Chapter 1355: Chapter 1339: Go for It, Everyone—Don’t Chicken Out
"Damn, paying a hundred Crystal Disks for protection, and you can only walk thirty meters?"
Yang Xiao looked speechlessly at the scar-faced bald man in front of him, judging by the killing aura emanating from him, he must be above the Empire Middle Level Realm.
Yang Xiao glanced around. The street he was currently on was a special street in Death Castle, with a few scattered pedestrians walking nearby. However, regarding Yang Xiao being extorted for protection money, it seemed none of the passersby stopped to watch. Evidently, such occurrences were extremely common in Death Castle.
Thirty meters away, there were a few tall men lazily watching, holding longswords in their arms, seemingly waiting to extort protection money from Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao said to the scar-faced bald man in front of him,
"What if I don’t pay you the protection fee?"
"Heh, not paying?"
As soon as the words fell, the scar-faced bald man slashed a sword at Yang Xiao.
The speed was extremely fast, and the power was great.
A fierce killing aura sliced through the void, chopping down on Yang Xiao.
In the next second, if Yang Xiao couldn’t dodge and couldn’t resist, he’d be severely injured if not dead.
In that instant, Yang Xiao understood that this was Death Castle in the Dwarf Star Continent, a place without any law or rules, where survival depended entirely on one’s abilities.
Yang Xiao’s pupils narrowed slightly, and he punched towards the scar-faced bald man.
The scar-faced bald man originally thought once his sword slashed down, Yang Xiao was definitely dead.
Judging from Yang Xiao’s ordinary attire, he seemed to be just a regular person from Dwarf Star, with no followers or henchmen. Such people were mostly fugitives escaping from other races, desperately seeking shelter and hiding places to evade capture.
When Yang Xiao suddenly punched, the scar-faced bald man immediately felt something was wrong. An inexplicable chill rose from his heart, and though he wanted to act, it was already too late.
Firstly, the sword he swung out, the fierce killing aura, was shattered by Yang Xiao’s punch,
Subsequently, the longsword in his hand flipped back, his arm trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn’t hold the sword, which flew out of his hands.
"Bang!"
The scar-faced bald man felt a heaviness in his chest, his body retreating explosively, flying out fifty meters away, crashing into the street, smashing quite a pit on the stone-road.
The scar-faced man’s chest collapsed, blood gushing from his mouth, his eyes filled with terror, as he extended his limbs, and died.
Pedestrians on the street, initially shocked, quickly returned to normal.
Such fights and killings happen over a dozen times a day in Death Castle, sometimes even more. Occasionally, there are shootouts between two groups, and people have learned to quickly avoid them to prevent being hurt accidentally.
Yang Xiao even heard some excited shouts from afar, with people shouting "Good!"
Thirty meters away, three men, holding longswords, were shocked to see Yang Xiao punch and fly the scar-faced bald man.
"Boss, this guy is a bit tough. Should we keep collecting money?"
Initially, they planned to wait after the scar-faced bald man collected the protection money, then continue to extort Yang Xiao for protection money. But now, seeing Yang Xiao’s remarkable combat power, they thought they should reconsider the consequences.
According to the information Yang Xiao had obtained, the main street leading into Death Castle was two thousand meters long. Any newcomer passing through this main street would face extortion and robbery.
In Death Castle, this street was also known as Wealth Avenue.
Wealth, of course, pertained to the extortionists.
For newcomers, if you have the ability, you can blast your way through directly,
If not, you pay to pass.
After crossing this main street, newcomers could enter the Citizen Hall of Death Castle, spending ten thousand Crystal Disks to purchase a Citizen ID from the City Lord,
With this ID, they could live within Death Castle and receive limited protection from the City Lord.
If Yang Xiao pays the protection money and walks through this main street, dozens more groups are waiting to collect protection money.
Anyone can just stand in front of Yang Xiao, point with a longsword,
"Hey, newcomer, pay the protection fee."
This is an unwritten rule of Death Castle.
Of course, not everyone in Death Castle dares to collect protection money.
To extort others for protection money, one’s combat power must be strong, otherwise, like the scar-faced bald man just now, punched to death by Yang Xiao, you can only blame your luck.
Yang Xiao knocked the scar-faced bald man out with one punch and then walked forward as if nothing happened.
Thirty meters later, the three men holding longswords looked at Yang Xiao with complicated expressions.
Yang Xiao smiled at them slightly,
"Do you want to collect protection money?"
"..."
The three men stared dumbfounded at Yang Xiao.
They had been in Death Castle for three years, and when they arrived, they had been robbed countless times, and they had robbed countless others. But seeing someone like Yang Xiao, entering the castle at the very start, so uncooperative, was indeed rare.
The men looked at Yang Xiao, and one of the leaders sneered at him, saying,
"Newcomer, do you understand the rules?"
"I don’t."
"..."
Going off track here.
"Fine, you don’t understand, I’ll teach you. If you hadn’t acted just now, all the way down, encountering someone collecting protection money, you only needed to pay 100 Crystal Disks,
But now you’ve refused one person, you should know, every person you refuse to pay, the next protection fee doubles, here you must pay 200 Crystal Disks."
Yang Xiao smiled faintly,
"If I refuse you too, does the next protection fee double again to 400 Crystal Disks?"
The three men gripped their swords tightly, glaring at Yang Xiao.
"Boss, kill him."
The leading boss hesitated for a moment,
"Kid, don’t be too arrogant. If you come to Death Castle, you have to learn to bow your head, otherwise,"
"Bow my head? There’s no money on the ground to pick up, why should I bow my head."
"Kid, don’t make me act over 200 Crystal Disks and lose your life, here, killing someone is no different than crushing a bug."
Crystal Disks and Crystal Coins are different, Crystal Disks are refined from Demon Beast Crystal Cores and are the general evolution resources used by Evolvers on Dwarf Star, and also the circulating currency.
Common currency, such as the paper money from Earth’s Xuanming Country, is printed countless times every year, more and more, leading to inflation, and money becomes worthless.
But the Crystal Disks and Crystal Coins from Dwarf Star and Witch Star are different.
They serve as both currency and cultivation resources, ultimately used as material for refining Genetic Evolution Resources, constantly consumed.
Dwarf Star is vast, with endless Demon Beasts, even if one can hunt Demon Beasts unlimitedly and obtain Crystal Cores, this speed of acquisition is very limited, it can’t be like Earth’s Xuanming Country, running printing machines endlessly.
So, Crystal Disks are very valuable.
In real life, items valued in Crystal Disks tend to not be very expensive.
For example, a Magic Killing Long Sword suitable for a High-Level Empire Realm expert on Dwarf Star costs only one thousand Crystal Disks.
Such a sword on Witch Star costs tens of millions of Crystal Coins, if not billions, to purchase.
So, 100 Crystal Disks aren’t cheap.
Yang Xiao snorted coldly, drifting past the three men, walking forward as if nothing happened. About thirty meters ahead, he saw an old man with an iron cane.
Three fierce killing auras tore through the air from behind Yang Xiao’s head.
Yang Xiao couldn’t be bothered to look back, his arms shook, generating a powerful killing aura behind him, sweeping backwards like a tsunami.
"Boom!"
The three men who were sneak attacking were instantly swept up by Yang Xiao’s attack wave, thrown into the air.
Blood rain scattered from mid-air, and three mutilated corpses fell from the sky.
The old man in front looked at Yang Xiao, his face changing color, involuntarily shrinking towards the street wall, yielding the main street.
At the same time, the crowd on Wealth Avenue got excited again, with someone shouting,
"Good fellow, this person breaks through three levels in a row, by the rules, the protection fee directly increase tenfold, 1000 Crystal Disks, everyone, go for it, don’t chicken out."
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