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Chapter 42: A Body for Compensation?:
"Speak up, how many points do each of you have?"
"If the numbers don’t add up, don’t blame me for being ruthless."
Ye Wuhen asked the swollen-faced Zhang Chengzhi while rummaging through his storage bag. He hadn't killed him yet because Zhang Chengzhi, as the core member of this team, should have the most information.
Ye Wuhen knew well that many trial participants hid some points in the forest to avoid losing everything at once.
"I... I only have two. They... have about one or two each too." Zhang Chengzhi replied. His swollen mouth, missing teeth, made his speech sound muffled and unclear.
"One or two? Are you kidding me?" Ye Wuhen said with a scowl. He glanced at Zhang Chengzhi’s storage bag and found it contained only two one-star demon cores.
But Ye Wuhen didn’t believe this was all they had. He was secretly relieved and glad for his experience—this brat was indeed hiding something.
However, Ye Wuhen soon discovered that Zhang Chengzhi was telling the truth!
Zhang Chengzhi had been in the Bloodstained Forest for quite some time and had a fearsome reputation. Yet their team had been engaged in a shady business of trading points! They had just recently gathered fifty points and sold them to others!
“You’re really shameless to such an extent!”
“I hate scalpers and swindlers the most...”
Ye Wuhen was enraged and thrust his sword, piercing through Zhang Chengzhi’s neck.
Then he grabbed the storage bags of the other two, finding them also containing only two one-star demon cores each.
Whoosh... Whoosh...
Two more sword strikes ended their lives.
The remaining few, even though their legs were weak, dared not stay and turned to flee.
But in the face of Ye Wuhen’s eerie movements, there was no chance for them to escape.
In just a few breaths, Zhang Chengzhi’s entire team was wiped out!
Thud...
The sound of the last body hitting the ground echoed through the forest.
The girl in pink robes was stunned.
The black-veiled woman also stared in shock...
The other two were in even worse condition, with one even collapsing to the ground.
Not long ago, they had been scornful of Ye Wuhen, reluctant to let him join their team out of fear of sharing the points...
Now they watched as the feared Zhang Chengzhi’s team was wiped out cleanly!
And it was done so effortlessly, like slicing vegetables...
“Damn it, what bad luck. Only twelve points in total, how can you be so poor!”
Ye Wuhen grumbled disdainfully while sorting through the items in their storage bags.
Although these bags contained various spirit stones and materials, likely earned from point trading, they were of little value to Ye Wuhen.
Even though he didn’t have many spirit stones right now, he could earn them quickly if he wanted to.
Hearing Ye Wuhen’s complaints, the black-veiled woman and others had bitter expressions.
Twelve points were quite a lot, so why be so uninterested?
They had worked hard to gather even this much.
Now they understood why Ye Wuhen had refused to join them—he was clearly disdainful of them!
“You... you’re so powerful...”
The girl in pink robes recovered from her shock, and looked at the pile of bodies around and then at Ye Wuhen, her face filled with admiration.
“Not bad!”
Ye Wuhen waved his hand and then changed the subject.
“I guess I saved your lives, so how do you plan to repay me?”
“Will it be with some life-saving money? Or perhaps... offer yourselves?”
Upon hearing this...
The girl was startled, her hands instinctively covering her chest, her expression mixed... with a hint of willingness.
However, the black-veiled woman was calm. She could tell Ye Wuhen had no malicious intent; otherwise, he would have attacked them already. They were clearly no match for him.
And Ye Wuhen’s request wasn’t unreasonable. He had indeed saved their lives, and even giving up all their wealth was warranted.
“Haha... Just kidding! You performed well, so the life-saving money is waived.”
Ye Wuhen smiled and then turned to the other two.
“But you two can’t avoid giving me the demon cores!”
The two, regretting their earlier actions but helpless, handed over their demon cores.
With the addition of the cores from the deceased, Ye Wuhen’s points increased by five, totaling seventeen!
For an ordinary person, collecting seventeen points upon entry would be cause for great celebration.
But Ye Wuhen couldn’t feel any joy.
Seventeen points was still far from enough!
-To be continued!
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