At some point, an awkward atmosphere settled between the three of them.
It seemed to have started right after Zoro showed them what he had gotten...
The two of them stiffly turned their heads and silently looked toward Uchiha Madara, whose face had gone completely dark. It seemed they understood what had happened.
Uchiha Madara stared at the item he had just gotten. His Rinnegan nearly bulged out of his head. He simply couldn't understand why the Dimensional Chat Group's gift pack would contain something so utterly shameless. This was simply... an affront to decency!
[Item: Gender-Swap Resurrection Card (Senju Hashirama exclusive)] [Rank and Quality: Second-Tier Special Resurrection Card] [Effect: Can resurrect Senju Hashirama as a woman. Her initial loyalty to the user will be 100%. The user can choose whether to bind the card to himself; binding it will also increase its effects.] [Description: Use this to gain a gender-swapped best bro.]
After reading the whole thing, Uchiha Madara even felt like he couldn't bear to keep his Rinnegan. He'd seen something filthy, and his whole body was trembling with anger. His powerful aura spread uncontrollably.
The sleeping He Lingxuan, lying on the ground, was stirred by the disturbance and seemed on the verge of waking up.
As for the other two, Li Jiahao seemed to have used some method to ignore the pressure, but the force was so overwhelming that Zoro had to brace himself with his sword just to stay on his feet.
"Hey, that's enough, isn't it? I don't know what's gotten into you. You've been acting weird since earlier, and now you're just standing there emanating this kind of aura."
After taking a moment to adjust to the pressure, Zoro said irritably to Uchiha Madara.
Only then did Uchiha Madara come to his senses and withdraw his powerful aura. His expression improved somewhat, though his face remained gloomy. At that moment, however, his Rinnegan turned especially fierce.
"Hmph! It's nothing. Take the guy on the ground to somewhere people live, and then we'll have completely finished this mission."
Uchiha Madara turned his attention to the target they'd come to rescue, who wasn't lying on the ground.
"If I'm not mistaken, you must've gotten something bad, right? Still, even the worst thing should be useful, since it's a random item from the myriad worlds. Let me have a look. I'm sure my luck's not bad."
Li Jiahao paid no mind to Uchiha Madara's lingering embarrassment. He pointed out the problem outright, then opened the mysterious little gift pack sent by the Dimensional Chat Group.
Golden light spilled from the pack, and a pocket watch appeared.
The pocket watch carried an ancient aura. It had clearly existed for countless years; just looking at it gave one a sense of the weight of time. It was simply unclear what it did.
To the other two, Li Jiahao's reaction was even more 'shocked' than Uchiha Madara's. He was usually all smiles and in good spirits, but now a powerful emotion showed on his face—surprise, with a touch of confusion.
[Item: Pocket Watch of an Unknown Era] [Rank and Quality: Fifth-Tier Special Item (Extremely damaged; only its core functions remain. Currently equivalent to a Second-Tier item)] [Effects: Spacetime acceleration (can speed up the entire flow of spacetime, currently capped at 100 times); spacetime dilation (can create a domain in which anything the user chooses, including himself, seems to move through space slowed by dozens of times); spacetime pause (can pause spacetime for ten seconds, depending on the size of the affected area); spacetime corridor (damaged; can currently only view the future of people closely connected to the user)...]
Seeing Li Jiahao standing there in a daze, Uchiha Madara began to imagine that he, too, had gotten something strange.
But Li Jiahao just waved it off, as though he'd gotten something he didn't want the others to know about.
At least, that was what Uchiha Madara thought. Otherwise, why would he be so secretive?
Of course, there was another possibility: he'd gotten something good, something really valuable. But that possibility was practically zero.
"All right, mission accomplished. Let's go back to our own worlds."
Before he'd even finished speaking, Li Jiahao vanished from their sight. Seeing how impatiently he'd left only strengthened Uchiha Madara's suspicion.
Zoro and Uchiha Madara were then transported away from this dangerous world one after another.
Meanwhile, the unconscious He Lingxuan lying on the ground was gradually regaining consciousness...
Time passed, the sun and moon revolved.
Before long, it was noon the next day. The dazzling sun poured down scorching rays, shining directly onto half of He Lingxuan's buttocks as he lay in a pit.
Because he'd passed out and was feeling uncomfortable, He Lingxuan's body had instinctively turned its back to the sun, leaving him sleeping on his side.
Finally, after the sun had been beating down on him for a while, He Lingxuan woke from his unconsciousness. The moment he came to, he sensed that something was wrong.
Why did he feel so chilly?
He sat up and looked down. His flawless body was completely exposed in the wilderness beneath the blazing sun. Seeing this, He Lingxuan froze in place.
"F***, where are my clothes?!"
Only after letting out a furious roar did He Lingxuan realize that something was off.
According to his memories, he should have unleashed some mysterious power in a desperate burst, killed the Giant Tiger, and then collapsed on top of its corpse. So why was he in this crater?
As He Lingxuan looked around, a piece of information came to him. No, two pieces of information came to him, plunging him into a frenzy of delight.
"A system? And a Chat Group?"
Without a second thought, He Lingxuan silently called out to the system.
"I'm here. The Infinite Upgrade System is at your service!"
"Host detected as awake. Consciousness is clear. Beginning explanation of rules..."
"This system allows the host to level up endlessly. As long as the host kills a creature of the first tier or higher, he will receive upgrade points, with a very small chance of obtaining an additional drop."
"Additionally, the first time the host kills a creature of each different tier, he will receive a mysterious reward. For specific tier divisions, please check the current world."
"If the host (calculated in his normal state) kills a creature of a higher tier, he will receive a large number of upgrade points, and the chance of obtaining an additional drop will increase substantially."
"The system will also issue missions from time to time to help the host grow quickly. Completing each mission will earn generous rewards. Whether to accept and complete a mission is entirely up to the host."
After He Lingxuan absorbed the mass of rules explained by the Infinite Upgrade System, he more or less understood how it worked.
1. Killing creatures of the first tier or higher, as defined by the system, granted upgrade points.
2. There were first-kill gift packs, as well as missions.
It sounded simple, but He Lingxuan was incredibly excited. With this system, he could survive even in this dangerous world.
Right, the system had said he could check which world he was in. He'd better take a look.
[Infinite Upgrade System] [Host: He Lingxuan] [Age: 19] [Current World: Dragon Ball World] [Battle Power: 100 points (can be increased)] Note: According to the current world's classification, anything below 10,000 battle power is first tier, and anything below 100 million battle power is second tier. Each subsequent increase of 100 million times raises the tier by one. [Talent: Low-level Saiyan Bloodline (can be increased)] [Skills: None] [Upgrade Points: 100 (a normal first-tier creature is worth 10 upgrade points; first kill multiplies this by ten)] [Items: One first-tier first-kill gift pack]
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