Gourmet Cell Acquired, Wind God Leg (3K)

"What world did this Mercenary Tao even go to? How did he get so many Scarlet Drop Cards?"

"I heard it was a Pirate Derivative World. A lot of people died—Flame Demon, Lapis Lazuli Knight, and that crazy woman Rouge from Critical Sniping. They all died!"

Quite a few Reincarnators had gathered around the outskirts of the Slum Area. This time, it was not because some rare item had appeared, but because the vicious man codenamed Mercenary Tao was directly "opening cards on the spot" at his stall.

He crushed several Scarlet Drop Cards in succession. That sort of thing was extremely stimulating to these Reincarnators’ nerves.

After all, every Reincarnator knew that each Scarlet Drop Card represented the corpse of a Reincarnator.

"And that’s not all. Flame Demon entered that world while leading people in pursuit of Moon Demon. Moon Demon still hasn’t shown himself, so he’s probably already…"

"Hiss~"

In the eyes of the East District Reincarnators, Mercenary Tao had officially leaped from being a somewhat notorious vicious man to becoming a true killing star among low-tier Reincarnators.

Whether Flame Demon, Lapis Lazuli Knight, and the others had truly died at Mercenary Tao’s hands or not, surviving a mission world of that level was no simple matter. Especially when he had also successfully hunted so many Reincarnators.

Bai Cangshu was quite satisfied with the "advertising effect." He crushed the final Drop Card in his hand, the one he considered the most valuable.

The Scarlet Drop Card seemed to carry the warmth of a Flame Dragon.

You have opened a Scarlet Drop Card

Opening drop...

Calculating target's kill points. Target kill points: 39. Rewards increased.

Calculating your kill points...

Ex051 possesses Karma Points. You will receive 1 additional reward selection.

Calculation complete. For this opening, you may select 2 rewards from the options below.

A: 75% Dimensional Points, with a 45% chance of obtaining a Singularity

B: Randomly draw 5 items. You may select 3 of them as rewards.

C: Gain an additional 10% of your primary attribute as an increase to your own attributes.

D: Randomly draw 1 specialty, retaining up to Lv6.

E: Randomly obtain 1 ability, retaining up to Lv4.

F: 7.5% chance to extract a Bloodline Item. Bloodline optimization has no retention.

Perhaps because Flame Demon’s kill count was high enough, or perhaps because Bai Cangshu’s Karma Points had exceeded ten and entered a state where the sequence could be sublimated, Bai Cangshu found that every reward option in this draw had improved to some extent.

"Choose F."

You have selected F. Drawing now.

Flame Demon’s most valuable possession was undoubtedly his bloodline. The Dragon Slayer Mage bloodline possessed both defensive and destructive capabilities. At later stages, it could undergo Dragon Transformation. In the Infinite Dimensional Space, Dragonborn had quite a few exclusive abilities and enhancements available to them. It was a bloodline that was useful early on and still had a solid upper limit later.

Draw failed.

Bai Cangshu clicked his tongue. Sure enough, the space would not let him obtain something so precious that easily.

"Choose B."

Bai Cangshu had already gained a few attribute points through several other Drop Cards. He did not choose the attributes or abilities from Flame Demon’s Drop Card because he knew that before entering the One Piece World, Flame Demon had possessed something good in his Backpack.

You have selected B. Item draw begins now.

Since this draw involved drawing five times and then letting Bai Cangshu choose three items, the odds were relatively decent.

You have drawn Item · Flame Dragon Blood (Rare)

You have drawn Item · Slave Shackles (Uncommon)

You have drawn Item · Unidentified Gourmet Cell (Extremely Rare)

You have drawn Item · Healing Holy Spring (Rare)

You have drawn Item · Holy Protection Barrier Scroll (Uncommon)

Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow as he looked at the prompt before him, a smile curling at the corner of his lips.

He had not been wrong. A guy like Flame Demon was nothing more than an arrogant fool. Five random draws, and the lowest-quality item was still Uncommon. There was not a single useless item among them.

That guy had clearly never considered putting items he did not currently need into the Team Space or leaving them with someone else.

He was arrogant and utterly self-centered.

Because Flame Demon had previously taken out Gourmet Cells during Bai Cangshu’s public bidding, Bai Cangshu had deliberately chosen the item draw.

This was not something a few Dimensional Points, Singularities, or attributes could compare to.

In a sense, it was one of the secret treasures even rarer than Devil Fruits.

Flame Dragon Blood

Quality: Rare

Description: The blood of a drake infused with the power of flames. Can enhance Dragonborn bloodlines.

Usage Requirement: Possess a dragon-type or draconic bloodline such as Dragonborn, drake, wyvern, and so on.

Effect: After use, there is a small chance of suffering backlash depending on bloodline purity and physique, and a high chance of increasing bloodline purity. (Increased bloodline purity may grant additional bloodline traits.)

This was probably for Flame Demon’s own use. Judging by the extent of his Dragon Transformation, he had clearly intended to follow the path of true dragon blood, eventually turning himself into a pure dragon species.

Bai Cangshu already knew the effects of the Slave Shackles. As for the one-use Holy Protection Barrier Scroll, after tearing it open and infusing it with magic power, it could erect a large barrier out of thin air that could defend against powerful attacks. It counted as a team item.

After some brief consideration, Bai Cangshu gave up on both items.

He had little interest in Slave Shackles. Even if he did, he already had a real slave in his hands.

As for the protective barrier, not only could he not use it due to its magic power requirement, he had no intention of forming a team at all. With his current defense, regeneration, and immortality, such a protective barrier was practically useless.

Bai Cangshu would only use the barrier scroll and Healing Holy Spring for trading or in the real world. All things considered, the Healing Holy Spring was more valuable.

You have obtained Item · Flame Dragon Blood, Unidentified Gourmet Cell, Healing Holy Spring.

The scarlet light in Bai Cangshu’s hand dissipated, and two more items appeared on the stall before him.

"That’s Flame Dragon Blood!"

"Flame Demon was killed by Mercenary Tao!"

There had already been quite a few Information Brokers among the watching Reincarnators. The moment they saw Flame Dragon Blood, an item Flame Demon had previously purchased in large quantities, they instantly realized the truth.

Bai Cangshu had no concept of keeping a low profile or worrying that a tall tree caught the wind. In his view, Reincarnators were a bunch of desperadoes who could die in any mission at any time.

A Reincarnator’s cause of death was never showing off. When one Reincarnator killed another, there was no other reason.

Weakness was the cause of death.

No matter how low-key and upright a Reincarnator might be, if they encountered other Reincarnators in a mission world, the weaker side would be laid on the chopping block.

The weak were prey to the strong. Reincarnators were such primitive creatures.

Standing behind Bai Cangshu, Li Qingzi took in the scene. She could sense the cold, cruel thoughts in this young man’s heart.

That decisiveness completely devoid of confusion or hesitation.

She was very curious what sort of environment could have shaped such a beast.

Even she, with the financial and material resources of the March Group at her disposal, had been hunted down after carelessly allowing someone to trace her information in the space following her return as a novice Reincarnator.

After using the group’s resources to kill her pursuer, she had also fallen into confusion for a period of time.

Even after a series of hunts and counter-hunts, after rapidly rising to establish the name Moon Demon, she still often felt lost.

As she grew stronger, her mission difficulty kept increasing. The other Reincarnators she encountered also became stronger, while the rewards from killing the weak grew fewer and fewer.

The reason Li Qingzi, as Moon Demon, kept people at arm’s length was fundamentally a form of self-protection.

Yet she could see none of that self-protection in this Mercenary Tao.

Mercenary Tao was like a true carnivore among a flock of sheep. Unlike an omnivore like herself who occasionally preyed on other sheep, Mercenary Tao constantly emanated the threatening aura of something at the top of the food chain.

Beside someone like him, one could clearly feel that he was always considering how to attack, invade, and hunt. He never considered defense or concealment.

Seeing that everyone around him was merely watching and no one had come over to make an offer, Bai Cangshu prepared to leave.

He wanted to see whether anyone in the Slum Area had items or abilities that could be of use to him.

At this point, Bai Cangshu was like a well-rounded Reincarnator with sufficiently high stats, but his methods were relatively limited. His primary means of combat still relied on martial arts.

Even the suitable means of transportation he had failed to find earlier had not appeared in Black Death’s Drop Card as that Green Demon Skateboard.

Whether it was Singularities, Dimensional Points, or items, Bai Cangshu had plenty of all of them. Moreover, since Moon Demon’s resources were effectively under Bai Cangshu’s control now, his purchasing power was extremely high.

"Lunar Eclipse, watch the stall carefully. I’m going for a walk."

Bai Cangshu teasingly mocked the March Group’s young lady, constantly wearing down the pride in her heart.

MA10030033 (Luoxi) has sent a message: You really took out Flame Demon?! Get to the gathering space now. I have something good to trade with you.

Only then did Bai Cangshu remember that he currently belonged to the Crimson Lotus gathering created by Crimson Lotus Mage · Luo Xi. When gathering members obtained good items, they would generally prioritize trading them within the gathering.

That prevented hostile members from buying them and using the enhancements against them.

However, judging from the tone of the message, Luoxi was not angry. On the contrary, she was pleased that Flame Demon had been killed.

With a thought from Bai Cangshu, he turned into a flash of white light and vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already in a yellow plaza.

The surroundings resembled a medieval town, filled with wooden houses designated for special functions such as markets and guilds.

Soon after Bai Cangshu appeared in the gathering space, a mass of flames ignited out of thin air above him. A woman wearing a vivid red mage robe emerged from the flames.

She landed on the ground and carefully examined this newcomer Rose Tiger had brought to her. He seemed to possess tremendous potential—he had actually killed Flame Demon.

Many believed Flame Demon to be an elite Reincarnator who would soon enter the Third Tier and become a Title-level Reincarnator. Although she disliked Flame Demon’s style of doing things, both his growth rate and his luck had indeed been good.

She had not expected him to die so quickly at Mercenary Tao’s hands.

"Did that Flame Dragon Blood really come from Flame Demon?"

Bai Cangshu shrugged.

"The genuine article."

Luoxi then extended her hand.

"That thing is useful to me. How about we trade internally? Don’t worry, I won’t shortchange you."

As she spoke, a booklet appeared before Luoxi. It resembled an old East Xia ancient text, with three words written on its cover—Wind God Leg.