# Chapter 3: Twisted Life Rune
Price: Per 100% Corruption Power
Stock: 1 unit.
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[Prompt: Because the Mother Goddess is only willing to offer the above three items, the Hunter can only make exchanges at this level.]
[Prompt: This faction store has not been notarized, and transactions will carry risks.]
[Prompt: The worn container has low collection efficiency for Corruption Power.]
Su Xiao looked at the Mother Goddess before him, then at the worn container in his hand. He had just killed the Wolf Spider Queen, and this one had come knocking immediately.
"This thing... can I bring it back to that side?"
Su Xiao was currently in spirit form. He wasn't sure whether he could take the worn container directly, or if his main body needed to come here to retrieve it.
"Of course you can."
The Mother Goddess's spiritual fluctuations spread outward, radiating a grand and benevolent spiritual aura.
"Then wait a moment."
"Godslayer, you killed many corrupted beings in the Black Nest, didn't you? The power corrupting them will dissipate quickly. Don't waste time."
"Is that so? Then I'll just keep finding more to kill."
As Su Xiao spoke, his own spiritual energy returned. When he reopened his eyes, he was back inside the Queen's Bedchamber. The feeling just now was like having a dream, yet in his hand, he was holding the worn container.
At first glance, this was the Mother Goddess's test—testing whether Su Xiao had the ability to kill an Ancient God. But Su Xiao felt that wasn't the case. This was more like the Mother Goddess expressing an attitude.
Ask yourself: when the Ancient God falls, the Light King, the Great Sage, the Wolf Spider Queen all die, and the Tree God also goes cold—who is the ultimate beneficiary?
Need that be asked? Of course, it was the Mother Goddess. She would become the only deity in this world.
Should Su Xiao continue searching for corrupted insects to kill in the Underground Kingdom? Of course not. The Mother Goddess maintained a neutral, watchful attitude, sitting back and waiting for Su Xiao and the Light King's side to clean up the Ancient God.
As for the benefits she offered, Reincarnation Paradise had already prompted: the worn container's collection rate for Corruption Power was not high. He might kill for half a day and only collect 1% Corruption Power.
After saving up for a long time and going to the Mother Goddess to exchange for items, she would just pull out a few Soul Crystals (Complete) to brush him off. It was the minimal investment to maintain a neutral, watchful stance.
After the battle, if Su Xiao won, the Mother Goddess would stand on the victor's side. No matter how you looked at it, she had also assisted Su Xiao. What exactly did she assist with? Would outsiders know?
Think carefully: after the Ancient God was sealed, which of them—the Vessel, the Light King, the Great Sage, the Wolf Spider Queen, including the Tree God—had it easy?
On the other hand, the Mother Goddess had basically suffered no losses except for the injuries she sustained fighting the Ancient God several hundred years ago.
Now the Mother Goddess appeared again and expressed her stance. The feeling was clearly: you can gain benefits from her, but opposing her yields nothing.
Su Xiao tossed the worn container in his hand. Since the Mother Goddess wanted him to collect Corruption Power, then he would collect it. As an alchemist who had studied Ancient God energy for a long time, would he be stumped by this? Who said that to collect Corruption Power, you had to kill corrupted beings? He had a faster and safer method.