Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 462 Return to reality
Above the dense forest, a kingfisher made entirely of vines flew across the sky. Its wings, with some tender buds still remaining on the tail end, stirred up a storm, supporting its already small body as it sped away at a rather exaggerated speed.

However, the next second, a faster stream of red light came from the right rear, and inside the stream of light, a metal arrow wrapped in wisps of flames was breaking through the air waves, and its sharp arrow tip was firmly locked on the vine kingfisher not far away.

As time went by, the distance between the two began to shorten rapidly. Even though the kingfisher continued to speed up and change its position extremely flexibly, it was still unable to escape the close pursuit of the red light behind it and could only allow the arrow tip with a cold glow to keep approaching.

After a few breaths, a bright fire suddenly appeared in the sky, and then the kingfisher that was pierced by the arrow was completely turned into a few wisps of burnt ashes under the burning flames.

Below, inside Maolin.

Looking at the gradually fading fire high in the sky, Xu Yue looked up and let out a long sigh, then slowly put down the slightly trembling iron-framed longbow in his hand.

Even though the white quality iron frame bow did not require much strength, after four hours of continuous training with full concentration, Xu Yue still felt that both of his arms were slightly weak.

However, although the training was arduous, the rewards he gained were extremely rich. Now, even if he did not rely on the additional features of the Xiaoyun longbow such as "extreme speed", "locking" and "explosion", he could easily shoot and kill those small targets moving at high speed with his pure archery skills.

This meant that his archery skills had improved significantly in just four hours. Of course, his gains were much more than that. More importantly, after Philwin's guidance, his understanding of his own skills had undergone a critical change.

Due to the special nature of the weapon, in addition to the Fang Tian Hua Ji that he chose at the beginning, Xu Yue's purpose of practicing other techniques was actually mostly to be able to better use the various combined-blade weapons in his body that could be continuously strengthened and improved.

Improving techniques to adapt to weapons and improving techniques to continuously reach the peak of skills can both increase one's combat power, but there is an essential difference between the two. If you start in the wrong direction, the final destination you can reach will be very different.

Taking a certain derivative world as an example, there are two technical masters with swordsmanship as their core. Because of their different starting points, the former can only become a sword-crazed but lifelong sword slave, while the latter can become a sword saint who can defeat everything even with a wooden sword in hand.

Similarly, if he always maintains the same attitude and cognition as before, as the number of combined-blade weapons in his body continues to increase, Xu Yue may also become a soldier slave like the former, restrained by numerous weapons. Even if his combat power is still strong, compared with the real master of weapons who is above all other weapons and feeds on them, he is obviously not on the same level.

"Although four hours is a bit rushed, it is enough to consolidate your archery foundation. As for the road ahead, my direction is to chase the wind, while yours is obviously related to fire, so I have nothing to teach you next."

"But remember, weapons are only carriers for displaying one's skills. A strong weapon is icing on the cake, but it can never be dominant. Only one's own strength is the eternal core. As long as I want, a branch can also become the best arrow to pierce the throat of a strong enemy."

There was an inexplicable belief in Philwen's tone. Before he was 100 years old, all the arrows in his hand were shot for revenge and killing, so at that time he was madly pursuing more powerful longbows and sharper arrows.

This is the most significant way to improve combat power. For this reason, it took him 36 years to become the first half-elf in history to join the Darkmoon Hunters.

Twenty years later, with his strength further improved, he confidently challenged the then deputy leader of the Hunting Group. The final result was that the opponent shot all his weapons with just a few branches, and he was defeated miserably. What he said just now were exactly what the deputy leader said to him hundreds of years ago.

The result of the challenge was tragic, but it also made him reconstruct his understanding of the technique. So at the age of 200, Firwen successfully broke through the legendary level and hunted the then-rampant red dragon Ignivor the Forestburner alone, and was promoted to the new deputy leader of the Darkmoon Hunters.

As for the original deputy captain, he was surrounded and killed by an army led by a Bishop of Light on the battlefield three years ago. Yes, it was the Bishop of Light, Pyro, who was successfully sniped by Philwin in the last assassination mission.

Thinking of this, Philwen couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and his mind once again recalled the giant sun falling from the sky that he saw before his consciousness faded.

Time was almost up at this moment. Noticing the strangeness on Philven's face, and recalling his tragic ending of being burned to death in the human main city by the Forbidden Sunfall Spell, Xu Yue paused and spoke in a deep voice.

"The world you are in is the Shenyu Continent, right? If I have the chance to go there in the future, I can help you pass on a few words, so... do you have any regrets?"

"Pity?"

With a murmur, the expression on Philwen's face quickly changed from melancholy to carefree. Glancing at Xu Yue who had a calm look on the opposite side, he could sense that the other party would definitely keep his word. Of course, the premise was that his request would not be too troublesome.

"It's not a big deal. The assassin's death in an assassination is a natural outcome. But if you can really reach the Godfall Continent, you can go to the ruins of the Glowing City. There should be an oak tree there. If you don't mind, you can help me transplant it to the Eternal Spring in the Emerald Forest."

"As for the reward..."

As he spoke, Philwen pointed at Xu Yue's chest. Although the Necklace of Radiance of Life was hidden at the moment, as an elf, he could still easily sense that an endless supply of life force was continuously gathering from the surrounding trees.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a special life-related creation here, based on oak. The Fountain of Eternity will not resist you. As long as you throw this creation into the spring, the Fountain of Eternity will be able to make it more in line with the essence of life. It should not disappoint you..."

As he spoke, Philwen's figure began to gradually dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the end only a lingering sound remained.

"……Thanks…"

In the trial field, Xu Yue glanced at the archery master who had quietly upgraded from LV.2 to LV.5, and said calmly: "It's just mutual benefit, no need to thank me."

It cost 3 Paradise Coins to upgrade the master-level skills by 23 levels. The advanced mirror function of Paradise is sometimes very reliable. He shifted his gaze from the outstanding archery master to the level Master of Weapons·Halberd, which is his main skill against the enemy in the true sense.

Compared to the still relatively immature archery skills, the halberd, which has already developed its own unique path, obviously cannot be quickly improved in this way.

"Paradise, upgrade the Master of Hundred Weapons, Halberd."

[Upgrading Master of Weapons·Halberd requires 10 Soul Crystals (Medium), 50000 Paradise Coins, Yes/No upgrade]

The reason why the technical department is known as one of the three poorest in Paradise is largely due to the high cost of skill upgrades. The consumption of Paradise coins is not a big deal, the key is that the soul crystal is priceless.

Especially in the modern urban world of "X-Men", the production of soul crystals is extremely low. Even though he almost swept across the entire world, he only harvested 19 soul crystals (medium), plus the 5 that had been retained before, which was just enough to meet the demand for upgrading by two levels.

Without hesitation, Xu Yue took out all the soul crystals (middle) from the space and piled them beside him, then continued to speak.

"Upgrade two levels!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soul crystals piled up beside him shattered instantly, and at the same time, a large amount of halberd experience began to automatically emerge in his mind.

[Master of Weapons: Halberd has been upgraded to LV.24]

[Master of Weapons: Halberd has been upgraded to LV.25]

...

[Master of Hundred Weapons Halberd: LV.25 (Passive)]

Skill effect: Increase the attack power of halberds by 109%, and greatly improve the halberd technique.

LV.10 Additional ability: Heaven and earth retreat (advanced): omitted
LV.20 additional abilities:

Pojun: slightly
Tip 1: The current transformable states are: sword (LV.2), shield (LV.2), bow (LV.5),
Tip 2: This specialization effect can only cover one weapon at the same time.

...

After a long time, Xu Yue, who had digested the knowledge in his mind, slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the introduction of the Master of Hundred Weapons, which had not improved much. The white iron bow in his hand was directly retracted into the space, and replaced by the two-meter-long Fang Tian Hua Ji that was filled with murderous aura.

"Paradise, summon the advanced mirror image - Flying General Lu Bu."

[You have chosen to summon an advanced mirror image, specifying the summoning...]

[Selection completed, start summoning the world of "The Last Valkyrie" - Flying General Lu Bu]

The next moment, the surrounding lush forests quickly transformed into a solemn and spacious circular arena, and on the opposite side of the arena, a majestic figure riding a red warhorse was galloping out with a halberd in his hand.

"Boy, let's change horses this time, come on!"

The sound waves came towards him with a strong sense of battlefield murderousness. Looking at the black warhorse galloping out from the exit behind him, he grinned, then decisively jumped on the horse and rushed towards Lu Bu on the opposite side with a halberd in his hand.

"Come, kill!!"

...............

The time in the park afterwards was unremarkable. After finishing most of the matters, he basically rotated between the arena, the trial field, and the exclusive room.

It is worth mentioning that, because he was promoted to the second level and successfully passed the first derivative world, he automatically activated a general permission called "time conversion" when he was about to leave the paradise, which can convert up to half of the time he stayed in the real world into the time he stayed in the paradise.

The real world can be said to be the basic foundation of the Reincarnation Paradise. For the paradise, the more powerful the contractors are, the more unstable they are in the real world. So after reaching a certain level, it will actively encourage them to stay more in the paradise city with higher accommodation.

This option is undoubtedly more in line with Xu Yue's wishes. Compared to the real world where he can only relax, the paradise city with various special facilities is obviously more conducive to improving his combat power.

Therefore, Xu Yue chose the maximum time replacement without hesitation, and thus continued to spend a fairly regular three and a half days in this city.

[The hunter's stay in the Samsara Paradise has reached its limit]

[You are about to return to the real world, please remember the rules of the reincarnation paradise]

[You are not allowed to reveal anything about the Samsara Paradise in the real world in any form, otherwise you will be warned. If the warning is ineffective, you will be forcibly executed.]

...

[Transmission begins, location: real world]

In the real world, Xu Yue, rubbing the back of his head, quietly emerged from the bedroom behind the weapon shop. The sunlight poured in from the window not far away, instantly casting a large, light shadow behind him.

Call ~
Taking a long sigh, Xu Yue rubbed his aching temple and walked towards the large sofa on the right. Five minutes ago, he was blasted into pieces by Lu Bu with a Green Dragon Halberd for the 19th time in the trial field. Regardless of how much his skills have improved, this training method is obviously very helpful in strengthening one's will.

At least the hammering on the back of his head in Paradise no longer bothered him. Instead, it seemed somewhat refreshing.

"squeak"

As the two-meter-tall figure sat down, his slightly overweight caused the sofa beneath him to let out a long groan, and Xu Yue, who was thinking about something, froze in his face.

The growth in his body size, coupled with the continuous improvement in the progress of metallization, meant that even in normal conditions, although his body did not look bloated at all, his actual weight had soared to nearly 150 kilograms.

"Well, it seems that I need to change to a more solid set of furniture, well, and a full set of clothes..."

Thinking of this, Xu Yue paused slightly. Replacing furniture and clothes were all trivial matters. The more important thing was that he needed to consider whether to change his base.

Suddenly, his height grew by about 10 centimeters. Even though he was in a sparsely populated shop, he was still too conspicuous. Moreover, he was an out-and-out illegal immigrant who could not withstand a careful investigation.

Although Xu Yue was not afraid of the officials of this world, he did not want to cause any more trouble.

After sitting on the deeply sunken sofa and thinking for a while, he decisively gave up the idea of ​​moving.

If I remember correctly, there should be an official organization in the real world that specializes in handling the affairs of contractors. With the reputation he has made in the paradise now, even if his identity as a contractor is exposed, it is unlikely to cause trouble.

On the contrary, it may be possible to resolve identity issues through formal channels.

After realizing this, he stopped worrying about it and got up and walked quickly to the bathroom not far away. After dying 19 times in a row, he really needed sleep.

...............

Outside the weapons shop, as Xu Yue gradually fell into a deep sleep, at the end of the street, two guys in urban management uniforms were staring at the closed door of the weapons shop, or rather the handicraft shop, from afar.

"Have you investigated the area?"

"I've investigated. This craft store called Furnace was opened in April this year, but it wasn't actually open for very long. The store manager's identity information is all fake and he spent a lot of money to get it."

"Based on the pattern of opening stores, that guy is most likely a contractor. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that he is a foreign spy..."

After listening to the report from his subordinates behind him, the middle-aged urban management officer in the lead looked up at the shop sign in the distance, and a hint of reminiscence gradually surged in his eyes.

"The Crucible... this name seems familiar."

(End of this chapter)