"What just happened?!"

The blond young man holding a shotgun was looking at the monsters around him that had all vanished into thin air, his expression of surprise was uncontrollable.

"I don't know."

Another young man frowned and shook his head; nothing so sudden and bizarre had ever happened in his young life before.

"Maybe we accidentally triggered some unknown mechanism of the Gray Realm, causing all those Gray Realm monsters to disappear?"

The young woman also offered her own opinion.

"Let's talk about this later. Now that the monsters have disappeared, let's quickly inform the train."

The young man was noncommittal about the young woman's comments and quickly made a decision.

At this moment, about four hundred meters away from the three youths, inside a high-speed train carriage, Wang Zhifan had just finished his instant noodles and tossed the empty packet into the trash bin under the seat's small table.

Unlike the passengers around him who wore expressions of worry or concern, he already knew the train would soon start moving again, as he had taken care of those troublesome things.

Yes, it was Wang Zhifan who had eliminated the dozens of monsters in front of the train just now, using the Epic Ice Source Power he had newly acquired.

The ice source power he possessed could simply be seen as a powerful supernatural ability, allowing him to unleash ice abilities over a large range around himself, with a maximum activation distance exceeding ten kilometers.

Specifically, he could instantaneously create ice, manipulate ice at will, and quickly freeze targets within his influence range.

These abilities might seem simple, but they were actually very powerful because the ice he could create wasn't just ordinary zero-degree ice; it was extremely cold ice that he could control, absolute zero ice!

Earlier, he had first activated the ice source power to freeze those monsters from over four hundred meters away, then turned them into ice sculptures by extracting the moisture from their bodies, and finally dispersed the tiny ice crystals within them like dust, completing a seamless extermination.

To bystanders, it seemed as if those monsters had suddenly stopped moving and then turned to dust collectively, without any visible traces of freezing, because Wang Zhifan's manipulation was quite discreet.

"The Ice Source Power I unleashed just now was not even one ten-thousandth of its full potential, and its true power isn't something that can be demonstrated by just killing dozens of small creatures. It's so powerful that I feel almost invincible."

Regarding the ice source power, Wang Zhifan commented that this power surpassed all the combined strength he had ever possessed, so much so that it seemed unbelievable. Otherwise, he wouldn't feel he no longer needed to worry about external pressures, as his strength was sufficient to face any challenges.

As Wang Zhifan expected, after he cleared the monsters blocking the way, the high-speed train he was on quickly started moving again, having been stopped for only about ten minutes.

The passengers cheered in response, believing they were lucky that the maintenance workers had resolved the issue so quickly.

Little did they know that they were able to set off again so quickly because one passenger had resolved all the issues in just a second.

For the remainder of the journey on the high-speed train, there were no accidents, and Wang Zhifan arrived in Jinlin City around three in the afternoon. He quickly left the train station and headed to 213, Path of Prosperity and Strength.

Jinlin City, as a major city of Xia Country, comparable to or even more prosperous than Dongjiang City, naturally had highly convenient transportation. Wang Zhifan had already checked the bus routes in advance, and it took him about an hour to reach his destination.

By now, it was around four-thirty in the afternoon. Wearing sunglasses and a mask, Wang Zhifan was seated in a private room of Ruxin Cafe. Across the small table in front of him sat his client, who had been waiting for him.

The client was a slim young man dressed smartly. Upon Wang Zhifan's arrival, they first exchanged the pre-arranged code to confirm each other's identities, then got straight to the point.

"I'd like to see the dagger first."

The slim young man was the first to make a request to Wang Zhifan.

"No problem."

Wang Zhifan immediately retrieved the venom dagger from his personal space and placed it openly on the small table in front, allowing the other party to take it in hand and inspect it.

As an item produced from Wang Zhifan's instances, only Wang Zhifan could store the venom dagger in his personal space and bring it in and out of instances. Other players, unless traded all permissions to the dagger or by killing him, wouldn't be able to store the dagger in their personal space or bring it in and out of instances, but they could potentially run away with the dagger — if they had the ability to escape Wang Zhifan's pursuit.

"Have you finished inspecting the goods? It's time to pay."

Seeing the slim young man playing with the venom dagger for a while, Wang Zhifan spoke up.

He had just demonstrated the specific attributes of the venom dagger to this person face-to-face and allowed him to use it, leaving no room for fraud. His sincerity was evident.

But instead of responding to Wang Zhifan's urging, the slim young man suddenly activated the signature stealth skill of the Assassin class, disappearing with the venom dagger from Wang Zhifan's sight, leaving an empty chair.

Faced with this unexpected situation, Wang Zhifan remained completely composed, simply sitting calmly and watching the empty seat across the table, looking unperturbed.

Several seconds later, the slim young man's figure reappeared in the seat opposite Wang Zhifan, still spinning the venom dagger in his hand, seemingly not having moved during the stealth.

"Your perception is very strong, and you're incredibly confident. I'm curious as to why someone like you would bother wearing sunglasses and a mask to a transaction."

The slim young man continued, staring at Wang Zhifan, as if trying to see through to his true face.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Wang Zhifan immediately responded with a smile, offering no further explanation.

"Please pay up, or I'll find another buyer."

He leaned forward slightly, his gaze locking onto the young man still playing with the dagger, exerting an invisible pressure.

"Do you want cash or a transfer?"

The slim young man gazed at Wang Zhifan for two seconds, then asked.

"Transfer."

Wang Zhifan had already thought about this on the way; carrying over two million in cash wasn't convenient, so a transfer would be best.

As for his account suddenly receiving a large sum of money attracting official attention, he didn't think it would be that serious because a few million wouldn't catch the official's eye, and they were already aware that he was a player, so it shouldn't come as a particular surprise.

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