Chapter 23: What's the Difference Between Not Taking Risks and Being a Salted Fish?

The prompt faded, and the room was silent.

"Heh~, I don't believe I'll be trapped to death here."

Su Xiao simply sat down and began to stalemate with Reincarnation Paradise.

He now understood one thing: the 【World Tree Ring】 in his storage space was a very precious item.

From the 【World Tree Ring】's score of???, one could see that Reincarnation Paradise seemed unwilling to display the value of this item.

【Please Hunter sell the World Tree Ring so that Reincarnation Paradise can absorb the World Power.】

The prompt appeared again. Su Xiao thought for a moment and asked:

"What is your purpose in transmitting me to the Derived World, and what exactly is this ring?"

Unexpectedly, Reincarnation Paradise actually gave him an answer.

【Reincarnation Paradise and the Hunter have a "symbiotic" relationship. Hunters or other contractors enter Derived Planes to explore and obtain World Source. Reincarnation Paradise needs World Power to evolve and maintain the normal operation of Reincarnation Paradise.】

【The World Tree Ring contains a large amount of World Power. Please Hunter sell it immediately.】

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Although the prompts given by Reincarnation Paradise weren't many, Su Xiao understood the most critical thing.

The reason Reincarnation Paradise transmitted him to the Derived World was to obtain World Power through him.

This so-called World Power should be extracted through World Source, which was why Reincarnation Paradise gave him corresponding rewards based on the amount of World Source.

Reincarnation Paradise should be acting according to some kind of rule; otherwise, it wouldn't let him sell the 【World Tree Ring】 but would forcibly collect it.

His identity as a Hunter explained one thing: Reincarnation Paradise could not directly execute contractors under normal circumstances.

Without violating Reincarnation Paradise regulations, Reincarnation Paradise could not punish him—not just him, but other contractors as well, which was why the existence of Hunters came to be.

The so-called Hunter was someone who dealt with those contractors in the Derived World who "violated regulations" but had not violated Reincarnation Paradise regulations.

For example, a contractor discovered a rule loophole in Reincarnation Paradise and used it to seek profit.

At this time, it was Su Xiao's moment to appear.

No need to think, those "violating" contractors should be very strong and very cunning.

Su Xiao was still sitting on the ground, playing with 【Zhan Long Shan】 as if nothing had happened.

He had a bold idea: to blackmail Reincarnation Paradise.

Although it seemed somewhat risky, with his identity as a Hunter, Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't do anything to him.

Su Xiao was gambling—gambling on whether his identity as a Hunter was important. If it wasn't important, wouldn't he have experienced a Nightmare difficulty world in vain?

Time passed second by second. Finally, two hours later, a Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Special Mission: Choice】

Difficulty Level:???

Mission Introduction: Hand over the 【World Tree Ring】 to Reincarnation Paradise.

Mission Information: None

Mission Deadline: Five minutes.

Mission Reward: Inheritance with extremely high compatibility with the Hunter's talent.

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. It seemed his identity as a Hunter had more status than he imagined; Reincarnation Paradise had actually issued a mission.

After considering it, Su Xiao chose to accept this mission.

He also had no bottom line in his heart regarding the cold and ruthless Reincarnation Paradise; he still had to survive in Reincarnation Paradise in the future.

【Special Mission: Choice, completed. Preparing to issue rewards. Please Hunter prepare.】

Prepare? It seemed this reward wasn't simple.

After Reincarnation Paradise gave the prompt, a ray of light appeared in the room, wrapping Su Xiao.

Su Xiao sat blankly in place, motionless, looking forward, his eyes losing focus, blue light flashing in his eyes from time to time.

At this moment, Su Xiao's consciousness had arrived in a vast hall.

The hall was exceptionally vast, to the point where he couldn't even see the edges.

Su Xiao scanned the surroundings and discovered six stone carvings over a hundred meters tall in front of him. They were human statues, just magnified many times.

"Successor..., step forward."

A majestic voice came. Su Xiao's body tightened; this voice was actually emitted by a stone carving in front of him.

"The original agreement has reached the moment of fulfillment."

Another stone carving spoke. Su Xiao's arrival seemed to trigger a chain reaction; these six stone carvings spoke one after another.

"You are the last successor. From now on, our inheritance ends here."

"Whether it is us who should disappear in the long river of time, or those spellcasters, it will be verified by you."

"Spellcasters destroy the balance of the world and matter. That so-called magic consumes the power of rules."

"Foolish spellcasters, even if our bodies are destroyed, our consciousness will remain forever."

Su Xiao stood in place, his scalp tingling. These stone carvings speaking in front of him were all far beyond his imagination in strength.

And these stone carvings were not living beings, just consciousnesses left behind by some extremely powerful existences.

"Destruction, birth, ruin, revival—all are born in this Sanctuary of Birth."

"Successor, remember the name we share. We are the Shadow of Law-Extermination, the natural enemy of all spellcasters!"

The six stone carvings opened their eyes simultaneously and looked at Su Xiao. He felt a violent energy surge into his body, followed by a world-spinning sensation, and a buzzing sound appeared in his ears.

"Huff, huff, huff~."

Su Xiao in the room woke up, panting heavily.

He was still in the exclusive room; the scene from before seemed like an illusion.

【Reward ended, exclusive room activated】

After the Reincarnation Paradise prompt, a door appeared on one of the walls of the exclusive room, which meant he could finally go out.

But Su Xiao couldn't care about this anymore. He felt his body filled with an energy, and this energy was about to blow him up.

"What~, is going on."

Su Xiao could no longer speak normally; the energy in his body was rapidly changing his body.

His blood flowed at high speed. That unknown energy wasn't destroying his body but was strengthening it, just in an exceptionally brutal way.

The cells in his body were undergoing a metamorphosis. The most obvious change was his hair; that black hair began to turn gray, but the change was very small and very difficult to detect.

Collapsing to the ground with a thud, Su Xiao felt he couldn't hold on much longer. If this continued, he would die soon.

【Detected abnormal life signs of the Hunter, preparing to activate recovery function. This function will consume the Paradise Coins held by the Hunter. Yes/No to activate】

Reincarnation Paradise's voice at this moment was no longer cold in Su Xiao's ears, but like the sound of heaven.

"Acti~, vate."

Severe pain filled his body, gradually swallowing his consciousness.

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, emerald light wrapped him, and at the same time, his Paradise Coins began to decrease rapidly.

In less than five seconds, the recovery function had consumed over a thousand Paradise Coins.

Ten-plus seconds later, the energy in his body disappeared, all absorbed by Su Xiao's body, and the recovery function also closed simultaneously.

Su Xiao sat up and tried to move his body. He immediately discovered the abnormality.

"This is?"

Looking at his hands in disbelief, after absorbing that energy, he seemed to have become stronger.

No, he had become much stronger.

However, this kind of strengthening wasn't through the help of Reincarnation Paradise, so Reincarnation Paradise didn't give a prompt.

Opening 【Personal Information】, Su Xiao froze in place.

The reward exchanged for the World Tree Ring was far more astonishing than he had imagined. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====