Chapter 340: Prepared for Battle

“No problem, I just asked casually. Since Zhang Mu the great merchant is unwilling to sell to Su Rui, you can trade with the City Lord of Qizilbash, and then share five thousand elemental crystals with us as a service fee.”

However, Zhang Mu was somewhat surprised by Su Rui’s reaction. Even though it was already embarrassing to this extent, Su Rui’s smile didn’t change at all. He appeared extremely sincere and just signaled for the nearby servant to serve tea and returned to his seat.

This acting is top-notch.

Is this the real Su Rui? No wonder Hachikuju is so wary of him. His deep scheming is truly terrifying.

Su Rui was actually just testing the waters. Since he and Qizilbash are already competitors, there’s no need to save face. Besides, he really does need this second-rank healing elixir just in case, which is why he asked.

He thought that perhaps Zhang Mu lacked funds and would consider his offer a bit more.

In the end, the gap between Hachikuju, Qizilbash, and Zhang Mu widened, and the extra twenty thousand elemental crystals spent might not have been in vain.

But even though he miscalculated, it was something he expected. No matter how much Zhang Mu provoked him, Su Rui didn’t care at all.

Qizilbash looked at Zhang Mu with a hint of gratitude in his eyes. The price Su Rui offered was too high, he might have to borrow some money from Hachikuju to compete with Su Rui. He never expected Zhang Mu to flatly refuse Su Rui.

The straightforward man needed to maintain his image as City Master. He calmed his emotions and quickly took out a clean and thin card from his pocket, handing it to Zhang Mu, saying, “Brother Zhang Mu, this is an Era Card with exactly five thousand elemental crystals and two thousand first-order beast cores inside. Please verify.”

Zhang Mu’s expression turned extremely peculiar when he saw this card. When he took it, he glanced at it. The red numbers on it indicated the amount of elemental crystals, while the black numbers were for the beast cores.

The Era Card given to him by Qizilbash displayed exactly the price he had quoted earlier, neither more nor less.

Why were Era Cards being brought out in this mysterious alliance? Was there really a Junior Era Sub-merchant among them?

Of course, this Era Card was not meant for use by Era Sub-merchants like Zhang Mu and others. They had the Era Merchant Ring and didn’t need to worry about running out of space.

This Era Card was introduced to facilitate transactions between Era Sub-merchants and humans. Only the Junior Sub-merchants had the privilege to use it.

Initially, only the leaders of major gathering places could afford this price. However, with the extension of the end-time period, it circulated to the leaders of smaller factions or to evolvers with stronger personal abilities. Ordinary people naturally had no need to purchase it, as a single elemental crystal could be enough for them to survive for half a month to a month.

Zhang Mu remembered that the cost of one elemental crystal was one thousand, and these crystals could be transferred between two cards, making this powerful function well worth the price. It was because of this that it sparked too much greed.

Apart from Era City, which was under the control of a superpower and could dominate any corner of the city, other places would more or less experience theft and robbery.

Getting something for nothing is always the easiest.

Qizilbash and the others assumed that Zhang Mu knew about the existence of the Era Card, so they didn’t explain much and naturally handed the Era Card over.

“Alright, young Zhang Mu, pay us three our reward, and then we can begin.”

The silver-haired old man named Huang sitting on the side finally spoke up and casually tossed out an Era Card from his sleeve, which Zhang Mu caught between his fingers and then held in his hand.

Su Rui and Qizilbash also took out a card each, and Zhang Mu turned to Hachikuju and said with a smile, “Brother, bring yours over too.”

Seeing the seriousness in Zhang Mu’s eyes, Hachikuju directly handed over a card, laughing heartily.

“In that case, I won’t hold back, brother.”

Zhang Mu put two Era Cards on top of each other, the top one was the Era Card being sent out, and the bottom one was the receiving one. He confidently said, “Transfer five thousand elemental crystals.”

Suddenly, a large white light appeared on the top Era Card, spreading down like powder, completely absorbed by the Era Card below ready to receive it.

After the transfer was complete, the numbers on the top Era Card decreased to forty-five thousand, while the bottom one increased accordingly.

When all four people’s five thousand elemental crystals were transferred, Zhang Mu threw the Era Card with thirty thousand elemental crystals and two thousand beast cores left in his hand into the ring on his right hand, saying to everyone, “Let’s go, it’s almost noon.”

Su Rui and the silver-haired old man sitting down slowly stood up, ready to go regardless of how Zhang Mu was, to collect money and complete tasks for others.

The silver-haired old man wanted to save time, so all six of them went directly to the path opened up by the Obsidian Beetle that could fit two people side by side, rushing forward at full speed towards where Mohe was located.

Running at full speed with the second-rank evolvers, with their strong energy combined, the nearby first-rank mutated beasts quickly avoided them. Just over five minutes later, they reached the spot where Zhang Mu and the others observed the King of Warhorses named Mohe downstream.

The King of Warhorses, still as lazy as before, lay under the shade of a tree like a statue, but everyone’s nerves were on edge.

Because they knew they had already been noticed.

Six people continued to get closer because they could sense the aura of the Sub City Lord. When Zhang Mu stepped into the range of the King of Warhorses’ attack, he no longer felt the intense sense of danger.

They were only about a mile away. Hachikuju and the other three stopped almost at the same time, each with a serious expression on their faces.

Hachikuju solemnly advised Zhang Mu, “Buddy, this mile is the maximum range that the King of Warhorses will tolerate. It won’t allow so many second-rank evolvers to approach it.”

If you want to tame it, you have to go alone. You need its approval. So not only us, but also your black beetle cannot follow.

For us, as long as you can hold on for five seconds in this mile, the four of us will definitely be able to arrive for rescue.

Evolvers with taming abilities will surely provoke its ferocity during taming. Many have failed before because they insisted on taming the second-rank evolvers who had already provoked the King of Warhorses. Even if we arrive in time, they still suffered severe injuries, and we also paid a considerable price.

“So, Zhang Mu buddy, do your best. If it doesn’t work out, retreat.”

The atmosphere was very serious. Zhang Mu solemnly nodded. Facing the mutant beast that made these four people feel difficult, along with the sense of threat he had just noticed, he had to be on high alert.

Zhang Mu slowly walked up to Yuan Rui, handed over the Obsidian Beetle in his arms to her, holding Yuan Rui’s hand as he did so, and whispered something to her ear while keeping an eye on the others.

“Lend me half of your energy.”

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