Avenger

At night, a bustling yet restless second-tier city lay beneath the darkness.

The streets were packed with traffic. As the nightlife began, many young people escaped their stuffy rooms and indulged themselves in the passing hours.

Su Xiao crouched on the roof of a two-story villa. The night breeze swept past him, bringing a refreshing coolness.

Su Xiao wore black clothes and a wide black hood, hiding his figure in the darkness of the rooftop.

In the sweltering summer, even at night, this outfit would have felt stifling.

But compared with his unfortunate experiences, this was nothing. He had already been waiting here for two hours.

At Su Xiao's current age, he should have been enjoying the good times at university. Instead, because of his hatred, he had abandoned his studies three years ago and begun learning other things.

Human anatomy, combat, fast lockpicking, and similar skills.

The long wait began...

Two hours later, a black luxury car slowly entered the villa's courtyard. Its muffled engine fell silent, and the door opened. A middle-aged man, reeking of alcohol, stepped out.

Because he had drunk too much, the middle-aged man's steps were clearly unsteady.

On the villa roof, Su Xiao picked up a long knife beside him. He drew the blade. Its body was pitch-black, making it difficult to detect against the night.

Su Xiao leaped from the six-meter-high roof. With his nimble arm, he caught a protruding edge of the villa in midair, slowing his descent.

Landing steadily, Su Xiao came down directly in front of his enemy.

Without a word, the long knife in Su Xiao's hand tore through the air with a whimper and cleaved open his enemy's throat.

Blood gushed out. Although Su Xiao tried his best to dodge, his cuff and the back of his hand were still stained red.

The drunken enemy had yet to understand what was happening when he fell backward to the ground.

An injury like that was no different from death, so Su Xiao immediately ran toward a sparsely populated area.

Out of the corner of his eye, Su Xiao saw a security guard in uniform.

Although he had just committed murder, being seen by someone on the spot did not matter. He had hidden his appearance well.

But in the next moment, Su Xiao's hair stood on end. The security guard actually drew a gun from his waist. The black pistol had a long barrel, clearly fitted with a silencer.

How could a security guard have a gun? Su Xiao had no time to think it through.

The villa behind him was at least a dozen meters wide, while the security guard was about twenty meters away. If he chose to flee, his back would be completely exposed to the enemy, turning him into a sitting duck.

When faced with danger, Su Xiao's first reaction was to eliminate the source of the danger. He would never run.

Su Xiao charged forward, running in an S-shaped path to avoid being shot as much as possible.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft..."

The pistol fitted with a silencer produced only faint gunshots.

After charging about five meters, Su Xiao suddenly felt numbness in his calf. Then he felt the same sensation in his chest.

Su Xiao knew he had been shot. Although he was an avenger, he had never been shot before.

A sense of weakness spread through his body. Su Xiao felt no fear, only some unwillingness.

His revenge had not yet been completed, yet he had already fallen—and had been killed by an unknown enemy. How humiliating was that?

Using the last of his strength, Su Xiao threw the long knife in his hand.

This strike was basically left to fate. Yet it seemed the heavens had sensed Su Xiao's unwillingness and his unjust fate. After spinning rapidly through the air several times, the long knife miraculously stabbed into the armed security guard's chest.

Collapsed on the ground, Su Xiao revealed a smile.

He had coated the long knife with a neurotoxin, and not just a single kind. The security guard who had been stabbed would undoubtedly die.

His consciousness began to blur. Su Xiao felt as though he had been struck hard in the head. Then everything before his eyes turned black.

In the last remnant of his consciousness, Su Xiao vaguely heard:

"Hunter, Reincarnation Paradise is opening for you."

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Body transmission in progress...

10%, 50%, 100%. Transmission complete. Massive damage detected in Hunter's body. Awaiting repair...

Hunter's consciousness has not awakened. Repair command postponed. Maintaining minimum viable condition. Duration: ten minutes...

"Beep... Hunter's talent detected as a growth-type talent. Survival time increased by two hours."

In the darkness, several rows of pale-blue text floated in midair, emitting a faint glow.

Beneath the pale-blue text, Su Xiao lay in the Void, covered in blood.

His fingers twitched, and Su Xiao slowly awoke.

After waking, Su Xiao was somewhat bewildered. But when he recalled the dark muzzle of the gun, he immediately tried to stand.

Severe pain surged through him, nearly making Su Xiao faint again.

With great effort, he sat up and surveyed his surroundings. Aside from several lines of blue-glowing text, everything around him was pitch-black.

Hunter, welcome to Reincarnation Paradise.

A line of text appeared out of thin air before Su Xiao. But Su Xiao did not look at it. Instead, he began examining his injuries.

His calf had been shot through. Flesh curled back around the wound, and a finger could easily probe inside.

Faced with such a gruesome sight, Su Xiao merely furrowed his brows. He showed no other reaction.

He had experienced scenes ten times more brutal than this, so such things could not move him.

The injury to his chest was even more serious. Yet whether in his calf or chest, neither wound was bleeding at all.

"I didn't die?"

Pressing a hand against his chest, Su Xiao felt his heart beating powerfully.

Hunter, you have not died. Are you willing to join Reincarnation Paradise? Everything you desire can be found here.

Su Xiao had noticed the suspicious text long ago, but out of caution toward unknown things, he had ignored it.

The current situation was somewhat strange. He had suffered injuries that should have been fatal, yet he had miraculously survived. Moreover, a line of blood-red numbers was counting down before him.

1:35:10, 1:35:09...

One hour, thirty-five minutes, and nine seconds. If Su Xiao had guessed correctly, that was what the numbers meant, and they were still counting down.

The blood-red numbers gave Su Xiao an ominous feeling, as if he would lose his life when they reached zero.

Hunter, please communicate with Paradise as soon as possible to sign a contract. Otherwise, you will die in "1 hour and 35 minutes."

Sure enough, those numbers represented how long he could continue to live. Su Xiao had already suspected as much. His injuries were too severe, and he should have died long ago.

"Where's my knife?"

Su Xiao ignored the so-called contract and Paradise. Instead, he demanded his knife from the other party.

That knife was the only keepsake his parents had left him. Supposedly, his great-grandfather had seized it from an officer, and it had been passed down to his generation.

Most real-world items cannot be brought into Paradise. Please sign the contract as soon as possible.

Su Xiao fell silent. The pale-blue text flickered, perhaps because it had never encountered a Hunter like Su Xiao.

"A contract? Tell me about it. What do I need to give up, and what can I get?"

With his remaining survival time steadily decreasing, Su Xiao did not have much time to waste. Moreover, he felt that he had encountered some kind of supernatural event, which caused his thoughts to ripple.

Su Xiao desperately needed power for his revenge. While supernatural events carried enormous risks, they could also grant extraordinary power.

Sign the contract, and you will travel through various Derivative Planes to complete the missions issued by Reincarnation Paradise and obtain World Source. In the end, the abundance of your rewards will be determined by how much World Source you acquire.

Reincarnation Paradise is omnipotent.

A large amount of text appeared. Su Xiao read it carefully.

"Omnipotent? Can you resurrect the dead?"

All the pale-blue text suddenly froze in midair, then vanished completely.

Given your identity as a Hunter, no.