CHAPTER 248: CHAPTER 58: THE VILLAIN DIES FROM TALKING TOO MUCH

The battle was on the brink of explosion, it was either you die or I perish.

Despairingly, even if Su Xiao defeated Ace, there was still Will and tens of thousands of soldiers behind him.

It looked like Ace had no intention of fighting Su Xiao one-on-one, Ace certainly lacked knightly spirit.

"If I can capture you alive, it would be perfect. I’ll let you experience all my torture methods."

Ace’s sadistic attribute reappeared, Su Xiao was no longer her subordinate, now he was an enemy.

Su Xiao remained silent, electric arcs surged on Dragon Slash.

Perhaps, this was his final battle.

"There’s no need to fight."

A soft murmur came, it was the little emperor with his head down.

"Hmm?"

Su Xiao looked at the little emperor in confusion.

"Take me away, I want revenge!"

The little emperor’s teeth ground with a sound, his expression was ferociously sinister.

"It’s unlikely, I’m likely to die in battle here, and you have even slimmer chances of surviving."

"No, we both might survive, listen to me..."

The little emperor began to whisper something to Su Xiao, while soldiers not far away were starting to converge.

"This kind of thing, the chancellor doesn’t know?"

Su Xiao’s eyes gleamed with curiosity.

"I discovered it when I first touched the activation key of the Supreme Teigu, I never cared, so I never told anyone."

"You finally did something smart."

The electric arcs faded from the surface of Dragon Slash, Su Xiao deeply plunged Dragon Slash into the ground, quickly retreated, cutting a long knife mark on the stone slab of the ground.

"What is he doing, has he mentally broken down?"

The chancellor examined Su Xiao in confusion.

"No, Bai Ye couldn’t mentally break down, does it mean..."

Ace quickly rushed towards Su Xiao.

Su Xiao pulled Dragon Slash from the ground, glanced at Ace who was pushing through the crowd, and then looked at the chancellor in the distance.

"Chancellor, thank you for telling the little emperor so much nonsense that he has become completely disheartened."

As Su Xiao spoke, he stomped on the ground with all his might.

Boom!

Su Xiao shattered the stone ground beneath his foot, causing large fragments to fall downwards.

A hole ten meters in diameter appeared vertically downwards, the opening was perfectly round and smooth, evidently man-made.

The depth of the hole was unfathomable, pitch black, with large fragments falling, Su Xiao also fell into the hole, holding onto the little emperor.

"Don’t think about escaping."

Ace leaped into the hole, this sadistic female general certainly wouldn’t give up.

But just as Ace leaped into the hole, she discovered Su Xiao was holding a strange weapon pointed at her.

"Is that... a gun?"

Bam, bam, bam...

While falling, Su Xiao repeatedly pulled the trigger of the Broken Elf, shooting six bullets towards Ace.

A sheet of thin ice formed in front of Ace, blocking all the bullets.

Ding, ding...

Ace managed to block the bullets, but she was in midair without a foothold. The bullets hitting the ice layer generated significant force, the combined force of the six bullets pushed Ace out of the hole.

Ace turned over and landed steadily at the edge of the hole, uninjured, but Su Xiao had already fallen deep within the hole.

"Goodbye."

Su Xiao took out an object and threw it towards Ace. Two seconds later, his figure disappeared in the dark hole.

Ace caught the object Su Xiao threw; she didn’t feel any danger. Upon closer look, it was a token from the Hunter Troop.

On the back of the token, a character ’Night’ was engraved, and at this time, the word ’Night’ had been slashed.

"So, Bai Ye was a false name."

Ace grasped the token, recalling the scene when she met Su Xiao in the Extreme North.

"You won, I am now your subordinate."

These were Su Xiao’s words when he first confronted Ace.

"Thinking to escape like this? Never."

Ace’s eyes boiled with murderous intent as she leaped into the hole.

"Ace, wait..."

The chancellor spoke halfway, but Ace had already jumped into the hole.

"Is this woman out of her mind? Not going to deal with the Revolutionary Army?"

The chancellor trembled with rage, a figure passed by him and jumped into the hole as well, it was Will.

...

Su Xiao fell rapidly in the dark hole, his speed increasing, at this rate landing was certain death.

He unwrapped the Boundary Line from the little emperor’s neck, wrapped it around Dragon Slash’s metallic guard, and forcefully threw Dragon Slash. The sword stabbed into the stone wall of the hole.

Ding.

The Dragon Slash was deeply embedded in the stone wall, and Su Xiao gradually tightened the Boundary Line, halting his fall as the wire wheel on his wrist sizzled.

With a snap, Dragon Slash was pulled out from the stone wall, and large cracks appeared on the wall while Su Xiao’s descent slowed.

Whenever his descent speed became too fast, he repeated this action, maintaining a safe falling speed.

The hole was not infinite. After a while, Su Xiao landed on the ground.

Bam.

The stone slabs under Su Xiao’s feet shattered, with his feet embedded in them, spider-web-like cracks spread around.

"Safe, is it safe?"

The little emperor’s voice trembled, his body also shivering.

The surroundings were pitch black, Su Xiao took out a flashlight and shone it around. On the stone walls were many doorways over five meters high, at least a dozen, marked with numbers from 1 to 13.

[You have arrived at a hidden location in the Derivative World: Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground.]

[’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground’ is a high-risk location, the Hunter should respond cautiously.]

[Warning: ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground’ is filled with alchemy poison gas, losing 5 Life Value per second, this is true damage.]

[Hint: The Hunter can spend Paradise coins to generate an air filtration device, each hour costs 100 Paradise coins. Generate air filtration device, yes/no.]

Su Xiao’s facial expression changed, his Life Value was depleting like water. A burning sensation emanated from everywhere in his body, but there was no pungent smell, this alchemical poison gas was colorless and odorless, very dangerous.

"Generate."

An invisible shield appeared, costing 100 Paradise coins per hour. If Su Xiao stayed here for several days, he would go bankrupt.

Although the crisis was temporarily averted, he was still in imperceptible poison gas, with a large number of pursuers behind.

"Go this way."

The little emperor suddenly spoke, and Su Xiao looked at him in surprise.

"Why aren’t you dead?"

"Huh? Why would I be dead?"

The little emperor looked at Su Xiao puzzled.

Su Xiao felt that the little emperor’s physical attributes were probably no more than ten points, yet he showed no signs of poisoning.

The little emperor is immune to this alchemical toxin, which is very likely.

This was beneath the Royal Palace, the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground’ was built by a previous emperor, and the Royal Family might be immune to the alchemical toxin.

The Empire’s alchemy technology was once extremely advanced, but it vanished without a trace afterward, definitely related to the Royal Family.

Su Xiao prepared to delve deeper to find an exit route.

The area was filled with alchemical toxins, Ace and others couldn’t pursue, and there were surely secrets hidden in the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground’. Secrets = Danger = Benefits = Strengthening.

Resolutely, Su Xiao walked in the direction the little emperor pointed to. Here, the little emperor might play a crucial role; his imperial bloodline was connected to the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground’.