The two met at a restaurant, taking the opportunity to have a meal.
"Before I came, I didn't quite believe it. I didn't expect that in your second world, you'd already come across purple-tier equipment."
Qi Changwei looked incredulous.
Qin Jie didn't speak. In fact, in the first derivative world, the final boss Diablo dropped a purple treasure chest.
"Besides the rattan cane, I have something else to give you this time."
He took out Shu Zida's savings card. "This was left by a merchant from your Samsara Merchant Guild. He died in the derivative world. Before he died, he gave me this black card and told me to activate it with your Samsara Merchant Guild."
Taking the savings card, Qi Changwei glanced at it and nodded. "Alright, just leave it to me."
He was quite attentive to Qin Jie's matters. Such a powerful individual, if courted diligently, would surely be helpful in the future.
In reality, the Samsara Merchant Guild also had a grading system, from 1 to 10. Originally, Qi Changwei was just a Level 1 nobody, but because Qin Jie gave him several big orders, he had now risen to Level 2. If the parasitic rattan cane trade was successful, he even had a chance to reach Level 3.
Different levels meant different reward mechanisms. If he reached Level 3, Qi Changwei would be assigned a Tier 1 Contractor as a bodyguard when entering derivative worlds.
Thinking of this, Qi Changwei couldn't help but feel his blood boil, sensing a bright future ahead.
Qin Jie, however, didn't care about all that, only asking,
"How long will it take for the paradise coins to be deposited into my account?"
Hearing this, Qi Changwei immediately stood up.
"Is it urgent? Then I'll go now."
Before Qin Jie could reply, he ran out, leaving only one sentence behind.
"I've already paid the bill."
"It's not that urgent—." Qin Jie watched Qi Changwei's departing back, swallowed his words, and continued to eat in silence.
—Inside the room.
Qin Jie took out the wrathful demon buddha. This item was dropped by Sekiro, the protagonist of the Sekiro derivative world, and its attributes were extremely unique.
Challenging the enemy within one's heart, huh—interesting.
Since there was nothing else to do, Qin Jie decided to give it a try.
After using it, the surrounding scenery dimmed. After a brief moment of disorientation, Qin Jie's consciousness heard the sound of seagulls in the distance.
This is—blue sky and white clouds, a moist sea breeze coming from afar. Qin Jie was currently standing on a road, with a beach and the sea in the distance.
This is Naples?
Standing in front of Qin Jie was a muscular man with pink hair and an evil aura.
Diablo!?
Is this the enemy within his heart?
Without hesitation, Qin Jie directly used devouring abyss to cut a wound on his hand, and blood immediately dripped down.
Blood drop timing. If the blood on the ground suddenly increased at a certain moment, it would mean that Diablo had activated Time Erasure.
The next moment, that familiar sense of disorientation reappeared, but what followed was splattering blood.
Diablo had used blood to obscure Qin Jie's vision during Time Erasure!
With his vision obstructed and no time to wipe the blood from his eyes, a strong sense of danger came, indicating that Diablo had launched a flanking attack.
Although he couldn't see his surroundings, Qin Jie keenly felt that the environment had slowed down, and even the sound of the wind whistling had subtle changes.
This meant that Qin Jie was about to suffer a fatal blow, so the passive ability of Eye of Insight was activated.
Without hesitation, Qin Jie drew devouring abyss, immediately switched it to a greatsword, and braced it behind him. With a loud thud, Qin Jie felt a strong push against his back.
This flanking attack, it was truly familiar.
Qin Jie's body was directly sent flying by the impact, but he also used it to create distance.
Landing, after dissipating the force on his body, Qin Jie immediately activated Hunting Perspective and looked at Diablo in front of him.
In the previous world, Qin Jie had used a lot of ingenuity to defeat Diablo: stuffing a Walkman in his ears, feigning death, heart transplant, stealth attacks. Only then did he defeat this evil king with precognitive abilities.
But now there wasn't as much opportunity for tricks. Instead, there was a Qin Jie who was much stronger than before.
This is great.
Qin Jie grinned, wiped the blood from his eyes, and beside him, a Sword Shadow, generated by consuming 10% of his health, slowly emerged.
Come!
The next moment, Qin Jie's figure instantly vanished from his original spot, devouring abyss, carrying immense force, slashed towards Diablo, but Diablo's figure disappeared the next moment.
However, through the shared senses of the Sword Shadow, Qin Jie immediately saw Diablo behind him. Without even needing Eye of Insight, the wide blade of devouring abyss collided with Crimson King's fist.
"Bang!"
As the two clashed, Crimson King's thick fist struck the blade of devouring abyss. Upon initial contact, a massive collision sound erupted.
The fist of Diablo, standing in the distance, exploded with a spray of blood. Even though Crimson King was a top-tier power Stand, it couldn't match Qin Jie, whose Strength attribute had already reached 30.
The effect of Mass Effect activated. Under the influence of gravity, Crimson King was directly pulled and attached to Qin Jie, unable to break free for a moment.
Qin Jie then took out the decayed emissary and directly shot at Diablo.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!"
Time Erasure activated again. Crimson King and Diablo swapped positions again, dodging the bullets from the decayed emissary.
Time Erasure has a brief cooldown based on the duration of the erased time, so even erasing just one second will trigger a cooldown.
Diablo couldn't create distance within one second, otherwise Qin Jie would catch up to him afterwards, forcing him into an engagement.
It should be known that Crimson King's close combat was no longer a match for Qin Jie.
And Diablo's true body was merely an ordinary person with slightly higher attributes. Even erasing twelve seconds of time would only create a distance of less than two hundred meters.
Qin Jie could cover this short distance in an instant.
But contrary to Qin Jie's expectation, this time Diablo erased about five seconds, and he surprisingly appeared at the location of the Sword Shadow.
Qin Jie immediately gave up controlling the Sword Shadow for defense, as this Sword Shadow only had 10% of his health invested, making its quality far inferior to Qin Jie's main body.
What he needed to do was close the distance with Diablo.
The Sword Shadow was naturally no match for Crimson King and was instantly killed, while Qin Jie's figure closed in in an instant.
The greatsword devouring abyss slashed down like lightning. Even if Diablo manipulated Crimson King to Parry, it couldn't effectively defend. In just an instant, Crimson King's arms were severed by Qin Jie.
And the cooldown for Time Erasure was still active.
devouring abyss slashed down, and Diablo's head flew high into the air.
[Challenge successful, Willpower + 1.]