Second Void Trial: Abyssal Lesser Demons!

Within a territory, a little girl was looking at her private chat while replying, muttering, "Are these Novice Lords really underdeveloped in the cerebellum and abnormal in the brain? What do they mean, borrow? What do they mean, 'My father is Zhang Erhe'? What a bunch of idiots, trying to get something for free."

"Not a single Lord with potential, but there are heaps of freeloaders. Do they take me for a charity?"

"Ding!" The system notification sounded.

The little girl looked at her friends interface. Someone had added her as a friend, so she opened it for a look.

"Otherworld Traveler? The Lord who wanted a Dark Seed already?" The little girl's eyes lit up as she looked at the Lord on her friends list.

Someone like that was either a fantasizing idiot or a capable Lord.

I hope he's a capable Lord. Talking to those idiots is seriously triggering my idiot intolerance. Lin Xiaoxiao thought, then sent Su Ye a message.

[Little Merchant: Big shot, you finally added me! What do you need? Wood, Stone, Gold Coin, Origin Crystal? I have them all! Of course, if you need anything else, Little Merchant can help you look for it.]

On Su Ye's end, he raised an eyebrow as he looked at Little Merchant's message and replied.

[Do you have a Dark Seed? A Barracks would work too.]

Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up when she saw Su Ye's message. A big shot, an absolute big shot—a major client! This was so much better than those idiots from earlier.

[If you need them, big shot, I'll start looking right away. But regarding the price...]

Seeing Lin Xiaoxiao's message, Su Ye replied directly.

[Don't worry, I won't let you take a loss. The sooner, the better. I only need one Dark Seed. Any faction's Barracks will do; the tier doesn't matter.]

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Su Ye's message. "Wow, a real big shot. A super big shot. He wants a Barracks too."

[Got it, big shot. A Barracks might be hard to find, but I should be able to locate a Dark Seed today. Wait for my message, big shot.]

[Okay.]

Su Ye replied with a single word and closed the Private Chat Panel.

After closing her chat with Su Ye, Lin Xiaoxiao got to work. Her method was simple: cast a wide net. She contacted her friends and asked them to help inquire. This required time, patience, and an extensive network—something only Merchant Lords could manage.

If Su Ye tried to spam the Chat Channel by himself, it would be no different from searching for a needle in a haystack. It would be entirely down to luck.

On Su Ye's side.

"Little Merchant? Which merchant guild is she from?" Su Ye looked at his friends panel.

To become a Lord merchant, the most important thing was having an enormous network. These connections were not something one gained only after entering Eternal World.

They were relationships that had existed before entering Eternal World. This was not something an ordinary family could achieve. The most likely possibility was that she came from one of the Great Merchant Guilds.

Only in this way could someone build up such a vast network during the Novice Lord stage in such a short time. Their connections had been brought in from the outside world from the very beginning.

If nothing unexpected happened, this Little Merchant was likely one of the heirs of a Great Merchant Guild. Only someone like that could so quickly accumulate the connections most essential to a merchant during the Novice Lord stage.

Ordinary Merchant Lords could not accomplish this.

"Forget it. It has nothing to do with me anyway." Su Ye looked toward his territory.

"Lilith," Su Ye called.

Lilith instantly appeared before Su Ye. "God Emperor."

"Go notify the other Original Sin Fallen Angels. Today's Void Trial is about to begin. Prepare for battle," Su Ye said in a deep voice.

"Yes, God Emperor." A trace of crimson surfaced in Lilith's eyes. Her blackish-purple wings spread open, and she became a streak of light, appearing high above the territory.

One black-red figure after another instantly gathered in the sky.

Forty Original Sin Fallen Angels had assembled.

"System, begin the Void Trial," Su Ye said in a deep voice.

[Ding: Please select the Void Trial difficulty: Normal, Hard, Nightmare, Purgatory, Abyss!]

"Abyss." Looking at Lilith and the others, Su Ye directly chose Abyss difficulty.

[Ding: The Void Trial will begin in thirty seconds. Difficulty: Abyss. Lord, please prepare.]

As the notification sounded, countless dark-red lights surged at the borders of Su Ye's territory. Once the thirty seconds had passed—

Towering Demons entered Su Ye's territory one after another, releasing terrifying roars.

Su Ye checked their attributes.

Name: Abyssal Lesser Demon

Tier: Fourth Tier

Level: Black Iron Nine-Star

"They're equivalent to fourth-tier, Black Iron nine-star troops. Good thing they haven't leveled up yet. Otherwise, we'd be facing Bronze-tier monsters today." Su Ye looked at the uniform ranks of Black Iron nine-star Abyssal Lesser Demons.

The highest-level subordinate under his command was Lilith, at Black Iron four-star, and that was only thanks to the Spirit Source Lake. The ones recruited today were only Black Iron one-star.

If they had truly encountered Bronze-tier monsters, they might really have suffered a setback. If even one unit died, it would be unacceptable to Su Ye.

After all, every one of Su Ye's troop units—even an ordinary troop unit—had a Main God-level growth limit. Losing even one would be a massive loss.

High in the sky, Lilith looked at the Abyssal Lesser Demons with a cruel smile on her face. A massive War Scythe appeared in her hand.

Lilith turned into a meteor and crashed into the swarm of Abyssal Lesser Demons with overwhelming force. In an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The other Original Sin Fallen Angels also became streams of light, descending from every direction. A slaughter began.

Su Ye carefully watched the newly recruited Original Sin Fallen Angels. Their fighting was equally overwhelming.

"As expected, Original Sin Fallen Angels crush opponents at the same level." Seeing their performance, the weight in Su Ye's heart finally lifted. He had worried that the newly recruited Original Sin Fallen Angels would be unable to handle these Black Iron nine-star monsters, but now he could finally relax.

As time passed, large numbers of Abyssal Lesser Demons were slaughtered.

Lilith's level soared at a visible rate. In just ten minutes, she rose from Black Iron four-star by an entire star.

The newly recruited Original Sin Fallen Angels improved even more. In ten minutes, they had caught up with the first batch of Original Sin Fallen Angels.

As time passed.

Su Ye's territory became a bloody slaughterhouse. This Abyss-difficulty Void Trial had spawned higher-level monsters in greater numbers.

The corpses of Abyssal Lesser Demons piled into small hills. Blood stained Su Ye's territory red, while treasure chests floated throughout the territory, waiting for Su Ye to open them.