Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

Chapter 1660: Chapter 1662: Irregular Without a Collar

"What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Are you rebelling?!"

The merchant stared at the slaves who had been utterly obedient just moments ago, but were now charging at him with bloodshot eyes, and he completely panicked.

Even if these were just low-grade slaves.

Golden Core is still Golden Core, and he himself was only at the Golden Core Early Stage.

At the same realm, "a flurry of wild punches can beat a master to death" is a pretty normal thing.

However, obviously no one answered him.

They had long been taught to obey their master—whoever held the Jade Scroll that controlled them.

Now that the Jade Scroll was in someone else’s hands, they naturally wouldn’t obey this man’s orders anymore.

What’s more, they had already simulated biting this bastard to death in their hearts who knows how many times.

Now that they had a perfectly legitimate opportunity, how could they possibly let it go!

The crowd watched this scene, then looked at Lu Xiaobu, who appeared calm and carefree, and all of them swallowed hard.

This guy clearly wasn’t afraid of dying!

Don’t say he didn’t know how strong Yiji Mansion was; the fact he came up and directly asked to buy slaves obviously meant he’d done his homework.

Yet even in this situation, he still gave the attack order without a shred of hesitation!

If that’s not fearless, what is?!

"City Guard Army! City Guard Army! Someone’s making trouble here!"

The merchant shouted hoarsely while fending off the slaves’ fearless, berserk attacks.

And just as he yelled, one of the slaves lunged forward and bit down on his shoulder.

He really bit down!

This was a shark-type mutant slave; the teeth in his mouth were sharper than some weapons, and they could even regenerate.

If this guy hadn’t been unable to stay too long in dry environments, he’d definitely be in a combat squad.

So!

Those razor-sharp teeth pierced straight through the merchant’s shoulder.

"Ah!"

A miserable scream burst out from the merchant’s mouth.

Then he gritted his teeth and smashed a punch into the shark slave’s head.

"Bang!"

The eyeball burst directly, blood running down along the shark slave’s temples.

However, the merchant’s attack still didn’t make this crazed slave stop—on the contrary, the smell of blood only drove him even madder!

Those teeth burrowed into the merchant’s flesh inch by inch!

The merchant howled in pain while continuing to pummel the shark slave!

Finally!

The shark’s attack ceased; he’d been beaten to death on the spot!

But dead was dead, and yet he still hadn’t let go—the whole body was hanging off the merchant’s shoulder by that set of teeth!

Most importantly, while all of his attention was on this shark, the others hadn’t stopped attacking him either, so at this moment he was covered in wounds.

At last, he seized a chance, True Yuan surging through his body as he blasted all the slaves away and instantly retreated.

He was going to leave.

But before he left, he glared at Lu Xiaobu with venomous hatred, etching Lu Xiaobu’s face firmly into his mind.

This grudge, he would definitely repay!

Only then did the City Guard Army finally show up, slow as ever.

"What happened?!"

The City Guard officer frowned as he took in the chaotic scene.

But right after that, he saw that eye-catching heap of Spirit Stones on the ground, and his mouth instantly started watering.

"Ahem." Lu Xiaobu coughed once, and only then did the City Guard soldier hurriedly wipe away his drool, though his eyes still kept drifting toward the Spirit Stones against his will.

"What exactly happened?" the City Guard officer asked, trying his best not to look sideways.

"Nothing much. I was just buying a few slaves, and who knew that halfway through the deal one of them would go berserk." Lu Xiaobu shrugged and pointed at the shark slave’s corpse on the ground as he spoke.

"Hm?" The City Guard officer frowned, not quite buying it, so he turned to the surrounding crowd. "Is what he said true?"

The onlookers, hearing the question, subconsciously glanced at Lu Xiaobu, who had just now given orders so decisively.

Then they looked at those slaves, faces still splattered with blood and clearly unsated, and all of them were terrified of becoming the next ones to get swarmed.

They weren’t Golden Core Stage; if they got mobbed, they’d be dead for sure!

So one by one, they chose to mind their own business and stay out of it.

Getting no answer, the City Guard officer had no pretext to act.

Although he really wanted to find an excuse to arrest this guy and then claim those Spirit Stones for himself.

But with so many eyes on him, he couldn’t just grab someone by force; he could only cast an extremely greedy look at the Spirit Stones on the ground, then glance at the identity wooden token hanging at Lu Xiaobu’s waist. "I’ll get to the bottom of this! If you’re lying, I’ll make sure you learn what the consequences are!"

That was already a threat.

The meaning was obvious—pay up!

Otherwise he’d come looking for trouble!

Lu Xiaobu, however, remained perfectly calm and said to Wan Jian, "Put away our Spirit Stones."

"Yes." Wan Jian stepped forward and, under the City Guard officer’s bulging, nearly popping eyes, stored away all the Spirit Stones!

Not a single one left!

"Good. Very good!" The City Guard officer’s face darkened, turning extremely gloomy.

If this weren’t inside the city, and if he weren’t part of the City Guard Army, he would’ve absolutely called people to rob this guy.

Still, it wasn’t like he had no options.

This was the City Guard Army’s turf; dealing with some bumpkin from the sticks was almost too easy!

With that, the City Guard officer strode off.

"Young Master, we’ve got both sides staring at us now!" Wan Jian said.

Damn, following the Young Master really did mean fights.

This was only the first city they’d arrived in, and they’d already provoked both the City Guard Army and Yiji Mansion’s faction.

He knew that tonight was destined to be a bloodbath!

Finally, he’d have a chance to make a move!

"Let them stare." Lu Xiaobu yawned. "It was bound to happen sooner or later."

He wanted to remove the collar from Xiao Rou’s neck, which meant he’d have to deal with those two factions anyway, so whether he provoked them or not, it was only a matter of time.

"Xiao Rou." Lu Xiaobu waved at the cat-eared girl behind him. "Anywhere fun around here?"

He’d originally wanted to ask about good food, but thinking of the cuisine here, he changed it to fun instead!

"Fun?" Xiao Rou still hadn’t recovered from what just happened, so she was a bit dazed when she heard the question.

But before she could answer, someone beside them spoke up. "That depends on what this friend wants to play."

Lu Xiaobu turned and saw a pretty handsome guy, dressed in flowing white robes with a bit of a Sao Bao flair.

"Oh? A local snake?" Lu Xiaobu said with a grin.

"Local snake? I like that name. I’ll call myself ’Local Snake’ from now on." The flashy guy raised a brow. "I’m from the black market. I’m sure you’re not unfamiliar with us, friend. So if you’re looking for fun, there’s no one better to come to than us!"

After that, he took two steps closer and lowered his voice. "Besides, friend, are you sure it’s a good idea to swagger down the street with a mutant slave who’s not wearing a collar?"

As soon as he said that, Lu Xiaobu paused for a moment.

Then he suddenly felt a surge of killing intent rise up behind him!