# Chapter 10: Powerful
The closer to the central area of District 1, the more prosperous it became. Luxury shops and high-consumption service industries could even be seen on the streets. After an entire era of reproduction, the Fallen Elves had formed a unique civilization here.
Most vehicles on the streets were steam-powered. In fact, the technological side of the Star Realm could be divided into two systems: the steam system and the electrical system. The former primarily served heavy processing and large-scale battlefields, while the latter was known for high-tech advancement, precision, and diversity.
If the two sides were to fight to mutual destruction, the steam system would be absurdly powerful. The gravity, antimatter, and other system weapons of the high-tech system were formidable, but when it came to explosives, "Steam Core" was something worth knowing about. This device compressed "Solar Fusion" into its core for thermal energy output.
Simply put, the steam system pushed the concept of boiling water to its limits. Everyone knew high-tech products were better—more convenient, more intelligent, with a better user experience. The problem was that large steam system machinery was genuinely cheap. The purchase cost was 35% of comparable high-tech products, and maintenance costs were less than 20%.
The steam system might not be the strongest, but it was definitely the king of cost-effectiveness.
Just look at the steam vehicles filling the streets. When first developed in the Second Era, they were absolute garbage, completely outclassed by fuel-powered engines. But once their driving experience and maintenance costs were reduced, they became bestsellers in 90% of high-tier worlds in the Star Realm. The reason was simple—these things could run on any liquid! Fresh water, sewage, waste liquid, anything.
If you ran out of fuel in the wilderness, you could just piss in the fuel tank and keep going. The exhaust might smell a bit funky, though.
Moreover, small steam cores didn't need to create miniature suns. Solar formulas were enough to sustain them for decades, with no risk of explosion.
It was worth noting that several major racing organizations in the Star Realm only allowed steam-core vehicles to participate in races. Their official statement was that high-tech vehicles lacked mechanical modification characteristics, violating the original purpose of the organizations' establishment.
In plain language, high-tech vehicles were too fast. They would occasionally lift off the ground and activate "micro-levitation driving." What was the point of racing then? If you wanted to see who was faster, just use a small Star Realm space shuttle.
For a long time before high-tech vehicles were banned, the major racing organizations had a rule: no vehicle's braking wheels could be more than 85 centimeters off the ground for more than 5 consecutive seconds.
An hour later, Su Xiao arrived directly beneath the "Star Realm Casino." It was a three-story building, guarded by sharp-eyed Elf clansmen. Looking at their pitch-black eye sockets, he knew these were Fallen Elves. When the eyes were completely black, that indicated "Secondary Clan."
Please don't misunderstand. "Secondary Clan" didn't mean they had a chance to become Abyss Descendants. The two were fundamentally different, like the difference between a lizard and an evil dragon.
"Halt."
The Elf captain guarding this place, Isa, spoke. His figure was tall and straight, over two meters, but without the thinness of someone too tall. A blue soft armor combining fabric and a small amount of metal, with a golden fishbone braid, gave him the aura of an Elf handsome man.
Despite the old Elf slave leading the way, they were still stopped. This showed how deathly loyal these Fallen Ones were to the Abyss Descendants' commands.
The old Elf slave manifested the brand on his palm. After Elf Captain Isa confirmed there was no problem, he nodded and asked:
"And this is?"
As the guardian of the "Star Realm Casino" teleportation tower, Elf Captain Isa naturally knew that distinguished guests occasionally visited here, so he was somewhat polite.
"From the Star of Magic."
The "Star of Magic" the old Elf slave mentioned was the casino's code. After all, involving the Void Overlord Arcane Eternal Star in this kind of black-market business would be undignified for this Void Overlord.
Elf Captain Isa stared at Su Xiao for a few seconds. After confirming there was no problem, he had his subordinates let them through. The invisible membrane at the teleportation tower entrance dissipated.
"Welcome to Sedun. Have a pleasant evening. Oh no, coming here, you're guaranteed to have a pleasant evening."
Elf Captain Isa smiled meaningfully, implying there was more excitement inside besides high-stakes gambling.
This might seem like a minor leader, but he was guarding a very important position. Moreover, those who could enter and exit the "Star Realm Casino" through here not only had astonishing wealth but also very high status.
The family behind this minor leader controlled all the flesh-and-desire businesses in the "Star Realm Casino." However, this was one of the most insignificant luxuries in the entire "Star Realm Casino."
Entering the teleportation tower, Su Xiao found it exceptionally magnificent. The teleportation array beneath his feet even had a time-light characteristic. However, after activation, the teleportation sensation was soft, like stepping on cotton. Others might enjoy this smooth, gentle feeling, but Su Xiao, who frequently used the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array," found it sluggish.
The teleportation sensation faded, and the surrounding world became clear. The first thing that caught his eye was a group of female Elves in scant clothing, carrying drink trays or chip trays, elegant and smiling. Not to mention anything else, looking across the Void Myriad Realms, no one could beat the Elves and Feather Clan in average appearance.
Taking a breath, he felt fresh air like tranquil nature. All fatigue disappeared. It wasn't some fragrance but something like a formula arrangement. The attendant who came to receive them, upon seeing the old Elf slave, bowed and retreated.
The first floor was an open hall with various gambling tables, games from across the Void Myriad Realms. A giant machine with casino coins rolling inside made a clattering sound that stirred people's hearts. Of course, casino coins could only be exchanged with Soul Coins or common resources. Su Xiao was completely unmoved. He had seen many gamblers, all utterly miserable, without exception.
Walking to the innermost elevator, the old Elf slave raised his hand and pressed it on the bio-sensing device for calling the elevator. A few seconds later, the elevator dinged and opened. Entering the elevator, Su Xiao and the old Elf slave reached the 59th floor. After changing elevators four more times, they finally reached the top floor, stopping before an office with a golden door.
Knock knock knock~
The old Elf slave knocked. There was no response from inside. The old Elf slave indicated for Su Xiao to wait.
The old Elf slave stood against the wall beside the door, hands folded in front of his abdomen, back to the wall, eyes closed, waiting for over ten minutes. Only after hearing the sound of metal utensils being set down did he knock again.
"Come in."
A somewhat lazy voice came from inside. The old Elf slave pushed open the door and led Su Xiao into the office. The office was magnificent. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows showed that the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, enjoyed looking down on things.
"This is a guest from Arcane Eternal Star, here to discuss the remaining payment from last time, as well as the order quantity and unit price for next time."
The old Elf slave introduced briefly and clearly. Behind the wide desk, the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, had his feet up on the table. He yawned:
"These boring things again..."
Just as the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, spoke, he suddenly felt a crisis that made his hair stand on end.
Boom!
The black mulberry stone desk shattered. This precious and hard gemstone was as fragile as dead wood under the charge of a Melee Grandmaster. In an instant, Su Xiao was in front of the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth.
The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, was equally fast in reaction. He raised his hand, and darkness like roots interwove in his palm, about to form spikes. Similar dark root spikes were about to appear beneath Su Xiao's feet and on the ceiling. However, what greeted the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, was a straight kick.
Boom!!!
The entire "Star Realm Casino" trembled. The space formula covering this place let out a pained groan. The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, was kicked into light-speed reverse flight, crashing into the inner wall of this space formula.
Boom!
A loud sound of space shattering. The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, broke through the independent space where the "Star Realm Casino" was located and flew back into the main space of District 1. In common parlance, he was kicked from the alternate space back to the main space.
The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, who had turned into light, gritted his shark-like teeth until they cracked. But having been kicked into light, his entire body was paralyzed, temporarily unable to use any abilities.
Another loud boom. The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, broke through the outer defensive barrier of District 1. His flight trajectory remained straight. It seemed the momentum of that kick hadn't weakened at all.
A few minutes later, in an unknown area west of District 1, the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, lay in the ditch his body had plowed. He stood up, casually brushed the dirt off his clothes with his right hand, looked around to confirm no one was watching.
Then—blegh!—he vomited a large mouthful of black blood mixed with various organs. Abyss Descendants naturally had organs, but their organ structure was special. Ultimately, Abyss Descendants were ultra-high-level life forms, a different category from the immortal and indestructible Abyss Spawn.
After vomiting this large mouthful of black blood, the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, felt his chest ease somewhat. He looked around again. A new question arose in his mind: where exactly was he now?
The ditch the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, had plowed was too deep. This area was already rich in groundwater. Water surged up violently, turning this kilometer-wide giant pit into a lake.
Boom!
A figure shot in like a cannonball, landing on the lake surface. Water splashed violently. The newcomer wore a black iron mask. His body was slightly naturally curved from the high-impact landing. His left hand, wearing a dark red metal arm guard, was vaguely claw-shaped. Water droplets dripped from his fingertips, dissolving upon contact with the water surface.
'Dangerous, very dangerous!'
Staring at the black-iron-masked figure before him, the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, shed his former laziness. He immediately tore off his shirt, revealing his bare chest. Both arms turned pitch black. Beneath the skin, something like worms writhed rapidly.
"Sir, who are you?"
The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, spoke in a deep voice.
"..."
Su Xiao remained silent, his gaze calm. The fight with the old Elf slave earlier wasn't even a real battle. This was his first Supreme-level confrontation, and his first opponent was an Abyss Descendant. It felt very much like fate and karmic consequence.
Perhaps this was the karmic price he had to pay in the unseen after choosing the Law Destruction Shadow power system back at First Rank.
However, this price was well worth it. Su Xiao had no regrets.
Back when he reached the peak of Absolute Strength, his blood energy, which used to burn like fire during life-and-death battles, had unknowingly begun to cool. But after advancing to Supreme, his opponents were once again powerful.
Boom!!
Blood energy erupted with Su Xiao as the center. It wasn't meant to erode anything but was an instinctive pre-battle awakening.
It was as if a giant beast was growling deep in its throat. Within the erupting blood energy, a massive blood beast with a mouth full of sharp teeth, crouching with Su Xiao as its center, grinned fiercely at the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth.
At that moment, as an Abyss Descendant, the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, suddenly felt a chill in his heart. This was the first time he had felt this since his birth. It gave him the feeling that, if possible, he should definitely avoid this life-and-death battle.
Others might not know, but as an Abyss Descendant, Soth knew very well that Abyss Descendants could indeed die. For example, the Law Destroyer's Demon Blade could kill an Abyss Descendant. As for being reborn in the Abyss a few years later?
What would be reborn was the member identity corresponding to the "Origin Clan Emblem." That identity would indeed be the Beast Lord's Second Son, but it definitely wouldn't be this Soth. It would be another new Abyss Descendant individual with 80% or even 90% similarity but a completely different dominant consciousness.
"This..."
As the Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, spoke, Su Xiao across from him had already removed his mask. Those eyes faintly showing blue light made Soth suddenly think of a memory image his father had shown him.
It was of a person with an aged appearance, a steel-hard aura, slightly tattered battle robes, a pitch-black long knife in hand, and those eyes emitting blue light—almost identical to what he was seeing now.
And the powerhouse in that memory image was named Shimon Archard, one of the most powerful people of the Second Era.
"Law Destroyer."
The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, accelerated the writhing of the worms beneath his black skin. His form swelled, rapidly increasing from about 1.7 meters to over 4 meters. Wood-like horns grew messily from his head. Eyes opened one by one on his arms. Not only that, but he tilted his head, and a tumor appeared on the right side of his neck, rapidly swelling.
Pop!
The tumor burst. A pale arm emerged. This arm was covered in tiny holes, from which black worms drilled out and hung down. These worms writhed slowly, giving the pale arm a tassel-like appearance.
Squelch~!
The pale worm arm stabbed into Soth's own back. Amid the tearing and pulling sounds of flesh and blood, it pulled out his entire spine. This made Soth's body as soft as a worm, yet also gave it a tough, powerful feeling, like a python.
The worm arm held a spine bone greatsword. This greatsword was about two meters long, its blade composed of bone serrations, with exposed flesh structure on the spine.
Soth's appearance had drastically changed. His features all drooped. His mouth became huge and loose, filled with red worms that dripped like saliva. He caught some of the dripping red worms with his left arm and used this hand to stroke the spine of the bone greatsword.
The flesh structure on the spine was activated by the red worms. Red worms crazily overflowed from within, quickly infecting the blade and serrated edge, dripping onto the water surface.
The densely dripping red worms rapidly multiplied in the water. Before long, the water within a dozen meters around Soth's feet turned crimson. This was caused by the massive number of worms breeding in the water.
Boom!
The spine bone worm greatsword casually smashed onto the water surface. Its terrifying weight sent water splashing a hundred meters high.
"Law Destroyer."
Soth's completely black eyes stared at Su Xiao. He raised his hand and licked his right palm. His right hand immediately began crazily dripping red worms. Not only that, but in all the eyes on his right arm, worms swam within the pupils.
Watching his opponent's transformation, Su Xiao's expression showed no fluctuation at all. In the Eternal Light World, when he fought the Ancestor to the death, he was covered in corruption worms after being attacked, with them gnawing at him with a crunching sound, and he didn't even flinch, let alone just witnessing this.
Since entering this world, Su Xiao had had a question: just how strong was he now?
The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, before him was a solid veteran Supreme, and as an Abyss Descendant veteran Supreme. 90% of veteran Supremes were no match for him. The Abyss system was just that powerful.
Zheng~
Su Xiao slowly drew his long blade. The blade pointed diagonally at the water surface. Suddenly! This vast water surface, over a kilometer in diameter, became as smooth as a mirror. All ripples and waves instantly disappeared.
The Beast Lord's Second Son, Soth, dozens of meters away, felt his breath catch. The powerful enemy before him hadn't even attacked yet, but it was as if an invisible giant hand had fiercely gripped his throat and was gradually tightening. It seemed that if he didn't do something, his throat would be crushed.
"Roar!"
Soth threw his head back and roared. Layer upon layer of air waves and red worms spread out. He was about to envelop Su Xiao, dozens of meters away, in this terrifying attack with "Instant Death" characteristics.
Zheng!
An elegant wind mark slashed through. Soth's myriad-worm roar abruptly stopped. If he didn't stop, the next second, his head would be cut off. After that, he wouldn't have any chance to counterattack.
Soth's two arms grabbed his upper and lower jaws, pulling his loose mouth open as wide as possible. Blegh! He spewed out a massive amount of red worms. These worms entered the water and, in the blink of an eye, occupied the entire water area, naturally including beneath Su Xiao's feet.
Su Xiao flipped his long blade, changing from a standard grip to a reverse grip. As he crouched on the crimson water surface, Dragon-Slaying Flash stabbed into the water, making a cracking sound as if piercing crystal.
Crack crack crack~
Proud Song crystals rapidly spread, crystallizing the entire water surface.
The next moment, a black shadow appeared before Soth. A crystal long blade slashed down.
Clang!
The crystal long blade struck the spine bone worm greatsword. Soth felt the slashing force transmitted through the pale worm arm. Although this black mist figure wasn't the Law Destroyer's true body, it should have some fraction of his slashing power. Judging by this, the Law Destroyer's slashing power was very strong, but he could handle it, and this battle could be won.
Su Xiao suddenly "swapped" positions with the Demon Spirit, appearing before Soth. He slashed down with a horizontal cut. This seemingly ordinary slash actually contained a great deal.
The spine bone worm greatsword met the slash head-on. Almost as he made this parrying slash, Soth had already predicted what to do next: erupt dark worms, erode everything within dozens of kilometers, leaving the Law Destroyer nowhere to escape, thus subjecting him to "Dark Corruption."
While being continuously weakened, he might even eventually become a "Corrupted One." Although there had never been a Corrupted Law Destroyer in history, that was because the Dukain Family had always dealt with "Supreme Peak" Law Destroyers.
The long blade struck the spine bone worm greatsword.
Thud~!
A dull, heavy sound rang out. At that moment, several of Soth's eyes opened to their maximum. The pale ones among them were bloodshot. The instant he parried the enemy's slash, Soth's only feeling was that the sky had fallen, and it was crashing down right on him.
With all of Soth's eyes bulging as if they would burst, and black flesh cracks exploding across his body, the four-meter-tall Soth, twice Su Xiao's height, was slashed to his knees by Su Xiao's single blow.
Boom! Soth's knees smashed the crimson crystal surface, sending fragments flying.
"Ahhh!!"
Soth let out a humiliated roar. A massive amount of black worms drilled out from within his right arm, making it enormous. They burned through the space along the way, and the giant hand, like a python's jaw, came crashing down toward Su Xiao.
A sky-shaking boom created a large pit in the center of the crystal lake. Soth, who had risen from his kneeling position, had his right arm transformed into a giant black worm arm clenched into a fist, biting and tearing, causing the black mist Demon Spirit to revert to black mist.
'Blood Smoke Cannon.'
Blood energy gathered at Su Xiao's fingertip. After being compressed to the limit, it transformed into a blood-colored ray that blasted out, breaking through layers of small air waves in the air along the way.
Boom! The "Blood Smoke Cannon" struck Soth's pitch-black right arm. Soth was about to mock it as a petty trick to salvage the situation of being slashed to his knees, when a massive blood energy phantom appeared above Su Xiao.
'Super Blood Smoke Cannon.'
A "Blood Smoke Cannon" as thick as a bucket instantly blasted Soth's pitch-black right arm to pieces. However, his black right arm quickly regenerated.
'Blade Path Sword: Execution.'
Su Xiao slashed diagonally. Whoosh! A blood-colored chain slashed out, with residual blood flames. Soth, enveloped by this slash's momentum, had his perception of the surroundings forcibly interrupted.
'Blade Path Sword: Time.'
Thud! The domain of Time spread with Su Xiao as the center, slowing everything except him.
'Dark Bite.'
The sound of worms gnawing appeared. Within a dozen kilometers, black worms covered everything, beginning to gnaw at anything they could touch. Space was bitten through. If anyone tried to penetrate space now, they would definitely be bitten by these black worms.
'Carnival!'
Soth raised both arms. The pale worm arm at his neck pointed the spine bone worm greatsword toward the sky and stabbed.
The rustling sound of black worms spreading came, like a fountain. Black worms erupted with Soth as the center. Each time he stabbed upward, a massive surge erupted.
Within a hundred kilometers, everything was filled with black worms. These worms drilled holes in space, gnawed, and even formed a vortex-like black worm cloud in the sky.
"Hahaha! Law Destroyer, come out!"
Soth laughed wildly, stabbing upward into the void again, spewing another massive amount of black worms.
As the density of black worms around him increased, Soth knew it was time to escape. As for defeating that Law Destroyer, what a joke. That first slash had already told him that this seemingly human-looking guy was a complete monster.
Although his abilities weren't as spectacular as Soth's dark worms, those seemingly unpretentious technique abilities were genuinely meant to take his life.
A loud boom came from ahead. Golden light bloomed on a long blade. All black worms that touched this golden light were instantly burned to powder by the slash's might.
A figure charged from the front. It was Su Xiao, who had activated the "Extreme Blade: White Night" ability. Wherever he passed, he forcibly opened a path within the black worm domain.
Soth's several eyes stared fixedly at the approaching Law Destroyer. At this moment, he suddenly couldn't control his worm arm's trembling. But as an Abyss Descendant's pride, he let out a roar.
"Aggregate!"
In an instant, the black worms covering a hundred kilometers disappeared, all converging onto the spine bone worm greatsword in Soth's hand. This crimson greatsword was now four meters long. Even with Soth's strength, he needed the worm arm and his other two arms to hold it together.
'Ancestor, grant me power!'
The crimson worm greatsword instantly turned pitch black, clashing with the approaching golden long blade.
There was no terrifying explosion. Instead, darkness and technique energy's golden light each occupied one side. After a brief stalemate, the golden slash might quickly disintegrated the darkness.
Zheng!
The long blade slashed through. A half-broken section of the crimson worm greatsword spiraled away. A slash mark diagonally crossing the entire torso gradually appeared on Soth, followed by a massive amount of black blood spraying out.
Pop~!
Soth's pale worm arm shattered, scattering into fragments of rotten pale worms. He held the wound on his neck with one hand, letting out a miserable howl. This wasn't just damage to flesh and blood. It was the cracking of his hardest area, where his soul and meridians were most densely distributed. Correspondingly, it brought terrible pain from his bloodline.
Logically, after such a clash of ultimate techniques, both the injured party and the one with the advantage should briefly catch their breath. The problem was:
"Extreme Blade: White Night (Supreme Level Active/Passive): Upon activating this ability, the next melee slash increases by 500% (Due to your current physique being unable to withstand it, this ability is currently in 'Active Skill' form. You may choose to convert this ability to 'Passive Ability' form).
Warning: The conversion between active/passive forms is irreversible. You need to consider carefully."
This was Su Xiao's development path. Normal slashes were his ultimate techniques. When his body could withstand it, "Extreme Blade: White Night" would become a passive trait.
Su Xiao was still some distance from that kind of physique. However, with his current physique, after using this terrifyingly powerful Supreme ultimate technique, he didn't need a brief recovery period.
Su Xiao charged forward. This made Soth's eyes widen. Perhaps at this moment, Soth was furiously roaring in his heart that this enemy had no martial ethics. After an ultimate technique clash, how could he not pause even 0.1 seconds before directly charging in?
Soth tried to force his body to move, but an unprecedented feeling of weakness prevented him from raising his pitch-black right arm.
Boom!!
Su Xiao delivered a straight kick. This time, it was a power-penetrating straight kick, making Soth stagger back a few steps, almost falling to one knee. But his entire body was already numb.
Soth laboriously raised his head. But the next second, all his eyes widened. His black pupils contracted, as if forming tiny vertical pupils. The whites of his eyes bulged out. Because golden light reflected on his drooping-featured face. At this moment, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
'Extreme Blade: White Night.'
Zheng!!!
The golden blade light slashed down. Soth crashed to his knees with a boom. The impact force pressed his face to the ground, as if an invisible giant foot was stepping on his head, grinding him into the earth.
With his consciousness beginning to blur, Soth only had one thought: his ancestor and father were truly too powerful. They had actually been able to fight evenly with a monster like this.
When the golden slash might dissipated, Su Xiao was already in a giant pit dozens of kilometers in diameter. The space within a hundred kilometers was tattered and torn. Black liquid even began to seep from some severely damaged areas.
Su Xiao stepped over to Soth's side. Soth lay on the ground, his form shriveled from its previous robustness. His nearly two-meter-long neck hadn't thinned, making him look like a humanoid creature with a python neck and head.
Crack crack crack~
A crystal layer climbed up Su Xiao's left hand. He grabbed Soth's worm-like hair with his left hand and pulled his head up.
"You... can't kill me. Father won't... let you..."
Before Soth could finish, Dragon-Slashing Flash, wrapped in dark blue smoke, stabbed into Soth's brow. It was "Demon Spirit Awakening," the demon blade form specifically used to slay the immortal and indestructible Abyss.
"Demon Spirit Awakening Passive Effect: Fully release the blade demon spirit within Dragon-Slashing Flash. For the next 30 seconds, the blade demon spirit will enter 'Rampant Devouring State.' During this time, if it attacks an Abyss-type existence with less than 30% health, the blade demon spirit will devour all of that Abyss-type existence's 'Primordial Energy.'"
As the blade stabbed into his brow, all of Soth's eyes lost their blackness, turning pale before becoming grayish-white. Finally, his eyeballs became brittle and cracked.
Boom! Soth's head turned into grayish-white wood-like substance and burst apart. The headless corpse fell forward, completely losing all signs of life.
After slaying the Abyss Second Son, Soth, Su Xiao calmly flicked the black blood off his blade. His gaze shifted to the damaged space on the right. There was nothing there, but he could confirm that something was watching him from there.
At this moment, in the space crevice Su Xiao was staring at, the humanoid evil god curled up as much as possible, completely holding its breath. It was absolutely terrified.