Chapter 43: The Brat
The idea of creating 10 Apollo bombs was tempting, but unfortunately, each Apollo had a high manufacturing cost. Paradise coins and soul crystals weren't the issue, but every Apollo consumed 1,000 mana points, which was indeed a significant drain.
While Su Xiao was weighing how to maximize his combat power, Beini sent word that someone wanted to buy [Jungle Predator].
Seeing this message, Su Xiao was quite surprised. This legendary-grade accessory had been stored for a long time. Its attributes leaned toward both the summoning type and the assassination type, making it neither here nor there. As a result, even though it was legendary quality, no contractor was willing to make an offer.
'590,000 Paradise coins.'
For a legendary-grade piece of equipment, this price was very low, but Su Xiao hesitated. [Jungle Predator] sitting in his storage space could only be used for equipment synthesis; otherwise, it was just a decoration.
'The buyer is hesitating.'
Beini sent a message urging him. This time, Su Xiao didn't hesitate any longer and told Beini to sell [Jungle Predator]. This item was simply too hard to sell, and he was about to enter the Black Abyss, needing to boost his combat power as much as possible.
The transaction on Beini's end went smoothly, and 590,000 Paradise coins were successfully deposited. Su Xiao's remaining Paradise coins reached 1.66 million, allowing him to do a lot of things.
Leaving his exclusive room, Su Xiao began wandering around the trade market. He was both waiting for his mana to recover and fulfilling a certain promise.
After wandering for a few hours, Su Xiao couldn't find what he was looking for. That item was so rare, it was already within his expectations.
Having found nothing, Su Xiao contacted the Divine Emperor Adventure Group. The result wasn't optimistic. Not only the Divine Emperor, but also the Black Merchant, Red Maple, and even the fifth-rank adventure group Wutong Tree didn't have what Su Xiao wanted. He contacted the people from Mingmen and Vini from the Traveling Group, but still got nothing.
It wasn't that the item was particularly precious, but its origin was scarce, and it was a consumable. Most contractors who obtained it used it as a world key.
Just as Su Xiao was frowning in frustration, an unexpected person contacted him.
"I heard you're looking for items containing space-time power?"
The one contacting Su Xiao was a former enemy, Gulu, with whom he had somewhat eased relations through a partnership.
Hearing Gulu's crisp, childish voice, Su Xiao's forehead throbbed with pain. If Gulu really had what he wanted, that wasn't good news.
"Meet at Locke Street. Don't tell me you don't dare to come."
Seeming to be sucking on candy, Gulu spoke with a lisp before hanging up the communication.
Inside the trade market, Su Xiao frowned deeply. He seriously suspected that his luck clashed with Gulu's. If things were going smoothly for him, Gulu would definitely be the unlucky one, and vice versa. The last war world was the best example.
Twenty minutes later, on a somewhat desolate street, this was Locke Street. Most of the shops here were run by people who had some connection with the Traveling Group.
For most contractors, Locke Street wasn't a good place, but it was a necessary one. Suppose a lone wolf snatched food from the jaws of a large adventure group; the benefits they gained would have to be sold here, or there would be endless trouble. It could be said that Locke Street was the black market of the Reincarnation Paradise. No matter how dangerous the origin of an item, it could be safely sold here.
In the middle section of Locke Street, inside a cold drink shop, Gulu was holding a cup of watermelon juice with both hands, a straw in her mouth, and her cheeks puffed out.
"Woo nah moo ee..."
Gulu's mouth was full of watermelon juice, and she spoke indistinctly.
"Speak human language."
Su Xiao sat across from Gulu, a cigarette between his fingertips.
Gulu made a sound, swallowed the juice, and the 'gulu' sound she made was very similar to her name. Perhaps that was the origin of her name.
"No smoking here."
"Oh."
Su Xiao extinguished his cigarette and waited for Gulu to name her price.
"The thing you want, I do have it, but well..."
Gulu's smile gradually brightened as she leaned forward.
"I just won't sell it to you."
After saying this, Gulu's smile was extremely similar to an emoji called 'funny.' Her chubby little face matched that expression perfectly.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak, just looked at Gulu. Gulu shrugged, clearly not afraid of him.
"Just kidding. Why are you so rigid? We've been through a war world together. Am I that heartless? Obviously not."
"Stop wasting time. Name your price."
"Yaha, that attitude isn't good. I need to think about it. Hmm~, how about 1.5 million Paradise coins?"
"..."
A smile gradually appeared on Su Xiao's face. Gulu met his gaze, smiling sweetly. In reality, she was ecstatic inside. This little loli held grudges and had a bit of a stubborn mule temper. She had never forgotten the time Su Xiao snatched the Demon Hunter Ring from her.
After three crisp impacts, three large soul crystals appeared on the table. Gulu smiled even more happily.
"Now that's a bit of sincerity. But well..."
Before Gulu could finish, Su Xiao waved his hand, and two more large soul crystals slid out from his sleeve.
"Deal."
Gulu took out a withered flower. This flower still had four petals, and it looked pitch black like ink, like a black hole about to suck everything in.
[Life Flower]
Origin: Black Abyss·Deepest Depths·Life Flower Sea
Quality: Special
Type: Material/Consumable (Can be used four times)
Effect 1: A withered flower containing a large amount of space-time power. Can be used to construct a long-distance teleportation array diagram, or to enter a random derivative world/primordial world.
Rating: None
Introduction: Forget-me-not, also farewell.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold to the Reincarnation Paradise.
...
The item Gulu took out was strange, a withered flower called [Life Flower]. It had no quality or rating, and its selling price was very special. The Reincarnation Paradise actually didn't buy this thing.
"Let's trade."
Gulu glanced at the five large soul crystals. The nature of the Traveling Group was very special; they didn't share soul crystals, etc. So Gulu was actually not much different from a lone wolf. She shouldn't have been short on soul crystals.
But Su Xiao knew one thing: Gulu's consumption of soul crystals was a bottomless pit. She had a growth-type piece of equipment that almost certainly 'ate' soul crystals.
"Something from the Black Abyss."
Su Xiao placed his hand on the five large soul crystals, also pressing down on Gulu's small hand.
"What, you don't even know about the Black Abyss? No way."
"Suddenly, I've lost interest in this thing."
"Hey hey, are you still a man? Going back on your word."
Gulu gritted her teeth in anger. She had almost succeeded.
"Black Abyss, deepest depths, Life Flower Sea. Something obtained from that biological forbidden zone, and the Reincarnation Paradise doesn't even buy it. You're selling it to me?"
Su Xiao grabbed the soul crystals on the table and stood up to leave.
"This is a welfare item from our Tuanzhang. It's absolutely fine. Three, that's my bottom line."
"Deal."
"Tch, an old yinbi just like Qingyan. You old yinbis all have dirty hearts."
Gulu began drafting the trade contract and quickly completed the transaction.
"You weren't any more noble than me or Qingyan when you skinned people alive."
Su Xiao stored the [Life Flower] in his storage space. His promise to Sha was basically fulfilled. Originally, his idea was that if he couldn't get an item containing world force, he would substitute it with a world key-type item, which was readily available in the trade market.
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