Chapter 4: The Struggle
The morning air was slightly cool. At the center of the "Ancient Capital of Ada," a thousand-meter-tall giant tree stood tall—this was the Initial Tree.
Back when the Treeborn World was still in its dark age, the entire world was covered in Initial Trees. These colossal beings, a thousand meters tall and over eighty meters in diameter, were one of the two original representatives of this world: Trees and Darkness.
When the Ada people used the Light Secret Method to drive away the darkness, nearly all the Initial Trees shattered, leaving only three behind. One was located in the "Ancient Capital of Ada," the center of this world, while the other two stood at the far south and far north.
On a dilapidated ancient building, Su Xiao looked up at the distant giant tree. Although he had been to many worlds, a tree of this height was still rare. Moreover, this giant tree was still alive, its sky-covering canopy a dark green.
Around the Initial Tree was a large empty area of buildings, where neat wheatgrass grew, as flat as if meticulously manicured. The terrain formed a circle, with an area equivalent to several football fields combined.
This place, which could be called a wonder, was now empty. With only ten minutes left until the supply crates were dropped, those who had come to compete were hiding in the surrounding ruins, observing the situation.
Eighth-rank contractors wouldn't do anything reckless. Even if they had the strength, they would play it safe. Having seen too many cases of capsizing in a ditch, no one wanted to be the one to experience it.
Su Xiao, Wood, Ouna, Bubu Wang, and Baha were hiding on the second floor of a stone tower. At some point, a Vine Clan member had appeared beside Ouna.
This Vine Clan member was about three meters tall. It was generally humanoid, with limbs and a torso formed from twisted brown vines, sparse leaves growing on them. Its head was like an inverted tree stump, with a single eye in the center and several rows of air holes below.
Plants also needed to breathe. Through generations of evolution, the Vine Clan had developed organs similar to gills inside their bodies. While ensuring sufficient internal moisture, they performed water-oxygen bonding, a principle similar to how organisms transmit oxygen through blood.
The shape and evolution of the Vine Clan were partly due to natural changes, but more so to their admiration and worship of the Ada people, hoping to become similar in form to them.
This Vine Clan member was clearly an elite individual. It stood behind Ouna, looking as if it would follow her to the death.
"Can plants also be controlled with 'Parasitic Marrow Worms'?"
Baha looked on in amazement. Ouna smiled without speaking, tapping her temple with her slightly long-nailed index finger, meaning that anything with a mind, as long as it wasn't at the cellular level, she had a way to deal with it.
With two minutes left until the supply crates were dropped, Su Xiao could sense that the hidden presences within the surrounding ruins were becoming more active.
A total of over 1,200 participants were in this event. The previous flight path of the spaceship was from west to south, dropping all participants into the "Central Belt." Of course, if someone was unlucky, they might be thrown into the eastern sea.
This distribution meant that the struggle for the supply crates would be brutal. A conservative estimate put several hundred participants involved, both to grab resources and to see what troublesome enemies were present.
Time passed second by second. The hum of an old-fashioned plane came from above. Seeing this plane, Su Xiao's expression turned thoughtful. He didn't even focus on the supply crates being dropped from the plane.
"White Night, time to move. What are you looking at?"
Wood followed Su Xiao's gaze to the plane that had already flown far away, heading west—the starting direction of the previous spaceship.
"Bubu—"
"Woof."
Bubu Wang disappeared. Su Xiao wasn't sending Bubu to grab the supply crates, but to handle another matter.
Su Xiao looked at the falling supply crates. There were ten in total. It seemed the excessive number of participants had also led to a surge in rewards.
Each of these ten supply crates was a one-meter cube of alloy, iron-black in color. As they fell, smoke billowed from them. Seven crates emitted dark white smoke, two emitted blue smoke, and the last one emitted a faintly fluorescent purple smoke.
The Treeborn World had only just begun. Su Xiao needed the items from the white crates, but not urgently. The rare resources from the blue crates were useless for now. The purple crate was the most important, containing resources needed for exploration in this world, crucial for a smooth start.
Two afterimages shot out from the surrounding ruins. They were flying contractors. These two didn't go for the purple crate but each grabbed a blue one.
Let's just say these two participants were too young and had never participated in such a brutal battle royale.
Iron Law of Battle Royale #1: Never touch a supply crate before it lands. Not only because it might have a trigger mechanism, but also because it makes you an easy target.
Electricity crackled. The two flying contractors went numb all over and fell with the crates. The next second, they were blown apart by dark spears, light cones, blood spears, ice spikes, and more.
Su Xiao glanced at the kill notification. He hadn't managed to get a single point of kill merit. He wondered who had gotten lucky.
The ten supply crates landed one after another, scattered across the grassland around the Initial Tree. An awkward scene ensued: no one rushed out of the ruins to grab them. Several hundred participants were all watching. Anyone who dared to charge now would be shot to pieces by various long-range abilities.
This strange atmosphere lasted for nearly ten minutes before someone finally stepped up to break the deadlock.
The leader of the Three Brothers of National Football leaped out. He stopped at the edge of the grassland, pointing his golden long-handled energy hammer forward, and shouted, "Brothers, charge!"
This shout from the leader of the Three Brothers of National Football surprised the participants hiding in the surrounding ruins. Indeed, if several hundred people charged from all directions, there would be no problem of being shot to pieces.
"Charge!"
The temporary accomplice recruited by the Three Brothers of National Football also shouted, charging forward with their leader toward the supply crates.
The participants lying in ambush around them swarmed out, and explosions followed one after another from the hiding spots.
Nine out of ten long-range specialists who came here weren't after the supply crates. They wanted to profit by killing other participants. Those fighting on the grassland were, in their eyes, live targets.
But no one was stupid. While these long-range specialists wanted to "shoot targets," the assassination specialists had their eyes on them.
In the ruins, a miserable scream echoed far and wide. Just hearing it sent a chill down one's spine.
Sai Xi, a magic-type contractor, raised one hand, locking onto a bearded man fighting over a supply crate, preparing to kill him at medium range.
The heart-wrenching scream reached Sai Xi's ears. As a magic-type from Holy Light Paradise who had fought her way to the eighth rank, she had never heard such a miserable scream. It made her involuntarily look toward the source.
Sai Xi saw, under a broken wall, a long-range contractor kneeling on the ground with his butt in the air. It was this bald man who had let out the scream.
Behind the bald man was a slime monster. This slime was earthy yellow and generally humanoid. One of its arms was deeply embedded in the bald man's chest and abdominal cavity in a lewd posture.
Blood splattered as the slime monster pulled out its arm, holding a still-beating heart in its hand. This damn slime monster seemed to be a psychopath. Killing enemies was one thing, but the way it chose to kill was hard to accept.
In reality, it was a matter of perspective. The slime monster wasn't a psychopath. When it got behind the enemy, it stabbed its hand into the enemy's lower spine, attacking the spine and central nervous system to render the enemy helpless, then pulled out the heart for a one-hit kill.
Seeing this, Sai Xi instinctively clamped her legs together, a chill running down her spine. But she overlooked one problem: she had made eye contact with the slime monster.
Pfft!
A sharp pain shot through Sai Xi's lower back. Her spine felt hot, then numb. She immediately fell to her knees, her head touching the ground. From the side, it looked like she was sticking her butt out.
The slime monster grabbed Sai Xi's heart and was about to pull it out when a sound of breaking wind came from behind it.
Bang!
With a dull thud, the slime monster was shattered by a straight kick from behind, scattering as liquid forward, piercing through a large stone wall.
Tears streaming down her face, Sai Xi, still in that position, turned her head with difficulty and saw a man holding a long knife. She said, "Thank you for saving me. I will definitely—"
Swish~
A light slash passed through. Su Xiao continued forward. A bloodstain gradually appeared on Sai Xi's neck.
Su Xiao hadn't gone for the purple supply crate first because it was a complete mess over there. Solomon, Crow Woman, Fairy Maiden, Beast Hero, Sacred Poem, and the newly appeared Nether Wolf were all there.
Su Xiao wasn't surprised that Nether Wolf was in this world. What surprised him was that Nether Wolf had sided with Gray Gentleman.
Although Nether Wolf was a violator, he had a principle: before his own contractors provoked him, he never killed them. After meeting Tuanzhang once, Nether Wolf even started killing other violators, one by one.
Now, Nether Wolf had joined Gray Gentleman's camp and was acting alongside Fairy Maiden. This was very unusual.
In the Demon Sea World, Nether Wolf had clearly been holding back. Now, this guy had transformed into a werewolf. Unlike normal werewolves, Nether Wolf's upper body was very strong, making his legs look slightly thin. Additionally, the hair on his upper body was longer and flowing, with faint blue-white arcs visible among it.
Nether Wolf's fighting style was recklessly unbelievable. His motto was: he could be attacked, but he had to strike back.
When attacked, Nether Wolf was as tough as iron, his body not even shaking. But when hit by his palm-sized claws, even if the enemy blocked, they would be sent flying backward with electric arcs.
Fairy Maiden, on the other hand, was wearing a long dress made of glowing white energy. The back hem of this dress was very long, nearly five meters.
This five-meter-long hem split apart, turning into strips of fabric. Each strip was wrapped around a weapon. The worst of these weapons were above Immortal Rank with a rating of over 1200. More critically, these strips could extend and retract, and due to their characteristics, they could also phase.
A common occurrence was that these strips and weapons would be phased one moment and then turn into deadly force the next, cutting the enemy into thousands of pieces.
Even if Fairy Maiden stood still, her surroundings would be under constant attack. Several participants who had faced her directly had already been chopped into minced meat.
Fairy Maiden, Nether Wolf, and Beast Hero were facing off against Solomon and Sacred Poem.
Sacred Poem and Fairy Maiden were old enemies. If no one else were around, these two beauties would definitely trade sarcastic remarks. But with so many people around, they could only maintain their ladylike demeanor.
Although Nether Wolf, Beast Hero, and Solomon were opponents, this killing competition had only just begun. The three of them weren't going all out.
Clang, clang, clang...
The long knife clashed with a heavy sword, sparks flying. Su Xiao slashed a masked man back repeatedly.
'Heavy strike.'
Clang!
Dragon-Slaying Flash struck down heavily and bounced back slightly. Sparks flew everywhere, and a shockwave spread. The masked man opposite was instantly broken through, falling to one knee with a thud. This kind of contractor, who relied on various active skills to stack combat power, found it hard to face Su Xiao head-on.
Su Xiao didn't advance but leaped backward.
Pfft.
A blood spear pierced through the masked man's head, pinning him to the ground in a kneeling position. Then the blood spear exploded, scattering blood mist.
Su Xiao checked his current kill merit, which had reached 66 points. Killing an enemy only gave 1 point. This made him wonder where Aidoer Papa was. She was a fat sheep.
After the initial melee, the participants hiding in the edge ruins hoping to profit had been scattered. More cautious participants had simply retreated.
Baha flew over. He hadn't been idle, constantly using spatial stealth to hunt perception-type contractors, as if they had dug up his ancestors' graves.
Su Xiao leaped onto a stone sculpture, surveying the battle on the grassland below. Of the ten supply crates, only six remained. As expected, the purple crate was still there. Solomon, Nether Wolf, and Beast Hero had disappeared. Sacred Poem and Fairy Maiden were still locked in combat.
Sacred Poem had summoned the "Sacred Song Knight Order," which were twelve dual-blade mad dogs. Due to the "Life Rock" ability connecting her to the twelve dual-blade mad dogs, Sacred Poem entered an elemental constitution during battle. As long as the twelve dual-blade mad dogs weren't all dead, Sacred Poem couldn't be completely killed.
The stone sculpture under Su Xiao's feet shattered. He shot forward like a cannonball.
Fairy Maiden, surrounded by the twelve dual-blade mad dogs, sensed a rapidly approaching aura. She brought her weapons together to form a shield.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Blood spears struck the weapon shield and exploded. Then, the weapons slashed repeatedly, sending hundreds of slashes toward Su Xiao in midair.
Su Xiao suddenly disappeared, activating the Dragon Shadow Flash ability. When he reappeared, he was beside Fairy Maiden. He delivered a straight kick aimed at her side.
Fairy Maiden's pupils contracted violently. The warning from her perception made her back go numb. If this straight kick hit, even if she didn't die, she would be severely injured.
Bang!
Blood droplets splattered. Fairy Maiden—no, Sacred Poem—was shattered. Due to the terrifying force of the attack, Sacred Poem's flesh and bones were reduced to dust-sized particles.
Fairy Maiden appeared where Sacred Poem had been, a smile on her face. But in the next moment, her eyes were filled with shock.
After being nearly kicked into a blood mist, Sacred Poem didn't die. She was now in her elemental constitution, and all twelve dual-blade mad dogs were still alive.
Su Xiao reached out with one hand, and the blood mist that was Sacred Poem gathered in his hand, forming a blood spear.
Crack, crack, crack~
A crystal layer spread within the blood spear, suppressing Sacred Poem's elementalization, forming a special crystal blood spear.
The charging twelve dual-blade mad dogs came to an abrupt halt. They looked at each other. This situation was too complicated. Their knight commander had turned into a blood spear?
"Release our commander."
"..."
Su Xiao pointed the crystal blood spear at Fairy Maiden. The meaning was simple: attack Fairy Maiden, and he would return their commander.
The twelve dual-blade mad dogs didn't hesitate. They all charged at Fairy Maiden. In their eyes, Fairy Maiden was their commander's archenemy, while Su Xiao was a new enemy. Of course, dealing with the archenemy was more important. Besides, their commander was in Su Xiao's hands—not metaphorically, but literally.
Now, Sacred Poem was in her elemental state, trapped by the crystal layer, temporarily serving as a weapon.
The twelve dual-blade mad dogs charged at Fairy Maiden. Fairy Maiden's expression changed slightly. Just Sacred Poem was troublesome enough. Adding the night of decapitation, she didn't think she could win. No, she would be permanently left here.
"Goodbye."
Fairy Maiden was decisive. Her body began to phase.
Bang!
A blood spear was thrown, aimed at Fairy Maiden's forehead. But Fairy Maiden was determined to leave, and this wasn't a one-on-one fight but a melee. There were too many things to guard against, making it hard to keep her.
The blood spear exploded before hitting Fairy Maiden. Golden elemental light particles emerged, forming Sacred Poem's body. This didn't slow her forward speed, as she had just been used as a weapon by Su Xiao, and it was quite effective.
Sacred Poem didn't immediately reconstruct her torso. Instead, she formed her right hand as quickly as possible. She and Fairy Maiden were old rivals, knowing each other better than their own families. For such an old opponent, Sacred Poem naturally had a way to deal with Fairy Maiden.
A faint light appeared on her right hand. Using the high speed from Su Xiao's throw, she slapped Fairy Maiden.
Slap~
The slap was so loud. Fairy Maiden, who was about to phase away, was stunned. Her expression went from shock to fury. She was about to cancel her phasing and continue fighting.
When Fairy Maiden saw Su Xiao not far away, she suppressed this impulse. Her figure disappeared.
After reverting from elemental form to flesh and blood, Sacred Poem crashed into a stone wall at the edge of the field. With her healing-type constitution, she left a large bloodstain on the wall. Due to her pseudo-immortality ability, her injuries visibly healed as she elementalized.
The twelve dual-blade mad dogs stood in front of Sacred Poem. Sacred Poem glanced at the purple supply crate on the field and, knowing it was impossible, decisively retreated.
"Haha, it's mine."
A relatively petite figure leaped onto the supply crate. She was wearing a black-red gothic dress. It was Gulu, who had been hiding. Gulu clasped her hands together, ready to take the crate and run.
Dirt and grass flew everywhere. The third brother of the Three Brothers of National Football slid in, kicking the side of the crate. Gulu, standing on it, had to leap up.
A blood spear shot toward Gulu in midair. Just as she was about to defend, the blood spear exploded prematurely, the shockwave sending her flying higher.
"Cheap trick!"
Gulu shouted from above. Hearing this, Su Xiao paused. A hundred blood spears appeared behind him. Seeing this, Gulu's scalp tingled. She could sense that these blood spears were no simple ability.
"Daddy, I was wrong!"
With Gulu's shout, the preset blood spears shot out one by one, each exploding just before hitting Gulu. Su Xiao had a good relationship with Tuanzhang and the Witch, so blowing Gulu to pieces would make future meetings awkward.
In an instant, Gulu disappeared from sight, launched too high by the successive explosions. Gulu ascended.
Just as Su Xiao was about to charge at the supply crate, a figure suddenly appeared beside it.
This was a handsome young man with short, light yellow hair. He smiled brightly, his looks definitely ranking in the top two among those present. However, his temperament was slightly weak.
The handsome young man was named Philo. Naturally, he didn't dare to fight Su Xiao head-on. In his perception, Su Xiao was as strong as a monster. But that didn't mean he couldn't be the final winner.
Philo's hand reached for the supply crate. He just needed to touch it to take it away. He was so close.
Suddenly, Philo sensed a "malice" coming from beside him. He couldn't help but look in that direction. There were three muscular men. They were shirtless, wearing only tight briefs, each holding an energy warhammer.
Seeing these three, Philo's heart tightened. But he was already committed and had to go for it.
Noticing the Three Brothers of National Football's appearance, Su Xiao didn't continue. The opportunity had come.
Just as Philo touched the supply crate, the second brother of the Three Brothers of National Football pointed his [Final Fall] hammer at Philo. A dotted line appeared, connecting Philo to [Final Fall].
It was as if space had been torn. The scene before Philo changed. The supply crate in front of him disappeared, causing him to miss.
"Huh?"
Philo stood up and looked around. He was in a cylindrical space, twenty meters in diameter, like an inverted bucket. The surrounding walls were made of metal plates.
Slap~
A crisp sound came. Philo shuddered. He felt someone behind him. He turned his head stiffly, and the three muscular men came into view.
The second brother of the Three Brothers of National Football pulled the elastic of his tight briefs with his thumb, released it, and it slapped against the skin of his side hip.
"Eeeek!!!"
Philo couldn't help but let out a scream. His composure shattered. He felt like he was about to break apart.
"Baby~, oh~ yeah."
The second brother of the Three Brothers of National Football smiled at Philo. The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Philo's composure was completely shattered. He had fought his way here, been seriously injured, and nearly died. But now, he felt like he was facing the greatest crisis of his life.
Bang! A flying energy hammer hit the back of Philo's head. He was immediately stunned. The tears at the corners of his eyes showed how helpless he felt.
After successfully breaking the enemy's spirit, the Three Brothers of National Football grinned and charged forward, skillfully surrounding the enemy, their long-handled energy hammers swinging.
"Great Might Heavenly Dragon."
"Ora, ora, ora! Ora..."
"Who the hell bought Xiaomi!"
"Steamed buns, four for one dollar, hehe~"
The slogans gradually went off track, but the energy hammers never stopped swinging.
After a while, the imprisonment domain disappeared. Philo lay on the ground, curled up, his clothes tattered.
"Ah~, this is a killing competition. I can only send you off, friend."
The leader of the Three Brothers of National Football raised his energy warhammer, charging it. The rapid hammer strikes did stun, but their attack power wasn't outstanding.
The Three Brothers of National Football followed the principle of letting people go if they could, unless they had a grudge. They were paladins. Killing too much would lose the blessing of holy light, drastically reducing their combat power.
The Three Brothers of National Football didn't let everyone go. When it was time to kill, they didn't hesitate. After hammering the enemy until they lost the ability to resist, they gave them a quick death.
The leader of the Three Brothers of National Football swung his hammer down. A shockwave came, and the three brothers were blasted away. It was the swooping Scale Dragon, Alec.
"Xiao Luo, are you okay?"
As Scale Dragon Alec spoke, his foot, now a claw, stepped on Philo's head. Philo groaned from the pressure.
"I... have... a problem... lift... your foot... or I'm... going to... die."
"Huh?"
Scale Dragon Alec looked puzzled. He looked down and, after an awkward cough, quickly lifted his claw. He had absorbed too much dragon blood in the last world and was still a bit high.
"So you're the ones bullying Xiao Luo."
"That's right, it's your daddy here."
The second brother of the Three Brothers of National Football puffed out his chest. Hearing this, Scale Dragon Alec's arms grew golden-black dragon scales, his hands turning into claws. Combined with his sturdy but not overly muscular upper body, he gave off an imposing presence.
Over ten minutes later.
With dragon wings on his back and a face bruised and swollen, Scale Dragon Alec grabbed Philo and soared into the sky.
After the fierce battle... no, after being hammered for ten minutes, Scale Dragon Alec felt like throwing up. During that time, he could fight back, but facing three paladins who were incredibly tough, could heal each other, and had life links, it was disgusting.
Scale Dragon Alec looked down at the Three Brothers of National Football below. He remembered these three bastards. He would avoid them in the future. Not because he was afraid, but because they were too disgusting. Their attack power wasn't great, but every hit stunned. Who could handle that?
The Three Brothers of National Football "saw off" Scale Dragon Alec. They had originally planned to drag Philo and the purple supply crate into [Final Fall]'s one-on-one space, but they hadn't managed to drag the crate in.
The leader of the Three Brothers of National Football looked at a bloodstain on the ground. It was clearly from someone who had grabbed the crate and fought their way out. From the corpse, broken into four pieces, he knew who had done it.
"We're screwed. We worked for nothing for Brother White Night."
The leader of the Three Brothers of National Football scratched his crotch, pretended to sniff his hand, and then retreated with his two brothers.
Two kilometers from the grassland, Su Xiao stood on the supply crate. The ground around him was covered in large bloodstains. He couldn't pursue anyone now. For the first hour after obtaining a supply crate, it couldn't be stored in the storage space.
Su Xiao looked around. The people who had been surrounding him from a distance clearly weren't giving up. They wanted to take the crate while he was fighting.
He jumped off the crate. Since these people wanted to follow, let them. He walked toward the previously agreed meeting point.
Half an hour later, inside a temple dedicated to the Light Spirit, Su Xiao entered this drafty temple and found Wood and Ouna inside.
As Su Xiao entered the temple, the participants who had been following him from a distance dispersed. This was one of the benefits of cooperating with Wood and Ouna.
If it were just Su Xiao alone, those participants might still hold out hope. But with the trio of Su Xiao, Wood, and Ouna, they would only say "goodbye" and flee without looking back.
"Not a bad haul. I noticed earlier that you only had one of these crates."
Wood spoke. Not far from him were two opened white supply crates. Needless to say, this old yinbi hadn't gone to grab them himself but had ambushed those who had taken the crates, thinking they were the winners.
Ouna, on the other hand, was more aggressive, forcefully grabbing a blue supply crate. From her expression, she had gotten a good haul from opening it.
Su Xiao took out a large bottle of water, washed the blood off the purple supply crate, and opened it.
[You have obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) × 6.]
Su Xiao took out the soul crystals. As expected, the purple crate was more focused on resources usable within this world, with fewer soul crystals.
He put away five and took a big bite out of the remaining one, the "big apple."
"You..."
Ouna spoke urgently. Wood, who had seen this in the World of Paintings, pretended not to notice. As a demon from the Void, he wasn't jealous of Reincarnation Paradise's resources. Not at all.
Su Xiao looked at Ouna suspiciously and asked, "Something wrong?"
"Nothing."
Although Ouna looked at Su Xiao as if to say, "How can you be so wasteful," she didn't say anything.
Su Xiao took another bite of the soul crystal in his hand. Seeing this, Ouna pressed her hand to her chest. Her heart ached. She simply turned her head away, not wanting to see it.
Continuing to check the contents of the supply crate, Su Xiao picked up a small box. Opening it, inside were two alloy syringes. One could alleviate "Soul Freeze," and the other could treat "Heat Burn Disease."
Below that was a card, somewhat similar to a Scarlet Card.
[You have obtained Kill Merit Card (Use to gain 20 Kill Merit. This item can be traded, transferred, etc.).]
This was a good item. Su Xiao's current kill merit was only 76 points. The participants were all very alert. Usually, when they saw him, they either turned and ran or pulled out disposable items.
During the previous melee, Su Xiao had been hit by disposable items nine times. His right arm was still slightly sore.
[You have obtained Dark Stone (Can temporarily awaken the Initial Tree).]
[At this stage, do not awaken the Initial Tree in the central area, or it will lead to serious consequences.]
[If you successfully temporarily awaken the Initial Tree, you can obtain the "Soul Arena Key" or "Light Secret Method."]
[Hint: Temporarily awakening the Initial Tree in the far north grants the "Light Secret Method." Temporarily awakening the Initial Tree in the far south grants the "Soul Arena Key."]
...
Su Xiao guessed that the most valuable item in this supply crate wasn't the anomaly syringes or the merit card, but this [Dark Stone].
He checked the time. It was just past 7 o'clock. It was time to start looking for the [Soul Severing Shadow Stone: Fragment] and the [Talent Awakening Device].
"What are your next destinations?"
Su Xiao probed. Wood shrugged, indicating he had no destination. Su Xiao looked at Ouna. Ouna touched her twisted cross pendant and also indicated she had no destination.
Su Xiao took out [Prison Rice] from his storage space and scattered it on the ground.
The sound of a monkey's chattering appeared in the air. A golden ripple spread, and a small monkey with golden fur jumped out.
The Fortune Monkey was small and exceptionally lively. After eating all the [Prison Rice] on the ground, it let out a satisfied burp, looking a bit stuffed.
"Where is the Talent Awakening Device? Take me to find it."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Fortune Monkey scratched its ears and cheeks, seemingly unable to find the Talent Awakening Device.
"Then find the Soul Severing Shadow Stone."
"Chirp chirp chirp."
The Fortune Monkey ran north, indicating that the Soul Severing Shadow Stone Fragment was in the north.
Su Xiao recalled the map he had seen on the spaceship. It was very crude. From the "Ancient Capital of Ada" going north was the "Cold Cemetery." He imagined Bubu Wang would be very interested in that place.
...
Unknown sea area. A gentle sea breeze blew. A piece of ice floated on the sea. On the ice, Beini and Amu looked at each other.
"Moo!"
"Meow meow!"
Beini burst into tears. Under the sunlight, the tears sparkled, appearing exceptionally crystal clear.