Chapter 4: Abyssal Language (Decryption Level Reaching 100%)
Su Xiao believed that the incompatibility between knowledge and writing systems had led to this situation. For example, when using the Void Language to decrypt this scroll, some special symbols simply did not exist in the Void Language, and no substitutes could even be found.
In contrast, the Abyssal Language had no such problem. It was estimated that the Abyssal Language and this unknown ancient language belonged to the same tier of knowledge, naturally allowing for perfect mutual transformation.
[You have paid 85,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. This decryption begins.]
The content on the ancient scroll began to gradually change, transforming into Abyssal Language and various representative symbols of Abyssal knowledge. In contrast, the surface of the scroll gained a hint of dark aura.
After the decryption was completed, Su Xiao examined this ancient scroll. After reading the first paragraph, he confirmed that this was a secret method for advancing from the Supreme Peak to the Supreme Realm. Good stuff.
But the more he read, the deeper his frown became. The reason was that this ascension ritual actually had two cores. One core was the "Abyss Heart," and the other was... the "Elemental Eye"!
This was fundamentally a secret method to ascend to the Supreme Realm using both the "Abyss Heart" and the "Elemental Eye." Furthermore, this had been verified by Reincarnation Paradise as an effective method. After completing the decryption verification and checking its attributes, this could be seen.
Su Xiao felt that White Bull had been schemed against by Element Scholar Hailos. The Element Scholar knew that the current White Bull could not refuse the "Elemental Core." Moreover, the Dark World's strongest asset was its intelligence channels. The probability of White Bull finding the "Elemental Core" was not low, and the probability of obtaining this scroll through the "Elemental Core" was also not low.
Besides this, Mawen Hua'erzi suddenly proposing to come to this world to help summon the "Elemental Eye" was also a sudden idea. Su Xiao took out his communicator and dialed Mawen Hua'erzi. After a long while, Mawen Hua'erzi answered, and there was a hissing signal interference sound on the other end.
To prevent the communication from suddenly cutting off, Su Xiao directly asked, "Is it Element Scholar Hailos?"
Mawen Hua'erzi on the other end seemed to pause for a moment, then immediately understood what had happened. Also worried about the communication being interrupted, he said concisely, "It's him. I didn't react before. When you summon the Elemental Eye, be careful, he has schemes..."
The communication was suddenly cut off here. Su Xiao did not dial again because he already knew the purpose of everything Element Scholar Hailos had done. From the current standpoint of both sides, Element Scholar Hailos could be considered half an ally.
Su Xiao had already seen Element Scholar Hailos's situation. Saying he was in a state worse than death was not an exaggeration at all. The feeling of being backlashed by fate was terrifying and painful.
Furthermore, when Su Xiao was entangled by the Original Sin Karma back then, Element Scholar Hailos had given a clear time limit: absolutely no more than 30 days. Within this time limit, the problem must be resolved.
Element Scholar Hailos was actually no longer the Hailos of the past. The consciousnesses of successive Element Scholars were mixed and jumbled together. Saying he came from the ancient era was not an exaggeration. He simultaneously existed in the ancient era, the primordial era, the current epoch, and even more major epochs.
The fate of each major epoch wanted to merge with him but could not, resulting in endless fate backlash and endless pain.
What was the Element Scholar's goal? He had also stated it directly, roughly meaning:
'If one day you can become the strongest, then kill me, let me sink into darkness, and escape the endless pain of dying and being resurrected.'
...
At this moment, Sanctuary City, South Street.
A man wearing a loose black coarse cloth robe, with grayish-white hair, stood in a small alley. His gaze was vacant, and his expression showed extreme fatigue. He walked out of the alley and happened to encounter White Bull who had arrived here.
"Mr. White Bull, what a coincidence."
The Element Scholar spoke in a hoarse voice. Hearing this voice, White Bull threw a punch in return.
Boom!
The fist wind was fierce, stopping right in front of the Element Scholar's nose. The reason was that an activated "Elemental Core" was held in the Element Scholar's hand.
White Bull had previously gambled everything to obtain that activated "Elemental Core." This matter could only be done by him personally, at most bringing his sister as support.
The result was that after venturing deep into the dangerous place, his sister died, and he ultimately obtained a scroll. An instinct from being a Supreme Strong told White Bull that the karma corresponding to this item was very dangerous. After taking it to Tuanzhang for identification, this was further confirmed.
"You..."
White Bull's gaze was extremely dangerous. After a moment, he opened his clenched fist. The Element Scholar placed the activated "Elemental Core" in his hand. As for why it was given here, it was because going any further would exceed the range of karma passively covered by the "Origin Stone: World." That is, there would be a possibility of this scene being detected by a Karma System. But now, no one would know that this scene had occurred.
Pedestrians in the surrounding area would subconsciously stay away from this place. It was White Bull's dangerous aura that made all living beings in the vicinity instinctively avoid harm and leave this area.
On the empty street, White Bull looked at the activated "Elemental Core" in his hand, then at the gradually dissipating Element Scholar. He hesitated whether to go back and ask Bai Ye about this matter. After all, this old friend had always been recognized in his heart for his level of being an old schemer.
In the end, White Bull tossed the "Elemental Core" into his mouth and swallowed this supreme treasure into his abdomen. The blazing fire of ambition began to rise in his heart. He strode forward. Not far away, pedestrians gradually increased around him, restoring the usual bustle of Sanctuary City's pedestrian street.
...
Sanctuary City, South City. Inside a building that had no doors or windows, was completely sealed, and could only be entered through a specific frequency spatial teleportation.
As soon as Su Xiao arrived here, he heard a pounding sound from the upper floor. Following the spiral staircase to the second floor, the second floor occupied most of the building's area. The second to fifth floors had been opened up, leaving only the sixth floor at the top as a defensive buffer zone.
As soon as he arrived here, the rich elemental aura made Su Xiao immediately form a thin layer of Aoge Crystal in front of him. Sure enough, enthusiastic fire elements flew over and were blocked by the Aoge Crystal. The Aoge Crystal gathered into a sphere and was thrown by Su Xiao to an area with denser elements opposite him. The released fire elements were absorbed by other elements and couldn't fly over for the time being.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Inside a metal cage measuring 1.3 meters in length, width, and height, Aina sat inside, kicking the cage door with her feet. Seeing Su Xiao arrive, her eyes lit up. She was about to ask for help when she suddenly thought of something and said:
"Bai Ye, let me out. I'll pay you 10,000 Soul Coins! It's just a small favor."
"..."
Who would refuse free Soul Coins? But before Su Xiao could respond, a [Soul Energy Crystal] flew over. He raised his hand and caught it.
"I'll give you seven of these. Just pretend you didn't see that little girl."
"..."
Su Xiao caught the seven [Soul Energy Crystals] that flew over one by one, took out his communicator, and dialed Mawen Hua'erzi. The call couldn't be connected. He sent a text message, the content being: Thank you for the seven [Soul Energy Crystals] you sent.
"Who are you contacting?"
Green Gillian asked as if making small talk.
"Mawen Hua'erzi."
"Tsk~, how did you know?"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak, which made Green Gillian even more displeased. She started muttering under her breath. Don't think that just because Green Gillian was no match for Su Xiao now, she wouldn't spew profanities. She would treat everyone equally badly, regardless of whether she could beat them or not. Because of this, among the Law Destroyers of the Second Era, Green Gillian's survivability was among the best.
"How long will it take? Also, my elemental affinity has increased a lot recently."
Su Xiao looked ahead at the large-scale technique with a diameter of over fifty meters. This was the elemental technique for summoning the "Elemental Eye."
Compared to the "Abyss Heart," the summoning method for the "Elemental Eye" was both simple and difficult. The simplicity lay in the fact that there was no need to sacrifice "Peak Blood." Sacrifice was a characteristic of the Abyss, while the characteristic of natural elements was affinity. Therefore, to summon the "Elemental Eye," a sufficiently strong elemental affinity was needed.
In fact, whether it was the "Abyss Heart" or the "Elemental Eye," they were essentially a special type of energy. The Abyss or Elements nurtured this power in their core regions.
How each epoch was divided depended on the changes of the times. The changes of the times affected all living beings in the Star Realm, and the karma of all living beings caused changes in the overall karma of the Star Realm, marking the beginning of a new epoch.
When a new epoch began, the Abyss and the Star Realm would nurture the "Abyss Heart" and "Elemental Eye" in their respective core regions. It wasn't that they couldn't be nurtured later, but the "Abyss Heart/Elemental Eye" of each epoch possessed unique characteristics.
When a powerful being used this "Abyss Heart/Elemental Eye" to achieve the Supreme Realm, they occupied this uniqueness. Only when the overall karma of the Star Realm changed in the next epoch would a seemingly identical, but slightly different, "Abyss Heart/Elemental Eye" be nurtured.
"It can start tonight, provided you're ready."
Green Gillian replied casually. As for Su Xiao's statement that his elemental affinity had increased a lot, she directly ignored it. For this ritual, the higher the elemental affinity, the better.
"Of course, we're ready."
Wandering Hunter Ross walked over. He was a man of medium build, carrying a leather shoulder bag, with a temperament as ordinary as a passerby, and a gentle appearance around 35 years old. It could be said that Wandering Hunter Ross's master, the old Wandering Hunter, had quite an eye. Such an ordinary appearance and temperament, coupled with extremely high talent in the Wandering Hunter system, made him a natural-born schemer.
"This one is a natural-born Wandering Hunter."
Green Gillian spoke. She had plenty of authority on this matter, having offended many Wandering Hunters. Once, she was retaliated against and almost got kicked into a C-shape by a Wandering Hunter walking towards her. Before taking that kick, Green Gillian thought the other party was a passing beggar. There was simply no flaw at all.
Hearing Green Gillian's words, Wandering Hunter Ross just smiled.
Everything was ready. At dusk that day, Shenfu, Kaisa, and Gulu all arrived. Gulu wasn't wearing a Gothic dress today, but a white dress with a fox mask on her face.
It seemed that the 2nd member of the Phantom Troupe, the Puppeteer, had recently changed tastes and was a bit tired of appreciating Gothic dresses. As for why Gulu was willing to wear them, the clothes the Puppeteer chose were simply too generous.
Everyone was present. Shenfu came to Aina's side, and the Power of Existence was gradually added to Aina's body, making Aina exclaim in wonder.
Green Gillian glanced at Shenfu and actually sighed. She thought the Second Era was crazy enough, but she didn't expect the Third Era to be even more insane, even developing Initial Death into a form of power, albeit at a great cost.
Aina was the first to step onto the elemental technique. Due to her elemental affinity, a buzzing sound was heard, and a fantastic elemental glimmer lit up on the formation diagram. The entire formation diagram was breathtakingly beautiful.
Seeing this, Wandering Hunter Ross stepped onto the elemental formation diagram. His elemental affinity was over 3000 points, double that of Aina. So when he stepped onto the elemental formation diagram, the elemental glimmer on the diagram gradually rose to elemental light, even more breathtakingly beautiful.
Only Su Xiao was left. Green Gillian raised her chin, indicating that everything was ready, only he was missing.
Su Xiao stepped onto the elemental formation diagram. Suddenly, the elemental formation diagram under the three people's feet went out. This made everyone present's hearts skip a beat, instinctively thinking it was an enemy attack interrupting the ritual.
Suddenly, the elemental technique under the three people's feet burst into brilliant light. With a boom, elemental force surged up from the formation diagram below, shooting upwards in a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 50 meters. Aina's hairstyle was instantly blown upwards, and her lips and facial expressions were blown upwards, flapping around comically and uncontrollably.
With a loud crash, the heavily reinforced ceiling of this building was instantly blown off, spiraling out of Sanctuary City.
At this moment, outside the city, in a very short time, the peak powerhouses of this world arrived one after another. The "Abyss Heart" had not yet appeared in the world, but the "Elemental Eye" was about to appear. The affairs of the world were truly unpredictable. The peak chaotic battle was about to begin.