Chapter 28: Yellow Sand and Death?

Su Xiao held the long blade, extending his arm straight.

Although he hadn't reached the level where the weapon became an extension of his limbs, his feeling toward the weapon in his hand was now different.

Wanting to reach that level was definitely not something that could be done in a day or two.

Although it cost 1000 Paradise Coins for just one hour, Su Xiao believed that these 1000 Paradise Coins were worth it.

Koushiro didn't teach him any moves, but he opened a new door for him.

"Summon Koushiro again."

Su Xiao was in a good state now, so he summoned Koushiro again.

【Unable to summon specified mirror image】

【Drip, Hunter authority activated. Please select summoning duration.】

A smile appeared on the corner of Su Xiao's mouth. It seemed his identity as a Hunter also had some uses.

"Three hours."

【Koushiro Mirror Image summoning, summoning complete.】

Koushiro appeared again. After appearing, Koushiro nodded to Su Xiao and didn't introduce himself.

Su Xiao was somewhat surprised; Koushiro seemed to recognize him.

"Then, let's continue the practice from last time. You have already initially perceived the weapon in your hand."

Koushiro's words made Su Xiao understand why Reincarnation Paradise didn't provide summoning for the same mirror image.

After the same mirror image appeared, it would continue the memory from the last time, which was undoubtedly a good thing for Su Xiao.

"Now you are qualified to spar with me. Come."

Koushiro drew his weapon for the first time. Su Xiao recognized that blade: one of the 21 Great Grade Swords, Wado Ichimonji.

Su Xiao stood up and rushed toward Koushiro with his blade. Time was precious now, and he had to seize every second to become stronger.

The crisp sound of blades clashing came. Sparring with a master like Koushiro was undoubtedly a very precious experience. If it weren't for Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao wouldn't have had this opportunity.

During the sparring, Su Xiao paid attention to every movement of Koushiro, absorbing blade technique skills rapidly like a dry sponge.

After sparring continuously for an hour, sweat soaked Su Xiao's clothes, and hot steam rose from his body.

"Now start resting. There are a few points you need to pay attention to..."

During the rest, Koushiro began to point out Su Xiao's previous shortcomings.

At this time, Koushiro, because he was a mirror image, taught Su Xiao without any reservation.

Three hours passed quickly, and Su Xiao was still somewhat unsatisfied.

"Time is up. See you next time."

Koushiro gradually disappeared. Su Xiao really wanted to summon Koushiro again, but after seeing that only 4027 Paradise Coins remained, he could only give up temporarily.

Su Xiao took a deep breath. The feeling of being able to smash everything earlier disappeared; that was the aftereffect of rapidly increasing attributes.

Clenching his fist with one hand, crisp sounds of "ka-ba, ka-ba" came. He had already adapted to the suddenly increased attributes, and now he only needed to complete the final step.

"Paradise, start Combat Mode."

【Combat Mode consumes 10 Paradise Coins per minute. Yes/No to pay.】

"Pay."

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

The surrounding scene began to change, from the original sword hall to a desert.

The sword hall was a scene automatically generated after Koushiro appeared, while the current scene was Combat Mode.

Only until Su Xiao "died in battle" would Combat Mode end.

Of course, dying in the 【Trial Ground】 wouldn't mean real death.

The strong wind blew up yellow sand, and the surroundings were dim yellow. A silver-white iron ball emerged from the sand.

That wasn't an iron ball at all, but the head of a mechanical puppet.

Mechanical puppets made of steel crawled out from the sand, dozens of red electronic eyes staring fixedly at Su Xiao.

More and more mechanical puppets appeared, soon increasing to over a hundred, surrounding Su Xiao heavily.

【Time is up, combat practice begins.】

"Click, click, click~." Neat metallic clashing sounds came, and those mechanical puppets surrounded Su Xiao rapidly from all directions.

The densely packed mechanical puppets all around made Su Xiao not dare to be careless, rapidly adjusting his breathing rhythm.

Countless weapons attacked from all around, wrapping Su Xiao heavily.

Several silver blade lights flashed, and a large area of mechanical puppets shattered.

Su Xiao was already different from before. Now, whether it was his physical fitness or blade technique, he had a great improvement.

Metal shattered, yellow sand splashed, and the tragic slaughter began...

Ten minutes later, Su Xiao was transmitted to the entrance of the 【Trial Ground】.

As soon as he appeared, Su Xiao felt his head to confirm it was complete. Just now, under the siege of those mechanical puppets, his head had been shattered~.

"Truly realistic."

Su Xiao left the 【Trial Ground】 with a smile. Although it cost over 4000 Paradise Coins, he had already adapted to his current body.

And the harvest wasn't just this; his Blade Technique Mastery had also improved.

Skill 2.

Blade Technique Mastery: Lv. 2. (Passive)

Skill effect: Increases melee attack power by 12% and proficiency with blade-type weapons.

Blade Technique Mastery improved by one level. According to Su Xiao's understanding, the improvement of Blade Technique Mastery was very difficult, requiring a Soul Crystal (Small) and 1000 Paradise Coins.

If Su Xiao wanted to upgrade the skills of 【Shadow of Law-Extermination】, besides self-training, it was using Soul Crystals and Paradise Coins to upgrade.

Now Su Xiao understood the value of Soul Crystals. He had luckily killed an elite creature and only obtained one Soul Crystal (Small).

He had searched for Soul Crystals in the trading market of Reincarnation Paradise, but no one was selling them at all.

Not to mention selling, most contractors didn't even know what a Soul Crystal was.

So this Soul Crystal (Small) in his hand appeared extremely precious.

Returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao spent 100 Paradise Coins to expand the bedroom, bathroom, and other rooms in the exclusive space, and placed the purchased furniture properly.

After some arrangement, Su Xiao's exclusive room underwent a transformation, becoming not only spacious but also much more luxurious.

Sitting on that soft big bed bought for 40 Paradise Coins, Su Xiao fell into deep thought.

He now had a Soul Crystal (Small). There were two choices now: either upgrade existing skills or unlock new skills.

Judging from the current situation, besides the 【Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying】 skill and 【Blade Technique Mastery】, Su Xiao didn't have many combat skills.

However, he already had a general goal, which was to use blade technique as the main force of combat, with other abilities as auxiliary.

This was a route with great potential. In many Derived Planes, there were such strong people.

The world's number one great swordsman in the Pirate World, Mihawk, fought by relying on sword technique.

Although it was called sword technique in the Pirate World, Mihawk used a blade. Not only Mihawk, but Shanks and others were also the same.

From this, it could be seen that specializing in one kind of ability had great prospects.

Su Xiao wasn't proficient in the use of 【Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying】, so he wasn't in a hurry to obtain new skills.

Thinking this way, it was choosing between 【Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying】 and 【Blade Technique Mastery】 to improve.

After hesitating for a long time, Su Xiao finally chose to improve 【Blade Technique Mastery】, which would make his strength growth more obvious.

【Consume Soul Crystal (Small), 1000 Paradise Coins, to upgrade Blade Technique Mastery.】

Su Xiao was dazed for a few seconds, then felt some knowledge added to his brain; that was knowledge of blade technique.

Checking Blade Technique Mastery again.

Skill 2.

Blade Technique Mastery: Lv. 3. (Passive)

Skill effect: Increases melee attack power by 14% and proficiency with blade-type weapons.

Using Soul Crystals to upgrade skills had no sense of difficulty; he actually mastered it directly.

No wonder Soul Crystals were so rare. For such an heaven-defying item, Su Xiao obtaining it in a green treasure chest could be considered extremely good luck.

Actually, it wasn't just good luck. In a Nightmare difficulty world, Su Xiao's gains from killing enemies had a large increase. Such good things might appear extremely rarely in the future. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====