"Collecting our payment?"
The old man in the Zhongshan suit didn't even get angry at the handsome young man in fine clothes. He smiled and said, "If you're only here to collect your payment, was it really necessary to kill so many of our people the moment you arrived, and destroy the formation of our Thirty-Six Blockade Positions?"
"There wasn't any other choice."
Chao Xiaobei walked forward at an unhurried pace, closing in until he was thirty meters from the old man in the Zhongshan suit.
With both sides on guard, that distance was already as close as either could safely get.
But Chao Xiaobei showed no intention of stopping. He continued forward, smiling easily as he spoke. "I received a message from one of our team members. She said she'd already dealt with the Church of Rest, but you never paid her."
"Worse, you even used the Abyss Tier 2 Equation as an excuse to invite her to Zero-Sum City for negotiations!"
"And now I see Zero-Sum City has been sealed off. But I don't see the ten Cerebrospinal Injections you promised in advance, or the so-called Abyss Tier 2 Equation. So tell me, are you World Guardians deliberately playing us for fools?"
"..."
He had now advanced to within twenty meters.
He was slender, handsome, and seemed harmless, but an invisible pressure gathered around him, making even the night feel heavier.
Two Red-robed Grand Sacrifices nearby immediately stepped in front of him.
Even the assistant beside the old man in the Zhongshan suit focused his attention and moved to block Chao Xiaobei's path.
Chao Xiaobei stopped and slowly lifted his head. A hint of Scarlet flashed in his eyes, while a faint smile played across his face, brimming with provocation.
"Boss Chao, why waste your breath on him?"