Volume Six: What She Lost, What I Gained, Chapter 618: $laver￥ (Part Three)

Yu He suddenly swept his hands together, and the hundreds and thousands of giant hands that were wrapped in my blood shadow suddenly deflated! The solidified blood shadows became shriveled but not damaged, while the giant hands inside—or rather, the banknotes that made up the giant hands—suddenly disappeared without a trace! And the remaining giant hand suddenly expanded rapidly, five hundred meters, six hundred meters, seven hundred meters... easily breaking through a thousand meters in height!

Then, pointing it at me, he took a picture!

"Venture Capital - 'An Attack on Ye'!"

"What Venture Capital?!"

The giant hand was about to strike me—the terrifying aspect of this attack was definitely not just its weight and strength! Seeing that there was no way to dodge, I had a sudden thought. Narrow, elongated Lycoris radiata emerged from my blood, fluttering and soaring into the sky, dazzlingly beautiful—

"Netherfire of the Other Shore!"

The splendor of the countless petals vanished instantly, each petal—or rather, each condensed life—transformed into raging crimson Blood Flame. But these Blood Flame did not possess the ferocity to scorch the heavens and boil the seas; instead, they flowed ceaselessly like liquid, eventually coalescing into an enormous, fiery Lycoris radiata that met the giant hand of money!

Rustling sound --

There was no violent explosion upon contact; instead, it was completely silent. The petals of the Flaming Lycoris radiata fully unfurled, gently absorbing the force of the giant banknote hand, and then completely enveloped the fist—followed by a burst of towering flames that began to burn! The Flaming Lycoris radiata revealed its ferocious nature, as if turning the entire world into a giant furnace. What was even more terrifying was that all of this was completely silent, without even the sound of the flames roaring!

Banknotes were burned to ashes one by one. The giant banknote hand collapsed and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. The burning banknotes fell like fire rain, and were burned to ashes in just a few seconds.

Yu He looked around with a slightly distressed expression. Following his gaze, I was surprised to find that it wasn't just the banknotes I was burning that had turned to ashes; even the turbulent sea of banknotes beneath my feet had undergone a strange transformation! Countless banknotes suddenly turned charred black and twisted into strange shapes. Before I could even see them clearly, they all turned to ash, as if they had been scorched by an invisible flame!

This "self-immolation" lasted for several seconds before ending, by which time the sea of banknotes had even become quite shallow.

What's going on?

Why did the banknotes that I didn't burn... also turn to ashes?

"Well, Venture Capital is all about risk and reward. It's natural that failure would result in significant losses, but—"

Yu He could finish speaking, I suddenly felt the space behind me tremble. I turned around and saw another giant banknote hand that had appeared out of nowhere and was slapping at me!

"Cut!"

As the Flame Wings exploded, I instantly accelerated, barely grazing past the giant hand holding the banknotes.

That's right.

It brushed past it.

In other words, it did get a tiny bit of skin and hair on the side of her face.

Ding!!!

A strange, loud explosion suddenly came from my cheek, and the burning pain almost made me lose consciousness! My flesh exploded, my bones broke, my organs shattered, and I felt like half of my body had collapsed—it was just a slight graze, yet it caused such enormous damage!

As Blood Flame ignited, I unfurled my Flame Wings and soared away the instant I was resurrected, narrowly avoiding the oncoming tidal wave of banknotes while simultaneously watching out for the rain of banknotes raining down from above! Dodge, burn, scatter—I couldn't afford to touch a single one!

I see!

What he meant by "Venture Capital, where profit and risk go hand in hand" is this! If he uses this skill to attack me and fails, he will suffer double the loss; but if he successfully attacks me—even just brushing against my hair counts as an attack—it will cause extremely terrifying damage! Thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel a little scared. What if the giant hand of banknotes hadn't been burned away by me, but instead had landed entirely on me...

I can't think about it anymore!

We must retaliate as quickly as possible, but then we must be careful not to come into contact with any form of attack from him, and we must not directly injure his body.

"... Then, be careful not to cause any wounds, and at the same time, drain his life force!"

Blood Prison Space, unfold!

"... Oh?"

Yu He raised his hands to shade his eyes and looked into the distance. The distant horizon seemed to have changed color. The sky of his money space—the City That Never Sleeps—was originally a deep purplish-blue that was almost black, but it was now adorned with the light of countless colored lights and searchlights.

Now the sky is a jumble of colors—red, scarlet, bright red, crimson, vermilion, light red, pink, ochre, crimson... all sorts of reds mixed together, like a liquid predator slowly devouring the original sky—no, not just slowly, but very quickly, incredibly quickly!

Drizzle, drizzle...

Dark red clouds appeared in the crimson sky, and scarlet raindrops, or rather, drops of blood, drizzled down, creating rushing rivers of blood on the ground. Meanwhile, blooming Lycoris radiata covered every inch of land except for the rivers of blood, their countless petals swirling in the wind, dancing in the air, their red more dazzling than the rivers, clouds, Blood Rain, or even the sky itself.

"So this is your Blood Prison Space... It's a bit different from Blood Fiend's. In Blood Fiend's Blood Prison Space, the Lycoris radiata are just decorations, but here they are all real living things."

Yu He suddenly felt that something was wrong with his body. He rolled up his sleeves and saw that the blood vessels under his skin were bulging out, and wisps of red mist were escaping through his skin. His body was restless, as if something was trying to break free and escape.

(The Blood Energy has already started to go out of control before it has even fully enveloped us? Impressive, impressive, since that's the case...)

The Blood Prison Space, approaching from afar, was unstoppable. The countless skyscrapers stretching as far as the eye could see were instantly assimilated, covered in dazzling blood vessels and crystals. Half of the Money Space had already been eroded, just as layers of crimson clouds pressed down overhead—

"Stop here, money! Guard your kingdom—'financial riot'!"

Suddenly, ripples appeared in the sky, as if something was struggling to emerge—gold coins! Countless gold coins rained down from the void, reflecting the shimmering light of colorful lights, dazzlingly beautiful, their clanging metallic sounds deafening! But these gold coins didn't fall to the ground; the moment they hit something, they sank and merged into this space! The money space, which had just been forced to retreat by the Blood Prison Space, suddenly regained its strength. The lights of various colorful lights and searchlights shone brightly, halting its retreat and standing shoulder to shoulder with the Blood Prison Space!

Meanwhile, outside...

South Spirit Continent, a large stock exchange--

"What... what's going on..."

"What on earth happened!?"

"What the hell is this?!"

In the usually bustling stock exchange, thousands of people stopped in their tracks, staring in disbelief at the massive, Spirit Light Display Screen —all the line charts on it had taken a dramatic turn! The sudden drop was more vertical than a cliff, all stocks were in the red, and every number was plummeting at a speed that would make anyone want to bang their head against a wall!

"Everything—everything—is plummeting!"

"I'm totally hooked!!!!"

"Money! My money!!!"

A large chain enterprise in the Central Sea Islands--

"President! Our stock price has suddenly plummeted! Just now!"

"A large number of products are unsold!"

"Debt has suddenly surged! But the source of the debt is unclear!"

"Speak one by one, it's so noisy!"

Sweating profusely, the president frantically scanned the profit and loss statements—the company, which had always operated smoothly, was suddenly facing closure, its stock price was plummeting, and its massive profit chain was breaking into pieces; there was simply no way out!

"What happened... all of a sudden... what on earth happened?!"

"President!"

"President!!!"

East Emperor Continent, Prime Minister's Office of a Certain Major Country--

"The stock market has completely crashed!!!"

"All the stock investors are trapped, and now they're frantically selling at a loss!"

"Hundreds of listed companies are going bankrupt every minute! My God!!!"

"Global inflation!!"

"The market is in complete chaos!!!"

Several countries have declared a national state of emergency!

The Prime Minister's face was paler than paper, and all the wrinkles on his face were etched together, as if he had aged thirty years in a minute. He stared with his cloudy eyes back and forth at his distraught staff, and finally let out a trembling breath.

"That's... how about this?"

"Haaah!!!!????"

"You don't need to worry about it... I... never mind, this isn't something we can interfere with..."

"""Can--"""

"It's him."

The prime minister slammed his fist on the table and rubbed his temples with his other hand, looking utterly exhausted.

"It's him, that... legendary figure from the Gray Starling Group... Who angered him to unleash such a punishment..."

At this very moment, the same situation is playing out in every region of the world covered by human civilization.

Countless economic entities, whether individual businesses, large corporations, conglomerates, or even nations or multinational alliances, regardless of size, length of establishment, or economic system, will be drawn into the ripples created by the Gray Starling Group's vast river of profits.

Like being entangled by the tentacles of a man-eating flower, it won't stop until it's completely devoured. All the funds accumulated within it over a long period of time are lost, and losses explode like an exponential explosion. Even countless ordinary people who participate through various seemingly ordinary economic activities—investing, speculating in stocks, buying insurance, and even the most common savings—cannot escape. All savings vanish, all bonds become worthless, and all stocks are trapped. In the financial avalanche, no one can escape.

Countless people went mad from the sudden bankruptcy, and the suicide rate soared. Angry, grieving, and desperate people quickly formed a huge force, and mobs caused great chaos in various places.

All the wealth on the planet is converging on Yu He.

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The ultimate pay-to-win warrior on Earth—Boss Yu!

Old Ma: Young man, I see you have a bright future. Come on, top up your account!

Mr. Yu: TX? It doesn't seem too difficult to buy the whole thing.

Gabe Newell: I think you have a bright future, young man. The big sale has started!

Mr. Yu: Valve? Give me half the shares first.