hours later, Su Xiao reclined on the sofa in the lounge, looking slightly fatigued.

[Arena Competitor: Su Xiao.]

[Status: Fatigued.]

[Ranking: 1750 (Third Tier).]

[Consecutive Wins: 106 matches.]

[Top Ten Reward: Not Obtained.]

...

Su Xiao climbed from over eight thousand to over one thousand in rank, achieving an astounding 106 consecutive wins.

After dozens of battles, Su Xiao became more familiar with his current abilities. The Blade Aura was no longer just a method to disrupt enemies; it had become his most important tool for mid-range combat.

Su Xiao used the Dragon Shadow Flash ability three times in total. Each time after usage, the enemy was slaughtered within 0.5 seconds.

This move’s effectiveness in actual battles was stronger than Su Xiao had expected. He had thought up many ways to use it, yet they need evaluation. As Bubu Wang said, "A brain full of flashy moves, but few are practical."

Developing abilities is essentially like this. So far, Su Xiao has developed at least a hundred sword techniques, researched dozens of taijutsu moves, and found hundreds of ways to utilize Blue Steel Shadow energy.

Among such a large number of abilities, only a few have practical uses in combat. The rest have been discarded by Su Xiao.

Su Xiao found it hard to understand how those geniuses could focus on a single ability and still ensure it’s suitable for combat?

In his case, dozens of self-developed abilities may not even result in one practical move. Many factors need consideration during combat. Some abilities that seem wonderful are quite useless, while less flashy ones can be highly practical, such as Su Xiao’s side kick.

Su Xiao dragged his fatigued body out of Reincarnation Paradise and fell asleep immediately. Upon waking, he returned to the arena, exploring new abilities in combat.

When hungry, Xia would deliver meals to the arena — yes, Xia delivered meals.

Initially, Xia refused. But after Su Xiao offered 30 Paradise coins per meal, Xia directly replied, "What would you like, Sir? What time to deliver? Give me access to the arena’s lounge."

Thus, Su Xiao began his mad rush for the arena rankings. Ultimately, he slept directly in the lounge, woke up to compete, and continued resting when tired.

Despite such intense battles, Su Xiao only felt physical fatigue. Mental fatigue was absent as the arena didn’t involve life-and-death battles, not consuming heart power.

In a forest, Su Xiao squatted on the ground, looking for traces around.

"No need to hide, behind the tree 300 meters away."

Su Xiao stood up, participating in an audience-less match.

"Hey, how did guys like you get matched in the top 100? Close combat indeed becomes terrifying in the mid-to-late stages."

A middle-aged man emerged from behind a tree, with severed arms and slash marks across his chest, cheeks, and thighs — all inflicted by Blade Aura.

"Your ability should penetrate space, right? No need to deny it; even with space locked, you could still teleport instantly."

The middle-aged man was a Contractor specializing in the Space series. It was due to this he could reach such a level of battle with Su Xiao; his escape ability was too strong.

"You win."

The middle-aged Contractor specializing in Space series chose to forfeit, unaware that Su Xiao had only 200 mana points left; he’d fought too many arena matches, often conserving mana by not using Blue Steel Shadow ability.

Su Xiao returned to the lounge to check his arena ranking.

[Arena Competitor: Su Xiao.]

[Status: Fatigued.]

[Ranking: 108 (Third Tier).]

[Consecutive Wins: 181 matches.]

[Top Ten Reward: Not Obtained.]

...

Su Xiao had 1 hour left before returning to the real world. Originally aiming for the top 50, now seemed unlikely.

Competitors ranked around 100 were stronger than Su Xiao had anticipated. Each had their own trump card.

Su Xiao realized that with his current strength, he could only reach around the top 100. Any upper-ranked Contractors were likely beyond his capability.

This was quite normal; after advancing to Third Tier, he’d only experienced one Derivative World. Achieving his current combat strength was solely due to accumulation.

Sword Technique Master, Blue Steel Shadow, Dragon Slash, four attributes at 82 points — all these abilities were gradually accumulated by Su Xiao.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao opened his personal information.

Contractor Number 13013. (To protect the Hunter, this is a false number, making it impossible to track the Hunter by any means.)

Name: Su Xiao (Hunter)

Level: LV.24. (Third Tier). Every 10 levels counts as one tier, level upgrades grant no attribute bonuses, serving as Hunter authority within Reincarnation Paradise, correspondingly reflecting World Difficulty, mission difficulty, etc.)

Life Value: 100%.

Mana Value: 3826 points

Power: 82

Agility: 82

Stamina: 82

Intelligence: 82

Charm: 8

Luck: 2

...

Blue Steel Shadow (Active): LV.39

Sword Technique Master (Passive): LV.40

Demon’s Mark (Passive): Lv.19

Firearms Specialization (Passive): LV.30

Breath Release (Active): Lv.18

Intuition (Passive): Lv16

Meditation of Heart (Active/Passive): Lv.10

Rokushiki: Shave (Active): Lv.20

Absolute Demon Physique (Passive): Lv.MAX

Supreme Blade (Passive): Lv.MAX+

Spirit Shadow Physique (Passive): Lv.MAX

Core of Devour (Passive): Lv.MAX

Green Shadow King: Awakened 36%.

...

Su Xiao mastered many abilities, but most were passive. The only actively used abilities in battle were Blue Steel Shadow, Breath Release, Shave — others were equipment-attached abilities.

Mana Value was about to breach the 4000-point threshold; after experiencing the next Derivative World, surpassing this threshold wouldn’t be far off.

With time only an hour, Su Xiao checked remaining Paradise coins, leaving 12680 points. The rest he gave to Bubu Wang, instructing him to purchase healing items at the trading market.

Though Su Xiao could manufacture No.1 Elixir, it required mana consumption, with recent arena matches leaving no excess mana for elixir production.

Unknowingly, Su Xiao fell asleep on the sofa; the remaining 200 mana points couldn’t support another match.

As Su Xiao slept, he felt a sharp pang on the back of his head, waking instantly.

When Su Xiao came to his senses, he was already sitting on the second floor of a real-world accessories shop, beside him Bubu Wang holding his head with two front paws.

Su Xiao felt bewildered and somewhat dazed, looking around, taking a few seconds to realize what had happened.

"* (censored)"

Su Xiao rarely cursed aloud, then flopped onto the floor.

"Bubu, go open the window, let some air in."

Su Xiao lay on the second floor’s floor, groggy with sleep, awakening once more at early morning.

Three days of intense arena battles’ fatigue had faded. After freshening up, Su Xiao went downstairs as the accessories shop opened.

Bubu Wang lay at the door basking in the early morning sunlight, while Su Xiao maintained Tang Hong Long Knife. Life in the real world was indeed pleasant.

Pleasant times vanished quickly; Su Xiao gradually adjusted to optimum status.

[Notice: A new Derivative World is about to open; Hunter will return to Reincarnation Paradise, ensure no witnesses are present.]

[Teleporting... Teleportation Complete.]