17: Strength improvement

Lu Qianyuan left the casino with the resource coins he had just acquired, but he didn't stop there.

Lu Qianyuan found a place to store the resource coins, then began to look for a second target.

After this time, it would be impossible for Lu Qianyuan to make a move for a long period, so he needed to collect enough resource coins to ensure their use in the coming days.

As for the consequences, he would leave the city in a few days and hide for a while; once outside the city, finding him would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Lu Qianyuan continued his search, and before long, he found another casino as his target.

Similar to the previous casino, the person in charge of this casino was only a mere Second Realm, and the casino's safe was filled with resource coins.

A perfect fat sheep.

Lu Qianyuan locked onto his target, entered the casino, and began his second round of harvesting.

...

In an exquisite room, Li Hui held a glass of red wine, savoring it slowly.

If he could just save a little more money, he would be able to purchase the resources he wanted and improve the quality of his Natal Spirit.

Although one of his casinos had been robbed a while ago, it was harmless.

He owned dozens of casinos; one being temporarily out of operation was minor and would recover quickly.

Just as Li Hui was slowly savoring his red wine, his phone rang, and a message came through.

Li Hui picked up his phone and looked closely.

The next second, he unconsciously exerted force, crushing the wine glass in his hand, and the expensive red wine dripped onto the floor from his palm.

Li Hui's expression darkened, then he let go, cleaned the glass shards and red wine from his hand, and adjusted his state.

After calming himself, he left his villa, then took a car to one of his casinos at the fastest speed.

Someone had just sent a message saying that another one of his casinos had an incident, which made him extremely displeased.

In just a few days, two of his casinos had incidents, which absolutely meant someone was targeting him.

Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence?

Investigate, this time it must be investigated, investigated to the death.

Li Hui arrived at the casino with a gloomy expression, then was led to the crime scene by the second person in charge.

Li Hui looked at the headless body of the person in charge, recalling the situation he had seen at the other casino earlier.

The same one-strike kill, the same one-strike beheading.

This familiar way of dying made Li Hui feel uneasy.

He entered the room, then inspected it, and sure enough, found a faint knife mark in one spot.

And the safe was also damaged in the same manner.

Seeing these factors, Li Hui immediately confirmed that the killer was definitely the same person who had killed Brother Bao last time.

Twice in a row, both his casinos, twice in a row, both the same method of operation.

This absolutely meant someone was trying to get him.

Li Hui didn't have time to be angry; he could only instruct people to secure the scene, then left in a hurry.

Since someone was trying to deal with him, he couldn't just sit back and wait; he had to find a way to fight back.

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

Before long, the call connected, and a deep, middle-aged male voice came from the other end.

"What's the matter?"

"Help me kill someone?"

"Who?"

"I don't know."

"???"

Silence fell on the other end of the phone.

"Someone is coming after me. They've killed two of my subordinates. The killer used a knife, a one-hit kill, both times."

"I want you to help me find him, then kill him."

"This is a bit difficult. Your subordinates were all Second Realm. To instantly kill them, one must have at least Peak Second Realm strength."

"What are you trying to say?"

"Ten million, no bargaining."

"..."

This time it was Li Hui who fell silent, but after a moment, he still agreed.

"I agree. A five million deposit, and the rest after the deed is done."

"No problem."

"How long will it take?"

"Within ten days, I will definitely give you a result."

"Alright."

The call ended, and Li Hui breathed a sigh of relief. With the other party's help, dealing with the mastermind should not be difficult.

The other party was a well-known invisible assassin among the Third Realm, most skilled at using Mental Energy to launch invisible attacks.

If one didn't understand Mental Energy, it was highly likely they would fall for his methods.

Even if the killer was Third Realm, he would definitely not be his opponent.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang; someone was calling.

Li Hui looked at the caller ID, which displayed the name 'Mr. Bai'.

Seeing these three words, Li Hui immediately tensed up. He calmed his emotions, then tapped to answer.

"I heard you ran into a little trouble."

"Don't worry, I can handle it."

"Hmph, it had better be that way."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Bai, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

"I just want to see the item. If the item doesn't arrive, you'll be responsible for the consequences."

The call ended, and Li Hui felt a complete sense of relief.

He was the hidden boss of the casino, seemingly of high status, but in reality, he was just someone else's subordinate.

And Mr. Bai, perhaps he was also someone else's subordinate?

Li Hui thought this, then cast it all out of his mind.

The most important thing now was to find the killer and then give Mr. Bai an explanation.

Just then, Li Hui received another message.

'Brother Li, Supervisor Liu Sheng had an incident. The safe...'

Upon seeing this message, Li Hui immediately felt his vision go black.

...

At this moment, in a hidden corner of the Chaos Zone, Lu Qianyuan was counting his gains from this time.

One million on him, plus what he had hidden elsewhere, totaled two million resource coins, enough for him to spend for a while.

He had originally wanted to continue robbing resource coins, but these funds were already enough for him for a period, and besides, he couldn't carry too much.

So he decided to lay low for a while, and once his strength improved, he would go on another spree.

Lu Qianyuan, with a backpack full of resource coins, left the area.

An hour later, he found a place to stay, then went to where he had hidden the money before and brought back the other backpack of money.

On the way back, Lu Qianyuan also bought a pile of Origin Qi enhancement potions and found an Ironclad Lizard Battle Spirit in a Battle Spirit shop, replicating its Hardening ability.

Everything was ready; next was the improvement.

For the next period, Lu Qianyuan hid in one place, silently improving his strength.

Absorbing Origin Qi, compressing Origin Qi, raising his Realm, and feeding back to his physical body.

Although the process was somewhat monotonous and boring, his strength was constantly progressing.

Feeling the noticeable improvement in his strength, Lu Qianyuan immersed himself in it, forgetting everything else.

Just as Lu Qianyuan began to improve, on the other side, a thin, scruffy-bearded, disheveled middle-aged man, carrying a bottle of wine, also arrived at Li Hui's casino.

He was Zhang Xuan, the assassin Li Hui had hired with a large sum of money.

Zhang Xuan found Li Hui, and the two returned to the crime scene to begin collecting clues.