Chapter 536: Vortex of Origins, Endless Sea (3k)

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Several shots in a row hit the exact same spot, and the bulletproof glass soon began to crack.

The man in the trench coat was unwilling to use his abilities lightly, even though many people now said that since Tao Baibai had publicly announced the existence of 【Ability Users】, Reincarnators would no longer face severe punishment for using their powers in front of ordinary people.

But he was unwilling to take that risk, especially since the car in front of him was being driven by the Dongxia Hound, Song Xian; heaven knows if the other party was secretly connected to a satellite and using some hidden camera to broadcast the footage of him using his abilities.

If that happened, he would surely die.

In fact, Luoshui, who was curled up in the carriage at this moment, almost entirely tucked into Bai Cangshu's arms, was sweating profusely and staring at the tablet in her hands.

She watched the man in the trench coat fire repeatedly and then reload, her heart beating at an unprecedented speed.

"Bai... Student Bai Cangshu, don't be afraid... We'll be fine, Master will be back... very soon..."

Luoshui could not even perceive that her voice was trembling slightly, and the back of Bai Cangshu's clothes, which she was touching, had already been soaked through with sweat.

Bai Cangshu's gaze was fixed on the man with the ponytail crouching in front of the windshield; the man gave him a rather strange feeling, almost like the feeling he had when he saw that long-haired version of himself.

Oh, wait, that wasn't him; that was the real Bai Cangshu, and he was just a clone.

"Bai Cangshu" curled the corners of his mouth, revealing his signature mocking smile.

Click.

The sound of the car door handle turning startled Luoshui. She turned her head and saw the door behind Bai Cangshu being opened. She reached out to close it, but was pushed back by Bai Cangshu.

"Bai Cangshu, you..."

Luoshui lunged forward, but the door was already shut. Her forehead hit the door, and she sat back in the carriage, dizzy, only hearing Student Bai Cangshu's clear voice coming from outside the car.

"It's fine, Officer Luo, they aren't looking for me."

Luoshui was confused, but Su Qingqiu cast a glance over.

On the other side, the trench-coated man 【Ruoyu】 already had his pistol pressed against this Bai Cangshu's forehead, his finger on the trigger.

His chest heaved violently; the face of the person in front of him was identical to the Tao Baibai reported back from Korea.

At the thought of the terror of someone like Tao Baibai, Ruoyu instinctively wanted to pull the trigger immediately.

Click!

The trigger was jammed by a thin, silver sword, and at the same time, a fist was blocked in front of him with a soft thud.

Su Qingqiu had appeared beside Ruoyu again as if by Instant Movement, one hand using the sword to jam the trigger, while the other grabbed "Tao Baibai's" fist.

"It seems you've realized it too; the guy you're looking for isn't me."

This Bai Cangshu's expression remained calm; even though both people before him seemed to have the ability to kill him with a wave of their hands, he felt no panic.

This display made Su Qingqiu, who had already understood the truth, click his tongue.

"It seems Tao Baibai's rise really wasn't an accident..."

A clone without any enhancements actually possessed this kind of quality, which meant that Tao Baibai had this level of ability even before entering the space.

Just a moment ago, the instant Ruoyu moved to pull the trigger, this clone had turned and punched toward Ruoyu's throat in a split second.

The movement was crisp, and the force was likely already at the level of a 【Bing】 Grade Reincarnator.

This was an Outlier.

The smile on his face faded slightly; the more talent a Monster like Tao Baibai—who was difficult to restrain—possessed, the more unpleasant it made him feel.

Su Qingqiu was a firm Idealist, a Fatalist; he firmly believed that there was a reason he possessed talents that differed from ordinary people.

Before that destined reason appeared, he was willing to protect this world as much as possible, to protect all stable people.

"It seems you want to replace him."

Su Qingqiu's right hand flickered, the silver rapier in his hand vanished, and a cigarette appeared, which he held in his mouth.

His movements were fluid and rapid, like a Magician on stage.

Bai Cangshu's clone also had excellent dynamic vision, but he felt the other party's movements were like frame-skipped animation; rather than Thaumaturgy, it was more like Magic.

He guessed the other party's ability in his heart, but a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, I will tell you his hideout in Myanmar, and then, you go do what you want to do, and I, in turn, will get what I want to get."

"A win-win, isn't it?"

Su Qingqiu frowned; this clone chose to betray the "original" without hesitation and had the ambition to replace Tao Baibai once they killed the original.

From this, he saw what kind of beast Tao Baibai's "original" really was.

Even toward himself, he was so cruel, so rational.

How could such a beast hold empathy for other lives?

I fear that for Tao Baibai, no matter how many people he killed, he would not feel a shred of guilt.

Su Qingqiu's mouth pulled downward; everyone thought that the Reincarnator with the 【Ghost Rider】 enhancement would be Tao Baibai's nemesis, but was that really the case?

That kind of guy probably wouldn't feel a single bit of guilt for his own crimes.

Su Qingqiu took a deep drag of his cigarette and finally waved his hand, signaling Ruoyu to put away his gun; he agreed to the deal.

When Song Xian returned to the car after driving back those few Gaowei Grade Reincarnators, he only saw Luoshui constantly pulling at that Student Bai, checking back and forth to ensure the other party was uninjured.

Seeing Song Xian return, Luoshui breathed a sigh of relief and then said happily,

"Master! Bai Cangshu is so amazing, he actually managed to persuade those two guys to leave!"

Song Xian scanned Bai Cangshu with a wary gaze before signaling for the two of them to return to Yanjing to talk.

He had noticed that the group's target was not him, and those who came were not some heinous villains; they had been very restrained when fighting him.

From Luoshui's words, he was certain—that group had likely come specifically for Bai Cangshu, but in the end, it seemed they had mistaken their target.

The issues within this would have to wait until he returned to the Nantianmen headquarters and entered the space to verify.

——

"Tsk, that Tao Baibai really knows how to enjoy himself, actually building a city all by himself!"

Inside several off-road vehicles, looking at the new city ahead that was completely out of "style" with this country, Reincarnators of various appearances all clicked their tongues.

Someone leaned out of a car window and saw that the entrance to the city was enclosed on both sides by colorful walls to form a gate, with the two characters 【Paradise】 written on it in a striking manner. Beneath the gate stood a row of heavily armed soldiers; when the off-road vehicles approached the entrance, this group of soldiers not only did not stop them, but instead raised their hands in a salute simultaneously.

"Respected Reincarnators, welcome back to... Paradise~"

Wei Yixiao was sitting in the back row; hearing the voice, he raised his head, and the next second, he saw the stiff, eerie smiles on the faces of those soldiers.

It was as if someone had forcibly pulled their mouths open, revealing mouths full of yellow teeth.

Jia Su felt slightly uncomfortable and said softly,

"They have been controlled; that guy Tao Baibai probably already knows we are coming."

As he spoke, Jia Su looked at the garishly decorated gate and the 【Paradise】 behind it, feeling as if it were the gaping maw of a monster.

That was a bloody invitation issued by Tao Baibai.

The driver was a bald man with graying temples; he wore a black shirt and had a thin build.

Too lazy to waste words, he directly reached out his hand and then snapped his fingers.

Bang!

In the air, a scorching white shockwave exploded in an instant.

That row of eerie soldiers simultaneously had their eyes bulge out, black-red blood flowed from their mouths and noses, and they fell to the ground dead.

The off-road vehicles entered directly into the interior of Paradise.

Almost at the same time, at the other side of the Paradise entrance, several black cars also filed in, and the soldiers at the entrance were all burned to charcoal by black flames.

"Lord 【Great Black Heaven】, news has come from Su Qingqiu saying that he will arrive in half a day, asking us to try our best to delay time."

Inside the sedan, behind the young child draped in a kasaya, black flames burned like a great sun.

He did not arrogantly refuse because of his own strength, but instead said,

"Tell him that before he arrives, we will attempt to persuade Tao Baibai to join the 【End-Time Great Sun】."

Great Black Heaven knew that Su Qingqiu was a rare 【Virtue】-type Reincarnator; when surrounding and killing a guy like Tao Baibai, such combat power should be absorbed as much as possible.

However, before that, whether those idiots from the 【Great Demon】 would make a move, he did not know.

In the sky, the clouds rolled crazily; as if because of the arrival of these Reincarnators, the weather began to change abruptly, black clouds pressed down continuously, and the air became stifling.

In this brand-new city, there seemed to be no ordinary people at all, and furthermore, there was no imaging equipment of any kind.

In other words, in this 【Paradise】, Reincarnators could use their abilities at will without worrying about triggering the purge rules.

Boom!

An explosion occurred on the other side of the city the next moment, and at the same time, a huge blue Barrier lit up; it was clear that someone had already started a battle.

【Great Black Heaven】 pressed his palms together, and his figure began to float toward the sky.

——

Bai Cangshu did not know how much time had passed; he felt as if his entire being had just experienced an evolution from nothing to something.

It was as if he had been decomposed into an amoeba, and then evolved into a human bit by bit.

Only when he possessed consciousness again, possessed a 【Self】, was he able to start thinking once more.

"Ha~ haha... interesting..."

Bai Cangshu opened his eyes; there was nothing in front of him, but when he closed his eyes, he felt as if he were wandering in an ocean where everything existed.

It was just that the density of 【Information】 was too high, making him unable to see clearly.

【You have come into contact with · Root of Vortex (Branch)】

This message was presented before his eyes in the form of a deep imprint, as if it had been branded directly onto his retinas.

Bai Cangshu gasped for air; he turned his head and discovered that the Heart Vortex had already disappeared.

Even the pink robe on his body had disappeared.

The long hair behind Bai Cangshu's head danced rapidly, and his heartbeat vanished in an instant.

The second stage of 【Super Limit Spiral】 was fully activated; not only that, he was crazily pushing that Xuanlili upward.

A frantic Greed Sin transformed into a kind of thirst for knowledge, a thirst for truth, a craving for all causes and all effects.

His hair began to turn white rapidly, and his life force began to drain away.

But at the same time, Bai Cangshu activated the Limiter to a 6% degree, once again forcibly driving the evolution of his own life force.

Pfft!

As if his physical body were collapsing, Bai Cangshu saw a large number of deformity-like tumors appear on his body in almost an instant.

That was the result of excessive life force manifesting on his body.

The effect of the 【Limiter】 had been enhanced here...

Bai Cangshu closed his eyes and began to attempt other abilities; immediately, he felt endless answers and information pouring into his mind.

That was countless times stronger than the effect of using the 【Bodhi Leaf】 last time, as if he were wandering in an ocean of 【Truth】.

Even for martial arts, he only needed to visualize them, and it was as if he could see the lifelong insights of thousands of Martial Artists.

Want to see... want to see everything clearly!

Bai Cangshu's pupils began to change; he did not notice it at all and began to practice ability after ability.

【Specialty · Basic Footwork Mastery level increased, currently: lv8】

【Specialty · Basic Footwork Mastery level increased, currently: lv9】

【Specialty · Fist and Foot Mastery level increased, currently: lv7】

【You can choose one Deepening direction...】

【Ability · Instant Prison Kill level increased, currently: lv2】

"Ha, there's actually a place like this..."

Bai Cangshu constantly drifted through the Empty, his body becoming more and more transparent, yet he seemed not to notice.

(End of chapter)