The second image.
"Invisibility: After using the Invisibility Skill, no one can detect you. Price: 100 Points. Each use lasts 1 minute and consumes 1 Point."
"No one can detect me? This would make a good skill for assassination and escaping with my life. But I already have to spend 100 Points to exchange for it—why does each use still cost Points?"
Chen Ze was completely defeated by the Myriad Things Space System's whole Spirit Stone-consuming setup, but he could only accept it helplessly.
The effects of this Clone Skill and Invisibility Skill were things even Nascent Soul Seniors could not achieve.
Chen Ze continued to examine the third image.
"Invincible Golden Body: Can block any attack. Price: 1,000 Points. Each use consumes 100 Points and lasts 10 minutes."
"This Invincible Golden Body has an excellent effect, but it consumes even more Points.
Looks like I'll need to earn more Spirit Stones in the future. Otherwise, I simply won't be able to afford the consumption!"
Chen Ze had finished viewing all three images in the Skill Section, but the Spirit Stone consumption gave him quite a headache.
The effects of the three skills were indeed extremely powerful, but their Spirit Stone consumption was equally terrifying.
"Fortunately, once I buy one Doppelganger, I can use it infinitely without any additional consumption."
Chen Ze withdrew his consciousness from the Myriad Things Shop. "Just waiting for the medicinal herbs in the Spirit Field to mature is far too slow a way to earn Spirit Stones. I still need to find other methods."
Chen Ze glanced at the sky outside. Night had already fallen. "The other side will probably show up again tonight."
After thinking for a moment, Chen Ze extinguished the lamp in the room, lay on the bed, and pretended to sleep.
And just as Chen Ze had expected, Zhang Tai had indeed tracked the trail to him.
Zhang Tai learned that after Wu Li bought Knockout Drug yesterday, he had vanished and never appeared again.
Moreover, Zhang Tai had tried every possible means to contact Wu Li, but none had succeeded.
Now, he could only start with Wu Li's assignment and search for traces of his disappearance.
Zhang Tai knew about the house where Wu Li had secretly monitored Chen Ze before. He was currently inside that house.
"There are traces of Wu Li's activities here, but why would he suddenly disappear?"
"If I want to find out why Wu Li vanished, I still have to start with Chen Ze."
Wu Li's gaze passed through the window and settled on the house where Chen Ze lived.
He hesitated over whether to charge directly into Chen Ze's house and investigate.
But then he hesitated again. Wu Li had not acted for so many days before, so there must have been a reason. For the moment, he could not make up his mind.
The lamp in Chen Ze's room had already been extinguished. Wu Li was deciding whether to return first and report to Shopkeeper Tong, or go question Chen Ze himself.
"The other party is only at Qi Refining Second Layer. I'm already at Qi Refining Sixth Layer—what do I have to fear?"
A moment later, Wu Li made his decision. Chen Ze was merely at Qi Refining Second Layer; there was truly no need for him to be so cautious.
He was convinced that Wu Li's disappearance had to have another cause and probably had nothing to do with Chen Ze.
He would capture Chen Ze first and send him to the Mine, then return to continue investigating Wu Li's whereabouts.
Taking someone to the Mine would also bring him considerable profit.
Zhang Tai did not have as many misgivings as Wu Li. He chose to enter Chen Ze's room directly and suppress him by force.
With a flash of his body, Zhang Tai was already in Chen Ze's courtyard. He pressed his ear to the door and listened to the sounds inside.
It was very quiet. There was even the sound of snoring.
"Now is the perfect time for a sneak attack." Zhang Tai was confident he could deal with Chen Ze swiftly.
Without much effort, he slipped a long blade into the crack of the door and fiddled with it a few times. The barred door was pried open.
"Looks like this door lock needs replacing."
The moment Zhang Tai slipped his blade into the door crack, Chen Ze had already noticed him.
The snoring Zhang Tai heard had also been deliberately made by him.
He had known someone would come. Since he had prepared to invite the enemy into the urn, he naturally would not lower his guard.
"Mm, no—why replace the lock? Once I have Spirit Stones, I should just move somewhere else. Too many people know this place. Changing the lock still won't make it safe."
Chen Ze had discovered that the area where he lived was all part of the Commoner District. Even the City Lord's Mansion's Patrol Team rarely paid special attention to this place.
"I still need to move somewhere closer to the City Lord's Mansion. That's where it will truly be safe."
As Chen Ze's thoughts ran wild, the door had already opened.
Chen Ze noticed a figure quietly slip inside, then slowly close the door behind him and replace the door bar.
Zhang Tai held his blade in reverse, with the back of the blade facing outward, and slowly approached Chen Ze.
He had come to capture Chen Ze. If he used the bladed edge, he feared he might kill Chen Ze with one slash, and that would be more loss than gain.
Noticing Zhang Tai approach, Chen Ze did not prepare to use Heart Piercing Stab this time.
He merely gathered an Ignition Art, and he was not aiming at Zhang Tai's vital points.
Since he knew someone was trying to harm him, and he had deliberately shown himself today to lure the other party in—
Since the other party still dared to come tonight, he had to leave someone alive. He had to find out who wanted to harm him.
Zhang Tai had reached Chen Ze's bedside. The light from outside the window had already allowed him to confirm Chen Ze's position.
In his eyes, Chen Ze had not noticed anything at all.
He did not even choose to use his blade. Raising his hand, he struck toward Chen Ze with his palm.
The instant Zhang Tai's palm came down toward Chen Ze, Chen Ze's eyes flew open. He also thrust out a palm to meet Zhang Tai's.
But there was also a Fireball in Chen Ze's palm.
When Zhang Tai saw Chen Ze suddenly awaken and strike with his palm, a Fireball flew toward him at the same time.
Terror flooded his heart. Why was this Fireball so huge?
It was already impossible to withdraw his hand. Zhang Tai's palm had come into contact with Chen Ze's Fireball.
In an instant, Zhang Tai felt agonizing pain shoot through his entire arm. There was even the scorched stench of burned flesh.
He was sent flying backward, while the great blade in his other hand fell to the ground.
His face was filled with disbelief. "Wu Li really fell here."
Seeing Zhang Tai fly backward with only one arm gone and his life unharmed, Chen Ze's heart settled. "Fortunately, I held back thirty percent of my strength."
Chen Ze had already rushed over, picked up Zhang Tai's great blade, and charged in front of him. The blade was now pressed against Zhang Tai's throat.
"Speak! Who are you people?"
Zhang Tai had already lost the ability to resist. With Chen Ze's blade at his throat, he knew it was over.
The person before him was nothing like they had imagined.
Just that Fireball which had crippled one of his arms—he believed that even in a direct confrontation, he would not be Chen Ze's match.
Zhang Tai had lost all other hopes. Whether he lived now depended entirely on Chen Ze's mercy.
Wu Li had surely died at Chen Ze's hands as well. Killing him would be no more difficult than lifting a hand.
"Wu Li was killed by you too, wasn't he?"
"Wu Li? Who is that?"
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