I'll Send You All to Your Graves

"Damn, is that a Black-Line Snake, one of those venomous snake monsters?" Gao Feng cursed under his breath. "And a mutated Double-Headed Black-Line Snake at that? It's even about to grow horns and become a flood dragon."

The members of the Fire Hammer Squad drew sharp breaths. This thing was not to be trifled with!

"A Black-Line Snake that's about to become a flood dragon must be at advanced beast general rank, close to lord level!"

Gao Feng's expression grew grave as he said in a low voice, "And since it's a mutated Double-Headed Black-Line Snake, its venom is even more potent than an ordinary Black-Line Snake's! It also has two venom sacs, each worth twice as much as one from an unmutated Black-Line Snake of the same rank.

"This Double-Headed Black-Line Snake is worth as much as four ordinary Black-Line Snakes of the same rank! A Black-Line Snake on the verge of becoming a flood dragon is worth around 400 million, so this Double-Headed Black-Line Snake could sell for 1.6 billion! That's comparable to an ordinary primary lord monster."

The figure Gao Feng quoted set everyone's hearts racing... They had fought for over ten days and slaughtered more than a hundred beast general rank monsters, yet all of them combined were worth less than this one Double-Headed Black-Line Snake! Clearly, killing powerful monsters was a far more efficient way to make money.

"Almost lord level? Interesting. I'll go try it out." Luo Yuan hefted his Blood Shadow Battle Blade and spoke with interest.

"Luo Yuan, are you confident?" Gao Feng asked him seriously.

"I should be fine," Luo Yuan answered vaguely.

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, I'll come along too," Luo Feng said beside him.

Seeing Luo Feng itching to give it a try, Luo Yuan nodded. His main reason for wanting to take on this Double-Headed Black-Line Snake was that he had suddenly thought of a lucrative opportunity.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng went downstairs and sprinted toward the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake.

Boom!

"Hiss!" The snake's piercing hiss carried from far away.

The two quickly drew closer and soon reached the corner of an apartment building. Peering around it, Luo Yuan immediately spotted the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake battling three men several dozen meters away. Judging by their appearances, the men seemed to be from West or South Asia. Their hair was slightly curly, and their skin was somewhat dark.

The leader of the three was a burly bald man who constantly swung a dark gold staff over three meters long.

"Excellent staff technique," Luo Feng couldn't help praising beside him. "That bald man should be an advanced general level warrior. The other two are intermediate warlords."

Luo Yuan was in no hurry to act, since the important figures had yet to arrive.

"Hiss, hiss!"

The Double-Headed Black-Line Snake seemed to have gone mad. The cold eyes on its two enormous heads sent chills through anyone who saw them, and it repeatedly opened its gaping maws to bite. Under its attacks, the three men rapidly retreated and began talking among themselves. Hearing their conversation, the two realized they were from India!

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, are we going in?" Luo Feng asked.

"You go first."

Luo Yuan spoke calmly, leaving Luo Feng rather confused about what he was up to. Still, he didn't dwell on it and joined the fight.

Watching Luo Feng and the three men from the Indian squad surround and attack the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake, Luo Yuan spread his spiritual power outward. Everything within a thousand-meter radius immediately came under his perception.

Gao Feng and the others, watching through binoculars from the abandoned apartment building, also found Luo Yuan's behavior quite strange.

About ten minutes passed before Luo Yuan suddenly seemed to sense something, and a smile curled his lips.

He appeared directly at the middle of the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake as though he had teleported, then simply drew and swung his blade in one fluid motion. Powered by the second layer of hidden force from the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, an enormous Blade Arc capable of contending with an intermediate war god burst forth. A huge fissure split the ground and extended forward. Terror filled the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake's eyes as the Blade Arc cleaved it in half down the middle. The powerful blade energy also shattered its internal organs, and the remaining force of the Blade Arc blasted apart a building over ten stories tall behind it.

Dust billowed everywhere. Under everyone's stunned gazes, Luo Yuan smoothly sheathed his blade, then walked over to the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake's corpse and began collecting its materials as though nothing had happened.

The Double-Headed Black-Line Snake was enormous, making harvesting its materials quite laborious. Luo Feng hurried over to help, while the three men from the Indian squad stood awkwardly to the side, not daring to approach. Knowing they had no claim to the snake now, they could only press their palms together before their chests and bow to Luo Yuan before swiftly leaving.

While Luo Yuan and Luo Feng harvested the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake's materials, nine human warriors were approaching.

Upon arriving and seeing the enormous snake corpse on the ground, the nine immediately estimated its value at well over a billion. That immense fortune instantly brought greed into several pairs of eyes.

Luo Yuan merely cast a cold glance at the nine warriors. Besides the six members of the Tiger Tooth Squad, there was an old man, a tall, burly white man, and a young man of mixed ancestry.

"Hahaha, not bad! My first trip to City 003, and I run into such fine prey. Hand over its materials, and you can leave," the young man of mixed ancestry told Luo Yuan and Luo Feng arrogantly.

The old man and the burly white man stood on either side of the young man, staring indifferently at Luo Yuan and Luo Feng.

The Tiger Tooth captain sneered as well. "If you know what's good for you, get lost. Our Thunder Squad might still spare your lives. Otherwise... heh, don't blame us for what happens. Oh, this is Senior Liu, the captain of our Thunder Squad. And this is Mr. Kalon, our vice-captain. They're both advanced general level experts."

Senior Liu was the old man, while Kalon was the burly white man.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng had just finished collecting the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake's materials. Seeing the Tiger Tooth Squad throw its weight around behind its powerful backers, Luo Yuan curled his lip.

"Tiger Tooth Squad, I told you before that the next time we met would be the day you died. I didn't expect to see you again so soon. Since you're here, I'll send you on your way!" Luo Yuan said with a cold smile.

"Hahaha, you? Senior Liu, Mr. Kalon, please teach him a proper lesson."

The Tiger Tooth captain ran over to the old man and the burly white man, speaking fawningly. Neither paid him any attention, however, instead sizing Luo Yuan up with cold, sharp eyes.

"Didn't you hear what our young master said? Hand over the materials from this prey!" the old man barked coldly.

Luo Yuan's gaze turned icy.

"What, you have a problem with that? My parents are war gods, and I'm also the nephew of the head of the Polenas Family, one of the HR Alliance's nine great families. Have you thought about what will happen if you dare defy me?" Li Wei, the young man of mixed ancestry, pointed at Luo Yuan and Luo Feng as he spoke with utter arrogance.

The Tiger Tooth Squad stood to the side as well, sneering as they watched the show.

"You talk too much. In that case, I'll send you all to your graves right now!"

Luo Yuan picked at his ear. With a thought, he sent six Grade 9 Flying Daggers shooting out. Before any of the nine could react, the daggers pierced straight through their heads, splattering blood and brain matter. Thud! Thud! Nine corpses fell to the ground, dead beyond all doubt, their last expressions still frozen on their mangled faces.

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