My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 476 - 439 Just Want to Do Business Well_2

Possessing countless treasures, possessing extraordinary vision, and having unfathomable personal strength... The Ghost Fire leader did not dare to neglect him and handed over the two sacks he held. With a wave of the mysterious merchant’s hand, the two sacks disappeared, causing the leader’s heart to fill with even greater reverence.

Tang Yu had originally planned to provide only a D3-grade Combat Saber to the Fifth Tier Peak Awakener, which would have been sufficient. However, after some thought and considering this was the first customer stepping out of the country’s borders, he decided to provide a C1 weapon as the First Comer gift.

He thought he was too kind-hearted, practically a paragon of the new century’s merchants.

A beacon of integrity in the industry.

The trade proceeded methodically. The Awakeners behind did not dare to overstep their bounds—nor could they. Except for those who had taken a number, no one else could even get close within five meters of the merchant; there wasn’t even a space to cut in line.

Beneath the Nightmare cloak, his face still bore the unfriendly demeanor of "strangers not welcome," while behind it, Tang Yu was overjoyed.

These foreign territories were like unexploited maps in a game, one could find treasures simply by walking around. The tens of thousands of Source Crystals he collected were nothing compared to some of the advanced materials, which even large sanctuaries found hard to procure and whose supplies in their own territories were limited.

The only pity was that the Awakeners at the Ghost Fire settlement were too weak and had a limited range of activity. From their mouths, Tang Yu did not hear any news that could interest him.

As he prepared to leave for the next location.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the entrance of the settlement. Several Awakeners were flung into the air, rolling on the ground a few times, unconscious.

A group of Awakeners wearing beast-skin coats stormed into the Ghost Fire settlement and headed straight toward the Nightmare.

"How come the people from Hong River Gathering Place are here!"

The leader of the Ghost Fire was startled. Hong River was the strongest gathering place in their area, said to possess Twelve War Generals, each stronger than him.

Normally, Hong River never bothered with a small settlement like Ghost Fire and had no interactions on regular days.

But today...

He turned his head to look at the mysterious merchant in the crowd, then to the people from Hong River, the leader among them looking proud and possessing a much more powerful aura than his own. The Ghost Fire leader immediately cowered, simply watching as the group thrust aside anyone in their way and walked straight up to the mysterious merchant.

"You are that merchant, huh? Good, bring out the best things you have."

Nightmare’s expression was still emotionless as he responded with the same words, "As long as you can bring out special items that I like, you can exchange them for anything here."

It suddenly got quiet.

The Awakeners from Ghost Fire looked on angrily at the people from Hong River.

They were worried. The merchant seemed mysterious and strong, but the Hong River Gathering Place was renowned, the only place in the surrounding regions that could defend against demonized beasts without having to flee like them.

And they came so aggressively and forcefully. Could the mysterious merchant handle them? Would they no longer have the chance to buy goods from the merchant in the future?

The leader of the Hong River gathering place, possessing the strength of Seventh Layer and the rank of Third War General, laughed out loud.

He stared at Nightmare, trying to see if there was any tension or fear beneath the hood:

"You, did you misunderstand something? We never planned to trade, just hand over everything... Not happy about it? Hahahaha, with power, we can do whatever we want!"

The faces of the Awakeners at Ghost Fire turned ashen, with some even sneaking away, fearing that the other party might annihilate their settlement.

At that moment,

The mysterious merchant slowly lifted his head, his deep voice tinged with a hint of surprise, "Oh? With power, one can really do whatever they want, huh."

"Since that’s the case..."

The scythe of Nightmare slowly lifted, and he tilted his head to gaze at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, with a slight sense of helplessness.

He was clearly a civilized person, yet often found himself helplessly having to resort to reason through force.

It must have been the world’s fault!

In an instant,

the wind seemed to have stopped, and the mysterious merchant’s scythe, unbeknownst to when, was already raised above his head, and before anyone could react, swooshed down in a swift slash.

One second,

Two seconds passed,

It seemed as though nothing had happened, the leader of the Hong River had a mocking expression, his mouth slightly agape, when suddenly, as if a gust of wind blew by, he caught sight beside him, an Awakener only a fist’s distance away had turned to dust and dissipated in the wind.

Crack,

Crack,

The ground suddenly split open, the crack meandering off into the distance, the above line of Awakeners, makeshift houses, accumulated objects, all turned into fine powder and vanished.

Then the booming sound and the violent tremors arrived belatedly.

The neck of Hong River’s leader was so stiff he couldn’t turn, yet he caught sight at his feet a crack that reached hundreds of meters beyond the gathering place... it was slashed by that merchant!

Their team from Hong River, over a hundred people, except for him, only a few others were spared, the rest, their bodies were nowhere to be found.

Terrifying indeed!

The leader of the Ghost Fire Settlement also swallowed hard, but suddenly realized, that slash from the mysterious merchant seemed to have split his settlement into two halves... it was his settlement!

...

It wasn’t Nightmare’s mishap, sparing the strongest of the Hong River team, but only to interrogate them.

Moments later, combining the information provided by the Awakeners of the Ghost Fire Settlement, Tang Yu had some understanding of the Hong River Gathering Place over a hundred kilometers away.

That place housed tens of thousands of survivors, and even boasted city walls and cultivated zones, considering it a strong medium-sized Sanctuary even within the confines of Daxia Country.

Tang Yu wasn’t interested in these, but he indeed gleaned some intriguing information.

About the leader of the Hong River Gathering Place, a powerful Earth Series Ability User.

The man was originally only at the Sixth or Seventh Layer, which still fell within the bounds of normal humans, but one day, he returned with a strength that made everyone look up in awe, having awakened an overwhelmingly powerful Earth Series ability; he built the walls surrounding the whole gathering place overnight.

It was considered a miracle.

This was why Hong River became the only gathering place capable of resisting the Demon Tide.

"City walls built overnight? This... seems to remind me of my own endeavors four months ago."

Thoughts of known Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures flashed through Tang Yu’s mind, realizing that neither the Awakening Fruit nor the Holy Spring formed from liquefied high-purity Source Qi could achieve such an effect.

It must have been some unknown adventure of his.

Perhaps he had discovered a Secret Realm, an artifact from before the Third Epoch.

After crushing the remaining few from Hong River, Tang Yu controlled Nightmare and took flight towards the gathering place over a hundred kilometers away.

Lastly,

He threw a piece of paper to the leader of the Ghost Fire Settlement that read in rune script:

"Mysterious Merchant Summoning Scroll": When you have prepared a sufficient number of special items, you can use this scroll to meet the legendary Mysterious Merchant and trade with him.

Note: Before summoning, place the special items within ten meters of the scroll; the more items, the higher the probability of a successful summoning.

Ghost Fire Leader: "..."