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Chapter 42 Planting Pawns
Seeing that Han Li did not speed through the five-man Giant Whale Gang, Qingfeng shook his head.
Originally, Han Li was supposed to fight Elder Gu, then be chased by Wu Chou, and hide on Sea Ape Island for four years in seclusion.
Then, Qu Hun will fuse with the Blood Fiend Five Elements Pill to form the Fiend Pill before returning to his cave to fight the five members of the Giant Whale Gang.
However, due to his appearance, the time was brought forward, and Han Li had not yet allowed Qu Hun to form the evil core.
"It seems that the strength of a pseudo-core cultivator ultimately belongs to the Foundation Establishment stage."
All the values are fundamentally different from those of a true Core Formation stage.
If Qu Hun had formed a demonic core, his numerical value alone would have been enough to dismantle this five-person formation; why would they need to engage in a prolonged battle?
Qingfeng popped the last melon seed into his mouth, then extended two fingers, using them as a sword, and flicked it lightly.
A beam of Azure Yang Dragon-Jiao sword light instantly struck the middle of the giant whale, and the Azure Flame Scorching Spirit property burned the giant whale to ashes.
Qu Hun broke free from the confinement, and Han Li also withdrew the defensive magic weapon from his hand.
He still has a trump card up his sleeve. Even if Qingfeng doesn't make a move, he can still defeat these five people; it just will take him a little longer.
"It's...it's a Core Formation cultivator! Run!"
The fourth archer, a master of flattery, turned and ran, showing no regard for brotherhood whatsoever.
Did I tell you to move?
Qingfeng flicked his finger again.
A sword beam carrying a blue flame instantly turned the fleeing archer, the fourth one, into ashes.
In the blink of an eye, Qingfeng turned the fourth brother into ashes.
The remaining four members of the Giant Whale Gang were terrified.
The one-eyed man was the first to react, and he knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly.
"Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life!"
We brothers were blind and did not recognize your greatness. We have offended you, senior. We beg you to show mercy and spare our lives!
We were merely doing our job for money; we had no intention of making enemies of our seniors!
Seeing their leader kneel down, the three underlings immediately followed suit and begged for mercy.
"Taking money to do services? Whose money are you taking? What services are you doing? Explain clearly."
Qingfeng hovered in the air, looking at them indifferently.
"It's Extreme Yin Island! It's Extreme Yin Island that issued the bounty to the Giant Whale Gang!"
"The one-eyed man said hurriedly."
He was afraid that if he spoke even a fraction too slowly, his three underlings would beat him to it.
"The island of Jiyin has issued a bounty: simply keep an eye on this cave, report whether its owner has returned, or capture him, and you will receive a generous reward."
We brothers... we brothers were momentarily blinded by greed, which is why we accepted this mission and are now lying in wait here.
We have absolutely no intention of being your mortal enemy!
Upon hearing this, Han Li's expression turned extremely ugly.
It seems we can't stay in the Southwest Sea any longer. We must pack up our things in the cave as soon as possible and head to Tianxing City with Brother Qing.
"Hmm... You intended to ambush my friend, we can't just let this go."
How about this, one thousand spirit stones each, to buy your own lives.
"Take it out, and you can leave."
Qingfeng rubbed his fingers together, thought for a moment, and then looked at the four people kneeling on the ground and said.
"A thousand spirit stones?!"
The fifth brother, who was holding a shield-like magical artifact, cried out in disbelief.
Although they were Foundation Establishment cultivators, they usually engaged in activities such as robbing rogue cultivators and extorting money.
Although they had some savings, a thousand spirit stones was by no means a small amount for a single Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Moreover, the one-eyed leader took the lion's share of the spoils, leaving the underlings with hardly anything.
Upon hearing Qingfeng's conditions for survival, the one-eyed elder brother's expression changed.
As the eldest brother, he usually controlled most of the brothers' finances, but he had already spent a lot of the spirit stones.
At this moment, there was no way to take out 4 spirit stones from the storage bag.
Just as the one-eyed elder brother hesitated, the second brother, wielding a curved sword, made a decision.
"I'm so sorry, brother!"
He suddenly sprang up, his curved blade flashing with ruthless determination, aiming straight for the one-eyed leader kneeling on the ground in the back of the heart!
"you……!"
The one-eyed eldest brother never expected that the second brother would turn against him.
He only had time to turn to the side before the scimitar pierced his shoulder blade.
The excruciating pain made him roar, and he swung a steel fork at his second brother.
"Third brother, fifth brother! What are you waiting for?!"
"The spirit stones are all on our eldest brother. Only by killing him can we survive!"
The second brother dodged the steel fork in a sorry state and shouted sharply.
The third brother with the axe and the fifth brother with the shield were taken aback at first. But when they saw Qingfeng's indifferent eyes, their desire to survive overwhelmed their superficial brotherhood.
Then, the third brother roared and chopped his hand axe at the head of the one-eyed eldest brother, while the fifth brother raised his shield and rammed it into the eldest brother's lower body.
"You ungrateful bastards!"
The one-eyed leader, his single eye bloodshot, was filled with shock and rage. A sudden flash of inspiration struck him, and he began to fight desperately.
However, he was already injured and was attacked by three people, especially the second brother who was extremely familiar with his martial arts style.
In just a few breaths, the one-eyed man let out a furious roar of resentment, his throat slit by a scimitar, then his skull struck by a hand axe, and he collapsed to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.
The second brother with the curved blade immediately pulled off the storage bag from the one-eyed brother's waist and quickly scanned it with his divine sense.
"Nine...nine hundred and eighty-nine pieces..."
The second brother's voice trembled slightly, because he couldn't even scrape together a thousand spirit stones, let alone four thousand.
"Second brother, hurry up and take out the spirit stones inside to offer to the senior!"
The third brother came over and urged him on.
"Pfft!"
A curved blade emerged from his body, and the third brother stared at his second brother in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, the spirit stones here are only enough for me to buy my own life."
The second brother drew his curved blade, and blood splattered everywhere.
The fifth brother, holding the shield, stared in shock at his second brother, who was now in a bloodthirsty frenzy.
"You! You bastard!"
"I want to live!"
The second brother channeled his spiritual power into the curved sword, and with a whoosh, slashed towards the fifth brother's neck.
With a flash of light, before the fifth brother could raise his shield, his head was severed.
Among the five members of the Giant Whale Gang, the one with the highest cultivation level is the One-Eyed Dragon, while the one with the deepest cunning is the Curved Blade.
"Senior...Senior, there are a total of nine hundred and eighty-nine spirit stones, and we are only eleven short. Could you please make an exception?"
"This junior is willing to serve my seniors like a beast of burden, even unto death, to repay this debt!"
The second brother, clad in curved blades, pleaded, his face dripping with cold sweat.
Qingfeng still had his hands behind his back, with that faint smile on his face.
"What I said a thousand times, is a thousand times. Not a penny less."
He shook his head, leaving no room for negotiation.
A murderous intent immediately locked onto the second brother with the curved blade.
"Senior, please wait! This junior is willing to offer up part of my divine soul and accept your restriction. My life and death will be in your control."
The younger generation's uncle is the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, and he knows everything about the gang's affairs and treasure trove.
"If you spare me, senior, I'm willing to infiltrate the Giant Whale Gang and retrieve all the spirit stones from their treasure vault to offer to you as compensation for the difference of these dozen or so spirit stones."
To save his own life, the second brother with the curved knife was willing to betray even his uncle.
After hearing his words, Qingfeng paused, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.
The second-in-command of the Giant Whale Gang is a deep thinker who can remain calm even in the face of life-or-death crises and come up with bargaining chips to survive.
His personality is similar to Han Li and Liu Yu; he's a natural-born undercover agent.
The Giant Whale Gang can be considered the beggars' gang of the Chaotic Star Sea, with its distribution spanning almost all the sea areas of the Chaotic Star Sea.
A controllable pawn infiltrated into the Whale Gang might prove useful in the future.
However, this person is ruthless and can betray others as easily as drinking water, so an even more ruthless divine control technique is needed to control him.
A vicious dog that bites should be given a CPR to instill fear in it.