The prompt disappeared, and the room fell silent.
"Heh~ I refuse to believe I'll be trapped to death in here."
Su Xiao simply sat down and began a standoff with Reincarnation Paradise.
He now understood one thing: the World Tree Ring in his Storage Space was an extremely precious item.
Judging from the World Tree Ring's rating of ???, it seemed that Reincarnation Paradise was unwilling to display the item's value.
Please sell the World Tree Ring, Hunter, so that Reincarnation Paradise can absorb its World Power.
The prompt appeared again. Su Xiao thought for a moment before asking:
"Just what are your intentions in sending me to a Derivative World? And what exactly is this ring?"
Unexpectedly, Reincarnation Paradise actually gave him an answer.
Reincarnation Paradise and the Hunter were in a 'symbiotic' relationship. When the Hunter or other contractors entered a Derivative Plane to explore and obtained World Sources, Reincarnation Paradise needed the World Power to evolve and maintain its normal operation.
The World Tree Ring contained a large amount of World Power. Please sell it immediately, Hunter.
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Although Reincarnation Paradise's prompt had not revealed much, Su Xiao had learned the most crucial thing.
The reason Reincarnation Paradise had sent him to a Derivative World was to obtain World Power through him.
This so-called World Power should be extracted from World Sources. That was why Reincarnation Paradise gave him corresponding rewards based on the amount of World Sources he obtained.
Reincarnation Paradise should be operating according to certain rules. Otherwise, it would not have asked him to sell the World Tree Ring—it would have simply taken it by force.
His identity as a Hunter proved one thing: under normal circumstances, Reincarnation Paradise could not directly execute contractors.
Unless he violated Reincarnation Paradise's regulations, Reincarnation Paradise could not punish him. The same applied not only to him, but to all other contractors as well. That was why Hunters existed.
Hunters were responsible for dealing with those 'rule-breakers' in Derivative Worlds who had not actually violated Reincarnation Paradise's regulations.
For example, a contractor might discover a loophole in Reincarnation Paradise's rules and use it to profit.
That was when Su Xiao would make his appearance.
Without a doubt, those 'rule-breaking' contractors were probably very powerful—and extremely cunning.
Su Xiao remained seated on the floor, casually playing with Dragon Slayer Flash.
He had a bold idea: extort Reincarnation Paradise.
Although it seemed like he was asking for death, given his identity as a Hunter, Reincarnation Paradise would not do anything to him.
Su Xiao was gambling on whether his identity as a Hunter was important. If it was not, then would he not have endured a Nightmare-difficulty world for nothing?
Time passed second by second. Finally, two hours later, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared before him.
Special Mission: Choice Difficulty Level: ??? Mission Description: Hand the World Tree Ring over to Reincarnation Paradise. Mission Information: None Mission Duration: Five minutes. Mission Reward: A legacy with an extremely high compatibility with the Hunter's innate talent.
A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. It seemed that his status as a Hunter was more important than he had imagined. Reincarnation Paradise had actually issued a mission.
After considering it, Su Xiao chose to accept the mission.
Su Xiao was also uncertain when it came to the cold and heartless Reincarnation Paradise. He still had to survive in Reincarnation Paradise in the future.
Special Mission: Choice completed. Preparing to issue reward. Hunter, please prepare.
Prepare? This reward was not simple.
Just after Reincarnation Paradise issued the prompt, a ray of light appeared in the room and enveloped Su Xiao.
Su Xiao sat motionless where he was, staring ahead with unfocused eyes. Blue light flashed through them from time to time.
At that moment, Su Xiao's consciousness had already arrived in a vast grand hall.
The hall was extraordinarily spacious, so vast that its boundaries could not even be seen.
Su Xiao scanned his surroundings and discovered six stone carvings over a hundred meters tall before him. They were statues of humans, only magnified many times over.
"Inheritor... step forward."
A dignified voice rang out. Su Xiao's body tensed. The voice had actually come from one of the stone carvings before him.
"The promise made back then has reached the time of fulfillment."
Another stone carving spoke. Su Xiao's arrival seemed to set off a chain reaction, and all six stone carvings began to speak.
"You are the final inheritor. From this moment onward, our legacy ends."
"Whether we should disappear into the river of time, or whether the spellcasters should, is for you to determine."
"Spellcasters disrupt the balance between the world and matter. Those so-called spells consume the power of the Laws."
"Foolish spellcasters, even if our bodies are destroyed, our consciousness will endure forever."
Su Xiao stood where he was, his scalp tingling. The speaking stone carvings before him were all far more powerful than he had imagined.
Moreover, these stone carvings were not living beings. They were merely consciousnesses left behind by certain extraordinarily powerful existences.
"Destruction, birth, annihilation, and revival all lie within the Sanctuary of Birth."
"Inheritor, remember the name we share. We are the Shadows of Law Destruction, the natural enemies of all spellcasters!"
The six stone carvings opened their eyes at the same time and looked toward Su Xiao. He felt a violent energy surge into his body. Then the world spun, and a buzzing filled his ears.
"Haah, haah, haah~"
Su Xiao awoke in the room, gasping heavily.
He was still in his Exclusive Room. The scene from before seemed like nothing more than an illusion.
Reward complete. Exclusive Room activated.
After Reincarnation Paradise's prompt, a door appeared in one of the walls of the Exclusive Room. This meant that he could finally leave.
But Su Xiao had no time to care about that. He felt an energy filling his body, one that was about to burst him apart.
"What's~, happening?"
Su Xiao could no longer speak properly. The energy within his body was rapidly changing him.
His blood flowed at high speed. That unknown energy was not destroying his body, but strengthening it. Its method was simply incredibly crude.
The cells in his body underwent a transformation. The most obvious change was in his hair. His black hair seemed to be starting to turn gray, though the change was slight and extremely difficult to notice.
With a thud, he collapsed to the ground. Su Xiao felt that he was about to reach his limit. If this continued, he would soon die.
Abnormal life signs detected in Hunter. Preparing to activate recovery function. This function will consume the Paradise Coins held by the Hunter. Activate? Yes/No
At that moment, Reincarnation Paradise's voice no longer sounded cold in Su Xiao's ears. It was like heavenly music.
"Acti~,vate."
Excruciating pain filled his body and gradually devoured his consciousness.
The moment Su Xiao finished speaking, emerald light enveloped him, while his Paradise Coins began to rapidly decrease.
In less than five seconds, the recovery function had consumed over a thousand Paradise Coins.
A dozen seconds later, the energy inside his body vanished, having been completely absorbed by Su Xiao's body. The recovery function shut down at the same time.
Su Xiao sat up and tried moving his body. He immediately noticed something strange.
"What is this?"
He stared at his hands in disbelief. After absorbing that energy, he seemed to have become a little stronger.
No, he had become much stronger.
However, this increase in strength had not come through Reincarnation Paradise's assistance, so Reincarnation Paradise had not issued a prompt.
He opened his personal information and froze in place.
The reward he had exchanged the World Tree Ring for was far more astonishing than he had imagined.
It was so hot today~ I'm almost tempted to stick out my tongue to cool myself down.
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