Gu Tao was savage and violent, but that did not mean he was brainless. Realizing the situation was hopeless, he decisively threw out a teleportation scroll and vanished on the spot.
Su Xiao did not pursue him. He still had something to sell Gu Tao later, which would give some old fellow even more trouble.
Father did not pursue him either. He was exhausted. Even for him, using "Disdain" to complete that backstab had been a tremendous drain.
Father turned into gray-white tentacles. As they dispersed, Father's aura vanished. Seeing this, Su Xiao narrowed his eyes. He had slain many powerful Ancient Gods, but he had never sensed deathly aura like Father's.
This feeling clearly meant that Ancient God power had fused with the power of death, opening an unprecedented path. It was not the "Death Ancient God" he had previously assumed. Rather, it seemed Father had used Initial Death to devour his own Ancient God origin power. If so, Initial Death had an even greater origin than imagined. It might even be one of those ancient and dangerous things.
Yet one thing puzzled Su Xiao. Father already possessed the ultimate enhancement of "Initial Death" after devouring Ancient God origin power. Why was he still plotting to obtain the "Taboo Mark"? Judging from the fates of the Gray Gentleman and Platinum Apostle, becoming the owner of the "Taboo Mark" was not necessarily a good thing.
Furthermore, Father used the liquor continuously spreading from the Original Sin Item, "Holy Grail," to increase his Ancient God origin blood. He then used that blood to nourish his Ancient God origin power, before using "Initial Death" to devour the nourished power.
Among Original Sin Item holders, Su Xiao respected Guy the most. Guy could cooperate with the "Jar of the Abyss," whose Original Sin