Chapter 323: Wanted Order and Death Note (3.5K)
Bai Cangshu's injuries were not severe. He utilized the characteristics of the Wind Demon to mostly evade the most powerful phase of that terrifying magic, only suffering from the aftermath.
Li Qingzi, however, had nowhere to hide. After striking that sword, she used Godspeed to run nearly a thousand meters, her entire body hardened with Armament Haki taking the hit.
Although she survived, almost 70% of her body was carbonized, an injury that would be beyond saving in the real world.
But this level of injury, in the space, only required less than three thousand dimensional points to be completely healed.
Her robe was completely burned in that high temperature. Now, after being repaired, her body was completely exposed. Li Qingzi subconsciously covered her vital parts, but the next moment she was roughly pulled away by Bai Cangshu.
Li Qingzi's figure was considered tall among ordinary people, but Bai Cangshu still grabbed her like a rag doll.
"You finally have some Reincarnator demeanor, woman."
Bai Cangshu's hand roamed her neck. Li Qingzi trembled all over, but in that humiliated emotion, some joy was inexplicably mixed in.
She immediately stopped the thought, enduring the burning pain in her nerves and cursing Bai Cangshu in her heart, which made that strange emotion dissipate without a trace.
Li Qingzi was very clear that this was probably a manifestation similar to Stockholm Syndrome, caused by a high-pressure environment and a series of torments. The recovery of her power and the subsequent recognition from Bai Cangshu made her continuously low mood rise.
This was a very dangerous sign.
Bai Cangshu saw the woman's expression in his eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He did not continue to interfere. Green fruits always mature gradually with the harmonization of wind, rain, and sunlight.
Bai Cangshu's finger slid across the woman's delicate skin. After the synchronization rate of The Sin of Lust increased by another two points, he twisted the doorknob of his private space, ready to leave.
"You performed well this time. That scarlet drop card will be your reward. Go exchange it for a sufficiently sturdy sword."
Li Qingzi had just taken out her private clothes from her backpack and put them on when she saw a scarlet drop card appear in front of her.
She couldn't help but resent it. As a slave, she didn't even have the right to acquire spoils of war. When the two of them acted together, she killed two people, but the distribution rights of the scarlet drop card still belonged to Bai Cangshu.
Seeing the other party leave the space, Li Qingzi's nerves relaxed a little. She directly crushed the scarlet drop card in her hand. If she was not mistaken, this should belong to the weakest black-clothed Reincarnator. The other party's ability should be a kind of ability called Martial Soul, derived from a certain web novel in East Xia.
But no matter what, since the other party promised to give this drop card as her reward, it meant that she could freely dispose of this part of the resources!
Li Qingzi had opened many scarlet drop cards and possessed a large amount of resources, but this scarlet drop card made her exceptionally happy, because it was a rare instance of her having disposable resources again since she became a slave.
She had had enough of her sword blades being broken by brute force. Even if she couldn't possess a silver-level plot equipment like Black Blade Night again, she had to obtain a sufficiently sturdy weapon.
...
Bai Cangshu twisted the door open, but he did not enter the public space. Instead, a flash of light brought him to a small town similar to the Middle Ages. This was the assembly space of his current assembly, Red Lotus.
The assembly had many team facilities and was actually a very suitable place for Reincarnators to train and rest.
However, compared to the lively scene when he last came here, this small town seemed a bit empty now.
A red-dressed woman leaned against the stone monument in the center of the earthy yellow square, flames flickering on her skirt.
"Miss Luo Xi, I wonder if contacting me urgently means you have news of the other parts of Three Point Divine Finger?"
Bai Cangshu smiled, as if he didn't see her embarrassment.
Earlier, when trading with Mad Potter, the Reincarnator of Black Beast had hinted to Mad Potter and Bai Cangshu that Honglian Modao · Luo Xi's situation was not good. Now it seemed, this was more than just not good; it was a miserable state, almost at its end.
Luo Xi turned her head and saw Tao Bai Bai, wearing an ugly avatar, appear as promised. She breathed a slight sigh of relief.
An assembly was actually a rather loose alliance. Because when Roseate Tiger had invited Tao Bai Bai to join the assembly, Tao Bai Bai was only a moderately famous 'Fiend'. Luo Xi, at that time, sensing that her superior, Silent Death, had the upper hand, did not make any harsh contracts with Tao Bai Bai.
However, the situation of Reincarnators was ever-changing. The Terminus Great Sun, forced to withdraw from the resource competition in the Primeval World, established End Empire in the real world.
This action caused a terrifying stir, and a large number of Reincarnators recognized the Terminus Great Sun's ideology and sided with the Terminus Great Sun.
This put pressure on the forces under Silent Death, who had originally held the advantage.
Many groups, including her own Red Lotus, were attacked.
In her last mission world, her team was jointly attacked by more than 3 Title-level Reincarnator teams, suffering heavy losses, and she herself almost perished in the mission world.
When she returned to the assembly, the news of Red Lotus Magus's defeat had already spread. The Reincarnators who had followed her and joined this assembly either ran or dispersed, which gave her a sense of disillusionment.
"Heh, Tao Bai Bai, you really don't know how to read the atmosphere~"
The woman's voice lacked the imposing presence of a Title-level Reincarnator, and her eyes didn't have the unrestrainedness of Hong Ye.
Bai Cangshu just smiled. This woman, code-named Luo Xi, although a Title-level Reincarnator, had a rather non-aggressive personality.
Perhaps, this was why she was so popular among mid-to-low-tier Reincarnators, and many people hoped to follow her?
But at the same time, this 'weak' personality simply couldn't control too large a force, and the current miserable state of this assembly also proved the point.
Luo Xi didn't know that the person in front of her was secretly slandering her. A light flashed in her hand, and another scroll appeared.
Bai Cangshu guessed that perhaps Luo Xi, or rather Red Lotus, had mastered the ability to stably anchor the Wind and Cloud World or similar derivative worlds.
"I'm sorry, Tao Bai Bai, that scroll of Cloud Dispersing Palm was taken by others, and after this, I probably won't have much chance to help you get it back."
Luo Xi's words had a hidden meaning, but Bai Cangshu didn't take the bait. He didn't mind helping people with some murder and looting, but the premise was that he could profit from such a transaction.
Although he had also gained synchronization on The Sin of Lust, he was not the type to fawn over Luo Xi just because she had a good figure and appearance.
Ultimately, he was very selfish and always thought about problems from his own perspective.
Seeing that Tao Bai Bai didn't respond, Luo Xi sighed, knowing that this guy was indeed completely different from those idiots like Roseate Tiger.
Although she suffered a great loss this time, her connections were still there.
With a thought, a beam of light immediately lit up above the stone monument behind her, casting into the air out of nowhere.
It was a huge wanted order, with a photo of Tao Bai Bai's avatar printed on it, and even the essence of his cruel smile was captured very accurately.
This didn't look like a candid photo taken in the space, but rather the effect of some ability reproducing it, because Bai Cangshu believed that no one could take such a close-up photo in front of him without him noticing, even a hidden ability like the Heart Demon would only hide behind him to erase its traces.
[Terminus Wanted Order · Tao Bai Bai (Three Stars) — Life or Death; Bounty: 1 a-level singularity or items of equivalent value]
"Not a few Reincarnators attacked End Empire this time, but not many can be remembered by the Terminus Great Sun and put on a wanted order. What did you do?"
Luo Xi pulled out a cigarette, not continuing to talk about her losses or the Cloud Dispersing Palm secret manual. She didn't even directly give the Heavenly Frost Fist in her hand to Bai Cangshu.
Instead, she turned to talk about matters outside the space.
Bai Cangshu shook his head and smiled indifferently.
"Tsk, Supreme Expert-sama's magnanimity isn't enough. I just killed a few of his useless subordinates, and he actually put me up in a place like this. How truly unkind."
Red Lotus Fire ignited on Luo Xi's fingers, lighting the cigarette. She took a puff. She knew that if it were just ordinary Reincarnators killed, the Terminus Great Sun wouldn't bother.
Being put on a wanted list and spread among various assemblies in the space meant that Tao Bai Bai must have killed a relatively important Reincarnator under the Terminus Great Sun.
Luo Xi realized that compared to Roseate Tiger, no, compared to herself, this Tao Bai Bai was probably even more valuable. His actions were exactly like those truly powerful individuals she remembered.
"Tao Bai Bai, do you want to make a deal with me?"
Bai Cangshu nodded, but his words were insincere excuses.
"Heh, Miss Luo Xi is the leader of our assembly. You can tell me if you have any instructions."
Luo Xi also became increasingly aware of Tao Bai Bai's personality. She knew that if she really asked him to do some dangerous tasks without offering compensation, he would probably resent her and might even secretly try to eliminate her.
Luo Xi was not afraid of the current Tao Bai Bai, but she respected the future Tao Bai Bai.
"I hope you kill a person, or rather a team, for me in the next mission world."
"I will give you all their information, and I will ensure they track you into the mission world. Whatever you get from killing them will naturally all belong to you."
"Besides that, I will seek protection for you from Silent Death, so that you won't be hunted by numerous teams because of this wanted order. How about it?"
Bai Cangshu shook his head. Although the condition of letting him hunt others seemed good, since Luo Xi said she had a way to make the other party track him into the mission world, rather than him tracking the other party into the mission world.
Then it meant that the team might already have some connection with him, and there was a possibility of hunting that team without relying on the other party's information.
"I don't care about being hunted. Give me something more substantial, Miss Luo Xi."
Luo Xi threw out the secret manual in her hand in annoyance. This was actually the trade condition she had prepared early on, but as a negotiation tactic, she still first gave an offer that Tao Bai Bai couldn't possibly accept, and then threw out the normal offer.
[You obtained the item, Secret Manual · Heavenly Frost Fist (Rare)]
"This scroll of secret manual will be the deposit. After you kill them, I will find a way to give you Cloud Dispersing Palm and the Three Point Divine Finger, which combines the three Absolutely."
Bai Cangshu accepted the secret manual, then asked.
"May I know their identity? It seems to have made Miss Luo Xi so angry."
The woman's eyelids drooped, and flames fiercely burned on her skirt.
"You've met her, a woman, Flower Fairy."
Bai Cangshu nodded. That woman had tried to outbid his captain, Roseate Tiger, for a large amount of Five Compound, which ultimately led to him obtaining Instant Prison Kill and Killing Intent Ripple.
"She killed Roseate Tiger and joined the Terminus Great Sun's team, Chaos. I hope you can kill her and try to reduce the number of members in that team."
"For every veteran member you kill, I will give you an additional 1 b-class special point. If you can make their leader die in that world, I will obtain a special item for you from Silent Death, a fragment of Death Note!"