Chapter 161: When the time comes to snatch the first clear, how should I compensate Li Yao?

Li Yao raised an eyebrow and asked, "What? You know this person?"

Shang Zijin nodded, then put on a pitiful expression: "How about doing me a favor? Let him off this time."

Hiss!

For a moment, those who saw this scene couldn't help but gasp.

Who was Shang Zijin?

The eldest young lady of the Shang family!

They were all practitioners from various great families, but compared to the Shang family, they were like small fry in front of a giant.

Since when did the Shang family of Qinghai City need to beg people like this?

This was even more surprising than seeing Li Yao instantly kill everyone.

Li Yao, however, just looked at her.

As if to say, what kind of face do you have?

Shang Zijin understood instantly, hurriedly leaned in close to Li Yao, and whispered:

"The Yang family is in charge of Star Net equipment sales in Sangyu City. If the Silver Wolf Society wants to develop in Sangyu City, we can't bypass the Yang family."

"I have already discussed this with the head of the Yang family. If you kill this guy now, it will be hard for me to explain!"

"Fine."

Li Yao agreed.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he hadn't intended to kill anyone anyway.

It was just as well to pretend to do this woman a favor.

The Void Mantis slashed down with its blade.

"Ah!!"

Yang Honglang's scream rang out suddenly.

An arm flew into the air.

Shang Zijin's expression didn't change.

She knew exactly what kind of person was standing before her.

It was just an arm; compared to Yan Gaojie losing his life, this was already showing mercy!

Yang Honglang clutched the severed part of his arm, his face twisted; the excruciating pain made him lose his mind.

"I'm going to kill you! I absolutely have to kill you!"

Hearing this, Li Yao raised an eyebrow.

Shang Zijin was one step faster, kicking Yang Honglang in the face.

"People of the Yang family, why haven't you taken this piece of trash and gotten out of here?"

As the leader of the younger generation of the Shang family, no one dared to disobey what she said.

Yang Kaihua hurriedly came over to shoulder the unconscious Yang Honglang and left this place as if fleeing.

After the Yang family members had all left, Shang Zijin seemed like a different person, walking up to Li Yao with a smile.

"Why not rest for a while? You just reached the second advancement and came straight here."

Li Yao put the Predator back into the Chess Piece Space, and the Void Mantis entered stealth mode.

He said, "If I didn't come over quickly, should I have left the Purgatory first clear to you?"

Being watched by Li Yao, Shang Zijin felt a bit nervous and said sheepishly, "It's just that I was afraid of being beaten to it by others."

"We have a contract, so we're practically on the same side; charity begins at home."

Shang Yana had already told her everything that happened at the Tower of Heaven.

Plus, having learned from her father that Li Yao had likely cleared the tenth floor,

Shang Zijin had to put away her pride in front of Li Yao and keep a very low profile.

Li Yao had only mentioned it in passing; he didn't really care.

The other party was indeed fulfilling the contract, so it was time to hand the item over to her.

He took a treasure chest out of his storage ring and handed it to Shang Zijin.

"How did the matter with the Yuwen family go?"

Shang Zijin's eyes lit up, her small hand reached out, and the treasure chest vanished without a trace.

The first-clear treasure chest she had been longing for!

"Of course it's done! The Yuwen family's businesses have all gone bankrupt and have been taken over by the Silver Wolf Society."

"The few decision-makers who participated in the assassination attempt on you have all been sent to the outer territories to join the military. With their strength, their bodies are probably cold by now."

Li Yao nodded.

For the Yuwen family to grow into one of the top three families in Jiangzhou, they must have had unspeakable secrets in the shadows.

With the Shang family's capabilities, investigating these things couldn't be easier.

However, to have handled it so cleanly in the time it took him to go to the Tower of Heaven, the other party had indeed put in the effort.

At this moment,

Qin Yue walked up to Li Yao, panting.

Jiang Ningyu had already been beaten black and blue by her and had long since slunk away.

The Thunder Walker was considered a melee mage; Qin Yue had a great time beating her up and helped Li Yao vent his anger fiercely.

"Sister Zijin!"

Qin Yue called out, affectionately linking her arm with Shang Zijin's.

Li Yao saw it all but didn't say much.

Shang Zijin being friendly to the people around her was her own business, but it would absolutely not change the decisions he made.

Shang Zijin responded and looked at Li Yao, saying, "You're going to grind the dungeon now, right? Do you want to join us? I've already reached the final stage of the BOSS; as long as you come, we can clear it in one go."

"No, I'm going to solo it."

Solo?

Shang Zijin was stunned.

Since when could the word 'solo' be used for a Purgatory-level dungeon?

But thinking of the other party's summoned beasts—

One with perverted single-target output, one with heaven-defying tankiness, and one with a terrifyingly large area of effect—

With such a combination,

It was actually possible!

After Li Yao finished speaking, he walked straight toward the vortex dungeon.

The practitioners surrounding the dungeon all instinctively stepped back to clear a path.

They had witnessed the Yang family's fate with their own eyes.

Everyone was afraid that if they were a second late, they would be skewered into the sky like a candied hawthorn by that summoned beast.

This scene made Li Yao feel a bit amused.

But other people's opinions were never in his scope of consideration.

Whether they thought he was a murderous demon or a violent maniac, it didn't matter as long as they didn't get in his way.

Li Yao stepped into the vortex and vanished from the spot.

Everyone let out a long sigh of relief. ===== CHAPTER 163 =====