Chapter 32: Life Water

Xiao Yu patted Luo Feng's shoulder to comfort him.

"I know Life Water can regrow severed limbs and heal my brother's legs," Luo Feng said with a wry smile. "But I heard Life Water is astronomically expensive; even 300 billion Huaxia Currency might not fetch it at auction, and it's not something that comes up often."

"Life Water really does work. I've seen it frequently auctioned in the War God Palace; inside the palace you can usually get it for about 10 billion Huaxia Currency, and it's basically sold every time," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Really? Then I'll give you the money; you help me win a lot!" Luo Feng said eagerly.

"The War God Palace only holds auctions on the 15th of each month; the January auction has already passed, and the February one will take some time. When it comes, I'll bid first and we can talk once the Life Water arrives," Xiao Yu said with a smile. "By the way, I wonder how my investment in Luo Hua is doing now?"

"I heard from Luo Hua that the returns are good; they've already doubled," Luo Feng said with a smile. "How about I ask him to come up?"

For Luo Feng, today was a good day; the Life Water channel was resolved ahead of schedule, and the cost might not be that high.

"No need, I don't need the money right now; I'll just keep it and continue investing! " Xiao Yu waved his hand. "That's all for today. I'll tell the hall master about the Elite Training Camp, and I'll let you know when I have news."

"Alright, thanks!" Luo Feng nodded.

After returning from Luo Feng's house, Xiao Yu went to the Extreme Hall, to his private training room.

He began practicing the Gene Warrior Secret Transmission, "Basic 123 Form".

"Basic 123 Form" consists of 123 moves; practitioners of the 123 Form may amplify a Gene Warrior's amplitude up to 50 times.

Fifty times the strength and defense, even a Ninth Tier apprentice warrior's power would be comparable to the base strength of a planet‑level Fourth Tier strongman.

After returning home that night, Xiao Yu recommended Luo Feng to Hong for entry into the Elite Training Camp; Hong agreed, but Luo Feng must pass the B-level Assessment at the Global Headquarters of Extreme Martial Arts Hall on March 28 before he can formally join the Elite Training Camp.

Xiao Yu assigned the matter to Zhou Zhengyong, president of the Extreme Headquarters in Jiangnan Base City, and also reported the good news to Luo Feng.

February 4, 2057, was the Lunar New Year in Huaxia Nation.

During the period around the New Year, Xiao Yu spent his time either cultivating or visiting relatives and friends.

After the fifth day of the New Year, Xiao Yu began to find the tranquil life unbearable.

On February 10, he rode a Qiankun-class Intelligent Fighter to City No. 003.

The fighter hovered in the sky for a long while, thoroughly scouting the monsters throughout City No. 003.

The Qiankun fighter hovered above the Amusement Park in City No. 003, a globally watched amusement park before the Great Nirvana, now occupied by a horde of monsters.

Leading the beast herd was a Six-tailed Tiger Cat, High-level Lord Monster, nearly twenty meters long, with six tails, its body covered in pale‑red scale armor.

"Qiankun, open the cockpit door," Xiao Yu said to the control platform of the Qiankun-class Intelligent Fighter.

"Boom!"

The cockpit door opened, and Xiao Yu leapt from the fighter hovering a hundred meters up; the moment he landed, a two‑meter‑deep crater appeared on the ground.

Upon landing, Xiao Yu charged toward the Six-tailed Tiger Cat three hundred meters away; in the blink of an eye his speed exceeded 1,000 m/s, comparable to the muzzle velocity of a sniper bullet.

The Six-tailed Tiger Cat spotted Xiao Yu and instantly lunged at him.

Xiao Yu didn't dodge; he met it head‑on, swinging his SS-class Battle Sword at the tiger cat's claws. The sword completed nine accelerations before impact; at seven‑fold amplitude, the strike delivered over two million kilograms of force.

The sword sliced off the tiger cat's claw, tracing an arc in the air. The tiger cat was blasted backward.

Xiao Yu didn't stop there; he pursued the flailing tiger cat, continuously attacking. The creature's scale armor shattered, exposing flesh that split open with half‑meter‑deep gashes, blood gushing.

Fifteen minutes later, Xiao Yu drove a blade into the Six-tailed Tiger Cat's skull, ending its life completely. The beast was left with no intact part; all six tails were severed at the roots.

"So exhilarating!" Xiao Yu laughed.

The feeling of crushing a peer monster without needing to find a weakness is indeed quite satisfying.

A thought flickered, and the Six-tailed Tiger Cat's corpse vanished, leaving only a pile of material.

【Absorbing the Six-tailed Tiger Cat's corpse grants 80,000 Wish Points.】

With a swing of his right hand, the precious High-level Lord Monster Six-tailed Tiger Cat material disappeared.

Around him, Primary-level Lord and Beast General Rank monsters kept charging at him.

He casually dispatched two Primary-level Lord monsters, earning nearly 30,000 Wish Points, and stored the monster material inside the Space Ring, ignoring the other monsters.

He had no interest in monsters that hadn't reached Lord rank yet.

After three consecutive flashes, he arrived at the rooftop terrace of a ten‑story building beside the Amusement Park.

Xiao Yu said to his left‑hand auxiliary optic brain, "Qiankun, come get me."

"Yes, master."

The Qiankun-class Intelligent Fighter arrived over Xiao Yu as if by Instant Teleport; with a slight push from below, Xiao Yu leapt a hundred meters high and entered the Qiankun Intelligent Fighter.

"Continue searching for High-level Lord Monsters!" Xiao Yu commanded from the luxurious seat.

"Yes."

The Qiankun-class Intelligent Fighter sliced through the sky, flying toward another location where High-level Lord Monsters were entrenched.

……

Ten days later, on a small island in the East Sea—though its area still exceeded ten square kilometers—

Nearly a kilometer of the island's interior was littered with crooked trees and countless pits on the ground.

It was obvious this was a battlefield; at the edge lay several bodies.

A black‑red figure burst from the canopy of a hundred‑meter‑tall tree, dashing toward the head of a hundred‑meter‑long Snake-shaped Monster.

The Snake-shaped Monster's body was as thick as the trunk of a century‑old tree; the remaining bowl‑sized scales on its body and the scattered scales on the ground showed the battle was truly fierce.

The black‑red figure moved at incredible speed, exceeding three times the speed of sound, nearly four times. At impact, a flash of cold light as fast as lightning pierced the Snake-shaped Monster's head; the monster fell, dead beyond death.

The black‑red figure said to the left‑hand wrist guard, "Qiankun, come get me quickly."

As soon as it finished speaking, it swung its right hand toward the Snake-shaped Monster, instantly turning the monster into material that vanished.

【Absorbing the Patterned Giant Python Snake's corpse grants 180,000 Wish Points.】

"It seems this Patterned Giant Python Snake is about to break through to King Level."

The black‑red figure, Xiao Yu, flickered back beside the other fallen Lord Monsters.

There really are a lot of monsters in the ocean!

Even on this tiny island there are two High-level Lord Monsters, two Intermediate-level Lord Monsters, and as many as ten Primary-level Lord Monsters.

After collecting all the monster materials, he obtained a total of 350,000 Wish Points.

One minute later, Xiao Yu sat back on the luxurious seat of the Qiankun-class Intelligent Fighter, reviewing the gains of the past five days.

During the five days he continuously fought High-level Lord Monsters, killing eight of them; Lord Monsters reached twenty, and there were as many as fifty Low-level Lord Monsters.

He gained 1,500,000 Wish Points and monster materials worth 200,000,000,000 Huaxia Currency.

After selling these monster materials to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, Xiao Yu's personal contribution value will also reach Four-star Level.

All these gains are still the result of his deliberately hunting High-level Lord Monsters.

Since acquiring the Qiankun-class Intelligent Fighter, his efficiency in searching for and hunting monsters has increased by an incalculable multiple.

"Master, the War God Palace Auction House will start in half an hour."

"Fine."

On the 15th of each month, the War God Palace holds an Auction Event, and on this day over ninety percent of the world's war gods gather to attend the grand ceremony.

Today happens to be February 15th, the first Auction Event after the Huaxia Nation's New Year in 2057.

At 19:45 Huaxia Time, in Virtual Space, within the War God Palace Auction Hall.

The Auction Hall is laid out like an opera house, entirely circular; at its center is the display platform, surrounded by a massive number of seats—5,000 in total. At this moment the hall is packed with crowds, war gods chatting in groups of three to five.

"Xiao Yu."

"Xiao Yu, this way."

Dressed in simple casual attire, Xiao Yu entered the Auction Hall, and many of the war gods from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall waved and shouted enthusiastically.

Through the corridor, Xiao Yu quickly arrived at a large area occupied by the Extreme Martial Arts Hall war gods—magnificent! Truly the world's premier elite force!

In a corner of the Auction Hall, a vulture‑scorpion couple sat there.

"Xiao Yu has arrived," Vinina said, looking into the distance, "I wonder if we can recruit this invincible war god for the clan?"

"Everyone!"

The entire Auction Hall fell silent quickly, and the music vanished. Flash! A beam of light illuminated the central platform, where a Chinese‑descended man and a white man stood; one spoke in Mandarin, immediately followed by the white man repeating in English.

"We meet again," the Chinese‑descended man said with a smile, and the white man repeated it.

Both raised a hand simultaneously—

In an instant, a multitude of various items floated around the central platform, extremely numerous, and vanished after a brief moment.

"This Auction Event features a total of 83 lots," the Chinese‑descended man said with a smile. "Perhaps what you seek is here; I won't say more. I now formally announce that this Auction Event begins!"

"The first lot is a piece of artwork..." As soon as the Chinese‑descended man finished speaking, a gigantic famous painting materialized in the air above the Auction Hall, slowly rotating so every war god could see it.

……

"The eighth lot consists of two sets of A-level Gene Medicine, each set containing ten doses, with a base price of 1.2 billion Huaxia Currency per set."

……

Since Xiao Yu became a war god, he hasn't bought a single item in the War God Palace; with his current strength, ordinary items no longer catch his eye, let alone he possesses a system that grants whatever he desires.

……

"The forty‑third lot is a vial of Life Water, with a base price of 10 billion Huaxia Currency." As the voice rang out, a vial of Life Water appeared floating in the air above the Auction Hall.

"110 billion," Xiao Yu shouted outright.

Several war gods who were about to raise their hands lowered them upon seeing Xiao Yu make the bid.

"110 billion, first time!"

Xiao Yu understood that no one else bid because he is already a High‑tier war god, and the many war gods in the hall were giving him face; thus the first bid behaved this way.

"110 billion, second time!"

"110 billion, third time! Congratulations, War God Xiao Yu!" the Chinese‑descended man said with a smile.

……

The auction lasted a little over three hours, and Xiao Yu spent 110 billion Huaxia Currency on a vial of Life Water, which turned out to be a steal. When the auction ended, a group of Extreme Martial Arts Hall war gods pulled Xiao Yu to the main hall to gather, where he met several highly famous war gods of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall and also unexpectedly befriended Aurora, the head of the United States' District 11.

The Life Water Xiao Yu auctioned today was provided by that person; Xiao Yu spent another 110 billion Huaxia Currency to purchase a second vial, which was bought specifically for his third uncle.

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