Chapter 96 - 94: Spirit Realm Bandits

It’s not hard for Young Master Cong to notice.Zhao Ming is also quite keen on the Fear Technique.

Any outstanding skill is a valuable resource.

Even if it’s not needed personally, it can benefit the team or be traded for a Skill Stone one desires. Old Zhao isn’t someone short on money, unlikely to give up over a bit of cash.

What Young Master Cong didn’t expect was.

Hang Yu spent less than five minutes talking with Zhao Ming, Jiang Nan, and Xiaoqiang.

Old Zhao candidly accepted, looking rather pleased... what on earth? Did that guy cast a mind-bending spell!

Hang Yu didn’t do anything special.

He just revealed a bit of information about Spirit Land.

The value of Spirit Land hasn’t been discovered by many at the moment, but this information obviously can’t be hidden for long since every city has more than one Spirit Land, and exposure of its uses is a matter of time.

This information is far more valuable than a Skill Stone.

And letting Old Zhao and Jiang Nan know this information a bit earlier is fine.

They are not in the same city, with no conflict of interest, and have established a good relationship, almost enough to consider each other allies.

No need to mention Jiang Nan and Xiaoqiang.

They both absolutely admire Hang Yu.

Hang Yu also has great appreciation for Old Zhao, who is calm, composed, sharp, decisive, ambitious, has a broad mind, and money, possessing almost all the conditions for success, and has shown considerable respect and admiration for Hang Yu.

He is worth supporting.

The information related to Spirit Land is of immense value.

Even grasping it a day earlier is of significant meaning.

What is a Skill Stone worth? Old Zhao decisively gives it up!

Everyone is satisfied with this outcome: Hang Yu, Young Master Cong, Old Zhao, Jiang Nan, and Xiaoqiang, all very satisfied!

Next is the time to settle the accounts.

Or more accurately, it’s Young Master Cong’s time to bleed money.

Young Master Cong obtained a total of 119 points of Spiritual Qi this time.

At a charge rate of a million per point, he needs to pay 119 million yuan to four people, averaging out to around 30 million per person. Additionally, he must pay 20 million each to Zhao Ming, Jiang Nan, and Xiaoqiang as a deposit to purchase the Fear Technique Skill Stone.

He has to spend nearly 180 million in total!

Even for Young Master Cong, this is a considerable amount.

However, Young Master Cong doesn’t find it regrettable; the money spent is worth it.

The greatest value of currency is circulation; if it loses this ability, it becomes as worthless as waste paper. Now that it can still be used to buy benefits, Young Master Cong should feel fortunate.

The current world’s currency value is mainly supported by oil, food, materials, gold, and even national credit.

Under the great invasion of the Spirit Realm.

Cities around the world face a trend towards becoming isolated islands.

The major commodities supporting trade and the economy in the present world are now under unprecedented impact, with human-established transportation and logistics systems nearly paralyzed. Even thinking about international trade is futile, with intercity trade being quite difficult.

Be it food, oil, medicine, or minerals, they are being replaced by Spirit Realm resources.

Currency is experiencing rapid inflation.

Human society’s currency is absolutely over-issued!

If the cities do become completely isolated, money circulation will inevitably stagnate, turning money into waste paper.

Fortunately, after the Spirit Realm opened, closely linking with the real world, it released a large number of Spirit Realm resources, absorbing the excess stagnant capital, re-introducing value to the circulation of money.

The demand for Spirit Realm asset transactions is increasingly strong, with the yet-to-collapse state systems barely supporting each other, so long as new hard currency does not appear in the real world, the human currency still has a fundamental basis for existence.

The expense of Spirit Realm assets is justified.

The current stage is always full of uncertainties.

The Wang Family’s accumulated wealth is considerably massive.

Having too much money can be worrisome; earning quickly and spending quickly is the true principle.

The only regret for Young Master Cong is not being able to immediately obtain the Fear Technique Skill Stone.

After paying the 60 million deposit, he still has to make a trip back to Hua City in the real world to acquire the Eagle Eye Skill Stone to trade for the Fear Technique Skill Stone temporarily held by Hang Yu.

As for what cost it would take to acquire the Eagle Eye Skill Stone, Young Master Cong is unsure, but with the arrow on the bowstring, he must push forward, failing isn’t an option.

Losing 60 million is a minor issue.

Offending Hang Yu would be a major one.

Young Master Cong has fully witnessed Hang Yu’s capability; he is well aware of the fact that the other is an unoffendable Divine Level figure, especially in the Spirit Realm, else he would have a miserable outcome.

At that moment,

Hang Yu consumed 50 points of Spiritual Qi.

He directly learned "Fierce Strike."

The Skill Stone transformed into a fog of light, rapidly burrowing into his body, forming a large amount of knowledge and even muscle memory internally, endowing his body with new capabilities quickly.

[Fierce Strike], Fighter’s Inheritance Fragment, Skill Level 1 (0/50), Maximum Skill Level 3, Consumes 3 points of Spiritual Power, Instantly amplifies Strength by 100% during attack, Weapon Attack Power increases by 20%, Attack Speed increases by 10%, causes a fierce strike on target, with a chance to cause knockback and dizziness effects, skill cooldown time is 8 seconds.

This is a very strong close-combat attack skill!

It provides astonishing Strength amplification at the moment of attack!

Strength directly impacts the effectiveness of attack and damage, enough to double the damage capability, and also provides a certain probability to achieve a knockback effect, while the cooldown is only 8 seconds.

Hang Yu learning this skill greatly enhances his close-combat prowess, the burst damage terrifying!

Overall strength achieves substantial improvement!

Fierce Strike is an exceptional low-level skill!

If he can also learn Continuous Strike and Swift Strike, completely mastering the Fighter’s inheritance, his combat power will terrify anyone!

Of course.

The three Fighter skills are very precious.

Even Hang Yu would find it extremely difficult to acquire them.

Zhao Ming suddenly stood up with a grave expression and said, "Hang, I received urgent news, Pan has encountered a problem, Xiaoqiang and I are planning to return to camp first."

Seeing his unsettling expression, Hang Yu asked, "What’s going on?"

"Remember when we mentioned the Wild Boarman camp to you before we set out," Zhao Ming explained briefly, "I had sent Pan near the Wild Boarman camp to slay monsters and investigate the situation, it went quite smoothly, he discovered the exact location of the Wild Boarman camp and even established contact with two nearby camps."

Jiang Nan felt a bit excited, "That truly is a significant discovery!"

Hang Yu asked, "What’s the situation now?"

"As Pan was leading the team back, they encountered an ambush from a group of Spirit Realm bandits, currently stuck outside, so it’s a bit of trouble," Zhao Ming promptly bought several scrolls from the Alchemy Stele, "Xiaoqiang and I need to go back immediately for support."

Hang Yu frowned slightly, "Need help?"

"If possible, when attacking the Wild Boarman camp, I’d hope for your cooperation again," Zhao Ming thought for a moment and said, "But this time, it’s not necessary, we can handle it."

His subordinates were in trouble.

But Zhao Ming didn’t ask for Hang Yu’s help.

Considering what he knew about the situation, Zhao Ming believed he could manage it.

Old Zhao understands that favors should not be easily owed, the best steel should be used on the blade, and if even small issues require Hang Yu’s help, it would only prematurely exhaust valuable relationships.

"Goodbye Young Master Cong, Jiang Beauty, Boss Hang!"

Zhang Xiaoqiang and Zhao Ming used the Teleportation Scroll to directly return to the camp.

Jiang Nan couldn’t help but ask at this point, "What are Spirit Realm bandits? New monsters?"

"They’re humans, not monsters. You know, when we die in the Spirit Realm, we drop at least one thing we’re carrying; if the equipment and items carried are more, the drop rates also increase accordingly... Compared to dealing with monsters, sometimes hunting humans can be a less risky and higher yield affair."

Jiang Nan shuddered, "Killing people? How can such things happen!"

Looking at the naive Jiang Nan, Hang Yu said rather meaningfully, "You have to understand, sometimes, humans are far more dangerous and terrifying than monsters!"

Young Master Cong also spoke up at this time, "I heard some rumors earlier, the leader of a group of Spirit Realm bandits seems to be a guy nicknamed Vulture, reportedly as greedy as a vulture, he roams near the goblin camp from elsewhere; many from our camp have been killed by them."

Jiang Nan furrowed her brows.

The Spirit Realm environment was even more complex than imagined!