Chapter 2379: Alchemy Master

Land of All Living Things, fifth floor.

Snow filled the sky as it fell. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the frozen earth, white steam rising from his body. He had been practicing here for 10 hours. The new sword technique move was still under development. He wouldn't use it in actual combat until it was completely developed, unless the situation was so bad that it was almost certain death.

【Prompt: The Hunter's stay time has reached its limit and will soon return to the real world.】

Su Xiao didn't pay attention to this prompt. He had already calculated the time. After leaving the Land of All Living Things, he would return directly to the real world.

Half a minute later, the feeling of teleportation appeared. When Su Xiao's vision recovered, he was already sitting on the floor of the second floor of the accessory shop.

In the next world, Su Xiao would face the 150-point attribute breakthrough barrier. He only needed to do one thing now: relax his body and mind and adjust his state.

Going downstairs to open the shop door, the weather was quite good, with dark clouds filling the sky. For Su Xiao, who didn't plan to go out today, this was good weather.

Just as Su Xiao was about to take out his tablet to play a puzzle game, he saw that a new shop had opened across the street. No, it was that antique shop that had reopened. The shopkeeper was of course not the old man from before; that person was already in a "lifelong training class."

Those who would open a shop here were either greenhorns or people like Su Xiao, simply looking for a place to live. Looking at the expression of the shopkeeper on the street, nine out of ten were greenhorns.

The new shop across the street was nothing special. Su Xiao's real-world life remained calm until he received a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise two days later.

【The Hunter is about to return to the Reincarnation Paradise. Please ensure there are no witnesses.】

The familiar feeling of teleportation appeared. When the spatial fluctuations subsided, Su Xiao was already in his exclusive room.

【The Hunter is about to enter a new world.】

【The Hunter has chosen to break through the 150-point attribute barrier. The attributes to be broken through are strength, agility, stamina, and intelligence.】

【Attribute barrier breakthrough difficulty is accumulating. A single attribute is 100% difficulty. Each main attribute barrier breakthrough will increase the difficulty by an additional 20%. If there are more than two main attributes, each main attribute will increase by 10%.】

【Attribute barrier breakthrough difficulty is: 190%.】

【Hunter's comprehensive combat power is being determined...】

【Warning: Due to the Hunter's comprehensive combat power + barrier breakthrough difficulty, it has resulted in the Hunter entering a 7th-tier world to complete the attribute barrier breakthrough.】

【World is being selected...】

【Selection complete. The Hunter is about to enter the Light · Dark World.】

【Prompt: This world belongs to the Tree of Void and is a fully open native world. Side quests, hidden quests, achievement quests, etc., can be triggered in this world. World Source can be obtained in this world. Treasure chests, scarlet cards, etc., can be obtained in this world.】

【Star Light Iron is a unique scarce resource in this world.】

【This world possesses extraordinary steam technology, alchemy, secret arts masters, etc. Detailed information can be obtained through the world introduction and self-exploration after the Hunter enters this world.】

【The Hunter will encounter 7th-tier contractors in this world.】

【Warning: The Hunter must not actively harm friendly 7th-tier contractors. This contractor was promoted to 7th-tier 17 natural days ago and will execute a special mission upon entering this world.】

After a series of prompts, Su Xiao learned that he was about to enter a 7th-tier world. Although his Reincarnation Brand was only lv. 59, the breakthrough of four attribute barriers, plus his current combat power, had pushed the barrier breakthrough difficulty to the 7th tier.

Against contractors with lower-to-middle 7th-tier strength, Su Xiao's win rate was high, but he couldn't be careless. Those at the 7th tier all had trump cards. He couldn't be in the shadow-burning state 24 hours a day. Once careless, it wasn't impossible to capsize in the gutter.

As for contractors with upper-to-middle 7th-tier strength, that would be very dangerous. He couldn't fight the top-tier 7th-tier contractors at all; Su Xiao hadn't been promoted to the 7th tier yet.

From the prompt, it seemed that apart from Su Xiao, there was only one friendly contractor entering the Light-Dark World, and they had just been promoted to the 7th tier. Their abilities should be very special, and they were entrusted with a special mission.

Apart from this friendly contractor, other contractors were very interesting. In this kind of fully open native world, contractors from Apocalypse Paradise, Death Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, and Watcher Paradise could all be encountered, and there was a chance to drop scarlet cards after killing enemies.

In this situation, those not from the same paradise would likely start fighting upon meeting.

Only with challenges would there be higher returns. Su Xiao confirmed that the supplies were ready and began to wait for the teleportation to enter this world.

【Ultra-long-distance teleportation countdown begins: 3, 2, 1.】

Seeing the countdown, Su Xiao felt something was wrong.

Bang!

His vision went black, and Su Xiao lost consciousness.

Darkness and light were separated from each other. Su Xiao stood up from a pitch-black area. The scene in front of him was full of black, with large patches of starlight above.

Su Xiao was about to move forward but stopped. He raised his hand to press forward, and a layer of transparent light film blocked his way.

"Oh? A 7th-tier newcomer this time? And a summoner at that."

"It could also be their first time coming to a fully open native world."

"Heh, they're from Reincarnation Paradise. If you provoke them, they might not care about the main quest and will chase you across the world. Summoner my ass, they have a sword hanging on their waist; they're a lone wolf from Reincarnation Paradise."

The voices of two men and one woman came from behind. Su Xiao looked towards the source of the sound. The three people who spoke were not together; they were all separated by transparent walls.

This shouldn't be the Light-Dark World yet; no world introduction had appeared, and temporary language ability hadn't been obtained either.

【Announcement: A total of 45 contractors are entering the Light-Dark World this time. Reincarnation Paradise 2, Apocalypse Paradise 10, Death Paradise...】

This was an announcement from the Tree of Void, which Su Xiao had seen during the Strongest Contention.

【To enter this world, 50 ounces of Space-Time Power must be paid (payment completed).】

【Yes/No to pay Soul Coins to obtain a higher initial identity. 1~50 Soul Coins (7th-tier) can be paid. If not paid, you will enter this world as a beggar.】

Su Xiao didn't hesitate at all and paid 50 Soul Coins. The price of an ordinary Holy Spirit-grade piece of equipment was 50~120 Soul Coins, and 50 coins could buy the worst piece of Holy Spirit-grade equipment.

Su Xiao could climb to a high position by relying on alchemy, but that required time, and the status obtained that way wasn't stable and was easily suspected. The disguised identity was different; it had a background, proof of identity, and might even have been active for years or even decades, making it easier to be trusted.

There was a return on investment. As long as the initial status was high enough, Su Xiao was sure he could earn back 100 Soul Coins—no, even more.

Not long after, the interference of the World Tree ended, and the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared. From this moment on, the World Tree had no right to interfere, regardless of what Su Xiao did in the Light-Dark World.

【Prompt: Space-Time Power has been consumed. After this world ends, the Hunter's minimum comprehensive rating must reach A+.】

【About to enter the Light-Dark World.】

The light in front of him flashed. Su Xiao heard the rumbling sound of steam train wheels turning. He rubbed his forehead gently. After the discomfort of continuous teleportation faded, he looked around.

At this time, he was sitting on a train. This steam train went straight to the "Council Chamber," which was the center of power in the Light-Dark World, and all four kingdoms on the continent were under its command.

Alchemy Master · Kuku Lin · Bai Ye, this was Su Xiao's current identity. It was expected to arrive at the Council Chamber in 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The information known was very limited. Bubu Wang was in the adjacent seat, Bahar was in the rear carriage, and Amu and Beni's whereabouts were unknown.

Su Xiao's hand pressed on the one-finger-thick glass window. This was an auxiliary product of alchemy, kept secret from the outside world, claiming to be produced by the "Chidorman Company."

The scene outside the window flew by. The speed of this steam train was outrageously fast. There were electric lights inside the steam train. Electric energy had been developed, but it wasn't valued. Compared to extraordinary steam science, electricity belonged to low-power energy and was mostly for civilian use. Obviously, there were no precision electronic devices in this world, and the research direction was in extraordinary steam science.

The entire steam train was seven meters wide, like a steel beast, galloping on the tracks.

The passengers' clothes weren't bright, which showed that the knitting industry was far from as developed as transportation. Such convenient transportation allowed power to be concentrated.

Extraordinary steam technology, alchemy known only to the Council Chamber and the high-level officials of the four kingdoms, the publicly known secret arts masters, and the hyena wolves foraging in the dark. Hyena wolves weren't wild beasts; they were between humans and monsters, but they didn't eat ordinary people, specializing in attacking the kings of the four kingdoms and the high-level officials of the Council Chamber.

"Are you Mr. Bai Ye?"

A man wearing a black formal suit and silver earrings stopped by the seat. There was a faint "beast smell" on him.

As soon as this man spoke, a dozen pairs of eyes focused on him, with undisguised killing intent. These were passengers, but they had another identity: secret arts masters, who were specifically protecting a big shot this time, Alchemy Master · Kuku Lin · Bai Ye. ===== CHAPTER 2380 =====