Volume Four: The Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Devil, Shall Save Them - Demonic Beasts (Part One)

The God King raised his wine cup and lightly clinked it against Luo Qian's before draining it. "Immortal Luo, we're close partners. Cooperation means making concessions to each other until we find a balance we can both accept. Let's each take a step back. Forty percent—that's as low as I can go." Luo Qian smiled faintly. Like an ordinary man besotted with wine, women, and wealth, he reached out and gave the backside of a tall female Angel a firm squeeze. Shaking his head, he said, "Your Majesty, if you agree to fifty percent, I'll return to the Immortal Realm at once and procure even deadlier weapons for you!"

The God King had other plans, and agreed with surprising ease. "Fine. Fifty percent it is!" Since he had stripped Luo Qian of the right to dispose of his mine's output once, he could do it again. I call the shots in the Divine Realm. I'll agree for now, then turn on Luo Qian when the crisis is over. I'll find a pretext to drive him out.

Killing Luo Qian no longer seemed so easy. Exile would do instead.

Luo Qian knew the God King was not so "magnanimous." Even setting aside the fact that Luo Qian had blasted his Divine Temple, the immense profits from the rare metals alone meant the God King would never let him control that asset for long. For now, the war took precedence. Once the crisis passed, the bow would be put away after the birds were gone. But did it matter? What Luo Qian needed now was time and money to open the great undersea passage.

In Sedan Province, the energy Crystal Stones of the Lodunk Crystal Mine had been mined on a massive scale at Luo Qian's express instruction. Little remained in the