Chapter 149: Taking Action!
According to Zhang Ze’s intelligence, Lu Mingyu and the others learned that there was still a sixth-rank powerhouse inside the mansion, and they fell silent.
“We have to take action! We can’t come all this way for nothing!” Lu Mingyu said, frowning at the two.
“How about I go lure away that sixth-rank expert? After all, once I activate my martial skill, I can escape at any time...”
Lu Mingyu was truly unlucky. “I’ve been waiting to hear you say that!”
“No, Zhang Ze can’t go!” Li Sanqing frowned. “Even if Zhang Ze manages to draw that person away, can the two of us handle the remaining fourth- and fifth-rank warriors?”
Lu Mingyu was momentarily speechless.
...
In the end, Li Sanqing decided to act as the bait himself.
“Be careful,” the others warned.
Having come out together, Zhang Ze and the others naturally didn’t want anything to happen to him.
Li Sanqing smiled, “Don’t worry, but make sure you’re quick — no more than a minute for the plunder!”
“Got it.”
With that, no one else spoke.
Li Sanqing charged toward the mansion alone. Lu Mingyu frowned and said, “Once he’s gone, I’ll immediately reveal my presence to lure out a few fourth- and fifth-rank opponents. You grab whatever you can as fast as possible.”
Zhang Ze remained silent.
Boom—
No sooner had they spoken than a powerful aura rose within the mansion not far away.
A middle-aged man shouted and gave chase to Li Sanqing. It was strange that his comrades showed no signs of presence, but to pursue Li Sanqing, he couldn't afford to care about that.
Seeing Li Sanqing lead the middle-aged man away, Lu Mingyu silently counted to three, then dashed toward the mansion himself.
Before leaving, he even left Zhang Ze a sack.
...
The sixth-rank powerhouse noticed Lu Mingyu’s aura behind him but hesitated only briefly before continuing the chase after Li Sanqing.
With a sixth-rank comrade and fourth- and fifth-rank guards inside the mansion, what storm could a mere third-rank warrior stir?
Since the sixth-rank powerhouse did not return and Lu Mingyu drew away a fifth-rank guard, Zhang Ze hesitated no longer.
His figure moved swiftly forward, flashing several times before he was already inside the mansion.
To avoid trouble, Zhang Ze deliberately bypassed the woman’s room, guessing her status was high and guarded.
Zhang Ze was purposeful, turning quickly to the room of the sixth-rank warrior he had just seen.
He didn’t know exactly what was written on the table or if it was a letter, but it all went into the sack!
Crystal stone ornaments on the stool? Taken!
Many decorations by the bedside? Stowed away!
Pills prepared for cultivation, books on the shelves, crystal fuel in the lamps...
All were packed by Zhang Ze.
Only the sack was too small; otherwise, he could have emptied the entire room!
...
Quick as a flash.
From entering the room to finishing packing took Zhang Ze barely twenty seconds!
Hoisting the bulging sack, Zhang Ze turned and headed toward the rooftop, preparing to make his escape.
Glancing unintentionally toward a nearby room, he paused for a moment.
...
The woman’s beauty was ethereal, and her bearing even more outstanding.
Though her cultivation was only second rank, Zhang Ze’s abduction of her was effortless.
As for the guards outside, they had not even detected Zhang Ze!
Zhang Ze’s heart pounded fiercely, only calming down after bursting out of the mansion.
“ξィイアπν—”
Just after he released the woman’s mouth, he heard her speak anxiously.
Unfortunately, Zhang Ze couldn’t understand her, or else perhaps there might have been some romantic exchange.
Being a self-styled gentleman, Zhang Ze had no interest in trivial matters.
He knew well that Li Sanqing, pursued by a sixth-rank warrior, wouldn’t last long.
The woman in his arms was the key to whether Li Sanqing could escape.
As for Lu Mingyu...
A fifth-rank warrior chasing you, and you still can’t escape?
Zhang Ze thought to himself, speaking without concern.
...
Chasing in the direction Li Sanqing fled, Zhang Ze sensed the sixth-rank warrior’s aura approaching, then released the woman, signaling her to seek help from the sixth-rank warrior.
Zhang Ze’s guess was correct—the woman’s status was indeed noble, or else the sixth-rank warrior wouldn’t have abandoned the severely injured Li Sanqing.
Sensing a rapidly closing aura, Zhang Ze turned and sprinted away.
To prevent pursuit, Zhang Ze initially did not conceal his presence.
Only when the threat intensified did he activate the system’s concealment and rush into the forest!
...
Moments later.
The sixth-rank warrior left with the woman.
With their young master abducted, they dared not act rashly.
At the very least, they had to return to the mansion and contact the other sixth-rank warrior...
Zhang Ze reunited with Li Sanqing.
But the latter’s injuries...
Were truly gruesome.
If not for Zhang Ze’s quick thinking in drawing away that sixth-rank warrior, had the enemy landed another blow on Li Sanqing, he would have been forced to bury him!
Only after struggling far from the mansion did Li Sanqing swallow a Recovery Pill, stabilizing his wounds.
More than half an hour passed, yet no sign of Lu Mingyu.
Only then did Zhang Ze realize that Lu Mingyu might not be much better off than Li Sanqing.
Though he was only pursued by a fifth-rank warrior, Lu Mingyu himself was merely third rank.
Thinking back to when he was chased by Duan Qingkuang, he too was only third rank at the time, and Duan Qingkuang was just fourth rank—and yet he had been in a sorry state.
The more Zhang Ze thought about it, the more precarious the situation seemed.
He muttered, “He hasn’t kicked the bucket, has he?”
...
Li Sanqing’s injuries stabilized and he regained consciousness.
“Has Lu Mingyu returned?” he asked.
Zhang Ze shook his head.
Their eyes met, heavy with concern.
“Damn it!”
“I almost died!”
Just as they worried, Lu Mingyu’s voice was suddenly heard.
He was soaking wet and, as he approached, gave off a foul stench.
Zhang Ze frowned. “You fell into a cesspit?”
He hadn’t meant to say it, but since Zhang Ze had seen through him, Lu Mingyu shrugged helplessly.
“That fifth-rank warrior was like a mad dog. If I hadn’t located the lair of those tiger-like star beasts earlier, I wouldn’t have made it back.”
Li Sanqing exhaled in relief at his return, then immediately teased, “So you did fall into a cesspit after all.”
Lu Mingyu’s face darkened; he was left speechless.
The three laughed and joked as they departed.
...
Anqing City.
Boom! Rumble!
A fierce battle was about to erupt!
Both armies had assembled completely, and finally now, the fighting began.
The Blood Moon City’s warrior forces numbered in the tens of thousands, most of whom were second rank!
This was the advantage of the star domain’s alien races—the abundant spatial energy made becoming a warrior far easier than for Earth’s humans.
In contrast, the Anqing City troops, except for a few scouts, struggled to field full squads of first-rank warriors. The disparity was glaring.
After only a few exchanges, the human commanders grew restless.
They couldn’t allow their lower-ranked soldiers to be consumed so easily.
A single thread could influence the entire body; symbol warrior Fu Wu charged straight at the Blood Moon City lord.
Seeing Fu Wu’s eighth-rank cultivation, the enemy emitted a cold snort from his mouth and nose.
Beside him, a Pegasus star beast neighed loudly, blocking Fu Wu’s path.
Both Blood Moon and the Pegasus were ninth rank; Fu Wu did not press to grapple with Blood Moon but handed him over to Wu Shishen.
In an instant, each strong warrior had found their opponent.
Wu Shishen had even engaged Blood Moon!
...
Yet the most captivating was still the battlefield between Fu Wu and Han Yanxin...