Chapter 106 Everyone's Favorite Negotiation Task
After General Gao Ping relayed the negotiation information, Li Xing's voice quickly came back: "I agree. You draft the contract, and leave the rest to Fang Che."
Upon receiving the order, General Gao Ping immediately drafted the contract. After carefully checking it, he said, "I'll invite the Blue Sky Group members in to take a look. We'll sign the contract after they confirm there are no issues."
Fang Che nodded lightly and said, "Alright."
Afterward, General Gao Ping opened the door and invited Ling Jie and the two others in, then handed the contract to Ling Jie.
After carefully reviewing it, Ling Jie nodded and said, "No problem. I can sign the contract now."
Then, Ling Jie took out the Blue Sky Group badge, left a mark on the contract, and handed the contract to Fang Che, saying with a somewhat complex feeling, "Please sign the contract."
When she went out just now, Ling Jie had already learned the situation from Yun Tian and knew that Fang Che had become a Temporary Plane Son.
Ling Jie knew she couldn't keep Fang Che, but seeing him, her feelings were still a bit complicated.
Fang Che was unaware of Ling Jie's complex emotional activity. He directly took out the seal for signing contracts, infused a trace of energy into it, and pressed it onto the contract.
The contract instantly took effect, and the seal shattered into powder, rendering it unusable.
At this moment, Ling Jie asked, "Would you like to stay for a meal before you leave?"
Fang Che shook his head lightly and said, "No need. We still have things to do and must leave immediately.
Just one last reminder: the contract I signed will receive the Plane Will's attention, so you should be careful in your daily activities."
Upon hearing this, Ling Jie nodded gratefully and said, "Thank you for the reminder. We will be careful."
Ling Jie knew very well that a contract watched by the Plane Will must be handled with extreme caution. Any attempt to exploit loopholes would be punished by the Plane Will.
Ling Jie would not play tricks with the Iron Hand Group or exploit loopholes in the contract, but mistakes were inevitable during the execution of the contract.
If Fang Che hadn't reminded them, the Blue Sky Group might have made mistakes due to carelessness.
Ling Jie was unsure of the cost of making mistakes, but it would definitely affect the Blue Sky Group's development.
Therefore, Ling Jie was very grateful for Fang Che's reminder.
Seeing that Ling Jie had taken his words to heart, Fang Che took out a teleportation item and crushed it.
The shattered teleportation item immediately released energy, opening a spatial rift.
Fang Che said, "I'm leaving. We'll meet again if fate allows."
Ling Jie nodded and said, "Take care."
Afterward, Fang Che and General Gao Ping stepped into the spatial rift first, followed closely by the two Professionals responsible for their escort.
The next second, Fang Che and his group returned to the Iron Hand Group, stopping outside Fang Che's residence.
Fang Che looked at General Gao Ping and asked, "I'm going to turn in the mission now. When will the next mission depart?"
General Gao Ping answered without hesitation, "Anytime."
Fang Che asked, "Negotiating is quite tiring for you. Don't you need to rest for a while?"
General Gao Ping smiled and shook his head, "No need, I'm used to it. You just go claim the next mission, and I'll take the two brothers to submit the new protection mission."
Fang Che nodded lightly and said, "Alright, we'll meet back here later."
Afterward, Fang Che turned and headed to Li Xing's room. He knocked gently, and once Li Xing opened the door, he immediately handed the contract to Li Xing and said,
"This is the contract signed this time. Also, we will begin the next negotiation and signing mission soon. Please provide me with teleportation items and single-use signing items, Junior."
"Come into the room." Li Xing took the contract and turned to enter the room.
Fang Che followed Li Xing into the room and saw Li Xing walking towards the table, saying as he walked,
"I'll first record your merits. You can also write down anything you need, and I'll help you prepare it."
At this point, Li Xing also stopped by the table, picked up a pen and paper, and handed them to Fang Che. Then, Li Xing opened his notebook and recorded Fang Che's merits.
Fang Che took the pen and paper and walked to the side, writing down various materials for strengthening the Revenge Evil Mirror.
A moment later, Li Xing finished recording, and Fang Che also stopped writing. He handed the information he had written to Li Xing and said,
"Please trouble Junior to collect these materials for Junior. Once these materials are exchanged, Junior will write down information for other materials."
"Alright." Li Xing responded, his eyes still fixed on the material information Fang Che had written.
A moment later, Li Xing took out an item for strengthening the Revenge Evil Mirror from his storage ring, along with round-trip teleportation items, and single-use signing tools.
Li Xing said, "I wish you a smooth journey. Go."
Fang Che took these items and respectfully said, "Junior bids farewell."
Fang Che returned to his residence and didn't wait long in his room before General Gao Ping and the others arrived.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Fang Che activated the teleportation item, and they departed for a new area to negotiate.
In the following period, Fang Che and General Gao Ping worked tirelessly, constantly traveling to various regions for negotiations.
Of course, the main negotiator was General Gao Ping. Fang Che mostly zoned out, only being needed when signing the contracts.
Additionally, the Third-Order Professionals responsible for protecting Fang Che and General Gao Ping had been rotated several times.
General Gao Ping told Fang Che that negotiation missions were relatively relaxed, offered good rewards, and provided considerable extra income.
Furthermore, with Fang Che's identity as a Temporary Plane Son, hostile forces wouldn't easily interfere, further increasing safety, which made negotiation missions even more sought after.
To maintain good relations with everyone in the group, bodyguards were rotated periodically so that everyone could benefit.
Fang Che had no objections to this and inwardly approved of such behavior.
In a group, hogging all the benefits would lead to a bad end.
Time flew by, and soon it was the end of the month.
After Fang Che submitted the contracts to Li Xing, Li Xing handed Fang Che the mission rewards and new single-use signing items, then reminded him,
"After completing this negotiation mission, don't go out for negotiations for a while. On the first of next month, you will be arranged to go to Other Planes to cultivate for a month."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che nodded excitedly and said, "Understood!"
During this time, Fang Che had been zoning out every day during negotiations, living a very monotonous life.
If it weren't for General Gao Ping and the others being by his side, Fang Che would have given up long ago.
Now that he could escape this monotonous life and cultivate for a month, Fang Che was extremely happy.
Li Xing saw Fang Che's excited expression and thought of his own younger days when he went out for negotiations.
Those days were truly tormenting, so Li Xing understood Fang Che's excitement.
However, Li Xing didn't understand General Gao Ping.
General Gao Ping had always shown great enthusiasm for negotiations, and Li Xing couldn't understand where this enthusiasm came from.
Li Xing stopped thinking about it and smiled, "Go back and tell General Gao Ping and the others to rest for a while too."
Fang Che nodded and said, "Understood. I'll go back and tell them now."
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Chapter 107 Assassination before Training
"What, you're not going out for negotiations next month?" General Gao Ping was incredibly disappointed after hearing this news from Fang Che.
The thing General Gao Ping loved most in his life was negotiating with others, and he would get incredibly excited every time he gained the upper hand in a negotiation.
However, in the past, negotiations always faced various troubles, which dampened some of General Gao Ping's enthusiasm.
But ever since Fang Che joined the negotiation team, everything changed.
Fang Che exuded an awe-inspiring aura, and the negotiation targets dared not cause trouble, which allowed General Gao Ping to negotiate to his heart's content.
The past period of time was the happiest for General Gao Ping.
He hadn't expected these happy days to end so quickly.
The two Third-Order Professionals responsible for guarding nearby were quite calm.
The guarding duties for negotiation missions were assigned on a rotation basis, and regardless of whether Fang Che participated, the guarding duties would not be canceled.
The two guards could not understand General Gao Ping's disappointment and remained silent.
Fang Che looked at General Gao Ping's disheartened expression, also somewhat puzzled, and could only console him:
"Although I cannot participate in negotiations, you can go and negotiate yourselves; it won't delay you from accumulating resources."
General Gao Ping sighed, "How can that be the same? Never mind, let's depart quickly and complete this negotiation."
Afterward, General Gao Ping handed Fang Che the information for the new negotiation location.
Fang Che no longer tried to guess the reason for General Gao Ping's disappointment. He directly wrapped the information in a teleportation item, crushed the item, and opened a spatial rift.
The two Third-Order guards entered the spatial rift first, followed closely by Fang Che and him.
The new negotiation location was in a room belonging to a certain group.
Several Managers of the group were already waiting there.
After greeting them, General Gao Ping began a new round of negotiations, while Fang Che continued to shrink into a corner and space out.
After some time, a Third-Order Professional walked up to Fang Che, handed him a storage ring, and said somewhat nervously, "This is a small token of our appreciation. Please accept it."
Fang Che had seen such scenes many times.
Previously, when he went to Other Planes for negotiations, every negotiation target would very nervously hand Fang Che a portion of resources as a hard-earned fee, which was also the part Fang Che anticipated more.
Fang Che skillfully took the storage ring and smiled, "Thank you."
The Third-Order Professional saw Fang Che's friendly smile and instantly relaxed considerably, saying,
"If you have any requests, you can tell me. I'll excuse myself now."
Fang Che smiled, "Alright."
After that, the Third-Order Professional went to give the two guards their hard-earned fees.
Not long after, the negotiation ended. They gave General Gao Ping a hard-earned fee, then left the room.
Next, General Gao Ping communicated with Li Xing according to the procedure. After receiving Li Xing's approval, Fang Che signed the contract, and then returned to the Iron Hand Group.
Fang Che looked at General Gao Ping and the others, smiling, "We'll see each other again in a month."
Then, Fang Che turned and went to Li Xing's room, ready to hand in the contract.
After walking only a few steps, General Gao Ping followed him and said, "Since you won't be here next month, I need to discuss the signing matter with the Vice Leader."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "Then let's go together."
A moment later, Fang Che and him arrived at Li Xing's room and handed the newly signed contract to Li Xing.
Li Xing put away the contract, handed a material to Fang Che, and said, "This is your mission reward. Also, tomorrow at chen hour, come to me. I will arrange for you to leave."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "Understood, your subordinate takes his leave."
After Fang Che left, General Gao Ping said, "Your subordinate came this time to collect the one-time item for signing contracts, as well as the teleportation item."
Li Xing did not immediately produce the items, but instead reached out and demanded, "First, give me the negotiation list."
General Gao Ping took out the negotiation notebook list and said, "Vice Leader, we have already completed one-third of the negotiation missions."
"You've worked hard during this time." Li Xing smiled and patted General Gao Ping's shoulder, then put away the notebook, and then took out a thicker notebook and handed it to General Gao Ping, commanding, "You will handle these negotiation missions for the next month."
"Understood." General Gao Ping took the notebook, casually flipped through two pages, and then frowned, saying,
"These missions have low profits and no difficulty in negotiating. They can't compare to the previous missions. Why don't you give me those previous negotiation missions?"
"No." Li Xing shook his head and refused, then explained:
"Fang Che is a Temporary Plane Son. Since he has joined the Iron Hand Group, important negotiation missions must be signed by him personally to ensure maximum profit;
When Fang Che is not around, you can handle some ordinary negotiation missions and accumulate some experience."
General Gao Ping did not think that handling simple missions could accumulate experience, but since Li Xing had already given the order, General Gao Ping could not refute it and could only nod, saying, "Understood."
After that, General Gao Ping received the one-time contract item and teleportation item from Li Xing, then turned and left.
On the other side, Fang Che had already put on his cloak and mask, quietly leaving the Iron Hand Group, and then took out the Temporary Child of the Plane Token from his Niwan Palace, hiding his identity as a Temporary Plane Son.
After doing all this, Fang Che immediately set off for the Curse Master Mission Hall.
During this time, Fang Che had been constantly following General Gao Ping to participate in negotiation missions, and had not performed any assassination missions, nor had he helped Gu Ning accumulate souls.
Now that he had time, Fang Che could first assassinate some Third-Order Professionals to earn resources while accumulating some souls.
Fang Che observed the wall of the Curse Master Mission Hall for a moment and quickly found a pile of assassination mission information.
The assassination targets of these missions were either ordinary Professionals without team protection or those far from the Iron Hand Academy.
Fang Che selected a well-rewarded mission from them, then rented a training room, and quietly left through the training room.
Afterward, Fang Che came to an uninhabited area, took out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and placed it beside him, and then used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill the target.
After successfully killing the target, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner had no reaction, and no souls were absorbed.
Fang Che somewhat puzzledly took out the Corpse Seeking Compass, affixed the target's portrait to it, and searched for the target's whereabouts.
A speck quickly condensed in the center of the Corpse Seeking Compass, then this speck quickly moved towards the edge and soon disappeared.
This was the first time Fang Che had seen such a situation. According to the Corpse Seeking Compass usage information record, this situation meant the corpse was in an Other Plane!
The souls of people who died in Other Planes would not be collected into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
Fang Che was slightly disappointed. He then put away the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, cleaned up the traces on the ground, and returned to the Curse Master Mission Hall in the Iron Hand Academy to submit the mission.
Next, Fang Che accepted several more assassination missions in a row, and most of the deceased's souls were collected into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
When others noticed Fang Che, Fang Che stopped accepting missions, put the Temporary Child of the Plane Token back into his Niwan Palace, and returned to the Iron Hand Group.
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Chapter 108 The Last Sealer
The next day, as soon as the chen hour bell rang, Fang Che knocked on Li Xing's door.
A moment later, Li Xing opened the door and said, "Come with me, I'll take you to the teleportation array to Other Planes."
"As you command." Fang Che nodded and followed behind Li Xing.
Halfway there, Li Xing introduced, "The place you're going to this time is not a private Plane of the Iron Hand Group.
We are helping the Iron Hand Academy clear a Plane this time, providing a comfortable environment for training Professionals.
In return, besides receiving a batch of cultivation resources, we can also send some people there to cultivate, but a contract needs to be signed before going.
When you get there, find a place to hide and focus on cultivating. After a month, the Academy's contract power will directly teleport you back."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che immediately asked, "Can I hunt Third-Order Professionals in that Plane?"
Li Xing nodded and said, "The Emperor has issued a Slaughter Order, so you can hunt freely."
A smile appeared on Fang Che's face when he heard this.
Hunting Third-Order Professionals from Other Planes would allow him to obtain souls to sell to Gu Ning and also gain the favor of the Plane Will, which was excellent news for Fang Che.
Li Xing turned his head to look at the excited Fang Che and reminded him,
"To ensure the safe awakening of the Iron Hand Academy's students, the strong individuals in this Plane have been driven to a fixed area.
This area contains not only tens of thousands of Third-Order Professionals but also many Fourth-Order Professionals.
They are not someone you can deal with. It's better for you to find a place to hide and cultivate honestly."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che showed a disappointed expression and sighed, "Alright, I will focus on cultivating."
Fang Che said this only to reassure Li Xing and prevent him from worrying.
Li Xing might not care about Fang Che's life or death, but he certainly wouldn't want the Iron Hand Group to lose a Temporary Plane Son.
If Fang Che insisted on slaughter, Li Xing would likely arrange for Fang Che to cultivate in a Plane without enemies.
In short, for now, he would reassure Li Xing. Once he reached that Plane, he could do whatever he wanted, and Li Xing wouldn't be able to control it that much.
Li Xing did not know Fang Che's thoughts. He only judged from Fang Che's expression that Fang Che had a strong self-preservation instinct and would not go to dangerous places.
This was also good; as long as Fang Che didn't seek death, the Iron Hand Group's efforts would not be wasted.
Afterward, the two stopped talking and soon arrived outside the teleportation array of the nearby Iron Hand Academy.
At this time, a large group of Iron Hand Group Professionals had already gathered outside the teleportation array, queuing to sign contracts.
Fang Che quickly scanned the area and found that most of the Professionals here had Fourth-Order strength, and Third-Order Professionals were very rare.
And these Third-Order Professionals had not pre-shaped humanoid Professional gems, so they could not absorb energy from Other Planes.
These people might be going to perform other tasks, or they might be carrying tools to convert energy. Fang Che was not clear about this.
At this moment, a Fourth-Order instructor walked up to Li Xing and said with a smile, "Vice Leader Li, in about half a chen hour, everyone will have finished signing the contracts."
Li Xing nodded slightly, raised his hand to point at Fang Che, and said, "Prepare a contract for him."
The Fourth-Order instructor, seeing Li Xing personally bring Fang Che, immediately asked, "What kind of contract should I prepare?"
Li Xing replied, "A contract that teleports him to the safest location. Other aspects should be the same as for others."
The Fourth-Order Professional nodded gently, took out a contract, checked it carefully, and handed it to Fang Che.
Fang Che took the contract and examined it, finding that the information in the contract was similar to what Li Xing had just said.
After confirming there were no issues, Fang Che immediately injected a surge of curse energy and successfully signed the contract.
Li Xing said, "Take the contract and wait in the teleportation array. Once the door of the teleportation array closes, the teleportation can begin."
"Junior bids farewell." Fang Che bowed his hands in salute, then entered the teleportation array.
Subsequently, more Professionals entered the teleportation array one after another.
Half a chen hour later, the teleportation array door closed from the outside.
Seeing this, Fang Che immediately released curse energy and injected it into the ground.
Immediately after, the contract in Fang Che's hand transformed into a mass of energy, opening a spatial rift in front of Fang Che and pulling him in.
The next second, Fang Che arrived in a stone hollow covered by weeds, and his body rapidly weakened.
After Fang Che took a pill to adapt to his weakened body, his vision passed through the gaps in the vegetation, and he saw several lines of golden text floating in the sky:
"The beings of this Plane do not respect the King's transformation, their character is inferior, they are fickle, and humans are like pigs and dogs. The Emperor has issued this year's No. 7 Slaughter Order: Keep the land, but not the species."
This was precisely the "Emperor Slaughter Order" Fang Che had seen in Other Planes when he awakened as a Curse Master.
Fang Che lowered his head, no longer paying attention to this, and took out an item, injecting energy into it.
The next second, the ground softened, engulfing Fang Che, and then the ground returned to its original state.
After Fang Che reached a position several hundred meters underground, the item in his hand immediately opened up a spacious underground area.
Fang Che then took out various items, reinforced the underground area, and enhanced its defense, then eagerly began to cultivate.
Energy, like a waterfall, directly crashed onto Fang Che. Having not cultivated for a long time, Fang Che absorbed the energy ravenously.
Perhaps because he hadn't cultivated for so long before, Fang Che's cultivation this time lasted for a full two days, breaking his previous longest cultivation record!
Subsequently, Fang Che grew tired of cultivating.
After Fang Che stopped cultivating, he took out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and placed it beside him. He then threw the Voodoo Doll underground and manipulated the Voodoo Doll to go out and search for targets that could be hunted.
Fang Che, meanwhile, closed his eyes and enjoyed the external scenery transmitted back by the Voodoo Doll.
Outside was a scorched earth, with no signs of life.
After the Voodoo Doll had dug underground for more than half a chen hour, Fang Che finally encountered some Iron Hand Group members.
At this time, they were capturing a group of humanoid creatures with turtle shells.
Within the Iron Hand Group, a Sealer gently waved his hand, releasing a ball of light that enveloped these humanoid creatures with turtle shells.
These humanoid creatures with turtle shells slowly weakened. After a long time, they all lost their Professional power, just like unawakened ordinary people!
This powerful sealing energy that could turn Professionals into ordinary people was only mastered by Sealers.
However, the process of a Sealer casting a seal was very long, and their other abilities were very weak.
Any Professional could escape the Sealer's sealing range, or even kill the Sealer, before the seal ended!
Therefore, almost no one would actively awaken as a Sealer.
Only academies would pay a huge price to train a batch of Sealers.
Their purpose was to seal Professionals from Other Planes when students graduated, helping the students awaken their professions.
Fang Che was able to awaken as a Curse Master back then with the help of a Sealer from Slaughter Saber Academy.
Even with academies specifically training them, the number of awakened Sealers ranked last in the Emperor Plane!
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Chapter 109: Voodoo Doll Collection Resources
After the Sealing Master sealed the turtle-shelled Humanoid Creatures, members of the Iron Hand Group escorted the Humanoid Creatures to find ordinary people who needed to awaken their Professions.
The Voodoo Doll tracked the Professionals of the Iron Hand Group underground, listening to their conversations.
A moment later, Fang Che understood the Professional information of this Plane and confirmed the detention location of powerhouses above Third-Order.
Subsequently, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to act.
Next, the places the Voodoo Doll went to were not as desolate as before, and Fang Che also saw many ordinary people behaving strangely.
Most of their strange behaviors revolved around the sealed Humanoid Creatures.
These strange behaviors were precisely the rituals for awakening Professions.
Those awakening rituals that harmed the Humanoid Creatures were almost all successfully completed, successfully awakening Professional Gems, and were teleported away by the Emperor Plane Will.
However, most of the awakening rituals where Humanoid Creatures were harmed ended in failure, with lives sacrificed.
Subsequently, these surviving Humanoid Creatures were escorted by Iron Hand Group Professionals to Other Planes and handed over to other people to awaken their Professions.
Fang Che did not pay much attention to these people awakening Professions, continuing to search for the imprisoned Humanoid Creatures.
After some more time, the number of ordinary people awakening Professions nearby decreased, but there were more Iron Hand Group members patrolling. The further forward he went, the more patrol personnel there were.
Fang Che understood that the place where the Humanoid Creatures were held should be ahead.
Fang Che was a little excited and manipulated the Voodoo Doll to speed up.
However, the Voodoo Doll stopped suddenly not long after it started moving. No matter how Fang Che manipulated it, he could not move it a single bit.
Immediately after, two Fourth-Order Professionals appeared in the soil above the Voodoo Doll.
One of the Fourth-Order Professionals placed his hand on the ground and then said, "It's a tool controlled by a Curse Master. There are no Curse Masters in this Plane, so it's one of our own."
The other Fourth-Order Professional waved his hand lightly, and Fang Che immediately felt that he could re-control the Voodoo Doll.
Subsequently, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to drill out of the ground, bowed to the two Fourth-Order Professionals, and then drilled back into the ground.
The two Fourth-Order Professionals exchanged a smile and turned to leave.
The Voodoo Doll continued to advance, encountering no further obstacles, and quickly discovered Second-Order and Third-Order Humanoid Creatures.
Upon seeing this, Fang Che immediately took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and a blank piece of paper, writing down the seven Professions available in this Plane.
Immediately after, Fang Che recalled the appearance of a certain Third-Order Professional in his mind and bowed to a specific blank piece of paper and the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
After completing the bowing, the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book had no reaction.
This meant that Fang Che had guessed the target's Profession incorrectly!
So, Fang Che changed to another piece of paper with a Profession written on it and continued to bow.
This time, Fang Che bowed correctly, and the characters on the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book successfully condensed into a long nail, piercing the white paper!
The moment Fang Che tore the white paper, a hole appeared on the body of the Third-Order Humanoid Creature observing from the haystack, and the hole emitted the aura of an Assassin Professional.
A few seconds later, gusts of cold wind appeared out of nowhere in the space where Fang Che was, and the Humanoid Creature's soul drilled out of the wall and entered the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
Subsequently, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to drill out from underground, collect the treasures on the corpse, and then drill back underground.
Next, whenever Fang Che encountered a lone Third-Order Humanoid Creature, he would directly kill it with the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
When encountering a group of Third-Order Professionals, he would use the Voodoo Doll to eliminate a portion, and finally use the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to finish them off.
If Second-Order and Third-Order Humanoid Creatures were acting together, Fang Che would use the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill the Third-Order Humanoid Professional and let go of the Second-Order Humanoid Creature.
Killing in Other Planes can earn rewards from the Emperor Plane Will. Killing Professionals of the same level yields the highest rewards, while killing Professionals of lower levels does not yield much.
Therefore, Fang Che did not intend to keep all the rewards for himself, but instead left the Second-Order Professionals for the Iron Hand Group's Second-Order Professionals.
Whether the Iron Hand Group's Second-Order Professionals could kill them was not something Fang Che needed to consider.
After killing for most of the day, the Voodoo Doll once again climbed to the surface to collect resources.
Suddenly, a dagger flew from a distance, piercing the Voodoo Doll's body, and at the same time, a Humanoid Creature rapidly approached the Voodoo Doll.
The Voodoo Doll quickly pulled out the dagger and drilled into the ground.
As it drilled deeper, the Voodoo Doll's body slowly broke apart.
By the time it drilled more than ten meters deep underground, the Voodoo Doll was completely shattered and disintegrated, and all its stored resources were scattered in the surrounding soil.
At the same time, the Humanoid Professional Gem in Fang Che's Niwan Palace released a burst of energy, condensing a complete Voodoo Doll out of thin air.
Fang Che took out the Voodoo Doll, threw it directly on the ground, and manipulated it to approach the place where it had shattered and disintegrated.
At the same time, Fang Che used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate the Humanoid Creature that had just shattered the Voodoo Doll with the dagger.
When the Ten Thousand Soul Banner collected the Humanoid Creature's soul, Fang Che breathed a sigh of relief, then injected more energy into the Humanoid Professional Gem, transferring the energy to the Voodoo Doll using its pattern as a marker.
As the Voodoo Doll received this energy, its movement speed continuously increased.
After a long while, the Voodoo Doll arrived at the place where it had just shattered and disintegrated, collecting the resources scattered in the soil.
Fang Che used the Voodoo Doll's sight for Observe of the surroundings and found that a two-meter-deep pit had appeared above the Voodoo Doll's head, and the corpse of the Humanoid Creature that had shattered the Voodoo Doll lay in the pit.
This Humanoid Creature clearly wanted to dig out the Voodoo Doll. If Fang Che had not eliminated this Humanoid Creature in time, the scattered resources would likely have been taken by him.
A moment later, the Voodoo Doll collected all the resources and moved towards Fang Che's direction.
The current Voodoo Doll cannot directly teleport resources into the Niwan Palace. If the Voodoo Doll is shattered by someone, all resources will be lost.
Therefore, Fang Che decided to retrieve the resources first.
After the Voodoo Doll was far from the sealed area, Fang Che relaxed slightly, then multi-tasked, cultivating while manipulating the Voodoo Doll to return.
After the Voodoo Doll returned, Fang Che took out the resources inside and manipulated the Voodoo Doll to continue searching for Third-Order Professionals.
In the time that followed, Fang Che only did three things: first, cultivate; second, kill; and third, manipulate the Voodoo Doll to travel back and forth, transporting resources.
Time flew by, and twenty-five days quickly passed.
At this point, Fang Che had already killed over a thousand Third-Order Humanoid Creatures, and the number of Third-Order Humanoid Creatures around him had also increased significantly.
Just as Fang Che once again locked onto a target, and before he could attack, a series of fireballs flew from a distance.
Each fireball emitted the aura of a Fourth-Order Professional.
The foremost fireball landed on the ground above the Voodoo Doll, directly exploding into a pit over ten meters deep, with flames still flickering inside, burning the soil into glaze.
Fang Che understood that the Voodoo Doll had been discovered by the Fourth-Order Humanoid Creatures here!
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Chapter 110 The Last Day
Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll, moving it rapidly downwards.
The fireballs outside chased the Voodoo Doll's trajectory, continuously bombing the ground and creating countless deep pits.
Although Fang Che fully controlled the Voodoo Doll to escape, the fireballs got closer and closer to the Voodoo Doll.
Not far away, a Fourth-Order Humanoid Creature with a turtle shell watched the ground expressionlessly.
Beside him, countless fireballs condensed out of thin air and smashed towards the position he was watching.
Just as the fireballs were about to hit the Voodoo Doll, a meteor flew across the sky, instantly piercing the Fourth-Order Humanoid Creature's head and landing on the ground, transforming into a precious sword.
A cloud of mist suddenly emerged from the Fourth-Order Humanoid Creature's pierced head, and then his entire body turned into mist, quickly leaving the area.
The precious sword rose from the ground, caught up to the mist, and slashed at it repeatedly, causing the mist to gradually thin out.
Only when several other Fourth-Order Professionals appeared around the mist did the flying sword stop its pursuit and quickly fly away.
Before long, this flying sword flew into a Fourth-Order male's Niwan Palace.
The male glanced at the Voodoo Doll's location and said, "This tool seems to have some other abilities besides storing items. Did you observe it carefully before?"
Another Fourth-Order Professional appeared beside him and gently shook his head, saying, "No, after I confirmed this thing belonged to a Curse Master, I didn't have time for Observe before you let it go. Do you want to observe it carefully now?"
The male who controlled the flying sword pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it. This thing even bowed to us before, it would be too impolite to observe it now;
What's more, this is a Curse Tool. Even if it has some special abilities, we can't use it, so let's just ignore it."
The person beside him nodded gently, and then the two turned and left.
Fang Che did not know that the Voodoo Doll had been saved by these two Fourth-Order Professionals.
Fang Che only noticed that the fireballs outside suddenly disappeared, and without much thought, he controlled the Voodoo Doll to quickly escape.
After moving away from the area where the Humanoid Creatures were confined, Fang Che breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Now the resources collected by the Voodoo Doll could be preserved!
After controlling the Voodoo Doll to return, Fang Che put away the resources inside and retrieved the Voodoo Doll into his Niwan Palace, no longer releasing it.
Now, with less than five days left until the end of the cultivation period, not many resources could be collected.
Moreover, since the Voodoo Doll was bombed by fireballs, it meant it was targeted. Going out now would also make it easy to be attacked.
Given this, it would be better to abandon the resources and focus on using the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate the Three-Rank Humanoid Creatures just discovered.
Accumulating more souls could also be exchanged for resources from Gu Ning.
Thinking of this, Fang Che took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and began to kill.
At this moment, in the confined area, Three-Rank Humanoid Creatures continuously died. Even if they huddled together for warmth, they could not escape the fate of death.
They could only hide in places they considered safe and silently pray.
Those Fourth-Order Humanoid Creatures turned into smoke, drifting in mid-air, carefully searching for the killer.
However, besides seeing people die, no killer could be seen.
In a certain dense forest, a Three-Rank Humanoid Creature praying with closed eyes suddenly had a wound on his chest, then fell to the ground and died.
Immediately after, countless fireballs flew from the sky, covering the area where the deceased was located.
"Boom ~ Boom ~ Boom ~"
A series of dense explosions sounded, the corpse was blown to dust, and a deep pit appeared on the ground.
However, there was no trace of any assassin here.
The sound of the fireball explosions quickly stopped, and the smoke in the sky drifted into a cave, transforming into the Fourth-Order Humanoid Creature that had previously attacked the Voodoo Doll.
Around him, seven other Fourth-Order Humanoid Creatures were gathered.
The Humanoid Creature who attacked the Voodoo Doll sighed, "It's still the same as before, no matter how we attack, we can't find any trace of the enemy."
The other seven Humanoid Creatures were filled with despair and remained silent.
A moment later, a short Humanoid Creature sighed and said sadly:
"When we destroyed Other Planes, now our Plane is also being destroyed by others. Even we are expelled to a narrow area, like lambs to the slaughter. This is retribution!"
A sturdy Humanoid Creature next to him cursed angrily, "Bullshit retribution! We are in this predicament because we weren't ruthless enough in killing;
If we had actively destroyed Planes back then, our strength would definitely not be so weak;
It's all your fault, you dogs! You talk about peace, but in reality, you're worried that your descendants will become stronger after destroying Planes and usurp your positions!"
The short Humanoid Creature's inner thoughts were exposed. The sadness in his eyes disappeared, and he argued somewhat shamefully:
"You always talk about destroying Other Planes, without considering the carrying capacity of our own Plane at all;
What's the use of us destroying more Planes if our own Plane cannot absorb their energy?"
The sturdy Humanoid Creature continued to curse, "You are garbage, and the Plane we are in is also garbage;
After devouring so many Planes, it only managed to create seven Professions. It's simply the trash among trash!"
As soon as these words came out, all the other Humanoid Creatures glared at the sturdy Humanoid Creature.
The short Humanoid Creature even angrily reprimanded, "How dare you be disrespectful to the Plane Will? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
The sturdy Humanoid Creature was fearless of the crowd and continued to curse angrily:
"That damn Plane Will, we can't even contact it now. Why are you brain-dead idiots still pretending to be loyal? I'll screw..."
The sturdy Humanoid Creature kept spewing vulgarities, making everyone's faces turn ashen, unsure how to retort.
The Fourth-Order Humanoid Creature who had once attacked the Voodoo Doll listened expressionlessly for a moment, then turned his head to look at our sky, his eyes flickering with a strange light.
In the underground space, Fang Che either cultivated or used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill.
In a blink of an eye, Fang Che had only three hours left in this place.
Just then, the communication token used to contact Li Xing emitted a slight warmth.
Fang Che injected a trace of curse energy into the communication token and heard an unfamiliar voice:
"I got your communication method from the Vice Leader. Now I need you to sign a contract on behalf of the Iron Hand Group. I am in the stone nest above you right now. Please come out and meet me."
Fang Che was slightly startled, released the Voodoo Doll, and had the Voodoo Doll drill upwards into the soil.
Before long, Fang Che saw an unfamiliar Three-Rank Translation Master through the Voodoo Doll. There was also an Iron Hand Group emblem on his chest.
Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to circle around, and after confirming there were no other people, he put away the surrounding tools, left this underground space, and drilled upwards.
Before long, Fang Che arrived beside the Three-Rank Translation Master and asked, "What contract do you need me to sign?"