Chapter 1234: Ten-Thousand-Kill Rhodes
Yet the next second, the smile on Qian Benying's face froze stiff!
❐ԅ(꒪ヮ꒪‧̣̥̇)……
Beside her, Liuhua was also dumbstruck!
(✽꒪_꒪)？
In the small box, where in the world was the Diamond-grade spirit bead?
It had vanished without a trace, replaced instead by a crumpled ball of paper!
Qian Benying exploded!
I spent 1.1 billion, racked up a mountain of debt to win that Diamond-grade spirit bead!
(ʘ̆ωʘ̥̆‖)՞ Where did it go?
She clearly saw the spirit bead placed in the box before, even double-checked it—how could it be lost?
Frantic, Qian Benying tossed away the box and unfolded the crumpled paper!
(ꐦథ益థ)۶▓
《IOU》
I, Qian Benying of the Sakura Group, owe Jiangnan one billion dollars! Written as proof!
Debtor signature: Qian Benying!
Fingerprint: ๑
Guarantor signature: Liuhua!
Fingerprint: ຈ
Qian Benying's eyes bulged: ???
(ꐦథ口థ) “What is this! An IOU? One billion? How…”
Liuhua plopped down on the floor, her pretty face pale, her eyes darting away, sweat pouring down her forehead!
(‧̣̥̇✽◔﹏◔ิ✽‧̣̥̇)…
This IOU was all too familiar to her—it was the one she had signed back then when begging Jiangnan to save a poisoned Sakura!
She never thought she'd see this IOU again in her lifetime!
"It was... during the Metropolis incident, the one I wrote for Jiangnan, that 10 billion..."
Qian Benying: !!!
On the back of the IOU, there was also a line written:
"(ꐦ°᷄ٹ°᷅) Got money to attend an auction? But no money to pay me back, huh? And avoiding me? Where do you think you can hide?"
"Debts must be paid! That's only right and proper! That spirit bead was originally mine placed up for auction. I took it back, here's your IOU, we're square!"
"That 11 billion? Consider it as you paying me back. I'm keeping 1 billion as interest, not too much, right?"
"(๐ಡ.̫ಡ) Pfft pfft～ Ladou Sakura?"
Qian Benying's eyes filled with bloodshot veins. She grabbed her hair and screamed to the sky!
୧(͡◕皿◕͡)୨ "Ahhhh!"
The scream could be heard throughout the entire hotel!
[From Qian Benying: Resentment Value +1001!]
[From Qian Benying...]
Jiangnan had already seen through my disguise long ago? That spirit bead was originally Jiangnan's auction item?
Was the whole auction an act for me? Just to drive up the price?
Ahhh—so infuriating!
How the hell did he see through my flawless physical disguise?
Damn it!
So I traveled all the way from Hongguo to here, borrowed a ton of money, went through all this trouble for nothing—and ended up paying off a debt instead?
(*ง꒦ິ益꒦ີ)ง "That murderous Jiangnan! Why don't you just die! Die! Die! You son of a bitch!"
Furious beyond reason, Qian Benying grabbed a pillow and viciously beat the bed to vent her anger!
(•'益'•۶)۶ᯅ
Liuhua looked weak and timid!
(๑◔‸◔ิ๑) "Sakura, please don't hit so hard. If you break the pillow, we'll have to pay the hotel for it, but we don't have the money to pay!"
Qian Benying: !!!
Mentioning that made her even angrier!
She grabbed the pillow and smacked it straight onto Liuhua's face, knocking her onto the bed, then kept pounding her with the pillow!
"It's all your fault! All your fault for signing that damn IOU!"
Liuhua covered her head!
୧(☍﹏⁰✽)୨ "I did that to save you! Who told you to get poisoned by that toxin blade? And you call me stupid? You're the stupid one!"
[From Qian Benying: Resentment Value +1000!]
[From Qian Benying...]
Going crazy, Qian Benying felt like she was about to explode!
How did Jiangnan switch the spirit bead?
Was it in the bathroom? When I got bumped by a kid?
Then the spatial fluctuation from Jiangnan's teleportation...
Sss—covered up? That kid was also a space element?
"I'm going to fight Jiangnan right now! I have to get that spirit bead back!"
With that, she stormed toward the door!
Liuhua quickly rushed up and grabbed Qian Benying's thigh!
˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄Д˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚ "Sakura! The future is bright! This world is still worth living for! Don't do anything reckless!"
Qian Benying fumed: "I don't care! I'm going to get him today!"
In a flash, she teleported away.
...
Meanwhile, in the Jinju Building room, Mila was holding her phone, teaching Alice human language!
(｡ᵒ̌ヮᵒ̌) "Come on! Repeat after me! This means 'your grandmother': YOU, GrandMOther!"
"You~ go~ nee~ mah~!"
Alice nodded seriously!
(๑ơ◡ơ๑) "You~ go~ nee~ mah~!"
Hati: ???
Yao Hong: ???
Is this really okay?
Hey hey, what kind of pronunciation is that?
Jiangnan was deep in thought!
(๐¯᷄ก¯᷅) Mmm~
Alice's learning ability was nothing short of incredible; in just a short while, she could already speak human language haltingly.
He wondered if it was because of the Blue Blood!
"Little Hati? After you turned into Blue Blood, did you feel any smarter?"
Hati tilted her head: (•︠～•︡) "Hmm~ Yeah, my exam scores went up a lot. I feel like my thinking is much clearer than before."
"I even got full marks on the last big question in math!"
Jiangnan propped his chin—it was as he suspected!
Before, he could trick the Little Frog without any effort at all!
But this time meeting Hati, she was noticeably sharper, even though most of the time she was still a blockhead.
Just didn't know if it had anything to do with the Blue Blood.
As Jiangnan was thinking this...
At the same time, on the rooftop opposite Jinju Building, hundreds of people stood!
All were dressed in black with masks!
Rhodes stood at the front, his eyes filled with cold light!
"Sorry, but if I want something from Blue Ice, I've never failed to get it!"
"Some things, even if you get them in your hands, you can't protect them. Don't lump me in with losers like Tuna!"
With that, he drew two long blades in his hands!
"Three-Round Blood Pump!"
With a "shred," the suit on his upper body split open!
His muscles bulged like twisting dragons, especially his arm muscles, which swelled to an exaggerated degree!
"Cross Slash!"
The two spirit-material long blades slashed out, the cold light vanishing in an instant!
They crossed in the air into a cross shape, slashing fiercely toward Jinju Building!
Jiangnan suddenly looked up, eyes narrowing: "Everyone on alert! We've got trouble!"
He had just made an example of someone with the chicken slaughter, and yet someone dared to come now?
That meant they were very confident in their strength?
With two "shing" sounds!
The entire Jinju Building was cut open like tofu, the roof torn off!
A rumbling sound erupted as the upper half of Jinju Building toppled toward the street!
Haiselin was startled!
She quickly extended countless ice pillars to support the collapsing upper part of the building!
At that moment, Rhodes charged in with unstoppable momentum!
His speed even left afterimages, reaching Haiselin in an instant!
His long blade swung horizontally!
Haiselin: !!!
"Ice Armor!"
"Ice God Spear!"
A thick blue ice armor covered her body, and she condensed an ice spear in her hand, stabbing fiercely at Rhodes!
But the next moment, Rhodes slashed the ice spear away, while his other blade hacked heavily onto the ice armor!
Haiselin spat out a mouthful of blood, her body sent flying by the savage force!
She smashed through four consecutive buildings!
At the same time, Yao Hong's petrification beam shot over!
Rhodes didn't even turn his head!
Two suction-cup-covered tentacles emerged from his back!
The tentacles transformed into two thick arms!
His whole body became a four-armed monster!
He drew two more long blades, one of which he jabbed upward under the floor!
"Boom!"
The floorboards and bedding were lifted up by the blade, blocking Yao Hong's petrification ray!
The floorboards and bedding instantly petrified!
Meanwhile, his other blade slashed down fiercely, its edge blinding!
It sliced the petrified floor in two, the blade light instantly reaching Yao Hong!
In the nick of time, Yao Hong transformed her body into black stone!
She raised her arm to block the blade!
"Clang!"
Sparks flew everywhere, Yao Hong's arm cracked, and her whole body was sent flying, smashing through the wall!
Four-Armed Rhodes rapidly swept his eyes across the room!
He didn't rush toward Alice beside Jiangnan!
Instead, he took a swift stride to Damon's side, kicked out a whip leg, and slammed it heavily onto Damon's face!
Damon couldn't react in time; the kick sent him crashing through the floor to the floor below!
The entire operation took less than a second!
Rhodes grabbed Lan in his arms, holding one blade horizontally at her throat!
His other two blades aimed at everyone in the room!
"Give me the mermaid! Or she dies! Don't doubt I'll cut—I've killed kids before!"
Jiangnan's eyes were ice-cold: "A worthy Ten-Thousand-Kill Rhodes indeed, all your skills honed in battle!"
"Clean moves, taking the lowest-level Little Lan hostage? Because she's easier to control?"
"Quite smart, huh? Not like that watered-down Starlight Tuna!"
Rhodes squinted: "No more bullshit! Give me the mermaid! Once I get what I want, I'll naturally—"
Jiangnan squinted: "Lan!"
Seeing no panic in her eyes, Lan teleported out of Rhodes's arms!
The next instant, she appeared beside Mila!
Rhodes was shocked!
What? Teleportation?
This kid is a space element?
Damn it!
He looked for Jiangnan, but he had already vanished from his spot!
Rhodes felt an astonishing chill coming from behind him!
Without hesitation, he spun around and slashed wildly behind him!
Jiangnan was covered in Glazed Armor, his eyes bloodshot!
In his hand, a Big Jade Wire Ball over ten meters in diameter came crashing down, meeting the blades!
"Boom!"
Countless spirit threads burst in all directions!
Rhodes didn't hesitate!
Four more octopus tentacles emerged from his back, turning into arms!
Now he had eight arms in total, each holding a long blade!
"Eight-Blade Style: Storm of Random Slashes!"
In an instant, his eight arms swung wildly, the blades turning into phantoms, slicing apart all the spirit threads shooting in all directions!
Not a single one touched him!
The eight blades, like fangs, aimed straight for Jiangnan's vital points!
But at that moment, Rhodes's movements froze, and he looked down sharply!
A complex spell array three meters in diameter had formed beneath his feet without him noticing!
"Gravitational Spell Array!"
"Boom!"
The two of them instantly vanished from the 16th-floor room. In less than a second, they fell from the upper floor to the ground floor!
A huge crater exploded, the shockwave shattering all the glass!
"Void Black Hole: War Drum of Hell!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Continuous finger snaps summoned void black holes, eating away at Jinju Building, riddling it with holes!
The hundreds of black beads formed during the process all appeared above the Gravitational Spell Array!
The black beads were already terrifyingly heavy, and under ten-thousand-fold gravity attraction!
They plummeted toward Rhodes at extreme speed like a torrential downpour!
Jiangnan's expression was cold: "Black Rain Over the City!"
Rhodes: !!!
[From Rhodes: Resentment Value +1000!]