What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 640 The Finance Department Will Never Be the Strongest (4500+ words)
Zhang Yu understood that the key to the upcoming battle with Jiutian Liu lay in how to win over people's hearts and how to weaken the opponent's luck.

The key is to show off! To put on airs!
"Not only do I have to withstand Jiutian Liu's attack head-on, but I also have to do it beautifully..."

"Only in this way can we change people's hearts and weaken his luck."

At the same time, the white dragons born from the four dragon bloodlines appeared, clad in golden armor and wielding long swords, exuding a powerful aura.

These four white dragons are the battle dragon beasts that Zhang Yu bred using the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor.

At the very beginning of the war, Zhang Yu had already cast the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor underground, summoning a torrent to begin the breeding process.

After purchasing the copyright from Yingmingchi, Zhang Yu also received technical support from them. At this moment, the quality and speed of breeding battle dragon beasts far exceeded their performance a week ago.

Especially with the support of the Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Skill, these four dragon beasts, as his demonic incarnations, are not only incredibly powerful, but also seem to be extensions of his limbs, allowing him complete control.

Under these circumstances, Zhang Yu further infused them with his own Wuxiang Yungang, which combined with Taiyi Jinye Dan, enveloping each dragon in a golden glow. This not only made them more visually appealing but also granted them powerful defensive capabilities.

The three characters "Yingming Chi" on the forehead of the dragon beast further demonstrate their noble lineage.

At this moment, protected by four giant dragons, Zhang Yu faced Jiu Tian Liu's second attack head-on, while lines of spirit world projection text rapidly appeared behind him: "Very good, Jiu Tian Liu, it seems your momentum has improved further, and your strength has truly reached its peak."

"Then come on."

"Attack me with all your might."

"Let me see what makes the financial department's immortal-style killing move so ingenious?"

Looking at these lines of text, Jiutianliu felt inwardly annoyed: "This guy, I've already locked in all the possibilities of his future, and there's no way to avoid it, yet he still has to say these things..."

"Then... take this move and be utterly defeated."

An invisible hand, carrying countless spiritual energies, crushed Zhang Yu with a deafening roar.

Amidst the earth-shattering explosion, the four giant dragons had already surrounded Zhang Yu, protecting him in the innermost position.

At the same time, Zhang Yu opened his mouth and spat out the Heavenly Sun God, which transformed into a flame, bringing with it a surging shockwave that became the first line of defense.

boom!
The flames were easily broken.

The formless handprint of primordial energy paused slightly, then grasped the four giant dragons in the next moment.

The golden armor of qi shattered instantly.

Then the dragon scales shattered and flesh separated from the rest of the body.

As the dragons died one by one, Zhang Yu let out a low shout and unleashed the Heaven and Earth Calamity Invisible Heart Weapon, which transformed the dragon corpses surrounding him into temporary magical artifacts, protecting most of his body.

The reason why he only protected most of his body was because Zhang Yu wanted the attacks from Jiutian Liu to hit his body in batches.

"The Earth and Wood Sacred Body is a chain magic diagram that increases defense as the body's injuries worsen."

"In other words, the moment when my body is most intact is when my defenses are at their lowest, and it is also the most dangerous moment."

"After using the Heavenly Sun God, the Qi Armor, and the Battle Dragon Beast to absorb some of the damage, we will then use the temporarily magically transformed dragon corpses to divide the attack..."

As the dragon corpse partially resisted, a portion of the power of the Invisible Great Handprint of Primordial Qi struck Zhang Yu first, while the remaining portion struck Zhang Yu only after crushing the dragon corpse.

The invisible handprint of primordial energy struck the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor first.

The Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor offered only a brief resistance before Zhang Yu withdrew, using his physical body to withstand the attack.

This attack was indeed worthy of being a strike from Jiutian Liu that surpassed the Foundation Establishment stage. Even with such layers of defense and such a fragmented attack, it still caused Zhang Yu's internal organs to burn. His flesh and bones groaned, and he was severely injured.

Blood seemed about to flow from his seven orifices at any moment, but Zhang Yu forcibly held it back.

"Hold on!"

"This is the toughest wave, as long as we can hold on..."

Despite the rampant destruction within his body, Zhang Yu used all his strength to prevent blood from spurting out.

Just as he was holding on, the invisible handprint of primordial energy from the next step also slammed down.

However, due to the severe injury in the previous step, Zhang Yu's defensive power was greatly increased by the Earth and Wood Sacred Body, so he found it easier to resist the invisible giant handprint of Yuan Qi in the next step.

After enduring the entire formless handprint of primordial energy, Zhang Yu's body was in complete chaos from this violent force. Many of his internal organs ruptured, his bones were shattered, and his meridians were severed...

Zhang Yu ignored all of that. He simply tensed his entire body, feeling as if countless wounds were about to open like mouths and cause him to vomit blood.

Just bear with it!
With the roar of the four white bulls, the body's activation was pushed to the limit, tightly holding back every wound and every bleeding point.

At the same time, the Deep Cold Dharma Meridian operated violently, freezing the wounds and the blood flow, further supporting Zhang Yu.

If there were still places that couldn't hold on, the Heavenly Sun God would unleash flames, burning away the overflowing blood one by one, turning it into a wisp of green smoke that dissipated into the air.

In the live broadcast, it was Jiutian Liu's earth-shattering strike that caused all the dragon beasts protecting Zhang Yu to vanish, leaving only Zhang Yu standing there seemingly unharmed.

"That move... isn't bad."

Zhang Yu slightly opened his mouth, which was filled with the smell of blood, and smiled at Jiu Tianliu.

Jiutianliu's gaze sharpened, but the number of viewers who believed he would win still showed 80%.

Although it did not decline, it stopped growing, which was obviously because Zhang Yu had just taken the hit head-on.

At the same time, lines of text continued to project behind Zhang Yu.

"Nine Heavens Flow, do you believe that your current attack has surpassed the Foundation Establishment stage and reached an unprecedented peak?"

"Then I will face your peak head-on, defeat your peak, and crush your peak."

"Now I'll stand here, neither dodging nor evading, and take nine more of your moves head-on."

"Unleash whatever killer moves you have."

As he projected these words, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The key to this battle is not just the battle itself, but also the verbal clash. Especially the impact on people's hearts; sometimes the content of the words is more important than the images."

"Nine Heavens Flow, that was your strongest peak. If you cannot defeat me, then beyond the peak lies a precipice."

Meanwhile, the data Jiutianliu observed changed again, with the percentage of viewers who believed he would win dropping from 80% to 77%.
Just because of Zhang Yu's words, the effect was even more amazing than if he had just taken a direct hit.

Jiutianliu thought angrily, "A bunch of fools who believe everything they hear!"

Of course, he couldn't let Zhang Yu control the rhythm of the battle. So he immediately used the Invisible Yuan Qi Handprint again, and lines of text projections appeared behind him.

"Zhang Yu, you've simply been completely locked down by my big model, leaving you with nowhere to hide and nowhere to avoid."

“And after that one move, you were already seriously injured and no longer have the strength to fight me.”

"You have been defeated."

At the same time, Jiutian Liu, who originally intended to kill Zhang Yu in one blow and thus reach the peak, also made a hand seal with his other hand and pointed a finger at Zhang Yu from a distance, intending to weaken his opponent's cultivation.

But the next moment, Jiutianliu's expression changed slightly.

With the deafening explosion of the formless handprint of primordial energy, Zhang Yu tensed up once again. His flesh and blood emitted bursts of cold energy brought by his deep, cold magical veins. He stood seemingly unharmed in the spot that had been turned into a deep crater.

Zhang Yu burst into laughter: "Nine Heavens Flowing, your attack was even weaker!" "Is it because your luck has diminished? Or is it because you were distracted by using a Dao technique, trying to weaken my cultivation?"

Jiutianliu frowned, realizing that his attempt to weaken Zhang Yu's cultivation had failed.

Behind Zhang Yu, a large number of text projections continued to appear: "Are you wondering why your Taoist technique failed? Why it didn't weaken my cultivation?"

"It's simple, because your information was wrong."

"Finance is all about trust, and my partners, my colleagues, and my classmates trust me more, so you can't bribe them; instead, you can only get wrong information from them."

Jiutianliu frowned, thinking to himself, "How is that possible? The information provided by those guys from Zhang Yu's company is consistent. If it's all wrong, then they've conspired together to provide false information?"

"The entire company is connected? Not a single person betrayed Zhang Yu?"

At the same time, Jiutianliu saw the data in the eye skeleton drop again, from 77% to 75%.

Zhang Yu urged, "Two moves have already passed, aren't you going to hurry up? Nine Heavens Flowing."

Jiutian Liu snorted coldly: "Let's see how many moves you can withstand!"

The invisible primordial energy handprint erupted once more, severely injuring Zhang Yu's physical body once more.

After being struck by Jiutian Liu's three consecutive attacks, Zhang Yu's body was almost rendered immobile. He felt extremely weak all over, and if it weren't for the support of the Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, he wouldn't have been able to stand up.

However, the body's defense capabilities have also been enhanced to an unprecedented level.

Instead, the data in the Nine Heavens Flowing Eyes kept decreasing.

Despite Zhang Yu's seemingly unscathed performance in the face of these three powerful handprints, the data in the Nine Heavens Flowing Eyes has dropped from 75% to below 60%.

When Jiutian Liu unleashed the Invisible Yuan Qi Handprint again, Zhang Yu sensed that the opponent's attack was much weaker than at the beginning, making it even more difficult to achieve results against his body, whose defense had increased dramatically.

"As expected." Although Zhang Yu was extremely weak at this moment, his fighting spirit and confidence were rising wildly.

"One effort is enough, but the momentum weakens with each attempt, and the momentum is exhausted with each subsequent attack. As I blocked Jiutian Liu's attacks time and time again, my fortunes began to turn around."

"Public opinion begins to change, and people's hearts also change. When the final qualitative change is reached... Jiutian Liu's fortune will completely collapse."

"I will hold on until that point of qualitative change."

At the same time, Jiutianliu shouted, "Zhang Yu, if you keep pushing yourself like this, you're going to die!"

Jiutian Liu absolutely refused to believe that Zhang Yu could emerge unscathed from his series of attacks. Even Dao Qiankun and Kuang Tianqing, who took his attacks head-on, would not have been able to escape unscathed.

"He's putting on a brave face!" Jiutianliu thought to himself, "This guy is betting that my luck will collapse!"

Zhang Yu smiled slightly, knowing that the other party kept emphasizing the injury in order to stabilize morale and fortune.

"But is it useful?" Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Jiutian Liu, in order to defeat me, you have been spreading rumors like crazy these days, blindly collecting support regardless of whether the luck is good or bad. But look at the kind of people you have found? College students? Demon descendants? They are all kinds of dirty traffic, all kinds of low cultivation, low wealth, and low education groups."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "These kinds of people are too easily deceived. Seeing that I'm completely unharmed, they could easily change their minds..."

"Nine Heavens Flow, let's see who can hold out the longest."

Under the bombardment of one after another of the formless handprints of primordial energy, when ten moves were used up, Zhang Yu's body had completely lost its ability to fight, and the data in the Nine Heavens Flowing Eyes had also dropped below 40%.

Weakened, Zhang Yu collapsed to the ground, chuckled, and said, "Ten moves have passed, Nine Heavens Flow! It's my turn!"

As they spoke, four dragon shadows, accompanied by a torrent of energy, soared into the sky, clad in golden armor imbued with qi and wielding the Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword, and began their attack on Jiutian Liu.

Jiutian Liu's gaze sharpened, and he sneered, "Zhang Yu, you no longer have the strength to fight, so you can only send out dragon beasts and magic weapons to fight me?"

Zhang Yu said calmly, "Jiu Tian Liu, your ten moves just now have already disappointed me too much."

"To defeat you, my four dragon beasts are enough."

As soon as Zhang Yu finished speaking, the data in the Nine Heavens Flowing Eyes jumped to 38%, making him furious and cursing inwardly: "A bunch of idiots! Their mentality was changed by just one sentence, they're all idiots! They're all useless!"

In the midst of the fierce battle, the two giant dragons were quickly killed, but Jiutian Liu's attacks on Zhang Yu were ineffective.

Seeing that the data in his eyes had dropped to 35%, Jiutianliu shouted and directly displayed his account balance.

The balance of 1500 spirit coins immediately triggered a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth.

"Zhang Yu!" Jiutian Liu shouted, "I still have so much money, what makes you think you can fight me?"

Zhang Yu laughed: "If having more money means you win, then let's not even bother with the competition, let's just compare account balances. True strength is about making the most of the same amount of money."

"The fact that you have so much money in your account means you haven't given it your all, and you're not absolutely certain of victory, while I..."

After saying that, Zhang Yu showed his account balance: 0
Zhang Yu said proudly, "I had already gambled everything before the war even started. I spent all my money and leveraged every possible means. This is true devotion to the immortal path and true confidence in victory."

Of course, Zhang Yu couldn't possibly have only 0 spirit coins left. He had transferred the remaining balance to Yu Xinghan in advance just for this moment of demonstration.

Following his remarks, Jiutianliu's approval rating dropped again, falling to 32%.
At the same time, figures of Jiutian Liu appeared behind Zhang Yu.

Then, Jiutian Liu shouted, "The demon descendants are the cornerstone of Kunxu!"

"College graduates are the cornerstone of Kunxu!"

"The lower-ranking officers are the cornerstone of Kunxu!"

"Civil engineering is the cornerstone of Kunxu!"

"Logistics is the cornerstone of Kunxu!"

Zhang Yu sneered, "Jiu Tian Liu, you're resorting to any means to gain popularity, thinking you can defeat me with this method? You're too naive."

With a large number of demon descendants and college students defecting, Jiutianliu's support plummeted, falling below 20%.

Watching the data plummet and feeling the faint backlash from within his body, Jiu Tianliu's gaze towards Zhang Yu became gloomy and uncertain.

"How long can Zhang Yu hold out?"

He could sense that the opponent's magical power fluctuations, blood and qi status, and physical functions had all declined significantly, and he would be able to defeat the opponent in just a few moves.

But how many moves are there exactly?

What if his luck backfired before this?
Support rate 15%
Zhang Yu's face grew increasingly pale, and his lips seemed to have lost all color.

Support rate 12%
A chilling aura surged around Zhang Yu, and with the activation of his Deep Frost Meridian, it seemed as if he was about to be frozen into an ice corpse.

Support rate 11%
After another fierce battle, Jiutianliu watched his support level plummet and felt the luck about to backfire at any moment. Finally, he could no longer hold on.

Jiutianliu sent a private message: "You're better at bragging than me. You should transfer to the finance department."

Then Jiutianliu sighed in a private chat, "Let's discuss how to end this battle in a dignified way."

Zhang Yu immediately laughed, thinking to himself, "Another weakness of the finance department is that they will never fight to the very end. As soon as they show signs of defeat, they will take the initiative to admit defeat in order to recover their losses."

"Therefore, the finance department will never become the strongest."

(End of this chapter)