CHAPTER 384: CHAPTER 85: THE FOG GRADUALLY CLEARS

Blood slipped down the blade, a red flash glinting from Tang Hong’s edge. This was a blade once stained with blood, now awakened once more after tasting blood again.

"This..."

Stassen’s mouth slightly opened, and the cigar between his fingers dropped. He had only one thought now: how did the other party get in, and why was there no sound?

Su Xiao glanced around the room at the two people, a black man and a white man. The black man was Samuel, whom he had seen in photos. As for the white man, he should be Samuel’s collaborator.

"Do you know what you’re doing? I am..."

Before the white man could finish his sentence, Su Xiao pulled out a handgun and fired a bullet straight into the white man’s head.

Bang, brains splattered, and the white man collapsed.

Samuel looked at the collapsed white man and sighed.

"If I’m not mistaken, your surname is Su, right?"

Samuel’s Chinese was quite standard; in the castle, two people understood Chinese, and he was one of them.

"Yes, it seems you’re indeed connected to the events of that year."

Su Xiao discarded the gun in his hand and walked toward Samuel with the blade. The other party was just an ordinary person. Because of the complex situation, Su Xiao had once speculated that Samuel might be a Contractor. Now it seemed he wasn’t.

"Related, but just a small part."

Samuel sat in place unmoved.

"If I remember correctly, your name is Su Xiao."

"Yes."

With the enemy right before him, Su Xiao gripped the knife even tighter.

"If I told you that the ones who killed your parents aren’t those you’ve seen, would you believe me?"

"What do you mean?"

Su Xiao’s steps halted.

Samuel pulled open his shirt, scars crisscrossing his upper body.

"These were left by your father. At a distance of half a kilometer, if he wanted to kill me, I wouldn’t have survived."

Su Xiao was stunned, the scars on Samuel’s body were densely packed, such wounds must have been caused by cold weapons.

"Impossible, my father was just an ordinary man."

Samuel laughed, a mocking smile.

"Ordinary man? He was just an ordinary and kind father in your eyes. Blood Eagle an ordinary person? This is the funniest thing I’ve heard.

The son of Bloodhawk and Poison Orchid, we should have killed you back then, but unfortunately, we were eventually driven out. Compared with those two, you are too weak now, so weak that you aren’t even worthy of hearing their names."

Black blood dripped from the corner of Samuel’s mouth, yet his face was full of smiles.

"I’ll be waiting for you in Hell. I’m just a messenger, a very small part. Go investigate, you are free to do so, but what awaits you is despair. You even dared to go abroad, you’re courting death."

Samuel’s head flopped to the side, lifeless. From start to finish, he hadn’t fled. That Su Xiao found him indicated that those people had already given up on him.

Su Xiao confirmed Samuel’s death but still added another stab.

Quickly leaving the castle, Su Xiao rode Bubute Ni toward the airport.

He confirmed one thing: his parents might not have been ordinary people. If they weren’t ordinary people, then the implications were clear.

He had investigated in the real world for many years, but the trail ended here. However, he wasn’t discouraged; the fog had dispersed a bit. But continuing the investigation in the real world was meaningless; the place most likely to have clues was Reincarnation Paradise!

Bloodhawk, Poison Orchid, names both familiar and strange—aren’t these the aliases of Reincarnation Paradise? In the real world, no one would use such fake names.

He needed to grow stronger; he wasn’t strong enough yet.

Bubute Ni ran swiftly, with Su Xiao gradually calming down. Samuel had died from poison, indicating he wasn’t afraid of death.

Thinking this way, what Samuel said was likely true. What Su Xiao needed to do was increase his Tier Position in Reincarnation Paradise, growing stronger and stronger. By that time, the enemies who killed his parents would be increasingly within reach.

He couldn’t rush, couldn’t continue to expose himself, and had to calmly handle every situation.

Bubute Ni sped quickly, returning to the airport before long, and the imagined attack didn’t occur. It seemed there was some truth in Samuel’s words.

However, Samuel did reveal some information: domestically it was safe, going abroad was dangerous.

Regardless of whether what the other party said was true or false, Su Xiao couldn’t ignore it.

Boarding a plane, Su Xiao returned to his country a day later.

...

Back at the seaside villa, Su Xiao leaned against the sofa.

"Things are getting more complicated, but the direction is clear."

If it were enemies in Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao wouldn’t be intimidated. Regardless of how strong the other party was, he would catch up, putting in ten times the effort to others’ hundred times.

Compared to finding a virtuous woman in the real world and ultimately dying of old age, he would rather fight in Reincarnation Paradise, whether it’s due to innate or acquired reasons.

He had already understood the reason he was chosen as a Hunter: because of his Talent Ability, ’Soul Devourer.’

As for the origin of Soul Devourer, Su Xiao obtained the right to consult after the end of War World. Talent Abilities aren’t hereditary but result from many factors.

Talent Abilities aren’t hereditary; if his parents had Talent Abilities, his chance of obtaining one would be even smaller.

Su Xiao becoming a Hunter was definitely unrelated to his parents. Su Xiao believed his parents wouldn’t have wanted him to become a Contractor, and would even go to great lengths to prevent it. Reincarnation Paradise is a place of the law of the jungle.

...

A few days later, Su Xiao regained his normal mindset, ready to face the next Derivative World.

The next world was very important, a Promotion World. In this world, Reincarnation Paradise would evaluate him.

If he passed the evaluation, Su Xiao would be promoted to a Two-Stage Hunter, breaking through level 10.

The level was inversely related to the difficulty of the Derivative World. Without sufficient level, he couldn’t enter higher Tier Position Derivative Worlds, making the speed of growing stronger slower.

If he failed the Promotion World’s evaluation three times, Su Xiao would be categorized as a Worker, and strength would never be within his reach.

[The new Derivative World is about to open, the Hunter will return to Reincarnation Paradise, ensure there are no witnesses around you.]

[Teleporting... teleportation complete.]

Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room, immediately opened Alchemy, and prepared to manufacture [Low-Level Alchemy Secret Medicine].

After paying 800 Paradise coin, a glow flashed in Su Xiao’s hand, and two minutes later, a potion appeared in his hand.

[Low-Level Alchemy Secret Medicine]

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: White

Type: Healing items

Effect: Restores 19% of Life Value after use.

Rating: 9

Introduction: A product of alchemy, notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, with good quality.

...

Seeing the attributes of the [Low-Level Alchemy Secret Medicine], Su Xiao nodded.

He manufactured some Alchemy Bombs, keeping his Mana Value above 60%, enough to handle emergencies.

With more than 4000 Paradise coins left, Su Xiao went to the trading market to start purchasing Healing items. Just after acquiring them, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.

[The Hunter will enter the New World: T12K Planet·Devouring Island. The opening of this world will be delayed.]