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Wu Zhihui and his two companions swaggered into the illusion formation, shouting loudly, “We are willing to pay the toll; let us out!”

“Walk forward!”

Xu Ming’s indifferent voice echoed within the illusion formation.

The three advanced through the ever-changing illusion, soon arriving before the teleportation gate.

“We’re here!” Wu Zhihui’s eyes gleamed. “I truly am very wise!”

Song Yuan and Zhang Yangyang also looked excited; at the same time, their spiritual power had already “grasped” the weapons within their storage rings, ready to strike at any moment.

“Where’s the toll? Quickly, hand it over!” Xu Ming’s tone was as calm as water. “Three people, that’ll be treasures worth a total of thirty thousand low-grade Dao stones!”

“Toll?” Wu Zhihui chuckled.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The three, in perfect unison, drew large sabers from their storage rings.

“You want a toll, huh? Sure!” Wu Zhihui sneered coldly. “Our sabers are worth at least a thousand low-grade Dao stones each! One saber is a thousand low-grade Dao stones, so three sabers are three thousand… So, if each of us cuts you ten times, that’ll be thirty thousand low-grade Dao stones!”

Xu Ming glanced at the three disdainfully: “You’re from the Ninefall Holy Land, aren’t you?”

“That’s right!” The three of Wu Zhihui proudly raised their heads.

Many disciples of holy lands possessed a mysterious sense of pride, as if they were born superior.

“If you scram now, I won’t bother with your Ninefall Holy Land,” Xu Ming said calmly.

But it was precisely this calmness that made Wu Zhihui and the others feel like three little, snarling puppies before Xu Ming.

“You’re telling us to scram? Haha! You’re telling us to scram?” Wu Zhihui and the others burst into laughter. “Kid, are you not clear about your current situation? If we don’t leave, what can you do to us?”

“You’re not leaving?” Xu Ming’s lips curled slightly. “Then I’ll just have to be impolite!”

Wu Zhihui’s gaze turned cold: “I’d like to see just how impolite you can be! — Kill!!”

Xu Ming stood his ground, not moving an inch. However, the illusion formation around Wu Zhihui and the others suddenly began to change rapidly.

“Die!!”

Boom!!!

The three erupted simultaneously. Three streaks of bloody saber light slashed eerily towards Xu Ming.

Faced with the menacing attacks, Xu Ming remained as calm as water.

Suddenly, Xu Ming moved!

Shu! Shu! Shu!

Three consecutive spear strikes, as fast as lightning, as if thrust out at the same instant.

After the three strikes, Xu Ming directly retrieved his spear into his storage ring; as for himself, he continued to stand calmly with his hands behind his back.

“Why is your attack so strong?”

“Ah—”

Wu Zhihui and the others stared at Xu Ming in disbelief.

Xu Ming smiled indifferently: “The three of you have quite the ideas, and your courage isn’t small either! But have you three noticed one thing—from beginning to end, Lin Chen didn’t dare step half a foot into my illusion formation?”

“Hmm?” Hearing Xu Ming say this, Wu Zhihui suddenly realized that Lin Chen had indeed been staying far away from this ‘Myriad Flowers Illusion Sea’ formation, never daring to approach!

“Do you know why Lin Chen doesn’t dare approach?” Xu Ming sneered, “Because… he’s afraid of me!—And you, with so little strength, dare to come and act wildly in front of me; I really don’t know where you got the courage!”

“Hiss—” Wu Zhihui and the others were so frightened that they directly crushed their communication talismans—this Xu Ming was someone even Lin Chen feared! The three of them, little cats and dogs, actually ran in front of Xu Ming to show off their might; weren’t they just tired of living?

“Humph!” Xu Ming directly collected the treasures left behind by the three. “Damn, so poor; the treasures of all three of them combined aren’t even worth ten thousand low-grade Dao stones!”

At the same time, Xu Ming shouted towards the outside through the illusion formation: “Wu Zhihui, Song Yuan, and Zhang Yangyang of the Ninefall Holy Land were playing tricks in my illusion formation and have already been taken care of by me!—From now on, the toll for the Ninefall Holy Land will be increased to twenty thousand low-grade Dao stones per person!”

Xu Ming said directly and domineeringly, not considering the feelings of the Ninefall Holy Land at all.

The geniuses of the Ninefall Holy Land were immediately dumbfounded.

Several of them had originally planned to swallow their anger and come up to pay the toll; but while they were still hesitating, Xu Ming actually told them that the toll for the Ninefall Holy Land had doubled!

“This… How can you do this!”

“How can you randomly charge fees!?”

…

The geniuses of the Ninefall Holy Land shouted one after another.

“Because…” Xu Ming said proudly, “I’m the master of my territory, I can do whatever I want—if you want to blame someone, then go blame Wu Zhihui and the others!”

The geniuses of the Ninefall Holy Land were immediately filled with dissatisfaction again.

Dissatisfied?

Then just be dissatisfied… Brother Ming didn’t ask you to be satisfied!

“By the way—” Xu Ming added, “I think there are still quite a few people who have the mentality of coming in to cause trouble. To you, I only offer one piece of advice—if your strength is even less than Lin Chen’s, then don’t come in to be abused!”

Lin Chen?

Instantly, the thousands of gazes present all turned towards Lin Chen.

Lin Chen’s face turned red—after all, he had been abused by Xu Ming; in front of Xu Ming, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of inferiority.

“Why are you talking about me again for no reason, damn it!” Lin Chen cursed inwardly.

And when the geniuses saw that Lin Chen didn’t refute at all, they couldn’t help but be surprised—Lin Chen was admitting that he was inferior to Xu Ming!

Even Lin Chen, the “once-in-ten-thousand-years” genius, admitted that his strength was inferior to Xu Ming’s?—Instantly, many who had originally wanted to sneak in and find trouble with Xu Ming couldn’t help but weigh their own worth.

And the result of the weighing was undoubtedly—their own worth was not enough for Xu Ming to abuse!

All of a sudden, many restless geniuses calmed down.

At this time, a purple-robed youth stepped into the illusion formation: “I, Jun Jue of the Violet Moon Holy Land, am willing to pay the toll!”

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“Oh? From the Violet Moon Holy Land?” Xu Ming’s playful voice echoed within the illusion formation, “The toll for the Violet Moon Holy Land is one hundred thousand low-grade Dao stones per person—are you going to pay it?”

“One hundred thousand!?” Jun Jue was stunned.

The other geniuses of the Violet Moon Holy Land were also directly stunned—the toll they had to pay was ten times that of other forces! Xu Ming was completely… not wanting them to leave!

Xu Ming still said the same thing: “If you want to blame someone, then go blame Lin Chen!”

…

Because someone had taken the lead, and also because the geniuses realized that there was no other way to emerge victorious from the Dao Origin War except to pay the toll, many geniuses reluctantly chose to yield one after another.

In front of the illusion formation laid out by Brother Ming, you had no choice but to submit!

As for Xu Ming, he cheerfully counted the heads and counted the money.

Each head was equivalent to ten thousand low-grade Dao stones!

“Ten thousand!”

“Twenty thousand!”

“Thirty thousand!”

…

“One hundred thousand!”

“Three hundred thousand!”

“One million!”

“Five million!”

…

Xu Ming only felt that collecting tolls was truly an incredibly enjoyable thing!

During this time, Xu Ming also found opportunities to release his own servants, as well as dozens of geniuses from the Starry Sacred Land.

The Dust Star Dao Lord of the Starry Sacred Land was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth: “Hahahaha, this time, we have so many geniuses from the Starry Sacred Land who have emerged victorious from the Dao Origin War! Ah hahahaha…”

…

Not every genius could gather treasures worth ten thousand low-grade Dao stones.

Many geniuses, because they didn’t have enough treasures, hurriedly went to farm for more. Only after farming enough treasures did they rush back to pay the toll.

Xu Ming collected tolls for ten consecutive days, only receiving treasures worth more than five million low-grade Dao stones. There were still many geniuses who were diligently farming for treasures deep within the landscape world.

“Hmm?” Xu Ming was counting money when he suddenly noticed a familiar figure in white robes stepping into the illusion formation, “Chi Xue?”

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