Supernatural Paradise

In some ways, Supernatural Paradise was inferior to Main God Space.

It could not even upgrade all kinds of skills from countless worlds or scam people out of plot points...

It was more like giving you a Devil Fruit, then letting you develop it. Once you had developed it to the limit, it would let you advance.

Then you would continue developing it.

Supernaturals called this "Sequences."

Interestingly, rumors said that there had originally only been a few of each identical Sequence slot. Later, they became dozens of branches. Some people guessed that as more story worlds were explored, the Paradise was also upgrading and growing stronger.

It had quite the conspiracy-theory feel to it.

However, none of that mattered. Jiang Rui leaned against the outside of the cemetery and yawned.

With a thought, his character panel appeared—

Character: Rimuru

Race: Azure Slime (Water, Thunder)

Main Sequence: Monster (Slot 9)

Secondary Sequence: Thunder Priest (Slot 7) (Suppressed)

Attributes:

Health: 100%

Magic Power: 236/236

Constitution: 1.6

Strength: 1.3

Agility: 1.1

Spirit: 3.6

Charisma: 2.6

Abilities:

Monster: You are a Slime with outstanding talent and the robust constitution shared by monsters. Constitution +0.5, Magic Power +50, Strength +0.5

Thunder Priest: You were filled with awe for the might of thunder and comprehended His greatness. As a believer, you possess part of the power to manipulate lightning. Spirit +2.5, Charisma +2

Skills:

"Crimson Lotus Strike": Obtained through equipping the "Crimson Flame Dagger."

"True Name": Having been granted a True Name, all attributes were permanently increased by 10%. This skill would grow alongside you.

"Basic Thunder Manipulation": Manipulate lightning by chanting Divine Speech.

"Basic Elemental Body": You could briefly transform into lightning!

"Thunder Judgment": You could expend all your magic power and pray to the gods: Please help me punish my enemy, O great gods!

Talents: Water Manipulation, Electrical Resistance, and so on.

Special Skills: Great Sage, Predator.

Item: "Holy Bullet": A revolver compatible with all special bullets, with added anti-magic properties.

Jiang Rui gave his attributes a rough once-over and was not particularly satisfied.

His Constitution, Strength, and Agility—the three basic attributes—were absurdly low. And what the hell was with Agility only being 1.1? It was barely a little higher than an ordinary person's?!

And his high Charisma and Spirit were only because of Thunder Priest?

What the hell kind of Thunder Priest did not add even a single point of Constitution or Agility?

And looking at Judgment... was it really a skill where he threw it out, and if the enemy did not die, then he died?

Actually, Jiang Rui had misunderstood. In the words of a certain deceased girl, Thunder Priest meant: I'm support!

Support! A mobile artillery platform, a one-time instant kill, a team-wide super weapon, got it?

In any case, a certain Slime did not get it.

According to the advancement requirements provided by Great Sage, he seemed close to qualifying already—his total attributes had reached 10 points.

But that was not the case at all.

Sequences were, plainly put, class templates. They could also be called bloodlines. Every class had different attribute requirements.

For example, a mage could not max out Strength, right?

Of course, Jiang Rui was not discriminating against any melee mage present, Gandalf.

It was because his main class—the proper Sequence 8 he needed to advance into, Monster Lord—required Constitution 5, Agility 3, and Spirit 3.

That was right. The 10 total attribute points needed for condensation were because most Sequence 8s required 10 to 15 attribute points.

This was where it became necessary to mention that the limit for every attribute at Sequence 9 was 5. In theory, you could raise every attribute to 5 before advancing.

But look at the attributes granted by Monster. Come on, someone tell me.

How was he supposed to raise them all to 5?

That was why Supernaturals worked themselves to death doing missions. Completing missions gave attribute points!

This caused Supernaturals to have extremely unbalanced attributes, like a certain deceased Sequence 7 lady.

She looked damn impressive, with incredibly high attack, but if she encountered someone of the same rank specializing in speed and had no protection, they could take her life in minutes.

Jiang Rui guessed that foolish girl had never put a single point into Constitution.

Then there was the matter of multiple Sequences.

Having multiple Sequences was completely fine. Even if someone capable took on a hundred classes, the Paradise would not object.

But the problem was that class-template Sequences were not cabbages growing by the roadside.

And if you took on two Sequences of different types, like Jiang Rui had—

You needed to fulfill the conditions of both Sequences to advance.

Terrifying indeed!

The higher he went, the harder it would become! Once the requirements reached dozens or hundreds of attribute points later on, he would probably be stuck there for life.

Then Jiang Rui became puzzled.

"Since you said that most people focus on advancing a single Sequence, Great Sage, why are spare Sequences still so valuable?"

That involved fusion advancement.

This was also one of the solutions Great Sage had offered Jiang Rui.

After two Sequences fused, their growth potential would become stronger, and there would be more choices later on.

"Suggestion Two: Choose Thunder Priest as the fusion target and advance Monster into Sequence 8 Thunder Fairy, a branch of the Fairy-type Sequence. Advancement requirements: Charisma 5, Spirit 3, and anything else."

Great Sage declared: Problem solved.

Jiang Rui declared: Get lost. I refuse!

What the hell was this Fairy type that relied on its face to make a living?

I am the mighty Slime Demon Lord, and you want me to betray my race and my faction?

Not a chance!

Jiang Rui secretly thought that he should at least find a dragon-type Sequence before betraying them. Fairies had no style whatsoever!

The cute route did not suit him!

So he did not plan to advance. He would learn from a certain predecessor and develop all his attributes!

Ex! Cept! Char! Isma!

He absolutely would not rely on his face to make a living!

He had Predator. What was there to fear!

Just like that, the journey of the Slime Demon Lord began.

While Jiang Rui was battling wits with Great Sage at the cemetery, Kingpin's men arrived with the share transfer agreement and a bunch of other miscellaneous documents.

They also said that Kingpin had invited him to lunch.

Jiang Rui did not refuse. After getting into the car, he pointed at the cemetery and ordered, "Buy it!"

The man in charge nodded. It was only a few burial plots. Every cemetery in Hell's Kitchen belonged to Kingpin.

Anyone who dared say otherwise had already moved into one of their own burial plots.

Jiang Rui shook his head and did not dwell on it. Every place had its own way of surviving. Kingpin had used someone else's cemetery, so they could rightfully use Kingpin's name. No one shortsighted would come looking for trouble in the future, either.

Thinking about it that way, he could not tell whether it was a loss or a gain.

As Jiang Rui pondered, he flipped through the world chat logs.

Yes, this damned Paradise had world chat.

It reminded him of a game called Jian 3.

Fortunately, everyone was limited to two messages.

Apart from the chaotic junk, only a few messages caught Jiang Rui's interest.

The first had come yesterday afternoon from Let the Bullets Fly—"Fuck, can someone give me some intel? What kind of person in this world can survive getting shot in the head?"

Those should have been the two idiot assassins.

The second came from Jackson—"The Church is clearing out the factory. Anyone want to come with me and fuck them up?"

Below it, the two sides were hurling insults at each other.

Exciting!

This really was a crappy online game, wasn't it? Tch.

Jiang Rui nodded and kept scrolling.

From Hunter Letian—"Damn it, can someone who chose the Ten Rings faction tell me where you are? This quest is killing me!"

From Divine Speech—"The Sahara Desert, 300 meters underground. You're welcome."

From Kratos—"49°51′ south latitude, 128°34′ west longitude. Come on, I'll be waiting."

From Othinus—"More importantly, I told Tony's uncle I could help him find Tony, and I got beaten out?"

Second message—"Trying to infiltrate the authorities only to be taken away as an agent?? This is too hard!"

From Nightmare—"This is too hard!"

From Li Jianbo—"This is too hard!"

Everything after that was just people copying the same line.

Jiang Rui laughed out loud. It felt like watching ridiculous netizens spam world chat in his previous world.

Wait, damn it, this Space's whole vibe was wrong, wasn't it?

"Answer: The penalty for mission failure is Extraordinary Points. If Extraordinary Points are insufficient, attribute points will make up the difference."

?? So the Paradise's punishments were not that severe?

"Answer: Repeated mission failures will result in a punishment mission. Failure means erasure!"

Jiang Rui nodded. Now that was more like it. Erasure was the familiar vibe!

Just then, the car came to a stop.