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Chapter 252: The Cards in Hand and the Enemy Before the End

Fang Yi was half lying on the bed, staring at the countdown on the system panel that kept decreasing after the sentence "Optional main task: Assassinate the imperial talents participating in the [Martial Arts Competition], any method is not limited" was read, and he began to think about what he should do next.

If nothing unexpected happens, the period of the [Martial Arts Competition] will be the last time for him to develop relatively safely.

Unlike other reincarnations, he entered the world of level 1 as a level 2 reincarnation and was basically not forced to complete certain tasks.

It seemed that the space tacitly accepted that compared to a rank 2 reincarnationist who might have experienced several 20-point attribute breakthroughs, he lacked some blessings and was naturally in a relatively weak position.

Even the usually stingy reincarnation space gave him a little compensation: even if he did not complete the main task, there would be no punishment.

From the very beginning of this mission, he had a lot of freedom and could do whatever he wanted.

His only goal that must be completed is to [survive the hunt]. Apart from that, everything else can be considered a side quest.

He needs to develop as much as possible before the so-called 'halfway point' of this mission.

Whether it is to obtain the help of more people or even reincarnations, or to improve his own strength, he must ensure that he can fight against the reincarnation who is hunting him and achieve his goal of "survival".

After the time point of "halfway through the mission", the hunter who is personally certified by the Lord God Space as "having a huge gap in strength from his original self" will unlock a search ability that is currently unclear, with unknown scope and function.

At this time, the two hunting parties can gain benefits from each other by killing each other.

For other reincarnations, "halfway through the mission" is basically the beginning of warm-up, and the competition enters a white-hot stage.

For a fast-progressing reincarnationist like Madarame, who cooperates with him, the task progress at this time should be that he has joined the faction for a while and is seeking to improve his status through tasks.

Only then should they be able to come into contact with characters like Brand, the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, and Riva. If they are lucky, they can unlock the quest lines for characters like [Minister] and Bud.

For them, this point in time is like a fruit tree that has just produced unripe fruits, which still need to wait for several days to ripen into juicy and sweet fruits.

As for Fang Yi and the hunter whose identity is still unknown.

'Halfway through the mission' is the 'end game' that determines the winner of the mission.

Fang Yi had a vague feeling that this time point might be even earlier.

Because, while he took risks to gain profits and improve his strength, he also accelerated the original task process to a certain extent.
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Fang Yi recalled the main plot points in the original novel in his mind and began to speculate on the time when the 'halfway point of the mission' might occur.

At the moment, if we calculate based on the fact that Miss Assassin rebelled against the [Imperial Assassination Corps] a few days ago and the fact that the foreign ethnic groups in the north have not yet been pacified.

There should be three months left before the original [Night Raid] plot of annihilating Arya's family, who like to trick people into returning home to abuse them.

During these three months, according to the original work, Miss Assassin still has some time to train herself and improve her strength.

During this period, the other party will strengthen his belief in cutting off everything just to change the corrupt empire, and transform into a sharp blade.

I'm afraid that the space chose this time point to let the reincarnationists enter, hoping to give them some time to adapt to the mission world and start completing the prerequisite tasks for joining the camp.

Then guide the reincarnation to find ways to join the camp, gain the trust of the characters, and discover corresponding tasks according to keywords such as "assassination confrontation", "dangerous species", "imperial weapon", "millennium empire", and even [Module Alchemy] and the hidden world view [Warrior's Road] to obtain benefits.

But it is obvious that due to Fang Yi's interference, in just less than five days, the plot development and intensity have increased to a stage where other reincarnations can't understand it, or even can't adapt to it.

Right now, after the large-scale confrontation mission of [Martial Arts Competition], the next task should be the imminent [Northern Expedition] mission.

During or after the [Northern Expedition], it should be the time for me to decide the outcome between myself and the hunter.

I probably won't be able to wait for the mission that the space originally planned, which involves the appearance of the Four Rakshasas and the [Cult Turmoil] mission involving the [An Ning Cult], or even the final mission of defeating Bud and Esdeath and almost destroying the imperial capital, the [Imperial Capital Riot].

He had originally wanted to try to contact the dangerous half-blood leader of the An Ning Cult in the original novel, who could see marriages and predict the future to a certain extent, and seek some instructions from him about the enemy.

Now it seems that it is no longer realistic.

However, he had already obtained enough 'cards' to deal with the enemy.

At the same time, there is still a lot of room for improvement in his own strength.
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Fang Yi began to take stock of the 'cards' he had collected, thinking about how to maximize the effectiveness of these 'cards'.

The first one is the assassin lady who has mastered [One-Shot Kill·Murasame], which can kill flesh and blood creatures in seconds even if they just scratch their skin, and has also mastered a very powerful "momentum".

After several collaborations with me, I have successfully won over the other party.

This former imperial assassin, who is currently protecting Miss Shinobu Kocho and can communicate with him with the [Severed Bonds], can be said to have fallen into his own "pot".

This [Assassin] card should be able to be used against any creature that is classified as flesh and blood and has a heart.

For example, the dozens of meters tall humanoid dangerous species incarnated by Dr. Fashion, the huge dangerous species transformed by [Dotaya] in the original work, the four Rakshasa ghosts, and even the body-refining strongmen in the main god space.

If the knife hits the enemy, as long as the opponent has no ability to resist the curse, the enemy will be declared dead.

Fang Yi was also planning to have a "talk" with Miss Assassin later and ask her to come over to add an "insurance" to deal with Dr. Fashion tomorrow.

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In addition, the identity line of [Oberg Assassination Society] also received a lot of help.

Chelsea, who was born in [Oberg], can use [Imperial Equipment] to transform into a flying dangerous species and can also disguise herself as anyone.

With the cooperation of this precious [Substitute] card, Fang Yi has been able to avoid the suspicion of the [Minister] several times so far, stay safely in the [Minister Camp], obtain the support of the Empire camp, and now has the [California Clearance] and several 'Collector's Edition' skill scrolls.

In future battles, the opponent can also disguise himself as himself to mislead the reincarnationist's investigation.

At the same time, the identity and power of the "Organization Leader" of the "Oberg Assassination Society" that he obtained by killing Godzi was also the key to establishing and developing the "Shinsengumi" organization.

Relying on the support of this identity, the members of the Shinsengumi have the authority to issue tasks to the reincarnations, and can also consider making use of the reincarnations.

At the same time, Fang Yi has already realized that the development and fame of an organization like the Shinsengumi, which is centered around itself, is another way, in addition to obtaining "great achievements," to accelerate the formation of the "Flag of Sincerity" on his body, which has not yet been fully nurtured.

The process of creating this [strange object], which is engraved with the names of countless people who followed it, is too slow and arduous.

He transformed into the [Death God in the Mist] and attacked three times, killing two half-Rakshasa Four Ghosts (Gozizi was the former Rakshasa Four Ghosts), which almost caused a sensation in the imperial capital and only advanced the gestation progress a little.

However, its slow growth also indirectly reflects that this item must be very powerful.

The effect of this [Unusual Item] is likely related to its namesake, the [Inherent Barrier], which is similar to the field in the spell. Although it is likely to be relatively weak, it is not even comparable to the [King's Army], the Noble Phantasm used by the Type-Moon Four War Emperors.

But as long as it can be successfully nurtured, it should be enough to turn the tide of the battle at the current stage.

However, at the moment, this [strange object] is still missing a lot of [great deeds] before it can be used.

Fang Yi has to find a way to do something big.

For example, he could transform into the [Death God in the Mist] and create some horrific tragedy tomorrow, step on Esdeath to win the martial arts tournament, and then try to complete the [Northern Expedition] that the Empire estimates will take a year to complete within a few days.

As for Disma, the bandit with superb marksmanship, good melee ability, and terrifying talent, Fang Yi felt that he needed to find an opportunity tomorrow to know the specific function of his talent.

The female general Esdeath also needs to try to gain the other party's trust by helping the other party to control the Hunter organization.

But this is all tomorrow's business, there is no need to rush.
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After sorting out his thoughts, Fang Yi began to think about how to strengthen his "card".

At present, for the task of [Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate], which integrates skills such as [Tiger Roaring Golden Bell], [Rock Body Tempering Method], and [Armor Refining Body] and evolves them, he only needs to practice and take pills step by step.

It will take 3 points to upgrade [Tiger Roaring Golden Bell] from [lv4] to [lv60000] and complete the [Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate] mission.

The integrated and evolved body-refining technique should further provide him with more panel attributes and shorten the gap with the enemy.

Even though he was very wealthy and had 20000 points on hand, he was prepared to be a bit frugal and leave some points for other uses.

Even though he could cultivate this skill dozens of times faster than an ordinary person, he still had to rely on taking pills and practicing the [Ice Soul Concentration Visualization Method] to cultivate it, which slowly caused the huge points required to reach the next level to continuously decrease by -1, -1, and -1.

However, Fang Yi felt that there might be some methods he didn't know about that could speed up this process.

When talking about [Refined Armor Entering the Body], we have to mention the broken [Evil Ghost Haunting].

This armor can instantly appear on your body like skin to provide defense, making it imperceptible to ordinary people. It can provide a +7 gain in three basic attributes.

After this armor-type [Imperial Weapon] is successfully repaired by finding some suitable dangerous materials, it should be able to provide Fang Yi with more non-naked attribute blessings.

During the fighting competition and even after it ends, Fang Yi will try to contact the [Alchemists] from those dimensions and try to obtain materials from them.

At the same time, Fang Yi felt that the [Shangri-La·Gai], which was a relatively useless [Imperial Weapon] at this stage, was still worth saving.

Of course, repairing this [Imperial Tool] also requires dealing with [Alchemists] and obtaining assistance or materials from them.

[Bloody Alchemy] and [Truth Alchemy·Completion] currently have some limitations and are not omnipotent.

As for the growth of "momentum", Fang Yi felt that as long as he kept fighting, it would quickly catalyze the growth of this skill.

The skill [Momentum·Perseverance] that I had learned from Brand was already one step away from [Mastery], providing quite a bit of gain.

[Unknown Power] This skill, which exudes the aura of breaking through all laws and looking down on the world, has also reached the level of [Slightly Accomplished].

Fang Yi felt that the skill [Situation·Unknown] was not simple.

After all, his own difficult-to-give-birth 'momentum' seems to be more than a little stronger than others' 'momentum', and has a kind of beauty of strength that challenges across levels.

He also realized that if he could combine these two skills in battle, it would greatly promote the growth of his momentum.

Afterwards, with the increased 'momentum' brought by [California Clear Light], [Evil Ghost Haunting], and the 'Collector's Edition' skill, which increases his resistance to the 'momentum' of others, he should be able to try to hunt down a strong man on the level of Rakshasa Four Ghosts, Ji.

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As for collecting other [Imperial Tools], Fang Yi felt that there was no need for it at the moment, or it was not very urgent.

Because he also realized his [Spirit] attribute, he could not afford to use multiple pieces of wonderful equipment for the time being.

At present, the enhanced perception of [Shangri-La·Gai], [California Clear Light], [Prometheus], ​​and [Evil Ghost Possessed] of [Refined Armor] are the limits of his control.

Originally, he was planning to use the [Core of the Hundred-Armed Titan] that he had violently taken out of the [Hundred-Armed Titan], and match it with the [Imperial Guard] and [Susanoo] from the [Revolutionary Army] camp to play a puppet game.

It seems that this idea will have to be put on hold for now.

As for the unauthenticated [Imperial Weapon] [Perfect God's Hand] in Fang Yi's hand, it won't be long before the [Minister] asks someone to return it.

Fang Yi planned to kill Dr. Fashion tomorrow after the [Minister] paid the "ransom", and then take back this [Imperial Tool] to see if Miss Kocho Shinobu could use it.

This [Imperial Tool] allows the fingers to perform operations with higher precision, and is very suitable for drug development and human body research.

The 'smart crow' Yajiu has found Dr. Shishang's laboratory, and Fang Yi is looking forward to the finished medicine and research results he will receive tomorrow.

If he could obtain more than one finished product of the [Super Strengthening Drug], he could help Miss Shinobu Kocho relieve some of her work pressure.

Try using the [Drug Refining] branch of [Bloody Alchemy] in advance to refine a wave and obtain more powerful consumables.

After reading the 700-point strategy, he consciously increased his combat power from all angles to defeat the enemy.

And now, whether it is temporary followers, temporary teammates, his own body and skills, as well as equipment and consumables, he has gained everything.

At this point, the only thing left to do in anti-hunting is to determine the identity of the hunter.

Fang Yi plans to try to obtain some information about the reincarnations in the main god space from Kohler, a not-so-simple person, during their first meeting with [Hunter] tomorrow.
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The next moment, Fang Yi, who was about to fall asleep, felt that the previously distorted iron gate had moved.

Before he could get out of bed and put on his clothes, the sound of the mansion door opening came.

At the same time, Disma, who activated his talent and sensed the enemy's movements, walked out of the room slowly.

The robber looked at Linglu, who was sitting uninvited on the sofa in the living room, and raised his flintlock rifle at the other's twisted smile.

　Here’s the 4K converted one first, there will be more in the evening.

　　For the sake of visual quality, about 2k of scrapped manuscripts were deleted for this chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)