"I’m just... pursuing the ultimate."

The man spoke as he gripped the long knife in his hand.

"To destroy a world with one slash, how exhilarating is that? My beloved is gone; let this world be her burial gift."

With a wave of the long knife in his hand, a tearing sound was heard as the space was cleaved open, creating a spatial rift filled with blade aura, twisting and collapsing, gradually forming a black hole filled with blade aura inside.

Ka ka ka...

The black hole erupted with terrifying suction, shredding the entire world inside the blade aura of the black hole, along with the body of the man holding the knife.

Su Xiao’s vision blurred as a sharp pain surged in his mind. He found himself still in his private room; what he had seen earlier was just Reincarnation Paradise showing him the man’s slash.

It seemed the man had no other pursuits; his sole pursuit was the ultimate in swordsmanship. He cleaved a world with one slash.

Who says using a knife lacks wide-range attack capabilities? That man, obsessed with swordsmanship, cleaved a world with one slash.

"How exactly was that done?"

Even though Su Xiao had witnessed the entire process of the slash, he was utterly bewildered and couldn’t understand it.

[Sword Technique Master has been upgraded to Lv.40.]

Although Su Xiao didn’t know how that man cleaved a world in one slash, his Sword Technique Master had been upgraded to Lv.40.

Su Xiao didn’t immediately check his sword skills but instead drew Dragon Slash from his storage space.

Zheng, zheng, zheng...

Su Xiao randomly slashed over a dozen blade auras, an agonized scream echoed, and Bubu Wang beside him ran off wildly, its eyes seemed to say: "A Mu, let’s run, the master has enhanced his sword skills again."

This time, Su Xiao didn’t cause any real destruction; the dozen or so blade auras he slashed lay still in front of him, the light blue blade auras shining crystal clear and exquisite.

Su Xiao’s Dragon Slash lightly touched the blade aura, with a crackling sound, all the blade auras shattered and gradually dispersed into the air.

Su Xiao opened his skill list to examine his swordsmanship.

[Sword Technique Master: LV.40 (Passive Skill)]

Skill Effect: Increases sword weapon attack power by 194% (an increase of 6%), greatly enhances swordsmanship skills.

Lv.10 Additional Ability: Rule of All Things (Top Level)

Lv.20 Additional Ability: Blade Aura

Lv.30 Additional Ability: Blade of Mind

Lv.40 Additional Ability

Blade Radiance: Blade Aura flying speed +120%, Blade Value +15, Armor Break +20, Blade Aura ascends to half-physical.

...

The main enhancement of Sword Technique Master Lv.40 is the improvement of Blade Aura, with no significant increase in damage but instead allowing the Blade Aura to become half-physical.

This gave Su Xiao an idea, if the Blade Aura could completely transform into solid, could Blue Steel Shadow energy attach to it?

Once the Blue Steel Shadow energy successfully attaches, the killing power of the Blade Aura would greatly increase. Blade Aura with True Damage would be terrifying.

Not only was Sword Technique Master upgraded to Lv.40, but Su Xiao also gained something related to swordsmanship in the Naruto World. That was the Scroll of Grandmaster’s Power, a reward for completing a major plot event.

[Grandmaster’s Power (1/10)]

Origin: Large Open World/War World/Fourth Tier or higher Derivative World.

Quality: This is a tattered scroll, quality cannot be displayed.

Type: Tattered scroll.

Effect: Contains the Grandmaster’s power of... a certain ability.

Rating: ??

Description: Gather 10 pieces of scattered scrolls from any location to redeem the complete scroll in the Skill Upgrade Hall.

Price: 100,000 Paradise coins

...

Su Xiao was unsure if his hypothesis was correct, if it was, then above the Master’s Level should be the Grandmaster Level.

For an ability like swordsmanship, the higher the tier, the greater its development prospects. The tiers of basic skills are: Basic, Proficient, Specialization, Master, after Master is unknown.

As for the Grandmaster Level, this is just Su Xiao’s personal speculation. If true, it would be extremely difficult to promote Sword Technique Master to Sword Grandmaster, as the acquisition method of ’Grandmaster’s Power’ suggests.

After upgrading Sword Technique Master to Lv.40, although there were four large Soul Crystals left, Su Xiao had only 3320 Paradise coins remaining. Furthermore, with Sword Technique Master recently upgraded to Lv.40, he was not planning on further upgrades soon.

Su Xiao stood and walked out of his private room, intending to go to the trading market to sell items, with Bubu Wang following closely behind.

In the past, Bubu Wang didn’t like accompanying Su Xiao to the trading market as it would have to stay behind the stall, feeling bored.

This time, however, was different. Su Xiao planned to sell those three treasure chests, which Bubu Wang found amusing to ’scam’ people.

A Mu was left alone in the private room, with a Rubik’s Cube in its hand, something that astonished Su Xiao. With A Mu’s intelligence, a Rubik’s Cube was akin to one of the ’unsolvable mysteries of the universe,’ yet somehow it had the confidence to focus on solving it? No, judging by the trend, A Mu was about to shove it into its mouth.

Su Xiao misunderstood A Mu. A Mu wasn’t trying to solve the Rubik’s Cube; it was considering whether the Rubik’s Cube could be eaten. In A Mu’s world, everything is divided into two categories: edible and non-edible.

Accompanied by the sound of A Mu’s chewing, Su Xiao left the private room.

...

The trading market was as bustling as ever, being the place with the most Contractors in Reincarnation Paradise, without exception.

Su Xiao arrived at the stall he frequently used and paid the rental fee before sitting with Bubu Wang behind it.

This time, the items to be sold were: [Water Jutsu Ninjutsu Scroll·C Level - B Level·Dark Purple], [Gale Piercer·Pale Gold], and [Treasure Chest x3].

Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before pricing the [Water Jutsu Ninjutsu Scroll·C Level - B Level] at 120,000 Paradise coins. This item was in a somewhat awkward position; those who could afford it didn’t want it, and those who wanted it couldn’t afford it, hence the low pricing.

Normally speaking, the treasure chest dropped by Mei Terumī should have contained [Water Jutsu Ninjutsu Scroll·C Level - A Level].

All three treasure chests were priced at 1 Paradise coin and put up for auction, as treasure chests are always in demand with volatile pricing.

As for the final pale gold long knife [Gale Piercer], Su Xiao’s pricing was somewhat unique, requiring five pale gold knife-type weapons with ratings above 280 points.

Exchanging one pale gold long knife for five other knives may seem absurd, but a Contractor would surely agree to it.

The [Gale Piercer] long knife is entirely constructed from Chakra Conducting Metal, its attributes weren’t vital; the value lies in the amount of Chakra Conducting Metal, which the Contractors specializing in Chakra would surely appreciate.

The range of items sold this time was scattered, so Su Xiao placed two particularly notable items at his stall. As for jealousy leading to targeting him, there was no need for concern as the trading market strictly prevents such occurrences, ensuring Contracts can safely sell gear without hindering strength improvements.

Su Xiao placed two Legendary items on his stall, [Legendary Honor]. He had already inquired about their use—forging Legendary gear, requiring at least 15 to 18 Legendary Honors to forge one Legendary gear.

Su Xiao priced the [Legendary Honor] at 2 million Paradise coins each, primarily to draw in Contractors without intending to sell them.

The stall was set up, and the [Legendary Honor] emitted a dark golden glow, quickly attracting the attention of passing Contractors, which was Su Xiao’s desired effect. With treasure chests sold by auction, more people meant better results.

Within about a minute, at least dozens of Contractors surrounded Su Xiao, creating a noisy atmosphere that escalated as more people gathered over time.

PS: (Three Chapters today; designing gear is quite taxing. It took 2 hours to conceive the Spirit of Wood; just blankly sitting at the computer for two hours drove me nearly insane.)