# Chapter 3: Complete More Bounties from the "Hunt List: Blood Pact"
After all, he still owed Reincarnation Paradise 85,000 ounces of space-time power, and this time he would definitely pay it off.
Besides this, Su Xiao had a secondary goal: to raise his health points to 6 million. He planned that, as long as he successfully survived this world war, he would go to the "Ancient Dragon Kingdom: Eberath" to advance to Supreme Rank.
Whether he could raise his health to the 6 million point limit before advancing to Supreme Rank would determine the upper limit of this aspect after advancement. Su Xiao gathered blood energy in his hand, which condensed at his fingertips like thick blood mist. He used it to trace a summoning array in mid-air.
Hum~
Ripples spread through space, and a heart squeezed out from a spatial rift. It could be seen that compared to before, this evil heart was now spirited and vigorous, its aura of evil that made people uncomfortable even stronger. However, upon seeing Su Xiao, its arrogant and unruly attitude somewhat restrained itself.
"Bai Ye, you seem to have come to a very interesting world."
Just as the evil heart was about to leap to the carriage window to look outside, Su Xiao's right hand, wrapped in a crystal layer, grabbed it with one hand.
"Bai Ye, what are you doing!"
Crack, crack, crack~
The crystal assimilated and eroded, causing the evil heart to let out a chilling scream. Layers of black sound waves spread outward, startling Fenny, who was leaning back and dozing on the sofa in the front main carriage.
Amu and Baha ran in one after another, while Bubu Wang, Beini, and Fenny peeked in from the doorway.
Held by Su Xiao and continuously eroded by the crystal assimilation, the evil heart cursed profanities in Void language, but a few seconds later, it changed from angry curses to begging for mercy, and finally wept bitterly in its pleas.
Su Xiao flung the evil heart toward the window, where it slammed against the high-strength carriage window. The crystal on the evil heart's surface shattered, and this experience, like having several layers of skin peeled off, caused it to wail again.
Why did Su Xiao treat the evil heart this way? Because when cooperating with this evil existence, one must never let it get too familiar and presumptuous. The evil heart was a typical case: if not disciplined for three days, it would climb onto the roof and tear off the tiles.
"Law-Destroying Lord, what did you summon me for this time?"
The evil heart returned to a fawning state. Although its gaze still secretly glanced around, it no longer dared to show greed for the Lord's Train or intense desire for the rare treasures on the bedroom collection shelf.
"I need rare secret treasures that nourish life force."
As Su Xiao spoke, he took out a bottle of "Dark Blood Secret Medicine." Although he had previously brewed a large metal canister of "Dark Blood Secret Medicine" to reduce costs—equivalent to over 600 bottles—he couldn't let the evil heart know this, otherwise, one bottle of "Dark Blood Secret Medicine" each time would no longer satisfy this creature's greed.
On the contrary, when Su Xiao cooperated with the Iron Blood Hounds, he never stinted on dragon hearts, as if these enormous dragon hearts were picked up for free. This was because the Iron Blood Hounds were more like proud, powerful mercenaries; they neither coveted nor cared about what the employer had—the key was whether the employer paid generously.
"This, this, this, how embarrassing."
The evil heart said this while rudely taking the "Dark Blood Secret Medicine." Before even revealing the location of the "life-nourishing secret treasure," it gulped down the "Dark Blood Secret Medicine" in a few mouthfuls. Tiny tendrils extended from its mouth full of small sharp teeth, licking and absorbing every trace of the medicinal liquid from the crystal vial.
"Actually, I forgot to mention earlier that sensing rare secret treasures within a world is very difficult..."
When the evil heart's words reached this point, it noticed that a crystal layer was beginning to form on Su Xiao's right hand, and it immediately changed its tone and said:
"But since the Law-Destroying Lord has requested it, this humble one will certainly accomplish it. Let me sense it properly. However, there is one thing: every time I sense a rare secret treasure, I will be rejected by the current world for a period of time. During this time, I definitely won't be able to sense any more rare secret treasures, unless you go to another world."
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. Before entering the Dawn Ruins this time, he would experience at least three temporary stays in different worlds, meaning he might obtain three types of rare secret treasures that permanently increase health.
"I see that the God-Blood Fruit possessed by the Swamp King has already devoured two. After it digests the two it has already eaten, it will be time to devour this one. The time is probably... five days from now."
As soon as the evil heart's words fell, Su Xiao received a notification from Reincarnation Paradise.
[You have completed this prophecy transaction.]
[You have obtained the current location of the "God-Blood Fruit": Great Swamp·Central Area.]
[God-Blood Fruit: After use, can permanently increase health by 90,000 points. This is a unique treasure of this world (this fruit is effective for Absolute Strength Rank or below).]
[You need to pay a total of "Dark Blood Potion" and "Fate" corresponding to the quantity of God-Blood Fruits. Due to your massive Fate volume, the transaction party is not qualified to steal your "Fate."]
[You have paid "Dark Blood Potion" × 1 bottle, "Fate" × 0 ounces.]
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Whether in the previous negotiation or this transaction, the evil heart never mentioned that it would collect "Fate" during the transaction. No, this creature was stealing "Fate," so of course it wouldn't say a word.
Su Xiao dispelled the summoning formation, and the evil heart took the opportunity to burrow into the spatial rift before it disappeared. As for failing to steal Fate, it naturally wouldn't show it.
Su Xiao would deal with the evil heart sooner or later, but for now, this creature still had value, so he could ignore its various small tricks.
As for this "God-Blood Fruit," Su Xiao was determined to obtain it. If he brewed this natural treasure into a secret medicine, the enhancement magnitude would increase by at least 50% to 80%, meaning a permanent increase of over 160,000 health points.
"Bai Ye, something's not right."
Fenny was lying by the carriage window, her eyes full of vigilance.
"What's not right?"
Baha asked knowingly.
"We've returned to near Spore Village."
"Our path is circular. From the starting point to the end point, of course we return to Spore Village."
Baha had a sly grin on his face. Just then, the train stopped, the door opened, and Su Xiao got off, followed closely by Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha.
Fenny on the train asked doubtfully, "Aren't we going to the Dense Canopy Royal Capital?"
"Yes, but we'll go later."
Baha gestured for Fenny to follow too, letting her enjoy a good show.
Returning to the gravel clearing by the small stream, the remains of the Apocalypse mage had been buried by the mushroom village chief. Everything seemed normal around, but when Su Xiao crouched down and activated a concealed array with one hand, dark creatures pounced out from spatial gaps around.
Thump~
An invisible impact spread, slowing everything around. All the dark creatures pouncing toward Su Xiao became slow motion. He pressed one hand on the end of the knife handle at his waist.
'Extreme Blade: World.'
Clang!
Crisscrossing slashes enveloped the surroundings, cutting even the protruding space into sugar cube-sized pieces. The dark creatures pouncing toward Su Xiao all shattered, except for a small area a few meters ahead that wasn't affected by the "Extreme Blade: World" slashes.
Sizzle~!
Golden-white artificial world lightning spread along the core of the array, revealing the outline of a pinky-thick invisible sealing chain. The next moment, a muffled groan that couldn't be suppressed came from the end of the sealing hidden chain. A figure wearing a black hoodie, with a circular dark gold mark on the back of their right hand, was forced to appear.
Essentially, whether as a Hunter or a Law-Destroying Shadow, both identities involved hunting—the former hunting violators, the latter hunting Abyss creatures, Abyss system beings, dark creatures, etc. If these two identities were combined, the hunting skill could be imagined. This was why Shenfu called Su Xiao a hunter in the dark forest.
As a hunter, besides tracking prey, one also needed sufficiently strong trap skills. The alchemy and sealcraft Su Xiao mastered were knowledge that could set top-level traps. Now, the one caught by the trap around the ankle was a member of the Bai Ye team, the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er, a dark creature summoner.
Given the current matching mechanism of the Bai Ye team, hoping to match reliable and cooperative teammates was like dreaming. Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise were all conducting notarized matching simultaneously. For the latter two to match reliable teammates for Su Xiao would only be possible if there was a judgment error. Having the paradise camp make a judgment error was impossible.
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er, who had been shocked to the ground by the artificial world lightning, glared angrily at Su Xiao. What was even more tragic was that among the dark creatures she had summoned, except for a few low-intelligence evil beasts, her commonly used main dark creatures were all showing fear.
For the first time since becoming a dark creature summoner, the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er felt that the dark creatures she had contracted were afraid of something. This was also why she didn't act rashly now—sufficiently sharp intuition could sometimes really save lives.
As Su Xiao sat down, a crystal seat formed behind him. After sitting, he looked at the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er. This dark creature summoner gave the feeling of a feline lurking in the darkness, with a playful gaze and barely noticeable cruelty.
"The most effective bait in this world is curiosity, especially for felines."
Su Xiao's tone was calm, but upon hearing this, Wei'er's mentality completely collapsed. This time, she had indeed fallen for curiosity. Or rather, she was very eager to understand what methods this Law-Destroyer, who was on the same team, had. Examining the traces left after the other party's actions was undoubtedly the best choice.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived and activated her perception exploration ability, she immediately triggered the trap. She had clearly seen the train she was riding heading toward the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital" and had personally overheard that the other party's destination was the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital."
"What do you want? This is during the war period. The cost of killing a teammate..."
Before Wei'er could finish, Su Xiao pointed at the grave of the Apocalypse mage a hundred meters away, causing Wei'er's subsequent words to immediately choke back.
"I won't risk my life for you. Give up."
Hearing this, Baha flew over and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder, saying, "We're not naive enough to think that just because you're on the same team, you'll risk your life for us."
"That's good."
Wei'er was indeed like a feline in the dark—even if caught in a trap, she couldn't show weakness. But she also didn't dare to go as far as seeking death. She knew the violent style of Reincarnation Paradise's Hunters.
"Ahem~" Baha cleared its throat. Full of mischief, it brewed for a moment, then spoke with a smile:
"Everything must be reasonable, right?"
"?"
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er was stunned. She never expected these words to come from the mouth of the Night's Follower of the Decapitating Blade.
"Right."
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er reluctantly answered. Hearing this response, Baha sighed and continued:
"Then tell me, what is the name of your team?"
"Bai Ye Team."
"Correct, Bai Ye Team. So, does the command authority of this team belong to my boss?"
"Yes."
"So, you occupy a team member slot, enjoy the team skills, but don't plan to contribute to this team?"
"I will contribute, just not act together with you."
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er tried to refute. Baha raised an eyebrow and said with master-level sarcasm: "Yes, yes, secretly following us, investigating our background—that's your contribution?"
"I..."
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er was rendered speechless. She simply gave up and exchanged a few rounds of trash talk with Baha before directly cursing. This caught Baha off guard—suddenly entering its area of expertise was truly an unexpected happiness.
Half an hour later, the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er lowered her head without a word. Baha, still unsatisfied, tilted its head back and gulped down a few mouthfuls of energy drink, muttering, "Trying to compete with me in keyboard skills? You're asking for death!"
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er tilted her head, still silent.
"How about this: you occupying this team slot is not a solution. Let's part on good terms. As long as we kick you out of the team, you'll lose the team notarization. Then you'll be notarized by the Void Tree and immediately exiled from this world, meaning you'll return to Apocalypse Paradise. Plus, you were matched into the team through the notarization mechanism of three paradises. Even if I don't say this, you can feel something's wrong. So, returning to Apocalypse Paradise this way will at most result in no gains, definitely not negative gains."
After hearing Baha's description, the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er, who had been cursed at to the point of doubting life, regained some sparkle in her eyes.
"And the price? I don't believe you'll spare my life without a price."
"Of course there is. Amu, don't just stand there—quickly bring this customer a seat and serve tea."
Baha flew forward, completely changing from its previous murderous aura. It somehow produced a price list and asked the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er, "May I ask what package you would like?"
"?"
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er was completely confused. She looked at Baha with a bewildered, almost foolish gaze of doubt.
"It's like this: regarding kicking you out of the team and letting you go, you definitely have to pay soul coins. You should be mentally prepared for that."
"Um... yes."
"So, we need to be professional, otherwise it won't seem real. Does that reassure you?"
Baha's smile had already become enthusiastic, with no trace of the fierce eagle-eyed gaze from before.
"Tell me about the packages."
"It's like this. Look, there are three packages total. The first is the confidentiality package: you give us 500,000 soul coins. When you arrive at the war entry waiting area, you can keep confidential in the communication channel there that you paid 500,000 soul coins for us to spare your life."
"??"
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er was even more confused. She really couldn't understand why, after paying 500,000 soul coins, she had to keep silent about being extorted.
"The second package is: you give us 300,000 soul coins, but when you arrive at the war entry waiting area, you must tell the Apocalypse Paradise battle angels and contractors waiting there that you paid us 300,000 soul coins to buy your life."
"???"
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er was completely dumbfounded. No matter how she looked at it, she was saving 200,000 soul coins by publicizing that she had been extorted. Logically, shouldn't the person doing the extortion force the victim not to spread this matter to avoid affecting their reputation? But now, the 200,000 soul coins she saved seemed more like advertising fees?
"And the third package?"
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er felt that the first two packages were somewhat dangerous, so she wanted to choose the third.
"Oh, the third is the training package. You only need to give us 20,000 soul coins."
Hearing this price, the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er found it hard not to be tempted. She asked, "And then?"
"Then we let you go, give you 2 minutes to escape, and then hunt you down. Since you've been kicked out of the team and are in the waiting period for exile, killing you has a certain chance of dropping a Scarlet Chest..."
"I'll pay 300,000 soul coins, but I don't have..."
"No rush. Who can have 300,000 soul coins right after entering a world? After being kicked out of the team, you'll only stay in the 'War Entry Waiting Area' for a few hours before being teleported back to Apocalypse Paradise. Counting the time, you can still catch the tail end of this world's progress. Find a high-level world that's not ideal but has much lower risk than now. After you finish this world's progress, mail us a savings card for 300,000 soul coins."
"Impossible. I won't sign a contract with you."
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er's attitude was exceptionally firm, as if she had predicted the subsequent routine of the Bai Ye team.
"No contract. Who said anything about signing a contract?"
Baha looked at the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er suspiciously, which made her even more confused. She hesitated and asked:
"Don't you... aren't you afraid I'll break my word?"
"Of course there are concerns about that, but there are also countermeasures. Don't worry, we're quite professional. Boss, should we kick this lady out first?"
Baha did not make the decision on behalf of Su Xiao. Its task was negotiation; it never easily made the final decision.
Normally, in this kind of war team, the captain definitely couldn't kick out members. The problem was that this was an Apocalypse Paradise team, and Su Xiao was a Reincarnation Paradise Hunter. This created a situation where he applied to Reincarnation Paradise to kick out a team member, but Reincarnation Paradise didn't have the notarization authority for this world war, so it naturally transferred the notarization application to the Void Tree.
In the Void Tree's judgment, although this team was a war-affiliated team, the captain's decision-making authority was in the hands of the Reincarnation Paradise Hunter. Moreover, when a team slot became vacant, the next round would automatically fill it with a participant from the team's affiliated camp. Plus, the matching notarization for this team was inherently somewhat chaotic.
Thus, the Void Tree granted Su Xiao greater decision-making authority as a notarization ruling to balance the multiple/chaotic matching mechanism of this team. After this round of judgment, Su Xiao became the only captain among the eight participating teams in this world who had the authority to kick out team members.
[Prompt: Yes/No to kick Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er out of the team. Reason: Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er refuses to cooperate with the team's coordinated actions and combat.]
[Verification confirms this situation is true. You can kick Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er out of the team.]
[Warning: After this member is kicked out of the team, she will lose the qualification to continue participating in this world war, and your team will have one less member participating in this round of the war. Only when the next round of the war begins will the team members be replenished to 5/5.]
...
The Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er, who received the notification that she was being kicked out and would soon be expelled from this world war, felt both secretly pleased and slightly disappointed. Who doesn't have a dream of their team being at a huge disadvantage in a war, and then single-handedly turning the tide?
But thinking about the lineup of monsters and demons in this war, the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er suddenly felt that being able to leave this damn place was really great.
Su Xiao dispelled the sealing trap, and the Ghost Soul Witch: Wei'er turned into a residual shadow and disappeared. He did not stop her.
To be honest, Su Xiao was quite good at turning his own natural disadvantages into advantages. Since his team's matching mechanism was problematic and would definitely match trash teammates, he would change his approach and find the correct way to use such teammates. One such teammate equaled 300,000 soul coins in profit—absolutely a blood gain.
Opening the team list, the current team members had become 3/5: himself, Fenny, and Sacred Fate: Rosa.
At this moment, Sacred Fate: Rosa, who was under the enormous sacred tree in the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital," was beginning to realize something was wrong. On this wide street, various plant races passed by on either side of her, but these passing plant races all glanced sideways at Rosa, who was human.
"Rosa, I feel this is not good."
An aged voice came from Rosa's twisted staff. The staff was about 1.6 meters long, like a wooden stick that was thicker at the top and thinner at the bottom, with the thickest part being arm-thick. Although the shape was somewhat twisted, the overall shape was still straight and looked very sturdy.
"Very... not good. We... need to leave."
Rosa spoke, her tone slightly halting.
"Why."
"I don't want... to be hit."
Rosa looked at the towering royal palace a few hundred meters away. This magnificent building, composed of rock, metal, and plants, would be burning fiercely in an hour. The plant camp of the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital" was about to pay a painful price for monopolizing the world's largest water source.
At this moment, in the gray forest between the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital" and "Spore Village," the Lord's Train sped by. Su Xiao examined the map on the table, a gift of thanks from the mushroom village chief.
According to the distance on the map and the current speed of the Lord's Train, they would arrive near the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital" in about half an hour. Of course, this was not only due to the Lord's Train's speed but also because this world was not large—much smaller than a Transcendent Realm or a former Transcendent Realm like Blazing Sun Star.
Su Xiao activated the Lord's Train's "Furious Beast Blaze" ability. There was no strong push-back feeling, but the dynamic deceleration window outside blurred. The speed increased from 35 to 98.
[Furious Beast Blaze (Core·Passive): This train enters overload burst state. Power core pressure increases to 300%. Travel speed increases to 98. Duration: 60 minutes.]
The original half-hour journey was now compressed to less than ten minutes. This made Fenny feel that something was a bit off. Through the window's projection function, she observed the image fed back from the train's front. When the "Dense Canopy Royal Capital" appeared in the distance, she looked at Su Xiao:
"Shouldn't we slow down? I can already see the Dense Canopy Royal Capital."
"Mm."
After saying this, Su Xiao controlled the train into its second acceleration state.
[Scarlet Train (Core·Passive): After this train enters overload burst state, it can temporarily enter second-stage super acceleration. Travel speed increases to 450. Consumes 10 train durability per second. Maximum duration of 30 seconds per use. During this time, it can crash through 99% of barrier types, sealing formations, etc.
Prompt: If any enemy unit attempts to block the Lord's Train: Scarlet, they will receive collision damage equal to the train's durability upper limit × 96.5, plus the highest rank knockback + knock-up effect.]
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With a bang of air explosion, the Lord's Train, its exterior seeming to burn with scarlet blood flames, arrived near the city gate before the Dense Canopy Royal Capital's city guard legion could react.
Boom!!
A huge sound echoed throughout the entire Dense Canopy Royal Capital. The Lord's Train didn't crash through the city gate—it crashed through the heavenly wall that was 32 meters thick, had internal metal structures, and was attached with 1,854 types of techniques. This also sent the Lord's Train flying up, breaking the central bell tower before crashing down in front of the royal palace.
Sizzle~!
Under the train's braking, sparks splashed. With a bang, it smashed through the main gate of the royal palace. Under the terrified gazes of the palace guards in the King's Courtyard, the Lord's Train rushed through the front courtyard, the porch area, the front hall, the middle hall, and finally, after pressing two rows of palace guards who tried to block it into green blood juice, it stopped in front of the council hall.
The train door opened, metal steps extended down one by one. Su Xiao walked down the steps and entered the council hall ahead. Inside was a several tens of meters wide circular council table, with over a hundred chairs beside it. In the council hall with three main seats, a group of high-level officials from the plant camp—including the Soul Host race, Thorn Tree race, Giant Tree race, and Poison Arrow race—all looked at Su Xiao with surprise or shock.
On the three main seats were the three elders of the Soul Host race, Giant Tree race, and Thorn Tree race. They stared at Su Xiao with furrowed brows, cold severity, or vigilance.
Wind pressure came from the side—a over ten meters tall Giant Tree race palace guard attacked. But the next moment, its body suddenly shattered, as if cut into millions of pieces by invisible slashes, scattering on the ground.
Clang~
The long knife was drawn. Considering that the struggle for "Broken Origin" had already begun, which would inevitably cause the watching violators to take action, he needed to go to the Great Swamp quickly to seize the fourth "Broken Origin" from the Swamp King, as well as that "God-Blood Fruit." Time was precious now.
Su Xiao pointed the long knife diagonally at the ground. Blood energy exploded outward. The walls and ceiling of the council hall cracked and split, and the marble council table exploded into crushed stone. This terrifying blood energy caused the group of plant camp high-level officials to retreat repeatedly.
Baha landed on Su Xiao's shoulder. With a smile but cold eyes, it said to the over a hundred plant camp high-level officials and the three elders: "Ladies and gentlemen, obviously, you are already surrounded. So, come at us all at once. Everyone's time is quite precious."
A few meters outside the hall door, Fenny witnessed all of this. She gained a new understanding of the Bai Ye team's "infiltration" and "encirclement."
It felt like a level 50 healer being taken by a level 100 big shot into a level 95 dungeon. Then this big shot directly charged to the boss room, with an endless sea of mobs outside. And now, this level 50 healer was very panicked—she was afraid of accidents in the boss room battle, and also very afraid of the mobs outside surrounding them.
Fenny looked at Beini. Earlier on the train, she had noticed that Beini's status in the Bai Ye team was mysteriously high. This cat even dared to jump onto Kukulin Bai Ye's head as a special seat.
"Meow?"
Beini was very surprised, meaning: 'Don't look at me, I'm even less capable of fighting than you.'
Realizing this, Fenny looked for Bubu Wang, only to find that this dog person had disappeared without a trace. She could only look in the direction of Amu. Due to the influence of the blood energy, Fenny's perception was limited. When she looked in Amu's direction, she found that this honest bull in the team now had blood-red eyes and was killing so fiercely that the palace guards dared not approach.
Actually, it was no wonder Amu was so brave. Previously, because the enemies Su Xiao fought were ridiculously strong, Amu's main task was to get beaten up.