He Is Glowing

"You? You're actually still alive?"

The first person to speak wasn't anyone from the Demon Hunter Squad, but Li Mengxi.

Lin Zhen's sudden appearance left her emotions in turmoil. She had already planned to say goodbye to the past, so why had Lin Zhen appeared at a time like this?

Lin Zhen glanced at Li Mengxi and noticed her hand clasped with Zhou Tie's. He froze for a moment before an unreadable smile appeared on his face. "Congratulations, Sister Mengxi. You've finally found someone who suits you."

"Ah! I..." Li Mengxi hurriedly pulled her hand free from Zhou Tie's, and Zhou Tie's expression immediately darkened.

Li Mengxi's thoughts were a tangled mess. She had no idea what she was thinking right now.

Only then did the Demon Hunters react, immediately surrounding Lin Zhen.

Zhao Liang was the first to speak. "Lin Zhen, why did you only come out now? Are you hurt?"

Shi Lei said, "It's good that you came out. As long as you're all right, that's what matters."

Gao Yan patted Lin Zhen on the shoulder. "Making it out in the final second proves you haven't forgotten your duty, kid. No matter the result, all that matters is that you gave it your all."

Ye Tiancheng rolled his eyes. "What's the point of saying all that? Let the military tally up the spoils, then we can figure out how to scrape together the money. After this, the Demon Hunters will probably be severely drained. I suggest we stick to clearing minor monsters around Base City from now on. At least it'll be safe, and we'll have some steady income."

Lin Zhen paused. "Scrape together money? What for?"

"What do you think it's for?!"

Zhou Tie suddenly roared from the side, startling everyone.

His face ashen, Zhou Tie said, "Lin Zhen, don't play dumb with me. Don't tell me you don't know about the one-hundred-million bet between our two squads. Your squad is still 5,200 points short of the target. Can you produce spoils worth 5,200 points? If you can't, then you pay up! One hundred million, right now! Not a cent less! I'm still waiting to buy an Ocean Star for my Mengxi Baby!"

As he spoke, he domineeringly yanked Li Mengxi over and held her against his chest.

Li Mengxi struggled twice, but she couldn't overcome Zhou Tie's strength. She could only lower her head and avoid looking at Lin Zhen. Her long hair hid her face, concealing her expression.

But Lin Zhen did not even look at Li Mengxi. He turned to Shi Lei and the others. "We have 14,800 points in total?"

"Sigh, that's right. In the Testing Area, they kept interfering with us. We failed to secure high-level monsters several times. We already did our best to get this many points." Zhao Liang's voice was heavy. The burden of one hundred million weighed heavily on all of them.

Although they could scrape together one hundred million between them, their future lives would definitely be affected. Besides, this would also be a huge blow to the squad's reputation.

Hearing Zhao Liang's words, Lin Zhen's expression turned serious as well.

"5,200 points? How am I, a Level Eight Warrior, supposed to come up with that?"

As he spoke, he began pulling spoils out of his pockets. The military soldier in front of him impatiently urged him to hurry up. In his eyes, it would already be impressive if a Level Eight Warrior had obtained spoils worth a thousand points.

The members of the Demon God Squad watched with sneers, all waiting to see Lin Zhen make a fool of himself.

Lin Zhen first reached into his left pocket and took out several items.

"Let's see what your genius got. Oh! Toad Tongue. One point."

"Haha, and Cockscomb too. Oh, wow! Quite a few Cockscombs, huh? Eleven of them. Congratulations, you've earned twelve points, hahaha!" Kong Shan laughed without restraint.

"I've got more here!"

Lin Zhen snapped back angrily and pulled more spoils from his right pocket.

"Hmm, these are a little more decent. Pig Ear, haha. You can take those home to drink with—just the thing to drown the sorrows of you disappointed people!"

Lin Zhen rummaged through his pocket and found several Mutated Pig Ears, earning another fifty points.

The Demon Hunters all closed their eyes. This result was simply too miserable to look at.

"Don't rush, don't rush. I've still got more."

Lin Zhen reached into his pants pocket again and fished out several miscellaneous items.

There was one Cat Ear, two Pig Ears, two Toad Tongues, and one Ox Horn.

After he dumped out the jumble of items, the military soldier merely glanced at them. "Two hundred points total."

At that moment, Ruo Ruo spoke up. "Come on, Lin Zhen. You only need another five thousand points to meet the requirement. Hurry up and check your other pockets. Don't leave anything behind. Maybe there's a little bug in your pants? If you don't dare take it out, do you want big sis to help you pull it out and have a look?"

The men of the Demon God Squad immediately burst into laughter, laughing until tears came out.

Li Mengxi looked up at Ruo Ruo. She felt that Ruo Ruo had gone too far, but she did not dare speak up for Lin Zhen at this moment. She could only lower her head again, hoping the scene before her would end quickly.

Lin Zhen glanced at Shi Lei. "Captain, if we win the bet, how much money will I get?"

Shi Lei answered weakly, "Our squad distributes earnings based on points. If you can bring out another five thousand points' worth of spoils, you'll get twenty-six million. For every extra two hundred points, you get another million."

"Hehe, that's good. I happen to be short on money right now."

Ruo Ruo snorted. "Who are you trying to fool, Lin Zhen? You've emptied all your pockets. Where else could you possibly be hiding spoils? Hurry up, admit defeat and pay up. I don't have time to watch you act cute here."

Lin Zhen looked at Ruo Ruo. "Your mouth really stinks, woman. Sooner or later, I'll make you pay."

"Tch! Take a look at yourself in a puddle before you start dreaming. Don't think that dodging a few bullets means you can shout at me. Even Mengxi ignores you now. Even if you survive, you're doomed to be single until you die."

"You said I could dodge bullets. How did you know that?" Lin Zhen narrowed his eyes. He had spotted the issue.

Sure enough, Ruo Ruo's expression turned flustered. "W-what does it matter how I know? Can't I just say something casually? Stop changing the subject and wasting time. Can't you see the military people are getting impatient?"

Lin Zhen did not continue arguing with her. It was enough to know certain things. There would be plenty of time to deal with them later. He needed to settle the matter at hand first.

"Didn't you see the big backpack on my back? What do you think is inside?"

As Lin Zhen spoke, he took the large pack off his back and placed it on the ground.

"What is that? It smells awful, and there's a fishy stink too. Don't tell me you carry salted fish around with you?"

"Salted fish? Fine, call it salted fish. Today, I'll show you what it means for salted fish to turn over!"

Lin Zhen grabbed the bottom of the backpack and gave it a hard shake.

Crash!

A huge mass of fiery red Snake Fangs spilled out, falling in heaps all over the ground.

Everyone present, including the military soldier, froze.

"Those... those are snake fangs? Don't tell me they're E-Rank?"

"Doesn't look like it. Every fang is over a meter long. E-Rank snakes are small; they wouldn't have fangs this long."

"Could they be D-Rank? I don't believe it. How could there be so many D-Rank monsters in the Warrior Zone? Even if there were, how could Lin Zhen possibly kill them?"

Lin Zhen ignored the Demon God Squad's doubts and shoved the Snake Fangs toward the soldier. "Soldier Bro, hurry up and count my points. I'm still waiting to collect my money. Looks like today is a good day—my earnings won't be low."

At this point, the Demon Hunters also snapped out of their shock.

Zhao Liang was the first to pounce forward and pick up a Snake Fang for inspection. Then he shouted, "D-Rank Mutated Beasts! This whole pile came from D-Rank Mutated Beasts! One hundred points each! Lin Zhen, I've always said I believed in you! You're a fucking genius!"

Hearing Zhao Liang's words, the members of the Demon God Squad were dumbfounded. Li Mengxi stared at Lin Zhen in disbelief. Looking at Lin Zhen standing there with that calm, breezy smile, she felt as though she had never known this young man at all.

Because he was glowing!