Introduction: Do not spy on the Underworld God, do not communicate with it, do not listen to its voice, do not look upon its form, do not chant its divine name.
Just as he threw the [Primordial Umbilical Cord] onto the Resentful Orphan, it transformed into countless tendrils. One of them brushed against Su Xiao's left shoulder.
Therefore, Su Xiao cut off the flesh from his left shoulder. He only heard an instant of 'Filth Whispers,' but the sensation was as if all the skin and flesh on his body were being ripped off, his blood vessels seeming to gain independent consciousness.
Fortunately, the sensation disappeared instantly. As for the Resentful Orphan, the [Primordial Umbilical Cord] had already invaded its body. Even rebirth was useless. The [Primordial Umbilical Cord] was a foreign object produced at the birth of the Underworld God; it couldn't be easily shaken off.
At that moment, the Resentful Orphan was lying on the ground wailing. It was like a blooming flower of flesh, fully opened. The 'Filth Whispers' in its ears felt like they were about to pry open its skull.
Su Xiao retreated a dozen meters, took out a bottle of Recovery Potion, and drank it. His health began to recover slowly.
After waiting a few seconds, the Resentful Orphan stopped moving. It was no longer a single entity but had become a puddle.
Su Xiao didn't attack to kill the Resentful Orphan. Instead, he waited for it to die from the 'Filth Whispers.' It wasn't that he didn't want to kill it; he couldn't. This world belonged to the Void Tree, with high freedom. Killing the Resentful Orphan at this point might attract the Underworld God. That would be a huge joke. Su Xiao never denied being greedy and wanting more benefits, but timing was everything.
Once the Underworld God was attracted, no amount of benefits would matter.
The colors around began to return. The Resentful Orphan's domain disappeared, indicating it was dead.
After waiting nearly seven minutes, confirming the Resentful Orphan was completely dead, Su Xiao took out items like undead powder and sacred oak root and began mixing them in a certain ratio.
With Su Xiao's level of Alchemy, he finished in less than a minute. He took an Alchemy Raven from his storage space, activated it, and controlled the raven to fly above the Resentful Orphan's corpse, pouring a bottle of gray liquid.
As the gray liquid was still in midair, Su Xiao severed his mental connection with the Alchemy Raven.
With a sizzling sound, a pungent smell spread. The Alchemy Raven, flying low, exploded with a bang.
"Who is it."
A voice like from the abyss of the underworld appeared. Su Xiao ignored it. He had done his best to avoid accidents. If the Underworld God could still detect him, there was nothing he could do.
Soon, a certain mental fluctuation disappeared. Su Xiao still didn't move. He wasn't in a hurry at all now. Qis and the Resentful Orphan had been dealt with.
A single eye suddenly appeared. Almost simultaneously, tree roots spread out from nowhere, and the eye dissipated. Now Su Xiao was sure that the connection between the Underworld God and this world had been severed. It hadn't obtained a medium, so it couldn't arrive in this world.
Su Xiao lit a cigarette and looked around. The altar was now pitted and scarred. The corpses of the Archbishop, Qis, and the Resentful Orphan all lay on top of it.