Chapter 640

The tray was placed in front of Su Xiao, filled with Soul Crystals. This scene could stir the greed of any Qiyuezhe.

In the Samsara Paradise, Soul Crystals had too many functions: upgrading core skill levels, being essential materials for crafting equipment (Soul Crystal Fragments), acting as currency for trading with beings from higher planes like Abyss Demons, and even replacing materials needed for upgrading equipment. One could see how strong its adaptability and functionality were.

If one was in urgent need of Paradise Coins, they could also sell the Soul Crystals. As long as the price wasn't outrageous, they would sell quickly.

In the Samsara Paradise, one could only fail to buy Soul Crystals; there was never a Soul Crystal that couldn't be sold. As for hoarding them, no one did—how could one hoard something that was in short supply? Any Qiyuezhe could use them.

With a full thirty Soul Crystals (Medium) before his eyes, even Su Xiao had never seen such a number of Soul Crystals. He calmly collected them and stood up.

"Where are you going?"

Su Xiao's movement made the Ten Dons nervous. These people now hoped he would stay and act as a bodyguard.

"To collect the bodies of the Shadow Beasts."

Su Xiao left the conference room. The Ten Dons looked at each other; some looked worried, while others sneered, seemingly having "exposed" Su Xiao's "lies."

"I was really scared before, heh."

"I suspect the tragic state of the auction house was caused by this guy. As for the reason, you should all be able to guess, right?"

A Ten Don gestured toward the tray on the table.

Bick looked thoughtful. He had a vague feeling of unease in his heart; perhaps the Phantom Troupe really was strong.

"Otherwise... should we withdraw the Shadow Beasts?"

"Hey, Bick, you've really been scared out of your wits by that guy. You're Blood Axe Bick, who fought his way to his current position with a short axe. It's necessary to let the Shadow Beasts test them. Don't forget, he's also a god of plague. In my opinion, he's no different from the Phantom Troupe—they're both extorting us. Damn, I've actually been extorted; it's really annoying."

The Ten Dons' opinions diverged again. This was the reason for their deaths in the original work: they couldn't reach a consensus. Some Ten Dons were arbitrary. Although Bick was a smart man, he couldn't command the other Ten Dons.

Night, outside Yorknew City, in a valley.

This valley was not unfamiliar; it was the valley where the One-Eyed Giant appeared.

At this moment, a dozen cars were parked at the entrance of the valley, and a large group of gang members was gathering inside.

At a high point deep in the valley, several Troupe members were looking down at the gang members with interest. Shalnark, Shizuku, Uvogin, Machi, and Nobunaga were all there. Because of the appearance of that small sun earlier, Franklin had gone to find Feitan.

Bang, bang.

Gunshots came from the valley. Hundreds of gang members below were staring at the five people on the high ground.

"Get down here, you bunch of small fries."

"Whether you want to be drowned or buried alive, you can choose for yourselves."

A gang member fired into the sky. They had killed two "Troupe" members earlier; although they had suffered significant losses, they had built up momentum.

"Another large group has arrived. Those temporary members aren't very good, are they?"

The blonde-haired Shalnark stood with his hands on his hips, seemingly unconcerned about these gang members.

"Those guys really weren't reliable. They all ran away after suffering casualties."

Machi yawned and shook her loose braids. She wasn't planning to make a move.

"What should we do? Retreat or kill all these guys?"

Shizuku was a bit sleepy; these gang members couldn't pique her interest.

"Hey, don't you guys interfere later. I'm going to deal with them now."

The burly Uvogin spoke up. He leaped down from the steep cliff and walked toward the group of gang members. A large number of gun barrels were aimed at him.

"Wait."

A leader raised his hand, signaling the gang members not to fire yet.

The gang leader walked up and confronted Uvogin at close range. It was unclear where he got his courage; he looked Uvogin up and down with his triangular eyes, spat, and said: "You guys were the ones who did that thing at the auction house, right?"

"Yeah."

Uvogin grinned, showing his white teeth, completely unconcerned about being pointed at by guns.

"You guys have guts. Tell me, who's your boss?"

The gang leader pointed his pistol at Uvogin's head. Uvogin bared his teeth in a look of terror.

"Eee~"

Uvogin made a very funny expression while baring his teeth. Seeing this, the gang leader was enraged.

He pulled the trigger. Bang! The smell of gunpowder dispersed as a bullet flew toward Uvogin's head.

After the gunshot, Uvogin's head tilted back. The gang leader smiled sinisterly, but when Uvogin's face turned back toward him, the gang leader's expression gradually turned to terror.

Uvogin was biting a bullet, and there were clear tooth marks on it.

"Ah, hahaha, interesting."

Uvogin raised his hand and slapped the gang leader across the face.

Crack! Under Uvogin's monstrous strength, the gang leader's head tilted at an exaggerated angle, his cervical spine at a 90-degree angle.

"Boss... is dead?"

"Fire! Turn him into a sieve!"

The gang members exploded into chaos, and dense gunfire followed.

Uvogin blocked with his arms. The bullets hit him and were deflected by his steel-like body. With a stomp of his large feet, Uvogin charged into the crowd like a tiger among sheep.

Screams and the sound of breaking limbs followed one after another. In an instant, the gang members began to crumble.

Uvogin grabbed the legs of two gang members and swung them. Their brains were turned into paste. The two were like a windmill in Uvogin's hands. These gang members, who were usually vicious, were played with like ragdolls in his hands.

The gunfire continued, but the will of the gang members was gradually collapsing.

On the other side of the valley, several bodyguards of the Nostrade family were watching the battle, and Kurapika was among them.

Kurapika, male, 17 years old, mature and steady in personality, with a somewhat androgynous appearance. He was from the Kurta Clan, also known as the Scarlet Eyes clan. When people of this clan experienced strong emotional fluctuations, their eyes would turn scarlet. There were many perverted human collectors in the Hunter World, so this clan had to hide in the deep mountains and rarely contacted the outside world. Later, they were exterminated by the Phantom Troupe, the reason being their scarlet eyes.

Kurapika's hatred for the Phantom Troupe was irreconcilable. His goal in life was to find his clansmen's eyes and kill the Troupe until not one was left.

At this moment, Kurapika was watching the battle with binoculars. He didn't know Uvogin's identity yet; he was a temporary bodyguard for the Nostrade family, not a person of the Ten Dons' forces.

"The opponent is also a Nen user, and so strong it's speechless. Everyone who arrived before us is dead. Firearms and rocket launchers have no effect."

Kurapika's words shocked his companions behind him. Even for a Nen user, it was too exaggerated that rocket launchers were ineffective.

"How is this possible?"

"See for yourself, it's faster than explaining."

Kurapika handed the binoculars to Dalzollene. Dalzollene was the captain of the Nostrade family's guard and was considered Kurapika's superior.

Dalzollene took the binoculars; after watching for a while, his mouth began to twitch.

"If this kind of monster snatched the goods, we need to be careful."

Their group's original purpose was to help Neon, the young lady of the Nostrade family, buy auction items. Who knew that before they even reached the auction house, it would be destroyed? Their schedule was to arrive at the auction house at 6:00 sharp to wait for the second auction to begin, and the battle happened at 5:40. The 20-minute difference saved their lives.

After the auction house was destroyed, they received news that the items seemed to have a problem and were suspected to have been snatched by a group of people, so they followed the gang members to chase them. In short, they were just here to watch.