Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the lowest level of the floating shuttle’s warehouse, more than ten cultivators were imprisoned and escorted in one by one.
“Old Zhou, just obediently stay here. This time, the higher-ups also said that they would turn a blind eye to this matter.” The person who spoke wore a long black robe and had a huge mole on his face.
“The higher-ups agreed? Is it one of the elders or all of them? Liu, you are going to smash the reputation of the Wangfang Trading Company!”
The one called Old Zhou was one of the imprisoned people. He looked to be the oldest, and his hair was a bit mottled. He and this cultivator surnamed Liu were the supervisors of the flying shuttle’s escort team. At the same time, they were the two people with the highest cultivation, both at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.
“After all, we are doing business. They can offer a high price, so we have to cooperate with them no matter what. Don’t worry, they’re only dealing with that one person. They’ll even disguise themselves as pirates in the future. After they’re done with it, we’ll go out and expel the pirates,” the supervisor with the surname Liu said slowly, he narrowed his eyes slightly. “In that case, the passengers won’t say anything. After all, they’re not the ones who died. They’ll even receive a compensation for their mental damage.”
“You…” Old Zhou looked at the person in front of him and was so angry that his face turned red.
“As for all the guards on the ship today, when we return, each of them will receive a reward of 1,000 crystals for repelling the pirates. So, everyone should just stay here obediently for a while. When we go ashore, we can split the benefits together.”
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Yue Wu’s heart was already filled with despair. After he received the news from Zhou Ji last night, he didn’t return to his room. Instead, he went to another room that he booked through an anonymous channel. However, he didn’t notice that he was being followed the entire time. The extra safe house he had booked was also exposed.
Thus, in his room at night, he was to be surrounded and killed.
Originally, there were only a few early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in the same realm as him. In the end, they gave him a chance to escape and he even killed one of them. However, what made Yue Wu despair was that the person waiting for him in the corridor was actually a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator!
“Clang”
The door opened again.
“Everyone, please wait for a moment. I have something to ask you.”
Zhou Ji’s voice sounded once again. With a dark expression, he grabbed Yue Wu’s collar. Just now, he realized a problem. How did Yue Wu find him?
“Tell me honestly. Did you do something to the jade pendant? Otherwise, how did you find my room?”
The approaching peak of the Foundation Establishment stage was shocked by Zhou Ji’s sudden words, and he subconsciously stopped in his tracks.
“Zhou, you will be rewarded handsomely for saving me this time!”
“You tell me first, is there a problem with the jade pendant you gave me?”
Zhou Ji shook Yue Wu’s collar, completely not wanting to get involved in this matter.
“No… There’s no problem. It’s just that I know a small-scale breathing technique. I carried that Jade Pendant for a long time, so it still has my aura.”
Yue Wu, who had been burning his blood essence to escape, was now extremely weak. He almost couldn’t breathe after being shaken by Zhou Ji.
“Is that so…”
Zhou Ji glanced at the figure who was walking over and released Yue Wu’s collar.
“Hey, that one over there. I suggest that you kill him, but don’t do it at my door. I don’t want to take the blame for others. Oh right, there’s more. Killing someone is illegal. The guards will be here soon. Are you sure you want to kill this person here?”
As he spoke, Zhou Ji had already smashed the alarm button beside the door. The alarm creaked across the entire floating shuttle.
That person seemed to have been amused by Zhou Ji’s words. He stood where he was and shook his shoulders slightly. A water dragon appeared in front of him and pounced directly at the two of them.
Before it reached the two of them, the water dragon condensed into ice in the air and then exploded into dozens of ice thorns, which covered the two of them with a cold wind.
Ha, as expected, this kind of shameless guy was not a good guy!
Zhou Ji snorted coldly and turned a blind eye to the ice thorns in the sky. He stepped forward and rushed toward the ice thorns. At the same time, five wind blades flew out from his side in a line and flew toward the man in an arc.
The wind blades were extremely fast, but the attacker’s reaction seemed to be able to keep up. He raised his palm to the side, and the water in the air condensed. A shield made of ice slowly took shape.
However, the speed of the condensation was a little slow. As soon as the shield appeared, it was pierced through by the wind blades.
Although the wind blades pierced through the shield, when they landed on the attacker’s body, there was no familiar sound of the wind blades hitting flesh. The first four wind blades seemed to have hit the ice block, making a crisp sound. The last wind blade had finally pierced through the attacker’s defense.
Zhou Ji’s eyes flashed. These powerful guys were more difficult to deal with than the desolate bandits. One or two of them had all kinds of protective jade talismans or spells on them!
Of course, Zhou Ji’s attack did not stop there. The last wind blade hit the attacker, causing him to stagger. Zhou Ji took this opportunity to dash forward while enduring the ice spikes.
This person was a spirit cultivator.
A spirit cultivator who was close to him was nothing!
After a series of soft sounds, a protective shield appeared in front of Zhou Ji. Under the influence of the ice spikes, the protective shield was gradually covered with a layer of frost.
Zhou Ji also had a protective shield! This was the item from the person who attacked him last night! Before the guards arrived, Zhou Ji naturally wanted to loot the body, but these guys did not bring anything of value. The only thing of value was the jade talisman that blocked Zhou Ji’s wind blade!
A soft sound was heard.
The jade talisman cracked, and the light screen in front of Zhou Ji shattered into dust.
Fortunately, Zhou Ji didn’t need to protect himself anymore. He had already rushed to the front of the attacker. The attacker had just recovered from the attack of the wind blade.
Lightning flashed on his palms, and a strong wind rolled on his arms.
Two palms were struck out. Amidst the thunder, a circle of ice powder exploded on the attacker’s body. It seemed that this guy had previously covered his body with a layer of ice armor, and this layer of ice armor was finally unable to withstand Zhou Ji’s lightning technique.
The attacker, who had just recovered from his shock, was thrown out by the lightning, and his entire body began to twitch uncontrollably.
Zhou Ji was not feeling well at the moment. Although the numbness in his arms made him want to give up this move every time he used this move, he could not resist the fact that this move was effective!
With the support of the Wind Fist Force, Zhou Ji withdrew his arms and turned his palms into fists, striking out one after another. Every strike struck the abdomen of the attacker. Every strike had a violent spiritual essence that penetrated into the attacker’s internal organs along the place where the two of them came into contact. Every strike had tiny wind blades that spread out from Zhou Ji’s arms, they tore the attacker’s abdomen into a bloody mess.
Zhou Ji did not know how many consecutive punches he had thrown. All he knew was that the attacker was like a broken sandbag that was constantly being hit by him on the railing, causing him to spit out blood.
With a soft sound, Zhou Ji felt that his numb fist seemed to have penetrated something.
The cover on the attacker’s face slowly disappeared, revealing a thin old man’s face.
On his arm, Zhou Ji only felt hot and moist liquid soaking his skin.
Under Yue Wu’s shocked gaze, Zhou Ji silently pulled out his fist. After checking the old man’s body, he did not find any storage bags, nor did he look at the corpse on the ground, which had a hole in its abdomen, he turned around and walked to the door of the room.
At the door, Zhou Ji stopped again, scaring Yue Wu so much that he kept quiet.
However, Zhou Ji did not pay attention to him at the moment. He quietly used the water cleaning technique and washing technique to carefully wash his arms and clothes.
Not long after, a pool of blood-stained water flew out of the railing and fell into the sea. Zhou Ji was once again brand new..