On the beach of Eternal Life Island, a wave surged onto the shore, stirred up some foam, and then receded.
Su Xiao had just been about to walk into the sea and return to the Doom sailing ship lurking beneath the water when a shout came from diagonally behind him.
"Hey, you over there, don't leave! Come fight!"
Hearing the shout, Su Xiao halted. He hadn't sensed anyone else nearby just now. Medium- and long-range perception wasn't his strong suit.
Su Xiao looked toward the source of the voice, and a girl barely over 1.4 meters tall, with short hair all over her head, entered his sight.
The newcomer was dressed rather scantily. She wore extremely short shorts on her lower body and only a tank top on her upper body, leaving both arms completely exposed. Her hands were covered in tea-colored gloves.
"Why haven't you been poisoned yet?"
Sweet Orange approached with a grin, puzzled as to why her earlier method hadn't worked. That ability wasn't very powerful, but it could cause enemies to suffer a debuff without them noticing anything.
"Let's begin. Your renown is the highest, so plenty of people will come looking for trouble with you afterward. If you can kill me, we can treat this battle as a warm-up?"
Sweet Orange's smile gradually took on the style of a Reincarnation Paradise contractor. She bit the tips of two fingers and tugged off the gloves on her hands.
A faint fluorescent green appeared on Sweet Orange's fair hands. The color spread along her skin, quickly climbing over both hands and her forearms.
The scent of a freshly cut orange drifted through the air, carrying a faint sweetness.
Sweet Orange's current condition was so good that even she found it hard to believe. She had received a