Infinite Reincarnation: I Am the Monster
Chapter 16

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Bang!

It was like a bomb exploding inside his body.

Mercenary Tao's body exploded with a bang. Amid the flying flesh and blood, Demon Mountain—missing one arm and with half of the Chakra Butterfly Wings on his back shattered—had his pupils widen as blood mist soaked him.

He reached out a hand as if trying to determine whether he had fallen under a Genjutsu.

A rather retro pickup truck appeared where Mercenary Tao had been standing moments ago.

Main Mission: Kill Mercenary Tao. Failed. Mission failure penalty: Erasure!

Scarlet words appeared before Demon Mountain's eyes, and his battle-engorged nerves instantly turned cold.

Flame Demon reacted as well, but with a flash of light in his hand, he instantly crushed an item.

You have used the item: Scapegoat Doll. Transferring penalty...

"Demon Mountain, use an item, now!"

Yet Demon Mountain remained frozen in place. His pupils contracted as he realized something, and Flame Demon roared, "Idiot, don't tell me you didn't prepare a Scapegoat Doll?!"

The Scapegoat Doll was an exceptionally rare item in the Space, with a highly unusual origin. It was created by a mysterious gathering known as Destiny. This item could exempt its user from the punishment for failing a Space mission.

However, the side effect was that the mission would yield no rewards at all, and one-third of the items carried on the user would also be randomly lost.

Almost all high-level teams would find ways to prepare such items for their elite members, preventing them from dying to Space penalties.

But Demon Mountain had spent the funds provided by the team in advance to buy more Slave Shackles. He considered himself immensely powerful, and this mission had paired him with Moon Demon and Flame Demon, two renowned elite Reincarnators from the Eastern District.

He had thought it foolproof. Instead, not only had he clashed with Moon Demon and parted ways early, he had also somehow suffered the penalty for failing the Main Mission.

Demon Mountain looked back at Flame Demon, his face twisting with fear.

It was also the first time Flame Demon had seen an expression other than that wicked grin on Demon Mountain's face.

So this guy could be afraid too... Flame Demon thought. The next moment, Demon Mountain opened his mouth as if to call for help.

Bang!

His head exploded instantly. His headless body swayed twice before crashing to the ground, never moving again.

Your team member BG184652333 (Demon Mountain) has died.

Flame Demon trembled all over, unable to believe that his partner had died just like that.

When fighting, he had never treated Demon Mountain as a concern. He could attack without restraint, even striking Demon Mountain along with their enemies.

But that was because they had worked together for a long time. He knew Demon Mountain possessed formidable damage immunity, and the two of them had killed many powerful enemies using this method.

His partnership with Demon Mountain was the foundation that allowed him to firmly hold the position of leader in this new team. Moon Demon might be strong, but he was a lone wolf.

Yet now, Demon Mountain had actually been erased in a mission like this?!

He suddenly recalled the combat notification that had appeared during his battle with Mercenary Tao.

Code Ex051 has launched an attack on Sister. Damage has been blocked by Barrier Technique.

"Code Ex051? A Reincarnator with a Special Number!"

Roar!

In an instant, Flame Demon fully underwent Dragon Transformation. A red dragon more than ten meters long appeared, soaring high with a beat of its wings. He had to find that hidden Special Reincarnator...

You have killed Important Plot Character: Mercenary Tao. Obtained 1 B-rank Anomaly Point. Obtained 3,000 Dimensional Points. Your reputation with Mercenary Tao has been reset to zero. Your reputation with Master Shen's faction has been fixed at Hatred. You have unlocked new milestones: Overthrowing the Superior, Traitor, Villain.

A flood of information began scrolling across the screen in an instant. Bai Cangshu charged wildly downhill through the forest. Within moments, his clothes were torn apart by the brush, and large wounds appeared across his body.

Yet Bai Cangshu seemed unable to feel pain. The muscles all over his body swelled slightly, his eyes turned white, and he had entered a Berserk State. He was practically sprinting at full speed downhill, constantly trying to change direction to evade several attacks.

Hurry up. Settle it faster!

At that moment, a card glowing with a purple hue appeared before Bai Cangshu, and he snatched it up in passing.

You have obtained a Purple Drop Card.

Buzz!

Before he could examine it, a fan-shaped emerald gleam lit up through the night. Bai Cangshu gritted his teeth and leaped forward, jumping directly from the forest dozens of meters above into the valley below.

Whoosh!

The forest was sliced apart cleanly.

The destructive power of that swordsmanship was terrifying. It was practically cutting through the mountain range as if it were tofu!

Bai Cangshu had watched the One Piece anime before, but the effects in animation could never compare to the terror of experiencing it firsthand.

Team 64323 has lost 1 member. Side Mission completed. Obtained 1 C-rank Anomaly Point. Obtained 1,000 Dimensional Points. No damage contribution by you against BG184652333 (Demon Mountain) was detected. This casualty has been judged a special casualty. Kill rewards cannot be obtained. Team 64323 failed to kill Mercenary Tao. Trial Mission II completed. Special Trial: Sin and Karma has been completed. Sin Karma Sequence activated.

Bai Cangshu's right hand suddenly burned with unbearable pain. The scarlet character for sin surfaced in an instant. Bai Cangshu lost his balance and plummeted heavily, smashing into the dry riverbed below the valley.

The excruciating pain came quickly and vanished just as quickly. Bai Cangshu noticed intricate black-and-red patterns appearing on the back of his hand before they soon faded away.

Trial completed. Do you wish to leave this world?

Rumble!

Amid the terrifying sound of a mountainside collapsing, the man in green robes changed direction several times in midair and charged into the river valley. Bai Cangshu discovered that the other man possessed an unusual sensory ability. No matter how he used the rain and forest to hide, he could not shake the pursuit.

Though he did not know why the man was so persistent, he instinctively felt that if he did not have this complicated terrain in his favor, he would have been cut down in moments.

Roar!

A massive Dragon Roar rang out as an enormous Fire Dragon instantly cleared the rain mist from the valley.

Bai Cangshu's pupils contracted, and his thoughts immediately stirred.

Yes.

Buzz!

A flash of sword light instantly passed through Bai Cangshu's body, but his body had already become like a phantom without substance, slowly fading away amid the tremendous upheaval of the ground being cleaved apart.

The last thing Bai Cangshu heard was the furious roar of that Fire Dragon echoing throughout the river valley.

Yet Bai Cangshu had already returned to a pitch-black space, where scenes of his actions after entering the Dragon Ball World began playing before him.

From the calmness he showed when facing Mercenary Tao after entering the Space, to the ruthlessness with which he suddenly killed Abola to seize money and robbed the gun shop, the scenes finally paused at the moment he pressed the Capsule Corp. Capsule, restored the truck, and killed Mercenary Tao.

Reincarnator Ex051 has returned. Beginning settlement. Settling... World: Dragon Ball Derivative World S2653 Special Trial: Sin and Karma Trial Completion: 100% Mission Completion Rating: A (Note: The lowest rating is E, and the highest is SSS.) Mission Rewards: 1,000 Dimensional Points; Character Attribute Points ×3 Note: Sin Karma Reincarnator Ex051 has not reached the "Strong" rank. Attribute points have been automatically allocated.
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