CHAPTER 263: CHAPTER 73: REDEMPTION

After a full meal, Su Xiao held the Lucky Flame in his hand and waited.

After eating its fill, Bubute Ni was noticeably quieter. Its routine in Reincarnation Paradise was to eat and sleep, wake up and gnaw on iron biscuits, and then sleep again after getting tired from gnawing.

Waiting quietly for half an hour, Su Xiao noticed that the Lucky Flame lighter in his hand became slightly warm, and its overall shape changed slightly.

A blue light gradually emerged, getting stronger and stronger. Xia was not in the dining room, busy in the kitchen; only Su Xiao was in the dining room, with no one else witnessing the scene.

The blue light receded, and the Lucky Flame ascended in quality.

[You obtained ’Fate Redemption +7’.]

Fate Redemption +7

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: Blue

Category: Jewelry

Durability: 56/56

Equipment Requirement: Luck attribute below 5 points.

Equipment Effect 1: Luck Seizure (Passive), seizes the luck of defeated or killed creatures, storing it in ’Fate Redemption’.

Note: Luck stored is 0%.

Equipment Effect 2: Power of Luck (Active), releases the stored luck in ’Fate Redemption’, increasing the holder’s Luck attribute by +3 (strengthen +7 has increased by 1 point), effect lasts for 2 minutes (strengthen +7 has increased duration by 1 minute). If there is no luck stored in ’Fate Redemption’, 800 Paradise coins can be used instead to achieve the same effect.

Note: The cooldown for Power of Luck (Active) is 5 natural days. (Strengthen +7 has reduced it by 2 natural days.)

Rating: 70

Description: The Goddess of Luck is smiling.

Price: 15200 Paradise coins.

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The Lucky Flame transformed into Fate Redemption. Fortunately, the overall effect did not change; both increased the Luck attribute. The Lucky Flame increased Luck by 2 points, whereas Fate Redemption increases it by 3 points, and the duration has significantly increased, lasting for two minutes.

Compared to the Lucky Flame’s 15 seconds, there are many things to do in two minutes.

The usage requirements for Fate Redemption have changed somewhat; it needs to defeat or kill the enemy to seize and store luck, then release the luck altogether.

If the luck in Fate Redemption is insufficient, you can also use 800 Paradise coins as a substitute, which basically means that Fate Redemption now has a chance for free use besides consuming Paradise coins.

After checking the attributes of [Fate Redemption], Su Xiao was relieved. He had been worried about the Lucky Flame upgrading to a bizarre attribute.

For now, there is no need to use Fate Redemption. After obtaining a treasure chest in the future, its effects can be tried, and the 2-minute lasting effect allows for flexible usage, not limited to opening chests.

Putting away [Fate Redemption +7], Su Xiao contentedly left Xia’s restaurant with Bubute Ni.

"Remember to come over later, I’ve ordered a batch of seafood."

Xia’s gentle voice came, and this cook was at the entrance of the restaurant, waving to Su Xiao.

"That puzzle game is pretty good; I’m halfway through."

Xia felt a bit surprised.

"Really? I played that game for six months and only got through half. What method did you use?"

"I just play occasionally."

Su Xiao was telling the truth; he only played a bit in his spare time between battles.

"Indeed, someone with my intelligence isn’t suited to become a Contractor; stupidity might be innate."

Xia leaned against the door weakly, a look of dejection on her face.

"See you."

Su Xiao planned to do some exercise after the meal, and the arena was a good choice.

...

Four hours later, on a circular arena stage.

Su Xiao held the Dragon Slash in a reverse grip, driving it through his opponent’s throat. He had already reached the top 50 in the arena. The Contractors in the top 50 were not weak, and there were no more instances of defeating them in a single blow.

[Seventy-nine consecutive victories!]

A line of large golden characters appeared above Su Xiao’s head, causing an uproar in the surrounding stands.

"How is seventy-nine straight wins possible? What’s this guy’s background?"

"This arena match was completely one-sided."

Amidst the tide of cheers from the audience, Su Xiao’s figure vanished from the arena stage, transported back to the resting pod.

[Solo battle has ended, victory!]

[Hunter’s ranking has increased, rising from 49th to 32nd (First Tier).]

[Received a message from this round’s opponent. View?]

The winning streak caused the ranking to rise rapidly, jumping directly to 32nd.

He read the opponent’s message, which was a question.

’This defeat was convincing. What should one pay the most attention to in close combat? Is it the balance between Power and Agility attributes?’

This opponent was also a melee combatant, a man wielding double hammers.

Su Xiao chose to reply to his opponent’s message; the response was simple: ’The grasp of timing.’

He chose to continue matching with opponents, preparing to try to break into the top ten. It’s no small challenge, as opponents in the top ten were not to be underestimated.

As Su Xiao matched with opponents, several workers were busy in the arena.

"The chairman instructed us to keep an eye on that person entering the arena; his ranking is rising quickly."

One of the workers shouted, and several others gathered around. These people were uniformly dressed in white robes with an emblem of crossed swords on their backs.

"If I remember correctly, the ranking of that person was 163 before, has he reached the top hundred now?"

"It can’t be that fast, right? He might not have entered the arena during his novice period and only joined after reaching a certain level of strength. Reaching rank 150 now is already a great achievement."

Several workers whispered among themselves.

"The latest news, he’s already reached rank 32, with a seventy-nine-win streak..."

"What!"

Several workers were incredulous.

"Do we notify the chairman?"

"Do you even have to ask?"

The workers contacted their chairman, who was part of an organization called the Athletic Guild, composed entirely of workers.

They record the changes in arena rankings in real-time, and this information is valuable. They sell it to large adventure teams for profit.

Large adventure teams would provide returns based on the information they provided and attempt to recruit high-ranking Contractors from the arena.

If someone could make it into the top fifty in the arena, joining any large adventure team would earn them special treatment.

However, the actions of the ’Athletic Guild’ were very unpopular; some Lone Rangers might develop conflicts due to rejecting the recruitment of large adventure teams—the guild’s interests were built on others’ troubles.

The chairman of the ’Athletic Guild’ soon arrived at the arena. She was a tall lady with heavy makeup and stunning looks, going by the alias of Mei Ji in Reincarnation Paradise.

"You’ve done a great job on this."

Mei Ji’s voice was soft and alluring, and several workers gulped as their lower abdomens heated up.

"Chairman, the price for this information is..."

"200 Paradise coins."

Mei Ji traded 200 Paradise coins to the workers’ leader, who opened his mouth in surprise.

"Not satisfied? You weren’t the ones who initially discovered this person."

"No, no, of course not."

The leader quickly plastered a smile on his face, though he cursed inwardly.

It’s said that Mei Ji had unclear relationships with several leaders of large adventure teams, which made these workers somewhat afraid of her.

"Alright, leave this to me."

Mei Ji swayed her snake-like waist as she walked leisurely towards the arena.