He looked up at the living room.
Last night's ss had been cleaned up.
The floor was polished, and although still old, it was spotless.
In the corner, the little girl nad Natsu Rinku was curled up on the tatami mat.
She was covered with a faded old coat.
Her breathing was steady, and she seed to be in a deep sleep.
Zhou Huai controlled Caesar to stand up.
The floor made a slight creaking sound.
She seed to have heard the movent.
Natsu Rinku rubbed her eyes and sat up.
When she saw Zhou Huai, a docile expression imdiately appeared on her face.
"Brother, you're awake."
She nimbly climbed off the tatami mat and trotted to the kitchen door.
"I'll make you breakfast."
She peeked out half her small head, her voice faint.
"There's not much food at ho, please don't mind it."
Zhou Huai shook his head at her words.
"I don't eat."
"You take good care of the house."
Having said that, he turned and walked towards the door.
Natsu Rinku quickly followed, seeing Zhou Huai to the door.
She tilted her small face, trying hard to force out a sweet smile.
"Goodbye, Brother."
"Co back early."
Her every gesture truly resembled a younger sister who cared for her older brother.
Zhou Huai said nothing.
He nodded at her, opened the door, and walked out.
The wooden door closed behind him with a dull thud.
He stopped after taking just two steps.
Because just a second ago, the tiny parasite lurking within Natsu Rinku suddenly reacted.
Yes.
Last night, Zhou Huai had silently injected a parasite into this little girl.
He spoke casually, letting her leave as she pleased.
But that was just a test.
If she really dared to step out of this house.
Zhou Huai would not hesitate to make this little girl self-destruct on the spot.
Now, the parasite in her body suddenly reacted.
This indicated that the strange energy within her was starting to riot again.
Is it such a coincidence?
He had just left, and she started acting up right after?
It was as if... she was deliberately avoiding him.
Zhou Huai turned around and pushed open the door again.
Indeed.
Natsu Rinku was curled up on the floor of the corridor.
Her small ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) face was ashen, fine cold sweat seeped from her forehead, and her expression was one of pain.
Dark runes flickered on and off on her exposed cheeks and arms.
It was as if sothing was about to burst out of her body.
Zhou Huai walked to her side and slowly squatted down.
He didn't offer help, just observed silently.
He had initially thought this was just the little girl's early Awakening of a Professional's power.
Now it seed this power had its own consciousness.
It wanted to forcibly Possess this body.
Just like... Possession?
Zhou Huai spoke calmly:
"Hello, can you hear ?"
"What exactly are you?"
No one answered him.
The runes on Natsu Rinku's body still flickered, even showing a tendency to intensify.
Zhou Huai smiled.
"In that case, don't bla for being impolite."
With a thought.
The tiny alien parasite within Natsu Rinku began to actively absorb this rioting energy.
The runes on the girl's body visibly dimd at a speed perceptible to the naked eye.
Conversely, the alien parasite within her was covered in that inexplicable cursed seal power, emitting an eerie black light throughout its body.
The power was absorbed.
Caesar received feedback imdiately.
And what was fed back was a large amount of experience points.
"System notification: Gained experience points 2000"
"System notification: Gained experience points 2000"
"System notification: Gained experience points 2000"
A series of System notification sounds frantically flooded his mind.
Zhou Huai couldn't help but be surprised.
Holy cow?
There's actually such an effect?
Experience points are also a form of energy.
This has always been a research topic for Professor Li at Imperial Capital University.
It was also based on his research into experience points that he invented the Tempering Tower, a thod for rapidly increasing Rank.
It involves purifying the energy within demonic source stones and then converting it into experience points for human absorption.
This is an extrely complex and tedious process.
Professor Li researched it for decades before achieving certain results.
Yet, here with Zhou Huai, he directly used parasites to convert the energy within the other party into experience points.
And this experience was given very quickly.
In just a few seconds, hundreds of thousands were given.
Caesar's experience bar shot up a large chunk, directly reaching about 50%.
It seed to sense the alien parasite's rampant absorption within Natsu Rinku.
That rioting power quickly began to weaken, retract, until it completely disappeared.
As if it had never appeared.
Zhou Huai smiled.
Indeed.
That power had its own consciousness.
To give so many experience points at once, the energy within this guy is not to be underestimated.
When it rears its head again next ti, just keep absorbing it.
As the energy receded, Natsu Rinku's complexion improved significantly.
Her breathing also beca steady and even.
Zhou Huai no longer bothered with her.
He stood up, leaving her to continue sleeping in the cold corridor.
He turned, and left.
Half an hour later, Zhou Huai arrived at a huge underground plaza in Tokyo.
This is the Asura Arena.
Tokyo's largest Professional gathering place, and the only entrance to dozens of leveling dungeons.
Rather than a plaza, it was more like a gigantic hollowed-out underground cave.
Embedded in the do were countless huge crystals emitting a faint glow, illuminating the entire space as if it were dayti.
The air was filled with a pungent sll of sweat, blood, and tal.
Deafening clamor, like a tangible sound wave, assaulted the eardrums of every newcor.
"Thirty-fifth floor Abyss Corridor, need a strong tank, requires HP above 80,000, priority for those with damage reduction skills!"
"New Moon Forest quick clear team, four out of five, need a healer with group healing, equipnt doesn't matter, just follow commands!"
"Selling a Level 20 rare quality staff, with 5% Spell critical strike, 30,000 Sakura Coins, no bargaining!"
"Is there any big brother to take , a little assassin! No money, no equipnt, just experience!"
Countless Professionals shouted themselves hoarse, yelling at the top of their lungs.
They were either in groups of three to five, or alone, with various expressions on their faces.
There was the nervousness of a novice, the numbness of a seasoned veteran, and the excitent of those about to venture into dangerous territory.
Looking around, the number of Professionals at this entrance alone was tens of thousands.
Zhou Huai grinned.
Very good.
The more people there were, the easier his plan would be to execute.
The most urgent task was to quickly raise Caesar's Rank.
Although he was an SSS-Class Professional, Caesar's current Rank was still a bit low after all.
Many powerful skills had not yet been comprehended.
Dealing with SS-Class Professionals of Rank forty or fifty might still be easy.
But encountering those seventy or eighty Rank old guys from Sakura Country, it would be hard to say.
Especially those who had comprehended Domain skills.
To increase the success rate of obtaining the pendulum of life, it was paramount to fully enhance Caesar's strength before the civil war in Sakura Country completely broke out.
Zhou Huai silently squeezed into a relatively sparsely populated corner, and beneath his wide cuff, the swarm space silently opened.
He didn't have many alien parasites left, only about 1500 or so.
To avoid wasting them on low-Rank Professionals, Zhou Huai first released a few Information Bugs.
Recently, the Information Bug's Rank had reached 2.
The newly unlocked function could display the observation target's Profession na and Rank.
This way, he could effectively avoid low-Rank and useless Professionals.
A few Information Bugs, resembling flies in appearance, silently flew into the noisy crowd.
Zhou Huai's mind was instantly flooded with a massive data stream.
Zhou Huai controlled the Information Bugs, shuttling through the crowd like an experienced headhunter, precisely screening his targets.
"This A-Class Profession 'Oni Samurai' is good, with a solid Foundation, I'll give you one."
The Information Bug quietly landed, and the parasitism was complete.
"This B-Class Profession 'Wind Whisperer' is also quite good, just a bit low in Rank, but with decent potential, I'll give you one too."
Another parasite found its host.
Zhou Huai was much like those discerning Elders who nodded constantly at the Sect selection Tournant.
It must be said.
As expected of Takamagahara.
As a gathering place for the strong in Sakura Country, looking around, there were indeed many high-grade Professionals.
Whenever Zhou Huai found one, he would assign them an alien parasite.
"Go, go, go, all of you go and work hard for !"
Just as he was controlling the Information Bugs, searching for more high-quality "wage earners."
A woman dressed extrely seductively suddenly entered his sight.
She wore a modified fiery red kimono, with a very low neckline, revealing a large expanse of fair skin.
Especially the breathtaking fullness of her chest, as if it was about to break free from the fabric's restraint at any mont, ready to burst forth.
When Zhou Huai's Information Bug landed on her and read her Professional information, he couldn't help but be stunned.
【Na: Muto Zoran】
【Profession: C-Class Courtesan】
【Rank: 35】
Zhou Huai couldn't help but gasp.
Good heavens.
Is this Profession legitimate?
Courtesan?
What kind of hellish Profession is this? Are the skills "Passionate Performance" or "Charming Gaze"?
Do they all have to be pixelated to be viewed?
At this mont, this courtesan nad Muto Zoran was standing with her hands on her hips, boldly shouting loudly in the crowd.
"Need a powerful damage dealer big brother for a team!"
"I'm a top-tier support! Not only can I make you happy, but I can also make you strong!"
No sooner had she spoken.
"Swish!"
At least a hundred gazes, all at once, focused on her.
", , ! Beautiful lady, choose ! I'm an A-Class Berserker, my damage output is absolutely explosive!"
A burly man with bulging muscles was the first to push out of the crowd, spitting as he spoke.
"Get the hell out of here! A brute who only knows how to swing an axe, do you know what teamwork is? Sister, look at , B-Class Trickster, good at my job, wild ways!"
A man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks jumped out, unwilling to be outdone.
"Everyone move aside! Let !"
"Beautiful lady, duo queue? I'm super brave!"
In an instant, Muto Zoran's front was surrounded, packed tightly.
Everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, showcasing their Profession and Rank, afraid of falling behind.
The chaotic scene quickly attracted the intervention of the City Guard, which gradually brought it under control.
Finally, the woman nad Muto Zoran and a Professional nad Oki successfully tead up and began their sweet duo queue.
This caused many old perverts to pound their chests and stomp their feet, expressing regret.
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