The death of the old king undoubtedly made the situation in the empire a bit turbulent, but all parties chose to exercise restraint because the three major forces never expressed their stance.
The reason for this is because the three immortals are the absolute controllers of the three major forces. At present, the three major forces have reached preliminary cooperation with Su Xiao. At least until the "karma lock ring" is solved, the three immortals and Su Xiao are all
It won't make the situation confusing, and the way to deal with it is simple.
If at this time, there are forces secretly stirring up trouble and preparing to take advantage of the death of the old king to completely muddy the waters, then these speculators will first face the "Mechanicus", "Imperial Royal Family", and "Three Ministers". On the surface, these speculators will
The three major forces in the world.
When a group of rebel forces successfully deal with the strangulation of the three major forces on the surface, they will have the illusion that I have finally stood up. In the future, the forces under my command will become the fourth major force in the world.
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At this time, it is the time for one of the "Religion of the Gods", "Soul Clock Tower", and "Run Family" to take action.
However, thousands of years ago when the empire was founded, all kinds of relationships were intertwined. The existence of some forces was very subtle and strange. The three major forces were not easy to deal with in terms of interests. At this time, a certain exterminator did not mind helping
This is busy.
For example, our dear Grand Duke of the Empire, Mr. Niguniza Clay, first of all, he was born into the imperial family, and secondly, his family believed in the Mechanicus a few generations ago, and is the president of the Southern Continent Chamber of Commerce, No. 0
This president is involved in the import and export of resources in the Abyss Spread Zone.
It can be said that the buffs of this family are full. By the generation of Grand Duke Nikuniza Clay, it has reached the pinnacle of family history. The family has cultivated two most powerful people! Dozens of extremely powerful people,
In addition to the Grand Duke, his eldest son, second daughter, third son, eldest son-in-law and two nephews all hold important positions in the empire.
As an ambitious man, the reason why the Grand Duke has been able to settle down for so many years is more because of his fear of the three major forces and the old king. Of the three major forces, he has all the buffs he can get. Now that the old king is dead, the successor
Weak, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Talking about usurping the throne is a fool's errand. Taking advantage of this opportunity to make the family power stronger is what must be done.
In fact, the question of the choice of Grand Duke Nikuniza Clay is that the cooperation between the three old immortals and the law destroyer has been finalized in the main tower of the Soul Clock Tower last night. It is recognized by all parties.
The thing is, before setting sail to the "Sea of Life", if other parties dared to jump out and cause trouble, they would be punished for death. The one who dared to jump out first.
Therefore, the Grand Duke Nikuniza Clay was just unlucky. He really couldn't hold it any longer, or in other words, he held it for too long and finally waited until the old king died.
In the grand duke's family manor, in the baroque-style castle, this is a long corridor with windows on one side, and on the other side is the duke's bedroom, study, and sleeping room where he spends the night with his lover. After all,
Facing his wife and lover at the same time in the master bedroom will definitely anger the first wife, whose family background is not much worse than that of the Duke.
Other rooms with normal lighting are personal guard rooms, servant rooms, collection rooms, etc.
This spacious corridor more than four meters wide is paved with precious East China Sea White Rock. This is a kind of marble. Due to its formation process, after cutting and polishing, it will emit a light lavender fragrance. The smell is very light, but it can last.
For decades, it has been a high-end building material sold by the gram.
However, the originally snow-white Haibai Rock has been stained with blood, and there are stumps and broken arms on the ground. The Duke spent 70% of his family wealth to cultivate his eighth daughter, a flesh-and-blood system expert who is less than 50 years old.
It was a headless corpse sitting against the wall, with its head embedded in the wall.
The moment they met, the man with red eyes appeared next to Saixi, and then slashed out with a very ordinary knife. Even at this moment, Saixi had used all kinds of abilities to suppress the situation, but it did not affect her.
The speed at which the head flies up.
In other words, from the moment the monster walked into the main entrance of the manor, only Saixi asked him to pull out the long knife from his waist and slash out. The rest of the family's dead men, guards, bodyguards, etc., as long as they get close to this one-handed button,
The man on the handle of the knife within a certain range will be chopped into pieces in the next moment, with arms, legs, feet, and heads flying around.
To be more precise, everyone within a radius of 50 meters and a diameter of 100 meters from him will be chopped into pieces in the next second if they show hostility to him, even if the other party does not draw a knife.
Just now, a maid was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground, but she was not chopped into pieces. However, after her lover's guard was struck by a dense attack that appeared out of thin air, and was chopped into pieces and scattered on the ground, she was first frightened and shocked.
, and then there was fierce hatred. The next second, she was chopped into pieces by a slash that appeared out of thin air, and blood splashed everywhere.
In the Duke's study.
Tick tock, tick tock~
Blood dripped down the tip of the knife. The Duke opened the safe with a gloomy look and said coldly:
"Let my family members come over. I want to see them now."
After hearing this, Baha smiled and said: "It is a bit difficult to let them go upstairs. After all, they are all mixed together, but I am very willing to help you get on your way and reunite with your family."
"you!"
The Duke finally broke through the defense, pointed angrily at Su Xiao, and said sternly: "How dare you!"
Baha instantly appeared above the Duke's head, and at the same time as it fell, each of its eight talons penetrated deep into the brain, sending the Duke away.
Obviously, the Duke still believes that this is a game between the top officials of the empire, and the loser will lose the most profits. However, this is a confrontation between mad demons. If he dares to enter the game, he must be prepared to have his whole family sent away. Not the Duke.
What he didn't know was that in his whole life, he had never been exposed to such top-notch and dangerous power, dormant in the darkness. The top powers he knew were actually the puppets of these dormant giant beasts.
It's a pity that the Duke has risked almost everything for this rise, so the only assets left in his safe are three melons and two dates, which is probably better than nothing.
Ten minutes later, a raging fire broke out in the Duke's manor. On the Lord's train, Su Xiao opened the list. These were all the people the old king had entrusted him to kill. The position of minister of the "Empire Special Affairs Department" saves people a lot of trouble. Come to
This world has progressed to this level in less than five days.
Not to mention repaying a favor, it is a very good way of doing things that is worth following. The name of the Grand Duke Niguniza Clay appears not only on the old king's kill list, but also on the favors of the three major forces.
Delegate.
At one o'clock that afternoon, Su Xiao was sitting on the terrace of a spire building. Apart from him, Bubo Wang, Amu, and Baha, there were almost no other living creatures in this building. This time he did not take action, but
Let Eminem handle it. The angry shouts and screams gradually subsided downstairs, which means that the matter is almost finished.
If Su Xiao took action, it would usually be people who were not hostile to him, so he would just pretend that he didn't see it. Killing those defenseless people would be meaningless and would only increase the risk of his charm attribute slipping.
If Eminem took action, there would be basically no survivors except for the young ones. The reason why Eminem didn't harm the young ones was because he was saved once by a dragging little kid in a world not long after it was created by Su Xiao.
After a while, Eminem walked onto the terrace carrying a dark battle ax stained only with blood.
"Eminem, I'm hungry."
Eminem said angrily, "Don't say it, don't say it." Eminem said these four words more and more fluently. Of course, it was limited to these four words.
"Go back to the train later and find the alchemy maid."
"slim Shady."
Just as Amu was speaking, a gray bird flew over. This little thing with smart eyes landed on BuBoWang's head. It chose one of the four people present, and it felt that BuBoWang was the best to get along with.
Taking the letter bag off the back of the gray bird is a very primitive method, but it is not easy to leave traces. When you open the letter, you will find a message from the Prime Minister Enmu, or in other words, the transaction content between the old king and Su Xiao.
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Su Xiao helped the eldest prince clear these obstacles, but one condition was that the old king should inform Su Xiao of the approximate locations of the three largest treasure troves of the Gods Religion, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family.
The old king did not ask Su Xiao if he knew what he was doing. He just called the assistant minister Enmu immediately after Su Xiao left and asked him to focus on protecting the empire's underground treasure house.
And based on the existing basis, the defense strength will be temporarily increased dozens of times, and after a certain law destroyer leaves, it will gradually return to the previous defense level.
In fact, the old king was overly worried. Su Xiao had no idea about the Imperial Treasure House. The reason was that the current director of the Imperial Treasure House Supervision Department was named Nicholas Caesar.
Is the imperial treasury that Caesar has been monitoring for so many days still worth coveting? Fortunately, the old king had the foresight to exchange all the secret treasures that had been accumulated in the imperial treasury for many years into some kind of resources for the decisive victory.
time, it plays a vital role.
As soon as I got back on the train, the faint smell of barbecue wafted in. Today's lunch was herb lamb chops, mixed vegetable soup, steamed fish, and fragrant rice. The alchemy maid Vinia was gradually improving the cooking according to Su Xiao's taste,
This can be seen from the rice, grilled lamb chops, etc., but it still needs to be improved. Braised in braised sauce, charcoal grilled, etc., are more in line with Su Xiao's taste.
The train started, and as the meal started, the Alchemy Maid Vinia really got busy. Eminem's appetite was there, and the Alchemy Maid Vinia's cooking skills were only lower than Xia. If the Alchemy Maid Vinia's cooking skills were...
Lv.92, that Xia has Lv.95 cooking skills.
The destination of the Lord Train this time is very far, and it even has to pass through two sea areas, passing through the territory of the Seven Seas Alliance. Yes, Su Xiao is going to the No. 0 Abyss Spread Area in the Southern Continent.
After having lunch and cleaning the interior of the Lord's train again, the alchemy maid Vinia sat on the seat by the window and stared out the window blankly, as if recalling where she should go in the end.
In the afternoon, the Lord train traveled to the sea. Because it was traveling in a different space, there was not much difference between land and sea. For the Lord train, at most, it had to change the driving method, and the traveling speed was reduced by about 5%.
When passing through the territorial waters of the Seven Seas Alliance, it is not necessary for the Lord Train to slow down and stop for cooling. However, in order to ensure the good performance of the Lord Train's semi-biological engine, it is best to let it cool down for a period of time after running for a few hours. Of course, this is
As long as you are not in a hurry, it is common for you to take a break and drive continuously for half a month when something urgent happens.
Su Xiao saw that most of the islands in the Seven Seas Alliance were floating in mid-air. At first glance, the civilian technology level lagged behind the empire. It belonged to the hybrid biological technology of the electrical age, which gave a stronger sense of cyberpunk, especially those who stepped on it.
On the will-o'-the-wisp flying pedal, boys with different hair colors whizzed past.
A few seconds later, a fleet of small airships chased past. The color of the flashing light from the bottom of the small airship represented security, supervision, etc. in the Seven Seas Alliance. It can only be said that after watching this scene, this place became more cyberpunk.
Compared to this place, the empire with good security is very un-cyberpunk.
After the complete cooling system of the Lord train was restarted and the train started again, Su Xiao came to the bedroom, sat cross-legged and meditated. Unknowingly, she was immersed in it. When she came out of meditation, the train had stopped and she had arrived at the destination.
Compared with this, Su Xiao was more concerned about the changes in his own meditation. He checked his own meditation ability and saw:
[Heart Meditation: Lv.110 (Passive)]
Skill effect: The current "Heart Endurance" for skill-based abilities is 8200 points.
The current three skill abilities + Tianfeng Zhanying's "Evil Thoughts in the Heart" are 5890 points.
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When Su Xiao first mastered the art of swordsmanship, he mastered the ability to meditate by default. Later, this ability was advanced to "Meditation of the Heart." And when Marvin Waltz taught Su Xiao, he didn't care much about anything else. He only taught him the Devouring Core.
And repeatedly told him not to give up. It seemed useless, but in fact it was the meditation that carried the law-extinguishing blade in his hand.
At present, the "Heart Meditation" ability, due to the meditation bonus of the power of [Origin Stone World], is "each meditation will increase the progress of the current meditation ability by 10%." Su Xiao did not use the 110 originally planned
Oh my god, I can reach the full level of [Meditation of the Heart] at Lv. 110, but I can achieve this in less than 50 days.
Since the [Origin Stone·World] was activated to the "Advent Stage", the bonus to meditation has been very outrageous. Every time you meditate, the "mindfulness value" of the heart meditation increases by a small amount.
In addition, the growth of the Technique Master system actually requires talent. That is, you must first ensure that the "meditation ability" reaches a certain level before you can improve the Technique Master ability.
A more intuitive way of saying it is to make sure that your "heart's endurance" is greater than your "heart's evil thoughts". The so-called "heart's evil thoughts" are the burdens on your own heart, mind, and thoughts after your own skills and abilities are improved. Once this happens
If the burden exceeds one's ability to bear it, the force will go berserk, and the consequences can be imagined.
To put it simply, improving one's technical skills means improving oneself. There is a beast in everyone's heart. As one improves, the beast will naturally improve as well. This is the meaning of meditation.
When the level of technical ability increases, the corresponding comprehensive physical strength can be increased, and then the comprehensive physical strength will feed back into the actual combat power of the technical ability.
According to what Su Xiao knows, Lv.110 is the maximum level of meditation ability. The problem is that after his meditation ability reached Lv.110, it did not transform into Lv.MAX. As for using gold skill points to upgrade it to Lv.
EX, even more impossible.
Obviously, Su Xiao's "Heart Meditation" ability has not reached the expected full level, and he has always had a feeling about himself that he has never been the ultimate genius, so "Heart Meditation" has no ability.
There must be a reason for reaching the full level.
Opening the personal information list and taking a preliminary look, Su Xiao found the reason. If he guessed correctly, it was the true willpower that reached 2172 points, which further increased the upper limit of "Heart Meditation".
It is not known how much he has improved, but his current meditation ability is no longer as good as before. He is not in a hurry about this. The key to meditation ability is persistence.
In addition, after his soul strength level was increased, he gained the top-level physical ability of "washing the heart with soul", which not only increased the soul strength, but also improved the true willpower attribute.
Su Xiao stepped off the train and the scene became dim. This was the feeling of entering the spreading area of the abyss. He looked into the distance and saw an endless sea of darkness behind him. He took out a seal group from the storage space and released the seal.
, a crystal card appeared in his hand, which was an invitation letter given to him by Sifu, one of the previous ten rookies.
As he took out the invitation, the prying eyes from the surrounding darkness subsided, and he walked forward into the darkness ahead. A faint sense of teleportation came over him. He did not resist, and a brief sense of teleportation appeared. He was still in the Western Continent, but...
Passing through the outer area of the western continent and the areas inhabited by abyssal creatures near the center, we directly arrived at the center of the continent, the Beast Arena.
Based on the aura that was faintly captured when teleporting just now, Su Xiao estimated that there are many abyssal creatures entrenched in this dark continent, and many of them among this huge base are extremely powerful and extremely powerful.
In the star realm, there is a common understanding that when calculating the number of the most powerful and the most powerful, the abyssal system is not included in the calculation by default, because some abyssal systems born in the abyss were initially extremely powerful, which is somewhat outrageous.
Born to be the strongest.
The opposite price is that these abyssal systems, which are born to be the strongest, have more than 90% probability of being unable to leave the abyss and wandering in the abyss forever.
However, everything has exceptions. The abyss spreading area is an exception for these abyss systems, but this is the limit. If they leave the abyss spreading area, it will not take long for them to be eroded by natural elements and die.
All the abyssal types here love fighting to the death, so on the Southern Continent, there are most types of colosseums, and the Beast Arena located in the center of the Southern Continent is the largest and highest-standard colosseum.
I would like to ask, why are the Abyssal Elements here so eager to fight? The reason is that the "Dark Corruption" characteristic of the Rune family makes the soul aggressive and war-loving.
At first, it was just the mind. As the "dark corruption" deepened, it gradually penetrated into the soul and cause and effect, until finally, it was either killed by other powerful people and became nutrients, or it became a member of the Rune family.
Su Xiao walked towards the main entrance of the Beast Arena. This building was very similar to the ancient Roman open-air arena that had been enlarged dozens of times. The hundred-meter-high arch welcomed everyone here.
As soon as Su Xiao walked into the porch, hot wind hit him. He found that there were many abyssal systems here. Some of them were composed of black worms, some were like beasts like little giants, and some resembled dogs, but with sharp mouths.
, the whole body is covered with eyes.
After seeing Su Xiao, these abyssal types whispered to each other. It can be seen that the abyssal types who can come to the "Beast Arena" are generally more rational. There are also those whose animal nature is greater than rationality, but they are all in a fight to the death.
The appearance of a spell-killer in an arena full of abyssal elements was a strange sight. Just in case, Su Xiao only took Amu with him and left Bubo Wang and Baha on the lord train.
Needless to say, Lord Train really feels better and better the more you use it.
After walking through the arch, there is a terrace in front of you. At the end of the terrace, you can see the central fighting area of the "Beast Arena". This is a venue several hundred meters wide and paved with dark fine sand. Originally, it was a nearby beach.
The white sand was originally white sand, but after being infected by the blood of the abyss, it turned into black sand.
Located around the circular deathmatch area, there are layers of annular stands. These stands are simple rock structures. In addition to being extremely strong, comfort is not considered at all. What's even more exciting is that there are no barriers around the deathmatch area.
, it is common for a few spectators to be taken away randomly during a battle.
From the black blood stains that could not be washed away in the surrounding auditoriums, one can imagine how fanatical and bloody the place became after the death battle began.
As soon as he arrived here, Su Xiao felt a sense of murder in his heart. He immediately understood why the great elder of the Luen family invited him here and asked Xifu, one of the ten rookies, to send the invitation letter.
Su Xiao's 2172 points of real willpower is not a decoration. Just as he was about to move forward, a figure wearing small round sunglasses with dry flesh and green eyes, blocked Su Xiao's path.
way out.
"Oh yo yo, this is not the place where you should come from the abyss. Handsome guy, you need a guide."
The rebellious devil girl grinned, revealing her mouth full of shark teeth.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't intend to ignore the devil girl, but when she lowered her head and used her index finger with a diamond manicure to lower her small round sunglasses, completely revealing her green eyes, he changed his mind.
"I may need a guide, but there are some things I need to take care of first."
As Su Xiao spoke, he took off the "Night of the Wild Hunt" long leather coat, adjusted the Dragon Slaying Queen in its sheath, and threw the "Night of the Wild Hunt" long leather coat to the devil girl.
"this……"
The devil girl tilted her head in confusion. She glanced at the long leather coat in her hand. Although she was only good at identifying gemstones, she could tell at a glance that this was a piece of armor of extraordinary value. No, it should be a powerful piece of armor of astonishing value. She suddenly felt like
, she thought about escaping like this, but after taking a look at the 3.5-meter-tall tauren with an unfriendly look, she gave up the idea.
Before she ran away from home, her brother taught her that it's okay to be greedy, but don't be greedy for what you can bear.
"If you dare to frivolously call me handsome man again, Eminem will break your legs immediately."
Su Xiao turned his back to the devil girl and spoke. After speaking, he jumped from the circular auditorium to the black sand field in the center.
This place is the "Beast Arena", which is the highest-level death battle in this dark continent. Usually, there are many strong men from the abyss in the "Beast Arena" or other races who come here to seek strength. However, the battles here are half
It is rare to have one every month.
Entering the deathmatch area here means that you are challenging at least ten newbies. This requires you to challenge in the first-level arenas on this dark continent. Only when you get the "Invitation Letter to the Beast Arena" can you stand in the arena.
On this ground.
Why did the Great Elder directly give Su Xiao an "Invitation Letter to the Beast Arena"? Is it possible for him to challenge the first-level arena? That is not an invitation, that is a provocation. By then, it will not be Su Xiao who lands on the Southern Continent, but the "Holy Sword of the Sun"
"Insert it on this southern continent.
Su Xiao stood in the deathmatch area made of black sand and looked around. He found that in a short period of time, 30% of the seats in the surrounding auditorium were occupied.
One after another, figures jumped or teleported to the high circular wall at the edge of the black sand field. There were a total of ten Abyss-type people. Among them, Shifu, one of the top ten rookies with a lion's messy hair and a height of more than 5 meters, was among them.
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The remaining nine must be the other ten rookies. Xifu's aura is not the strongest among them, but he can be ranked fourth.
Among the three stronger ones, one is composed of a large number of scaled snakes. The so-called "scaled snake" is an abyssal type that resembles a black-scaled snake, but the scaled snake has no head, and the position of the head is a tentacle.
, inside are sharp barbed teeth, this is the third one among the ten rookies, and its name is Chi Hui.
The second one is an abyssal creature that is sometimes humanoid, sometimes animalistic, and is made up of black flesh and blood. It transforms into an abyssal snake at this time, with hundreds of eyes on its head. It is looking down at Su Xiao coldly. Its name is Wei Xiang.
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The tenth rookie with the strongest aura is a giant man squatting half-crouched on the stone wall. It looks like a small giant. Except for the pair of eyes on both sides of its eyes, it is no different from human beings.
This is just the surface. In fact, the strongest among the ten rookies will devour and replace whoever it defeats. In other words, if you lose to it, you will not only lose your life, but everything you once owned will be taken away by it.
Come on, it's called the Faceless Ghost.
Xifu looked at Su Xiao standing on the black sand field, grinned, and said:
"Bai Ye, you can choose any one of us ten to fight to the death with you. Don't worry, the rest of us will only watch until one day later, when the next fight to the death must begin."
Xifu was a little eager to try, and the pupils of his eyes stood up like wild beasts.
Su Xiao put her hand on the handle of the knife at her waist. After looking around, she said in a calm tone: "I'm in a hurry, all ten of you, come on together."
As soon as these words came out, the auditorium of the arena, which had gradually become noisy, suddenly became quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The girl from the devil tribe who also witnessed this scene in the auditorium, her eyes widened in shock, and she wore a small round
The sunglasses were all on one side and had slipped a little.