Chapter 193: Akame's... Heart

The blue light gradually faded, the effect of the Flame of Luck vanished, and Su Xiao found an additional pendant in his hand.

【Akame's Heart】 (Top-tier)

Origin: Attack on Titan

Quality: Blue

Category: Pendant (Jewelry-type equipment is a rare item)

Durability: None. (Jewelry-type equipment has no durability and requires no repair)

Equipment Requirements: Strength 15 points, Agility 10 points, Stamina 10 points.

Equipment Effect: Shelter (Active): Quickly generates an invisible shield to resist attacks. The shield's durability is equivalent to 70% of the holder's maximum HP, and the shield lasts for 10 seconds.

Hint: Activating Shelter (Active) consumes 10% of your Mana.

Hint: The cooldown for Shelter (Active) is 24 hours.

Rating: 70 (Note: Blue equipment ratings range from 31 to 70. Blue equipment with a rating of 70 will be marked as 'Top-tier' and will have an additional special attribute.)

Introduction: The final line of defense for life; it is far more effective than recovery items.

Price: 14,800 Paradise Coins.

Su Xiao examined the pendant in his hand. It was a men's style, exquisitely crafted from a rare metal.

He immediately understood the value of this item. If he had possessed this in the Titan world, he would never have been in such a sorry state while fighting Bian An Hua.

Although the shield only lasts for 10 seconds, it could block several fatal attacks for him. If activated at the right moment, it could very well turn the tide in a desperate battle.

Su Xiao took off the currently equipped 【Dead Wife's Pendant (White)】, causing his Strength attribute to drop by 1. Compared to the +1 Strength attribute of the 【Dead Wife's Pendant (White)】, 【Akame's Heart】 was incomparably stronger.

Flicking the ash from his cigarette, Su Xiao was in a great mood. He did not plan to open any treasure chests in the near future; his luck had already been exhausted.

Checking the remaining items, Su Xiao prepared to use the Bronze Honor Medal.

Walking up to the Honor Shop, only two items remained available for exchange.

【As the Hunter only possesses a Bronze Honor Medal, the following exchanges are available:】

【Soul Crystal (Small)】 ×1.

Price: One Bronze Honor Medal.

【Honor Recovery Potion】

Effect: Restores 100% HP upon use.

Price: One Bronze Honor Medal.

Su Xiao had two Bronze Honor Medals. He first exchanged for one bottle of 【Honor Recovery Potion】 for life-saving purposes; he had coveted this item for a long time.

With one Bronze Honor Medal remaining, Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before finally choosing to exchange it for a Soul Crystal (Small).

He prepared to strengthen Qing Gang Ying; this ability could be deeply developed once strengthened to a high level.

Consuming one Soul Crystal (Small) + 1,000 Paradise Coins, Qing Gang Ying was upgraded by one level.

【'Qing Gang Ying' has been upgraded to lv. 4.】

Qing Gang Ying: lv. 4 (Active Skill)

Usage Condition: After activating (Qing Gang Ying), the Hunter consumes 3 points of Mana per minute. It automatically deactivates when Mana falls below 1%.

Skill Effect: After activating (Qing Gang Ying), each melee attack will burn 19 points of the enemy's Mana and deal an equivalent amount of True Damage. The enemy will suffer intense pain after the Mana burn.

The Mana consumption of the upgraded Qing Gang Ying did not increase, but its power had improved. Su Xiao clearly felt the Qing Gang Ying energy within his body becoming more active.

After finishing this, Su Xiao began to plan his subsequent actions.

First, he needed to go to the 【Trial Grounds】 to adapt to his current body. There was no need to summon a mirror image; he could just summon mechanical puppets in combat mode.

The Trial Grounds had two modes: Auxiliary Mode and Combat Mode.

Auxiliary Mode involves summoning mirror images of various strong individuals, while Combat Mode involves summoning overwhelming waves of mechanical puppets.

No sooner said than done, Su Xiao left his room and walked quickly toward the Trial Grounds.

After some skilled operations, Su Xiao found himself in the middle of a desert.

【Combat Mode consumes 10 Paradise Coins per minute. Pay/Don't pay?】

"Pay."

【Combat Mode activated. Mechanical puppets will appear in thirty seconds. Please prepare in advance.】

A wild wind kicked up yellow sand, and the surroundings turned dim yellow. A silver-white metal head emerged from the sand.

The mechanical puppets were here!

Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand, and Su Xiao keenly sensed his surroundings.

A mechanical puppet suddenly lunged out from the sand. Su Xiao turned and delivered a side slash, and the metal-structured mechanical puppet was instantly severed, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

One hour later,

Su Xiao walked out of the Trial Grounds, clenching and unclenching his fists. He had already adapted to his current body.

He was now adapting to the increase in attribute points very quickly. Having all three main attributes exceed 20 points gave him a sense of power.

Because he had taken off the +1 Strength pendant, his Strength, Agility, and Intelligence were all at 24 points.

Su Xiao glanced at his remaining Paradise Coins. After some spending, he still had 4,367 coins left.

These Paradise Coins couldn't do much. Fortunately, Su Xiao still had some equipment he hadn't sold; selling them would be another windfall.

Su Xiao had just had a full meal and was well-rested, so he didn't want to go sell equipment right now. However, he didn't have enough Paradise Coins to summon a mirror image.

At this moment, Su Xiao suddenly remembered the Arena that Karl had mentioned earlier. He had heard that Reincarnation Paradise had such a facility, but he had never been there.

Existence implies reason; there were no useless facilities in Reincarnation Paradise. He decided to go take a look.

Taking out the map of Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao searched for the location of the Arena.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao arrived in front of a towering building. This building was even more magnificent than the Attribute Enhancement Hall; one couldn't tell how large the Arena was just from its exterior.

Contractors were constantly entering and exiting the Arena, and many stalls were set up near the entrance.

"Latest Arena Rankings Update."

"Guide to Quickly Defeating Opponents (Ranged Edition)."

"Encyclopedia of Taunting Poses."

"Theory of Skill Release and Practice."

Seeing these goods, Su Xiao felt he had gained some knowledge; he couldn't even understand some of these things.

Su Xiao walked into the Arena. A sensation of teleportation occurred, and he subconsciously covered the back of his head.

This was a very short-distance teleportation, and he didn't feel the sensation of being 'tapped on the back of the head'.

【You have entered the Arena. Please select a mode.】

【Arena Mode / Spectator Mode.】

A bunch of annotations appeared below.

Spectator Mode: You can watch other contractors compete. It costs 2 Paradise Coins per hour, and you can choose which match to watch.

Ongoing matches: 17,354.

If you want to watch the top 100 Arena matches, it costs 10 Paradise Coins per hour.

If you want to watch the top 10 Arena matches, it costs 50 Paradise Coins per hour.

If you want to watch the top 3 Arena matches, it costs 100 Paradise Coins per hour.

Arena Mode: This mode involves the Hunter participating in the competition personally. Reincarnation Paradise will rank the Hunter based on whether they have participated in competitions.

Arena Mode is divided into 【Individual Battle】 and 【Team Battle】.

Individual Battle is a 1v1 mode, and Team Battle is a 10v10 mode. The two ranking mechanisms will be calculated separately.

Su Xiao felt that this Arena was very interesting. Death here was the same as in the Trial Grounds; one wouldn't truly die.

Moreover, no recovery items could be used in the Arena, except for recovery-type skills.

Su Xiao became interested; this place was good for honing combat skills.

"Select Arena Mode: Individual Battle."

【Drip..., checking if the Hunter has participated in competitions. Check complete. The Hunter has never participated in any form of competition.】

【Starting to assign a ranking for the Hunter. Current ranking: 165,743rd (First Tier ranking). (This ranking is unrelated to the Hunter's strength; it is based on the number of competitions participated in and win/loss record.)】

【Please actively participate in the Arena. The top 10 in the Arena will be granted special rewards.】 ===== CHAPTER 194 =====