After finishing his attribute enhancement, Kurosaki Rei turned his attention to the remaining Inheritance Crystals he still had.
He didn't plan to use them to strengthen his proficiencies. But selling them outright on the trading market as currency felt like a waste. After some thought, he decided to use the Inheritance Crystals to further enhance Armament Haki.
At present, his Armament Haki was Level 6—the result of not carrying out dedicated training while in the Kengan world, which had saved him a fair number of crystals.
However, he soon discovered that once Armament Haki passed Level 6, the cost of upgrading it using Inheritance Crystals increased significantly.
Previously, upgrading Armament Haki by one level only required one Small Inheritance Crystal. Now, it requires three.
Kurosaki Rei guessed this was because the Haki system became exponentially stronger at higher levels.
"Terminus, help me enhance Armament Haki by one level."
[Request received. Confirm spending Small Inheritance Crystal ×3 and 1200 Terminus Coins to proceed?]
Kurosaki Rei confirmed without hesitation. He planned to push Armament Haki straight to Level 9, then train it up to Level 10 through practice while staying in the Space.
After some time passed, Kurosaki Rei was left with only one Small Inheritance Crystal, and his wallet had shrunk to 37,800 Terminus Coins.
The results were well worth it.
Once Armament Haki passed Level 5, its increase in strength became obvious. Now that it had been raised to Level 9 in one go, the change was dramatic.
He drew Prison Demon and lightly slashed his own arm.
Clang—
A sound like metal striking metal rang out. Only a faint white mark appeared on his arm—and that was with Prison Demon after its evolution.
Yes. After killing Shen Wulong, Prison Demon's growth had reached 100%. After several hours of transformation, it had now fully evolved into a purple-quality main weapon.
[Prison Demon]
Origin: Bleach
Rarity: Purple
Main Weapon Type: Blades
Durability: 100 / 100
Sharpness: 32 (+12)
Toughness: 31 (+11)
Usage Requirement: Pioneer No. 008 only
Details:
A Zanpakutō forged by Pioneer No. 008 by infusing his soul into an Asauchi. Automatically bound; cannot be sold or traded. Other users cannot activate this weapon.
Weapon Skill 1 (Passive): Soul Nourishment
After the explorer uses Prison Demon to kill an enemy, it devours a small amount of the enemy's soul power to nourish itself, increasing its growth.
The explorer may also feed their own soul to Prison Demon to rapidly increase growth via this method.
(Warning: This method is extremely dangerous.)
Current Growth Progress: 3.91%
Weapon Skill 2 (Active): Shikai
Upon releasing Shikai, continuously consumes the explorer's Soul Source, manifesting Prison Demon's true form.
While Shikai is active, all combat attributes are temporarily increased by +3, neural reaction speed is enhanced, and Prison Demon's Sharpness and Toughness increase further.
Shikai Skill (Passive): Demonic Corrosion
When Prison Demon deals damage to an enemy, it applies a Corrosion effect.
Enemies afflicted with Corrosion suffer a 50% reduction in natural recovery, and lose 20% of the attack's maximum damage per second as Corrosion damage for 10 seconds.
Corrosion effects on the same wound can stack.
Cooldown: None
Rating: 200+ (100–200)
Evaluation: Within your heart, a demon god is imprisoned.
Prison Demon had evolved into a purple weapon, and leapt straight to max rating for its tier—clear proof of how massive the upgrade was.
Its Sharpness and Toughness had increased dramatically. The Shikai effect was even more outrageous, raising all attributes by 3 points.
The former Shikai effect had been separated into a distinct Shikai-exclusive passive, and its power was on an entirely different level.
The healing reduction jumped from 10% to 50%, Corrosion damage doubled, and the duration doubled as well. All told, the damage output had increased by several tiers.
This was the power of purple equipment—gear that most first-tier explorers couldn't even dream of obtaining.
When Kurosaki Rei had browsed the trading market earlier, he'd only seen two or three pieces of purple gear in total, and none of them were selling.
In the current Terminus Space market, purple-quality main weapons generally started at 10,000–30,000 Terminus Coins. Most first-tier explorers simply couldn't afford that.
But Kurosaki Rei could.
He still had over 30,000 Terminus Coins, enough to buy one or even two pieces of suitable purple equipment.
In the Kengan Ashura world, he had learned many martial arts, and quite a few had been recognized by the Space as skills. For the time being, he wasn't in a hurry to further nourish the Origin Seed.
That process took time anyway—absorbing his existing skills alone would take dozens of days—so there was no need to buy skill scrolls right now.
And as a well-funded Pioneer, it wouldn't do to have only a single main weapon.
After washing up, Kurosaki Rei headed straight for the First-Tier Explorer Trading Market.
The moment he arrived, he heard the Terminus Space's mail notification.
[According to contract terms, the Terminus Coins owed by Explorer Kurei have been transferred to your mailbox. Please check.]
Kurosaki Rei smiled. He'd almost forgotten about that.
Kurei had returned immediately after the Kengan tournament ended. Given how the Space worked, even though they returned days apart in-world, in Space-time they would have arrived almost simultaneously.
Kurei must have just finished settlement and paid him back right away.
That brought Kurosaki Rei's total funds to just under 39,000 Terminus Coins—maybe enough for two purple items.
After wandering the market for a while, he noticed a stall surrounded by a crowd of explorers and walked over out of curiosity.
"You're asking way too much—no one here can afford that."
"Cheaper! I'll take it for ten thousand!"
"Miss, why don't you stop setting up here and try your luck with second-tier explorers upstairs?"
"..."
Voices overlapped as Kurosaki Rei squeezed his way in. When he finally saw the stall owner, he froze slightly.
He recognized her.
The vendor was a cool, sharp-featured woman with a single ponytail—Tuantuan, whom he had met in the Kengan world.
"Boss!?"
Tuantuan was also surprised to see him again so soon.
That single word—Boss—made the people around them subconsciously step back, their gazes filling with wariness.
After all, Tuantuan was selling purple equipment. That alone suggested considerable strength or a powerful team backing her. Someone like that calling this black-clad man Boss—what did that imply?
Veteran explorers weren't stupid. They quickly memorized Kurosaki Rei's appearance, silently vowing to avoid him if they ever met him in a mission world.
"Nice item. Is it yours?"
Kurosaki Rei glanced at the accessory on the stall, praising it but also sounding curious.
He knew Tuantuan's level well enough—and the Kengan world wouldn't produce something like this. Where did a purple accessory come from?
"Boss, you misunderstand. This belongs to a senior in our adventure group. She needs liquid funds urgently, so this is already the lowest price."
Tuantuan explained as she stood up, picked up the dark red ring, and handed it to Kurosaki Rei for inspection.
[Slaughterer]
Origin: Berserk (Derivative World)
Quality: Purple
Equipment Type: Accessory
Requirements: Strength 24, Spirit 26
Details:
A ring created by the God Hand, imbued with demonic power. It contains blood-soaked, ominous energy.
Equipment Skill 1 – Frenzy (Passive):
While Slaughterer is equipped, the pioneer has a 20% chance to critically strike when attacking. Critical strikes deal 200% bonus damage.
Equipment Skill 2 – Slaughter (Passive):
While equipped, attacks deal an additional 10% magical damage and 10% physical damage, and attacks apply a Rend effect, making it easier to destroy enemy limbs.
Rating: 200
Evaluation: Slaughter within the blood pool!
Although the ring didn't have "+" modifiers, it was still a max-rating piece—an extremely premium item.
"How much?"
Kurosaki Rei asked.
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