As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Dongmen Qiansha and Yunshan were stunned. They had never expected that Li Ming's ability could be so easily seen through by the woman in front of them.

While the others were shocked, there was also an expression of joy that was hard to conceal in their eyes.

In the spotlight of everyone's attention, Li Ming's expression was unusually calm. He responded calmly: "Your speculation is reasonable, but my ability may not be as good as you think."

“Maybe? No.” The blonde woman shook her head slightly. Her voice was firm. “In my opinion, this is almost certain.”

She paused for a moment, and continued with some emotion: "In Bingyuan, the secret of the statue is almost known to everyone. This is due to the mystery of the statue itself and also because we deliberately spread the news."

"The purpose is simple. It is to find out if there is a safe way to lure out the treasure-hunting crystal butterfly next to the statue."

“But unfortunately, no one or method has been successful so far.”

"In the past, there have been several teams that have tried to force others to take risks and explore the route, but as for the results, no one dares to do that now."

"In short, before you showed up, the only way to lure out the Crystal Butterfly was to try with your own life. All other methods, including the so-called invincible superpowers, were useless."

"So, I deduce that you have the ability to predict the future. This doesn't really require too much thinking, does it?"

Li Ming neither explicitly admitted nor denied it directly, but just said calmly: "Tell me about your intentions."

"Don't be so serious. I have no ill will towards you." The blonde woman smiled easily. "Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Claytina, the captain of the 'Starfall' team."

"The Falling Star Team!" Dongmen Qiansha exclaimed in a low voice unconsciously. She glanced at Yunshan inconspicuously and found that the other party also showed a look of surprise.

"So you're the team ranked 68th on the list. How disrespectful." Li Ming's face remained calm. He said calmly, "My name is Li Ming, the captain of the Meteor team."

"'Meteor'? Let me think, there doesn't seem to be any team with this name in the top 100..." Cletina frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, she shrugged in relief and said with a hint of self-mockery, "This shows that there is a lot of water in this so-called ranking list."

Li Ming did not respond to her words, but went straight to the point, "Captain Cletina, we should talk about business."

"Okay." Cletina's expression became serious. "Captain Li Ming, if I'm not mistaken, this is your first time in the extremely cold cave, and you know very little about the situation here."

"And it just so happens that our team is quite familiar with this area, especially the second floor of the Ice Abyss. We also know the specific locations of many statues."

At this point, her pale golden eyes sparkled brightly. "So, if our two teams can work together, then it will be easy to obtain a large number of high-level ice element crystal cores."

"It sounds like a good suggestion." Li Ming nodded, then changed the subject and said, "But you didn't mention the most critical issue. How to distribute the crystal cores?"

"Of course the most fair distribution plan is 50-50." Cletina answered confidently.

"Are you crazy? How is this fair?" Before Li Ming could speak, Dongmen Qiansha could not help but excitedly refute, "First, you should understand the situation. It is you who need to cooperate with us, but we do not have to join forces with you."

"I don't believe that your team is the only one here who knows the location of the statue!"

Li Ming remained silent, just staring at Claudia quietly.

At this moment, his silence actually clearly expressed his attitude.

"Oh, why do you make me feel like I've taken advantage of you?" Cletina smiled, then straightened her face and explained, "First of all, there are indeed many teams that know the location of the statue, but in terms of strength, not many can compare with us."

"Furthermore, the second level of the Ice Abyss is completely different from the first level. The high-level crystal cores here are guarded by a large number of ice element monsters. Even with the crystal butterfly as a guide, it is not easy to obtain them."

"Besides, it's easy to attract the attention of other teams during the battle. For example, we were attracted by the sound of your battle."

"Therefore, only by joining forces with a strong team can we avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles."

"You have a point, but it's not enough for you to get 50% of the crystal core share." Li Ming thought for a while and said, "I think a 70% to 30% split is a more reasonable way to distribute it. We get 70% and you get 30%."

Cletina couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. "Captain Li Ming, you just cut my aorta with that knife. A 70% to 30% split is really not a fair plan."

"No, this is very fair." Li Ming said firmly, without any intention of giving in. "If you cannot accept this condition, I will look for other teams to cooperate with. I believe they will be happy to accept a 30% share."

Cletina suddenly fell silent, and the six team members behind her began to communicate with each other through eye contact, as if they were silently discussing countermeasures with each other.

After a few minutes of silence, she sighed softly, then waved her hand gently, and six transparent crystal cores the size of a human head floated in the air, appearing and disappearing.

"I think these six L7-grade ethereal crystal cores should be enough to change your mind," she reminded him, "Look carefully, these are very difficult to obtain space-attribute crystal cores."

Dongmen Qiansha and Yunshan opened their red lips in astonishment. Using a space attribute crystal core to exchange for an ice element crystal core, is this woman crazy?

The two of them simultaneously turned their gazes towards Li Ming, their expressions revealing obvious intentions.

Li Ming didn't know what he was thinking of. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile. "The goods are good, so let's split it 60% to 40%, we take 60% and you take 40%."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed subtly, and the air seemed to freeze in an instant.

A trace of anger flashed across Claytina's face. "Captain Li Ming, don't you think your appetite is too big?"

"Not at all." Li Ming responded calmly, "You are so obsessed with the 50-50 split that you are even willing to exchange it for the more valuable ethereal crystal core. This is obviously not in line with common sense."

He said with a slightly sarcastic smile on his face, "So, Captain Cletina, please allow me to make a reasonable guess. Are you hiding some key information from me?"


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