# Chapter 3: Primordial God · Yashmies
The first to be ruled out was Su Xiao. The possibility of Shenfu was also very low. It wasn't that the benefits weren't great enough, but Shenfu would definitely not do something that would ultimately be besieged by everyone. Instead, he would stand among the crowd and become one of the final few winners.
Looking at it this way, who had taken the newborn World Core was already obvious. Having roughly confirmed this, Su Xiao suddenly wasn't in a hurry to fight to the death with Primordial God · Yashmies. This guy was currently the strongest in this world, there was no doubt about that. The problem was, he now stood on the opposite side of everyone.
Su Xiao turned and left the secret chamber. Click-click-click, a crystal layer spread, sealing the chamber. When he returned to the Ice Hall, he sat down on the steps below the sculpture and pointed forward. Yianna hesitated for a moment, then stood on the flat ground lower than the steps.
Su Xiao stared at Yianna. For the first few seconds, Yianna felt very uncomfortable. After ten-plus seconds, she was a bit shy. Half a minute later, she began to feel afraid. After about a minute, she started considering that, if she had a choice, where she would want to be buried after she died today.
Su Xiao wasn't trying to kill Yianna, but he hadn't quite figured out why the Old Hag had added this Assassination System link. What was so special about the Assassination System? This habit of the Fate System being a riddle-teller was truly a bad habit.
Su Xiao looked at Baha, then glanced at Yianna. Have Baha eat Yianna to enhance his Assassination System abilities? That obviously wouldn't work.
Putting aside this very demonic thought — no, even a demon would have to offer a cigarette and call him big brother — Su Xiao began observing Yianna's appearance. Hmm, her looks were acceptable, her temperament was also decent, but Su Xiao had seen many who were more beautiful and had more unique temperaments.
"The reason you chose to assassinate me."
Su Xiao's words made Yianna's suspended heart finally die. She somewhat resignedly told the truth:
"To become stronger."
"Stronger?"
Su Xiao didn't understand at first, but quickly recalled. A system where assassinating others could make you stronger — wasn't that the Star Realm's strongest Assassination System, Xiao's power system?
Observing Yianna again carefully, well, she really did bear a seventy percent resemblance to Xiao's daughter. Moreover, Xiao's daughter was actually the daughter left behind by her close friend, "Silver Feather Crow."
Taking out a terminal, Su Xiao searched the Void network for the Assassination System "Silver Feather Crow." Many pieces of information popped up, but only a few were relevant. One of them was that after "Silver Feather Crow" died, her appearance and information were published by a newspaper in the Void. An assassin abandoned by their organization and killed was not worth fearing, especially since the forces behind this newspaper were not weak.
Enlarging the photo on the terminal and comparing it to Yianna, it couldn't be said they looked alike — they were practically identical. What was even more miraculous was that Yianna and "Silver Feather Crow" shared the same power system.
"From today on, your name is Silver Feather Crow."
"Why?"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't answer Yianna's "why," but Yianna knew that if she kept asking, the answer she got definitely wouldn't be the one she wanted.
Su Xiao returned to the Lord's Train. Behind him, Yianna retrieved her short sword and quickly followed. On the train, Su Xiao sat down in his exclusive seat, opened the storage compartment holding communication devices, found one marked with the fierce bird Xiao's symbol, and dialed. After a few minutes, the other side answered:
"Speak."
Xiao's cold voice came through the communicator.
"It seems your daughter has fully recovered."
"It seems you definitely have ulterior motives."
After saying this, Xiao hung up the communication.
"..."
Su Xiao put the communicator on the table, set the train's travel route, and headed toward the bedroom in the rear carriage. He wanted to sleep peacefully. As for the threat from the Primordial God, he was certain that the Primordial God would not come to him proactively. The other party was currently busy mastering the "World Core."
The cooldown time for "Extreme Realm · Star Realm" was three days. Only a little over a day had passed now. At least two days later, he would go for this decisive battle. So before that, he needed to maximize his own strength and find possible helpers.
After taking a hot bath, Su Xiao had just lain down when Baha flew over with a communicator: "It's Shenfu."
Hearing this, Su Xiao took the communicator, opened the microphone, and said, "Something?"
"Bai Ye, this time, the two of us might really be dead."
Shenfu spoke with a hint of a smile.
"Oh?"
Su Xiao leaned back against the headboard and took a sip of honey tea placed on the bedside table by the Alchemy Maid. The taste was familiar. Well, the Alchemy Maid had a particular fondness for "Black Maple Tea," and moreover, she didn't care how precious this maple tea was. But as long as it was used on his own people, Su Xiao didn't consider it a waste.
"Theoretically, Primordial God · Yashmies cannot be killed. It is 'Existence Level' immortal, unless..."
Shenfu paused here, and Su Xiao continued:
"Unless someone can suppress its 'Existence System' power and use an ability capable of severing existence-level beings to cut it down."
"You're right. I can temporarily suppress its 'Existence System,' because I am one too."
Shenfu didn't hide this. After so many life-and-death dealings, with the matters of Soul Master and Clock Tower Master · Xilgefu before them, he didn't believe this old friend couldn't deduce that his complete "Forbidden Mark" + "Primordial Death" possessed the power of the "Existence System."
"And you, just happen to be able to kill it. I don't believe this is a coincidence, especially since the strongest fortune-teller has also come to this world."
Shenfu's meaning was already very clear. They had been schemed against this time, schemed by the Old Hag, and there would inevitably be more traps ahead.
Just dealing with Primordial God · Yashmies was already a near-impossible struggle. If the Star Realm's strongest fortune-teller was scheming even further behind, this was almost a certain death situation.
"She has passed away."
"Passed away? Why?"
Shenfu didn't doubt whether Su Xiao's judgment that the Old Hag had passed away was accurate. The reason was that this old friend was too professional when it came to cutting down and destroying others.
Su Xiao was silent for half a minute as he thought, then finally revealed the Old Hag and the Empire Emperor's plan. Hearing this, the Shenfu on the other end had a smile reappear on his face.
"Even so, we are no match for a 'Supreme Peak.'"
Shenfu spoke this nearly despairing news.
"Has the Primordial God fully recovered?"
Su Xiao's brow furrowed slightly as he spoke. Things were worse than expected.
"Not that bad, but it is very close to recovering to 'Supreme Peak.' If it successfully fuses with that World Core, it will fully recover."
"How many days."
"Eight days."
"That's enough. I need two days."
"Bai Ye, it seems we will have to join forces against the enemy again."
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. Seeing this, Shenfu said, "I will find a helper."
"Same here."
"Good. Two days later, gather at 'Anfeng City.'"
"..."
Su Xiao hung up the communication and rested. The previous fight with the God-Slayer was extremely dangerous, even though it ended quickly. Coupled with the upcoming life-and-death battle with the Primordial God, there was over a seventy percent chance that he would sleep forever in this world. Even so, it didn't hinder him from falling asleep.
This battle against the Primordial God had both risks and rewards maxed out. If this world could truly transcend, it would be unprecedented for the Paradise factions. If a native world obtained a "Transcendent World Core," there would be various drawbacks. So what would happen if a Paradise faction obtained it?
So far, none of the six major Paradise factions had a Transcendent Realm. And this time, it was the only opportunity for Reincarnation Paradise and Dawn Paradise to obtain a "Transcendent Realm" since the First Era.
Correspondingly, the rewards would inevitably be astonishing. Adding the accumulated resources from his promotion to Supreme until now, plus this windfall, Su Xiao was eighty percent confident that he could push the success rate of advancing to "Supreme Peak" to 100%.
Su Xiao was woken up by a communicator brought by Bubu Wang. He checked the time — he had slept for over eight hours. He picked up the communicator and answered it while heading to the bathroom to wash up. A voice came from the communicator:
"Silver Feather Crow died long ago. I personally killed her back then."
"Mm."
Su Xiao adjusted the electric toothbrush in his mouth. He always felt that this toothbrush made by Bubu Wang was somewhat unreliable. Every time he brushed his teeth, his head buzzed. This was even at the lowest setting. At the highest setting, the space near the brush head would develop spatial ripples due to the horizontal brushing motion and vibration.
In front of the bathroom mirror, Su Xiao bared his teeth to observe them. The brushing effect was good, but he needed Bubu to reduce the vibration force again. He glanced at Amu's arm-length thick electric toothbrush nearby. That thing gave off a feeling of beast medicine's fierce potency.
He casually picked up Beini's toothbrush and turned it on, feeling the gentle vibration frequency and comprehensive cleaning effect. Su Xiao's expression stiffened. He immediately knew he had been tricked by that fool. Moments later, the Demon Spirit carried a size 60+ slipper and went looking for Bubu Wang. There were howls of miserable screams and meowing sounds, along with Baha's unscrupulous laughter.
Not long after, having taken a slipper beating, Bubu Wang customized a new toothbrush for Su Xiao. Wasn't it just that the power digits had an extra zero? Why did he have to come out with a slipper?
Su Xiao ate breakfast cooked by the Alchemy Maid. The communicator was quiet. As breakfast was ending, Xiao finally spoke again:
"Stupid bait..."
Before Xiao could finish, Su Xiao tossed the communicator to Yianna of the Assassination System:
"Speak."
Hearing Su Xiao's cold voice, Yianna could only steel herself and say, "Hello."
A very ordinary sentence, but it made Xiao on the other end fall silent.
Seeing this, Baha flew forward, grabbed the communicator from Yianna's hand, and reported the coordinates — the coordinates of "Anfeng City" in this world.
When the train stopped, it was on a metal bridge. This was a landmark building of "Anfeng City." Since this place was a tourist city, various types of transportation were mixed together. The stopped Lord's Train made a few people stop to watch but didn't attract too much attention.
Following the coordinates given by Molei, after passing through a pedestrian street, they entered a slaughterhouse. Presenting the acquaintance credential, the burly man behind the door, wearing a slaughterhouse apron, opened the door with a face full of cold sweat.
In fact, the acquaintance credential was no longer important. Over sixty percent of the customers in the black market under this slaughterhouse came from various worlds in the Star Realm. So the boss of this black market had a good understanding of major and minor events in the Star Realm.
This seemingly fierce butcher burly man had been a Void mercenary in the past. Later, he was severely injured, his strength greatly declined, and he came here to work for the boss, becoming an intelligence broker.
The moment the butcher burly man saw the man outside the door, to be honest, he was so scared he almost pissed his pants. Wasn't this the Law Destroyer · Bai Ye? A Supreme-level big shot who dared to oppose Arcane Eternal Star and made Arcane Eternal Star pay a considerable price.
In contrast, the peak of the butcher burly man's life was fighting to the death with an elite employee of a security company under a merchant alliance under a Void second-tier family force. The result was that he was severely injured and forced into retirement.
Oh, right, that Void second-tier family force had once wanted to attach themselves to Arcane Eternal Star but wasn't accepted, so it chose to attach themselves to the Feather Race.
After silently saying "boss, I'm sorry" in his heart, the butcher burly man opened the door. He subconsciously said:
"Credential."
After saying this, the butcher burly man's mind went blank. What was he doing? He was asking a notorious, murderous evil-aligned Supreme for a black market entry credential?
"..."
Su Xiao handed over the credential. The butcher burly man took it with a blank mind, then squeezed out a smile on his face full of fierce features.
Going down the downward steps and pushing open the heavy curtain, a warm breeze greeted them. Su Xiao arrived at the underground market. There were quite a few people here. Between several aisles, there were stalls on both sides.
Because contractors from Paradise factions often came here, finding bargains was impossible. However, after walking around once, Su Xiao stopped at a stall. Behind the stall was a one-eyed old man holding a metal smoking pipe, cleaning the black burning residue from the bowl.
Su Xiao picked up a crystal from the stall. The stall owner immediately said:
"316,000 Void Ancient Coins, or 7,290,000 Empire Kugo. Oh, the Empire's situation has been unstable recently, Kugo has depreciated. You'll have to pay at least 8 million Kugo. If it's Soul Coins, 12,000, deal."
The price of Void currency was stable. Empire Kugo had depreciated severely, changing every day. Soul Coins, on the other hand, were rock-solid stable. After all, this was a currency system notarized by the Void Tree, and the currency itself had value.
After paying an additional 0.12% fee, a Reincarnation Paradise Soul Coin savings card with a face value of 12,000 Soul Coins appeared in Su Xiao's hand. The one-eyed old man smiled, revealing sparse yellow teeth.
Walking along the passage leading deeper into the black market, Su Xiao examined the crystal in his hand. He didn't know what it was. The reason he bought it was that this thing had a strong Origin Stone aura, yet it was very different from an Origin Stone.
Later, when he returned to Reincarnation Paradise, he could find a rare goods merchant to appraise it and pay a certain number of Soul Coins to have them catalyze its uses.
Not all natural treasures had fixed functions initially. Over sixty percent of natural treasures required acquired catalysis, cultivation, or even forging or freezing to stimulate their precious characteristics.
Just as Su Xiao walked through the inner door of the black market, he saw a man draped in a gray fur cloak, with an unusually large frame but a body so thin it was almost skin and bones. Seeing Su Xiao arrive, the newcomer was clearly startled, but immediately said respectfully:
"Lord Bai Ye, what brings you to my humble place?"
"You are..."
"I'm the one who was behind Boss White Bull last time at Arcane Eternal Star. Cough~, although I was standing in the third row, I'm relatively tall."
"Oh."
Su Xiao remembered who this was. But last time they met, the other party was wearing a skull mask. Among White Bull's group of underlings, he was relatively conspicuous.
"What brings you here this time?"
"Molei."
"Damn, what a coincidence. Ms. Molei just left. How about this: when she comes back next time, I'll send someone to inform you immediately?"
"Good."
"This is the key to my private residence. Mr. Bai Ye, if you don't mind, feel free to use it."
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. The respect the other party had shown earlier was clearly from White Bull. But this attitude of being at his beck and call, ready to serve tea and water, obviously meant he had a favor to ask.
After being stared at by Su Xiao for over ten seconds, the black market boss kept apologizing with a smile. Finally, unable to bear the terrifying pressure of being gazed upon by a Supreme, he said:
"Mr. Bai Ye, it's like this. People like us who do underground business have too many enemies. The number of assassination attempts and poisonings I've encountered is more than I can remember. My physical condition is very terrible, and I've consulted many physicians, but the effects have been unsatisfactory. You cured the boss, and I hope... you can also treat me."
Hearing this, the look in Su Xiao's eyes changed. He had mastered "Solar Healing Secret Art X" and had specially crafted "Solar Secret Art Professional Treatment Tools." The combination of the two made the treatment effects 1+1=11.
Unfortunately, even Amu didn't want to face the "Solar Healing Secret Art." Now, someone was actually proactively requesting treatment. And, he happened to have time right now. Before the cooldown of the "Extreme Realm · Star Realm" ability ended, he wouldn't go for the decisive battle with the Primordial God.
The only pity was that the black market boss's internal injuries were not serious.
"In fact, all of us brothers have hidden ailments throughout our bodies."
The black market boss sighed, raising the stakes.
"Oh?"
Su Xiao's eyes lit up even more. He put on a kind smile and said, "Find all your brothers who have internal injuries and hidden ailments. I happen to have time in the next two days."
"Really?"
The black market boss was so excited that he stood up with a thud. After getting a definite answer, he quickly left.
One hour later, in the eastern district of "Anfeng City," inside a three-story small building built by a lake.
A figure in a gray-white feather robe, wearing a feather robe hood and a bone mask on her face, suddenly appeared on the roof of the mansion for an instant. The next moment, she appeared beside the sofa in front of the fireplace. The mask had bright red outlined lines, and in her hand was a short knife as thin as a cicada's wing yet extremely rigid. The short knife was pressed against the neck of Su Xiao, who was sitting on the sofa, dozing off.
"Do you know the price of threatening me?"
"..."
Su Xiao opened his eyes. His hand, wrapped in a crystal layer, grabbed the short knife. Xiao was indeed the Star Realm's strongest Assassination System. The problem was that there was no known "Supreme Peak" Assassination System. And "Super · Top Supreme" Xiao was naturally the strongest in the Assassination System.
The problem was, how could an Assassination System compare in strength with a Technique Grandmaster? However, this time, both sides were more probing.
A faint stinging sensation from his perception told Su Xiao that Xiao had the potential to step into "Supreme Peak." But the certainty of death upon failure made Xiao hesitate. Once there was hesitation, promotion was basically hopeless. Unless, the other party conducted another fate-level duel, the deepest awakening of her power system, which was particularly absurd even by Star Realm standards.
Unfortunately, Xiao's close friend + nemesis had been killed by her many years ago.
"Crow isn't dead. The one downstairs is her reincarnation."
Su Xiao said something that even he found absurd. Yes, to trick Xiao, a cautious top-level assassin, you had to use strong medicine.
"?"
Xiao looked at Su Xiao as if he were a madman.
"She is the helper left for me by the Star Realm's strongest fortune-teller. I don't think she can play much of a role in dealing with Primordial God · Yashmies..."
Su Xiao truthfully explained the previous situation to Xiao. The real trap was that there wasn't a single lie, but the content he described was completely different from the actual situation.
Hearing this, Xiao frowned. She turned and left. Indeed, the Absolute Strong downstairs was too similar to her former nemesis "Silver Feather Crow," even in some facial details.
Of course they were the same. After downing a bottle of Spirit Thought Secret Medicine, Yianna stared at the photo of "Silver Feather Crow." Moreover, "Silver Feather Crow's" appearance was indeed more striking than Yianna's. Yianna, who verbally claimed not to care about her appearance, took only five minutes to accept this face with a comprehensive score of 98, and even her sitting posture became more gentle.
"I don't know much about the Fate System. Whether she is really the reincarnation of 'Silver Feather Crow,' I'm actually more suspicious than you. How about we just kill her?"
Su Xiao spoke. From the moment he picked up the communicator and called Xiao until now, everything he showed was that this matter probably wouldn't work, but trying wouldn't hurt.
"This..."
Xiao looked thoughtful.
"Amu."
Su Xiao ordered Amu. Amu picked up the Dark War Axe and went downstairs. Su Xiao, as if the matter was over, continued:
"Let's talk business."
"Wait!"
Xiao quickly left the room, but thinking about how loyal the Minotaur · Amu was to this Law Destroyer, she turned back to look at Su Xiao.
"..."
Su Xiao gave Baha a look. Baha flew out. Soon, Amu brought back Yianna, who had a slash from her shoulder to her chest. The wound was so fierce it almost touched her heart. It could be seen that Amu really hadn't held back this time, and Yianna had also gone all out. This was because the man who seemed to be a Law Destroyer but actually had a devilish bewitchment had asked her earlier:
'Do you want to seal the position of Supreme?'
Su Xiao observed Yianna's injuries, shook his head, and said, "Her heart has been eroded by dark power. It's very difficult to save her. Give up. We still have important matters to discuss."
Su Xiao signaled that Amu could take the person away and bury her directly in the backyard. After all, this area was very desolate.
"You can save her."
Xiao's tone was firm. After all, this Law Destroyer's pharmacology level, she had indirectly experienced it.
"What's the point? You don't really believe she is the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow, do you?"
"You said this was the result of the Star Realm's strongest fortune-teller's divination."
"I didn't say that."
"You..."
Xiao carefully recalled. Well, this Law Destroyer indeed hadn't said that. Earlier, he had tried to make this Assassination System named Yianna become the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow, using this as leverage to get her to join in dealing with the Primordial God. But after failing, he immediately brought out a plan with real sincerity that could give her actual benefits.
"Before Silver Feather Crow died, she was too calm. Now it seems, she might really have a reincarnation ability."
Hearing Xiao's words, Su Xiao suddenly fell silent. He immediately understood that whether Yianna was the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow didn't matter at all. What mattered was that there were now many clues he had manufactured that could well verify this point.
To put it simply, whether Yianna was the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow was unimportant. What was important was that Xiao believed Yianna was the reincarnation of Silver Feather Crow.
Xiao, Silver Feather Crow, and Yianna shared the same power system. Only by killing a stronger person could one further improve.
The problem was, Xiao needed to kill a "Supreme Peak" to achieve the step toward "Supreme Peak." This was impossible. So she had to use another method of this power system, called "The Curse of Fate."
Now thinking about it, was a top-level assassin like Xiao really dominated by family affection to save her daughter? If one considered that this daughter was actually the biological daughter of Silver Feather Crow, then raising her to Supreme and then killing her, the intense emotional eruption might allow Xiao to take that step she had never been able to take since the Second Era.
"What we are besieging this time is a former Supreme Peak, now only one step away from recovering to Supreme Peak."
Su Xiao picked up a glass of wine poured by Baha. Seeing this, Xiao picked up another glass. They clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp. Nearby, Yianna, who had been fed several recovery potions by Amu, woke up faintly.
Xiao disappeared from the room. Yianna was also nowhere to be found. At this moment, on the large clock tower of "Anfeng City," Xiao appeared. She flicked her sleeve, and the wine that seemed to have been drunk but had actually never made contact with her body was flung out.
...
The lights in the basement were very bright. The black market boss was shirtless, lying on the operating table. Holding an oxygen mask in his hand, he asked:
"Mr. Bai Ye, is there any risk in this treatment process?"
The black market boss looked around at the fixing devices on the left and right, beginning to feel inexplicably guilty.
"No risk. First, breathe in enough pure oxygen. Your physique is far stronger than ordinary people..."
While the black market boss was 'inhaling oxygen,' Su Xiao's voice grew more distant. He directly passed out. When he woke up again, it was in the middle of the treatment. He opened his eyes, bloodshot!
Outside the treatment room, a man in a dark brown leather jacket with slightly wrinkled pants was sitting on an iron chair. His neck and lower half of his face were wrapped in a deep red scarf. On the belt at his waist was a dagger with an ivory-white handle. He had a clean crew cut, and there were many fine scars on his face and head. The most obvious one ran through his left cheek, left eye, and all the way to the top of his head.
This was White Bull's second-in-command, Lucius. Beside him was a shirtless, sturdy and fierce man. This was White Bull's third-in-command, Tais.
If the second-in-command, Lucius, had all abilities maxed out but was somewhat rebellious, then the third-in-command had average abilities hovering between A and S, but was absolutely loyal to White Bull.
Besides these two, there were two core figures of White Bull's faction and six backbone members present. They had seen how well their boss had recovered, and after recovery, he had successfully advanced to "Supreme," which he had long been qualified for but couldn't seal due to internal injuries.
In less than an hour, the door to the treatment room opened. The black market boss walked out with unfocused eyes. Seeing Lord Lucius, he was startled.
Lucius asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "How is it?"
The black market boss, who had done every evil deed imaginable, was this close to crying out loud on the spot. But thinking about it, he said with red-rimmed eyes, "All my internal injuries are healed."
Hearing this, the corridor, filled with smoke from smoking, erupted with cheerful laughter. Several people noticed that this black market operator was so excited his eyes were red. This was the joy of being tortured by internal injuries for many years and finally being healed today.
Taking advantage of the others' inattention, the third-in-command, Tais, slipped into the treatment room and slammed the door shut. Inside was a metal door with multiple soundproofing techniques.
Two hours later, the third-in-command, Tais, stood inside the door. Having completed his treatment, he was naturally about to leave. He was taking deep breaths, managing his expression. The only thought in his mind was that the next person must also receive Mr. Bai Ye's treatment. As long as everyone howled and cried, leaving a large puddle of tears and snot on the metal bed, then everyone would keep the secret, which meant this never happened.
The third-in-command, Tais, pushed open the door with a smile on his face. A few minutes later, the second-in-command, Lucius, whose expression management was gradually losing control, lay on the operating table. He said urgently, "Mr. Bai Ye, is it too late for me to regret this now?"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. He just took the human body opening device handed over by his assistant Amu. Cough~.
The next day at noon, White Bull's group of people all left under the pretext of having many important matters, their wives about to give birth, or their girlfriends celebrating their thousand-year birthday.
Su Xiao had benefited greatly from this treatment, especially in terms of Spirit Shadow Thread in treatment.
Dong dong dong~
The door to the inner hall on the third floor of the mansion was knocked. Molei pushed open the door with both hands, came to sit opposite Su Xiao, and crossed her legs. Just as she was about to cross the line into getting disciplined, she suddenly pulled out a Soul Coin savings card.
"The mining profits this time, I've already sold them off. I happened to run into this group from the black market. Their purchase price was 15% higher than the ore merchants. According to our agreed split, your share is 3,195,200 Soul Coins. I'll round it up for you, 3.2 million Soul Coins."
"..."
Su Xiao reached out to take the Soul Coins, but Molei hooked her wrist, avoiding him, and said, "Bai Ye, don't you think you should properly thank me for this harvest? No need for anything else. Just give me a sincere and earnest bow and apologize for treating me like an ATM in the past..."
Moments later, Molei sniffed her bloody nose, sporting a black eye, and bowed to Su Xiao to apologize:
"I'm sorry. I'll dare to do it again next time... ah no, I won't dare next time."
[You have obtained a Soul Coin savings card with a limit of 3,200,000.]
Su Xiao took out a bottle of potion. This was the customized potion Molei had ordered last time in Blazing Sun Star. At that time, Molei's requirements were:
Molei Requirement 1: It should be able to enhance more than two body attributes.
Su Xiao understood: Enhance all attributes, health points, mana points, soul strength.
Molei Requirement 2: It should have no side effects.
Su Xiao understood: No side effects.
Molei Requirement 3: After drinking, the risk should be extremely low.
Su Xiao understood: Won't die after drinking.
Molei Requirement 4: The improvement process after drinking should not be painful.
Su Xiao understood: Won't die during the improvement process.
After the potion was taken out, Molei's depressed mood from just being disciplined instantly dissipated. She took the potion, and her expression gradually changed from happy to shocked, because the effects of this permanent enhancement potion were indeed too absurd. In fact, this was normal. Personal physique customization + Alchemy Lv.99 + Peak Work title would inevitably be absurd.
Suddenly, Molei thought of something. She asked doubtfully, "Bai Ye, the effects of this potion are so strong it feels unreal. There's no risk in drinking it, right?"
"No."
"Then, you must have faced many strong enemies in this world, so you definitely didn't have time to concoct it. You must have prepared it long ago. Why didn't you give it to me before? You had to wait until I gave you all the mineral profits from this world progress before giving me this potion. Are you worried that I might kick the bucket after drinking it?"
"..."
Su Xiao frowned. Not for any other reason, but because when did Molei become so smart?
As for kicking the bucket after drinking it, that definitely wouldn't happen. As for how long she would need to recuperate, don't mind such trivial details.
"I... I won't drink this secret medicine for now."
"Fine."
"No risk?"
"Yes."
"What?"
"After leaving the external container, it will lose its activity in five minutes, and the effects will decline."
Hearing this, Molei was stunned. She took a deep breath, pulled out the stopper, and drank it all in one gulp. Then~, she opened her eyes in surprise: "It's actually a bit sweet."
As soon as Molei finished speaking, her eyes rolled back, and she fell straight backward. Well, you have to give it to the young, their sleep quality is just that good.
Seeing Molei enter 'dreamland,' Su Xiao's summoning array spread under his feet. Moments later, golden light belonging to Fate characteristics emerged.
In the evening, Molei suddenly sat up from the sofa. She looked around dazedly and saw the Hunter sitting in front of the fireplace, reading an ancient book.
"You, wah!!"
All the pain nerves in Molei's body seemed to have just woken up as well. The overwhelming pain that came flooding in almost made Molei faint again.
"Is the enhancement potion you concocted really an enhancement potion?"
Molei, lying back on the sofa, spoke weakly.
"But, the effects are really strong. Here's the agreed 'Power Source Matter.'"
"..."
Su Xiao casually caught the thrown "Power Source Matter."
[You have obtained "Power Source Matter (Small Portion · Unit)."]
This amount of Power Source Matter was no longer useful to Su Xiao. As for synthesizing it into a standard unit, he hadn't obtained such authority yet. He planned to use this small portion of "Power Source Matter" to exchange for some rare resources.
"Don't Yueshitu and Hao Mei need customized permanent enhancement potions?"
As soon as Su Xiao said this, Molei, who was in pain all over, immediately sat up. She would never do anything to harm her friends. But this kind of thing that could bring huge benefits, although the process was... not so beautiful, must, definitely, and certainly be shared with her best friends.
"They need them! I'll go find them."
Molei walked out, but after a few steps, she curled up on the ground in pain.
Ignoring Molei, Su Xiao continued waiting. At this moment, the metal decoration on the upper part of the wall began to dissolve, forming a metal arm. Seeing this, Su Xiao's pupils contracted. This was the power of the Gods.
After the Primordial God left the Secret Island and returned to the Empire, none of the Gods of the God Cult were spared. This was reclaiming power.
This was also a major drawback of the Gods' power system. It had a root nature. The power of all Gods originated from the two Primordial Gods. One of the sources had been permanently banished, which made the Gods' power system more inclined toward darkness and flesh, while the mechanical and ascension power parts were much less.
Besides that, reclaiming all power could also help the Primordial God avoid risks. It was well aware that a Law Destroyer had brought the "Origin Codex" to this world. The Primordial God derived from elemental power had been permanently destroyed using this method back then.
If not for the fact that the "Origin Codex" could only permanently destroy one Primordial God at a time, the Dark Primordial God · Yashmies would definitely not have survived that calamity.
The metal arm on the wall held a bottle of silver liquid substance. This thing looked like a semi-fluid metal.
Zi~
The Spirit Shadow Thread tightened, pulling this thing over.
[You have obtained "Holy Blood."]
[This item has multiple effects. The currently awakened effect is: Coating it on a weapon will cause deeper damage to "God System" targets.]
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This was the sincerity from the old king and his collaborator, and it represented that in the subsequent battle against the Primordial God, that side would exhaust all their strength. After all, if this battle was lost, that side would inevitably be completely annihilated. They were all on the same boat now.
If Su Xiao won against the Primordial God, this world would transcend.
If Su Xiao lost, everyone would die, including Shenfu. The reason Primordial Death was so hard to kill was because of the "Existence System." And the Primordial God was the only "Existence System" in the current Star Realm stronger than Shenfu.
Today's breakfast was very abundant. The Alchemy Maid had cooked according to dinner specifications. After enjoying this sumptuous gluttonous feast, Su Xiao leaned back in his dining chair, rested with his eyes closed for a moment, then stood up and walked out.
The Lord's Train was already parked at the door. Destination: Empire Capital, Star Glory City · Inserton!
As the train passed through large wheat fields and arrived at the territory under Star Glory City's jurisdiction, the color of the earth was different. It became exceptionally pitch black, and there was even a very faint black smoke slowly dissipating from the soil.
The train, like a steel beast, moved against the outward flow of people, heading straight for the Royal City. Countless commoners of the Royal City, their bodies wrapped in ragged cloth strips or dirty bandages, trudged forward with heavy steps. Under their bloated wrappings were bodies covered in pustules of various sizes, some larger than fists.
Before long, the mechanical bones under the pustules would grow to burst through the flesh. This was the mechanical pollution from the Gods' power.
The location where the Primordial God obtained the "World Core" was, of course, the center of this world: the Empire's Royal Palace. With it as the center, its Gods' power polluted a large surrounding area. Looking down from above at the continent occupied by the Empire, more than half of the area, radiating outward from the center, was affected by mechanical pollution.
The scenery outside the window flew by. As they approached the inner district of the Royal City, the train slowed down. Along the way, the ground was covered with iron-black corpses kneeling on the ground, maintaining a kneeling posture. They were too close to the source of mechanical pollution. When they struggled in pain before death, they curled up on the ground. Only by instinctively kneeling toward the source of pollution could the severely polluted divine power within them produce a bit of faith resonance, thereby reducing the pain.
So, these victims maintaining a kneeling posture actually had no faith or piety toward the Gods at all. They just wanted to suffer less. This was the evil of the Gods. They first inflicted suffering, forcing the weak to believe and submit, then gave a little grace, and obtained everything from the believers.
In the First Era, the Gods were attacked by a united front because they didn't give the innocent people in their territories a choice: either join the mechanical ascension or become ants.
The train stopped in front of the Royal Palace. At this moment, the Royal Palace was like a super-giant metal ephemeral flower blooming, frozen in the moment of its blooming.
Stepping down from the train's steps, behind him were the tall and sturdy Amu, with Baha landing on Amu's shoulder.
Su Xiao walked along the Royal Front Avenue. The once empty Royal Front Avenue was now filled with kneeling metallized corpses. Some were royalty, some were Empire ministers. In life, they fought to the death for their own interests. Now, they were all dead here.
When Su Xiao reached the end of the Royal Front Avenue, there were layers of ascending steps. At the top of these steps was a towering metal throne. A figure sat on the throne. Behind this throne, floating in mid-air, was the World Core.
The black clouds above, like the original dome of the Royal Hall, pressed down heavily above, casting shadows over the entire Royal City.
The figure on the throne had thick cables as thick as arms inserted into its body. It had seized nearly eighty percent of the life force of all living beings in the entire Royal City, all stored in this throne, slowly outputting to the figure on the throne through each cable.
This figure was over five meters tall. Its torso was mostly precision mechanical flesh structure. Its eyes emitted azure light, especially the radial pupils. The powerful field around it, twisted to the extreme, gave it an aura like a towering mecha. In fact, this was indeed the case. Its original body height was 125,200 meters, but the miserable siege in the past made it abandon its super-giant form.
Its left elbow rested on the armrest of the throne. Multiple cables were connected to its right arm. It looked down from a height at the Law Destroyer who had stopped at the bottom of the steps.
"Long time no see, the taste of life. It makes me forget that there are still enemies waiting for me to kill."
Primordial God · Yashmies raised its right arm slightly. The cables on it had a slight wriggling feel. A large amount of life force was continuously injected into the Primordial God. As it stood up, the cables snapped and detached.
Almost simultaneously, Bubu Wang's detection data arrived.
[This detection failed. The enemy was once a "Supreme Peak" individual, with some undetectable remnants.]
[Due to Bubuteni's Charm attribute being 780 points, significantly higher than the enemy's -19 points, some data has been successfully detected. The data is as follows:
Name: Primordial God · Yashmies.
Health: 850%
God Power: 3,000,000/3,000,000 points.
True Strength: ???
True Agility: ???
True Stamina: ???
True Intelligence: ???
Charm: -19 points
Skill 1, Origin God (God Passive, X): After being killed, Primordial God · Yashmies will not die completely. It can only be banished.
Skill 2, Metal God Skin (Supreme Passive, X): All damage reduced by 90%.
Skill 3, Indestructible Conductor (Supreme Passive, X): Recovers 50% of maximum health per second until "God Power" is depleted.
Tip: This recovery effect will not be suppressed by any means.
Skill 4, Absolute Domination (Supreme Passive, X): Can devour the World Force of the current world through the "Mechanical Core," thereby restoring "God Power."
Skill 5, Existence Strangulation (God Passive, X): Every time you are attacked three times by Primordial God · Yashmies, you must endure an "Existence Judgment." If the judgment fails, you will be immediately "Strangled in Existence," turning into residual ashes. If you successfully pass the judgment, your related "Existence Judgment" resistance will also be temporarily reduced by 50%.
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Skill 7, Death Missile (God Active, X): Primordial God · Yashmies can launch 105 miniature "Death Missiles" in a single volley. Each missile will cause 32% of maximum health + (5000 - the target's Stamina attribute) × 208.4 points of Dark Divine damage, with a 25% chance of "Instant Death."
Skill 8, Dark Force Field (Supreme Active, X): Instantly suppresses all nearby enemies with gravity.
Tip: This skill has no cooldown. Each use consumes 3,500 points of "God Power."
Skill 9, Gravity Monarch (Ultimate · Passive, X): Primordial God · Yashmies masters "Absolute Gravity" and can manipulate "Absolute Gravity" to cause an "Absolute Knockback" effect.
Tip: The cooldown of this ability is 3 seconds.
Skill 10, Absolute Death Ray (Ultimate · Passive, X): Primordial God · Yashmies can release a "Death Eye," emitting a continuous ray. The ray defaults to "Devouring Annihilation" attacks and "Life Explosion Effect."
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Skill 11, Combat Chip · Blessing (Ultimate · Passive, X): Can use any weapon in combat and cause the weapon to undergo rapid, significant evolution. As the battle continues, this weapon will evolve to its extreme, gain individual consciousness, and be able to independently assist Primordial God · Yashmies in combat.
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Skill 20, Devour All Things Darkness (Supreme Peak · Passive/Active, X): This skill is about to be awakened.
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Zheng~
The long sword in Su Xiao's hand was drawn. The Primordial God on the steps hundreds of levels above raised a single hand. A mechanical eye the size of a fist rose in its hand. Flesh rapidly proliferated inside this mechanical eye, turning it into a giant eye over one and a half meters in diameter, with golden light emanating from its pupil.
With a crackling sound, a beam as thick as a bucket shot out from the Death Eye, flying toward the distant clock tower. After a brief silence, the distant clock tower exploded with a bang, ashes scattering everywhere. This was the terrifying aspect of the "Devouring Annihilation" attack.
From the fluid armor on the upper back of the Primordial God, cannon barrels as thick as eggs gradually extended. These cannon barrels varied in length. At first glance, one might think the Primordial God had a pair of metal death wings that had not yet unfolded.
"Without the Causal Lock Ring, you dare to appear before me..."
Just as Primordial God · Yashmies finished speaking, a shock wave swept in from afar, passing over its body. Its power, which was about to return to "Supreme Peak," was suddenly suppressed by a few points. Despite this, the Primordial God remained dignified and composed. It had experienced too much. Such a drastic change was not enough to shake the Primordial God's heart.
Why was the Primordial God's combat power stopped before "Supreme Peak"? Because the Causal Lock Ring had reappeared.
To be precise, Kaisa had used fragments of the Causal Lock Ring, combined with the semi-unsealed ninth page of the "Book of Original Sin," and Kaisa's various abilities that could only be described as shameless, to deceive the Causal Lock Ring. The deception content was "Complete and Undamaged." In short, the broken Causal Lock Ring was temporarily deceived into resuming operation.
With the Causal Lock Ring restored, although the Alchemy Curse and others would not be restored, the suppression of "Supreme Peak" in this world could be restored. Moreover, now there was only one Primordial God in this world about to recover to "Supreme Peak." Suppressing just one target made the lock ring's operation more stable.
Kaisa could hold out for at most 12 hours. For this, Su Xiao had previously paid Kaisa 30,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.
A sound of breaking air came from above. It was a golden-red scepter over five meters long. This scepter seemed to have just flown in from outside the realm at high speed. It arrived in front of the Primordial God, who grabbed it with a bang.
Dong~
The end of the scepter smashed down. With the Primordial God as the center, the surrounding earth quickly metallized. In a very short time, the entire Royal City area turned into a black iron land.
The death battle had officially begun.