Chapter 36: Deity
Before the tall stone stele of the Wolf Tomb, the sudden appearance of the Necronomicon, which snatched away four church stone tablets, caused the atmosphere here to nearly freeze solid.
The Moonlight Maiden’s eyes were full of surprise and delight. She admitted she had underestimated the Crow Woman; the latter’s methods were more numerous than she had imagined.
The Moonlight Maiden stood shoulder to shoulder with the Crow Woman. Opposite them, the five members of the Worm Team, led by Worm himself, stared at the three members of the Crow Team.
Among the Crow Team, Klenk—no, it should be Duke—was lost in thought. Everything that had just happened occurred in an instant, but he noticed a fleeting expression of surprise on the Crow Woman’s face.
Duke’s judgment was that this matter was definitely the work of the one disguised as him. As for who that person was, he didn’t need to think twice. A few hours ago, Duke could faintly sense that the Steel Apostle was fighting someone, but the battle lasted less than a minute before the Steel Apostle perished. That was far too fast.
Thus, Duke was certain that the one who killed the Steel Apostle was most likely Su Xiao. On this basis, a few hours later, someone appeared in Duke’s likeness, gathered the other two teams, and brought the church stone tablets together.
Adding to that the fleeting surprise on the Crow Woman’s face when all the church stone tablets disappeared a dozen seconds ago, Duke was sure that the one orchestrating this was definitely Su Xiao.
Duke raised his hand nonchalantly and habitually rubbed his chin. This was a habit he had developed over the years. Several years ago, after his lower jaw was replaced with a metal prosthetic, he had struggled to adapt for a long time, and that was when this habit formed.
Not far away, Su Xiao casually pressed one hand to his waist. This was actually his habitual gesture of resting his hand on his sword hilt, but at the moment, there was no sword at his waist.
Duke noticed this unconscious movement of Su Xiao’s. His left hand’s five fingers were naturally relaxed, while the index and middle fingers of his right hand were slightly bent. This was a subtle question: was Su Xiao planning to deal with the five-member Worm Team or the two-member Crow Team?
Su Xiao did not respond in a similarly subtle manner, which meant he would watch the show—watch the Crow Team fight the Worm Team—but if possible, he would seize the opportunity to strike.
“Duke, let’s join forces and eliminate the three of them.”
Stigma Mentor·Worm spoke. Across from him, the real Duke naturally couldn’t respond. He was currently in the guise of his eldest son, Klenk. This remark was directed at Su Xiao, who was disguised as Duke.
“Mm.”
Su Xiao approached the five members of the Worm Team at a moderate pace. Unfortunately, Worm himself was very vigilant, so Su Xiao could only stand beside a newly promoted academic mentor. As for why it was a newly promoted mentor, the previous academic mentors had all died alongside Grand Sage·Tulz in the battle against the Sin God.
If the current academic faction were still led by Grand Sage·Tulz’s people, Su Xiao would have shown some respect. After all, in the previous battle against the Sin God, Grand Sage·Tulz had severely wounded the Sin God at the cost of his own life, and over eighty percent of the Sin God’s injuries were inflicted by Grand Sage·Tulz’s all-out efforts.
Unfortunately, the current academic faction had no connection to Grand Sage·Tulz. Moreover, the newly promoted academic mentors had released Grand Sage·Tulz’s mortal enemy—Worm himself.
“Move.”
The moment Stigma Mentor·Worm spoke, Su Xiao’s entire right arm was covered in a crystalline layer. With a speed that the academic mentor beside him couldn’t react to, he swung a sideways punch.
Bang!
Blood and shattered bones splattered sideways. Even though Su Xiao didn’t have a sword in hand, he was still a Melee Grandmaster, and some passive bonuses applied not only to blade techniques but also to melee combat and blade techniques.
A large spray of blood, mixed with shattered bones, shot out like shotgun pellets toward Stigma Mentor·Worm and his three subordinates.
Worm raised one hand, and the flying blood and bone fragments froze in midair. His large robe billowed up, revealing his emaciated, skin-and-bones body wrapped in bandages.
On the opposite side, the Crow Woman and Moonlight Maiden, who had been about to strike, were baffled by this scene. They couldn’t understand why Duke was on their side, but regardless of the reason, this was definitely good news.
“Take this chance to surround and kill them…”
Before the Crow Woman could finish speaking, she heard a humming sound of energy buildup behind her. Her reaction was swift—a black, sand-like substance appeared behind her and the Moonlight Maiden.
Boom!!
The gravity cannon fired. Both the Crow Woman and Moonlight Maiden felt a sharp pain in their backs, as if they had been hit by a steel giant. They couldn’t understand why Klenk would stab them in the back at such a critical moment.
However, their teammate Klenk had long since ceased to be the master of this body.
What was particularly interesting was that the original owner of this body was actually Duke’s wife. Because Duke had modified their unborn child, his wife became disheartened and chose to transfer the body, sending this modified vessel to their daughter, Kelo, while preserving her own soul.
In other words, at that time, the consciousness of the eldest daughter, Kelo, dominated this body, with her mother’s soul accompanying her.
Later, when the sibling rivalry escalated, Klenk, in order to escape Su Xiao’s pursuit, used soul technology to seize this body. An awkward situation arose: after seizing the body, Klenk discovered that not only was his sister’s soul present, but his mother’s soul was also there.
Thus, Klenk’s consciousness became dominant, while the souls of the eldest daughter, Kelo, and their mother coexisted in the consciousness space of this body.
Now, to escape his inevitable death, Duke had seized this body. To his surprise, he found that the souls of his eldest son, eldest daughter, and wife were all in the body’s consciousness space—the whole family had gathered.
This gave Duke an idea: if he could survive the Dead Silence City, he would quantify the souls of his eldest son, eldest daughter, and wife, and create cores to house their three souls. Then, he would craft three semi-biological, semi-mechanical bodies and install the cores of his eldest son, eldest daughter, and wife into them respectively. Wouldn’t the family be reunited?
Moreover, Duke also needed a body for himself. Using all the knowledge, power, and resources at his disposal, he would create the most satisfactory body to house his own core. By then, he would undergo a transformation akin to rebirth.
The explosion’s shockwave spread outward. The Crow Woman and Moonlight Maiden had already reached the entrance of the circular high wall. Su Xiao and Duke stood on the eastern and southern sections of the circular high wall, respectively.
On the wide field, Worm hesitated over who to pursue. ‘Duke’ had suddenly struck, killing one of his subordinates, so revenge was necessary. But ‘Klenk’ attacking the Crow Woman and Moonlight Maiden seemed like an internal conflict to Worm, yet it didn’t quite fit, leaving him deeply confused.
As for the Crow Woman and Moonlight Maiden, Worm found them even more puzzling. He felt both that they had obtained all the church stone tablets and that they had been set up. But if they had been set up, why were they running? Running straight away was no different from admitting they had taken the tablets.
After a brief deliberation, Worm made his choice: forget everything else—whoever runs is guilty; chase the ones who run.
Soon, the auras of the Crow Woman, Worm, and the others faded into the distance. Seeing this, Su Xiao headed toward the ‘Grand Cathedral.’
After leaping across rooftops for a few minutes, Su Xiao stopped and looked back at ‘Klenk.’
“Congratulations on obtaining all the church stone tablets.”
As ‘Klenk’ approached, his body gradually transformed, eventually becoming the imposing, pressure-exuding Duke.
Su Xiao wasn’t surprised that Duke had sought him out. This was part of the plan, which was why he had killed one of Worm’s subordinates while disguised.
In Worm’s eyes, he had personally witnessed Duke killing one of his men. This enmity was sealed, and from another perspective, it cut off any possibility of Duke allying with Worm.
As a result, Duke’s subsequent options were limited. After all, the body Duke currently possessed wasn’t his own, and it couldn’t unleash his full combat power.
Thus, Duke would inevitably seek cooperation later. Worm, who was also from the High Wall City and had a grudge against Grand Sage·Tulz, was Duke’s best choice.
Unfortunately, before this cooperation could begin, Su Xiao had blocked it, leaving Duke with only three options: 1. Seek cooperation with Su Xiao, 2. Stay with the Crow Team, or 3. Complete his plans alone in the Dead Silence City.
Duke made his choice. By suddenly attacking the Crow Woman and Moonlight Maiden, he narrowed his options, showing sincerity that, aside from going it alone, he could only join Su Xiao’s side.
As for why Su Xiao would let Duke join him, it wasn’t because he wanted to fight alongside Duke. In his current state, Duke couldn’t match his former combat power—at least not until he crafted a satisfactory body.
Su Xiao didn’t believe that Duke had gone to all this trouble to kill the Steel Apostle just for the other’s quantification technology. This guy definitely had other motives.
“White Night, let’s make a deal. As a chosen one, the deity mark on the stone tablets isn’t very appealing to you. But for me, if I transfer it to my core, I’ll have a path to becoming a demigod.”
“…”
Su Xiao didn’t respond. He lit a cigarette and gestured for Duke to continue.
“I’ve accumulated quite a fortune as the leader of the Steam God Cult over the years. How about…”
Su Xiao raised his hand, signaling Duke to stop. He didn’t feel any sincerity.
“Wait. The Steel Apostle’s laboratory—I’ll share the knowledge there with you.”
Hearing this, Su Xiao sensed sincerity. He had wondered why Duke had gone to such lengths to kill the Steel Apostle—it was because he coveted the knowledge the other had left behind.
Su Xiao raised his hand to his face. A wooden mask materialized, and large strands of crimson tendrils retracted into it. After removing the Primordial Mask, his disguise was lifted.
“This secret treasure is really something.”
Duke across from him appraised the Primordial Mask.
“Interested? I’ll give it to you.”
“Not interested.”
Duke didn’t even reach for the Primordial Mask. Although he felt it was a secret treasure, its aura made his heart uneasy.
“This way.”
Duke headed toward the ‘Tenth Holy Church.’ Soon, they reached an underground passage. After traveling through it for ten minutes, a several-meter-tall metal door blocked their path. The door was heavily rusted, having been unopened for years.
Duke adjusted the lock plate on the door, and the door creaked open. Entering, Su Xiao found a small laboratory with only a few rooms, most of which stored various books and experimental data.
“These aren’t ancient texts. Their value remains after copying. The originals are yours; I’ll make a copy.”
Duke spoke. Hearing this, Su Xiao took out scanning equipment and said, “No need. I’ll scan a copy.”
Su Xiao had Bubu Wang appear, and together they used scanning devices to begin copying the various materials.
Not long into the scanning, Su Xiao was drawn to one particular document. It was a treasure from the Steel Apostle, compiled by the ‘Alchemist Guild’ of the Deity Era.
During the Deity Era of the Gloomy Continent, the ‘Alchemist Guild’ was second only to the ‘Divine Cult.’ Although the Alchemist Guild didn’t have the long history of the Alchemy Civilization, the Gloomy Continent at that time had the Soul Library.
To this day, Su Xiao didn’t know much about the Soul Library, only that it wasn’t owned by any faction. It had once existed in the Gloomy Continent before disappearing, giving the impression of a low-key, ancient, and sparsely populated special faction that never participated in any conflicts.
The existence of the Soul Library allowed the ‘Alchemist Guild’ to develop rapidly. Su Xiao perused the document in his hands, thinking that learning from others could improve oneself. In terms of finished potions, the Alchemist Guild was inferior to the Alchemy Civilization, but when it came to material optimization, the Alchemist Guild had a unique method called ‘Synthesis.’
Su Xiao couldn’t quite understand the principle of this secret technique. For example, the main material of [Oceanic Essence], ‘Stardust Powder,’ could be processed using this ‘Synthesis’ method to combine three portions of ‘Stardust Powder’ into one portion of ‘Refined Stardust Powder.’
In the field of Alchemy, this was simply called ‘teacher-beating behavior’—if a mentor saw a student doing this, they’d definitely get a beating.
The alchemists of the ‘Alchemist Guild’ achieved this using a stigma as a medium, known as the ‘Ring Stigma,’ more commonly called the ‘Synthesis Stigma.’
This power, known as stigma, had a much greater origin than Su Xiao had imagined. It was knowledge from the top floor of the Soul Library.
“So, deal?”
Duke spoke. Somehow, he had already brewed himself a cup of hot tea. God knows how long the stuff here had been sitting; Su Xiao wasn’t going to drink it.
“Deal. But I’m taking the original of this.”
“The Alchemist Guild’s knowledge? Fine. I’ll make a copy later.”
“Good.”
Su Xiao continued studying the manuscript in his hands. The more he read, the more captivating it became.
An hour later, Su Xiao put away several manuscripts. Bubu Wang had already copied the knowledge here, but now Bubu’s little eyes looked pitiful, as if saying, ‘You said we’d work together.’
Su Xiao gave Bubu Wang 100 Soul Coins as pocket money, and Bubu’s tail perked up again, his eyes brightening.
Leaving the secret laboratory with Duke, Su Xiao headed toward the ‘Grand Cathedral.’ When he pushed open the cathedral door, he found Zuiyasi, Wude, Kaisa, and Gulu all there, along with Luge.
“White Night, why did you let him go?”
Zuiyasi spoke. Luge had been caught by him and was now gagged and hung upside down.
“I let him go.”
Su Xiao had released Luge earlier, partly because the other had paid last time and partly because Luge had cooperated well this time.
“Ahem~”
Zuiyasi coughed dryly and looked at the upside-down Luge. Luge made muffled sounds and twisted his body.
“I knew you’d want to get back at us. No mistake catching you.”
“?”
Luge looked at Zuiyasi in confusion. He wanted to say, ‘Bro, didn’t you see I was escaping toward the outer city? I wanted to leave this deadly hellhole, not get revenge.’
Ignoring Luge, Su Xiao took out the four church stone tablets. Under everyone’s watch, he pieced them together.
The four stone tablets floated in midair. The chaotic engravings on them seemed to come alive, shifting and rearranging as they flowed across the surface.
When the engravings on all four tablets were restored to order, they attracted each other and merged. Five stigmas appeared in the top row, with a gold-red mark in the center. At the bottom, gray smoke drifted out, forming a fist-sized smoke ball.
“Let me.”
Zuiyasi reached out and touched the gray smoke ball. A few seconds later, his eyes opened, his face flushed red, and veins bulged on his neck. He said to Su Xiao:
“You’d better do it. This thing isn’t dangerous, but you need an exceptionally strong soul.”
“…”
Su Xiao touched the gray smoke ball. In the next instant, a flood of images appeared before his eyes: endless abyssal darkness, the Eternal Life Deity, the Divine Cult, the Twelve Leaders, the Warrior Legion, the Healing Church, divine beasts, eternal life and endless death, and finally, the root of Dead Silence.
Su Xiao opened his eyes. Through the records on the stone tablets, he understood everything.
First, regarding Transcendent Primordial Worlds. There were many Primordial Worlds, but how could one be considered transcendent? Was it just about combat power? The Sun God Clan and the Ancient Dragon Kingdom were also powerful in their time, but their worlds were not transcendent.
So-called transcendence meant enduring an Abyss invasion, resisting it while doing so, and ultimately containing it. Only then could a world be called transcendent, earning the right to participate in various battles under the Void Tree’s certification, such as the Strongest Battle or the World of Paintings Battle.
The Gloomy Continent had once experienced an Abyss invasion. Logically, it couldn’t have withstood it, but at the critical moment, a deity descended.
Or rather, this deity was originally born in this world. At the time, he wasn’t the strongest, but he was the only one among the world’s many deities willing to descend and resist the Abyss invasion alongside his believers.
In that desperate scene, the deities of the Gloomy Continent either watched coldly or simply fled. Only this nameless deity, without even a divine name, chose to descend.
At some point, the ‘Divine Cult’ was established, and many strong individuals joined. This gave the nameless deity more faith power, and his strength grew day by day. Until one day, his followers began calling him the Beast Deity, both because of his appearance and because, in every battle against Abyss Spawn, he was like a beast in slaughter.
The Abyss invasion at that time wasn’t a full-scale one. If it had been, no world could have withstood it. The situation then involved invasions from two Abyss passages.
Even so, it was terrifying. The good news was that this Abyss invasion wasn’t as fierce as imagined. A brutal war of attrition began.
Compared to those who died at the hands of Abyss Spawn, more strong individuals perished from life force depletion caused by Abyss energy. This became especially severe a few years into the resistance.
Finally, the ‘Divine Cult’ came up with a solution—or rather, the Beast Deity did. As a deity symbolizing beasts, his life force was vaster than the ocean. Since the strong of the ‘Divine Cult’ were dying from life force depletion due to the Abyss invasion, he would share his immense life force, making them his subordinates. As long as he didn’t die, they wouldn’t die from life force depletion and could fight to the end.
This sharing of life force succeeded only after many painful failures. The strong who became the Beast Deity’s subordinates discovered that not only did they have immense life force, but they also seemed to gain nearly eternal life.
To be precise, as long as the Beast Deity didn’t die, they wouldn’t die of old age. And the faith power they generated gave the Beast Deity more life source, creating an undying cycle.
Soon, the title ‘Beast Deity’ was forgotten. Members of the ‘Divine Cult’ began calling their god the Eternal Life Deity.
The Abyss invasion started with two passages, then developed into three, and finally peaked at five.
If it had been before, the ‘Divine Cult’ couldn’t have withstood this invasion. But now, not only were the strong of the ‘Divine Cult’ immortal, but even the warriors of the Warrior Legion were immortals. Hundreds of immortal strong, tens of thousands of immortal divine warriors, and countless divine cult followers with equally long lives.
During that period, all humans in this world were members of the Divine Cult. One can imagine how long people’s lifespans were.
The final result was unsurprising. The Divine Cult resisted the invasion of five Abyss passages. The most glorious era of this world—the Deity Era—had begun.
Although the Abyss invasion was terrifying, after successfully resisting it, the world’s resources became extraordinarily abundant due to the invasion process. The number of strong individuals at that time was like bamboo shoots after rain.
This brilliance and prosperity continued until the mid-Deity Era, when the Wild Beast Plague erupted. To be precise, it wasn’t a disease but the bestial nature within the Eternal Life Deity’s power, erupting over time.
The Wild Beast Plague nearly destroyed the Deity Era. Fortunately, the Divine Cult sought help from the Second Era: Alchemy Civilization. They created a ‘Source’ for the Eternal Life Deity. After the ‘Source’ was implanted into the deity’s divine body, the bestial nature in his divine power was fully absorbed into the ‘Source,’ temporarily suppressed.
At this stage, the world experienced a second boom. It was also during this period that the world went to war with the Doom Star. Since both sides were evenly matched, the conflict eventually fizzled out.
This prosperity continued into the mid-to-late Deity Era, when something even more terrifying than the Wild Beast Plague appeared. It was called Death.
Throughout the early, middle, and late Deity Era, anyone who believed in the Eternal Life Deity—whether willingly or not—gained eternal life. This was a leftover from the Abyss resistance; without it, they couldn’t have fought the Abyss.
An entire era passed with virtually no natural deaths in this world. People only died in battle or accidents, breaking the balance of the cycle.
Where there is cold, there is heat; where there is light, there is darkness; where there is death, there is life. The fact that no one died naturally didn’t mean death didn’t occur. In fact, during the early and mid-Deity Era, these immortals should have died of old age, but they kept living.
This led to a result: by continuing to live, they were also continuously dying. Every moment, they were releasing death, just unaware of it.
A few individuals like this wouldn’t matter, but nearly all the world’s inhabitants were the same. Everything has a tipping point. Until one day, the death they released became so overwhelming that it suddenly plunged the world into Dead Silence.
The invasion of Dead Silence had arrived.
If Dead Silence were just endless death force, there might have been a chance to salvage it. But Dead Silence wasn’t that.
What was Dead Silence energy? The answer was: pure Abyss power + vast World Force + faith power·eternal life + endless death. The fusion of these four was Dead Silence.
That was why the People of Death possessed eternal life while being immersed in death. The Abyss power and World Force made Dead Silence energy terrifyingly potent.
As Su Xiao had seen in the world’s introduction earlier: ‘What is the end of eternal life?’
The answer was: the end of eternal life is Dead Silence.
Originally, this world should have perished quickly, but the Eternal Life Deity saved it. Using the ‘Source’ within him, he absorbed all the initial Dead Silence energy into the ‘Source’ and sealed himself.
At the same time, the Healing Church was established. What was the Healing Church? Who was it meant to heal? Naturally, it was to heal the deity they believed in. That was the original purpose of the Healing Church.
Unfortunately, the Healing Church couldn’t achieve this. To allow the world to continue existing, the world’s strong made a decision: the invasion of Dead Silence could no longer be stopped. Since that was the case, they would self-inflict a downgrade strike. Unable to contain Dead Silence, they would contain the entire world, binding the threat of Dead Silence along with it.
During that period, over ninety percent of the world’s strong died. When everything stabilized, the Twelve Leaders of the Healing Church were selected—these were the Archbishop and the other eleven.
By this time, although Dead Silence was sealed within the Eternal Life Deity’s ‘Source,’ no one knew how long the deity could contain it. To help the Eternal Life Deity seal Dead Silence, the Healing Church used all its resources to convert the Supreme Holy Place into a sealing ground, giving the deity some peace. The ‘Source’ within him became what later generations called the Root of Dead Silence.
After the Supreme Holy Place was sealed, the spread of Dead Silence was further contained. The cost was that the Healing Church was now on its last legs.
Since the Supreme Holy Place couldn’t fully seal Dead Silence, the Dead Silence City gradually emerged from this starting point. The Healing Church fought against Dead Silence here for a long time before finally being defeated by the People of Death.
The good news was that by then, the Dead Silence City was already in a massive semi-independent space, allowing the remaining members of the Healing Church to escape to the outside world.
After that came the Disaster Era, followed by the second establishment of the Healing Church and the sealing of the Dead Silence City’s entrance.
A more serious problem emerged: Dead Silence energy had the characteristics of faith power, causing the Root of Dead Silence to endlessly grow and overflow due to the People of Death.
This was also the reason for the branch Dead Silence City’s appearance. The Dead Silence force that had crushed a Transcendent Primordial World, even in its weakened form within the branch Dead Silence City, was still terrifyingly hopeless when it reached other worlds.
Understanding all this, Su Xiao’s thoughts became clear. First, the Supreme Holy Place imprisoned the Eternal Life Deity, and the Root of Dead Silence was within the deity’s divine body. It was the deity’s sealing that allowed the world’s creatures to survive until now.
Su Xiao now understood what the Root of Dead Silence was: pure Abyss power + vast World Force + faith power·eternal life + endless death. That was its composition.
First, obtain the Source, then use the Healing Church’s secret technique to transform it into a ‘Primordial Source Stone,’ and finally split it to get the Source Stone.
Su Xiao looked at Duke. The other had come to trade. It was safer not to let him know about this kind of information.
“The deity mark is yours.”
Hearing this, Duke used a metal plate to peel off the deity mark and turned to leave.
“White Night, fate willing, we’ll meet again. I’m heading back to the High Wall City.”
Duke left these words before leaving, signaling his stance.
“Just letting him off that easily?”
Zuiyasi said with a smile, his eyes clearly showing a desire to kill and take the treasure.
“I made a deal with him.”
Su Xiao took out four backup terminals, which stored the knowledge the Steel Apostle had mastered, along with a vast collection of Healing Church and Divine Cult knowledge.
Zuiyasi and Wude’s eyes nearly lit up. Both came from major factions. For them, bringing this knowledge back to their factions was a hundred times more important than bringing back the deity mark. The deity mark could only benefit one person at a time, but this knowledge could benefit everyone in their factions.
Besides this knowledge, the four pieced-together stone tablets also bore five stigmas. Su Xiao’s eyes immediately fell on the circular golden stigma.
“We each choose one stigma? White Night made this happen, so he chooses first.”
Wude spoke.
“That’s only right.”
Zuiyasi also agreed.
“I’m fine with anything.”
Kaisa chimed in.
“I get a share? Really?”
Gulu was surprised. Though happy inside, she felt uneasy. In her view, any gain now would come with corresponding risks later.
Su Xiao chose the ‘Ring Stigma.’ After peeling it off, he began considering his next plan.
To produce a small amount of Source, he would need pure Abyss energy, World Force, faith power·eternal life, and endless death. Four types of energy, and four good teammates to handle one each.
Abyss power was naturally Kaisa’s responsibility. Faith power·eternal life fell to Zuiyasi, who had the most experience and means in this area.
For the remaining World Force and endless death, Su Xiao would obtain the World Force, while Wude would handle the endless death.
After Su Xiao laid out his plan, Zuiyasi, Wude, and Kaisa had no objections. The group left the Grand Cathedral to gather Abyss energy, faith power·eternal life, and so on.
As for World Force, Su Xiao both had and didn’t have a way to obtain it. The World Trio he held was the best means, but the ring [World’s Affection] required 150 Charm Attribute to equip.
Without equipping all three pieces, the World Trio not only lacked a set effect but also had reduced individual bonuses.
Su Xiao couldn’t wear the World Trio, but someone else could. His gaze fell on Gulu. He remembered that Gulu, with over 150 Charm Attribute, had obtained an eight-star title from a kill reward.
“Gulu, I need you to do something.”
“Alright.”
Gulu’s hanging heart settled. In a team with four old schemers, getting a stigma for free made her uneasy. Now that there was a task, she felt more at ease.
Su Xiao took out a Source Stone. If the plan succeeded, he could stack a protection effect far beyond level 40—even up to level 80.