229: Chapter 226 The Price! Counterattack [Fourth Update]

"Did you guys receive the notification?" Fang Yu's gaze swept across Zhuang Yiliu and Williams.

Although he was still unclear about the meaning of "Tianshu Protection", Fang Yu had already roughly guessed it.

Under normal circumstances, defeating this Golden Eye Civilization Genius involved efforts from all three of them, especially himself and Zhuang Yiliu as the main forces; they should both receive point rewards.

"Yeah, my bracelet just reminded me," Williams said directly. "Slaying the "Tianshu Protection" target of the Golden Eye Civilization increases the kill reward by 10 times, granting 3 million primal points."

"My notification is the same, except the points are 15 million points," Zhuang Yiliu said.

"I got 12 million points," Fang Yu said briefly.

The three of them looked at each other, a trace of shock welling up in their eyes.

Zhuang Yiliu severely injuring this Golden Eye Civilization Genius in advance so that he could not escape was the most critical part of this battle.

Therefore, Zhuang Yiliu's contribution ranked first, and Fang Yu's contribution was slightly smaller, ranking second.

Williams joined the battle at the very last moment, making his contribution the smallest.

There was no problem with the point distribution ratio.

The key lay in the total number of points.

The total point rewards obtained by all three of them reached 30 million points, which was an incredible reward... If one were to exchange Star Coins for so many points, it would be equivalent to 300 billion Star Coins.

Even in terms of actual value, it definitely exceeded 150 billion Star Coins.

This was definitely an astronomical price.

You must know that when Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu previously joined forces to slay the Qingying Beast King—which was a true Xuntian-level and also included the "extra reward" obtained from the first kill—the final direct point reward obtained was only 4.4 million points.

This time, however, it had multiplied by nearly ten times.

Speaking of strength, the Qingying Beast King was actually above this Golden Eye Civilization Martial Artist; it was just that the Qingying Beast King lacked Star Power weapons and Star Power combat suits, so its defense was much weaker.

However, as a Xuntian-level, the Qingying Beast King had extremely strong flight capabilities, and its actual killing difficulty was even higher than this Golden Eye Civilization Martial Artist, but it was countered by Zhuang Yiliu's Star Phase methods.

"Tianshu Protection... It seems that the golden light that appeared at the end should be related to the Tianshu Civilization," Zhuang Yiliu said, frowning slightly. "According to the bracelet prompt, although we didn't kill him, the reward points given to us defaulted to a "kill"."

"And it even multiplied by a full ten times."

"Moreover, this Golden Eye person's weapons, combat suit, and storage bracelet were all left behind; he is equivalent to only escaping back with his life," Zhuang Yiliu said.

Fang Yu also fell into deep thought.

The current situation indeed left them somewhat baffled.

"I think I roughly know the reason," Williams suddenly said.

Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu looked at him.

"You know, in the battle nearly half a year ago, I performed quite well," Williams said.

Fang Yu couldn't help nodding.

In that battle, he and Zhuang Yiliu were ordered to return to the Secret Realm Base for closed-door cultivation, but Williams's fame could be said to have shaken the entire Alliance after the war. Within the entire civilization, almost all Earth Martial Artists and Sky-Patrol Martial Artists knew his name.

"After the war, my clearance was upgraded to Group Nine-Star clearance, equivalent to a First-Class Sky-Patrol Envoy," Williams said. "I have queried some information."

"And I also asked Master."

Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu listened attentively. Williams's Master was none other than Senior Adam, the second strongest person in the Alliance and an early civilization leader.

"The meaning of this message is—"

"The chiefs of various civilizations on the Primal Star can expend civilization points to purchase "protection clearance" for any Earth Martial Artist or Sky-Patrol Martial Artist in their civilization," Williams said. "Once protection clearance is purchased, during their adventures on the Primal Star, encountering fatal danger will automatically activate the protection."

"They will be directly sent back to the nearest Starry Sky Base, ensuring one hundred percent survival," Williams said solemnly. "Only, the protected person's Civilization Warrior rank will be simultaneously reset to zero."

Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu were secretly startled.

One hundred percent survival?

That is to say, this protection clearance absolutely guaranteed that the target could avoid a fatal danger... which was extremely similar to what the three of them had just witnessed.

"In other words, that Golden Eye Civilization Martial Artist just now obtained the "protection clearance" of the Golden Eye Civilization?" Fang Yu said thoughtfully.

Zhuang Yiliu couldn't help shaking her head and saying, "We worked hard attacking for half a day, only for the opponent to escape right back."

Williams said, "I asked Master, and Master also said... This kind of protection clearance can indeed be purchased by the civilization chief."

"But the price is extremely exorbitant. Except for a few geniuses who are highly valued, generally, it won't be purchased."

"How expensive?" Fang Yu asked curiously.

"Purchasing an "Earth Martial Artist" protection clearance—the price paid could roughly buy the life of 1 "Xuntian-level high-tier" powerhouse in the Universe; the cost isn't even considered that big yet," Williams said solemnly. "Yet this is merely purchasing the right to use it."

"Once it is truly activated and used—"

"Subsequently, you must pay another 100 times the price," Williams said softly. "Many Starry Sky Martial Artists, exhausting all their strength, would still find it difficult to pay such a price."

"If you purchase a protection clearance of the "Sky-Patrol Martial Artist" tier, the overall price multiplies by another 10 times," Williams sighed. "More than ninety-nine percent of Starry Sky Martial Artists won't be able to afford it."

"Therefore."

"Under normal circumstances, it is only for those in the civilization who have a huge hope of becoming Starry Sky Martial Artists, or even powerhouses among Starry Sky Martial Artists... in order to prevent them from perishing prematurely, that such protection clearance is helped to be purchased."

Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu were both shocked.

Just the Earth Martial Artist-tier protection clearance was so expensive... That is to say, this so-called "Tianshu Protection", once activated, was equivalent to buying out the lives of 100 Xuntian-level high-tier powerhouses?

This! This!

It was simply too exaggerated.

Compared to that, the 30 million primal points reward obtained by the three of them was nothing by comparison.

"Therefore, my Master said back then that if on the Primal Star, being able to force geniuses of other civilizations to activate this kind of protection clearance is a huge profit," Williams smiled. "I think we don't need to be discouraged... Purely in terms of gains, we have already made a huge profit."

Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu both couldn't help nodding.

Indeed!

If purely looking at self-gain, it was indeed already very profitable... Like Fang Yu killing 8 Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists, the total point rewards obtained amounted to less than 3 million points.

But the last wave of rewards alone was 12 million; one could imagine how huge the gap was.

The only regret.

It was that after this Golden Eye Civilization super Genius escaped back, he would probably be even more careful in the future... If the other party became a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist or even a Starry Sky Martial Artist in the future, he would still be a threat to the Blue Moon Civilization.

"Actually."

"Master once spoke bluntly with us that the highest echelons of the civilization, which is the chief, have all purchased this kind of protection clearance for the three of us," Williams couldn't help laughing and saying.

"Ah~?"

"We have it on us too?" Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu were both startled.

"Yeah, as long as it's not activated, the price of merely purchasing the clearance is very low; what we fear is it actually being activated," Williams sighed. "With both of your talents and strengths, you are worthy of this clearance."

"If you hadn't broken through, I wouldn't have told you... After all, knowing in advance would be detrimental to your growth," Williams said. "लेकिन... But now that your strengths are comparable to mine and your growth speed is astonishing, the probability of you encountering life-threatening danger in the Earth-Grade Wilderness Area is very low. It doesn't matter if you know; anyway, it won't be long before you become Sky-Patrol Martial Artists."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu couldn't help nodding.

Williams was rather emotional and sighed, "Speaking of which, you first slew the Qingying Beast King, and then killed so many Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists... After this battle, your names are destined to spread throughout the entire civilization."

"At merely 22 years old, you are much stronger than I was at the same age."

"No wonder Master once said that the potential of both of you is greater than mine," Williams smiled. "I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it a bit."

Williams had always been very proud and believed that he would become extremely strong in the future.

But he didn't care about being temporarily surpassed by others.

The strong were always absolutely confident.

"Your Realm is still much higher than ours," Fang Yu shook his head and said. "What Zhuang Yiliu and I rely on is simply a stronger foundation in strength."

"Yeah," Zhuang Yiliu also couldn't help nodding. "Your Realm is probably not far from grasping a trace of the source intent mystery."

Just now during the siege of Blei, both of them had also witnessed Williams's outburst... and had a rough judgment.

Williams's saber technique was incomparably profound. Solely in terms of skill level, it was even above Fang Yu's Water-Fire Fusion saber technique.

"I stepped into the Unity of Heaven and Man long ago; all things considered, my progress isn't very fast," Williams nodded slightly. "Your progress speed is faster than mine."

"Especially Fang Yu."

"In the span of a year, skyrocketing all the way from the Inchoate skill level to the Unity of Heaven and Man... Placed in the history of the Blue Moon Civilization, it is probably a miracle," Williams sighed with emotion.

Clearly, he had detailed knowledge of Fang Yu's past experiences.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a moment longer.

"The treasures left behind by this Golden Eye Martial Artist—you two divide them," Williams said. "I got 3 million points; that should count as taking advantage of you two."

"Alright." Fang Yu was not polite either.

Swish!

Wu Lang, Pu Qing, and another large group of Earth Martial Artists, carrying a large pile of things, flew over to the three of them, all looking quite restrained... Having witnessed the combat scene of the three, they all understood that the three people in front of them were the top geniuses of the Blue Moon Civilization.

Compared to them, the so-called Level 1 Starry Sky Seeds and Secret Realm core members were much inferior.

"Fang Yu."

"These are the left-behind treasures of the eight Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists you killed; we have collected them all here," Wu Lang said. "You guys take them first."

These eight Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists could all be said to have been slain by Fang Yu single-handedly.

The treasures naturally all belonged to him.

"Yiliu, you take them first," Fang Yu said.

"Yeah, we'll divide them after returning to the base," Zhuang Yiliu waved her hand, swiftly putting away all the Star Power weapons, bracelets, incomplete combat suits, and so on.

The two of them had experienced so many life-and-death situations together.

They didn't worry in the slightest about anyone swallowing up the other's treasures.

"Fang Yu, what are you guys planning to do next?" Williams looked at the two of them.

"Yiliu and I discussed it long ago," Fang Yu said softly. "The Golden Eye Civilization has invaded our Blue Moon Civilization's sphere of influence several times... This time, they even dispatched more than a dozen Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists."

"Such a large number of supreme powerhouses are most likely here to assassinate Yiliu and me."

Williams listened; during their intelligence exchange just now, they also had a rough guess that the Golden Eye Civilization making such a big fuss... the target was very likely hunting down Zhuang Yiliu and Fang Yu.

"The enemy can come."

"We can also go over," a trace of coldness flashed in Fang Yu's eyes. "We guess that there are many Golden Eye Civilization Earth Martial Artists along the way... Therefore, we plan to pursue and kill them all the way."

"Kill as many as there are."

"Keep killing until outside their Safe Zone," Fang Yu said in a low voice.

A trace of surprise flashed in Williams's eyes; he hadn't expected Fang Yu's intent to kill to be so heavy... Little did he know, Fang Yu had been repeatedly ambushed, especially encountering the first wave of assassination by Samuqi and the others, which was truly a life-and-death danger.

How could Fang Yu forget?

"Kill all the way outside their Safe Zone?" Pu Qing was shocked and couldn't help saying, "From here to the Golden Eye Civilization base's Safe Zone, it's nearly ten thousand kilometers."

Nearly ten thousand kilometers.

What a distant distance!

"Ten thousand kilometers?" Fang Yu smiled. "A bloodbath across twenty thousand miles, slaughtering all Earth Martial Artists along their way, can make the Golden Eye Civilization feel the pain in their flesh, and from then on, they will never dare to speak lightly of starting a war again."

Williams listened, his eyes glowing.

A bloodbath across twenty thousand miles?

Hearing it made one's blood boil.

"Count me in for this trip," Williams smiled.

Mo Yuan on the side also hurriedly said, "You three sweep across a large area, and I'll sweep behind... I've also stepped into the Unity of Heaven and Man, and I can be of some use."

"Senior Wu Lang, Pu Qing... One of you immediately returns and transmits the relevant intelligence of this battle to the base's high-level officials at the fastest speed," Fang Yu instructed. "We are going to sweep across this twenty-thousand-mile region; there will definitely be some omissions."

"Therefore, please have the Alliance organize as many teams as possible to come and clean up together."

"Alright." Wu Lang nodded; he had unconsciously placed himself in a "subordinate" position.

Soon.

Fang Yu and Zhuang Yiliu quickly recovered some Star Power, and the four of them left to begin their operation... Even Mo Yuan, who was the weakest in strength, was in the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm, and his perception was not bad.

As for Fang Yu and Williams, they were at the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm coupled with Xuntian-level Souls.

Zhuang Yiliu—although her Soul had not yet stepped into the Xuntian-level, her talent made her innate perception extremely strong... The four of them, each pair separated by 20 kilometers, rapidly advanced towards the direction of the Golden Eye Civilization base at extreme speed...

The first to have bad luck.

Were the more than 2,000 Earth Martial Artists responsible for scouting dispatched by the Golden Eye Civilization for this hunting operation... They had previously received orders and were all converging in this direction.

Blei, Brolai, and the other 11 Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists either died or escaped.

Only two Quasi-Sky-Patrol Martial Artists escaped; therefore, news about this battle was only known to a portion of warrior squads possessing "Sky-Patrol Bracelets". Most Golden Eye Civilization Earth Martial Artists did not yet know.

Then.

Their bad luck began.

In the wasteland, a Golden Eye Civilization warrior squad was cautiously scouting; in the Wilderness Area, they also had to be careful of sudden attacks by great fierce beasts.

"Be careful."

"We must be vigilant against great fierce beasts, and also pay attention not to encounter Blue Moon Civilization Martial Artists," a "tall youth" 1.7 meters tall said in a low voice.

Suddenly—

A dazzling stream of flame cut across the sky. Wherever it passed, all the trees collapsed layer by layer. Almost in the blink of an eye, this stream of light killed its way in front of the six Earth Martial Artists.

Such terrifying speed shocked this group of Golden Eye Civilization Martial Artists greatly.

"So fast."

"Flee quickly." They tried to scatter and flee, each shifting their figure by dozens or even hundreds of meters with a move.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Whoosh! Sky-filling saber lights slashed down in all directions. One by one, the saber lights slashed across more than a hundred meters, like mowing grass, tearing the bodies of those fleeing Earth Martial Artists to pieces.

Blood splashed, and limbs flew everywhere.

Regardless of whether they resisted before their death, the result was only one—death!

"Six."

"The 24th Earth Martial Artist." Light flickered in Fang Yu's eyes, and his figure moved, quickly disappearing into the dense forest.

Fang Yu and the others sweeping across like this were destined to miss many Martial Artists.

For one thing, if the Golden Eye Civilization's Earth Martial Artists stopped in place to rest and did not stir up the power of heaven and earth, concealing their aura, even if separated by only one kilometer, Fang Yu might not necessarily sense them.

Secondly, although Fang Yu and the four of them had astonishing perception, the range they could perceive and scout was ultimately limited... How vast was the entire Wilderness Area?

But even so.

As time passed.

One hour, two hours, three hours... 100, 200, 300... The number of Golden Eye Civilization Earth Martial Artists discovered and slaughtered by Fang Yu and the others was also continuously skyrocketing.

The high-level officials of the Golden Eye Civilization finally noticed something.