The Dominator, the Moon Demon’s Vast Fortune (3K)

Bai Cangshu stood in the seawater. The muscles of his lower body, submerged beneath the waves, were completely relaxed and stretched to the utmost. At the same time, his center of gravity shifted, allowing his entire body to float strangely atop the sea, as though he were standing within the water.

This bizarre posture was a sign that Bai Cangshu’s martial arts had gradually entered a profound realm. But at this moment, the Moon Demon—or rather, Li Qingzi—had no mind to notice such details.

The only way she could think of to make a beast like Mercenary Tao spare her was to form a slave contract with him, just as she had once wanted to capture Mercenary Tao herself. Only…

She would be the slave.

The word "slave" was like a red-hot Branding Iron seared into her heart. The pain, resentment, humiliation, and fury even granted her a rare moment of mental clarity.

"You mean you want to be my dog?"

Bai Cangshu came before the Moon Demon. This monster, lying upon the sea without any ability to resist, somehow displayed a hint of frailty through its slender frame. Golden qi gathered at Bai Cangshu’s fingertips as he pressed them against the Moon Demon’s abdomen.

Pfft~

The smell of powerful qi piercing through flesh was not much better than laser-broiled pork. That scent of living tissue being instantly sterilized and cooked would make an ordinary person retch, yet Bai Cangshu calmly drove his finger into the other party’s abdomen.

There was not much killing intent behind this action. It was far more insulting than anything else.

Li Qingzi drew a deep breath. Her monster body, corrupted by the erosion, could not reveal her expression. At this moment, she was even somewhat glad that she did not have to see her original face.

Even though Bai Cangshu deliberately used the humiliating phrase "be my dog," she could only agree.

She wanted to live too badly. She could not bear to give up everything she possessed now.

"Yes. I… will give everything I have to you. That has to be worth more than killing me, right?"

Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow. Controlling a capable reincarnator was naturally far more profitable than killing one.

Although Scarlet Drop Cards allowed a slain reincarnator’s resources to be converted to some extent into the victor’s spoils.

The resources and information consumed in the growth of a reincarnator could never possibly be encompassed by one or two draws.

Whether one chose an ability draw, specialty draw, item draw, or Singularity and Dimensional Point draw, most of the other resources would inevitably go to waste.

The stronger the reincarnator, the higher the "commission" the Space took through this form of extraction.

Therefore, the only way to receive one hundred percent of an experienced reincarnator was naturally to enslave them and use the Space’s unique contract to control them completely.

Bai Cangshu had initially intended to squeeze every last resource out of the Moon Demon before killing her. But such a thing could usually only be accomplished against weak reincarnators with severe flaws in their character.

Because experienced reincarnators basically understood the other party’s intentions, and someone like the Moon Demon, who had earned her reputation through slaughter, was even more so.

She would not rashly hand over all her resources, and she would inspect the contract even more carefully. It would be difficult for Bai Cangshu to find a loophole that would let him obtain both her resources and her life.

"Tch. To stay alive, you really can do anything."

Bai Cangshu withdrew his finger. Watching the flesh buds squirm, he felt that this truly was the most authentic face of reincarnators.

The vast majority of reincarnators fit the conventional definition of "evil people." They were sent into various worlds, exploiting their intelligence advantages and superior combat strength to unleash malice and destruction upon those Plot Characters and Plot Worlds.

But when they encountered enemies they could not match, most reincarnators possessed none of the integrity of tyrants or villains. They would never consider dying unyieldingly.

Reincarnators were like that. As long as they could return to the Space alive, there would always be another chance to create miracles.

Reincarnators were a group of interdimensional locusts who committed every evil yet feared death, sent one after another by the Space into all kinds of worlds.

Listening to Mercenary Tao, Li Qingzi could hear the thick humiliation in his tone. Yet it was precisely that tone that made her realize her thinking had been correct. This was the greatest value she could offer.

This Mercenary Tao was not merely a beast of slaughter. He was the greediest kind. If there were a way to devour her down to the last scrap, he would never settle for just one draw from a Scarlet Drop Card.

"Yes. To stay alive, I can do anything."

"Mercenary Tao… no, Bai Cangshu. If you choose to control me, you will gain resources far beyond anything you can imagine. Even in the real world, you will be able to take whatever you want. That is something Hound Song Xian can never give you!"

The Moon Demon raised her head, her voice reverting to that of a woman.

Bai Cangshu had an excellent memory. His expression remained calm, showing no panic whatsoever at having his real name called. Everything was under his control now. Instant had already finished cooling down, and he could kill the Moon Demon at any moment while her defense was weakened and her Action Points impaired.

Moreover, he had now remembered her true identity.

You have accepted reincarnator QO60833805's servant contract

You have obtained dominion over QO60833805 (Moon Demon). You may impose restrictions upon QO60833805 (Moon Demon) through the Space and may withdraw QO60833805's resources at will

Matters related to the servant contract fall under Clause Six of the contract provisions. You may read it carefully and alter the restrictions placed upon your servant at any time

"Ha, who would have thought that the eldest daughter of the March Group was also a reincarnator? Mm… and she even ended up like this."

When Li Qingzi saw the contract had been completed, she knew she likely would not be killed. Her heart relaxed, and her consciousness began to grow muddled once more. Although her Mental Power attribute had been piled up to 23 through equipment and items, without acquiring efficiency, Mental Power under the base conversion rate found it extremely difficult to resist the corrosive power of God Hand.

ROAR!

With a savage howl, the Moon Demon abruptly flipped over from the sea and slashed at Bai Cangshu with a claw.

But just as the Moon Demon’s claw came within a palm’s distance of Bai Cangshu, her body suddenly froze, and blood vessels burst all over her body.

Bai Cangshu looked at the prompt on his panel.

The slave contract was among the harshest of all contracts. Establishing one required, depending on the slave’s strength rating, at least a D-rank Anomaly Point along with a large number of Dimensional Points.

Bai Cangshu had not paid that cost, because the Moon Demon had drafted this contract herself. This was probably one of the rare cases in the Space where someone had actively spent Singularities and Dimensional Points to become another reincarnator’s slave.

As for such slaves, the reincarnator in the dominant position could not only see the other party’s mission completion status, but under the rules, the servant reincarnator could not freely control the resources they obtained.

Every resource withdrawal required the dominant reincarnator’s approval. Conversely, the dominant reincarnator could withdraw the servant reincarnator’s resources without the other party’s consent.

At the same time, the dominant reincarnator possessed absolute authority over the servant reincarnator.

The subordinate could not attack the superior. Violators would face punishment from the Space, with severe injury as the default. The dominant reincarnator could also proactively change it to one of three levels: "minor injury," "near death," or "death."

There were many more related permissions and abilities. Bai Cangshu clicked his tongue in amazement.

Perhaps this Infinite Dimensional Space was encouraging this sort of "farming" behavior.

This Space was even more dark, cruel, and hopeless than the Infinite Flow works he had read. It was utterly built around a winner-takes-all mentality.

Whether reincarnators lost in the Space’s "gu-insect struggle" and became slaves, or were killed and turned into Scarlet Drop Cards, the Space would thoroughly squeeze every bit of resource from them.

The strong grew stronger, while the weak grew weaker.

Bai Cangshu grabbed the Moon Demon by the neck and dragged her across the sea as he treaded water back toward shore.

At the same time, he continuously browsed the Space’s rules and the Moon Demon’s Backpack space.

The Moon Demon had far more Backpack slots than Bai Cangshu. He guessed it was because she was rated as a three-star reincarnator. Apart from two slots containing clothes and items from the real world, all the other slots were filled with reincarnator items.

There were quite a few objects radiating purple brilliance. The one with the richest glow, and clearly the most valuable, was a badge.

Stigmata · ?

Quality: Purple · Extreme (May change after appraisal)

Description: The mark of the Children of God in A Certain Magical Index and its Derivative Worlds. It was stripped away by some mysterious force, and its properties have been concealed

Usage Requirements: Magic specialization level >7, Energy >30, Constitution >30

Effect: Gain the constitution of a Saint

When Bai Cangshu took out this item, its purple radiance was nearly like a torch. As it constantly spilled outward, even the surrounding seawater seemed to be suffused with violet.

Judging by its appearance and rarity alone, it was probably more precious than every item Bai Cangshu had seen so far, aside from King’s Left Arm.

Then there was a book.

Book of Imperial Ultimate World Ordering

Quality: ?

Description: A strange book passed down in the Sea Tiger World. Only those with great wisdom can comprehend its mysteries

Usage Requirements: None

Effect: None

Bai Cangshu looked at the book. It was the first time he had seen an item whose usage requirements and effect were both listed as none. But since it had received the Space’s recognition, it meant the book was indeed genuine.

In the Sea Tiger World, this book could indeed allow people to comprehend all kinds of martial arts. Did reincarnators need to comprehend it on their own as well?!

He temporarily placed the item into his Backpack. Just as he was about to take out the third item, a crystal, he heard a sound tearing through the air.

Bai Cangshu raised his head and saw Garp appear in the sky.

He stopped what he was doing, dragged the immobile Moon Demon along, and gave Garp a fake smile.

"Yo, Vice Admiral Garp, I caught the fugitive and brought her back."

Garp frowned. He had indeed been drunk, but with a physique like his, sobering up was simple. He only needed to control his body’s metabolism.

When he had heard Onigumo and the others say that this Mercenary Tao had gone after them, he had assumed he would most likely find that the man had killed the two monsters. In the end, the Marines would not punish him.

Garp knew very well that Mercenary Tao possessed frenzied killing intent. Even at this moment, that faint but ever-present killing intent surged like ocean waves.

Beneath that smiling face, he was surely suppressing his killing intent with great effort.

But in the end, he had not killed this monster. He had completed the live capture.

Garp smiled and turned around.

"You’re Mercenary Tao, right? Follow me!"

Then he launched into Moonwalk. Bai Cangshu’s heart stirred, and he immediately stomped down as well. As the sea surface exploded, he shot into the sky while carrying the enormous Moon Demon.