Chapter 1826: The Soft-Hearted Old Toad

Su Xiao glanced at his current ranking. Although he still had the strength to climb higher, his physical strength no longer allowed it. Moreover, once he reached within the top 50,000, the enemies he encountered began to be tricky.

According to Su Xiao's estimation, he could reach around the top 30,000, which was medium-to-high strength within the Fifth Tier.

Su Xiao was not disappointed by this. He had only experienced one derived world since promoting to the Fifth Tier. As he continued to obtain resources, his combat power would become stronger and stronger.

The "Strongest Hegemony" mentioned by the arena made him somewhat curious, but that required reaching the top 50 to have a chance to participate.

Su Xiao, leaning on the sofa, moved his right arm. His injuries had recovered, and he chose to leave the Paradise Arena.

The sense of teleportation faded, and Su Xiao was already in his exclusive room. The changes in the arena made him think that collisions with contractors from other Paradises would become more intense in the future, and the number of times they met within worlds would also increase.

According to Su Xiao's speculation, below the Fifth Tier might be Reincarnation Paradise's cultivation of contractors. After the Fifth Tier, contractors had self-preservation and combat power in dangerous environments. By this time, contractors would come into contact with the Void, Black Abyss, native worlds, as well as Battle Angels, Pioneers, etc., from other Paradises.

Having fought more than a dozen matches in a row, Su Xiao was starving. He left his exclusive room and headed straight for Xia's restaurant.

Thunder rumbled in the dark clouds, and a torrential rain fell. Iron boots stepped into the mud, blood and muddy water mixing.

Brand-new shields collided, crisp sounds emerging after cold weapons clashed. A cannonball dragging a green tail flame streaked across the sky, finally landing among a group of soldiers wearing wooden armor.

Boom!

Green gas flames spread. The soldiers wearing wooden armor huddled together, branches growing rapidly to envelop them.

"Kill! Third Legion, charge!!"

A man riding a tall war beast and wearing a bull-horned helmet roared. His skin was cyan, with star patterns on it.

"For the continuation of the race, kill them all!!"

Roars and screams spread across the battlefield. A shirtless youth with blood-red pupils stood on the battlefield, surrounded by corpses chewed to incompleteness.

At the edge of the battlefield, a pair of emerald-like eyes watched all this. She held a knight's sword.

"It seems you have adapted to the medium-intensity battlefield. You don't need to participate in it, just ensure that contractors from both sides don't leave the war zone. Those who cross the line, kill without mercy."

A toad wearing a crown spoke. It was squatting on a war beast, and the war beast was so scared it didn't dare to move.

"Is this kind of thing really correct?"

The girl wearing a dark green hood spoke. The battlefield before her reminded her of the past.

"Right and wrong are not for you to judge. If you want to change certain things, you must first ensure your ability is strong enough. Artoria Pendragon, you are now... officially an Arbiter!"

The toad's tone suddenly became serious.

"From now on, your actions represent Reincarnation Paradise to a certain extent. Arbiters are in the second echelon. When you encounter problems you cannot solve, you can ask Hunters for help. They are in the first echelon and will directly participate in the war. You are the flag of Reincarnation Paradise, and they are the sharp sword of Reincarnation Paradise.

If you encounter very abnormal contractors, don't try to contact them; let more professional Hunters deal with them. They are experts in this regard. Anomalies are far more terrifying than you imagine. Some are Void creatures, some don't even know where they come from, and some can even shuttle between various Paradises, possessing two, or even a dozen imprints. There is only terror you cannot think of, not terror that doesn't exist."

The toad raised its claw, and a φ-shaped mark appeared on the collarbone of the "Ahoge King."

"This is your imprint. Remember, when encountering anomalies, no matter what heinous things they are doing, leave it to the Hunters to clean up. You are the flag."

"The flag..."

The Ahoge King looked at the toad in confusion.

"To put it bluntly, you look relatively beautiful and have some potential, so you were chosen. A long time ago, Hunters also acted as Arbiters, and the result..."

The toad smiled without saying anything, giving the Ahoge King room for imagination.

"In short, you don't need to fight most of the time, and the rewards you get are enough for you to become strong quickly. But don't think that being an Arbiter is safe. Once a contractor intends to leave the war zone, you may have to fight them. By the way, after you obtain the imprint, your Heroic Spirit nature will disappear. You are now a human who truly exists in this world. Cherish it."

The toad yawned, and a spatial array appeared behind it.

"Are... you leaving?"

The Ahoge King gripped the sword in her hand. Although the toad was very treacherous and often forced her to do things that violated her principles, without it, she would have died in the Black Abyss long ago. Moreover, most of her current skills were taught by it or by its friends.

"I won't follow you forever. Survive on your own. Your fate is on the sword in your hand."

The toad entered the spatial array with half its body.

"Thank you for your care all this time."

The Ahoge King bowed to the toad. The toad's body paused, and it split its big mouth and laughed. It turned its head.

"Remember, when encountering anomalies like me, don't try to fight them. Anomalies like me who have 'turned over a new leaf' are not many."

"..."

The Ahoge King's expression gradually became dull, her pupils rapidly constricting. The toad disappeared into the spatial array.

On the other side of the battlefield, the toad's figure appeared out of thin air.

"Sigh, acting cool is really tiring. The little cutie has been cultivated almost enough. Finally, I can rest for a while and go find those old demons to drink with."

The toad looked up at the sky.

"I'm really old, and my heart has softened. A little cutie was cultivated for so long, and in the end, I couldn't bear to throw her into the Black Prison. Kwa-hahaha."

A cannonball landed beside the toad.

Bang~

An empty bowl tapped lightly on the dining table. Su Xiao leaned on the seat, the comfort of being full making him somewhat sleepy.

Lighting a post-meal cigarette, Su Xiao picked up the notebook on the table and continued his research. Compared to the Intuition ability, the training method for Observation Haki was far too crude, but there were also some parts worth borrowing.

With Su Xiao's current Intuition level, studying Observation Haki wasn't difficult. He didn't need to train it; he just needed to understand this ability and learn from its strengths to offset his weaknesses. The range of Observation Haki was indeed far beyond the Intuition ability, but the sensitivity of perception was much worse.

Rather than saying Observation Haki was a training method, it was more like a secondary development of one's own perception.

"You're actually reading..."

Xia had just walked out of the back kitchen and saw Su Xiao reading the notebook. In Xia's impression, Su Xiao should be sitting there with a gloomy face; that would better fit his temperament.

Xia had discovered long ago that Su Xiao was definitely not a contractor from the kind camp. No, he was becoming more and more like a villainous big boss recently.

However, every time Su Xiao dined here, what he did didn't match a villainous big boss at all. Either he was addicted to games, or he was leaning on the seat for a nap.

"I'm researching Observation Haki."

Su Xiao closed the notebook, preparing to go back and sleep.

"Uh, so envious. Can I borrow it? The paid kind. Although I'm a bit poor recently, I can pay in installments. Pre-declaration: I don't provide nude photos."

Xia didn't hide her curiosity and desire to obtain Observation Haki. Being pretentious would only cause resentment.

"..."

Su Xiao threw down the notebook in his hand. He felt that the loan Xia mentioned had a feeling of campus loans.

"No need for a loan."

Su Xiao took out a dozen sheets of A4 paper, copied the contents of the notebook, and stood up to walk out of the restaurant.

Xia held the dozen sheets of A4 paper in her hand. In her impression, Observation Haki was a very high-end thing, but looking at the neat printed font on the A4 paper, she had a feeling of looking at a menu.

"Forgot to ask how long the installments should be, how many tens of thousands of Paradise Coins to pay each time? Uh, let's assume 500,000 Paradise Coins first, and the price difference will be supplemented gradually."

Clearly, Xia didn't intend to take the training method for Observation Haki for free. This was her basic principle for treating friends. ===== CHAPTER 1827 =====