Chapter 299: Enemy's Flesh and Blood, My Sustenance II
[Material · Dragon-Transformation Snake Head]
[Quality: Rare & Peerless]
[Description: The head of the White Snake Sage from the Naruto and its derivative worlds, containing immense life vitality.]
[Effect: After smelting, one of the following traits can be obtained:]
[A: Snake Body, Constitution +5, Strength -2. The body gains extraordinary flexibility, bones soften, and grants extra damage immunity against physical attacks.]
[B: Long-Lived Species (Rare), Constitution +2. The aging rate of the body is greatly slowed down, and the lifespan is significantly increased.]
[C: White Scales (Uncommon), Spirit +1, Constitution +1. When fighting under sunlight, the body can reflect strong light from various angles, affecting the enemy's vision.]
[D: Molting (Rare). Every seven natural days, the surface skin can be completely replaced. At this time, all negative statuses with priority lower than medium on the Reincarnator will be removed.]
[E: Dragon Transformation Cultivator (Rare & Peerless). Obtain Origin Qi affinity talent. Absorb the essence of heaven, earth, sun, and moon for one's own use. By actively inhaling and exhaling, absorb Origin Qi from the environment to slightly increase one's own energy attributes.]
"What a pity. This white snake cultivated painstakingly, but in the end, it was still slain by you."
The Knight Girl handed the appraised White Snake Head back to Kaito Shirogane, with some regret in her words.
Kaito Shirogane didn't have any feelings about it. Battle is battle, killing is killing. Sighing about how difficult it was for others to cultivate for a thousand years after killing them was a bit too hypocritical.
He just clicked his tongue. The attributes of this [Dragon-Transformation Snake Head] were not bad. Whether it was [Long-Lived Species] or [Dragon Transformation Cultivator], these two attributes would probably be considered excellent categories for ordinary cultivators.
Unfortunately, Reincarnators were a group of people who lived and died quickly. Things like longevity or slow cultivation were of much lower value.
He put this thing away, planning to ask the Black Butler later to see if there were any special Reincarnators who needed this thing, so he could sell it for a high price.
"I can accept the advancement mission now, right?"
The Knight Girl nodded. She felt pity for the white snake that had cultivated for a thousand years, but she wouldn't dislike the Reincarnator who killed the white snake, just as she said at the beginning.
Every true powerhouse must be built on the bones of countless guys with the title of powerhouse. The white snake's thousand years of cultivation would eventually only become part of another stronger person's foundation.
Just like the materials currently forged on her wrist and the wrist of the person in front of her.
"Of course, with your strength, you should have received this mission long ago."
These so-called NPCs of the Infinite Dimensional Space were obviously not just mechanical NPCs. They could remember every Reincarnator's previous enhancements and mission processes, and could directly "see" whether the Reincarnators had obtained high-rank evaluations, but they also had their own personalities and preferences.
The Knight Girl obviously approved of Kaito Shirogane quite a bit.
[You have triggered the advancement mission: Enemy's Flesh and Blood, My Sustenance II]
[Mission Description: In a one-on-one battle, kill a plot character or Reincarnator with a rating of Strong Rank or above.]
[Mission Reward: Enter the Strong Rank, obtain one chance to smelt material.]
Kaito Shirogane raised his eyebrows. Compared to the [Bing] (Parallel) Rank one, this advancement mission no longer only had plot characters as optional kill targets; Reincarnators were also included.
Obviously, at the [Strong] stage, one was already an elite mercenary that the Space could truly rely on. At this stage, the Space wanted to "select the best from the best," not hesitating to smelt some insufficiently strong [Strong] Rank Reincarnators back into material form for stronger latecomers.
However, this change was a good thing for Kaito Shirogane. He had many more optional targets because this advancement mission had a special hidden effect.
That is, when the target you kill satisfies this mission requirement, the Space will forcibly turn the kill target's head into material.
This was a forced drop setting. For Kaito Shirogane, he absolutely had the opportunity to slay multiple targets meeting the requirements simultaneously in a chaotic battle, just like in the Demon Slayer Derivative World, so he could obtain multiple materials at once.
He had already discovered that obtaining [Traits] by smelting materials must be an important factor in widening the gap between high-rank Reincarnators.
This ability to gain an extra powerful special effect once smelted was an important foundation for Reincarnators to rise rapidly in a short time.
And because of the setting that an S-rank evaluation could grant an extra smelting chance from the Knight Girl, those powerful Reincarnators naturally had the opportunity to smelt more traits.
The gap in the quantity and quality of traits at each rank would eventually lead to a world of difference in actual combat power between two high-rank Reincarnators.
As the Knight Girl said, they were candidates who had "perfectly" stepped over the first step of the Steps to Godhood. Kaito Shirogane speculated that this "perfect" meant he had successfully smelted all three traits at the [Bing] Rank, and each one was of [Rare & Peerless] quality.
This description already revealed her powerful essence: perfectly stepping over every step!
"Knight Girl, one of my abilities has been sealed. Do you have any solution?"
Since Kaito Shirogane hadn't entered the [Strong] Rank yet, he still couldn't truly obtain the title of [Villain Savior]. However, he was already wearing the inheritance title [Wild Sheathed Light], so he didn't dwell on it too much and directly asked about the sealing issue of his [Satsui no Hado].
The Knight Girl's eyes narrowed. She looked him up and down while resting her chin on her hand in thought.
"Satsui no Hado, huh? That's really a troublesome ability."
"Killing intent entering the body affects your sanity. The Space sealing it complies with the rules. Hmm..."
Soon, the Knight Girl gave a solution.
"I can reset this ability. You just need to pay, um... two B-Grade Singularities..."
Kaito Shirogane was already preparing to turn and leave. He would not give up the power of the Satsui no Hado. Weakening the Satsui no Hado and waiting until he became stronger to upgrade it again was not within his acceptable range.
Moreover, this choice of weakening his own power actually required paying Singularities?!
"And 18,000 Dimensional Points."
[Do you wish to pay B-Grade Singularity * 2 and Dimensional Points * 18,000 to revert the ability Satsui no Hado LV4 to Satsui no Hado LV3?]
Kaito Shirogane waved his hand and left the Rank Management Office.
At this moment, the East District Shantytown attracted a small gathering of Reincarnators because of the few items he offered.
The [Chakra] power system was actually very convenient in the early stages, with strong escape abilities, wide application, and sufficient lethality. In the later stages, there were also quite a few bloodline abilities to increase the upper limit. Theoretically, there was even the prospect of power intensity like the [Six Paths Level] and the Otsutsuki clan's cosmic colonization.
Therefore, in the Infinite Dimensional Space, it once became one of the most popular anime world abilities alongside the [Haki] of the One Piece world and the [Nen] of the Hunter world, almost catching up with generic ability systems like [Magic] and [Dou Qi].
Therefore, Kaito Shirogane's items had quite good liquidity.
Kaito Shirogane wasn't in a hurry to go back. Even seeing that the Black Butler was already contacting him, he ignored it and turned to head towards the Goddess's Residence.
The stone lions guarding in front of the white jade stairs moved from afar this time.
They tilted their heads, constantly sniffing the air. That strong smell—it had been a long time since such a rich smell of offerings appeared.
The stone lions impatiently moved aside, watching Kaito Shirogane step onto the stairs.
Kaito Shirogane walked on the white jade stairs amidst misty clouds. The Goddess's voice actively appeared in his ears.
"Little guy, I indeed didn't misjudge you. Such a rich smell of offerings really delights me~"
(End of Chapter)
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