Blade Released from the Cage

Su Xiao slowly approached the bushes, his Flintlock aimed at the thicket, the final bullet loaded in the chamber.

"Wait, I'm not a bad guy." A crisp, childish voice drifted from within the bushes.

A child? Su Xiao looked at the bushes with suspicion.

In the dangerous Mt. Colubo, how could there be a child? This made him heighten his vigilance.

"You have three seconds to come out, or you won't have to come out at all."

His finger tightened on the trigger of the Flintlock; if the person didn't emerge within three seconds, he would fire.

"Is that so? Then I won't come out."

Perhaps the child in the bushes had misunderstood Su Xiao's words.

Su Xiao's eye twitched. He was now certain that it was indeed a child in the bushes, and one with not much intelligence at that.

He put away the Flintlock; the last bullet might be useful for something else, and it shouldn't be wasted here.

"Get out here."

Su Xiao rushed to the bushes in a few strides and delivered a kick directly into the foliage.

He didn't feel the sensation of hitting a human body; instead, he felt a strange elasticity.

"Boing~."

A sound like kicking a rubber ball echoed, and a small, thin body was sent flying far away.

"Boing, boing~."

After the figure landed, it actually bounced a few more times before finally sprawling on the ground.

"Waaah, waaaah~."

The child kicked away by Su Xiao, perhaps feeling the pain, sat on the ground and began to wail.

This bizarre elasticity made Su Xiao narrow his eyes as he fixed his gaze on the child.

Yellow skin, black hair, pitch-black eyes, combined with that strange elasticity—Su Xiao guessed the child's identity.

Isn't this the protagonist from the original work, Monkey D. Luffy? He had been wondering earlier how a child could appear on Mt. Colubo.

If it were Luffy, then it made sense; the boy had lived on Mt. Colubo since he was young.

Su Xiao walked over to Luffy to examine him. Luffy was sitting on the ground crying bitterly, snot streaming down his face. It seemed he had been hurt by Su Xiao's kick; the young Luffy hadn't developed his Devil Fruit powers much, so his immunity to attacks wasn't strong.

The current Luffy was just a little brat, completely lacking the presence he had in the original story.

"Kid, stop crying, or I'll slaughter you."

Su Xiao was currently covered in tiger blood, looking extremely ferocious, so the crying stopped abruptly.

"Don't kill me, I don't want to die."

Su Xiao shook his head with a bitter smile; what a straightforward answer.

He wasn't paying attention to the boy because he was the protagonist of the One Piece World; he simply wanted to observe a Devil Fruit user.

Grabbing Luffy by the cheeks, Su Xiao hoisted him up, stretching Luffy's face out long.

Luffy sniffled, looking at Su Xiao with a dazed expression, appearing exceptionally comical.

Just then, Reincarnation Paradise suddenly issued a series of prompts.

[Warning! Warning! The Hunter is making contact with the Son of the Plane. Please move away from the target!]

[Warning! Warning! The Hunter is making contact with the Son of the Plane. Please move away from the target!]

[Warning! Warning! The Hunter is making contact with the Son of the Plane. Please move away from the target!]

The prompts appearing this time were not the usual pale blue, but a blood-red, giving off a dangerous sensation.

[Warning, an ultra-strong biological entity is approaching. Detected entity: Monkey D. Garp. Please evacuate immediately.]

[Triggered Mission: Strangling the Legend.]

Strangling the Legend

Difficulty Level: LV.79.

Upon seeing [Difficulty Level: LV.79], Su Xiao immediately dropped Luffy and headed toward the water source. He didn't even look at the mission rewards, nor would he accept this so-called [Strangling the Legend].

Needless to say, the rewards for a LV.79 difficulty mission would be astonishing.

But for Su Xiao, a mission of this caliber was far too early; he was currently struggling even with LV.3 missions.

When he entered the One Piece World, the difficulty was displayed as LV.6, but this was not the true difficulty of the world; the so-called LV.6 referred only to the difficulty of the Goa Royal Capital region.

Su Xiao didn't pay too much attention to Monkey D. Garp; the man must have been quite far away, otherwise, he wouldn't have had a chance to leave.

Arriving at a small river, Su Xiao began to wash his body.

The blood was washed away by the clear river water. After Su Xiao cleaned himself, a section of the river had turned bright red, and the scent of blood attracted a large school of fish.

A large fish leaped from the surface, and Su Xiao instinctively struck with his blade, piercing the two-meter-long fish. With a flick of his arm, he tossed the fish onto the bank.

The angle of this slash was incredibly tricky, and the force was controlled so perfectly that even Su Xiao himself was somewhat surprised.

His swordsmanship had actually improved significantly, which was remarkable considering he had only been through a single battle.

The reason Su Xiao experienced such a leap in his swordsmanship was related to his training in the real world.

In the real world, Su Xiao rarely had the opportunity to fight with his full strength; this life-or-death struggle against the Giant Tiger had activated the fruits of his three years of grueling sword practice.

The real world was like a "cage," and the killing techniques he had painstakingly honed had no use other than for revenge.

Moreover, his revenge had basically been a one-strike kill, leaving no room for actual combat.

But Reincarnation Paradise was different; it was filled with all kinds of dangers. Even if one were wealthy enough to rival a nation or held high power in the real world, if they were not strong enough themselves, they could only wait for death in Reincarnation Paradise.

Having escaped from the "cage," Su Xiao felt a sense of relief.

Reincarnation Paradise was indeed dangerous, a place where the weak were prey to the strong, much like a primeval forest, but compared to the real world, he preferred it here.

Perhaps he was naturally suited for Reincarnation Paradise; only here could he fully unleash his talents.

Gaining power while adventuring in other worlds was perhaps a rather pleasant experience.

Su Xiao took a deep breath. He decided to make a real name for himself in Reincarnation Paradise, to grow stronger, stronger, and continuously stronger, until he was more powerful than anyone else, because only then could he break free from his shackles.

However, before fulfilling this grand ambition, he first had to fill his stomach, and the large fish struggling on the grass was undoubtedly the best lunch.

Bleeding it, scaling it, removing the internal organs, starting a fire...

Ten minutes later, the two-meter-long fish was already roasting over the fire.

Without any seasonings, this large fish probably wouldn't taste very good, and he also noted one thing: killing this fish did not grant him any mana.

This was likely because the fish was too weak and didn't meet the requirements of his talent ability, Spirit Eater.

This was reasonable; if killing any living creature granted mana, Su Xiao could simply step on an anthill to directly gain 100 points of mana, which was the maximum limit he could obtain per world.

As for the purpose of mana, Su Xiao was not yet clear, but it might play a crucial role in the future.

The burning branches crackled a few times, and the large fish was soon roasted. Oil dripped from the crispy skin, sizzling as it hit the fire.

Cutting off a slice of fish, Su Xiao shoved it directly into his mouth. Although it looked decent, the taste shouldn't be great, after all, there were no seasonings added.

But after chewing a few times, Su Xiao was slightly stunned.

The fish meat in his mouth was tender, smooth, and possessed a primitive fragrance—the flavor inherent to the fish itself; any seasoning would have been gilding the lily.

Delicious, extremely delicious. This was likely the most delicious food he had ever eaten.

Swallowing the fish meat, Su Xiao looked at the large fish and swallowed his saliva. Perhaps he could not only gain power in derivative worlds but also taste all kinds of delicacies.

After enjoying an exceptionally delicious lunch until he couldn't eat another bite, Su Xiao left, still wanting more.

The side quest had been completed, and the identity of the guard captain should be obtained without any accidents. It was time to prepare for the assassination of the king.

That was his ultimate mission; everything he was doing now was just a prelude.

I'm looking for some background characters, so everyone please feel free to post in the book review section.