Chapter 900: Number of Participants (Fourth Update)

Ten hours later, a slightly fatigued Su Xiao walked out of the Trial Ground.

In these ten hours, he had been 'hacked to death' by Hawkeye many times. Hawkeye's teaching method was simple and crude: let Su Xiao personally experience the slashes.

Although the process wasn't great, Su Xiao benefited a lot, and he felt that there was still a big gap between his swordsmanship level and Hawkeye's. This gap wasn't the level of swordsmanship, but the tier of swordsmanship ability.

This made Su Xiao ponder. Above Blade Mastery, there must be a higher level. His previous swordsmanship tier was specialization. In one of the rewards, his swordsmanship was upgraded to Master level.

Returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao walked into the alchemy laboratory converted from the study. He took out a Soul Crystal (Medium) and spent 500 to split it.

Soul Crystal (Medium) could be split into Soul Crystal (Small). 1 Soul Crystal (Medium) could probably be split into 8~10 Soul Crystal (Small), but Soul Crystal (Small) couldn't be synthesized into Soul Crystal (Medium). Even if 100 Soul Crystal (Small) were consumed, it couldn't synthesize a Soul Crystal (Medium). The specific reason was unknown.

【Consumed 500 Paradise Coins + Soul Crystal (Medium).】

【You obtained Soul Crystal (Small) x9.】

Su Xiao was prepared to manufacture Apollo. Carrying an Apollo with him could very likely reverse the situation at a critical moment. Moreover, he could possess the ability to perish together with the enemy.

Paradise Coins were consumed rapidly. Soon, only 54,800 Paradise Coins remained. These Paradise Coins were used to manufacture No. 1 Potion.

A fireball floated between Su Xiao's hands. Manufacturing Apollo in Reincarnation Paradise was very safe. Even if Apollo exploded during the manufacturing process, at most, it would be the loss of Paradise Coins + Soul Crystal (Small).

Su Xiao was manufacturing Apollo when the door was pushed open. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was biting a paper bag in its mouth; it had brought back takeout for Su Xiao.

Seeing the fireball between Su Xiao's hands, some bad memories flooded into Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's mind.

Twilight Palace, Golden Throne, King's bones, peeing under the throne, electric shocks, the 'sour and refreshing' feeling that was unforgettable for a lifetime.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang felt a chill in its crotch, tucked its tail, let out a miserable howl, turned around, and ran. It drilled under the bed in a flash, its two hind legs clamped tight, and one leg was still trembling.

"..."

Su Xiao was speechless. It was just an Apollo; why was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang scared into such a bear-like state?

Ten minutes later, Apollo took shape. Su Xiao put the finished Apollo into the storage space. After checking the remaining mana, he started to manufacture No. 1 Potion in large quantities.

He was about to enter the Demon Castle game. Storing more recovery items absolutely had no harm. Before, it was because his recovery items were insufficient that he was forced to leave the Index world. Otherwise, after he left Academy City, he could have temporarily not completed the promotion quest and used the remaining time to explore the world outside Academy City.

You know, outside Academy City, the Index world was a modern magical society with a large number of side quests that could be developed.

One hour later, after Su Xiao manufactured 8 bottles of No. 1 Potion, his mana was only 53 points.

Walking out of the alchemy laboratory, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed for daily meditation and waited for mana to recover.

During meditation, Su Xiao's heart was very calm, as if he had merged with the surrounding environment. This made him wonder, if he meditated in nature, would the effect be better?

Completing daily meditation, Su Xiao checked the mana recovery situation. It wasn't enough to manufacture 2 bottles of No. 1 Potion. With nothing to do, he thought of the Honor Shop in the exclusive room.

The Honor Shop was exclusive to the Hunter and was in Su Xiao's exclusive room. After he cleared out violators, he could obtain Honor Medals of different levels. The Golden Honor Medal obtained last time hadn't been used yet, plus the ones obtained this time, there were three Golden Honor Medals in total.

The items in the Honor Shop would refresh every time Su Xiao returned to Reincarnation Paradise. Sometimes there were very few items, only one or two, and sometimes there were many. But no matter how many, over 90% of the items in the Honor Shop were boutique items. This was one of the few special treatments for the Hunter. After all, he was working for Reincarnation Paradise, and it would be unreasonable if there were no benefits.

Su Xiao came to the Honor Shop. Within ten meters of this area, it could be described as extremely neat. The only thing Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang didn't dare to dismantle in the exclusive room was the Honor Shop. This guy had targeted the Honor Shop once, and then the punishment mechanism taught it a harsh lesson. Since then, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang walked around the Honor Shop.

【Welcome the Hunter to use the Honor Shop.】

【Please read the following regulations.】

1. Items in the Honor Shop can only be exchanged with Honor Medals.

2. Items exchanged from the Honor Shop are locked items and cannot be traded with other contractors.

3. The Hunter is forbidden from mentioning the existence of the Honor Shop to anyone, otherwise, they will be subject to forced execution by Reincarnation Paradise.

4. There are few items in the Honor Shop, and they are in limited supply.

5. Exchanges will not be returned under any circumstances.

【The Hunter only holds Golden Honor Medals and can perform the following exchanges.】

Honor Vitality Potion (Third Tier)

Effect: After use, restore 100% health and 100% mana within 2 seconds, and quickly restore internal organ damage, fractures, and mild brain damage.

Hint: Honor Vitality Potion cannot restore severed limb injuries, only heal the wound at the severed limb.

Price: One Golden Honor Medal.

Protection of the Mother of the Dead Sea

Effect: After exchange, health recovery speed +30 per minute while in the Sea of the Dead.

Price: One Golden Honor Medal.

Starry Crystal Rock

Effect: Core material for Void spaceship engines, resistant to high temperature, low temperature, and corrosion. Once casting is complete, the deformation degree can be maintained between 0.012 microns and 0.015 microns within 900 years.

Price: Two Golden Honor Medals.

Cultivation Auxiliary Device (Third Tier)

Effect: After exchange, perform a cell-level recovery and clear potential threats in the body, such as positioning coordinates, tracking skills, etc.

Price: Two Golden Honor Medals.

It had to be said that every item in the Honor Shop was a good thing, but some were not suitable for Su Xiao.

After seeing the 【Cultivation Auxiliary Device (Third Tier)】, Su Xiao's eyes lit up. He had performed a cell-level recovery before. This kind of opportunity was rare and couldn't be sought. It could repair the hidden injuries or ailments caused by his high-intensity combat, and looking at the introduction of 【Cultivation Auxiliary Device (Third Tier)】, this thing could also clear some potential dangers.

Su Xiao used three Golden Honor Medals to exchange for 【Honor Vitality Potion (Third Tier)】 and 【Cultivation Auxiliary Device (Third Tier)】.

A silver injection gun appeared in Su Xiao's hand. Inside the injection gun was a light green liquid. Just as he put away the injection gun, a large number of water droplets appeared beside him.

These water droplets were transparent and gradually wrapped Su Xiao inside. His body felt as if it had been washed, just like a clear spring pouring down from the top of his head. The hidden injuries caused by long-term high-intensity combat gradually recovered. Not only that, but on his fingertips, a black dot gradually appeared.

The black dot had no fluctuations, as if it didn't exist at all. The water droplets merged into the black dot, and the black dot was extracted from Su Xiao's body. Su Xiao, who was immersed in the comfort, suddenly felt a sharp pain and opened his eyes abruptly.

All water droplets disappeared. Su Xiao moved his body, and his body felt much lighter. He didn't notice the existence of that black dot, but that black dot had been extracted from his body and hadn't been devoured.

When mana recovered a bit, Su Xiao continued to manufacture No. 1 Potion. Finally, he obtained 10 bottles of No. 1 Potion. If this amount of recovery item storage couldn't hold up, it meant that he had reached a must-die situation.

There were 31 hours left until the Demon Castle game started. Su Xiao didn't go to the arena but strolled through Reincarnation Paradise to relax his body and mind.

Inside Xia's restaurant.

Su Xiao was gorging himself with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, while Xia was lying listlessly on the dining table on the side, with 'sadness' on her face.

After sparring with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Xia's combat power had clearly improved. She had just welcomed a long-lost Derived World.

Xia was a First Tier worker. In this long-lost Derived World, she was surprised to find that those contractors who were originally very strong didn't seem to be much. Their attributes were indeed higher than hers, but their practical combat experience wasn't much. Therefore, Xia obtained her first B+ rating in history.

Xia was inflated. Just an hour ago, when Su Xiao came here to eat, Xia proposed to spar with Su Xiao, calling it experiencing the strength gap, but in reality, her self-confidence was a bit overflowing.

Actually, Xia was very smart. She knew that getting a lesson from Su Xiao was much better than getting a lesson in a Derived World; that would be death.

After a 'long' battle of 2 seconds, Xia was a bit doubtful about life. From the beginning to the end of the battle, she was completely confused. Now Xia, who was lying listlessly on the dining table, was thinking about a problem: how did she fall down before? Everything went black, and she fell down, and there was a big bump on her forehead.

Stare~

Noticing Xia's gaze, Su Xiao stopped chewing.

"What."

"Nothing, just... how did I lose just now?"

"Charged over, a stick on the forehead."

"Just, just this?"

"I also subconsciously kicked you in the side waist."

"Ha, I said why my kidney hurts so much, it turns out it was kicked by you."

The two were chatting, when Su Xiao suddenly put down the food in his hand. He had received a hint from Reincarnation Paradise.

"Let's go."

Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang stood up and walked out of the restaurant. A few minutes later, Xia's 'desperate' wail came from the restaurant: "Didn't pay the bill again, got beaten up and had a free meal eaten..."

Su Xiao was preparing to return to the exclusive room. He had already received the hint for the Demon Castle game.

【Hint: The Hunter will enter Alice's Demon Castle in 5 minutes and 30 seconds to participate in the Demon Castle game.】

【Reserved number of participants: 7 people.】

【Hint: Discovered that three participants are members of the same adventure group, the number of participants increased to 9 people.】

【Actual number of participants: 9 people.】

【Warning: Once the game starts, it cannot be interrupted.】

【Teleportation is about to start, the Hunter needs to prepare equipment as soon as possible.】 ===== CHAPTER 901 =====