Chapter 221 Eliminate all fourth-level criminals
After making his choice, Fang Che recorded the materials needed for the soul-collecting tool, then added some other materials to mask his true needs before leaving the Real Domain and returning to the Emperor Plane.
Back on the Emperor Plane, Fang Che disguised himself and moved towards the Iron Hand Group.
Along the way, Fang Che occasionally stopped to accept missions to eliminate Fourth-Order Professionals in the Mission Hall, collecting materials.
Three days later, Fang Che arrived at the area where he was last monitored by Seven Stars Group members and accepted a mission to eliminate a Criminal.
Afterward, Fang Che quietly entered an inn and used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate the target Criminal.
The moment the Criminal was eliminated, Fang Che suddenly heard a commotion from the street outside.
Through a crack in the window, Fang Che saw a person he had never seen before lying on the street, already dead.
Next to the deceased, a group of Fourth-Order Professionals had gathered, their expressions a mix of shock and panic.
Fang Che observed carefully and suddenly realized that these people had all used a Transformation Array to disguise themselves; their current appearance was not their true one.
Fang Che glanced at the corpse on the ground and suddenly remembered that this was where the Seven Stars Group had once monitored him.
The Bandits who appeared before had also caused destruction in this area.
Now, Fang Che had just eliminated a Criminal related to the Seven Stars Group, and someone outside had died.
All of this was too coincidental.
Fang Che pondered for a moment, then, without accepting any mission, he directly took out a piece of Criminal information and placed it together with the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, then bowed his head in obeisance.
After completing the obeisance, Fang Che quickly looked out the window.
At this moment, the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book successfully destroyed the Criminal information, and immediately afterward, a disguised Fourth-Order Professional outside the window fell to the ground, dying silently.
The remaining Fourth-Order Professionals became even more terrified.
They frantically carried the corpse away, quickly departing.
In the room, Fang Che withdrew his gaze, frowning deeply as he carefully recalled his past assassination attempts.
Fang Che remembered that in the very beginning, before he had improved the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, there would be no traces on the deceased's body after a killing, just like the current death of the Criminal.
Anyone who had paid attention to Fang Che would surely connect the two incidents.
The Seven Stars Group had more contact with Fang Che regarding assassinations and should have understood his methods.
It was normal for the Seven Stars Group to send a Criminal to investigate when they couldn't find Fang Che.
Of course, it was also possible that the Seven Stars Group did not understand Fang Che's methods and sent the Criminal simply to avenge Hong Fei.
However, no matter what, it was quite dangerous for Fang Che to remain here now.
Fang Che chose to leave immediately, not even bothering to claim the mission reward for eliminating the Criminal.
Fang Che ran wildly, quickly returning to the Iron Hand Academy.
After removing the disguise of the Transformation Array, Fang Che returned to the Iron Hand Group and knocked on Li Xing's door.
A moment later, the door opened, and Li Xing appeared before Fang Che.
Fang Che immediately cupped his hands in a salute: "Greetings, Senior. This Junior has come to ask the Iron Hand Group for help in collecting some materials."
Li Xing said, "Come into the room to talk."
"Yes."
Entering the room and closing the door, Fang Che took out the list of materials needed for the soul-collecting tool and handed it to Li Xing, saying, "These are the things this Junior needs."
Li Xing reviewed the list, frowning as he said, "The materials you need are not precious, but if you want to obtain these materials produced on the Emperor Plane, that will be troublesome.
Normally, when we trade resources, we trade those plundered from Other Planes.
If you want to obtain similar resources from the Emperor Plane, the price will increase thirtyfold, and they are still very difficult to collect. Do you insist on purchasing Emperor Plane materials at a high price?"
Fang Che also understood the value of these materials, but to collect souls taken by the Emperor Plane, he had to use resources from the Emperor Plane to refine the tool.
If he used materials from Other Planes to refine the tool, not only would he be unable to collect souls, but he would also be detected by the Emperor Plane.
Fang Che now had to ensure absolute safety; a higher price was not as important as safety.
Fang Che took out all his Emperor Plane Concession Tokens and said, "I am willing to exchange these Concession Tokens for materials. If it's not enough, this Junior can provide other supplies."
Li Xing glanced at the Concession Tokens and said, "You won't need this many Concession Tokens. I can help you collect the materials."
Fang Che smiled happily, placing all the Concession Tokens on the table next to Li Xing, and said:
"This Junior is willing to sell all these Concession Tokens to the Iron Hand Group. For the excess portion, this Junior would like to exchange them for the materials I needed before.
Those materials don't need to be specially collected from the Emperor Plane; materials from Other Planes can be used instead."
Li Xing nodded and said, "No problem. I will sign a contract with you right away."
Subsequently, Li Xing quickly drafted the contract, which Fang Che reviewed, and then they jointly signed it.
After the contract was completed, Li Xing smiled and said, "I will collect the materials for you as soon as possible. Additionally, we have already pinpointed the current location of the Seven Stars Group's management.
After some time, all academies that were attacked by the Bandit disaster will send experts to eliminate the Seven Stars Group's Managers in Other Planes.
Once they are eliminated, you will be notified immediately, and you can have Slaughter Saber Academy prepare in advance.
One day later, there will be a joint suppression of Seven Stars Group members. How much Slaughter Saber Academy can gain will depend entirely on their luck."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che felt a significant sense of relief.
As long as the Seven Stars Group was eliminated, Fang Che would have no more enemies, and even if he were exposed in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about retaliation.
Of course, before that, he needed to eliminate as many Criminals as possible to gain rewards.
If he waited until the Seven Stars Group was destroyed, these Criminals would not be available for Fang Che to eliminate.
Fang Che said, "This Junior will inform Slaughter Saber Academy at the appropriate time. If there is nothing else, this Junior will take his leave."
Li Xing nodded and said, "You go about your business. Once the materials are collected, they will be placed in your mailbox at your residence."
Fang Che immediately cupped his hands in a salute: "This Junior bids farewell."
Leaving Li Xing's residence, Fang Che walked out of the Seven Stars Group, once again disguised himself with the Transformation Array, and headed to other places to accept missions and eliminate Fourth-Order Professionals.
This time, Fang Che accelerated his speed in eliminating Criminals, taking only two months to eliminate all the Fourth-Order Professional information recorded on the list.
As for other Criminals, Fang Che could not eliminate those who were too strong.
And Fang Che could not accept missions for those who were too weak.
On the Emperor Plane, Professionals could only accept missions of their own level.
Fang Che also didn't want to expose his Nailhead Seven Arrows Book by having others help him accept missions, so he could only give up on those missions.
Subsequently, Fang Che headed to the area where the Seven Stars Group was located.
At the same time, Hong Yi, who was on a mission in a certain Plane, also received news that all the Fourth-Order Professionals had died.
Hong Yi hid in an uninhabited cave, took out the remaining spherical prison, and repeatedly recalled the circumstances of the Criminal's death.
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Chapter 222 Obtaining the Sphere Prison
Hong Yi pondered carefully, but no matter what, he couldn't figure out why the Fourth-Order Criminal had died. He could only come up with an unverified guess: someone was targeting the Seven Stars Group!
Thinking of this, Hong Yi called out, "Wang Yue!"
A Fourth-Order Professional woman immediately walked in from outside the door.
Hong Yi handed a spherical prison to Wang Yue and said, "This holds a Fifth-Order Criminal. I'm entrusting this to you!"
Wang Yue took the spherical prison and asked in confusion, "Leader, after you advanced to Fifth-Order, you seemed to have always been with everyone. When did you capture this Fifth-Order Criminal?"
Hong Yi shook his head and said, "the Criminal wasn't captured by me; I found him a long time ago. You don't need to ask about the specifics.
Next, you will take the spherical prison and quietly return to the Seven Stars Group, keeping an eye on the situation from outside.
If you see someone attacking the Seven Stars Group, go to the area where that person lives, smash the sphere, and release the Criminal inside!"
Wang Yue asked with some worry, "Are we much stronger now than before? Who would deal with us? Is the opponent very strong?"
Hong Yi didn't want to talk about things he couldn't even confirm, he just replied:
"This is just me being prepared for contingencies. You don't need to overthink it; just follow my instructions."
Wang Yue nodded in relief, then said, "Since he's a Criminal, many people must want to capture him. If the Seven Stars Group is attacked, smashing it directly at the entrance of the Seven Stars Group should distract the enemy."
Hong Yi shook his head and said, "No, I have some conflict with this Criminal. If he's released at the entrance of the Seven Stars Group, and he realizes he can't escape, he will harm the Seven Stars Group members."
Wang Yue nodded slightly, then asked, "Are there any Fourth-Order Criminals? I think if there are Fourth-Order Criminals, we could force them to work for the Seven Stars Group, without worrying about them harming the Seven Stars Group members."
Upon hearing this, Hong Yi's eye twitched, and he waved his hand, saying, "Don't ask any more questions. Leave here. Remember, never trust the Criminal's words; just follow my instructions."
Seeing that Hong Yi was in a bad mood, Wang Yue didn't dare to ask more, she nodded and said, "Your subordinate obeys. I will return now."
After Wang Yue left, Hong Yi called in more trustworthy Fourth-Order Professionals, handed them the spherical prisons, and told them to leave.
Currently, near the Seven Stars Group, Fang Che, disguised with a Transformation Array, was using a Voodoo Doll to gather information about the Seven Stars Group members.
The list Li Xing had given Fang Che earlier mostly contained Seven Stars Group members, with a small portion being Criminals.
Those Criminals were wanted, and eliminating them would yield rewards.
However, Seven Stars Group members were not wanted, and eliminating them would only yield a few souls, with no other benefits.
Therefore, Fang Che had to come to the Seven Stars Group's side, to keep an eye on the Fourth-Order members of the Seven Stars Group, and eliminate them when they were alone to collect the resources on them.
The Voodoo Doll observed every move in the surroundings. Not long after, Fang Che discovered a secretive Fourth-Order Professional appearing near the Seven Stars Group, staying in a nearby hotel.
Fang Che ignored this person.
There were too many secretive people in this world; even Fang Che himself used a Transformation Array to be secretive.
Fang Che was currently only interested in Seven Stars Group members and would not inquire about others' situations.
Even if the secretive person was a Seven Stars Group member, Fang Che would not pay attention to him until he was exposed.
Fang Che continued to use the Voodoo Doll to monitor the surroundings, searching for Seven Stars Group members.
Just then, Fang Che discovered that the secretive person had taken off his cloak and coat, revealing his true appearance.
Fang Che recognized him: this person was Wang Yue, a target marked for elimination on the list.
Fang Che unhesitatingly entered the hotel, rented a room opposite Wang Yue's, then took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and a note with Wang Yue's information, and kowtowed.
At this moment, Wang Yue was looking at the spherical prison on the table, her mind filled with thoughts.
In Wang Yue's memory, Leader Hong Yi was a mysterious person; he always spoke of things no one else knew and produced treasures no one had ever seen.
Not only that, but every time the Seven Stars Group encountered some insurmountable danger, Leader Hong Yi could quietly resolve it.
In addition, Hong Yi was usually good to everyone, so everyone united around Hong Yi, willing to obey his leadership.
Now that she had obtained the spherical prison, Wang Yue guessed that the power Hong Yi had displayed in the past probably came from the imprisoned Criminal.
Now that Wang Yue had obtained this Criminal, she wanted to contact him and gain benefits from him.
However, Wang Yue was also worried that privately contacting the Criminal would be discovered by Hong Yi, which made her a bit anxious.
Wang Yue pondered silently for a moment, then her entire body suddenly went limp, sliding from the chair to the floor.
A few seconds later, the door was pried open, Fang Che walked into the room, gently closed the door, quickly came to the table, and examined the sphere in front of him.
After confirming that the sphere was not dangerous, Fang Che put it into his storage ring.
Then, Fang Che collected the resources from Wang Yue's body, threw her body into a separate storage ring, and left the hotel.
After Fang Che left, he went to a secluded place to adjust the Transformation Array, changed into another person, and then headed to the next hotel.
In this hotel, there was also a Fourth-Order member of the Seven Stars Group.
This person, like Wang Yue, secretly checked into the hotel and took out a sphere to examine.
Fang Che didn't know what this sphere was, but he wasn't in a hurry to study it. Instead, he went to the new hotel and continued to eliminate the secretive Fourth-Order members of the Seven Stars Group.
During the process of eliminating them, some Fourth-Order Professionals of the Seven Stars Group also left alone.
However, Fang Che felt that the Fourth-Order Professionals carrying the spheres were more important, so he temporarily gave up on eliminating those isolated Professionals.
Not long after, Fang Che collected seventeen spheres.
Fang Che observed the surroundings through the Voodoo Doll's vision, and after confirming that no other Professionals carrying spheres appeared, he continued to search for isolated Seven Stars Group members.
At the same time, Fang Che also took out a spherical prison, threw it into his Niwan Palace, and silently thought: Observe.
Illusory eyes appeared out of thin air, quickly displaying information about various improved spherical tools.
By understanding the improved version's information, Fang Che also grasped relatively simple basic information and confirmed the sphere's function.
This sphere was a prison tool used to confine Professionals, capable of imprisoning up to Six-Order Professionals.
Through special methods, one could communicate with the Criminal in the spherical prison or punish the Criminal within the sphere.
Fang Che took the spherical prison out of his Niwan Palace, and according to the information he gained from Observe, he injected energy.
The sphere instantly became transparent, and a Fifth-Order Professional appeared inside the sphere.
Fang Che instantly recognized him; this was a Fifth-Order Criminal recorded on the list.
Unexpectedly, this Criminal had not yet escaped, which now conveniently benefited Fang Che.
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Chapter 223: Destroying Hong Yi
Fang Che stared at the Fifth-Order the Criminal in the spherical prison and said, "If you provide me with some resources, I will let you out."
The the Criminal in the prison looked up in surprise at the completely unfamiliar voice.
Then, the Criminal carefully sensed the energy transmitted in the voice and smiled, "My friend, as long as you let me out, I will give you resources."
Fang Che refused, "No, what if I let you out and you run away?"
The the Criminal smiled, "Your Excellency possesses domain power, at least Fifth-Order strength, or you are a disciple of some strong individual who obtained domain power at Fourth-Order.
In any case, Your Excellency doesn't need to worry about me escaping. I have been imprisoned for a long time and have no ability to threaten Your Excellency."
Although Fang Che obtained the [Domain Power] skill at Fourth-Order, it had nothing to do with other strong individuals; it was entirely improved by his eye abilities.
What's more, this the Criminal had once assassinated a Soul Master, which meant he was incredibly audacious. Such a person would not care about others' backgrounds.
No matter how powerful a background, it couldn't compare to a Soul Master!
The only way to make the Criminal obedient was to be stronger than him!
Fang Che currently only had Fourth-Order strength and was unable to deter the Criminal, so he could only try to trick the Criminal into revealing the resources hidden outside.
Fang Che pondered for a moment and said, "You guessed very well; I do have a powerful teacher.
However, I want to become stronger on my own and will not rely on my teacher. Otherwise, I would have handed you over to my teacher long ago, and wouldn't need to risk contacting you.
I don't trust you now. If you want to get out, the only chance is to tell me about the resources you have hidden outside. I will let you out after I advance to Fifth-Order."
When the Criminal heard these words, he remained outwardly calm, but inwardly, he was overjoyed.
These people with powerful backgrounds had high standards and had met many strong individuals. They believed that what their elders could accomplish, they could also accomplish, and even surpass their elders.
They wanted to prove that they were not inferior to their elders. Some extreme ones even wanted to start from scratch, completely without relying on their elders, or even severing ties with them.
the Criminal had encountered many such people and enjoyed hunting them, and he knew how to deal with them.
Next, all he needed to do was provide some resources, and then, based on these people's growth speed, compare them with famous strong individuals and use the strong individuals' reputations to suppress them.
These people had always been very proud. If they couldn't compare to strong individuals, they would eventually lose their minds and do something extreme.
Perhaps some would remain clear-headed, but such people were too few, and the Criminal didn't believe he would encounter one.
the Criminal thought for a moment about where he had hidden his resources and said,
"There's a mountain forest in the northeast corner of the Fengyu Academy area. A formation is set up there, hiding my resources. The method to find and break the formation is…"
the Criminal quickly explained how to obtain the resources.
After Fang Che noted down the information, he said, "I will continue to talk with you after I get the resources."
Then, Fang Che put away the spherical prison, took out a second spherical prison, and repeated the same opening line to the second the Criminal:
"If you provide me with some resources, I will let you out."
Next, Fang Che communicated with all the Fifth-Order the Criminals and successfully learned the hidden location of a resource from each of them.
After obtaining the hidden locations of these resources, Fang Che did not rush to collect them, but continued to monitor the Seven Stars Group, looking for isolated Fourth-Order Professionals.
At this time, in a certain Plane, Hong Yi was eliminating Plane creatures and occupying large areas of land.
Perhaps because he had previously sent out seventeen the Criminals, Hong Yi felt that the Seven Stars Group had a retreat route and the ability to resist unknown dangers.
This greatly reduced Hong Yi's tension, making him less paranoid and much more relaxed. He could make judgments on the battlefield situation more quickly and eliminate Plane creatures faster.
Just as the Seven Stars Group was forcing all the Plane creatures into a corner, Hong Yi suddenly discovered dozens of teleportation fluctuations appearing in the occupied area.
Each teleportation fluctuation was different from the Seven Stars Group's teleportation fluctuation.
Hong Yi looked with some confusion in the direction where the teleportation fluctuations appeared, and then he found more than twenty Fifth-Order Professionals.
At the locations of the other teleportation fluctuations, there were also more than twenty Fifth-Order Professionals at each.
A small Plane, at this moment, suddenly had hundreds of Fifth-Order Professionals appear, unrelated to the Seven Stars Group, and each of them looked murderous.
When Hong Yi saw the characteristics of these people's clothing, he instantly remembered Chen Heng, the Bandit he had released earlier to avenge his son.
That Chen Heng had gathered a large number of Bandits, forming a Bandit disaster, and attacked the areas where these people were located!
The transaction between Hong Yi and Chen Heng should only be known to themselves; others should not know about it.
Hong Yi decided to never admit to this matter and to resolve the situation with these suddenly appearing Fifth-Order Professionals through negotiation.
As soon as he made the decision, Hong Yi saw those Fifth-Order Professionals suddenly release skills, smashing towards where the Seven Stars Group Professionals were gathered.
Those gathered Professionals were weak and had no power to resist. They were instantly pulverized by the skills.
Upon seeing this, Hong Yi's eyes instantly turned red, abandoning the idea of negotiation. He directly took out a spherical prison and threw it out.
The spherical prison shattered in mid-air, and a Six-Order the Criminal was released.
However, just as this Six-Order the Criminal gained freedom, a terrifying domain fluctuation appeared, drawing this Six-Order Professional into the domain.
Hong Yi's face instantly turned pale. Hong Yi had already sensed that the aura emanating from that domain had exceeded Six-Order, reaching a Seventh-Order standard.
And the strongest the Criminal in Hong Yi's hand was only Six-Order.
As the saying goes: where there is life, there is hope.
After Hong Yi determined the enemy's strength, he instantly abandoned the idea of fighting.
Hong Yi was about to beg for mercy when countless skills smashed towards him.
Hong Yi set up his defense, turned around, and ran.
Skills smashed onto Hong Yi's body one after another, easily breaking his defense.
Hong Yi re-established his defense and shouted, "I have many resources! Please spare the Seven Stars Group members!"
The Fifth-Order Professionals ignored Hong Yi and continued to release skills, and more Seven Stars Group members died.
Hong Yi felt despair. After enduring several attacks, he released all the Criminals with a dead heart.
However, as soon as the Criminals appeared, they were taken away by the domain, serving no purpose.
Next, more skills smashed onto Hong Yi's body. Although Hong Yi atomized his body, facing skill attacks containing domain power, the atomized body did not show its powerful effect as before.
Instead, Hong Yi's domain was damaged by the domain power contained in the skills, and Hong Yi's domain quickly shattered.
Not long after, his domain collapsed, and Hong Yi was severely wounded.
In his dying moments, Hong Yi thought of the Fifth-Order the Criminals he had sent out earlier.
Hong Yi looked at everyone present but did not reveal this secret. Instead, with a hint of anticipation, he closed his eyes, embracing death.
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Chapter 224 Begins to Collect Criminal Resources
As Hong Yi died, the other members of the Seven Stars Group were terrified and despairing, surrendering one after another.
However, these Fifth-Order Professionals had no intention of letting them go, and quickly eliminated all the Seven Stars Group members in this Plane!
Immediately after, Li Xing and two Seven-rank Professionals, one tall and one short, appeared out of thin air on the battlefield.
The three held communication tokens and transmitted the information about the elimination of the Seven Stars Group members.
After the information was transmitted, Li Xing said, "The number of the Criminals released by Hong Yi is different from the number of the Criminals we counted.
Also, some Fourth-Order Professionals from the Seven Stars Group here have disappeared. I'm worried that those Fourth-Order Professionals might bring the Criminals into our territory. We must impose martial law and put them on a wanted list!"
The tall Seven-rank Professional immediately retorted, "No, the Criminals have been imprisoned for a long time and yearn for freedom.
If those Fourth-Order Professionals who left really enter our territory and release the Criminals, the Criminals, for the sake of freedom, will also choose to escape and not fight us.
If we choose to impose martial law now, it might instead make the Criminals nervous, leading them to fight to the death and cause huge losses.
We shouldn't impose martial law; we should proceed as usual, letting the Criminals leave. Let these Criminals cause destruction wherever they want, as long as they don't cause destruction in our home!"
Li Xing frowned and said, "They are heinous Criminals. If we don't impose martial law, the Criminals will think we are weak and easy to bully, and they will plunder our resources!"
The short professional, who had been silent, immediately spoke when he saw the two about to argue:
"What we need to do now is to inform the Professionals of the Emperor Plane to prepare for an attack on the Seven Stars Group.
As for the issue of martial law, let everyone decide for themselves; there's no need to discuss it anymore."
As soon as he said this, Li Xing immediately retorted, "How can we decide for ourselves? If we choose different methods, it gives the Criminals a chance to choose.
If the Criminals keep choosing things that are beneficial to them, they can increase their strength, which is a huge harm to us!"
The tall Seven-rank Professional, who had a different opinion from Li Xing, also nodded in agreement when he heard this.
The short professional sighed and said, "Then let's combine the ideas of both sides: tight internally, loose externally."
Li Xing and the other Professional frowned, still not entirely satisfied with this plan.
Afterward, the two continued to discuss.
At this moment, around the Seven Stars Group, Fang Che received the news of the annihilation of the Seven Stars Group's management from his communication token, and also learned about the issue of some Fourth-Order Professionals of the Seven Stars Group escaping with the Criminals.
Fang Che looked at the storage ring containing the corpses of the Seven Stars Group's Fourth-Order Professionals, then at the storage ring containing the spherical prison, and decided not to say anything.
Anyway, these Criminals couldn't possibly harm the various groups, so not saying anything was fine.
If he were to speak out, someone might try to snatch the Criminals from Fang Che.
After deciding not to say anything, Fang Che took out a communication token that he hadn't used for a long time.
This communication token could connect to Ling Jie, the leader of the Blue Sky Group.
Since the last time he followed General Gao Ping to negotiate with the Blue Sky Group, he hadn't contacted her again.
Fang Che injected energy into the communication token and said, "Some time ago, the Iron Hand Academy and a part of the academy area experienced a bandit disaster.
Investigations revealed that the Seven Stars Group was the culprit behind the bandit disaster. Various academy groups are preparing to jointly deal with the Seven Stars Group.
The operation will commence in a while. You can notify the Slaughter Saber Academy to see if they can gain any advantage from the Seven Stars Group."
A few seconds after transmitting the message, the communication token began to emit heat, and Ling Jie's excited voice came through:
"I will notify the Slaughter Saber Academy. I wonder if this operation targeting the Seven Stars Group will also incidentally resolve the Fire Play Academy behind the Seven Stars Group?"
Fang Che replied, "According to the information I previously gathered, the various groups are too far from the Fire Play Academy to gain much benefit, and they don't want to get too entangled with the Fire Play Academy. As for whether they will deal with the Fire Play Academy now, I'm not sure.
However, no matter what, the elimination of the Seven Stars Group will definitely affect the Fire Play Academy.
And since the Slaughter Saber Academy and the Blue Sky Group are relatively close to the Seven Stars Group, you should be able to gain a lot of benefits. The specific situation depends on your luck."
Not long after he replied, Ling Jie's voice came back again:
"I understand. We will make all preparations. Also, thank you for transmitting this information. How is your strength now? I'd like to send you some gratitude gifts."
Fang Che smiled slightly and replied, "We are all friends, so there's no need to talk about gratitude gifts.
Also, let me remind you, all this information I'm telling you is from the Iron Hand Group's ideas. Just don't forget to thank the Iron Hand Group. Alright, I won't chat anymore. You all prepare well."
Afterward, Fang Che observed the situation of the Seven Stars Group through the Voodoo Doll. Seeing that the Fourth-Order Professionals of the Seven Stars Group were still not isolated, he gave up supervising them.
A battle was about to break out in the Seven Stars Group, and Fang Che, a Curse Master, had a fragile body, so it was better to stay far away.
Then, Fang Che retrieved the Voodoo Doll and went to the places where the Criminals had provided information about hidden resources.
Arriving at the first hidden resource location, Fang Che threw out the Voodoo Doll, letting it quietly approach.
Not long after, Fang Che discovered a hidden array formation.
The array formation was mostly damaged now, but instead of weakening its hiding ability, the damaged array formation merged with the surrounding terrain, releasing an even stronger hiding effect.
If Fang Che hadn't learned about the array formation from the Criminals, he probably would have wasted a lot of time to discover it.
And this area was scarce in resources and had few strong individuals, which allowed the array formation to hide better here.
Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to enter through a weak point in the hidden array formation, crawling along a fixed route for a moment, and soon discovered a storage ring.
However, Fang Che didn't take the storage ring; instead, he had the Voodoo Doll take away an inconspicuous stone nearby.
According to the Criminals' confession, the stone was a disguised storage ring, containing many resources.
And inside that storage ring, a skill was sealed. Whoever dared to open the storage ring would surely be attacked.
After the Voodoo Doll collected the stone, Fang Che carefully observed the surroundings again. After confirming there were no other resources, he directly controlled the Voodoo Doll to open the storage ring.
Fang Che didn't believe the Criminals' words; he had to personally verify the situation of the storage ring.
Even if a skill was truly sealed inside, only the Voodoo Doll would be destroyed, and Fang Che would not be harmed.
As the Voodoo Doll injected energy into the storage ring, a scorching aura burst forth. The Voodoo Doll was instantly incinerated into a pile of ashes, and within a hundred-meter radius, a steaming deep pit appeared.
After Fang Che sensed the condition of the deep pit, he closed his eyes.
After confirming that the destroyed Voodoo Doll had re-gathered in his Niwan Palace, Fang Che took out the spherical prison, injected energy, and looking at the Criminal inside, said:
"The place you provided has no resources at all, only a pit."
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Chapter 225 Huge Harvest
the Criminal in the spherical prison heard Fang Che's words and frowned, asking, "What's the deal with that pit?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che replied, based on his understanding of the deep pit, "It's just an ordinary pit. There's nothing special about it, except that grass doesn't grow there."
the Criminal sighed, "It seems this place has already been cracked. I'll tell you a new location…"
Fang Che smiled, noted down the new resource hiding spot, and then went to dig up resources buried by other criminals.
These resources were all stored in areas without strong Professionals and were hidden using various methods.
After Fang Che took the resources, he would immediately ask the Criminal for more hidden resource locations.
One day, after taking resources, Fang Che once again said to a Criminal, "The resources you provided me this time were also taken by others. Do you have more resources?"
the Criminal frowned and said, "This is the third time. You wouldn't be intentionally taking the resources and falsely claiming they were taken by others, would you?!"
Seeing that the Criminal had guessed so accurately, Fang Che deliberately snorted coldly and said angrily:
"I seriously suspect that the resource locations you provide me have no resources at all, and you're just deliberately messing with me;
Now you're even trying to shift the blame, it's ridiculous. If you don't tell me the accurate resource location, then let's not talk anymore!"
Upon hearing this, the Criminal quickly softened, "Indeed, I didn't use very good hiding methods for these resources, so it's normal for them to be taken by others. I shouldn't have suspected you;
How about this, I'll tell you the location of my most precious resource. That place is protected by layers of formations, and only at chen hour each day can you find an opportunity to break the formation. The location is…"
After getting the new location, Fang Che threw the spherical prison into his storage ring, deciding not to communicate with this Criminal anymore.
Fang Che planned to directly kill the Criminal and claim the bounty after he advanced to Fifth-Order Professional in the future.
As for the Criminal's other resources, Fang Che decided to give up on them.
Fang Che believed that the Criminal, due to his freedom, was currently holding onto a glimmer of hope and continuously revealing resource locations.
However, the Criminals weren't fools. After being deceived a few times by Fang Che, they would no longer have any Luck mentality and wouldn't offer any more resources.
Fang Che was already very content with the amount of resources he had managed to trick out of them so far. As for the remaining resources, he would leave them for other lucky Professionals.
Afterward, Fang Che continued to search for resources and deceive other criminals, and soon he managed to trick the last batch of resources from them.
On this day, Fang Che arrived at the hiding area of the last resource.
The resource was in a tall mountain surrounded by a river. Fang Che released the Voodoo Doll, which dived under the water and entered the mountain, carefully observing the surroundings.
At first glance, there were no traces of formations in this area, but after a long period of Observe, one would feel that something was amiss.
After carefully examining for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Fang Che finally determined that this formation was perfectly integrated with the entire area, taking into account all changes in the surrounding environment.
Among them, various unexpected factors such as dry riverbeds and collapsing mountains were all considered.
This kind of formation was even more powerful than the formation Fang Che had set up in his Real Domain.
However, Fang Che had no intention of integrating this kind of formation into his Real Domain.
The current formation used natural changes in heaven and earth to hide treasures.
Meanwhile, the formation Fang Che had set up in his Real Domain was primarily used to hide the Real Domain itself.
If he were to use the changes within the Real Domain to hide the formation, it would cause all the hiding power to transfer to the formation, thereby making the Real Domain lose its hiding ability and become exposed.
In short, although the formation here was good, it was not suitable for Fang Che.
Fang Che waited silently for a moment, and the time quickly arrived at chen hour.
As soon as chen hour arrived, Fang Che immediately took out a huge stone and threw it into the river, splashing water.
Immediately after, the hidden formation underwent subtle changes, and a formation passage leading into the interior of the mountain silently opened.
However, what opened was only an invisible formation passage, not visible earth or rocks.
To enter the interior, one had to follow the invisible formation passage and pass through the earth and rocks.
According to the Criminal, if one touched an area outside the formation passage, the formation would transfer the treasures inside away.
Additionally, after the formation opened, there was only the time it takes an incense stick to burn to retrieve the resources inside. After that time, the formation would also transfer the resources.
Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to move quickly along the formation passage, and soon it arrived inside the mountain, entering a narrow space.
In this space, there was a storage ring.
The Voodoo Doll ignored the storage ring and burrowed into the dirt, retrieving an ordinary stone.
The true resources were inside this stone, while the storage ring contained two sealed skills.
After opening the storage ring, the first teleportation skill would be released, activating the formation and transferring the resources away.
Immediately after, the second destruction skill would eliminate the Intruder.
Fang Che had encountered this method many times when searching for resources before.
However, in the storage rings he had encountered previously, only destruction skills were stored, not teleportation skills.
Presumably, the resources here were more valuable than before!
And Fang Che's method for handling the storage ring remained to actively activate it!
Fang Che first observed the surroundings to confirm there were no other materials, then skillfully controlled the Voodoo Doll to open the storage ring. The next second, intense teleportation fluctuations erupted from the surrounding dirt.
If one couldn't lock onto the teleporting item immediately, it was destined to gain nothing.
Immediately after, an invisible force was released from inside the storage ring. The Voodoo Doll was instantly shattered and then reassembled in Fang Che's Niwan Palace.
"Boom!"
At this moment, the mountain ahead suddenly broke, and the breaking point was precisely the area where the storage ring was located.
The stones in that area had completely turned into powder!
The huge stones fell into the water, and the water level instantly rose.
The sound of the mountain collapsing traveled far, and Fang Che soon detected several Third-Order Professionals approaching the area.
Fang Che didn't want to encounter the Professionals there, so he directly entered his Real Domain.
Upon arriving at his Real Domain, Fang Che took out a pile of stones. With a slight squeeze of his hand, the stones instantly broke away, revealing the storage ring inside.
After injecting energy to open the storage ring, Fang Che took out the resources inside.
These materials were mostly general resources that Fifth-Order Professionals could use, with a small portion of valuable Fourth-Order resources.
Fang Che continued to open other storage rings, obtaining even more resources.
After opening ninety percent of the storage rings, the remaining ten percent were the best-hidden storage rings.
Opening the first storage ring, Fang Che took out a Plane coordinate from inside!
Fang Che excitedly placed the Plane coordinate aside and continued to open the other storage rings.
Next, every storage ring he opened yielded a Plane coordinate.
In one particular storage ring, there were even three Plane coordinates!
After opening all the storage rings, Fang Che obtained a total of twenty-four Plane coordinates!