I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

The members of the Tiger Tooth Squad watched the show with cold smiles.

"Enough with the nonsense. In that case, let's just send you all to your deaths this time!"

Luo Yuan picked at his ear, and with a thought, six 9-series throwing knives shot out rapidly. Before the nine people could react, the knives pierced their heads, and brains and blood splattered everywhere. "Bang~ bang~", the nine corpses fell down, dead beyond dead, their expressions still frozen on their mutilated faces.

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Chapter 41 Vulture

Luo Yuan instantly killed the nine people, then looked at his electronic devices, smiled with satisfaction, and turned to head towards Gao Feng and the others.

“Senior Brother Luo Yuan, why don’t you just kill them? Judging from what that mixed-race kid said earlier, he seems to have quite a powerful background.”

Luo Feng caught up and asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, I originally planned to wipe out the entire Tiger Fang team. As for those three, they were just incidental. Besides, that arrogant mixed-race guy's life is quite valuable." Luo Yuan said without any concern, because his strength would increase exponentially after completing this job.

Luo Yuan opened the mission section of the HR Alliance's martial arts forum, and there was a bounty notice inside. The mission was to kill this mixed-race Li Wei, with a reward of 500 billion! Goodness, he had been tempted when he saw this bounty notice while browsing the forum yesterday. No wonder he is the son of "Vulture" Li Yao, his life is worth a lot. It was probably posted by a war god of the same level who had a grudge against Li Yao. The fact that it could be posted publicly on an online forum shows that the major families of the HR Alliance are not a monolithic entity.

It's not easy to take action against a War God-level expert, and even a War General-level warrior without a powerful background wouldn't dare to do it. Moreover, Li Wei was protected by two experienced high-level War Generals and could call for support from nearby War Gods at any time. Unfortunately, Luo Yuan didn't give them a chance to react, and their misjudgment of Luo Yuan's strength led to the annihilation of the entire group.

“Senior Brother Luo Yuan, they didn’t see you kill that two-headed black-lined snake, otherwise they wouldn’t dare to be so arrogant,” Luo Feng said.

Luo Yuan just smiled when he heard Luo Feng's words. He did it on purpose. Everything was under his control, and of course, he also had some general understanding of the plot.

Back in the apartment building, Luo Yuan and the Fire Hammer Squad prepared to leave. Before leaving, he glanced at the smoke-shrouded area in the city center of City 003. He knew that a high-level lord-level armored dragon was giving birth to cubs there, but he didn't plan to get involved. After all, it was too dangerous there. He wasn't a chosen one like Luo Feng; it was better to be safe than sorry.

Just as the Fire Hammer Squad was about to leave City 003 and reach the Southeast Military Region, two figures rushed to the place where Li Wei and the others were killed.

"Rumble~~"

With a deafening explosion, the dozens of lion-mastiff and tiger-mastiff monsters that were devouring the corpses of Li Wei and the other nine men were instantly reduced to minced meat.

The blurry figures of a giant man, 2.3 or 2.4 meters tall, holding a huge spiked club, and a handsome man in a blue combat uniform appeared around them, and then solidified.

"Alas, we're too late. Li Yao's son is dead." The giant sighed, lamenting the loss of his old friend's son.

"There's nothing we can do. We were only notified to come and provide support after Li Yao and the others learned that Li Wei had lost contact with them. We didn't expect this outcome. The body has been mutilated beyond recognition by the monster, so it's hard to determine who killed him," the handsome man said, frowning.

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Jiangnan Mountain and Water Community, Huayao Peak Mountain Top Villa.

A hazy starlight enveloped the entire mountain peak. The sound of a distant waterfall echoed. On the rooftop of a villa atop the mountain, a figure dressed in loose, dark blue clothing, practicing martial arts, sat cross-legged in meditation. His long hair was disheveled, and his cold, rock-carved face exuded an icy aura even with his eyes closed.

His entire being exuded a chilling aura!

He is none other than Li Yao, a world-renowned and powerful figure, known as the "Vulture," a high-level war god!

"Beep beep beep!" A piercing sound suddenly came from the seemingly ordinary watch on my wrist.

It was a message he had sent to the two war gods who were there to support his son, Li Wei. Li Yao listened attentively, and when he learned that they were all dead, a look of shock and anger appeared on Li Yao's face, which was as cold as a rock.

Whoosh!

Li Yao instantly transformed into a phantom and darted directly into the third floor of the villa. The third floor had more than a dozen rooms, including a huge audiovisual room. The blurry phantom materialized and stood in the audiovisual room.

"Activate! Enter martial artist search mode! Confirm the coordinates of my son, Li Wei." Li Yao's face was full of murderous intent. "Search for the location of war gods within a hundred miles."

"There is no information about the God of War within a hundred miles of Li Wei," the three-dimensional projection of artificial intelligence said.

"How is that possible?" Li Yao's expression changed slightly. With the strength of his son's bodyguards, those two high-level warriors shouldn't have died before they could even send a message. The murderer must be a War God-level expert.

After a moment's thought, Li Yao immediately ordered, "Search within a hundred li for high-ranking generals!"

"To search for the God of War, you can use the God of War Palace's shared system. Searching for generals requires S-level authorization from the Alliance," the AI ​​said.

"Bang!" Li Yao angrily smashed the alloy table into a disc.

"I'm here to apply for authorization in my capacity!" A beautiful woman with reddened eyes suddenly rushed in and shouted, her delicate face appearing somewhat distorted.

"Search!" the blonde beauty Vinina ordered.

"Yes."

"Within a hundred miles, there are a total of six high-level warriors. Of these six, two are the young master's bodyguards, and the other four are all within the territory of City 023. The closest of these four is more than twenty kilometers away," the AI ​​reported.

"Then search for information on all martial artists below the High-Rank General level and transmit it to us!" Li Yao urged again.

"Yao! Who killed Awei?" the blonde woman asked anxiously.

"I don't know! Better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!" Li Yao said through gritted teeth.

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The winter night was bitterly cold.

On the highway, the bloodstains on the nine corpses had long since turned dark red. Two figures, one tall and one thin, were carefully examining the scene. They were Wang Tong and Li Kan, the two war gods, who had rushed over from city 003 at Li Yao's request.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Two streaks of dark blue light flew swiftly from the distant horizon, quickly reaching the airspace above the highway before slowly descending. "Whoosh!" Before the fighter jets could land, the hatch of one of them opened, and two figures leaped from mid-air—it was Li Yao and Vinina!

"Vulture, please accept my condolences," Wang Tong sighed.

"What conclusions have you reached?" Li Yao tried to soften his tone, but his voice was still full of anger.

"I can only say... it's somewhat similar to the methods of a mentalist!" Wang Tong said.

"A mentalist?" Li Yao and Vinina both frowned.

At this moment, an old man with white hair stepped forward and displayed a projection of the scene simulation, and said: "The nine people here should have died instantly from having their brains pierced. Judging from the still relatively intact heads of the corpses, the murder weapon should be a throwing knife. We also found the flesh and blood of a two-headed black snake, and the key materials have been collected. Judging from the signs of destruction at the scene, the one who did it should be a mid-level war god with superb swordsmanship."

"A mid-level War God, and he even uses throwing knives! That means he's a mentalist. I don't know anyone else with such a genius martial artist besides Kataran. But why would a mid-level War God even look at the materials of the two-headed black-lined snake?" Li Yao said with some annoyance.

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Chapter 42 1500 Million

Li Yao and Vinina were both squatting beside Li Wei's corpse, whose head and body were now joined together.

"I checked! Within 30 seconds of Awei's death, there wasn't a single War God within a hundred miles!"

"One minute after Awei's death, the four surviving high-ranking generals within a hundred miles were all at least 23 kilometers away!"

Li Yao said in a low voice, "So... the murderer must have been hiding their strength!"

"Whoever killed my son, I will never let them get away with it!!!"

"Announcing Awei's death to the entire world, letting every martial artist know," Vinina said through gritted teeth. "I, Vinina Bolena, will offer a reward of 1000 billion Chinese yuan for all the money I've earned over the years. Anyone who knows who killed my son, as long as they have sufficient evidence, will receive 1000 billion!"

Wang Tong and Li Kan, who were standing nearby, both gasped in shock.

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Jiangnan Base City, Mingyue Community, Villa No. 200.

Luo Yuan took a good shower at home. When he entered the home theater, he saw the headline news that Vinina Bolenas had offered a reward of 100 billion to find the murderer of her son.

"Tsk tsk tsk, a hundred billion, my life is really worth a lot. This is quite efficient for vultures and scorpions." Luo Yuan stroked his chin and laughed.

"Beep beep beep~" Suddenly a chat interface appeared, with a gray and white avatar on it.

"Lord Huangshan, you did a great job with the bounty mission. I'm very satisfied. How should I give you the 500 billion bounty?" A message appeared in the chat interface.

Luo Yuan smiled. "Huangshan Jun" was an anonymous account he bought at Extreme Home for 100 million. He also bought an anonymous bank account with the highest international security level. He accepted the 50 billion bounty mission yesterday. After killing Li Wei and others, he sent a short clip of the video he recorded at the scene to the publisher. Of course, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng were not in the video. As for the appearance of the throwing knife, he edited it out in the later video.

Luo Yuan directly sent his anonymous bank account number, and about half an hour later, 50 billion RMB arrived in his account. He couldn't help but marvel at how generous the big shots were. He wasn't afraid that the person who posted the message would sell him out for the 100 billion RMB bounty, because the person who posted the message had no idea of ​​the true identity of "Huangshan Jun".

Luo Yuan glanced at the 100 billion yuan bounty in the news, then spent another 100 million yuan on Extreme Home to buy a top-secret, anonymous account. He then used this account to send a message to the bounty platform published by HR Alliance's Vinina Bolenas.

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Jiangnan Mountain and Water Community, Huayao Peak Mountain Top Villa.

"Yao, there's news about Awei!" A figure rushed into the audiovisual room in an instant; it was Vinina Polenas with golden hair.

"So fast?" A look of surprise flashed across Li Yao's sinister eyes.

“After all, money can be a powerful motivator,” Vinina sneered.

"Tell me about it," Li Yao asked.

"The message came from an anonymous account with a very high level of confidentiality. It's not under the HR Alliance's account, so we can't find it. But the person said they'd only send us a video as evidence if we transferred 500 billion to them first," Vinina said through gritted teeth.

“Give it to him!” Li Yao said after thinking for a moment. Money wasn’t actually that important to them, but they were angry right now.

Soon, Luo Yuan's anonymous bank account received another 500 billion. He couldn't help but smile, and then uploaded the video he had edited. The video only showed Li Wei and the other nine people being shot through the head instantly, and it was filmed from a third-person perspective. At the time, Luo Yuan had set up several cameras around the area.

"Ah Wei! Ah~" When Vinina saw the gruesome scene in the video where Li Wei was shot through the head by an extremely blurry object, she couldn't help but scream, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks.

"It seems the person who made the move was indeed a psychic, and that blurry thing must be the throwing knife," Li Yao said through gritted teeth, his hand unconsciously clenching the alloy armrest into a lump of iron.

"Ask the person who posted this message for the killer's specific information!" Li Yao said.

Luo Yuan saw the message from Vinina in his home theater and immediately demanded the remaining 500 billion before he would talk.

"Yao, should we give it to him or not? What if he ignores us after we give it to him?" Vinina said with some worry.

"Heh, give it to him. Money is nothing to us high-level war gods. If this person dares to play us, we will find him and kill him no matter what the cost!" Li Yao said with a murderous look.

“Okay, whatever you say.” As the CEO of HR Alliance China Region, Vinina acted like a little woman in front of Li Yao.

"Ding! Your international account has earned 500 billion!" Luo Yuan burst out laughing as he looked at the new money in his hands, and then logged off.

After waiting for quite a while, Li Yao and his wife still hadn't received any news from Luo Yuan. They realized they had indeed been tricked and were furious.

"Fine, very well indeed! You dare to trick me, Vulture Li Yao? You're asking for death!" The powerful aura generated by Li Yao caused cracks to appear on the walls of the lavishly constructed audiovisual room.

"Damn it, don't let me find out who it is, daring to mock me, Vinina Polinas, I'll make you pay! Wait, Yao, what if this person who mocked us is the murderer who killed our son?" Vinina suddenly exclaimed thoughtfully in anger.

"Possibly, that damned bastard!" Li Yao clenched his fists, the murderous intent in his eyes almost solidifying.

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Luo Yuan, sitting in his villa, looked at the 1500 billion in his anonymous international account and couldn't help but laugh. He quickly opened the Limitless Home website and found the Dragon Blood for sale on the online store. He discovered that even at half price from the Limitless Martial Arts Academy, a single serving of Dragon Blood still cost a whopping 800 billion! And that was half price; the condition for the half price was four-star contribution points. This was the legendary divine medicine, which could boost one's strength dramatically without any side effects and would also increase future cultivation speed!

Luo Yuan didn't have any four-star contribution points. He planned to contact Wu Tong to try and get some help from Manager Zhuge. So far, none of the Fire Hammer team members had betrayed him, which made him feel that they were brothers he could entrust his life to. After all, not everyone could resist the temptation of a 1000 billion bounty. However, although the three members of the Indian team had left before Li Wei and the others arrived, they were still a potential threat. Before his strength improved, he should avoid going to the wilderness area.

The next day, Luo Yuan went to the Limitless Hall to find Wu Tong and asked him to contact Zhuge Tao and upgrade his level to the advanced warrior level, since he had killed quite a few high-level beast generals in City 003.