Chapter 5: Once Fought the Shadow of Dark Tide, Aivira, in a Head-On Battle Against the Shadow of Law Destruction, Kukulin Bai Ye, and ‘Emerged Unscathed’ After a Fierce Fight.
With such achievements, the Abyss Dragon would be one of the top existences in the Void region by the Fourth and Fifth Eras. So why would it be so foolish as to clash to the death with the Shadow of Law Destruction, Kukulin Bai Ye? The Black Maple Tree is an external possession; abandoning it holds no regret.
Flying high in the sky, the Abyss Dragon occasionally gazed into the distance at the spreading Abyss zone. From the constantly twitching, rough dragon hide on its face, one could see that in its heart, it was far from ‘abandoning it holds no regret’—it was practically cracking apart.
[You have returned to Reincarnation Paradise.]
In the exclusive room, on a single-person sofa.
Su Xiao, who had just finished his physical treatment, got up and went to the bathroom. After taking a hot shower, he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep immediately.
Before long, snoring rose and fell in waves. Among them, Amu snored the loudest, startling Jila, who was sleeping in a specially made sleeping bag shaped like a small nest. Jila reached out and tossed an oversized slipper at Amu. Amu’s snoring paused for a moment, and then, after a while, came the sound of him snoring while chewing on something chewy and springy.
The next morning, Jila got up early. She shared her thoughts with Su Xiao: she wanted to go to the Wind Sea Continent to claim territory. After breakfast, Jila took some startup funds and set off full of confidence.
In truth, Jila didn’t need to be so confident. By now, anyone in the Star Realm who could threaten her through infiltration or assassination knew of Su Xiao’s existence and clearly understood that if they dared to do so, regardless of success or failure, it would lead to a nightmare outcome.
After Jila left, Su Xiao sat at the coffee table, picked up the hot tea Amu had just poured, and thought about his schedule. He had ten days to handle various miscellaneous matters. After those ten days, he wouldn’t leave Reincarnation Paradise. Not even Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, Beini, or Jila would leave, leaving no vulnerabilities. Unless his combat power had reached its peak, allowing him to fight a decisive battle against the Supreme Being.
Having won the Abyss Campaign, Su Xiao had only one thing left to do: defeat the Supreme Being. Once that was accomplished, he would achieve his long-standing goal of reaching the summit.
In truth, reaching the peak wouldn’t bring loneliness from being the strongest. The ‘Ancient Original Sins’ still lurking in Chaos or unknown territories would be deterred by him. And as the newly crowned peak, those ‘Ancient Original Sins’ would inevitably probe him, leading to covert struggles behind the scenes. Of course, all of this was predicated on Su Xiao being able to defeat the Supreme Being.
Regarding this decisive battle, Su Xiao naturally had no absolute certainty. If he had a 70% chance of defeating the Lord of the Abyss, then against the Supreme Being, he had at most a 30% chance of victory.
Just then, the communicator beside him rang. Mawen Hua’erzi’s voice came through:
“Kid, you won?”
“Mm.”
“Met those old geezers?”
“Met them.”
“I can imagine their expressions when they learned about your ability system—like getting kicked in the face. Hahaha, cough! Cough!”
Mawen Hua’erzi laughed until he started coughing violently, his voice sounding very weak.
“I’ll arrive in the Void by noon the day after tomorrow at the latest. Remember to come pick me up at the Void Platform. I’ve got you the Black Maple Mother Tree. Whether you can use it correctly is your own skill.”
With that, he hung up.
Only then did Su Xiao have time to check the series of previous notifications.
[Notification: You have slain the Lord of the Abyss.]
[You have obtained the Abyss Chest: Supreme Throne.]
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Su Xiao took out the ‘Abyss Chest: Supreme Throne’ from his storage space, placed it on the coffee table, then retrieved ‘Fate Reversal’ and carved the character ‘Abyss’ onto it.
‘Fate Reversal’ hummed low, and a powerful fate force brewed within this fate artifact. The process lasted over half an hour before stopping. ‘Fate Reversal’ had completed its final enhancement.
[Fate Reversal]
Type: Fate Artifact (Extremely Rare · Growable).
Durability: 1000/1000 points (Self-recoverable).
Equipment Requirement: Usable only by the Hunter himself.
Owner’s Permanent Bonus 1: You are permanently immune to all debuffs caused by negative Luck attributes on yourself.
Owner’s Permanent Bonus 2: Your total fortune volume increases by 90%.
Current Fortune Cap: -95,000,000 points.
Equipment Effect 1: Fortune Power (Core · Active). Activating this state consumes 1 point of equipment durability per second, reversing your fortune. The current reversal ratio is 100%. Based on the current -95,000,000 fortune attribute, after reversal, when you engage in profit-related activities, the judgment will be based on 95,000,000 points of positive fortune.
Equipment Effect 2: Reaching the Peak (Passive). You have become the strongest fate artifact by virtue of the ‘Name of the Strong.’
Description: This is fate, and also karma.
Rating: 30,000++ points (Cycle-level equipment rating is 15,000 to 30,000 points).
Selling Price: Unsellable.
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Su Xiao activated the effect of ‘Fate Reversal’ and picked up the ‘Abyss Chest: Supreme Throne.’ This time, he truly wouldn’t open a Daddy-level Original Sin Object, because all the Daddy-level Original Sin Objects in the current Abyss/Element/Star Realm, except for the one with Kaisa, were with him.
[You have opened the Abyss Chest: Supreme Throne.]
[You have obtained the Abyss Vault Key (Invalid).]
[You have obtained the Dark Origin (Abyss-exclusive item).]
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A dark object appeared, its core part about the size of a dragon’s eye, slowly rotating like a vortex. Su Xiao put it away. This item was extremely valuable, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the resource Su Xiao needed to grow stronger.
[You have completed the final campaign mission: Victor.]
[The amount of merit points you currently hold will be multiplied by 185 (this multiplier is based on your contribution in the decisive battle).]
[Your current merit points: 58,590,000 points.]
[Total merit points earned in this Abyss Campaign: 10,547,000,000 points.]
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This number was absurd, but if one reviewed what Su Xiao had done, the reward no longer seemed so outrageous.