The tomb passage suddenly fell silent, the atmosphere so quiet you could hear a pin drop. This made all the mercenaries' minds race, but no matter how much they thought about it, their bodies and movements seemed to be restricted, making it impossible for them to move.
"Welcome to my domain time!" Jiang Yuan slowly walked to the tomb woman's side.
"It's you!"
The mercenary captain recognized Jiang Yuan. Wasn't this the leader's man? That fierce man who disregarded the dangers of lowering his cultivation level just to force himself to be with the leader!
"You must be Duan Zengqi, the captain of the Blood Blade Squad! You all have some pretty good luck, each one of you is above the ninth rank!" Jiang Yuan said casually.
The mercenaries who appeared were the same previously unknown mercenary team from Haicheng. Unexpectedly, in just one day, each of them had reached the ninth level of cultivation. However, Jiang Yuan glanced at them and noticed that although the Blood Blade Squad members had high cultivation levels, their internal energy was very unstable. Clearly, this energy had been increased in a short period of time through other means, rather than through steady and gradual cultivation.
There are several ways to enhance one's cultivation within the underground palace. Among them, absorbing fragments of the Soul-Suppressing Stele is the safest. However, in addition to absorbing fragments of the Soul-Suppressing Stele, there is also the method of killing the dead and absorbing their soul power. However, the latter method is very dangerous because the soul power of the dead is too complex, and there is a great risk in absorbing it rashly.
"Let us go!" Duan Zengqi didn't know why time had frozen, but this state of being at the mercy of others was obviously not comfortable.
"I heard you stole my family's tomb maiden's things!" Jiang Yuan said quietly.
"Huh?" Duan Zengqi looked confused. He immediately shook his head and said, "Brother, you've misunderstood. We haven't even made a move yet!"
"Yeah!"
Jiang Yuan's expression suddenly changed, his smiling face turning murderous. "But I remember you stole the fragment of my Tomb Maiden's Soul-Suppressing Stele!"
"That was me..."
Before he could finish speaking, a spear pierced his chest and lung.
"You!" Duan Zengqi's face was full of disbelief.
"Actually, whether it's a fragment of my family's Tomb Maiden's Soul-Suppressing Stele or not, I can judge for myself!" Jiang Yuan grinned and twirled the gun barrel with a showy air.
Duan Zengqi was terrified. The opponent's methods were beyond his imagination. He had thought that his strength had made a significant breakthrough and that he could contend with the opponent, but now he realized the gap between them.
"Waaah!"
The little dumpling suddenly sprang up, slapping all the mercenaries to the ground in a few swift movements, then said in a chilling, anthropomorphic voice, "Boss, can I eat them?"
Jiang Yuan chuckled inwardly. This little dumpling was actually trying to scare people like he did. But since the little dumpling was cooperating with him like this, wouldn't it be a shame if he didn't continue to be aloof?
"Of course!" Jiang Yuan nodded and smiled cruelly.
"We are the Alliance Leader's subordinates, you can't kill us!" Duan Zengqi was scared. This guy was terrifying in combat power and acted like a madman. He really had no confidence in surviving in the hands of this lunatic.
"Oh!"
Jiang Yuan smiled coldly, and with a horizontal slash of the God-Slaying Spear, Duan Zengqi screamed in excruciating pain.
"Do you think I'd be afraid of a woman?" Jiang Yuan stopped what he was doing and asked Duan Zengqi with great interest.
"Don't kill me!" Duan Zengqi's face was extremely ugly; Jiang Yuan's ruthlessness filled him with fear.
Don't worry, I won't kill you!
As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Duan Zengqi's expression softened a little, but then Jiang Yuan added, "My little dumpling doesn't like eating dead people, so how could I bear to kill you!"
Gulp! Every member of the Bloodblade Squad involuntarily swallowed. This guy planned to feed them to his battle pets. How utterly depraved was that?
Duan Zengqi's hand trembled, and he said in a shaking voice, "I remember now, I took your things! Yes, yes, I took them!"
"Hmm?" Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow, waiting for Duan Zengqi to continue.
"This is a fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele. I'll return it right now, right now!" Duan Zengqi readily handed over a large fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele, his tone extremely weak.
"I already told you, you took my tomb maiden's things and you still didn't believe me!" Jiang Yuan took the Soul-Suppressing Stele fragment without ceremony, and didn't forget to make a sarcastic remark after taking it.
"Sir, can the spear be pulled out now?" Duan Zengqi pointed bitterly at the spear stuck in his chest. In this position, he would die instantly if he used even a little energy.
"Grave Maiden, see if they took any of your things!" Jiang Yuan didn't rush to draw his gun, but instead asked the Grave Maiden.
“There’s also a small fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele!” The Tomb Maiden turned her gaze to another member of the Blood Blade Squad.
"Tsk tsk!"
Jiang Yuan's expression was still smiling, but the next second a sword blade whistled and pierced the team member's calf. "Are there really people who aren't afraid of death?"
"Zhuang Ke, you actually hid a fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele!"
Even Duan Zengqi was somewhat surprised, because since entering the underground palace, they had only found a fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele, and they hadn't expected that their teammate had kept it hidden.
"Boss, I didn't!" the mercenary named Zhuang Ke immediately explained, but the evasive look in his eyes was unmistakable.
"You saved your own life!" Jiang Yuan withdrew the God-Slaying Spear with a chilling killing intent, while simultaneously channeling a healing power into Duan Zengqi's wound.
While releasing and treating Duan Zengqi, the little dumpling pounced on Zhuang Ke, still carrying its own powerful divine beast aura.
"Don't kill me, I'll offer up the fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele!" Zhuang Ke was terrified and immediately offered up a fragment of the Soul-Suppressing Stele that he had been keeping hidden away.
They couldn't understand how the other party could find the Soul-Suppressing Stele fragments on their bodies so accurately, even though they had hidden them so well.
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