Apocalypse Forecast

Chapter 531 456 Game_1

The so-called Blood Revenge Crystal is intrinsically like Apocalypse, Nightmare Fog, and the lethal toxin Huai Shi now uses more readily—all are special forms of Source Crystals formed through Source Material Transformation.

The birth of Apocalypse requires a massive amount of pain, and once it spreads, it creates the effects of a Fear Aura. On the other hand, the lethal toxin is extracted in limited quantities from this foundation and represents the deathly fear that Huai Shi transformed after repeatedly experiencing death.

The conditions for the generation of Blood Revenge Crystals are even more stringent, even harder for the common person to accept.

They are precious crystals formed from the accumulated malice and venom of numerous lives at the moment of their death, mixing and forming tangible curses.

These are essential consumables for most high-level curse rituals and negative witchcraft practices, with the effect of the curse increasing exponentially even with a little addition.

Apart from the Sublimators of the Lin family's Path of Karma, who could consume this stuff as a supplement, other Sublimators kept their distance.

Besides the Lin family, no one else in Dongxia had such mature and efficient extraction methods.

If one wanted to acquire Blood Revenge Crystals, there was no more convenient channel than through the Lin family.

Alas, in today's world, it was so difficult to resort to arson and murder that even the Landlord's house must be short of surplus grain.

Huai Shi's demand was three hundred ounces at once, in a single piece...

This requirement is nothing short of heartless.

Little Nineteen of the Lin family wiped the cold sweat from his face, secretly relieved that he had never offended this Judge of the Astronomical Society... This Wang Ba is even fiercer than the Lin family members!

Which one of us is really the one on the Path of Karma?

Asking straight away for over a hundred thousand lives, isn't that overly brutal?

But, this was a rare big deal, and if it could go through, I might even be able to skim some intermediary fees... To further enrich my own business of brash words, wouldn't that be beautiful?

With this thought, he called Uncle Nine. After some noise on the other end, an impatient voice came through, "Huai Shi? What's the rush, young man? Tell him not to push; it's already in progress!"

"Huh?" Little Nineteen was taken aback. "What's going on?"

"...I'm saying, Wood Cottage, you didn't get tricked, did you? Did you offend him?" Uncle Nine on the other end of the phone quickly responded, "Just to be clear, if you screw up and he detains you, Uncle Nine won't negotiate a price, not even a dime! At most, I'll lend you three million to settle this thing, but no discount!"

"Wait a minute..."

Wood Cottage was stunned on the spot for a long while, suddenly assailed by an ominous hunch. "Did he place an order with you?"

"Yeah, about a month and a half ago."

Amidst the roaring noise, Uncle Nine's voice was calm and collected, "A full five hundred ounces of Blood Revenge Crystal, a big deal worth four hundred million! These past few days, your Fourth Uncle, Sixteenth Uncle, and I have all been busy with this, finally finding a Ranch Owner's herd in Depth Twelve..."

In an instant, Little Nineteen felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

The voice on the phone continued, "I'm telling you, if you mess this up, even if Uncle Nine doesn't hold it against you, your Fourth Uncle and Sixteenth Uncle will still give you a hard time, got it? You better not get played! The people from the Astronomical Society are all tricky; it might be entrapment!"

HISS!

Lin Nineteen gasped, then couldn't help but take another breath.

He stayed in place, gasping for ten minutes, successfully increasing this year's carbon emissions for the entire region before calming down, his heart cold and sinking.

Seeing the '¿' sent by Huai Shi on his phone, that cold heart had plummeted to rock bottom.

It was over; I've been duped...

Huai, how ruthless you are!

Little Nineteen lamented to the heavens with sorrow. He had planned this all along!

Just thinking about when we met on the Group Star a few days ago, why Huai Shi's expression was so strange, why he looked at me with such delight.

Had the plot started from that time?

If I, blinded by greed, had taken the order and headed south to hunt the Nini people, I might have fallen right into Huai Shi's trap. Then with one Black Envelope from the Astronomical Society, I would have been doomed!

Thank goodness I've always been as cautious as an old dog, never touching anything life-threatening; otherwise, even with the slightest bit of foolhardiness, I would have been kicked into a pit by Huai Shi.

But the situation isn't much better now; my heart, filled with the malice instilled by the Lin family since childhood, is already foreseeing the coming events.

—He'll capitalize on my sharp-tongued business to blow up the issue, ideally create some head-on conflict with me while I still know nothing. Then, just like he deceived his cousin into a fatal decision, he'll trick me out of the Lin family and capture me in one fell swoop.

Then use me to negotiate with the Lin family...

At this moment, Little Nineteen of the Lin family couldn't stop the tears streaming down his face.

Truly worthy of being rated S-level by the Astronomical Society, a Two Flowers and Red Sticks! Even my own ancestors conceded he was a once-in-a-millennium talent for the Path of Karma. This scheme alone has chilled me from my heels to the back of my head.

This is no damn Prince of Paradise! He's harsher than Green Day, more toxic than Golden Dawn!

Recalling everything Huai Shi has done, it all starts to sour in my memory.

I'm sorry, cousin, I misjudged you... It's not that you're too naive, but that fate was against you. It was like you went out on an ill-omened day, encountering such a demon, and unwittingly became his stepping stone until the very end.