Shi Lang stood before the family leader and asked, “Before we start, would you mind telling me your name?”
The old man frowned and said, “Who do you think you are to..”
Before he could finish his sentence, Darcx appeared next to him and delivered a punch to his face. The impact of the blow sent the old man flying to the side. Although the butler was frozen in his spot, he fiddled to pick up his phaser gun when Darcx said, “Don’t even try, old sir. You might not survive the blow.”
The butler gave up. Hayley appeared next to the butler and immobilized him. Shi Lang said, “You sure he is not dead?”
Darcx thought, saying, “I controlled my power to the level of a spirit-gathering cultivator.”
Shi Lang nodded and said, “Probably, this old man was overestimating himself. Now how will we investigate?”
Darcx shrugged. Hayley did not say anything because she knew this was all a deliberate drama to irritate the enemy. Then, suddenly, Amelia says, “Twenty people are heading your way. All seem to be cultivators. Also, I am picking up some spiritual restraint on me as I get closer to you.”
Shi Lang stopped talking, tried to manipulate his spiritual sense, and found that he could not sense anything. He looked at the butler and asked, “Did you activate some sort of formation to block the spiritual energy out?”
The butler opened his eyes wide, and Shi Lang understood his doubt was true. He immediately contacted Jenkins and said, “We have a situation. Do you feel the spiritual energy being restricted?”
Jenkins replied positively, and Shi Lang told him, “Take care, and do not act recklessly.”
That said, Shi Lang contacted Tex but received a surprise. Tex did not sense any restriction. This made the young General conclude that this guy was outside the effect radius. He then contacted Allandale and told him to go and look for the array nodes and destroy one of them.
The young sergeant was good at playing the nerd of the camp. He was able to tie in with Marly in terms of array science. When he received the order from the General, he would do it. He was stationed inside Minax’s villa.
After the order, he stood up and looked for the array node. Meanwhile, Shi Lang moved forward and came to look at the old man. He lifted him and said, “Do you think you are brilliant if you activate the formation?”
The old man was having trouble breathing. That one punch seemed to have rattled his internal organs. This was something that he did not expect. Listening to Shi Lang mention the array, he smirked.
The guy was being held by Shi Lang, with his life on the line. Yet he was showing such an attitude. The young Terran asked, “What is your name? What did you do? I do not care. However, I know two things. One, you will die along with all the dirty demonic bastards. Two, I will know who is the master pulling your leash.”
The man tried to struggle and hit Shi Lang, but the latter had no trouble dealing with the incoming attacks. After a few minutes, Shi Lang said, “Smart ass, your cultivation is not strong. Your physique is not strong. Regardless of your methods, the Time to prepare a great physique has passed. If that was unnecessary, you had to deploy this formation over us. You just made yourself even more useless than a child.”
Hayley commented, “Boss, that is rude of you.”
Shi Lang glanced at her and said, “A child can bring people happiness. But, unfortunately, this guy here is a bane to the joy of his entire clan. Can you not smell the foul stink of fermented blood on him? This old coot must have been keeping himself in the blood of the younger generation of his family.”
Hayley sighed and said, “That is true, though. How can he live with himself?”
Shi Lang sighed and turned his head to look at the incoming crowd. The people held phaser guns and muzzles aimed at the Terrans. The group of assailants was the people whom Amelia had informed them about.
Darcx looked at the people and asked, “Boss, why is your wife missing from this situation?”
Shi Lang shrugged, looked at the twenty people, and asked, “Can you tell me who your leader is?”
The people did not answer, but one of them came forward and said, “You have no choice but to die in this place. Do not think you can bargain a way out of this.”
Shi Lang shook his head and said, “I am not seeking any negotiation. I want to know which one you prefer more. A quick death or a slow death?”
The man said, “A slow one.”
Shi Lang nodded and said, “Amy, slow it is.”
Then before the people could react, they all began to fall to the ground one after the other. It was like someone cut the strings that had been holding them. Darcx said, “I take back what I just said.”
They did not have spirit energy working, but they still had their abilities. Shi Lang said, “This array formation sure is strong; I did not notice it is working.”
Amelia said, “That is one of the perks of this thing, no?”
Shi Lang nodded, looked at the half-dead old man, and said, “Time is up. I will carry you out of this place like a dead chicken, and then I will peek inside your soul. That way, you will die excruciatingly. I wonder if your master ever told you about soul-searching skills.”
The man did not panic and said, “You cannot find anything. My master has put a seal on my soul. If you try to peek inside, I will become one with him. You will get nothing, terran scum.”
Shi Lang nodded and said, “I have other ways, too. Thank you for reminding me.”
Then he said, “Let’s go. We cannot wait any longer.”
The team was about to leave because they were at risk of facing military action from the enemy side when Allandale returned, “Boss, the node is down. The formation should be coming off by now.”
Shi Lang smiled and stopped. He said, “Hayley, take this old butler and loot half the vaults. Darcx will lend Jenkins a hand. You will be more efficient in killing demonic cultivators.”
The people nodded and left to complete their tasks. The leader of the enemy side suddenly took out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed Shi Lang with it. The weapon was a crude-looking metal dagger. Shi Lang could sense the demonic energy radiating from it. However, he could not get stabbed by it, or the demonic presence will infect his internal organs.
The corrosive attribute of this weapon was too strong for Shi Lang to face, at least without his spirit energy. So just when the dagger was a few inches away, a beam of light struck against it, and the attack was countered.
Shi Lang took advantage of the enemy’s arm moving away and twisted and broke the arm quickly with a tight grip. The leader of the big family was led to wail in pain and agony of a communicated fracture.
The terran General gazed at his wife and said, “Thank you, love.”
His voice was tender, and Amelia replied with a smile as she said, “Can you please get over with him?”
Shi Lang glared at the guy and said, “Thank you for ticking me off.”
Then his eyes fluttered with a glint of blue as he used the Shura Realm skill. The motive was to suck in the entire soul without disrupting any seals placed by the demon. Then he will simply torture this soul in his realm.
The old man tried to struggle, but he was not yet strong enough to deal with the attack of a Mahayana cultivator. Since the souls were in place, the enemy would not be alerted either.
After completing the skill, he spoke in the communicator, “Sweep and Move.”
This was the command for the teams to pick up the pace and get down with the demon cultivators. Shi Lang and Amelia also moved around to get some kills under their belts. After ten minutes, the alarms were all reset, and most of the main force was stunned. Shi Lang and his team retreated through the teleportation formation.𝞸𝑣𝗅xt.𝑐𝚘𝑚
Darcx stayed behind to help Minax with the command and management of the new council. It was also to make sure that they could track the enemy.
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Unity opened her eyes and appeared in front of the containment cell. She found that everyone has returned, and said, “Someone, go talk to those people and move away from here. Also, where is Darcx?”
Shi Lang frowned and asked, “What happened?”
Unity said, “Pull him back, there is something wrong with this planet. If possible, issue an evacuation order quick.”