Chapter 20: The 'Good Teammate' Quartet
Without the slightest warning, the Primordial Mask was slapped onto his face.
"Huh?"
Gulu was stunned for a moment, then her pupils contracted sharply. She subconsciously raised her hand to grab the mask on her face, but it was too late. She… felt nothing at all.
"Right now, quickly, immediately, take that damn mask off your face, hurry!!"
Sacred Hymn's shout echoed in Gulu's mind, which only made Gulu more confused, before she realized what was happening.
Gulu's thought was that this old Yinbi beside her putting a mask on her definitely meant no good, but it probably wouldn't be enough to kill her or cripple her, after all, there was still the relationship with the Tuanzhang. No matter what, she was a member of the Traveling Group.
The situation was indeed the case. When Su Xiao arranged for the Crow Woman, he summoned the "Necronomicon" and then also summoned the "Primordial Mask."
This mask had indeed left before, acting as if it had parted ways with Su Xiao. But don't forget, the missing small piece of the Primordial Mask was still in Su Xiao's hands. With that piece in his possession, even if this mask later advanced to the "Daddy Rank" artifact, it couldn't deal with him.
Furthermore, the current Primordial Mask was at most "Quasi-Daddy Rank," still a considerable distance from the level of the "Abyssal Jar" and the "Necronomicon."
At this moment, Su Xiao using the Primordial Mask was essentially demanding payment. Don't forget, earlier in the alien star battlefield when the war with the Underworld began, the Primordial Mask, within the Mother Nest owned by Su Xiao, had absorbed a massive amount of Abyssal energy.
Nearly all of the Abyssal energy in the entire Underworld was absorbed by this mask. The collapse of the Underworld had elevated this mask to the "Quasi-Daddy Rank."
Now, to deal with the Sin God, Su Xiao estimated that if they were to fight head-on against the Sin God's original strength, his side would have a high chance of victory. But the situation was different now; the Sin God had absorbed Abyssal power. At this point, it was meaningless to investigate where this Abyssal power came from. The key was how to defeat this half-Abyssal, half-Ancient God existence.
Su Xiao's goal this time wasn't a final showdown with the Sin God. They still needed to explore the Dead Silence City afterward. Entering Dead Silence City was already a near-death experience; fighting the Sin God first would make it a certain death sentence.
That's why Su Xiao brought out the "Primordial Mask." Originally, he planned to catch that bastard Zuiyasi off guard and slap it on his face. But unfortunately, that bastard seemed to have foresight; ever since the door opened, he hadn't come within ten meters of Su Xiao.
That guy Wood was the same, acting as if he could phase into nothingness at any moment. One could only say, these were 'good teammates.' They all saw the situation and guessed Su Xiao was about to pull out some unconventional methods.
Gulu clearly didn't know the dangers of the world, so she got the Primordial Mask slapped on her.
However, Gulu not only spent money like water, but her luck was also consistently good. As a result, the one who ended up suffering was Sacred Hymn, who was parasitizing her consciousness space, trying to share the benefits with her.
Before Sacred Hymn could even react to what was happening, as a spiritual entity, she was pulled out of Gulu's consciousness space and sucked into the Primordial Mask.
"╰(*°▽°*)╯"
Gulu almost blurted out a "Hell yeah!" Being pestered by Sacred Hymn had made her both angry and helpless. Now that the other party was being dragged out, she was naturally overjoyed.
"..."
Su Xiao grabbed the Primordial Mask as it detached from Gulu's face, a look of confusion in his eyes, before he realized what had happened.
The Primordial Mask's ability had always been disguise. Previously, it could only disguise one's appearance as someone else. Now, it could even disguise one's abilities as someone else's.
Don't underestimate this ability. If the Primordial Mask truly became a "Daddy Rank" artifact, it could disguise the user as a top-tier powerhouse, perfectly replicating 100% of their abilities.
Imagine disguising oneself as the Supreme Being, the Tuanzhang, etc. Just thinking about it shows how powerful it would be. If it could disguise itself as the deceased, like the old Law Destroyer or Green Gillian, the effects would be extraordinary.
To deal with the Sin God, Su Xiao naturally wanted the "Primordial Mask" to disguise itself as a powerhouse advantageous against the Sin God.
A large number of crimson tentacles spread out from within the Primordial Mask. These tentacles quickly became translucent, and finally, the Primordial Mask transformed into a long spear. The power of natural elements converged around it.
This choice by the Primordial Mask undoubtedly represented the mutually restraining relationship between "Abyss" and "Natural Elements." Su Xiao had suspected this before.
When a world's natural elements are heavily consumed or abused, it invites the invasion of the Abyss. The two both restrain each other and maintain a balance; an excess of either side is unacceptable.
An excess of elemental power would lead to an overflow of life energy, turning a world into a domain of plants, making it completely uninhabitable for living beings. That would be a land of eternal day, a place without night.
If Abyssal power spreads, it would lead to the extinction of all life, plunging the world into darkness.
To some extent, elemental power represents the day, while the Abyss represents the night.
The elemental spear that the Primordial Mask was about to gather, once in Su Xiao's hands, would undoubtedly be terrifyingly powerful. It might even be possible to kill the Sin God in just a few exchanges, after all, Su Xiao's Elemental Affinity was as high as 978 points.
But there was a problem. For a Law Destroyer, using elemental power felt good in the moment, but the subsequent issue of removing the elemental power mixed into the Azure Steel Shadow energy within his body was a major problem. Therefore, for Su Xiao, Elemental Affinity equaled the upper limit of the power of the World Thunder he could summon.
If he used his Elemental Affinity to summon World Thunder in this world, Su Xiao estimated that just one strike would be enough to kill the Sin God. However, he, along with Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, Wood, Zuiyasi, Madam Smoke, and Grand Sage Turz, would all be going on the same journey to the Yellow Springs. At least they wouldn't be lonely on the road.
Crackle~
Blue arcs of electricity danced on Su Xiao's hand. He was reminding the Primordial Mask that he was a Law Destroyer. If it was going to disguise itself as a weapon based on Sacred Hymn, it should disguise itself as something useful.
The Primordial Mask understood Su Xiao's meaning. The elemental spear instantly transformed back into crimson tentacles, which then intertwined to form a silver necklace emitting a faint, pearly white glow.
Su Xiao reached out and grabbed it, immediately feeling that this was a soul-type artifact. Its function was to accumulate soul power and then release it in a burst. There were two modes. The first was a large-area shockwave, accompanied by soul tremor and dizziness effects.
The second was a lethal ability, mainly single-target, with piercing properties. The principle was to compress soul energy into a ray or a cone of light.
Su Xiao wrapped this silver necklace around his left wrist. With this item, his chances in the upcoming battle against the Sin God would be much higher. Don't forget, his Soul Strength was as high as 650 points.
"Bai Ye, let me make this clear first. Even though I'm temporarily disguised as an artifact by this mask, I am still a human soul, so there are limits. You can't use me without limits... pfft, you can't use this artifact without limits..."
Sacred Hymn's voice came through. Unable to connect with Su Xiao's consciousness, she could only use mental energy to create vibrations, simulating sound, which sounded very strange.
"Speak plainly."
Su Xiao couldn't quite make out what Sacred Hymn was saying, and the massive metal door ahead was corroding faster. In at most a few seconds, this metal door would be completely eroded by the dark matter controlled by the Sin God.
"Doo-oom～ Skee～ Da-da..."
Su Xiao looked at the silver necklace on his wrist, completely failing to understand Sacred Hymn. He simply ignored her. Equipment should talk less.
Gulu, who had been beside Su Xiao, had long since retreated to the rear, preparing to engage from a medium to long range. In a fight against an Ancient God, as long as you weren't an assassin who had lost their mind, you wouldn't rush forward. Baha was an exception.
Crack! Crack!
Crisp sounds came from in front of Su Xiao, followed by a final boom. The metal door and the walls on either side shattered.
The entire temple was filled with dark matter, pitch black. The Sin God stood within it, holding the Original Sin War Scythe in one hand, exuding an overwhelming sense of pressure. As for aesthetics, forget it. This was an Ancient God, after all.
Ancient Gods were such powerful beings. Couldn't they shape themselves to be more aesthetically pleasing to the majority of intelligent life? The answer was, of course, they could. But put yourself in their shoes. If you were an Ancient God, would you care about the aesthetic preferences of ants? Would you reshape your own image based on the aesthetics of ants? The answer was, no.
"Law... Destroyer."
The Sin God spoke in a deep, cold voice. It was rare for an Ancient God to speak before a battle, uttering the words "Law Destroyer." Either it acknowledged the previous Law Destroyers, or it had been beaten by them before.
The Sin God's clawed index finger stroked the blade of the scythe. The next instant.
Clang!!
The longsword and the war scythe clashed. The ground around them sank a layer, and everything within a radius shattered inch by inch.
Cold sweat trickled down Madam Smoke's cheek as she looked at the longsword and war scythe locked together right in front of her. She was certain that if the sword had been a little slower to block, she might have died horribly at the very start of the battle.
The Sin God's speed was terrifying to the point of being unreasonable. Su Xiao could block this attack because he had used the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to teleport through space.
If they couldn't find a way to reduce the Sin God's terrifying speed, there was no way to fight. Thinking this, Su Xiao delivered a straight kick.
Bang!
An explosive sound came from the front. It wasn't Su Xiao hitting the Sin God, but the Sin God's terrifying speed causing a sonic boom. At this moment, the Sin God was already behind Su Xiao. The war scythe, made of metal, bone, and flesh, was hooked around Su Xiao's neck. It only needed to be pulled back hard to decapitate him.
'Blade Path Sword: Time.'
Thump~
The domain of Time expanded, enveloping the Sin God behind Su Xiao. The death-dealing scythe dragging towards his neck slowed down significantly.
Pfft!
A large splash of blood scattered. Su Xiao was decapitated by the scythe. Did he die horribly? Of course not.
Su Xiao's headless body crystallized, and his flying head also turned into a crystalline shell, with blood energy inside. Using crystals to form a body and blood energy to disguise the interior—this was a trick Su Xiao had used more than once.
At this moment, Su Xiao had shed his shell like a cicada, using Dragon Shadow Flash to escape from the crystalline shell and appear behind the Sin God.
As an Ancient God at the pinnacle of Eighth Rank combat power, even though the Sin God had been here for centuries, its combat experience was unimaginably rich. The reason it had become the most powerful Ancient God of the former Eighth Rank was through slaughter. It was an anomaly among Ancient Gods. Upon entering a world, it would first kill all intelligent life that could possibly resist it, then slowly suck the world dry.
With a crisp clang, the Dragon-Slaying Flash stabbed into the Sin God's shoulder and back. Su Xiao's hand holding the sword was slightly numb from the impact. The Dragon-Slaying Flash, which could pierce the armor of the Underworld Emperor, was now blocked by the dark matter concentrated on the Sin God's shoulder and back. It was completely blocked; not even the tip of the blade penetrated.
It seemed Su Xiao couldn't break through its defense, but this was due to the Sin God's extremely rich combat experience. The defensive power of dark matter wasn't that terrifying, but by concentrating and compressing all the dark matter into the size of a palm, its defense within this world was unbreakable.
Deep-colored flames erupted around the Sin God and exploded outward.
The impact and heat rushed towards Su Xiao. He raised one arm to shield himself, retreating along with the impact formed by the Sin Flame. It was supposed to be a group battle; he had no intention of dueling the Sin God alone.
A shadow made of smoke punched the Sin God's cheek. This shadow had a golden mark in the center of its chest, and strands of smoke extended from behind, connected to Madam Smoke on the other end.
The power of this punch was terrifying, causing layers of airwaves to spread around. However, the Sin God, having taken this heavy blow, only slightly turned its head. It raised a finger and touched the exoskeleton mask at the point of impact. A small crack indicated it had been injured.
Suddenly, the Sin God raised its hand, pointing at Madam Smoke from afar. Before she could react.
Thump!
Madam Smoke was sent flying backward, so fast she became a blur. An even more terrifying scene followed. On the path of her flight, dark matter formed a dark wall, densely covered with black spikes.
Pfft~
In an instant, Madam Smoke was riddled with holes. To ensure she didn't survive, the Sin God manipulated the spiked dark wall to close in, wrapping her inside. Finally, the dark matter converged and compressed to the size of a walnut, floating in front of the Sin God. The Sin God pinched it between its thumb and index finger, and the dark matter ball shattered like glass.
Whoosh! The Sin God's war scythe ignited with Sin Flame. Centered on it, the Sin Flame spread out, its momentum vast and chilling.
At this critical moment, ice appeared beneath the Sin God's feet. Amu, who had been hidden underground before the battle, played a crucial role.
"Wuwang."
A dark shadow spoke. It was Madam Smoke. She had seemed to die horribly, but in reality, she had swapped places with her avatar. Although the avatar died, she survived. The terrible price she would pay afterward was still better than dying here.
Black smoke appeared around the Sin God. This ability, similar to a skill seal, rendered all of the Sin God's abilities ineffective. Although it lasted less than 1.5 seconds, it was crucial.
Having just lost her avatar and now using "Wuwang" to restrict the Sin God, Madam Smoke was instantly exhausted. However, she was no longer needed for the rest of the fight.
A huge, ghostly green skull appeared above the Sin God. Just as the Sin God was about to raise a hand to disperse Wood's ability, a whistling sound came from the front.
'Blade Path: Azure Demon.'
Zheng!
A blue-green slash left a black trail in the air as it struck in front of the Sin God. The Sin God swung its war scythe, intending to shatter the Azure Demon slash. However, the Azure Demon slash, originally three meters wide, split itself into dozens of mini slashes, each ten centimeters wide.
Bang, bang, bang...
The slashes hit the Sin God and shattered. Taking advantage of this opening, Baha swooped in, its eagle claws grabbing the back of the Sin God's neck. Immediately after, black tentacles sprouted from the air around the Sin God, binding its arms.
With a hum, Grand Sage Turz appeared, surrounded by dark golden energy. This old man had clearly been charging his ability for a while. Now, his hair and beard were flying, looking like a demon, nothing like his usual stern, scholarly appearance.
A round core, the size of a dragon's eye, floated in Grand Sage Turz's palm, emitting a deafening hum. Just seeing this thing made the Sin God feel a strong sense of threat.
Grand Sage Turz's gaze was calm. He knew how difficult it was to defeat the Sin God. Later, the others fighting alongside him would need to venture deep into Dead Silence City. He would not go. Not for any other reason, but because even now, he still did not accept the method of the "Chosen One."
"What the hell!"
Baha exclaimed in shock when it saw the dark golden core, its blood running cold. It immediately spread its wings and vanished into an alternate space.
Around them, Su Xiao had already leaped backward into the air. Madam Smoke was drifting away at full speed. Wood was transforming from three-dimensional to two-dimensional. Zuiyasi, with a single hand chop, split himself from his left shoulder to his right waist into two halves, leaving most of his torso connected to his head and one arm. Using his remaining body's left arm, he threw his upper body with all his might, even creating a sonic boom.
Grand Sage Turz's eyes turned pale white, without pupils, leaving only endless whiteness. Affected by the power of these eyes, even the Sin God experienced a brief moment of body stiffness.
Grand Sage Turz was less than half a meter from the Sin God. Darkness spread from the Sin God as its center, causing the skin and flesh on Grand Sage Turz's entire body to crack and dry up. But this couldn't stop him. His hand, now like a withered branch, pressed the core towards the Sin God.
A blinding white light flashed, and finally, everything was swallowed by the white light. At first, it was silent. About 0.5 seconds later, a deep, deafening roar spread out, powerful enough to shatter one's hearing.
Within the white light, Su Xiao had just landed when he felt an intense burning sensation rushing towards him, growing stronger. He felt that he was about to be purified by this unreasonable holy light. Who said holy light only purifies evil? Once it reaches a certain intensity, it purifies everything.
Su Xiao extended one hand forward, constructing a crystal wall in front of him. At that moment, he felt a soft figure embrace him. He was about to elbow them away, but realized it was Madam Smoke. He didn't have a habit of attacking his teammates.
Actually, the situation was quite innocent. Madam Smoke just didn't want to die. The only relatively safe place nearby was behind the crystal wall Su Xiao had constructed.
When everything settled, Su Xiao found himself in a massive crater nearly ten kilometers in diameter. At the very center of this crater, the Sin God was still standing. However, the bone mask on its face was covered in large cracks, most of its black scales were gone, and many of the dark red tentacles covering its lower body were severed.
Crimson divine blood dripped from the pores of the bone mask's mouth. The Sin God raised a hand, and the war scythe flew to it, grasping it.
Pfft!
The spike at the end of the war scythe's handle pierced Grand Sage Turz's heart. This was his greatest weakness. While having his head crushed might not kill him, having his heart pierced would definitely kill him. It was his power source.
After killing the powerful enemy, the Sin God looked towards Zuiyasi from afar.
Zuiyasi, who had just finished regenerating, suddenly felt a chill in his heart. From the very beginning, he had felt that this Ancient God was paying special attention to him, wanting to deal with him first.
Before Zuiyasi could retreat, the Sin God pointed at him from afar. One of its ultimate killing moves was unleashed. This was Zuiya Heartfire, which would ignite the enemy's soul, burning until the enemy died.
Zuiyasi fell to the ground with a thud, orange-red flames burning in his eyes. It seemed he wouldn't be able to act for a while.
Just as the Sin God severely wounded Zuiyasi, it was ambushed by him. Black sticky worms appeared on the Sin God's flank. Su Xiao was familiar with this move; he had been hit by it before. Trying to tear them off with brute force would cause permanent soul damage and extremely high soul damage. Not tearing them off would result in continuous soul damage and a slowing effect.
Zuiyasi's move was very timely. From the Sin God's gaze, it was clear that it found this ability both annoying and disgusting. But things weren't over yet.
The Sin God soon discovered that these black sticky worms not only affected the soul but were also highly poisonous, specifically alchemical poison. After the fall of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization, the Sin God thought it would never encounter this disgusting and potent poison again. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
The amount of blood dripping from the pores of the Sin God's bone mask increased significantly, and the crimson divine blood turned black. Even the Sin God, as an Ancient God, felt a hint of disbelief.
This wasn't the end. Ghostly green flames ignited on the black sticky worms on the Sin God's flank. This ability, characteristic of the Demon Clan, could continuously cause energy burning damage, which was very troublesome.
Did it end there? No. The most vicious one was yet to come. A sticky black liquid appeared on the black sticky worms on the Sin God's flank, turning the ghostly green flames black. It was Kaisa, hiding in the shadows, attacking in his human-pot fusion state.
This ability was Kaisa's "Negative Enhancement, X" ability from his human-pot fusion state. "Negative Enhancement" meant it only enhanced negative characteristics. The black sticky worms, alchemical poison, and demonic ghost flames were all negative characteristics. "Negative Enhancement" increased the soul damage from the black sticky worms by over 5 times, the damage and duration of the alchemical poison by 2 times, and the energy burning damage of the demonic ghost flames by 4.2 times.
The Sin God was an Ancient God skilled in frontal combat. Unfortunately, it first suffered the sacrificial blow from Grand Sage Turz, and then faced the four consecutive attacks from the 'Good Teammate' squad.
More importantly, from the start of the battle until now, the others had been the main fighters. Su Xiao hadn't done much. Now it was time for him to finish things off.
The Sin God stood at the center of the crater. Unbeknownst to it, Zuiyasi had already dispelled the Zuiya Heartfire and was standing to its right.
Su Xiao, Wood, Zuiyasi, and Kaisa surrounded the Sin God from four directions. Kaisa was willing to show himself, of course, in his human-pot fusion state. His main task afterward was to keep the Sin God constantly distracted and wary of him.
"3, 2, 1."
Zuiyasi counted down three times. When he reached one, the three of them charged at the Sin God simultaneously. At the same time, the black sticky worms on the Sin God's flank emitted a soul-interference wavelength, causing the scene before the Sin God's eyes to blur for a moment.
That instant was enough for Su Xiao to ambush the Sin God. He sheathed his longsword, seemingly about to perform a draw-slash. The Sin God opposite him also assumed a blocking and counter-attacking stance with its war scythe. If Su Xiao had slashed, he would have been the one at a disadvantage.
But who said that sheathing a sword meant you had to do a draw-slash?
'Blade Path Sword: Time.'
The domain of Time expanded, slowing everything around them. On the Sin God's side, Zuiyasi formed a finger gun with his hand. Bang! His index finger shot out. Mid-air, the finger transformed into hair-thin tentacles, like a swarm of tentacle needles, flying towards the Sin God.
'Blood Smoke Cannon.'
Su Xiao also pointed his index finger at the Sin God. Blood energy gathered at his fingertip, compressed to the limit, and then shot out as a blood-red ray, breaking through layers of small airwaves along the way.
The Sin God swung its war scythe, and a flame slash incinerated the incoming tiny tentacles. It tilted its head back, and the Blood Smoke Cannon flew past its eyes.
Directly in front of the Sin God, Wood also raised his index finger, ghost flames gathering. The Sin God's attention was naturally drawn there. However, the ghost flames at Wood's fingertip shot out a few meters and then dissipated into the air.
On the left, Zuiyasi raised his index finger again, pointing at the Sin God. This made the Sin God squint its eyes, a hint of anger rising within. These enemies were toying with it.
Almost simultaneously, on the right, Su Xiao raised his index finger, pointing at the Sin God. With the setup from his two teammates, the Sin God's wariness towards him naturally wasn't as strong as before.
'Soul Cannon.'
Boom!!
A soul beam, as thick as a pinky finger, shot out from Su Xiao's fingertip. This soul beam was so dense it appeared slightly purple, instantly piercing the Sin God's neck.
Blood and broken scales scattered. Su Xiao, Wood, and Zuiyasi all leaped backward simultaneously. If they were to fight the Sin God head-on now, even if they won, the price would be too heavy. So they had to use their wits.
As soon as Zuiyasi landed, he pointed at the Sin God again. The Sin God swung its war scythe from a distance, sending half of Zuiyasi's head flying. Seeing this, Wood, who was in front, immediately demonized and turned into a humanoid smoke.
At that moment, Kaisa, who was behind the Sin God, suddenly raised his hand, pointing his index finger at the Sin God. The Sin God had been keeping an eye on this thing. Unable to figure out its true nature, it planned to deal with it last, or simply ignore it. The pot on its head looked somewhat familiar.
"What are you looking at, old pal?"
Zuiyasi appeared on the Sin God's side. His entire body sprouted numerous black tentacles, intending to bind the Sin God. However, as soon as these black tentacles touched the Sin God, they were burned to ashes by the Sin Flame.
The war scythe in the Sin God's hand let out a screech, signaling that the time had come. The next strike would surely cut down one of the three around it.
This wasn't a delusion of the Sin God. It was the terrifying characteristic of the Original Sin War Scythe. As long as it absorbed enough life force, the next strike was a guaranteed kill.
The war scythe tore through space. At that moment, a sound of breaking wind came from the Sin God's right, causing its gaze to become extremely serious.
"Wait..."
Zuiyasi shouted, preparing to retreat. But while he and Wood were holding off the Sin God, Su Xiao had already ambushed forward.
Zuiyasi's expression was almost contorted into a mask of pain. As he watched, Su Xiao, wearing his dark combat boots, delivered a straight kick to the Sin God's flank.
Initially, the Sin God prepared to counterattack, intending to kill Su Xiao with a backhanded strike. But as Su Xiao's straight kick got close, the Sin God sensed something was wrong. This kick didn't feel like something a human could deliver.
Boom!!!
A shockwave spread within the crater, causing the ground to crack densely.
The Sin God took Su Xiao's straight kick to the flank. It could no longer maintain the dignity of an evil god in battle. The scales on its flank were all blasted off, its flesh split open, and bones protruded. Zuiyasi, on its left, was also caught in the aftermath. He didn't even have time to grunt before he was sent flying, tumbling up the slope and out of the crater.
Just as everyone thought the Sin God would be sent flying backward, Su Xiao raised his left hand, which was wrapped in the silver necklace, making a grasping motion in the air as if to pull something back.
Soul chains appeared in the surrounding air, binding the Sin God, which should have been flying out at super high speed. This prevented it from dissipating the force of the straight kick by flying backward. Using these soul chains, Su Xiao forcefully pulled it back.
As Su Xiao made the pulling motion, he faintly heard shouts from the silver necklace on his wrist, like "Stop it!" or "I can't take it anymore!" He dismissed it as an auditory hallucination.
Sacred Hymn, temporarily disguised as a soul weapon, had long guessed that Su Xiao wouldn't care about things like usage intervals. However, being a soul-type herself, she didn't think using this soul weapon would have any effect on her.
Sacred Hymn overlooked one thing. Su Xiao's Soul Strength of 650 points allowed the silver necklace to unleash formidable power. In return, Sacred Hymn's current experience was terrible.
The soul chains pulled the Sin God back. After taking Su Xiao's straight kick, not only was its flank injury like an open flower, but more seriously, its entire body was now numb.
Looking at the Sin God being pulled back, Su Xiao took a few steps forward and delivered another straight kick.
Boom!!!
The straight kick hit, causing another shockwave. The Sin God's chest was kicked open.
This wasn't the end. Su Xiao felt that this Ancient God wouldn't die so easily. So, ignoring Sacred Hymn's shouts, he manifested soul chains again, binding the Sin God, and pulled it back once more.
Although its body was numb, the Sin God's eyes stared coldly at Su Xiao, without any fear of impending death. Or rather, Ancient Gods simply didn't have the emotion of fear.
After two consecutive kicks, Su Xiao felt that his right calf was no longer his own. A crystal layer climbed up his right calf and foot. He didn't kick directly this time. Instead, he first took out an item, coated it with a crystal layer, and threw it at the Sin God.
As soon as this item hit the Sin God's chest, the crystal layer spread, fixing it onto the Sin God's chest.
Su Xiao slightly lowered his stance. The moment the Sin God was pulled in front of him, he delivered an upward straight kick, hitting its head and sending it flying high into the air.
Bang, bang, bang.
The Sin God broke through several sonic booms as it flew upwards. After taking three straight kicks in a row, this Ancient God was still not dead.
On the ground, Su Xiao pointed at the Sin God, aimed, and began to charge. A moment later.
'Super·Blood Smoke Cannon.'
Boom! A blood energy ray shot into the sky, ultimately piercing the "Sun Barrel" fixed on the Sin God's chest.
The sun bloomed in the sky. The light was so intense that everyone on the ground had to turn their heads and close their eyes.
The people on the ground soon noticed a large amount of Sun Flame falling from above. This was a deadly thing.
Su Xiao took out the [Blazing Sun Disc]. The falling Sun Flame was quickly absorbed. Finally, only a charred figure fell.
With a crash, the Sin God landed in the crater. Madam Smoke, seeing this from the edge of the crater, let out a long sigh of relief. The battle was finally over.
Inside the crater, the Sin God's hand suddenly raised, pressing against the ground. It stood up. Magma-like, high-temperature divine blood dripped down its right arm. Even at this point, the Sin God was still not dead.
For some reason, the Sin God's gaze changed. It became even more cold and ruthless, but gave off a more battle-hardened feeling. Being enhanced by the Abyss was, to some extent, also being eroded by the Abyss. If it were the former Sin God, although it wouldn't have the Abyss's enhancement, its judgment in battle would be stronger, and defeating it would have come at a greater cost.
Although the Sin God wasn't dead, it was on its last legs. Ghostly green smoke rushed in rapidly, transforming into spikes that pierced the Sin God's lower body.
The blade light was sharp. Su Xiao suddenly appeared in front of the Sin God, his longsword piercing its chest.
Darkness appeared behind the Sin God. Zuiyasi, with the ten fingers of both hands transformed into ten tentacle spikes, each dozens of centimeters long, thrust all ten spikes into the Sin God's back.
In front, Su Xiao withdrew his longsword from the Sin God's chest. Zuiyasi behind understood tacitly and pressed down with all his might, forcing the Sin God to one knee.
Pfft!
Su Xiao's longsword slashed down cleanly, decapitating the Sin God in one stroke. The sword dragged a semicircular trail of blood. The Sin God's head flew up.
The Sin God had been surrounded and killed.
As soon as the battle ended, Su Xiao felt the [Divine Judgment] ring on his finger activate on its own. The Sin God's dark red primordial power was completely absorbed by [Divine Judgment]. This caused the currently Immortal Rank Divine Judgment ring's growth to reach 36.8%. Clearly, the limit of the Divine Judgment ring was not Immortal Rank; it could reach Origin Rank.
Furthermore, with the killing of the Sin God, the Divine Judgment ring's Equipment Effect 2 was successfully activated.
"Divine Judgment Ring·Equipment Effect 2: Divine Devourer (Passive). Upon killing an extremely evil deity, this equipment will provide a passive-type enhancement ability based on the characteristics of the slain evil god. The strength of this ability will be determined by the wearer's Soul Strength.
Tip: If the wearer kills a new evil god, the ability gained from killing the god will be forcibly replaced by the ability derived from the characteristics of the new evil god."
[Divine Judgment Ring has gained the ability from killing the god: Sin Flame.]
Before Su Xiao could check the details of "Sin Flame," Zuiyasi, Wood, and Kaisa, who had seen the Sin God's primordial power being absorbed, knew the principle of "first come, first served." Zuiyasi's tentacles coiled, and the Sin God's headless corpse was stored into a spatial item. Wood, not far away, stored the severed head of the Sin God.
Kaisa, as if invoking a spirit, shuddered a few times, then took out a shit-yellow hood and put it over his head. Finally, he picked up the [Original Sin War Scythe] from the ground and stored it into his storage space.
At the edge of the crater, Gulu, who had come to check the situation after the battle ended, witnessed all of this. The 'Good Teammate' quartet's efficiency in dividing the spoils shocked her. After killing the Ancient God, they first used some passive ability to absorb its soul power, then used equipment to absorb its primordial energy. The divine corpse was also collected. Finally, the war scythe, which couldn't be stored in storage space without certification changes, was also stuffed into a storage space.
A sudden unease crept into Gulu's heart. She couldn't help but wonder, if she went to Dead Silence City with these four guys, would she be able to come out?