Chapter 434: Legend of Little Garden, Deployment Begins
"Strengthen Ability · Emperor's Extreme Thunder Prison Scripture."
[Strengthening Failed. Ability · Emperor's Extreme Thunder Prison Scripture is a Reincarnator self-comprehended ability, cannot be upgraded using Singularities. You can spend Singularities at the Goddess's place to mutate this ability into a similar ability, then perform strengthening operation]
Kaito Shirogane frowned. Emperor's Extreme Thunder Prison Scripture, the technique he comprehended from [Emperor's Extreme World-Startling Book], actually couldn't be strengthened directly.
He had realized that upgrading this kind of technique-type ability was more tedious, but correspondingly, the effect of each upgrade was far more prominent than general abilities.
Upgrading Emperor's Extreme Thunder Prison Scripture from Lv1 to Lv2 directly granted a new active effect.
[Purge Mission will start in 10 minutes. Please return to a safe environment]
The prompt for the Space Purge Mission appeared again. Kaito hesitated no more, turning to leave the Goddess's residence. Perhaps because the Singularities Kaito spent these two times were high enough, the Goddess didn't try to tempt him to consume the remaining Singularities anymore.
Currently, Kaito only had one A-Class Singularity left among high-rank Singularities. Those on Lee Chae-rin's side had been completely exhausted.
Although Space strengthening was satisfying, resource consumption was indeed very rapid.
Kaito stood at the entrance of the Goddess's residence, still holding that Drop Card with the highest value obtained in the last world—[Drop Card · Spirit World Evil Lord (Red)].
This Drop Card contained Mob's power.
Kaito hadn't used it all along. He didn't want to waste it in vain.
Whether it was out of thirst for that power to dominate the Spirit World, or because of that boy himself who deliberately died at his hands wanting to give an answer to those hundreds of thousands of souls.
Kaito still didn't crush it at this moment. He was determined to pay the price to purchase a designated extraction opportunity. This A-Class Singularity he deliberately kept was for that rumored opportunity to designate drop opening.
Kaito walked into the high-rank Reincarnator area closest to the Goddess's residence stalls. Suddenly, his footsteps paused.
A man wearing a stiff white coat leaned behind a stall. The edges of his clothes were wrapped with black lines, making the overall style appear sharp and solemn.
The man wasn't tall, less than 1.8 meters. In terms of average body size of Space avatars, he could even be considered petite.
The man's hair had a weird half-black half-white color. His expression was indifferent. Seeing Kaito stop in front of the stall, he merely looked up once.
He didn't show any strange expression towards this "Mercenary Tao" who was popular in the Space right now. It seemed in his eyes, Mercenary Tao was no different from others.
Kaito looked at the stall number, A-04.
It could be considered one of the most expensive stalls. Just the daily rent was estimated to exceed thousands of Dimensional Points. This was a price only high-rank Reincarnators and high-rank gatherings could afford.
The high-rank Reincarnator named [Glaze Crack], who used causality-type ability to predict he possessed Soul-type power, gave him a piece of intelligence after trading [Shishigawara's Knuckle Duster] and [Hollow Core] for Sage's Drop Card.
[Throne of Void and Reality], one of the top gatherings in the Eastern District and even the Space, controlled the power of [Hollowfication] and [Fullbring]. And the stall she recommended him to try his luck at was A-04!
Kaito looked down at the stall. Worthy of being a high-rank Reincarnator of Throne of Void and Reality, almost all items in the stall emitted purple luster.
[Ability Scroll · Cero (Hollow Flash) (A-)]
[Ability Scroll · Hierro (Steel Skin) (B+)]
[Ability Scroll · Sonido (Sound Ceremony) (A)]
Various ability items and scrolls produced were almost all related to the Bleach world. This made Kaito guess that Throne of Void and Reality probably obtained a channel similar to using a Hearthstone to stably enter a certain medium-to-large sized Bleach world.
"I obtained a Hollow Core. Someone told me I could get a suitable usage method here?"
At this moment, this man with smooth center-parted hair, half-black half-white hair color, raised his head, looking straight at Kaito.
Kaito also saw at this time that under the opponent's left eye socket covered by bangs, there was a black number [07].
[Espada]?!
Or deliberately setting the avatar to this style?
Combining with the items and ability scrolls on the opponent's stall, Kaito guessed this Reincarnator most likely really became an [Espada] in a mission world.
Arrancar Espadas basically all possessed Captain-level combat power of Soul Society. High-rank Espadas were even above ordinary Captains.
Undoubtedly, the guy in front of him was very strong.
"You came early. The next shift appearing at this stall is [Kido Chief]."
High-rank gatherings indeed had the situation of occupying a batch of fixed stalls for a long time but used by different Reincarnators in rotation.
Kaito didn't dwell on it. His resources weren't abundant at this moment. Various rare items including high-rank Singularities were almost consumed.
Even if that [Kido Chief] was here, there was a high probability he couldn't afford the opponent's quote. Perhaps he would have to use Singularities to find a broker for a three-way trade.
He was pressed for time and didn't have that leeway.
Kaito was about to leave when this man said:
"That Hollow Core of Glaze Crack fell into your hands, right?"
"When Kido Chief returns to the Space, I will inform him. He is very interested in that Hollow Core..."
Kaito nodded, quickly arriving at the Rank Management Office.
"Knight Girl, check the Title Missions I can currently accept."
Kaito had already met the trigger conditions for the title [Villain Savior] before, only because his rating hadn't reached the [Strong] tier, so he couldn't accept it.
Knight Girl reached out her hand as if clicking a few times in the void. In the next moment, Space prompts appeared in front of Kaito again.
[Detected you simultaneously hold milestones like Villain, Homicidal Maniac (Uncommon), Savior (Unparalleled Rare), Hero, Anti-Hero, etc. You obtained unlock methods for the following Advanced Milestones and Titles]
[Title · Villain Savior (Unparalleled Rare): After spending B-Class Singularity + 10000 Dimensional Points, can trigger mission when holding Villain, Savior milestones. After equipping, obtain unique ability] (Note: After this mission starts, the Space will open a special battlefield, conscripting eligible Reincarnators for deathmatch. Difficulty extremely high. Cannot open below Strong tier rating)
[Milestone · Night Walker (Rare): After spending C-Class Singularity + 5000 Dimensional Points, can trigger mission when holding Anti-Hero, Hero milestones. After equipping, obtain unique ability] (Note: This mission will vary in difficulty based on the mission world located. Please choose carefully)
[Title · Evil Hero (Unparalleled Rare): After spending B-Class Singularity + 8000 Dimensional Points, can trigger mission when holding Homicidal Maniac, Savior, Anti-Hero milestones. After equipping, obtain unique ability] (Note: This mission will vary in difficulty based on the mission world located. Please choose carefully)
Because Kaito obtained new milestones later, new synthesis formulas were unlocked. Kaito didn't choose sparring partners in the Cultivation Center this time, only spending nearly twenty thousand Dimensional Points. He planned to split the A-Class Singularity to accept the [Villain Savior] mission.
"Knight Girl, I wish to open the title [Villain Savior]."
Unexpectedly, Knight Girl shook her head.
"If I'm not mistaken, your current identity is Cleaner, about to start a Purge Mission. This time point is not enough to conscript enough eligible Reincarnators to open a special battlefield."
"Is the time flow of the space opened by this mission not specially processed?"
Kaito originally thought opening this mission would be like entering the Space from the real world to start deployment, having a unique time flow difference.
Unexpectedly, it would interfere with the Purge Mission.
He could choose [Evil Hero] or [Night Walker] at this moment, but title synthesis was different from milestone synthesis. After milestone synthesis, the original milestones would still be retained.
Title synthesis was irreversible.
Compared to the title [Evil Hero], Kaito valued [Villain Savior], which had a higher cost and allowed direct fighting with other Reincarnators, more.
After tossing about, Kaito only obtained some new intelligence, basically usable only after his Purge Mission ended.
When Kaito returned to the stall, not much time remained. The surrounding Reincarnators were very disappointed because they found that the [Ajin] bloodline item in Mercenary Tao's stall had disappeared.
"Mercenary Tao, how could you sell that thing directly!"
"Do you know how much time and resources we spent to prepare things you might need?"
"Yeah, yeah. Even if tempted, you should at least hold a bidding!"
Ajin bloodline's attraction to the vast majority of Reincarnators far exceeded anything else. With that kind of bloodline, one could ignore the risk of death in many worlds.
Although the item indicated the user needed to meet aptitude conditions, in the Infinite Dimensional Space, there were plenty of technologies to modify humans at will. Meeting an aptitude condition wasn't an unachievable condition.
While putting a new tube of bloodline item emitting strong luster into the stall, Kaito turned to look at the few shouting people.
Kaito became more and more accustomed to fixing his head in a certain position, merely moving his eyeballs to look at others.
This action, on one hand, made him more proficient in fine control of the body, transcending biological instincts.
On the other hand, he found that whenever he did this, these people would show a terrified look.
Sure enough, those few Reincarnators shouting the loudest suddenly met Mercenary Tao's eyes, their hearts choked, bodies turning cold. Clearly in the public space, they wouldn't be affected by abilities at all.
But they still instinctively felt fear.
Kaito narrowed his eyes, revealing a mocking smile.
It's this expression... truly delightful, humans.
Mercenary Tao's performance quieted down the Reincarnators restless due to losing the chance to get the Ajin bloodline. Calming down, they all realized Mercenary Tao wasn't some nice guy. This guy was a beast rising rapidly by hunting Reincarnators everywhere.
A monster completely unmeasurable by rationality.
"If you really want the Ajin bloodline that much, why not... you go find one. Find another Ajin, tell me his identity information, and I'll go kill~"
Kaito smiled and opened a "Kill Me (Ele.me parody)" service for the present Reincarnators. The Reincarnators murmured a few times; no one spoke.
Then they noticed the bloodline just placed on the stall.
"Another bloodline item..."
"Blood Marrow of the King of Sky and Wind, Red... Red Quality?!"
The armored Reincarnator's voice suddenly pitched high. In the next moment, other Reincarnators also widened their eyes.
"What quality is Red... Rare Treasure of the World..."
Kaito successfully attracted traffic to his stall again.
[Cleaner Sequence 04, Purge Deployment is about to start. Please return to safe space]
Kaito disappeared instantly, leaving behind a large group of Reincarnators frantically sending quotes.
The [Professor] wearing black-rimmed glasses and the tall [Elizabeth] stood on the periphery, also seeing this item from afar.
Elizabeth immediately looked at Professor and said:
"This is... Dragon King bloodline from Dragon Raja world? Wouldn't that satisfy the need of that one?!"
Professor pondered for a moment.
"Dragon Monarch should indeed be able to meet the minimum requirement of the three strongest species [Dragon Species]. Only... what can we offer to trade with Mercenary Tao?"
Elizabeth also fell into contemplation. Mercenary Tao's madness, cruelty, and absolute profit supremacy made it clear to her that he wasn't a guy who would care about "old feelings" of having experienced a mission together once.
Professor crushed a hexagonal ruby, activating the ability of [The High Priestess] card, seeking revelation from the unseen once again.
In a trance, she saw Mercenary Tao looking bewitched holding that ability scroll after trading with Reincarnators from the Western District.
Professor, recovering from this "revelation," quickly realized that Mercenary Tao valued that ability very much, but faced some problems.
Mercenary Tao didn't meet the cultivation conditions of that high-rank ability!
This was the most reasonable guess. Then, as long as she could find a way for Mercenary Tao to meet that cultivation condition, she might be able to complete a trade with Mercenary Tao.
Professor was very certain that trading wasn't entirely determined by the value of items. Often, the willingness and demand for trade were more important.
Then what needed to be solved now was confirming what that high-rank ability was and... what part Mercenary Tao lacked.
She was the special Reincarnator [The High Priestess], possessing unique advantages in intelligence.
[Professor], whose real name was Ye Kai but set avatar as a woman, confirmed her train of thought in her heart, confidence appearing in her eyes again.
Elizabeth also breathed a sigh of relief. Their squad encountered a thorny trouble, but as long as they could complete that mission, perhaps they could obtain incredible gains.
After all... a place like [Little Garden] was a true fantasy land where gods and buddhas walked the earth. In that kind of place, obtaining any kind of power wouldn't be strange!
[Deployment starting now]
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[Deployment Start!]
Kaito's body instantly turned into an information stream and disappeared from the personal space.
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