CHAPTER 258: CHAPTER 68: RETURN (4TH UPDATE, ADDITIONAL UPDATE FOR MONTHLY VOTES)

A few dozen kilometers outside the Imperial Capital, beside a small river.

Su Xiao was holding a coordinate locator, as spatial fluctuations appeared nearby. The coordinate locator was sending out a certain frequency signal.

[Spatial coordinate locating...10%...30%...70%...100%, locating complete.]

[The Hunter has completed ’Main Mission 2: Coordinate Location’, can return at any time, with ten minutes remaining in the Derivative World.]

[The coordinate locator has been retrieved. This place will become the entry point for other Contractors entering this Derivative World.]

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Su Xiao suddenly realized that he was helping Reincarnation Paradise precisely transmit coordinates. When other Contractors enter the World of Crimson, they won’t be teleported to a ridiculous place like the Extreme North as he was.

Actually, Su Xiao was not the unluckiest; one Contractor was sent to the far eastern side of the continent, and it would take that guy about twenty days just to reach the Imperial Capital, and he still hasn’t arrived.

Reincarnation Paradise could certainly teleport Contractors precisely to a certain position in the Derivative World, but the cost of doing so is very high,

which is why Reincarnation Paradise had Su Xiao locate a coordinate, as the task description indicated that the coordinate locator is a very precious material, so Reincarnation Paradise chose someone relatively trustworthy.

Compared to ordinary Contractors, Reincarnation Paradise trusts Su Xiao, the Hunter, a bit more.

Su Xiao didn’t know Reincarnation Paradise’s attitude, his initial purpose in Reincarnation Paradise was to become stronger, and now his power is very close to being able to seek revenge, to be safe, he still chooses to endure for the time being.

Moreover, Su Xiao recently discovered that an adventure in Reincarnation Paradise is a good choice compared to living an ordinary life in the real world.

Here, he can face various powerful enemies, master strong abilities, and can dominate fate with strength, rather than going with the flow.

Instead of living a dull life, Su Xiao wants to live excitingly.

The return mission is complete, Su Xiao prepares to return to Reincarnation Paradise.

Boom, boom. Boom.

The ground began to tremble unexpectedly, and Bubute Ni stood in front of Su Xiao, the hair on its back standing on end.

"This is..."

Su Xiao looked into the distance; a cow-head monster, several dozen meters tall, was charging at high speed.

"This thing... runs really fast."

Su Xiao immediately chose to return as this cow-head monster would be very troublesome to deal with.

But just as Su Xiao looked away, he vaguely saw something on the forehead of the cow-head monster, and when he looked closely, there was a very small head glaring at him with a hateful gaze.

"Little Emperor? Is this... the monster Sherlock mentioned?"

Su Xiao hesitated a bit, he was definitely not a match for the cow-head monster, but if the Little Emperor is inside the cow-head monster, that’s different; that position is the forehead, a vital area.

Su Xiao took out a detonator. He had always kept Little Emperor with him, so how would he not prepare a backhand?

The cow-head monster was fast, within a few seconds it was about two hundred meters away from Su Xiao.

Pressing the detonator, a loud explosion sounded in the distance, as the cow-head monster toppled to the ground.

Su Xiao placed a egg-sized micro-bomb on the Little Emperor, which was hard to detect and certified by Reincarnation Paradise as a white item.

With the explosion, no kill prompt appeared, instead, a rather odd prompt showed up.

[You have destroyed the ’Minotaur Lord’s Core (1/5)’]

[The Minotaur Lord is the strongest creature in this Derivative World, choose one of the following as a reward.]

Option 1: 21,000 Paradise coins.

Option 2: Soul Crystal (Medium)

Option 3: Minotaur Lord’s Arm Armor (Purple)

Minotaur Lord’s Arm Armor

Origin: Slash-Red Pupil

Quality: Purple

Category: Bracer

Durability: 72/72

Equipment Requirement: Power 23, Agility 17.

Equipment Effect: Minotaur Lord’s Rage (Active), upon activation, Power +15 for 10 seconds.

Note: The cooldown time for Minotaur Lord’s Rage (Active) is 10 natural days.

Note: Activating Minotaur Lord’s Rage (Active) consumes 30% of Life Value.

Rating: 138 (Note: Purple Equipment ratings range from 71 to 150.)

Description: Transforms blood into Power, crushing everything.

Price: 37,000 Paradise coins.

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The Soul Crystal (Medium) is certainly tempting, but the [Minotaur Lord’s Arm Armor] is even more captivating.

What does Power +15 mean? Su Xiao currently has 24 points in his Power Attribute, so an additional 10 would reach an astonishing 39 points, although it only lasts ten seconds, but in crucial moments of battle, ten seconds can mean life or death.

Imagine if Su Xiao is fighting some enemy, at the critical moment his Power Attribute suddenly becomes 39 points, how terrifying his cleave would be then.

Su Xiao chose the [Minotaur Lord’s Arm Armor], and simultaneously spatial fluctuations appeared around him as he chose to return to Reincarnation Paradise.

In the distance, the Minotaur Lord stood up, its blood-red cow eyes fixed on him.

Su Xiao was struck hard on the back of the head, yet his heart was unfazed, even contemplating how to enhance various abilities.

Roar!!

A furious roar echoed in his ears as the Minotaur Lord charged at Su Xiao, its fist crashed down like an iron club, shattering the ground, as if smashing a plate, but Su Xiao was already gone.

"That despicable human, daring to harm my core."

Sound waves spread out, but the terrifying creature was helpless under the power of space-time.

If Su Xiao saw this scene, he would certainly sigh and think, running after causing trouble is truly thrilling.

[Teleport complete, Hunter returning to exclusive room,]

[Hunter has returned to Reincarnation Paradise, beginning Derivative World reward settlement.]

Derivative World: Slash-Red Pupil.

Difficulty: LV.8 (Extremely Difficult)

World Source acquired: 27.2

Number of missions completed: 2. (Main quests 1, 2.)

Overall Evaluation: A. (Note: Ratings range from E- to S+. The comprehensive evaluation is calculated based on the total World Source obtained and the number of missions completed.)

Starting collection of World Source...,

World Source collection complete, starting reward calculation.

Rewards obtained: 13 attribute points (including those obtained within the Derivative World), 10,000 Paradise coins.

Overall Evaluation is A, Hunter Level +2, upgraded to Lv.9. (Level increases based on overall evaluation.)

Hunter Level has reached Lv.9, storage space increased to nine cubic meters.

Settlement complete, rewards have been automatically stored in the Hunter’s Brand.

...

[Detected item ’Boundary Line’ carried by Hunter not notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, determining... This is Imperial Tool Material, valued at only 1/15 of the finished Imperial Tool, Paradise coins can be spent for notarization, will you spend 5,000 Paradise coins for notarization.]

Su Xiao was startled, immediately choosing to let Reincarnation Paradise notarize the Boundary Line,

The World Source obtained this time in the World of Crimson is not much, but the attribute points rewarded by the main quests are plenty.

It’s not surprising that the reward is substantial with dozens of people fighting over one key.

Sitting on the bed in his personal space, Su Xiao checked the attribute points and Paradise coins in the brand, with a total of 13 attribute points and 31,057 Paradise coins.

This harvest in the Derivative World was quite bountiful, Su Xiao obtained many nice items and equipment.

[Mithril Holy Ring (Purple)], [Bull Head Lord Arm Armor (Purple)], and [Prince of the Ice Region’s Token (Blue)], these three pieces of equipment he acquired in the World of Crimson, with two being very suitable for him, apart from these there are also Soul Crystals etc.

Su Xiao doesn’t want to do anything right now, he just wants to sleep. Since infiltrating the Royal Palace in the World of Crimson, he hasn’t rested yet.

Bubute Ni jumped onto the bed, causing a creak from the bed’s leg, it was very curious about Su Xiao’s personal space, especially this bed.

"If you’re hungry, there’s food in the fridge, if you’re thirsty, go to the faucet over there... not the toilet! Don’t drink water from there! Get your head out, do not damage the furniture, otherwise you’ll be confined for three days..."

After instructing Bubute Ni on the ’common sense’, Su Xiao lay down to sleep, soon a steady breathing sound appeared in the personal space, Su Xiao fell asleep without even taking off his clothes, showing just how exhausted he was.

Bubute Ni tilted its head watching Su Xiao, then glanced at the bed, it wanted to gnaw on it but feared being confined.

After sleeping for a full seventeen hours, Su Xiao woke up groggily, he was awakened by the urge to urinate, otherwise, he could have continued sleeping.

After taking a satisfying release, Su Xiao took a cold shower to clear his head a little.

Upon inspecting the furniture, he found no damage, only a large dumbbell had been gnawed on, the iron weight was full of teeth marks.

Su Xiao looked at Bubute Ni, Bubute Ni was staring at the dumbbell, it had apparently had a fight with the dumbbell ~.

After dressing properly, Su Xiao left his personal space with Bubute Ni, heading straight to the Attribute Strengthening Hall, it is his habit to enhance attributes first.

Su Xiao had visited here several times, being quite familiar with the process, after paying 100 Paradise coins he gained access to an Attribute Enhancement Cabin, with Bubute Ni guarding the door.

[Welcome to the Attribute Enhancement Cabin, your base attributes are as follows.]

Power: 24

Agility: 24

Stamina: 12

Intelligence: 24

Charm: 3

[Hunter can freely distribute attribute points: 13 points]

[Beep, detected that the Hunter’s main attributes are Power, Agility, Intelligence, please prioritize enhancing these three attributes.]

Those 3 Charm attributes are somewhat unsightly, Su Xiao does not plan to waste precious attribute points on enhancing Charm.

Compared to friendly exchanges with storyline characters, he is more used to placing a knife against the storyline character’s neck, which is more effective, and the other party’s attitude is extremely ’sincere’ and ’enthusiastic’.

Placing a knife against a storyline character’s neck requires the support of Power, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, those four attributes.

With 13 attribute points available for free allocation, the odd number couldn’t be evenly distributed, so Su Xiao’s final allocation was: Power +5, Agility +4, Intelligence +4.

[Attribute allocation complete, enhancement beginning, significant pain will occur during enhancement, would you like to use the free anesthesia function?]

"No activation."

The Attribute Enhancement Cabin began to operate, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground with closed eyes, looking like an old monk in meditation, his facial muscles twitching continuously, his whole skin turning red.

No matter how many times he experiences it, he can never adapt to the agony during enhancement, the pain keeps increasing.

The human physique starts at a low point but has infinite potential. Enhancing with attribute points is about developing this potential, wanting to swiftly achieve results that would take years or even a decade requires enduring terrifying pain.

When the Attribute Enhancement Cabin stopped operating, Su Xiao’s clothes were soaked with sweat.

Feeling the surging power within his body, Su Xiao’s face showed a smile, the feeling of getting stronger is always so marvelous.

Now his attributes have become:

Power: 29

Agility: 28

Stamina: 12

Intelligence: 28

Charm: 3

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Su Xiao left the Attribute Strengthening Hall, planning to head to the trading market to sell equipment, he urgently needed Paradise coins.

The Blade Value of Dragon Slash has reached 86%, with one more Blue quality knife type weapon consumed, Dragon Slash can be upgraded to Purple quality.

This will be the last Blue weapon that Dragon Slash devours; Su Xiao planned to buy a Blue weapon with suitable additional attributes for Dragon Slash at a high price.

Once Dragon Slash is upgraded to Purple quality, he will only be able to devour Purple quality knife type weapons, the price of Purple weapons is really too high and very scarce, Su Xiao must seize this last chance to devour a Blue weapon.