Chapter 8: Scale Dragon, Double Poison, Wolf
[Reminder (Void Tree): You have activated the Legendary Rank Leaderboard.]
Su Xiao reviewed the prompts related to the Legendary Rank Leaderboard. There were quite a few, dozens of lines in total.
The method of obtaining Legendary Points was unique. First, it was through killing enemies—this was the most conventional and effective way.
Aside from killing enemies, raising one's status within the world, doing good deeds, committing evil acts, etc., could also grant Legendary Points.
For example, if a Contractor slapped the Great Pirate, West Sea King, across the face, as long as this incident spread, that Contractor would gain Legendary Points. Whether that Contractor lived or died would depend on how fast he could run.
More interestingly, if one was unwilling to kill enemies, doing good deeds was also viable. For instance, acquiring a large amount of gold coins, going to the territory of an Empire faction, and donating money to charitable institutions like orphanages could also increase Legendary Points.
Another point was that when pirate groups fought each other, it was best to notify the other party in advance, i.e., declare war.
This way, the decisive battle between the two sides would be known to more people. After victory, the winning side would gain more Legendary Points, at least a 20% to 50% increase in the amount obtained.
Declaring war would expose one's intentions, but it would also yield greater rewards. How to choose depended on the specific situation.
For example, if Su Xiao upgraded the Doom Number to a five-masted giant ship and declared war on the Duke Pirate Group, once this decisive battle spread, the news would inevitably circulate widely.
Given the fearsome reputation of the Doom Number, if this ship was truly upgraded to the five-masted level and declared war on the Duke, the pirates under the Duke would inevitably feel uneasy. The Doom Number's infamy was too loud, and it might even lead to some pirates fleeing before the battle.
There were many ways to obtain Legendary Points. It was foreseeable that the spring of the Charm system had arrived, as they had the most means to increase Legendary Points.
Legendary Points had a ranking. When this world's progress ended, the following rewards would be given based on the ranking:
First Place Reward: Baptism of the Demon Sea.
2nd Place Reward: Immortal Rank Equipment Chest (randomly produces a full-score Immortal Rank equipment).
3rd Place Reward: Angel Set (Holy Spirit Rank healing set).
4th to 10th Place: Can obtain 3500 to 800 Soul Coins.
10th to 50th Place: Each person can obtain 300 Soul Coins.
Su Xiao's desire for first place was not strong. He had just advanced to Eighth Rank and could hardly compete with Contractors in the upper echelon of Eighth Rank, unless the Doom Number could develop.
[Legendary Rank Leaderboard has been activated. Current ranking is as follows:]
First Place: Alec (Death Paradise), 197 Legendary Points
Second Place: Carnival (Apocalypse Paradise), 73 Legendary Points
Third Place: Light Bath (Holy Light Paradise): 50 Legendary Points
Fourth Place: Jailer (Watchful Paradise), 12 Legendary Points
Fifth Place: Sweet Orange (Apocalypse Paradise), 5 Legendary Points
Sixth Place: Nether Wolf (Reincarnation Paradise), 1 Legendary Point
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[Reminder: Due to the activation of the Legendary Rank Leaderboard, the contact platform within this world has been opened.]
[World contact platform has been opened. No posting restrictions.]
Carnival (Apocalypse Paradise): "Everyone, hurry up and arrange Nether Wolf."
Jailer (Watchful Paradise): "Alec isn't going?"
Alec (Death Paradise): "No choice."
Sweet Orange (Apocalypse Paradise): "To be in the same world as Nether Wolf, I'm TM going dark."
Red Seahorse (Sanctuary Paradise): "Sweet Orange, Light Bath, the Eighth Rank Double Poison has arrived. One plays with poison, the other is a poison healer."
Light Bath (Holy Light Paradise): "Find a way to get Nether Wolf out of this world. A few hours have passed. No one can guess what will happen in a few days. He doesn't kill Contractors from Reincarnation Paradise, but everyone else is his prey. The Hunters from Reincarnation Paradise don't hunt him either. Sigh~"
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A large number of messages appeared, two-thirds of which were related to a Violator named Nether Wolf. At Eighth Rank, Violators, Hunters, Battle Angels, etc., were no longer secrets.
Scale Dragon·Alec, Poison Healer·Light Bath, and Carnival from Apocalypse Paradise. Although the strength of this person was unclear, being second on the Legendary Rank Leaderboard showed considerable power.
As for the last one, Nether Wolf, Su Xiao was not planning to deal with him for now. He had heard of him. This was a Violator with a very unique style. As long as his own Contractors did not actively provoke him, even if there were faction conflicts, Nether Wolf would not make the first move.
Su Xiao learned this news from Tuanzhang. Tuanzhang killed Violators on sight, but he had a good impression of Nether Wolf. He had even once invited him to join the Traveling Group and shed his identity as a Violator.
Nether Wolf politely declined. The specific reason was unknown, but from then on, whenever Nether Wolf encountered Violators from their side, he killed them all without any mercy.
Su Xiao did not receive a mission to purge Violators this time. If Nether Wolf did not actively provoke him, he would not go looking for trouble.
Closing the Legendary Rank Leaderboard and the world contact platform, Su Xiao began to put his previous idea into practice, which was to lift the seal on the Doom Number.
The Doom Number was sealed by the Demon Sea. This seal was almost unsolvable. It was difficult to break through it with other forces, but there was one point: the power of the Demon Sea itself could assimilate this seal.
First, let the power of the Demon Sea invade the Doom Number. Since the Doom Number was on the Demon Sea, the Demon Sea energy injected into it would not stay long before being absorbed by the Demon Sea below.
This absorption process would take away some of the seal's power, thereby achieving the effect of lifting the seal.
Su Xiao picked up the money bag beside him and took out a gold coin. The gold coins in this world contained trace amounts of Demon Sea energy, which was why they could serve as hard currency.
Su Xiao placed the gold coin on the deck. The dark gold coin immediately reacted. The color on its surface gradually faded, eventually turning bone-white.
He tapped the gold coin on the deck with his finger. The coin turned into a white powder and was blown away by the sea breeze.
Carefully sensing the Doom Number, Su Xiao could vaguely perceive a weak energy passing through the ship's hull, sinking into the seawater below, and taking away a strand of gray energy. This gray energy was the seal's power.
The seal lifted by one gold coin was less than 1%, around 0.1%. It would probably take about 1000 to 1200 gold coins for the Doom Number to lift the first layer of the seal.
At the very least, the Doom Number needed to reach the level of a four-masted ship before attacking the Sunken Ship Island. The key now was to acquire a large sum of gold coins or artifacts containing Demon Sea energy.
Artifacts of this kind were not considered for now; they were too hard to find. Gold coins were not too difficult. Ordinary people rarely saw gold coins, using copper or silver coins instead. Only pirate factions and Empire factions used them as hard currency.
Currently, Su Xiao had two choices: seek an alliance with the West Sea King or Black Witch Sa, or ally with the Empire faction.
He leaned towards the latter because the Empire faction was hostile to the Duke. The Duke Pirate Group was the purest plundering group, and the Empire's merchant ships were often looted by the Duke Pirate Group.
Su Xiao stomped on the deck beneath him. The rigging of the Doom Number moved, untangling from the ship's railings and deck cleats. The dark red mainsail fell, catching the wind.
The Doom Number could sail without sailors. As long as Su Xiao issued commands through his mental power, the ship would sail in the direction he specified.
The first thing to do was to retrieve Amu and Beini. They were still drifting on the sea. From the email Beini sent, every word carried a sobbing tone.
Meanwhile, on a certain sea area.
A large sheet of ice floated on the sea. Amu stood on the ice surface, holding the Dragonheart Axe.
"Meow?"
Beini was right beside Amu. They had been closer together earlier, so they had rendezvoused in advance.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. I have no research on Meow Star language."
A man with wild black hair tied into a short braid and bloodstains on his hands spoke. His voice was very magnetic.
"Meow."
Beini carved a string of characters on the ice.
"What's my purpose? I can't say for now."
"Meow."
Beini carved another string of characters. Looking at these small characters, the man squatting on the ice smiled and said:
"My name is Nether Wolf, Eighth Rank Violator."
"Meow meow meow? Meow!!"