Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 41: Hundred Billion Reward
(Note: The protagonist will not become enemies with Li Yao and Vinina because of the billion-dollar bounty, and there is no revenge or counter-kill plot. The two sides are not on the same level.)

After his coming-of-age ceremony, Lu Jin rested at home for a day before heading to City 003 again to train against a Lord-level monster.

Time flies, and it's already mid-September.

During this month of training, Lu Jin did encounter some tough challenges.

Just five days ago, he was chased by a king-level monster—the Golden Scale Python King—that was entrenched in the heart of City 003.

The cause was quite simple: he killed a mid-level lord-level golden-scaled python, and while collecting monster materials, he happened to be caught by the golden-scaled python king.

The Golden Scale Python King would not let the killing of its kin by human warriors go unpunished.

However, Lu Jin is not a weakling who can be easily manipulated by a king-level monster.

First of all, with his peak high-level War God mental power and the Sky Shuttle that can accelerate his flight, his maximum flight speed is close to 1,400 meters per second.

At this speed, unless it is a king-level avian monster, ordinary king-level monsters simply cannot catch up with him.

Moreover, at that time, his psychic power amplitude had already exceeded eight times, and the Sky Shuttle Blade that was unleashed at full power was not without threat to King-level monsters.

After all, the basic strength of a first-tier planetary warrior is only four times that of a peak ninth-tier apprentice. With an eight-fold increase in psychic power, their attack power is equivalent to that of a first-tier planetary warrior or monster with twice the force.

An attack of this strength cannot pose a fatal threat to a King-level monster, but a King-level monster cannot ignore it.

Therefore, after chasing for dozens of miles, he realized that he was completely powerless against this human mentalist.

The Golden Scale Python King ultimately chose to abandon the pursuit to avoid falling into the ambush set by the human councilor.

In fact, that was exactly what Lu Jin planned at the time.

Unfortunately, the Golden Scale Python King was cautious enough to retreat as soon as it chased them out of the city of 003, forcing the impromptu group hunting plan to be abandoned.

In the afternoon, after eating the dry rations he had stored in his external storage space, Lu Jin continued to search for medium-sized and above lord monsters for practical combat training.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of City 003, a robbery attempt that ended in murder, dubbed "If you don't court death, you won't die," is unfolding.

An hour later, a reward of 100 billion yuan appeared online.

Vinina Bolenas, president of the Yanhuang region of the HR Alliance, has offered a reward of 100 billion Yanhuang coins to find the murderer of her son, Li Wei.

In the evening, Lu Jin, who had spent the afternoon sparring with a high-level lord monster, returned to his temporary lodging in City 003.

Eating dry rations with just water, Lu Jin deactivated the silent mode on his combat watch.

The next moment, Lu Jin was startled when he saw a series of missed calls displayed on his combat watch.

What's going on? So many people are contacting him?
The sky is falling?
Isn't it? !
After all, if something really big were to happen, unless he physically powered off the communication watch, the Ministry of Defense's special communication system would be able to contact him regardless of the silent mode.

Seeing that his uncle was among the missed calls, Lu Jin dialed back first.

"Uncle, what's up?"

"You're training in City 003, aren't you?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Lu Jin was a little confused.

"Did you kill Li Yao and Vinina's son?"

"What?"

Lu Jin was stunned.

Is this Li Yao and Vinina's son?
Isn't that the guy in the original story who tried to rob Luo Feng but was killed by Luo Feng instead?
I think his name was Li Wei?

"Not you?"

This afternoon, Li Wei, the son of Li Yao and his wife, along with seven warriors, was killed by a mentalist in City 003.

Judging from the battle traces at the scene and the corpses of two low-level lord-level monsters not far away, the attacker was a War God-level mentalist. The entire squad of eight warrior generals died before they could even send a message out.

Unable to find the murderer, Vinina offered a reward of hundreds of billions online.

You were training in City 003, and I thought you were the one who did it. But since it wasn't you, just treat this as a bit of gossip.

Hearing Lu Jin's surprise, Li Yunqian immediately realized that this was just a coincidence.

Of course, it doesn't matter if Lu Jin killed the person.

As long as the deceased is not a child of Hong or Lei Shen, and is not caught red-handed, Wei Fang can cover it up regardless of the cause of the incident.

After all, the Yanhuang Guards are known for protecting their own and for their unity.

Moreover, given the strength of Li Yao and his wife, they couldn't possibly do anything to Lu Jin.

A short while later, Li Yunqian hung up the phone.

'Did Luo Lao Er do it?'

Lu Jin couldn't help but think to himself.

Although there was no evidence, Lu Jin's intuition told him that Luo Feng was most likely behind it.

Although Luo Feng's mental strength has not yet reached the level of a War God, he has cultivated the 'Secret Technique of the Controller'.

If the amplitude of the mental power is not too low, killing two low-level lord monsters and instantly killing eight warrior generals would not require the mental power of a war god; the mental power of a high-level warrior general would be enough.

"Dududu-"

Soon, the combat watch beeped, and another communication call came in.

Recently, Lu Jin has been training in City 003.

Whenever his combat watch received an emergency distress signal, he would go out and lend a helping hand, adhering to the principle of helping whenever he could.

Therefore, Lu Jin received a lot of gratitude from martial artists during this period.

A 'hundred-billion-dollar bounty' has been offered online. The incident occurred in city number 003, and the perpetrator is a war god-level mentalist.

Doesn't this point directly to their savior?
Therefore, the martial artists who had been saved by Lu Jin during this period and who knew that he was still in City 003 all called to inform him.

Whether Lu Jin has the ability to ignore the 100 billion bounty is one thing, but whether they call to notify him in time is another.

Jiangnan Base City, Jiangnan Mountain and Water Community, Huayao Peak Mountain Villa.

In the lobby on the first floor, looking at the corpse lying in the crystal coffin, whose brain was still missing a small part even after being stitched up, Li Yao and Vinina's eyes were bloodshot and their faces were terribly gloomy.

"Drip-drip-"

Suddenly, a voice came from the communication watch on Vinina's wrist.

"Is there news of a bounty?"

"Madam, someone just provided some information, but it's not certain whether the person is the murderer."

"Who?!"

"It's Lu Jin, the War God of Yanhuang Guard. He's been hunting lord monsters in City 003 all this time."

The reason why the Warrior Search Mode and the War God Palace Shared System cannot find them is mainly because the combat watches sold on Wei Fang's 'Yanhuang Home' website are not produced by our HR Alliance.

The reason is simple: the combat watches sold by the HR Alliance have backdoors, and all the major factions are aware of this.

In Wei Fang's eyes, even the location of his own warriors is a military secret and cannot be known by outsiders like the HR Alliance.

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