Chapter 107: Scamming People
"I'm just... pursuing the ultimate."
As the man spoke, he tightened his grip on the long blade in his hand.
"The world is destroyed by my single slash—what a exhilarating thing. My beloved in this life is gone, so let this world be her burial."
The man swung his long blade, and with a tearing sound, space was sliced open, revealing a spatial rift. The rift was filled with blade auras, twisting, collapsing, gradually forming a black hole densely packed with blade light.
Crack, crack, crack...
The black hole erupted with terrifying suction force, the entire world being shredded by the blade auras within the black hole. At the same time, the body of the man holding the blade was also torn apart.
Su Xiao's vision blurred, and a sharp pain shot through his head. He was still in his exclusive room. What he had just witnessed was merely the Reincarnation Paradise allowing him to see that single slash the man had executed.
That man seemed to have no other pursuits; his only obsession was the pinnacle of blade techniques. With one slash, he shattered an entire world.
Who said using a blade lacked large-scale attack capabilities? That man, obsessed with blade techniques, had cleaved a world apart with a single strike.
"How exactly was that done?"
Even though Su Xiao had witnessed the entire process of the man swinging his blade, he was still completely baffled, unable to comprehend it at all.
[Blade Grandmaster has been upgraded to Lv.40.]
Although Su Xiao didn't know how that man had shattered a world with one slash, his Blade Grandmaster had been raised to Lv.40.
Su Xiao didn't immediately check the blade skill. Instead, he took out the Dragon-Slaying Flash from his storage space.
Zheng, zheng, zheng...
Su Xiao slashed out over a dozen blade auras into the air. A miserable howl rang out as Bubu Wang, who was nearby, bolted away, his expression seeming to say, "Amu, run! Master has upgraded his blade technique again."
This time, Su Xiao didn't cause any substantial damage. The dozen or so blade auras he had slashed out were suspended in front of him, translucent and light blue, shimmering with a beautiful, dreamlike quality.
Su Xiao lightly touched the blade auras with the Dragon-Slaying Flash. With a crackling sound, all the blade auras shattered and gradually dissipated into the air.
Su Xiao opened his skill list and checked his blade technique.
[Blade Grandmaster: Lv.40 (Passive Skill)]
Skill Effect: Increases blade-type weapon attack power by 194% (increased by 6%), greatly enhances blade technique proficiency.
Lv.10 Additional Ability: Rhythm of All Things (Top-Tier)
Lv.20 Additional Ability: Blade Aura
Lv.30 Additional Ability: Mind Blade
Lv.40 Additional Ability:
Edge of the Blade: Blade aura flight speed +120%, Edge value +15, Armor Penetration +20, blade aura upgraded to semi-solid state.
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The Lv.40 ability of Blade Grandmaster enhanced the blade aura. The biggest improvement wasn't the increase in killing power, but the transformation of the blade aura into a semi-solid state.
This gave Su Xiao an idea: if the blade aura could become completely solid, could the Cyan Steel Shadow energy be attached to it?
If the Cyan Steel Shadow energy could be successfully attached, the killing power of the blade aura would be greatly enhanced. A blade aura carrying true damage—how terrifying would that be?
It wasn't just the Blade Grandmaster being upgraded to Lv.40. Su Xiao had obtained something related to blade techniques in the Naruto World: the Grandmaster Power Scroll. This item was a reward for completing a large-scale plot event.
[Grandmaster Power]
Origin: Large open world/War World/Fourth Rank or above derivative world.
Quality: This is a damaged scroll; quality cannot be displayed.
Type: Damaged Scroll.
Effect: Records the Grandmaster Power of a certain ability...
Rating: ??
Introduction: After collecting 10 fragments of any position from the scroll, it can be exchanged for a complete scroll at the Skill Upgrade Hall.
Price: 100,000 Paradise Coins.
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Su Xiao wasn't sure if his guess was correct, but if it was, then above the Master level should be the Grandmaster level.
For abilities like blade techniques, the higher the rank, the greater the future development potential. The ranks of basic skills were: Basic, Proficient, Specialized, Master, and after Master, unknown.
As for the Grandmaster level, it was just Su Xiao's personal speculation. If his guess was correct, upgrading Blade Grandmaster to Blade Grandmaster would be extremely difficult. Just looking at the acquisition method of "Grandmaster Power" confirmed this.
After upgrading Blade Grandmaster to Lv.40, Su Xiao still had four large Soul Crystals left, but only 3,320 Paradise Coins remained. Moreover, since Blade Grandmaster had just been upgraded, he didn't plan to continue improving his blade technique in the near future.
Su Xiao stood up and walked out of his exclusive room, heading to the Trade Market to sell items. Bubu Wang followed behind.
In the past, Bubu Wang didn't like going to the Trade Market with Su Xiao to set up a stall and sell equipment, because he could only lie behind the stall, which was boring.
This time was different. Su Xiao was going to sell those three treasure chests. In Bubu Wang's view, "scamming people" was a very interesting activity.
Amu stayed alone in the exclusive room, holding a Rubik's Cube in his hand. This made Su Xiao's jaw drop. Given Amu's intelligence, a Rubik's Cube was like "one of the universe's unsolvable problems." Where did this guy get the confidence to fiddle with it so intently? No, looking at the trend, Amu was already stuffing it into his mouth.
Su Xiao had misunderstood Amu. Amu wasn't trying to solve the Rubik's Cube; he was considering whether it was edible. In Amu's world, everything was divided into two categories: edible and inedible.
Accompanied by the sound of Amu chewing, Su Xiao left the exclusive room.
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The Trade Market was as lively as ever. This was the place with the most contractors in the Reincarnation Paradise, bar none.
Su Xiao arrived at the stall he frequently used, paid the rental fee, and sat down behind it with Bubu Wang.
The items to be sold this time were: [Water Release Ninjutsu Scroll: C-Rank to B-Rank, Dark Purple], [Storm Cleaver: Light Gold], and [Treasure Chests × 3].
After a moment of hesitation, Su Xiao priced the [Water Release Ninjutsu Scroll: C-Rank to B-Rank] at 120,000 Paradise Coins. The item was in an awkward position: those who could afford it didn't want it, and those who wanted it couldn't afford it. Hence the low price.
Under normal circumstances, the treasure chest dropped by Terumi Mei should have contained a [Water Release Ninjutsu Scroll: C-Rank to A-Rank].
All three treasure chests were priced at 1 Paradise Coin each, using an auction format. Treasure chests were always in high demand, so there was no worry about not selling them. Moreover, their prices fluctuated, sometimes high, sometimes low.
As for the last item, the Light Gold greatsword [Storm Cleaver], Su Xiao's pricing was somewhat special: five Light Gold blade-type weapons, each with a rating of at least 280 points.
Exchanging one Light Gold greatsword for five blades seemed absurd, but there would definitely be contractors willing to buy.
The [Storm Cleaver] greatsword was entirely forged from Chakra-conductive metal. Its attributes weren't that important; what was valuable was the sheer amount of Chakra-conductive metal. Contractors specializing in Chakra would definitely be interested.
The items for sale this time were quite mixed, so Su Xiao placed two special items on the stall to attract attention. As for attracting jealous individuals who might try to hunt him down, there was no need to worry. The Trade Market had multiple protection mechanisms to prevent such situations; otherwise, selling equipment normally would be impossible, severely hindering contractors' strength improvement.
The items Su Xiao placed on the stall were two Legendary-quality items: [Legendary Medal]. He had already inquired about their use: they were used to forge Legendary equipment. To craft one piece of Legendary equipment, at least 15 to 18 Legendary Medals were needed.
Su Xiao priced each [Legendary Medal] at 2 million Paradise Coins. This was purely to attract contractors; he had no intention of selling them.
The stall opened, and the [Legendary Medals] emitted a dark golden glow, quickly catching the attention of passing contractors. This was the effect Su Xiao wanted. The treasure chests were being sold via auction, so the more people, the better.
About a minute later, at least several dozen contractors had gathered around Su Xiao, creating a noisy atmosphere. As time passed, the crowd grew larger and larger.
PS: (Three chapters today. Designing equipment is brain-draining. Designing the Wood Spirit took Fei Wen two hours of thought, just sitting blankly in front of the computer for two hours, constantly thinking. Almost drove me crazy.)