Just as he asked the question of how much he would be paid for interfering, Loki arrived. Money Armor couldn’t tell who he was, but he knew that he was very powerful because of how fast his speed was.
When Money Armor noticed Loki’s speed, he thought that he might be way out of his league in this matter that sprang up in his mind again. But when he saw the single star in Loki’s Life Fire, he relaxed and discarded that discouraging thought from his mind.
Then he stepped forward into Loki’s path and said, "Friend, let’s talk about this."
In reply, Loki chuckled and asked, "What if I don’t want to talk about it?"
Money Armor didn’t think there was anything amiss about his behavior at all. After all, it is someone who is willing to entertain the possibility of negotiation who would ask that question and engage with him.
Someone who had no intention of compromising should have said something like, "Fuck off."
Since Loki hadn’t shown any hostility to him, he believed that there was little for him to fear in this situation. So even though Loki hadn’t stopped yet and was still barreling over like a freight train, Money Armor felt that it was only a matter of time before Loki was forced to slow down and stop.
He believed that the situation was under control, so he said calmly, "You will be crossing the Thorn House of Commerce if you don’t talk about it. So is that a good enough reason for you?"
But Loki still didn’t stop. Instead, he asked, "What if I want to cross the Thorn House of Commerce?"
At this point, Money Armor’s heart skipped a beat. This was because the question Loki asked wasn’t something one could joke about.
If Loki was joking about the Thorn House of Commerce, all was fine and well. In fact, his intercession on behalf of Star Divination will proceed beautifully. But if Loki was actually serious about going against the Thorn House of Commerce, Money Armor was sure that he couldn’t mess with Loki.
He didn’t know which it was, so he chuckled dryly as he said, "Surely you’re joking."
He was already stepping back even as he said those words. But even this was enough to remove him from the situation. Before he could hear what Loki had to say, Loki was already above him.
In reply to his question, Loki grabbed his head and tossed him along with his head towards Star Divination. Money Armor was thrown with so much force that he pierced through Star Divination’s chest with his head.
Loki’s manhandling of his head hadn’t injured his head because a golden shield had appeared around him to protect him. But Star Divination wasn’t so lucky.
The injury to Star Divination’s body was all caused by him. After all, he was the one who broke the structural integrity of her body, not Loki. But his armor had to take another hit before it could achieve this feat.
Of course, he was forced to injure her. But the golden shield didn’t care. It took away some of his divine merit points to protect him while his head shattered Star Divination’s chest.
Unfortunately for him, that was just the start of the things he would be forced to do or experience because of Loki.
As Star Divination and Money Armor flew through the void, Loki flew ahead of them. Then he waited for them to smash into fists.
In order to make sure that the collision would be impactful, he also swung his fist at them. So when they struck his fist, the momentum of their motion was forced to crash into his immense strength.
The result was an explosion that tore a large hole through their bodies. Then his entire arm entered that hole and ripped out from their sides.
Just like last time, the golden shield protected Money Armor. So only one of them cried out in pain.
Star Divination’s voice rang out loudly in pain, but this still wasn’t enough for Loki. He smashed his other fist into her again while simultaneously using the divine constellation to investigate them.
This made Star Divination ask, saying, "Why are you doing this? What are you after?"
"I didn’t do this for a personal reason. This was just a job I was hired to do. And you’re not a seer, so why must you kill me? What are you going to gain from doing this?"
In response, Loki chuckled and said, "Let’s just say that someone has paid me to kill you."
Then he turned to Money Armor and said, "You, too."
When Money Armor heard his words, the rank 6 cultivator began to panic. His voice was full of anxiety as he said, "You can’t kill me. I’m a member of the Thorn House of Commerce."
But Loki didn’t take the threat of his alliance seriously. Instead, he laughed and said, "What do you mean I can’t kill you, silly? Of course, I can kill you. Watch and see how I do it."
As if to prove his words, he kicked Money Armor in the face. Then he grabbed Star Divination’s foot and used her body as a club to beat Money Armor.
The collision between their bodies caused damage to both of them. For Loki, it was killing two birds with one stone. But for the two of them, this was Loki trying to give them a humiliating death.
In the core of the Cave Heaven of the Thorn House of Commerce, Money Armor was kneeling in front of Money Body begging for mercy. He didn’t mention that he was the one who went looking for trouble this time around. Instead, he framed his situation as if he were the innocent victim.
When Money Body heard that someone was investigating their activities in the Blessed Heaven World, he sighed and said, "Don’t block him. Let them have what they want."
Money Armor nodded and immediately stopped blocking Loki’s inquiry.
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