Kill to Feed Kill, Clear Sword Heart

Great Sin: Omen of the Evil God (Third Tier) successfully devoured Great Sin: Kill to Feed Kill (Second Tier).

Omen of the Evil God gained the new ability: Kill to Feed Kill.

Kill to Feed Kill (Second Tier): Passive—For every target killed, temporarily gain a portion of the target’s power (attributes, energy, authority). The absorption ratio is tied to the amount of Karma Points, while the duration is tied to the Great Sin’s tier. Current duration: 300 seconds.

The Scarlet Great Sin Reincarnator whose name Bai Cangshu had not even had the chance to learn was not particularly powerful. According to The Heaven’s intelligence, he was likely a Scarlet Great Sin who rarely hunted other Reincarnators in the real world in order to conceal his identity as a Great Sin.

This abnormal control over his desire to kill had allowed him to hide his identity for a long time, but likewise, the rate at which his strength grew was nowhere near that of bold figures like Bai Cangshu and Xu Zhiyu.

A second-tier Scarlet Great Sin had not been enough to advance Bai Cangshu’s Omen of the Evil God. He estimated that he would need another second-tier or third-tier Scarlet Great Sin before Omen of the Evil God could advance.

But now that Bai Cangshu had begun to establish a "faction," the advantages brought by various sources of intelligence would become obvious. Once a Scarlet Great Sin appeared, it would be easy for him to lock onto and hunt them, so he was not worried about being unable to advance.

As for this Great Sin ability, Kill to Feed Kill, Bai Cangshu felt that it was considerably more powerful than Xu Zhiyu’s Overkill.

At the very least, in his current hands, this ability had an extremely high ceiling.

Especially if a battle took place in a city packed with ordinary people, like the Marvel World, Bai Cangshu could use this passive ability to wildly stack his attributes before activating Kaio-ken and achieving a terrifying leap.

You activated a Scarlet Drop Card.

Opening drop...

Calculating target kill points. Target kill points: 19. No reward increase.

Based on the effect of Omen of the Evil God: Cocoon of Greed, rewards increased by 50%.

Based on the effect of Omen of the Evil God: Cocoon of Greed, you will receive 1 additional reward selection.

Calculation complete. For this opening, you may choose 2 rewards from the following options.

A: 80% of the Dimensional Points.

B: 3 items from the Backpack.

C: Transfer an additional 20% of the target's primary attribute to your own attributes.

D: Randomly draw 1 specialty and retain up to Lv5.

E: Randomly obtain 1 ability, retaining only up to Lv3.

F: 7.5% chance to extract a Bloodline Item. Bloodline optimization will not be retained.

"Choose C and F."

You selected C. Extracting attributes.

Extracting...

Extraction complete. Agility increased by 12. Current: 54.

You selected F. Extracting bloodline.

Attempting to extract Bloodline Item. Extraction failed.

With a thought from Bai Cangshu, his authority activated.

You used Authority: Second Chance (Level 3).

Attempting to extract Bloodline Item...

You obtained item: Dragon Demon (Extremely Rare).

Bai Cangshu casually shook the tube of purple bloodline serum, then put it away under the others’ gaze. As though no one else were present, he opened the Drop Card from the Scarlet Great Sin right in front of Life of Silence and the others.

Life of Silence’s gaze followed the stream of information that swept through Bai Cangshu’s body. She seemed able to sense that his physical body had undergone further enhancement.

This made Bai Cangshu even more curious about this Supreme Expert who possessed such formidable killing power.

"Your Majesty, what kind of mission world would require the two of us to join forces?"

There was an unforced boastfulness in Bai Cangshu’s tone. Dong Xuri frowned slightly. He could sense that Mercenary Tao’s bearing and mindset now carried an air of being above him.

Clearly, after this incident, Mercenary Tao believed himself to have surpassed Dong Xuri, Mahakala, and the other top Reincarnators. He had begun to view himself as belonging to the Supreme Expert tier.

The gap between Supreme Experts and top Reincarnators was not actually that great. Many top Reincarnators had even been contestants who competed for the Crown of Supremacy during the previous cycle’s Space Title Competition.

They had merely lost that competition and, lacking the Crown of Supremacy’s powerful Title Ability, fallen a level behind.

So what exactly was Mercenary Tao relying on to regard himself as having completely surpassed all of them?

"Power."

There was an unquestionable certainty in the cold voice. Life of Silence, who was fiddling with a rather old-fashioned handheld game console, spoke up. Only then did Bai Cangshu realize that she also possessed an ability akin to mind reading.

And it was… above his own.

When he used Mantra to read the thoughts of Golden Crow Dong Xuri, all he heard was utter chaos. Dong Xuri was a Reincarnator skilled in perception and possessed special defensive measures.

Dong Xuri froze and looked toward Life of Silence. He had always held himself in high regard, believing that someone like Mahakala, who relied on the Great Sun of Finality’s Title Ability, might not necessarily be stronger than him.

Life of Silence lowered her head and repeatedly pressed the buttons on her game console. The light, strange electronic music gradually dispersed the dense, terrifying killing intent around her.

"Many. Mercenary Tao. This world… is vast."

Her way of communicating was extremely unusual, as though she tossed out one sentence here and another there. Fortunately, everyone present was quick-witted enough to understand that she was answering Mercenary Tao.

Her movements paused slightly as she asked, "Have you heard of the Celestial Dynasty of the Vault of Heaven?"

Bai Cangshu shook his head, but Heavenly Feast swiftly searched through the information in his mind and quietly explained it to him.

"The Celestial Dynasty of the Vault of Heaven is one of several highest-level Native World factions currently circulating among top Reincarnators. Its counterparts include the Primordial Dragon Court, Void Paradise, and others."

"At present, only top Title-level Reincarnators have the chance to come into contact with them… well, aside from Void Paradise’s invasion this time."

Dong Xuri added more information. His loyalty to Life of Silence did not diminish just because she had looked down on him. On the contrary, he had almost immediately accepted the fact that Mercenary Tao’s strength had truly surpassed his own.

Because… he did not believe Life of Silence could be wrong. This doll-like young woman, who seemed so lacking in liveliness, possessed a powerful essence that surpassed the vast majority of Reincarnators.

That essence was not something bloodlines, enhancement abilities, or Titles could make up for.

Dong Xuri himself was also a Reincarnator with "aptitude." Just as he looked down on Luo Xi and the others, the more he touched the Fourth Tier and grasped the Space’s true power, the more he understood.

The true essence of a Reincarnator’s strength still lay in the person themselves.

"The Celestial Dynasty of the Vault of Heaven is an incomparably vast Native World. It contains more than dozens of civilizations and encompasses many paths and tiers, such as cultivation, barbarism, and beast domains. It is home to countless treasures and experts."

"From the Space’s perspective, the information density there is extremely high. Simply remaining in that world can grant Singularity-level rewards."

"Correspondingly, the danger of that world is not something ordinary Reincarnators can handle. I went in twice. The longest I lasted was seven days, and I was lucky to escape with only my head intact."

Dong Xuri touched his neck, lingering terror still in his eyes.

Reincarnators were indeed strong. They could undergo earth-shaking changes in a short amount of time, but compared to worlds that truly possessed long-standing cultivation civilizations, the shortcomings of Reincarnators were very clear.

Their power systems were incomplete, and they lacked understanding and control over the essence of power. When facing a world with a highly developed power system, especially without an intelligence advantage, they could easily fall into danger.

Moreover, that world’s cultivation civilization was exceptionally advanced. Every seven days, a scan would sweep across the entire realm, and very few Reincarnators could evade it.

Once their identities as Reincarnators were exposed, they would face the siege of numerous powerful enemies. Dong Xuri’s team had been wiped out in such an attack. Only he had managed to fake his death and escape by relying on Golden Crow’s formidable self-preservation abilities.

While recording this rare intelligence, Heavenly Feast gathered other information and reported it to Bai Cangshu. He felt that he had come to know a different Mercenary Tao.

Unlike the rumors, and unlike before, Mercenary Tao, after returning this time, had unexpectedly revealed a certain grand and dignified air.

It even gave Heavenly Feast the "illusion" that Mercenary Tao truly intended to turn Paradise into some kind of good place.

Most of his body had already been converted into machinery, and he would not be affected by emotions. Therefore, he was certain that this judgment was based on reason, not gratitude for having his life spared.

"Have you heard of Nirvana Holders?"

At that moment, Life of Silence put down her game console and asked. Bai Cangshu still shook his head. He had only been a Reincarnator for a short time and had entered the Strong-tier through only a few missions. Though his combat strength was exceptional, he had yet to be sent into such Native Worlds.

The most dangerous worlds he had experienced were merely somewhat stronger Secondary Worlds, and many of those had been dangerous only because of the Black King Society’s interference.

Life of Silence nodded.

"You have seen the Black King Society, so you should know why they came into being."

Life of Silence’s mind-reading ability surpassed Bai Cangshu’s imagination. He had not expected his thoughts to be readable as well, and moreover…

Bai Cangshu checked the Space Panel. There was no notification whatsoever. In other words, this ability was not achieved by invading his thoughts or brain.

Life of Silence’s mind-reading ability was closer to a permanent passive state. Or rather, she could completely know the thoughts of anyone around her.

"Not mind reading. It is my own style: Clear Sword Heart."

Life of Silence offered an explanation. The smile on Bai Cangshu’s face grew more pronounced as the electronic processes in his cerebral cortex rapidly spun, multiplying his thinking speed severalfold.

He had roughly analyzed the effect of this ability, my own style: Clear Sword Heart. Perhaps it was closer to Musō Tensei.

It was no longer merely an ability actively cast, but more like a state, a special realization, allowing Life of Silence to understand the thoughts of other powerful people around her.

"The Black King? Heh, weren’t they said to be pitiful souls awakened after their worldlines were completely destroyed?"

Bai Cangshu raised a hand. Within his body, the Anti-Life Demon Dragon Grendel was still sealed by the Life Equation.

His impression of the Black King was neither good nor bad, and he had no particular thoughts about the conflict between Reincarnators and the Black King Society.

In his view, it was reasonable for Reincarnators to slaughter Plot Characters for Singularities.

But likewise, it was only natural for the monsters born from such slaughter, the Black King Society, to turn around and massacre Reincarnators.

Only after Dong Xuri, Heavenly Feast, and the others explained did Bai Cangshu learn that among Reincarnators, there existed a group who had either come to sympathize with Plot Worlds or hate the Infinite Dimensional Space for constantly sending them into worlds, and ultimately chose betrayal.

By chance, these Reincarnators relied on certain special environments or entities to successfully break free of the Infinite Dimensional Space.

They believed this act meant they had transcended reincarnation, so they called themselves Nirvana.

Most of these Nirvana Holders could no longer return to the Space or the real world. Instead, they hid within Secondary Worlds and Native Worlds, continuing to survive there and even turning around to attack Reincarnators.

The most famous Nirvana incident involved Ziye, once Azure Sky’s second-in-command. In a certain extremely high-level world, he betrayed Azure Sky and joined forces with the plot faction to successfully exile Azure Sky’s team.

"So Your Majesty’s enemy is also a Nirvana Holder. He is hiding in the world where the Celestial Dynasty of the Vault of Heaven is located."

Only then did Bai Cangshu understand the full story.

They were going to a dangerous world where even a Reincarnator of Dong Xuri’s level had been beaten to near death and forced to return within seven days, in order to hunt a Reincarnator who had betrayed the Space.

"Interesting~"

Emergency World Mission: Paradise Purge, completed.

Special Reincarnator EX051, based on your participation, you have received A-rank Singularity x1.

At that moment, a scarlet Space notification appeared before Bai Cangshu.

It seemed that Void Paradise’s deployment this time had been completely purged by the Reincarnators. Since Bai Cangshu had dispatched Satoru Gojo, Artoria, and the others to fight, he too had been deemed to have participated in the purge.

Bai Cangshu saw that he had received only one A-rank Singularity, so he gestured for Heavenly Feast to pull up the relevant footage.

In the next moment, surveillance cameras across a certain city in East Xia came online. As the viewing angles constantly shifted, they finally showed the enormous, broken corpse of a monster.

Green blood continuously flowed from the corpse, staining the ground. The outer perimeter had already been sealed off by the military.

Then, as the footage turned, Satoru Gojo’s familiar figure appeared in midair. He was completely unharmed. Clearly, the enemy had not been strong enough to break through his Limitless Cursed Technique.

On the ground, Artoria in black armor slowly sheathed her sword. Before her, a blood-soaked Reincarnator maintained the posture of having thrown a punch.

A woman in golden armor and the trident in her hand, which glowed with aurora-like colors, had both been pierced through by a fist-sized hole.

The cheers around them grew increasingly intense, and many people wept with joy.

The scene seemed somewhat out of place beside the top Reincarnators seated within the Black Tower. Clearly, all of them had the ability to kill that invader, yet none of them had acted.

"Skylark… he is a decent guy too~"

Life of Silence nodded appreciatively. Bai Cangshu narrowed his eyes as well. He seemed to see the heart within that man’s body, endlessly beating.

"Your Majesty, why not bring this guy along…"

Dong Xuri immediately sensed that malice, but Life of Silence had already nodded and looked at him.

Dong Xuri could only nod.

"I’ll invite him right away."

Life of Silence then stood and said, "Arrange a place for me to stay. We will begin the mission in three days."

Heavenly Feast and Li Qingzi looked toward Bai Cangshu. Bai Cangshu merely nodded, but in his mind, he was considering how to arrange Life of Silence’s one chance to act in order to seize greater gains.

Kill a Supreme Expert? Or…