Chapter 463 - Entrance Fees (1/2)

An idea soon lit up in Ah Psai’s calculative mind.

If he were to charge entrance fees of 10 billion per person, then one hundred apt.i.tude users would earn him 1 trillion!

This would surely be a lucrative business since the gaea crystal was such a rare and limited resource at the moment.

Ah Psai laughed satisfyingly and said, “Mr. Qin, I like your suggestion. Since we are friends, I am willing to accommodate and let you through.”

Qin Feng nodded. To him, 10 billion was not a significant amount. He casually took out one cubic power credit and pa.s.sed it to Ah Psai. Whether Ah Psai would have the chance to spend the money was not of his concern.

Qin Feng entered the Holy Mountains while Ah Psai did not stop his activity on the outside. He recruited a large band of construction workers to build a wall surrounding the mountains.

The walls were poorly constructed. Ah Psai only needed a symbolic structure to mark his territory. Arrow slits were introduced to the wall at short intervals and Ah Psai had also applied poison at spots he deemed vulnerable.

Even though the mountains were still elevating and the wall structures were being destroyed constantly by the uplifting land, Ah Psai kept the construction going on and on.

Nevertheless, his method did work. Ah Psai could not stop the C-tiers but the price of the entrance fees did discourage the majority of the D-tiers.

Some D-tiers needed the crystal desperately. They had reached the bottleneck for a long time and would require external help to improve. Otherwise, they might not attain C-tier for the rest of their lives. Such apt.i.tude users had no choice but to pay the exorbitant fees.

Hence, Ah Psai’s business grew exponentially.

More and more people had entered the Holy Mountains by now.

***

At a random location inside the mountains, Qin Feng was battling an insectoid beast king.

The dark runes had sapped out most of the monster’s life force. Qin Feng swung his sword and cut the beast king into half.

‘Thirty-first!’ Qin Feng counted silently.

Beast king at this tier was no match for Qin Feng now. It would not even be counted as a fight but rather a one-sided slaughter.

h.e.l.lfire burned brightly and incinerated the insectoid corpse into ashes. The crystal core and gaea crystal were the only things that remained after the burning.

This was when a figure came flying in, stopped short mid-air, and landed right in front of Qin Feng.

The person was wearing a set of dark-red battle suits and carrying a broadsword on his back. Even his hair was dyed red and his eyes were bloodshot. His vibe spelled boastful and cunning.

Qin Feng immediately recognized the man. His name was Yuan Hongfei, a wanted apt.i.tude user from the Dark Coalition. There was a bounty on his head in both the Bounty Hunter and Dark Hitman Network.

“Surrender your possession and I will let you live!” Yuan Hongfei said arrogantly. His eyes belonged to those of a killer.

Actually, Yuan Hongfei was going to kill Qin Feng anyway even if he did as he was told. He loved giving his victim false hope and especially enjoyed the despairing look on them when he ended their lives.

Yuan Hongfei had begun to imagine the way his opponent would yield and back off cautiously.

His pleased expression quickly evaporated when he found out that Qin Feng had ignored his threat entirely and packed the two crystals into his spatial equipment.

“Can’t you hear me? I say put down the two crystals and I may let you live!”

Qin Feng said nothing and pointed his Verdant Emperor Saber at Yuan Hongfei.

Yuan Hongfei was stunned. He did not sit well being threatened.

“Son of a b*tch! Know your place, you lowly D-tier!”

Qin Feng sneered. “On the count of three.”