Zhou Zhen and a dozen companions were truly eager to obtain the Shattered Bone Hammer.
At the same time, they were also incredibly astonished.
Lu Yu actually wants to sell a star soldier with such attributes. Therefore, he must have even stronger and better star soldiers in his possession.
What kind of star soldier would be able to ignore even a bone-shattering hammer?
As they were making their guesses, their hearts were also in their throats, hoping the price quoted by Lu Yu would be within their budget.
“Seven thousand Star Spirit Beads. I can waive the interest, but you must pay in full within a month. One Mutated Star Spirit Bead counts as ten regular Star Spirit Beads, and one War Soul also counts as ten Star Spirit Beads. Of course, I will handpick the War Souls myself. Only those I select will be counted as equivalent to Star Spirit Beads.”
“Seven thousand?” Zhou Zhen and his companion were first taken aback.
Then, they whispered and discussed for a long while.
Zhou Zhen nodded at Lu Yu and said, “Alright, deal. Within a month, we’ll do our best to pay it off.”
“Alright, you can take the Bonebreaker now,” Lu Yu said, pointing at the weapon. “However, I don’t want any of you to think I’m some kind of philanthropist. If you can’t pay the Spirit Crystal fee, I will take the Bonebreaker back, and you’ll have to pay me two hundred and fifty Spirit Crystals per day for its use!”
Zhou Zhen nodded and said, “We understand this well. Brother Lu gave us the Shattered Bone Hammer without asking for a single penny, which actually shows his trust in us. Don’t worry—we’ll definitely find a way to gather the funds within a month.”
According to past capabilities, for a dozen or so people to gather a total of seven thousand Star Spirit Pearls was truly an impossible task.
But with the Maul of the Oblique, it became much easier.
Carrying this bone-crushing hammer, a single swing could instantly kill more than ten demonic apes.
In the dark night, they could easily eliminate hundreds of them in a single night. Without even counting the dropped Spirit Stars, along with the Mutated Spirit Stars and Soldier Souls, it’s entirely feasible to gather all seven thousand Spirit Stars within a month.
Zhou Zhen and more than a dozen people excitedly gathered around the Bone Crusher.
“Brother Zhou, we’re in luck this time!” Several people exclaimed joyfully as they watched Zhou Zhen pick up the bone crusher.
“With the Splintering Mace this time, who should we fear in the future? Even Black Demon Wolves won’t stand a chance against us.”
“Brother Zhou, let me take a look.” A man rubbed his hands together impatiently and hurriedly approached Zhou Zhen, stretching out his hand.
“You’re the most anxious, haha.” Zhou Zhen proudly handed the bone crusher to the man, saying, “With this, we really don’t need to fear anything.”
The man took the bone-crushing hammer, narrowed his eyes, and gripped it tightly, saying, “This is so good. With this, I fear nothing.”
The man chuckled, and suddenly his eyes shot out two cold glares.
Vroom!
The spiked mace swung around like a windmill, sweeping over the person’s body.
With 999 attack power combined with an additional 500 attack, this level of attack power is not only fierce but also unstoppable!
Bang!
A skull was shattered, and a person’s half-body turned into a mess of pulp!
“Damn it, Yang Jian, are you out of your mind?” Zhou Zhen couldn’t believe his own ears, shocked that his comrade-in-arms, someone he had trusted with his life, would do something like this.
Boom!
Zhou Zhen only had time to raise his hands to block.
However, even so, there’s no way to stop the Bone Crusher’s ultra-powerful attack.
Bang!
Zhou Zhen’s both forearm bones were completely shattered. The force of the bone-shattering hammer didn’t diminish at all, sweeping across Zhou Zhen’s chest.
“Brother Zhou, you can’t blame me for this!” Yang Jian, gripping the Bloodied Bone Shatterer—a hammer still dripping with blood and flecked with bits of his fallen comrade’s flesh—let out a sinister laugh. “In this world, he who has money and power is king. With this Bone Shatterer in my hands, I *am* the king. Why would I keep following you?”
Zhou Zhen’s chest had caved in, almost reduced to a bloody mess, and he was spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.
The bone pierced into the lung, pressing against the heart.
He knew he didn’t have much time left to live.
“You—” Yang Jian arrogantly pointed his finger at the rest of his companions and said, “Leave all the Star Spirit Beads and Star Weapons on your bodies here, then get lost. Otherwise, I will kill you one by one.”
The remaining people had just begun to recover from their shock when they glanced at Zhou Zhen and suddenly scattered in all directions, fleeing in panic.
Yang Jian was momentarily taken aback, but then looked at the dying Zhou Zhen with an indifferent expression and said, “Hey, Brother Zhou, you see that, right? Not a single person has come to help you until now.”
“Yang, I’ve misjudged you,” Zhou Zhen spat out a mouthful of blood and sneered, “Rest assured, if you kill me today, there will certainly be someone who will come after you. Ha! I believe in karma.”
“As long as I become powerful enough, who could possibly kill me?” Yang Jian said, turning around to face Lu Yu, who had been standing still all along. He smiled and said, “Brother Lu. I know this Star Soldier is worth seven thousand, but if you sell it to me for a lower price, I promise I’ll pay you back in full within two months.”
“No, thanks.” Lu Yu looked him up and down, then smiled and said, “I’m not interested in someone like you. Now, give me back the bone crusher; I need to find a buyer.”
Yang Jian was taken aback, but quickly tightened his grip on the hammer. With a sudden, powerful motion, he swung it fiercely toward Lu Yu’s head.
“Lu Yu, just because I have this weapon doesn’t mean I’ll necessarily lose to you. You’re nothing but crazy. How crazy can you really be?”
Boom!
The shattered bone hammer compressed the air, creating a deafening crackling sound as it swiftly descended upon Lu Yu’s head in an instant.
“You’re nowhere near as good as Lu Xing, and you still dare to lay a hand on me?” With a slight movement, Lu Yu sidestepped and closed in on Yang Jian, his left hand grazing Yang Jian’s neck.
Yang Jian’s head was lifted into the air by a jet of blood, as blood from his neck cavity spurted out like a fountain.
“Okay!”
Zhou Zhen laughed heartily and said, “Karma! Died so quickly. Brother Lu, thank you.”
“No need to thank me. I never said I was helping you get revenge. He wanted to kill me, so how could I not kill him?”
Lu Yu picked up the silver blade next to Zhou Zhen and said, “I think you won’t be needing these anymore. I’ll take them with me.”
“What use are these things when a person is about to die?” Zhou Zhen laughed, tearing a pouch from his waist and handing it over. “There are still one hundred Star Spirits and twenty mutated Star Spirits inside. I’ll give them all to you. I have a favor to ask—please bury me. I don’t want to be eaten by monsters after I die.”
Zhou Zhen said bitterly, “Everyone says that fallen leaves return to their roots. Unfortunately, I’m afraid I won’t be able to return to mine. At least having a place to be buried would be good.”
“I can help you with this request.”
Lu Yu approached the Spirit Star Pearl, glanced at it, and then placed it into his backpack.
“Finally, let me tell you something,” Zhou Zhen said seriously, “Brother Lu, do you remember that crazy incident from a while back?”
“That’s right, I remember.”
“The eyes of those people have now turned into bloodshot eyes. We made a deal with one of them, a bloodshot eye, who inadvertently revealed some information. By consuming other lives, bloodshot eyes can acquire the skills and star souls of their victims. This particular bloodshot eye has some connection with me and disclosed that, aside from the stadium camp, there are two more camps in the city—one at the municipal government building in the north of the city and another at a factory in the east. They have joined forces and plan to surround the mine together after sunset in two days, intending to take out your friend. Moreover, Brother Lu, Liu isn’t only interested in the star crystal ore in the mine. It’s said that there are unpredictable electromagnetic fluctuations occurring within the mine, though no one knows the exact location.”
“Such things still happen?” Lu Yu was taken aback; the information from Zhou Zhen was quite alarming.
If this camp joins forces with the Blood Eyes, he won’t be able to hold onto his mine at all.
“I only know as much as this,” Zhou Zhen said with a smile. “Now, Brother Lu, help me dig a hole, will you?”
Lu Yu nodded, picked up a shovel from the warehouse, and started digging in an open area beside it.
After he had finished digging, Zhou Zhen had already drawn his last breath, lying there peacefully with his eyes closed.
“At least you’ll have a place to rest in death.” Lu Yu placed Zhou Zhen’s body into the pit and laughed, saying, “You died and someone buried you. But when I die, who will do the same for me?”
At the edge of the warehouse, a mound of earth appeared just before dusk.
Lu Yu walked into the warehouse, looking at the food with a cold smile: “No wonder you, Old Liu, dared to abandon even two tons of food. So you old fox can’t hold on much longer, huh?”
Lu Yu remembered there was still a red crystal in his backpack that he hadn’t examined yet, so he decided to take a look at it now to see what it could do.
As he took the crystal out of his backpack, it immediately emitted a dazzling red light.
The Eye of Truth swept across the crystal, and his heart suddenly pounded violently.
The Murder Star Soul stirred, and tendrils of black mist began to rise from his body, piercing into the crystal.
…
The mutated Star Spirit activates the domain crystal!
…
“Domain Crystal?”
Lu Yu looked at the palm-sized crystal in his hand, his expression incredibly vivid.
“Let Liu Heng, that bastard, go to hell,” Lu Yu laughed heartily.
Domain Crystal!
If the information in Lu Yu’s brain is correct.
Well, the domain crystals are essential for building a city.
Anyone who activates a Domain Crystal automatically gains the ability to control that Domain Crystal.
After a domain crystal is placed in position, it will automatically activate a defensive light screen. You can even construct defensive towers within the protective barrier.
Getting the domain crystal during this period, isn’t this just going to make Liu Heng, that old bastard, go crazy again?
“Hey, with this, should I still fear you taking over the mine? There’s no need to leave this food here either. Move it all to the mine. I’ll make sure you never even think about it again.”
Lu Yu put away the domain crystal and returned to the mine as night fell.
Number One brought back more than a hundred magic apes.
Now there are as many as one hundred and fifty magic apes in the camp.
Upon learning of their leader’s return, these demon apes immediately bowed their bodies low.
Lu Yu took out the domain crystal and walked to the central position of the mine.
Here stands a towering black rock mountain, its sharp peak reaching nearly fifty meters high. Under the moonlight, the pointed summit gleams with a cold, blade-like luster, like swords and spears ready for battle.
Lu Yu took out the domain crystal and placed it on the peak.
The crystal automatically floated about one meter above the peak.
Lu Yu pierced his finger and let a drop of blood fall onto the crystal.
The crystal, like a thirsty living being, instantly absorbed the drop of blood into itself.
In an instant, countless threads of blood extended out from the crystal—
“The field of slaughter is now expanded. From this moment on, no life forms are allowed to enter the domain without permission, within a radius of five thousand meters. The domain’s maximum capacity is five hundred thousand lives, and its defensive strength is equivalent to the bones and sinews of the domain’s master.”
“The Slaughter Field is under attack, with ten points of health restored automatically every second.”
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