"Do you think the Li clan will be able to make the purchase? What a joke!"

"Isn't that so? Why would Zhang Lie help his enemies? He wouldn't, would he? At the very least, I certainly wouldn't sell to the Li clan!" 

The Li representative's arrival sparked a vigorous discussion among the crowd, while the Li representative buried his head in shame. The remarks skewered him like sharp swords, turning his face even redder.

Li Mo, who was waiting in a hovercar parked outside the Zenith Dojo, turned grim. The Li representative was wearing a transceiver so that Li Mo could respond immediately to any unforeseen circumstances, so the other clans' remarks landed directly in his ear.

He had expected that he would be able to send a relatively unknown person to make the purchase without drawing any attention, but that seemed impossible now.

To have hunted the white grubs to near-extinction before revealing this crucial piece of information… Zhang Lie really was a cruel bastard!

Li Mo gritted his teeth. Anger was devouring his rationality and stirring up the genetic...