We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

Eight hundred million US dollars.

This price far exceeds the actual value of the Thousand-Year Blood Lotus itself.

Inside the private room, Zhao Jianguo swallowed hard.

The General Administration granted a special authorization of five billion US dollars, but that was for the purpose of purchasing the dragon head.

Now Lin Ye directly took a picture of the plant, and Old Zhao was so anxious that he kept rubbing his hands, but he didn't dare to say a word of advice.

This guy is a living devil, what's wrong with spending some of the country's money?

Lin Ye leaned back on the leather sofa, not even lifting his eyelids, and lightly tapped the speaker button on the coffee table with his finger.

"One billion."

Without any hesitation or unnecessary words, the price was increased by two hundred million.

Ivan was completely devastated. The cash flow he brought was far from enough to reach a billion.

"You're asking for it!" Ivan gritted his teeth and turned to look at a man in a black robe standing behind him.

He was a top-tier superhuman assassin who had spent years in the European assassination scene.

The man in the black robe immediately understood and abruptly raised his head.

An extremely intense pressure, carrying a pungent, bloody stench, pierced through the air on the first floor and slammed into the one-way mirror of the No. 1 VIP room on the second floor.

This kind of mentally oppressive aura can cause ordinary people to wet themselves on the spot if they come into contact with it, or even suffer a mental breakdown and become mentally impaired.

Zhao Jianguo felt a tightness in his chest, making it extremely difficult to breathe, and his legs went weak, almost causing him to kneel on the ground.

Lin Ye held the glass of Romanée-Conti in his hand and gently swirled it.

He didn't even turn his head.

He simply released a trace of the murderous aura accumulated from the [Life and Death Battle Origin Technique] in his mind as he slaughtered tens of thousands of people on the dark web.

Two murderous auras collided in mid-air.

No sound was made.

But the man in black robes on the first floor was struck dumb, and he fell straight backward.

He coughed up a mouthful of black blood, which completely stained his black mask red. He collapsed onto the expensive Persian carpet, twitched twice, and then fell still.

Ivan was so frightened that he fell back into his chair. Looking at his bodyguard, who was bleeding from all seven orifices, at his feet, he felt a chill run down his spine.

The entire audience fell silent.

Everyone could see that the person sitting in the private room on the second floor was definitely a terrifying figure not to be trifled with.

The auctioneer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling, and quickly raised his gavel.

"One billion once! One billion twice! One billion three times! Deal!"

Less than five minutes later, the door to the private room was knocked open.

Two waiters pushed in a bulletproof glass case containing the Thousand-Year Blood Lotus, and also carried a specially made card reader.

Zhao Jianguo quickly took out the black card with the highest authority of the National Security Bureau and swiped it on the machine.

One billion US dollars were deducted instantly.

Lin Ye waved his hand, telling the waiter to get out.

He walked to the cart, lifted the bulletproof glass cover with one hand, and his fingertips just touched the bright red plant.

A crisp notification sound immediately rang in my mind.

[Ding! Detected the divine-grade medicinal herb, Thousand-Year Blood Lotus!]

[System is automatically absorbing... Absorption complete!]

[Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: Intermediate Super Serum!]

Should we merge immediately?

Lin Ye's mind raced: "Merge."

An extremely violent surge of heat exploded within his body in an instant.

Lin Ye felt his bones popping like beans, his muscle fibers being torn apart by a savage force and then rebuilding at a hundred times the speed.

The body density, which was already beyond human limits, has now been raised to an even more outrageous level.

Lin Ye clenched his fist.

The air was crushed in his palm, producing a muffled popping sound.

He now has this illusion that even if a heavy armored vehicle were parked in front of him, he could punch straight through the engine compartment.

The subsequent auction was rather dull.

When the final dragon head was pushed onto the stage, Lin Ye casually called out a reserve price.

The multinational tycoons and underground oligarchs in the lobby on the first floor all fell silent, not even uttering a fart.

The items arrived smoothly.

The auction ended half an hour later.

Lin Ye, carrying a black briefcase containing the dragon head, led Zhao Jianguo out of the cabin and onto the helipad area of ​​the cruise ship's deck.

The sea breeze, carrying a salty, fishy smell, blew over.

Dozens of people were blocking the way in front of the tarmac.

The fully armed mercenaries were all dressed in heavy Kevlar body armor and carried modified automatic firearms.

At the very front stood four military alloy blast shields, each about half a person's height.

Russian oligarch Ivan and the representative of the European financial magnate stood behind the shield, grinning maliciously as they watched Lin Ye emerge.

"You arrogant brat from China," Ivan shouted in broken Chinese, a cigar between his fingers. "On the Victoria, you can buy things, but you also have to be alive to take them. Hand over the box you're carrying, and I might consider leaving you a whole corpse!"

Zhao Jianguo's expression changed drastically, and his right hand immediately reached for the pistol at his waist.

Lin Ye reached out and pressed down on Zhao Jianguo's shoulder, stuffing the suitcase into his arms.

"Old Zhao, stand back a bit, don't let the blood splatter on the box," Lin Ye said calmly.

He took off the jacket of his Armani haute couture suit and casually tossed it onto the beach chair next to him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Lin Ye loosened his tie and stretched his wrists. "I didn't do anything in the cabin because I was afraid of getting my new clothes dirty and having to send them to the dry cleaners. It's nice on the deck; it's convenient to clean."

Enraged, Ivan laughed coldly and waved his hand, yelling, "Turn him into a sieve!"

The voice just fell.

The steel deck beneath Lin Ye's feet suddenly caved in, creating an extremely large crater.

He simply vanished from the spot.

The sheer explosive power of the physical body completely broke the sound barrier at this moment.

A deafening explosion erupted in the air.

Before Ivan could even see the afterimage clearly, Lin Ye had already crashed into the four military alloy blast shields.

He did not draw his gun or use any weapons.

Lin Ye drew his right fist to its full extent and, without any fancy moves, slammed it into the ten-centimeter-thick alloy shield in the very center.

boom!

An extremely piercing sound of metal tearing echoed through the night sky.

The special alloy that could withstand anti-materiel sniper rifle bullets was utterly brittle in front of Lin Ye's fist.

The shield blasted open a huge hole in the middle.

The two heavily armed mercenaries hiding behind the shield were blasted into pieces by the terrifying force of the punch, their fragments flying all over the deck.

"Fire! Fire now!" Ivan was terrified and roared frantically.

Dozens of automatic rifles simultaneously spat fire.

A hail of bullets struck Lin Ye.

The terrifying body, modified by the intermediate super serum, withstood 5.56mm rifle bullets without leaving a single white mark.

The bullet struck Lin Ye's muscles and was crushed into a metal disc by the extremely brutal recoil force, clattering and clattering all over the ground.

Lin Ye charged straight into the crowd.

The main focus is on efficiency.

With a simple, unadorned whip kick, three mercenaries were snapped in half at the waist, their upper bodies flying off the deck and into the sea.

An elbow strike slammed down, completely caved in the chest of a burly man weighing over 200 pounds, and a cloud of blood burst from his back.

No special techniques are needed; it relies entirely on primal, overwhelming power.

In less than a minute.

Blood flowed like a river on the deck, and dozens of fully armed top assassins were reduced to mangled parts scattered all over the floor.

Only Ivan and the European tycoon representative remained, slumped on the deck, covered in the blood of their men.

Their crotches were already soaked, and the stench of blood mixed with the stench of filth was extremely pungent.

Lin Ye walked slowly and deliberately to Ivan, stepping over the brass shell casings and blood scattered on the ground.

He raised his right foot, clad in bespoke leather shoes, and placed it directly on Ivan's shoulder.

"I'm just a working person who travels on business to earn some extra money, and what I hate most is encountering robbers like you." Lin Ye pulled out his flip phone from his pocket, brought up the transfer interface, and said, "Compensation for emotional distress, plus the dry cleaning fee for getting my shoes dirty. All your overseas assets are compensation to me."