Chapter 398: Work Inspection

“What’s going on?”

Samuel’s smile froze on his face. Christina had called his sword technique soft. That did not make him angry. He did not understand how Christina could withstand his sword attack. He had obtained power comparable to that of a god with the help of the King.

Christina had also just advanced to platinum-tier. How did she manage to do it with such a huge gap between the two? Did Christina’s strength increase without his knowledge?

Even though he was puzzled, Samuel did not show it on his face. Instead, he smiled. “Tina, I was just testing the waters with that sword just now. I did not use my true strength. Now, I will use all of my power with this sword. It won’t be as easy to follow up as before. ”

As he spoke, Samuel waved the wooden sword in his hand at Christina again. “Void Blade, consecutive slashes!”

At that time, Samuel secretly raised his tier to diamond. The Void Blade he released was several times thicker than before. Wherever it passed, there were noticeable cracks in the space. The void blades streaked across the sky, surrounding Christina. It was as if they were going to pierce through Christina like a porcupine in the next second.

“Tina, if you can’t hold on anymore, let me know.”

While releasing his sword technique, Samuel also looked at Christina worriedly. That scene made the surrounding Sword Saint’s disciples gasp in admiration.

“As expected of Eldest Senior Brother. He still has the energy to ask during the battle with Miss Christina. If it were us, we would probably be forced to admit defeat by now.”

“Since could withstand Eldest Senior Brother’s sword means that her strength is at least at peak platinum-tier. Eldest Senior Brother is also very powerful. Each of the Void Blades that he released was stronger than the previous ones, and he released them over a hundred times consecutively.”

A bright disciple watched the battle in front of him. Other than surprise, there were also doubts in his heart.

How did Samuel and Christina’s strength improve by so much in only a few days? Was the speed of improvement no less than Watson’s talent when he was learning sword technique? Did Samuel and Christina have the same talent as Watson? They did not show it before, but perhaps Watson had activated it. It seemed like they were the only ones without talent.

Many onlookers thought the same. At that moment, the battle in front of them had reversed once again.

Samuel slashed out Void Blades, one after another. He did not cut the void around him, and he also almost shattered the space that Christina was in. All the energy elements contained in the space were extracted. Under such circumstances, even if Christina was a peak platinum-tier elite, she could not unleash her sword technique without the help of the energy elements.

With just one move, it sealed Christina’s ability to counterattack, and it could also deal a blow to her. Samuel’s move was quite exquisite.

Christina did not dodge it. Instead, she waved the sword aura that Samuel had just released in her palm in front of her. “Diamond-tier sword technique, Water Moon Dance.”

The sword aura turned into a long river and instantly broke through the shattered space. The energy elements around Christina’s body had already become very chaotic. It was almost impossible to borrow the energy inside, and Christina did not borrow it in the surrounding space. She only used the sword aura that Samuel had slashed out to release that diamond-tier sword technique.

There was too much sword aura there.

A river of sword aura broke through the broken space and arrived in front of Samuel in just a moment. He subconsciously reached out his hand to block it. The wooden sword in his hand let out a crisp crack and broke apart. Half of the sword blade flew out. At the same time, he subconsciously took more than ten steps back, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

“Water Moon Dance? The diamond-tier move that Master taught Watson a week ago? Tina, when did you learn it?”

Samuel thought Christina’s talent was not particularly outstanding. Otherwise, she would not have left the family a few years ago. When she was more than ten years old, Christina had achieved gold-tier status. Her improvement was not as fast as the best of their disciples, and her understanding of sword technique was not fast either.

How did Christina, who was not quite talented, become so powerful? When did Christina learn the diamond-tier sword technique? Samuel pondered in his heart as he bit his lip. He had wanted to fight with Christina. On the one hand, he wanted to show Christina how powerful he was, and on the other hand, he tried to establish his authority. However, he could not achieve that, and it even had a certain counter effect.

Then, Samuel realized that as expected, all the junior brothers’ gazes were turned toward Christina. Their eyes were filled with admiration.

“Senior Brother Samuel, the blade in your hand is broken. Do you still want to continue fighting?” Christina asked with a calm expression.

Samuel was not the only one who was puzzled. She was also a little surprised. After all, after inheriting Watson’s knowledge, her strength had increased by dozens of times. Under such circumstances, Samuel was able to fight back and forth with her, which surprised her. However, she did not care too much. After all, she had left the family for a few years. During that period, under her father’s guidance, it wasn’t strange that Samuel’s strength had increased by leaps and bounds.

After fighting with Samuel for a while, she understood her own strength. She wasn’t weaker than ordinary diamond-tier experts. There was no need to continue fighting. If she were to be serious, she might hurt Samuel.

“Tina, it’s just a broken wooden sword. That can only prove that the quality of that sword is not good. It doesn’t mean that I lost. I can continue fighting!”

Samuel simply threw away the wooden sword in his hand and extended his right hand to Christina. Her moves had already proved her strength. He understood that if he did not use his full strength at that moment, even if he could win that competition, he would still fight for hundreds of rounds. If that happened, he would lose the opportunity to establish his tall and big image in front of everyone.

‘Although doing that might hurt Tina, I don’t have a better choice.’

Gritting his teeth, a black light flashed in Samuel’s eyes. He wriggled toward Christina’s open right hand, and a ball of pitch-black substance drilled out of his pores. When that ball of pitch-black substance appeared, a rotten smell immediately came out of the air. The surrounding onlookers immediately started coughing when they smelled that air. Some of them even had flushed faces as they clutched their chests, appearing to be in pain.

“That is not a sword technique. I’ve never seen Eldest Senior Brother use such a move before. What is that?”

Everyone was full of doubts about the thing in Samuel’s hand. At the same time, fear rose in their hearts. They had a feeling that if that mass of pitch-black substance were injected into their bodies, they would die without a doubt.

“Eldest Senior Brother, that thing in your body gives people a very uncomfortable feeling. What is that?” Christina also frowned.

“Tina, don’t care about that. Can you block this move?”

Samuel did not respond. Instead, he gently flung the black liquid that was squirming out of his arm. Black water droplets flew in Christina’s direction, but before they reached her, they had already cast a shadow over her heart.

Not daring to be touched by the black water droplets, Christina hurriedly used the most powerful sword technique that Watson had taught her.

“Starlight-tier sword technique, Kingdom of the Sword!”

With a light shout, the wooden sword in Christina’s hand shattered. The sword aura that rushed toward the night burst out from the fragments of the wooden sword, turning into a huge sword-shaped kingdom that spread out for an unknown number of meters. It was as if a divine mountain had fallen from the sky and suddenly chopped down. All the black liquid in front of her had not even touched her skin before it directly evaporated.

Then, the huge Kingdom of the Sword did not stop. The front section landed directly on Samuel’s head. Samuel’s body was smashed into the ground with a bang, leaving a deep human-shaped hole in the ground. The entire courtyard shook a few times.

“Senior Brother Samuel, are you okay? I didn’t mean to use that technique.”

At that moment, Samuel’s clothes were tattered, as if a storm had raged for several days. The skin under his clothes was also torn open, and black blood flowed out from his skin. Seeing that scene, Christina hurriedly withdrew the Kingdom of the sword. She ran in front of Samuel and looked at him worriedly. The Kingdom of Sword should not have caused the black blood. In the knowledge that Watson had taught her, the Kingdom of the Sword did not have the ability to change the opponent’s blood.

Since it was not the Kingdom of the Sword, then the black blood on Samuel’s body could be caused by one situation.

“Senior Brother Samuel, why is your blood black? Are you poisoned?”

As soon as Christina’s voice fell, the other disciples also came forward worriedly. They did not know what to do around Samuel.

“I did not expect Miss Christina to have mastered a move like the Kingdom of the sword. She really hid it well. The oldest brother did not lose in vain! But what happened to the eldest brother at that moment? He seems to have been poisoned.”

“Eldest Senior Brother has been staying in his room for the past few days. He hasn’t left the house at all. Who could have poisoned him? Perhaps the food he ate these past few days wasn’t quite right. In addition, perhaps he lacked exercise, so he fell sick?”

“Wow.”

Samuel, who was lying on the ground, did not die. He was on his last breath when he heard Christina’s and his junior brothers’ guesses; he could not help but spit out a mouthful of black blood. Half of it was because his injuries were severe, and the other half was because he was angry. Poisoned? That black blood was not the symbol of a dead god? He was too ignorant.

“Eldest Senior Brother is vomiting blood again. If he were not poisoned or sick, perhaps he could have defeated Miss Christina. If he is healthy, perhaps he could win! Quick, get him into the room and quickly inform Master to come back. Get the doctor.”

A junior disciple hurriedly called out to the people around him.

“Wait a minute, I’m not poisoned, and I’m not sick, I—” Samuel struggled to get up from the ground. He could not see a doctor. What would the doctor think? Once his master found out about that, the secret that he had seen the King might be divulged.

In the end, before he could get up, Christina put her hand on his chest and pressed him down. “Senior Brother Samuel, it’s all my fault. I didn’t know that you were not feeling well and insisted on having a duel with you. Don’t worry; I will definitely help to cure your illness.”

“I said I’m not sick!”

Samuel’s mouth was wide open. Just as he was about to make a sound, he saw Christina’s palm move from his chest to his forehead and hit his temple. His world fell into darkness, accompanied by a burst of pain.

Before he fell unconscious, Samuel was not thinking about why Christina was so powerful or what he would do if his master found out about his secret. Instead, he was thinking about King Landhar III. When the King had given him that ability, he said that he would obtain the power of a god. At first, Samuel thought that he should be able to defeat his master, but he could not even beat Christina.

The strength of that power was far from what he had expected.

“Did the King deceive and trick me?”

….

At the same time, on the other side, Watson, who had left Christina, went to the transformed Gray Manor. As soon as he entered the manor, the scene in front of him immediately underwent a huge change. Those people were walking in and out of the courtyard, appearing to be very busy. When those people saw Watson, they were stunned. They put down what they were doing and bowed respectfully toward Watson. Meanwhile, Watson responded to everyone.

“Black Emperor, why are you here today? I haven’t seen you for a few days. I really missed you,” a sweet female voice echoed behind him. Watson turned around and saw that it was Veronica who had spoken. Veronica had changed quite a bit compared to the past few days. First, the heavy makeup on her face had become much lighter, revealing a charming look. Secondly, her clothes had changed from a simple and gorgeous noble outfit to a platinum-tier black robe.

“Veronica, you came at the right time. It has been a week since I distributed the mission to the members of the Severed Fingers Gang and set the target. I am here to test the results. Please get the other higher-ups here.”

“Yes, Black Emperor.”

However, she did not turn around and leave. Instead, she waved at her subordinates and called them over. “Go and get the other higher-ups here. Tell them that the Black Emperor has invited them.”

After giving the order to her subordinates, Veronica turned around and walked to Watson’s side. She held Watson’s hand affectionately. “Black Emperor, before the other higher-ups arrive, I’ll tell you about my work during these past few days! Didn’t you tell me not to use debt collection methods to earn money? I’ve already issued that order to all my subordinates and changed the amount of repayment. I didn’t expect some of the people who had been in arrears with us had returned some of the money, and there were even more people who came to borrow more money. It seems like we’ll earn even more in the long run. I have you for your wise decision. ”

Watson smiled at Veronica’s compliment. There was a common mentality among people who owed money. If they owed less, they would try their best to pay it back. If they owed too much, they would simply not pay it back. After Veronica had adjusted the debt ratio, those people could finally hope to pay off their debts. Naturally, they would not default. Perhaps their inability to default was also related to Veronica’s cruel methods of dealing with such people.

“Other than the increase in the number of people borrowing money, the number of gold coins in the bank’s vault is also steadily increasing. Our assets have changed from a hundred million gold coins to a trillion gold coins in just a week. If it weren’t for the fact that there are too many gold coins in the bank, Klein and I would have been able to fill the entire royal city with gold coins using the Wish for the World rings you gave us.”

At that point, Veronica’s eyes flickered with excitement.

Who had ever seen a city filled with gold coins? Even the powerful countries that had unified the entire continent in ancient times had never achieved such a feat. However, all of that was not a problem in front of Watson. As long as there was enough time, using the ten rings to make wishes, it was possible to cover the entire world with gold coins.

“That’s right. With that money, we can start the next step of our plan.”

Watson nodded, and Veronica quickly asked, “Black Emperor, I wonder what our next plan is?”

“I’ll tell you when everyone is here.”

Since Watson did not want to say anything, Veronica could only remain calm and not ask, even if she was dying of curiosity.

About half an hour later, the subordinate returned with the remaining nine Severed Fingers higher-ups. Everyone arrived at the highest level of the sky courtyard, in a lush forest. Watson waved his hand, and the trees on the ground grew rapidly. A huge dome formed in the sky, and a round table appeared on the green grass. He walked to the first seat and sat down. He gestured for the others to take their seats.

“Everyone, I called you here today because I want to hear about the gang’s situation in the past week? Veronica has told me about her work. I’m very satisfied. I did say that I would come here to check on you from time to time. If you perform well, I will give you a reward. You haven’t forgotten that, have you?”

“Of course not, Black Emperor.”

The ten higher-ups responded respectfully. At the same time, they looked at Veronica enviously. They all had their own jobs and could not stay in the courtyard in the sky all the time, unlike Veronica. Basically, they did not stay there to wait for Watson’s arrival. Judging from Watson’s tone, he seemed to be very satisfied with Veronica.

Veronica smiled when she felt their gazes on her. She looked proud. Those guys did not know how much effort she had put in to please Watson. Ever since Watson gave her the Wish for the World rings and allowed Basher and Amon to advance to platinum-tier, she had made up her mind to follow that youth. She even deliberately gave up her heavy make-up. Instead, she put on light make-up that was more acceptable to the young people.

Watson did not care about the reactions of those higher-ups. Instead, he stretched her finger outward and tapped on the table. “Please give me your report about your week. Let’s start with the pinkies. I will see if you have done well. I can give you more instructions and a reward too. Elven, you go first.”