Chapter 7: The Hound
This feeling was incredibly wonderful, intoxicating. Su Xiao glanced at the guide, Burgand, and heard him say that there was still half a day's journey to the first stage destination. He actually felt it was too close.
As for using the Lord's Train to travel, that obviously couldn't be done now. Having finally obtained an ability to enhance his Instinct, he had to seize the opportunity.
A cool breeze blew from the darkness. Su Xiao simply took off his shoes and walked barefoot, shrugging off the long leather coat from his upper body. It hung down due to the restraint of the waist belt holding his blade. The reason for doing this was to further feel the environment and maximize his perception of the surrounding world.
Stepping on the soft but slightly cool soil, Su Xiao stopped beside a giant tree and pressed one hand against the rough bark.
*Clang!*
An Abyssal creature was slain, dark red blood splattering onto the tall, withered tree. The dying Abyssal creature's vortex-shaped pupils trembled, unable to understand why this human, who exuded no threatening aura, was so powerful.
As for Xilin, Burgand, and the others, they were now walking several dozen meters behind. The reason was that being near Su Xiao, whose perception was fully unleashed, made their hair stand on end, as if the next moment, their heads would be severed. Even the Archbishop of Agony didn't dare approach Su Xiao at this time, let alone them.
Walking in the darkness, Su Xiao suddenly felt that the surroundings were no longer as dark as before. From the point of being unable to see his hand in front of his face, it gradually brightened to the level of a moonless night. Moreover, within his field of vision, there were various traces, looking like residual auras left behind after something had passed through this area.
He released the liquid Apollo in his hand, letting it hang like an ornament at his waist. He used his left hand to touch the residual aura ahead, but his hand passed right through it. After a moment of thought, he stopped pressing his right hand on the sword hilt and used it to touch the black residual shadow. A feeling of grasping a thin veil appeared in his hand.
As he exerted force, the black residual aura stretching into the distance suddenly tightened into a single black thread. In an instant, he sensed the end of this black thread—the location of the Abyssal Spawn: Heterogeneous Seed. The creature was dozing in the darkness. The moment it was sensed, its dozens of eyes glowing with red light snapped open.
Su Xiao vanished from the spot instantly. Seeing this, Xilin felt a chill in her heart. Although she harbored deep resentment towards this Hunter who had kidnapped her, she knew that the only ones who truly cared about her life now were this Hunter and the Fraudster beside him.
A moment later, a sound of wind breaking arrived, and a massive object crashed down, scattering blood and shredded flesh. It was a giant head, over ten meters tall, larger than a three-story building. The head was like a beast's but had dozens of eyes. Inside its wide-open mouth were multiple rows of sharp teeth.
Its severed neck had jagged edges, not like it had been cut, but more as if the head had been torn from the body by a terrifying force and sent flying to this spot.
[Prompt (Apocalypse Paradise): You have participated in killing the Immortal Indestructible · Abyssal Spawn.]
[Detecting your outstanding performance, as a Battle Angel, you receive Eternal Rank Equipment Chest ×1.]
[You receive Apocalypse Honor Medals ×10.]
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“Huh? Huh?!”
Xilin was dumbfounded. She had truly done nothing, just being part of the Dawn Team. If there was any contribution, it was because she was the Perception-type in the team, and in the notarization, she had additional team contribution bonuses.
While Xilin was still stunned, Su Xiao had already walked out of the darkness, returned to the original path, and continued towards the destination, the Raging Sea.
Su Xiao looked at his right arm. This arm, besides being able to suppress the Blade Demon Spirit, also possessed a unique tracking method for Abyssal existences.
For instance, with that Immortal Indestructible · Abyssal Spawn just now, based on Su Xiao's Abyss tracking level, he definitely wouldn't have found its hiding place. But now, it was different.
Moreover, Su Xiao discovered that every time he killed an Immortal Indestructible · Abyssal Spawn now, it brought him immense benefits.