Chapter 27: A Strange Twist of Fate
The combat avatar's base attributes were not particularly strong, but the intensity of its four skills corresponded to the benefits of 1360 points of soul strength. Additionally, the combat avatar's soul attribute could reach the upper limit of the S-tier, which was likely a major strength in the later stages.
Su Xiao walked out of the terminal and came to a cluttered table. He tried to form a short sword from soul crystals, but after a moment of condensation, he only managed to create a sharp fragment of soul crystal. He used it to cut his palm, letting the blood drip into a container he had prepared earlier.
After doing this, he returned to the terminal, lay down in the liquid of the cultivation pod, held his breath, closed his eyes, and gathered his mental energy. The next second, he detached from the combat avatar, returned to his main body, and stood up from the terminal chair.
The area outside the city should be quite eventful. For one, the members of the Hunting Church had long been exploring the outside world, which inevitably meant there were many rest stops out there, ensuring a certain degree of safety for the combat avatar.
Furthermore, there might even be people outside who specialized in this kind of business. Those on the verge of losing control weren't too afraid of the curse's erosion outside. They would try to leave enough wealth for their families before losing control, which could barely be considered dying without regrets.
Su Xiao came to the cluttered table, which had been initially tidied up by Amu. Various mixing vessels and tools were neatly arranged. He browsed through the team's storage space for a while and selected over a hundred types of materials.
This was the early stage of the third round, the golden period for development in this round. Once outside, everyone was an enemy to everyone else, even teammates, because the death penalty in this round was different from others.
Corresponding to this death penalty was a total prize pool of 50,000 ounces of space-time power. Don't be misled by Su Xiao's acquisition of space-time power; this was due to his [Hunt List: Blood Pact].
For example, Fenny, as a top-tier healing-type contractor at the Absolute Strength level, would be quite happy to accumulate a few dozen ounces of space-time power. She would even wonder how to spend so much, feeling absolutely delighted.
It wasn't that Fenny was immature; for a normal contractor, a few dozen ounces of space-time power was no small amount. For those at a higher tier, gaining a thousand per world was a rare harvest. Someone like Su Xiao, who gained 30,000 to 50,000 ounces per world progress, was an anomaly.
This also meant that the total prize pool of 50,000 ounces of space-time power in this round was enough to turn team battles into individual battles. In other words, the third round was, to some extent, a reward stage. The participants had fought tooth and nail through the first two rounds, and now it was time to see some substantial gains.
Su Xiao opened the team channel and tried to adjust Fenny's team positioning, but he received a prompt that the team function was temporarily unavailable. This undoubtedly confirmed his speculation: this round was an individual battle.
Additionally, he checked the death penalty for this round. The penalty would increase incrementally. If the number of deaths in this round exceeded a certain limit, the participant would be eliminated immediately after the round ended.
This fully demonstrated the significance of the individual battle. In a team format, there would inevitably be slackers. Now, with a scale of 40 participants, actually 36, in an individual battle, those slackers or those with insufficient ability would be eliminated. Most people were happy about this. The next round, the "Eternal Light World," was the beginning of the ultimate brutality of the battle royale, and everyone hoped for more reliable teammates.
In this round, after encountering Fenny's combat avatar, as her captain, he should test her. That meant beating her to a pulp. In other words, the members of other teams would also receive "care" from their respective captains.
Fenny's support abilities were indeed impeccable, but her survival skills could be tested this time. Since it was a test, he had to use all means. He opened the team list and spoke.
White Night: "Fenny."
Fenny: "Huh? What's up?"
White Night: "Avatar selection done?"
Fenny: "Hehe, this time I created an agility and intelligence-based avatar. I can fight this time too. Don't underestimate me."
White Night: "Where are you?"
Fenny: "I'm at..."
At that moment, at the Gale Station a few kilometers outside the city, Fenny was about to say, "I'm at the station outside the city," when she suddenly shivered. She looked at the team, which had temporarily become individual, the locked team functions, and the powerful team skills from the captain that were now locked by the system. She suddenly realized something. A thick, intense "concern" from the captain came her way. She gulped and replied.
Fenny: "Outside the city, what's up **."
After sending this message, Fenny panicked because she had typed "what's up, captain," but the word "captain" was automatically blocked in the team channel during the individual battle phase. This made Fenny's message look like she was cursing.
Fenny: "Ah, no, I wasn't cursing you, **."
Fenny: "Ah!!! I said **, why is this blocked too?"
Baha: "That's harsh, I'll give you a thumbs up."
Bubu Wang: "Thumbs up."
Fenny: "I didn't! Why can't ** be displayed? I tried Void Script, my native language, and the Sea Clan language of the Wind Sea Continent, but none work."
Baha: "Oh ho, you're still cursing? You're done. Wait for the captain's deep care."
Fenny: "I didn't!"
White Night: "I believe you. Where are you?"
Fenny: "Wah (crying at the top of her lungs)."
...
After finishing the friendly exchange with his team members, Su Xiao decided that when he encountered Fenny later, he would indeed have to "take good care" of her.
After dealing with the various alchemical materials on the workbench, Su Xiao equipped the [Peak Creation] title and began to mix potions.
During this golden development period, every minute was precious. It took him over two hours to complete the mixing. Unfortunately, he didn't manage to produce a "Peak" grade potion this time. Out of eight potions, five were "Perfect Grade" and three were "Miracle Grade."
Su Xiao returned to the terminal, lay back in the terminal chair, and fell asleep to establish a mental link. The next second, the combat avatar in the cultivation pod opened its eyes. He walked out of the terminal, locked it, came to the workbench, and picked up the first potion.
Using 1360 points of soul strength as the core attribute to cultivate this combat avatar wasn't the most inhumane thing. What he was doing now was truly inhumane: giving the combat avatar permanent enhancement potions.
This shouldn't work. Normally, taking enhancement potions from the storage space and having the avatar in this world drink them would not only provide no benefits but would also cause abnormal states in the avatar. This avatar, which could resist curses, had a very special constitution and body energy.
The key point was that Su Xiao had previously had the avatar draw blood. Then, using his Lv.95 top-tier alchemy, he customized these potions based on the avatar's constitution and body energy. These potions were only effective for this combat avatar.
After drinking and absorbing the last potion, Su Xiao's avatar's initial attributes became:
Soul Energy: 700% (increased by a fixed 200%).
Strength: D (max A).
Agility: C (max A).
Stamina: D (max A).
Luck: E (max A).
Soul: C (max S).
...
How significant was the improvement? Su Xiao wasn't entirely sure, as he still didn't fully understand the avatar's enhancement rules. However, soon, a warning from the Void Tree enlightened him on this point.
[Warning: Detected that your combat avatar has not yet left Ash City for its initial level certification. In this state, you have enhanced it by an amount equivalent to Lv.60! This has severely exceeded the initial limit standard!]
[Detecting... About to pass judgment on you.]
[Detection complete. Detected that your current strength was achieved through your own knowledge-based abilities, in compliance with initial regulations but not certification standards. Under normal circumstances, this behavior would be exempt from judgment. However, detected that your Void Tree Reputation is -??? (with potential for further decrease). The following judgment will be imposed to ensure balance in subsequent individual battles as much as possible.]
[Extreme Evil Sequence (Passive State): Your initial negotiation value is -65 points.]
The negotiation value had a maximum of 100 points. With an initial -65 points, neutral units would turn and run upon encountering Su Xiao.
Leaving the safe zone residence, Su Xiao saw Bubu Wang and Baha waiting outside. Their appearances hadn't changed, but their abilities were different. Due to being followers, they couldn't choose combat types and only had one ability each.
Bubu Wang's ability was "Luck Power," responsible for opening chests and looting treasures. Baha had a tracking ability. Considering the individual battle nature of this round, this ability was very useful.
It was early morning, and the sky within the city began to darken. Su Xiao walked toward the exit. Upon arrival, he found only a few members of the Mercy Temple guarding it. When they saw he was leaving the city, they simply ignored him.
The city gate wasn't large, slightly bigger than the main door of a residence. As he stepped out of the gate, Su Xiao felt a faint roar in his ears. After passing through a very thick barrier, he suddenly felt the space open up before him.
The view changed from dimness to the brightness of early morning. The sky was clear, and the air had a faint bitter almond scent. The ground was a light red, covered with succulent plants.
In the distance, trees grew in a spiral shape, their trunks like thick twisted ropes, with needle-like leaves. A few monkey-like animals were on the trees, covered in many eyes of various sizes. Their lazy, natural bodies showed they had long adapted to the curse-induced mutations.
A tattered bird, its body nearly hollow, landed on a nearby skeleton. It blinked its mechanically polluted eyes, raised its eye-covered wing, and used its metal beak to preen its feathers. After pecking out a tick, it tilted its head and swallowed it. However, within seconds, the tick crawled out of a hole in its body and re-infested the feathers of its wing.
The problem with this world wasn't just the spread of the curse. The mechanical pollution, which even the Void Realm spoke of with dread, was also spreading here. Moreover, as the city residents had said, being eroded by the curse to the extreme would lead to lignification.
This didn't make sense. Curses usually corresponded to rust, crystallization, corruption, etc. No matter the system, a curse wouldn't result in lignification. Lignification should be a manifestation of Abyss erosion.
If that were the case, then the curse in this world had been extremely enhanced by Abyss energy. In some area of this world, there was an Abyss spread, just not as widespread as the curse.
If the Lord's Continent was on the brink of collapse but still had a chance to be saved, then this world was already dead and mutated. The situation in this world was:
Big Brother: Abyss Dark Erosion.
Second Brother: Severe Curse Spread.
Third Brother: High-Level Mechanical Pollution.
Things like corruption, filth, and beastification, if they spread to this world, wouldn't dare to act up. They would be met with a few heavy slaps and then obediently stand in the corner facing the wall. At most, they would sneak a glance at the Big Brother, Second Brother, and Third Brother of this world while standing in the corner, then quickly look away, not daring to stare for long.
Su Xiao now understood why this round required the use of combat avatars outside. It wasn't that the Void Tree was restricting the participants' performance; it was indeed to protect them. Moreover, this was one of the only four worlds of the Dawn Paradise. One round of the battle royale had to be held here; this was the certification rule.
[Tip: You have left Ash City. A full certification of this combat avatar will now be conducted.]
[Due to the special circumstances of this world, some dangerous areas have a permanent existence characteristic. That is, before this world collapses, the conditions within such areas will reset over time, or even undergo further reset and mutation.]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao roughly understood the situation. Some areas in this world were like dungeons; they would reset. Don't think this was a refresh. These areas greedily absorbed the world's world force to achieve a certain degree of reset, such as monsters respawning or the environment repairing itself.
This world wasn't afraid of having its world force devoured. Having been eroded by the Abyss to this extent without collapsing, it had an almost infinite supply of negative world force.
[Your combat avatar's current level is Lv.1. You can obtain "Condensed Curse Material" by killing cursed beings. Use this at "Nightmare Sanctuaries" to exchange for Ancient Coins. Subsequently, use Ancient Coins as a cost to use the Ascension Device within the "Nightmare Sanctuaries" to enhance your combat avatar's physical attributes.]
[Each time you enhance a physical attribute tier (e.g., from Strength E to Strength D), your avatar's level will increase by Lv.10.]
[The combat avatar's level has no actual combat benefit. It serves as an indicator of the strength gap between you and your enemies, as well as the danger level of the environment you are entering.]
[All combat avatar skills certified by the Void Tree start at X max level. However, the skill intensity will vary based on the initial selected main body's physical attributes. Each time your combat avatar dies, its initial abilities will be randomly reconfigured.]
...
A map appeared before him, completely dark. There were a total of nine viewable coordinates. Eight of them were purple icons for "Nightmare Sanctuaries," distributed across the world. The ninth was a large bell icon at the center of the map, presumably the "Eternal Great Bell." He tried to view its contents.
Su Xiao attempted to summon the Lord's Train but received a prompt that the avatar couldn't activate the train key. It seemed he would have to travel on foot.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang ran happily, occasionally chasing small animals. It was particularly funny when it chased a mechanically polluted porcupine. The porcupine, covered in metal spines, turned and ran.
Bubu Wang chased for a while before realizing something was wrong. It looked at the porcupine, as if asking, "Why aren't you running?" The porcupine looked back at Bubu Wang, its eyes clearly saying, "Without that terrifying human nearby, why are you still chasing me?"
A moment later, Bubu Wang, almost turned into a porcupine, ran back howling. It had another ordeal pulling out the spines. This made the lively Bubu Wang settle down and stick close to Su Xiao.
Baha flew overhead, gradually melting away the darkness on the map in front of Su Xiao. After about an hour of travel, the map Baha had opened touched the corner of a key area, named "Soul Hall."
[Soul Hall: Lv.10.]
Seeing this information, Su Xiao decided to play it safe. He would first take out some field mobs to gather "Condensed Curse Material," then go to the Nightmare Sanctuary near the "Soul Hall" to level up to Lv.10 before exploring the Soul Hall. Yes, playing it safe was always the right choice.
A flock of mechanically polluted birds flew overhead. Su Xiao was currently on a grassland. The wind rustled the grass, creating a green ocean. This was different from the expected barren land from curse spread. It seemed the flora and fauna of this world had adapted to the environment to some extent.
Just then, Bubu Wang let out a low woof. Although it didn't have various abilities, its instinctual vigilance hadn't diminished. It looked to the right front, as if something was there.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang raised its voice. Suddenly, the surrounding breeze stopped. A beast with a single horn on its head, black scales on its body, and a streamlined form like a tiger appeared. Its tail had barbed scale structures that, once embedded in prey, made escape impossible. The key was that this beast was larger than a rhinoceros.
No matter how you looked at it, this wasn't a field mob. Su Xiao's Luck E had led him to successfully encounter the strongest predator in this area, with a danger level second only to entering the "Soul Hall."
This beast, named Ancient Mandrill, rose from a large puddle. Water dripped from the tips of its black scales as it moved. It licked the water off its nose, and its metal claws extended slightly, ready to hunt.
One moment, it was like an elegant patrolman; the next, it charged ferociously. The distance of several dozen meters closed quickly. A soul crystal bow appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He instantly drew the bow, formed an arrow, and fired.
Thump, thump, thump!
Three soul arrows shot out almost simultaneously. The description of "Soul Weapon: Arrow" having an extremely fast attack speed was no exaggeration.
The accuracy of these three arrows was average. One arrow hit the Ancient Mandrill's front leg, one hit below its neck, and one lodged in its neck. After firing three arrows, Su Xiao agilely leaped backward. He had initially thought to imitate the nun and fire a few more arrows while leaping, but unfortunately, the first arrow had already missed.
Upon landing, Su Xiao used the soul crystal bow to block, but the expected counterattack didn't come. The Ancient Mandrill collapsed a dozen meters away and didn't move. This made one wonder if this field mini-boss was smart enough to play dead. But then again, playing dead against a soul grandmaster with ranged abilities would just turn it into a pincushion.
Su Xiao was always happy to fulfill an enemy's "wishes." He demonstrated the extremely fast attack speed of "Soul Weapon: Arrow," firing arrow after arrow. Within seconds, he turned the mini-boss Ancient Mandrill into a pincushion.
Drawing the bow and forming an arrow, he exerted force on the bowstring and output soul energy. After a 2-second charge, he fired a soul arrow over 2 meters long. This time, he aimed for a full 2 seconds and even took three steps forward. The arrow hit the Ancient Mandrill right between the eyes.
Su Xiao walked forward. A heavy soul crystal longsword formed. This sword was heavy, so its attack speed was naturally slow. He cleaved the Ancient Mandrill in two with one swing. After searching for a few seconds, he found a black crystal the size of a thumbnail. This was the "Condensed Curse Material."
Su Xiao looked to the side, several dozen meters away. A merchant, resembling a large weasel, carrying a large pack, was watching everything.
Their eyes met. Just as Su Xiao was about to step closer, the weasel merchant let out a shriek and turned to flee. Seeing this, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha immediately gave chase.
Why did the weasel merchant turn and run? Was it due to the "Extreme Evil Sequence (Passive State): Your initial negotiation value is -65 points"? The answer was no. This passive state would at most make the neutral weasel merchant cold toward Su Xiao. They could still conduct business normally, just without any discounts.
The reason for the current scene becomes clear when you switch perspectives.
If time were rewound five minutes, the weasel merchant was walking on the grassland. Today, it planned to go to Nightmare Sanctuary No. 3 to do business. But before that, it intended to visit its old friend. Although this old friend had a bad temper and occasionally looked at it as if appraising meat, the weasel merchant still believed that this big guy was its only friend. It was sometimes too lonely.
A month ago, when it was almost eaten by a Devourer, this big guy happened to be hunting nearby and ate the Devourer instead. The weasel merchant, being small and having little meat, was spared by the Ancient Mandrill.
Although the weasel merchant was timid and occasionally miscalculated accounts, it valued friendship. It decided to bring some meat to its new friend, the Ancient Mandrill, before each trip to Nightmare Sanctuary No. 3. As a traveling merchant, this expense was bearable. Thus, they went from new friends to old friends. Although the Ancient Mandrill still considered whether to eat this strange prey that regularly brought food, it never acted due to the prey's strange smell.
Today, when the weasel merchant came to visit its old friend, it witnessed its old friend being shot dead by a terrifying human with three arrows. Not only that, but the terrifying human also turned its dead friend into a pincushion and cleaved it in two. Witnessing this final scene, the weasel merchant was so scared it nearly pissed itself.
Even more terrifying was that after killing its old friend, the human immediately noticed it hiding and started walking toward it. The weasel merchant's mind went blank. Instinct drove it to turn and run. As fear subsided slightly with the escape, it looked back and nearly died of fright. The terrifying human, with a hawk and a dog, was rapidly approaching. Despite its short legs moving as fast as they could, the distance was closing.
The weasel merchant suddenly stopped. It let out a loud cry, and with a sound like a fart, a puff of colorful mist shot from its rear. The colorful mist triggered a spatial teleportation reaction, and the pursuing human was instantly teleported away.
Danger averted, the weasel merchant's legs trembled as it let out a shaky breath and lay on the ground, panting heavily.
At that moment, deep within the Decaying Blood Sea, near the southern side of Skeleton Island's Smile Town, over a dozen kilometers away.
On the dark red ground, skeletons were occasionally visible. Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha looked at each other. They really hadn't expected that chasing a neutral merchant to capture it for physical negotiation would lead to this accident.
Opening the map list, Su Xiao tried to check his current location. He found that he had been at the top of the map, the far north. Now, he was in the far south, with even the "Eternal Great Bell" between his previous and current locations. This teleportation was indeed far.
[Near Skeleton Island's Smile Town. This area's level: Lv.85.]
Great. No need for any exploration in the vicinity. Su Xiao placed one hand on the ground. A "Soul Lock Net" gradually formed, creating a trap. He set up 30 "Soul Lock Net" traps in the surrounding area, encircling a small central zone. Only then did he begin to use soul energy to gradually form a second version of the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array." This array was stable enough for this body to withstand, but its teleportation power was weak and slow.
Perhaps because it was close to Smile Town, the powerful monsters inside kept other strange beings in the area circling only at the periphery. No strange beings attacked until the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array" was completed.
Boom~
With a dull sound, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha disappeared. Spatial crystal fragments scattered around. Su Xiao opened the map and found himself a few kilometers east of the "Eternal Great Bell." Looking toward the "Eternal Great Bell," he saw the several-kilometer-high bell hanging in the sky, shrouded in mist. He could only make out its outline.
[Near the Eternal Great Bell. This area's level: Lv.90.]
Excellent. This time, even the time to set up the "Soul Lock Net" could be saved. If he wasn't mistaken, this was the most dangerous area in the world. Su Xiao estimated that the "Soul Lock Net" could still hold off the monsters near Smile Town for a while. In this most dangerous area, he might as well just set up the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array" directly to save time. He was already mentally prepared to die and return to Ash City to cultivate a new combat avatar.
Whether it was due to his Luck E or the "Eternal Great Bell" being in an inactive state, no monsters attacked until the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array" was completed. The array activated again.
After the teleportation sensation faded, Su Xiao returned to a vaguely familiar area. When he first arrived at this grassland, he had set a soul space coordinate at the edge that could last over 300 hours. It seemed using soul energy to form space coordinates was feasible, similar to using Cyan Steel Shadow Energy.
"Boss, what now?"
"Chase."
Today, he was definitely going to catch that weasel merchant. Otherwise, the time wasted on this journey would be a total loss.
Baha activated its tracking ability. Soon, it found a trail and began to follow. Judging by the direction, the weasel merchant was heading to the nearest Nightmare Sanctuary.
At that moment, the weasel merchant was trotting along. It was indeed heading to the "Nightmare Sanctuary." Once there, it would be safe. Just as it was thinking this, the old receiver on its body suddenly emitted a rapid beeping sound.
This made it nervous. When this thing went off, it meant danger was near. It didn't blindly continue running. Instead, it lay down on the grass and observed its surroundings. In the distance, it saw a man and a dog, with a demon hawk in the sky, heading its way.
The weasel merchant was so scared it immediately put on a mask of despair. It got up and fled toward the "Nightmare Sanctuary." Feeling the approaching footsteps behind it, it began to wail. Just then, a figure appeared ahead, causing the weasel merchant to fall into complete despair. The terrifying human even had an accomplice blocking its path ahead.
The figure ahead was, of course, not Su Xiao's accomplice. It was Dead Soul Sister, who had just come out of "Nightmare Sanctuary No. 3" and was planning to head to the "Soul Hall" area. As the necromancer of the Kane team, this individual battle was naturally her domain. Coupled with randomly obtaining a dark magic system, this dream start made Dead Soul Sister, one of the top five necromancers at the Absolute Strength level, smile on her overly pale face.
As a necromancer, when given the chance to obtain 20,000 ounces of space-time power at once, don't question her overall abilities. In this match, Dead Soul Sister was aiming for nothing less than first place.
"A merchant being chased? Not a bad opportunity."
Dead Soul Sister muttered. She raised her hand, ready to have a chance encounter and rescue the NPC. With her luck attribute as high as 185 points, she was long accustomed to good fortune. Although favored by luck, necromancers were still as poor as ever.
To the weasel merchant's eyes, this was even more despairing. It was indeed an accomplice, directly raising a hand to block it. The weasel merchant had its pride. With a fierce look in its eyes, it made a high-difficulty turn while running and aimed at Dead Soul Sister.
Pfft!
After a colorful spatial fart, Dead Soul Sister, who was leaping backward, disappeared. Coincidentally, the spatial frequency that had just been randomly activated and hadn't yet settled was triggered again, sending her to the Decaying Blood Sea, Skeleton Island, near Smile Town.
After releasing two colorful spatial farts in one day, the weasel merchant was nearly exhausted. It was immediately pinned down. It was both scared and gleefully said, "Your friend won't come back, just like mine."
At the end, tears welled up in the weasel merchant's eyes.
"Uh, well, dare I ask, who was that person you just sent away with a colorful spatial fart? We don't know them at all."
Hearing Baha's words, the weasel merchant, pinned to the ground with its cheek intimately pressed against the grass, was stunned. It asked, "Wasn't that... wasn't that your accomplice?!"
Hearing this, Baha paused for a moment before honestly replying, "We've already caught you, so there's no need to lie. We don't know that person at all."
Saying this, Baha flapped its wings and continued, "I get it now. That person probably saw you being chased and wanted to save you. That's it. You're a neutral NPC. Saving you has many benefits."
"!"
The weasel merchant's body trembled. It blinked its large, round eyes. The mask of despair on its face gradually turned into a mask of pain.
"Ah!!"
The weasel merchant's cry traveled far, with a faint, hollow echo.
At that moment, near the Decaying Blood Sea, Skeleton Island's Smile Town.
A bewildered Dead Soul Sister first looked around, then opened her map. Seeing the Lv.85 area level, the corner of her eye twitched almost imperceptibly.
However, she soon noticed that not far away, spatial crystal fragments were slowly dissipating, forming spatial mist that drifted upward. Approaching within a few dozen meters, she saw a spatial teleportation array.
This situation made Dead Soul Sister feel that she had indeed encountered a plot event. Otherwise, there wouldn't be an escape route prepared for her. She observed her surroundings again. Feeling there was no ambush, she stepped forward, intending to study the teleportation array. Dying here with such a dream-start avatar skill combination would be a loss that could cause cardiac arrest.
One step, two steps...
Suddenly, Dead Soul Sister felt the world embracing her. A sensation of soul ascension washed over her. When she could see clearly again, she realized she wasn't being embraced by the world. She was trapped in a soul chain net. The opening above had fused shut. A thick soul line connected the top to the space above.
Hanging in the soul chain net, Dead Soul Sister narrowed her eyes slightly. She felt that the plot event she had encountered was a bit too dramatic, and without any subtitles, she was completely baffled.