Chapter 5: Find More Fragments of the "Initial Mark"
These five matters all awaited Su Xiao's attention, so he truly had no energy to deal with the Dark God Cult. For this very reason, he hadn't directly commissioned Kaisa to handle the Dark God Cult.
Given Kaisa's methods, he would most likely make the Dark God Cult suffer unbearably. Aside from not being annihilated, the damage and humiliation would be pushed to the maximum. At that point, it would become an irreconcilable conflict.
Therefore, Su Xiao planned to have his subordinate, City Lord Fenris, first warn the Dark God Cult on his fiefdom not to cause trouble on his turf. If they remained stubborn and unyielding, he would then offer a certain benefit and commission Kaisa to deal with them.
Of course, relying solely on City Lord Fenris's negotiation wouldn't drive away the Dark God Cult, that malignant tumor. They needed to be taught a lesson. Su Xiao took out the feather left by Voodoo Shaman Baze and placed it on the table.
Tiny specks of light scattered, at first glance appearing quite beautiful, completely inconsistent with Voodoo Shaman Baze's style. But the next second, these specks gave rise to dark green flesh, forming a twisted head. The neck of the head was like tree roots, with tendrils sinking into the air, suspending the twisted head in midair.
The twisted head's eyelids trembled a few times before opening. Those deep green eyes were exactly the same as Voodoo Shaman Baze's. This should be a temporary incarnation of his.
"What is it."
Voodoo Shaman Baze spoke, his voice sounding relatively normal.
"One good news and one bad news. The good news is, when I sent people to prepare the potion materials, my subordinates found a main ingredient very suitable for concocting a soul potion."
The soul potion Su Xiao mentioned was used to treat Voodoo Shaman Baze's eldest grandson. The grandson's soul had been eroded by Abyss energy. Su Xiao's proposed solution was simple and direct: first use a permanent potion to strengthen the grandson's soul, then assist with methods to remove the Abyss energy.
This way, it would both treat the damage to the grandson's soul and make his soul stronger, preventing any lingering ailments from the previous invasion and this treatment.
"With this main ingredient, I'm ninety percent sure I can cure your grandson's injuries."
Upon hearing this, a flash of joy passed through Voodoo Shaman Baze's eyes. He then asked with a gloomy expression, "And the bad news?"
"That main ingredient was being transported and was intercepted by members of the Dark God Cult on my fiefdom. This counts as an additional cost, so I regret to inform you that we'll have to use the originally planned main ingredient. The cure probability is at most three to four out of ten."
After hearing Su Xiao's words, Voodoo Shaman Baze smiled.
"Bai Ye, if you want me to help you deal with the Dark God Cult on your fiefdom, you can just say so. For every Beast clan lord, the Dark God Cult on their land is a headache."
Voodoo Shaman Baze saw through the truth in one sentence, but Su Xiao remained expressionless and retorted:
"As a Law Destroyer from the Paradise, how long can I be lord here? One month? A month and a half? It's precisely because there's no need to offend the Dark God Cult on this fiefdom that I'm informing you, letting you communicate and resolve it with them."
After speaking, Su Xiao tossed a few photos onto the table, all freshly made by Bubu Wang. The scenes in the photos clearly showed a group of Su Xiao's subordinates engaged in a skirmish with a group from the Dark God Cult. There were several pools of blood on the snow, scattered limbs and broken arms, and steaming intestines hanging on the buildings. The scene was quite gruesome.
After hearing Su Xiao's words and seeing the photos on the table, Voodoo Shaman Baze's gaze grew murderous. Everything seemed reasonable and plausible, not looking fake, and moreover, the Dark God Cult was highly likely to do such a thing.
"Go negotiate with them. It would be best if you can get it back."
With that, Su Xiao touched the feather on the table, and the twisted head suspended in midair dissolved.
Su Xiao looked at Baha, then at Xianlulu. Both Baha and Xianlulu nodded, indicating they hadn't detected any spying fluctuations. To be safe, Su Xiao had Bubu Wang take the feather outside the ancient castle, and then Baha opened an alternate space where Bubu Wang brought the feather, to prevent Voodoo Shaman Baze from leaving any spying or eavesdropping measures on it.
After seeing the messages from Bubu Wang and Baha in the team channel, Su Xiao called in City Lord Fenris, who was waiting outside the door.
City Lord Fenris stood solemnly opposite the desk. Su Xiao took three wooden boxes from the drawer, stacked them together, and said, "On my behalf, deliver this greeting gift to those people from the Dark God Cult. Tell them to restrain themselves on my fiefdom."
"Lord, wouldn't this... encourage their arrogance?"
City Lord Fenris was always one to step forward and take action. His saying this didn't surprise Su Xiao, and it was precisely for this reason that he valued this city lord.
"Just do as I say."
"Yes."
City Lord Fenris left with the three wooden gift boxes.
Was Su Xiao giving a greeting gift to the Dark God Cult? Of course not. One of those three wooden boxes contained the main ingredient for the soul potion needed by Voodoo Shaman Baze's eldest grandson: "Spiritual Extract."
Without this item, it was impossible to concoct a perfect version of the soul potion. Undoubtedly, the Dark God Cult members who received this would be overjoyed, because "Spiritual Extract" was purified, refined, and expertly liquefied soul energy. Even if consumed or absorbed directly, it could increase soul strength to a certain degree.
Su Xiao wasn't worried that the Dark God Cult would use it immediately after receiving it. They wouldn't dare. Suddenly receiving such a valuable gift, they would surely inspect it carefully to see if there was anything wrong with the "Spiritual Extract."
When Voodoo Shaman Baze came knocking, and the Dark God Cult high-ranking member on the fiefdom said, "This is a greeting gift from Lord Bai Ye," would Voodoo Shaman Baze believe it? Who would give away something like this?
The Dark God Cult was indeed a malignant tumor, but Voodoo Shaman Baze was an expert at using poison. If they truly provoked him, even the Dark God Cult would find their heads buzzing.
Although Voodoo Shaman Baze wasn't an absolute powerhouse, across the entire Beast clan territory, only two people dared to offend him: Su Xiao and the Beast King. Su Xiao wasn't afraid of his poison, and the Beast King wouldn't give him the chance to administer it.
Su Xiao estimated that this matter would have a result before dawn. Thinking this, he felt quite satisfied. But he inadvertently noticed Xianlulu, lying on the desk beside him, looking a bit scared in her small eyes.
Ignoring Xianlulu, Su Xiao checked his current reputation, totaling 3845 points. He exchanged them for two [Soul Crystal Cores].
[You have consumed 1600 Reputation Points.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal Core ×2.]
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The stock of [Soul Crystal Core] had 3 remaining. He estimated he could exchange for 1 more. This time, the three people—Henren Xiong, Shenfu, and Demon Scythe Tailed—were all in the Beast clan faction. The "Reputation Rank: Lord Level" exchange threshold for [Soul Crystal Core] could no longer stop these three.
After closing the faction shop, Su Xiao activated the [Realm Passage Qualification] authority, preparing to complete the establishment of the Hunter alias.
To be safe, Su Xiao paid an additional authority of lv.10 to complete this disguise. This was the maximum additional authority that could be consumed in a single use of [Realm Passage Qualification]. Since he was disguising himself, he might as well maximize the effect.
[Realm Passage Qualification has been activated. You can disguise your appearance, fingerprints, iris, life wavelength, small-scale periodic changes in body temperature, aura, body energy, soul fluctuations, and all other aspects. You can also customize this disguise.]
[After customization is successful, this disguise plan can be stored by paying an additional authority of lv.1, greatly reducing the cost of disguising as this identity next time.]
[After customization is successful, you can choose whether this identity belongs to a Paradise faction. If you choose this identity as a Paradise faction, you can construct a Reincarnation Mark for free.]
[Warning: This Mark has normal trading permissions, storage permissions, etc. When detected, there is no abnormal data, but this Reincarnation Mark cannot undergo rank advancement, etc.]
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Su Xiao designated this identity as "Hunter." Although this title was ordinary, it had a good disguise effect because members of the "Hunter Guild" were all called hunters. This way, when enemies sought revenge on Su Xiao's alias, they might say: "Find that hunter named Hunter and kill him."
Hearing this, the listener would be confused, increasing the difficulty of retaliation to a certain extent. If the grievance was minor, they might just give up.
With the consumption of an additional authority of lv.11, the Hunter identity disguise was customized.
[You have obtained a special title: Hunter.]
[Hunter]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: Special
Category: Title
Title Effect: After equipping this title, you will obtain the disguise Hunter and activate the corresponding Reincarnation Mark.
Remaining Disguise Duration: 240 hours (This duration can be replenished by consuming Soul Coins, costing 20 Soul Coins per hour).
Introduction: The time for hunting has come.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.
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As long as he equipped this title, he could complete a full disguise. However, it wasn't without drawbacks. He had to regularly "recharge" to maintain this disguised identity.
The usage cost of this title was cheaper than Holy Flame Alchemist. That title cost 30 Soul Coins per hour to replenish the equipping duration.
The problem was that Su Xiao no longer needed the Holy Flame Alchemist title. Now, whether in the Void or among the strong in the Transcendent Primordial World, everyone basically knew that the Law Destroyer was Holy Flame Alchemist.
Therefore, Su Xiao decided to find a way to change the characteristics of this title. This was feasible, provided he paid enough Space-Time Power. If necessary, changing [Holy Flame Alchemist] to [Violator] would be very good. Disguise as a Violator, then recruit Violator teammates on the World Communication Platform?
Coincidentally, Su Xiao had been short on Honor Medals recently. He needed a full 45 Honor Medals to exchange for [Soul Blade: Secondary Weapon (Passive Skill Scroll)].
Just as Su Xiao was contemplating whether this plan was feasible, an inexplicable fluctuation appeared beside him. The [Necronomicon] gradually materialized. From the blood patterns on the leather cover, it seemed the [Necronomicon] had swallowed quite satisfactorily this time.
Su Xiao had cooperated with this "Daddy-level" artifact more than once. The next second, the Necronomicon released three items. These were the three most valuable items it had obtained from annihilating the local world's Evil God faction this time, allowing Su Xiao to choose two out of three.
Su Xiao looked at the three items before him. There was an ancient key, a still-beating heart, and an eyeball covered in pupils, about the size of a fist. A power of fortune and causality converged on it.
Almost simultaneously, in Snowwind City, inside a temporarily rented mansion.
Nightmare Ghost Kain, Lightning Method God Egg, and Witch Liliya all had extremely ugly expressions. The "World Mission" they had received had undergone a massive change. The Evil God faction had suddenly been annihilated, and the mission was severed by an Original Sin object. Under the arbitration of the Void Tree, they were barely able to temporarily see the trace of the mission's core item.
Originally, Witch Liliya wanted to divine where the mission item was. But just as she was about to divine and spy, her warning-type equipment exploded. Divining an Original Sin object was indeed somewhat suicidal.
However, because the Original Sin object was an external entity, at least in the Void Tree's judgment, the "World Mission" should not be interfered with and interrupted by an Original Sin object. Hence, the scene before them appeared. In the image floating before the three, Su Xiao was about to choose one out of three.
Nightmare Ghost Kain, Lightning Method God Egg, and Witch Liliya all had extremely solemn expressions. Kain and Egg even began long-distance verbal spellcasting:
"Don't choose the key, don't!"
As if sensing Kain's desire, Su Xiao first chose the basketball-sized heart. Seeing this, the three breathed a sigh of relief. With two left to choose from, as long as Su Xiao didn't choose the key, they could, under the arbitration of the Void Tree, trade with the Original Sin object, exchanging equivalent materials to get the key back. Clearly, even under the Void Tree's arbitration, Original Sin objects were extremely special existences.
As the three watched with bated breath, Su Xiao raised his hand and grasped the ancient key floating in midair. The next moment, the room fell silent. Kain, Egg, and Liliya all became expressionless. Three masks of agony seemed about to slap onto their faces. It could be said that if the three of them joined forces to fight Su Xiao, it would be like a scraping therapy group. No, among them, causality-type Liliya might not even be able to scrape.