Chapter 23: It Must Be a Special Fate
The dim light flickered occasionally, adding a sense of eeriness to the already dilapidated and empty room.
In this scene, dozens of semi-transparent figures stood, sat, or simply floated within the room. If anyone of weak courage entered, they would surely faint from fright on the spot.
Yueshitu and Hao Mei sat together on a wooden crate. From their expressions, it was clear they were nervous—after all, the atmosphere was far too macabre.
"Dear ghost friends, we're here to meet someone by appointment. We didn't mean to trespass on your territory. Apologies."
Yueshitu was always polite. Earlier, she had received a meeting request from the leader of the Heroic Spirit Temple, Kaiyin. Initially, she planned to refuse, having guessed the purpose of his contact—he had likely discovered that both of them were also near Lake Gaozhe looking for opportunities and wanted to recruit them to deal with a common enemy.
Yueshitu hadn't intended to come, because she and Kaiyin's group were not on the same path. Kaiyin and his people had a mortal enmity with Su Xiao, while Yueshitu and Hao Mei were only semi-hostile. Their goal was more to rescue their friend Molei than to seek revenge on Su Xiao—a fundamental difference.
But then Yueshitu thought of something: why couldn't they use the Heroic Spirit Temple's hostility toward Bai Ye to rescue Molei? Her plan was not to directly participate in the Heroic Spirit Temple's scheme but to wait until the two sides clashed, then sneak into the Sun Holy Nest while they were distracted and rescue Molei.
Initially, Yueshitu wasn't worried about Molei's situation, but she soon noticed something wrong. She couldn't contact Molei through the team channel. Molei's avatar in the team was still lit, indicating she wasn't dead, but for some reason, she had been muted.
Yueshitu analyzed that Molei had most likely been forced to sign a self-limiting contract, leading to this situation.
Based on a mysterious analysis by Yueshitu and Hao Mei, they concluded that Molei must have been imprisoned in a sunless dungeon, cut off from all outside communication, with her storage space and self-limiting contract temporarily unusable. Worse, she might have already been subjected to some humiliating play.
After this vivid imagination, Yueshitu and Hao Mei believed Molei's situation was on the verge of collapse. Every time she thought of this, Hao Mei felt guilty and sometimes wanted to fight Su Xiao to the death. But considering she couldn't win, she refrained from throwing her life away.
Under these circumstances, Yueshitu and Hao Mei came to the appointment. But as soon as they arrived, dozens of ghosts suddenly appeared in the room.
"Dear ghost friends, how about I burn some offerings for you? You can go back now."
Yueshitu spoke softly, having already sensed that these ghosts were particularly formidable.
The group of fierce ghosts wore gloomy expressions. Their leader stepped forward, the black mist swirling around him receding slightly, revealing his head and upper body—it was Kaiyin.
Seeing Kaiyin in this state, Yueshitu and Hao Mei guessed what had happened. He had likely been killed by that super lightning pillar. The fact that he could preserve his soul, along with the others, was probably due to some powerful team skill.
After witnessing that lightning pillar over a dozen kilometers in diameter, Yueshitu's legs had gone weak. Fortunately, she had fled quickly, or she might have died there. No life-saving item could withstand such terrifying heavenly might.
Hao Mei, on the other hand, felt the opposite. Seeing that lightning pillar had filled her with bliss to the point of dizziness. Her inherited core profession ability was to control realm lightning. Witnessing that an eighth-rank world's realm lightning could reach such a level naturally delighted her—it meant her future was bright.
Not only that, but after witnessing that scene, Hao Mei's path to becoming stronger became clear. First, she needed to meditate daily and train her sword technique grandmaster skills through actual combat. Then, she would invest all her resources into realm lightning.
Previously, Hao Mei hadn't dared to do this because information about realm lightning was too rare. She couldn't even find a teacher or anyone else who could use realm lightning. It was something you couldn't buy information about. Now that she had confirmed the bright future of realm lightning, she no longer worried about developing in the wrong direction.
The group of ghosts and Yueshitu and Hao Mei stared at each other. The former had only recently become ghosts and were particularly uncomfortable, while the latter were faced with a group of ghosts in such a macabre scene, unsure what to say.
"Ladies, we mean no harm."
Kaiyin spoke. The ghost members behind him, their faces tinged with blue, no longer formed a semi-encircling stance, which relieved Yueshitu and Hao Mei.
"Before we discuss business, there's something I need to confirm."
Kaiyin's face, covered in black cracks, remained gloomy. But then again, it wasn't his fault—he had already died once, so of course he was gloomy.
"Go ahead."
Yueshitu continued as the diplomatic representative, while Hao Mei beside her began chugging alcohol.
"What grudge do you have against Kukulin Bai Ye?"
Before asking this, Kaiyin had already confirmed that Yueshitu and Hao Mei had a conflict with Su Xiao. The reason was that the Heroic Spirit Temple had previously had a dispute with Yueshitu, Hao Mei, and another person. The three had even placed a high bounty on them, though it was quickly withdrawn. Despite this, Yueshitu and Hao Mei still came to the appointment, which said a lot.
"Our teammate Molei was captured by him. Molei, she..."
As she spoke, Yueshitu began to imagine scenes again. If Molei were present, she would have punched Yueshitu in the stomach and shouted, 'I'm still fine! Stop imagining things for me!'
Hearing this, Kaiyin asked in surprise, "Kukulin Bai Ye can be tempted by women? This... is indeed a weakness."
"Uh..."
Yueshitu wanted to explain, but the words were already out. If she tried to explain now, it would be no different from mocking Kaiyin and his group.
Yueshitu began to calmly analyze. First, she always felt the Heroic Spirit Temple was no good, especially after their conflict with that person named Snow Monster. The guy simply couldn't take a loss.
Second, Yueshitu had never planned to act with the Heroic Spirit Temple. She always felt that while these people were very serious, they also recklessly tested the line between life and death. It gave her a feeling of being both solemn and absurd, like a medieval knight in full armor doing a shaggy cement-gray dance—utterly confusing.
Therefore, Yueshitu's plan was to pretend to join Kaiyin's group. When they went to retaliate against Su Xiao, she and Hao Mei would use an item they had treasured for a long time to sneak into the Sun Holy Nest, rescue Molei, and then flee.
"I'm sure. Actually, I've also been..."
Yueshitu paused mid-sentence, lowered her head, and clenched her small fists. Her acting was explosive. The reason for this performance was that she remembered in the World of Paintings, being caught by Su Xiao, released, caught again, released again, back and forth several times in one night. It was painful and made her want to cry.
Seeing this, Kaiyin's eyes showed contemplation. He looked at the new vice leader, Yin Zhi, who had become a female ghost. Yin Zhi was startled, looking at Kaiyin in surprise while pointing at herself.
"Pfft~"
The timid young man Xiao Di behind couldn't help but almost laugh out loud. He couldn't imagine Yin Zhi seducing someone—it was just funny.
"Let's not discuss that for now. Ladies, since we're cooperating, we need to show sincerity. My members have had some accidents, but in terms of combat power, we're stronger than before. As for you two..."
Kaiyin didn't finish, implying that Yueshitu and Hao Mei needed to offer their advantages for cooperation.
"We're very rich."
Yueshitu's tone was steady, and a friendly smile appeared on her face.
"Well..."
Kaiyin and the others exchanged glances. They wanted to say something but felt unable to refute. They acknowledged the power of money but were reluctant to fully admit it, having recently been hammered by the power of wealth.
The two sides began discussing details. On Kaiyin's side, he remained the leader. Although the Lake Gaozhe Plan had nearly capsized the Heroic Spirit Temple, his authority remained.
The new vice leader, Yin Zhi, also had significant influence. As a spiritual assassination specialist, she would be the main force against Su Xiao. Becoming a ghost had not diminished her power but greatly increased it.
The remaining forty-plus ghosts were divided into two factions. One was the revenge faction, like the core member Black Wizard. The other was the conservative faction, with few members, like Xiao Di, who was usually a half-transparent figure in the group.
At this moment, the core member Black Wizard's expression was extremely gloomy. This guy was completely caught in the crossfire. He had always opposed Kaiyin's plan, arguing that Kukulin Bai Ye had killed Huishenshi, meaning he was no slouch in scheming. Otherwise, Huishenshi would have dealt with him long ago.
Black Wizard was also unlucky. He had been working on the company's side to gain reputation points, sacrificing his own to boost Kaiyin's, hoping to make the Heroic Spirit Temple famous in this world and recruit more eighth-rank powerhouses. But while he was diligently working, he dozed off for a moment and suddenly felt intense pain all over, nearly causing him to faint. When he regained consciousness, he found himself a ghost. If Kaiyin was the ultimate scapegoat, Black Wizard was the ultimate collateral damage.
Now, the only thing Black Wizard wanted was to complete revenge. Only then would the core team skill of the SSS-rank adventure group Heroic Spirit Temple trigger again, allowing them to 'come back to life.' Even if there were many hidden dangers after resurrection, it was still a second life—no one didn't desire it.
After some planning, Yueshitu and Hao Mei found an excuse to leave. Kaiyin didn't stop them. The trust between the two sides was weak, so acting separately was the best choice.
In the underground market of District 15, Platinum Capital, Yueshitu and Hao Mei walked out of a small door. After confirming no one was following, Yueshitu whispered, "Do you think they can succeed?"
"Whether they succeed or not doesn't matter to us. Saving Molei is the priority."
"Right."
Yueshitu agreed deeply. The two walked toward the exit of the underground market. In a dark corner, a figure in tattered, loose robes sat there. His dark green eyes watched the backs of Yueshitu and Hao Mei. The gaze held both cold authority and pure indifference.
...
Mother Nest Base Camp.
The sky was pitch black, devoid of stars. Instead, a dark green ring hung in the sky. It had appeared this afternoon, initially just a black dot, but now it was about the size of the moon. This was a sign of the gradual invasion of the Nether forces.
On the second floor of the wooden building, Su Xiao observed the dark ring in the sky for a moment. The dark rings on Pandora's Star had clearly not all been destroyed. Fortunately, few remained, preventing the Nether forces from accelerating their invasion.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the fur-covered floor. After completing his daily meditation, he took out a treasure chest from his storage space. This was the [Eighth-Rank War Chest] obtained after destroying the Gaiyi Insect Nest. He hadn't opened it earlier, feeling his luck was poor. After all, the output was completely random, ranging from white to immortal rank.
To be safe, Su Xiao took out the [Sacred Serpent Guardian]. As soon as he removed the pendant, the sacred serpent inside the hollow gem saw Su Xiao, and its small eyes gradually showed terror. This world was too dangerous, and Su Xiao naturally carried more misfortune.
This caused the [Sacred Serpent Guardian] to be forced open as soon as it was taken out. If others wore the [Sacred Serpent Guardian], the sacred serpent would actively devour misfortune. But when Su Xiao wore it, misfortune surged into the serpent's mouth, leaving it unable to close its mouth.
Therefore, every time before being put back into the storage space, the sacred serpent looked like it had narrowly escaped death.
Su Xiao took out the [Fate Dominator]. After the strong luck state was applied, he opened the war chest.
[You have begun opening the war chest.]
[You have obtained: Summon Scroll·Running Goblin.]
[Summon Scroll·Running Goblin]
Origin: Refuge Forest
Quality: White
Type: War item.
Effect: Summons 2 goblins skilled at running.
Rating: 5 points.
Description: Low practicality; barely qualifies as a transcendent item.
Selling Price: 237 Paradise Coins.
...
Seeing this scroll, Su Xiao frowned. Although he admitted his luck had always been poor, it shouldn't be this bad.
White, green, blue, purple, dark purple, light gold, gold, legendary, epic, holy spirit, immortal—so many tiers. With the lucky dog state and the sacred serpent guardian, Su Xiao estimated that even at worst, he should get a purple-quality consolation prize. But instead, he got a 'thank you for playing,' which was clearly abnormal.
Su Xiao's first thought was whether someone was scheming against him. He had encountered this before. The last time his luck exploded, it was because of Huishenshi's accomplice scheming against him.
Su Xiao decided to wait and see. It was now 2 AM. To be cautious, he planned not to sleep tonight. With his physique, one night without sleep wouldn't cause any discomfort.
However, after meditating for over an hour, Su Xiao didn't encounter any follow-up scheming from the enemy. That meant this was pure bad luck. From a certain perspective, this was even harder to accept than being schemed against.
At 4 AM, good news washed away the frustration of the war chest yielding nothing. The development of the defense tower was successful.
Upon receiving this news, Su Xiao left the wooden building and arrived at the edge of the creep in front of the mother nest. This location was about 1500 meters from the mother nest. Over a hundred worker scorpions were busy here, constructing the first defense tower, named the [Brutal Cannon Tower].
This tower was named after Kara, as it incorporated one of Kara's specialties.
As the worker scorpions built, the biological tissue forming the [Brutal Cannon Tower] grew rapidly. In about an hour, the first [Brutal Cannon Tower] was successfully established. Although the construction time seemed long, it only required about a hundred worker scorpions.
As long as there was enough bio-energy, dozens or even hundreds of [Brutal Cannon Towers] could be built simultaneously.
The mother nest had originally stored 4.4 million bio-energy points. For the previous situation, this was a huge sum. But now, Su Xiao felt this amount was far from enough. Each [Brutal Cannon Tower] cost 200,000 bio-energy points to build. That meant the existing bio-energy could only build 22 towers.
For such a bio-energy consumption level of Zerg buildings, the height was imaginable. The entire [Brutal Cannon Tower] was 105.9 meters tall and 30 meters in diameter. Compared to the mother nest, it wasn't large, but viewed alone, it was an astonishing war structure.
The entire [Brutal Cannon Tower] was covered with chitinous cannon muzzles, each 12 centimeters thick, indicating that the caliber of the living missiles was larger than those fired by Kara.
The firing rate of the [Brutal Cannon Tower] was 257 to 420 rounds per minute. The former was the sustained firing rate, while the latter, 420 rounds per minute, was the full-power mode. In this mode, the tower could only fire for 5 minutes before entering a forced dormant state, requiring one to two hours to recover before normal operation.
Maintaining 257 rounds per minute allowed the tower to fire continuously for a long time. Of course, forming the living missiles also required bio-energy.
Since the mother nest was not good at producing acidic explosive flames, the living missiles fired by the [Brutal Cannon Tower] were filled with a combustible liquid flame converted from solar energy. Upon explosion, the flame, though not solar flame, reached extremely high temperatures and had better adhesion and sustained burning properties.
In simple terms, the explosive power and short-term burning damage of solar flame were far higher than the liquid flame in the living missiles.
The reason for this choice was that the [Brutal Cannon Tower] was used to deal with mobs. There was no need for the burning power of solar flame. Excessive pursuit of power would cause damage overflow—once the enemy was dead, subsequent burning was meaningless.
In contrast, liquid flame, though less powerful in burning than solar flame, had stronger adhesion and sustained burning, creating a continuous burning flame area that could incinerate more enemies.
Of course, the [Brutal Cannon Tower] could also deal with strong enemies. After its living missiles exploded, they would continuously reduce the enemy's defense. Against large enemies charging the tower, a dozen hits would basically destroy their external defense, with the final shot killing them.
Su Xiao tried to command this [Brutal Cannon Tower] through the mother nest to go full power, targeting 500 meters ahead.
A rapid roar came. Living missiles flew from the cannon muzzles of the [Brutal Cannon Tower]. Most of them turned mid-air and converged on the target point, some even flying in arcs.
More rapid explosions followed. Flames rose hundreds of meters away, and a wave of heat blew over, turning the distance into a sea of fire.
Su Xiao was satisfied with the power of the [Brutal Cannon Tower]. Given its footprint, he decided to expand the creep area to a diameter of 5 kilometers.
This would make the circumference of the circular creep defense line 15,708 meters. If 200 [Brutal Cannon Towers] were built, each spaced 48.54 meters apart, they could completely encircle the defensive area. Finally, biological tissue walls would be built between the towers.
This would place the mother nest farther from the edge walls, reducing the probability of enemies threatening it.
Regarding the range of the [Brutal Cannon Tower], theoretically, it could track targets up to 3 kilometers away. However, considering that the living missiles needed to maintain extremely fast flight speed and power, their maximum range was destined not to be particularly long. A tracking range of 3 kilometers was already excellent.
Once the defense line was established, the outer defense line's firepower could reach 51,400 living missiles per minute. If such firepower couldn't stop the initial assault of the Nether forces, there was no other way.
The defensive framework for dealing with swarm tactics was in place. What was missing now was ultra-long-range, high-power precision weapons—plasma weapons.
When attacking the Gaiyi Insect Nest, how did Su Xiao break through their defense towers? He had the Solar Flame Dragon dive at full speed and then explode.
He naturally needed to guard against this. The plasma tower to be developed would definitely be built near the mother nest.
Besides this, Su Xiao had another idea: could he create a biological version of an Apollo mine? Now that the insect nest could convert solar energy, the production cost was very low. Not creating mine creatures or suicide creatures would be a waste.
The Solar Flame Dragon could indeed self-destruct, but at 3,600 bio-energy points per dragon, it was too wasteful. For suicide creatures, there was no need for such comprehensive capabilities as the Solar Flame Dragon. Reducing various abilities while ensuring speed and explosion power would suffice.
Apart from these points, the biggest change in the Zerg was the elite demon beasts. These demon beasts, following the mother nest's evolution, had significantly improved, becoming top-tier melee units among eighth-rank Zerg. However, the bio-energy required to cultivate them had also greatly increased, reaching 450 points per unit.
At present, the 100,000 demon beasts, due to a lack of bio-energy, had not yet completed their combat power upgrade. This required a full 40 million bio-energy points—a huge sum.
Upgrading these demon beasts was necessary. They would become the final defensive force of the mother nest, the personal guard of the Zerg ruler Jila. Before killing them all, no one could step into the mother nest.
Compared to the personal guard, building [Brutal Cannon Towers] was more urgent. Keeping the enemy outside was naturally the best.
In defensive battles, demon beasts cultivated with the same amount of bio-energy had lower defensive capabilities than [Brutal Cannon Towers]. Of course, for taking the initiative to attack, the towers couldn't compare to the mobility of demon beasts.
Just as Su Xiao was about to contact the Empire and the company to demand compensation for dealing with Kara, Baha flew in and said, "Boss, a female contractor named Ai'erwei is looking for you."
"Ai'erwei?"
Su Xiao looked puzzled. He had never heard of this person.
"She says she wants to join our Sun Holy Nest."
Hearing this, Su Xiao was even more surprised. Over such a long time, he had been the Great Lord of the Chaos Legion, the captain of the Doom Number, the legion commander of the Containment Institution, the Sun Lord, etc., temporarily controlling many forces. But never had a contractor come to join the force he controlled. At most, it was someone like Molei who was captured.
Now, such a rare thing had happened—someone came to join? This was very confusing.
Su Xiao basically determined there was a trick. Faced with this situation, he wouldn't personally test it with misplaced confidence. Instead, he gave Jila a mental command to control over a thousand demon beasts to chase and kill the suspicious female contractor.
Knowing the person was suspicious but still arrogantly going to meet them was typical idiocy. Never underestimate others just because of your own strength.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the creep of the base camp, half a kilometer away, a woman in an evening gown stood there. She held a small makeup mirror, carefully applying lipstick. She had accepted a heavy payment for this commission.
"The famous 'Night of Decapitation' can also be seduced. Interesting."
Ai'erwei smiled slightly seductively. Then, she heard running sounds ahead. Initially, she thought it was a welcome, but the more she looked, the more wrong it seemed. Those Zerg were charging at full speed, and... there were also black flame dragons flying over.
When a dozen living missiles whistled through the air, Ai'erwei's eyes twitched slightly. She now confirmed that this was definitely not a welcome ceremony. She had been set up by that macabre adventure group!
With a pop, Ai'erwei turned into a bubble and burst. Someone daring to come alone here was naturally not simple.
Seeing this, Baha above turned and flew back to the wooden building to sleep.
Baha flew in through the window and landed. Just as it landed, it felt its nostrils itch.
"Ah~ ah~ ah~, achoo! Achoo!"
Baha sneezed several times before feeling refreshed. At that moment, Bubu Wang, who was sleeping soundly, also sneezed several times.
When Amu suddenly sneezed as well, Su Xiao had already taken out a gas mask and put it on his face. He also took out a detection device. After confirming the air was fine, he came to the wall where Amu had sneezed.
He took out a thermal sensor and tested it. The saliva and a small amount of nasal mucus on the wall showed no abnormality. It wasn't a 'static front reaction.'
After confirming this, Su Xiao took out a purple flashlight and shone it on the wall. The area with saliva and nasal mucus showed fine granular fluorescence, which gradually volatilized. Within half a minute, it would completely disappear.
Time mis-sense reaction!
Su Xiao's middle fingertip scraped across his thumb, and blood immediately dripped from his thumb.
Drip, drip.
The blood drops distributed normally, not a forward time reaction.
Su Xiao knew this because he had a good teammate who was a time system user. That guy's time system abilities were incredibly difficult to deal with. After paying enough chips, Su Xiao learned some secrets of time system from him.
The consecutive sneezes of Baha, Bubu Wang, and Amu were one of the most common manifestations of 'time mis-sense reaction.' The principle was like catching a cold leading to a fever. When experiencing 'time mis-sense reaction,' the body's most sensitive parts—nasal cavity, respiratory tract, brain, etc.—would be slightly stimulated, causing this phenomenon.
There were two types of 'time mis-sense reaction': 'forward' and 'backward.' 'Forward' was rarely achievable, and the user paid a terrible price. Therefore, it was basically not encountered. According to Bai Niu, Tuanzhang, and others, if you encountered this, it was your fate, and you were simply unlucky.
The 'backward' 'time mis-sense reaction' corresponded to the past. This type had more operability, and the cost was much smaller than forward time mis-sense.
Don't think time system was an invincible ability. The more powerful such abilities were, the more rules they had to follow. Otherwise, the first to die would be the user.
Su Xiao placed one hand on his sword hilt. Suddenly, a pulling force came, almost irresistible. The good news was that the 'time mis-sense reaction' didn't reappear.
Based on Su Xiao's combat experience and accumulated knowledge, he confirmed one thing: someone had chosen a past time node and dragged his present self to a place he had been before. This wasn't reversing time or sending him back to the past. It simply acted on him personally, changing his position.
Assuming Su Xiao had been at point A before and was now at point B, the enemy had set up a magnetic field at point A, pulling Su Xiao from point B to point A. This wasn't a change in time. The reason for the 'time mis-sense reaction' was that the enemy used a past event as the node.
The pulling sensation flashed. The night wind blew, and Su Xiao found himself on the cracked lakebed of Lake Gaozhe. He checked the time: 4:21 AM. It had been 4:20 AM just now. The timeline was normal. It seemed the person who dragged him here had used some precious item.
Su Xiao looked at his palm. A semi-transparent mark appeared on it, with a strong summoning sensation. He temporarily ignored it and pressed his hand to the ground.
Black patterns detached from Su Xiao's sleeve and spread across the ground. This was a spatial array he had prepared in advance, meant to guard against such surprise attacks.
"Want to run? Too late."
A young man a hundred meters away spoke. Under his feet was also an array, a spatial blocking array.
However, this young man hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation. He was facing a demon race spatial array.
Boom!!
A loud noise spread. Su Xiao disappeared from his spot. As for the young man, the array under his feet exploded, causing him to flip through the air, one leg blown off.
At the base camp, behind the wooden building, Su Xiao suddenly appeared. He looked at the dim array under his feet and noted this debt to Kaiyin and his group, planning to collect it later.
This surprise attack was undoubtedly the work of the Heroic Spirit Temple. Anyone who had lost so badly before wouldn't easily give up.
Su Xiao leaped through the window to the second floor of the wooden building. Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha followed closely.
Su Xiao opened his palm. The mark in his hand grew increasingly bright, reaching an uncontrollable level. This summoning sensation from the soul was Kaiyin's chosen way to settle the score.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground, piercing his soul power into the mark in his palm. The next moment, the scene before him changed drastically.
Surroundings were desolate. This was a circular arena about a hundred meters in diameter, with ruins beyond.
Seeing the style of patterns on the ruins, Su Xiao felt a sense of familiarity. He seemed to have been here before, yet it was unfamiliar.
Su Xiao was now not in physical form but a soul body. This wasn't his first experience of this.
Figures appeared around him. Among the ruins, countless figures emerged. Some were semi-transparent, others had missing parts. No one was like Su Xiao, whose soul body looked indistinguishable from a physical form. This was also why he chose to accept the challenge. Besides, the enemy had paid a heavy price, and he couldn't avoid it.
The surrounding soul-devouring ghosts were numerous, but Su Xiao didn't feel much threat.
"Welcome."
Kaiyin, standing opposite, spoke. Beside him were Yin Zhi, Black Wizard, Xiao Di, and others.
Su Xiao's hand rested on his sword hilt. Seeing this, Kaiyin said, "Bai Ye, I'm not stupid enough to fight a sword technique grandmaster with a ghost body. Your real opponents are them. To summon them, I paid a great cost."
As Kaiyin finished speaking, several figures walked out of the stone door shrouded in white mist behind him.
Seeing these figures, Su Xiao finally understood why the place looked familiar. This was an abandoned soul arena. For beings unable to leave the soul arena, this place belonged to a gray zone.
Emerging from the mist door were the soul guards, thorn woman, ghostly shadow hunter, soul mage, black steel knight, and the final boss, the soul lord—all of whom Su Xiao had beaten one by one in the Treeborn World.
After these six appeared, as the powerful soul beings invited here, they each struck different poses. The ghostly shadow hunter, in particular, was still as arrogant.
The tall soul lord, arms crossed, looked at Su Xiao. His gaze first showed confusion, then shock, and finally fear. The ghostly shadow hunter beside him almost fell to his knees.
"What a coincidence."
The six soul lords all showed friendly smiles. Almost simultaneously, they turned to look at Kaiyin.
After turning, the smiles on the six soul lords' faces vanished. Each was a 'face-changing master.' They glared at Kaiyin, wishing they could vaporize him with their eyes.