As soon as the Fierce Ghost appeared, even in Soul Body State, it made the two mortal secretaries nearby shiver involuntarily, an uncontrollable fear visible in their eyes.

They didn't know what was happening, only that their bodies began to tremble on their own.

Manager Xue's eyes lit up with surprise, "Such a powerful summoned creature! Since that's the case, there's no need to test. I'll get someone to prepare right away. Young friend, please come with me; after you meet the young lady, I'll give you the money."

Chu Xiu naturally had no objections. Having taken someone's money, a task needed to be done.

Taking the private elevator, they reached the top of the fifty-story building, and after walking through a long corridor, Manager Xue opened an extravagantly decorated room.

Everything from the bed to the sofa was top-end luxury brand products, with vivid oil paintings hanging on the walls, and numerous modern paintings that looked inexplicably expensive, seemingly showcasing the owner's taste.

"New rich."

Chu Xiu silently defined it in his mind.

Though he didn't agree with the room's decor style, he was nonetheless stunned upon seeing the girl sitting in front of the dressing table.

Silky smooth black hair draped over her shoulders, beneath it a gentle, delicate oval face, a high-bridged nose, skin as white as snow, wearing a black pomegranate dress, with a sapphire pendant hanging from her slender neck. That paired with cat-like amber eyes made her look noble and elegant, like a little princess favored by the king.

It was needless to say, this must be Lin Wanyue, known as well as Ye Junlin.

She seemed to be preparing to attend some high-society banquet, with two maids carefully doing her hair and makeup.

Just as Manager Xue was about to introduce Chu Xiu, one of the maids accidentally bumped into a powder box, which fell to the ground and shattered with a crisp "pop."

Some of the powder dust floated onto Lin Wanyue's rosy toes, causing her to slightly frown.

The maid crouched down in fear, "Miss! I'm sorry! I'll clean it right away..."

However, before she finished speaking, Lin Wanyue suddenly turned and slapped the maid's face! Being an Awakened, the slap was powerful, knocking the maid to the ground, her face visibly swelling.

The maid's eyes glistened with tears, quietly covering her face and retreating, as two other maids came forward on their knees, one cleaning up the powder on the floor, the other carefully cradling Lin Wanyue's white foot in the palm of her hand, wiping it meticulously with a wet towel.

"Ahem." Manager Xue coughed lightly with some embarrassment, "Miss, Chen Ce has arrived."

"Come in." Lin Wanyue said blandly, her attention fixed on her reflection in the mirror.

Only when Chu Xiu entered did she turn her head to scrutinize him.

"I don't like people who hide themselves," Lin Wanyue glanced at Chu Xiu wrapped tightly in his cloak, her eyes displeased, "Our family gave you thirty million, hopefully you're worth that money."

Chu Xiu:"..."

Seeing he didn't speak, Lin Wanyue nudged the maid wiping her foot with her toe, "These maids can earn forty thousand a month, so no matter how much I hit or scold them, they won't run away."

"As long as you work for me loyally, I won't treat you badly, but if you have any extra ideas, I'll let you know our Lin Family's money isn't easy to earn!"

Lin Wanyue's tone gradually became stern.

Chu Xiu paused in silence, "Yes."

Lin Wanyue scrutinized him closely, seemingly wanting to discern if he harbored any ulterior motives, but with Chu Xiu standing still, masked and cloaked, there was nothing to see, which made her slightly annoyed and she snorted, turning back, "Has Manager Xue explained your task?"

"He did, I need to get to your base location within three days, then..."

"One day."

Lin Wanyue interrupted him, "We don't have that much time to waste, if we want to beat Ye Junlin, we must seize every moment."

"I've checked the distance; it's less than fifty kilometers, since you've passed the Warrior Tier Trial, it should be easy for you."

"Once you enter the Abyss, come immediately, did you hear me?"

Chu Xiu:"...Yes."

Naturally, he didn't intend to follow the young lady's orders, but he didn't wish to argue with her either.

Seeing him agree readily, Lin Wanyue nodded, her expression softened, "Go, find the servants for the other members' data, we'll meet in the Abyss."

Chu Xiu responded and turned to leave.

After he left, Manager Xue couldn't help but show a bitter smile, "Miss, was that necessary? Though he's a temporary mercenary, showing respect for his strength is due."

Lin Wanyue "hmphed" disdainfully, shaking her head, "Uncle Xue, you don't understand. For those who genuinely work for me, I deal with sincerity, but such sneaky people, don't I know what he's after?"

"It's nothing more than using our family's resources to develop and then solo hunting the Corpse King to grab Contribution Points."

"For such people, we must knock them down a peg, otherwise, they might think our Lin Family are fools to be toyed with at will."

"Anyway, with the Soul Contract in place, he won't be able to stir up much trouble."

Attendant Xue said nothing, merely shaking his head in some helplessness.

Regarding the lady's way of doing things, he dared not agree, but every master has their own personality, and a servant has no right to meddle.

"Alright, I'm off to the gathering," Lin Wanyue, who had finished putting on makeup, stood up; her refined makeup made her already pretty face even more radiant, "Tell the driver to be ready downstairs. This is a banquet chaired by the Chen Family's young lady, have him drive the most expensive one from the garage."

Attendant Xue opened his mouth, wanting to remind Lin Wanyue that she was about to enter the Abyss soon, and she ought to practice more instances to hone her combat skills and willpower.

After all, real combat isn't just a comparison of numbers.

Talent is excellent, but if the will is not firm, during life-and-death struggles, it's not uncommon for someone to be frightened and counter-killed by a weaker opponent.

The family places great importance on Lin Wanyue's talent, specially hiring battle-hardened gold league members to design a training plan for her, trying to enhance her combat abilities as much as possible.

Lin Wanyue didn't resist, but Attendant Xue felt she was somewhat slack; many times, she would quit after only four or five instances, hastily ending the day's training, and after befriending a group of lady friends, she went out even more frequently, under the guise of "networking."

Attendant Xue thought that since she displayed her talent and gained the family's attention, she somewhat changed, becoming more bossy and losing that fighting tenacity.

He wanted to speak out and advise her, but knowing Lin Wanyue would surely not listen, might even resent him for being verbose, he, the old servant, was becoming less and less valued.

Sighing lightly, Attendant Xue said nothing but respectfully replied, "Yes, Miss, I will prepare right away."

...

On the other side, Chu Xiu walked away from the Lin Financial Group with a 25 million investment, unsurprisingly.

Regarding Lin Wanyue's attempt to knock him down a peg, Chu Xiu had no objections; truth be told, he indeed had no good intentions.

It was just a matter of mutual need.

The Core Anchor Point, he must get his hands on it, but...

Chu Xiu flipped through the data Lin Wanyue had prepared for him.

A PPT file over a hundred MB was copied directly to his phone, recording all the members of their forces, as well as notable individuals from other forces.

Currently, the main competitors for the Core Anchor Point are Ye Junlin from the Morning Star Guild, Lin Wanyue's Lin Financial Group, and a raid group formed by the government.

These three all have at least three Warrior Tier combatants, and these Warrior Tiers are of High Grade Professions, making them difficult to contend with.

Both Lin Wanyue and Ye Junlin are exceptionally strong, their talents and professions are confidential, but definitely above S-Class, possibly SS-level or higher. The key is that both are extremely wealthy, with their families surely having prepared Warrior Tier [Perfect] quality equipment in advance, might even have spent a fortune to acquire a [Legendary] item!

"With my current strength, even if they have [Legendary] equipment, I'm not afraid to face them alone."

Unless their talents or professions reach SSS-level, or some extremely special early-stage SS, paired with suitable [Legendary] equipment, only then would there be a small chance of defeating Chu Xiu.

But Chu Xiu found it unlikely; geniuses at this level receive the highest level of attention and resources, and wouldn't stay in a small city like Jiang City.

"But to face an entire force simultaneously would be more challenging."

"Not to mention, these two definitely have family-prepared trump cards against the Corpse King, which is quite troublesome."

"I'm still too weak now, unable to crush three major forces simultaneously, what am I supposed to use to seize the Core Anchor Point?"

Chu Xiu felt very insecure.

Without the strength to withstand the siege of three major forces and kill the Corpse King, he felt very insecure!

"I need more practice!"

At this thought, without hesitation, Chu Xiu rushed back to his room to make final preparations for the world mission.

First, he posted all the equipment from the upgrading trial online.

Then, he began to fully enhance his strength.

The first thing was naturally—

Chu Xiu looked at his Celestial Demon Hand.

"Cause and Effect Points, give me enhancements!"

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