# Chapter 40: You Guys, Let Me Explain
The reputation ranking had completed its settlement, and the subsequent war ranking clearly had nothing to do with Su Xiao. Although there was some room for manipulation, the risk of such operations was too high.
If Su Xiao really wanted to get a share of the spoils, he could have joined forces with Kaisa to fool... ahem, to find Molei together, using her position to let her gain a large amount of battle merits, then seize first place, and finally split the profits evenly.
This seemed good on the surface, but the risk was actually extremely high. Su Xiao and Kaisa had always followed one principle: try as much as possible not to manipulate rankings or world stores certified by the Void Tree or Paradise. The Treeborn World incident didn't count, as that time there was a special Overlord unit, A Duo'er, involved in the operation.
Regardless, Su Xiao was a Hunter and Kaisa was an Arbiter. Some things simply couldn't be done. Of course, occasionally manipulating faction stores within mission worlds was still fine.
These types of faction stores, though certified by the Void Tree, fell under the jurisdiction of local forces. To make a simple analogy, back when they were on the Ser Star, Su Xiao and Kaisa had teamed up to arrange the faction store of the Vassal faction.
This faction store belonged to the Vassal's defense zone. If something went wrong, even if the problem was somewhat unreasonable, the main supervisory body was still the Vassal. The punishment imposed by the Void Tree would at most be a deduction of reputation points.
Su Xiao and Kaisa's Void Tree reputation was essentially beyond redemption, having given up all hope.
From a certain perspective, Su Xiao's Void Tree reputation was beyond saving. There was a time when his reputation was relatively high, but ever since Jila became his permanent summon, within less than ten days, his Void Tree reputation had dropped far below average. Up until today, it was so negative that it could no longer be queried.
Kaisa's situation was even worse. It wasn't just his personal issues. The Three Rogues of Arbiters had done plenty of unscrupulous things in previous World Domination Wars. Playing favorites was routine, secretly stirring up trouble to make the other participating factions fight each other was standard procedure.
They had even used their authority to issue announcements, then tampered with the announcement at a second level, releasing a fake announcement that "Apocalypse Paradise has won this World Domination War." The Three Rogues of Arbiters had actually pulled that off.
The funniest part was that the dozens of Apocalypse Paradise contractors who had fought bitterly until the end actually believed it. They celebrated their victory, only to have the World Core they had been guarding for days stolen in the blink of an eye. Their mentality was completely shattered, split into eight pieces like orange segments.
The Three Rogues of Arbiters had done plenty of such unscrupulous deeds, which was also why Kaisa was routinely stripped of his Arbiter status.
A gentle breeze blew through the window into the second floor of the wooden building. Su Xiao, seated on the floor mat, ended his daily meditation. He opened his title list and examined one of the top three titles, the Eight-Star title: Doomsday Monarch.
[Doomsday Monarch (Sealed in Resin)]
Origin: Void Tree
Quality: ★★★★★★★★
Category: Title · Rare
Characteristics: Extreme Evil Faction
Title Effect 1: Exile Immunity (Passive) - If you are rejected or even exiled by a world, this effect will activate, forcibly resisting the world exile state for 3 to 5 natural days.
Title Effect 2: Endless Malice (Passive) - When you are in an Extreme Evil faction, your prestige is increased by 75 points by default, and you have a default intimidation effect on units below the leader level of the Extreme Evil faction.
Tip: If the Extreme Evil faction attempts to recruit or win you over, it will likely do so with a high-status offer.
Title Effect 3: Doomsday Remnant (Passive) - Can exempt one instance of forced execution punishment resulting from a failed main mission.
Tip: After exempting one forced execution, this title will be destroyed and transform into 5 attribute-less Seven-Star titles (these titles can be used as secondary titles during refinement).
Tip: This is an Eight-Star title sealed with rare resin. After peeling off the surface resin, this title will activate but will also become untradeable.
Description: When doomsday falls, no one is spared.
Selling Price: Tradable, transferable, etc.
The Doomsday Monarch title wasn't the type Su Xiao had imagined, the kind that enhanced army-building abilities, but its effects were equally satisfying.
Effects 1 and 2 needed no further explanation. The strongest was Effect 3, which could exempt one instance of forced execution resulting from a failed main mission.
Even a master can slip, and even a horse can stumble. Even if it could only exempt the forced execution from a failed main mission, its value was unimaginable.
Moreover, the true value of this title would be revealed after it was consumed. As everyone knew, refining a title required one main title plus five secondary titles.
That meant, with five Seven-Star secondary titles secured, even if Doomsday Monarch was consumed, Su Xiao could take a Seven-Star title he favored and refine it into an Eight-Star title. This was excellent.
Su Xiao currently had two Seven-Star titles: [Blood Intent] and [Holy Communion]. Among them, [Blood Intent] was worth upgrading to an Eight-Star title. Every time Su Xiao enhanced his blood energy, he would equip this title, further improving the ancient battlefield blood energy he absorbed.
Su Xiao had noticed before that his blood energy was unusual. It could even evaporate something as ethereal as sin karma. If he could upgrade [Blood Intent] to an Eight-Star title and combine it with the original strength of the ancient battlefield blood energy, the potential for subsequent growth in blood energy was unimaginable.
It was still too early to consider this now. Su Xiao checked the information on the Mother Nest. He had previously used his Hunter authority to apply for adaptive certification of his Mother Nest from Reincarnation Paradise.
Su Xiao had consumed a full Lv.15 additional authority to complete the application to Reincarnation Paradise, which ultimately granted adaptive certification to his Mother Nest.
The reason he did this was to truly materialize Evolution Points, rather than just having them as a description.
Earlier, after Jila advanced to the Queen level, she had imitated Su Xiao's innate ability, Shadow Hunt, and through coordination with the Mother Nest and fungal carpet, obtained a method to absorb soul energy and convert it into energy that could promote insect evolution. Su Xiao called this "Evolution Points."
In Su Xiao's view, while this ability was good, it wasn't concrete enough. That's why he consumed so much additional authority to supplement and certify this aspect.
What did Lv.15 additional authority at the Eighth Rank mean? It could be said that most of the authority Su Xiao had accumulated over time was spent here.
As a reward, Su Xiao had truly created the concept of Evolution Points. This was the power demonstrated by semi-datafication after an ability received Paradise certification.
When Su Xiao opened the insect nest list, Jila's miniature avatar was at the top, with a faint plus sign behind it. He tried to touch this plus sign with his mental power, and a branch list appeared behind it.
[Tip: Using Evolution Points on this unit can greatly enhance its mental strength, mental coverage range, mental control ability, etc.]
[Tip: Within this world, this unit can be enhanced up to 10 times with Evolution Points. After digesting 10 Evolution Points, this unit will reach the mental strength limit of this world.]
Simply put, if Jila was allocated 10 Evolution Points, she would become the strongest mental-type unit in this world. Enemies approaching within a certain range of her would be killed by her powerful mental power.
Su Xiao noticed one point: Jila, being within this world, could only "digest" 10 Evolution Points. Did this mean Jila had even greater potential? If she was brought to a Ninth Rank world, could she digest even more Evolution Points?
Continuing down the list, below Jila was the Mother Nest itself. Using Evolution Points on the Mother Nest would not only increase its size and enhance its unit production capabilities but also, if more than 8 Evolution Points were allocated, allow the Mother Nest to produce insect-specific resources.
Since his side had been certified as a faction, this somewhat resembled faction store production. If that was the case, would this unique output of the Mother Nest be certified [Demon Flame Dragon Adult Eggs] or similar items?
Once an item was certified, it could be brought into various worlds. If he kept a few Demon Flame Dragon adult eggs in his storage space at all times, it would be very convenient.
That way, as long as Su Xiao brought enough life ore, he could easily create over a hundred Demon Beasts and a few Demon Flame Dragons in other worlds. Others might even mistake him for a summoner.
Su Xiao was very interested in the Mother Nest's unique output, but unfortunately, the investment of 8 Evolution Points was too large. The current 5 Evolution Points had to be invested in insect units. Defeating the Underworld army was the priority.
Continuing to scroll down the list, Titan Behemoths, Brutal Turrets, Demon Beasts, Demon Flame Dragons, Hosts, Jellyfish, Leviathans, Spore Tanks, Worker Scorpions, and others could all be enhanced with Evolution Points.
The weaker the insect unit, the fewer Evolution Points it could withstand. For example, a Worker Scorpion could only digest 1 Evolution Point at most.
Demon Beasts could be enhanced up to 5 Evolution Points, Demon Flame Dragons up to 7, and Titan Behemoths up to 8.
Su Xiao couldn't imagine what kind of madman would use 8 Evolution Points to enhance a Titan Behemoth to this world's limit. Plasma cannon rain carpet-bombing style?
Although this was worth trying, enhancing the main battlefield force, the Demon Beasts, was the most critical.
As Su Xiao manipulated the interface, the existing 5 Evolution Points were quickly consumed. The font color of the Demon Beasts in the list changed: after adding 1 Evolution Point, it became gold; after 2, dark gold; after 3, black gold; after 4, completely black; and when the fifth point was added, it became black with a faint hint of blue.
As Su Xiao completed the allocation, a stream of golden energy stored in the Mother Nest surged toward the core. The Demon Beast's original gene sequence stored in the core began to change rapidly.
The enhancement of the Demon Beasts was faster than expected, taking less than two hours to complete.
Su Xiao exited the wooden building, with Bubu Wang following behind. Looking around, the existing Demon Beasts showed no change. Only the Demon Beasts bred subsequently would exhibit changes.
Due to the bio-energy's value skyrocketing a hundredfold, previously breeding one Demon Beast cost less than 5 bio-energy points. Now, the breeding cost had risen to 35 points per unit.
To put this in perspective, breeding one Demon Flame Dragon now cost only 300 bio-energy points. The cost of breeding 10 Demon Beasts actually exceeded that of breeding one Demon Flame Dragon.
This situation also indicated one thing: the increase in Demon Beast strength was greater than expected.
Su Xiao issued a mental command for the Mother Nest to breed 100 Demon Beasts, following the original breeding process. He didn't have to wait long before the breeding was complete.
The sound of running came from the insect nest's passage. Su Xiao looked over and saw a Demon Beast charging out of the nest.
At this moment, the Demon Beast, not counting its long tail, was about 5 meters in length. Its two hind legs were bent, and the black carapace on its body had distinct lines, at first glance looking like perfectly fitted armor.
The Demon Beast's forelimbs were slightly shorter than its hind legs, with claws like razors. This form ensured both quadrupedal running speed and the ability to rear up on two legs.
The most conspicuous feature was still the Demon Beast's armored tail. The entire tail was nearly 5 meters long, exceeding its body length. Due to the unique carapace structure, this long tail could swing 360° freely, with a tail blade at the tip.
The Demon Beast bent its hind legs, dug its front claws into the ground, coiled its long tail, and pointed the tip blade forward. The next second, plasma filled the Demon Beast's long tail. After a brief charge, the tail blade at the tip shot out with a bang.
Bang!
The 1.2-meter-long tail blade pierced through layers of air, blasted through a Brutal Turret, leaving a barrel-sized hole in it. Through the hole, the tail blade could be seen embedded in the distant city wall, with residual plasma still on it.
Seeing this, Baha instinctively lowered its flight altitude. If these were enemy units and numbered over 300, within this world, it would definitely have to revive its ground-running chicken glory.
This move by the Demon Beast gave it a leap in capability. After launching the tail blade, a new tail blade gradually extended from within the Demon Beast's long tail. With a click, like metal colliding, a new tail blade was born.
The best comparison was actual combat. Su Xiao ordered 30 normal Demon Beasts to face this elite Demon Beast.
Jila formulated a mental command, setting these Demon Beasts to free combat mode.
"Roar!"
The elite Demon Beast let out a low roar and charged forward. The 30 normal Demon Beasts immediately retreated, forming a semicircle, surrounding the elite Demon Beast like a net.
The 30 normal Demon Beasts pointed their tail blades forward and pounced on the elite Demon Beast from all directions, with fangs, claws, and stabbing tail blades everywhere.
The elite Demon Beast in the center spun its long tail, half-stabbing the tail blade into the ground. The plasma storage organ in its chest and abdomen contracted, sending all the plasma into its tail.
Crackle~
Blue electric arcs surged in all directions. Within a radius of over ten meters centered on the elite Demon Beast, everything was covered in electric arcs. The 30 normal Demon Beasts that had pounced on the elite Demon Beast all trembled, their formation scattering. Some fell to the ground, while others were paralyzed mid-air.
The elite Demon Beast's spine gradually turned electric blue, enhancing the transmission of bio-electricity. Its tail blade swept, cutting through one Demon Beast's head, another's throat, and a third's torso. One tail blade, three kills.
Swish, swish—the sound of the tail blade cutting through the air came. Insect blood splattered everywhere. By the time the surrounding normal Demon Beasts recovered from paralysis, 12 normal Demon Beast corpses lay on the ground, gradually being absorbed by the fungal carpet.
The elite Demon Beast flicked its long tail, flinging off the insect blood on the tail blade. Its claws wiped across the tail blade, as if feeling it was no longer sharp enough. It exerted force from its spine, and a new tail blade emerged, replacing the one that had lost its edge.
Watching this, Baha was dumbfounded. Not just Baha, even Su Xiao hadn't expected that investing 5 Evolution Points would yield such strength. If he enhanced a Titan Behemoth eight times, then...
After the initial battle at the City of the Dead, his Mother Nest had stored a total of 5.7 million bio-energy points, enough to breed 160,000 elite Demon Beasts.
Su Xiao immediately issued a mental command to begin mass production mode. With just 300,000 elite Demon Beasts, his side wouldn't fear the Underworld's four legions. In the main battlefield confrontation with the Underworld's main force, they would definitely have the advantage.
Considering that the Underworld was the Nether faction's home ground, they likely still had trump cards to play, and the number of Nether cavalry was still unclear. Therefore, to defeat the Nether forces, at the very least, the Demon Flame Dragons or Titan Behemoths needed to be enhanced. Between the two, Su Xiao preferred the latter.
The dim sky outside gradually brightened. Su Xiao estimated that by nine in the morning at the latest, the Nether faction would resume hostilities with his side. By then, it would be time to give the Nether forces a surprise.
Su Xiao took out [Sacred Oak] and successfully obtained 1 free Golden Skill Point. Just then, the communicator beside him rang. He picked it up, and Kaisa's voice came from the other end.
"Password."
"Hmm?"
Su Xiao looked puzzled. This hadn't been mentioned beforehand.
"Kingsley's aunt's mushroom soup."
Baha spoke up.
"Password verified."
Kaisa's signature sly laughter came from the other end.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't say anything. He couldn't figure out why the password was so strange. Kingsley's aunt's mushroom soup? Thinking carefully, Su Xiao had actually drunk it before. It was made by a gentle, kind old woman with somewhat slow legs.
"My dear friend, everything is ready. Activate the spatial array connecting our two sides."
Hearing this, Su Xiao went down to the first floor and pushed open a small room's door. The room was only a few square meters, with a circular array occupying the floor.
"Baha."
Su Xiao tossed the communicator to Baha. Baha said, "Kaisa, I'll count down 3, 2, 1, and we start. Both sides need to be synchronized."
"No problem."
"3... 2... 1... Start!"
As soon as Baha said "Start," Su Xiao pressed the fist-sized spatial stone in his hand onto the center of the array. This was provided by Kaisa, and of course, the cost would be deducted from the profits later.
Hum~
The array activated, connecting both sides. Baha landed on Su Xiao's shoulder and disappeared with him. This time, it had to go, to fully conceal the spatial fluctuations.
Light flickered before Su Xiao's eyes. When everything settled, he was half-crouching in a somewhat dilapidated room. The room was entirely wooden, with double doors sealed by a talisman-like array, and an old wooden counter on the other side.
That's right, this was the Nether faction's supply depot. Su Xiao had come here to stock up. Earlier, he had conspired with Kaisa and the Undead Girl about this.
No one would have expected that the leader of the Sun Holy Nest would come here with only one follower.
Kaisa, who had been waiting by the array, was already there. Beside him was a female blood descendant, over 2.6 meters tall, with one hand on her hip and a generous chest.
"People say, the less you have, the more you desire."
Baha spoke up.
"Hmph."
The female blood descendant—no, it should be the Undead Girl disguised by the Primordial Mask—made a motion to remove the mask. Her figure quickly shrank back to its original size. Her most intuitive feeling was that her field of vision wasn't as good as before.
The Undead Girl tossed the Primordial Mask back. Baha said, "People always have to face reality..."
"Shut up, dead bird."
The Undead Girl glared at Baha, who chuckled and fell silent.
"We need to unite," Kaisa rubbed his hands together and tentatively asked, "Shall we begin?"
"Let's... let's do it."
The Undead Girl was now truly excited, with trembling hands. She had hundreds of thousands of faction reputation points, enough to empty the Nether faction's faction store.
"O lady who can command the undead, there's something I'm not sure if I should mention."
Kaisa suddenly changed the subject. The Undead Girl looked at him suspiciously, indicating she was willing to listen.
"I heard before that you owe a loan to the Goblin Company?"
"Yes, what about it? Quite a few contractors have borrowed from them. Don't worry, I know they're hunting you. I won't use your information for the bounty."
"That's not what I mean. Regarding your debt to them, I have a way to solve it. Are you interested?"
Kaisa smiled slyly, and the Undead Girl's eyes gradually lit up.
Please don't forget one thing: the Undead Girl was relatively principled, such as not betraying sincere teammates, but she was still a madman from Reincarnation Paradise. This was an unchangeable fact. The Goblin Company was indeed powerful, but the Undead Girl wasn't afraid at all. As long as she handled her conscience, she had no other concerns.
"I borrowed a total of 70,000 Soul Coins from the Goblin Company before. I've already repaid 35,000. Repaying another 50,000 should be about right."
"What? That's so exploitative?!"
Kaisa was visibly agitated, apparently forgetting how he and Wude had helped Su Xiao draft Gulu's IOU.
The Undead Girl smiled awkwardly. If someone else had said this, she wouldn't have reacted this way, but coming from Kaisa, her smile gradually became perfunctory.
"I can't let you be taken advantage of like this. Wait for me."
Kaisa pulled out a checkbook, scribbled on it, and with a flourish, tore off a check. He said to the Undead Girl, "Use it, no need to be polite."
The Undead Girl took the check and found it was actually the Goblin Company Chairman's special check, with a face value of exactly 50,000 Soul Coins.
Seeing this check, the Undead Girl suddenly understood why the Goblin Company hated Kaisa so much. If he could forge the Chairman's check, of course they would hate him.
Actually, the Undead Girl was wrong. This check was real.
"This... isn't this inappropriate..."
"This check can't be used, but you can give it to the Goblin Company. By revealing my information in this world, you can get the Goblin Company to waive your interest."
"This~"
The Undead Girl scratched her head. She felt that Su Xiao and Kaisa's "operation" level was a version ahead of hers.
"Don't worry, the Goblin Company will be happy to waive your interest. Besides, they don't dare kill me. I know their biggest secret."
Kaisa put away his checkbook, looking like the matter was settled. He went behind the wooden counter, cleared his throat, and using his quartermaster function, opened the faction store for the Undead Girl. She immediately received a prompt.
[Tip: Faction store opened. You can make the following exchanges...]
The Undead Girl didn't make a choice. She chose everything. As her faction reputation flowed away like water, a large number of items were exchanged and piled up on the wooden counter before her. A blush appeared on the Undead Girl's face. This feeling was too satisfying.
According to the prior agreement, Kaisa had estimated the value in advance, and the three would split the profits equally. The division of spoils began. Su Xiao received a large number of prompts.
[You have obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) × 376 pieces.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal Core × 17 pieces.]
[You have obtained Inheritance Blood · Blood Angel (Bloodline/Class item. After using this item, you can inherit the "Blood Angel" class template.)]
[Blood Angel · Class Potential: A+ (Bloodline/Class inheritance item, potential ranges from E to S+).]
[You have obtained Blood Angel · Inheritance Crystal (After using this item, you can inherit 5 unique Blood Angel abilities. You will gradually master these 5 abilities when your True Stamina attribute reaches 80, 100, 150, 200, and 270 points.)]
[You have obtained Fearmonger Set (Holy Spirit Rank · 5/5 Set).]
[You have obtained Inheritance Blood · Secondary Dragon Blood (Bloodline/Class item. After using this item, you can inherit the "Dragon Blood Warrior" class template.)]
[Dragon Blood Warrior · Class Potential: A- (Bloodline/Class inheritance item, potential ranges from E to S+).]
[You have obtained Dragon Scale Honor Set (Holy Spirit Rank · 7/7 Set).]
[You have obtained Inscription Base · Wrath Aspect.]
[You have obtained Shadow Twins (Immortal Rank Weapon · Dual Long Blades).]
One prompt after another appeared. This was only Su Xiao's share after the three-way split. One could imagine how wealthy the Nether faction was.
The Undead Girl seemed overwhelmed by the wealth. She stood there in a daze, the blush on her face even more pronounced.
"Don't gloat too much. Time to scram."
Baha on Su Xiao's shoulder spoke up. The Undead Girl snapped back to reality and quickly stepped onto the array.
After everyone was on the array, Su Xiao pressed one hand to the ground. Spatial fluctuations appeared.
Amid the spatial fluctuations, Kaisa clenched his fists, his teeth chattering. That's right, this was the Demon race's spatial array.
Boom!
With a dull thud, the doors and windows of the Nether faction's supply depot were completely destroyed.
Back at his base camp, in the small room on the first floor of the wooden building.
Boom! The teleportation was complete. As soon as Su Xiao appeared, he immediately destroyed the array on the ground. As the array disappeared, Kaisa beside him collapsed, foaming at the mouth and kicking his legs once.
"Ugh~"
The Undead Girl bent over, supporting herself against the wall with one hand, her face pale. She breathed rapidly, looking like she had seen a ghost. She asked Su Xiao and Baha, "How are you two fine? Ugh~!"
"Practice makes perfect."
Baha looked normal, though its stomach was also churning a bit. Pretending to be cool was still hard work.
"Huff~ huff~, I thought I was going to die."
The Undead Girl sat against the wall, drank some water, and felt a bit better. She never dreamed that the biggest risk in raiding the Nether faction's resources would come from the final teleportation. In that spatial turbulence like a washing machine, she had seriously doubted whether she would die like that.
...
Meanwhile, the Underworld · Inner City, Supply Depot.
The door frame was empty, with broken wooden door fragments scattered around. Several Nether warriors stood guard at the entrance. Inside, a few wraiths floated, searching for clues.
Dragon Blood Leader · Luen stood outside the door, sweat on his forehead. He was in charge of supplies and materials. Now that the supply depot had been emptied, if responsibility was assigned, he couldn't escape blame.
With such a major incident, it wasn't long before Crow Eagle · Solaro, Twisted War Armor, Smoke Princess, and their trusted aides all arrived.
"Begin."
Crow Eagle · Solaro spoke with lowered eyelids. In the critical moment of war, the supply depot had been emptied. The anger in his heart was barely contained.
Several wraiths floating in mid-air descended. They began to simulate forms, reconstructing what had happened here a few minutes ago. Soon, the images of Su Xiao, Kaisa, and the Undead Girl were simulated by the wraiths.
Seeing the simulated image of Su Xiao, Crow Eagle · Solaro seemed stunned for a moment. He focused his gaze and, confirming it was indeed Su Xiao, Solaro fell silent.
On the previous battlefield, Twisted War Armor, Dragon Blood Leader · Luen, and Smoke Princess had naturally seen Su Xiao's appearance. Now, none of them dared to breathe loudly, afraid of provoking Crow Eagle · Solaro's wrath.
The atmosphere was suffocatingly silent. Just then, the destroyed array on the ground suddenly emitted a faint glow.
Click!
A 20-centimeter-tall glass column popped out of the array, flying into mid-air. The golden liquid inside bubbled, and a sense of crisis suddenly spread.
Seeing this, Smoke Princess's pupils contracted. She raised her hand toward the flying glass column, about to make a grasping motion.
Boom!!
The liquid Apollo exploded. Crow Eagle · Solaro, Twisted War Armor, Dragon Blood Leader · Luen, and Smoke Princess were all engulfed.
At the same time, City of the Dead · Outer District, Ancient Residence.
Kai Yin, Snow Monster, and Deer Ge looked suspiciously at the array on the ground. It had suddenly lit up a moment ago. If the three of them weren't mistaken, this was left by Shenfu.
"What is this thing... Holy crap."
Snow Monster leaned back as a burst of golden solar flame surged out from within. Fortunately, it was only a small burst, but Snow Monster's eyebrows and hair were singed.
"Knew it couldn't be good. What kind of thing did Shenfu set up here? Where is he?"
Snow Monster held back from cursing, mainly because he didn't dare to curse Shenfu.
Kai Yin, who had just recovered from a serious illness, frowned. He weighed the black pottery jar treasure he had recently obtained by chance, his mind full of thoughts. He certainly didn't trust Shenfu, but he couldn't figure out what Shenfu was trying to do.
"What's that sound?"
Deer Ge pricked up his ears to listen. Soon, the sound of breaking wind became more pronounced.
Boom!
A roar came from one side of the ancient residence. Then, Deer Ge saw a large hand tear through the ancient residence, turning the place into a semi-open area.
Outside the ancient residence, Twisted War Armor, several times taller than the building, was in a landing posture after leaping from a distance. Crow Eagle · Solaro stood on its shoulder. Dragon Blood Leader · Luen grabbed the armor at its waist. Smoke Princess had the best treatment, being carried in its palm. After all, having watched Smoke Princess grow up, Twisted War Armor naturally showed some care.
Whether it was Twisted War Armor or Crow Eagle · Solaro, without exception, they all had scorch marks on their bodies. As for why they had come here, according to the wraiths' tracking, the other end of the broken spatial array at the supply depot was connected to this ancient residence.
Needless to say, Su Xiao and the other two had first escaped here, completed their handover with accomplices, and then used this place as a transit point to escape the Underworld. These three were Su Xiao and Kaisa's accomplices.
When they first arrived, Crow Eagle · Solaro couldn't be sure of this and suspected it might be a trap. But upon seeing the Abyssal Jar in Kai Yin's hand, there was no need to doubt anymore. The reason they had been willing to accept Nicholas · Kaisa back then was precisely because of his special relationship with the Abyssal Jar.
Crow Eagle · Solaro hadn't directly interacted with these three before, but through Shenfu, he knew that the person now holding the Abyssal Jar was named Kai Yin.
Kaisa, Kai Yin. If anyone said there was no connection, who would believe it?
Crow Eagle · Solaro narrowed his eyes and nodded to Kai Yin and the other two, acknowledging their "courage."
Seeing the looks from Crow Eagle · Solaro and the others, Kai Yin's cheek twitched violently. This familiar feeling, this familiar recipe. It seemed he... was taking the blame again. The previous transport ship heist had been his fault.
As an old blame-taker, Kai Yin let out a long sigh. Holding onto his last hope, he said, "Everyone, if I said I have no idea what happened, would you believe me?"
"Heh~"
Smoke Princess covered her face with a folding fan, smiling without speaking. Dragon Blood Leader · Luen silently drew his dual long blades. Twisted War Armor pulled out a giant axe. Clearly, they didn't believe him.
Seeing this, Kai Yin's expression twisted. He roared, "Damn it!!"