"Hahahahahaha!"
Looking at his status panel…
Looking at his nearly 9,000 physique…
The smile on Zhao Xuan's face slowly grew wider.
Wider… wider… wider…
Until finally—
He threw his head back and burst into loud laughter.
The laughter was wild.
The laughter was unrestrained.
It was filled with intense excitement and joy.
His sudden booming laughter startled the big golden mouse in the corner, which was hugging the Eighth-rank cactus flower in blissful intoxication.
"Ji!!!"
The mouse jumped in shock, clutching the cactus flower tightly, staring at Zhao Xuan warily, afraid he might come steal its treasure.
Only to realize Zhao Xuan was simply laughing like a fool.
"Ji ji!"
The mouse immediately relaxed and even showed a look of disdain.
Tch.
You're supposed to be my human pet, and you're making such a fuss?
Trying to scare a mouse to death?
It muttered internally before burying its head back into the cactus flower, resuming its intoxicated state.
Zhao Xuan laughed for quite a while before finally calming down.
Then—
His eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wait… if I remember correctly, I think I saw similar large mansions like this in the other three districts of Life City."
"If this mansion has a treasury… then the others might have one too…"
His eyes grew brighter.
He immediately turned to look at the golden mouse.
"Ji ji? (You need something?)"
The mouse raised its head cautiously.
"I want to ask you something. In the other three districts of this city, do those big mansions also have treasuries like this? Treasuries full of herbs and Life Stones?"
"Ji ji ji! (Probably!)"
"What do you mean probably? Yes or no?" Zhao Xuan snapped.
"Ji ji ji ji! (Yes!)"
Then it added,
"Ji ji ji ji ji! (But those places don't have nice-smelling flowers anymore!)"
Zhao Xuan's face darkened.
I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.
So that's why you weren't enthusiastic.
Because there's nothing you want there.
Still—
Zhao Xuan's eyes flickered again.
The value of one treasury was enormous.
Around 1.3 to 1.4 trillion worth.
That was a huge sum.
"I just spent more than ten hours rebuilding myself. That means there's only about one day left before the city reopens."
"One day… plenty of time!"
"Enough for me to empty the other three treasuries!"
Yes.
Absolutely yes.
Zhao Xuan had already set his sights on the remaining three treasuries.
"Let's go! Right now! Empty them before anything unexpected happens!"
He waved at the mouse.
"Let's go, Pikachu Mouse."
"Ji ji!"
The mouse followed immediately, still hugging the cactus flower, so absorbed in its scent that it didn't even notice the nickname.
Normally, it would have protested loudly.
But today was different.
One man and one mouse exited the treasury.
The moment Zhao Xuan stepped out—
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Sharp gusts of force struck toward him.
Without thinking—
"ROAR!!!"
He instantly entered Dragon-Man form.
Under the tenfold boost—
His physique surged to 90,000 points.
Ninety thousand!
An explosive concept.
Eighth-rank invincibility.
Even attacks from Eighth-rank High or even Great Perfection kings—
He could tank them with his body alone.
Perhaps even Ninth-rank Emperors.
In the dazzling golden glow—
Two to three dozen Eighth-rank mid-tier Golden Armor puppets struck him simultaneously.
And then—
An unbelievable scene occurred.
Zhao Xuan didn't move an inch.
"This tickles."
He grinned ferociously.
"Earlier you made me look miserable. Now it's my turn."
BOOM!
His fist shot out.
Wrapped in Armament Haki and thunder.
CRACK!
One Golden Armor puppet's chest bones shattered instantly.
It flew backward into another.
CRACK!
Then into a third.
CRACK!
Three killed with one punch.
This time—
No trick.
No space rift accident.
A true one-punch triple kill.
And he hadn't even used his one-second secret technique.
"Pathetic… truly pathetic."
The remaining puppets attacked again.
"Come!"
Zhao Xuan roared excitedly.
BOOM!!!
He smashed forward.
In less than ten seconds—
No.
Not even ten seconds—
All two to three dozen Golden Armor puppets were corpses.
"Invincible… how lonely…"
He muttered.
Then immediately snapped back to reality.
"Bah! Invincible my ass. I'm not qualified to say that yet. When my base physique exceeds 10,000 and I can defeat a Ninth-rank Emperor—then I'll talk."
He waved at the mouse.
"Stop sniffing. Finish the job first. Then you can lie down and sniff forever."
The mouse nodded, stored the cactus flower carefully in a space rift.
Zhao Xuan suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"Ji ji? (What are you thinking?)"
"We should settle an account first."
"Ji? (Account?)"
"I ate the five stone shoots you gave me earlier to buy you those 100 seconds. Don't you think you owe me compensation?"
"Ji ji ji ji ji! (Compensation? What do you want?)"
"Just casually give me fifty or a hundred of those stone shoots. I'm not asking for much."
He said it with a very casual expression.
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