novelraw Chapter 1358: 176: Openly Walking the Path of Trickery, Fated Rivals in a Narrow Escape
Chapter 1358: 176: Openly Walking the Path of Trickery, Fated Rivals in a Narrow Escape
Capítulo 1358: Chapter 176: Openly Walking the Path of Trickery, Fated Rivals in a Narrow Escape
Xu Shu was momentarily stunned and pondered slightly before understanding it.
Clearly, the Astronomy Association did not want to provide any excuse for criticism.
If they truly acted that way, it would certainly be using power for personal gain.
Therefore, it’s to demonstrate the fairness and justice of the Astronomy Association.
This Dongxuan True Monarch sure has a heavy idol burden…
But perhaps precisely because of this, the Astronomy Association can still maintain such strong credibility in this era?
Xu Shu felt a myriad of emotions, but this was good; that mere Yan Hui, he was lucky to escape in the ruins, sooner or later, I will kill him to avenge that day’s sword attack!
He silently noted down the grudge, then looked at the information again.
The following message was about the bride, Xie Xiaochan.
After an afternoon of arrangements, she had successfully sold the gains from this ruin.
After deducting the pension contributions required for the families of the sacrificed Anzi, Ning Zhaoxuan, and Lin Zhengxing, everyone else received an average of 1800 points in contributions.
Xie Xiaochan secretly told Xu Shu that because he contributed the most, he was given a separate count of 5000.
She herself also took a bit more to compensate for the consumption of providing the trigger object “Inch Stop” knife.
Seeing her treat him so preferentially, Xu Shu was touched, swallowing back the words he wanted to say about Anzi’s pension supposed to be his, and he instead calculated the account and transferred a full 7000 points to the bride.
“This is the duel arena treasure taken by Lu Bingwei and others, count it as mine, Sister Chan you distribute it as you see fit,” Xu Shu said sweetly.
“Damn, they actually didn’t include me!”
Xie Xiaochan was quite angry and then split the 7000 points of contribution in half, half to Xu Shu, and half to herself.
“Uh, what about the others?” Xu Shu couldn’t help but ask.
Xie Xiaochan hummed, “Just take it, I have my own judgment in mind; with their contribution, that’s more than enough. Hehe, I should have adjusted the team configuration earlier knowing you were so capable!”
“…” Xu Shu seeing this, thought that really struck a chord with him.
If everyone at the time was at the level of Human List Experts, a team of more than ten people would have dared to go even to the most dangerous place Wu Jie mentioned, no problem.
Seeing as such, he no longer tangled over it, accepted the contribution with peace of mind, and bid a good farewell to the little bride.
Then, he looked at the display showing [Contribution: 49649], and an intense sense of satisfaction suddenly rose within Xu Shu.
Look, oh look!
Fifty thousand contribution points, when converted to the continent’s common currency, is more than five billion.
Now I, “Five Hundred Million Detective Chief Xu Shu,” can barely be considered a wealthy man!
Now that’s what living as a third-tier expert is all about!
What was the previous daily struggle over money?
Like this, my “Dragon Elephant” Curse Seal is now at level 7, calculated against the price of blue crystals for third-tiers at 500 to 600 points apiece, such an immense fortune is enough for me to train directly to full level…
Xu Shu excitedly calculated on his fingers, then suddenly his face turned bitter.
He found that according to his terrifying consumption, even with such a massive amount of resources, getting to full level was still not quite feasible.
However, advancing to the third-tier middle stage at level 12 is definitely more than sufficient.
Even pushing to the later stage (level 16) is not without possibility!
Indeed, as Bo Jiaozi and the others said, once your strength reaches the third-tier, crystal resources for cultivation would not be lacking.
And what truly is lacking are the resources required to break through bottlenecks, like searching for treasures with special effects or opportunities for dual cultivation with high-level nuns… Xu Shu glanced at the little orange cat and suddenly smiled.
But I do not need these!
I, Xu Shu, have no bottleneck period!
He started calculating the expenses of this money.
Surely there will be continuing income in the future, but in the upcoming period, it’s best to quietly upgrade, first raising to third-tier middle stage; money can be earned by venturing into ruins anyway, though it might not be as plentiful as this time, given that this time was a fluke entry into a super-large ruin and wouldn’t dare to rashly attempt a second time…
But even so, with my speed of making money, there’s no worrying about crystals, perhaps I should consider directly saving up to buy a portion of “Divinity”?
According to Ning Baishou’s head valued at a million contribution points, one million should be enough to buy one, right?
Of course, the premise is someone is selling, and there hasn’t been such a high-end item seen in the trade channel…
Xu Shu took a deep breath, feeling ambitious.
He then posted on the world channel [Jun Moxiao come out to meet me], preparing to bump the post after a while; after all, it seems Teacher Pan might not yet have returned from the ruins.
Having done all this, Xu Shu waited no longer.
It was nearly midnight, and still, no one was discovered, evidently neither the Voodoo nor that Red Emperor Army leader Bruce White were the type indulged in coming back to the scene of the crime to watch the show.
“Almost time to find a place to cultivate.” Xu Shu stretched lazily, wanting to find a hotel to wreak havoc in, leaving a touch of dignity for this home he’s resided in for a short while.
“Alas, the world is too chaotic, I must find another place to settle my family, today’s goodbye may mean we never meet again, farewell my leather sofa, farewell my Eight Immortals Table, farewell my spring bed!”
Xu Shu softly closed the door, left the small room like a traveler about to set sail.
He turned around, startled as he froze in place.
Across the corridor at the door of 88B, there was a group of black-clad men of varying heights, silently emerging.
The leading figure, over nine feet tall, wearing a white coat and boots, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, exuding a complete, neat aura like a sheathed sharp blade, his brows and eyes as if they were a full moon, held an eight-foot Chi Dragon Sword. His only flaw was, on the left side of his face, there were marks like flames scorching it, similar to a birthmark, bizarrely resembling tadpoles, still bouncing and exuding a faint heat even from afar.
“…” Xu Shu appeared quietly, startling the black-clothed men.
“…” The black-clothed men appeared quietly, startling Xu Shu.
Gosh, Voodoo? Or White?
Good heavens, he actually dared to come seeking death!
But why does the big guy in front seem a little familiar?
Xu Shu was suddenly surprised, planning to strike but stopped, stared across at the seven to eight people, big eyes staring at small eyes.
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Only the tick-tock of the clock inside the room faintly echoed, like a death knell shaking.
The eerie slumber persisted for over a minute until the nine-foot-tall man at the head revealed an extreme gleam of hatred in his eyes, almost growling, breaking the silence:
“…Xu! Shu!”
The hoarse growl had hardly fallen when a cold beam had already torn through space, like lightning striking, directly cleaving at Xu Shu’s head.
In an instant, Xu Shu only saw a full moon falling to the earth, countless satin-like strands of Yue Hua filled every inch around him, seemingly sealing all the space, leaving him unable to advance or retreat.
“?”
Xu Shu gasped with a chill.
Now he recognized him.
Damn!
It was Yan Hui who came!
And the move was his ultimate strike, Yan Zi Returns When the Moon Is Full at the Western Pavilion!
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred; confronting such a terrifying, soul-stirring sword strike, with such an unavoidable and inescapable strike, Xu Shu had no hesitation or whimsical thoughts, without a second word, he grounded his stance, his legs firmly gripping the ground, crossed his arms, and slashed a downward chop to answer Yan Hui’s call.
“Spirit! Guardian!”
——Sizzle!
The moon wheel and the golden body collided, yet didn’t produce the anticipated fierce explosion, instead dissipated silently like ice meeting fire!
Seizing the opportunity of this suppression and clash, the other black-clad men began to shift their forms, wielding various silver crosses and golden goblets that shimmered with intense pressure.
This was unexpectedly a whole team of third-tier experts!
They formed ranks, blocking all Xu Shu’s possible escape routes, their magic artifacts swinging with both laughter and tears, instantly causing countless barely visible ripples to appear, forming what seemed like a vortex, enveloping down.
“Revelation Zero Four· Crying for Heaven and Earth!”
Only a few breaths of time, the array was formed, with a posture sealing everything, trapping Xu Shu inside.
No escape, wings clipped!
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