What? You opened a resort on the battlefield of all races?

"You want...you want money?"

"Otherwise what?"

Xu Tianlin chuckled, then raised an eyebrow and squinted at the student who had spoken.

"What's wrong? You think it's too expensive?"

Xu Tianlin raised his chin and waved a finger in front of the student's eyes.

"Ten thousand credits for one of your lives plus a portion of your cultivation. Go ask around, isn't this an unbeatable price you can't find even with a lantern?"

"The shop owner is right!"

Before Xu Tianlin could finish speaking, a rough voice of agreement abruptly interrupted him.

Zhao Feng, the captain of Qinglan Martial Arts University, rushed to the counter in one stride.

With his left hand, which had just recovered and was not even scarred, he took out his personal terminal from his storage device and slammed it hard onto the solid wood cabinet.

"It's just 10,000 credits!"

Zhao Feng's eyes shone brightly, and there was no trace of the madness he had just displayed when he questioned the meaning of life.

If his injured arm were to be treated at a medical facility in the rear, it would take at least ten days to half a month to recover, and that would only be if he spent a lot of money to buy high-grade healing pills!

Here, it only takes a few minutes, and even my cultivation level has improved!

10,000 credits?

It's practically free!

Zhao Feng tapped his finger hard on his terminal.

"Boss, I'm not just paying the bill! I also want to top up my account! Top up 100,000! From now on, if I get injured again, I'll come directly to your clinic for treatment!"

"Holy crap! Zhao Feng, you bastard, cut in line!"

Fan Rui from Wuyue Wuda also finally realized what was going on.

He pulled out his terminal, shoved aside the two boys blocking his way, and forced his way through.

"Boss! Transaction for me! I just broke through to the ninth level of the Thousand-Pound Realm inside!"

"Ten thousand yuan for a minor realm breakthrough? That's an incredible deal! I'm recharging too, give me fifty thousand!"

This caused an uproar in the hall.

Unlike Cangyun Prefecture, Qinglan, Haichuan, and Wangchuan Prefectures are long-established and powerful prefectures.

Those who can represent their respective prefectures to participate in the All-Heavens Battlefield Hunting Competition, aren't they all chosen ones of heaven?

Which one of them doesn't have a family or a huge amount of resources from Wuhan University behind them?

They are much richer than those people from Cangyun Prefecture!

Compared to those pills that cost tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan and don't even have such miraculous effects, 10,000 credits is practically dirt cheap!

"Boss! Can I get an annual membership?"

"Boss, can I earn guild merit points?"

"Oh, no way? Then I'll pay!"

"Don't push, everyone in the back! Let me pay first! I'm worried the boss might raise the price later!"

More than a hundred elite students transformed into middle-aged women scrambling for discounted eggs at a market, frantically pushing and shoving in front of the counter.

Xu Tianlin looked at the group of "little fat sheep" in front of him with their eyes gleaming with greed, his mouth practically stretched to the back of his head in a grin.

"Line up! Everyone gets a share! Don't collapse my counter!"

His hands moved like blurs as he frantically swiped across the terminals one after another.

"Ding! Payment received successfully, 10,000 credits!"

"Ding! Top-up successful, 50,000 credits!"

"drop!……"

Hearing the melodious mechanical prompts in his ears and watching the construction points on the system panel skyrocket, Xu Tianlin trembled with excitement.

These geniuses from various prefectures are indeed walking money pits!

"Cough cough."

Just as chaos erupted in the lobby, with the sounds of cards being swiped echoing everywhere.

A slightly aged but powerful cough suddenly came from around the corner of the corridor.

An extremely gentle fluctuation of elemental energy swept across the entire hall in an instant.

The students, who were originally huddled together, were gently pushed apart by this force and involuntarily straightened their bodies.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Xiao Qiong walked out with her hands behind her back and a square gait.

"Lord Xiao Qiong?!"

Zhao Feng turned his head abruptly and exclaimed in surprise.

Fan Rui immediately stood up straight, clenched his right fist and placed it against his left chest, performing a standard martial arts salute.

"Greetings, Lord Xiao Qiong!"

The more than one hundred students in the hall reacted quickly and bowed in unison.

Xiao Qiong walked to the counter, glanced at Xu Tianlin who was hugging the payment terminal and grinning foolishly, and shook her head helplessly.

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the hundred-plus students.

"I know you have many questions in your hearts."

Xiao Qiong walked to the center of the hall and slowly began to speak.

Why was the competition held in the B-level area?

"Why were you suddenly ambushed by the Thornfeather Clan?"

"Why is the promised rescue taking so long?"

Xiao Qiong posed three questions in succession.

The atmosphere in the hall instantly cooled down from its previous frenzy.

Everyone's breathing became heavy.

Xiao Qiong sighed.

"This hunting competition was a scheme set up by the human race's higher-ups from the very beginning."

"A test."

Xiao Qiong's voice became low, and after a pause, she continued to explain.

"Over the years, there have been several strange incidents of intelligence leaks and breaches of defenses within the human race."

"The higher-ups suspect that a race of aliens, the Shadow Wraiths, who are extremely skilled at concealment, have infiltrated the human race."

"In order to dig them out, the Federation temporarily changed the rules and set the competition location in a B-level area that would be convenient for higher-level alien races to take action."

Xiao Qiong's words were like an Italian cannon shot fired in everyone's ears.

Zhao Feng clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.

"So, we students became the bait?"

"That's right."

Xiao Qiong nodded calmly.

"But the original plan was foolproof."

He raised his head and scanned the crowd.

"Principal Yun Shixian is personally overseeing the operation. Two hundred Flying Realm warriors are lying in ambush within Meteor Valley, led by three high-level Nine Heavens Realm warriors."

"If you encounter any danger, crush the life-saving jade pendant. Rescue will arrive within one minute."

Xiao Qiong paused here, her brows furrowing slightly.

"But I didn't expect the Shadow Wraith to have been hiding so deeply."

"They not only discovered your plan to use you as bait, but they also found out exactly where the rescue teachers were hiding in Meteor Valley."

"The alien race has turned the tables, sending out the Illusionary Moon Mirage Clan at the peak of the Nine Heavens Realm to completely seal off Meteor Valley. The rescue team is trapped."

The air in the hall seemed to freeze.

Hearing this extremely dangerous inside story, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

If the rescue operation is stalled, wouldn't these decoys in the B-level area become easy prey for the alien race?

"But it's alright."

Xiao Qiong exhaled a breath of stale air, a hint of relief appearing on her face.

He pointed to Xu Tianlin, who was counting money at the front desk.

"I took precautions beforehand."

"I bought a lot of teleportation scrolls here beforehand and gave them to the students of Cangyun Martial Arts University to take into the battlefield."

Xiao Qiong looked at everyone, her tone becoming much more relaxed.

"With the life-saving jade pendants uniformly distributed by the Federation as the first line of defense, we can block the fatal blow from the alien race."

"With this teleportation scroll, you can be teleported directly to this absolutely safe resort."

"With this double insurance, even if the rescue couldn't reach us, we didn't suffer any casualties. That's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune."