Chapter 415: Ruler of the Realm (Unparalleled Rare)
"You became stronger again."
[Knight Girl] saw Kaito Shirogane enter, supporting her chin with her hand, her smile full of affirmation.
The completion process of the mission [Flesh and Blood of the Enemy, My Nourishment II] was somewhat special. He had to confirm it first.
"Miss Knight, does this count as completing the mission?"
Strictly speaking, [Flesh and Blood of the Enemy, My Nourishment II] required the Reincarnator to kill the target alone.
Mob voluntarily being killed by Kaito indeed met the condition of being killed by Kaito alone, but for some reason, Kaito didn't obtain Mob's head.
Instead, after the Divine Kingdom collapsed, he obtained the material [Head of Spirit World Evil Lord].
With a flash of light in his hand, a huge pitch-black phantom head almost blocked the [Rank Management Office].
Intense golden light erupted from Knight Girl's body. In the next moment, the Head of Spirit World Evil Lord shrank rapidly, soon becoming slightly larger than a normal human head.
The pitch-black phantom floated towards all corners of the space like tentacles.
Knight Girl scrutinized this weird individual, pondered for a moment, and said:
"So that's it. Such a powerful existence, yet actively split himself into two parts..."
"But even in an incomplete state, this existence possesses overwhelming power."
Knight Girl looked at Kaito seriously, acknowledging Kaito's power.
[Do you want to use the Head of Spirit World Evil Lord as material to complete Flesh and Blood of the Enemy, My Nourishment II?]
"Yes."
[You completed the Advance Mission · Flesh and Blood of the Enemy, My Nourishment II]
[Special Reincarnator EX051, your rating has been updated. Current: Strong · ? (Energy attribute abnormal, cannot be anchored)]
Kaito finally entered the [Strong] tier. He reached out to touch the pitch-black phantom head shrunk by Knight Girl in front. Sure enough, this material had also been automatically appraised.
[Material · Head of Spirit World Evil Lord]
[Quality: Rare Treasure of the World]
[Description: An Evil Lord of a region formed after a naturally powerful anomaly of a certain world fell into the Spirit World, containing curses against espers]
[Effect: After smelting, one of the following characteristics can be obtained]
[A: Natural Esper (Rare) — Awaken as an esper, possessing potential to train and enhance esper abilities. Esper ability category and effect random, but not lower than B-Class]
[B: Spirit World Creature (Rare) — Bloodline change. Possess characteristics of Spirit World creatures. Obtain extra psychic resistance. Possess characteristic of passing through barriers. Obtain special resistance immune to half of physical attack effects]
[C: Ruler of the Realm (Unparalleled Rare) — Sprinkle fresh blood to open a Nether Realm exclusive to oneself. Inside the Nether Realm, all non-soul-type abilities cannot be cast. Moreover, after taking damage, Spirit World creatures will be attracted to attack. The heavier the injury, the more powerful the Spirit World creatures attracted]
[D: Evil Lord (Unparalleled Rare) — Souls of all targets killed by you will be enslaved]
This red quality material didn't have a red quality smelting characteristic, probably because Mob split the power of the Spirit World Evil Lord into two for those hundreds of thousands of souls.
One half was already blasted by Saitama, and he only obtained the other half, so the effect was reduced.
Of course, it was also possible that it was simply a luck issue. After all, this material simultaneously had two [Unparalleled Rare] quality smelting options, which was already a powerful material never seen before.
Knight Girl also sighed and reached out her hand, seeming to perceive the opponent's power during lifetime through the material.
"Such outstanding power, yet can only dissipate here. Truly a pity."
Kaito looked at the two options [Evil Lord] and [Ruler of the Realm], thinking.
Both characteristics could be considered powerful for him.
Ruler of the Realm was an active ability. Once activated, for most Reincarnators and plot characters, it could be considered a "Magic Forbidden" domain ability.
Performed by Kaito, who excelled in Taijutsu and had a powerful soul, it would inevitably be a fatal scene.
And the Evil Lord ability would complement Kaito who possessed [Myriad Tribulations Yin Spirit Yellow Spring Body], allowing him to continuously obtain powerful souls.
Killed Reincarnators would all be imprisoned by him in this form.
After thinking for a moment, Kaito still chose the characteristic [Ruler of the Realm].
"I've chosen, Miss Knight."
Knight Girl clenched her hand. The pitch-black phantom head shattered instantly into countless pitch-black shadows, wandering inside the Rank Management Office like big snakes. Then, accompanied by Knight Girl pushing with her hand,
Countless shadows crashed directly into Kaito's body.
[You obtained Rank Characteristic: Ruler of the Realm (Unparalleled Rare)]
Kaito then asked Knight Girl to appraise the attributes of [Corpse Demon Mask].
[Material · Corpse Demon Mask]
[Quality: Rare]
[Description: Face of an undead evil ghost from a certain world, containing gloomy power]
[Effect: After smelting, one of the following characteristics can be obtained:]
[A: Ghost Phantom Body (Rare · Extreme) — Active characteristic. Can consume some energy to turn the body ghostly, ignoring physical attacks, passing through walls, etc., but will take extra damage from Holy attribute and Yang attribute energy]
[B: Malice — Your will shall possess substantial power. Can continuously cause negative effects on the target's spirit. Intensity linked to Spirit attribute]
[C: Corpse Body (Uncommon) — Constitution +2, Strength +2, Agility -2. Obtain extra damage reduction effect]
[D: Ghost Mask (Uncommon) — Constitution +1, Strength +1, Agility -1. Obtain low-rank blood-sucking self-healing ability, effect equivalent to C-Class]
"Counted as a rare ghostly item. Should be able to sell for a good price."
It could be seen that Knight Girl didn't like materials of the Corpse Demon Mask type. Seeing the characteristic [Ghost Phantom Body], Kaito knew the value of this Corpse Demon Mask was actually quite good.
This ability was very practical. In battle, it was enough to let a Reincarnator defeat the strong with weakness, or even create their own combat style.
He nodded, put away the item, turned and left the Rank Management Office. Just as he was about to go out, Knight Girl spoke actively:
"That shattered crown, if you can obtain other parts, I can actually re-smelt it for you."
Kaito looked back, seeing Knight Girl just looking at him without showing the usual energetic smile. And above her head, there was also a golden crown, looming.
Kaito suddenly had many more guesses about the source of power of [Supreme Powerhouses] and even various titles in his heart.
He looked at the [Fatalism Fragment] he obtained, said nothing, and walked directly in front of those two huge lions.
The guards of the Goddess's residence moved aside almost immediately after he appeared.
Not long after Kaito stepped onto the white jade stairs, he felt the sky spinning and the earth rotating. A huge jade hand fell from the sky, directly grabbing thousands of meters of white jade stairs and pulling them into the cloud layer.
"Rich smell of tributes, never-before-seen talent. EX051, you really make me delighted~"
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