Chapter 1356: Chapter 1340: Flying Sword Third Brother Arrives
The whole Wealth Avenue people erupted in excitement, with some even starting to inform their partners in other parts of the city, inviting more powerful warriors to collect protection fees.
There are certain rules for collecting protection fees on Wealth Avenue in Death Castle.
Not just anyone can collect protection fees in this area.
If someone wants to collect protection fees on Wealth Avenue, they must first pay the City Lord 10 Crystal Disks a day, or else they can’t collect protection fees here.
The targets for collecting protection fees can only be newbies; those who have acquired citizen status in Death Castle cannot be charged protection fees.
Whether you can collect protection fees or get killed by your opponent is entirely your own concern.
Of course, this business generally doesn’t lose money, and whether it can be profitable mainly depends on whether new people enter Death Castle.
Generally, as long as newcomers enter Death Castle, collecting protection fees usually doesn’t result in losses.
Yang Xiao walked forward, drifting past the old man with the iron staff.
The old man looked at Yang Xiao, his eyes filled with confusion and terror.
The old man was clear about it earlier; Yang Xiao’s combat power was terrifying. With just a casual shake of his body, he crushed the three Empire Middle Level Realm evolvers behind him into minced meat.
Such combat power couldn’t be resisted by him, so he wisely chose to retreat.
Yang Xiao continued to walk forward. Thirty meters ahead, a strong man over two meters tall stood in the middle of the street with a giant hammer, arrogantly looking at Yang Xiao.
"Kid, 1000 Crystal Disks, or die!"
The strong man picked up the giant hammer in his hand, tapped it lightly against a nearby rock, and the huge rock instantly shattered and scattered.
This strong man was already at the Empire Level Advanced realm, much stronger than the previous batches of people.
Yang Xiao looked at the strong man, smiling faintly, and continued to walk forward.
The strong man, being ignored by Yang Xiao, felt his anger rising, roared loudly, and lifted the giant hammer to smash it down on Yang Xiao’s head.
Despite his large body and holding a giant hammer weighing a thousand pounds, his speed was extremely fast and his movements extraordinarily light.
As the hammer slammed down, it instantly stirred the wind, clouds roared, thunder thundered, and the void shattered.
Yang Xiao hesitated not a bit, punching directly at the giant hammer.
The strong man suddenly felt a numbing arm, and the giant hammer in his hand unexpectedly flew off.
This was a shock beyond compare,
The strong man instantaneously retreated backward.
However, he was still too late,
"Bang!"
Yang Xiao’s punch hit the strong man’s chest. He let out a wail, and his body flew backward over a hundred meters, crashing into the crowd on Wealth Avenue.
The crowd was shaken.
Someone called out tremblingly,
"The mighty hammer Tian Han couldn’t withstand even a single move! This person is too terrifying!"
"Is anyone going to get Flying Sword Laosan? Only Laosan can deal with him; go get Laosan quickly."
"Is anyone going to make a move?"
"You go! This person is so terrifying, we are not his match!"
"This person must be at the Empire Level Peak, right?"
"I think he might be in the Emperor Level Transcendent Realm."
"Don’t be ridiculous. How could an Emperor Level Transcendent Expert possibly come to Death Castle?"
...
On the Dwarf Star, Emperor Level Transcendent Experts were not uncommon, but they were also considered super experts. Typically, such figures would be employed by various tribal territories and different power groups and seldom come to the Central Continent.
Although the Central Continent is the free land of the Dwarf Star, at the same time it is also a primitive and backward place.
In other tribal territories, besides systematic Genetic Evolution training, there were also extremely powerful black technology aids.
However, the Central Continent lacks systematic Genetic Evolution training, doesn’t even have an academy, and there isn’t any technological civilization either.
The people of Central Continent mainly rely on hunting demon beasts to obtain resources, then take these resources to exchange for other needed items in the territories of various tribes.
Therefore, a normal Emperor Level Transcendent Realm expert wouldn’t come to live in the Central Continent.
The Dwarf Star people discussed opening up this special place of Central Continent specifically for driving out some criminals from their jurisdiction to Central Continent.
They treated Central Continent as the garbage dump of the Dwarf Star, driving all those who were deemed garbage criminals to Central Continent, exchanging it for peace within various tribal territories.
The deeper purpose is letting these criminals live in Central Continent, using their own lives to hunt demon beasts, obtain resources, and then trade them into the tribal territories, indirectly exploiting their labor.
This was much more convenient than forcing them to labor.
After Yang Xiao killed the strong man with the giant hammer, he continued to walk forward, passing through four waves of protection fee collectors without anyone daring to intercept him.
Everyone watched Yang Xiao with eyes full of terror.
"This kid has passed eight checkpoints consecutively. How much protection fee should be paid now?"
"Three consecutive checkpoints multiply by ten fold. It should be ten thousand Crystal Disks now."
"Wow, ten thousand Crystal Disks, who’s going it?"
"Is life more important, or are Crystal Disks more important?"
"I guess only Flying Sword Laosan can collect a protection fee. Where is Flying Sword Laosan?"
...
Yang Xiao continued to move forward, passing through three more checkpoints, and still no one dared to stand up and ask him for protection fees.
Someone shouted,
"Again, three consecutive checkpoints, it should be a hundred thousand protection fee now, right?"
"Who’s going to give it a try!"
...
According to the rules, the protection fee increases tenfold for passing three consecutive checkpoints.
The purpose of this is to stimulate the bloodthirsty desires and courage of those behind.
The City Lord wants everyone who comes in to know that Death Castle is not to be trifled with; this place is filled with hidden talents, and if you come here, behave yourself, or you’ll be confronted.
Of course, if a newbie can fight all the way from the beginning to the end and reach the Citizen’s Hall in the city center, successfully paying 10,000 Crystal Disks to obtain Death Castle ID, then no protection fees need to be paid.
A hundred thousand Crystal Disks is a huge income, and very few people can resist the temptation.
Five middle-aged men stood out, blocking the main street ahead of Yang Xiao.
"Hey, smelly kid, do you know where you are? This is Death Castle, you’re so arrogant and not following the rules, are you looking for death?"
"Pay now, 100,000 Crystal Disks, or further on, even if you pay 100,000 once Flying Sword Sanye arrives, you won’t be able to save your life."
"Be wise, avoid showing off. In Death Castle, we have a hundred ways to make you wish you were dead."
...
Yang Xiao stopped, paused for a moment, and asked,
"According to your rules, if I give you 100,000 Crystal Disks now, do I still have to pay 100,000 to those waiting ahead?"
"No need, as long as you paid 100,000 for this checkpoint, you’ll only need to pay 100 Crystal Disks for the later ones."
"I see."
Yang Xiao said while nodding, then looked up, scanning the three men, and asked,
"Are you five not afraid of death?"
These five were brothers in life and death, all at Empire Level Advanced realm, and they formed a team on Wealth Avenue to collect protection fees every day.
Death Castle had another peculiar rule: when registering to collect protection fees on Wealth Avenue, you must specify whether you’re alone or in a group.
Generally, collecting protection fees as a group had a much higher success rate.
The five men heard Yang Xiao’s question, were initially stunned, and then roared angrily,
"Arrogant!"
Five streams of killing aura surged towards Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao let out a low shout, punched forward five times fiercely, and each punch shot out like a cannonball.
Instantly, five long voids appeared, directly aiming for the five men.
Before the five could change positions, they felt a pain in their bodies, each having a fist-sized hole on the chest, penetrating to the back.
The five stared dumbfoundedly at Yang Xiao, full of terror in their eyes.
The entire Wealth Avenue fell into silent shock.
After standing for a moment, the five collapsed with a thud.
The bluestone floor of the street was stained red with the blood of the five.
Yang Xiao smiled faintly, and continued to walk forward.
"Buzz!"
An earsplitting buzzing sounded, as a giant sword ten meters long came flying from afar, emitting dazzling light, aiming at Yang Xiao.
The crowd on Wealth Avenue suddenly burst into thunderous shouts.
"Flying Sword Laosan is here."
"Sanye has arrived."
"This kid is doomed, kill him."
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