Gourd of Douluo.

Chapter 659: High-end business wars are often plain and simple (I)

Tiandou City, the imperial capital of the Tiandou Empire, is the most prosperous city in the entire empire. The amount of people passing through it every day reaches a terrifying number.

At night, the towering city is hidden in the darkness, with dense lights scattered around like fireflies.

Casinos, Yingchunyuan, and the Grand Fighting Arena. These entertainment venues welcomed far more visitors than during the day.

In this atmosphere of decadence and extravagance, a small area market in the northern part of the city quietly opened.

This market is not large in scale, but the security is stricter than that of the big fighting spirit arena. There are sentries and guards in the darkness, which can keep an eye on every movement in the entire market.

Under the hazy cover of the night, it was crawling here like a ferocious beast, faintly releasing a somewhat creepy and strange oppression.

However, in the spacious marketplace, people's figures flashed by, and all kinds of shouting and cursing, as well as the sounds of swords clashing, gathered together, dispelling a lot of the lingering cold feeling.

In the center of the market, stands an inconspicuous three-story building, exuding a sense of vicissitudes.

In this place where every inch of space is fought over by vendors, there is a large open space around the small building where no one is setting up stalls. Even pedestrians passing by here walk in a hurry and dare not stay for too long.

Lobby.

Many people sat quietly inside, looking at the old man at the first seat with fear in their eyes, not daring to make any unusual noise.

The old man was dressed in a black robe with exquisite cloud patterns painted on it. He had white hair, but his face had a faint and delicate luster, and he looked like a young man. His eyes were slightly closed, and occasionally a sharp light flashed across them. Anyone who inadvertently looked at him would feel as if a sharp blade was stabbing them, and would immediately break out in a cold sweat and quickly look away, not daring to look directly at him.

The old man reached for the teacup on the table, but put it down halfway. "It's strange. I don't know why I feel uneasy today. Could something have happened?"

The guards below dared not say a word.

However, a young man among the guards responded in a carefree manner: "Uncle Bai Fu, you are worrying about nothing again. You just said this yesterday. With your great power, who would dare to come here to seek death? If you ask me, you have stayed in this corner for too long. You are feeling suffocated. You should go out and change your mood."

The old man called Bai Fu seemed to be quite close to the young man, so he did not blame him for his disrespectful tone. He shook his head and refused, "The transport team will be here in an hour, and the goods on top must not be lost."

The black market would move every three days, and the rare treasures collected during these three days would be sent to auction houses and other places along with the transport team for proper laundering, and then sold at high prices.

This is the main source of income for the black market, and there must not be any mistakes.

The young man's eyes rolled and he immediately came up with an idea: "Why don't you go out and inspect the post to see if there are any suspicious people. If you see any, you can nip any signs of danger in the bud."

"You."

Bai Fu tilted his head slightly, and wherever his eyes passed, everyone in the hall couldn't help but straighten their bodies.

"Well, I'll go for a round of inspection. Lei Du, Lei Sha, after I leave, the two of you will lead the team to guard this place. We can't let anything slip." Bai Fu glanced at a corner of the hall and said in a low voice.

"As ordered!"

Hearing Bai Fu's shout, two old men who had remained silent in a corner of the hall quickly stood up and responded respectfully.

Although the two old men were extremely low-key, it was obvious that their strength and status were not low among the crowd.

The young man looked at the two old men who stood up and said with a smile, "Haha, we have two Soul Emperors and ten Soul Kings here. Even if some Soul Douluo dare to cause trouble, with this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, I don't think they can cause much trouble."

Hearing his somewhat arrogant words, Lei Du and Lei Sha also smiled and then looked at each other.

Young people really don't know their place. They can even say such arrogant words. Soul Emperor and Soul King seem to be only two or three levels away from Soul Douluo, but the gap between them is even bigger than that between an ant and an elephant.

They thought that they had to draw a clear line between themselves and those who lacked reverence and did not recognize their own strength, so as to avoid being implicated for no reason. Once they left this place, no one would care about their identity.

After giving instructions, Bai Fu stood up from the soft chair, waved his hand, and said, "Since that's the case, everyone should do their job."

Hearing Bai Fu's words, everyone in the hall nodded quickly, then stood up, bowed to Bai Fu, and watched his figure disappear in the hall.

After Bai Fu left, the pressure on everyone's hearts was relieved a lot. The young man said casually: "Uncle Bai Fu has cultivated to such an extent, but he is still as cautious as before. It's too boring."

As he spoke, he took out a packet of white powder from his pocket, took out a flint and lit it. When the powder came into contact with the heat, faint green smoke wafted out.

The young man took a light sniff and immediately showed a comfortable expression.

This is a powder called nectar powder, which is generally used as an analgesic. However, some people have recently discovered that the smoke produced when nectar powder is burned can cause people who inhale it to have mild hallucinations and a feeling of euphoria. This novel experience has suddenly become popular among young nobles.

This is not the first time that the young man has done such a thing while on duty, and everyone has long been accustomed to his behavior. After all, he has a strong background and is usually generous, so everyone just turns a blind eye and pretends not to see it.

As the night deepened, thick fog that came from nowhere gradually enveloped the entire market.

As the powder burned out, the young man woke up from his hallucination, only to find that he had been dragged into a corner without him knowing when.

Surrounded by their own men, Lei Du and Lei Sha stood at the front, while confronting them were two mysterious men in black robes whose faces and body shapes could not be discerned.

The atmosphere was tense.

"I'm afraid you two have come to the wrong place." Lei Du looked at the mysterious man in front of him with a gloomy face and said coldly: "Just leave now, we can pretend nothing happened, otherwise, when Director Bai comes back, you will all die!"

The mysterious man didn't even look at them. He tilted his head slightly and seemed to be communicating, but didn't make any sound.

This move undoubtedly shows that they are not taken seriously.

Suddenly, an angry shout came from the crowd: "Master Lei, why are you talking so much to them? They don't even dare to show their true faces to others. They are just jumping clowns. Watch me capture them and take credit for it from Uncle Bai Fu!"

As he spoke, five gorgeous spirit rings emerged from his body one by one, and a ferocious giant axe was tightly grasped in the young man's hand.

As the purple thousand-year soul ring merged into the axe body, the one-meter-long axe suddenly tripled in size. The young man gathered his strength and jumped over everyone's heads, splitting the mysterious man with all his might.

"watch out!"

Seeing the young man rushing towards the man in black robe, Lei Du and Lei Sha wanted to curse him. Did this guy take too many drugs? How come he has no eyesight at all?

Not seeing the combined momentum of more than a dozen people, he couldn't even contend with the other side. All the energy was completely suppressed back into his body, not being able to overflow at all.

Their momentum was suppressed to this point. It was obvious that the opponent was much stronger than them. The best thing to do was to restrain the opponent and buy time to wait for Bai Fu to come back.

But this completely disrupted their plans. But there was nothing they could do. They couldn't just watch this stupid boy go up and die. Otherwise, even if they escaped from the mysterious man, the furious Bai Fu would not let them go.

Now, I can only bite the bullet.

Lei Du's sweeping eyes stopped at the black-robed man standing in the front. Seeing him facing them sideways, as if he was completely defenseless, he suddenly shouted, "Come on together!"

The colorful soul rings filled the space, and the surging soul power gushed out in all directions like a raging wave, even the small building made of fine iron was shaken slightly.

A chuckle came from under the hood. "He does have some reckless courage."

The black-robed man clearly reacted only after their attack, but his attack was faster than those who had summoned their martial spirits and used their spirit skills first.

Only a sharp sound of breaking wind was heard, and the next moment, countless thick gourd vines broke through the half-meter thick steel plate. The tips of the vines flashed metallic silver light and stabbed the dozen guards from all directions.

Agile soul masters create clones to dodge, defensive soul masters use soul skills to resist, and strong soul masters use soul skills with extremely destructive power.

Everyone responded in the same way that they were best at.

But at the moment when the soul skill was activated to its peak, the soul power in everyone's body suddenly became insufficient.

Most of them had less than one tenth of their soul power left, while others had already seen their soul skills backfire. It was just a moment of distraction before sharp spikes pierced through their chests with a deep red color.

"How dare you, you brat!" A voice filled with suppressed anger came from far away, and at the same time as the voice arrived, the figure of the owner of the voice also arrived.

Eight soul rings of yellow, purple, black and black burst out along with the terrifying pressure, and then wrapped around a double-edged axe. The words "Po Tian" could be vaguely seen on the thick blade.

The shock wave, a mixture of soul power and momentum, tore apart all the surrounding furniture and decorations, but when it was about to reach the man in black robe, two light curtains, one blue and one red, blocked it in front of him.

boom!
Following a dull sound, ripples appeared in the void. The powerful energy with a bit of heat made the black robe rustle, revealing the childish face under the hood.

"Heaven-Breaking Axe, Li Baifu? It seems that the bounty offered by the Xingluo Empire for you is still a bit low. Level 82 cannot release such strong soul power oppression."

Seeing that his probing methods could not even force the opponent's martial spirit to come out and were easily resolved, he knew that the opponent's strength was definitely not inferior to his own. Bai Fu suppressed his anger and said with a gloomy face: "I don't remember when a strong man like you appeared in Tiandou City."

The man in black robe took out a test tube from the gourd on his waist, poured out the liquid inside and poured it on the bottom of the vine. "Indeed, compared to my teammates who shined in the elite competition and became famous all over the continent, I am not famous at all, so even a nobody dares to step on me."

"Elite Competition." Bai Fu was obviously stunned for a moment after not hearing this word for a long time. Then his eyes stayed on the latter's face that looked a little too young. After a moment, his eyes suddenly swept across the gourd that was inadvertently exposed from the waist of the black-robed boy. A thought flashed through his mind, and the memory that had been covered up for three years was finally grabbed out by him.

"You... you are Wang Xiaofeng?!" A voice mixed with shock and disbelief came out of Bai Fu's mouth.

When Shrek Academy won the championship, it shocked the entire Tiandou Empire. The data of everyone in the team was dug up by all the major forces, especially Wang Xiaofeng, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, three civilian soul masters with no background. From top sects like the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect to ordinary small families, they all extended olive branches to them. But later, apart from the news that Oscar joined the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, there was no news about the other two. As the person in charge of the Tiandou City Black Market, Bai Fu would handle all matters, big and small, so he naturally knew why Wang Xiaofeng appeared here. He was shocked that the other party had only taken three years to reach such a high level of strength.

So if we give him three to five years, how much can his strength grow?
Bai Fu didn't dare to think about it any further.

"Do you want to declare war on the black market?" Bai Fu said with a dry throat, his lips moving slightly.

"Declare war? No, no, no. Every grievance has its perpetrator. I will not involve irrelevant people in the grudge." Wang Xiaofeng watched the purple liquid flow through the hollow stem into the bodies of a dozen people who were bound and imprisoned, and slowly flowed into the heart along the blood vessels. A hint of mockery flashed in his eyes.

"They weren't hurt and won't die for a while, but they were too noisy, so I told them to be quiet."

"I hope you are telling the truth." Bai Fu saw all of Wang Xiaofeng's little movements, but he dared not say anything. He didn't care about other people's lives, but his nephew's life was in the hands of the other party, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

"Little lunatic, I saw it."

Bai Fu was two levels higher than Nitia. Logically, it would take a long time to read his mind, but his mind fluctuated violently in a short period of time, which allowed Nitia to find what she needed in his memory with almost no effort.

Nitia's voice echoed in Wang Xiaofeng's ears, "It's under the floor tiles in the second row and third column on the left hand side of the entrance to the third floor."

"I wanted to play a game, but I don't have enough time."

Wang Xiaofeng sensed that there were many powerful soul masters approaching quickly outside. Excluding the time he spent setting up the venue, less than three minutes had passed since the invasion began. The black market's reaction was extremely quick.

Wang Xiaofeng snapped his fingers lightly, and dark blue water flowed out of the gourd, condensing beside him into three two-meter-long vicious beasts with mouths full of sharp teeth.

"My time is limited, so let these phantoms (aliens) play with you." After saying that, he threw away his robe and walked towards the upper level with Nitia.

"Don't even think about leaving!"

Roar! !

The three evil beasts pounced straight towards Bai Fu. Both their formation and their advance took only a moment.

Bai Fu frowned and raised the sharp axe in his hand. The yellow soul ring merged into the axe body, and the axe blade suddenly glowed white. He swung the axe down and cleanly cut the vicious beast in two.

boom!
Before Bai Fu could react, the evil beast, whose body was split in half, suddenly exploded.

A huge shock wave swept in all directions, shaking the building, sending dirt flying in the courtyard outside the house, and causing fine cracks to appear on the surrounding walls and ground.

In the exploding blood mist, Bai Fu shot out from the mist, with blood-stained cloth strips hanging on his body, bloodstains all over his body, and signs of corrosion and burning on his wounds.

Although he suffered a loss due to his carelessness, Bai Fu was no pushover. His sixth soul ring emitted a black light, and under the reflection of the soul ring's light, black flames ignited on the Sky-Breaking Axe.

Two vicious beasts jumped out from the blood mist, one above and one below, one in front and one behind, their sharp claws aiming at the chest and lower limbs.

puff!

Water splashed, and several cross claw marks were left on Bai Fu's chest. The evil beast that rushed up first stood in front of Bai Fu, and the Air-Breaking Axe had already chopped off its head.

Before it exploded, black flames had already ignited on its body. The terrifyingly high temperature quickly evaporated the corrosive liquid, revealing the core that began to glow red.

Bai Fu bent down and twisted his body, barely avoiding the attack of the last evil beast. He supported himself on the ground with one hand, and swung the giant axe in his right hand. The huge force instantly knocked the evil beast out of the door.

He exerted force with his left hand, and his body turned 360 degrees, and kicked the energy core that was about to explode with an inverted hook. The red bead followed closely behind, and with a "swoosh" it accurately hit the evil beast that was still in the air.

boom! ! !
There was an energy explosion outside the house, and Bai Fu, his whole body wrapped in thick soul power, stood in front of everyone.

After a few seconds, the energy explosion subsided and Bai Fu stood up from the ground.

The black market security team arrived late, or rather they arrived a long time ago, but they did not dare to show up at the first time in a fight of this level. These guys were very smart and were obviously waiting for the outcome of the battle in the small building. If Bai Fu won, they would come out; if the invader won, they would retreat and wait for other combat units to arrive.

Security guards wearing black uniforms with white stripes on their collars and cuffs began to block all exits around.

The third floor of the small building.

Elite soldiers and armor, rare medicinal materials, and a wide variety of jewels were randomly placed on the ground. The treasures here were simply a treasure trove that would attract countless people. And this was only the inventory collected in the black market in three days.

But these treasures for ordinary people could not attract the attention of Wang Xiaofeng and Nitia, who were trying to find a way to pry open the safe.

A water spider transformed from an illusion climbed onto Wang Xiaofeng's shoulder, and images of the battle began to be transmitted into his brain.

Wang Xiaofeng placed the water spider on his palm, revealing the blood wrapped in a special liquid. "As expected of a veteran Soul Douluo, he easily solved the pure water phantom with only two soul skills. However, he also collected the data that should be collected, so it's not a loss."

On the other side, Nitia put down the scepter in her hand in disappointment, and in front of her was the safe that had not changed at all.

"I can't open it. I give up."

No one knew what material this safe was made of. The method of using ice to break the lock core, which had always worked, was completely useless this time.

"Let me do it." Wang Xiaofeng smiled and shook his head. A ball of fire emerged from his palm. With a flick of his finger, the fire fell on the safe and completely enveloped it. The temperature around it suddenly became extremely hot.

But under Wang Xiaofeng's micro-manipulation, the flame seemed to have intelligence and only burned the internal self-destruct mechanism and the lock core of the safe, leaving everything else intact.

Wang Xiaofeng retracted the flame and opened the safe. There were three things inside: dozens of gold bars weighing a full pound, a gem as big as a fist, and an account book about two fingers thick.

As his mental power spread out, the account book automatically turned the pages quickly without any wind. In just a few breaths, all the contents were imprinted in Wang Xiaofeng's mind.

Wang Xiaofeng casually poured all the contents of the safe onto the ground, then put the safe into the gourd.

Nitia was shocked by this strange behavior.

"Treasures in the eyes of ordinary people are nothing to me. But I don't know what kind of metal material this safe is made of, but it can actually block the dual detection of my mental power and soul power." Wang Xiaofeng's eyes flashed with a gleam of curiosity.

Nitia spread her hands helplessly. Once Wang Xiaofeng had fully mastered this new material, the outer protective wall of the underground laboratory in Zhufeng Territory would probably have to undergo a new round of updates.

Thinking of the horrific expenses, Nitia clasped her hands together and prayed that the family treasury would be filled with more money for those behind the scenes.

There was the sound of orderly footsteps outside, and Wang Xiaofeng said, "Reinforcements are here, we should leave now."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers, and the sporadic flames grew in the wind, and in a few breaths they burned a big hole in the top of the roof.

Fluffy clouds rose from under their feet, supporting the bodies of the two people, and disappeared in the thick fog.

The riots that were caused came and went quickly.

Before passers-by could pick up their stools and watch the show, the black market lifted the order to block the entrances and exits, which made the onlookers who wanted to watch the fun secretly feel it was a pity.

Although the ban has been lifted, a high level of martial law is still maintained around the small building.

The captain of the escort team took the report from his subordinate and quickly scanned it. "Are you sure it's correct?"

"Captain, the brothers have checked several times."

The captain of the escort team turned to report the situation to Bai Fu: "Manager Bai, the cargo has been checked and there is no damage or loss. The only property lost is a safe."

"I understand." Bai Fu waved his hand.

"Then I'll go deliver the goods first." The captain of the escort team tactfully said goodbye and left with his men.

There was no loss of the goods on the black market, so Bai Fu felt relieved and turned to walk into the hall.

The dozen injured people in the hall were now placed on makeshift beds. An old man with five soul rings surging through his body was holding a herb emitting healing light in his hand, and was treating the people on the beds.

After more than ten minutes, the healing light faded and the wounded man's breathing became steady, and he was obviously out of danger.

The old man put away his martial spirit, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a simple and shocking manner: "I have helped them heal their external injuries, but they have lost too much blood and they will not be able to wake up for a while."

Bai Fu called for people to take the injured away, and whispered to the old man, "Mr. Mu, I wonder what's in their bodies."

The old man shook his head and said, "Director Bai, that foreign object is very strange and is tightly attached to the heart. It is very risky to remove it by force. In fact, as long as you don't stimulate it, it is safe and harmless, and it will not affect your cultivation and normal life."

Bai Fu obviously didn't hear the second half of the words. At this moment, his heart was filled with self-blame and regret.

My nephew suffered this disaster because of his own negligence. Although the old man in front of him was only a Soul King, he was already the best doctor he could hire in a short period of time.

Bai Fu asked unwillingly: "Is there no way at all?"

The old man thought for a moment and said, "If you can invite the Nine-Hearted Begonia Spirit Master, there might be some hope."