White Face Seizes Destiny

The next morning, sunlight flooded the golden manor. Bai Cangshu suddenly opened his eyes, and a Record Pointer appeared in his hand.

The pointer had now risen completely upright, a sign that it was about to become usable.

With a thought from Bai Cangshu, his figure vanished. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the familiar Private Space.

Mercenary Tao’s return to the Slum Area was treated like the arrival of a major celebrity. Nearly all low- and mid-tier reincarnators were watching him.

Previously, an "information war" had erupted in the public space around Mercenary Tao, drawing in more than a dozen well-known Information Brokers.

Black Butler, Jin Ruohai, Faceless, and other increasingly famous Information Brokers had all joined in. Some concealed information, while others leaked it.

But without exception, it all concerned Mercenary Tao.

By now, even the dullest people had realized that someone was targeting Mercenary Tao, this powerful reincarnator who had seemed to enjoy smooth sailing all the way.

And through the spread of countless rumors, many people had come to believe that the Kill Bai Alliance truly existed.

It was simply impossible to say for certain who its confirmed members were.

Thus, the reincarnators looking at Mercenary Tao now had extremely strange expressions in their eyes.

When Bai Cangshu arrived at the stall, a girl with long dark-green twin tails was sitting in midair above it.

The reincarnators around them glanced at her openly and covertly, yet none dared meet her eyes directly.

"Yo, Mercenary Tao. You actually showed up?"

Kurushi was somewhat surprised, feeling that Kidō Master really did have some skill.

She looked Bai Cangshu up and down. With the barrier of space between them, even a Pupil Technique would have been unable to see anything at all.

Yet she continued looking him over, clicking her tongue all the while.

Bai Cangshu had no time to waste. A single glance at her white uniform with black trim and a high collar was enough for him to guess that she was likely a member of the Throne of Illusion and Reality, and not a low-ranking one at that.

As he considered this, the girl shifted, revealing a casually written "03" on her chest.

03… Bai Cangshu remembered that the one he had encountered last time was numbered 98. He roughly understood that the girl before him was a high-ranking member of the Throne of Illusion and Reality.

"Hmm… I really do think you’re a pretty decent guy."

The girl came to that conclusion, then raised her right hand.

An emerald Invitation Letter appeared once again.

"How about joining our Throne of Illusion and Reality, Mercenary Tao? The Emerald War Group is even more special than you think."

"And having someone as strong as me personally invite a newcomer should show plenty of sincerity, shouldn’t it~?"

The girl was extremely narcissistic, but Mercenary Tao did not respond to that. He merely said,

"Where’s Kidō Master? I still have something with him."

Light flashed in the girl’s right hand again, and a dark-purple sphere appeared in her palm.

"Kidō Master asked me to give this to you."

Bai Cangshu extended his right hand, but the girl suddenly withdrew the modified Void Core. Blinking, she said in a crisp voice,

"If you don’t join the Emerald War Group, I won’t give you this. What do you say?"

Bai Cangshu said nothing, but his face turned completely cold. He looked at the woman indifferently, and then a cruel smile appeared.

"Ha~ That expression!"

"I knew I hadn’t misjudged you!"

The girl suddenly looked delighted. She watched as Mercenary Tao’s ugly face slowly bloomed into a cruel smile. Even his dull eyes seemed to come alive.

That was what he truly looked like.

Reincarnator CC56799111 has initiated a trade with you

You have obtained the item: Unsealed Hollow Core

Unsealed Hollow Core

Special Creation, Bio-Implant, spirit seed

Quality: Extremely Rare · Supreme

Description: A Void Core that has yet to be born, kneaded by the Great Will into a seed of power. It will have an irreversible effect on the soul. Its outer shell has already been fractured.

Effect 1: Fuse it into any item for a chance to awaken Fullbring. The probability is related to the holder's Spiritual Pressure.

Effect 2: Directly fuse it into the soul as material at the Goddess, granting Kamui traits.

Effect 3: There is an extremely small chance of birthing a new spirit-seed creature.

Effect 4: If touched by any spirit body, it will devour that spirit body and be born as a Void.

After seeing that Kidō Master had fractured the Void Core’s outer shell, Bai Cangshu found it somewhat more convenient to use.

But fundamentally, it still could not produce immediate results.

He was not a reincarnator enhanced by a Death God Enhancement and could not directly fight using spirit bodies. Traits like Kamui could not directly enhance his combat power either.

So for him now, this thing could either be used to cultivate so-called spirit-seed creatures, or… fused into some item in pursuit of a Fullbring.

Bai Cangshu knew that with the Soul Power currently within him, awakening a Fullbring probably would not be difficult.

But what item should he fuse it into…?

As Bai Cangshu pondered, a finger snap rang out before his eyes.

The girl was petite, but she stood in midair at the same height as Bai Cangshu. Giggling, she said,

"I’d advise you to join the Emerald War Group. Those jackals outside are all watching you…"

"The enemies aren’t just the ones you can see. In the places you can’t see… they’re all enemies, heh…"

Laughing, the girl raised her right hand once more.

You have obtained the item: Invitation Letter (Special)

Bai Cangshu accepted it, but he did not care about the girl’s warning. From the very beginning, he had considered everyone his enemy, so naturally he would not care about such a thing.

He checked the offers on the stall. Most of them failed to interest him.

He saw no powerful materials or items comparable to the Bodhi Leaf, so he continued flipping through the listings.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on an item called Aghanim’s Scepter. The other party wanted to trade it for the Op-Op Fruit in his stall.

Bai Cangshu’s thoughts stirred. As he watched the pointer begin to tremble, he sent the other party a message.

White Face still sat in the room, watching the countdown appear as the smile on her lips grew increasingly obvious.

She had already learned through other channels that Mercenary Tao had returned to his Private Space. In other words, that ferocious beast would most likely truly follow her into the mission world.

"Heh, interesting…"

"Mercenary Tao, I hope you won’t regret it~"

The next moment, White Face transformed into a silver-white stream of information and disappeared into the pitch-black space.

When she regained consciousness, she was already standing in a dark city.

White Face raised her right hand, and transparent light emerged from it.

Countless illusory trails seemed to appear in the sky. White Face searched continuously until she finally found one. With a leap, she threw herself into it.

The next instant, White Face felt herself become another person and live through an entire lifetime. In the end, she took out a set of black priest’s robes and draped them over herself.