Chapter 2: Even if Pig-Headed Men Take Over a City Without Subordinate Civilians, They Can Do Nothing; They Are Not Wild Boar Warriors, but Long-Oppressed and Controlled Laborers.
The first problem is not difficult to solve; it depends on how ruthless one is willing to be. Su Xiao only needs to show that if He Kangdiwei chooses to kill a pig-headed man on his side, he will execute a captured subordinate civilian on his own side—one for one. He doesn't believe that during tomorrow's raid on the subordinate clan, there won't be any subordinate civilians trapped by his forces.
In the law of the jungle, there are no rigid rules, but there are principles, and some principles cannot be broken.
As for the second problem, even if a large number of pig-headed men are taken in, they have become numb and submissive due to long-term labor as coolies.
In Su Xiao's view, this is not a problem. Although the cost of transforming these pig-headed men into wild boar warriors is high, through the Evolution Nest, letting them obtain only a small amount of Solar Force, coupled with having the Sun Faith, will solve the issue. Faith is a power of the mind and can also break the shackles of the mind.
Since there is no need for a massive physical transformation, only requiring them to initially adapt to the Solar Force and accept 50 to 100 points of it is sufficient. This means the mortality rate of the transformation plummets, and the transformation time is drastically reduced.
It is possible that the time to transform a batch of Sun Citizens is less than one-tenth of the time needed to transform a batch of wild boar warriors.
These Sun Citizens, who have no power but possess the Sun Faith, will be numerous. With such a massive faith group, how much Solar Faith Power will be generated?
When Su Xiao leaves this world, the subsequent Solar Faith Power will be transmitted, under the notarization of Reincarnation Paradise, from the 「Solar Ring No. 2」 located in this world to the 「Solar Ring No. 1」 he takes away.
Solar Faith Power is a rare and excellent resource. Not only can it continuously improve the rank of the [Sun Lord] title, but it can also be used for concocting potions and other purposes.
What is even more tempting is that as long as the Sun Faction in this world still exists, this income will be continuous and unending. If the Sun Faction develops well in this world in the future, Su Xiao will be able to obtain even more Solar Faith Power later.
A massive amount of faith power is something that even Tuanzhang, Bai Niu, and others find tempting, which shows how precious it is, especially when it is pure enough.
Su Xiao feels this plan is very feasible, plus it has almost no cost. Living Ore cannot be taken out of this world; it is an inherent resource of this world, making it a very good choice for transforming Sun Citizens.
He signals the Storm Wyvern to change direction. Before long, Su Xiao sees the Sun Fortress below.
No war pig mounts are seen near the fortress. This was arranged by Su Xiao before he left; all the war pig mounts are hidden in the underground mines and residential areas.
Su Xiao enters the fortress. The Sun High Priestess, Octavia, walks toward him. Her saintly smile is becoming more natural, and due to the Solar Force in her body, her appearance is now completely human, though her pupils are golden.
"Lord, this is a 'gift' sent by the Beast Clan."
The gift the High Priestess refers to is the resources offered by the Beast Clan as a sign of submission. She doesn't call it tribute but a gift, a typical tactic of bleeding the enemy first while maintaining a polite attitude.
Su Xiao looks at the High Priestess. Originally, he planned to execute her before leaving this world to prevent her from stirring up trouble in the Sun Faction after he was gone.
Now, it seems unnecessary. The High Priestess has found her place. Just that saintly smile on her face can do many things that Hausmann and the Chef cannot or should not do.
Returning to the main command room, Su Xiao opens the black pear wood box offered by the Beast Clan.
[You have obtained the Essence of the Old Beast King (Immortal Rank).]
[You have obtained Overlord Essence.]
[You have obtained Active Crystal x7.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) x34.]
[You have obtained the Soul Aggregate of the Beast Forging Grandmaster, Li Niu (This item cannot be used alone; when using the Equipment Enhancement Machine to enhance Immortal Rank equipment, add this item to the enhancement process).]
[Hint: This item ensures that when enhancing Immortal Rank equipment from +1 to +13, the success rate for a single enhancement reaches 100%. After one enhancement, this item will be consumed.]
[You have obtained the Pinky Finger of the Evil God (Evil Sacrificial Offering).]
[Pinky Finger of the Evil God]
Origin: ???
Type: Sacrificial Offering
Effect 1: Swallow it. After consumption, you will die immediately and undergo a "False Resurrection" after 30 natural days, transforming into an avatar of the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord.
Effect 2: Use this as a medium to conduct a transaction with the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord. You will pay a high price for a certain degree of power. After this transaction, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, will forcibly take one of your organs as a bonus for this transaction.
Warning: The organ taken by the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, will be considered an existential absence, not damage, and cannot be restored through conventional recovery functions after returning to Reincarnation Paradise.
Introduction: A precious yet malicious object.
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Two essences. The [Essence of the Old Beast King] is not the essence of the current Beast King's father; the Beast King position there is not hereditary but determined by force.
The [Essence of the Old Beast King] is very valuable to Su Xiao. The energy inside is still relatively fresh and can be absorbed to enhance the Azure Steel Shadow ability.
The Overlord Essence obtained this time is the largest Su Xiao has ever acquired, even bigger than the one he saw at Dudu Gugu last time, about the size of a fist.
It was not easy for the Beast Clan to keep an Overlord Essence. For Overlord creatures, this item has an irresistible allure. Presumably, the Beast King left it for his descendants.
Handing it over now is wise. If he didn't, the Beast King would have no descendants, and he himself would become an essence.
The [Soul Aggregate] of the Beast Forging Grandmaster can be used for Dragon-Slaying Flash. What interests Su Xiao the most is the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God].
The Beast Clan sending this item clearly has ill intentions. For Su Xiao, it is also a resource. He hesitates whether to find Kaisa and confront this Evil God head-on.
Tomorrow is the start of the decisive battle. There are things Su Xiao must finish today. He walks into the Alchemy Laboratory and stops in front of a glass column on the table, half a meter thick and 60 centimeters tall.
Inside floats a golden stone, walnut-sized, bright gold all over, with occasional arcs of electricity flickering on its surface.
Hao Mei is the first person Su Xiao has seen who can control World Thunder. This is her ultimate ability. Su Xiao cannot directly replicate it, but as an alchemist, he once developed the "Sister Juice Sweet Orange," or Sweet Orange cells, into Devourers. After obtaining a large amount of Hao Mei's blood, he naturally gained some insights.
Mastering World Thunder is still a long way off, but through a certain special substance in Hao Mei's blood, he has made breakthrough progress in using World Thunder.
The golden Thunder Stone inside the glass column is what Su Xiao has gathered. The effect of this [Thunder Stone] is that when crushed, it can attach World Thunder to a weapon, lasting 150 to 180 seconds.
It seems like a simple temporary lightning enchantment, but attaching World Thunder to a weapon is far more difficult than imagined.
180 seconds may seem short, but Su Xiao is interested in another characteristic of the [Thunder Stone]. After using the [Thunder Stone] to attach World Thunder to a weapon, for the next few hours, even if the World Thunder on the weapon has disappeared, the weapon still retains the property of being able to be re-enchanted with lightning.
In the following hours, if Su Xiao uses "Heaven's Wrath: Thunderfall" and catches the lightning with his blade, "throwing off" the World Thunder on the sword, his blade will regain the blessing of World Thunder.
This blessing effect only lasts for one attack, but its intensity is astonishingly high.
Su Xiao can completely follow up "Heaven's Wrath: Thunderfall" with an ultra-high-speed thrusting sword technique. As long as this technique can close the distance in a short time, the attack intensity of a single sword strike with the Thunderfall effect is already devastatingly powerful.
Su Xiao takes out the [Thunder Stone] from the glass column. He had caught Hao Mei before, but because she was too obedient, he got careless and let her slip out of the Sun Fortress. If he had known, he would have drawn her blood immediately last time.
Hao Mei's escape means the number of [Thunder Stones] is limited. There is only one now, and the remaining blood can probably make one more. Hopefully, he will encounter Hao Mei again in the future.
When the [Thunder Stone] is in hand, Su Xiao's fingertips feel a slight tingle. He doesn't plan to save this [Thunder Stone]; he will use it soon to test its effect, so that when he uses [Thunder Stone] against a strong enemy in the future, the effect won't fail him at a critical moment, which would be fatal.
After studying the [Thunder Stone] for a while, Su Xiao walks out of the Alchemy Laboratory and heads to the "Mutation Greenhouse" on the second floor. He needs to cultivate something through the Mutation Greenhouse.
An hour later, Su Xiao orders the dwarf pig-men to drag out all the steel cables and chains from the mines.
At 3:00 PM that day, 5 kilometers in front of the fortress, nearly 200,000 wild boar warriors surround the area. Their spirits are exceptionally high, and their formation is surprisingly neat.
All the wild boar warriors stand in concentric circles. From above, the layers of rings formed by 200,000 wild boar warriors are spectacular.
Besides the wild boar warriors, there are 665 heavy tanks, each tied with a steel cable, all extending to the center of the encirclement.
At the very center of these rings is a 30-meter-diameter open space. Su Xiao stands there, with the Storm Wyvern circling above.
Su Xiao takes out a treasure chest that looks like it is made of broken gems. This is the [Gem Monster Chest].
[Gem Monster Chest: Upon opening, there is a 50% chance to obtain 1 Immortal Rank gem, a 45% chance to release a Gem Monster, and a 5% chance of no gain (The Gem Monster possesses multiple instant-death abilities and is extremely dangerous. Killing it will yield a unique gem produced by it).]
If he opens it back in Reincarnation Paradise, he is guaranteed to get one Immortal Rank gem, but he will miss out on the unique gem produced by the Gem Monster.
A 45% chance. Su Xiao estimates that this probability is not low and is worth a try. Plus, the Sun Faction has developed; once the Gem Monster appears, they can swarm it with a human wave tactic.
If the Gem Monster, now in another world, saw this scene, it would probably curse in terror: "Are you fucking playing dirty? Bringing so many people to target me!"
If the Gem Monster comes here, it might not even land before becoming a treasure chest, performing a true "landing and becoming a box."
Su Xiao doesn't care about the Gem Monster's feelings. In his view, opening this chest and summoning the Gem Monster is likely a positive gain. So, he activates the bonus effect of [Fate Dominator], raising his Luck Attribute to 64 points.
With the Lucky King state active, Su Xiao feels much more confident. He chooses to open the [Gem Monster Chest].
With a crack, the [Gem Monster Chest] shatters in Su Xiao's hands, fragments sliding through his fingers. Then, all around is dead silent. Bubu Wang looks at the ground, Baha gazes at the sky, Amu stares blankly at his Dragonheart Axe, and Beini sighs.
The wild boar warriors seem to sense something too. The nearly 200,000-strong army doesn't even dare to breathe loudly, let alone talk to each other. The air is terrifyingly quiet.
"A 50% chance of no gain" is also an irresistible force. Su Xiao, expressionless, throws away the chest fragments and signals Amu to bring over a deformed creature.
This deformed creature is translucent all over, with all internal organs present. Apart from lacking consciousness and a soul, it has almost everything.
Additionally, this deformed creature is embedded with 150 [Soul Crystals (Complete)], 10 [Soul Crystal Cores], 1 [Abyss Stone], and 2 [Overlord Essences].
Su Xiao takes out a Deathmatch Terminal and uses it as a controller to manipulate the deformed creature's actions. This thing was created by him using the "Mutation Greenhouse."
Why use the Deathmatch Terminal to control it? Because when blocking certain supernatural forces, technological creations have high isolation properties. For example, if the deformed creature suffers a curse, at most, the Deathmatch Terminal will be destroyed along with it, and the curse cannot be transmitted to Su Xiao.
Su Xiao manipulates the deformed creature to pick up a finger on the ground, the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God]. Then he manipulates it to pick up a Soul Crystal (Complete) and touch it to the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God].
Waves~
The [Pinky Finger of the Evil God] is activated. An aura spreads out, but just as it extends a few meters, it is blocked by suddenly appearing tree roots.
The aura immediately retracts, not daring to provoke the gradually fading tree roots in the slightest. Those tree roots represent the Void Tree, and this situation is normal.
The Soul Crystal (Complete) that touched the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God] is absorbed. Su Xiao manipulates the deformed creature to transmit a pre-set mental fluctuation, meaning it wants to gain power.
A black-gray mist spreads out along the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God] and enters the deformed creature's body. This activates the energy originally inside the deformed creature, causing the 150 [Soul Crystals (Complete)], 10 [Soul Crystal Cores], 1 [Abyss Stone], and 2 [Overlord Essences] embedded in it to fluctuate.
Among them, the fluctuations of the [Soul Crystal Cores] and [Abyss Stone] are the most unique, though the other items are not bad either.
The evil aura inside the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God] senses something but hesitates.
A few seconds later, the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God] suddenly splits apart, forming a vortex. A hand covered in gray and black scales reaches out from the vortex, grabbing toward the deformed creature.
The fingertips of this hand are sharp. It has a total of eight fingers, no index finger, but symmetrical pinky fingers on both sides.
This large hand, exuding a fishy smell and malice, unceremoniously pierces into the deformed creature's head. The deformed creature shows no reaction.
The situation is now clear. The Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, symbolized by the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God], has taken a liking to this sacrificial fat sheep and is preparing to slaughter it.
The moment the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord's hand grabs the deformed creature, the deformed creature explodes. The [Soul Crystal Cores] and other items embedded in it fly toward Su Xiao.
With such a sudden change, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, of course, senses something is wrong. Its hand retracts toward the vortex.
Since it has already come, leaving is not so simple.
Su Xiao slaps his hand on the ground. He has already concentrated and compressed 40% of his Azure Steel Shadow Energy in his palm. This is the energy node for ultra-high-speed activation of a large formation.
With a thud, the formation under Su Xiao's feet activates. This formation has a diameter of 20 meters, also enveloping the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord's arm.
Boom!
An upward shockwave spreads. Even Su Xiao, with stable surrounding space, feels a buzz in his head, and the world before his eyes is blurry. What about the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, trapped in the spatial gap? This alchemy formation is specifically designed for spatial shock explosion.
With a crack, the space around the Evil God's arm shatters, twisting into a chaotic flow. Either be torn apart by the chaotic space or choose to rush out of the chaotic space and enter this world—these are the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord's only two choices.
This Evil God is definitely above the Eighth Rank, but Su Xiao is not afraid. He is certain that the current spatial force of this world is enough to tear it apart because this world is being simultaneously notarized by the Void Tree, Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise.
What's more critical is that a World War is happening here. If not for the [Pinky Finger of the Evil God] being an item notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord's arm wouldn't even have been able to probe into this world.
After a moment of spatial chaos, a behemoth squeezes out from the massive vortex.
Its height is over 15 meters. Its lower body is composed of gray tentacles, tendrils, and pus-black mud. Its upper body consists of hundreds of eight-fingered arms hanging down, layered upon each other, each arm covered in scales.
The face area of its head is completely occupied by a barrel-shaped mouth full of sharp teeth, with layers of interlocking teeth inside. Around this mouth is a ring of eyes, dozens of eyeballs with radial pupils.
This is the true body of the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord. In the center of its chest, covered with arms, a giant eye opens vertically. This giant eye contains nothing but anger and cruelty.
The Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, emits a deafening, seductive sound from its mouth. Just hearing this sound makes one's heart tremble and feel nauseous, as if wanting to vomit out all internal organs.
But before the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, can show off for even two seconds, five layers of restraints take effect on it. These are the restraints of the Void Tree, Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise.
This is an Eighth Rank War World. Except for the native inhabitants of this world or beings that have lived here for too long, the combat power limit here can only be Eighth Rank. You can be stronger than Eighth Rank, but you cannot be a Ninth Rank existence. If you are, you will be sealed to the world's combat power limit.
Why did Su Xiao set this up? Not only because this world is an Eighth Rank world, but also because a World War is happening here.
If a higher-rank existence suddenly intrudes without a reasonable explanation, they will be executed by the Void Tree, Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise.
Given the current situation on Ser Star, even a being at the level of the Underworld God would not come, knowing there is no good outcome. But Evil Gods and Ancient Gods are different; Evil Gods are stubborn.
Tree roots, blood chains, blue fire patterns, etc., simultaneously sink into the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord's body. Even so, its combat power is still terrifyingly strong.
All the heavy tanks around charge in all directions. The arm-thick steel cables tied to them tighten, and hundreds of steel cables wrap around the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord.
Golden patterns flicker on each steel cable. This was set up by Su Xiao. The energy source is the heavy tanks pulling these cables; the Solar Force in their bodies is sufficient for this.
The Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, looks down at everything around it. Just as it is about to give these foolish low-level creatures a lesson they will never forget, a signal flare explodes in the sky.
All the wild boar warriors kneel on one knee, pressing both hands on the ground.
With a hum, an ultra-giant alchemy formation appears. The Solar Force in the bodies of over 200,000 wild boar warriors quickly flows into this formation.
At this moment, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, is at the center of the encirclement of all the wild boar warriors. It doesn't want to be, but this is the location Su Xiao chose, so of course, he won't make it easy for the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord.
Using the Solar Force from the 200,000 wild boar warriors as energy, the core point of the ultra-giant alchemy formation is activated. A barrel-shaped energy pillar, 30 meters in diameter, appears, trapping the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord inside.
Why hasn't the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, moved? Not because it doesn't want to, but because it can't. As soon as it arrived, it was subjected to the combat power restrictions of the Void Tree, Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise.
If it were only one party's restriction, it could recover in a short time and enter combat. But with five parties simultaneously imposing restrictions without caring about its feelings, even as an Evil God, it almost couldn't catch its breath, temporarily falling into spiritual unconsciousness.
The 「Ultra-Large Alchemy Formation: Solar Matrix」 completes its first stage of activation. After successfully trapping the enemy, the second stage is about to begin.
Inside the Solar Barrier, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, which has just recovered, feels a strong sense of crisis. This causes a moment of shock. Can these low-level creatures around it actually threaten it?
Just as this thought appears in the Evil God's mind, dazzling golden Solar Flame erupts from the formation beneath it.
Boom!!
The golden Solar Flame engulfs the Evil God. A scream, like the combined voices of men, women, old, and young, comes from inside the Solar Barrier. The Evil God is screaming.
"Roar!"
The Storm Wyvern soars in the sky. Su Xiao, on its back, controls it to descend.
Dark golden Solar Flame gathers in the Storm Wyvern's mouth and sprays onto the energy outer wall of the Solar Barrier, heating up the inside.
This Evil God is truly unlucky. Actually, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, hasn't done anything too bad; at most, it tricks those who trade with it or, driven by greed, devours the trading party.
It sounds pretty bad at first, but considering its identity as an Evil God, it doesn't seem that bad anymore.
These days, being an Evil God is not easy. Encountering someone like Kaisa, who sacrifices hemorrhoids, is enough to break one's spirit. If encountering Su Xiao, the Evil God's terrifying sacrifice quickly turns into a barbecue of a high-level otherworldly boss.
Inside the cylindrical Solar Barrier, the Solar Flame rages. The Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, crashes against the barrier, producing rumbling sounds, and uses various barrier-breaking abilities.
Unfortunately, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord's combat power is sealed to the Eighth Rank limit. Plus, it is now effectively facing 200,000 wild boar warriors at the same time.
This is different from being surrounded. If surrounded, it would only be attacked by the nearby wild boar warriors. But now, the Solar Force from all 200,000 wild boar warriors converges into the 「Ultra-Large Alchemy Formation: Solar Matrix」, making it a true 1 vs. 200,000.
And that's not all. Su Xiao, finding the "barbecue oven" not hot enough, is riding the wyvern outside the barrier to add extra heat.
After an hour of Solar Flame roasting, the Evil God's struggling inside the barrier noticeably weakens. It mutters something, but unfortunately, Su Xiao doesn't understand.
Evil God language is clearly not in the common language category; it is a niche language. This shows how important it is to master a foreign language. If the Evil God knew the common human language now, it could at least curse Su Xiao a few times.
After two hours, the Evil God brother barely moves, only occasionally whipping the barrier with its tentacles.
After three hours, the Evil God brother completely stops moving. From its barrel-shaped mouth, black-gray secretions come out.
Those dead-white eyes seem to be saying something. If it knew what happened earlier, it might say: "You opened an empty treasure chest; it's your own bad luck. Why take it out on me?"
After four hours, the Evil God brother dies. Su Xiao receives a kill notification.
Kill notifications are the greatest advantage for contractors and hunters, preventing enemies from pretending to be dead. This also causes the price of feign death skills in the Paradise to drop significantly. Of course, such abilities are still useful, sometimes fooling native inhabitants in mission worlds.
Su Xiao doesn't open the barrier. He roasts it for another hour. Feeling it is thoroughly cooked, he finally dispels the barrier.
A wave of heat rushes toward him. Su Xiao retreats behind the Storm Wyvern's wing. After the heat wave passes, a subtle burnt aroma wafts into his nostrils.
Su Xiao steps forward. Although he roasted the Evil God, he doesn't plan to eat it. He maintains a certain reverence for such heretical and evil things.
[Hint: You have killed the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord.]
[Because the unit you killed originally had strength far exceeding yours, you have obtained a Full Soul Coin Pouch (opening it yields 10,000 Soul Coins).]
[Because the unit you killed originally had strength far exceeding yours, you have obtained 5 Golden Skill Points.]
[You have obtained a Twisted Powerful Soul (Special item. This item can be melted using a 「Smelting Furnace」 to remove its evil characteristics, obtaining 「Liquid Soul」. Pouring it on soul equipment can greatly enhance the comprehensive attributes of the soul equipment).]
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Seeing these gains, Su Xiao's displeasure from opening an empty treasure chest immediately dissipates.
The rewards for killing the Evil God are exceptionally generous. Moreover, the obtained [Twisted Powerful Soul] can be used by Su Xiao. When he killed the Blood God before, the kill reward included a [Smelting Furnace].
[Smelting Furnace]
Origin: Moon God Continent
Quality: Unique Characteristic Item
Category: Special
Material: Burning Blood Moon Fragment, Molten Fire Ancient God Bone, Primordial Source Iron, Extreme Dark Soul, World Core (Complete State).
Durability: 1237/1500 (Damaged state, maximum durability greatly reduced)
Activation Effect: Melt (Passive), uses the fire within to melt equipment, items, etc.
Introduction: Look, the infinite greatness and glory, the one who forges everything in the furnace, even the ancient gods covet what he creates, but does he truly love what he creates?
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The [Smelting Furnace] has a significant origin. It was originally kept by the Moon God and later fell into the hands of the Blood God.
Su Xiao once used the [Smelting Furnace] to melt equipment, resulting in a loss. But when he melted a "Soul Equipment: Fake," he made a small profit.
At that time, he tested that the [Smelting Furnace] is for melting souls. Now it seems its correct use is to melt the souls of Evil Gods.
Why doesn't the equipment description directly state this? Su Xiao speculates that it is likely due to some means set up by either the Moon God or the Blood God.
Expecting these two Ancient Gods to reveal the true use of the [Smelting Furnace] before death is impossible. The Moon God had high intracranial temperature from Apollo, and the Blood God had high intracavity temperature from Apollo. These two brothers, one stayed behind closed doors in the Moon God's underground palace, and the other slowly recovered from injuries in the Dark Prison, also behind closed doors. Upon careful analysis, they don't seem to have done anything particularly wicked.
Su Xiao temporarily ignores these. He is curious about the relationship between Ancient Gods and Evil Gods.
Su Xiao's personal feeling is that Ancient Gods openly commit evil, such as sucking the life out of worlds, while Evil Gods do bad things secretly.
If nothing unexpected happens, when he returns alive to Reincarnation Paradise, Lide's soul equipment will be completed. Then he can use the [Smelting Furnace] to melt the [Twisted Powerful Soul] and test its effect.
He commands the wild boar warriors to dispose of the Evil God's remains. Su Xiao finds that this Evil God has 9 hearts, 7 of which are cooked, 1 half-cooked, and the last one in the center is completely fresh, containing gray-black divine blood.
Besides a fresh Evil God heart, Su Xiao also obtains quite a bit of Evil God brain fluid, as well as fresh flesh and blood, energy connective tissues, etc.
This is the benefit of being an alchemist. Besides the kill reward, he can maximize the gains from killing enemies.
After processing, Su Xiao orders people to dig a large pit and bury the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord. First, the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, came from afar. Second, if some beast eats the Evil God's flesh and blood, it might cause trouble in the "Border Region." This is not impossible; the Evil God is seventy percent cooked, and the burnt aroma has spread far.
Half an hour later, the funeral of the Evil God, Scarlet Scale Lord, is complete. A group of wild boar warriors hurriedly return to the fortress, all hungry from the burial.
A few kilometers away, a pair of brothers lie behind a mound, having witnessed everything through binoculars.
These two are the Heavenly Ghost Brothers, contractors from the Holy Light Paradise side. The elder brother is named Tianchuan, and the younger brother is Guitong, a combination of a steady older brother and a scheming younger brother.
The younger brother, Guitong, with a swept-back hairstyle, puts down his binoculars and looks at his elder brother.
"Bro, should we continue the assassination? Now we are everyone's hope."
Guitong's mood is uneasy. Even as an Eighth Rank contractor, this is the first time he has seen someone trick an Evil God into coming and then roast it. His worldview has been refreshed.
"Let's go."
"Huh? Are we really going?"
"Go back for dinner. Whoever wants to go can go; we two are not going."
The scene of tricking the Evil God has shocked Tianchuan. He decides not to take his younger brother to assassinate Su Xiao. To hell with the hope of the whole village. Tianchuan now wants to call Shenshi over and make her see how miserably that Evil God died.
Night falls quietly. The Sun Faction's residential areas 1 to 98 are exceptionally lively. Tonight's meal is unprecedentedly sumptuous.
The main command room is dim. Su Xiao leans back on the sofa, taking a short rest. Meditation makes time fly. Unconsciously, the first rays of the morning sun shine through the curved floor-to-ceiling windows.
Su Xiao ends his meditation and checks the Sun Fortress's data. The number of war pig mounts has reached 516,590, exceeding the 500,000-plus wild boar warriors. Ability awakening can proceed.
Su Xiao activates ability awakening. Three abilities appear before him, carefully selected from the war pig mounts.
[Hunt (Passive, Lv.33): Increases running speed by 23%.]
[Fierce Pig Charge (Active, Lv.45): Consumes internal Solar Force to perform a high-speed forward charge. If blocked, causes collision and knockback damage (with fire damage).]
[Solar Sacrifice (Passive, Lv.40): Permanently reduces the war pig's own Solar Force upper limit by 30%, increases its own max HP by 5%, and increases the rider's max HP by 10% (Once this ability selects a rider, it only takes effect for that rider).]
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Among the three abilities, Su Xiao has two choices. If he awakens [Fierce Pig Charge], he cannot awaken the other two. If he awakens [Solar Sacrifice], the remaining potential of the war pig mounts is enough to awaken [Hunt].
The choice is between survivability plus mount running speed, or each individual having a charge ability.
Don't underestimate the charge ability; it is one of the most useful abilities on the battlefield. However, Su Xiao's War Lord title has the "Full Army Charge" ability. Choosing [Fierce Pig Charge] would be somewhat redundant, especially since cavalry naturally have a charge state.
Thinking this over, Su Xiao decisively chooses [Hunt] and [Solar Sacrifice].
As with the last awakening, a source core appears in front of Su Xiao. Thousands of threads spread from this source core, ignoring wall barriers, and enter each war pig mount's body. The ability awakening begins.
Regarding the ability awakening for heavy tanks and Sun Maids, the heavy tanks' awakening was completed yesterday. The total number of Sun Maids is only 45, and no suitable ability was found for awakening.
The war pig mounts' ability awakening is completed an hour later. Looking at the morning sun outside the window, Su Xiao does not order an immediate attack. Friendly units that have just completed ability awakening will be weak for a while, recovering around 10:00 AM. Attacking around noon is more prudent.
Time passes minute by minute. When the clock points to 10:00 AM, the communicator on the table in front of Su Xiao rings. He picks it up and sees it is from the Allied Marshal, He Kangdiwei.
"Bai Ye, how many days have passed? A week already, right?"
He Kangdiwei says in a half-joking tone.
"Only two days. Today is the third day."
"Is that so? I remember it's been a week. According to the agreement, you should march now, bypass my subordinate clan's territory from the south coast, and launch a surprise attack on the human race's forward fortress."
He Kangdiwei's tone no longer has the joking tone from before. He seems to have sensed something, using a near-coercive method to make Su Xiao attack the human race.
"Bai Ye, you actually helped me get rid of hundreds of thousands of troubles. Thank you for eliminating those troops that were disobedient to me."
He Kangdiwei's words are thought-provoking. From his meaning, it seems he wasn't unable to defeat the Sun Fortress before but deliberately sent some subordinate clan troops to the front line to die, thereby eliminating dissidents and ultimately succeeding in taking power.
He Kangdiwei is subtly indicating that the subordinate clan side is not necessarily a match for the Sun Fortress.
"Oh? What if I don't attack the human race?"
"Then our two sides will have to continue fighting, which neither of us wants to see."
He Kangdiwei laughs as he speaks, as if joking.
"Do you have a way to exempt yourselves from the contract power of the 'Border Treaty'?"
"Of course not, that's why I want to maintain our cooperative relationship."
He Kangdiwei doesn't tell the truth. The real situation is that they found people with the same names and titles, then conferred status on them. However, this status was revoked after signing the Border Treaty. Simply put, the three people on that side found substitutes with the same names to sign the contract.
Su Xiao picks up the Border Treaty on the table, glances at it, and crumples it into a ball with one hand, throwing it into the trash. He had suspected this contract had problems, which is why he was so cautious when he went to the subordinate clan side last time.
"So I have no choice but to compromise?"
Su Xiao speaks. Upon hearing this, He Kangdiwei laughs and says:
"Don't put it so bluntly. We are cooperating. Bai Ye, when are you going to launch the surprise attack on the human race?"
"Now."
After saying this, Su Xiao hangs up the communicator. He checks the time; it's only 10:25 AM. Originally, he planned to attack at noon, but now it seems an immediate attack is the best choice.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions occur on the continuous mountain bodies in the Border Region. Rubble flies everywhere, revealing the hollow interiors of the mountains.
For the wild boar warriors, the houses here are no longer important. They are going to seize better ones.
Amidst the flying rubble, the Sun Fortress's giant mechanical feet rise. Over a hundred multi-jointed mechanical feet, several meters thick and resembling octopus tentacles, support the Sun Fortress, turning it into a true mobile fortress.
Each step forward by the fortress's mechanical feet causes earth-shaking tremors. From the breaches in the mountain bodies behind, wild boar knights charge out. They are clad in armor, wielding long-handled war hammers. Their mounts are exceptionally sturdy, their claws spreading when running on the rubble ground to improve stability.
The cavalry army rushing out from the mountain bodies is so vast that the edges on both sides are invisible. The earth trembles. A dragon roar comes from above. The Storm Wyvern soars through the air, and Su Xiao stands on its back.
As the saying goes, good words are hard to persuade the damned. Originally, the subordinate clan could have enjoyed the last peaceful morning, but they refused.
Three kilometers away, dozens of subordinate clan scouts who have been watching here all day see this scene. Their faces turn ashen. They turn to flee, but dragon flame descends from the sky, burning them to charcoal.
...
West of the Border Region, inside the command room of the Steel Fortress, which guards the area between the subordinate clan's territory and the Border Region.
A somewhat anxious Brigadier General Leitz sits in front of a sand table. He has received orders from above and is waiting for the Sun Faction's reaction.
Bang! The door is rudely pushed open. Brigadier General Leitz frowns and scolds, "Panicking like this, what great deeds can you accomplish? Has Bai Ye's side deployed troops?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Which route is he taking to surprise the human race?"
"Sir, he is going to surprise us!"
"Huh?!"
Brigadier General Leitz's eyes widen. At that moment, a loud noise comes from his right. The shockwave causes a buzz in his head. The tables and chairs in the room tremble, and all the odds and ends on the table are thrown into the air.
A few seconds later, the fallen Brigadier General Leitz gets up, shakes his head. Dazed and confused, he looks out the half-melted glass window. An ultra-large fireball landing in the center of the Steel Fortress comes into view. It is Apollo.
Flames rage. The steel in the explosion zone melts like candles. Alarms blare around.
Brigadier General Leitz grabs his adjutant and issues a series of orders. But more than ten seconds later, the adjutant, with a sallow face, runs back. He tremblingly tells Brigadier General Leitz that their outer defense line has been breached, and the enemy is now charging toward the Steel Fortress.