The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 375 Confused
"You figured it out pretty quickly." Huang Jiu smiled slightly and said directly, "Send me the basic information and locations of those grandmasters. If things go smoothly, I might be able to get it for you today."

“I’ll send you the information now, but the plan has changed slightly.” After a pause, Amber explained, “The Obsidian Martial Arts School that I want you to deal with has one member whose strength is beyond my expectations. His strength is probably no less than that of a half-step God-level expert.”

"An expert who is not inferior to half a step into the Godhood?" Huang Jiu was taken aback at first, then smiled and said, "Hu Jin, you should know that the price of an expert of that level is not what I mentioned before. If you want me to capture one million tons of fourth-level blood food, you have to pay first and then I will do it. No bargaining. I will only guarantee that I will do my best. If I fail, the money will not be refunded. You should understand the rule, right?"

She originally thought that Amber would have to try every means to bargain down the price, after all, 30,000 tons of fourth-tier blood food was no small amount. In the past, it would have taken her a year of hard work to earn that much.

However, for her now, this is just a small amount of money. After all, she is already a half-step into the Divine Fusion Realm expert, and the price of a single transaction is fifty to sixty thousand tons of fourth-tier blood food, or other items of equivalent value.

She wasn't really interested in the 30,000-ton Tier 4 Blood Food deal, but her old friend on Azure Star said he wanted to discuss a big business deal, so she decided to take on the Amber deal as well.

I never expected that Amber would be involved in such a big business.

This was the second time she had encountered such a lucrative business opportunity—capturing an expert comparable to a half-step Divine Fusion Realm cultivator—since becoming a half-step Divine Fusion Realm cultivator herself.

Last time, she obtained a Seven-Colored Purgatory Flower, which was equivalent to one million tons of fourth-order blood food. This rare cosmic treasure greatly improved her progress on the path to the half-step Fusion God Realm. She could already create herself with her blood and qi, but her control over it was very poor. She was still quite far from integrating her will into all the cells of her body and achieving absolute control.

If she could obtain another rare cosmic treasure like the Seven-Colored Purgatory Flower, which enhances spirit and understanding, it would undoubtedly allow her to take another step towards the Divine Fusion Realm.

“I don’t have that much blood to eat.” Amber shook her head.

"Then I'm afraid I can't help you." Huang Jiu shrugged, her expression indifferent, showing no intention of giving in.

"Although I don't have that many blood offerings, what if I give up the ownership of that expert?" Hu Jin looked at Huang Jiu, who was not retreating an inch, and said with a smile.

"Are you really planning to give it up?" Huang Jiu looked at Hu Jin with some surprise after hearing this.

She would never back down on the one million tons of fourth-tier blood food, because she was certain that the expert whose strength was comparable to that of a half-step Fusion God Realm expert had already caused a lot of trouble for the warden, Amber. Amber simply couldn't solve the problem, and didn't even intend to notify the Prison Dragon Star to solve it. Instead, he came to her for help, which was enough to show that the matter was very serious.

But she didn't expect Amber to be so generous, actually giving up the ownership of a master whose strength was comparable to a half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert. Such a master, if he became a slave, would be the favorite of many powerful and wealthy people. They would even spend ten million tons of fourth-order blood food to buy him.

If this weren't Azure Star, ruled by Prison Dragon Star, she would have definitely grabbed it and sold it for a high price. She never expected that Amber would actually give it away voluntarily.

“I don’t have enough money to hire you, so of course I have to give you up.” Hu Jin nodded, a hint of regret on his face. “You should know how much a slave with strength comparable to a half-step Divine Fusion Realm costs. I want 60% of that afterwards!”

If possible, he would like to take it down himself. He even suspected that Frostwolf was out of his mind to raise such a monster in his jurisdiction. If he had harvested it earlier, it would have been an unimaginable achievement and wealth, and it wouldn't have turned out like this. Even all the guards combined wouldn't be enough to fight it.

"Thirty percent!" Huang Jiu thought for a moment, then held up three fingers. "No bargaining!"

"Huang Jiu! Don't you think your price is too high?" Hu Jin roared. "That person belongs to our Azure Star. Giving you 40% is already an astronomical price!"

“A master whose strength rivals that of a half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert is beyond the capabilities of ordinary half-step Divine Fusion Realm experts. In fact, in this star system, there are very few who can even kill such an expert, let alone capture him,” Huang Jiu said with great certainty. “I can say that apart from me, you could search the entire star system and you wouldn’t find more than fifty people like me. And right now, the only one you can rely on is me. I’ll help you solve a huge problem, and you’ll still get a 30% cut.”

"Huang Jiu, you're ruthless!" Hu Jin said through gritted teeth, looking at Huang Jiu who had guessed the situation immediately. "One day! You only have one day! You must resolve this within one day, otherwise, for every day you delay, you will have to give up 10% of the profits!"

He had originally planned to make a fortune, but Huang Jiu's shrewdness exceeded his expectations. Although he could find experts whose strength was no less than Huang Jiu's, or even above hers, it would be too difficult to contact them. He was afraid that before he could make contact, the prison dragon star would discover that Frost Wolf was dead. After all, these guards had to contact the prison dragon star every now and then to prevent any incidents from going unnoticed.

Fortunately, Frostwolf had returned to Hell Dragon Star once, which gave him some time.

“No problem, we can sign the contract now.” Huang Jiu smiled and drafted a commission contract. With this contract, Hu Jin would not dare to act recklessly. She could accuse her of stealing the property of the breeding planet and make Hell Dragon Star only cause trouble for her.

Hu Jin glanced at the commission contract that had arrived and signed his name on it. If Huang Jiu breached the contract, he could use the contract to restrain her, and then no one would dare to do business with Huang Jiu again.

The palace hall remained silent until Huang Jiu and Hu Jin finished their conversation.

"The request from the warden of Tianhe Domain City?" The exceptionally handsome middle-aged man, whose entire body resembled a piece of glass gemstone, couldn't help but ask Huang Jiu.

Huang Jiu made no attempt to hide her conversation from those present, so everyone in the hall could hear it clearly. According to their temple's investigation, Hu Jin should be one of the four guardians of Azure Star.

Huang Jiu, a star bandit, knows a lot of people, so it's not surprising that she knows people from the Zerg. Although the Zerg are resisted and hated by many races, the Empire has done a lot of business with various forces.

However, the fact that a warden like Hu Jin directly approached Huang Jiu to request the capture, and that he was a master with strength comparable to a half-step Fusion God Realm expert, surprised Huang Jiu, who was familiar with Azure Star. He couldn't understand when Azure Star had gained a master with strength comparable to a half-step Fusion God Realm expert, and he had no idea about it at all.

“That’s right, it’s him.” Huang Jiu smiled and said nonchalantly, “Sorry for taking up a little time. Where were we?”

“I want to discuss a big business deal with Miss Huang Jiu.” The exceptionally handsome middle-aged man said with a very kind smile, “I’m offering 200,000 tons of fourth-tier blood food. I hope Miss Huang Jiu can send these little guys to Holy Wood Star. I believe that with Miss Huang Jiu’s strength, you should be able to do it easily.”

"Send them to Sacred Wood Star?" Huang Jiu glanced at the six Grandmasters, who were around fifty years old, and nodded. "That's not a problem, but you really have the heart to spend so much money on Shattered Soul just to save these six? Do they even have that much potential?"

Saint Jupiter is a second-class life planet under the jurisdiction of the Temple and the home of Shattered Souls. Normally, 200,000 tons of fourth-tier blood food can buy a slave with strength similar to that of a Zerg legion commander, and that slave would be ranked around 30th among the legion commanders of Hell Dragon Star.

Although the six people at present are all Grandmasters who have reached the Realm of All Things, the six of them together probably can't really beat the legion commander who is ranked around 30th on Hell Dragon Star.

On second-class life planets, let alone fifty-year-old Grandmasters of the Realm of All Things, there are quite a few forty-year-old Grandmasters of the Realm of All Things. These people are the real geniuses. At the level of fifty-year-olds, one can only say that one has very good talent. In the Zerg, one could be considered a top-tier talent. But compared with the real geniuses in the universe, one is far inferior.

Just like the top-tier geniuses among the Zerg wouldn't choose to parasitize the cargo on these breeding planets, since the races on these planets are generally inferior compared to the powerful cosmic races. Therefore, they would choose to parasitize geniuses from powerful races captured from the battlefield, as this would give them a greater chance of becoming a Nascent Soul Realm expert. Even if they didn't reach that level, they would still be among the top Grandmasters. The best cargo on these breeding planets is merely the best parasite the lower-level Zerg can choose. The middle-level Zerg would at least choose a powerful cosmic race expert to parasitize.

"That depends on them." Shattered Soul glanced at the six disciples present. "The conditions on this Azure Star are too poor. Only on Sacred Wood Star can they unleash their full potential."

He didn't expect the six people in front of him to become powerful beings in the Fusion God Realm in the future. After all, on the second-class life planet, Sacred Wood Star, it was unknown how many years it would take for a powerful being in the Fusion God Realm to be born.

However, if even one of the six achieves the half-step Divine Fusion Realm, it will be of great help to Azure Star. After all, experts at the half-step Divine Fusion Realm are extremely rare on Sacred Wood Star, and even geniuses find it difficult to reach that level. If they were to serve in the Sacred Wood Star Temple, they might be able to persuade the Sacred Wood Star Temple to seize Azure Star and escape the fate of being farmed by the Zerg.

At this moment, the six disciples also had firm expressions, as if they were determined to achieve the half-step into the Divine Fusion Realm on Sacred Wood Star, or even become a powerful figure in the Divine Fusion Realm.

"Whatever you want," Huang Jiu said nonchalantly. "Considering we've been through thick and thin together, I'll make sure they get to Saint Wood Star safely. But I need to finish up with Hu Jin first. Once that's done, I'll come back and take them away."

“No problem. As long as you send them to Sacred Wood Star, my companions there will naturally pay for those fourth-tier blood offerings.” Shattered Soul nodded.

Huang Jiu then left the temple bunker in the forbidden area. More than ten minutes after Huang Jiu left, Sui Hun, who was sitting high on the main seat, finally spoke.

"Yuan Chen! The Obsidian Martial Arts School that Huang Jiu and the others were talking about, could it be the same Obsidian Martial Arts School that your father mentioned?"

As Shattered Soul finished speaking, one of the six, a cold-looking young human man, stepped forward.

The other five people present also looked at the young human.

Tang Yuanchen!
Tang Yilong's son, the city lord of Sky Dome Sanctuary, was extremely talented and joined the Holy Temple at a young age. Later, he became a disciple of the Holy Temple's head, Shattered Soul. Now, his strength ranks third among the six disciples. In the forbidden zone, he can fight a Zerg legion commander alone without being at a disadvantage.

“It should be.” Tang Yuanchen nodded. “My father mentioned in the last phone call that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is very strong and has helped the shelters repel the Zerg legions many times. So now, four shelters, including the Sky Dome Shelter, have been merged into the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.”

“No wonder.” Shattered Soul pondered for a moment and said, “I need to contact the person in charge of the Obsidian Martial Arts School now. You should go and inform Yi Long now, or it will be too late.”

"Teacher, are you planning to tell Obsidian Martial Arts Academy about what happened here?" Tang Yuanchen asked with some concern, as if he understood something. "What if that person from earlier finds out..."

"You know it, you know it," Shattered Soul shook his head. "Go and contact them quickly."

During the conversation, Huang Jiu made no attempt to avoid them. Even though she knew that the Holy Temple and the Zerg were enemies, and although she said she trusted them, it would be a great pity not to save a powerful expert who was comparable to a half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert who had finally been born on Azure Star.

Even if Huang Jiu discovers this later, he doesn't mind bearing her wrath. After all, a master with strength comparable to a half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert is extremely valuable. If he can escape the breeding planet Azure Star, his future prospects are limitless.

"Yes!" Tang Yuanchen didn't say anything more and went directly to contact Tang Yilong.

Soon after, Tang Yilong's Sky Dome Shelter became the transit point, and Shattered Soul also contacted Lin Qi, who was far away in Crimson Moon City.

"Greetings, Master Lin. I am Suihun, the head of the Azure Star Temple." Suihun introduced himself, looking at Lin Qi in the holographic image. "I am contacting you suddenly because I have a very important matter to discuss. I have received news that your martial arts school's half-step Divine Fusion Realm master has been targeted by Hu Jin, the warden of Tianhe Domain City. He has hired a very powerful half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert to capture him, and he is probably already on his way. I urge your half-step Divine Fusion Realm master to hide immediately. If he is discovered by that expert, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Is the warden of Tianhe Domain City about to make a move?" Lin Qi was slightly surprised after hearing this.

He originally thought that Hu Jin would contact Yu Longxing directly, and Yu Longxing would send a large army over. He didn't expect that Hu Jin would only hire a half-step Fusion God Realm expert, which was quite beyond his expectations.

“That’s right.” Seeing Lin Qi’s nonchalant expression, Suihun explained, “The hired expert is called Huang Jiu. She is a member of the Demon Clan, and a variant of the Demon Clan at that. Her physical attributes far surpass those of ordinary Demon Clan members. Even before she reached the Half-Step Fusion God Realm, she could already fight against experts at the Half-Step Fusion God Realm. Now that she has entered the Half-Step Fusion God Realm, her strength is among the top in the Half-Step Fusion God Realm. Ordinary Half-Step Fusion God Realm experts are no match for her at all.”

"A top-tier half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert?" Lin Qi's interest was piqued upon hearing this.

He was actually quite curious about the strength of the Celestial Realm players, as well as his own strength. Previously, Luo Wushang's killing of the King-level monster could hardly be considered a battle. Now that a top-tier half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert had come, it could be said to be the best opportunity to test the strength of Celestial Realm players.

"Master Lin, please don't underestimate Huang Jiu." Suihun looked at Lin Qi, who was showing even more interest, and explained speechlessly, "Although Huang Jiu is just a star bandit, she is the daughter of the star lord of the Crimson Demon Star of the Demon Clan. She has mastered the profound secrets of a demigod's inheritance. If it really comes down to a fight, even the first legion commander of the Prison Dragon Star would probably be no match for her."

As he spoke, Suihun sent Huang Jiu's image and information to Lin Qi.

There are very few experts in the universe who can achieve the half-step into the Divine Fusion Realm, so he can understand how confident those experts are in their own strength. Not to mention that a force without any foundation has produced such an expert, so the admiration and confidence in the strength of this expert must be extremely high.

But he had to make things clear so that Lin Qi would understand the seriousness of the matter.

"Thank you for letting me know. We will handle this matter as soon as possible." Lin Qi finished expressing his gratitude and then hung up the call, leaving Sui Hun completely bewildered as he stared at the black screen.

Although it was just a scene, Suihun could tell from Lin Qi's expression that Lin Qi clearly wanted to fight Huang Jiu; he was a complete madman who wouldn't listen to anyone.

Meanwhile, inside the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in Crimson Moon City.

After hanging up the communication with Shattered Soul, Lin Qi also directly issued a task on the system.

Urgent Capture Team Mission: According to reliable information, the Zerg have hired a Demon Race expert at the half-step Divine Fusion Realm, who intends to disrupt the peace and stability of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Please capture this Demon Race expert and bring him back to the Crimson Moon City Martial Arts Academy. The reward is a blue-quality weapon.

As soon as this urgent task was announced, listing all of Huang Jiu's information, all the players in the game were in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)