Money is a good thing, but only if you have your life to spend it.
The members of this team were stunned by the gruesome scene before them.
In an instant, these people realized that the money was not easy to obtain, and Ling Tian was not easy to deal with!
Good heavens, the situation looked as if it had been carpet-bombed by weapons of mass destruction. Although they were all espers, they were not gods, nor were they impervious to blades and bullets!
They didn't even have the courage to confirm if Ling Tian was still alive.
Their choice was a wise one, for O'Brien's team had perished in Ling Tian's traps.
These were no ordinary traps, but talisman traps!
In simple terms, it was a combination of talismans and traps!
Talismans possessed immense power, and traps were unexpected. These two elements, when combined, were a more perfect match than chocolate and rainy days.
However, it seemed no one had ever done this before. On one hand, talismans were inherently powerful and could directly obliterate opponents. Using them to set traps seemed like a redundant effort.
On the other hand, talismans were produced in extremely low quantities. For cultivators, each talisman was a precious item. For someone like Ling Tian to use over twenty talismans to set traps would be considered wasteful by other cultivators.
But how could they have imagined that in this world, there existed a freak like Ling Tian, who not only excelled at talismans but was also proficient in traps, and then combined these two skills.
The unfortunate O'Brien team, over twenty people, vanished into thin air in less than a minute.
However, the fate of the team that followed was not much better than O'Brien's team.
As they fled in panic, some fell into traps, some were suddenly bitten by venomous snakes, and others were killed instantly by crossbow bolts shot from who-knew-where!
In just over ten minutes, this team was also annihilated!
Throughout the night, Hell Paradise Island was filled with anxiety, unrest, and unease. It wasn't until dawn that a torrential downpour arrived unexpectedly.
On this island, cold and warm air currents clashed frequently, making the climate somewhat unpredictable and the rainfall quite abundant, which was one of the key reasons for the lush growth of the island's forests.
The heavy rain continued until past 7 AM island time before stopping. By then, it was already broad daylight. As soon as the rain ceased, various factions immediately dispatched more personnel to search the Free Zone.
They wanted to ascertain the outcome of last night's battle, whether Ling Tian was dead, and which lucky individual would ultimately claim the millions in bounty.
As for Ling Tian's survival, the possibility was very low. In their eyes, facing the combined assault of over a hundred espers, even if he was incredibly skilled, Ling Tian would likely find it difficult to survive a war of attrition.
Within the Chinese team, Zhang Caifeng had barely slept all night, her eyes swollen like peaches.
As soon as dawn broke, Zhang Caifeng picked up her Songwen ancient sword and headed for the Free Zone to search for Ling Tian, alive or dead.
The scene was like that of a chaste maiden about to commit suicide for love.
However, before she could even leave the house, she was rendered unconscious by Daoist Zhuge Tianji, who struck her acupoint.
Daoist Zhuge had a very clear understanding of the island's situation. The Americans, while ostensibly targeting Ling Tian, were in fact targeting the entire Chinese team!
If the Chinese team were to go to the Free Zone at this moment, they would become the target of everyone's anger, and might even be killed and delivered to the Americans to claim credit.
Therefore, Daoist Zhuge Tianji unceremoniously stopped Zhang Caifeng's suicidal act.
As anxious as Zhang Caifeng was Aurora Kui'te, the daughter of the island lord Mario Kui'te.
This young lady immediately dispatched her trusted subordinates to search for Ling Tian's whereabouts. She also secretly issued an order to these individuals: if they found Ling Tian still alive, they must rescue him alive.
Those on Ice Fire Island found this order very peculiar, as if the sun had risen from the west.
After all, in their eyes, this young lady Aurora paid no attention to any man other than her father.
Now, for the young lady to issue such an order, what did it signify? This was something worth studying and discussing.
Of course, they dared not gossip casually. If any careless words fell into the young lady's ears, they might be frozen into ice sculptures and displayed on the dock.
If Island Lord Mario Kui'te found out, he might have them hanged from the lampposts on the dock.
As night fell, the Hell Paradise bar was exceptionally lively tonight. Hundreds of people had come to the bar, and it was almost full.
Most of these people had gone to the Free Zone today to search for Ling Tian.
But the scene they witnessed was unforgettable.
In the Free Zone, over fifty corpses were discovered, each with a different cause of death.
Burned to death, blown up, throats slit, died in traps... the ways of death were incredibly varied.
They also saw forests that looked as if they had been hit by giant aerial bombs, with rows of fallen trees and scorched woods...
Even many who had been to battle asserted that several small-scale battles had occurred in the forests of Hell Sirius Island last night, even involving heavy weaponry!
But this was difficult to comprehend, as they had all undergone security checks by the islanders upon arrival, and the weapons they carried onto the island were strictly limited.
For example, with firearms, only handguns were allowed at most.
Automatic rifles, sniper rifles, and other firearms capable of automatic fire, as well as hand grenades and other weapons of mass destruction, were strictly prohibited from being brought onto the island.
Mario Kui'te was well aware of the terrifying lethality of modern weaponry and did not wish for his island to become a battlefield.
As for handguns, while they were formidable weapons for ordinary people, their threat to espers was limited.
Nearly a thousand people had gone out searching today. They had also carefully identified the corpses and basically confirmed the identities of the deceased, but none of them were Chinese!
At this moment, the bar door was suddenly pushed open, and footsteps were heard. All eyes were drawn to the entrance. The next moment, the previously noisy bar fell into complete silence.
The mouths of the crowd hung open, as if they had seen a ghost!
They truly felt as if they had seen a ghost, because in their eyes, the person entering the bar should have been dead by now!
But the problem was that all those who had gone to kill him were dead, while he was alive and kicking, with a smile as warm as a spring breeze on his face.
"Good evening, everyone!"