# Chapter 3: Prepare Five "Primordial Fragments"
Achieving these before entering the Eternal Light World, once the barrier of 300 attribute points is crossed, Su Xiao would be able to ascend to "Absolute Strength," and by then, he would have a certain degree of self-preservation capability and exploration qualifications in the Eternal Light World.
Don't think "Absolute Strength" is weak; rather, the Eternal Light World is dangerously hellish. To put it another way, the previous generation of Spellcasters imprisoned the roots of all kinds of calamities across the myriad realms within the Eternal Light World.
For the new generation of Law Destroyers to master the strongest power of the Shadow of Law Destruction, they must have the determination to face all this, as well as the psychological preparation to die in the Eternal Light World. Otherwise, they are not qualified to possess that power.
After handling the matters regarding the solid crystal resin, Su Xiao came to a rest chamber on the inner side of the first floor. Just as he stopped in front of the door, he heard the somewhat flustered sound of tools being tidied up inside. He pushed open the door and found that the emaciated man who had been teleported together with the crystal resin earlier was still lying on the bed with his eyes tightly shut.
Seeing this, Baha revealed a mischievous look and said, "Boss, this guy's identity is unknown. Why not let Amu deal with him?"
"Hmm."
Seeing Su Xiao agree, Amu, the simpleton, picked up the Dragonheart Axe and stepped forward. Before the frail man on the bed could react, he directly swung the axe down. But in the next instant, the emaciated man on the bed turned into a large patch of obsidian-like shattered fragments.
"Wait, wait."
A hand extended from under the bed, making a surrender gesture. Amu didn't care about that and raised his hand to swing the axe again. However, Baha, who was perched on his shoulder, stopped this scene. Amu, holding the Dragonheart Axe, stepped back.
"Sit."
After Su Xiao sat down, he casually pointed to the chair across the table. The emaciated man sighed and reluctantly sat down.
This person was about one meter seventy-five tall, of the Human race. Slightly dark circles under his eyes and disheveled hair indicated his obsession with his work. Apart from the aspects he was passionate about, he didn't care about his external appearance at all. His clothes, though decent, were not pleasing to the eye, which further confirmed this.
On the collar and cuffs of his clothes, there were many small corrosive holes. The skin on his hands was covered with burn marks and scars, and three fingers on his left hand had been replaced by mechanical prosthetics, indicating that his usual work involved certain risks.
His arms were not thick, and his physique was thin, suggesting that he was not outstanding in forging. At least, among the blacksmiths Su Xiao knew, they were all burly and strong with full beards.
Strangely enough, this person was actually one of the three legendary blacksmiths, a disciple of the Dwarf King. Moreover, judging by the patterns on his cuffs and collar, he was definitely not an ordinary disciple but most likely a favored student. This made things even stranger. The chief disciple of the Dwarf King actually had a physique so weak that he couldn't maintain a high-intensity forging session.
"I'm just an unlucky little person, Mr. White Night. There's no need for you to take me so seriously. How about letting me go? My master and the previous generation of Law Destroyers have some connections. Could you let bygones be bygones?"
The emaciated man spoke with a somewhat weak tone, which didn't seem like a serious illness but rather a congenital physical weakness.
Obviously, this emaciated man recognized Su Xiao. Or rather, the only Law Destroyer who now claimed to be one and was still alive was Su Xiao alone. Coupled with the fact that he had previously blown up two resource stars of Arcane Eternal Star, he already had a fearsome reputation.
"Secret Pattern Master?"
Su Xiao tossed a document onto the table. This document had no photo but recorded the most valued disciple of the Dwarf King, the Secret Pattern Master.
According to the document, the Secret Pattern Master came from a small country. Due to the war between the Beast race and the Sea race, that small country was eventually destroyed, nearly burned to ashes by the flames of war. Although the young Secret Pattern Master escaped the disaster, he inhaled the liquid mist dispersed by war weapons, causing a significant decline in the vitality of multiple organs. Even though he later became a disciple of the Dwarf King with astonishing talent, and the Dwarf King took him to many famous doctors and alchemists, they ultimately couldn't cure the old ailment he had suffered in his childhood.
The Secret Pattern Master's physical condition destined that he couldn't display talent in forging. However, in the field of secret patterns, he reached heights that even his master couldn't achieve. What was even more commendable was that despite such achievements, the Secret Pattern Master didn't become arrogant and always respected his master like a father.
The Dwarf King had many masterpieces, and the secret patterns on them were all the work of this Secret Pattern Master. The outer ring of the emblem on those masterpieces represented the Dwarf King, while the inner circular symbol represented the Secret Pattern Master. In this guy's life, apart from his obsession with secret patterns, there was nothing else.
"Mr. White Night, I personally suggest you change your means of transportation to a different type of teleportation array. The demonic array you're using now is really hard to describe. After I was swept into it, I thought I was done for."
The Secret Pattern Master calmly picked up the hot tea and took a sip. His stomach, which had been wailing, finally calmed down.
"So, you mean you're not good at forging equipment and can only inscribe secret patterns?"
Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Secret Pattern Master's expression stiffened. He explained, "For battle armor or weapons, secret patterns are crucial..."
Su Xiao raised his hand to signal the Secret Pattern Master to stop.
"So, you still can't forge equipment."
"Yes... that's right."
After saying this, the Secret Pattern Master felt a bit frustrated and took two big gulps of tea.
"Then you're useless. The main door is over there. Keep walking straight out, cross the gravel path in the woods, and there's a public train. Then transfer to a long-distance train toward Eternal Ring City. Continue north to Iron Fortress City. That place is close to the main battlefield, and the Sea race often appears nearby."
After saying this, Su Xiao signaled Baha to give the Secret Pattern Master some travel expenses. Until a small bag of gold coins was placed on the table in front of him, the Secret Pattern Master was still somewhat bewildered.
"You're not planning to imprison me and make me inscribe secret patterns for you for free?"
"..."
Su Xiao frowned at the Secret Pattern Master, as if he didn't understand what the other party was saying.
"Your fearsome reputation outside doesn't match the actual meeting."
"Rumors."
"I heard you blew up two resource stars of Arcane Eternal Star."
"Oh, that's a fact."
"Someone who could do that would simply let a Secret Pattern Master go like this? With your notorious reputation outside, you should at least imprison me and then extort a large sum from the Sea race. Personally, I recommend you do that."
"I treat people kindly and wouldn't do such a thing."
As Su Xiao spoke, he picked up the hot tea on the table and took a small sip.
The Secret Pattern Master's eyes were full of hesitation and confusion. He said, "Just now, you were about to have your subordinate chop off my head."
"That was a joke. Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly."
Su Xiao signaled Amu to show the guest out. Seeing this, the Secret Pattern Master bent down and hugged the table leg. He always felt that something was wrong today. This Law Destroyer in front of him didn't look like someone who treated people kindly at all.
"I'm not leaving!"
The Secret Pattern Master's attitude was very firm. Seeing this, Su Xiao frowned even deeper. After learning that this person was a Secret Pattern Master, he had already told Bubu Wang in the team channel to inform Ergein, Harvey, and Viper, and to have those three bring their trusted subordinates to ambush the only path outside the main gate of the manor.
As long as the Secret Pattern Master stepped out, he would be captured by the masked Ergein and his men. Then he would be treated well but temporarily placed under house arrest, making it convenient to extort a large sum of benefits from the Sea race.
As for why he did this, if Su Xiao directly detained the Secret Pattern Master, the rumor outside would be that the Beast camp lord imprisoned the Dwarf King's beloved disciple and demanded a high ransom from the Sea race.
On the other hand, if Su Xiao politely and kindly escorted the Secret Pattern Master out of the manor, whatever happened to him outside the manor would have nothing to do with Su Xiao. He had only been a lord in Twilight City for a day, and the security in this place was poor. He couldn't help it.
Looking at the Secret Pattern Master who was tightly hugging the table leg and refusing to let go, Su Xiao told Amu to quickly "invite" him away. Ergein and the others were still waiting over there.
"Wait, I know a secret. If you let me stay here for five days, I'll tell you this secret."
"..."
Su Xiao remained unmoved and didn't even bother with the Secret Pattern Master. Compared to a secret, the ransom from the Sea race was more practical.
"Aren't you surprised that those arrogant Spellcasters actually agreed to the almost outrageous demands of the Sea race? Have you ever seen a Void force willing to come to the main battlefield of Wind Sea Continent to wade through this muddy water?"
At these words, Su Xiao signaled Amu, who was already stuffing the Secret Pattern Master into an oversized luggage bag, to stop. Baha, on the side, said with a pained expression, "Amu, how can you treat a guest like that? So rude. Mr. Secret Pattern Master, please get up."
The startled Secret Pattern Master sat down again, picked up the freshly poured hot tea, took a sip to calm himself, and then said directly, "As far as I know, there's a big problem over in the Void. It seems like an unprecedented large Abyss Passage is about to appear."
According to the Secret Pattern Master, a long time ago, Arcane Eternal Star had already prepared to cooperate with the Sea race. The reason was that, at that time, the Sea race had semi-coerced the Dwarf King into staying with the Sea race.
The Dwarf King was not only unparalleled in armor forging but could also create elemental artifacts. Through the benign resonance of these elemental artifacts, he could enhance the total amount of natural elements in a region, or even the world where they were located.
Arcane Eternal Star had long coveted such elemental artifacts and had arrived at Wind Sea Continent through various methods. If a full-scale war broke out, Arcane Eternal Star would win overwhelmingly against the Sea race. However, after arriving on the Sea race's turf, those few Spellcasters didn't gain any advantage.
After the confrontation, both sides felt that the other was not to be trifled with. Regarding the pricing of elemental artifacts, the Sea race didn't dare to raise the price easily. Arcane Eternal Star was relatively satisfied with this. Until not long ago, the Sea race suddenly raised the price and made it clear to Arcane Eternal Star that they would no longer engage in secret transactions. Arcane Eternal Star must provide military assistance to help the Sea race deal with the Beast race, and only then would the Sea race continue to be willing to provide elemental artifacts.
The result was that the Sea race, after being thoroughly beaten by Arcane Eternal Star, quickly became docile, sitting there full of resentment without speaking, and then got beaten by Arcane Eternal Star again.
Although the Sea race had been beaten twice, Arcane Eternal Star couldn't completely disregard the Sea race's face. Therefore, they sent a portion of Ninth Rank Spellcasters and two Absolute Strength experts to assist the Sea race in dealing with the Beast race.
At first, the Sea race was very angry, feeling that Arcane Eternal Star was just going through the motions with them. But after the fighting started, the Sea race clung tightly to Arcane Eternal Star's thigh. The power of the Spellcasters on the battlefield truly intimidated them.
The reason the two sides could cooperate to this extent was only one thing: in a secret place in the Void, an Abyss Passage had appeared. Arcane Eternal Star had a lot of experience in dealing with this. Not long after this Abyss Passage appeared, the Spellcasters closed it using a method stolen from the Law Destroyers many years ago.
But who would have thought that not long after, this Abyss Passage opened again, and it was larger than the last time. The Spellcasters were puzzled but still didn't realize the seriousness of the matter and chose to close it again.
However, a few months later, this Abyss Passage opened again at the same location, and it was even larger than before. This immediately put the Spellcasters on high alert. It was clearly opening regularly, and each time it was larger than the last, with shorter intervals.
Initially, this Abyss Passage was only the size of a walnut, so small that the Spellcaster who went to deal with it was amazed. He had never seen such a small Abyss Passage.
But as of today, the diameter of this Abyss Passage had reached 3 meters. Although it was still much smaller than a normal Abyss Passage, this special Abyss Passage was getting larger each time. Perhaps in the near future, it would become the largest Abyss Passage in history.
Arcane Eternal Star also knew that simply blocking it like this was only a temporary solution. The root cause was that they had devoured too many natural elements. Finding a way to increase the total amount of natural elements in the Void was the correct way to solve this special Abyss Passage. This led to the current scene of Arcane Eternal Star cooperating with the Sea race to beat down the Beast race.
Hearing the Secret Pattern Master's description, Su Xiao suddenly remembered that when he was riding the demon clan's train to attend the Empty Seat Banquet, he had encountered Sefeiliya on the way. She was taking Green Gillian to the terminal of the demon train, the Green Marsh Wetlands.
Although Sefeiliya got off halfway and tried to hide her tracks, meeting on the train made it difficult to continue concealing her whereabouts.
At that time, Su Xiao felt something was wrong and asked the demon train driver, the Goat Horned Brother. The other party vaguely revealed that the terminal of the demon train, the Green Marsh Wetlands, was shrouded in thick black mist, and many Spellcasters were guarding the surrounding area, with numerous layers of barriers set up.
From this, it could be seen that there was a more than 70% chance that the special Abyss Passage was located in the "Green Marsh Wetlands."
"So, does the secret I told you have value?"
"..."
Su Xiao stared at the Secret Pattern Master for a few seconds, then picked up the communicator beside him. After contacting Ergein, he said, "The person won't be coming. You can withdraw."
Hearing this, the Secret Pattern Master across the table twitched his cheek. That short sentence contained a lot of information. Indeed, some of the rumors about the Law Destroyer were quite reliable.
"White Night, you..."
"I just had someone prepare a farewell banquet for you. Since you're not planning to leave, naturally, there's no need to prepare it."
"Farewell banquet..."
The Secret Pattern Master looked at Su Xiao with some suspicion but wisely chose not to delve deeper. Although he always felt that this so-called "farewell banquet" was very likely that as soon as he stepped out of the manor, he would be grabbed by a few burly men and thrown into a car to be taken away.
From the moment he figured out where this place was and that Su Xiao was a Law Destroyer, the Secret Pattern Master's attitude became very peculiar. There was neither hostility nor a sense of probing. It felt as if the Sea race was his enemy, while Su Xiao's side was a potential ally.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang suddenly ran over, looking somewhat anxious. Seeing this, Su Xiao followed Bubu Wang and quickly came to the inner hall on the second floor. The Secret Pattern Master behind him, though not knowing what was happening, instinctively followed.
A projection appeared on the wall. Looking at the almost first-person perspective projection, the Secret Pattern Master showed a confused expression. The situation was quite complex, and he couldn't understand it at first. But after observing for a while, he suddenly slapped his thigh in realization and said:
"I see. You're using these young people to help you find something. A mastermind behind the scenes."
The Secret Pattern Master looked Su Xiao up and down, as if seeing the real Old Yinbi for the first time. After all, this guy used to study secret patterns in his workshop and never had to engage in any mental battles with anyone.
Su Xiao looked at the projection on the wall and found that the young lord, Guruv, and the head wolf, York, and the other two seemed to be in an underground palace. From the residual engravings on the rock walls, this underground palace should be several hundred years old, and the interior was connected in all directions.
Just as Guruv and the others were both nervous and a little excited about exploring the underground palace, the four of them turned a corner and entered a secret room with a half-open stone door. On the innermost wall of this secret room, there was a protruding hook, and a pendant was hanging on it.
This stunned Guruv, York, and the other two who entered the secret room. The reverse-eared fox, Silver Feather, who was a bit behind, even stepped forward a few times and rubbed her eyes, as if doubting what she was seeing.
"We... found it? The thing that nine city lords, more than a dozen families, and tribal shamans couldn't find... we just found it like this?"
Reverse-eared fox Silver Feather took the pendant off the hook, her thumb brushing over the damaged part of the pendant's main body. After observing for a few seconds, she handed it to Guruv.
Guruv took out a broken corner of the pendant, gently released her fingers, and with a click, the broken corner was attracted to the main body. A faint light flowed over the pendant and then faded away.
Guruv slowly exhaled and finally put the pendant around her neck. At that moment, a sudden change occurred. A poisonous snake formed from dark green energy suddenly appeared, heading straight for Guruv's neck.
A phantom of a demon scythe appeared behind Guruv out of nowhere. With a crack! It shattered the dark green poisonous snake. As the energy demon scythe rolled, it hooked the pendant around Guruv's neck.
A surge of blood energy detached from Guruv's body surface, forming a phantom of a blood beast. A roar spread out.
"Roar!!"
Layers of sound waves spread, the energy demon scythe shattered with a crackling sound, and the blood beast phantom slowly dissipated.
The four people in the underground palace secret room were all dumbfounded. This sudden change was too abrupt, and these methods were clearly not from the same person.
Meanwhile.
In Twilight City, south of the city, a figure wearing a black robe with golden patterns on the edges was looking at a violator nailed to the city wall by black spikes a few meters away. This person was none other than the Demon Scythe, Talid, and the violator in front was naturally killed by her.
As if sensing something, the Demon Scythe, Talid, looked toward the distant horizon. Suddenly, black-blue flames ignited around her, burning a door in the air. She stepped into this door.
Back at the Lord's Manor, large amounts of black semi-fluid surged out from the fourth floor of the castle. The eldest son of the Abyss Dragon condensed his form, spread his dragon wings, and in the next instant, Su Xiao was already standing on the dragon's back. In the wind and snow, the eldest son of the Abyss Dragon burst through the space barrier with a roar, speeding toward the horizon, leaving behind sparks of dark embers.
Ten minutes later, inside the underground palace.
Boom! Boom!
Loud noises came from behind. The young lord, Guruv, the head wolf, York, and the other two were all running at full speed through the underground passages with pale faces.
"What kind of monster is that!"
Reverse-eared fox Silver Feather was almost in despair. Every step she took on the ground, she could feel the vibration caused by the giant monster running behind them.
"That's a shaman's familiar. Don't let that monster touch you; it's covered in poison!"
Head wolf York shouted as he ran. At this moment, he was already having difficulty breathing. The area on his chest and abdomen that had been injured by another familiar earlier was starting to go numb and gradually lose sensation.
Inside the underground passage, the four people fleeing for their lives turned a corner and ran another few dozen meters before suddenly stopping. It wasn't because the underground passage ended here, but because the passage ahead was shrouded in darkness, as if the light there was being absorbed.
York tried to reach his hand into the darkness ahead. With a tearing sound, the invasion of darkness immediately made him withdraw his hand in pain, and he confirmed that if he dared to step into that darkness, he would surely die.
But strangely, York felt as if someone was standing in that darkness. However, he quickly dismissed this absurd thought. How terrifying would a person have to be to safely stay in that darkness?
The rumbling sound came from behind. Guruv, York, and Silver Feather all looked back. The scene they saw almost made their hearts stop. In the passage that was 4 meters wide and 5 meters high, it was filled with all kinds of beast-type monsters, as well as strange snakes and insects. These familiars, whose bodies were covered in toxic mucus, completely blocked the passage behind them, surging forward like a tide.
Just as Guruv, York, and Silver Feather were all feeling desperate, those terrifying snakes and insects suddenly stopped moving and made way. A voodoo shaman, dressed in tribal attire with his face covered in graffiti, walked out from this eerie passage. His eyes emitted a dark green glow, and just looking at them sent chills down one's spine.
The passage ahead was blocked by the voodoo shaman, and the passage behind was occupied by thick darkness. For a moment, Guruv, York, and Silver Feather all felt as if their lives were about to end.
The voodoo shaman walked step by step. But when he was about a dozen meters away from Guruv, York, and Silver Feather, he stopped with a wary expression.
This surprised the four who were in a desperate situation. However, amidst their surprise, Guruv, York, and Silver Feather all felt a bit smug. Because such a terrifying voodoo shaman seemed to be wary of them? Who wouldn't feel a bit smug about that?
In reality, the voodoo shaman was wary of the person standing in the darkness behind them, and of that person's calm eyes that emitted a red glow.