How could Uncle Nine not be shaken by this!
"…"
Brandon White, a touch helpless, helped Uncle Nine to his feet. He hadn't expected to stir the laws of heaven and earth and manifest such imposing omens.
As for "Purple Qi from the East," "Celestial Maidens Scattering Flowers," "Golden Lotuses Rising from the Earth" and the like—this world, in essence, still retained cultivation elements, so the rules it manifested naturally developed in that direction.
If it were some other xianxia world, the rules he roused might have looked like "a Celestial King shaking the Ninth Heaven," "golden lotuses tolling across the bitter sea," or "a bright moon rising from the ocean."
Put plainly, Earth's rules were cooperating with him.
He had no intention of treating these omens as his personal power.
"Ding. Mission complete detected for group members. Contribution this battle: Nature's Child 97%, Holy Lord 1%, Boil Daigu Into Soup 1%, Lin Fengjiao 1%."
"Ding. Mission rewards have been issued."
With the chat group's voice, Brandon saw that his back-end balance had increased by 970,000 points, along with one enhancement attempt at a fifty percent success rate.
He planned to use that attempt to reinforce his Authority of Nature. Nearly all of his current abilities derived from it. Given the Authority's essence, it was very likely the enhancement would fail, but he didn't mind.
More than that, he was curious what he would gain after the chat group reclaimed the transmigrator's [Rule-class Item].
"Ding. Detected recovery of transmigrator Morong's [Rule-class Item—Myriad Worlds Slaughter System]. Distributing rewards according to each group member's contribution ratio."
"Congratulations to group member Nature's Child on receiving one enhancement attempt (100% success rate)."
The chat group's voice rang again in everyone's ears, though it did not enumerate each individual's reward.
Judging from the shock and delight on the Holy Lord and the others' faces, theirs seemed quite good.
At the same time, they turned their eyes to Brandon. If they had gotten such items off a mere one percent contribution, then what about Brandon?
Brandon only smiled faintly and said nothing.
He was just as satisfied with this round of rewards.
He wondered how powerful the Authority of Nature would become after one more successful enhancement.
For the moment, though, he did not intend to use it.
Since the success rate was one hundred percent and there were no restrictions, using it now would be wasteful.
His Authority of Nature still had many opportunities to grow stronger—the third aura tide, the fourth aura tide… The aura era had only just begun. If he rushed to use it now, would he regret today's choice someday down the line?
In his own world, there was no existence that could threaten him.
His strength was still increasing rapidly.
Time, to him, was little more than a meaningless number; he ought to think carefully about the best moment to use it.
"Since the mission's over, we should head back," Daigu said to Uncle Nine, a little embarrassed—even though he felt like he'd done nothing at all.
Tiga's power had made his past self a bit proud—especially after he'd used points reclaimed from kaiju remains and giant statues to purchase the Rabbit Talisman, an immortal physique, and other items. His strength had skyrocketed; he had practically steamrolled the early kaiju.
To him, that wasn't even pride—it was confidence! Absolute confidence in the power he now possessed.
No matter the danger, he could overcome it!
In this bout against the transmigrator Morong, though he had surpassed the opponent in raw power, battle required more than power alone; Morong was never going to pit his flesh in a straight-up brawl with him.
That power saturated with grievance and blood-qi could even affect Tiga.
It was like trying to stain Tiga's light.
Of course, that was only an incidental effect. The real reason was that Morong's overall power surpassed his—and that was why he'd been one-shotted.
Once back, he really would need to settle down, think hard about his mission, and what he ought to be doing.
He clearly possessed greater strength now, yet he felt his thinking fell far short of his televised counterpart.
Meanwhile—
Because the four of them were on a mission and passively cut off from group notifications, they did not know that the chat group had added two newcomers.
Xia Shizi: "As much as I don't want to admit it, given what I'm seeing and the info in my head… it seems I've run into something outrageous."
Golden Flash: "Newbie's acceptance is quick, huh. When others joined before, they all refused to believe it."
Minato Namikaze was surprised by that point. They hadn't even had time to say "welcome" and the newcomer had already accepted the chat group's reality.
Xia Shizi: "Golden Flash? Minato Namikaze, Fourth Hokage?"
Xia Shizi: "The irresponsible father who turned his own son into the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki and let him be bullied?"
Xia Shizi: "I'm really curious—once you know how much bullying your son suffered, how will you feel?"
Xia Shizi: "And what about the Third, Hiruzen Sarutobi—he doesn't seem to have treated Naruto well according to your dying wish."
Xia Shizi: "If you had the chance again, would you still choose the same way?"
Golden Flash: "…"
Golden Flash: "So… your world has the Naruto anime too?"
Golden Flash: "I truly hadn't expected what Naruto went through when I first saw it. I couldn't make things right for him back then; fortunately, nothing has begun yet now—I have a chance to change everything."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "Oh? We've got newcomers again?"
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "But why didn't the chat group notify us? Is it because we were on a mission?"
Himouto Umaru: "Seems like it. Also, looks like the newbie's world has Naruto, too."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "???"
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "Because of Brandon and the group owner, I always thought only the worlds they came from had it."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "Speaking of which, this mission's transmigrator recognized us, too."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "I'm starting to wonder if all transmigrators are from the same world."
Xia Shizi: "Boil Daigu Into Soup? Weird handle—even for an online name."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "Really? When I first joined, I thought the same thing—but then I saw the Holy Lord's name and felt better about mine."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "You probably don't know who I am yet. I'm Daigu. The Tiga in the chat group's memory archive—that's my world."
Xia Shizi: "Daigu? Ultraman Tiga?"
Xia Shizi: "The one who inherited Tiga's power and ultimately killed his ex-girlfriend, Camilla?"
Xia Shizi: "I always wondered why you liked Rena instead of Captain Megumi Iruma."
Xia Shizi: "By a 'normal' setup, you should have inherited Tiga's fate—abandoning your original love and running to Captain Iruma's arms, just as Tiga abandoned Camilla and turned to Yuzare."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "???"
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "Are you sure you're talking about me?"
Daigu stared, completely baffled, at the newcomer's messages. He knew of Yuzare; he knew Captain Iruma; and of course he knew Tiga—but who was Camilla?
Put together like that, he couldn't make sense of it at all!
(End of this chapter)