PDLP Chapter 297 Sword Light Across the Land, Instantly Killing Mi
Chapter 297 Sword Light Across the Land, Instantly Killing Mi
"Duo Shao?" Chen You picked at his ear, wondering if it had been frozen.
The lead Smurf laborer puffed out his chest, slammed his broken pickaxe into the ground, and repeated it with righteous indignation.
"Thirty million gold coins! That's three thousand years' worth of basic salary plus penalties for breach of contract, and we haven't even factored in inflation or compensation for emotional distress!"
Chen You laughed in exasperation.
Thirty million gold coins?
If Li Guoan knew he was being ripped off here, he'd probably just send missiles to blow up the game server.
He may be rich, but he's not stupid.
Thirty million gold coins—even extortion wouldn't dare mention that!
Okay, let's sort it out.
Chen You crossed his arms and looked down at the group of short Smurfs.
"You say you've been working for three thousand years. But in all these years of mining, I haven't seen a single slag."
"As the current investor representative, I haven't seen any output or revenue, so why should I settle accounts with you?"
The Smurf laborer was stunned.
They had clearly never encountered anything so unpredictable.
"The son pays for the father's debts! Since you're wearing his nameplate, you have to pay him!" the labor leader gritted his teeth.
"Don't give me that." Chen You's gaze swept over the surroundings, finally settling on the laborers' bodies wrapped in bandages.
He activated the ability to "see the heart through the aura".
In their line of sight, these laborers showed no signs of life whatsoever; instead, they were surrounded by a red halo that symbolized deception.
Beneath their feet, strange, dark blue psychic energy was flowing into their bodies through the bandages.
"Trapped for three thousand years, without food or water, yet still alive and kicking?" Chen You's lips curled into a cold smile.
"I don't think you're any real workers. You've absorbed almost all the spiritual energy of this Hidden Star City, haven't you?"
"A bunch of parasitic cable-stealing rats living in ruins dare to talk to me about labor laws?"
Caught red-handed, the Smurf leader's wrinkled face instantly froze.
The next second, its previously pupil-less white eyes suddenly glowed with a scarlet light.
Hundreds of laborers around them simultaneously let out an inhuman roar, their bandages breaking inch by inch, revealing their withered yet metallic bodies underneath.
The fake name tags on their heads vanished instantly, replaced by real, scarlet health bars.
Star Essence Thief (Elite), Lv.35
Star Essence Thief (Elite), Lv.35
"Can't keep up the act anymore? If you can't win an argument, you resort to showing your health bar. This game really does have logic." Chen You gripped the hilt of the Jade Emperor Sword with his other hand.
"Kill him!" the leader screamed, raising his pickaxe high into the air and smashing it down on Chen You's face.
Hundreds of Star Marrow Thieves, like a horde of crazed zombies, pounced on Chen You from all directions.
Chen You stood still, showing no intention of hiding.
"You have no money, and you can't take my life either."
Clang!
The clear, sharp sound of the sword instantly drowned out the roars from the entire arena.
The Heaven-Shattering Sword Technique - Chaotic Stars!
With a flick of his wrist, Chen You sent his longsword tracing a mysterious path through the air.
Originally, this move could only cover an area of about 100 meters around it at most.
But at this moment, the mythical-grade Destiny Stone [Divine Might Like a Prison] embedded in the equipment slot suddenly shone with a dazzling golden light.
Divine Stone effect triggered: Area attack range increased by one kilometer!
boom!
Hundreds upon hundreds of incomparably sharp golden sword energies, centered on Chen You, expanded wildly outward in a ring shape, like the shockwave generated by a nuclear explosion.
Wherever the sword energy passed, the air was torn apart, producing a piercing shriek.
The leader of the laborers at the forefront was instantly shredded by more than a dozen sword energies before he could even let out a scream.
Immediately afterwards, the second row, the third row... hundreds of Star Essence Thieves were as fragile as paper toys in the face of the sword aura storm.
The sword energy spread for over a thousand meters, cleaving a large area of abandoned scaffolding and mine carts in half.
Three seconds later, the storm subsided.
Within a kilometer radius of Chen You, apart from the bronze stone slab beneath his feet, there was no other living creature standing.
The ground was littered with scattered blue ashes and broken iron pickaxes.
[Defeat Star Marrow Thief (Elite) to gain 1500 experience points]
[Slay the Star Marrow Thief (Elite)...]
System notification sounds flooded the screen.
Chen You glanced at his experience bar, which had increased significantly this time.
At the same time, from the blue ashes scattered on the ground, tiny specks of pale blue light slowly drifted out and automatically gathered in Chen You's palm.
[System Notification: You have collected Star Souls. Current Star Soul collection progress: 23%.]
Chen You looked at the progress bar in front of him and raised an eyebrow.
"So that's how it's played."
What's with all this talk about demanding back wages and hidden storylines? It turns out it's just a massive monster-hunting and collection quest.
Now that the mechanism is clear, there's no need to be polite.
Chen You raised his head and looked at the Star Marrow Thieves who were still peeking around a thousand meters away and had not been affected by the sword strike.
"Stop hiding! Didn't you all want your wages settled?"
Chen You channeled his spiritual power, and his voice echoed throughout the empty, upside-down mining area.
"Boss Chen is personally paying your salaries today! One man, one sword, honest and fair dealing!"
Before he finished speaking, Chen You flashed into the depths of the mining area, becoming a blur.
For the next half hour, this upside-down city, which had been silent for three thousand years, welcomed its most ruthless "capitalist" in history.
Relying on the range amplification of the divine stone and his own abnormal attributes, Chen You rampaged through the mining area.
Those once arrogant Star Essence Thieves were now being slaughtered and crying for their parents.
They tried to escape, but faced with absolute speed and AOE skills covering a kilometer, any struggle was futile.
"Don't run away! Weren't you quite the talker just now?"
Chen You was firing off messages nonstop, and he was also talking nonstop.
As the last Star Marrow Thief hiding under the excavator was pierced by the sword energy, the progress bar in front of Chen You finally emitted a crisp clang.
[System Notification: Star Soul Collection Progress: 100%]
All the pale blue light clusters converged in mid-air, transforming into a fist-sized, crystal-clear...
The crystal, resembling a miniature basketball, slowly fell into Chen You's hand.
Before he could even check the item's attributes, the entire Hidden Star Mine suddenly began to shake violently.
Rumbling--
The massive chain connecting to the abyss began to shake violently, emitting a sickening metallic scraping sound.
Immediately afterwards, a huge crack appeared in the middle of the largest bronze base in the center of the mine.
A blinding red light burst forth from the crack in the ground, completely suppressing the surrounding eerie blue starlight.
The temperature suddenly rose, and the frost on the ground evaporated instantly.
Chen You took a few steps back, gripped the Jade Emperor Sword tightly, and stared intently at the crack.
"Is the real deal finally about to be revealed?" Chen You was on high alert.
According to the game's logic, this is definitely the grand entrance of an epic-level boss.
Just when he thought an ancient behemoth or a projection of a god would crawl out from underground.
From deep within the crevice, a rhythmic drumbeat suddenly resounded.
"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom..."
Chen You was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, a rough, hoarse voice with heavy metal reverberation exploded from the ground, keeping time with the drumbeats.
"Yo! Three thousand years! A full three thousand years!"
"That despicable person cheated me out of my money and ruined my life!"
"Lock me in this cold abyss, where all I can see every day are those blue eunuchs!"
He said he'd be right back and told me to stay here and keep watch!
"As a result, for three thousand days and nights, I didn't even get a hot bowl of shit to feed him!"
"Skr~!"
A hardcore, rhyming, and resentful rap lingered in the empty mining area for a long time.
Chen You stood there, almost dropping his sword.
"Hey newbie, how was my freestyle?"