Chương 38: Hunter [38]: A Surprising Harvest
Lin Jiu targeted the hand, which wasn't a vital area. The Violator didn't think to use his equipment's skills to block and instinctively retreated.
Lin Jiu followed closely, getting near the opponent. He exerted force with his feet, suddenly stepping on the blade of the opponent's greatsword. As expected of someone whose strength had been amplified to 15 points by equipment. Even so, Lin Jiu felt a strong resistance under his foot.
In the next moment, Lin Jiu stomped on the blade with one foot while kicking the side of the Violator's waist with the other foot.
It wasn't that Lin Jiu didn't want to target vital areas, but standing on the opponent's sword, raising his leg too high would make him lose balance. Aside from vital areas, the side waist was the most painful and damaging spot to kick.
The Violator was still trying to retrieve his sword when a sharp pain hit his waist, causing him to release the sword and roll to the side.
His health visibly dropped, but Lin Jiu could see it slowly recovering.
Lin Jiu threw the Violator's sword aside and pressed the attack towards his opponent.
The Violator grimaced in pain and wondered why he was utterly powerless against Lin Jiu. By the time he realized it, Lin Jiu's sword was already in front of him.
"Reverse!"
The Violator shouted in panic, even calling out the name of his equipment skill.
Lin Jiu felt his sword strike a thin barrier, and then a force equal to his attack hit him.
It was clear that the reverse skill transferred the attack's force back to the attacker. However, it was just the force, not a real blade. Lin Jiu's health only dropped slightly due to the impact.
Seeing Lin Jiu quickly approach again, the Violator accepted his lack of counterattack ability and hurriedly took out a scroll and tore it open.
Lin Jiu sensed the temperature in the air rise instantly and rolled away without concern for his image.
As expected, just as he left the spot, a red light flashed from the Violator's side, and a rain of fire hit where he had just been. A straight line of over ten meters was marked with burning flames.
As Lin Jiu got up, he saw the opponent tear open another scroll. A green light covered his head, instantly restoring his health to full, and the green light hadn't even faded yet.
Lin Jiu deduced that this Violator must have exploited some kind of bug in the Reincarnation Paradise system, gaining a large amount of Paradise Coins to buy all these items and equipment.
So it was confirmed that this guy indeed had a full set of blue-quality equipment!
Lin Jiu's further probing attacks were repelled by various weird items from the opponent, leaving him in a sorry state without progress. The opponent's one-time use items alone were worth as much as Lin Jiu's entire harvest from his trial world.
If it were just the blue-quality equipment, Lin Jiu could find a way to exhaust the skills of the equipment and kill him. But the power of wealth was astonishing; who knew how many more scrolls and items he had?
"Wait, let's stop fighting! Even if we decide on a winner, this world might not fare well!"
Lin Jiu immediately changed tactics, distancing himself from the Violator and saying.
Judging by the clumsy use of skills and combat style, this Violator had not been in the Reincarnation Paradise for long. He wouldn't know that there were Hunter specifically for executing the Violators!
So, in the opponent's eyes, Lin Jiu was just an opposing faction member, thus the fight broke out.
"You're right! Let's each do our tasks and not interfere with each other!" The Violator, terrified by the fight, agreed. Lin Jiu's few moves had already cost him several items.
Even if he could kill Lin Jiu, it would deplete all his accumulated resources from the previous world. It wasn't worth it, better to retreat!
"What are you doing?"
The Violator wanted to retrieve his weapon, but Lin Jiu kicked the greatsword behind him.
"This should count as my spoils! You can redeem it with something else." Lin Jiu wouldn't miss the chance to fleece this wealthy opponent.
Based on the basic detection skill, Contract Violator No. 13521's strength had dropped by seven points, indicating that this greatsword was an exceptional blue-quality weapon.
Unfortunately, it was his personal item, so Lin Jiu couldn't store it in his inventory to take back to Reincarnation Paradise and sell.
The Violator's face turned ashen, but with some demon characteristics, it wasn't noticeable since demons typically had ashen skin.
This greatsword, Black Rock, was a weapon from the Bleach World. This blue-quality weapon significantly boosted his strength, so he couldn't give it up.
"How many Paradise Coins do you want?"
After some thought, the Violator spoke.
This Black Rock greatsword was crucial for fighting enemies, and many skills required it. Just because he suffered a setback against Lin Jiu didn't mean it was useless; without Black Rock, fighting with just items, even the contractors from the Apocalypse Paradise would struggle!
"Paradise Coins? Do I look that shallow? Show me some rare scrolls or items equivalent to this weapon. Don't worry, I won't take too much. If you think it's unfair, you can refuse the trade."
Lin Jiu coaxed.
Letting this Violator go was out of the question. He wore the Demon Slayer Corps uniform over hunter leather armor. The default equipment was the leather armor, not the uniform. The uniform was just for appearance and didn't provide any bonuses to Lin Jiu.
He had already recorded the Violator's scent, allowing him to track him anytime. Later, he'd bring a group of Hashira to hunt him down! His score could drop, but the hunting mission must not be abandoned.
Before killing him, of course, it would be best to extract as many benefits from this Violator as possible.
The Violator took out a few items and scrolls that seemed to be of equivalent value to the Black Rock Greatsword. He wasn't worried about the other party simply taking them; these items were bound to him, and without his active transfer, the other party couldn't claim ownership.
Just like the Black Rock Greatsword that Lin Jiu had seized! If taking it meant it would belong to Lin Jiu, he would've run away with it long ago. If this were possible, the already fiercely competitive Reincarnation Paradise would see survival rates plummet even further!
Lin Jiu looked at the scrolls the other party laid out and fell silent. How many Paradise Coins did this guy manage to gather? Each one was a premium item.
"Trade for these two," Lin Jiu pointed at two of the scrolls.
"No way, you can only pick one!"
The Violator responded firmly. Although Paradise Coins were easy to come by for him, these were his capital for getting stronger. How could he give them up so easily?
"Alright. I'll take this one! You draft a contract so you don't have to worry about being shortchanged," Lin Jiu said. He didn't plan to kill him this time, so he let the other party draft the contract.
Next time, after severely wounding this guy, Lin Jiu would personally draft a contract, extract every bit of value from him, and then finish him off!
Putting so much effort into mentally tormenting the Violator, Reincarnation Paradise should reward him double!
The Violator drafted a contract and sent it to Lin Jiu. Lin Jiu carefully reviewed it and found no tricks, just a straightforward trade contract.
[Contractor No. 13521 has applied for a temporary contract with you.]
[Both parties will trade: the hunter will return the Black Rock Greatsword to Contractor No. 13521.]
[Upon completion of this contract, Contractor No. 13521 will provide a specialization scroll as a reward for fulfilling the contract.]
[Note: This contract is notarized by Reincarnation Paradise and cannot be violated by anyone.]
[Note: The contract was drafted by the initiator. Please read carefully. After signing, any violation of the contract will result in punishment by Reincarnation Paradise.]
[Contract violation penalty: 500,000 Paradise Coins deduction.]
[Do you agree to sign the contract? Yes/No]
If the other party had added some safety clauses to the contract, Lin Jiu would certainly have demanded more compensation, enough to make him abandon such terms.
The Violator didn't consider this because he believed that in an all-out fight, his strength was greater and that the other party would certainly die.
Lin Jiu: Yes, exactly! That's why I plan to bring a bunch of people next time!
After the trade was completed, Lin Jiu's figure quickly disappeared from the Violator's sight. With a grim expression, left in the opposite direction, cursing, "Don't let me meet you in another world, or I'll kill you for sure! You poor bastard! Couldn't even pick properly, taking the most useless one!"
The Violator was very confident. With every world he experienced, he could obtain a large amount of resources, surely becoming stronger faster than the other party!
The small map provided by the Paradise closed, indicating that the Violator was already a kilometer away. Lin Jiu slowed his pace and took out the scroll he had extorted.
Lin Jiu had been thinking of saving up Paradise Coins to buy a specialization scroll to advance his swordsmanship or relying on himself to accumulate experience and breakthrough.
Unexpectedly, he managed to extort a specialization scroll from this Violator.
What a delightful harvest!
Fortunately, the opponent focused on buying equipment and items to quickly enhance his strength and hadn't yet learned any skill abilities, leaving the specialization scroll unused.
This was also inevitable! Newcomers to Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't know, without being told by mid-to-high-level contractors, that these seemingly "ordinary" early-stage skill abilities would later become crucial.
These skills were less flashy compared to the gaudy abilities the Violator had learned and the skills attached to his equipment.
Just look at the Level 6 contractor, Queen, a shield warrior who ambushed Su Xiao in the Tokyo Ghoul World, and how confident she was in her skills but suppressed and killed by Su Xiao's swordsmanship in the end. Lower-level contractors generally don't realize this!
In their eyes, the stronger their attributes, the more equipment and skills they have, the stronger they are.
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