Chapter 22: Return and Reward

Glass shards splashed. After Su Xiao rushed into the corridor, he adjusted his center of gravity in mid-air and slashed a blade toward the King of the Goa Kingdom in front of him.

The King was facing away from Su Xiao and didn't notice Su Xiao behind him at all, his face full of astonishment.

A shining blade light swept past, the cut beautiful under the moonlight, the sharp blade breaking through the air and making bursts of whimpering sounds.

"Puchi."

Su Xiao slashed across the King's waist with one blade, fresh blood splashed, forming blood beads in the air, which shattered after touching the ground or the wall.

This blade actually cut the King in half at the waist directly. The King's legs were still standing in place, but his upper body and two severed hands had already flown up.

In mid-air, the King looked at the two legs on the ground with a face full of surprise and confusion.

The King suddenly felt that these two legs were somewhat familiar.

Patta~, the King's upper body landed, and the subsequent severe pain seemed to swallow him.

His mouth wide open, the King had just wanted to scream, but Su Xiao's second blade had already arrived.

Still as fast, accurate, and ruthless, the blade edge swept past, and the head rolled out.

"Mission, complete."

Lightly shaking the blood off the blade, Su Xiao, relying on his own strength alone, assassinated a King unscathed in a world full of "monsters."

To be able to do this, both guts and courage were indispensable.

【You killed the King of the Goa Kingdom, Philip Herbert.】

【Philip Herbert was the mission target, unable to obtain World Source. Currently obtained 8.9% World Source.】

【Your talent "Soul Eater" activated, permanently increasing 2 points of Mana. Current Mana is 93 points.】

After the King died, a white treasure chest floated up from the corpse.

Su Xiao, who had already opened several white treasure chests, chose to open it directly.

【You opened the treasure chest (White) and obtained the following items】

【Obtained World Tree Ring】

A ring appeared in Su Xiao's hand. This ring was completely transparent, as if crafted from some kind of crystal.

【World Tree Ring】

Quality: White

Score:???

Introduction: This is a ring crafted from Adam wood. Please do not underestimate it, because its material is the core position of Adam wood, and the Adam tree can also be called the World Tree; it is the fulcrum of the Pirate World.

This ring had no attributes, and its quality was white, and the introduction wasn't very clear. Su Xiao threw it directly into his storage space, preparing to study it later.

"Ah~~~!"

A scream came; it was the Queen.

Su Xiao's brows furrowed tightly; the scream would attract other enemies.

His footsteps rushed forward rapidly, followed by a blade cutting the throat, and the scream came to an abrupt halt.

Being kind to the enemy was an extremely brain-dead behavior; Su Xiao understood this point.

As long as they were listed as enemies, he would not go soft.

A person who is indecisive is not suitable for fighting, let alone wandering in Reincarnation Paradise.

【Hunter completed main mission: Assassinate the "Goa Kingdom" King】

【Main mission difficulty Lv. 3, World difficulty Lv. 6, Hunter exclusive trial successful】

【Hunter identity officially unlocked, opening Hunter missions (will be issued in the next world)】

【Main mission completed, Hunter will leave this world in 30 seconds and return to Reincarnation Paradise. Please prepare in advance.】

It was over. After experiencing heavy dangers, Su Xiao finally completed the mission.

As long as another thirty seconds passed, he would be able to leave the Pirate World.

Although Reincarnation Paradise wasn't safe, it shouldn't be dangerous either. Unless Reincarnation Paradise wanted to kill him, it wouldn't keep throwing him into danger.

"Boom."

A loud noise came from below. With this loud noise, the entire castle began to tilt to one side.

This should have been caused by the King's guards fighting with Krieg.

"So, humans can really be strong to this extent."

Su Xiao didn't fear their strength; instead, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He had a feeling that perhaps he would come to the Pirate World again, but next time he came here, it would definitely not be like now, completing a mission in just a small country.

Perhaps participating in the Summit War? Or participating in the struggle for hegemony on the sea?

The premise for all this was that he was strong enough.

Once the thirty seconds were up, Su Xiao felt his vision go black, his head feeling as if it had been hit by a hammer, his whole person feeling dizzy.

In his confused consciousness, he vaguely felt himself wrapped in a layer of transparent film, traveling at high speed, with blurry stars seemingly around him.

"Dong."

In the middle of the transmission, Su Xiao felt a jolt around him, his consciousness clearing.

"This is Reincarnation Paradise? Are you kidding?"

Su Xiao looked around blankly. The scene that came into view was a large area of darkness.

"Zheng."

A sword qi shooting into the sky slashed through the darkness. In the darkness, a large area of lightning spread out.

Those lightnings seemed capable of swallowing all matter, even the surrounding darkness was swallowed, and the lightning was spreading toward Su Xiao.

"Human? How could there be a human in the void? Interesting.

This kind of space-time power is quite strong. That consciousness, come out! Fight me!"

A voice carrying the smell of blood came. That's right, it was the smell of blood.

Although Su Xiao couldn't see what kind of existence the other party was, he felt that kind of strength.

Standing up in the darkness, Su Xiao looked toward the source of the voice.

【Warning! Transmission interrupted by an unknown powerful creature. Suspected extremely dangerous creature: Void Sword Master. Repairing...】

【Repairing, zhi zhi~, repair complete, transmission continuing.】

Su Xiao's vision went black again, and he recovered the previous feeling.

In the void, a man holding a long sword perceived the surroundings with sharp eyes.

"Did he escape? Truly boring. I originally wanted to fight a battle. Forget it, that bald guy called Sai-something earlier was passable. I'll go find him for a fight instead."

The void was full of unknowns and dangers. Su Xiao was somewhat unlucky to have encountered such danger.

When Su Xiao recovered his consciousness, he was already in a room.

The room was somewhat strange, with four completely enclosed walls, no windows or doors, and the ceiling was emitting a faint light, making the room very bright, and the temperature was suitable, not feeling stuffy at all.

Just as Su Xiao was looking around, a Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared.

【Transmission complete, Hunter returned to exclusive room.】

【Exclusive room is an absolutely safe point. Except for the Hunter's permission, no one can enter.】

【Hunter returned to Reincarnation Paradise, starting to settle mission rewards.】

Derived World: One Piece.

Difficulty: Lv. 6 (Nightmare).

Obtained World Source: 8.9%.

Number of missions completed: 2. (Main mission: Assassinate "Goa Kingdom", Side mission: Left Minister's collection.)

Comprehensive evaluation: A- (Note: Scores are E- to S+. Comprehensive evaluation is calculated based on the sum of World Source obtained and the number of missions completed.)

Because the world level exceeds the Hunter level by 5, it is Nightmare difficulty, and rewards are doubled.

Starting to collect World Source...,

World Source collection complete, starting to send rewards.

Obtained rewards: 4 attribute points, 10000 Paradise Coins. (This reward is the value after doubling).

Comprehensive evaluation is A-, Hunter level +1, upgraded to Lv. 2. (Level increases based on score. Because this world is a trial world, the increase limit is Lv. 1.)

Settlement complete, rewards have been automatically deposited into the Hunter brand.

Su Xiao immediately opened the brand to check what attribute points were.

"It really didn't let me down. This is the hope of becoming stronger."

The corner of Su Xiao's mouth curled up, because attribute points could actually improve any attribute except luck.

As long as he could become stronger, what did it matter if he risked his life?

Actually, the most desperate thing wasn't being in danger, but not even having the chance to take risks.

Su Xiao immediately wanted to use the attribute points, but Reincarnation Paradise prompted that they could only be used in the Attribute Enhancement Hall, which was a facility within Reincarnation Paradise.

The settlement had ended, and Su Xiao looked around blankly.

Four walls were airtight; how was he supposed to get out?

Just at this moment, a somewhat strange prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Yes/No to sell World Tree Ring, selling price 50000 Paradise Coins.】

【World Tree Ring】 was an item Su Xiao obtained after killing the King, and now, Reincarnation Paradise was actually taking the initiative to let him sell this item.

Looking at the current situation, if he refused to sell, Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't let him out and would keep him locked in the exclusive room.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao chose No. He was prepared to do something extremely risky. ===== CHAPTER 23 =====