# Chapter 21: Meeting
The irritable little spirit Diyagu had found the area where the Silver Queen's nest was located. This was undoubtedly good news. Su Xiao looked at the map drawn by the irritable little spirit. He truly hadn't known before that such an area existed in this world.
Besides the central area where Sanctuary City was located, the Eternal Light World could be divided into several major regions. To the west was the Wet Salt Zone, a vast expanse. Although there weren't many enemies in this area, when encountered, they were almost always powerful foes, mostly indestructible Abyss Spawn.
Although Su Xiao could use the Blade Demon Spirit of Dragon-Slaying Flash to deal with these indestructible Abyss Spawn and could thereby increase the demon spirit's strength, unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn't provoke these spawns. Some Abyss Spawn had abilities that were too troublesome.
For example, there was a type of Abyss Spawn called Endless Hatred. When it had its indestructible characteristic, no matter how severely it was wounded, there was no danger. But once it could truly be killed, this creature would activate its strongest ability, Hatred, and annihilate itself together with the enemy on the level of existence.
Initially, the one who killed Endless Hatred wouldn't notice. But when they saw their relatives and friends, they would discover that all these previously close people had forgotten who they were. No, this wasn't simple forgetfulness—the past related to them no longer existed. It was as if this person had never existed before.
The reason this victor could still exist was because they still remembered themselves. But when forgotten by everyone, including the world itself, no one could keep remembering themselves forever. Even a momentary lapse in remembering who they were would cause the victor to dissipate.
This was the danger of confronting world-destroying beings and Abyss Spawn. For example, mental pressure or soul-level fear was only the most basic risk. A slight misstep, such as being eroded by the Abyss or touching terrifying things like Scarlet or Eternal Darkness, would most likely result in a painful death.
These sources of calamity couldn't be dealt with through courage alone. They required professionals in this field. The Shadow of Law Destruction, Moon Wolves, Abyss Watchers, and Wandering Hunters were all professionals in this regard. However, all these factions had declined.
Besides the Wet Salt Zone in the west, Su Xiao had already experienced the Corrosive Rain Land in the east. Although he hadn't penetrated deep into the core area of the Corrosive Rain Land, the number of aberrant demons there was beyond imagination.
To the north was the Sand Sea. Su Xiao's initial landing point in this world was the periphery of the Sand Sea. The deepest part there, the Hellish Nightmare, had a danger level that couldn't be compared to the Scarlet Castle.
Besides these four major regions, there was actually a special area within the Eternal Light World. This area was the most vast and also the most deceptive. Those who came here would feel surprised, as if they had left the Eternal Light World.
This most vast area, the Wild Growth Land, not only had no daylight shining down but also presented a scene of lush vegetation. One could even casually find sweet fruits to eat and drink clean river water.
This made people wonder: why did the residents of Black Iron City choose to live underground instead of going to the vast Wild Growth Land? The answer was that all group-type world-destroying beings were in the Wild Growth Land. These groups each had their territories. The Silver Queen, who was a disaster in the outside world, only occupied a relatively large area here. The Star-Craving Crabs, Rot Worms, and Vassal Clans were all located in this area.
Not only that, but a few months ago, the Wild Growth Land had gained a being that could be called a madman among world-destroying creatures—World Devourer!
It should be noted that when World Devourer was summoned, it wasn't Su Xiao who banished this group. Rather, it triggered the notarization of the Void Tree, and the Void Tree banished World Devourer to the Eternal Light World. One could imagine how terrifying this thing was.
Although World Devourer didn't come from a Transcendent Primordial World or the Void, the reason it had gone dormant in its original world wasn't because it was defeated. It was because it had eaten everything in that world. Additionally, the combat power limit notarized by the Void Tree prevented World Devourer from breaking through to the point of gnawing through the world barrier. Eventually, due to having nothing to devour, it gradually went dormant after many years.
Being banished to the Eternal Light World was danger and imprisonment for other world-destroying groups. But for World Devourer, it gave it a higher ceiling.
Su Xiao looked at the map of the Eternal Light World, gaining a further understanding of the world's situation. In the three areas of Central Area, Wet Salt Zone, and Corrosive Rain Land, the beings were all individually powerful. Therefore, in these three areas, there could be settlements of intelligent beings, such as the hidden towns in the Wet Salt Zone, Black Iron City underground in the Corrosive Rain Land, and the scavenger tribes in the Central Area.
As for the Sand Sea and the Wild Growth Land, these two areas were more terrifying. One sea was filled with groups that devoured soul power, while the other was filled with groups that devoured life force and matter.
The reason the Wild Growth Land, which they were about to visit, had no daylight shining down was that the plants here could absorb extreme natural elements. After absorbing these extreme natural elements, they would undergo an elemental reaction similar to photosynthesis, thereby releasing large amounts of plant life force.
This plant life force nourished the earth and water sources. When water vapor drifted to the upper atmosphere and formed clouds, these plant life force-rich cloud layers generated a transparent film at high altitudes. When daylight passed through this film, it transformed into natural light very close to sunlight.
Among the myriad worlds, although plants rarely produced powerful beings, sometimes they were the hidden strong ones. For example, the vegetation in the Wild Growth Land had adapted to the environment through its own characteristics.
In the Wild Growth Land, no matter how ferocious the group, they wouldn't massively devour plants. Doing so would make them enemies of all world-destroying groups in the area. World Devourer was an exception—this creature had evolved to the point where it could even devour extreme natural elements.
For some reason, Su Xiao suddenly felt that besides the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple, World Devourer was equally terrifying as an enemy.
The only way to deal with World Devourer was to summon Jila and develop the insect race. Only by mass-producing a sufficiently powerful Flame Dragon Legion, with all-encompassing world-burning dragon flames, could World Devourer be dealt with.
Before setting out for the Wild Growth Land, Su Xiao had something to do. He took out Dragon-Slashing Flash from its sheath, then brought out [Law-Destroying Blade (Fake)]. The original reason for forging this blade was to fake his death and claim the bounty on his head from the Hunter's Guild. Unfortunately, when forging this blade, too many resources were piled in. In total:
[Eternal Scepter] + [Ultra-High Purity Abyss Force (Large Amount)] + [1200 Ounces of Space-Time Force] + [Divine Cult Emblem] + [World Ring (World-Class Item)] + [Traitor's Will (World-Class Item)] + [Abyss Soul Stone × 3].
Originally, Su Xiao only wanted to use [Eternal Scepter] as material and entrust the Dwarf King to simply forge a fake Law-Destroying Blade. But who knew that the more the Dwarf King forged, the smoother it went, gradually adding some Space-Time Force. By the middle of the forging process, 1200 ounces had been added.
Upon learning this, Su Xiao successively brought out so many resources, finally forging a fake Law-Destroying Blade containing a lot of demon spirit energy.
Su Xiao released the Blade Demon Spirit, letting it cling to the fake Law-Destroying Blade. A few seconds later, cracks gradually appeared on the fake Law-Destroying Blade, which eventually shattered. Dark blue demon spirit energy surged out, all enveloped and absorbed by the Blade Demon Spirit.
If Su Xiao activated the Devouring Core at this moment, he could seize half of the demon spirit energy, filter and purify it through the Devouring Core, then absorb it, permanently increasing his [All Potential Upper Limit Rank]. The last time he triggered the Spirit Shadow Constitution effect, it had given him [All Potential Upper Limit Rank +8].
Although he couldn't trigger the Spirit Shadow Constitution effect again this time, Su Xiao had an X-grade auxiliary-type Devouring Core. In principle, the effect of the Spirit Shadow Constitution was to filter and purify demon spirit energy, converting it into beneficial energy that could be absorbed by the body. The Devouring Core could not only do this but do it better.
However, Su Xiao didn't take a share of this demon spirit energy. Instead, he let the Blade Demon Spirit absorb it all. Only with higher demon spirit intensity could the Blade Demon Spirit devour more powerful indestructible Abyss Spawn.
When the Blade Demon Spirit devoured Abyss Spawn, it would convert the Abyss Spawn's source power into demon spirit energy. At that time, taking half of the demon spirit energy would both stably increase [All Potential Upper Limit Rank] and control the upper limit of the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity, preventing it from going out of control.
After Su Xiao advanced to Absolute Strength, his Blade Demon Spirit had also improved. It wasn't the demon spirit intensity but rather seemed to unlock an upper limit. However, the current level was far from the highest upper limit the demon spirit could unlock.
Because of this unlocked upper limit, the Blade Demon Spirit's efficiency in devouring demon spirit energy was dozens of times higher than before, perhaps even stronger. In just a few minutes, it had completely devoured all the demon spirit energy within the fake Law-Destroying Blade.
Looking at the demon spirit composed of dark blue smoke, for some reason, after this devouring ended, Su Xiao suddenly felt that the Blade Demon Spirit was somewhat different. What exactly was different was hard to pinpoint.
Checking the attributes of Dragon-Slashing Flash, Su Xiao found that the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity had soared from the previous 70 points to 190 points. It was still within the safe range. As long as the demon spirit intensity was below 300 points, he could suppress it.
Putting away the demon spirit, Su Xiao activated the Watcher's Ring, bringing Bubu Wang, Baha, and the irritable little spirit Diyagu as they left the Gray Sanctuary together. The unique smell of the Wet Salt Zone spread around. Although not unpleasant, it instinctively made one feel uneasy.
Taking out the map and checking the location of Station 8, Su Xiao headed toward the underground station. As for Zuiyasi, Wude, and the Shadow Eater, they were still underground in the Scarlet Castle.
Checking the team channel, Su Xiao saw invitations from Zuiyasi and Wude, plus Kaisa had already gone there. Without thinking, he knew that in that dark underground maze, there must be some good stuff. But it was equally dangerous.
Su Xiao didn't plan to go. The more Precipitated Glass Zuiyasi and Wude obtained there, the greater Su Xiao's profit. In the Abyss Shop, his price for exchanging Precipitated Glass for [Primordial Fragments] was 60% off. He could do this because he held four Original Sin Objects. Bearing this risk, taking a 20% share in this transaction wasn't high.
That is to say, Zuiyasi and Wude would give the Precipitated Glass they obtained to Su Xiao. Su Xiao would help them exchange for [Primordial Fragments] at 80% of the original price of 3820 Precipitated Glass, now 3056 Precipitated Glass. Each [Primordial Fragment] saved 764 Precipitated Glass.
In this transaction, Su Xiao earned 764 Precipitated Glass per [Primordial Fragment]. It could be said to be a win-win. But if it weren't for the fact that both "good teammates" urgently needed [Primordial Fragments], Su Xiao wouldn't help them exchange. The inventory of [Primordial Fragments] in his Abyss Shop was ???. This wasn't infinite but rather that his Void Tree reputation was too low to see.
Su Xiao's original idea was to advance 100 ounces of Space-Time Force for Zuiyasi and teach him how to use the temporary Void Tree imprint to open the Abyss Shop. Zuiyasi was initially quite happy. But when he heard that Su Xiao planned to have him hold the [Book of Original Sin] to try to obtain the 60% off privilege, the smile on Zuiyasi's face froze.
After multiple insistences from Zuiyasi and Wude that Su Xiao must earn the handling fee of 764 Precipitated Glass per [Primordial Fragment], Su Xiao, as a "good teammate," originally wanted them to experience the joy of holding the [Book of Original Sin] and let them try the feeling of holding this [Book of Original Sin]. Unfortunately, his good intentions were met with firm refusals from both "good teammates."
When Su Xiao arrived at the tunnel entrance of Underground Station 8, the sky in the Wet Salt Zone was already dark. Unlike other places where it was always daytime, the Wet Salt Zone had night. But this night was different from ordinary night—it was dense dark energy converging in the upper sky.
When night fell over the Wet Salt Zone, this place would reveal its true appearance. Stopping at the tunnel entrance, Su Xiao looked into the distance. A roar came, followed by a ten-thousand-meter-level flying creature passing overhead with a terrifying howl of energy. Along its path, large amounts of black liquid scattered. As soon as this liquid hit the ground, it began to rise. Looking closely would make one's scalp tingle—it wasn't black liquid at all, but countless black leech-like worms writhing wantonly, searching for living things nearby.
Sweet singing came. Looking toward the source, one could vaguely see holy white light appearing in the distance, creating a sense of security and making one want to run over quickly. But if one actually got close, they would find it was a mass of deformed matter parasitized by a Night Hag, using the hag's head growing on its body to emit singing that could beguile gods.
Boom!
An explosion sounded not far away. Su Xiao looked toward it. It was a humanoid being composed of many black tentacles. The single eye on its chest stared at Su Xiao. Feeling that Su Xiao wasn't easy to deal with, it disappeared into the distance with a boom of spatial shockwave.
The Wet Salt Zone at night was a dark hell, a place where living beings stopped.
Su Xiao's pupils emitted red light as he stared at the massive creature in the distant darkness. Finally, the other party retreated, intimidated by Su Xiao's aura. Bubu Wang, who had been hugging Su Xiao's leg with both dog paws, swallowed nervously. He was very scared at that moment.
Following the tunnel to the underground station, Su Xiao threw in a Black Iron Coin. The Wild Beast Train soon arrived. Boarding the train, Su Xiao turned the knob on the ticket machine to Station 6, which was near the Wild Growth Land. He found that because the departure point, the Wet Salt Zone, was in nighttime, the fare to go there was 120 Black Iron Coins, half more expensive than during the day.
After paying, the train started. Su Xiao didn't meditate but leaned back and rested. After a while, he heard Baha and the irritable little spirit Diyagu start whispering. At first, they were chatting and laughing, but soon they began exchanging pleasantries. Su Xiao was extremely calm about this, long accustomed to it.
Su Xiao tried to ignore the noise beside him, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, indicating that his mood must be relaxed. A moment later, Baha and the irritable little spirit were hanging from the steel bolts at the back of the train.
When the Wild Beast Train stopped, it was no longer underground. As the door opened, fresh air entered the carriage, making one feel refreshed. But after a while, no one got off the train. The door closed, and the train drove away on its own.
Inside an alternate space, Baha flew ahead, gradually moving this alternate space forward. Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and the irritable little spirit Diyagu traveled together. The reason for this was to avoid being detected by the insect race buildings after stepping into the Silver Queen's territory.
Inside the alternate space, the colors of the surrounding world faded, as if separated by a thin film. But even so, Su Xiao could still see bright sunlight falling, making him feel for a moment that he had left this damn place called the Eternal Light World.
After traveling for more than three hours, a towering insect nest appeared in the distance. This nest was several hundred meters high. With it as the center, various insect race buildings surrounded it. Compared to Jila, the Silver Queen's insect race legion had more comprehensive categories. There were more than ten types of melee insect races alone, at least thirty types of flying insect races, and Worker Scorpions for maintaining insect race buildings—an essential unit for all insect races.
Layers of perception means swept through every 0.5 seconds. Su Xiao wanted to sneak into the Mother Nest at the center of the building complex—impossible. But Bubu Wang could do it.
Su Xiao patted Bubu Wang. Bubu Wang merged into the environment and quietly approached the Silver Queen's Mother Nest.
At this moment, inside the Silver Queen's Nest Chamber, the Silver Queen was looking at the shadow opposite her and said, "Up to now, you of the Lightless Temple still haven't found the trail of that Law Destroyer?"
The Silver Queen's body had a flowing beauty, similar in form to humans. Some parts of her body had silver biological outer armor. Her hair was like backward-curving blades. On the back of her right hand was a deep, dark green round pupil.
The Silver Queen's pair of silver vertical pupils were now staring at the shadow opposite her, the representative sent by the Lightless Temple, the chief hound under the Eternal Dark Lord, the Temple High Priest Ezler.
"Of course not. Actually, my subordinates could find that Law Destroyer very quickly. But I don't want to find him."
As the Temple High Priest Ezler spoke, a smile appeared on his old face with some gray stubble. His implication was clear: because the world's seal had been opened, the strongest could only reach the peak of Absolute Strength. The four supreme beings of the Lightless Temple had gone from invincible to possibly being defeated. Therefore, finding the Law Destroyer now would definitely make them, the hounds, swarm forward, rather than the four supreme beings personally killing the Law Destroyer.
Thus, Temple High Priest Ezler didn't want to find the Law Destroyer at all, let alone test whether the Law Destroyer's power was real.
"In that case, are you saying you want to betray the Lightless Temple? Your status in the Lightless Temple is only below the Eternal Dark Lord, the Ancestor, and others. Is doing this really worth it?"
The Silver Queen spoke with a hint of playfulness.
"As long as I can leave here, it's worth it. The person with the key has come here. I've never been hostile to him before, so why should I choose to be hostile to this Law Destroyer and be cannon fodder for those world-destroying beings? Don't say I'm a person of the Lightless Temple. The residents of our Sanctuary City have no choice—either join or become bait."
Hearing these words from Temple High Priest Ezler, the Silver Queen was puzzled. She still hadn't figured out why this old monster had come to find her.
"I heard you're acquainted with that Law Destroyer?"
"You... heard that from who."
"Queen of Agony. Although she has already been devoured by World Devourer, before that, our cooperation was always pleasant."
Hearing Temple High Priest Ezler mention World Devourer, the Silver Queen's expression became serious. She had clashed with World Devourer once. The result was that the insect race legion she sent quickly disappeared, as if swallowed by the world in that area.
"I am that Law Destroyer's enemy."
"Enemies also count as acquaintances. If possible, we should cooperate with that Law Destroyer."
"Impossible."
"How is it impossible? As long as we can leave this cage, anything is possible."
These words made the Silver Queen fall silent. Seeing this, Temple High Priest Ezler gradually dissipated into black mist.
On an underground altar dozens of kilometers away, Temple High Priest Ezler, draped in a black robe, opened his eyes. Another Temple Priest beside him, wearing a blood-red long dress, asked, "Ezler, are you really planning to cooperate with that Law Destroyer?"
The Red Priest's tone carried some hesitation, finding it difficult to decide which side to stand on.
"Of course. No, the only way we can leave this cage is in the Monarch's Treasure. Now that we've found the entrance, I suspect the key to that entrance is in the Law Destroyer's hands. Otherwise, he couldn't be so composed, making us unable to detect any trace of him. He doesn't even come to spy on us."
"Oh~, I see."
The Red Priest suddenly understood. But he then pursued, "You suspect the entrance key is with the Law Destroyer. Then why did you come to find this insect queen?"
Hearing this, Temple High Priest Ezler stroked the gray stubble on his chin and said with some uncertainty in his tone:
"It's not too important. This insect queen was banished here by that Law Destroyer. If they were hostile, why banish her instead of directly killing her? An insect queen isn't immortal. So I guess that Law Destroyer had another purpose in banishing this insect queen. I just haven't figured out the reason yet."
Temple High Priest Ezler frowned slightly and finally shook his head.
Seeing this, the Red Priest speculated, "What do you think of this possibility: this insect queen is that Law Destroyer's subordinate. He banished her here to develop in advance. When that Law Destroyer comes here, this insect queen would be a great help to him."
"Doesn't seem like it."
Temple High Priest Ezler denied this speculation and said with a smile:
"Actually, there's another possibility. That Law Destroyer does have an insect race subordinate, but it's not the Silver Queen. He banished the Silver Queen here just to let her find an area suitable for developing insect races in advance? Otherwise, if they're hostile, compared to banishment, isn't killing the enemy more reliable?"
As Temple High Priest Ezler said this, the smile on his face grew richer, giving him a strangely eerie feeling.
"That's right! Ezler, you're right. No, we must immediately report this matter to..."
"Report to whom?"
Temple High Priest Ezler looked at the Red Priest with a half-smile.
"Of course, report to the four supreme beings."
When the Red Priest said this, his eyes showed confusion, not understanding why Temple High Priest Ezler wouldn't grasp this point.
"And then? Would the four supreme beings leave the Top City and come to this Wild Growth Land to destroy the Silver Queen's insect nest?"
"This..."
The Red Priest had nothing to say. If things developed that way, they would definitely be the ones leading a large number of priests, temple knights, and temple warriors here to deal with the insect race.
"You don't want to lose your life, right?"
"Right."
"So, we who share the same plight should trust each other, rather than being claws and teeth for those four supreme beings. Don't you agree?"
At the end, the smile on Temple High Priest Ezler's face grew increasingly kind, so kind that it gradually began to show the facial contours of a priest. To be precise, this was Shenfu. The real Temple High Priest Ezler had long been killed by him and replaced.
Meanwhile, inside the Silver Queen's Nest Chamber.
The Silver Queen was pondering what Temple High Priest Ezler had just said. If she could really leave this world, would she reconcile with that Law Destroyer? The answer was, of course, no!
Every time she thought of that Law Destroyer, the Silver Queen ground her teeth in hatred. Not only because he had banished her here, but also because she had completely fallen into his trap before. For the proud Silver Queen, this was a lifelong shame.
The anger gradually rising in her heart made the Silver Queen think that if that Law Destroyer dared to appear here, she would kill him on the spot. After this thought appeared, even the Silver Queen couldn't help but smile.
But at that moment, ten meters in front of her, dark blue smoke suddenly appeared, followed by a large dog. This wasn't the most important thing. The key was that the dark blue smoke that appeared had formed a spatial coordinate, becoming a positioning point that could be teleported to.
Seeing this, the Silver Queen was both shocked and relieved. Fortunately, she hadn't saved biological energy and had built a sufficiently powerful space-suppressing insect tower. With this spatial building, no one could...
Boom!
A loud sound of spatial teleportation came. From the appearance of the dark blue smoke to the spatial teleportation, it took no more than 1.5 seconds. Moreover, the figure that teleported in stabilized its form, landed in a crouch on the Silver Queen's nest bed.
The Silver Queen, who was lying half-sideways, hadn't had time to get up when the suddenly appearing person was already opposite her. The enemy she hated every day in her heart had finally appeared today. However, the distance was a bit close to the Silver Queen—no more than half a meter between them.
The Silver Queen froze. Her lips opened and closed, wanting to say something but not speaking. A few seconds later, she said in a deep voice, "Although I am an insect queen, my close combat ability is actually very strong. So I advise you not to act rashly."
The Silver Queen's mentality had completely collapsed, and she said something even she didn't believe.