Chapter 4: Banishment
From a strategic standpoint, the Priest had won, but the problem now was that the Priest seemed to be on the verge of death.
After pondering for a moment, the Priest made a decision: he absolutely could not continue hiding in his exclusive room. The longer he held these eight Original Sin objects, the deeper the causal bonds he formed with them. If he were forced to leave Dawn Paradise after more than 50 hours, there would truly be no chance left.
With each passing second, the opportunity for a desperate comeback diminished. The Priest quickly found a line of thought. Though it was mere speculation, he was fairly certain that these "Original Sin objects" did not wish to be sealed. If so, could it be that he and these Original Sin objects now shared a temporary common enemy?
Click~
The Priest pressed the stopwatch, giving himself a final 30 seconds to weigh whether his conceived plan to break the deadlock was feasible.
These were the longest 30 seconds the Priest had ever experienced. When the stopwatch chimed with a crisp ring, he immediately used his authority to apply to Dawn Paradise for a designated location teleportation. A teleportation array formed beneath his feet, and his destination was... Arcane Eternal Star.
Inside the empty "Void Great Library" of Arcane Eternal Star, the bookshelves had been cleared, leaving only an endless, vast library.
The area was covered in ritual array diagrams. Su Xiao stood at the center of these diagrams, holding the "Book of Original Sin," which no longer contained any Original Sin objects. At that moment, teleportation fluctuations appeared before him, and a figure clad in black priestly attire, with graying hair and a twisted cross hanging from his neck, materialized—it was the Priest.
The moment the Priest appeared, the eight Original Sin objects suddenly manifested behind him. Such immense Original Sin causality should have instantly killed the Priest, but the "Complete Forbidden Mark" on the back of his right hand glowed faintly. The "Primordial Death" retreated, and the "Forbidden Mark" naturally reverted to a non-attributed state.
The "Forbidden Mark" on the Priest's hand began to evaporate. Given Dawn Paradise's notarization rank for this object, it should not have evaporated; at most, it would have entered a recycling state. The problem lay in the fact that the "Abyss Campaign" had already entered notarization, with Void Tree as the primary notary. The full notarization power of the current six Paradise factions was unleashed, applying maximum notarization to various worlds in the Star Realm.
As a result, after a series of judgments, Dawn Paradise entered a temporary abandonment state for the "Forbidden Mark." If this "Forbidden Mark" still existed after the Abyss Campaign, its former notarization would be restored.
The Priest needed this brief opportunity. Due to the erosion of Original Sin causality, layers of grayish-white skin peeled off him. These withered, decaying flakes evoked both physiological and psychological discomfort. He raised his hand, pointing his index finger at Su Xiao:
"Lost, lamb..."
Before the Priest could finish his words, he noticed that all the arrays beneath Su Xiao's feet had already activated.
Boom!
In an instant, the Arcane Eternal Star where the two stood entered a phase of collapse. The reason was that Su Xiao had used the local rituals to perform a massive Abyss sacrifice, targeting the entire Arcane Eternal Star. From a causal and destined perspective, his act of annihilating the Spellcaster faction signified that he had completely seized Arcane Eternal Star, naturally granting him the qualification to sacrifice this place in terms of causality.
Coupled with Arcane Eternal Star being in a state of elemental depletion, this further amplified the Abyss power here. With Su Xiao's level of Abyss knowledge, combined with using the "Contract Method" as the core of the sacrificial ritual, he could naturally achieve all of this.
One ironclad rule of contracts was: the greater the offering, the greater the binding power. When converted through the sacrificial ritual, this meant: the more sacrificed, the greater the resulting benefit.
Sacrificial Offering: Arcane Eternal Star.
Sacrificial Gain: Banishment.
Banish the Priest? Of course not. Su Xiao and the Priest had crossed paths many times—that was true—but their causal connection had not reached a level where Su Xiao could banish him without reason. Therefore, Su Xiao banished the Original Sin causality of the eight great Original Sin objects: the Collector, the Necronomicon, the Scarlet Scepter, the Sun Mask, the Nether Bone Ring, the Soul Crown, the Fate Coin, and the Ancient Eye. Note: it was the Original Sin causality that was banished, not the Original Sin objects themselves. This was crucial.
At this moment, these eight "Big Daddy Rank Original Sin objects" faced one of the following two choices.