Chapter 48

Zhang Bei looked at Daniu, who was feeling heartbroken, and Zhang Bei sighed silently.

It was a correct choice not to let Daniu discover this thing.

Otherwise, given this guy's chef nature, it would probably be inevitable that it would be turned into various dishes.

Sitting down on a chair, Zhang Bei reached out to browse through various items in the Trading Center.

The current Trading Center was no longer what it had been at the beginning.

Ever since Zhang Bei developed the portable space function, most people now kept their belongings here.

The prices set were naturally far beyond the items themselves.

As for trading, more people chose to do it at the Nantian Settlement.

Various mercenary groups sold large quantities of meat every day.

There were also supernatural items discovered during the hunting of fierce beasts.

And now, all circulation within the entire Nantian Settlement had become cores.

After all, here, whether it was modern items or improving strength.

Everything was inseparable from the energy of the cores.

After flipping through a few pages and really not finding anything he needed.

"Can we use Nantian's name to purchase a large number of task scrolls?"

Jin Xin paused in her processing of documents: "Yes, but it will cause the price of the scrolls to be artificially high, which is somewhat counterproductive."

Zhang Bei waved his hand: "It doesn't matter; for us, whether it's crystal cores or Nantian, it's actually all for the sake of improving strength."

Hearing Zhang Bei's words, Jin Xin nodded and swiped a few times on her watch.

Soon, a delicate voice came through: "What are your orders, City Lord?"

"Post a task in the Mercenary Association to search for task scrolls; set the price at market rate."

"Alright, does the City Lord have any other needs?"

"Shut up and get to work!"

Jin Xin hung up the call with black lines on her face.

Seeing Zhang Bei's puzzled eyes, she explained.

"Her name is Bian Jiao; she is the person in charge I arranged at the Mercenary Association, but her personality is a bit strange."

Zhang Bei smiled; he was actually quite interested in someone who could make Jin Xin irritable.

Suddenly, an urgent call sound rang out, and Zhang Bei reached out to press answer.

"Brother, help! Something has happened on our end!"

This familiar accent was none other than the person in charge of the Tianhai Base: Lu Wencheng.

Zhang Bei's expression stiffened: "Tell me slowly what happened."

"Oh my god, brother, you don't know, we are being besieged by beasts here, and we can't stop them at all!"

Hearing this, Zhang Bei stood up immediately.

Beast siege!

"How many are there, and what is their strength?"

"I don't know how many there are, but the leader is at least a Level 30 fierce beast!"

Zhang Bei took a deep breath: "Hold on for a while, I'll be there immediately!"

Seeing the call end, Zhang Bei's gaze turned to Daniu: "Assemble the Iron Blood, have the City Defense Team ready for battle at any time!"

Daniu's expression also became serious: "Yes!"

Orders were relayed throughout the city, and it took only five minutes for the Nantian elite to assemble.

Xiao Cheng stood with everyone at the settlement's Teleportation Point.

Zhang Bei squinted his eyes, his gaze grave: "I presume everyone knows that the Tianhai Base is currently experiencing a beast siege.

This battle of ours is to save people; those who don't want to go can withdraw now!"

As the words fell, fifty people stood neatly in place, and not a single person left.

Looking at the proud smile on Xiao Cheng's face, Zhang Bei nodded: "Destination, Tianhai Base, everyone move out!"

Beams of white light flashed, and everyone appeared at a small town's Teleportation Point in just a moment.

Lu Wencheng, who was waiting around the Teleportation Point, hurriedly walked up: "Brother, you're finally here!"

Zhang Bei's gaze turned toward the town's city wall, where countless fierce beasts were rushing toward it one after another.

Various energy lights flashed from time to time; it was only because the town's area was small.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for these people to hold on until now.

"Xiao Cheng, take the Iron Blood and go!"

In an instant, Xiao Cheng stood straight and looked at the fifty people behind him: "Each captain lead your own squad, kill your way through for me."

The fifty people instantly split into five squads, each led by a captain, forming a sharp blade that instantly pierced into the beast tide.

Looking at the dazed Lu Wencheng beside him, Zhang Bei patted his shoulder: "Where is the leading fierce beast?"

Lu Wencheng finally reacted and pointed to the east with his finger: "At the back of the beast tide."

Zhang Bei nodded, but in the blink of an eye, he arrived at the city wall.

A beast tide composed of tens of thousands of fierce beasts would give anyone a headache.

But for the Iron Blood, who fought between life and death every day, it was just a training mission with the difficulty level raised a notch.

Everyone in the Iron Blood experienced hell-difficulty dungeons every day.

And several captains had to form separate teams to hunt wild boars without relying on long bows.

As the commander-in-chief, Xiao Cheng's strength was even ahead of everyone else.

The five sharp blades of the Iron Blood successfully pierced through the beast tide in just ten minutes.

Li Qinqin: 【This is too strong, isn't it?】

Wu Yingcai: 【It's truly outrageous; a city of thousands couldn't stop them, but fifty people can pierce through?】

Niu Xuanming: 【Just think about their daily training and you'll know; even a pig would become a spirit.】

Lu Wencheng stood on the city wall with Zhang Bei, looking at the scene before him with uncontrollable envy in his eyes.

"How did you train them? They are really strong."

Zhang Bei was somewhat silent, but he still explained softly.

"All fifty people are equipped with weapons above Level 10; each member gets five Level 5 crystal cores daily, and each captain gets two extra Level 10 crystal cores daily."

Hearing Zhang Bei's words, the corners of Lu Wencheng's mouth twitched.

This wasn't raising combat personnel; this was clearly raising a group of masters.

At this rate of consumption, let alone fifty people, even twenty people could bankrupt the Tianhai Settlement.

But looking at the combat power displayed by the Iron Blood, Lu Wencheng's eyes were still filled with longing.

If these were his people, let alone a beast tide, he could even fight his way into the beasts' lair.

Zhang Bei's gaze searched until he finally discovered the leading fierce beast Lu Wencheng had mentioned.

It was over eight meters tall, with an appearance similar to a lion, except for a purple crystal growing on its forehead.

However, this lion was just standing at the back of the team without taking any action.

Zhang Bei was happy to take it easy; taking advantage of this time to let the Iron Blood experience a major battle was a good choice.

The Iron Blood, having made a round trip, also encountered their own trouble.

All five squads had encountered high-level fierce beasts blocking their way.

Xiao Cheng looked at the fierce beasts blocking the path with eyes full of anger.

With so many fierce beasts today, it was truly an opportunity to hunt for crystal cores.

As long as they killed a few more, everyone's strength could be raised by a notch.

The Sharp Blade would be established in a few days; if he let a team established later surpass his own.

Then what face would he have to lead this team?