Chapter 62: The Undetectable Powerful Enemy
Seeing the set bonuses of the Night Walker Set, Su Xiao understood why this set was so famous and why Assassination-type contractors desired it so desperately.
If a powerful Assassination-type contractor wore this set, in a skirmish, as long as that assassin had sufficient mana or other bodily energy, they could single-handedly toy with all the contractors of a medium-sized adventure group. Kill one, conceal, then kill another, continue forced disengagement and conceal again.
Not to mention anything else, Concealment Rank +2 was an incredibly terrifying enhancement. Among the same rank, even top-tier Perception-type contractors would be unable to sense this kind of assassin, and they would be the first to be killed.
Assassination-type was originally about deciding the outcome in a single strike. They wouldn't lack various instant-kill abilities. Coupled with the enhancements of the 'Night Walker Set,' as long as that assassin's own abilities weren't weak, sneak-attacking and killing a Tank-type wasn't impossible.
Putting away the Night Walker Set, Su Xiao planned to auction it off. But before the auction, the Night Walker Set still had another use.
Ask yourself, what is the most painful thing? Not being able to buy equipment that suits you? No, seeing it but not being able to buy it—that's what truly gnaws at your heart and claws at your liver.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang barked, meaning: 'Revenge. That Gothic dress punched me once, aimed right at the eye. It hurt a lot.'
Su Xiao leaped down from the gray tree stump, decelerating before he even landed. Releasing Baha's claw, he stood before the stump of the World Tree.
4900 Demon Beasts swarmed in. 3 Demon Flame Dragons, including Barbatos, had already gathered their Dragonflame. Barbatos was so pent up that sparks were starting to fly from its body.
Su Xiao took out [Oath of Glory] and [White Amber]. He smeared the White Amber onto it, applying nearly 500 grams. [Oath of Glory] began to change; the outer hard shell dissolved. A badge resembling an Ouroboros, with chaotic lines connecting in the center, appeared in Su Xiao's hand. This was the Oath Object.
The Ouroboros represented many things, such as infinity. This time, it represented self-devouring to achieve infinite life.
Placing the Oath Object on a protruding tree root, Su Xiao took out all the Life Force (Fragments), a total of 217 pieces.
As soon as the Life Force (Fragments) were taken out, they changed from transparent to fiery red. Trails of fiery-colored light particles fell from Su Xiao's fingertips.
Crack, crack...
Cracks appeared on the gray-white tree stump. All the Demon Beasts and Demon Flame Dragons assumed combat stances. Half a kilometer away, Xibei'er was watching from a high vantage point. She had large-scale healing abilities that could reduce casualties among the Demon Beasts.
Watching the Demon Flame Dragons, already poised to strike, Xibei'er's expression was dazed. She had fought a Sixth Rank Boss before. Back then, she cooperated with an adventure group from Holy Light Paradise and successfully killed that Boss, getting a decent share of the rewards.
Xibei'er had seen many strong individuals and powerful creatures fight, but the scene before her was a first in her life. This was clearly cornering a Boss and beating it up, and it hadn't even come out yet...
With a *crack*, the gray tree stump split open. Xibei'er widened her eyes, wanting to see what the powerful creature inside the stump looked like.
Whoosh!
Five streams of Dragonflame sprayed into the cracks of the stump. A large group of Demon Beasts standing on top of the stump leaped down from above, falling into the cracks. Not only that, but a large number of Demon Beasts also rushed into the cracks from the front and the left and right sides of the stump walls.
Boom!
An explosion came from within the cracks. Broken pieces of Demon Beasts flew out from the stump's fissures, turning into gray-white residue while still in mid-air.
The scene inside the stump was completely obscured. Ten Demon Flame Dragons, split into two groups, took turns spewing Dragonflame into the stump's cracks. An endless stream of Demon Beasts charged into the stump to prevent whatever was inside from breaking out.
Xibei'er could only vaguely sense that there was more than one enemy inside; there were four. More specifically, the stump's cracks were filled with Dragonflame, and the Demon Beasts fearlessly charged into the flames, completely disregarding their own casualties.
Clang!
A massive green slash cut through the Dragonflame, heading straight for Su Xiao. But before it could reach him, it was blocked by the Demon Beasts in front of him.
One slash killed nearly a hundred Demon Beasts. But the number of Demon Beasts wasn't just 4900. For every one that died here, another Demon Beast would immediately rush out from the Death Forest, heading straight for the Trial Zone's starting area.
Undoubtedly, the enemies inside the stump were very strong, and there were four of them. If it were just Su Xiao's team facing four such powerful enemies simultaneously, they would suffer a considerable disadvantage. He was better at dueling strong individuals. Facing four at once, he would have to deal with one first, kill it as quickly as possible, while the other three were held off by Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha. One slip-up could lead to permanent casualties.
Demon Beasts kept arriving endlessly. The Dragonflame never stopped. To maintain the Demon Flame Dragons' bio-energy, Jila also sent over 5 Worker Scorpions, forming a fungal carpet on the ground to help replenish the Demon Flame Dragons' bio-energy through Life Stones.
"Appear, my companion, Sabina!"
Xibei'er raised both hands. A huge flower grew from the crack in front of the stump. It was the Plant King, Sabina.
Pollen spread. The pollen drifted onto the Demon Beasts, granting a +5 boost to Endurance Attribute and continuous Health Point recovery. This allowed the Demon Beasts to survive longer within the Dragonflame. However, the Plant King, Sabina, could only last for three minutes.
After summoning the Plant King, Sabina, Xibei'er looked somewhat fatigued.
"So this is the strongest existence in the Primordial Continent?"
Xibei'er spoke, still not used to Su Xiao's method of dealing with Bosses.
"These four aren't the strongest."
"Then who is?"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't answer. In his view, at least, these four Ancient Elves weren't the strongest in this world. There were too many ways to deal with them, such as pre-deploying energy bombs, formation diagrams, etc. Being sealed inside the stump was their greatest weakness. That weakness alone disqualified them from being called the strongest in this world.
Demon Beasts continued to arrive. The power of the Dragonflame was not to be underestimated. Finally, one of the powerful enemies inside the stump fell.
This seemed to trigger a chain reaction. Before long, all four Ancient Elves inside the stump had fallen. They weren't living creatures; fire had a slight but noticeable restraining effect on them.
As soon as the Dragonflame stopped, Xibei'er received a reward. Seeing the reward, she nearly fainted from happiness. She had directly obtained a Six-Star Title, [Eternal Slumber of the Ancient Elves].
Sparks drifted in front of the stump. Su Xiao was currently checking the reward notification.
[Notification: Hunter has killed Ancient Elf: Four Knights.]
[You have gained 0.01% World Source. Ancient Elf: Four Knights are special existences in this world, originally perished. Their bodies were reconstructed by the Void Tree (soulless state). This battle is an Ultimate Trial.]
[You have gained Ancient Elf's Hidden Treasure (Chest-type item).]
[You have gained Ancient Will (Special Item/Accessory).]
[Ancient Will]
Origin: Primordial Continent
Quality: Holy Spirit Rank
Category: Special Item/Accessory
Equipment Durability: 59/59
Usage Durability: 1/1
Equipment Prerequisite: None.
Usage Prerequisite: Talent has undergone Second Awakening.
Equipment Effect: Fearless Person (Passive), Willpower +20 points.
Usage Effect: Activate Limit Breakthrough Quest (This is a Talent Quest).
Selectable Talent Quests: 2 types (Soul Devourer / Blood Beast).
Warning: This quest is extremely dangerous. Based on the Hunter's current combat power, you must at least advance to Eighth Rank to complete this Talent Quest.
Tip: After activating the Talent Quest, a suitable world for Talent breakthrough will be matched based on the Hunter's own Talent characteristics.
Tip: After completing the Talent Quest, the selected Talent ability will break through its limits.
Tip: The Talent Quest can be activated at most once. Failure will result in permanent inability to activate it again.
Rating: 1000+++ (Holy Spirit Rank equipment/items have a rating of 700~1000 points).
Introduction: The highest masterpiece of the Ancient Elves.
Price: Cannot be sold after acquisition.
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Standing inside the spark-filled stump cracks, Su Xiao could confirm that Naji Ga was most likely plotting for this thing. Otherwise, there was no reason for him to join the Dia Tribe. Given Naji Ga's personal abilities, if he had joined the Tiger Bee Clan, he might even have been able to escape the battlefield under their cover. The Tiger Bee Clan fought until the very end without routing.
Drip~
The sound of water droplets came. In the extremely high-temperature stump cracks, such a sound shouldn't exist.
Drip~
The sound of water droplets came again. Su Xiao raised his right hand. His right arm was now somewhat translucent.
"After winning, the heart relaxes. A very good timing choice."
Su Xiao cracked his neck. He hadn't made a move in several days, which felt a bit strange.
The surrounding scenery changed rapidly. A very strong spatial fluctuation appeared. Su Xiao turned his gaze to Baha. Between him and Baha, it was as if frosted glass had appeared.
Baha didn't activate the Demon Hawk Domain. This meant that the alternate space Su Xiao was about to enter had no immediate danger. In this regard, Baha's perception wouldn't be wrong, at least not within a Seventh Rank world.
With a rumble, everything around seemed to collapse. The next instant, the scene changed drastically.
Drip, drip~
Inside a dilapidated hall, water droplets fell onto the uneven, blackened stone floor.
The hall was over a thousand square meters in size. A figure sat on a stone chair at the innermost part of the hall. Only the lower half of her face was visible; the upper half was covered by an inverted triangular thin armor piece. It was the Tiger Bee Lord, Tamisha.
"The Ancient Elf's sword is very sharp."
Tamisha stood up from the stone chair, drawing a longsword with a blade only five centimeters wide. Despite being narrow, the blade appeared both heavy and sharp. The longsword was nearly one meter and twenty centimeters long. A faint, indistinct phantom appeared behind Tamisha but vanished in an instant. This was something she had summoned by sacrificing half of her soul.
Tamisha seemed to be able to gaze at Su Xiao through the thin armor in front of her eyes. There wasn't much emotional fluctuation in her gaze.
Clearly, Tamisha was prepared to fight Su Xiao one-on-one. Or rather, besides her, there were no other Tiger Bees left.
The Apostle's Eye floated behind Su Xiao. A situation that had never occurred before happened now: the detection failed. Not even the most basic information about the Tiger Bee Lord, Tamisha, was obtained.
Su Xiao put away the Apostle's Eye. Whether he could detect Tamisha's information wasn't important. As for a one-on-one fight, of course, it was possible. The prerequisite was that Tamisha could survive after withstanding eight Eighth Rank items, two of which were for reducing Luck Attribute.