The prompt disappeared, and the room was silent.
"Heh~, I don't believe I'll be trapped here."
Su Xiao simply sat down and began to stalemate with Reincarnation Paradise.
He now understood one thing, and that is the World Tree Ring in the storage space is a very precious item.
From the rating ??? of the World Tree Ring, it can be seen that Reincarnation Paradise seems unwilling to display the value of this item.
[Please, Hunter, sell the World Tree Ring so that Reincarnation Paradise can absorb the World's Power.]
The prompt appeared again, and Su Xiao thought for a moment and asked:
"What purpose do you have for teleporting me to a Derived World, and what exactly is this ring?"
Surprisingly, Reincarnation Paradise actually gave him an answer.
[Reincarnation Paradise and the Hunter have a 'symbiotic' relationship. Hunters or other Contractors explore the Derived Planes to obtain the World Source, and Reincarnation Paradise needs the World's Power to evolve and maintain its normal operation.]
[The World Tree Ring contains a large amount of World's Power, please sell it immediately, Hunter.]
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Although the hints from Reincarnation Paradise were not many, Su Xiao understood the most crucial thing.
The reason Reincarnation Paradise teleported him to the Derived World was for him to obtain the World's Power.
This so-called World's Power should be extracted through the World Source, so Reincarnation Paradise rewards him accordingly based on the amount of World Source.
Reincarnation Paradise should be acting according to some kind of rule; otherwise, it wouldn't ask him to sell the World Tree Ring but forcibly take it instead.
His identity as a Hunter indicates one thing, which is that under normal circumstances, Reincarnation Paradise cannot directly execute Contractors.
Reincarnation Paradise can't penalize him unless he violates its regulations, not only for him but also for other Contractors, which is why there are Hunters.
The so-called Hunter deals with those 'violations' in the Derivative World that haven't breached the rules of Reincarnation Paradise.
Like a Contractor who discovers a loophole in Reincarnation Paradise's rules and uses it for profit.
That's the time for Su Xiao to step onto the stage.
No doubt those 'violating' Contractors will be strong and very cunning.
Su Xiao remained sitting on the ground, playing with the "Zhan Long Flash" as if nothing happened.
He had a bold idea, to blackmail Reincarnation Paradise.
Although it seemed like courting death, Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't do much to him given his identity as a Hunter.
Su Xiao was gambling, betting on the importance of his Hunter identity. If it wasn't important, wouldn't he have endured the Nightmare Difficulty world in vain?
As time passed by the second and minute, eventually, two hours later, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared in front of him.
[Special Mission: Choice]
Difficulty Level: ???
Mission Brief: Hand over the World Tree Ring to Reincarnation Paradise.
Mission Information: None
Mission Duration: Five minutes.
Mission Reward: An inheritance that has a very high compatibility with the Hunter's talent.
....
A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face; it seemed his Hunter identity had more standing than he imagined, for Reincarnation Paradise had issued a mission.
After some consideration, Su Xiao chose to accept this mission.
Faced with the cold and heartless Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao was unsure in his heart as he would still need to survive within Reincarnation Paradise in the future.
[Special Mission: Choice has been completed. Preparing to grant reward, please prepare, Hunter.]
Prepare? Looks like this reward is not simple.
Just as Reincarnation Paradise finished giving the prompt, a ray of light appeared in the room, enveloping Su Xiao.
Su Xiao sat still in place, staring forward, his eyes losing focus, occasionally flashing with blue light.
At this moment, Su Xiao's consciousness had arrived in a vast hall.
The hall was extraordinarily expansive, and even the edges were unseen.
Su Xiao looked around and discovered six hundred-meter-tall stone sculptures in front. They were statues of humans, only magnified many times.
"Successor..., step forward."
A majestic voice came, and Su Xiao's body tensed up; this voice was actually emitted by one of the stone sculptures in front of him.
"The time has come to fulfill our former agreement."
Another stone sculpture spoke. Su Xiao's arrival seemed to trigger a chain reaction, as the six stone sculptures started speaking one after another.
"You are the last Successor; henceforth, our inheritance ends here."
"Whether we should vanish in the river of time or those Spellcasters, it will be verified by you."
"Spellcasters destroy the balance of the world and matter, and that so-called spell, consumes the Rule Power."
"Foolish Spellcasters, even if our bodies are destroyed, our consciousness will persist."
Su Xiao stood in place, his scalp tingling, as these speaking stone sculptures far exceeded his imagination in strength.
Moreover, these stone sculptures were not living beings but rather the consciousness left behind by immensely powerful entities.
"Destruction, birth, annihilation, recovery, all in this Sanctum of Birth."
"Successor, remember our shared name, we are the Shadow of Annihilation Law, the nemesis of all Spellcasters!"
The six stone sculptures simultaneously opened their eyes to look at Su Xiao. He felt a surge of ferocious energy pouring into his body, followed by a world-spinning sensation and a buzz in his ears.
....
"Huff, huff, huff~."
Su Xiao in the room awoke, taking deep breaths.
He was still in the exclusive room; the previous scene seemed like an illusion.
[Reward concluded, exclusive room activated]
After the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, a room door appeared on one wall of the exclusive room, indicating he could finally leave.
But Su Xiao no longer cared about that, as he felt the energy inside him threatening to burst him apart.
"What~, is going on."
Su Xiao could no longer speak properly, as the energy inside him swiftly transformed his body.
His blood was flowing rapidly, and the unknown energy was not destroying his body but instead enhancing it, albeit in an exceedingly violent way.
The cells in his body were undergoing metamorphosis, with the most notable change being his hair, as the black hair faintly began to show strands of grey, though the change was minuscule and barely noticeable.
With a thud, he slumped to the ground, feeling like he couldn't hold on, and if this continued any longer, he would soon die.
[Detected abnormal life characteristics of the Hunter, preparing to activate the recovery function. This function will consume the Paradise coin held by the Hunter. Activate: Yes/No]
The voice of Reincarnation Paradise at this moment was no longer cold to Su Xiao but a heavenly melody.
"Ac~, tivate."
His body was filled with excruciating pain, gradually devouring his consciousness.
As soon as Su Xiao's voice fell, a green light engulfed him, and simultaneously, his Paradise coin began to deplete rapidly.
In less than five seconds, the recovery function consumed over a thousand Paradise coins.
A dozen seconds later, the energy inside him vanished, completely absorbed by Su Xiao's body, and the recovery function shut down simultaneously.
Su Xiao sat up and tried to move his body, quickly noticing an anomaly.
"This is?"
Somewhat disbelieving, he looked at his hands; after absorbing that energy, it seemed he had become somewhat stronger.
No, he had become significantly stronger.
However, this enhancement wasn't assisted by Reincarnation Paradise, so no prompt was given by it.
Opening his [Personal Information], Su Xiao was taken aback.
The reward from trading the World Tree Ring was far more astonishing than he had imagined.