Chapter 410: The Gaming Experience of a Night Raid

Tatsumi did not give up, his gaze firm as he said: "It's okay, Yas, your current state should still be able to hold on for a few days. Once the death cooldown refreshes, I'll go hunt more Pollution Monsters!"

Compared to despair, watching a companion die right before one's eyes.

Now, at least there is a bright hope.

Fang Yi spoke up to remind them: "Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Poison Hand is a type of cultivation art from a martial arts world; it requires the use of highly venomous spiders to practice, though... it can naturally absorb other toxins as well."

As the one favored by fate in the Diju Shijie, second only to Akame, Tatsumi's luck was extremely good.

A Lv. 5 Blue Treasure Chest could drop a poison-type skill with such immense power as 【Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Poison Hand】.

If Tatsumi were willing, he could completely absorb the virus within Yas's body and practice the Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Poison Hand.

"A cultivation art?"

Najenda was full of curiosity and asked: "Does that refer to a method for tempering the physique?"

With the Healing Potion as a precursor, she looked at the mysterious merchant with great anticipation.

The Diju Shijie had no concept of cultivation arts; to her, she could only think of ways to exercise the body.

In this world, although extraordinary energy was concentrated in Teigu,

humans could still possess physical fitness slightly superior to ordinary people through tempering their bodies.

Just like Tatsumi, who could hack to death Danger Beasts several meters tall.

Esdeath, before she drank the 【Demon Extract】, could already crush ordinary soldiers by relying on her physical fitness.

Bulat was the same; the Imperial Fist Temple was a place that taught methods for tempering the physique, and the fist masters within could easily defeat several, or even dozens, of ordinary people.

Although it couldn't compare to Teigu,

Teigu Users were rare items after all and could not be popularized. If tens of thousands of the Revolutionary Army could have excellent body-tempering methods, it might even be stronger than obtaining a single Teigu.

"That's right."

Fang Yi nodded. Although it wasn't the same thing as the exercise methods Najenda was thinking of, they were indeed both methods of training.

He did not explain, because Najenda would soon see how the cultivation arts of the martial arts world differed from the Diju Shijie.

*Snap. *

They saw Tatsumi help Yas up, their palms pressed against each other, sitting cross-legged.

Yas was full of confusion, and before he could even ask, he suddenly felt a bloating pain all over his body.

The toxins in his body, which had been suppressed by the Healing Potion and were no longer active, seemed to come back to life, gathering along his arms toward his palms.

A moment later, Tatsumi's face turned pale, and he lay on the ground as if drained of all strength.

The members of Night Raid all felt it was strange; wasn't it supposed to be tempering the physique? Could it be done just by pressing palms together? None of those who could become Teigu Users were ordinary people; even Sheele, the bespectacled girl who looked like a natural airhead, was someone who could easily rise up in anger and kill a strong adult man before joining Night Raid.

In their impression,

the real way to temper the physique should be like Bulat or Akame, constantly honing the flesh and techniques.

Tatsumi's behavior even looked ridiculous.

"Is this... the method for tempering the physique?"

Najenda's mouth twitched; she had a feeling of being toyed with.

She had heard from Leone that the mysterious merchant was very lecherous, and she had even been prepared to sacrifice her own charms in order to obtain benefits for the Revolutionary Army.

As it turned out...

The most critical thing was that Tatsumi, who looked like a naive youth, actually believed it? No wonder subsequent intelligence reports suggested that the mysterious merchant was suspected of possessing a third Teigu related to Genjutsu.

"Tatsumi, a real man should be like me, physically robust, not weak and frail... wait, something's wrong!"

Bulat wanted to help up Tatsumi, who was covered in cold sweat,

having already treated Tatsumi as a new member of Night Raid.

Just as his arm touched Tatsumi's fingers, a searing, burning pain suddenly struck him.

In just one second, Bulat moved his arm away to avoid contact with Tatsumi's fingers,

and looking down, he discovered that the part of his arm skin that had just touched the fingers looked as if it had been bitten by a venomous snake; black-purple marks were spreading continuously, quickly covering half of his arm.

"Don't move, this is the Erbola Poison absorbed by the Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Poison Hand!"

Tatsumi swayed his body, bracing his strength to point his fingers at Bulat's forearm.

He absorbed all the spreading toxins.

Then, he tore a strip of cloth from his linen pants and wrapped it around his palm.

"Cultivation arts are indeed a method for tempering the physique, but they are a bit different..."

Watching Yas gradually recover, Tatsumi finally breathed a sigh of relief and explained to the members of Night Raid: "The cultivation arts of the martial arts world can allow people to train all sorts of abilities!"

"..."

This was the text prompt from the Samsara Game after Tatsumi practiced the Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Poison Hand.

He wasn't very clear on it either, but explaining it roughly to the members of Night Raid was still no problem.

"Martial arts?!"

The members of Night Raid were all stunned.

The otherworldly martial arts that Tatsumi spoke of could actually allow ordinary people who practiced them to possess extraordinary power without the aid of Teigu.

It was simply inconceivable.

It was as if it overturned the most fundamental rules of this world.

So... was he really an Otherworld Game Merchant? The gazes of the Night Raid members fell one after another onto Fang Yi, their emotions complex.

In any case, they had never heard of any method in the Diju Shijie that allowed ordinary people to train to possess Superpowers. With the Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Poison Hand that Tatsumi had just demonstrated, the facts were right before their eyes. If they had to explain it, the most unreliable-sounding theory—that he was an 【Otherworld Game Merchant】—was actually the most reliable one.

Najenda asked: "Mr. Fang Yi, are you really not a Teigu User?"

The mysterious merchant's actions had already exceeded the scope of a Teigu User.

"I am not."

"So that's how it is. Please forgive Night Raid for doubting you. We have never seen another world, so... if it is possible, may I become a player?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Najenda's expression turned grave as she implored the mysterious merchant.

Whether everything was true or false, Tatsumi could not judge based on his own experience.

If she were to go to another world herself and hunt the things called Pollution Monsters just like Tatsumi, everything would be brought to light.

"Captain!"

Even the expressionless Akame revealed a hint of worry.

It was not clear whether the mysterious merchant was friend or foe, and his background was unknown; for Najenda to want to risk herself in such a situation was too dangerous.

"It's alright, Akame."

Najenda ruffled her black hair without hesitation or retreat.

Fang Yi spread his five fingers and smiled politely: "Five thousand Reward Points can purchase one Game Invitation to become a player."

He was not a philanthropist.

The reason he was willing to give Tatsumi a Game Invitation was because of Tatsumi's unconditional trust; although it also had to do with being backed into a corner, that was fate.

Facing the doubts of the members of Night Raid, the price of the Game Invitation would naturally rise accordingly.

"Agreed."

Najenda made her decision quickly; she was not being reckless. She had counted the assets that had disappeared from the Night Raid base and understood the value of five hundred Reward Points; the five thousand Reward Points demanded by the mysterious merchant was undoubtedly an astronomical price.

However, in the face of the unknown and the mysterious, she could still bear the loss of a few assets.

"As you wish."

Fang Yi bowed slightly with great politeness, a black Game Invitation condensed in his palm, and he handed it over.

Najenda took the Invitation Letter with a face full of seriousness, her eyes widening suddenly, and under the nervous gazes of the members of Night Raid, she vanished just as Tatsumi had.

(End of this chapter)