Chapter 20 No money? Sorry about that
"Your skin is indeed as tough as stone, but your internal organs shouldn't be, right? You had me chop at you with an axe, and on the surface, your skin didn't get hurt, but just now you reached up to touch your chest. What does that mean? It should mean that you're feeling a dull ache inside, right? If it hurts, then you should also feel dizzy!" But instead of looking afraid, Yueyang's face broke out into a big smile.
He dodged the giant fist of the rock with a flash of his body and leaped into mid-air.
With a deft flick of the wrist, the axe head swung back with its thick back towards the rocky peak of Niushou Mountain, and with a loud clang, it struck true.
At this moment, another loud crash of gold and stone colliding was heard.
His rock-like body shook, his large hands covering his head in agony, the pain was unbearable, he wanted to scream out loud.
But before he could even get the words out of his throat, his eyes rolled back and he crashed to the ground!
If he were to be hit by someone else, he might still be able to withstand it. However, for Yue Yang, a congenital strongman with his innate True Qi, his Stone Skin was like defenseless thin paper, and the True Qi pierced straight into his brain.
Although the entire skull did not crack open, inside it suffered a severe concussion.
Yue Yang, who had just won his first battle, casually threw down the slightly deformed steel axe and patted his hand, as if he had done something extremely insignificant. However, if there were people around watching, and they saw a low-level novice apprentice knock down a second-level high-ranking warrior with one move, and knock down the infamous Rock of White Stone City with another move, they would probably all have their jaws drop to the ground.
But in the eyes of a congenital strongman, saying that a congenital person beats a second-level warrior into unconsciousness is not unexpected at all, because it's simpler than eating beans.
"Alright, let me see how much money I can get from killing this first monster!" Yueyang's mindset was purely about killing monsters and collecting treasure, not about revenge or pursuit.
Just as he felt a basin of cold water splashed on his face, he woke up from his daze and suddenly found himself tied up like a zongzi.
He wanted to struggle.
But the rock immediately discovered that this binding was very skillful and deadly.
Both arms and legs were tightly bound, with a stick inserted in the middle, making it impossible for joints to bend, not to mention exerting any strength to break free from the ropes.
Yueyang was counting all the wealth of the rocks, and when he saw that this guy woke up, he asked very discontentedly: "Poor ghost, besides the money on your body, do you have any other place where you have collected more than 100 gold? If so, I can consider letting you go...” Yueyang didn't have a Bodhisattva's heart, he just wanted money!
"I'm going to kill you!" The rock was furious and almost burst its lungs, scolding loudly.
"I understand how you feel, but as a person, we still have to face reality. Let's talk about the ransom again, shall we? Don't you really have any savings?" asked Yueyang.
"Let me go immediately, do you know who I am? I'm the first general of the Beast Mercenary Corps. If you dare to kill me, Iron Crazy will avenge me and hunt you down immediately. At that time, the Beast Mercenary Corps will destroy your entire family!" Rock was captured, but his attitude remained as arrogant as ever.
"Huh? Wipe out my whole family? I'm getting a little scared!" Yue Yang couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
The Beast Mercenary Group is one of the three major mercenary groups in White Stone City, and Yue Yang had naturally heard of it. He also knew that the group's leader, Tie Kuang, was a tyrant in the city.
However, Iron Tyrant is still a tyrant, after all, in the eyes of ordinary people.
Tie Kuang knew very well that the Rock was killed by Yue Yang, but he didn't dare to avenge himself on a disciple of one of the four major families, the Yue family.
The power of the family has its advantages. Perhaps the family will not value every younger generation and will not cultivate every child. However, if someone dares to ignore the dignity of the big family, kill one person inside, even if it is a useless person, they will definitely make a big fuss, dispatch elites, find back the scene, regain the face that was smeared by others, and maintain the family's dignity and honor with force.
Yue Yang never thought of using the Yue family's name to get things done, and in his eyes, this rock was just a tiny monster.
Besides, the first general of the Mercenary Group of Fierce Beasts is only at this level. It seems that even if you are awesome, there's still a limit!
"Let me go, or I'll tear you apart!" The Rock heard Yue Yang's words and felt extremely humiliated, more so than he ever had in his life! He realized that in the other person's eyes, he wasn't even considered a human being, but just a pitiful little insect.
"It seems our conversation can end now, since there's no money? Then it's not good! Stabbing Flower, this is your fertilizer, meal time has arrived." Yueyang classmate ordered Stabbing Flower to swallow the rock, because swallowing living people could gain more energy and a higher chance of mutation compared to swallowing corpses. Especially for warriors who still maintained their unity with war beasts, after Stabbing Flower swallowed and mutated, there was a small probability that it would obtain some abilities from the enemy's war beast, or its own abilities would be greatly enhanced.
So Yuyang didn't kill the rock just now, but decided to let Cihua swallow this guy alive.
"Ah?" The rock looked up at the top of its head, and a thorny flower was opening its terrifying big mouth, revealing a full set of sharp teeth ready to swallow itself, instantly frightening it out of its wits!
Death may be frightening, but with a snap of the neck, it's all over.
It's not just dying, but being swallowed alive by a cactus flower that slowly digests your body, it's truly terrifying, and I estimate it'll take a long time to actually die!
It's better to die immediately than to suffer this kind of torture!
The rock also couldn't bear to show off anymore and hurriedly begged for mercy with a mournful voice.
If this kid wants to use an axe to kill, he will absolutely not beg for mercy. The other party can't even kill him with an axe because of his stone-like skin, but swallowing alive is just too terrifying!
Yueyang's classmate waved his hand indifferently: "Sorry, I need to be paid to kill someone. If you don't have 100 gold coins, then forget it."
The rock thought the sky had exploded with a loud thunderclap, where could it get one hundred gold?
Why bother being a mercenary if you have 100 jin of gold? Just go to the countryside, buy some land, build a house, and become a wealthy landlord. He looked at Cihua with her mouth wide open, ready to devour his own legs, and cried out in alarm: "Let me go, let me go! I'll get you 100 jin of gold, tomorrow, when it's daylight, I'll definitely get it for you!"
"Your whole body isn't even worth ten cents, don't casually tell lies, cheating people is not right!" Yuyang classmate would never fall for this kind of thing, and as for empty promises, he wouldn't even give them a glance. Touching the thorny flower crown, he ordered: "You'd better start over from the beginning, otherwise this guy will shout loudly and wake up the neighbors around us, they still have to go to work during the day! Speaking of which, I'm also a bit hungry, you slowly enjoy it, I'll go eat some midnight snacks..." The rock was scared to death and shouted desperately, but Yuyang pretended not to hear, whistling and swaggering away.
"Spare my life, spare my life!" The rock wept.
"I believe that when you killed them, those people must have begged for mercy from you, and did you ever spare their lives? No! You did a great job, I should learn from you!" Yuyang classmate turned back with an innocent smile, carefree and unrivaled.
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