Chapter 75 | Reincarnated With a Stat Panel That Never Stops Growing

After the mustachioed chef left, Xia De continued his search in the city.

He wanted to see what kind of crisis had prompted the various factions in the city to act even before the monster tide broke out.

Putting the Adventurer's Guild aside, the other factions were strictly disciplined. For them to act collectively could only mean that orders had been handed down from above.

He just needed to figure out why the leaders of these factions—the few Tier Eight powerhouses—had issued those orders.

Currently, apart from the newly promoted Tier Eight in the Adventurer's Guild, all the others were outside the city.

In that case, his next target was very clear: the Adventurer's Guild!

As he was thinking, a crazed laugh echoed from ahead.

“Hahaha! There is another sinner here! Die!”

Ominous black magic surged around a figure, and a black magic circle appeared in front of them, aiming directly at Xia De. Immediately after, a beam of black light shot out from within, hurtling toward him.

Right on its heels came an urgent shout from behind.

“Watch out!”

Hm?

Summoning Starfall in front of him, Xia De executed a vertical slash, splitting the black beam right down the middle.

Split along with it was the black-robed member of the Demon God Cult.

Amidst his crazed expression, a bloody line appeared between his brows. It extended downward as his vision split to the left and right, and he finally lost consciousness.

The young girl behind him stared blankly at the scene, her eyes filled with utter shock.

But she quickly snapped out of it and hurriedly ran to Xia De's side, asking:

“Are you hurt?!”

The girl was petite with a cute face, her voice full of energy and vitality, though her face was currently covered in a layer of grime from the prolonged fighting.

She said somewhat dejectedly:

“If only Charles were here. With his buffs, we could easily defeat these bad guys from the Demon God Cult.”

The girl was indeed Milia. After Charles had bidden them farewell, the group had continued fighting the monsters in the monster tide.

Later, they had encountered a Tier Six magical beast. Without Charles's buffing magic, the party members—whose strengths were only around Tier Five, Rank Eight or Nine—were no match for it at all. In the end, they had returned to Toka City at the cost of sustaining heavy injuries.

To their surprise, upon returning to the city, they found that members of the Demon God Cult were taking advantage of the situation to cause riots.

Many people had met with misfortune because of this.

Upon learning this, Milia, who did not want to see anyone get hurt, wanted to help them.

The other members of Wolf Hunt wanted to go with her, but their injuries were simply too severe. The physically weaker Mage, Sylph, and Bernard had already fallen unconscious. Thus, Milia had her remaining teammates settle the two of them down first.

Meanwhile, she dragged her injured body around Toka City all by herself, helping those who were in danger.

Xia De shook his head slightly, his expression remaining placid, and then he looked at the girl's arm.

“I'm fine, but are you going to be okay like that?”

A bandage was wrapped around Milia's arm, looking as though the wound had received some emergency treatment.

However, due to her intense running just now, the wound had split open again, and blood was gradually soaking through the bandage.

Milia looked down at her arm, then waved her hand dismissively. Patting her slightly developing chest, she said:

“It's fine, it's fine! Don't worry about it at all. Aside from a bit of pain, there's absolutely no issue.”

Was that so?

Xia De looked at the young girl with the cute smile before him—or rather, a young-looking woman—and her status panel floated right next to her in his line of sight.

【Name: Milia

Combat Power: 4875

Skills: Sword Mastery, Sword Technique—Dragon Flame Slash, Sword Technique—Flowing Fire, Sword Technique—Heaven Flight Slash, Sword Technique...

Status: Overexerted body, multiple minor internal organ tears, fractured left arm, accumulating injuries

Evaluation: A candle burning itself to light others with its faint glow.】

“You were so amazing just now! You split that Tier Five, Rank Six guy in half in an instant.”

Recalling the scene from just now, Milia praised Xia De with glowing eyes, and then said:

“Can I invite you to come with me to help those in need? If you're there, I won't almost let those guys get away like I did just now.

Oh, right, I'm not asking for free help. I can pay you a reward!”

Without a second thought, Xia De rejected her outright.

“I'm sorry, but I have other things to do.”

Seeing herself rejected, Milia didn't feel down. Instead, she flashed a smile and scratched the back of her head, laughing:

“Alright then, I hope whatever you're doing goes smoothly!

Since you're fine, I'll head out first. There are still many people in danger, so I need to go help them.”

As she was about to leave, she seemed to remember something. She turned back to Xia De and said:

“Also, be careful. Miss Coco said that besides the threat of the Demon God Cult, there might be other threats in the shadows.”

“Other threats?”

“Yeah! When we were accepting a quest earlier, she told us that aside from the Demon God Cult, there were other dangers in the shadows, and we could lose our lives if we weren't careful.”

“Can you be more specific?”

“Ah!

Well, back in the guild hall, Miss Coco told everyone that our old Guild President sensed a powerful crisis of life and death, and then the monster tide broke out right after.

Our old Guild President has already broken through to Tier Eight. According to Miss Coco, Tier Eights have a certain premonition regarding dangers to themselves.

Many people thought the monster tide itself was the crisis, but I don't think so. The old Guild President has already broken through to Tier Eight, and while the monster tide is massive in numbers, there isn't a single monster that could threaten him. So, I believe what the old Guild President sensed was a threat emitted by something else.”

Xia De fell into deep thought. A life-and-death crisis? If the other Tier Eights felt the same way, it would indeed make sense. But how credible was this information?

With these doubts, Xia De continued to ask: “Why does Miss Coco know so much about Tier Eight matters?”

“Miss Coco's full name is Cocoxia Drauken. She is the daughter of our current Guild President and the granddaughter of the old Guild President.”

Inside information?

Hearing this answer, Xia De nodded. If they shared that kind of relationship, then Miss Coco's words were highly credible.

But with that came even more questions.

A life-and-death crisis? Why didn't he sense anything?

He was a Tier Nine, after all. Could his perception be inferior to those Tier Eights?

Wait, no!!!

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and Xia De's expressionless face froze slightly as a wave of embarrassment welled up from the bottom of his heart.

Hadn't he contemplated slaughtering the city earlier? Could it have been that time?!

Realizing that this entire ordeal was just a misunderstanding, Xia De didn't know whether to laugh or cry. However, after the initial amusement faded...

What replaced it was deep worry and dissatisfaction.

What was going on? Even a single passing thought could be detected? If he wanted to kill a Tier Eight target in the future, wouldn't they sense it and be able to prepare in advance?