Chapter 10: Soul Vines
After about half an hour of exploration, Su Xiao roughly figured out the situation on the periphery of the Atonement Heights, the outermost slum is the free zone, there are no guards here, there are many thieves, robbers, and even intelligent race trafficking is not uncommon.
Not all the people living on the Atonement Heights are strong, more than 80% of the inhabitants here have little combat power, and there is a serious mixture of various races, obviously, these residents were born in the Atonement Heights, in the dangerous black abyss, they have no choice, the Atonement Heights is the only place they can survive.
The outermost inhabitants are not only poor, they are also ultra-cheap laborers, or in other words, they occupy more than four-fifths of the entire Atonement Heights, and the remaining one-fifth is less than the outskirts, atriums, and centers of the Atonement Heights.
Su Xiao not only figured out the general topography of the Atonement Heights, but he also had a certain understanding of the ruling forces here, there were three groups of ruling forces here, Kurosawa, Assaka, and the Ancestor.
These three groups are all the big forces in the 'Atonement Heights', as for the other small and medium-sized forces, because they are too numerous and mixed, they are not within Su Xiao's consideration.
Kurosawa was entrenched on the periphery of the Atonement Heights, and the people who blocked Su Xiao before were the members of Kurosawa, all of them were wearing 'tokens', some were tattoos, some were rings, and maybe even a hat, according to Su Xiao's guess, this should be some kind of energy identification device.
Kurosawa is the most populous force in the Atonement Heights, and more than 80% of the inhabitants of the outermost slums have a presence in Kurosawa.
To put it mildly, Kurosawa is a large armed organization, to put it mildly, the Kurosawa forces are an upgraded version of the scavengers, their weapons are more advanced, they are more numerous, they are more cunning, and they even have their own territory.
The scavengers are well-known brutes, and they don't recognize their relatives, but when they encounter Kurosawa's troops, they will choose to kneel, which is to be killed out of the shadows.
Dirty, ruthless, like a pack of hyenas, that's how Kurosawa feels to outsiders.
As for the other two forces, Assaka and the Ancestors, Assaka is the killer group that occupies the atrium of the Atonement Heights, while the Ancestors are the most mysterious and the least numerous, occupying the central area.
Su Xiao walked on the streets of the slums, throwing an iron-black coin in his hand, this is a coin issued by the Kurosawa forces, these hyenas control the water source of the Atonement Heights, and the currency they issue can be exchanged for fresh water at a high rate, so it is difficult to flow in the area around the Atonement Heights, and even become one of the most commonly used currencies.
Compared with Kurosawa and the Ancestor, Su Xiao is actually more interested in the killer group of Assaka, because Kurosawa's strength is too chaotic, the fish and dragons are mixed, and the Ancestor is a force that almost has no chance to join, so Asaka has become the best choice.
Assaka is located in the atrium and seems to have a good territory, but Kurosawa's people have closed the entry and exit of surrounding residents, which has increased the difficulty of Assaka to replenish new people to a certain extent.
However, the Assaka forces don't seem to care about this, they are looking for new people, not like Kurosawa, who can fool around for a few months and brainwash them, they need to train assassins who can complete the mission independently.
Kurosawa (hostile) → Assaka/Progenitor.
Assaka (ignore) →Kurosawa/Progenitor.
The progenitor (absolutely despised) → Kurosawa.
This is probably the relationship between the three major forces, and if Su Xiao wants to join Asaka, he first needs to pass through Kurosawa's territory, for these hyenas, all those who don't join them are enemies.
"It seems that there is really no way to take these hyenas."
Just as Su Xiao was thinking about whether to sneak into the periphery of the Atonement Heights and enter the atrium area, a whistling came from the sky.
A flaming meteorite with a diameter of about 100 meters fell from the sky, and behind this meteorite there was a wisp of magma dragged, which seemed to be summoned not from a high altitude, but from the ground.
The whistling sound became more and more harsh, and after a while, there was a slight vibration under Su Xiao's feet, and the meteorite in the distance fell like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, and the red-hot magma splashed up at least a few tens of meters high.
It's like a scene from a movie that appears more than a dozen kilometers away, probably in the atrium near the center.
As soon as the lava-dragging meteorite fell, an extremely ominous aura began to spread over the Atoner Heights, lifeless, but surprisingly, extremely aggressive.
"Roar!!"
More than a dozen gray vines with a pitch-black body and at least a few meters thick rose into the sky, and after these vines were coiled together, they quickly merged, and large cracks began to appear on the surface.
With a crisp crack, the surface of the vines that were knotted together shattered, revealing a crystal clear body, and after several vines were tightly entangled, they resembled a giant python, dangerous, mysterious, and chose to devour.
With the roar of the vine python, a shockwave visible to the naked eye spread, and this shockwave came extremely fast, almost instantaneously affecting Su Xiao.
With a buzz, Su Xiaolian took a few steps back.
[The Hunter has been affected by the Soul Concussion effect, and you will be stunned for 18 seconds (originally 60 seconds, due to the excellent strength of the Hunter's soul, 70% of the stun effect has been exempted). 】
[The Hunter has been attacked by the Soul Vine (89% of the growth stage), yes/no to try to obtain the information of the Soul Vine.] 】
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As the buzzing sound in his head receded, Su Xiao's vision returned to normal, and it was of course uncomfortable to be forcibly stunned for 18 seconds, this was the longest strong control ability he had ever endured, not the psychology department, the spirit department, the physics department, but the hard concussion soul.
The control effect of this ability is extremely strong, but it actually has no damage, this is a concussion, not an impact, Su Xiao is not abnormal except for a little dizziness just now.
It was only at this time that Su Xiao noticed the second hint of the Reincarnation Paradise.
"Try to get it."
[You are trying to obtain information on the Soul Vine (89% of the growth period), and this may cause you to become hostile to the Native Powers 'Ancestor', yes/no continue.] 】
After Su Xiao pondered for a few seconds, he chose to continue, the central area was already inextricably matched, and now the ancestral forces were not as dangerous as they imagined.
[In the attempt to obtain information, the Eye of the Apostle has been activated, and it is judged to be ......]
[You have obtained 13% of the information of the Soul Vine.] 】
Name: Soul Vine (Overlord Plant)
Category: Ancient plant (89% of the growth period).
Health: 72.88%
Skill 1, Soul Root System (Passive, LV.70): Soul vines can absorb, purify, and purify 'Soul Power' through the root system, and there is a high chance of generating Soul Crystals during the Soul Vines absorbing 'Soul Power'.
Skill 2: ???
Skill 3: ???
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Skill 12: Soul Fruit (Passive, Lv.85): After the soul vine reaches maturity, it will bloom on its own and bear soul fruit.
Tips: Soul fruit, an extremely rare resource, can greatly increase the strength of the soul after eating, and has a chance to awaken a new natural ability, the lowest level of this talent ability is S level, and the highest level is SSS level (the existing talent ability Soul Eater is an S-level talent, and the SSS level is a top-level talent ability).