Chapter 349: Reverse Universe
[Reincarnator GS55512387, Reverse Universe effect activated]
[You obtained the Resurrection effect. Negative statuses on your body are completely dispelled. Cursed Speech lifted. Edict lifted.]
[Your Energy · Internal Force doubled under the effect of Reverse Universe. Current Energy: 64]
[You have met the qualifications for multiple Space Title Contests. You will receive notifications before the start of the next cycle. Please check.]
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[Red Dust] laughed wildly. The air tumbled continuously because of his voice. The celestial phenomena in the sky also changed. Huge clouds rolled constantly as if terrifying air currents were surging in the sky.
With energy exceeding 60 points under efficiency conversion, Red Dust at this moment was no different from another Wulin supreme expert. He had already met the cultivation requirements for Di Shitian's [Sacred Heart Scroll] (Sheng Xin Jue) and [Seven Limitless Realms]. As long as he could obtain this cultivation method from His Majesty later, he could reach the summit in one step and become one of the numbered Title Level experts in the current Space!
And... he was free!
He felt unprecedentedly comfortable. Not only [Millennium Bug]'s Cursed Speech, but also the restrictions imposed on him by others dissipated with his resurrection.
[Reverse Universe · Modified] (Ni Qian Kun · Modified)
[Quality: Rare and Peerless · Extreme]
[Description: A miraculous medicine painstakingly researched by the Divine Doctor, one of the 'Three Gods' of the Wind and Cloud world. Under the Goddess's divine power, it became even more secretive and profound.]
[Effect 1: After taking this medicine, the user will briefly gain a large amount of internal energy, which will dissipate over time.]
[Effect 2: After taking this medicine, the medicinal power accumulates in the body and activates when the user dies or is in a dying state. There is a certain probability of resurrecting the user and granting the effect of doubled internal energy. After triggering this effect, the user will lose a large amount of lifespan (30-100 years).]
[Effect 3: The resurrection effect can be triggered multiple times, but the probability decreases gradually, and the consumed lifespan increases gradually.]
This was a rare medicinal formula Red Dust obtained from the Wind and Cloud world. He spent two B-Grade Singularities to get it improved by the Goddess, and finally spent considerable resources to obtain materials before turning it into a potion and consuming it.
This was his trump card hidden in his body that no one knew about.
He didn't rashly try to put himself in a dying state in his Private Space for the effect of doubled internal energy, but kept this effect in reserve.
Just to wait for a certain dangerous mission, voluntarily leave the team, and use this thing to unknowingly untie the restrictions on his body.
Now that his wish was fulfilled and his strength greatly increased, having consumed Dragon Essence (Long Yuan), he didn't need to worry about running out of lifespan at all.
"Hey hey, you've laughed enough, right, little brother~"
A frivolous tone. The giant man seemed to want to pick his ear, but his thick fingers couldn't fit no matter what, so he gave up, teasing himself dully.
Red Dust raised an eyebrow, looking at Mercenary Tao whose temperament had changed drastically.
"Is this... split personality?"
"No, it looks more like some possession or transformation ability."
Red Dust shook his head, somewhat disappointed. He thought Mercenary Tao would be the type crazy about martial arts like himself.
Red Dust beckoned with his left hand. The precious saber dropped upon his death earlier swayed a few times, inverted, and fell into his hand. He wiped it with his hand, icy saber light flashing. He flourished the saber with his right hand, then flicked it casually.
Ice-blue saber Qi appeared instantly from the blade.
Pfft~ Rumble!
Hundreds of meters of ground collapsed like tofu in an instant, then exploded due to the eruption of internal energy.
"Mercenary Tao, you're also interested in that [Limiter], right? Want to join my command?"
Gojo Satoru sensed this red-haired man's ambition, which had expanded almost to the point of ignoring everyone. The opponent barely put him in his eyes.
He laughed dumbfoundedly.
"Uchiha-bro, your Chakra collection is almost done, right? This guy really looks down on us~"
"Hmph. Light of a firefly..."
Sharingan and Six Eyes focused on Red Dust simultaneously. The corners of "Kaito Shirogane"'s mouth curled up—one side showing a frivolous smile, the other showing disdainful indifference.
Two arrogant people could least tolerate the arrogance of others.
Because of the passive ability of high-speed self-healing, Kaito's body had no restrictions like [Cursed Technique Burnout] or being able to activate Domain Expansion only once a day. Such restrictions were essentially manifestations of damage after high load on the Cursed Technique Circuit in a Jujutsu Sorcerer's brain.
But Kaito's body could heal rapidly even if his brain shattered, so this level of load was nothing at all.
He pinched the hand seal, looking at Red Dust.
"Domain Expansion, Infinite..."
Pfft!
Blazing saber Qi, icy saber intent, indifferent and cruel smile. Red Dust held the Snow Drinking Saber diagonally. The speed of his saber strike was so fast that the naked eye could no longer see it clearly.
Gojo Satoru looked at the huge saber Qi stopping an inch in front of his fingers. The surrounding air had completely turned into ice crystals and separated to both sides. His pupils contracted.
The distance between that saber Qi and himself was wrong. Did the force contained in the opponent's slash distort space?
Buzz!
He disappeared via instantaneous movement. Then, the huge saber Qi swept across the ground, creating a ravine of several thousand meters instantly.
Hum~
Saber Qi roared. Red Dust seemed to reveal hundreds of afterimages in an instant, slashing from different angles. Between heaven and earth, it was all majestic saber Qi.
"Cough cough~ Pfft!"
[Fleur]'s clothes were tattered. Her fine body and face were covered with charred marks.
Green life energy flickered on her body. The range of Millennium Bug's self-destruct attack just now was too exaggerated, affecting her as well. Fortunately, the distance was far enough, so she only suffered the impact of the aftershock, not a serious injury.
But those cactus creations she used for surveillance were all destroyed, so she couldn't see the subsequent battle between the strangely revived Mercenary Tao and Millennium Bug.
However, she was already scared out of her wits at this moment. She never thought Red Dust would be killed, and by Millennium Bug at that.
At this time, a voice finally appeared in her mind. It was some ability similar to [Telepathy]. All Reincarnators joining [Chaos Sage] would have a certain technique inscribed in their bodies by [Sage], allowing everyone to contact across space.
Of course, this technique could be stripped at the Goddess's place, but choosing to strip the technique meant betraying Sage, or even betraying His Majesty [Fate Eternal].
"Red Dust is dead?"
There wasn't much anger in Sage's voice, rather confusion.
"Yes. While he was fighting fiercely with Mercenary Tao, [Millennium Bug] of [Blackwater] expanded an unknown Domain. When the Domain was lifted, I saw the notification that Red Dust had died, but Mercenary Tao seemed to be immune to the Domain's attack..."
While reporting briefly, Fleur took out a seed and threw it on the ground. Soon, a huge tree man rose from the ground and carried Fleur on its shoulder.
She was ready to retreat. Regardless of the outcome of the battle between Millennium Bug and Mercenary Tao, with Red Dust dead, she no longer had the confidence to participate.
"Fleur, I'm giving you a mission now."
Fleur was stunned.
"I want you to find Red Dust's corpse and bring it back. At least, bring his head back."
Fleur was a shrewd person. She immediately realized Sage thought Red Dust faked his death, even though the Space had notified his death.
Resurrection?!
In the Infinite Dimensional Space, there were indeed very few special items allowing users to resurrect after death, but they were all rare items with high costs.
As thoughts flashed through her mind, Fleur hesitated:
"My strength is insufficient. Even if Red Dust resurrected and betrayed, I'm afraid I'm powerless..."
Sage's voice suddenly became indifferent.
"Go. Confirm if Red Dust is really dead."
Fleur's body shook. Powerful force instantly rewrote her will. Her tree man mount also changed direction, walking towards where Red Dust died.
"Hehe, throwing in your lot with a guy like Sage... You really are stupid, Fleur~"
A giggling voice appeared from behind. Fleur was stunned. Turning back, she discovered someone else had appeared on the tree man at some point. The newcomer wore a black cloak, hiding their face inside, with a petite figure.
Whoosh.
A heroic young man with closed eyes also teleported onto the tree man at this moment. Wearing a faint smile, he said:
"Miss Midnight, the Lord's order seems to be for us to persuade [Tornado of Terror] to join [Claw], right? We are now..."
Seeing [Shimazaki Ryo] still fussing over that suicide mission, Heart Demon [Midnight Watch] said grumpily:
"Shimazaki Ryo, there are two choices now."
"First, go find that Tornado of Terror who might be even more terrifying than the ??? who beat your Boss Suzuki into fleeing in panic. Go test her mood—whether she'll crush you into a ball or directly into powder."
"Then let's choose the second, Miss Midnight..."
Shimazaki Ryo, who always had a smile on his face, restrained his smile slightly at this moment. He possessed the superpowers of [Super Perception] and [Teleportation]. Almost nothing could escape his perception.
Therefore, [Midnight Watch], whose presence he often couldn't even detect, was one of the few people he respected. He could tell the other party wasn't lying. Miss Midnight, whom the Boss identified as a threat approaching the former strongest of the Ultimate 5 [Serizawa Katsuya], was genuinely afraid of that [Tornado of Terror].
Then even he, who loved challenges, shouldn't face that kind of guy.
Seeing Shimazaki Ryo being sensible, Heart Demon's killing intent that had just ignited also eased. She sat motionless, but Fleur was trembling all over, face pale, large amounts of water seeping from her hair and body as if being soaked in water.
"Fleur, care to tell me where that guy Sage is and what mission he is doing?"
"Me? I want to find that [Tang Sanzang] with Mercenary Tao, but that guy disappeared after contacting Sage..."
Midnight Watch rested her head on Fleur's shoulder, gently tugging at the other's dripping wet hair, her voice very soft.
"Sage didn't kill that guy, did he? Say, if our prey is snatched, what should we do? Ah... so distressing!"
Squelch!
Midnight Watch suddenly exerted force, tearing off Fleur's hair along with her scalp. But even with such severe pain, Fleur still trembled all over, unable to move.
"Mer... Mercenary Tao is just ahead..."
In Fleur's vision at this moment, she was soaked in a well full of corpses. The icy well water kept rising, about to drown her. But she couldn't use any abilities, despairing almost to the point of suffocation.
Just hearing the other party mention teaming up with Mercenary Tao, she spoke her intelligence quickly as if grasping a life-saving straw.
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