Zero-Sale Market

But the Lion Mastiff Dog reacted just as quickly.

With a light backward leap, it dodged Xu Qing's sweeping spear.

Then it lunged forward.

Taking advantage of the gap after Xu Qing's attack with fluid precision, it actually struck at his back.

Bang!

But at that moment, an iron rod suddenly shot out from beneath Xu Qing's arm.

It was the tail end of the spear.

The spear shaft collided with its claws, producing a dull crash.

Man and beast both retreated, but the Lion Mastiff Dog was forced back farther.

Xu Qing smiled at the sight.

His strength completely surpassed the Lion Mastiff Dog's, and he had not even used the Night Owl Secret Technique.

Besides, this monster only had a few crude attack patterns.

It had plenty of ferocity, but against him, it was far from enough.

The next moment.

The Lion Mastiff Dog pounced again.

Xu Qing likewise rushed forward with his spear.

As man and beast collided, the spear in Xu Qing's hand abruptly transformed into a jet-black serpent.

Its speed suddenly exploded.

Several times faster than his previous strikes!

Before the Lion Mastiff Dog's claws could arrive, the sharp spearhead plunged into its chest with a pfft.

Blood instantly gushed out.

Strike while it was down and finish it off!

Xu Qing shook his arm and thrust forward again!

He drove the Lion Mastiff Dog back several steps, smashing it hard against the wall of the high-rise by the lake behind it.

"Awooo!"

Amid a miserable howl.

The Lion Mastiff Dog struggled twice before crashing to the ground.

"Huff... huff..."

Looking at the fallen Lion Mastiff Dog.

Xu Qing naturally felt a sense of satisfaction well up inside him.

This was the first Mutated Creature he had killed in direct combat.

It also meant that after training for so long, after "investing in himself" for so long, he had finally received a return!

Skin it and leave.

Xu Qing was clean and decisive, without wasting a second.

It was only ten in the morning.

This was the time he had set for himself to leave, and he still had around seven or eight hours.

If he could hunt down another Lion Mastiff Dog, it would be a profit.

Half a month later.

Through two hunts, Xu Qing had obtained seven Lion Mastiff Dog hides in total.

Afterward, he notified Zhou Yu.

He rented the company's advanced workshop and spent his after-work hours making armguards and kneepads there by himself.

As for Xu Qing's affairs, Li Yuan, the class monitor, basically did not dare ask about them.

Though he was very curious.

A month later.

Xu Qing returned the workshop key and arrived at 0119 Base City again with a bag of items.

After spending a month on them, he had finally completed six sets of Combat Suit components.

It was time to sell them.

Likewise, his hard training over the past month and a half had allowed him to accumulate another Free Attribute Point.

At the same time, his base strength had risen to 17,521 kilograms.

Without hesitation, Xu Qing added the Attribute Point to the Combat Secret Technique, Night Owl.

This successfully raised his instantaneous burst strength to around eighty-seven tons.

At this point, he was still nearly forty-one tons short of the 128-ton strength standard for an eighth-rank martial artist.

Base City.

Wang Mu's residence.

"You said you want to sell a batch of A-grade Combat Suit components?"

Wang Mu's eyes lit up. Thinking of Xu Qing going to the Hunting Zone, he immediately made the connection.

But he did not ask further and simply pointed Xu Qing toward a solution.

"The big chain merchant alliances won't buy personally made Combat Suits or components like these.

After all, their quality isn't guaranteed.

But not everyone can afford to buy Combat Suits from major stores.

So many martial artists with limited means choose to buy them at one particular place.

The Zero-Sale Market.

There are two Zero-Sale Markets in 0119 Base City.

One is large and one is small. I suggest you go to the large one.

Find the market administrator and pay a stall fee of 5,000, then you can set up a stall.

As for pricing, I suggest setting it twenty percent below the prices of the major merchant alliances. They'll definitely sell well."

Wang Mu said without dragging things out.

"Thank you so much." Xu Qing rose to his feet gratefully.

"Why are you saying that between us?"

Wang Mu smiled and waved a hand. He did not keep Xu Qing there, only asking him to have dinner with him that evening.

After agreeing to Wang Mu's invitation, Xu Qing immediately headed for the DC District, where the Zero-Sale Market was located.

With Wang Mu's guidance.

Xu Qing quickly found an enormous marketplace in an underground market within an Old City District of the DC District.

Just as Wang Mu had said, it sold everything.

The moment he entered, Xu Qing saw all kinds of stalls.

It was like an exhibition hall.

Beast hides, beast meat, beast bones, weapons, all kinds of technological products, even various fitness potions and poisons.

They were all openly displayed here.

But Wang Mu had also told him that the quality of the goods here was not guaranteed.

He absolutely could not buy things carelessly just because they were cheap.

When buying anything, he had to be extremely careful and confirm its quality repeatedly before paying.

Otherwise, once a transaction was completed, no one would take responsibility for him.

For example, Xu Qing spotted a long spear in excellent condition, forged from S-grade alloy.

Its price was practically dirt cheap.

But after carefully inspecting the spear, he finally found two cracks in its shaft.

Only then did he understand why it was so cheap.

If that thing suddenly broke in battle, he would be finished.

After finding a place to change into a hooded tracksuit, Xu Qing put on a mask and reentered the market.

In a small room by the entrance, he found the market administrator Wang Mu had mentioned.

After paying the 5,000 stall fee, Xu Qing received a small table and a signboard.

He then unfolded the table, found a fairly conspicuous spot in the market, and sat down.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Qing wrote the items he was selling on the signboard.

"Selling A-grade Combat Suit components!"

"Last day! Only six sets of armguards and kneepads left!"

"Made from premium Lion Mastiff Dog hide! Excellent quality, fair prices!"

Next came the waiting.

Originally, seven hides could have made seven sets.

But since this was Xu Qing's first time making A-grade Combat Suit components, and there was still some difference between them and B-grade Combat Suits.

A few defective pieces had been produced during the process.

Of course, this had been within his expectations.

No matter.

Sure enough, not long after Xu Qing sat down, his signboard attracted the attention of several martial artists.

Very soon, customers came over to inspect the armguards and kneepads laid out before him.

"How much for the armguards?"

A large, powerfully built man picked up an armguard and inspected it carefully before looking at Xu Qing.

Seeing the black robe he wore and the mask on his face.

Xu Qing knew that, like himself, the man probably did not want others to know his identity.

To be honest, more than half the martial artists who came here were dressed this way.

"One armguard costs one million Alliance Coins. Kneepads are nine hundred thousand each. If you buy them together, two pairs cost three million six hundred thousand."

Xu Qing said warmly.

But the man merely shook his head, put the item down, and turned to leave.

Xu Qing was immediately somewhat disappointed.

But that was business. It had to be mutually agreeable.

He wondered if he had priced them too high.

But on the market, individual A-grade Combat Suit armguards and kneepads generally cost around 1.3 to 1.5 million each.

His prices were already very cheap.

Soon, several more martial artists came over to ask about the prices.

Xu Qing enthusiastically introduced them to the goods as well.

But they only looked.

Two of them were somewhat tempted, but after their companions whispered a few words to them, they all left.

After sitting there for four hours.

The number of people in the marketplace had begun to dwindle.

Xu Qing could not help growing anxious.

This was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

Just then, a pair of martial artists who looked like a couple walked up to him.

The moment the woman saw the armguards on the table, she immediately asked about the price.

Upon learning that they were so cheap, she looked at the male martial artist beside her in surprise and delight.

"Two pairs for 3.6 million? That's so expensive?" The martial artist looked quite young, and his face immediately filled with reluctance upon hearing Xu Qing's quote.