Mad-level Potter

"Hoh?"

Bai Cangshu put away the two Scarlet Drop Cards.

Mai instinctively took a step back. The other man’s terrifying speed left lingering fear in his heart.

Theoretically, Teleportation was the fastest form of movement, but activating the ability required him to react in time. Against a Martial Artist whose pure physical techniques could move fast enough to deceive the eye, no amount of caution was excessive.

He realized that his words had implied he knew the other party’s identity. In conversations between reincarnators, that often constituted a threat, so Mai immediately explained.

"I made an offer at your stall in the Space, so I saw your code. After you fought me two days ago, I realized it was the same code, so…"

"But I didn’t tell Boss Jin and the others who you were."

Mai had an innocent, harmless appearance. He had a youthful air about him, with slightly yellowish short hair. His body was not particularly robust, merely healthy-looking, but as a Supernatural Ability User, his physical strength was not necessarily what it appeared to be.

Many Supernatural Ability Users had muscle density greater than that of ordinary people.

The moment Mai realized that the other man was Mercenary Tao, whose Fierce Reputation was renowned throughout the Space, he had already given up any thought of becoming enemies with him. Even Flame Demon had been killed. If his group went looking to make trouble for him, it would be no different from courting death.

Compared to someone like Boss Jin, Mai would rather serve under Mercenary Tao.

Rumor had it that he was still a lone wolf. If he could form a team with Mercenary Tao, the benefits to himself would surely be immense.

Mai had heard that quite a few Title-level figures in the Space thought highly of Mercenary Tao. Life of Silence was reportedly attempting to make contact with him, hoping to bring him under its command.

Bai Cangshu did not respond. He merely tilted his head and sized Mai up. The other man’s reaction speed, strength, and defense were all nothing exceptional. Most of his abilities were concentrated in that special Teleportation power.

But reincarnators were inherently a group full of extreme chance. Someone might luckily obtain a powerful ability, then rise rapidly by relying on that one trick alone. There was nothing unusual about it.

An ability like Teleportation was extremely useful at the lower and middle power levels, but…

Bai Cangshu lowered his head and looked at his left hand. Then the violent killing intent in his heart, along with his disappointment at the weakness of these reincarnators, erupted together.

Like a seed suddenly cracking open within Bai Cangshu’s heart, it burst forth with a thunderous explosion.

A powerful aura swept in every direction like a hurricane in an instant.

Mai, who had been fully focused on Mercenary Tao’s movements, suddenly had his pupils contract. That intense aura was like an ocean, swallowing him whole in an instant. He could barely breathe amid its surging force.

He felt every inch of skin on his body being battered by a seemingly tangible impact. His hair flew loose in an instant, and his mind trembled.

This feeling… could it be Conqueror’s Haki?!

The next moment, an almost imperceptible sound of something cutting through the air reached him. His heart turned ice-cold, and terror nearly tore his scalp apart. He suddenly opened his mouth and shouted.

"I know the location of the teleportation point arranged by the Finality Empire!"

Puff~

Bai Cangshu’s hand strike stopped an inch in front of Mai’s chest. The powerful force and Satsui no Hado pierced a wound into his chest, and blood slowly trickled out.

That stabbing pain brought Mai back to his senses. His body shuddered twice, then flickered seven or eight times in an instant before finally calming down.

Mai’s heart pounded violently, his legs weak. Merely recalling the feeling of death descending upon him made him feel unable to breathe.

He was afraid. The urge to join Mercenary Tao’s ranks suddenly vanished. He even wanted to flee immediately, flee far away—leave Myanmar, return to East Xia, go to White Elephant, go anywhere at all, as long as there was no chance of ever encountering Mercenary Tao again…

Just one moment of distraction, and he had nearly been instantly killed on the spot.

Ha… so in Mercenary Tao’s eyes, he, Boss Jin, Muni, Black River, and the rest were no different at all.

Behind his seemingly friendly and restrained exterior, Mai was actually quite arrogant. He looked down on Boss Jin and the others because ever since awakening this supernatural ability, he had never encountered any truly lethal danger.

All he needed to do was constantly replenish his various shields and avoid being killed upon first contact. With his ability, escaping was not difficult.

He had even planned out the future development of his abilities. As long as he found some specific Jujutsu Kaisen techniques or abilities like Idle Transfiguration, he could use his extreme mobility to instantly kill other reincarnators. The only ones he needed to watch out for were spellcasters whose mental power had surpassed the Mental Extreme Value.

But he had prepared for that as well. He himself was also about to reach the Mental Extreme Value, and possessed considerable resistance to Mental Power attacks…

Having narrowly escaped death, Mai’s thoughts scattered uncontrollably.

Whoosh.

A figure instantly appeared fifty meters behind him, and Mai’s nerves tightened again.

Bai Cangshu spread his hands with a smile. The purple Satsui no Hado around his hands slowly dissipated.

"You know, if you run away now, I’ll definitely find a way to hunt you down. I imagine that among low-level reincarnators, someone with both mind-control and Teleportation abilities has some degree of recognizability. The Information Brokers probably won’t refuse my order."

Bai Cangshu’s tone was calm, as though he were catching up with an old friend, but Mai’s nerves were stretched to the limit.

He truly did not use Teleportation to flee again.

Mai was genuinely afraid. A person’s reputation was like a tree’s shadow. He did not dare gamble his life on whether Mercenary Tao could find him.

Bai Cangshu nodded. Although this reincarnator had likely awakened a rare supernatural ability through sheer luck, he did possess a measure of quick wit. Whether it was using hand seals to lure Bai Cangshu into attacking before teleporting away during their previous battle, or throwing out information that could genuinely make him stop at the brink of death this time.

Attention, Code Ex051. A new round of Space deployment will begin in 1 hour. Please confirm that the surrounding environment is safe in advance.

At that moment, Bai Cangshu suddenly saw the Space notification. His new round of missions was about to begin.

This was the inescapable fate of reincarnators. It was precisely because of this that Bai Cangshu felt that the so-called Finality Empire was nothing but a joke.

Who knew when mission intensity might suddenly surge? There would be no need for other countries to do anything. These superhumans would die in unknown mission worlds.

"Talk. Where is this teleportation site?"

Mai remained tense, ready at any moment to resist the impact of Conqueror’s Haki and teleport away.

He did not dare brush him off. At this moment, he only wished never to have any dealings with Mercenary Tao again.

"I saw the contact Boss Jin received. Seven days from now, those people will activate a large teleportation array at the border between East Xia and Myanmar. They told all reincarnators who want to go to prepare their resources and travel together."

"But there should be reincarnators there maintaining order. Maybe… Title-level ones."

Afterward, Mai stared intently at Bai Cangshu and wrote down a set of coordinates on the ground with his left hand. Only then did he slowly retreat. Seeing that Bai Cangshu did not stop him, he instantly vanished. After several Teleportations, he completely left Bai Cangshu’s range of perception.

"Are you all right, Boss Bai?"

Leaning on a cane yet still insisting on hurrying over behind the guards, Lin Qinfu asked Bai Cangshu as he emerged from the woods. Du Enqin, however, lowered her head tactfully and handed over a white towel.

Bai Cangshu wiped his hands and tossed it back onto the woman.

Lin Qinfu wished he could slap himself. How could Madman Bai possibly be all right? He was saying something utterly useless again.

He was gradually beginning to grasp some of Madman Bai’s "habits." This was a monster so rational that he was cold-blooded. He did not need flattery, but he needed to see everyone’s value and usefulness.

If someone lost their usefulness, they also lost their value to exist.

This woman named Du Enqin was quite clever. Even though her seduction had failed, she still remembered small things like handing him a towel.

Bai Cangshu returned to the manor, looked at the collapsed wooden building, and said to Lin Qinfu.

"Find another base."

As the amusement park project moved forward in earnest, this manor in the mountains and forests was far from the future center of the park, making it inconvenient for Bai Cangshu to find prey.

He simply abandoned the place.

After temporarily moving into a hotel owned by Du Enqin, Bai Cangshu returned to the Space from his room.

He still had enough time to remain in the public area.

Before the new round of missions began, Bai Cangshu intended to complete another round of strengthening and liquidate his resources.

His Main Mission completion rate in the previous mission had been too low, so the difficulty of this mission deployment would presumably decrease accordingly. In the Space’s evaluation system, every reincarnator had a hidden rating system.

If you achieved a high completion rate, the next mission world and mission difficulty would be higher. If you continued to succeed, you would be sent into even greater difficulty.

In worlds and missions of higher difficulty, rewards were greater, but so was the risk of death.

It was because of this system that the strong among reincarnators grew stronger, while the weak grew weaker.

GA99954770 (Mad-level Potter) sent a message: Luoxi referred you? I’m at stall Number 77 in Area B. Think it through. My price is high.

This was the reincarnator Luoxi had introduced, said to be capable of customizing Special Items for others and possessing some appraisal ability. He was a reincarnator from the magic and mystic side.

Bai Cangshu looked at the various offers on his stall but did not rush to deal with them. He went to Area B first.

The Avatar of the reincarnator calling himself Mad-level Potter was equally distinct and exaggerated. His red afro was nearly four or five times the size of an ordinary person’s head, making him easy to spot from far away.

The skin across his body had been made black, making him especially conspicuous among the reincarnators.

Combined with this man’s alias, Bai Cangshu could already roughly guess his personality.

Unruly, eccentric, with a distinctive personality.

From that, he could even form a vague profile of this man’s real-world identity. He was most likely under thirty, likely a male or female shut-in who enjoyed niche culture and had plenty of free time. There was a high chance he was a student or freelancer.

Mad-level Potter suddenly felt something strange in his heart. He looked up and saw an ugly red face sizing him up with interest.

"Fuck, stop staring at me. You’re giving me goosebumps."

"Damn it, Luoxi was right. You’re a freak too."