Please be my partner.

Melen's voice came, and he said to the six-armed snake demon: "Do you want to die or live?"

Unexpectedly, the six-armed snake demon ignored him completely and just looked at Spike, hoping that the latter would give it the fate it deserved as a loser... to die in battle.

Mellen was somewhat helpless. After thinking for a moment, he said again, "You want to die after being defeated? What's the difference between you and a coward? Don't you want to fight my dog again and win?"

Spike glanced at the boy, speechless.

These words stirred the six-armed snake demon's eyes once again. It looked at Melen and said, "To die in battle is a warrior's honor. If a glorious victory cannot be achieved, then at least one should face death with honor."

Melen said, "It's easy to die, but it takes real courage to survive! Are you willing to die like this?!"

The six-armed snake demon fell silent, but there were more waves in his eyes.

Even if one is ready to die, who would choose to die if they can avoid it?

The six-armed snake demon is a war-crazed person. He has reached the legendary level at such a young age. He is a genius of the six-armed snake demon clan and can reach even greater heights in the future...

Mellen raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Why don't you listen to my conditions first, and then you decide whether you want to die or not, how about that?"

The six-armed snake demon continued to remain silent.

Mellen's smile widened as he said, "Do three things for me within ten years, and I'll let you go today."

The six-armed snake demon looked at Melen and asked, "Within ten years? Three things?"

Mellen nodded and said, "That's right. As long as you do three things for me within ten years, we'll be even."

The six-armed snake demon asked, "What's the matter?"

Mellen shook his finger and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll let you know when I do."

The six-armed snake demon suddenly sneered, "Aren't you afraid that I'll agree to it now, but you'll regret it after we leave?"

Mellen smiled and said, "Although based on my 'experience', those who can say such things usually won't go back on their word, but we are enemies after all, so we still need to have some insurance."

As he spoke, he took out the Abyss Contract, which was the one he had seized from the alluring woman when he attacked the Devouring Swamp. At that time, the latter wanted to threaten his life to force him to sign the contract.

The Abyss Contract can be witnessed by the Abyss, and the content of the contract can be freely drafted, which is quite convenient.

The six-armed snake demon pondered for a moment, then sneered, "Okay, I promise you!"

Although the six-armed snake demon is keen on fighting and has a straightforward character, this does not mean that it is a fool. Signing a contract to save its life is a sure-win business for it.

Now that he is dead, his soul will return to the abyss. After signing the contract, if Mellen’s request goes against his will, he can break the contract on the spot, but his soul will just return to the abyss. In total, he will make money during this period of time!

Moreover, the six-armed snake demon made up his mind to return to the abyss world immediately after escaping this time, and not set foot in the space-time rift on the Blue and Green Realm within ten years. By then, even if Melen had the contract in hand, he would not be able to give it orders. All he had to do was wait for ten years to be up, and the contract would naturally become invalid.

Melen didn't care about the six-armed snake demon's thoughts. After carving the contents of the contract, he just looked at the latter with a smile.

The vitality of legendary strongmen is very tenacious, especially the demon race like the six-armed snake demon. At this moment, it has recovered some mobility. It stared at the abyss contract again and again. After a moment, it was a little surprised, because the content of the contract was really as Melen said, without any other restrictions and additional terms. As a demon, it can still understand this.

It looked at Mellen suspiciously for a moment, but thinking that the worst result would be death after violating the contract, it no longer hesitated and directly engraved its real name on the Abyss Contract.

Melen used the power of fantasy to create a soul, and then used this soul to sign the contract. After all, it was the power of the abyss, and he was still a little hesitant to touch it directly.

After the two parties signed the contract, the mark of the abyss split into two, one was imprinted on the eyebrows of the six-armed snake demon, and the other fell on the soul in Melen's hand.

Melen carefully sealed the soul layer by layer and put it away, then waved to the six-armed snake demon, indicating that it could leave.

The six-armed snake demon gave Spike a last, deep look and suddenly said, "My name is Barbara!"

Then, without waiting for their reaction, he dragged his seriously injured body away.

Julian said, "Friend Melen, I'm afraid we won't be able to see that six-armed snake demon in the Blue and Green Realm within ten years."

His words were both an expression of emotion and a disguised reminder.

Mellen smiled slightly and said casually: "It's okay, it's just a move ahead of time. Whether it can be used is still uncertain."

Upon hearing this, Julian's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look.

Chapter 221 I have vinegar, but I need some dumplings

With a slight wave of his hand, the colorful light dissipated, but only the human side woke up, while the demon side was still in a sleepwalking state.

Some people continued to kill enemies according to their inertia before falling asleep. After killing a few demons, they realized something was wrong. Some smart ones immediately thought that it was a legendary strongman who took action. They paid their respects in the direction of Melen and Julian, and then continued to join the battle to clear out the demons.

The reason why Melen pulled the human party into the dream just now was because he was afraid of gossip. He didn't want to let everyone know about the contract he had signed with the six-armed snake demon Barbara. As a legendary strong man, Julian didn't care about it if he knew it.

After reminding the team below not to stay too long, Melen and Julian returned to the Knights of Dusk together.

Julian was seriously injured this time, and with the invasion of alien energy, it will probably take a long time for him to fully recover.

During this period, the strongest combat power of the human side in the space-time rift area will be lacking, which will invisibly compress the living space of the human team to a certain extent.

Fortunately, because Mellen's "porter" actions were too silent and did not reveal any flaws or clues, when the news of all the accumulated resources being emptied out of the warehouse city broke out, it immediately aroused mutual suspicion and accusations among the demons.

The demons in the space-time rift originally belonged to the three major demon lords, and the cooperation between them was just based on interests. Because their territories were close to each other, their relationship was not very good. In addition, demons were inherently chaotic creatures, so infighting was commonplace.

So not surprisingly, a civil war swept through the warehouse city and showed signs of expanding outward.

Some legendary demons believed that the legendary demon stationed in the warehouse city was the one who stole the goods, while the latter argued that it was impossible for them to do such a stupid thing and that there must be other legendary demons who were framing them.

Soon, several legendary demons were involved. Even the legendary Balor, the nominal number one demon, could not mediate. After all, the legendary Balor himself had his own stance, and there was no such thing as helping the right side instead of the relatives among demons.

The legendary shadow demon was somewhat suspicious of Melen, because the timing of Melen's appearance when it was hunting Julian was too coincidental, and the direction he came from was also a bit suspicious. Coupled with the dream power that Melen occasionally showed, he was highly suspicious.

But the legendary shadow demon thought for a long time and did not expose it. Instead, he watched coldly and allowed the legendary demons of different forces to attack each other.

In addition to the departure of the six-armed snake demon Barbara and the joining of two new legendary strongmen to the human side, the human side's momentum was temporarily slightly higher than that of the demon side.

Of course, Melen sensed the departure of the six-armed snake demon Barbara through the Abyss Contract, and the two human legends arrived in a low-key manner. Currently, only the human top leaders and a small number of middle-level leaders knew about it. They were ready to catch the demons off guard and see if they could set up a trap to kill one or two legendary demons.

Mellen left the Sunset Mountains more than half a month later when the situation stabilized again. At this time, there was only about a month left before the exchange meeting in the spirit world. He also needed to find collectors as soon as possible to cash in the various resources in his hands, and by the way, see if the Fairy Tale Alliance and the King's Right Wing had found any rare items during this period.

When Mellen returned to Vero City, he immediately sought out the collector, who asked with a smile, "You said in your message that you had a large amount of resources to sell. Could they be the ones lost by the demons in the space-time rift?"

This made Melen understand that the Collector also had his own spies in the space-time rift area, and they might be on both the human and demon sides.

After all, due to the collision of the rules of the two worlds, more scarce resources may be born in the space-time rift area, and it is impossible for the collector, a qualified businessman, not to pay attention to it.

Mellen didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement.

Entering the space opened up by the collector using extraordinary items, Melen began to dump resources one warehouse after another.

Mellen plundered a total of seventy giant warehouses. Although most of them contained ordinary resources, each warehouse was worth about 2000 gold coins, equivalent to magic gold coins.

Of course, if it is sold directly to collectors, the value will be greatly compressed. Each warehouse can only be sold for about 110,000 to 20,000 gold coins, and this is the result after the collectors make concessions.

In fact, gold is the equivalent currency of all worlds, and its exchange rate for magic gold coins is more stable than many commodities. If Mellen is willing to spend three to five years to slowly sell the resources in his hands in the Blue and Green World, exchange them for gold, and then use gold to trade with collectors, the magic gold coins he earns should be 20% to 30% more.

But for Mellen now, time is far more important than money. He can't waste several years of rapid development for the extra 20% or 30% profit.

Of course, Melen did not sell all the resources in his hands. After all, there were still many rare minerals such as Black Abyss Iron among those resources, which were the materials for creating various special Titan colossi, and he could use them himself.

Soon, the cargo that Mellen poured out filled a large space.

The collector glanced at them with a smile on his face. Suddenly, his gaze paused. After a slight hesitation, he said, "Merlen, since you are going to the exchange meeting, I think you can keep one of these goods."

"Oh?" Melen looked puzzled, waiting for the collector to explain.

In fact, there were indeed a few items whose specific value he could not tell, and there were no relevant records on the part of the Knights of Dusk.

The reason why he sold these unknown resources together instead of keeping them for the time being and making plans after knowing their value was, firstly, that he needed a lot of resources to deal with the exchange meeting, and secondly, it was also a small test for collectors.

As Mellen's strength continues to improve, he will one day figure out the true value of those things. If the collector treats him honestly, he will naturally treat the other party the same way, but if the collector intends to get a bargain from him, then the other party will just be an ordinary trading partner of his.

It seems that the two sides are getting along pretty well now.

The collector waved his hand slightly, and the power of space fluctuated. A large mass of material like fine sand was extracted from the pile of resources.

These fine sand grains are crystal clear and translucent, with a hazy charm, and the spiritual power they contain is not very strong.

The collector said, "This is soul sand. It contains an extremely pure soul power. However, precisely because of its purity, the amount of this soul power has become extremely small. This has caused the value of soul sand to plummet. Even for those species that feed on souls, it is tasteless to eat and a pity to discard."

"But from what I know, soul sand plays a vital role for the Omnic race. If you encounter one of this species at the exchange meeting, you should be able to exchange it for a lot of goodies."

Melen's eyes flickered as he asked, "What kind of race is the Omnic?"

The Collector explained: "You can think of them as mechanical constructs that have developed self-awareness."

Melen nodded, realizing that this so-called intelligent machine race should be the same kind of life as he understood it.

While collecting the soul sand, he also inquired about more information about the intelligent machine race.

There was nothing special among the remaining resources, and the collector's final estimate was 50000 magic gold coins.

After selling so many things, he only got the value equivalent to two and a half void golds, and Melen felt helpless.

After the transaction was completed, at Mellen's invitation, the two went to the Fairy Tale Alliance's warehouse, where all kinds of strange things collected by the Fairy Tale Alliance during this period were stored.

Accompanied by Linet, the three of them strolled through the huge warehouse. The items placed inside were either old and ancient, or contained strange powers, and they all looked quite extraordinary.

There was a gleam in the collector's eyes, and he just glanced at the shelves casually, rarely stopping.

When he was about to finish looking at them all, the collector's eyes suddenly lit up. He walked to a shelf and picked up one of the palm-sized crystal bottles in his hand.

The crystal bottle contained a light green liquid. When the collector opened the bottle, a light and elegant fragrance of plants wafted out. He nodded with satisfaction, as if confirming something.

The collector quickly looked through the remaining pieces and said to Mellen, "The rest are just scrap metal. Even if there are some relics from the extraordinary era, they are of little value."

Then, he shook the crystal bottle in his hand slightly and said with a smile: "This is the only good treasure."

Melen nodded and looked at Linette.

The latter immediately said, "This is an extraordinary item we purchased from an indigenous tribe in the valley forest north of the Hundred Nights Kingdom. The tribe collected it from the giant tree they worship."

"This liquid has certain therapeutic effects. After drinking it, the body will emit a fragrance similar to the liquid for a period of time. It is said that long-term consumption can also increase lifespan."

"Tsk tsk!" exclaimed the collector. "What a waste of natural resources! What a waste of natural resources!"

Seeing the two people looking at him, the collector didn't keep them in suspense and said, "This is tree spirit liquid. Its simplest function is that it can be used to mix various spices. After drinking it, it can change a person's body fragrance."

Mellen frowned and subconsciously asked, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be difficult to hide myself?"

The Collector was somewhat speechless. He said, "There's more to the myriad worlds than just fighting and killing. Also..." He looked strange and added, "Except for professions like thieves and assassins, most extraordinary people don't need to hide themselves, right?"

Mellen's mouth twitched, and he was speechless. After hearing that the body odor could be changed, the first thing he thought of was that this thing would affect his ability to "strike a blow".

The Collector only teased briefly before continuing, "The main function of the Tree Spirit Liquid is as a blending fluid for advanced recovery potions."

"Those high-level recovery potions that are effective against Legendaries and even Saints usually require powerful transcendental objects to refine. These transcendental objects often create intense spiritual conflicts. Tree spirit fluid can mitigate these conflicts, thereby increasing the success rate."

Melen asked, "So, this tree spirit liquid is very valuable?"

The collector shook his head and said, "The Tree Spirit Liquid alone can only be said to have some value. After all, there are still many concoctions with similar effects. The Tree Spirit Liquid can only be considered one of the better ones."

"But if we can get some recipes for advanced recovery potions and set up an alchemy workshop, it would be like having a gold mine, able to continuously mine magic gold coins!"

Mellen curled his lips. He understood the logic, but what could he do?

I have the vinegar, but I just need some dumplings?!

Melen looked at Linette. No matter when the dumplings were found, the vinegar must be in his hands first.

Linette immediately understood and said that he would deal with the matter later.

Although this was the only gain from a large warehouse, Mellen was somewhat relieved. After all, this business had only just started for two months, and he would surely be able to find various treasures in the future.

Speaking of alchemy, Melen suddenly thought of the secret space he had explored before. It originated from an alchemy force in the extraordinary era. This alchemy force was divided into two factions, one was extraordinary alchemy and the other was potion alchemy.

That secret space belonged to the Extraordinary Alchemy faction. Although Melen obtained the design drawings of the Titan Colossus and the Giant God Fortress, as well as the inheritance of the Source Energy User, his exploration of that secret space was actually quite superficial.

If we can conduct a more detailed exploration of the secret space and find clues about the alchemy faction, we might be able to build an alchemy workshop.

Thinking of this, Melen showed an eager look. He looked at the collector and asked, "What if I can really build an alchemy workshop?"

The collector said doubtfully, "The method of refining high-level potions has always been a secret among major forces and is extremely valuable. The Baisha Chamber of Commerce naturally has a corresponding department, but I don't have access to it."

"And having the potion formula alone is far from enough. We also need a large number of excellent alchemists to turn it into cash. Are you sure you can set up an alchemy workshop?"

"I..." Mellen hesitated, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "I'm not sure."

Seeing this, the collector didn't ask any further questions, but said, "If you can really set up an alchemy workshop in the future, I can be responsible for sales, and I guarantee that you won't suffer any losses."

Mellen nodded without saying anything more.

After the collector said goodbye and left, Mellen told Linette about the secret realm of space and explained in detail the various laws he had verified at that time.

Of course, he didn't have to do the subsequent exploration of the secret realm of space himself, he could just leave it to his subordinates.

Melen finally said, "That secret space originated from a legendary alchemy force in the Extraordinary Era. After I obtained what I wanted, I didn't explore it further. See if you can find any clues related to potion alchemy in it."

Linette nodded solemnly. He had already understood the importance of this matter from the conversation between Melen and the collector just now. If the inheritance of potion alchemy could be unearthed, it would undoubtedly be like getting a hen that lays golden eggs.