# Chapter 70: Blood Moon
The battle on Eternal Life Island had completely subsided. The plan to sell the Primordial Water wasn't going smoothly. One reason was that there weren't many contractors left in this world. Counting those who hadn't come to Eternal Life Island, there were still over a hundred people.
Most of the contractors who came to Eternal Life Island died in the battle besieging the Fallen Deity. As for the pursuit by the World-Devouring Serpent·Liba, those contractors seemed embarrassed and in a difficult position, but in reality, not many died. After all, it only lasted 30 seconds, excluding types like Sweet Orange who had average speed but strong power.
High-risk areas were indeed dangerous, but the rewards were also high. Those who escaped Eternal Life Island might not have returned with a full load, but their gains wouldn't be low.
Su Xiao walked toward the cave entrance. He didn't plan to destroy the withered corpse beside the pool. Breaking this container would likely be no less difficult than the previous battle, perhaps even harder.
Su Xiao had obtained everything he wanted, even some unexpected gains. Originally, he hadn't thought he could acquire so much Primordial Water. In his plan, this item was supposed to be contested during the boss battle.
What he hadn't expected was that before the battle even started, the withered corpse had absorbed all the Primordial Water from the pool into its heart core.
Leaving the cave, Su Xiao headed toward the direction of the Spore Forest. The backup measures he had set up earlier weren't used, because the Fallen Deity was too strong.
In Su Xiao's estimation, not so many contractors participating in this battle would die. At least 150 to 200 contractors should have survived.
After that, regardless of whether the Fallen Deity could be killed, the treasure chest had to be snatched. This task was handled by Bubu Wang.
After obtaining the chest, he would summon an ancient war beast through his title ability. Since the current soldier-type units weren't ideal, the summoned ancient war beast's strength would also be limited.
After the ancient war beast held off the contractors, Su Xiao would ride the crocodile dragon evolved from the giant crocodile to fly away from the central area, then board the Doom Number and sail out to sea.
That was the plan. The simpler the plan, the lower the probability of errors. But things didn't go as expected, and the plan wasn't used.
The reason was that the Fallen Deity was unbelievably powerful. This was a container of evil thoughts. Even if top-tier Eighth Rank contractors came, there was absolutely no way to solo it.
In total, 1,702 elite pirates, 7 pirate leaders, 797 cursed people, and finally 133 contractors fought to the death, besieging the Fallen Deity until it died.
Who knows how many years of accumulated evil thoughts this was. In principle, this container barely qualified as a deity, a deity symbolizing karma.
When the container carried too many evil thoughts and reached an overloaded state, it could break free from its restraints and leave Eternal Life Island.
After that, would the container go on a killing spree? The answer was no. As long as it wasn't actively provoked, the things or beings it destroyed would all be related to the evil thoughts within it.
For example, if a farmer was killed by a pirate, the farmer's dying evil thoughts would converge into the container. After the container broke free, it would find that pirate and destroy him. In this way, the evil thoughts related to the farmer within the container would dissipate. These evil thoughts were actually a type of soul energy.
Container carries → overflows → kills, then returns to the beginning, continuing to carry evil thoughts.
But in the previous situation, for some unknown reason, the container was stuck in the carrying process. Even when the evil thoughts overflowed, the container still didn't try to break free from its restraints. This caused the evil thoughts to stagnate, resulting in that level of strength.
As for why it stagnated, did it need to be said? The problem must lie with the container's guardian, the old woman. Her partner had once saved this world, but afterward, there was no monument, no identifiable name. People didn't even know that such a savior existed.
The old woman didn't care about this. They had charged into the great vortex back then, not pursuing these things. But in recent years, there were more and more pirates on the Demon Sea, all pursuing so-called freedom.
This disappointed the old woman greatly. Perhaps she thought, her beloved had sacrificed himself to obtain land, but now, did the pirates on this sea really deserve to enjoy this?
The old woman didn't plan to warn the pirates about anything. Preaching was useless. She just needed to let the evil thoughts stagnate, eventually release the container, and let the pirates see what they were really pursuing. That was all.
The way of thinking of the Third Captain, the old woman, the Sea Favored One, and others was difficult for ordinary people to understand, and impossible to comprehend.
But these things no longer had anything to do with Su Xiao. He wasn't planning to return to Dim Light Island. Going back there now might cause all sorts of trouble.
Lifting all the seals on the Doom Number and using Primordial Water to wash away the curses on it was what Su Xiao most wanted to do. He didn't want to have any more connection with the Demon Sea. Although curse power was also a type of strength, it wasn't the kind of power Su Xiao wanted.
After passing through the Spore Forest and traversing the swamp wetlands, Su Xiao returned to the temporary base camp by the seaside.
Entering the building complex, Su Xiao stopped in front of the two-story vine building at the center. The door was wide open, and the crocodile dragon inside was sleeping.
This crocodile dragon would degenerate soon. It was cultivated by Su Xiao using the dragon blood of the Demon Flame Dragon·Barbatos. Having dragon wings meant it could fly, and it had also inherited part of Barbatos's dragon flame. But this crocodile dragon was very unstable. It might degenerate back into a giant crocodile in a few days.
Confirming that the crocodile dragon showed no signs of going berserk, Su Xiao crossed the beach and sailed out to sea with Bubu Wang and Baha, arriving at the offshore area where the Doom Number was located.
With a splash, the Doom Number broke through the sea surface. Although only three cursed people remained on the ship—Amangsi, Ghost Shadow, and Sea Fury—Su Xiao didn't plan to replenish them.
Jumping onto the deck, Su Xiao flexed his slightly sore right arm. He had been seriously injured in the previous battle and had nearly been hit by the Fallen Deity's cupping fist technique.
Having obtained the Primordial Water, Su Xiao temporarily didn't plan to complete the first ring of the trial mission. The mission time limit still had a few days. This mission only had two rings. The final reward was breaking through the 200-point attribute barrier for four attributes. There was no mission completion rating. No matter how it was completed, the reward was the same.
This meant he needed to make good use of the mission time limit to maximize gains. Don't forget, the Doom Number had a magic chest that could perform curse purification.
Su Xiao entered the captain's cabin and opened the magic chest, finding that the [Death Weeping] bone staff had completed its purification.
[Death Weeping (Pending Identification).]
The attributes of this bone staff had become unviewable. Fortunately, the string of small characters saying "Cannot be taken out of this world" after the name had disappeared.
What attributes [Death Weeping] had been purified into was still unknown. If it was a necromancy-type weapon, that would be a huge profit. If it was an undead-type weapon, that would be a huge loss. It would have been better to purify a prop-type item.
Su Xiao pondered for a moment, then took out [Wood Spirit (Legendary)] from his storage space.
He hadn't used this equipment for a long time. The reason was that once, he had attached [Wood Spirit] to his calf for a side kick. The enemy was half-dead, and [Wood Spirit] was almost broken, with its durability dropping sharply.
Wood Spirit should be purifiable. It was an adaptive-type equipment with broad characteristics. Besides Wood Spirit, Su Xiao had another piece of equipment that could be purified—the [Endless Darkness] collar.
Putting [Endless Darkness] into the magic chest, Su Xiao sat on the small bed. While waiting, he checked the notification records to see what rewards he had obtained from killing the Fallen Deity. Although he couldn't kill the container, killing the consciousness inside the container would definitely yield no small reward.
[You have killed the Fallen Deity·Evil Thought Aggregate.]
[You have obtained 32.72% of World Source (full kill reward).]
[You have obtained 3,270 Soul Coins (partial kill reward).]
[You have obtained Immortal Rank Chest·Sin Flame.]
[Tip: Due to the hunter's Charm attribute being too low, no title reward was obtained for this honor kill.]
...
After seeing these notifications, Su Xiao activated his own brand authority, opened the permission branch of the last notification, and chose to block it.
[Please select the time limit for blocking this notification: 60 natural days/Permanent.]
Su Xiao chose Permanent. Two months ago, he had once thought that his Charm attribute could still be salvaged. What if he obtained a title after battle? Now it seemed he had been too optimistic. It was already at -2 points. This had become a new kind of power.
After doing all this, Su Xiao began to meditate. He planned to complete the purification of [Wood Spirit] and [Endless Darkness], then complete the first ring of the trial mission, ushering in the final ring.
Without any battles, time passed quickly. Five days passed in a flash. During this period, the gratifying thing was that four portions of Primordial Water had been sold.
Shadow Wolf, Alec, Light Mu, and Black Rose came in a group to buy. The contact platform could only sell information, not directly consign items.
Since someone had finally come to buy, Su Xiao naturally wouldn't be stingy. Each person bought 1.5 liters of Primordial Water for 1,000 Soul Coins.
During the transaction, Black Rose said, "I really thank you."
Black Rose's expression was very complicated. From the look of it, she clearly wanted to fight Su Xiao to snatch away this 1.5 liters of Primordial Water.
But Black Rose feared that Su Xiao could summon the World Serpent again. She didn't want to be drowned by those black snakes. The scene was too "dark." Even if she died, she didn't want to suffer that kind of treatment.
Among the four, Shadow Wolf's expression was normal. He had made a huge profit on Eternal Life Island, seemingly having discovered some secret here and profited from it.
After completing this transaction, the four gave consistent positive reviews on the contact platform. After all, Su Xiao had given each of them an extra 0.5 liters of Primordial Water. No matter how they had fought before, they were now soft from receiving favors.
The attitudes of these four didn't change the thoughts of other contractors. The others still thought that all four were shills. They imagined that the five people including Su Xiao had conspired to kill any outsider who came, discussing how to split the Scarlet Cards. Someone even calculated the Scarlet Card drop rate in this world and the split ratio among Su Xiao and the others.
Su Xiao directly ignored this. Shadow Wolf was too lazy to explain. Alec just sneered. Light Mu watched the excitement. Black Rose remained "silent," since the number of speeches was limited. She could only curse two sentences each day, and each time she wrote a "little essay."
Inside the captain's cabin, Su Xiao finished his daily meditation. The time limit for the first ring of the trial mission was about to expire.
[Tip: You have completed the trial mission·Eternal Life Island (First Ring).]
[The final phase of the trial mission has been activated.]
[Trial Mission: Origin and End (Final Phase)]
Difficulty Level: Lv.78-3 (The Sea King's Horn will greatly reduce the difficulty of this mission)
Mission Information: Arrive at the Wandering Soul Sea Area and lift the curse on the Doom Number.
Mission Time Limit: 2 days.
Mission Reward: True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, True Intelligence attributes will break through the 200-point attribute barrier.
Mission Penalty: None
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Seeing this mission information, Su Xiao took a deep breath of the slightly salty sea breeze.
The blood sails of the Doom Number dropped. Setting sail, the "Wandering Soul Sea Area" was where Su Xiao had freed the Doom Number. Now, he was going back there. Where the Demon Sea world journey began, it would end.
The Doom Number's speed was maxed out. Passing by a trade island, the Doom Number made a brief stop before continuing its voyage, leaving only one person on the island.
"Just leaving like that... Oh well~, my witch life begins now. First, I need to buy a small wooden house and work as a fortune-telling witch for a while. Sounds quite interesting."
Winnie, still a bit drowsy, stretched. She walked gracefully on the dock. Not far away, several gazes looked at her. These pirates exchanged glances and smiled knowingly.
Snap~
Winnie, walking on the wooden dock, snapped her fingers. Blood splashed up, landing in front of her feet.
"I am, after all, half a crew member of the Doom Number. Too rude, pirates."
Winnie stepped over the blood and gradually disappeared into the crowd.
...
On the turbulent sea, Su Xiao stood at the bow of the Doom Number. A huge wave crashed against the bow, sending spray high into the air. The "Wandering Soul Sea Area" was ahead.
Boom.
Thunder rumbled in the sky, and purple lightning streaked across the horizon.
Half an hour later, the Doom Number anchored in the middle of the Wandering Soul Sea Area. Directly below in the Demon Sea was a bottomless trench. The Doom Number had once been pressed into the deepest part of this trench.
After Ghost Shadow dropped the anchor, it, along with Amangsi and Sea Fury, merged into the ship's hull, eventually entering the sea and turning into shadows. All three sensed that everything that followed was not something they, as cursed people, were qualified to participate in. This had nothing to do with strength.
Su Xiao stood on the deck. Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha were behind him.
A large number of Demon Sea gold coins scattered on the deck. The coins turned into gray-white powder and were blown away by the wind. The Doom Number's final seal began to lift.
In just a few minutes, the Doom Number's size grew rapidly. Its total length reached at least 150 meters or more, and the hull became very wide, making the Doom Number more stable, no longer shaken by the waves.
With a boom, a huge shadow leaped out of the sea. It was a giant whale over a hundred meters long. Its mouth was filled with interlocking teeth, and its lower abdomen had thousands of faces. This giant whale was the Doom Number's strongest weapon. It could bite through a three-masted ship in one gulp and drag it into the sea. Its whale mouth was lined with layers of sharp teeth, at least a dozen rows.
Now, this giant whale leaped out of the sea, its entire body crashing onto the surface, sending waves surging in all directions.
Hmm~
An ethereal and deep whale song came from beneath the sea. Su Xiao ignored the whale song. He took out an arm-thick glass cylinder, pulled out the stopper, and poured the Primordial Water inside onto the deck.
The Primordial Water, as if alive, seeped into the ship's hull and spread to every corner of the ship.
"The Blood Pact... has disappeared."
"It's time to leave. We have already received our punishment. We have been imprisoned on Dim Light Island for a hundred years, even forgetting how long."
One by one, spirits drifted out from the Doom Number. Some dissipated as soon as they came out, while others floated far away, roaring as they dissipated.
Hiss~
Gray smoke drifted from Su Xiao's left arm. The curse power on his body was rapidly dissipating. Su Xiao felt an unprecedented sense of relief. It was as if he had been pressed to the bottom of the sea, and now all discomfort had disappeared. His whole body felt light.
The sky gradually darkened. A blood moon appeared. The upper half of this blood moon was complete, while the lower half was broken. The broken area was covered with cracks. It was the blood moon of Dim Light Island.
Black fluid flowed out from the cracks in the lower half of the blood moon, forming a stream that dripped onto the Doom Number's captain's cabin.
Thump, thump, thump~
Heartbeats sounded. When the Doom Number's seal was lifted last time, this heartbeat had appeared. Su Xiao had searched the entire ship but couldn't find the source of the heartbeat. Now it appeared again.
The dark fluid flowing from the blood moon gradually enveloped the Doom Number's captain's cabin. Only the lantern hanging in front of the captain's cabin could be seen. Now the wick of this lantern was lit. The entire lantern swayed in the wind, making a metallic friction sound.
Creak~
The door to the captain's cabin was pushed open from inside. A figure draped in a black-red coat with disheveled black hair walked out of the captain's cabin.
Black smoke surged out. The newcomer walked steadily. Every time his iron-studded boots stepped down, they made a clicking sound.
This person was the Third Captain of the Doom Number, the nameless savior of the world. He had come here to sink everything related to the Doom Number into the sea. This fierce ship didn't need to be remembered. Its responsibility was complete. Sinking into the sea was its final destination.
Or perhaps, the Third Captain had fought his entire life. Before his soul completely perished, he wanted to fight one last battle, to draw a period for his life that had been pierced through by responsibility.
Crack!
A bolt of lightning struck down, illuminating the Third Captain's scar-covered face and his fierce eyes.
Clang~
Without a word, the Third Captain drew the longsword at his waist. This sword was over 1.3 meters long, with a blade about a palm wide. The blade had bloodstains that couldn't be washed away. The number of beings this sword had slaughtered was definitely no less than six figures. All those killed were people who burned, killed, and plundered at sea.
Today, this sword might break its rule, killing the last captain of the Doom Number.
Clang~
Su Xiao drew the Dragon-Slaying Flash at his waist, the tip of the blade pointing diagonally at the ground.
The half-broken blood moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the Doom Number below, and the two figures standing opposite each other on the deck, both holding longswords. A cold wind blew, and black snowflakes fell from the sky.
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