"Yes, respected Xiao Gao, we've found it!" several level 1 ghosts said simultaneously.
"Found it?" Gao Jianfei's eyes lit up. "Then... uh, where did he hide the treasure? How many people are guarding it? How much treasure is there?"
Faced with Gao Jianfei's barrage of questions, a middle-aged level 1 ghost from China eagerly answered, "Respected Gao, Beckenbauer's palace has numerous side halls, small palaces, gardens, attics, cellars... We spent several hours finally finding it! It was a secluded, deserted corner of the back garden, guarded by no Viking soldiers, but by 20 polar bears! Of course, the polar bears couldn't detect our presence, so we easily entered the palace, and then, we discovered... uh..." Countless treasures! Gold coins, gold bars, diamonds, pearls, necklaces, rings, all sorts of antiques, oil paintings, silk… I never imagined any royal family would possess so many treasures. Xiao Gao, that palace piled high with treasures is the size of five professional football fields… Uh, I worked in England before I died, and I went to Manchester United's home stadium, Old Trafford. I swear, that side hall is five times the size of Old Trafford! It's overflowing with treasures! My God! Completely crammed in!"
"hiss!"
Gao Jianfei gasped!
Damn, a palace the size of five professional football fields was filled with treasure?
"My God! This...this is unbelievable!" Gao Jianfei exclaimed excitedly. He wasn't greedy for money, but how could he not be tempted by so many treasures?
He was also a mortal with flesh and blood, and he also had a desire for wealth!
"No way! Damn it, since we're already here, all the wealth and treasures of this kingdom belong to me!" Gao Jianfei yelled.
Then, Gao Jianfei began to observe the area of the first floor of the Ghost Den, muttering to himself, "With so much treasure, will I have enough space to store it all?"
"Oh, my esteemed, dear user, you are so adorable!" At this moment, the intelligent program laughed, "Your Ghost Nest is equivalent to a space with unlimited capacity. You can put anything you want in it. Even if the first floor of the Ghost Nest is not enough, you can put it on the second floor, the third floor, or even that mysterious space that houses animals."
"Haha, that's good!" Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers, his eyes radiating an extremely greedy and ardent light.
Chapter 506 The Ghost Who's Good at Digging Tunnels
Chapter 506 The Ghost Who's Good at Digging Tunnels
Just as the map indicated, the Viking kingdom truly does hold immense treasure! Moreover, the amount of treasure is even greater than rumored!
The gold and silver jewelry accumulated at five Old Trafford stadiums!
In addition, the giant square in the Viking Kingdom was also inlaid with a large amount of gold and silver jewelry; if all of it were removed, it would be a considerable fortune.
Furthermore, King Beckenbauer's palace contained treasures, and the palaces of princes such as Scholes should also contain considerable wealth.
In short, as long as Gao Jianfei is determined to do it, once he succeeds, he will obtain unimaginable worldly wealth!
“According to the descriptions of the Level 1 ghosts, Beckenbauer stored the treasure in a side hall within the palace complex, guarded by 20 polar bears. There weren't any soldiers guarding the area around the hall… In other words, Beckenbauer didn't trust anyone to guard his treasure; he entrusted the task to a pack of wild beasts,” Gao Jianfei muttered. “Uh… if I want to get this treasure, I must infiltrate Beckenbauer's palace and also evade those 20 polar bears. How can I evade their senses? Of course, the best way is to possess them all and have 20 Level 1 ghosts possess them.”
"If you want to possess a polar bear, you need about 7,000 exorcism points. So, to possess 20 polar bears, you would need about 14 exorcism points..."
"Furthermore, Beckenbauer's palace and the surrounding area are heavily guarded. Even if I accumulate enough exorcism points to capture 20 polar bears, so what? To infiltrate the depths of the palace and the side halls where the treasure is stored, it means I have to bypass the eyes of tens of thousands of Viking warriors... That's too difficult, isn't it? I can't turn invisible!"
After deciding to obtain the Viking Kingdom's treasure, Gao Jianfei began to plan, but after thinking it over, he felt that things would be quite difficult.
After frowning and thinking for 20 minutes, Gao Jianfei tentatively spoke to the AI program, "Um... I'm thinking of a ghost that's good at digging tunnels. Could you help me find one? Uh... I don't know if such ghosts exist. I'm not talking about simple tunnels, but... but a ghost that can dig tunnels several kilometers or even tens of kilometers long without being detected by people on the surface..."
Strictly speaking, anyone can dig a tunnel; all you need is a shovel. However, finding someone who specializes in this task is extremely difficult.
"Dear user, your request is a perfect match for a certain profession," the AI program said with a charming smile.
"Huh?" Gao Jianfei's mind didn't process it.
"Hehe, esteemed user, aren't 'tomb raiders' all skilled at digging tunnels?" Finally, the intelligent program laughed.
"Haha! That's right! Tomb raiders!" Gao Jianfei immediately understood. "Alright, then give me one ghost that's good at digging tunnels. Uh... right now, I only have 4 Ghost Points, so any ghost below 4 Ghost Points will do."
"As you wish, my esteemed user, please wait a moment, I will enter the database shortly." The intelligent program gave a sweet laugh, then fell silent.
Gao Jianfei lit a cigarette and began to wait.
About three minutes later, the AI excitedly announced, "Dear user, congratulations! I have found the ghost you are looking for! He comes from a fictional martial arts novel, is skilled in digging tunnels, and has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats through this art! He was originally a tomb raider, but while digging a tunnel, he unearthed the tomb of a martial arts master, obtained a martial arts manual, and after mastering the skills, abandoned tomb raiding and joined the royal family, eventually becoming the prime minister, holding a high position of power! He is a level 4 ghost. If you want him, you need to pay 5 Ghost Exorcism Points. You currently only have 4 Ghost Exorcism Points, one short. Dear user, please wait one day and come back for this level 4 ghost tomorrow!"
"Huh? He's really good at digging tunnels? He's very skilled?" Gao Jianfei asked in confusion.
"Dear user, it's absolutely true! This level 4 ghost isn't very good at martial arts, but its most important skill is digging tunnels! In that virtual martial arts novel world, it once used its tunnel-digging technique to save many important figures!" the intelligent program assured.
"Oh! That works! Good, we still need 1 more exorcism point, right? I'll wait!" Gao Jianfei smiled with satisfaction, then flashed out of the ghost den.
He held Song Ying's soft, delicate body in his arms and slept through the night. The next morning, Prince Scholes, as always, drove his bear-drawn carriage to pick up Gao Jianfei.
Gao Jianfei, along with Song Ying, Li Yun, and Blank, boarded the bear-shaped vehicle and headed straight for the 10-person arena.
Just like yesterday, the arena was packed. Early on, ten Vikings poured into the arena. The Vikings were warlike, and they had already forgotten Tudor's defeat yesterday. They had no psychological shadow; they firmly believed that the powerful Viking warriors could defeat Gao Jianfei.
On the chairman's platform.
Two burly men were already standing next to Beckenbauer.
These two burly men wore horned helmets, heavy armor, and carried spiked clubs.
They wore heavy armor, the kind typically worn by heavily armored cavalry in ancient Europe. The armor was several centimeters thick!
“Oko, Versailles, you don’t need to be afraid. That guy’s fighting style is very peculiar. He can use magical methods to make his power penetrate the surface of the human body and enter the internal organs to cause damage. However, once you put on your heavy armor, he will be helpless! I don’t believe that his power can penetrate fine iron armor!” Beckenbauer looked at Gao Jianfei standing by the arena with amusement.
"Yes, Your Majesty, we will definitely defeat the enemy!" the two heavily armored warriors said confidently.
"Alright! Welcome, brave warrior from afar!" Beckenbauer picked up a megaphone and proclaimed, "Yesterday, we witnessed your prowess, and we are ashamed of our arrogance and misjudgment. So today, we challenge you once again! We will use perfect tactics and courage to duel you properly!"
After saying that, Beckenbauer waved his hand, and two heavily armed warriors walked directly down from the stands.
"Huh? Iron Turtles?" Gao Jianfei couldn't help but chuckle when he saw the two heavily armored warriors. "This Beckenbauer, he's got some brains. He must have dissected that guy's corpse yesterday to figure out my martial arts style, so he sent two armored warriors today... However, although these two guys' defenses have been enhanced, wearing such heavy iron armor will naturally slow them down! Why would I be afraid of them? Besides, my Seven Injury Fist can easily penetrate a layer of iron armor!"
Gao Jianfei smiled calmly.
Two heavily armored warriors walked into the arena with normal steps, and Gao Jianfei followed them in.
From the stands, another thunderous roar erupted, a testament to the Vikings' profound respect and encouragement for their warriors.
Gao Jianfei stood about 10 meters away from the two heavily armed warriors, clapped his hands, and said, "Let's begin!"
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the two heavily armed warriors slammed their right feet heavily on the ground at the same time, instantly creating cracks in the ground, which was quite horrifying.
Using the force of the stomp, the two heavily armed warriors charged towards Gao Jianfei simultaneously. They swung their spiked clubs, and the powerful force caused the surrounding air to crackle slightly!
"Hmm, the speed isn't too slow, but it's still affected by that outfit..." Gao Jianfei used his lightness skill to easily dodge the attack of the two heavily armed warriors.
The battle that followed consisted of Gao Jianfei constantly dodging, and sometimes he would deliberately make himself look disheveled.
The reason is simple: if they were to rely on their true strength, Gao Jianfei could find an opening and unleash his Seven Injury Fist on the two heavily armored warriors. However, if he were to easily defeat them, Beckenbauer would inevitably make a strong adjustment. Currently, Gao Jianfei's main objective is to buy time, wearing Beckenbauer down day by day.
Therefore, Gao Jianfei needed to feign difficulty and create an illusion.
"Bang!" A heavily armored warrior slammed down a powerful blow. Gao Jianfei dodged it with great difficulty, but his clothes were already torn to shreds by the force of the blow. It could be said that the blow missed Gao Jianfei by mere millimeters!
"Phew! Just a hair's breadth away! That guy looks so pathetic!" The Vikings cheered... "Smash him! Smash him!"
Beckenbauer smiled smugly. "With the enhanced defense, that guy is indeed having a hard time."
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Two heavily armored warriors smashed the ground with their hammers, creating craters of varying sizes.
Gao Jianfei kept dodging.
"Jianfei seems to be in great danger!" Song Ying couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
"Xiaoying, don't rush. I think Jianfei hasn't revealed his true strength. He's doing it on purpose!" Li Yun, being a highly skilled disciple of the Emei Sect, has a good eye for talent.
In the arena, Gao Jianfei had given his performance enough; he was about to retaliate!
"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"
Each punch felt as if it were lightly striking the armor worn by the two heavily armored warriors.
Each punch embodies the essence of the Seven Injury Fist, its power penetrating the armor and skin of the heavily armored warriors, directly impacting their internal organs.
However, in order to avoid a repeat of the instant defeat, Gao Jianfei controlled his punches perfectly, so that each punch did not cause serious damage to his opponent.
And so, punch after punch was accumulated, until finally...
"Pfft!" "Pfft!"
The two heavily armed warriors each took 13 punches, their internal organs rotting into a bloody mess! They were utterly lifeless, collapsing to their knees, dead!
"Huh? He... he won again?" Faced with this result, all the Vikings were shocked and astonished...
Gao Jianfei deliberately wiped away his sweat, then left with Song Ying and Blank.
"Damn it! Just a hair's breadth away! That guy's stamina is almost gone! We were so close to defeating him! And he threw dozens of punches before winning!" Beckenbauer said, looking indignant. "Tomorrow! Tomorrow I'll send three heavily armored warriors! I refuse to believe we can't defeat him!"
Chapter 507 Digging a Tunnel!
Chapter 507 Digging a Tunnel!
In the arena, Gao Jianfei left behind the corpses of two heavily armed warriors before making a graceful exit.
Beckenbauer continued the autopsies on the two corpses. Their deaths were identical to Tudor's yesterday; their internal organs had been shattered. However, today, Gao Jianfei hadn't achieved a swift kill. Instead, he had to unleash dozens of punches before finally taking down his two opponents. Therefore, Beckenbauer didn't seem particularly tense. He gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow, the duel continues! Bring in three heavily armored warriors!"
In fact, although Gao Jianfei had stated beforehand that he would accept any challenge as long as the number of challengers in a single match did not exceed 10, the Vikings, being a rather proud race from childhood, still felt it was beneath them to face a public duel where 10 out of 10 were ganging up on them. Even in a 2-on-1 situation, the Vikings were somewhat reluctant to let go of their pride; they didn't want to see 10 of their own people fighting one unless absolutely necessary.
Beckenbauer thought the same way... "Well, if you can't beat them with two, then three; if you can't beat them with three, then four. In short, don't create an inglorious situation of 10 against 1."
Meanwhile, after Gao Jianfei and his men returned to their lodging in the side hall, they continued their frolicking and playing. Gao Jianfei was confident that by gradually wearing down Beckenbauer, he would eventually achieve his goal.
That night, I was asleep until 1 a.m. when the smart program reminded me, "Dear user, your exorcism points have been restored to 5 points. You can now exorcise that level 4 ghost that is good at digging tunnels."
Gao Jianfei felt a surge of excitement and immediately entered the Ghost Den with a single thought.
Upon entering the ghost den, Gao Jianfei immediately began using 5 exorcism points to proceed.
On the virtual display screen, random radio waves flickered. Soon, after the waves stopped, a very clear data message appeared...
Ghost's name / Ghost's level / Ghost's origin / Gender / Special skills in life /
Huahegen / 4 / Eight Parts of the Sky / Male / Tomb Raiding (Provincial Level), Martial Arts (Provincial Level), Tunnel Digging (International Level)
"Huh? Who is this guy?" Gao Jianfei pondered for a moment before digging up Hua Hegen's basic information from the novel and TV series "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" he had read before. He served as the Minister of Works in the Dali Kingdom, protecting Duan Yu on numerous occasions and remaining loyal to the Duan family. He was originally a very skilled tomb raider, but after finding a martial arts manual while digging up a grave, he gave up tomb raiding and followed Duan Yanqing's father to conquer the world, eventually rising to the position of Minister of Works.
He made two outstanding contributions: one was digging a tunnel to save Duan Yu, and the other was digging a tunnel to sneak into Murong Bo's tomb and learn that Murong Bo was not dead.
Later, together with Fan Hua and Ba Tianshi, two other members of the Three Dukes of Dali, and led by Emperor Duan Yu of Dali, he went to the Liao Kingdom and once again dug a tunnel to rescue Xiao Feng, who had been imprisoned.
To put it bluntly, in the fictional world of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," this guy is just an insignificant supporting character. His screen time is even less than that of the Four Evils! However, this Hua Hegen is undeniably a master of tunnel digging!
This skill is exactly what Gao Jianfei needs right now!
"Dear user, do you need to immediately piece together the soul of the Level 4 Ghost Huahegen?" the intelligent program asked solicitously in a sweet voice.
"Okay, let's put it together!" Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers.
Immediately, a progress bar appeared, covering the information about Huahegen on the virtual display screen.
Having settled this matter, Gao Jianfei slipped out of the den of ghosts.
Lying in bed, Gao Jianfei was also lost in thought.