Chapter 1526 - 49: Demon and Alice

Chapter 1526: Chapter 49: Demon and Alice

An option was placed before Su Xiao, and his time for consideration was limited as the Guard Court Thirteen Teams were quickly approaching.

If he chooses to activate the Third Ring main task, Su Xiao will enter the Virtual Circle and partake in the subsequent chaos in Kuozu Town. There is no doubt, that is a battlefield where only Fifth Tier contractors can survive.

The top-ranking captains from Jingling Court, the Ten Blades, the Broken Face Squad, Aizen in his Hōgyoku state, the plot protagonist who has cheats, and a large group of Fifth Tier contractors, these individuals engaging in chaos together can be imagined as intense, by then, people like Kaname Tosen and Komamura Sajin are obviously at the bottom, calling them the ones who fetch the soy sauce wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

After a brief moment of consideration, Su Xiao checked the rewards he had acquired.

[World Source: 91.3%.]

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[Blue Treasure Chest ×42.]

[Purple Treasure Box ×26.]

[Dark purple treasure chest ×12.]

[Light Golden Treasure Chest ×6.]

[Golden Treasure Box ×5.]

[Legendary treasure box ×2.]

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[True Attribute Point ×3.]

...

Su Xiao’s categories of benefits are few, only World Source, treasure chest, and True Attribute Point, but treasure chests equate to many things.

Su Xiao created the Spiritual Pulse based on his ability, thus it was determined to be a personal ability, he used his ability to kill enemies, so the value of these treasure chests can be imagined, plus Bleach World is a large open world which further enhances the treasure chest’s value.

Needless to say anything else, just by converting these chests’ contents into power, Su Xiao’s combat strength would be significantly enhanced.

But the high reward of the Third Ring also tempted Su Xiao, such things don’t occur often.

After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Su Xiao completed the main task (Second Ring), but did not activate the Third Ring, for a simple reason: his battle strength could not keep up with ’Kuozu Town chaos’.

Based on Su Xiao’s self-assessment, if he were to fight in the Arena now, he could reach the top 100 or so, and with Demonic Hunt Time activated, he could competitively fight with those in the top 20, perhaps even the top 10.

Although the Arena can’t fully reflect life-and-death combat ability, it gives Su Xiao a basic understanding of his own combat strength.

He has yet to achieve unrivaled strength within the Fourth Tier; as for tearing it up with those Fifth Tier contractors, it’s clearly too early. Battling across tier positions is no joke; don’t mention those contractors with mid-strength within the Fifth Tier. Even newly promoted Fifth Tier contractors might prove too much for him.

Once reaching the Fourth Tier, contractors generally possess one or two true attributes. To reach the Fifth Tier, one requires more than just sufficient leveling and completion of the ascension assessment — another trial must be faced. As Su Xiao’s relationship with Crazy Fox is decent, and Crazy Fox is the second-in-command of a top-tier Adventure group in the Fourth Tier, he appropriately disclosed some information regarding Fifth Tier ascension to Su Xiao.

Crazy Fox’s original words were: "Once promoted to the Fifth Tier, it’s another league, 1–4 Tier is one league, 5–? Tier is another league. Even more interesting, once you reach the Fifth Tier, you’ll encounter some ’very interesting’ contractors and involve some worlds within the Void."

The information given by Crazy Fox wasn’t vast, but it was already quite a favor, as thanks, Su Xiao introduced Reed the Forging Master to Crazy Fox. Due to the God Emperor Adventure Group’s long-standing credentials behind Crazy Fox, Reed agreed to offer a 10% discount to God Emperor Adventure Group members, greatly pleasing Crazy Fox.

Or rather, it was a win-win situation for Reed and Crazy Fox, Su Xiao didn’t gain directly from it; he merely repaid Crazy Fox’s favor. Additionally, Reed always assisted him with forging and repairing equipment at base price, so naturally, he had to aid Reed’s business.

Su Xiao determined, compared to going on an adventure to the Virtual Circle now, obviously digesting the acquired benefits is more reliable, besides he still needs to handle the Awakening of the Blade issue.

After some observation over time, Su Xiao had already vaguely identified what Dragon Slash was lacking, or rather, Dragon Slash is about to become his first piece of equipment to surpass Legendary Level quality.

Not only Awakening of the Blade requires enhancement, but the Sword Grandmaster needs quick promotion as well. Sword Grandmaster is currently only at Level 1, in the short term, boosting Sword Grandmaster is Su Xiao’s fastest way to improve his strength, without exception, this is a result of accumulation.

While Su Xiao was pondering, the wind-breaking sounds approached — it was Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and others arriving.

Just at that moment, four beams of light descended from the sky, enveloping Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tosen.

"Hmm?"

Aizen turned to glance at an empty light beam area where, as the light beams descended, Su Xiao actually leaped away.

Aizen didn’t say a word, or perhaps, he’s now within the ’Anti-Membrane,’ where interference with the space where the Soul Society exists is impossible, Aizen inside the Anti-Membrane can’t harm those outside, and the surrounding Soul Reapers are similarly unaffected.

A large number of Soul Reapers rushed in, including several captains and Ichigo Kurosaki et al. Yet, when they arrived, Aizen inside the Anti-Membrane, Su Xiao’s body gradually became transparent and faded. From start to finish, no life-risking battle occurred here, but the Guard Court Thirteen Teams faced devastation, internally revealing three long-dormant infiltrators — not being defeated would be bizarre.

The gradually fading Su Xiao glanced at several rushing captains; choosing to enter Bleach World was already a risky move. Had he opted for Holy Grail World earlier, it might’ve been a catastrophic fight, but it surely wouldn’t yield such gains as now.

[The Hunter is about to return to Reincarnation Paradise, teleporting...]

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Void, Mammon Mod Fortress.

This towering fortress is located on the Shattered Continent, Mammon Mod stands before one Black Abyss entrance, with ’The City of Vanishing’ on its side, and tasked with guarding Mammon Mod Fortress are one of the old races within the Void — the Demon Clan.

Although Black Abyss is dangerous, it’s also full of opportunities. Here lie 16 entrances, each guarded by a fortress or Magic Tower-like War Fortress, prohibiting ’suspicious persons’ from entering.

Considering the danger level of Black Abyss, most Void Races wouldn’t enter freely, but it’s no place to venture as one pleases either. The 16 entrances require toll fees from any entry point, and as for the most primitive entrance, unless one can’t afford the toll, no one would jump in because it might lead directly to the deepest part of Black Abyss, basically speaking, that’s game over.

Mammon Mod Fortress, within level 178, Demon Judgment Office.

Thump, thump, thump...

Sitting high above, the Old Demon knocked continuously with a Bone Hammer upon a metal table before him, the Old Demon had two twisted horns atop his head, a goatee at his chin; his appearance seemed like an old billy goat, but those eyes as if aglow with flames imparted a sense of dread.

"Proceed to the next judgment, Alice, the Mistress of the Demon Castle and her old butler? Can the Demon Clan serve as a butler?"

The Old Demon glanced at the parchment in hand, then turned to a jury Demon Councilor beside him.

"Sir, yes indeed, the matter is as follows..."

The jury Demon and the Old Demon muttered in low whispers.

"Oh? It turns out to be like this, interesting."

The Old Demon had obviously perked up considerably.

"Go, bring that woman, no, bring both the judgment sides up."

A grin formed on the Old Demon’s lips; although he didn’t know the entire story, he understood one thing — a delectable piece of juicy meat was about to be presented to the Demon Clan; Alice, being one of Void Colosseum’s hosts, must be quite wealthy.

The Old Demon waited for quite some time, yet Alice had not been escorted into the Demon Judgment Office.

"What’s happening."

A slight displeasure flashed across the Old Demon’s face, as the surrounding space twisted and the smell of sulfur filled the air.

"Lord, Alice... was ’taken away’ by the Arcane Eternal Star people."

"Oh."

The Old Demon quietly regained composure, and the surrounding space was no longer distorted.

"Release that thing from the Black Abyss entrance,"

"Lord, that thing has been starving for fifty years, it seems somewhat..."

The jury Demons in the Demon Judgment Office were shocked and frightened; upon recalling that thing imprisoned at the Black Abyss entrance, they all shuddered. Clearly, the Demon Clan and the Arcane Eternal Star are at odds, about to start vexing each other.