Chapter 471: Qingkong, Appearance

"Tsk, that guy is back again. I heard that His Excellency in the West District had someone complete a trade with him and gave out an ability above S-rank!"

"Keep your voice down..."

"What are you afraid of? Do you really think a Reincarnator of his level would waste resources to hunt down small fry like us?!"

There are always some "brave" new Reincarnators in the Shanty Town who dare to face Tao Baibai directly and discuss him in voices that are neither too loud nor too soft.

Black Butler adjusted his black top hat, his eyes twitching twice; he really wanted to go over and tell those two that Tao Baibai might actually do it.

But because of several previous trades, and as one of the very few brokers capable of making contact with Tao Baibai, Black Butler's status had risen with the tide, and he had begun to develop a certain "idol burden."

Coughing twice, Black Butler blocked the two men's line of sight, also preventing them from seeing Tao Baibai's playful, cruel smile.

"What's wrong? Is there something else to trade?"

Although Black Butler's tone was questioning, his gaze turned toward the Stall; he was certain that Tao Baibai was not the type to stir up trouble for no reason, and since he had taken the initiative to find him, there must be a new objective.

Combining this with the Intelligence from the space during this period, he whispered:

"For this Purge Mission, were you chosen as a Scavenger?!"

Bai Cangshu nodded with a smile; he appreciated Black Butler's competence and alertness. If such a person didn't have to be deployed into mission worlds, he would probably live quite well.

A red luster flashed in Bai Cangshu's hand, and a Scarlet Drop Card wrapped in a faint golden sheen was incredibly conspicuous. In the space, a considerable portion of Reincarnators had likely never even seen a Drop Card with such characteristics.

That was a reward belonging only to the strong, a testament belonging only to the hunter.

Most of the stall owners in the Shanty Town were veterans with decent strength; although some of them had never seen a Drop Card of this color, they had heard of it.

At this moment, they all stood up abruptly, and the Intelligence began to spread continuously among the Reincarnators once again.

Every Purge Mission almost always represented the death of quite a few Reincarnators; in the deployment that had just ended, there were indeed several teams that did not return.

Among them, the most eye-catching was the team named 【White Temple】; the team's strategist and Captain Lancer were favored by many Gatherings.

Lights constantly flickered in the Shanty Town as many Reincarnators received the news and teleported over.

Among them, several people wore thick cloaks, the edges of which were inlaid with various gemstones and precious metals.

Arriving in front of the stall, the group unveiled their cloaks. The leader had black, choppy hair, with bangs slanted to cover his left eye. He was a little over 1.8 meters tall with a well-proportioned build. There were no traces of any items on him, save for a golden sword medal hanging on his chest.

"Tao Baibai, can you tell us if Duke was killed by you?"

Black Butler frowned and, through space communication, told Bai Cangshu that this group belonged to a high-level Gathering named 【Knight & Knight】. The Gathering did not have many members, but their strength was quite good.

Most of them had enhanced abilities of the 【Masked Knight】 or 【Paladin】 type; they were a group of Idealists.

"Idealists, huh..."

Bai Cangshu looked at the group and nodded.

He took out a few items and placed them on the Stall one by one.

【Modified Bloodline · Bloodline of the White God Prometheus】

【Unidentified Belt】

These few items were undoubtedly the clear proof that Duke had been killed.

The people standing behind the man with choppy hair simultaneously unveiled their cloaks, their expressions angry. Two of them even had strangely shaped belts appear at their waists, holding cards, looking as if they wanted to transform immediately.

Bai Cangshu tilted his head, his pupils focusing on their angry expressions, which contained no trace of falsehood.

What a nice expression; perhaps this intense emotion could also raise their combat state by quite a bit.

Jiaqi reached out to block the others in front of him. Although he didn't need to do so—as combat would not occur in the space—he knew very well that Tao Baibai was a strange monster, fickle and moody.

It was hard to guarantee whether these juniors would be held a grudge if they offended Tao Baibai at this moment.

"Calm down. Duke entered that world with the status of a Scavenger; his Drop Card, in a normal state, would absolutely not be able to yield so many items..."

"There is only one answer. Duke... because of certain circumstances, was judged to be a purge target, right?"

Black Butler was startled. He hadn't realized this level; he had assumed that 【Lightning Knight · Duke】 was simply unlucky enough to be a Scavenger in the same world as Tao Baibai and was killed by Tao Baibai in passing.

Bai Cangshu withdrew his gaze and once again looked at the other party with a serious expression.

Jiaqi took a deep breath, suppressing the pain of his friend's death, and said calmly:

"Regardless, please let us take back these items of Duke's."

"Of course... in the form of a trade."

Black Butler reminded him at the same time that this Reincarnator codenamed Jiaqi was a Reincarnator who possessed a special Title like 【Reiwa Knight】; his strength was very high, and he could control multiple belts simultaneously.

Bai Cangshu's smile remained as usual.

"Of course, of course. When I trade, I never care about the other party's identity. As long as your offer is good enough, these things will naturally be returned to you."

Jiaqi could tell that Tao Baibai's meaning was not just that he wouldn't obstruct the trade, but also that he would only accept public offers for these items.

The 【Knight & Knight】 Gathering had quite good strength and reputation; many times, other Reincarnators would be willing to show them some respect.

But Tao Baibai was clearly not in that category.

He just nodded. Jiaqi had already accepted the judgment of Tao Baibai's strength within the space; being able to kill Duke during a Purge Mission proved that Tao Baibai's strength was simply not something that those "mass-produced Title-level" individuals in the third Ladder could compare to.

The number of people teleporting over continued to increase, and the news that 【Lightning Knight · Duke】 had been purged by Tao Baibai spread like wildfire.

Brokers soon deduced the fact that Tao Baibai had used the Purge Mission to go on a massive killing spree.

This made 【Tao Baibai】's fierce reputation even more rampant.

Step, tap, tap...

The sound of flip-flops dragging on the ground was very distinct. Although the Avatars of Reincarnators in the space were varied, there were indeed not many who chose the attire of flip-flops.

But this sound of dragging on the ground eerily drowned out the voices of all the Reincarnators, clearly enough for everyone present to hear it distinctly.

Bai Cangshu, Black Butler, Jiaqi, and the others all looked toward the direction the sound was coming from at the same time.

The Public Space of the Infinite Dimensional Space could theoretically isolate almost all abilities from affecting other Reincarnators.

But the previous scene where the End Sun changed the weather of the Public Space, with the pitch-black sun hanging in the sky, also made it clear that some of the top-tier Reincarnators still possessed the ability to display special powers here.

And right now, these flip-flops displayed an extraordinary sense of presence.

"Yo, yo, isn't this the guy who snatched away our Roland Virtue..."

"You, you're not dead yet."

Wearing a floral shirt and floral shorts, with his bronze-colored chest exposed, the lineup following behind the man truly opened the eyes of the Reincarnators in the East District Shanty Town.

Title-level, a uniform group of Title-level Reincarnators.

"It's Empty! That group of people has appeared in the East District Shanty Town!"

"It looks like that boss of Empty has appeared!"

All sorts of news began to spread at an explosive speed.

Black Butler also turned his back and began to continuously send messages.

The cradle of the Idealist, Empty, is about to make contact with the representative of the madmen and Fierce Person, Tao Baibai; this news began to spread like wildfire.

(End of this chapter)