Chapter 121: The Bloodthirsty Mad Blade

Wu Tian, of course, had no idea that quite a few mercenary groups had already set their sights on him after he left the Mercenary Alliance headquarters. Ten thousand taels of gold held little appeal for the more powerful mercenary groups, but to those small, low-ranked groups, it was an irresistible temptation. Thus, once word spread that Wu Tian had been offered a bounty of ten thousand gold taels, many mercenary groups began plotting his assassination.

After leaving, Wu Tian found an inn and decided to rest for a while. He had not enjoyed a proper night’s sleep in several days, and even he was beginning to feel worn out. It was already afternoon when he checked in. The moment he entered his room, he collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already the dead of night.

“That was a wonderfully peaceful sleep. No need to worry about demonic beasts attacking me—what comfort. But why did I wake up in the middle of the night? Now I can’t fall asleep again.”

Wu Tian lay in bed, trying desperately to return to sleep, but to no avail. In the end, he had no choice but to get up.

But what should he do after getting up?

Then it occurred to him. He had obtained quite a few weapon-refining materials. Why not refine a weapon?

Once the thought came to him, he acted immediately. Wu Tian began sorting through the materials in his possession.

“Earth-grade Black Iron Steel, Earth-grade Spirit Explosion Stone, Earth-grade Blood Spirit Stone, and Profound-grade Sunflare Stone. These materials are all excellent. With a few supplementary materials, I should be able to refine an Earth-grade weapon.”

He then searched the system shop for a suitable weapon blueprint. After roughly ten minutes, Wu Tian finally found what he was looking for: the blueprint for the Earth-grade weapon, the Bloodthirsty Berserker Blade.

“Damn, one hundred exchange points. Should I really trade for it?”

The moment Wu Tian saw the required exchange points, his heart ached.

One exchange point was equivalent to one tael of black gold, and one tael of black gold was worth ten thousand silver taels. In other words, one hundred exchange points amounted to one million silver taels. The last time Wu Tian had sold all those goods to Fairwind Trading Company, he had earned only eight million silver taels. Spending a million in one go was truly painful—especially since he had already squandered quite a bit and now had only four million silver taels left.

“Damn it! If you don’t sacrifice the bait, you can’t catch the wolf. One hundred it is. If I successfully refine it, I’ll earn back far more than a million silver taels.”

Grinding his teeth, Wu Tian exchanged the blueprint for the Bloodthirsty Berserker Blade.

Once the blueprint was in his hands, Wu Tian prepared all the required materials according to its instructions. Black Iron Steel, Spirit Explosion Stone, Blood Spirit Stone, Sunflare Stone, and numerous other high-grade refining materials were all included. To be honest, if he failed this time, his losses would be enormous.

After checking several times to make sure nothing was wrong, Wu Tian piled the materials together, cast a weapon-refining technique, and then retreated to the side to observe.

Yet unlike his previous attempts at weapon refinement, this time everything was unnervingly quiet—so quiet that it was frightening. Wu Tian even thought he had failed. But no failure notification came for a long while, so he realized that the process had not failed.

“What’s going on? Why is there no reaction at all? Could the refining technique not have been properly cast?”

Wu Tian cast the weapon-refining technique on the pile of materials once more.

Ding!

“The weapon-refining technique has already been used and cannot be used again.”

“What the hell? There hasn’t been the slightest reaction after all this time. Based on my previous experience, the greater the commotion, the higher the chance of success. There’s absolutely no movement this time. It’s probably ruined.”

Wu Tian clutched his head in frustration. There was still no reaction whatsoever. It had failed. Truly failed.

Suddenly, he heard strange noises outside the room, and his expression instantly turned solemn.

“There are people outside—and quite a few of them. What exactly are they trying to do?”

Wu Tian frowned deeply.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Suddenly, countless silver needles shot through the room. Wu Tian dodged them in an instant.

Clang, clang, clang!

The needles struck the tables and chairs, which were quickly corroded away. Clearly, they had been coated with a deadly poison.

“Kill!”

The moment Wu Tian heard the shout, a crowd of people burst through the door and windows. In an instant, twenty or so men flooded into the room. All of them were dressed in black and wore masks. Anyone could tell that they had come to assassinate Wu Tian.

“Holy crap! That’s a lot of people. Are we having a party?”

“Attack!”

One of the masked men raised the treasured sword in his hand and shouted. At once, the group charged toward Wu Tian.

Boom!

The pile of materials Wu Tian had been refining suddenly erupted in a violent explosion. The blast unleashed an enormous wave of energy that instantly hurled the attackers out of the room. Wu Tian had already dashed outside at top speed, narrowly avoiding the force of the explosion.

Only after rushing out did Wu Tian see that the room had been blown straight through from front to back. The roof had vanished as well, and even the surrounding rooms were on the verge of collapse. The entire inn trembled violently.

Looking around, Wu Tian saw the masked assassins sprawled across the floor, groaning in agony. Not a single one had escaped unscathed.

“It exploded! Now that’s more like it! And the timing couldn’t have been better. It took care of all these people for me and saved me the trouble of lifting a finger. Hahaha!”

The sudden explosion amused Wu Tian greatly. He had once considered using the blast from weapon refinement as an attack, but he had never expected it to happen by accident today. The whole thing was almost comical.

“Boss… Boss, what happened? Why did your room explode? And what about these people? They look like assassins. What’s going on?”

At that moment, Niu Wuji burst out of his own tottering room and asked in bewilderment.

“Young Master, were you attacked?” Li Tiedan also rushed out and asked.

“Cough, cough… Why did the ceiling start falling apart while I was sleeping? It nearly choked me to death.”

Li Qingqing ran out of her room, grumbling irritably.

“These people really did come to assassinate me. They just happened to catch me tinkering with something new. Their luck was incredible. Then it went bang, and the explosion took them all out.”

Wu Tian shrugged.

“Boss, you’re unbelievably lucky to run into something like this! But that bunch had some incredible luck too, didn’t they? Tsk, tsk… Let me see who was fortunate enough to be here.”

Niu Wuji was amused as well. He pulled the mask off one of the people lying on the ground, revealing a familiar face.

“Damn! Aren’t you the leader of that mercenary group we saw earlier today? Wait, what was the group called?”

“It was something involving a snake, wasn’t it?” Wu Tian said, unable to recall it for the moment.

“It… it was the Python Mercenary Group…”

The leader spat out a mouthful of blood. Whether from his injuries or from sheer rage, no one could say.

“That’s right, the Python Mercenary Group. Damn you, you actually dared to assassinate the boss. Did the bounty drive you insane? You know how powerful the boss is now, don’t you? You’re finished! Looks like you’re about to die. I can’t even be bothered to kill you myself. Pray for whatever mercy you can get.”

Niu Wuji grabbed the man by the collar and sneered disdainfully.

Ding!

“Congratulations, Player Wu Tian. Weapon refinement successful. You have obtained the Earth-grade divine weapon, the Bloodthirsty Berserker Blade.”