Chapter 2212: That Southern Man
Blake was so excited he was about to go crazy:
(งᵒ̌།ꇴ།ᵒ̌)ง "Opportunity! A heaven-sent opportunity! If I can swallow this entire treasure vault, why the hell would I still be mining?"
Enough to set up his own faction, carve out a star sector, and live like a local emperor!
No more living a life on the edge of a knife!
Enough to even buy a decent mining zone with good yields, and be rich for seventeen or eighteen generations!
At this moment, not only was Blake excited, even the mercenary underlings who came with him were cheering!
It was like smoke rising from the ancestral grave! To luckily stumble upon a big mine lord's private treasure vault in the vast Wuxian Torrent?
Gaffe's eyes sparkled: "Boss! Look at that inscription, Chong Feiyu! It's the treasury of the Feiyu Insect Emperor!"
Blake swallowed hard, his expression invigorated: "Chong Feiyu～ the most domineering big mine lord of the Beimian Xingkong Kuangchang back in the day, a star-swallowing big shot!"
"It's just that over five thousand years ago, she failed in evolution and mysteriously disappeared! All of her mining zones were taken over by her good bestie, Chong Bishi!"
"That means this private treasure vault is ownerless! Even if we touch it, we don't have to worry about being tracked down! Spend it, and no one will care!"
Even the Zhou Shen protective barrier of the vault had a hole, and no one had fixed it. Obviously, no one had come to check on it for a long time!
And generally, this kind of private vault wouldn't be told to a second person. Probably even Chong Bishi didn't know!
Otherwise, she would never have left it here unattended!
This was ownerless property left behind in the Wuxian Torrent. Picking it up was pure profit, damn it!
Blake wiped the blood from his nose, already impatient to pocket this massive wealth!
But Sheng Yi's mind was completely elsewhere. This vault was definitely not something she could take for herself!
She just hoped to delay Blake and his group's pursuit a bit, giving herself a chance to escape!
Just as Blake was stunned, Sheng Yi was about to run!
But at that moment, her Fengniao fighter was already enveloped by Blake's Extreme Black Storm Domain!
He had let her escape once; naturally, he couldn't let her escape a second time!
A grating sound of deformation came, and under powerful psychic force, the Fengniao fighter was torn to pieces!
The cargo and crew inside scattered everywhere. Sheng Yi was completely bound by the psychic force, crushed violently!
Blood seeped from the corners of her mouth, her pretty face twisted in pain!
Blake grinned savagely: "Where do you think you're going? I really should thank you properly. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have found this Chong Feiyu treasury!"
"Quite worthy of the title 'Heaven's Favored Daughter' Sheng Yi, huh? You're practically a gift from the heavens to me!"
"If I didn't have to silence you, I really wouldn't want to kill you!"
Sheng Yi looked utterly weak, struggling desperately, but there was nothing she could do!
Being trapped in Blake's domain was no joke!
At that moment, another Solar Wind-class starship, smoking, charged over!
Leading it was the parasite Lai Yang!
He was also dumbfounded at the sight of the Chong Feiyu treasury, excitedly saying:
(#･ˇꇴˇ･) "Boss? This is..."
Blake grinned: "Cleanup done?"
"Heh～ Clean as a whistle!"
"Beautiful! Then guard the entrance for me. Once the brothers and I split this vault properly!"
Lai Yang's lips curled into a sly smile. How could he not understand what his big brother meant?
(˶‾᷄↼‾᷅˵) "Got it, big bro!"
With that, he parked his starship sideways at the hole's entrance to guard it!
Wealth moved men's hearts. Naturally, the fewer people who knew about this, the better. After all, one dead person meant an extra share!
The tens of thousands of mercenary underlings present were a bit too many...
Because dead people didn't need to split money, and they couldn't talk either!
Blake grinned savagely: "Die peacefully. When I'm spending money and living it up, I'll remember the contribution you made!"
With that, his psychic force crushed Sheng Yi viciously!
Sheng Yi: !!!
I'm going to die! I'm really going to die!
But why was it that this good fortune of finding the vault was completely useless?
This wasn't the kind of luck I wanted at all!
If there was going to be a twist, let it happen now!
Sheng Yi closed her eyes and shouted with all her might:
(ง≥口≤)ง "Help～"
But her clear cry didn't travel far!
Just then, however, a series of complaints came from within the Wuxian Torrent!
"Hey! Did you remember wrong? Is it really here? How far off course are we? The girl who makes things up gets rotten lips, woah!"
"Pfft! It's been years since I last came here! The Wuxian Torrent is moving so violently, it's only natural to get blown elsewhere, right? Just keep looking! Why are you so impatient?"
"Oh? I got a response! I got a response!"
With a thunderous "BOOM", a massive, cosmos-level starship burst through the Wuxian Torrent!
Compared to this, a Solar Wind-class starship was like a little toy!
Everyone was stunned for a moment, turning back to gape at the enormous starship!
Tarro stood outside the starship's energy shield, holding aloft a massive starlight greatsword!
Without a word, he swung it down!
"Desolate God Starlight Slash!"
In an instant, starlight flashed like lightning!
The entire Solar Wind-class starship blocking the hole's entrance was cleaved in two by that single sword strike—exploded!
It even cut down several thousand mercenary underlings blocking the way, turning them to dust under the fierce starlight!
The parasite Lai Yang's face turned white with fear!
If that had been a little off, it would have cut him in half!
One sword strike left a huge gash even in the dark matter shield, tearing it open!
Everyone stared in shock at the suddenly arriving starship!
What the hell? The Desolate God Clan?
Then a scream came from the deck!
(*꒦ິ口꒦ີ) "Ahh～ Tarro! Watch where you're swinging, will you? My Zhou Shen shield is ruined by your cut! And my Solar Wind-class starship!"
Tarro broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. Huh? Was that the important part here?
Wait, he seemed to have cut something else too, didn't he?
Tarro grinned and looked at Lai Yang with a devilishly kind expression:
(˶‾᷄ꇴ‾᷅(ꐦÒ⥎Ó)˘﹃˘) "Sorry! I didn't see you just now. I accidentally killed a few thousand of your men! I didn't mean to!"
"But you can treat it as if I did it on purpose. It doesn't make much difference anyway!"
Lai Yang: !!!
You bastard! You killed several thousand of my men with one swing, and you think "I didn't mean to" is enough?
Don't you have the audacity to be this arrogant?
Blake's eyes also grew cold. Anyone who could afford a cosmos-level starship was definitely no ordinary person!
He tentatively asked:
(･ˇ益ˇ･ꐦ) "Who are you? Show your credentials!"
But Jiangnan didn't even look at him. He was staring blankly at the 13 Star Source planets, dumbfounded, his face turning red.
Then he grabbed Chong Feiyu and rubbed his big face against her wildly!
(ɔ⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴(≖_≖C) "Star Source planets? Good heavens! Do you have to be this over the top? You call this a little stash? We're rich! We're really rich this time, damn it!"
Chong Feiyu's face was flushed from Jiangnan's rubbing, but she still turned her head away haughtily:
(*˘～˘) "Hmph! What did I tell you? I said I had it and I did!"
"This is nothing! A drop in the bucket! Back in my day, I had so much money I didn't know what to do with it. What I casually let slip between my fingers was more than this!"
Blake narrowed his eyes, murderous intent flickering within. Were they after this vault too?
"Hey! I'm asking you a question! Who are you? Show your credentials!"
Jiangnan put his hands behind his back and looked at the tens of thousands of mercenaries:
(*ಡꇴಡ) "Ara ara～ Looks like a few little mice have slipped onto my dining table!"
Sheng Yi was overjoyed! Yes! There was a turn of events after all!
Maybe she wouldn't have to die!
She quickly looked toward Jiangnan, but the moment she laid eyes on him, it almost blinded her!
Under her Heaven's Favored Eye, Jiangnan was covered in a blinding golden light, even brighter than a star!
So bright she couldn't even make out his face!
∑(＊口＊#) "Ahh～ So dazzling!"
This was way too mabu xi, wasn't it? Sheng Yi had never seen such a blessed existence before!
But at that moment, the Jing Clan underling in the Bully Gang suddenly froze!
(유口유|||) "Yi girl? Is that you? Little Yi?"
Sheng Yi was also shocked. That voice sounded so familiar!
She followed the sound!
(*ﾟﾛﾟ) "Gasp～ Little... Little Shishu? You... why are you here? Weren't you the one who stole from the big mine lord and ran off with his wife back in the day?"
"Then you got caught and thrown into the Ming He Death Prison! You, you, you..."
Back then, this incident had caused quite a stir in the ferryman circles!
The other Bully Gang underlings all gave the Little Shishu a thumbs-up!
Little Shishu smiled sheepishly:
୧(*⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴) "Ah ha～ Ah haha～ It's all in the past. Why bring it up now? Young and foolish, embarrassing～"
"By the way, Little Yi? What are you doing here?"
Sheng Yi glared darkly at Blake!
Blake was gritting his teeth so hard they might crack:
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅) "What 'Little Shishu' crap? I'm asking who you are! Can't anyone bother to answer me?"
"Sheng Yi? You're something else, huh? You've got backup?"
But Jiangnan asked curiously:
(๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Oh? A junior of your clan? You know her?"
Little Shishu grinned: "Our family's smuggling skills are hereditary. This is my senior sister's apprentice. Boss, look..."
Before he could finish, Jiangnan vanished from the deck. When he reappeared, he was already inside Blake's Extreme Black Storm Domain, right next to Sheng Yi!
One hand in his pocket, the other around Sheng Yi's waist!
Blake was shocked, his pupils constricting!
Space system? A space system user? Wait, why did this guy look so familiar?
But so what if he was a space system?
He dared to enter my domain? He must not want to live. A duck in my mouth—did he think he could fly away?
Psychic blast!
But the next moment, Jiangnan had already disappeared from his domain!
A warp bubble formed in an instant, and he shot out with Sheng Yi in his arms, clearing the domain in the blink of an eye!
He even reached the area below the Star Source planets!
Jiangnan turned to look at Blake and sneered:
(￢̫￢) "Heh～ Talk to you? I have no interest in speaking with someone who's about to die!"
Blake's eyes widened: "You—"
But by then, Sheng Yi was already dumbfounded. What was happening? She hadn't even reacted, and she'd been rescued?
That fast?
This guy hadn't even reached the Star Breaker rank, yet her Little Shishu called him boss?
And he was an extremely rare space system user?
After turning off her Heaven's Favored Eye, Sheng Yi finally saw Jiangnan's face clearly!
Her pupils shrank violently, every hair on her body stood on end, as if she had encountered something utterly terrifying. She instinctively jumped away from Jiangnan, leaping out of his arms!
Her face was as pale as paper, cold sweat dripping from her forehead, and her voice stammered:
(Σ(っ⁰̷̴口⁰̷̴;)っ "Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang... Jiangnan? The Jiang Devil? The calamity of all races? The great disaster of the Thousand Stars Southern?"
Her voice, pitched eight notes higher, trembled with fear!