Swallowing the Stars: The Wind Sword Master.

Chapter 45 Seizure

The main urban area of ​​Jiangnan.

Extreme Club.

The war squad, covered in filth, sat in the VIP lounge, where a young, beautiful, and somewhat capable woman greeted them, showing no disrespect whatsoever.

"Mr. Ning, there are a total of 2080 monster materials, including 1350 materials for beginner-level beast generals, 612 materials for intermediate-level beast generals, and 118 materials for advanced-level beast generals. 583 of these materials are incomplete, containing only the main parts. The total value is 21.532 billion Chinese Yuan, plus 1023 million contribution points. Do you choose to sell?"

The capable and beautiful young woman gave Ning Ze a flirtatious look, and if she were ten years younger, she would have practically thrown herself at him.

"The decision to sell has caused Manager Fang quite a bit of trouble; how can we not sell?"

Ning Ze had a happy smile on his face. He had never earned that much money before, and then there was the contribution points.

Earning contribution points using monsters is indeed worthwhile; you can get one point for every thousand yuan. You can sell 300 billion worth of materials for 100 billion less yuan, but you can earn 1000 million contribution points. If you donate money directly, even if the richest man in China donates all his assets, you will only get a little more than him.

Four-star contribution is considered the highest level of contribution, requiring materials worth 300 billion Chinese Yuan.

To reach five-star contribution level, you need 100 million contribution points! That requires selling materials worth 300 billion Chinese Yuan!

Aside from those beings who surpass the God of War, it would be extremely difficult for the God of War to accomplish this.

The stronger the monster, the stronger its life force fluctuations. After devouring a monster, the monster will improve more and more, and the monster's hatred will be absorbed more.

Those war gods wouldn't dare to fight so recklessly in the wilderness like Ning Ze; a single burst of combat power would result in them being besieged by lords.

On the contrary, Ning Ze, though strong, only has the physical attributes of a warrior general. He is not only difficult to kill, but also hard to kill, unlike the Devouring War God who can make lord monsters evolve.

Lord-level monsters are valuable, but it's not a question of how easy or difficult they are to kill. If you kill too many, you'll be hunted down by king-level monsters! It's equivalent to being hunted down by beings beyond the realm of war gods, and ordinary war gods can't even escape.

Even if Ning Ze wanted to repeat this achievement, it wouldn't be easy. There were only a few cities ranked highly, and the battles along the river included monsters in the sea. The geographical locations of the other cities didn't fit the criteria.

"Alright, then it'll be a pleasure doing business with you." The pretty butler extended her fair hand.

Ning Ze slowly extended his hand, "Pleasure doing business with you." The next second, his expression turned a little strange as the old lady started tickling his palm.

"I'll apply for the payment."

The charming butler readily released her hand and swiftly turned to process the remittance.

"Hey kid, what's wrong with you? What are you standing there for?" Zuo Xingyuan asked with a broad smile. Of course, he would only feel at ease if he sold such valuable materials. He was about to see the money, so he couldn't help but be happy.

"Tsk tsk, this Manager Fang is quite the charmer." Xu Liang said with a wicked smile, "Kid, stop staring. Are you regretting getting married so early? Little Darling has us keeping an eye on you."

Ning Ze's lips twitched, and he honestly replied, "It's been half a month since I last saw you, and I do miss my wife a little."

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

A group of old men laughed uncontrollably.

Ding.

A notification sounded, and Ning Ze raised his arm to look. "Your Extreme Home account has received 215 billion. Account balance: 21,502,025,348..."

"Your contribution level has been upgraded to four stars. From now on, you can enjoy a 50% discount on most items in the Extreme Home Mall, you can purchase tickets to various base cities at a 20% discount, and you can..."

Ning Ze continued working, transferring 5 million Chinese yuan to each of Zuo Xingyuan and the others.

"Hahaha, 500 million has arrived!"

"You're really quick with the money transfer, kid."

"From now on, I'm someone with a ten-digit balance!"

"To be honest, I never imagined I could earn so much money in my lifetime!"

Ning Ze smiled slightly and said, "The remaining batch of materials has also been inspected and marked with a tracking and anti-counterfeiting mark. So we're not afraid of being set up by the Wang family."

"However, negotiating the price will require the help of you uncles. Those guys in the underground alliance are all talk and no action. If I go by myself, they'll definitely try to lower the price for me."

"Of course we're going! I love negotiating prices, come on! Uncle Xu will take you!"

Xu Liang swaggered outside. "These guys can still make a lot of money. If they don't offer the highest price, I won't sell to them. Those material dealers can always grit their teeth and buy them. It's just a bit troublesome. I might as well just open a company."

Ning Ze shook his head and laughed, "Starting a company is out of the question. I never get involved in the family business. My dad doesn't want to either, and my mom gets annoyed by it. It's my uncle who's in charge."

"Why bother with business if you're not going to the wilderness to cultivate?" Zuo Xingyuan said, indicating that he wasn't good at business, but he was good at slaying monsters with a knife.

The group chatted and laughed as they arrived at the HR Mall building and began selling the remaining materials.

evening.

The VIP lounge on the top floor of the building.

Zuo Xingyuan shouted angrily, "What did you say? Our materials are under temporary supervision and review? Are you kidding me? What could be wrong with the materials we brought from the wilderness? They don't even need review! What a joke!"

This batch of materials is larger, and the deacon said that they would have to keep testing until evening before the price could be calculated.

The testing at the Extreme Martial Arts Academy wasn't fast either, so no one suspected anything.

Honesty is the foundation of business. HR Alliance Mall has the ability to control a large part of the global economy, so its reputation is definitely trustworthy. They know they have offended Wang Xing'an, but the underground alliance would not ruin its own reputation for them.

The members of the War Squad didn't stay here to wait. They took a nice bath and had dinner. Only now did they come back to check how the material inspection was going. If the inspection was finished, they would discuss the price so they could get the money and leave.

As it turned out, when they arrived, all the materials were nowhere to be found. The supervisor hesitated and didn't dare to say anything, finally admitting that they had been seized for investigation!

Faced with Zuo Xingyuan's questioning, the middle-aged deacon who handled their materials gave a wry smile.

"I don't know what happened either. I was just settling accounts with everyone when suddenly I received an order to investigate. Don't worry, this kind of thing happens sometimes, but I never expected such a big deal to encounter this situation."

"Not in a hurry? You're not worried about having 50 billion worth of materials on you?" Zuo Xingyuan immediately became angry. "Give us back the materials! If the Underground Alliance doesn't want them, someone else will. Big businesses bullying their customers, typical Underground Alliance!"

"This..." The middle-aged deacon stammered for a while, but couldn't say anything.

Ma Yu frowned and shouted, "What is this?! Give our materials back!"

The middle-aged deacon said weakly in a low voice, "Why aren't you back yet? Materials under surveillance will be sealed in the detention room for a period of time. They will only be released after they have been checked one by one to make sure there are no abnormalities. They can only be taken out in advance if all nine core families agree."

"What? You still can't produce it!" Zuo Xingyuan laughed in anger, sneering, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Xu Liang looked at him suspiciously and shouted, "You're not planning to embezzle our materials, are you? There was surveillance footage when we brought them here. Think it over before you speak."

Zhang Chen coldly retorted, "Bring your leaders out! Is your underground alliance just made up of deacons? Aren't each headquarters managed by core members of the family? This Jiangnan base city is mainly managed by the Xu family. Where are the Xu family members? 500 billion Chinese yuan, were you joking back then?"

Ning Ze watched coldly, and he had almost figured out what had happened. Apart from Wang Xing'an from the Wang family, he couldn't think of any other reason why they would encounter such a thing.

The middle-aged deacon said in a very low voice, "The weather is quite cold now. Recently, it's not the Xu family watching over this place, but the Wang family, and it's a young master of theirs."

"The Wang family?" Zuo Xingyuan was taken aback, frowning as he asked, "Isn't the Wang family based in Kyoto Base City? How did they end up in Jiangnan Base City? Are you trying to fool me?"

"It is indeed the Wang family." The middle-aged deacon looked very troubled. He obviously dared not say anything more about the Wang family.

Ning Ze said coldly with a straight face, "I'll confirm one last time, is your underground alliance going to confiscate our materials? We sold some materials to the Extreme Club first, and even if we didn't sell the rest, they were still tested and processed."

"If you don't return my materials now, I'll consider it your underground alliance's bullying and withholding of them without cause. This is such a large sum; according to your rules, do you know how much you'll have to compensate me? 5000 billion!"

"I'm currently recording a video, which I will upload to the Extreme Home forum later. I'll also contact the martial arts school's management to report this matter. Are you still going to insist on going your own way? You should know what the consequences will be, and I hope you can bear this responsibility!"

The middle-aged deacon was terrified and cried out in a sob, "Mr. Ning, I didn't want this either, but this is not something I can decide. I was hoping to make tens of millions, but who knew it would turn out like this."

"good!"

Ning Ze nodded. "I understand your answer. Since your underground alliance has done this, you will soon be able to see this video on Extreme House, and I will report it to the martial arts school."

"Captain, let's go."

Ning Ze turned and walked outside. Zuo Xingyuan and the others glared at the steward, then turned and walked out the door.

"Bang!"

Just then, the door to the VIP room was kicked open, and a group of martial artists walked in. The one in the lead, with a square face and a somewhat stern look, said in a deep voice, "You're not leaving now!"

Ning Ze's pupils contracted; they actually wanted to use force!

"Who are you? Why won't you let us leave?" Zuo Xingyuan wasn't intimidated and shouted back angrily.

"I noticed something was off as soon as you arrived. After a series of tests, we found that your materials contained a large amount of counterfeit goods. Since you dared to defraud us, our underground alliance's security team has the right to temporarily detain and imprison you. Once all the materials have been verified, we will initiate legal proceedings against you according to the law. During this period, you are not allowed to leave!"

With a wave of his hand, the stern-faced warrior surrounded the battle squad, and more people rushed in and stood around the room.

Ning Ze narrowed his eyes. He was confident that he could kill all twenty generals, but according to the rules of the base city, even high-level war gods could not make a move within the base city. He was only a general, and if he made a move, he would surely die!

"hehe!"

"What a joke! What right does your underground alliance have to detain us?" Zuo Xingyuan sneered, his anger burning, and his eyes subtly glanced at Ning Ze.

The members of the combat squad also looked around warily. Apart from Ning Ze, who was still wearing his combat uniform and carrying weapons, the others had nothing with them and were still in the hotel.

Ning Ze narrowed his eyes slightly. These people certainly had no right to detain them, but if they were being framed, they really wouldn't be able to leave. If they were being stopped, they would have to force their way out, but if they made a move, it would be considered causing trouble. He felt that these people were trying to provoke them into doing so!

He said softly to Zuo Xingyuan and the others, "Just wait, Uncle Zuo, sit down and wait a while. I'll send a message to Father."

The stern-faced middle-aged man chuckled and said, "Don't waste your energy. The communication signals here are already blocked. None of you are allowed to leave until the matter is clarified!"

Ning Ze's pupils suddenly contracted; even communications had been blocked!

He clenched his fists tightly, his thoughts racing.

They arrived close to noon, and it was already past seven o'clock. If the other side had been prepared to deal with them, they could have arrived from any of the six major base cities in such a long time.

Since they dared to openly seize so many of their materials, it's not something that can be done simply by having power. The fact that they could hunt down so many materials proves that they are quite powerful. The fact that the underground alliance dared to do this must mean that they have the ability to subdue them!

There must be a war god here!

Ning Ze slowly loosened his grip, turned around and walked to the sofa to sit down. Zuo Xingyuan and the others didn't say anything more, but just sat silently on either side of Ning Ze.

Ning Ze's face was as cold as ice as he stared ahead, but in reality, he was looking at the system panel in front of him.

[Host: Ning Ze]

[Level: Intermediate Warrior 21357kg; Mental Master 12385kg]

[Cultivation Skills: Gene Energy Cultivation Method "Five Hearts Towards Heaven"; Guiding Technique "Seven Techniques of Spiritual Wind"; Visualization Method "One Sword Seals the Heavens"]

[Combat Skills: "Swift Strike" Perfect 67195/100000; "Wind Slash" Artistic 13943/1000000]

Sitting on the sofa, Ning Ze fell into deep thought.

He was able to kill a low-level lord-class monster, of course, thanks to his own strength.

Starting from the third day, because he made too much noise, he began to be attacked by lord-level monsters.

At first, he only had 8 kilograms of strength, barely reaching the level of a war god. His strength was slightly less than that of a junior lord, but his perfect agility ensured that he would not be injured.

Every time he clashed, he exerted seven times the force, and every collision put immense pressure on his body. It was precisely because of this that his strength, agility, and swordsmanship all increased by the second.

Due to differences in talent, his physical strength grew somewhat slowly, but his swordsmanship and movement techniques improved at a faster rate after combining several movement and sword techniques. His proficiency in combat increased even more rapidly, allowing him to accumulate 5 proficiency points.

His daily battles with lord-level monsters led him to discover something: it's not just humans who can exert force; monsters can too, and they can even break through limits! Their power can multiply! He was almost fooled at the time, but luckily he was cautious and never considered engaging in a direct confrontation with a monster.

Even monsters can exert their power, so who would believe that the God of War wouldn't?

He knew to buy martial arts manuals as soon as he became a martial artist. With so many unique skills that he could unleash his power, he became a war god. How could he not know how to unleash his power?

He currently possesses a strength of 2.1 kilograms. Once his swordsmanship reaches a certain level, he can unleash seven more layers of power, equivalent to the seventh level of a top-tier martial arts manual. Combined with his inherent strength, this amounts to eight times the original strength, ultimately allowing him to unleash a massive force of 17 kilograms.

The strength range of a beginner-level War God is 64000 kg to 128000 kg, while the strength range of an intermediate-level Warrior is 128000 kg to 256000 kg.

Even if the person the Wang family hired was only a beginner-level War God, once he exerted three times his strength, he wouldn't be much weaker than him.

Ning Ze felt that it was easy to exert three times the power; he only needed to cultivate the third level of the secret manual to have 2.8 times the power.

This is still a beginner-level War God. If it were an intermediate-level War God, their basic strength might not be any worse than his. Once they exert their full power, the difference in strength would be too great, and he might not be able to defeat such a War God.

Ning Ze chose to hold back for the time being; he would not take action in the base city unless things reached the most extreme situation.

(End of this chapter)