Three Divine Skills, Penniless

The second image.

"Invisibility, once the Invisibility Skill is used, no one can detect you. Price: 100 Points. Each use lasts 1 minute and consumes 1 Point."

"No one can detect me? That's a great skill for assassination and escaping, but since the exchange already cost 100 Points, why does it still consume Points every time I use it?"

Chen Ze was thoroughly defeated by the Myriad Things Space System's mechanism of draining Spirit Stones, but he had no choice but to accept it helplessly.

The effects of this Clone Skill and Invisibility Skill were things even a Nascent Soul Senior couldn't achieve.

Chen Ze continued to examine the third image.

"Invincible Golden Body, can withstand any attack. Price: 1000 Points. Each use consumes 100 Points and lasts for 10 minutes."

"This Invincible Golden Body has a great effect, but it consumes even more Points. It seems I'll need to earn more Spirit Stones in the future, otherwise, I won't be able to afford the consumption at all!"

Chen Ze had finished looking at all three images in the Skill Section, but the consumption of Spirit Stones was starting to give him a headache.

The effects of the three skills were indeed powerful, but the cost in Spirit Stones was equally terrifying.

"At least with the Clone Skill, once I buy one, I can use it infinitely without any extra consumption."

Chen Ze withdrew his consciousness from the Myriad Things Shop. "Just waiting for the spiritual herbs in the Spirit Field to mature is too slow a way to earn Spirit Stones; I still need to find other ways to make money."

Chen Ze glanced at the sky outside; it had already turned dark. "I reckon the other party will show up again tonight."

Chen Ze thought for a moment, extinguished the lamp in the room, and lay on the bed, feigning sleep.

Just as Chen Ze had anticipated, Zhang Tai had indeed tracked him down to this location.

Zhang Tai had learned that after Wu Li bought the Knockout Drug yesterday, he had gone missing and never appeared again.

Moreover, Zhang Tai had tried various methods to contact Wu Li, but none had succeeded.

He could only start from Wu Li's mission to find the traces of his disappearance.

He also knew about the civilian house where Wu Li had secretly monitored Chen Ze, and he was currently inside that very house.

"There are signs of Wu Li's activity here, but how could he have suddenly gone missing?"

"It seems that if I want to find the reason for Wu Li's disappearance, I have to start with this Chen Ze."

Wu Li's gaze passed through the window, looking at the house where Chen Ze lived.

He hesitated, wondering whether he should rush directly into Chen Ze's house to investigate.

But he wavered; Wu Li hadn't made a move for so many days, so there must have been a reason, and he couldn't make up his mind for the moment.

Now that the lamp in Chen Ze's room was out, Zhang Tai was deciding whether to go back and report to Shopkeeper Tong first, or to go and verify things with Chen Ze himself.

"The opponent is only at the Qi Refining Second Layer, and I'm at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer; what is there to be afraid of?"

A moment later, Zhang Tai made his decision. Chen Ze, at the Qi Refining Second Layer, certainly didn't require him to be so cautious.

He firmly believed that Wu Li's disappearance must have had other reasons and shouldn't have anything to do with this Chen Ze.

He would just grab Chen Ze now, send him to the Mine, and then come back to continue investigating news of Wu Li.

Capturing someone to send to the Mine would also net him a decent profit.

Zhang Tai didn't have as many concerns as Wu Li; he chose to enter Chen Ze's room directly and suppress Chen Ze with force.

With a flash of his figure, Zhang Tai arrived in the courtyard of Chen Ze's house, pressed his ear against the door, and listened to the sounds inside the room.

It was very quiet, with even the sound of snoring drifting out.

"Now is the perfect time for a sneak attack." Zhang Tai was confident he could take care of Chen Ze very quickly.

Without much effort, he slid a long blade into the door gap, fiddled with it a few times, and the latch of the locked door was pushed aside.

"Looks like this door lock really needs to be changed."

Chen Ze had already noticed Zhang Tai's long blade the moment it was inserted into the door gap.

The snoring sound Zhang Tai heard was also something he had deliberately produced.

Having known someone would come, and having prepared to lure the enemy into the trap, he naturally wouldn't let his guard down.

"Hmm, no, why change the door lock? Once I have Spirit Stones, I'll just move to a different place. Too many people know about this spot; changing the lock wouldn't make it any safer."

Chen Ze realized that the area he lived in was all Commoner District, and the Patrol Team from the City Lord's Mansion rarely paid special attention to this side.

"I still need to move to a location closer to the City Lord's Mansion; that's the only place that's truly safe."

As Chen Ze was lost in these random thoughts, the door had already opened.

Chen Ze noticed a figure that had quietly walked in, and who then slowly closed the door behind him, putting the latch back in place.

Zhang Tai was holding his blade in a reverse grip, with the back of the blade facing outward, slowly approaching Chen Ze.

He was here to capture Chen Ze; he was afraid that if he used the side with the blade, he might accidentally kill Chen Ze with one strike, which would be counterproductive.

Noticing Zhang Tai approaching him, Chen Ze didn't prepare to use the Heart Piercing Stab this time.

He merely brewed an Ignition Art, and he wasn't even aiming for Zhang Tai's vital points.

Since he knew someone was out to harm him, and he had deliberately shown himself today, it was all to lure the other party in.

Since the other party dared to return tonight, he had to be taken alive; it was imperative to find out exactly who wanted him dead.

Zhang Tai had already reached Chen Ze's bedside, the light from outside the window confirming Chen Ze's position for him.

In his eyes, Chen Ze was completely oblivious.

He didn't even bother using his blade, simply raising his hand to strike a palm toward Chen Ze's body.

Just as Zhang Tai's palm descended, Chen Ze's eyes snapped open, and he met the strike with a palm of his own.

Only, there was a Fireball resting on Chen Ze's palm.

Seeing Chen Ze suddenly wake and strike back, Zhang Tai watched as a Fireball flew toward him.

Terror seized his heart; how could this Fireball be so large?

It was already impossible to pull back, and Zhang Tai's palm made contact with Chen Ze's Fireball.

In an instant, a searing pain shot through his entire arm, accompanied by the stench of scorched flesh.

He was sent flying backward, the heavy blade he had been carrying in his other hand clattering to the floor.

His face was etched with disbelief, "Wu Li really did fall here."

Seeing Zhang Tai sent flying with only an arm lost and his life still intact, Chen Ze felt a wave of relief, Good thing I held back seventy percent of my strength.

Chen Ze rushed forward, picked up Zhang Tai's blade, and lunged toward him, pressing the edge against Zhang Tai's neck.

"Speak! Who are you people?"

Zhang Tai had lost all ability to resist by now; with Chen Ze's blade at his throat, he knew it was over.

The man before him was nowhere near as simple as they had imagined.

Just from that Fireball that had crippled his arm, he knew that even in a head-on confrontation, he would be no match for Chen Ze.

All hope had vanished from Zhang Tai's heart; whether he lived or died now depended entirely on Chen Ze's whim.

Wu Li must have died at Chen Ze's hands as well; killing him would be nothing more than a flick of the wrist.

"Wu Li has already been killed by you, hasn't he?"

"Wu Li? Who is that?"