Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

After Su Xiao severed the enemy's head, he instantly jumped back away from the enemy's corpse to prevent the opponent from having a self-destruct or some kind of skill that would be activated after death.

As it turned out, Su Xiao was overthinking things. After Su Xiao left, the corpses whose heads he had cut off did not explode or rise from the ground.

It seems that although the residents of Eisenra have mutated, they have not become immortal, otherwise things would be much more complicated.

If they are both immortal and possess extremely resilient bodies, then once these monsters gather together, they will form a terrifying fighting force.

As the sound of a corpse falling to the ground rang out, a hand as withered as a tree branch rested on the edge of the city wall.

Then, a head emerged, its hair sparse and yellowish, its murky eyes staring straight at Su Xiao, before letting out a hoarse, inhuman roar.

These are the berserk inhabitants of Eisenra. Before seeing any living creature, they are dull and lifeless, but once they see one, they become extremely frenzied and rush forward recklessly.

In a very short time, dozens of residents of Eisenla climbed the city wall and rushed towards the group one after another.

Su Xiao lowered his body slightly, his long sword pointing diagonally at the ground. These residents of Aisenra were not fast or strong, but their bodies were unbelievably tough.

The longsword whistled as it sliced ​​through the air. The monster in front of Su Xiao was as if it had been caught in an invisible meat grinder, instantly shredded into flying pieces by the sharp blade light. Black, viscous blood and woody limbs splattered everywhere.

Occasionally, a few escaped the net and squeezed through the gaps in the blade net, rushing backwards. But the Sorrowful Woman was no pushover. Every seemingly light and agile movement of her longsword created a dazzling golden arc of light, precisely tearing apart any approaching monsters, their remains quickly dissolving in the light.

The battle ended quickly, and mutilated corpses piled up around Su Xiao, emitting a stench mixed with decay and mutation.

Su Xiao stepped to the edge of the city wall and looked down to observe the situation in the inner city when he heard a "whoosh" and a crudely made arrow came flying towards him.

Su Xiao reacted extremely quickly, his left hand flashing out like lightning to precisely grab the arrow shaft, the fletching at the end of the arrow still trembling slightly due to inertia.

Below the city walls, the scene was chilling.

Dozens of monsters, each over four meters tall, with dark brown skin and bulging muscles like gnarled tree roots, were looking up at him with empty or malicious eyes.

These monsters were too large, and their thick, stake-like fingers were obviously not good for climbing the smooth city walls, but they gathered below, forming a solid land barrier.

Su Xiao's eyes turned slightly cold as he made a feint slash towards the area below the city wall. A condensed light blue blade of light detached from the edge of the Dragon Slayer Flash, slicing through the heavy air and instantly striking an Aisenra resident who was looking up and roaring.

The monster was thrown back several steps by the immense force contained in the blade's energy. A deep gash appeared on its chest, which was as solid as wood and stone, and from a distance, one could see the tissue inside that was no longer beating normally.

But this guy seemed to feel no pain. With a roar, he actually lifted a thick stone paving the road off the ground and hurled it at Su Xiao on the city wall like a catapult.

Su Xiao took a half step back, flipped his wrist, and the Dragon Slayer Flash drew an arc in the air. With a diagonal slash, he split the oncoming boulder in two in mid-air, and the broken stones scattered inside and outside the city wall with a clatter.

Laurent, standing to the side, shook off the bits of flesh and black blood from his fist. Although he, Dawn, and Gus were strong enough to easily overwhelm these mutated residents, their expressions were far from relaxed.

Laurent spoke in a deep voice, his tone tinged with seriousness: "These things are merely mutations from the lowest strata of Eisenra's inhabitants. Based on previous estimates, the number of monsters in Eisenra... is probably in the tens of thousands. If each one is this difficult to deal with, our strength will be severely depleted."

Just as Su Xiao was gazing at the ever-growing number of monsters below, pondering how to efficiently break through and storm into the inner city, Amu carried Lin Yidong on his back.

He took out several small containers from his personal space, which contained a silvery liquid—some of the holy silver solution left over from the previous purification.

The amount of holy silver was not large, and its purity was insufficient to extract the [Radiant Gold Potion] again, so Lin Yi stored it away as a spare material.

At this moment, Lin Yi intuitively felt that since this thing had a very deep connection with the ancient gods, it might also be effective against these monsters that had been deeply corrupted by the power of the ancient gods.

"Try this." Lin Yi tossed the container to Su Xiao.

Just as Su Xiao was about to catch the potion, a red afterimage flashed past Su Xiao at a speed almost like spatial teleportation, accurately grabbing the containers holding the holy silver solution.

The moment the other person appeared, Su Xiao didn't even see who it was before several fragmented [Exile] spells shot out from his sleeves like living metal fish, instantly piercing through the red figure and pinning it firmly to the cold stone slabs of the city wall.

"Cough..." The person who had been exiled and pierced let out a muffled groan, but did not panic.

He was dressed in a strikingly contrasting, slightly worn red clown costume, his face painted with exaggerated smile paint—undoubtedly, this man was the reinforcement mentioned in the Paradise of Reincarnation's hints, the red clown, Mr. J.

"I must say, as expected of you, Bai Ye." Mr. J grinned, revealing a smile that seemed sincere but was actually tinged with helplessness and reminiscence. This wasn't his usual fake smile, because he had personally experienced that faking a smile at Su Xiao could actually get him chopped off the next second.

He clearly remembered the sharpness of the longsword in Su Xiao's hand, which ignored all defenses, and the excruciating pain that felt as if his soul was being torn apart when he was corroded by the energy of the Azure Steel Shadow.

"To think you could push that old cunning Sphinx to this extent, I really miss the days when you were a purer 'brute'."

Su Xiao stared at him coldly, without replying. But the fragments of [Exile] that were pinned to Mr. J were slowly pulled out, bringing with them a few streaks of blood. They then hovered around him, ready to attack again at any moment.

Mr. J seemed completely unconcerned about the penetrating wound on his body. After all, he was someone who had 'died' once. If this level of physical trauma could affect him, he would have died in battle when he was at the second level.

Moreover, he could sense that Su Xiao had not activated the terrifying Azure Steel Shadow energy during the attack.

He stiffly got up from the ground, dusted off his clown costume, and then turned his gaze to Lin Yi, who had thrown out the holy silver.

The next second, the figure of the sorrowful woman stood between Mr. J and Lin Yi.

Her eyes, now imbued with the will of Nia, were filled with undisguised disgust and vigilance as she stared intently at Mr. J.

The Sorrowful Woman loathed the chaotic, manic, and calculating aura emanating from this guy. If Su Xiao hadn't clearly held back just now, she probably would have already unleashed a [Forget-Me-Not] strike with her energy sword.

Mr. J disregarded the grieving woman's hostility and instead gave Lin Yi, who was being protected in the back, what he considered a friendly smile before taking a step forward.

But as soon as he moved, the suspended fragments of [Exile] emitted a slight buzzing sound, a clear warning.

Mr. J immediately raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm, then slowly took out a business card of unusual material from his pocket, flicked it with his finger, and the card flew steadily toward Lin Yi.

Lin Yi took the business card with some doubt. It was slightly cool to the touch. Several lines of contact information and a cryptic code were written on it in a distorted and ornate font, with a watermark of a blood-stained clown next to it.

He quickly glanced through it and discovered that it contained contact channels for some outlaw organizations or underground merchants active in the void and even various native worlds.

Mr. J maintained his raised hand gesture, his tone becoming more formal: "If you have any other products like those from 'Holy Flame Pharmacist,' or any potions with... well, unique effects, please feel free to contact me anytime. The price is absolutely negotiable."

He blinked his heavily painted eyes and added, "Whether it's sales channels or barter, I have connections."

It's clear that although Mr. J was just forcibly recruited to this world by the Paradise of Reincarnation, he is very familiar with the events that happened in this world before, especially the turmoil caused by Lin Yi's role as the "doctor" and the medicine he provided, thanks to his information network.

Although Mr. J has now been semi-co-opted by the Paradise of Reincarnation, this does not mean that he has completely severed ties with the violators' faction.

Lin Yi now clearly has a stable and high-quality source of medicine. In Mr. J's view, this is undoubtedly a huge business opportunity and resource, and he naturally does not want to miss it.

In the Paradise of Reincarnation, resources are the key to becoming stronger, and Mr. J understands this well.

Seeing this, Su Xiao's eyes flashed with a hint of deliberation, but in the end, he slowly sheathed the Dragon Slayer Flash, which had been drawn only half an inch.

The few floating fragments of "Exile" flew silently back into his sleeve, like bees returning to their hive. Now that Mr. J had expressed an intention to cooperate and there might be future business dealings, Su Xiao naturally wouldn't cut off a potentially important source of income and intelligence at this point because of a little suspicion.

As long as this guy doesn't intentionally kill himself, we can keep him around for now.

Mr. J felt the killing intent locking onto him dissipate, breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his still somewhat aching muscles, walked to Su Xiao's side, and together they looked down at the dense, suffocating horde of monsters below the city wall.

“Bai Ye, I suggest we split into two teams.” Mr. J dropped his businessman’s demeanor and his tone became serious. “On the way here, I sent ‘Rat’ to scout out inside Eisenra first.”

"A rat?" Su Xiao looked at him.

“That’s right, a rat.” Mr. J said, grasping the index finger of his left hand with his right hand, and then, to everyone’s astonishment, calmly pulled it off!
With a soft "plop," his index finger was ripped off.

Mr. J ignored the gushing blood from the severed finger and calmly tossed the severed finger to the ground.

The severed finger did not come to a standstill as soon as it hit the ground, but instead melted rapidly, turning into a pool of writhing, bloody fluid.

The fluid writhed as if it were alive, quickly forming a blood-red figure about ten centimeters tall with indistinct features but whose outline somewhat resembled Mr. J.

As soon as the little figure took shape, it bared its teeth and claws at Mr. J, making a faint but venomous "squeak" sound.

Mr. J frowned, then turned to the group and smiled apologetically, as if apologizing for the unreasonable behavior of the blood-red villain.

He then stood up, raised his shiny black leather shoes, and without any mercy stepped on the blood-red figure, grinding it down several times.

"Eek—!" A sharp, strange scream came from the little man.

After being brutally crushed by Mr. J with the sole of his leather shoe, the blood-red little man clearly became docile, lying on the ground and no longer baring his teeth and claws.

"Target, Sphinx, or find the place in the city with the most unusual energy reaction. Full speed ahead, and transmit the images back."

Mr. J gave orders to the blood-red figure with a smile on his face, but there was no warmth in that smile.

The crimson figure trembled, uttering a faint, indistinct curse: "You... will die a horrible death..."

But it still reluctantly got up, took off running with its short legs, and ran faster and faster until it turned into an almost invisible blood-red line, sliding down the cracks in the city wall and quickly disappearing into the shadows of the buildings below, heading towards the depths of the inner city of Aisenla.

Lin Yi glanced at Mr. J's still bleeding left hand and severed finger, and commented in a flat tone: "Your clone... needs to improve its loyalty, and its control precision also needs more practice."

However, Mr. J's move actually reminded Lin Yi.

He realized that in such a complex environment, efficient investigative methods were crucial.

The next second, the shadow next to Lin Yi began to writhe unnaturally.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of shadowy soldiers, their bodies entirely black, silently emerged from the shadows on the ground.

With a thought command from Lin Yi, these shadowy soldiers instantly merged back into the shadows, like drops of water flowing into the ocean, disappearing without a trace.

They spread out of the city of Aisenla at an unprecedented speed, following the shadows of the city walls and the blind spots of the buildings.

It must be said that the Shadow Legion's innate stealth and shadow-traversing abilities are far more useful in this environment than most summoned creatures, since ordinary monsters have difficulty detecting subtle changes in the shadow dimension.

When Mr. J saw Lin Yi summon such a large army of summoned creatures that were clearly highly stealthy and disciplined, his signature clown smile froze for a moment. Although he quickly recovered, a deep look of astonishment and seriousness flashed in the depths of his eyes.

He realized that he had underestimated this "doctor" who seemed to focus primarily on support and treatment.

This guy seems to have more cards up his sleeve than I thought.

Mr. J quickly raised Lin Yi's danger level and cooperation value in his mind again.

"It seems that the doctor's skills are also extraordinary."

Mr. J asked with a hint of probing, "So, do you two have any ideas on how to solve that troublesome bronze door?"

Lin Yi looked at Mr. J and asked directly, "Since the Paradise of Reincarnation sent you here, it's not just for you to watch the show. What methods do you have to deal with the Bronze Gate?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. J's clown smile widened again, even taking on a hint of fanaticism.

He was quite straightforward, immediately granting Lin Yi and Su Xiao temporary access to part of his panel, allowing them to see his personal panel.

【Helljaw LV. ? ? ? (Special/Growth Potential Ability)】

Origin:? ? ?
Skill Effect: Upon activation, a gigantic, phantom jaw forms in front of the user, leading to the 'Purgatory' dimension. This jaw can devour and decompose designated targets (including but not limited to matter, energy, rule-based creations, and conceptual entities). The success rate and effectiveness of this devouring depend on the following factors:

1. Target energy level and structural stability.

2. The strength of the user's willpower.

3. The user's ability to withstand and resolve the 'torrent of negative thoughts' (including but not limited to despair, resentment, anger, hatred, etc.) generated when the target is devoured.

Warning: During the absorption process, the user must maintain a high level of mental clarity throughout. If the user's will weakens or is overwhelmed by a flood of negative thoughts, they will fall into a state of 'out of control,' with their body dominated by purgatory instincts, indiscriminately attacking everything around them until they are exhausted or interrupted.

Skill cost: Vitality, Soul Energy, and bearing the corresponding 'causal burden'.

The origin of the [Purgatory Jaw] ability is quite peculiar. It can be said that Mr. J gained this ability after possessing a demon.

In principle, the [Purgatory Jaw] could indeed devour that bronze door, since it can even attempt to decompose objects created by rules and conceptual entities.

But this is on the premise that Mr. J can withstand the overwhelming despair, resentment, and hatred that may erupt when the bronze door is destroyed.

If he relaxes his guard even slightly, he will lose control and become an even more troublesome enemy.

"No wonder the Paradise of Reincarnation sent you here."

Su Xiao's tone was flat, making it impossible to tell whether it was praise or sarcasm: "Looks like I'm planning to let you swallow the bronze door whole, and that'll be the end of it."

Mr. J shrugged, the movement aggravating his wound and causing his lips to twitch, but his smile remained unchanged: "Making the most of what I have. The park thinks my abilities are suitable for handling this kind of 'large-scale trash,' how could I refuse?"

His tone was relaxed, but there was a hint of seriousness deep in his eyes.

He was well aware of the danger of this mission; devouring the bronze gate was undoubtedly the greatest challenge he had faced since acquiring this ability, bar none.

However, judging from the attitude of the Paradise of Reincarnation, it has no pity for Mr. J, a contractor with a "criminal record" who is now trying to "go ashore". It treats him as a high-end consumable and doesn't care much about whether he will die during the mission.

In the eyes of the Paradise of Reincarnation, contractors who have broken the rules and want to clear their names will face severe consequences and life-or-death trials before they can truly gain trust and preferential treatment in resources. (End of Chapter)