ACSP: Chapter 123: The Evil God Pope Arrives; Human Nature Cannot Withstand the Test!
"Sorry, I probably can't fulfill that request. How about this: I'll give you 50 Silver Chests directly, and we'll call it even. What do you think?"
Naturally, Lei Li couldn't agree to Cai Kun's compensation terms.
He pulled out a Space Scroll and handed it to Cai Kun, wanting to compensate him this way.
To his surprise, Cai Kun swatted the Space Scroll away: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who lacks chests? You just destroyed my stage and forced my concert to end halfway. Now I'm only asking you for a concert; is that too much to ask?"
Lei Li's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
He had never dealt with Cai Kun before, only heard that he was difficult to communicate with.
Even Qin Hao from the Evil God Organization had suffered a setback at his hands back then.
He never expected the other party to make such a bizarre request now.
Seeing more and more figures appearing around them, Lei Li was burning with anxiety.
"100 Silver Chests, that's it. Take it or leave it..."
He threw out two Space Scrolls and simultaneously shot a look at Li Dala.
Seeing this, Li Dala immediately used Explosive Clay to summon a massive bird.
However.
Just as he was about to jump onto the bird's back.
A massive octopus tentacle suddenly fell from the sky, smashing the clay bird into dust.
"If you don't agree to my compensation terms, don't even think about leaving today..."
Cai Kun stepped forward, and eight octopus tentacles fanned out behind him like a peacock's tail.
A suffocating Tailed Beast Chakra swept out.
It immediately made Li Dala break out in a cold sweat.
"Is this the Contractor of the Eight-Tails, Killer Bee?"
Jiang Chen looked at Cai Kun with piercing eyes, a sharp light flashing within them.
He could sense that this guy didn't have any ill will toward them; he just wanted compensation.
"We agree to your compensation terms."
Jiang Chen stepped out from behind Lei Li and spoke to Cai Kun.
Cai Kun looked over curiously: "You agree? Who are you?"
"Jiang Chen."
"What? You're that Jiang Chen? Good lad, I heard Qin Hao is putting out warrants for you everywhere, and you still dare to come to Kang City?"
"So what?"
Cai Kun was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect this Jiang Chen to be not only bold but also so arrogant.
This was quite interesting.
Cai Kun turned to Lei Li and asked, "Hall Master Lei, does his word count?"
Lei Li glanced back at Jiang Chen, and seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he immediately nodded: "It counts."
Cai Kun smiled smugly: "Fine, then it's settled."
After saying that, he walked straight toward Jiang Chen.
Lei Li's expression faltered: "What are you coming over for?"
Cai Kun rolled his eyes at him: "Nonsense, to supervise you, of course. What if you run away?"
"What did you say? I am the grand Hall Master of the Thunder God Temple, and you're afraid I'll run?"
"Give it a rest. The Thunder God Temple is gone. You're just a commander without an army now. The probability of you running away with your debts is quite high; I have to be on guard."
"Damn it, say that to me one more time..."
Lei Li was so angry he almost activated his Black Thunder Mode on the spot, but Li Dala eventually talked him down.
Song She stood to the side watching the whole show without saying a word.
At this moment, Jiang Chen suddenly stepped forward and turned to Li Dala: "Where is the storehouse of your Puppet City?"
Li Dala was stunned: "Why are you asking that?"
Jiang Chen smirked: "To the victor go the spoils. Since Puppet City is gone, the things here are naturally our loot."
The storehouses and warehouses of any faction are basically built in secret and sturdy basements.
Although Puppet City was currently a field of ruins.
But if their storehouse was built in a basement, the items inside shouldn't have been affected.
Li Dala didn't answer immediately but leaned in and whispered: "The storehouse is right under your feet, but there are people everywhere now. Should we wait until they leave before going there?"
Jiang Chen smiled faintly: "Do you think these people will leave so easily?"
Hearing this, Li Dala immediately thought of something.
He stole a glance at the people around them.
He saw that many among the crowd were looking around, seemingly trying to find something in the ruins.
Some who had rushed over upon hearing the news were even openly looting the nearby corpses.
"Damn it, these bastards are truly shameless."
Li Dala cursed through gritted teeth.
He didn't expect these guys to be after Puppet City's resources too, not even sparing the items on the corpses.
Jiang Chen wasn't surprised: "Human nature cannot withstand the test. When major disasters happened in some places in the past, do you know why the authorities didn't send medical and search-and-rescue teams first, but the army?"
Li Dala shook his head curiously: "Why?"
Jiang Chen continued to explain: "Because some people will commit foul deeds during a disaster, there must be an army to suppress them. Otherwise, the death rate of the elderly, weak, women, and children would skyrocket, and beautiful women would surely go missing..."
Hearing these words, Li Dala finally understood why he wanted to go to the Puppet City storehouse right now.
More and more people were arriving here now.
If they didn't take the things in the Puppet City storehouse as soon as possible,
it would only end up benefiting others.
"Hall Master Lei, please guard this place for us. We'll be right back."
Li Dala turned to Lei Li and instructed.
"Alright, but you'd better be quick. People from the Evil God Organization might be here any moment."
Lei Li nodded with a solemn expression.
Hearing this, Li Dala didn't waste any more words.
He walked quickly to the ruins on Jiang Chen's left and flicked a clay spider down with his hand.
"—Explode!"
"—Boom!"
Amidst a violent explosion,
the pile of broken beams and rubble there was instantly cleared away.
When the dust settled,
an iron door shaped like a manhole cover appeared beneath their feet.
"This iron door is trapped with mechanisms, but I have a way."
As Li Dala spoke, he flicked out several more clay ants smaller than a fingernail.
Those clay ants quickly crawled into the iron door's keyhole.
Before long,
following the sound of a slight spring mechanism clicking,
the heavy iron door instantly popped open.
Was this kid a pickpocket before?
Jiang Chen looked at Li Dala with some surprise.
He hadn't expected that clay creations could actually be used to pick locks.
He had certainly learned something new today.
After the storehouse door was opened, Jiang Chen and Li Dala immediately jumped down.
Ling Kai from the Prince's Mansion saw this and wanted to come closer to take a look, but he was blocked by Lei Li.
"Brother Ling Kai, we were the ones who destroyed this Puppet City. According to the rules, the things here are our spoils of war. You have no right to interfere."
"And what if I insist on going down to take a look?"
"You can try."
The two locked eyes, and the Chakra overflowing from their bodies collided, erupting in waves of terrifying pressure.
The atmosphere on the scene instantly became incredibly heavy.
"—Boom!"
However, right at that moment,
a strong killing intent suddenly radiated from the nearby crowd, locking directly onto Lei Li.
"Lei Li, hand over that Jiang Chen, or I'll make you wish you were dead..."
An arrogant voice rang out.
Lei Li's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.
In the next second,
a giant blood-red scythe suddenly shot out from the crowd, trailing a long tail chain, and smashed directly towards him.
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