noveldepot Chapter 512 - 142: You’re Holding Him Hostage! What Right Do You Have to Threaten Me? (2)
Chapter 512 - 142: You’re Holding Him Hostage! What Right Do You Have to Threaten Me? (2)
People with talent are rare, but those who can spot talent are even rarer.
So they really are water bandits.
Most of the talents here are related to swimming and being in water.
With so many of them piling up, even the most ordinary water talent is about to be stacked up to purple quality level.
Right now, over by Ye Liuyun.
As he kept collecting Talent Entries.
The battle on Lu Yuan’s side was also coming to an end.
The gap in strength was too stark. Seizing the right moment, Feng Feiyi slashed upward from below, sending Lu Yuan’s figure flying.
He crashed heavily onto the ground.
"Puh!"
It took him a long while just to suppress the surging blood and qi within himself.
But even so.
Lu Yuan still struggled on the ground for a while but couldn’t get to his feet.
He could only stare longingly at the nearby lake. As far as Lu Yuan saw it, as long as he got into the water, he might still have a chance to survive. He started crawling stubbornly in the direction of the lake.
Although Si Nan didn’t know about Lu Yuan’s special talent,
Upon seeing him like that, Si Nan walked up without hesitation, grabbed him by the collar.
"Still trying to run at this point? Do you really look down on us that much?"
Trying to escape right under our noses, huh? No way!
He dragged Lu Yuan by the collar straight over to Ye Liuyun. Staring at the receding lake, despair started to spread over Lu Yuan’s face.
At the same time—
The battle on Jiang Jing’s side was also about to finish.
Their cultivation levels were the same.
But when it comes down to it, fists fear the young and strong. Compared to the middle-aged man, Jiang Jing was clearly more youthful and vigorous, and physically more powerful too.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The shadow of the spear flickered constantly.
In this situation, the middle-aged man could only defend himself with all his might. He didn’t have a chance to fight back at all.
And yet,
He was still forced to retreat step by step under Jiang Jing’s storm-like attack, his expression growing more and more strained.
"Time’s about up. Let’s end this!"
Ye Liuyun’s expression became a bit uninterested as well.
It looked like there wasn’t going to be any unexpected twist. Since that was the case, there was no point in letting the fight drag on.
Hearing Ye Liuyun say that,
Feng Feiyi immediately caught on, cupped his hands, and addressed Ye Liuyun,
"Yes, sir!"
Then,
Feng Feiyi leapt into the battle on Jiang Jing’s side.
Although just newly Innate, by joining forces with Jiang Jing, it would be simple enough to deal with the middle-aged man.
He was already barely hanging on.
Now, with someone like Feng Feiyi joining the fight, the middle-aged man only managed to hold on for a short while longer before ultimately being blasted away by Jiang Jing and Feng Feiyi together.
"Puh!"
In midair,
He spat out a mouthful of blood fiercely.
The energy all over his body weakened with it.
"Be good and come with me!"
Jiang Jing lifted him up off the ground with one hand and started walking toward Ye Liuyun.
He was a lot weaker now,
but there wasn’t a hint of fear in the middle-aged man’s eyes as he glanced at the assassins. Instead, after adjusting his breath, he coldly said to Jiang Jing,
"I suggest you let me go. Otherwise, not even the Southern Governor behind you can save you!"
"Ha!"
Hearing such a threat,
Jiang Jing simply chuckled dismissively, clearly not taking it seriously at all.
If you think you’re up to it, go ahead and try.
...
Meanwhile,
Over on Ye Liuyun’s side, Si Nan and the others had already brought Lu Yuan before him.
Looking at Lu Yuan in front of him,
Ye Liuyun hadn’t said anything yet,
when the County Magistrate beside him spoke up directly.
"Sir, this water bandit leader is vicious and dangerous. I say we should execute him on the spot to prevent any more trouble!"
All the other water bandits were gone.
Now only this leader was left. If Lu Yuan died, wouldn’t all those things I did stay buried?
So the County Magistrate was anxious and blurted it out like that.
"Bullshit!"
Hearing someone try to get him killed,
Lu Yuan was of course desperate, and cursed out viciously right away.
He was about to say more, but suddenly realized something and swept his gaze over the County Magistrate standing near Ye Liuyun.
"Wait a minute, why does your voice sound so familiar?"
The County Magistrate wasn’t stupid either.
When he cooperated with the bandits before, he always wore a mask and never showed his true face, but his voice was still his own.
Realizing he’d slipped up with his voice,
The County Magistrate’s face became anxious, and he quickly said,
"What nonsense are you spouting?! I am the dignified County Magistrate of Lishui City! How could I ever be linked with a water bandit like you?"
...
Did I say we had a connection?
Right then Lu Yuan became clever, instantly realizing something.
He burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! So that’s how it is! No wonder the intel you gave was so accurate. Turns out you’re the County Magistrate of Lishui City!"
And with that,
he didn’t give the County Magistrate a chance to argue,
and turned straight to Ye Liuyun.
"You’re the leader of these Embroidered Uniform Guards, right? I want to report something!"
Faced with this, Ye Liuyun seemed to have expected it already, his expression calm and natural, making no move to interrupt.
He simply stood quietly and listened to Lu Yuan continue.