Chapter 43

With a sinister look on his face, Yan Yan Gaojie walked toward Li Yao step by step.

“This Original Instance was cleared by people I commissioned from the Yang family, and I paid for it with ten Gold-grade pieces of equipment. How did the spoils of war end up becoming yours?”

“Besides, the Federation regulations state that contribution points determine the distribution of spoils, but they never said the First Clear treasure chest counts as spoils.”

“That is something that should belong to the people who risked their lives in the instance. Since when does having greater strength give one the right to plunder others’ treasure chests?”

Yan Yan Gaojie first placed himself on the moral high ground, then positioned Li Yao as an enemy to all professionals.

However, no one present was a fool; they all knew Yan Yan Gaojie had his eyes on the First Clear treasure chest, but out of fear for the Yan family’s power, they all remained silent.

Only Qin Qin Xuehou let out a cold snort, unable to stomach Yan Yan Gaojie’s actions.

Shang Shang Zijin wore a smiling expression, looking as if she were watching a show.

Neither of them had any intention of intervening.

Among the heaven-gifted, mutual plundering was the norm.

If one’s own strength was weak, getting robbed was something one just had to accept.

Li Yao was no weakling, and they also wanted to see how Li Yao would get past this hurdle set by Yan Yan Gaojie.

After all, aside from the parties involved, no one knew what had happened inside the instance.

When it came to strength, unless one saw it with their own eyes, no one would acknowledge it.

“Hand over the items, and I’ll let you leave.”

Yan Yan Gaojie walked up to the wall of fire and looked down at Li Yao from a position of superiority.

“Stupid.”

Kijo Misase let out a soft snort, crossed her arms, and stood in the back.

This red-haired youth was at most a match for her, yet he wanted to make a move on Li Yao.

“To use that saying from the Dragon Kingdom, it’s like...”

Kijo Misase couldn't recall it for a moment, so the Third-Turn professional guard beside her quickly said, “An old man eating arsenic.”

“Right!”

Afterward, she said no more and settled in to watch the show.

Li Yao-kun only had a small guild behind him; if the other party used their influence to suppress him, she might have an opportunity.

Meanwhile,

Yan Yan Gaojie took something that looked like a stone out of his storage space.

“An Anti-Air Stone?”

“An Anti-Air Stone! Within a hundred-meter radius, all spatial-type items are forbidden. That means Li Yao has no way to escape this place. This Yan Yan Gaojie is determined to have Li Yao!”

Sharp-eyed professionals nearby recognized the stone.

The Anti-Air Stone brought out by the Yan family would likely even suppress the teleportation charms Kijo Misase had used in the instance.

Let alone Li Yao, this unknown Summoner.

“Young Master Yan is completely disregarding Li Yao! Li Yao cleared a Purgatory-grade Original Instance; isn’t he afraid he won’t be able to swallow it?”

“Quite the contrary.”

At this moment, Zhang Zhang Yucheng, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

“If he didn’t think much of Li Yao, he wouldn’t be using something like an Anti-Air Stone.”

“A Summoner summoning a beast is essentially a spatial spell, which also falls within the scope of the Anti-Air Stone’s suppression.”

“Yan Yan Gaojie is afraid of Li Yao’s summoned beast.”

Zhang Zhang Yucheng recalled the mantis-like creature that had appeared suddenly before.

Even he couldn’t help but feel a sense of threat.

Yan Yan Gaojie must feel it even more so.

If one was already this terrifying, he certainly wouldn’t dare let Li Yao continue summoning.

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped.

They couldn’t help but refresh their assessment of Yan Yan Gaojie’s thick-skinned nature.

Forbidding a Summoner from summoning? To think he could come up with that!

Even General Wu looked at Yan Yan Gaojie with some impatience at this moment.

The higher-ups usually didn’t interfere in disputes between peers, but Yan Yan Gaojie’s current actions had clearly crossed the line.

Just as he was about to speak, Li Yao stopped him with a look.

All he wanted was tacit approval, not to owe a favor.

The duration of [Shackles] was 20 minutes.

Dealing with the Tongue-Ripping Empress wouldn’t take that long.

And even without [Shackles], the Void Mantis was hidden in the void; he was already in an invincible position.

“Now, I’ve changed my mind.”

Seeing that the Anti-Air Stone’s suppression had taken effect, Yan Yan Gaojie stared at Li Yao with a ferocious grin.

“For someone as greedy as you, is just making you hand over the items a bit too easy?”

“The qualification to enter the instance belongs to my Yan family. By making an exception to let you in, how could I let you take the First Clear treasure chest?”

“You lowly worker, obediently hand over all the First Clear treasure chests, and I’ll let you leave.”

“Yan Yan Gaojie!”

Qin Qin Xuehou couldn’t listen anymore and said coldly.

Even Shang Shang Zijin stared at Yan Yan Gaojie with disgust.

“Scoundrel!”

General Wu even stood up, frowning, and scolded him sternly.

“Wu Wu Yuanqu, please do not interfere in the affairs of my Yan family.”

Just then, an indifferent voice rang in everyone’s ears; the voice was heard before the person was seen.

“Yan Yan Xinghong?”

Wu Wu Yuanqu’s expression changed abruptly.

Yan Yan Gaojie’s second uncle, a pillar of the Yan family, a Fifth-Turn S-grade professional.

The Yan family really had no shame left.

“Does your Yan family think there is no one in the Federation who can manage you?”

Wu Wu Yuanqu spoke sternly.

“General Wu, don’t try to intimidate me.”

A middle-aged man in red robes descended from the sky, landed behind Yan Yan Gaojie, and spoke with a light laugh.

“My Yan family is merely working under the Federation; how could they not manage us?”

“However, Yan Gaojie is just taking back what is ours. Could it be that the Federation doesn’t even allow this?”

Wu Wu Yuanqu’s face looked ugly.

In the current situation, as long as those two brats from the Yang family insisted that the entry rights to the instance belonged to the Yan family,

it would be very difficult for the Federation to move against the Yan family.

Instances distribute spoils based on contribution only under the premise that one has the qualification to enter.

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Wu Wu Yuanqu looked at Li Yao.

Li Yao understood what the other party meant and nodded slightly.

Before entering the instance,

he had already given the agreed-upon Gold-grade piece of equipment to Yang Yang Junfei.

“You idiot, who gave you the qualification to sell entry rights?”

“Bang!”

Just then, Yan Yan Xinghong cursed angrily.

An invisible energy blasted directly into Yang Yang Junfei’s abdomen.

Yang Yang Junfei spat out blood and flew backward, gasping for air, with no breath coming out.

Yan Yan Xinghong, acting as if nothing had happened, looked at Wu Wu Yuanqu and smiled: “What this kid did has nothing to do with my Yan family.”

“You!”

Wu Wu Yuanqu glared at him, unable to speak for a long time.

Now he could only pin his hopes on Li Yao being able to block Yan Yan Gaojie.

As long as he could block him, he would help Li Yao stop this old bastard no matter what!

But how could a Summoner without a summoned beast block an SS-grade professional?

Wait, what is this kid doing?

At this moment,

Li Yao finally spoke.

Looking at the two people putting on a double act before him,

“If the noble families of the Dragon Kingdom are all like this, it is truly disappointing.”