Chapter 79: Is This Something a Human Would Do?
Near Building 4, in the complex diagonally behind the Grand Cathedral.
Su Xiao walked briskly toward the apartment building. Time was running short. Although the Sunbird Tahakak was asleep, it would soon discover the loss of the Soul Crystals, Scroll Fragments, and other items. Once that happened, escape would be impossible.
That bastard Kaiser was already nowhere to be found, likely having planned his escape route long ago. Su Xiao’s escape route was to return to his residence in Building 4 and use the spatial array there to reach Saint Dan City.
Although the monster that was the Blazing Sun Lord was there, for Su Xiao at the moment, that place was the safest.
At first glance, the Blazing Sun Lord seemed to be the main combatant of this world, but that wasn’t the case. The Sunbird Tahakak was the true final boss.
If the Sun Church had a ruler with such great power, the Blazing Sun Lord wouldn’t have had any role in this world. With the Sunbird Tahakak overseeing the Sun Church, it would have long dominated the world.
The Sunbird Tahakak had been sleeping all along, only responsible for a few things, such as guarding the treasury beneath the underground Grand Cathedral, or, when the believers could no longer suppress the number of Mind Beasts, it would go out and burn a large batch. It couldn’t act lightly; every time it did, the rate of the Sand World’s collapse accelerated.
The Sunbird Tahakak was undoubtedly the final boss of this world. The rewards for killing it would be tempting, but Su Xiao wasn’t drawn by them. Risking one’s life and courting death were two different things.
Though time was short, once inside the building complex, Su Xiao slowed his pace to avoid arousing suspicion. Building 4 was just ahead.
“Mr. White Night, where have you been so late? Want to grab a late-night snack?”
A somewhat familiar voice came. Su Xiao turned his head to see Airo, well, Ms. Airo.
“No thanks.”
Su Xiao declined, making as if to enter Building 4.
“Mr. White Night, why do I feel like something big is going to happen tonight?”
Airo leaned against the wall with her arms crossed, wearing a robe that enhanced Sun Miracles.
“...”
Su Xiao lowered his hand from the door. [Whisper of the Soul] was already inside his sleeve, ready to slide out into his grip at any moment.
“Then, let’s grab a late-night snack.”
Su Xiao’s expression remained normal. Airo was a Sun Miracle Master. A stab through the head, followed by smashing her throat, would kill her instantly and prevent her from screaming.
“Should we call Kaiser to join?”
“Sure.”
“I’ll go get him. Mr. White Night, let’s meet at the main entrance of the Grand Cathedral.”
Airo tied her hair into a single ponytail with a rubber band on her wrist and quickly walked toward the Grand Cathedral. The moment her back was to Su Xiao, fine beads of sweat rapidly formed on her forehead.
Watching Airo walk away, Su Xiao retreated into the dark doorway of Building 4. He activated the Dragon Shadow Flash ability. When he reappeared, he was in the bedroom on the third floor. He had been ready to risk killing Airo with one strike, but she had cleverly slipped away. There was no need to waste time chasing her now.
Bubu Wang and Baha were already waiting here. After Su Xiao stepped onto the array, he tossed out a metal rod nearly two centimeters thick. Inside was a trace amount of semi-fluid Apollo. The benefit of developing ordinary Apollo into a semi-fluid form was evident: the amount from one ordinary Apollo could be used many times separately.
Ding ling~
The metal rod, about 10 centimeters long, landed. Blue indicator lights lit up one by one. When the last light lit up, a flame pattern appeared on it.
The spatial fluctuations in the room faded, and Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha vanished.
Boom!
Golden flames exploded. The entire Building 4 was blown to pieces. The remaining structural framework burned in the Sun Flame, crackling. The spatial array set up here was destroyed.
In a dilapidated building beneath the city wall at the southernmost part of Saint Dan City, the light of teleportation flashed.
Su Xiao stomped on the stone platform beneath him, causing large cracks to spread across the teleportation array. He had achieved all his goals. Now, he could choose to watch the show. If the opportunity arose, he wouldn’t mind reaping more benefits.
The night was deep. Su Xiao took a deep breath of the thin air. The spoils he had obtained were all displayed in his storage space. Seeing these items, Su Xiao was in a good mood. Indeed, only when they were in his own storage space did they truly belong to him. That was reassuring.
Having been busy until now, Su Xiao finally had time to check the numerous prompts that had appeared earlier. There were dozens of various prompts. After scrolling up a bit, he found the kill prompt for the Blazing Sun Lord.
[Prompt: You have killed the Blazing Sun Lord.]
[You have gained 15.36% World Source (This is the Main Painting World: World Source).]
[You have gained 2196 Soul Coins.]
[You have gained an Immortal Rank Chest (81%).]
...
The rewards were generous, but Su Xiao felt something was slightly off. For the kill of the Blazing Sun Lord, Su Xiao had a 100% kill share, an independent kill. He had one-shot this big boss.
This was the first big boss Su Xiao had one-shot since entering Reincarnation Paradise. Thinking back to the life-and-death struggles with previous big bosses, the Blazing Sun Lord was a good man.
The Blazing Sun Lord had indeed been thoroughly arranged by Su Xiao, but Su Xiao estimated that, given the Blazing Sun Lord’s strength, the rewards should have been a bit more.
Closing the prompt, Su Xiao walked out of the drafty building. A sense of unease rose in his heart. He raised his left arm.
Plop.
A black semi-fluid substance slammed into Su Xiao’s crystal left arm and gradually clung to it. It was the First Generation Devourer. When Su Xiao had released it earlier, it was ferocious and unruly. But now, the First Generation Devourer was on the verge of dying. That was also why it had actively returned.
Su Xiao had created two generations of Devourers. The First Generation Devourer had a 6A stat panel, with a hexagonal ability curve. The Second Generation Devourer had a 2A panel in Speed and Density, with a diamond-shaped ability curve.
To be honest, Su Xiao preferred the Second Generation Devourer, Boiling Red. As for the First Generation Devourer, Black A, it was extremely difficult to control once released, with excessive aggression.
In the previous world, the First Generation Devourer, Black A, had wanted to stay with its good buddy Aiqina to continue driving Aiqina. Su Xiao naturally wouldn’t allow that. Without the First Generation as a blueprint, how could he cultivate the Second Generation Devourer?
Now, the First Generation Devourer, Black A, had actively returned. Judging by its attitude, it clearly wanted to go back into the preservation fluid.
Su Xiao took out the cylindrical separation container for the First Generation Devourer, Black A, from his storage space. As soon as he opened the lid, Black A drilled inside. Once in the preservation fluid, Black A’s vitality visibly recovered. Seeing this, Su Xiao closed the lid and tightened the lock.
Bang! Bang!
The First Generation Devourer, Black A, repeatedly slammed against the glass cylinder. As soon as it recovered, it tried to break free from Su Xiao’s restraint to find a host to parasitize. This showed how ungrateful this thing was.
Originally, Su Xiao had an idea: to develop Black A into an external auxiliary beneficial creature. For example, if Black A attached to Bubu Wang’s surface, it could enhance Bubu Wang’s speed, survivability, and so on.
Unfortunately, the First Generation Devourer, Black A, had developed in the wrong direction. It was incredibly strong in parasitism and growth, constantly stimulating the host’s growth potential, causing the host to grow. At the same time, the First Generation Devourer, Black A, would also grow.
The ideal for an external auxiliary beneficial creature could only fall on the Second Generation Devourer, Boiling Red.
“Boss, Black A is too violent.”
“Yeah, Boiling Red is much better.”
Su Xiao took out the container for the Second Generation Devourer, Boiling Red. The overall dark red Boiling Red was swimming in the preservation fluid, elegant and relaxed. Boiling Red was obedient. Su Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Second Generation Devourer, Boiling Red, suddenly slammed against the glass wall repeatedly. The slight smile on Su Xiao’s face disappeared. Bubu Wang and Baha quickly turned their heads, pretending not to see anything. Baha even whistled, though heaven knows how it managed to whistle with its beak.
Su Xiao tossed both Black A and Boiling Red into his storage space. The Devourer series—none of them were obedient.
Why had the unruly Black A returned? Su Xiao looked toward the distant royal palace. Above the palace, a figure with six light wings on its back, wearing a golden robe, floated in midair. Its clothing was made of golden light energy, hanging down like strips of cloth.
This monster with six light wings had pale skin covered in light patterns, with circular halos in some places, giving it a unique sense of majesty.
Su Xiao knew why Black A had returned. It had previously invaded the Blazing Sun Lord’s body. Perhaps because the Blazing Sun Lord’s regenerative power was too strong, or because he died too miserably, he had undergone a Mind Beast transformation before death.
As soon as the Blazing Sun Lord underwent the Mind Beast transformation, he kicked the bucket. That was awkward. The Beastified consciousness formed from the Blazing Sun Lord had just appeared and was about to face the fate of following the Blazing Sun Lord into death. After all, the Blazing Sun Lord’s body was already dead, and the Beastification couldn’t save him.
In this process, the First Generation Devourer, Black A, was taking over the body’s control. The Beastified consciousness, about to follow the Blazing Sun Lord, instinctively saw Black A as an enemy and prepared to take Black A with it before perishing.
Black A wouldn’t sit idly by and began to solo the Beastified consciousness. A dark-attribute parasite versus a dark-attribute consciousness—their confrontation would naturally be decided by whose dark attribute was stronger.
The problem lay here. Due to the rampant dark energy wreaking havoc in the Blazing Sun Lord’s remains, the light in his bloodline was awakened. The royal bloodline had two branches: Ocean and Blazing Flame.
After the Blazing Sun Lord’s Blazing Flame awakened, Black A fled on the spot. As a dark-attribute parasite, staying in the Blazing Sun Lord’s body at that moment was like soaking in [Zinc Acid].
If anyone was stubborn, it was the Beastified consciousness. It directly clashed with the power of the Blazing Flame, then was purified into another existence. It was now coexisting with the Blazing Sun Lord’s body.
The current Blazing Sun Lord had become a Blazing Flame Beast. It floated in midair, one versus a large group. Golden light spears rained down from the sky like a downpour, a spectacular sight.
Fundamentally, this big boss was created by Su Xiao by chance after one-shotting the Blazing Sun Lord.
Under the night sky, Su Xiao looked at the Blazing Flame Beast, at least several kilometers away. A bold idea arose in his heart: if he had created this big boss, could he kill it and obtain a chest?
Understood this way, it would mean getting double chests and World Source through the Blazing Sun Lord.
Thinking this, Su Xiao took out the J·Demon Sniper Cannon from his storage space. The city wall dozens of meters behind him was a dream sniping position.
Su Xiao didn’t necessarily have to snipe the big boss, the Blazing Flame Beast. If the timing was right, he could cooperate with the Blazing Flame Beast from a distance, then hammer Wood, Zuiyasi, and Water Brother. In short, temporarily team up with the big boss.
Su Xiao checked the factions that hadn’t yet entered: Holy Light Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, Star Clan, Wind Sea Continent...
Further behind were the medium-sized Void races here to make up the numbers. The probability of encountering troublesome opponents was low.
The current situation was that the entry of the Crow Woman from Arcane Eternal Star was inevitable. Su Xiao suspected that she might have already entered the Sand World, just not yet revealed herself, or, like him, found a place to ‘idle.’
In this case, if one of the three—Wood, Zuiyasi, and Water Brother—could be eliminated, it would be very profitable. These opponents were too troublesome. If they were all as easy to deal with as Molei and Yueshitu, Su Xiao wouldn’t kill any of them, to avoid inviting strong enemies.
Among the factions that hadn’t entered yet, the Star Clan was purely here to join the fun. Su Xiao had dealt with the Divine Stick from Sanctuary Paradise multiple times and had experience handling them. The Wind Sea Continent side was not to be trifled with, but this was a battle royale, so there probably wouldn’t be any ‘aberrant beasts’ from there participating.
Finally, Holy Light Paradise—healing-type weaklings, not much of a threat.
The Realm Severing Thread tightened, and Su Xiao quickly ascended. After reaching a height of dozens of meters, he grabbed the edge of the city wall with one hand, leaped onto it, took out a gun mount, and began setting up his rifle.
Teaming up with the big boss, the Blazing Flame Beast, to hammer Wood, Zuiyasi, and Water Brother was a decision Su Xiao had carefully considered. First, he was far enough away. Second, besides Wood, Zuiyasi, and Water Brother, a large group of people was fighting the big boss, the Blazing Flame Beast, but they were being suppressed.
Although it was difficult to eliminate Wood and Zuiyasi under the current circumstances, these two ‘good teammates’ had survivability that was nauseatingly strong.
Once his thoughts were clear, Su Xiao decided not to act for now and observe how strong the Blazing Flame Beast was.
Judging from the current battle situation, Su Xiao found that the Blazing Flame Beast’s defeat was only a matter of time. Its Blazing Flame energy was about to run out. Perhaps in less than half an hour, the Blazing Flame Beast would be killed.
That was, of course, unacceptable. The big boss, the Blazing Flame Beast, was now a temporary teammate and a reserve high-quality chest. After a moment of thought, Su Xiao on the city wall decided to send Bubu Wang to buff the Blazing Flame Beast.
“Bubu, go, buff the Blazing Flame Beast.”
“Woof?”
Bubu Wang’s dog face was bewildered. Buffing such a big boss was a first for him.
Su Xiao sat beside the J·Demon Sniper Cannon. He felt that besides Bubu Wang’s aura, the big boss, the Blazing Flame Beast, was missing something, like a healing-type Transcendent’s healing.
Scanning the distant battlefield, Su Xiao soon spotted a female Transcendent with a holy aura, dressed in a nun-like outfit. She was definitely a healing type. Having confirmed this, Su Xiao took out [Blood Feather] from his storage space. The Blazing Flame Beast now had a healer.
PS: (Two chapters today. Yesterday’s update was too intense, and my neck is a bit strained. Mild recurrence of cervical spondylosis.)
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My cervical spondylosis recurred a bit yesterday, and it’s more serious today. So I took some medicine. After taking this medicine, my brain feels like it’s wrapped in a plastic bag—slow reaction (debuff state: thinking speed reduced by 40%, lasting 12-15 hours). I’ll rest today and should recover by tomorrow.
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