Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 782 - 749: Must Never Be Kept

The air was scorching, but at this moment, Gao Yi felt a chill on his back.

He reviewed the crushing combat process once more, putting himself in that situation and wondering how long he could last if he were among the crowd.

The first move was a sword technique he had never seen before; although there were only three swords, the momentum was like a sky-high wave of swords. Gao Yi watched as those demon cultivators clumsily defended themselves, their magical treasures suddenly lighting up, yet many figures still fell. He couldn’t help but smirk, thinking it was indeed a rabble.

The mysterious master’s tactics were clear and straightforward, the sword wave enveloped all the incoming demon cultivators, causing some damage while also disrupting teleportation;

Then came a move he hadn’t seen before; it seemed as though a transparent giant beast soared across the sky, roaring in with a heaven-swallowing aura. After this move passed, the rabble were either dead or injured, with only a few patriarchs, fully protected by treasures, left unharmed.

"It’s too late to escape, nowhere to hide, I could withstand it, but..." Gao Yi squinted slightly, imagining how he should respond when facing the mysterious master’s strike.

He thought for quite a while and then silently shook his head.

But the problem was the opponent’s attack speed was too fast.

He didn’t know how profound the spiritual power of the opponent was, to support such majestic magic being continuously cast twice, probably leaving all the Five Great Merchants at the time stunned, unable to react at all.

Gao Yi believed he couldn’t evade or need to use magical treasures, that he could withstand these two blows. However, the moment he saw a large bell with intricate engravings descend from the sky, his complexion changed again!

"A divine artifact? No, it doesn’t seem as powerful as a divine artifact, but this aura..."

Only experts observing experts’ duels could glimpse the mysteries within.

Gao Yi watched as the aftereffects of the second massive move had yet to dissipate, and that mysterious bell came down, and he couldn’t help but take a cold breath. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The simulated battle ended here, resulting in: he was no different from that rabble, facing the mysterious master’s mountain-crushing, swift, efficient attack, trapped inside the bell in an instant.

You could tell by using your pinky finger, this bell is by no means ordinary.

Each of the Five Great Merchants was wealthy, with countless protective, escapist magical treasures, but none could escape, meaning once caught by the bell, escape was impossible.

Though his realm was high, he wasn’t adept at escaping; once trapped and unable to rely on external objects, he was ultimately a prisoner of the opponent.

After carefully observing the process of effortlessly reducing an opponent to ashes again, Gao Yi’s face turned pale, unable to think of a way to respond. It took him a while after retracting his time-reversal magical treasure to recover from the shock, "The footage must never be preserved! Nor let anyone know I was in Sand Hill City today."

Hastily erasing the segment of reverse time observation to avoid being discovered spying on the master, only incidentally discovering the Alliance’s upper echelon’s plot for the Fire Stone mine.

His ears can’t help but recall the Hall Master’s soft exhortation before departing: Don’t ask too much; don’t listen too much; be sure to cut down to no survivors!

Indeed, with all five unscrupulous merchants of Silver Valley dead along with their branches and subordinates, the secret of Sand Hill City could be completely sealed.

Surely, it won’t take long for a new shop to open on Trapped Snake Island to engage in the Fire Stone business, and the behind-the-scenes owner should be someone or several bigwigs of the Demon Realm Alliance’s upper echelons.

From this moment on, this secret must rot at the bottom of his heart until death.

At the thought of this, Gao Yi turned and teleported back to Silver Valley, only after thoroughly searching the entire city ensuring no one escaped did he return to headquarters to report.

The night fell along with the wilderness, and the steady sound of evening drums rang out on Trapped Snake Island.

Hou Ze, holding a fifty-thousand Spirit Stones silver note, walked out of the market residence in a daze—he actually got the bounty!

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

The golden-haired little monkey perched atop his head patted his face, urgently reminding him.

Still dazed, Hou Ze then reacted, "Yes yes, you’re right, gotta quickly inform Mr. Jiang. Also, this Spirit Stone should go to Mr., oh my! This is the first time in our lives we got a bounty, and it’s genuinely fifty thousand Spirit Stones, Monkey, fifty thousand!"

"Chirp chirp!"

The golden-haired little monkey’s flexible long tail swung around to rest on his shoulder, seemingly in admiration.

Then it noticed the market supervisor’s hasty movements, using its paw to tap Hou Ze, signaling him to follow quietly.

"Hurry up, there’s plenty to do tonight!" Wang Yingzhuo happily paid the bounty, clearly in a great mood at the moment!

After all, without Daoist Hou unveiling the divination result, he surely couldn’t have figured out an escape method, and the rest of his life would be doomed.

Now it’s good, Chief Steward Yu Jun has delivered the latest news: the Demon Realm Alliance’s Law Enforcement Hall has already resolved this dispute, with none of the masterminds behind it escaping, conclusive evidence and truth fully revealed, those who should be killed have already been executed.

What was confiscated after keying must be priced by headquarters, auction what should be auctioned, reclaim what should be reclaimed. Once the Five Great Merchants’ stolen funds have been tallied, they will refer to the catalog of the Merchant Fire Line, reverting payments according to patrons’ receipts.

Of course, even if coerced, each merchant has violated the Alliance’s pact, and refunding payments is the Alliance’s benevolence in protecting their interests, followed by punishment to show fairness.

And the full account of the Merchant Fire Line incident should be clearly written and posted as a notice, warning other businesses and merchants.

If there is a recurrence, not only will there be no help in recovering but also heavy punishment or even expulsion from Trapped Snake Island, never to enter again!

Clarifying causes to comfort victims, posting notices, issuing publicity, and a host of tasks all needed Wang Yingzhuo, the supervisor, to handle. He naturally had to process swiftly to satisfy his superiors.