Chapter 61: Abyssal Weapon
Blood smoke spread within the royal hall, large sparks drifting upward. Su Xiao stared at the blood smoke ahead, sensing a wave of heat from a blazing life force rushing toward him.
This felt different from facing high-temperature flames; it was a more forceful heat. As a result, the metal fixtures on the hall's ceiling melted into molten iron that dripped down.
A scorching red war blade swept through, scattering the lingering blood smoke. The blade's heat alone scorched a fiery trail in the air. The next moment, the heat surged forward.
Clang!
Large sparks burst outward as Su Xiao's long blade executed a **Perfect Block** against the scorching war blade. Before he could withstand the sudden surging force, a faint beastly roar came from ahead. Focusing his gaze, he saw that from the old Beast King's shattered shoulder, root-like structures emerged, forming a thick, long arm covered in sparks that slammed down toward Su Xiao.
Boom!
As the massive hand descended, a ring of fire spread outward from the impact. This strike didn't hit Su Xiao, because at the critical moment, he swapped positions with the Blade Demon Spirit.
Due to the fourth swap, the Blade Demon Spirit turned into dark blue smoke and merged back into Dragon-Slaying Flash. Aside from using Demon Blade, it couldn't be released for a short time.
After landing, Su Xiao felt a scorching heat beneath his feet. The entire royal hall was now ablaze with flames. Fortunately, Baha had dragged Amu out through a hole in the wall; otherwise, the severely injured Amu might have had his life force ignited by these golden-red flames.
Su Xiao raised his hand, faint flames appearing on his palm. This kind of flame would ignite life force. The stronger the life force, the slower the ignition, but conversely, once ignited, the more powerful the life force, the more fiercely it would burn.
The space within the hall slowly distorted from the intense heat. The old Beast King's massive left arm gradually retracted, returning to its original size.
"If you can defeat me, this power is yours. I've sealed this power for many years. I never thought I'd be so weakened that I'd have to rely on it to fight an enemy."
The old Beast King spoke, his voice still aged, but his aura was noticeably stronger than before.
"..."
Su Xiao said nothing. Coming here for a deathmatch with the Beast King, he was prepared for any situation.
Wind pressure and heat waves rushed toward him, along with the scorching red war blade.
The war blade and long blade clashed, and with a bang, a fiery explosion erupted. Sparks appeared on Su Xiao's long leather coat, along with several fine cracks.
A surging force came from the blade. At this moment, Su Xiao truly felt the oppressive power of the **Strong Overlord Body**. Previously, when fighting the old knight, the opponent had **Overlord Body Slash**, only entering **Strong Overlord Body** during the slash. Now, facing the Beast King, he had entered a continuous **Strong Overlord Body** state, lasting until his death.
With a screech, the war blade scraped across Dragon-Slaying Flash, the accompanying force sending Su Xiao flying.
Mid-air, Su Xiao pointed at the old Beast King.
'Blood Smoke Cannon.'
With a dull thud, the Blood Smoke Cannon struck the old Beast King's chest, but it only made him pause momentarily. The cracks blasted into his chest healed at a visible rate.
As soon as Su Xiao landed, he immediately sidestepped. A red flame slash came vertically down. Just as he leaped sideways to dodge, a cylindrical shockwave erupted from beneath him.
Su Xiao used Dragon Shadow Flash to enter a space-penetrating state and moved behind the old Beast King. After entering the **Strong Overlord Body** state, the old Beast King's speed had noticeably decreased, a side effect of the ability.
Pale blue slash marks crisscrossed. In less than a second, Su Xiao delivered dozens of slashes. This wasn't particularly difficult; the challenge was maintaining cutting power at such speed.
Then Su Xiao realized he seemed to be scratching the surface of the second-stage Beast King. Even his slashes, enhanced by multiple passives, only damaged the outer flesh, unable to penetrate deep and cause serious injury.
Su Xiao immediately switched from the **Soul Sever: Soul Core** to the **Rapid: Soul Core**. The blood light in his eyes receded, replaced by the pale blue of Cyan Steel Shadow Energy.
Zheng~
Su Xiao's long blade cut across the old Beast King's back. Among the dozens of slashes, this one pleased him the most. He even felt a sense of perfection from this strike.
After delivering this slash, everything around him suddenly slowed down, including the old Beast King's spinning slash and the red flames trailing from his war blade.
**Time: Dominator, X (Passive).**
**Skill Effect (Passive):** When you see through an enemy's weakness using a technique-type ability and attack it, your technique-type ability (must be at least Grandmaster Lv.70) will affect the time force field within a 10-meter diameter around you, causing a **Time Slowdown Phenomenon** lasting 0.2 to 0.5 seconds. Within this area, you are immune to the **Slowdown Phenomenon** and maintain normal speed to attack the enemy.
**Tip:** Each technique-type ability will derive a **Weakness** judgment. The weaknesses you can perceive are: Power Weakness (corresponding to Blade Grandmaster), Body Weakness (corresponding to Melee Grandmaster), and Breath Weakness (corresponding to Blood Spear Grandmaster).
**Tip:** Under this ability's enhancement, attacking an enemy's weakness will deal base attack + 8.5% of the enemy's maximum HP as defense-ignoring damage.
**Tip:** Due to your Melee Grandmaster trait, your straight kick, as long as it hits the enemy's torso, will definitely trigger a weakness effect.
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Su Xiao had mastered this ability using the **Awakening Stele** before entering this world, but this was the first time he triggered it. Whether fighting the Soul Death God or the Wolf God, he hadn't triggered it, leading him to wonder if he hadn't grasped the prerequisite activation method.
Now, it seemed otherwise. The reason it hadn't triggered before was that after mastering the ability, he hadn't properly "digested" it. "Digestion" is a necessary process after mastering an ability; more precisely, it's the ability fully integrating into oneself, becoming instinct.
Normally, **Time: Dominator** isn't a difficult ability to digest. The problem was that Su Xiao only obtained the **Awakening Stele** after reaching the Ninth Rank. Before entering this world, he had successively mastered **Blade Demon Awakening**, **Technique Resonance: Rapid**, **Perfect Physique**, **Undying Physique**, **Law Annihilation: Heavenly Thunder Fury**, and **Time: Dominator**.
Each of these six abilities was impressive on its own. Abilities like **Blade Demon Awakening** and **Undying Physique** were prioritized for "digestion," gradually integrating into him.
This was why **Time: Dominator** hadn't been triggered; it was last in line for "digestion." Moreover, it might not have completed digestion before this world ended. However, the old Beast King's life flames ignited Su Xiao, causing him to gradually lose HP and temporarily reduce his HP cap, while also accelerating the "digestion" of **Time: Dominator**.
Everything in Su Xiao's vision slowed down. This feeling was far more intuitive and intense than **Blade Path Sword: Time**.
To be precise, **Time** slowed everything around it, including Su Xiao himself. **Time: Dominator**, on the other hand, slowed everything within a 10-meter radius except Su Xiao, creating a **Time Slowdown Phenomenon**.
Even if the **Time Slowdown Phenomenon** only lasted 0.2 to 0.5 seconds, it was enough. The specific duration depended on the opponent's strength. Against the old Beast King, the **Time Slowdown Phenomenon** lasted 0.2 seconds, which wasn't surprising.
Furthermore, after switching to the **Rapid: Soul Core**, Su Xiao's speed increased significantly. Don't forget, he had four passive abilities that enhanced his body speed:
**Technique Resonance: Rapid (Passive):** Increases body speed based on the total level of mastered technique-type abilities. The increase is: Total Technique Level × 0.012 = Body Speed Multiplier (2.652 times body speed increase).
**Azure Shadow King: Passive One:** Your body speed is permanently increased by 1.5 times.
**Basic Passive: Shadow Speed: Skill Effect (Passive):** Your body speed +62 points.
**Rapid: Soul Core (Passive Trait):** Greatly increases body speed but significantly increases stamina consumption.
Four layers of speed enhancement, all passive, not temporary buffs. Combined with Su Xiao's activated **Time Slowdown**, everything around him entered 0.2 seconds of slow motion in his perception.
The war blade, wreathed in flames, came slashing. The oppressive force was so strong, and he was locked onto by the old Beast King's aura, that dodging was impossible.
Su Xiao slashed at the incoming blade.
Clang!
One slash didn't push back the war blade caught in the **Time Slowdown**; instead, the enemy's immense force caused his blade to rebound. But that was what Su Xiao wanted. Using the distance created by the rebound, he struck again.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sparks flew. After three consecutive slashes, the surrounding **Time Slowdown** dissipated. Su Xiao's aura surged.
'Blade Path Sword: Extreme!'
With a dull thud, Su Xiao actually managed to block the old Beast King's powerful slash. Not only that, he exerted force and pushed the **Strong Overlord Body** Beast King to a halt. From the Beast King's expression, it was clear how surprised he was.
Was Su Xiao getting stronger during the fight? No, Su Xiao never had a talent for growing stronger in battle. Rather, he was being "hammered through" by the **Strong Overlord Body** Beast King. Before entering this world, Su Xiao's strength had increased significantly, and he had mastered various abilities, but he always felt a sense of sedimentation.
He had mastered too many powerful abilities in a short time. He could only use eighty percent of their potential; the remaining twenty percent settled, causing stagnation and blockage.
He hadn't been "hammered through" against the Wolf God because the power gap was too large. Against the Wolf God, Su Xiao only had two goals: 1. Find a way to survive, 2. Find a way to survive while killing the Wolf God. That battle, though dangerous, wasn't as intense as this one.
Against the old Beast King, he faced a worthy opponent. The opponent had high technique but a failing body. Su Xiao had a young, vigorous, and enduring physique but was slightly inferior in technical experience.
"Roar!"
Su Xiao's blood energy formed a Blood Beast that lunged forward. Though this move was instant, the old Beast King slashed it apart.
The problem was that the old Beast King didn't have such techniques. Consequently, when the Blood Beast exploded, it triggered the **Breath Weakness** (corresponding to Blood Spear Grandmaster) of **Time: Dominator**.
As everything around slowed down, Su Xiao had already charged through the blood smoke to the front of the old Beast King.
'Blade Path Sword... Clang!'
Blade Path Sword: Extreme wasn't executed; he was knocked back by the old Beast King's slash. Su Xiao crashed into the metal hall door behind him, leaving a trail of blood before landing in a relatively stable crouch.
Amidst the golden-red beast flames, the old Beast King's disheveled white hair fluttered without wind. His heart was beating so fiercely it glowed red-hot, visible through his chest like a red-hot, powerful heart. His blood was nearly boiling. He hadn't felt this in too many years, and the turbidity in his eyes was completely gone.
"Law Destroyer."
The old Beast King suddenly deactivated his **Strong Overlord Body** state, restoring his speed significantly. Without any visible movement, he appeared before Su Xiao, his war blade descending in a simple but powerful slash.
'Perfect Block.'
With a crisp metallic clang, the dispersing wind pressure shattered the hall, sending broken rocks flying everywhere.
Boom! A thunderclap echoed. As the hall crumbled, a torrential downpour fell.
The desolate, ruined old royal capital, the pouring rain, the vortex of dark clouds in the sky, and the two figures locked in a deathmatch directly beneath the vortex.
Blocking the old Beast King's slash head-on again, Su Xiao's entire body went momentarily numb. But in this critical situation, the formidable enemy struck again.
Hiss~
The blood droplets on Su Xiao's chin evaporated into blood energy. An explosion occurred on the old Beast King's neck, interrupting his attack rhythm. It was from the Blood Beast's explosion earlier; a few drops of Su Xiao's blood had splashed onto the Beast King's neck, which he now turned into blood energy using his Blood Spear Grandmaster ability and detonated.
A crystal short blade formed in Su Xiao's hand. He threw it, aiming for the Beast King's left eye. But the short blade was slashed apart mid-flight by the old Beast King.
Crystal shards scattered. Among them, a single drop of blood, carrying immense kinetic energy, constantly changed shape. Then, this blood drop turned into blood energy, forming a Blood Beast the size of a fingernail.
Su Xiao made a grasping motion with his left hand. Amidst the rain, the red light in his eyes intensified. As a blood soul in his left hand rapidly shrank and disappeared, the miniature Blood Beast, no bigger than a fingernail, suddenly expanded to over ten meters in size and pounced fiercely on the old Beast King.
Blood smoke dispersed. Before Su Xiao could charge forward, a figure in **Strong Overlord Body** state emerged from the blood smoke, its war blade slashing down.
Clang!!
Su Xiao was sent flying backward. As he flew through the falling raindrops, he took a deep breath, overloading his perception for a short time. He released some of his Cyan Steel Shadow Energy, using the falling raindrops as carriers.
All the raindrops around Su Xiao crystallized. Pointing at the old Beast King while flying backward, these crystal raindrops transformed into crystal spikes, shooting toward the old Beast King.
With crisp cracking sounds, the old Beast King ignored all attacks. He deactivated **Strong Overlord Body** to accelerate, appeared before the about-to-land Su Xiao, reactivated **Strong Overlord Body**, and delivered a powerful downward slash.
Clang!!
After blocking the slash, Su Xiao's long leather coat was torn apart, the lower half hanging in strips. His body, having withstood this blow, was covered in cracks. Blood gushed uncontrollably from the flesh wounds. This slash had dropped his HP below 25%.
**Undying Physique (Passive):** When your HP drops to 25%, based on your True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, and True Intelligence attributes, your body defense is **massively** increased (increased by 599 points of body defense).
A solid sense of safety filled Su Xiao from the inside out. Even his seemingly wailing bones and tearful organs no longer ached.
Su Xiao tilted his head and body, successfully dodging one of the old Beast King's slashes. Riiip! Several slash marks appeared on him. He finally understood why his perception kept frantically warning him not to dodge the Beast King's attacks but to block them.
Because every slash from the old Beast King tore through the space it passed through and the surrounding area, using the torn space blades to injure enemies trying to evade.
'Blood Smoke Cannon.'
Kneeling on one knee, Su Xiao fired a Blood Smoke Cannon. It only made the old Beast King pause, but that was enough. Su Xiao stood up and faced the Beast King's powerful slash.
'Perfect Block.'
Clang!!
The weapons clashed. The impact scattered the rain curtain within a dozen kilometers.
After successfully blocking this slash, Su Xiao didn't retreat as before. Holding his long blade with one hand, he stepped forward.
'Perfect Counter.'
The force rebound caused a chunk to break off the old Beast King's war blade with a crack. Normally, given the Beast King's powerful slash judgment, Su Xiao absolutely couldn't use **Perfect Counter**. It wouldn't harm the enemy and would severely injure himself. But the 599-point body defense increase in his second stage gave him the qualification to use **Perfect Counter**.
The **Strong Overlord Body** Beast King was pushed back half a step by this sudden force. A flicker of surprise crossed his face. In his lifetime of battles, this was the first time he had been pushed back while in his **Molten Iron Body**.
The **Strong Overlord Body** Beast King and the second-stage Su Xiao charged at each other simultaneously. The war blade and long blade clashed with maximum force.
'Furious Beast!'
'Blade Path Sword: Extreme!'
The two weapons clashed in silence first, then with a boom, the space within several kilometers cracked like a broken mirror. The torrential rain abruptly stopped. The massive vortex of dark clouds above split in two from the middle.
The war blade and long blade pressed against each other, their edges grinding, producing harsh scraping sounds.
'Heavenly Fury: Thunderclap.'
Golden arcs of electricity flickered on Su Xiao's long blade. The next moment, a bolt of world thunder crashed down. It wasn't summoned by elemental affinity, but this was a Transcendent Primordial World, so the intensity of the world thunder was predictable.
Su Xiao's HP immediately dropped below 20%, entering the third stage. His aura surged, its oppressive force no weaker than the old Beast King's.
But the old Beast King was now in a strange state. Black smoke emanated from his entire body. If one looked at his HP, they would see it had dropped below 30%.
**Skill 16, Darkness: Beast King (Ultimate Passive, X):** When the Beast King's HP drops below 30% and certain conditions are met, he enters this state, temporarily restoring him to his peak condition.
In an instant, heaven and earth turned dark. An endless, heavy darkness suddenly fell upon Su Xiao. Dark energy poured down from above, trapping Su Xiao in this dark torrent, allowing him only to move forward slowly, several times slower than a normal person's slow walk. Using Dragon Shadow Flash to escape this falling dark torrent would be suicidal.
The world seemed to tremble slightly. Beside the old Beast King, an abyssal vortex appeared. At the center of this vortex was the butt of a spear.
Don't forget, the old Beast King's Blade Grandmaster was only Lv.78, but his **Abyssal War Spear** (Technique Passive) was as high as Lv.85. Technique abilities exceeding Lv.80 were on a different level.
The old Beast King grasped the handle of this hooked spear with one hand. As everything around violently trembled, he began to pull the spear from the abyssal vortex. This former main weapon of his, due to his extreme age, he could no longer suppress and had to seal it in the abyssal vortex. While this avoided the risk of the abyssal weapon, it meant that every use required pulling it from the vortex.
The old Beast King absolutely must not succeed in pulling the spear! Otherwise, he would enter the third stage. The unknown condition for the Beast King's third stage was pulling this spear, this abyssal war spear.
Whoosh! A dark blue shadow shot out. It was Baha, who had been waiting for an opportunity. As soon as he neared the old Beast King, blood sprayed from his body, taking astonishing dark damage every second.
The old Beast King struggled to pull the spear with one hand, so he switched to both hands. Baha's attack slowed his pulling speed slightly.
A hundred meters away, in the dark torrent, Su Xiao took out [Dark Writhing (Abyss Ritual Item)] from his storage space. He had confirmed that the falling dark torrent was actually abyssal energy. Without hesitation, he crushed the [Dark Writhing (Abyss Ritual Item)], which contained a large amount of abyssal force. No one said this couldn't be used in combat.
The brief opportunity Baha bought by delaying the Beast King's spear pull allowed Su Xiao to crush the [Dark Writhing (Abyss Ritual Item)].
Bang! High-concentration abyssal energy burst forth. Su Xiao's left hand and forearm, which crushed the [Dark Writhing (Abyss Ritual Item)], were eroded by the abyssal energy. Fortunately, he had 20 points of Abyss Resistance.
The exploding abyssal energy slowed the falling dark torrent. Seizing the opportunity, Su Xiao formed a blood energy phantom behind him. One blood soul merged into his back, another into the blood energy phantom.
'Super: Blood Smoke Cannon!'
A barrel-thick Super Blood Smoke Cannon struck the old Beast King. The darkness around him twisted. The abyssal vortex began to run wild. The abyssal war spear, already pulled out more than halfway, was dragged back, and the abyssal vortex eventually dissipated.
The surrounding darkness vanished. The old Beast King spat out a large mouthful of blood. He raised his hand, and the war blade flew to him, grasped in his hand.
Clang!
The war blade blocked the incoming long blade. Having failed to pull the spear, the old Beast King's fighting spirit wasn't extinguished. He slashed, sending Su Xiao back.
A dead silence wave appeared around Su Xiao. He pulled out **Dead Silence Ember** from empty air and fired five shots at the old Beast King.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The first three shots were slashed apart by the Beast King. But the fourth shot, he couldn't withstand. An Ember bullet hit his shoulder. The fifth was blocked by his sword hilt.
The old Beast King's blazing life force suddenly showed signs of wilting. The **Dead Silence Ember** from Dead Silence City was practically the bane of life force.
Activating his Blade Domain, Su Xiao charged forward and delivered a heavy downward slash.
After the two blades clashed, Su Xiao crushed the glass rod in his hand with a crack. The liquid Apollo inside scattered, clinging to his crystal shin and foot.
Su Xiao kicked straight forward. The old Beast King felt death rushing toward him. In a critical moment, he entered his **Strong Overlord Body** state.
Boom!!
The force of the straight kick, along with the concentrated Solar Flame, simultaneously pierced through the old Beast King's torso, blasting off the half-cape on his back.
An explosion came from behind the old Beast King. The clock tower was shattered. The old royal capital's great bell fell to the ground with a loud crash.
A **Time Slowdown Phenomenon** appeared around Su Xiao. Amidst the drifting sparks, he charged to the front of the old Beast King, sidestepping to dodge the slashing war blade. Though he dodged, several deep, bone-deep slash marks appeared on his shoulder.
Everything around became slower. Dark blue smoke rose from Su Xiao's long blade. He slashed down, cutting diagonally across the old Beast King's entire chest. Almost simultaneously, the old Beast King's war blade slashed down with force.
Blood splattered. Su Xiao and the old Beast King passed each other. His entire left arm, even his entire left shoulder, and a small part of his torso were severed. He fell forward with a thud, blood quickly spreading beneath him, turning the rainwater into a large pool of blood.
Crack, crack, crack~
Translucent blue crystals spread and crawled over the wound. Su Xiao's crystal arm supported him as he stood up again. As soon as he stood, the old Beast King collapsed with a crash.
"Bai Ye, if the beast tribe ever does something foolish someday, spare them once."
"Mm."
Su Xiao's cooperation with the beast tribe had been fraught with deceit from the start. But this deathmatch with the old Beast King was pure. Besides, given the old Beast King's hooked spear, Su Xiao wouldn't refuse this promise. He had seen that hooked spear once before, during the battle against the Wolf God.
Receiving Su Xiao's response, the light faded from the old Beast King's eyes.
Su Xiao flicked the blood off his blade and sheathed it.
The Beast King had been slain.
Su Xiao looked at the overcast sky. After drinking a Recovery Potion, he sat on a piece of broken palace rubble. After a while, Amu had recovered somewhat and got up from the ground. Su Xiao told Amu to dig a grave nearby.
Su Xiao took out the Lord's Ring, tossed it in his hand, glanced at the old Beast King, and ultimately chose not to discard it. At the beginning of this cooperation with the beast tribe, Grand Commander Kane's intention was clear: make Su Xiao a lord without real power to contain the Spellcasters. More precisely, let Su Xiao attract the Spellcasters' hatred, giving them no time to deal with the beast tribe.
Obviously, Grand Commander Kane miscalculated. He never dreamed that after making Su Xiao attract the Spellcasters' firepower and then exiling him to the Fierce Winter fief, Su Xiao could develop that barren land, where even the commoners barely had enough food to survive the winter.
But speaking of it, the Beast King also made a mistake. When the beast tribe was at a complete disadvantage on the main battlefield, the Beast King couldn't refuse the fungal carpet. It was the beast tribe's only chance to turn the tide. In return, he had to let Su Xiao develop the insect race; otherwise, it would be like getting the fungal carpet for free from Su Xiao. The old Beast King truly didn't expect Su Xiao to push the insect race beyond its racial strength limit.
If Jila was an insect queen, the beast tribe had nothing to fear. But when she broke through the limit to become an insect overlord, the old Beast King suddenly realized something was wrong. However, none of this mattered anymore. Su Xiao wasn't so vengeful as to start a war with the beast tribe after defeating the old Beast King. He and the old Beast King had both achieved their goals. Leaving each other with dignity was a good outcome.
Speaking of which, the old Beast King's successor, the Knight Commander, was also a winner. After Su Xiao left this world, he couldn't take the **Crystal Forest** with him, so the beast tribe would have a source of crystal resin.
[Tip: You have slain Beast King: ??? (Due to the influence of Pure Abyss Blood, causality has been blocked by the Abyss).]
[You have obtained 7200 Soul Coins.]
[You have obtained 10.5% World Source.]
[You have obtained Eternal Rank Chest (Opening can grant Eternal Rank related permissions).]
[You have obtained Ember Flame (Semi-Sealed).]
[You have obtained Pure Abyss Blood (Sealed).]
[You have obtained Original Sin Core (High-Risk Original Sin Trait Item, Sealed).]
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Su Xiao looked at the black core in front of him. This was one of the old Beast King's goals for their final battle. For others, this high-risk Original Sin trait item was a death sentence. The Beast King's extreme aging was likely related to this item. But for Su Xiao, this extremely dangerous item was a treasure he greatly desired.
When he learned that Su Xiao possessed three Original Sin items, the surprised old Beast King had thought of this. Of course, the most crucial point of this final battle, which the old Beast King wouldn't say directly, was that as a War King, he didn't want to die on his sickbed.
Unbeknownst to them, the sky gradually cleared. A ray of post-rain sunlight shone through the clouds onto the center of the old royal capital. This place, after such a deathmatch, had an indescribable sense of shock. Where the old throne once stood, there was now a newly dug grave.
A long blade was thrust into the ground before the grave. Tied to the pommel was half a cape with iron feathers. On the blade's edge, there was a most prominent notch. A gentle breeze blew, and the steel-feathered cape tied to the hilt clinked softly.
Su Xiao turned and walked out of the old royal capital. The intense battle left his entire body aching. He wanted to find a healer to cast a slow recovery on him. Healing was secondary; the main thing was to relieve the pain. Slow recovery was the best for that.
Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of a problem. He had come to this world with a healer. Where was the Holy Maiden who came with him?
Meanwhile, on the Endless Sea of the Wind Sea Continent, a small boat floated on the surface. The Holy Maiden and Beini were both on the boat. The Holy Maiden was at the bow, and Beini was sitting on her head.
Beini now realized a problem. A permanent blessing called **Sea's Affection**, which she had obtained long ago in an ancient ruin, seemed to be problematic.
"Where, exactly, is this place?!"
The Holy Maiden shouted. Beini on her head couldn't hold it in anymore, tears streaming from her eyes.
"Meow meow!!"