1000 billion!
“Enough ruthlessness.” Li Kan could not help but let out a long breath.
“I am tempted too.” Wang Tong also shook his head and sighed. “As expected of the executive president of HR Alliance China region, and the younger sister of the Polenas family head from one of the nine great families. She really has money. Really rich.”
Looking across the world, there were probably not many high level God of War experts who had such terrifying wealth.
Yes, hunting monster lords and selling them was very profitable. But were monster lords stupid?
They possessed intelligence comparable to normal humans. Once they sensed danger, or felt they had no chance of winning, they would choose to flee instead. Once a monster lord decided to escape, it would definitely command tens of thousands of monsters to block the Gods of War. Even if they could not stop them, they would still slow them down.
Therefore, hunting monster lords was extremely difficult. The stronger they were, the harder it became. So normally, high level Gods of War would hunt intermediate lords, intermediate Gods of War would hunt primary lords, and primary Gods of War would hunt high level general monsters. In this way, efficiency was actually higher.
For example, Wang Tong and Li Kan’s attempt to hunt the Iron Armored Dragon ended in failure.
Moreover, monster numbers were not infinite. The stronger they were, the fewer there were.
Just like when Luo Feng’s Firehammer Team hunted in that residential district. Within half a month, they killed many general level monsters. But later, finding general level monsters became significantly harder because their numbers had decreased in that area.
And that was not even the worst part. The worst was that killing too many general level monsters could easily attract the leader of those monsters, a monster lord, to come and attack.
…
Of course, human warriors would usually detect danger early and escape. But all of this proved one thing. Making money by hunting monsters was not easy. More importantly, Gods of War also spent money heavily. Weapons, combat suits, which one was not extremely expensive? Top tier secret manuals were even more shocking in price.
Many Gods of War even had loans with banks.
There was no choice. Gods of War had too many expenses.
For example, a high level God of War, when fighting a high level monster lord, the safest option would be to buy an SS grade combat suit. After all, S9 grade combat suits could only withstand most attacks from S grade high level lords, not guarantee full protection.
SS grade combat suits, SS grade weapons, all of them were insanely expensive. SS grade secret techniques, even ultimate techniques like Ninefold Thunder Blade, were also astonishingly priced. If one equipped the best gear, how many intermediate monster lords would they need to kill to earn it back? Most high level Gods of War could not do it.
Not to mention that in the God of War Palace, there were also various rare treasures with special abilities, and their prices were even more terrifying.
Many Gods of War in the world were in debt to banks. This was not an exaggeration.
Of course, there were a very small number of extremely wealthy ones. For example, those with special abilities, like spiritual force masters at God of War level, or extremely powerful Gods of War, or those with powerful backgrounds. For example, the children of the world’s strongest man Hong were extremely wealthy simply because of their father.
The HR Alliance was the world’s top super financial conglomerate and alliance of families, controlling more than half of the global economy and penetrating almost every industry.
Their wealth was also terrifying.
Vina Polenas, as executive president of HR Alliance China region, a top executive of the HR Alliance, and the younger sister of the current head of the Polenas family, one of the nine great families, her wealth needed no explanation. Her wealth mainly came from the HR Alliance and her family, not from hunting monsters. Even her husband Li Yao could not compare to her.
Jiangnan Base City, Limit Hall Headquarters.
Zhuge Tao, dressed in black training clothes, sat cross legged in his training room. As time passed, a faint ray of morning light gradually entered through the window.
“Phew.” Zhuge Tao opened his eyes.
“Activate.” He said. Immediately, a camera projected light onto the wall, forming a large screen image. Zhuge Tao had a habit of watching the China TV morning news every day to keep track of events happening across the country.
The announcer’s voice echoed in the training room.
“What?” Zhuge Tao froze, staring blankly at the news.
“100 billion?” He blinked twice.
“100 billion!!!”
He suddenly stood up. His heartbeat accelerated. This wealth was too exaggerated. Even as one of the four major leaders of the Limit Hall in Jiangnan Base City, he could not help but feel shocked.
“Vulture and Scorpion, it is actually that couple. That makes sense. Which normal God of War could take out 100 billion.” Zhuge Tao sighed repeatedly. “And this morning news is broadcast nationwide. That means this is not only for warriors, even ordinary people will know. The influence of the HR Alliance is truly enormous, to be able to broadcast this on China TV.”
Even Zhuge Tao was tempted by 100 billion.
He usually gave benefits to talented and strong warriors, but in reality, most of it was done using internal authority privileges of the hall. He rarely spent his own money.
“Enter Limit Hall, God of War forum.” Zhuge Tao ordered.
The screen immediately changed and entered the God of War warrior forum.
Normally, as a high level general warrior, he would not have permission. But because of his managerial status, he did.
“Tsk tsk, the forum is indeed lively. It seems warriors from South America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa are all going crazy.” Zhuge Tao laughed. “But this incident happened in China. This huge bounty will probably end up in the hands of Chinese warriors.”
“100 billion, it is like throwing a fat sheep into a pack of wolves.”
…
Indeed, the entire world was stirred by this enormous bounty. Even beings beyond the God of War level could not help but feel shocked. Even God of War level warriors were tempted. One could imagine the impact on ordinary people.
Ordinary citizens were still worrying about renting cheap housing, and even 100 million was an unimaginable figure to them, let alone 100 billion.
The whole world was boiling.
Almost every intelligence network was investigating this matter and searching for the person behind it.
City 023, which once had a population of several million, had attracted many warriors because City 003 was too dangerous.
In the western district of this ancient city, inside the eighth floor of a twelve storey residential building.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Outside, the wind howled and snow fell. Cold air kept pouring into the room, and the ground was freezing cold. Luo Feng sat cross legged on a broken mat, gently wiping his flying knives, while the thought of that enormous bounty flashed through his mind.
“I did not expect them to spend so much money to put a bounty on me. Even I am tempted to turn myself in.” He lightly placed a flying knife down and picked up another one.
“100 billion. But Li Wei’s parents are not fools. They will not pay for vague reports. There must be solid evidence.”
Evidence?
Luo Feng did not believe anyone in the world had evidence proving he killed Li Wei. After killing them, he immediately rushed into the wild grass to avoid satellite capture.
“Unless I was extremely unlucky and someone happened to be hiding beside the highway filming the entire scene and captured my face.”
He felt this probability was even lower than finding a needle in the ocean. The only thing he was slightly worried about was…
His Firehammer Team teammates.
“The bounty clearly states the identities and strengths of the other three dead people besides Li Wei. It also says the killer may be a God of War level warrior or a spiritual force master.”
“If Captain, Wei Tie, Wei Qing, and Brother Chen see it, they will probably think of me.”
There was no doubt about it. The other four members of Firehammer Team would easily suspect him.
First, Luo Feng stayed in City 003 to hunt the Tiger Fang Team, and one of the dead was Tiger Fang Team captain Pan Ya.
Second, the bounty mentioned the killer might be a God of War level warrior or a spiritual force master. And he was a spiritual force master, a secret only Firehammer Team knew.
Combining these two points, it was easy to guess.
And indeed, that was exactly what happened. After the bounty was released, the other four members of Firehammer Team did suspect Luo Feng.
“Suspicion is not evidence.” Luo Feng shook his head.
Firehammer Team could suspect him.
And some Gods of War might suspect enemies of Vulture and Scorpion.
In the end, everything was speculation.
No one had solid evidence.
“Last time Li Wei was in danger, his parents immediately found the positions of two nearby Gods of War and asked them for help.”
“That means they have the authority to locate warriors within a certain range. If they can even find Gods of War, then it is even easier to find general warriors and warrior level fighters.”
In Luo Feng’s view, detecting Gods of War was much harder than detecting lower level warriors.
“They probably will also find that I was not far from the scene at that time.”
This point was very disadvantageous to him.
However, Luo Feng did not know that Gods of War locating other Gods of War used the God of War Palace shared system, and most Gods of War could not track general or warrior level fighters. But in this case, he had guessed incorrectly but still ended up partially right.
He was indeed one of the people in the area detected.
“I am probably one of the suspects, but my strength is weak, so my suspicion level should be low.”
“But Captain, Tie Ge, Qing Ge, Brother Chen, if any one of them reveals that I stayed in City 003 to kill the Tiger Fang Team, and that I am a spiritual force master… then even without solid evidence, Li Wei’s parents will definitely mark me as the top suspect.”
Suddenly, his wrist vibrated.
He looked down.
Caller ID on his communication watch.
“Captain Gao Feng calling?” Luo Feng frowned slightly.