Chapter 121: Evil Faction Squad
Trace King·Lushuman left, having revealed all his secrets: the Old World, the myriad gods, the blood of the Old Gods, God King·Tobias, the first painter, the cause of the beast transformation, and the ink that flowed through Trace King·Lushuman's veins instead of blood.
The fourth inner painting world was the Royal City. Trace King·Lushuman repeatedly warned Su Xiao that if he could achieve his goal in the seabed world, he should try his best not to go to the fourth inner painting world, the Royal City.
Compared to these, Su Xiao was more concerned about what was inside the treasure vault. He walked between the old wooden shelves, various items coming into view. Unfortunately, none of these items were certified and could not be taken out of the World of Paintings.
In the past, Su Xiao would have had to give up or use these items to bribe people within this world. Now, things were different; he had the [Oath Emblem·White Dragon (Holy Spirit Rank)].
By sacrificing these items that couldn't be taken out of this world to the [Oath Emblem·White Dragon], he could not only improve the quality of the White Dragon Emblem but also gain some returns through the White Dragon Emblem's 'Remnant (Passive)'.
Although the probability of triggering a return from sacrificing such items was low, if a return was triggered, the returned item would be certified, making it a huge profit.
Su Xiao walked in front, while Bubu Wang and Baha used the team storage space to load the goods behind him. Wherever they passed, nothing was left untouched.
A wooden box caught Su Xiao's attention. He opened it.
[You have obtained Scroll Fragment ×10.]
There weren't as many Scroll Fragments as expected. Considering that this wasn't the only treasure vault, it was understandable. Everyone knew not to put all their eggs in one basket.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao finished the looting. Apart from the Scroll Fragments, the total gains were:
[Soul Crystal (Small) ×216 pieces.]
[Soul Crystal (Medium) ×157 pieces.]
[Soul Crystal (Large) ×60 pieces.]
[Soul Crystal (Complete) ×42 pieces.]
[Divine Blood Crystal 4160 grams.]
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Apart from the Divine Blood Crystal, the gains in Soul Crystals weren't as much as expected. Except for the 42 Soul Crystals (Complete), the lower grades were usually eaten by Su Xiao. Soul Crystals (Large) were eaten like apples, Soul Crystals (Medium) like candy bars, and Soul Crystals (Small) like candy beans.
Why were ghosts so afraid of Su Xiao? Because they could feel that when Su Xiao looked at them, it was like looking at candy beans. The difference between them and candy beans was that one could be eaten and tasted good, while the other could also be eaten but would make you sick.
Putting away all the Soul Crystals, Su Xiao found that the Sea God's side wasn't as rich as he had imagined, far inferior to the Sun Church.
Thinking carefully, it was the Sun Church that was too rich. Boldly guessing, when the dynasty fell, the Sun Church must have reaped a lot of benefits, which was why it was so wealthy.
After the looting, Su Xiao didn't head out of the treasure vault. Instead, he sat on the stone chair where Trace King·Lushuman had been sitting, waiting for two people. A few minutes later.
"This place is really hard to find."
"I bet a Soul Stone that Bai Ye is waiting for us inside. Want to bet, Wood?"
"One is too little. Bet 50 Soul Crystal Cores. If Bai Ye is in this treasure vault, I lose."
"Really?"
"Of course, but Zuiyasi, you have to show 50 Soul Crystal Cores first."
"Your words sound like bullshit."
Zuiyasi spoke as he walked into the treasure vault, followed closely by Wood. The two saw Su Xiao sitting on the stone chair.
"Bai Ye, the Crow Woman has arrived. Let's join forces and kill her first."
Zuiyasi said, smiling as he walked over.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's join forces and eliminate the Crow Woman first."
Su Xiao tossed a Soul Crystal (Small) into his mouth, crunching and chewing.
"Then it's settled."
Wood, standing in the distance, spoke and made a move to walk out of the treasure vault.
Clang!
Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from the stone chair. A blood-red afterimage flashed, and Zuiyasi was decapitated. Su Xiao was already in a striking posture behind Zuiyasi, their backs facing each other.
With a thud, Zuiyasi's headless body fell to the ground. Blood flowed from the severed neck, spreading beneath him.
"Ah, I'm dead."
The headless body, holding its own head, got up from the ground. The blood that had flowed from the severed neck turned into red threads, eagerly surging back into the neck.
Zuiyasi pressed his head back onto his neck, moving it left and right to heal the injury.
Why did Wood and Zuiyasi act this way? If Su Xiao were in their position, he would do the same.
The current situation was that even if Wood and Zuiyasi combined their Scroll Fragments, they couldn't surpass Su Xiao.
The death of the previous Sea God signified one thing: this world progress was about to end. By then, everyone would return to the main painting world's ancient castle.
Su Xiao could sense that the final showdown was about to take place in the seabed world. Wood and Zuiyasi could also sense this.
These two teammates, or rather, these two bastards, had come this far with Su Xiao. Once the evil faction trio entered the stage of unity, they would crush the other participants. Even a tough character like Water Brother had to retreat.
Wood and Zuiyasi were not only strong in combat but also in their grasp of the situation, no less than their own combat power. This treasure vault was the best place to settle the score.
This involved Os·Conrad. Why hadn't he rebelled before, but suddenly made a move now? The reason was that he had not only found people to help him besiege his father but also found those who could block the two strongest divine priests.
That's right, besides cooperating with Su Xiao, Os·Conrad had also allied with Wood and Zuiyasi.
After the Sea God Palace plan began, Su Xiao's side dealt with the Sea God, while Wood and Zuiyasi respectively handled two powerful divine priests and many guards at the south and west gates of the Sea God Palace.
Without Wood and Zuiyasi, the risk of besieging Atlantis would have skyrocketed. That's why Su Xiao, who knew about this, never exposed it.
Su Xiao came to Vault No. 2. There were two treasure vaults in total. Had the key to Vault No. 1 been lost? No, the key to Vault No. 1 was the payment Conrad gave to Wood and Zuiyasi.
Both of them knew that even if they fought each other and seized all the other's Scroll Fragments, there was still a high probability that they wouldn't have as many as Su Xiao.
They didn't believe that the Sun Bird·Tahakaka would come to the seabed to hunt Su Xiao for no reason. There must be a reason. With a little speculation, the most likely scenario was that Su Xiao had robbed the Sun Church's treasure vault, or at least taken many Scroll Fragments.
On this basis, Wood and Zuiyasi decided to join forces and come to Su Xiao. No one wanted to settle for second place.
This was one reason for their action. The second was that it was indeed time for the final battle. The Apocalypse Sisters, Lilim, and Water Brother were not worth considering; the gap in Scroll Fragment holdings was too large, and these three parties couldn't even enter the Sea God Palace, let alone the treasure vault.
Before coming, Wood and Zuiyasi planned to do one thing first: use the combat personnel of this world under their control to eliminate the Crow Woman.
No matter what, the evil faction squad had cooperated for so long. Although they didn't know who would ultimately win, they couldn't let someone else benefit from the conflict. The only possible fisherman, the Crow Woman, had to be dealt with.
Then Wood and Zuiyasi found that although the Crow Woman wasn't dead yet, she was close. Seeing this, both changed their minds. They wanted to keep the severely injured Crow Woman alive as a heavy insurance policy, in case they fell out with Su Xiao and lost.
In other words, among the three people in the treasure vault now, whoever won would be the final victor, unless that person made a huge mistake in subsequent actions.
Outsiders could hardly even enter the Sea God Palace, let alone come to this treasure vault and take everything while the three were fighting.
"As agreed, he's here."
Wood suddenly spoke. Hearing this, Zuiyasi's heart skipped a beat.
"Yeah."
Su Xiao threw a small charcoal box to Wood. Wood didn't open it; he already knew what was inside. It was a small piece of the Mad Growth's root.
Wood used a contract scroll to roll up 10 Scroll Fragments. The next second, the rolled-up scroll appeared in Su Xiao's hand, adding another 10 Scroll Fragments.
"Both of you, if I don't die, we'll meet again if fate allows."
Wood walked into the passage at the entrance, waving his hand behind him. He came here not to compete for first place but to send away this wild daddy, carrying the hopes of the entire demon race. That was the primary goal.
Zuiyasi's eye twitched. He had a sentence he wanted to say to Wood: 'You bastard, you fucking played me.'
Zuiyasi was indeed played by Wood. As early as in the Sand World, after Wood witnessed the clash between the Mad Growth and the Abyssal Jar, he secretly made an agreement with Su Xiao that if it came to a three-way confrontation at the final moment, he would backstab Zuiyasi.
Inside the treasure vault, Su Xiao and Zuiyasi faced off. Although he had been played by Wood, Zuiyasi wasn't afraid to face Su Xiao alone. If his strength were weaker than Su Xiao's, with his caution, he wouldn't have cooperated with Su Xiao for so long. A fierce beast doesn't cooperate with a rabbit; it only eats the rabbit. A fierce beast only hunts with another fierce beast.
Black tentacles extended from Zuiyasi's sleeve. To his surprise, Su Xiao sheathed his long blade and took out several black iron spikes nearly half a meter long.
Seeing these black iron spikes, even Zuiyasi felt his scalp tingle. He could be sure that those damn things were likely specially developed tools for hunting ancient gods.
Su Xiao held three black iron spikes in his left hand. Baha on his shoulder asked, "Zuiyasi, was the Sun Bird delicious? You ate the most back then."
Hearing this, Zuiyasi knew the situation was bad. Starting from his heart, his body began to go numb.