Demon beasts generally don't have very high intelligence.
Moreover, most of them are bloodthirsty and brutal by nature.
If a demon beast could swallow its pride after Xie Litang dumped a bucket of blood right at its front door, it wouldn't be a demon beast.
In less than ten minutes, a gust of sinister wind carrying a foul stench blew up from the mine shaft at the bottom.
Hiss~
An earthworm with a head the size of a heavy truck and a body several meters thick slowly slithered out from the mine shaft, leaving at least a hundred meters of its tail still hidden inside.
Its cruel, bloodthirsty eyes stared down as if looking at an insect.
"Roar~"
Xie Litang stood up, pinched her nose, and sneered, "What are you roaring about? Don't you know your breath stinks?"
In the next instant...
...she leaned forward slightly.
She executed Sweeping Blade in an instant, leaving only an afterimage behind as her body flashed forward, slashing her sword right onto the earthworm's head.
CLANG.
The Deep Rock Earthworm's massive body lurched sideways.
In Xie Litang's vision, the Deep Rock Earthworm's health bar—which exceeded ten thousand—was instantly reduced by a solid chunk.
However, triggering Heartsteel on the same target had a thirty-second cooldown.
Thrashing in agony, the Deep Rock Earthworm went completely berserk.
Yet no matter how furiously it attacked, it couldn't catch her afterimage.
She was simply far too slippery.
Even slicker than an actual earthworm.
The moment thirty seconds passed...
CLANG.
CLANG.
The Deep Rock Earthworm collapsed sideways, its massive body crashing to the ground dead.
Xie Litang sliced open a gap in the Deep Rock Earthworm and funneled its scalding blood into the blood extractor. Roughly every catty of raw blood yielded one milliliter of essence blood.
After several hours...
...she managed to harvest only about two hundred milliliters.
"The meat?"
"Forget it."
"I have nowhere to put it, and there's probably no one in the black market who knows how to prepare such high-end ingredients anyway."
Over the next two days...
...Xie Litang went on an absolute rampage.
The most valuable kill she made was a Six-Star Tiger Demon along with over a dozen ghost slaves, wiping them all out in one fell swoop.
Tiger pelt, tiger bones, tiger penis, tiger blood—its entire body was packed with treasure.
The value of this tiger demon alone was easily over four hundred thousand.
Meanwhile...
...inside the black market grocery shop.
The emaciated old man had a solemn expression as he repeatedly glanced at the computer monitor and asked, "Are you sure about this?"
The alluring woman nodded slightly and replied, "Absolutely certain. We checked the activity logs for the account we gave her, and every location she visited was completely cleared of demon beast presences."
The emaciated old man stared deeply into space before letting out a long sigh. "That woman... Spread the word to our people: under no circumstances are they to provoke her."
"Boss, tomorrow is trading day. Do we need to send someone over to keep an eye on her place?"
"No need. She's even more ruthless than I imagined. We should thank our lucky stars if she doesn't go around bullying others."
"..."
Just as they had anticipated...
...once the black market trading day officially commenced...
...a dizzying array of demon beast materials was laid out in front of the two-story house.
Xie Litang brought out a rocking chair, poured a few ants out of a glass jar, and squished them one by one.
CLANG.
Listening to the sound, Xie Litang narrowed her eyes in delight. "So satisfying."
Her Vitality had reached 210,000, meaning every Heartsteel stack permanently boosted her Vitality by over six hundred.
The black market was packed with bargain hunters, scammers, demon beast hunters, corporate teams, and wealthy playboys—a complete mix of everyone.
In just one morning, she sold over six hundred thousand credits' worth of goods.
By evening, when the black market reached its peak bustle...
...she brought out the Tiger Demon materials, instantly causing a commotion in front of her house.
Xie Litang's target price was at least four hundred thousand.
She was about to hold an auction when she suddenly felt a deeply resentful gaze. Looking up...
...she almost burst out laughing. The owner of that glare was none other than Yang Yiyi, the self-proclaimed legendary salesperson! She hadn't expected her to show up in the black market too, though on second thought it made total sense—a woman that shrewd would be crazy not to come here.
Just as Xie Litang was about to greet her...
...a man with a long scar stretching across half his face suddenly stepped forward and slammed his palm heavily onto her display table.
Xie Litang frowned and asked...
"Customer, looking to buy something?"
"Buy my foot! Don't you know this house has always been the territory of our White River Society? Since when did it become your turn to sell stuff here?"
"So, you're here to start trouble?"
"What do you mean start trouble? According to black market rules, using our turf means giving us a twenty percent cut, plus all these Tiger Demon materials. Hand them over, and we'll call it even. Otherwise..."
Whispers broke out among the crowd.
"How shameless, isn't this just open robbery?"
"Shh! Do you have a death wish? The president of the White River Society is a Six-Star Demon Beast Hunter, and the guy right in front of us, Jiang Wanlou, is a Four-Star Demon Beast Hunter himself!"
"I heard this woman was pretty arrogant, served her right."
"She'll just have to swallow her pride."
"You have to be smart about these things, or she might not walk out of the black market alive today."
The man let out a sinister sneer.
He leaned close to Xie Litang's face.
"The methods of our White River Society—"
Before he could finish his sentence...
...Xie Litang reached out, grabbed him by the face, and slammed him straight into the wall behind her.
CLANG.
Over six thousand true damage!
The man exploded into a smear of shredded flesh in midair, splattering against the wall.
Xie Litang called out toward the back, "Hunchback, time to work."
The hunchback immediately hurried over to clean up the mangled remains, his rag leaving streak after streak of blood on the wall.
Xie Litang turned to the crowd and asked, "Anyone else here from the White River Society?"
The crowd fell dead silent.
A few figures quietly scrambled away in panic.
"Boring."
"Not selling anymore, everybody beat it."
Xie Litang shouted before packing up her items and heading inside, all because a certain glare was just far too filled with resentment.
Half an hour later...
Knock, knock, knock~
"Come in."
Yang Yiyi quickly opened the door and stepped inside.
She looked at Xie Litang, then at Chen Linling, before saying with disbelief, "Wait, from the look of things, you guys are actually living pretty comfortably!"
Xie Litang rolled her eyes and said, "Sounds like you don't want us to do well?"
"No, that's not what I meant!"
"How did you recognize me anyway? I'm clearly wearing a face mask."
"Remembering a customer's basic characteristics is fundamental training for a salesperson."
"I'm an A-Grade wanted criminal right now. Aren't you afraid of the authorities in the city finding out?"
"A wise person always has their tricks."
"Alright, so what are you here for?"
"You struck it rich and forgot all about me! Remember your sisters when you make it big!"
"Fine, fine. I'll sell you the Tiger Demon materials plus some miscellaneous goods all at cost price, considering it payback for the favor you did us sisters last time."
Yang Yiyi's expression instantly straightened as she inspected all the items, before saying solemnly, "I can offer six hundred thousand for the Tiger Demon materials, and around two hundred thousand for the rest."
Hearing this, Xie Litang instantly understood.
Yang Yiyi valued the favor even more than a cheap price.
However, very quickly...
...she flashed a smile, adopting the full demeanor of a sly merchant. "So, is there anything Miss Xie needs?"
Xie Litang looked at her with amusement and asked, "What advantage do I get by buying from you?"
"Because I have advantages no one else can match."
"What advantages?"
"Whatever others have, I can get. Whatever others don't have... like rich boys or spendthrifts who hold plenty of good stuff, I can get those too."
Xie Litang narrowed her eyes and asked, "Like cultivation techniques? Or small machine tool benches?"
Yang Yiyi clapped her hands together and chuckled, "I've got all of that! Hang on a second."
She stepped aside to make a phone call.
For a big client like Xie Litang...
...Yang Yiyi pulled out all the stops. After all, who wouldn't love a top-tier woman who earned money from her and spent it right back with her?
Rate on N.U.
