Chapter 42: The Game
Several teammates suddenly disappeared, making Elukulu feel anxious. But the moment she turned her head, Wood and Zuiyasi reappeared. The corner of her eye twitched almost imperceptibly. She took a deep breath to calm herself, but the next second, a glance from the corner of her eye showed Bubu Wang and the Platinum Apostle had also appeared.
This scene made Elukulu suddenly doubt her own perception. She extended her senses, clearly perceiving the rhythm of the surrounding world and the distribution of elemental forces. As she walked toward the dead city on foot, she sensed her temporary teammates.
Elukulu first sensed Su Xiao. Initially, only his physical fluctuations were powerful, but with deeper perception, a bang erupted as blood energy exploded within her senses. The intense, needle-like crimson blood aura caused a sharp pain in Elukulu's perception. Only when she stopped carefully sensing Su Xiao did the scarlet blood aura explosion disappear. This wasn't intentional on his part; his blood energy was simply too absurdly strong, and deep perception yielded such results.
Elukulu sensed Wood and Zuiyasi. One emitted black mist, his aura elusive yet containing dark green soul flames. The other was like an aggregation of countless black tentacles, the time force field around him distorted.
Elukulu sighed. Sensing the Priest, a strange mental discomfort nearly reduced her sanity by 1 point. She sensed the Archbishop of the Abyss beside him, a depth as rich as a dark vortex; just looking at it would draw one's soul in.
Sensing Black Demon, it was like a black mist maw from the Abyss that devoured everything, capable of swallowing, digesting, and absorbing anything.
Sensing the Platinum Apostle, this one was even more heavyweight. His aura and overall form were like a walking mosaic. If one sensed carefully, dizziness would set in, and one's soul would feel twisted like a twisted rope.
Walking forward, Elukulu suddenly felt a bit hopeless. Among these temporary teammates, which one resembled a human? Yet these guys all looked human-like, either exuding the aura of a grandmaster or brimming with mysterious qualities.
On the other hand, the three ugly, terrifying beings covered in ceramic-like cracks—Tyrant, Immortal Brother, and Star Devourer—had relatively normal auras.
If not for the Dark Moon Star Ring, Elukulu wouldn't have gotten involved in this matter. No matter how she looked at it, this trip to the dead city was too dangerous.
The group entered through the broken city gate, greeted by a scene of utter decay. All building surfaces were covered in a dark green moss, damp and slippery, making it feel like being in the deep sea. The moist, salty, fishy smell in the air heightened this sensation.
Su Xiao approached a cylindrical building. Inside, it was filled with sea anemone-like biological structures. The building's windows and chimneys served as openings for this marine creature to extend its tentacles. He placed one hand on the building, and the marine creature inside emitted a faint blue light.
This appeared to be a shell-dwelling marine creature, but careful sensing revealed it was closer to a large marine plant. Confirming this, Su Xiao activated the Natural Language ability he gained after raising Heart Meditation to Lv.97.
With the building Su Xiao touched as the center, the surrounding world within a hundred meters turned gray-white, and everything began to rewind. About six hours back, during the dead city's late night, the scene drastically changed. Seawater truly emerged from underground, but it didn't flood the outer districts of the dead city. Instead, it formed seawater masses of various sizes floating in midair.
Countless bizarre creatures darted between these seawater masses. When these creatures elongated in motion, they revealed a white line. If this worm-like creature opened its mouth, it would appear particularly ferocious, with a circular oral cavity filled with small, sharp teeth. Upon closer inspection, each fang was covered in barbs.
Seeing these bizarre creatures, Su Xiao's heart sank. With his knowledge of Abyss studies, he recognized them immediately—this was the Abyssal creature Candle Leech, a type of Abyss Spawn.
Based on his experience, Su Xiao divided Abyss Spawn into six danger levels: T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5.
First, T0 level. Only a few of the most powerful Abyss Spawn ranked here, such as the Dark Cradle. At this tier, non-specialists would die upon contact. Even a Supreme-level being who recklessly confronted such an existence would ultimately perish.
T0 level: Requires ultra-highly specialized Abyss knowledge personnel for sealing, imprisonment, or banishment back to the Abyss. Essentially indestructible. It is recommended to seek Law Destroyers, Wandering Hunters, Demon Scythes, or Moon Wolves to handle it. Local world powerhouses should assist, and the world's strongest forces or multiple major factions should provide logistical support to have a chance.
Note: In the early Third Era, all Moon Wolves had perished.
Key Note: Unlike the extremely pure primordial energy of indestructible Abyss Spawn, these beings' primordial energy is highly polluting. Even through Devouring Core, Demon Scythe, or causal weapons (unique to Wandering Hunters), it still causes contamination and erosion, with high probability of death, medium probability of mutation, and low probability of aberration.
T1 level: Requires highly specialized Abyss knowledge personnel for sealing, imprisonment, elimination, or banishment. T1 Abyss Spawn are extremely difficult to eliminate and often operate in groups. It is recommended to seek Law Destroyers, Wandering Hunters, Demon Scythes, Abyss Scholars, or Dark Blood Hunters. Local forces must actively cooperate and provide certain logistical supplies.
T2 level: Requires highly specialized Abyss knowledge personnel for sealing, elimination, or banishment. These Abyss Spawn are mostly powerful individuals with some territorial awareness and uncertain alignment between good and evil. If such an individual only operates within a fixed area, proactive intrusion is not recommended. The world's major forces should set up patrols in surrounding areas to prevent ignorant individuals from provoking such beings. If provoked, the danger level likely rises from T2 to T1, and measures should be taken according to T1 standards.
T3 level: Requires personnel with at least entry-level Abyss knowledge for expulsion, elimination, or banishment. These Abyss Spawn are mostly individuals with weak territorial awareness. Initial measures should involve friendly negotiation. If successful, a kind-hearted person should guide and interact with them. Do not cause significant stimulation to such Abyss Spawn, and it is recommended to build a ring-type teleportation array (reverse summoning array) with darkness intensity above 19 to help them return to dark areas or even the Abyss.
Note: If such an individual is provoked, seek Abyss Scholars or Dark Blood Hunters. Of course, asking Law Destroyers, Wandering Hunters, or Demon Scythes for help is more reliable.
T4 level: Requires sufficiently powerful individuals to handle. This tier of Abyss Spawn is often called dark creatures. With sufficient caution and encirclement, they can usually be eliminated. However, such dark creatures have a chance to mutate into T3 Abyss Spawn when near death. If this occurs, all personnel on site should immediately evacuate and handle it cautiously according to T3 standards.
Note: If this dark creature has some intelligence, it is recommended to coexist relatively peacefully through negotiation. Do not actively attempt to seal, imprison, or banish it.
T5 level: These Abyss Spawn are relatively weak but have extremely distinct characteristics. With sufficiently advanced Abyss knowledge, they can even be used for positive gains.
Warning: If Abyss knowledge has not reached intermediate level or above, do not attempt to use such Abyss Spawn. There have been precedents where such Abyss Spawn caused world force pollution in a ninth-rank world, turning it into a dead star after 35 natural days.
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Su Xiao deactivated the Natural Language state, and the surrounding scene returned to normal.
The current problem was that the Abyssal creature Candle Leech, infesting the outer areas of the dead city, was a T1 Abyss Spawn. With Su Xiao's current level of Abyss knowledge and strength, facing a swarm of Candle Leeches of this scale meant certain death. This world didn't have a Demon Flame Dragon Legion. With his current comprehensive abilities, dealing with T2 Abyss Spawn was already his limit.
Or rather, being able to handle such Abyss Spawn at the Absolute Strength level was already exceptionally rare. The Eternal Light World incident was a special case derived from the Demon Insect Race.
Su Xiao had no intention of provoking these Candle Leeches. Moreover, the Candle Leeches here were nocturnal. But a serious problem was that the closer to the center of the dead city, the stronger the dark aura. Why would the light-hating Candle Leeches not go to the central area but instead infest the outskirts?
A very bad situation was that the God Collective Avatar was in the central area. Even the Candle Leech swarm didn't want to provoke such an existence. Considering the Lv.95+++++ task difficulty, the danger level of this trip was immediately maxed out.
An even worse situation was that this task against the God Collective Avatar wasn't just for Su Xiao's main mission. Void Tree and the Paradise faction wouldn't issue tasks that were absolutely impossible. But if this task difficulty was based on the combat limit achievable through the full cooperation of Su Xiao, Elukulu, Wood, Zuiyasi, the Priest, the Platinum Apostle, the Archbishop of the Abyss, Black Demon, Tyrant, Immortal Brother, and Star Devourer, then...
"Bai Ye, what did you find?"
The Priest spoke, his smile still kind and benevolent.
"Candle Leech."
After Su Xiao said this, some were puzzled, others showed no change in expression. Abyss studies required massive time investment with low returns. The fact that Su Xiao's Abyss studies could only be improved with space-time power showed how absurdly high the level of this knowledge was.
Among the group, the Archbishop of the Abyss was the most unsettled. He knew what Candle Leeches were and how troublesome this Abyss Spawn was. Even at his peak, he didn't want to provoke them; the benefits didn't match the cost.
The Archbishop of the Abyss moved his left hand. Previously in the Eternal Light World, he and Su Xiao had left each other some 'little gifts.' To this day, his left arm couldn't use abilities. The Soul Severing Shadow's soul slash wasn't something a soul healer could treat.
In contrast, Su Xiao, who hadn't undergone deep treatment, had scars on his left shoulder, right chest, and right ribs. They felt slightly uncomfortable on rainy days, but once in a dark-rich area, they would sting.
Among those present, Su Xiao and the Archbishop of the Abyss had the deepest enmity. But now, the situation had become somewhat wondrous.
When it came to schemes, the Priest was the strongest. Each of his small plans failed, but in the end, he became one of the winners, ranking second in benefits.
When it came to overall layout, the Archbishop of the Abyss was the strongest. His mysterious operations in the Wind Sea Continent—no, his seemingly stupid layout—after Spider Woman annihilated the Beast and Sea races and the Abyss era descended on the Wind Sea Continent, the Dark God Cult there immediately stood up. Whether willingly or not, the Dark God Cult had to worship and revere the Archbishop of the Abyss like an ancestor.
As for Su Xiao, he was better at open schemes. The current situation was more suitable for open schemes. Revealing that the outer area of the dead city had a Candle Leech swarm was the beginning of the open scheme's groundwork.
The group continued forward. As they delved deeper into the dead city, the deep-sea feeling faded. Black mist slowly drifted from the ground, forming walnut-sized black balls that floated upward, making the black clouds in the sky more oppressive.
Leaving the outer area, there were no more ruined buildings. Instead, strands of darkness floated upward, and the ground was covered in weathered bones. What made people uneasy was that the endless bones were all kneeling toward the center.
After careful observation, Baha found that these bones had traces of being bound, then died almost simultaneously due to some situation, forming this eerie yet spectacular scene.
"It looks like a sacrificial ritual."
Wood crouched down and picked up half a charred black candle.
"Soul extraction ritual."
Zuiyasi, the Priest, and the Archbishop of the Abyss spoke almost simultaneously.
"Ahem~, I have a friend who set up this ritual, but only for extracting one target."
Zuiyasi explained, trying to make everyone believe that although he was from the Ancient God system, he had a kind heart.
"The ritual failed."
The Archbishop of the Abyss picked up a skull and crushed it with a crack. The faint soul aura still remaining inside dissipated like pale white smoke into the air.
"Are you sure?"
Elukulu didn't trust the Archbishop of the Abyss much.
"If it had succeeded, these bones would appear pale white."
"You're so cruel, extracting the souls of living beings. How terrifying."
The Platinum Apostle spoke. Hearing this, the Archbishop of the Abyss glanced at him and said with a somewhat mocking tone, "A despicable little man who devours fate dares to accuse others of cruelty?"
"I'm very timid. I dare not kill any living being, nor have I ever killed anyone with my own hands. Being too kind is a weakness I can't shake off."
The Platinum Apostle's words left everyone speechless. He shrugged helplessly; indeed, he had never killed anyone with his own hands—they all died indirectly from his abilities.
Continuing forward, the group was only a few kilometers from the center. But here, the environment was no longer dim. Above the central area, the sky had a circular hole, over a hundred meters in diameter. Dim light fell through this hole, illuminating a circular sacrificial ground.
This sacrificial ground was paved with white stone slabs, with rings like tree rings. At the very center, a wolf sword was inserted.
The wolf sword's blade had many nicks, and the hilt was old and worn. White moonlight fell through the hole in the black clouds above, absorbed by this wolf sword. This was the sword of an extremely powerful Moon Wolf, inserted here to suppress something.
Star Devourer stepped forward and grasped the wolf sword's hilt. Due to the sword's length and its height, it had to pull backward, trying to yank the sword out. With a sizzle, Star Devourer withdrew its hand, burned, and stepped back several times.
Seeing this, everyone looked at Su Xiao. He stepped forward and grasped the hilt. He didn't immediately pull the sword out. Moonlight gathered around, forming a silver-blue translucent spirit. It floated to Su Xiao's side, leaned close to his ear, and whispered in a language he had never heard but somehow understood:
"Run... quickly."
After saying this, the moonlight spirit disappeared into the air, as if fulfilling some ancient oath.
"..."
Su Xiao certainly couldn't run. If he retreated now, the main mission in this world would fail, and his plan to advance to Supreme would completely collapse.
Clang!
The wolf sword was pulled out. Immediately after, the old wolf sword shattered. The moonlight falling from above disappeared, and the cloud hole that had cast moonlight was now filled with darkness. Countless broken bones fell, turning to ash before hitting the ground.
A figure fell from above, humanoid with a beastly body, over fifteen meters tall. With a loud boom, it landed. The moon-silver chains on its body snapped one by one. As the sealing chains broke, hot sparks appeared on the ground.
Snap!
The final silver moon prison chain sealing the God Collective Avatar broke. It stretched its body, its gray-white fur somewhat sparse. Its two giant hands were beast claws, and its wooden antlers like a male elk represented its power from the Abyss.
A slash scar crossed the God Collective Avatar's chest. Having seen it before, Su Xiao immediately recognized it as a wound from the Sun King. The scar burned by solar particles was too distinctive.
Seeing the wound caused by the Sun King, Su Xiao thought of the God Collective Avatar's origin. Initially, he thought it was the collective consciousness of gods mutated by distorted solar power, related to the God Collective Cult.
Now, it was completely different. This was the Sun faction's mortal enemy from the First Era. In the early First Era, there was an era called the God Era. When Blazing Sun Star sought to transcend and successfully resisted the Abyss to gain transcendence qualification, its next target was the previous generation's overlords—the gods.
Don't compare the gods of that era with the Goddess of Fortune or Fate Goddess. They weren't from the same system. In the early First Era, Ancient Gods were also part of the gods. Indeed, the Ancient God faction was strong, surviving the First Era's godfall and achieving transcendence in the Third Era as Doom Star.
In the early First Era, the Lords of Eternal Light World, the Sun God Clan of Blazing Sun Star, and the Ancient Wyverns of the Ancient Dragon Kingdom—after all three achieved transcendence—all turned their spears against the god faction that had always given them immense pressure and obstacles.
A lost First Era historical record states that in the early First Era, a total of 12 super worlds successfully resisted the Abyss invasion. Yet only three achieved transcendence. The fate of the other nine worlds was predictable—all were slaughtered by the gods.
In the God Era ruled by the gods, everything below gods was truly ants. The final result was that the Lords of Eternal Light World, the Sun God Clan of Blazing Sun Star, and the Ancient Wyverns of the Ancient Dragon Kingdom killed over 90% of the gods. This was ironic—the Sun and Ancient Dragon factions, once allies, became mortal enemies after both achieving transcendence.
The gods were harder to eliminate than imagined. When the Twilight of the Gods descended, the dark side of the gods arrived. The God Collective Avatar rose from the blood of the gods. The three world kings—the Great Lord, the Sun King, and the Ancient King—along with countless powerhouses from the three transcendent worlds, fought a desperate battle against the God Collective Avatar on the northern continent of Blazing Sun Star.
This was why the Sun God Clan, despite becoming the absolute ruler of Blazing Sun Star, didn't develop toward the northern continent, leaving the Dark Moon faction's ancient towers, Dark Moon nightmares, and Moon altars preserved to this day. Because in the First Era, the God Collective Avatar was absolutely indestructible in concept, only sealable. Thus, the Dead City was established.
Because the Dead City was on the northern continent, the Sun God Clan didn't build major cities there. Additionally, Blazing Sun Star's territory was indeed enormous—larger than Eternal Light World and Ancient Dragon Kingdom combined—so the southern continent was enough for the Sun God Clan's development.
Two and a half eras of sealing weakened the God Collective Avatar to the point of being eliminable. The problem was, did Twilight City really have the qualifications to deal with the God Collective Avatar now? Even sealed until now, the God Collective Avatar's combat power was still between Absolute Strength and Supreme. Twilight City's only Supreme-level being, the Blazing Sun Lord Ashrot, was too weakened by erosion.
...
The God Collective Avatar lowered its head. Its appearance somewhat resembled the mutated beast gods. No, it was the other way around—the mutated beast gods were the God Collective Cult's attempt to replicate the God Collective Avatar, creating a counterfeit. The mutated beast gods were imitating the God Collective Avatar's appearance and form.
Even a counterfeit was so powerful. How terrifying would the original's pure power be?
Su Xiao suddenly remembered when fighting the Ancient King in the Witch Realm. Why did the Ancient King's Abyss greatsword have so many cracks? In the final battle, the Abyss black sword shattered. Remember, this was a weapon used by a Supreme Peak. Even after two and a half eras, with Abyss energy nourishing it, it shouldn't have shattered like that.
At the time, Su Xiao regretted the Abyss black sword's destruction. Even if it wasn't certified as a top-tier weapon with viewable attributes, bringing it back to his exclusive room for storage, hoping to find a worthy inheritor to let this top-tier weapon shine again, would have been good.
Now it seemed the reason the Ancient King's Abyss black sword had irreparable damage was that the God Collective Avatar's pure power had slapped it with its claws.
As a counterfeit and weakened version of the God Collective Avatar, the mutated beast gods had such absurd physical power. Now, facing the God Collective Avatar, Su Xiao didn't want his blade Dragon-Slaying Flash to end up like the Abyss black sword. At times like this, the value of a reckless fool became apparent.
"Roar!"
The God Collective Avatar raised its hands into claws, roaring upward. Layers of airwaves spread. As it roared, the sparks on the ground in the surrounding area brightened and emitted hot temperatures.
"Tyrant, I remember you're a tank."
The Priest spoke. It could only be said that Su Xiao and the Priest had cooperated before for a reason—they thought alike. At this moment, the value of a reckless fool should be demonstrated.
"Th-that's right."
Tyrant looked up at the God Collective Avatar. Honestly, facing it directly, his legs wanted to tremble, but he held back.
"Are you scared?"
The Priest's provocation wouldn't work on others, but for the negative-intelligence Tyrant, it was exceptionally effective.
Tyrant sneered and was about to step forward when Star Devourer, its expression twisted with rage, saw the God Collective Avatar. In its soul memory, images from the First Era surfaced—a majestic, beautifully powerful star dragon, torn in two by the God Collective Avatar in the chaos, with half devoured.
Star Devourer pressed its hands to its head, roared in pain, and charged at the God Collective Avatar. Since Wood, Zuiyasi, the Priest, and the Archbishop of the Abyss were between Su Xiao and Star Devourer, he was about to grab the star treasure chest... ahem, stop Star Devourer when it had already pounced.
With a boom, starlight erupted around Star Devourer. It instantly appeared before the God Collective Avatar, all its starlight concentrated in its right fist. This strike could shatter stars.
Thud!
Leaping high, Star Devourer punched the God Collective Avatar in the face. Layers of airwaves spread, space around trembled, and the ground below shook.
Yet the God Collective Avatar only slightly raised its head. White mist from the immense kinetic energy's heat appeared on its bone faceplate. When the last wisp of mist dissipated, the faceplate didn't even have a crack.
After throwing the punch, Star Devourer, now lucid, had its pupils contract sharply. Its star energy erupted again, about to send it flying back.
With a slap, the God Collective Avatar caught Star Devourer like a sparrow. The terrifying force around made Star Devourer realize the severity of the situation. Somehow, it said with a trembling voice, "S-sorry, I didn't mean to jump up and hit you..."
Before Star Devourer finished, the God Collective Avatar slammed it to the ground.
Thud!
In an instant, the earth trembled. Centered on Star Devourer's landing point, the surrounding ground surged like waves, then cracked open.
Boom, boom, boom!
The God Collective Avatar slapped the pit where Star Devourer lay several times. After the final claw strike, Star Devourer bounced out of the shattered ground, caught by the God Collective Avatar, which prepared to crush it.
'Blade Path Sword: Flow.'
Clang!
An elegant wind scar cut through. A blood mark appeared on the God Collective Avatar's wrist, but it was just a blood mark. Compared to the injury's severity, the God Collective Avatar cared more about who could harm it. It looked at Su Xiao and casually tossed Star Devourer aside.
With a splat, Star Devourer landed, lying stiffly on the ground, groaning as it exhaled. Tears of frustration flowed. Considering Star Devourer had only recently been born from the Starry Sky Tree, crying wasn't shameful.
"3 seconds."
The Priest spoke solemnly, indicating he could restrain the God Collective Avatar for 3 seconds. As he spoke, a body of the Priest fell to the ground with a thud, but the Priest himself stood calmly in place.
After this Priest corpse fell, a pale hand broke through its back. Pain-filled faces squeezed out of the wound.
"Lost... lambs."
The repeated sound echoed in everyone's ears nearby. Almost simultaneously, pale dead skin appeared on the God Collective Avatar's body, as if materializing out of thin air, making it stand like a statue.
Pfft!
A dark tentacle as thick as an arm pierced through the Platinum Apostle's back from behind, emerging from his chest. The invisible bloodstains on the black tentacle caused transparent flesh branches to sprout, writhing wildly. It was the strongest backstabbing weapon, Spit.
"Huh?"
The Platinum Apostle was puzzled. The next moment, feeling his fate force being devoured, he understood. The Archbishop of the Abyss had finally revealed his claws in this world. His purpose here was precisely the Platinum Apostle—or rather, a sufficiently large amount of fate force.
Only then could the Archbishop of the Abyss return to his peak in a short time. The cost of being imprisoned in Eternal Light World wasn't just strength decline but also the devouring of his powerful fate by that world.
Spit's characteristic was that its attack had two stages. After the first stage successfully achieved Backstabber, it would unleash a second-stage attack based on the world's characteristics. Moreover, this second-stage attack's intensity depended on the backstabbed target's strength—the stronger the target, the stronger the attack.
Spit's other characteristic was Adaptation. The stronger the wielder, the greater the power it could unleash.
"Thank you for your fate gift."
As the Archbishop of the Abyss spoke, he prepared to control Spit's second-stage attack. As for how to deal with the God Collective Avatar afterward, he didn't care. He was certain that only the Law Destroyer truly wanted to fight the God Collective Avatar.
At that moment, the Priest, using some unknown means, appeared behind the Archbishop of the Abyss. Then, the Archbishop felt numbness in his chest. Looking down, he saw a hand had pierced through his back and chest. This hand was no longer pale but withered white. An unprecedented pain erupted from his chest.
The Archbishop of the Abyss's eyes gradually widened. In secret, he had cooperated with the Priest to backstab the Platinum Apostle—one seeking fate force, the other seeking the Scarlet Chest containing all the target's possessions.
Especially after the Priest produced that absurdly powerful one-time Scarlet Item, the Archbishop saw his sincerity. Moreover, this item only worked on contractors and violators, further dispelling the Archbishop's doubts.
Spit, extending from the Archbishop's sleeve, suddenly twisted. The next moment, it attached to the Priest's right hand and forearm that had pierced the Archbishop. Spit had a certain consciousness. After the Archbishop was imprisoned in Eternal Light World for 100,000 years, this strongest backstabbing weapon had begun to despise its owner.
This was why the strongest backstabbing weapon was called Spit—it would betray and despise its owner. In return, it had unparalleled backstabbing power.
The Archbishop of the Abyss finally understood the Priest's true target. It wasn't the Law Destroyer he had been guarding against, but his teammate, the Platinum Apostle. One wanted his strongest assassination weapon, Spit; the other wanted to devour his remaining fate force after his death.
With a plop, half an arm fell to the ground. Everyone looked at Black Demon, covered in bloodstains, with half an arm in front of it. This was the half arm bitten off when Black Demon swallowed Immortal Brother whole.
At this point, Black Demon was no longer its usual dull and indifferent self. Its body was composed of black semi-fluid, humanoid, over three meters tall. It grinned, showing full sharp teeth, and licked the blood at the corner of its mouth with a long tongue. It had successfully devoured Immortal Brother's Top-Tier Adaptability characteristic. From now on, Black Demon's 'menu' would further expand. It might even try devouring mid-tier or high-tier Abyss Spawn.
Indeed, Immortal Brother's Top-Tier Adaptability characteristic was why Black Demon joined the Big Smart Team. It could be said that the Big Smart Team's qualification to stand before the God Collective Avatar was entirely due to Black Demon carrying two dead weights, dragging the team up. Why two dead weights? Star Devourer was indeed a decent teammate.
Elemental aura had already unfolded. Elukulu, ready to become the strongest output in the backline, had her expression frozen. She witnessed two temporary teammates being backstabbed, one being swallowed whole, and the enemy they were about to face was suffocatingly powerful. What should she do? Waiting for an answer online, extremely urgent.
'Good teammates' Wood and Zuiyasi had long disappeared without a trace. This was pre-arranged between Su Xiao, Wood, and Zuiyasi.
As for Tyrant, standing there dumbfounded, he was already stunned. The current situation completely exceeded his understanding. With all his mental effort, his CPU was about to burn out.
Boom! 3 seconds passed. The God Collective Avatar broke free. Wind pressure spread from it. The next scene was predictable—everyone would scatter, and Su Xiao would become one of the losers.
Drip, drip~
A dark red liquid dripped from the Priest's fingertips. It resembled blood but had strong divinity. If it were divine blood, it was too impure and violent.
Shortly after entering this world, Su Xiao had summoned Iron Blood Hounds to clear the mutated gods in the Exile Land, obtaining a large amount of impure divine blood. During purification, he got 7 portions of impure divine blood. One portion had been tested against the mutated beast gods with Elukulu's 'assistance.'
Now, the remaining 6 portions of impure divine blood, in the form of alchemical poison, were distributed as gas in the surroundings. Normally, anyone present could sense it. But the problem was that the God Collective Avatar, with its extremely strong divine characteristics, was here. Such a degree of divine mist spreading was undetectable. Moreover, the Priest's backstabbing of the Archbishop of the Abyss and Black Demon's devouring of Immortal Brother made the situation more chaotic.
These gaseous impure divine blood had no toxic properties. Even if Su Xiao didn't control it, it would attach to targets with divinity, such as the God Collective Avatar... and the Priest.
The gaseous impure divine blood drifting toward the God Collective Avatar was instantly absorbed. Few things could satisfy it so much, calming its rage at being awakened.
The God Collective Avatar looked down at the Priest. The Priest understood the situation perfectly. It could only be said that he was indeed the Priest. The Priest's team had a total of four Sun Source Stones, all now in his hands. He threw all these Sun Source Stones toward... Black Demon.
Yes, toward Black Demon. The Priest was certain that if he threw these four Sun Source Stones to others, Su Xiao would be in an irreconcilable conflict with him. Only throwing them to Black Demon was the current optimal solution.
However, aside from the Priest and Su Xiao, no one noticed a subtle detail: after throwing the four Sun Source Stones, the impure divine blood originally on the Priest mostly attached to these stones.
Black Demon was stunned. Although it didn't notice the impure divine blood, it was somewhat reluctant to catch the four Sun Source Stones. But greed for them made it instinctively raise its claw. Then it realized a problem: compared to the Priest, whose impure divine blood was rapidly evaporating, it had become the God Collective Avatar's target.
Black Demon decisively threw the four Sun Source Stones. A giant claw caught them—the God Collective Avatar. It opened its huge mouth, released its claw, and the four stones fell into its mouth.
Black Demon, having thrown the stones, was about to flee when it suddenly found that the impure divine blood previously on the Priest had appeared on it—the consequence of catching those stones.
Black Demon was fierce and cruel, but not stupid. Moreover, 1.5 seconds ago, someone had already shown it how to perfectly resolve this deadly situation.
The Big Smart Team had four Sun Source Stones: Black Demon held two, Immortal Brother one, Tyrant one, and Star Devourer inexplicably hated them, so it had none.
After Black Demon devoured Immortal Brother, it had three Sun Source Stones. Rather than being killed by the God Collective Avatar, Black Demon unhesitatingly threw its three stones. These were caught by the God Collective Avatar and swallowed.
Seeing this, Tyrant, who had already fled some distance, suddenly stopped. For once, he was exceptionally smart. He threw away his Sun Source Stone and continued running. This proved to be the correct choice; otherwise, he would be the next to accumulate impure divine blood. It seemed Tyrant had survived this long for a reason.
The Priest's backstab succeeded, and Black Demon's devouring succeeded. At first glance, was the Priest the biggest winner in this game?
Don't overlook one point: Su Xiao's plan was to obtain all Sun Source Stones in this world. The God Collective Avatar itself had three, plus the subsequent eight, totaling eleven Sun Source Stones. In other words, if Su Xiao successfully killed the God Collective Avatar, he would get all eleven at once.
As for how to defeat the God Collective Avatar, Su Xiao had never relied on this temporary team. A lineup that wanted to backstab each other defeating the God Collective Avatar was too absurd. He had other methods to overcome this seemingly invincible enemy.
PS: (Recommending a friend's book, titled My Inventions at Hogwarts.)
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