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Chapter 73 Closing the Net

The underground casino was a scene of utter madness.

People threw handfuls of money at the ceiling, letting banknotes of hundreds or thousands of denominations fall like snowflakes in the air.

They sniffed the fragrance of the ink on the banknotes, their bodies collapsing onto the "bed" made of stacked banknotes. The crimson madness in their eyes had not yet dissipated, and they had slowly turned into dry, black corpses.

"People are greedy and love money more than anything."

""

"I'll give you gold and silver, and sell your life."

""

'

Five men in black bent down and picked up the gold coins from the ground, one after another, just like an old farmer harvesting the crops he had planted himself.

The underground casino was eerily silent.

Not only were more than 300 gamblers killed, but the casino staff were also rounded up by the five men in black.

"By distributing all this money earned from selling oneself, tens of thousands of offerings can be quietly generated within six months."

"This is much better than those pigs in the Fire Sect, who are stubborn and reckless."

"The Zhenshui Sect, which was beaten to a pulp by powerful clans in Fujian Province, is also a bunch of idiots."

"What's with this two-leader system? The internal divisions are real; sooner or later they'll lose their last stronghold—"

Among the five men in black, one was exceptionally tall, with an aura as deep and boundless as the ocean, drawing all the surrounding metallic spiritual energy into his body.

This is a sign that a martial artist has entered the Spirit Seed Realm, where a spiritual root is planted in their body, allowing them to autonomously absorb and release the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into corresponding true energy.

Just as the leader in black was laughing at the Fire Sect for being reckless and the Water Sect for being foolish.

The sword pellet that had landed on the wall suddenly flew up and plunged into the adjacent power control room.

Sizzle! Snap! Snap! Snap!

~~~

In an instant, sparks flew and crackled incessantly in the control room, plunging the once brightly lit and bustling underground casino into a deathly silence and darkness.

Five pairs of scarlet eyes shone in the darkness, appearing incredibly eerie.

Kick-kick-tap-tap!

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Slow, steady, and imposing footsteps echoed down the corridor.

The men in black exchanged glances, but their eyes finally settled on the burly leader.

"Don't be afraid. Right now, all the forces in Linjiang City are focused on the west and south outer cities. It might not be some big shot coming—"

The black-clad leader, his scarlet eyes flashing with cold light, reached into his pocket for the money he had been selling himself into, divided it into five portions, and distributed them to the people around him.

"We'll test the strength of the person who comes first. If things don't go well, we'll find a way to run away immediately and distribute these copper coins."

""

In the darkness, four blurry figures entered the entrance of the underground casino.

Because the basement was too dark, the five men in black couldn't see what the newcomers looked like at all.

All that was known was that the man at the very front was the strongest, his spiritual energy surging and tearing around him as he fought with the leader of the men in black for spatial spiritual energy.

Are you all from the government?

'

The leader in black stepped forward and spoke first, offering a tempting offer: "If you are willing to let us leave, you can take the hundreds of millions of dollars in the arena."

Chen Jue's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.

Good heavens, he could clearly see in the video that there were at least one or two small coins scattered around the scene.

Such a large sum of money is enough to trigger a power struggle between the two small families.

It should be noted that two months ago, it was the former director Wu Yue who sent people to raid and seize the experimental drugs worth nearly 200 to 300 million yuan belonging to the Qi family, which ultimately triggered a series of power struggles between the two families.

However, as the commander-in-chief of this operation, Tang Xi remained unmoved by the enticing words of the Ghost Gold Cult.

He sneered and shouted sharply, "Foolish! Kill you all! This money is ours too!"

'

Tang Xi took a step forward.

In an instant, lightning crackled around him, and two real dragons intertwined with lightning appeared.

"The time has come! Let's close the net!"

""

At his command, he shot forward like an arrow, appearing in front of the black-clad leader in the blink of an eye.

His body was surrounded by surging wind and thunder. When he struck down with his palm, he actually created a palm print that looked like a real lightning bolt.

The underground casino was instantly illuminated by flashes of lightning, its light flickering on and off.

Chen Jue, Meng Liang, and Liang Ben entered the venue in the order they had agreed upon earlier.

Meng Liang fought two opponents to ensure his survival; Liang Ben was entangled with one of them, waiting for Chen Jue to quickly end the battle.

Clang!

With a sound of a sword being drawn, countless dazzling golden sword energies erupted from the underground casino.

The black-clad leader fighting Tang Xi wielded a runic longsword, its blade crisscrossed with starlight, aiding him in unleashing a berserk sword aura that collided and neutralized with Tang Xi's thunderous handprint.

"Quickly resolve the battle, and delay it for a quarter of an hour or two. The Jiangnan Wanhu Prefecture should be sending people soon."

""

With his hands behind his back, Tang Xi felt no pressure amidst the clash of sword energy and palm prints. His brocade robes fluttered in the wind as he reached out and released a wisp of smoke-like lightning dragon, which surged toward the black-clad leader less than twenty paces away.

At the same time, the spiritual senses and spiritual pressure of the late-stage Spirit Realm warriors behind him spread out, vying with the black-clad leader for the spiritual energy in the surrounding space, and frantically squeezing out the opponent's potential for continued combat.

On the other side, Meng Liang remained silent and entered second.

He unleashed the double maces behind him, the greenish-blue Four Wood True Qi combined with the tree roots sprouting from the cracked cement, instantly making him one against two, and seriously controlling the situation.

Liang Ben felt like he'd been screwed over. The Ghost Gold True Qi of the Ghost Gold Kinship had a strong disruptive effect on his Three Gold True Qi, which was controlling his flying sword.

He had no choice but to fight head-on with his sword. This once-renowned swordsman, capable of killing from a hundred paces away, was reduced to a mediocre close-combat swordsman, fighting a back-and-forth battle against the Ghost Gold Cult members, whose skill level was clearly far inferior to his.

The pressure fell on Chen Jue.

But Chen Jue was not intimidated by the pressure. He leaped forward, drew his sword, and entered the fray to face the remaining man in black.

Splash!

Seeing Chen Jue's aggressive approach, the man in black planted his toe into a thick layer of banknotes on the ground, then lifted his foot to send up a flurry of flying paper scraps, blocking Chen Jue's view as he charged forward.

At the same time, he pulled a large sword from his back, and his true energy flowed through the blade, causing the black cloth covering it to explode.

brush!

The man in black leaped into the air, wielding his knife in both hands, drawing a semi-circle in mid-air before unleashing a powerful, forceful cleaving motion, aiming straight at Chen Jue.

Jingle Bell!

The nine golden copper coins inlaid on the back of the blade emitted a mysterious, demonic sound as the blade was swung.

Before Chen Jue could be affected by the eerie demonic sound, three identical golden runes flashed in his mind, instantly erasing the attack aimed at his soul.

"Reversed Blood Sunset! Open!"

Chen Jue was surrounded by a faint aura of blood. He suddenly stomped on the tiles on the ground, and his muscles tensed up like a fully drawn crossbow, ready to shoot out in an instant!

After dozens of comparisons and explorations, Chen Jue has summarized the most economical way to use "Reversed Blood and Setting Sun".

That is, burning 0.3% of your maximum health will trigger a 10% health bonus.

In this way, one can both improve combat power and make up for the lost upper limit of Qi and blood by practicing the "Five Elements Body Tempering Contract" every day.

It can be described as a balance between loss and replenishment, ensuring perpetual sustainability.