Dark clouds blanketed the sky, all of them tinged purple-red. From time to time, lightning of a similar color streaked across it.
Su Xiao walked out of the rocky depression. A strange odor drifted into his nostrils, somewhat like exhaust from a factory. Inhaling it made his chest feel stuffy.
Su Xiao drew a cigarette and lit it. His gaze swept across the surroundings. Although this was the Newborn Plaza, it was completely different from the scene he had seen before. Everything in sight was now dilapidated, and the Life Fountain at the center had dried up. Su Xiao felt a pang of regret.
According to the theories inherited from the Law-Destroying faction, enemy assets = undeveloped resources = ownerless = capable of being privately owned = mine.
"The blood mark vanished—or rather, became impossible to sense?"
As Wood spoke, he took out a clay pot. The pot looked old, and the carvings on it had become blurred. It seemed ordinary, but anyone who saw it would feel an urge to possess it.
"Gentlemen, calm down. This is my most precious treasure, more important than my life. But... you're both my closest friends and companions. If you want it, I can part with it and give it to you."
Wood supported the clay pot with one hand. He wasn't joking. As long as Su Xiao and Zayas expressed their desire for it, he would immediately give away this supreme treasure. Although Wood was its owner, he had not the slightest possessiveness toward the pot. His attitude was that it was fine for him to have it, but if anyone else wanted it, he would give it away at once.
That was also why Wood had survived until today without dying because of the clay pot. Precisely because he had no