Chapter 28: Disguise
Inside the treasure vault, after an initial ‘friendly’ negotiation, Luge and the Snow Monster were hung upside down against the wall. Su Xiao sat on a chair formed of crystal, observing the two suspended figures.
Beside him, Bubu Wang and Baha began cataloging the vault’s resources. A preliminary estimate showed they had struck it rich this time.
“Boss Bai Ye, you have to believe us brothers. We really just activated the teleportation array by accident and ended up here.”
The Snow Monster spoke, utterly desperate. If he confessed everything, Kain and the Duke wouldn’t let him off. But if he didn’t, his chances of surviving this immediate crisis were slim.
“Give me a share of these resources, and I guarantee I’ll make them spill everything they know. Deal?”
Gulu, who had just been brought here, spoke up. Although she coveted the vault’s resources, if she dared to take any actual action, she would either be beaten to death or, at the very least, half-dead.
“…”
Su Xiao said nothing, lighting a cigarette. Gulu clicked her tongue beside him, knowing she wouldn’t get a share of this treasure. This made her waver internally—if a situation like this came up again, should she be more proactive? Not for any other reason, but the rewards were simply too generous.
Crack, crack, crack~
The crystal layer spread onto the armrest of the chair, forming several crystal throwing knives. Before Su Xiao could pull one out, Gulu’s eyes lit up. “Let me do it. Don’t let my assassin specialization fool you, my knife throwing is absolutely terrible.”
Hearing this, Su Xiao still remained silent, which was taken as tacit consent. Gulu pulled out several crystal knives from the armrest, pinched one between two fingers, and tossed it towards Luge and the Snow Monster.
Bang! The crystal knife pierced past the Snow Monster’s ear, embedding into the wall a few centimeters behind his head. He gulped, his eye twitching violently.
Bang, bang, bang…
Gulu threw knife after knife, her smile growing wider. The suspended Luge and Snow Monster, however, had fine beads of sweat forming on their faces. Although they hadn’t been hit, this feeling was worse than being struck. Moreover, given Gulu’s throwing strength, if one of those crystal knives hit a vital spot, death was highly probable.
After throwing all the crystal knives, Gulu seemed unsatisfied. She took out a towel, tore off a strip, and held it up to Su Xiao, indicating she wanted more crystal knives and then for him to blindfold her with this.
Soon, blindfolded and having retracted her own perception, Gulu held several ‘Thorns of Mercy’. After roughly gauging her sense of direction, she threw one.
A muffled grunt. The Thorn of Mercy embedded itself in the Snow Monster’s leg. Such a minor wound didn’t bother him, but in the next second, his face contorted in pain. His body began to tremble as if set to vibration mode. This ‘exquisite’ sensation was unbearable even for him, an Eighth Rank Contractor.
The Thorn of Mercy was invented by a genius alchemist. Its purpose was to make those stubborn enemies more amenable to negotiation.
“I give up! I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything!”
The Snow Monster shouted, drenched in cold sweat and breathing like a bull. Hearing this, Gulu removed the blindfold, examined the Thorn of Mercy in her hand, developed a keen interest in it, and decisively pocketed the remaining four.
After a moment, the Snow Monster was lowered. This seemingly burly fellow, who had mastered the art of trimming his sails and bullying the weak, wiped the cold sweat from his face and began to recount the events.
The matter was quite interesting. Luge and the Snow Monster weren’t there to cut in line. In the previous world, Pandora Star, Kain, Luge, and the Snow Monster had formed a team due to various circumstances, finding they were birds of a feather.
Among these three, Kain was a master of betraying teammates. He controlled a large adventure group and used this framework to recruit members. Once enough were gathered, he would have them all killed, absorbing their souls and stealing their wealth. The name ‘Nightmare Ghost Kain’ wasn’t widely known, but those who knew of it were wary.
In terms of combat power, when Kain entered his Ghost King state, he was a top-tier existence beyond the Eighth Rank. Among Eighth Rank Contractors, a few were comparable to him, but none could claim a sure victory over him. That was before he met Su Xiao, whose Soul Strength was 650 points.
Meeting Su Xiao had truly beaten Kain into a state of near-autism. But this didn’t mean Kain was weak; he was simply unlucky to have met his nemesis.
The teammate-betraying maniac Kain, upon meeting Luge and the Snow Monster, surprisingly found they were kindred spirits. Among them, Luge was an Apocalypse Paradise Contractor, gentle in temperament and humble in dealing with others.
Normally, such a person in Apocalypse Paradise would have joined an adventure group long ago. The truth was, from Rank One to Rank Four, Luge had been a member of various adventure groups, accompanying many of them to their total annihilation.
That’s right, Luge’s talent ability was to absorb the fortune of those around him to strengthen himself. This was somewhat similar to Hao Mei’s talent, but the specifics differed.
Hao Mei’s ability brought bad luck to her teammates—the kind where they would inevitably twist their ankle when going out, or choke several times on cold water. However, it wasn’t lethal.
Moreover, Hao Mei’s talent depended on whether the fortune of those around her could suppress her own. If it could, they would all share good luck. For instance, Hao Mei’s two close friends, Molei and Yueshitu, both possessed good fortune, successfully suppressing the bad luck she brought to her teammates, resulting in shared good luck for all three.
Luge’s situation was different. Hao Mei affected the fortune of those around her, while the gentle-natured Luge absorbed it, causing his teammates’ misfortune.
From Rank One to Rank Four, the number of teammates Luge had ‘sent off’ was too many for him to remember. He grieved over this for a long time.
By Rank Five, his talent ability awakened on its own, becoming even more absurd. Now, he didn’t even need to be in the same adventure group; just a temporary team-up with him carried a fatal risk. Luge’s most common activity was tearfully picking up his teammates’ Scarlet Cards.
Despite this, Luge didn’t fall. Occasionally picking up Scarlet Cards gave him more resources, making his strength stand out. By Rank Eight, his talent had awakened a second time, reaching its peak. This also marked the beginning of Luge’s suicidal journey.
This time was even more ridiculous. Just a temporary team-up with him meant a 90% or higher chance of sudden death from various dangers. Luge had come to terms with this. Since he couldn’t have true camaraderie, he might as well use this as a weapon, joining temporary teams with ulterior motives. This greatly increased the quantity and quality of resources he obtained.
Luge naturally realized Kain was the infamous Nightmare Ghost. He wasn’t afraid but joined the Valhalla Adventure Group as a temporary member. As for why he didn’t become a formal member, Valhalla was an adventure group from Death Paradise, and Luge was an Apocalypse Paradise Contractor, unable to become a formal member.
The current situation was: Kain wondered why Luge still dared to come, and Luge wondered why Kain hadn’t been cursed to death yet. This was a classic case of mutual harm.
As for the Snow Monster, he seemed unremarkable, but he had survived until now in ways others couldn’t imagine. Given his foul mouth, it was a miracle he hadn’t been beaten to death. Last time, he cursed Hao Mei on the World Contact Platform and got beaten half to death by her.
The reason Luge and the Snow Monster were here traced back to another collaborator they met before entering Dead Silence City this time: the Duke.
The Duke had come to seek cooperation with Kain, both for Kain’s strength and with the idea of using him as a scapegoat if danger arose.
Thus, Kain, Luge, and the Snow Monster all used the Shelter Stones provided by the Duke to enter Dead Silence City, subsequently taking a secret route directly to the Inner District.
Hearing this, Su Xiao grew suspicious. The entrance to Dead Silence City had been sealed for a long time. Even the Duke, let alone his grandfather, couldn’t have entered Dead Silence City before.
The Steam Church developed technology, and its founder, the Steel Apostle, had fallen first in the battle against the Sin God. With his core damaged, the Steel Apostle fell into a long slumber not long after the Sin God was sealed. The Steam Church was established with the help of the Archbishop.
From this, it could be inferred that the Steam Church’s understanding of Dead Silence City should be far inferior to that of the Healing Church. The Healing Church didn’t even know there was a relatively safe path within Dead Silence City leading directly to the Inner District.
Not only that, according to what the Snow Monster said next, the Duke not only knew the secret passage but also knew about the treasure vault guarded by the Hymn Choir and the special way to enter it.
This was even more puzzling. The Duke’s familiarity with Dead Silence City wasn’t just from having been there; it was as if he had stayed there for a long time.
Su Xiao had always considered the Duke a dangerous opponent. Now, it seemed his danger level had risen another tier, surpassing even Dragon God Dean.
“You can leave now.”
Su Xiao showed a friendly smile. Seeing this, Gulu suddenly shuddered. The fearless Gulu felt a twinge of fear at that moment.
[Prompt: You have received a trade request.]
[You have received 12,700 Soul Coins from Apocalypse Paradise Contractor Luge (ID: 18***11).]
As expected of someone from Apocalypse Paradise, even if he wasn’t as wealthy as Molei, Yueshitu, or Hao Mei, he was still willing to spend generously to buy his life.
[Prompt: You have received a trade request.]
[You have received 4,950 Soul Coins from Death Paradise Contractor Snow Monster (ID: 17***08).]
Closing the prompts, blood energy gathered above Su Xiao, slowly forming a blood energy phantom. Luge, who was walking out, froze, coughed awkwardly, and sent another trade request.
[You have received 2,790 Soul Coins from Apocalypse Paradise Contractor Luge (ID: 18***11).]
Compared to Luge, who had hidden a portion, the Snow Monster, who had offered less than 6,000 Soul Coins, was more straightforward because that was all he had.
Getting 20,000 Soul Coins so easily was an unexpected bonus from entering this vault. However, such encounters were rare. If they hadn’t met Su Xiao in the previous world and weren’t slightly familiar with his modus operandi, Luge and the Snow Monster would rather die on the spot than pay this sum.
The reason was that, to avoid future retaliation, the receiver would likely choose to silence them. Su Xiao getting these 20,000 Soul Coins was thanks to Molei, Yueshitu, and Hao Mei.
In the previous world, the fate of the Apocalypse Sisters was known to Luge, also an Apocalypse Paradise Contractor. He initially thought those three sisters were finished, only to find they had survived.
Luge and the Snow Monster nervously left the vault. The moment they were out of Su Xiao’s sight, they bolted at full speed.
Two minutes later, Luge and the Snow Monster were back in the vault. The reason was that after exiting the underground passage, they were in a palace, and outside the palace were all Church Knights.
Ignoring the two, Su Xiao began to tally the gains from the vault. The total was as follows:
[You have obtained Soul Crystal Cores × 72.]
[You have obtained Ancient One Scroll.]
[You have obtained Soul Residue × 1852 pieces.]
[You have obtained Soul Residue (Large) × 195 pieces.]
…
If Su Xiao wasn’t mistaken, this place mostly stored Soul Crystals and Soul Crystal Cores. However, due to the long storage time, some containers had been eroded by the Dead Silence, causing the Soul Crystals and Soul Crystal Cores inside to be corrupted into Soul Residue.
If he wasn’t wrong, this vault originally held over 1,800 complete Soul Crystals and over 200 Soul Crystal Cores. Considering the Hymn Choir’s former strength, having such assets was only natural.
As for why there were storage issues, given the current state of Dead Silence City, the Hymn Choir wouldn’t be focusing their attention here. Instead, they would be doing their best to resist the slow erosion of Dead Silence, waiting for the arrival of future Chosen Ones.
Even so, the 72 intact Soul Crystal Cores were a huge fortune. In the past, Su Xiao would have considered obtaining over a dozen Soul Crystal Cores in a single world progress a great harvest.
After putting away the Soul Crystal Cores, Su Xiao stored all the Soul Residue in a sealed box. He might find a use for them later. As for the final item, the [Ancient One Scroll], it was very interesting.
[Ancient One Scroll]
Origin: Gloomy Continent · Soul Library · Top Floor.
Quality: Consumable / Scroll.
Durability: 1/3 (Cannot be restored by any means).
Usage Prerequisite: Soul Energy Rank (8).
Equipment Effect: Ancient Miracle (Active). Must first select a skill scroll as the carrier for this scroll. Upon activation, this scroll will perform a reverse mutation on the attached skill scroll.
Prompt: During the reverse mutation process, the user must provide a large amount of high-rank energy. The rank of this energy will determine the degree, characteristics, and upper limit of the reverse mutation.
Introduction: The value of this item depends on the user’s vision and wisdom.
…
Su Xiao put away the [Ancient One Scroll]. He had a unique idea for this item, though he wasn’t sure if it would work. Of course, he would need to return to Reincarnation Paradise alive to put it into practice.
After organizing his gains, Su Xiao’s gaze turned to Luge and the Snow Monster. The two were sitting against the wall, one drowning his sorrows in alcohol, the other puffing on a cigar. The Snow Monster’s ability to inhale half a cigar in one go without exhaling any smoke made one wonder if he was a range hood in his past life.
Noticing Su Xiao’s gaze, both smiled sheepishly. They couldn’t leave through the main entrance, so they had to go back the way they came. The problem was, if they opened the secret spatial passage, the other end connected to where Kain and the Duke were.
While Luge was still hesitating, the Snow Monster had already deftly taken out a disc-shaped mechanism. After a few minutes of setup, a spatial passage about two meters high opened.
Su Xiao instructed Bubu Wang and Baha to stay, while he leaped into the spatial passage.
The space ahead was extremely chaotic, with light and shadow whizzing by. Su Xiao looked ahead, confirmed there were no issues, and walked towards the exit of the spatial passage. Just as he reached the exit, he heard someone outside say:
“How was the haul?”
The speaker was Kain. Inside a dilapidated but still intact building, Kain stared at Luge and the Snow Monster, his gaze clearly saying: if you dare to skim even a little, I’ll make you die on the spot.
“Uh… well…”
Luge didn’t know how to answer. Just then, Su Xiao walked out of the spatial passage behind him.
The moment Su Xiao appeared, the Duke, who had been sitting on a wooden box against the wall, suddenly stood up. The blue light in his mechanical eye immediately switched to combat red. The core engine in his chest went from 65% to an overloaded 110%, causing electronic patterns to appear on his dark gold robe.
“Kain, I’ll suppress his mobility, you…”
The Duke’s words were cut short as his expression froze. The spot beside him was empty. Kain, who had been standing next to him 0.5 seconds ago, was now a hundred meters behind him on the opposite street.
If he had time, Kain would probably say to the Duke: ‘Suppress my ass, get the hell out! Last world, I hit this guy with my ultimate Soul System ability and got a three-digit damage number.’
In their previous world’s clash, even though Kain had been repeatedly thwarted, he never thought of giving up or admitting defeat, even when he was on the verge of death. But when his ultimate Soul System ability hit Su Xiao for a three-digit damage number, Kain decided on the spot to pretend this person didn’t exist. There were so many mission worlds; it was very possible they would never meet again.
Inside the old building without doors or windows, Kain’s sudden retreat was unexpected, but the Duke, a ruthless man, acted decisively. A wave of danger radiated outward.
Boom!
A short, deafening explosion rang out. Crystal layers rapidly formed on Su Xiao’s body surface. He raised one hand, and as the explosion rushed towards him, a crystal wall spread rapidly from his hand as a starting point.
Su Xiao leaped backward with all his strength, feeling the crystal layer on his body being rapidly shattered. When everything settled, he was crouching on the roof of a civilian house, most of the crystal layer on his body broken.
Standing up on the roof, Su Xiao looked at the hemispherical crater a hundred meters in diameter ahead. Although the explosion’s range wasn’t large, its power was terrifying. Everything within that range wasn’t just destroyed; it was disintegrated into atomic form.
The Duke had vanished without a trace. Luge and the Snow Monster’s auras could still be tracked; they were fleeing into the distance. But tracking them was meaningless.
One thing puzzled Su Xiao: the Snow Monster’s aura was only half present. Yet, despite this, he was still running fast. It seemed that to survive in a team with Kain and Luge until now, the Snow Monster also had special skills. This team was full of talents.
Su Xiao looked around and found he should be near the Treatment Center. The buildings here were covered in green moss, a rare sight in Dead Silence City, suggesting there was something special inside the Treatment Center.
Returning to the Saint Ten Church, Su Xiao soon arrived at the palace with three doors inside, where Bubu Wang, Baha, and Gulu were waiting.
Of the three doors, the left one had no exploration value. The inner door led to the secret vault. As for the right door, Su Xiao’s condition had mostly recovered. It was time to open this door and see what was inside.
Taking out the [Hymn Choir Emblem], there was a crisp click. The [Hymn Choir Emblem] was attracted to the double metal door. The dozen or so rings of locks on the door, ranging from large to small, began to rotate on their own, eventually forming an ancient script in the center of the door. The general meaning was:
‘Chosen One, decide based on your own judgment.’
Click-clack~
The double metal doors opened, and a refreshing floral scent wafted out. Having such an area in Dead Silence City was truly rare.
Entering, Su Xiao found it was larger than expected, conservatively estimated at tens of thousands of square meters. Several-meter-tall glass jars were suspended, with at least several thousand of them.
These oversized glass jars were filled with translucent solution, inside which were gleaming white skeletons. On the stepped platforms on both sides were various sizes of glass tubes containing numerous eyeballs, arms, and other body parts.
In front of all the oversized glass jars was a special glass pillar, reaching up to the ceiling like a column. The solution inside was warm white. Inside the solution, a woman with long silver-white hair had her eyes closed. Her skin was fair and delicate, as if it would break at a touch. Seeming to sense someone’s arrival, she opened her eyes. A pair of amber pupils instinctively evoked goodwill. This was the Moonlight Maiden.
The Moonlight Maiden in the solution stared directly into Su Xiao’s eyes. A smile appeared on her face, and she raised her hand to press against the inside of the glass pillar.
Seeing this, Su Xiao raised his hand and pressed against the outside of the glass pillar, his palm exactly opposite the Moonlight Maiden’s through the glass. He kept his gaze fixed on her eyes.
The Moonlight Maiden inside the glass pillar pointed to a metal lever on the ground beside her. As the Chosen One, if Su Xiao pulled this lever, he could release her.
Su Xiao also pointed to the metal lever beside him. The Moonlight Maiden inside the glass pillar slowly nodded. But in the next second, blood energy gathered at Su Xiao’s fingertip. A Blood Smoke Cannon blasted out, distorting the metal lever and the mechanism below, sending them flying.
Dense silver patterns appeared on the glass pillar. The Moonlight Maiden inside looked at Su Xiao, her eyes filled with disappointment. She pressed both hands against the inside of the glass pillar, as if she didn’t understand why the Chosen One would do this.
The Moonlight Maiden’s hands touched her cheeks, then slowly moved upward inch by inch. When she reached the top of her forehead, she felt a small gap. This caused the disappointment on her face to gradually disappear, replaced by a smile. Her cheeks began to split from the smile, revealing a mouth that stretched to her ears, filled with interlocking sharp teeth.
The tip of the Moonlight Maiden’s index finger extended into a claw, scraping across the inside of the glass pillar. It made a sharp, grating sound while causing the silver patterns on the glass pillar’s surface to glow faintly.
The former Moonlight Maiden was an important legacy left by the Healing Church. Without her, the Chosen One’s path through Dead Silence City would be much more difficult, perhaps even impossible.
In the Archbishop’s own words: as long as you aren’t dead and can return to the Moonlight Maiden’s vicinity, no matter how severe your injuries, she can give the Chosen One a fighting chance.
But that was the former Moonlight Maiden. While helping successive Chosen Ones, she couldn’t help but be attracted to their character. These Chosen Ones were the strongest or leaders of their eras, naturally possessing strong charisma.
Initially, the Moonlight Maiden had no emotions. The Healing Church wouldn’t give her such unnecessary things. But the Healing Church gave her wisdom. With wisdom came emotions, like tender sprouts after rain, gradually breaking through the soil.
Alone in her birthplace, waiting for who knows how many years, someone finally arrived. Moreover, the visitor was a powerful Chosen One. Among these Chosen Ones, some became her friends, and more were those she respected. But nine out of ten of these Chosen Ones died in battle. Only a few left Dead Silence City, never to return.
The constant loss of friends and the long, lonely wait finally caused the Moonlight Maiden’s heart to begin to deform, gradually leading to physical deformities, eventually turning her into what she was now.
Unless necessary, Su Xiao would not fight this sinister, deformed creature.
“Chosen Ones all die. It’s so dark and lonely here. Why did you leave me here alone, Chosen One?”
The Moonlight Maiden inside the glass pillar swam, her sharp fingertips occasionally scraping against the inner wall.
“You’ll have to ask the ashes in the Grand Cathedral about that.”
Hearing Su Xiao’s words, the Moonlight Maiden’s ferocious smile softened a bit.
“Oh, is that so? Well, it’s okay. I’m not just the Moonlight Maiden anymore. If I want, I can gain freedom.”
The Moonlight Maiden narrowed her amber vertical pupils, smiling in a way that was hard to read. She continued:
“I know, you know. When the Soul Library still existed, I saw people in books who looked a lot like you. They were called Law Destroyers. So you’re one too. You are the blood oath allies of the Moon Lord.”
The ‘Moon Lord’ the Moonlight Maiden mentioned was probably the Silver Moon Wolf.
“The Moonlight power I possess resists being your enemy. Is this the blood oath? How strange.”
As the Moonlight Maiden spoke, her sharp fingertip touched the inside of the glass pillar, leaving a fine crack. Clearly, she could break free from the container sealing her. The reason she didn’t was that she didn’t want to fight the ‘blood energy monster’ outside.
“Unfortunately, you’re a few hundred years too late. If it were a few hundred years ago, when I was still just the Moonlight Maiden, seeing you, I would have said, ‘Chosen One, welcome.’”
The Moonlight Maiden seemed a bit nostalgic, but when she saw Su Xiao still looking at her expressionlessly, she snorted lightly and pointed to an oversized glass jar several meters high behind her. “There’s a half-finished product in there. Her vitality is truly tenacious, even though she’s just a half-finished product.”
Looking in the direction the Moonlight Maiden pointed, Su Xiao saw a figure wearing a gray robe and a silver mask, sitting sideways inside the oversized glass jar. This was a half-finished product made by the Healing Church, or rather, the original version of the Moonlight Saintess: the Gray Maiden.
Su Xiao shattered one side of the glass jar and found the Gray Maiden’s aura was very weak. He had been looking for a powerful healer but ended up finding a healer who needed healing.
Pulling the Gray Maiden out of the glass tube, Su Xiao had Bubu Wang carry her. After checking that there were no secret treasures here, he began to retrace his steps.
Until Su Xiao left the Birth Sanctuary, the Moonlight Maiden didn’t speak again. After a moment, she said, “Come out. They’re gone.”
As soon as she spoke, a hidden door in the wall opened. The Crow Woman walked out, followed by a man wearing an alloy mask with both arms being mechanical prosthetics. His left eye was an electronic eye, and his right eye had radial pupils. This was the Noble Young Master, Klenk.
Earlier, when the entrance to Dead Silence City opened, the Duke and Klenk, father and son, had put on a show of filial piety. The outcome was unclear, but judging by Klenk’s appearance, he had gotten the worse end of it.
The situation was gradually becoming clear. There were three teams that had entered Dead Silence City. First was the strongest team: the ‘good teammates’ quartet of Su Xiao, Wood, Zuiyasi, and Kaisa.
Second was the mutual-harm team of the Duke, Kain, Luge, and the Snow Monster, seeing who would die first.
Finally, there was the trio of the mutated Moonlight Maiden, Klenk, and the Crow Woman.
Interestingly, the goals of these three groups were completely unrelated. The Moonlight Maiden was purely there to watch the show. Klenk was constantly hoping his father, the Duke, would drop dead. The Crow Woman was trying to find a way to get rid of the Necronomicon.
If she couldn’t do this before the time limit for staying in this world expired, she would be directly teleported back to Arcane Eternal Star by the Void Tree. That would be quite a spectacle.
As for the Crow Woman committing suicide to avoid bringing the Necronomicon back to Arcane Eternal Star, that was impossible. The Crow Woman was willing to be an executioner for Arcane Eternal Star, partly because they raised her, but also because she had too many enemies outside. As for feeling grateful to Arcane Eternal Star, the Crow Woman, who had been assassinating their enemies since she was a teenager, couldn’t muster such feelings.
On the long street outside the palace, Su Xiao retraced his steps to the Saint Ten Church, where he saw the five members of the Hymn Choir again. Unfortunately, the language barrier prevented him from obtaining information through negotiation. Su Xiao knew some ancient languages from the disaster era of this world, but the even older divine era languages were completely incomprehensible.
Leaving the Saint Ten Church, Su Xiao took a side street and headed straight back the way he came. After about an hour of travel, he reached the Restful Courtyard, then returned to the Grand Cathedral.
As soon as he entered the Grand Cathedral, he heard the clanging of blacksmithing. The workshop of the Demon Blacksmith was still sealed by a stone door, which was glowing red. Bubu Wang was even trying to cook eggs on it from a dozen meters away.
Finding a single room with a bed, Su Xiao settled the Gray Maiden there and injected her with a vial of concentrated life force solution. Whether the Gray Maiden would regain consciousness was unclear; her situation was very special.
After doing this, Su Xiao left the Grand Cathedral and headed towards the Gray Rock Plaza near the High Wall.
Along the way, Su Xiao noticed that the number of Dead People had decreased significantly. It seemed Kaisa’s plan was starting to bear fruit.
When Su Xiao arrived at the Gray Rock Plaza beneath the High Wall, on this circular plaza filled with bone arrows and only a few winding paths left, besides the withered Black Maple Tree in the center of the plaza, he also saw a familiar figure: Zuiyasi. From entering the Inner District until now, he had been grinding away here.
Somehow, Zuiyasi had managed to walk several dozen meters. He was now less than a dozen meters from the Black Maple Tree. Observing closely, he was moving forward at an extremely slow pace.
Surprisingly, Zuiyasi’s method was working. The Pale Hunters on the High Wall behind him were not alerted, as if they hadn’t noticed his existence.
Zuiyasi, a few dozen meters away, noticed Su Xiao’s arrival and signaled with his eyes, roughly meaning: ‘Pretty awesome, right?’
Su Xiao nodded in acknowledgment, praising his clever method while quickly walking along the path between the bone arrows. Soon, he had overtaken Zuiyasi and was heading towards the withered Black Maple Tree in the center of the plaza.
Zuiyasi was stunned, even taking a slightly larger step unconsciously, which nearly alerted the Pale Hunters on the High Wall. Only someone like Zuiyasi could handle this without having a mental breakdown.
The reason Su Xiao could walk over openly was that the Pale Hunters on the High Wall were all once trained by the Hymn Choir. Since Su Xiao now possessed the Hymn Mark obtained from defeating the Hymn Choir, he could pass unhindered. Not only the Pale Hunters, but even the Church Knights would show him respect.
Of course, when encountering the ‘Dead Silence City Sword Saint Team’, he still had to avoid them.
Under Zuiyasi’s ‘watchful gaze’, Su Xiao reached the base of the withered Black Maple Tree. He thrust his hand forward, plunging his entire arm into the main trunk, and pulled something out.
[You have obtained Origin Stone: World (1/5).]