Chapter 3307: World-Level Mission Reward

The rankings on the leaderboard were now fixed, and in the castle's reception hall, no one spoke; everyone was waiting for the final settlement of the rankings.

The more the Crow Woman thought about it, the angrier she became; she looked at Su Xiao and Sinayas, who would no longer be able to fight, but Wood was a demon, a void race, someone she could fight, and more importantly, she could beat Wood—strictly speaking, she had fought Wood before and had nearly smashed his skull.

Thinking about returning to the void, she could go find Wood to vent her anger, and the Crow Woman's mood shifted from clear to partly cloudy as she looked at Wood and smiled.

Wood said nothing, and a black ceramic jar appeared in his hand; seeing this jar, the Crow Woman silently cursed her bad luck, for she of course knew what it was—among the major races of the void, few people did not recognize this object.

At the "Zhongshi Academy" on the Eternal Arcane Star, children still learning elements and magic patterns had a mandatory course; this lesson did not teach arcane knowledge, but instructors would educate the children about what the Abyssal Jar is, and a core idea: never bring this thing back to the Eternal Arcane Star; upon seeing it, turning and fleeing is the wisest and most effective choice—do not attempt foolish actions.

The Crow Woman no longer paid attention to Wood, but instead stared at Su Xiao, continuously staring.

Before, the Crow Woman had heard of the appearance of spellbreakers, but she had not paid attention until this time, when she had nearly been written all over her thigh with miserable characters by the other party.

"Spellbreaker, if there's a chance later we can settle the score, but you bastard are really nasty; although my mind isn't very sharp, I can really fight."

The Crow Woman's aura unfolded, but given her current situation, it was as if she were saying: "Look, am I strong? I traded intelligence for it."

"If we're talking about who hates you the most in our circle, it must be the Mage Sage Seraphilia, who would love to chop you up and grind you into powder to use as fertilizer for her flowers, hahaha."

The Crow Woman's heart was not ordinary in size; after the series of events that had just occurred, she forgot about half of it after a moment of anger—this breadth of mind and heart destined her to be a troublesome fellow.

"Want to know why she hates you so much? Let me tell you, long ago, during the Spellbreaker Era, Seraphilia and a..."

The Crow Woman said this when she suddenly remembered that the Insight Eye was still floating above Moray, and at this moment, everything in the reception hall was being broadcast live to the Void Arena, where tens of thousands were watching.

If the Crow Woman were to speak of how the Mage Sage Seraphilia had been toyed with and then cruelly abandoned by the Female Spellbreaker Green Gillian in this way, Seraphilia would suffer social death on the spot.

Tomorrow, a headline in some disreputable void newspaper would read: "Shock! Mage Sage Seraphilia Actually Did This with a Spellbreaker (Attached: High-Attractiveness Photo of Seraphilia)."

"Lucky, two little bitches—don't point that mechanical eye at me."

Upon hearing the Crow Woman's words, Moray responded by raising two fingers as white and slender as scallions.

Seeing this, the Crow Woman's cheek twitched, and she also raised two fingers at Moray.

Seeing this, the Moon Disciple beside Moray also raised two fingers at the Crow Woman, and together with Moray, the four raised fingers were directed at the Crow Woman in a face-to-face mockery.

The Crow Woman was not a soft persimmon; on either side of the long bench she sat on, two of her avatars appeared—two figures shrouded in black mist—raising their middle fingers at Moray and the Moon Disciple.

The Moon Disciple snapped his fingers, and more than a dozen moon-summoned creatures appeared—these half-human, half-bovine, or horned little deer maidens, or silver-armored warriors—all raising their middle fingers at the Crow Woman; seeing this scene, Bubu Wang, Bahar, and Benni laughed until they cried.

The Crow Woman froze for a moment, making a motion to stand up.

"You... you just can't stand losing, can you?"

The Moon Disciple was a bit flustered, knowing that with the Crow Woman's strength, she could absolutely beat her until she cried snot; although mutual killing in the castle was not allowed, beating someone up was still permissible.

Upon hearing this, the Crow Woman lightly spat and gave up the idea of a real-person PK.

The Moon Disciple secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that with her puny arms and legs, being beaten by the Crow Woman would be like beating a small child.

【Announcement (Void Tree): This scroll争夺 battle is about to end.】

【The victory side of this争夺 battle will be decided based on the scroll fragments currently submitted to the Young Lady.】

【The victorious side in this争夺 battle is: Reincarnation Paradise!】

【The leaderboard settlement is complete; rewards will be given to participants based on ranking (only ranks 1–5 can receive this reward).】

【First place: Kukulin Bai Ye, already obtained "Origin Stone·World (1/5)".】

【Second place: Crow Woman, already obtained "Black Maple Tree·Trunk (9500 grams)".】

【Note: Due to contractual reasons, this reward will be distributed as follows.】

【Kukulin Bai Ye receives 4370 grams, Wood receives 1330 grams, Sinayas receives 3800 grams, Crow Woman receives 0 grams.】

【Third place: Wood, already obtained "Inheritance Crystal (Ocean Saint)".】

【Fourth place: Moray and Moon Disciple, already obtained "Divine Curse (Scroll)", with this reward each accounting for 50%.】

【Fifth place: Sinayas, already obtained "Soul Crystal Core ×20".】

……

【Announcement (Void Tree): This scroll争夺 battle has ended; all participants will be transferred out of this world in 10 seconds.】

Not long after the announcement ended, Wood, Sinayas, and others were successively transferred away, leaving the reception hall feeling empty.

Only Su Xiao was not transferred away, for two reasons: first, because this place is already the world of Reincarnation Paradise, and second, because he holds the 【Painter's Blood】.

In Su Xiao's storage space, the Painter's Blood emitted a faint glow, and prompts from Reincarnation Paradise appeared one after another.

【Prompt: You have accepted the main quest: Dark Blood.】

【Main Quest: Dark Blood (this quest consists of only one stage).】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 79～？？？

Quest Introduction: The争夺 battle has ended, and the Young Lady has successfully obtained over 30% of this world's scroll fragments; if she becomes the Painter, she will gain the Painter's authority and position, enabling her to gather all remaining scroll fragments into the castle and splice them into a new world canvas.

Quest Information: Deliver the "Painter's Blood" and "Dark Blood" to the Young Lady; the higher the purity of the "Dark Blood", the higher the quest completion rate; if the madness within the "Dark Blood" is completely removed, the Hunter will obtain a world-level reward.

Quest Duration: 1 natural day.

Quest Reward: 17 points of real attribute points.

World-Level Quest Reward: Revenue sharing from the production of the Painting World (revenue sharing occurs once per world progress, settled in soul currency.)

Prompt: Only one of the above two rewards can be obtained.

Quest Penalty: None.

Prompt: This quest will activate when the Hunter enters the fourth scroll world.

Prompt: The Hunter may rest in the Main Painting World·Castle for 2–3 natural days before entering the fourth scroll world to carry out this quest.

……

Su Xiao took a puff of smoke, slowly exhaling the smoke; he could stay mainly because of the 【Painter's Blood】, and after handing the blood of the First Painter·Rosa Nie over to the Young Lady, she would be able to become the new Painter using this blood.

At that time, the Young Lady could, through the Painter's authority, draw all the scattered scroll fragments from within the various scroll worlds to form a new canvas.

The current Main Painting World is in ruins, leaving only the castle; relying on the existence of the seven scroll worlds within the Main Painting World, all are overrun with madness, with only the Sand World and the Sea Bottom World having human settlements.

No matter how you look at it, the Main Painting World has no resources left for development, and the scroll worlds are not much better; what if a new Painter appeared, using a complete and blank world canvas, plus the Dark Blood (ink stains), to paint a new Painting World?

The old world has perished; the Main Painting World, in order to continue, now stands at the brink of destruction; the only way to continue is through a new world, allowing the Painter to paint a new world canvas, at which point a brand-new Painting World will come into being.

Why didn't the Wang clan and the Sun Church do this? The answer is, there is no second God King·Os·Tobias in this world. When the world of painting was first opened, God King·Os·Tobias and his knights gave everything—life, soul, even existence.

Now there is a chance to open a new painting world a second time. Obtain the world canvas, the dark blood (ink stains), and allow a new painter to appear. Once these three conditions are met, plus the notarization from the Reincarnation Paradise, a new painting world will emerge. For the inhabitants of the sand painting world and the underwater world, this is a new beginning.

The quality of the new painting world is determined by the dark blood. If the dark blood still contains madness, the new painting world can remain stable for over a hundred years, or even several hundred years, after which madness will continue to spread, ultimately recreating today's scene.

If the madness within the dark blood is resolved, then the new painting world will be a place suitable for long-term habitation, capable of bearing wise sentient beings for ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, or even longer—a primordial world.

Currently, Su Xiao holds the 【Painter's Blood】. Giving this to the Young Lady will make her a painter. Once the painter appears, there is no need to worry about the world canvas, as the Young Lady will use her authority as a painter to handle this matter.

The key issue is that painting requires ink stains, that is, dark blood. The final quality of the dark blood obtained determines Su Xiao's mission reward.

There are two types of mission rewards. The first is straightforward: 17 points of real attribute points are added directly.

The second is: 'Revenue sharing from the painting world's output (profit sharing is settled once per world progress, calculated in soul currency).'

Simply put, if the new painting world has no beastification syndrome and is a stable, long-existing world, then the resources extracted from it will be distributed per world progress cycle, giving Su Xiao a certain share, paid to him in soul currency.

A newly emerged primordial world will not have abundant resources, meaning the initial share will not be large. But as long as the world is sufficiently stable, the subsequent returns will grow increasingly.

Later on, the revenue from this will reach an astonishing level, and it requires no action—each time world progress concludes, a large sum of soul currency will be deposited. That feeling will surely be refreshing.

Su Xiao clearly knows one thing: the later it gets, the more resources his technique-based abilities consume. For example, the current 'Technique Sublimation·Lv. 65' requires 6000 soul currency to level up once. The soul currency squeezed from Morel and the Moon Apostle, when used to strengthen this ability a few levels, will leave almost nothing.

According to the captain, if Su Xiao reaches even later stages, technique-based abilities like Technique Sublimation, of which there are several that are mandatory, will undoubtedly reveal a situation: even if his family had a mine, technique-based abilities would still leave him poor, and Su Xiao has no mine—he cannot constantly encounter the wealthy Morel and the Moon Apostle.

Now, with the establishment of the new painting world and the main quest, Su Xiao sees hope. If successful, although the initial resources from this aspect will be small, later on, the painting world's revenue sharing, alchemy, and combat earnings within the world will combine, and Su Xiao feels he can still support himself, roughly...

This is no exaggeration. Look at that ruthless old brother from the rogue adventurers' guild—you'll know how technique-based abilities consume resources in the late game. What is technique-based? It is the pursuit of one's ultimate potential, defeating enemies in the most plain and unadorned way, making them doubt life itself.

Su Xiao looks at the Young Lady sitting on the high chair and decides not to take out the 【Painter's Blood】 yet. This cannot be rushed. The 【Painter's Blood】 is worth a world-tier treasure chest. If he gives it away and later cannot obtain dark blood, he will suffer a great loss.

The difficulty of this mission is vague, ranging from Lv. 79 to???. Having endured countless dangers, Su Xiao, though he maintains maximum vigilance against this difficulty, will not be intimidated.

What truly makes him slightly anxious is that this main quest has no punishment. In the past, seeing main quests with forced executions, although there was pressure, he felt reassured in his heart. In most cases, in the Reincarnation Paradise's rulings, mission difficulty and mission punishment are directly linked.

The easier the mission, the harsher the punishment. Put another way, if one cannot even do this, there is no difference from being dead.

If the mission is too difficult, the punishment will be lighter, because the Reincarnation Paradise does not intend for contractors and hunters to go to their deaths—it means acting within one's capacity.

This mission not only has no failure penalty, but can also be abandoned at any time.

In most cases, if the Reincarnation Paradise's main quest has no punishment, it means the task is so dangerous that punishment is unnecessary. After failure, aside from collapsing on the spot, there are no other possibilities.