Chapter 61: Return
[Teleportation Complete.]
[Hunter has returned to Exclusive Room, beginning World Reward settlement.]
Primordial World: Flame Spirit Star
World Difficulty: Lv.42 ~ Lv.66
World Source: 0%
Tasks Completed: 7 (Main Tasks ×3, Achievement Task ×1, Side Tasks ×3)
Due to the characteristics of this world, World Source acquisition will not be included in the comprehensive evaluation.
Comprehensive Evaluation: S-
Beginning reward statistics.
Rewards obtained: 16 True Attribute Points, 72,000 Paradise Coins.
Comprehensive Evaluation is S-, Hunter's current level is Lv.60, Hunter Level +3 (Primordial World Rank × Task Completion Quantity + Comprehensive Evaluation - Task Completion Time), Hunter Level has been raised to Lv.63.
Settlement complete, rewards have been deposited into the Hunter's Brand.
Inside the Exclusive Room, after reviewing the rewards, Su Xiao pondered one thing: why did the contract signed with Molei peel away a Death Paradise Brand?
The source of this Brand was most likely forcibly stripped after someone killed a Death Paradise Contractor. Among the people Su Xiao knew, only Mad Doctor could do such a thing.
Thinking of this, Su Xiao contacted Mad Doctor. Mad Doctor had also just returned to Reincarnation Paradise, half an hour earlier than Su Xiao.
Bai Ye: "There?"
Mad Doctor: "Not up for a duel, but available for other things."
Bai Ye: "[No-Characteristic Death Paradise·Brand]."
Mad Doctor: "..."
Mad Doctor: "If I'm not mistaken, you signed a contract with someone, and when the contract wasn't executed, the Brand peeled off."
Bai Ye: "Correct."
Mad Doctor: "How did you survive meeting him?"
Bai Ye: "Thanks for the intel."
Mad Doctor: "No thanks. If you run into him again, kill the people around him first. While he's confused, retreat quickly. He's with Death Paradise people, and his aura is the same as the Death Paradise Brand aura. Besides Reincarnation Paradise, he can assimilate any other Brand aura. It's not disguise, it's assimilation. Even a Perception-type specialist can't detect the anomaly, let alone you or me. I actually can't peel off Brands; the ones in my inventory were all given by him. If you meet him, run. He probably won't chase."
Ending the contact with Mad Doctor, Su Xiao felt a bit regretful. If he had detected the anomaly earlier, he would have caught another big fish. But the other party was indeed a ruthless person, daring to show up with the number of soldiers he had at the time.
This made Su Xiao think that the other party probably wasn't worried about "dying" in this world, and that's why he hadn't been hunted. He should have just come to see if Fei Shi could succeed. This was the most likely possibility.
The ultimate good teammate, Molei, had successfully helped someone cover their tracks. Su Xiao speculated that Molei probably wouldn't die. The kind of person she encountered wouldn't covet her looks or do meaningless things. If they wanted to kill her, they would have done so long ago. Molei might not even know how she died before going cold.
Putting these thoughts aside for now, he'd deal with it when he encountered them again. Compared to the joy of the harvest, these things were nothing.
Checking the items in his storage space, Su Xiao had made a huge profit this time. Just Soul Crystals (Complete) numbered 80. Aside from the World War, this was the first time he had obtained so many Soul Crystals.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang barked and went with Baha, Amu, and Beini to potential activation.
"Beini."
"Meow meow meow?"
Beini flicked her tail, not directly saying whether she had obtained the [Primordial Mask]. Judging by her wagging tail, she had succeeded; otherwise, she would have already hidden under the bed to sulk. This cat had strong self-esteem.
Su Xiao began categorizing the items he had obtained. When he signed the ceasefire treaty, he had received four Holy Spirit-grade items from King Peru.
'Shadow's Kiss (Holy Spirit-grade·Short Blade), 846 Rating'
'Inscribed Wolf (Holy Spirit-grade·Long Blade), 907 Rating'
'Sheep's Pupil (Holy Spirit-grade·Gem): When embedded in a heavy weapon, Armor Penetration Rank +1.'
'Extreme Freeze Stone (Holy Spirit-grade·Gem): When embedded in an accessory, Ice-type attack intensity increases by 16%, binding force greatly increased.'
Four Holy Spirit-grade items. He kept the two blades, sold the [Sheep's Pupil], and kept the [Extreme Freeze Stone] for Amu. When he later got an accessory Amu could wear, he would embed it.
After organizing, Su Xiao walked out of the Exclusive Room and headed straight for the Attribute Enhancement Hall.
[Welcome to the High-Grade Enhancement Pod.]
[Hunter's distributable True Attribute Points: 16 points.]
The pod door locked behind him. Su Xiao's True Strength, True Agility, and True Stamina were all 160 points, and his True Intelligence was 159 points.
Mastering the 'Supernatural Item Sensing' ability required 180 True Intelligence points, still a long way off. Continuing balanced development was the safest bet.
He allocated 4 points each to Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence. As soon as he finished, the Attribute Enhancement Pod started.
Hum~
The Attribute Enhancement Pod began operating. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the floor, eyes closed. At lower ranks, each attribute increase came with full-body pain. If he chose the free anesthesia, although it would avoid the pain, he would suffer for it later.
Su Xiao had always endured the full-body pain of attribute enhancement. Now, after hardship came reward. He could feel his body heating up, his bones, organs, and muscles gradually strengthening. Some improvements were hard to detect now but would be more noticeable in combat.
Half an hour later, the Attribute Enhancement Pod stopped. Su Xiao checked his unarmored attributes.
True Strength: 164
True Agility: 164
True Stamina: 164
True Intelligence: 163
Charm: 1 point
Warning: Charm attribute will decline in the near future. After Charm attribute declines, it will bring debuffs/buffs/??? effects.
Su Xiao rolled his shoulders, opened the pod door, and happened to meet Bubu Wang and Beini, who had just finished potential activation.
Returning to the Exclusive Room together, Su Xiao checked Bubu Wang's data. Counting this time, Bubu had undergone potential activation twice.
Space-Rending Hound·Bubuteni
Class: Follower
Health: 100%
Mana: 2290 points
Strength: 93 points
Agility: 149 (True Attribute)
Stamina: 98 (True Attribute)
Intelligence: 51
Charm: 140 (True Attribute)
Skill 1, Gift of the Ice Goddess (Aura Lv.10): ...
After two potential activations, Bubu Wang's Agility attribute had caught up to his Charm attribute, and his Stamina attribute had even been promoted to a True Attribute after the second activation.
This wasn't surprising. Followers were different from summons. Su Xiao's abilities influenced Bubu Wang to a certain extent. Su Xiao had four True Attributes. The difficulty he had faced when converting his own True Attributes was now reversed, allowing Bubu Wang to benefit.
At first glance, Bubu Wang's attributes weren't as high as an ordinary Seventh Rank Contractor's, but that wasn't the case. Bubu Wang wasn't a combat type. Amu and Baha's attributes were the truly formidable ones.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed and took out a pile of chests. Among them were 62 Epic-grade·War Chests. This was a huge Soul Coin income. He currently had 838 Soul Coins.
Just as Su Xiao was about to open 20 Epic-grade·War Chests simultaneously, Beini jumped onto his lap.
"Meow."
Beini raised her paw, and a simple-looking mask appeared in it. The mask was very thin, with only eye holes and two rows of air holes at the mouth.
Just by looking at the mask, Su Xiao seemed to see countless faces—male, female, old, and young.
[Primordial Mask]
Origin: Ancient Civilization Continent
Quality: Holy Spirit-grade
Category: Special Accessory (Maximum of four can be worn)
Material: Fate Tree Bark, Hundred-Faced Bird Feathers, Chitin, Forgotten One's Blood...
Durability: 5/5
Equipment Effect 1: Ten Thousand Faces (Active): After wearing this mask, you can disguise your appearance, voice, physique, behavior patterns, aura, etc., using a medium.
Tip: This ability cannot disguise gender, nor can it disguise targets whose body size is more than twice the user's.
Tip: Each use of this item consumes 1 point of Durability + 1 Soul Crystal (Complete). It can only be repaired after returning to Reincarnation Paradise.
Tip: This disguise can mislead detection equipment of the same grade.
Tip: This equipment is extremely fragile. Taking damage will likely result in permanent destruction.
Rating: 1000+ (Holy Spirit-grade equipment rating is 700~1000 points).
Introduction: Use it with caution. This is equipment powerful enough to require sealing.
Price: Cannot be sold after equipping.