Chapter 2: Demon Shadow Constitution (Passive): At the cost of reducing a certain amount of demon spirit intensity, the demon spirit condenses a small amount of special demon spirit energy. If you absorb this demon spirit energy, it will permanently increase the potential limits of all your characteristics (including physical potential limits, soul potential limits, etc.).
Tip: You can only receive this type of demon spirit ability enhancement once (this characteristic has absolute priority).
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Two choices. Although the first is very powerful, Su Xiao leans more towards the second. This is both because he uses his own physique as the core of combat and because the demon spirit's growth rate has been too rapid recently, showing signs of being uncontrollable.
In just the last world, Su Xiao had the demon spirit devour two Indestructible Abyss Spawns, causing the demon spirit's intensity to skyrocket to 87 points.
Not only that, but subsequently, he would also use the demon spirit to devour the [Fake Law-Destroying Blade], which would increase the demon spirit's intensity by over a hundred points. For now, curbing the demon spirit's rapid growth is beneficial and harmless. Moreover, this can also enhance himself.
As soon as Su Xiao made his choice, wisps of dark blue smoke drifted out from the Dragon-Slaying Flash, gradually condensing into a liquid energy the size of a dragon's eye, appearing azure blue overall. The next moment, this liquid energy submerged into Su Xiao's heart area. In just an instant, that was it for today.
When Su Xiao sat up from the bed, it was already early the next morning. The sunlight filtering through the curtains was somewhat dazzling, causing him to turn his head and look at the antique clock on the bedside table. This was Amu's favorite, carrying it wherever he went.
As a result, he didn't see what time it was, but instead saw Xianlulu in front of the antique clock.
"You, you were attacked by whom? How come that big dog and that sand sculpture aren't worried at all? Where's the enemy?"
As Xianlulu spoke, she looked alert at all times. If an enemy could knock out Bai Ye, if they targeted her, wouldn't they crush her with one hand?
"There's no enemy. I was just enhancing my abilities."
"Huh?"
Xianlulu's eyes were full of confusion. Earlier, when she saw Su Xiao unconscious and slumped in a chair, she subconsciously thought that this Law Destroyer might be dead.
"You... do you always look like this when enhancing your abilities?"
"Occasionally."
Su Xiao indeed hadn't expected this enhancement to be so rapid. Fortunately, he didn't feel any body aches or anything; his condition was quite good. However, he didn't feel any improvement in any aspect. He didn't mind; enhancing potential limits is like this.
[Tip: All your potential limit ranks +8.]
This kind of improvement won't manifest in the short term, but when advancing to [Absolute Strong] or [Supreme Strong], this type of enhancement will become very apparent.
In the dining room, Su Xiao was eating breakfast and asked, "Have those three arrived?"
"Yeah, they arrived yesterday evening, but since Boss wasn't in good condition, I arranged for Shenfu and the Voodoo Witch Doctor to stay at a nearby hotel."
As Bahar spoke, his claw hooked the fried egg from the edge of Su Xiao's plate, stuffed it into his mouth, and ate it.
Bahar handled this matter well. When Su Xiao was in poor condition, Shenfu and the Voodoo Witch Doctor must never be allowed near the manor.
After breakfast, Su Xiao called for Molei. Molei had a conflicted expression on her face, and finally seemed to have made up her mind. She said, "You must return it."
"..."
"Say something."
"I will return it."
"Then, how can you guarantee that?"
"Sign a contract."
"You're repaying kindness with enmity. Promise me, you must return it, you must return it to me!"
After Molei finished speaking, she took off her necklace and pendant, holding both in one hand. She seemed to want to hand them to Su Xiao, but was afraid he wouldn't return them. Finally, gritting her teeth, she placed the necklace and pendant on the table.
"You must return them to me!"
Molei emphasized again, and finally closed her eyes, pushing the necklace and pendant on the table in front of Su Xiao.
That morning, Shenfu, Voodoo Witch Doctor Baze, and Fortune Teller Peilier all arrived at the castle of the Lord's Manor. After finalizing the plan again in the study, Peilier performed a divination. Unfortunately, concerning the karma between the Law Destroyers and the Spellcasters, the divination result was a fog of confusion.
Su Xiao wasn't disappointed by this. The reason he brought Peilier as a teammate this time was for her soul poison ability, not for her divination.
At a little past nine in the morning, Shenfu, Voodoo Witch Doctor Baze, and Fortune Teller Peilier all left the Lord's Manor and headed to the predetermined location, which was near the Dark Salt Lake on the west side of the main battlefield.
Su Xiao didn't go there. He came to the basement of the castle, adjusted the scale of the teleportation array, and activated it. The target was the Sea Clan Main City's Rear District, where Bahar had previously left a spatial coordinate.
When the spatial fog around him dissipated, Su Xiao had already arrived inside a winery's cellar. The pungent smell of fermented wine mixed with the musty odor of wooden barrels. After leaving the cellar, he entered disguise through the [Hunter] title.
Arriving in front of a warehouse in the backstreet warehouse district, Su Xiao took out a set of keys. After trying almost each one, he finally opened the warehouse. The old administrator who had been watching him withdrew his gaze and continued to lounge comfortably in his recliner.
Entering the warehouse and closing the door, Su Xiao walked to one side of the wall, placed his hand on it, and the crystals formed by the Proud Song ability quickly eroded and assimilated the wall, eventually turning it into a crystal door.
Pushing open the door and entering the adjacent warehouse, this place was about several hundred square meters in size, filled with various types of machinery. Some semi-processed [Crystal Resin] was casually thrown in a corner, and the surface of a purification device several meters high was mottled with rust.
This was a [Crystal Resin] purification workshop strictly prohibited by the Sea Clan. Those doing this were a few mid-level Sea Clan members and one Spellcaster. For this kind of covert profit-making, more than half of the Spellcasters in this world were actually involved. Only young Spellcasters like Luen or Green Wei didn't participate. The former had backing, and the latter simply didn't lack money or resources.
Su Xiao didn't wait long before two Sea Clan members and one Spellcaster opened the warehouse door. After not only closing the outer door but also sealing two inner doors, the three of them began chatting casually in a relaxed tone.
"We can only do the last few batches. Your Sea King is determined to kick us out."
Spellcaster Olde spoke with some dissatisfaction and resentment. Privately purifying [Crystal Resin] had brought him considerable profit. Now that this gray industry couldn't continue, he was naturally both reluctant and dissatisfied.
"We can't do anything about that either. But it's all because of that damned Law Destroyer kidnapping the Dwarf King. If it weren't for him, the situation wouldn't be like this. If I ever meet him, I'll..."
Before the Shark Clan member could finish his words, he found a figure sitting on the purification device several meters high. His first thought was to kill to silence them, to never let the secret of this place leak out.
At that moment, the figure sitting on the purification device stood up. The longsword in his hand tapped against a nearby metal pipe with a *da* sound. The sound waves spread, mixed with blood energy.
*Slap! Slap!*
The two Sea Clan members instantly exploded into a mist of blood. Seeing this, Spellcaster Olde's scalp went numb. It was as if his throat was being strangled as he struggled to say, "Law... Destroyer."
Why was Olde, a Ninth Rank Spellcaster, so terrified? With a Spellcaster's combat prowess, it shouldn't be like this. But the problem was, this Spellcaster had personally witnessed Su Xiao blow up two resource stars. Those eyes, with a bloody gleam amidst the falling debris of stars, had appeared in his nightmares many times.
Just as Olde was about to retreat at full speed, he suddenly felt something wrap around his shoulder, like a close friend putting an arm around him. Glancing sideways, he saw a figure of black smoke, which suddenly turned into the Law Destroyer.
"Wait..."
Olde only managed to shout half a word before his vision went pitch black. Originally, his strength was far weaker than Su Xiao's. Coupled with the Law Destroyer's restraint against magic systems, and more importantly, the distance between them was too close. At such a distance, a magic system didn't even have a chance to use their abilities.
The warehouse door reopened. Olde walked out of the warehouse with a normal expression. The old administrator who had taken the bribe looked puzzled but knew these three were involved in gray industries, so he didn't ask further.
That noon, in the Sea Clan Main City's Front District, inside a detached villa courtyard, Green Wei was sitting gloomily at a small table covered with a pile of secret scrolls. After a while, she started scratching her head in frustration with both hands.
"Ah~! I don't want to memorize these ghostly scribbles anymore. What does the Abyss Passage have to do with me? I don't want to look at these damn things anymore."
Green Wei threw out a few secret scrolls, sat there fuming for a while, then went back to pick them up. She hadn't changed her mind; she was afraid her mentor would beat her when she returned.
Just as Green Wei was struggling internally, Spellcaster Olde walked into the small courtyard and said, "Green Wei, your mentor is looking for you. She wants you to go see her at Workshop No. 5 on Backstreet."
"What for?"
Green Wei was puzzled. Why would her mentor send Olde to deliver a message? This had never happened before.
"Olde, why does your aura feel strange?"
"Thanks to Luen."
Leaving this sentence behind, Olde muttered something about bad luck and left without explaining further.
Green Wei was confused for a moment, then remembered that Luen had used that karma mark to track the Law Destroyer, only to end up tracking him to the Abyss Erosion Zone on the tribe's side.
Looking for someone there would naturally result in mild Abyss erosion, making the aura a bit strange. Thinking of this, Green Wei barely suppressed a smile. Tracking the Law Destroyer and ending up with the [Necronomicon] was something that couldn't be spread around; it was too embarrassing.
Green Wei hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked into the three-story building behind her. She planned to first contact her mentor to avoid any mistakes. This was the Sea Clan's territory, so a bit more caution was necessary.
Entering the building, Green Wei walked through the somewhat dark hallway. Just as she turned the corner to go upstairs, she found a figure with completely concealed aura standing in the darkness to the side.
"Who!"
A blue gleam appeared in Green Wei's pupils. Her short hair moved without wind, like a startled predator. However, when she met the eyes with a red gleam in the darkness, her aura instinctively faltered.
In reality, Su Xiao used the demon spirit to control that Spellcaster not to lure Green Wei away. He didn't think Green Wei would be that foolish. Controlling that Spellcaster was only to confirm that there were no other Spellcasters around Green Wei.
"It hasn't been that long, and you've already forgotten who I am."
Su Xiao stepped out of the darkness, causing Green Wei to instinctively retreat, her aura shrinking significantly. She murmured:
"Holy Flame... Teacher."
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*Boom!*
The tightly locked courtyard gate was shattered by Li Element. Mage Sage Sefeiliya quickly strode into the small courtyard. The first thing she saw was a corpse sitting in front of the low table, covered with a bedsheet that had blown over from somewhere.
Sefeiliya stepped forward and pulled at the cloth. Due to her subconscious rejection of this outcome, she didn't even bother to sense the corpse's aura. When she pulled the bedsheet away, the corpse inside both infuriated her and secretly relieved her. It wasn't Green Wei's corpse, but a Spellcaster who had been controlled by a demon spirit.
Although the black patterns on the corpse's skin hadn't been seen for a long time, Sefeiliya determined at first glance that this was a sign of demon spirit control.
Sefeiliya walked into the three-story building. Along the way, she saw traces of a not-too-intense battle. Judging by the scattered bloodstains, the other party hadn't killed, or else it wouldn't look like this.
A communicator was hanging in mid-air. Sefeiliya pulled it down, only to hear the crisp sound of a pull ring.
*Beep, beep, beep!*
The communicator in Sefeiliya's hand rang urgently.
*Boom!*
An explosion echoed. The villa Sefeiliya was in turned into countless fragments. Sefeiliya inside was unharmed, protected by the Li Element swirling around her.
*Crack, crack~*
Sefeiliya crushed the remnants in her hand and casually tossed them aside.
Meanwhile, in the castle of the Lord's Manor in Twilight City, Bubu Wang was adjusting the receiving device. Finally pressing the start button, the signal was received successfully.
A red dot appeared on the map, showing Sefeiliya's real-time location. Dozens of picometer-level metal fungal nuclei were constantly reflecting specific wavelengths to determine Sefeiliya's position.
Su Xiao didn't have the leisure to set up an explosive that wouldn't hurt Sefeiliya just to annoy her. His main purpose was to make her explode, sending the hundreds of thousands of metal fungal nuclei flying everywhere. These nuclei, somewhere between biological and metallic, would go completely unnoticed. Even an Absolute Strong wouldn't care about a speck of dust on their clothes, especially when their disciple had been taken.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang barked, handing the electronic map to Su Xiao. Su Xiao took it, glanced at it, and tossed it to Bahar. Bahar would be responsible for this aspect going forward.
Soon, the communicator on the table rang. Clearly, Sefeiliya had discovered the communicator hidden on the corpse. When the call connected, there was silence on the other end, only the crackling sound of burning wood from the explosion.
"Name your price. How many resources do I need to pay to get my disciple back?"
Sefeiliya's voice came from the other end of the communicator.
"That sounds like I kidnapped Green Wei."
"Isn't that the case?"
Sefeiliya's voice grew colder. It was clear she was suppressing her anger as much as possible, not letting it show in her tone.
"If we trace it back to the root, Green Wei is considered a member of the Law Destruction faction."
"You... are shameless."
With Sefeiliya's cultivation, after a moment of deliberation, she could only utter the word shameless.
"Madam, remember to maintain your elegance, especially since you have a thousand years of refinement."
Hearing this, Sefeiliya on the other end of the communicator frowned. The words sounded like praise, but inexplicably made her accumulate anger inside.
"First, Green Wei is considered a member of the Law Destruction faction. Second, am I not her alchemy teacher? What's wrong with taking her in to teach some alchemy?"
Hearing this, Sefeiliya on the other end fell silent. Although Su Xiao wasn't particularly skilled at verbal attacks, he was still a bit better than Sefeiliya.
"Talking this nonsense is pointless. Name a price."
"Oh? It seems the unclosable Abyss Passage in the Green Wetlands is more troublesome than imagined. You're hoping the Law Destroyer's methods can close that passage."
At Su Xiao's words, Sefeiliya on the other end let out a light laugh and said, "It seems you know quite a bit, but your intelligence is too outdated. I've already closed that Abyss Passage using a method that even I find unbelievable."
"You're not good at lying."
"Law Destroyer, are you unwilling to believe? Unwilling to believe that I've developed a more complete, more stable, and lower-cost method to close Abyss Passages?"
"I believe you."
"You don't believe it, which is understandable, after all, you..."
"I believe you."
"You..."
Sefeiliya seemed to exhale, adjusted her mindset, and then said with a hint of regret and reluctance, "Since you don't agree to a ransom, then go ahead and kill her. I will avenge Green Wei. I will."
Hearing this, Su Xiao knew the time was right. He said with a hint of amusement, "Who said I was going to kill her? Sefeiliya, you might not know, but I actually have quite a few things I want to ask Green."
"Then you can ask now."
"Not this Green."
As soon as Su Xiao said this, he heard the *crack* of the communicator being gripped tightly. After a moment, Sefeiliya on the other end laughed in relief and said, "All old news. Even if you mention Green now, it won't make me lose my composure."
"You misunderstand. Actually, Green's remnant soul still exists."
"Im... possible."
Sefeiliya's mental state began to waver. Even after so long, her hatred for Green remained strong.
"I want to try. If I summon Green Gillian's remnant soul, will she be resurrected because of Green Wei's existence? Don't worry, just trying. Actually, I don't think this Ancestral Law Destroyer would thank or help me. But if she resurrects, she'll be your enemy. That's enough."
With that, Su Xiao hung up the communication.
Meanwhile, in the Sea Clan Main City, inside the Magic Energy Tower.
Sefeiliya dropped the communicator in her hand and looked at the black-robed person beside her. The instrument in the black-robed person's hand slowly turned and finally stopped.
"Located. That Law Destroyer is in the Beast Clan's Twilight City."
Hearing this result, Sefeiliya and Dean Guya showed no change in expression. But soon, the black-robed person projected an image. It showed Green Wei inside a glass pillar two meters thick and several meters high, filled with a light golden solution. An exceptionally powerful soul force field was radiating from Green Wei as the center.
Seeing this, Sefeiliya's pupils contracted violently. She had thought Su Xiao's earlier words were more of a threat, but now it seemed otherwise.
After sensing this, the black-robed person dispelled the image ahead and made to leave. This confused the Spellcasters present. Luen asked, "What are you doing?"
"The money you paid is only enough for me to sense this. Besides, I'm from the Soul Clan. My grandfather had a good relationship with the Ancestral Law Destroyers. Technically, this Law Destroyer is a friend I've never met. Doing something so disloyal as sensing a friend, I won't do it. Unless you pay more."
The black-robed Soul Clan suddenly demanded more money, leaving the Spellcasters speechless. They had hired this person at great expense temporarily to find the exact locations of the Dwarf King and the Law Destroyer. They hadn't expected this turn of events before even starting.
After the Spellcasters actually paid more, the black-robed Soul Clan began sensing again. Soon, an image appeared. It showed Su Xiao standing in front of the several-meter-high glass pillar, holding a soul fragment emitting a blue gleam in his hand. Seeing this, Sefeiliya felt a chill run down her spine. The Soul Severing Shadow aura within that soul fragment was too unforgettable for her.
"Wait for me. I'll bring back that Law Destroyer's head."
Sefeiliya's spatial ability activated. As long as she had an accurate location coordinate and a non-threatening casting environment, she could use spatial ability to appear within a few meters of Su Xiao. Although this was risky, compared to the possibility of Green Gillian resurrecting, this risk was negligible. Even a one in ten thousand, or even one in a million chance of resurrection, Sefeiliya had to extinguish it.
Space violently trembled. When the scene before Sefeiliya's eyes became clear, she found herself in an underground space. A glass pillar stood there, and beside it was Su Xiao. Moreover, Su Xiao had already placed one hand on the ground, activating the [Law-Destroying Teleportation Array] that enveloped the surrounding hundred meters.
*Boom!*
The [Law-Destroying Teleportation Array] activated. Sefeiliya only felt a dizzying spin, staggering a few steps before barely steadying herself. Green Wei, who had been teleported along with her, was thrown over a hundred meters away. Although her aura was weaker, she was not in mortal danger thanks to the protection of the glass pillar.
Sefeiliya had waited too long for this opportunity, to catch this Law Destroyer and fight him head-on. Now, the opportunity had come. But just as this thought appeared, Sefeiliya realized that the place she had teleported to was still a [Law-Destroying Teleportation Array] a hundred meters in diameter. This made her mind dizzy, unable to understand why such a teleportation array existed in this world.
Not giving Sefeiliya a chance to act, Su Xiao, whose body was already covered in blood marks, activated the [Law-Destroying Teleportation Array] again. Although Sefeiliya had spatial blocking abilities, not long ago, she had witnessed a person with stronger spatial abilities than hers explode into a mist of blood for trying to block this array's teleportation. Even if she wouldn't explode into a mist, it would certainly not be pleasant.
*Boom!*
The teleportation array activated for the second time. When everything settled, Sefeiliya supported herself with one hand on a low stone pillar at the edge of the array.
"Damn it... ugh~"
It turned out that even an Absolute Strong, after using the [Law-Destroying Teleportation Array] three times in a row, couldn't hold up and started dry heaving.
Sefeiliya looked around. The Law Destroyer was nowhere to be seen. A hundred meters away, countless Beast Clan warriors were standing guard, staring intently at Sefeiliya. Among the twelve legions of the Winter Territory, the eight most elite legions were all waiting here. For this, the plan to attack the [Crystal Forest] had been postponed.
*Buzz!*
A long horn was blown. The next moment, countless Beast Clan warriors swarmed towards Sefeiliya. If viewed from above, the Beast Clan legions surrounding Sefeiliya were so numerous that their edges couldn't be seen. A demon hawk soared across the sky.