Chapter 279: Chapter 120: A Torrent of Steel! Thousands of Troops and Horses!_3
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Pei Chen said calmly, “The Star Pattern Gold that Zhao Chengji sold to you is stolen property, belonging to our Dafeng Iron Cavalry. It was originally ours. Why should we pay to buy it back? If you want money, go ask Zhao Chengji for it.”
Upon hearing this, Su Changkong undoubtedly felt a surge of anger. Zhao Chengji and others had already been captured alive, and their wealth was sure to be confiscated and forfeited. It was impossible to reclaim the money he had spent on the Star Pattern Gold from them.
Without any niceties, Su Changkong replied, “My Star Pattern Gold was bought with my own money. It belongs to me. If you want the Star Pattern Gold, go ask Zhao Chengji and the others for it.”
Tit for tat, Su Changkong didn’t care whether the Star Pattern Gold was stolen property or not. He had spent half a year painstakingly practicing alchemy to earn the money to buy the Star Pattern Gold. Now, Pei Chen wanted to take it away with just a word and without returning the principal he paid for the Star Pattern Gold. How could it be so easy?
Pei Chen’s gaze turned icy. Holding a high position and being from the Pei Family, with his eldest brother being the State Governor, Pei Yang, his words were always beyond doubt. But here was this buyer who dealt with Zhao Chengji and others, sitting across from him as an equal and defying his orders?
Pei Chen stared at Su Changkong from a distance and said coldly, “I’m not discussing this with you. You’d better cooperate obediently and hand over those stolen goods! Otherwise… you might suffer quite a bit.”
Unable to help it, Su Changkong laughed. In Pei Chen’s eyes, he was the brother of the State Governor and a member of the Pei Family, high and mighty, and it was a grace for him to speak. But to Su Changkong, no matter what Pei Chen’s background and status were, if he tried to take away the treasure he had worked so hard to obtain, regardless of his nobility or lowliness, he was an enemy!
“Pei Chen! Among the three siblings of the Pei Family, you are the second, and you can only be a Chief of Ten Thousand, relying on your family background. I’m willing to speak nicely to you, not out of fear, but out of respect for the Pei Family! If you insist on using your power to oppress people, I’m afraid you’ve found the wrong person. I am not someone you can suppress!”
At this point, Su Changkong no longer treated Pei Chen with courtesy, staring at the distant Pei Chen while laughing loudly, but his laugh was filled with cold indifference. In Su Changkong’s eyes, Pei Chen was just another well-born but unimpressive young master.
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Dafeng Iron Cavalry became even quieter. Even Zhao Chengji and others, who had been captured alive at a distance, stared with wide eyes and open mouths, “This Ape Demon… is too bold, daring to speak to Pei Chen like that?”
Zhao Chengji and his group only knew Su Changkong as someone very wealthy who could afford to buy Star Pattern Gold, but they didn’t know what kind of person he was. In the face of Pei Chen, they didn’t even entertain the thought of resistance and surrendered obediently.
Whereas Su Changkong was directly mocking Pei Chen, which was downright audacious!
“What did you say?” As expected, Pei Chen was furious. He glared at Su Changkong intensely, his face flushed with anger. Had Su Changkong simply insulted him, he wouldn’t have been so angry.
But it’s unacceptable to hit below the belt, and Su Changkong did just that by bringing up his lineage, saying he was the least useful among the three siblings of the Pei Family, only able to be a Chief of Ten Thousand because of his family. This undoubtedly hit Pei Chen’s sore spot, making him uncontrollably angry.
“You scoundrel! I’ll smash your mouth! Seize him! Take him down!”
In his rage, Pei Chen roared, determined to take Su Changkong down and teach him a harsh lesson!
A large number of Cavalry troops surrounded Su Changkong.
“You’d better not resist! Or else I’ll break all the bones in your body!”
From the crowd, a figure rushed forward. This was a burly man clad in black armor, laughing sinisterly. His Qi and Blood were powerful, and as a Chiliarch within the Dafeng Iron Cavalry, he sought to make a show for Pei Chen, taking the initiative to apprehend Su Changkong and earn favor in Pei Chen’s eyes.
Not only was Pei Chen the Chief of Ten Thousand, but he was also the brother of the State Governor. If he earned his favor, a bright future surely awaited him!
“Boom!”
The black-armored burly man’s Qi and Blood burst forth, turning into billowing Qi-Blood Wolf Smoke, exuding a substantial oppressive force. As a Chiliarch, he had reached the level of Qi-Blood Wolf Smoke, and with the explosion of Qi and Blood, the surrounding wild grass was pressed and bent. His two large hands reached straight for Su Changkong’s shoulders.
Su Changkong appeared not to react, and the black-armored burly man got his hands firmly on Su Changkong’s shoulders. As he exerted force on his arms, he aimed to dislocate Su Changkong’s joints.
However, the next second, the pupil of the black-armored burly man suddenly contracted!
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Whoosh!
Su Changkong’s body was coursing with Qi and Blood, surging like a torrential river, and that vigor of his Qi and Blood was far superior to his own!
“Roar!”
Amidst the wild circulation of Qi and Blood, mist of blood hue steamed out of Su Changkong’s skin pores, forming a blood-colored Long Dragon, its ear-splitting Dragon Roar resounding across the fields!
“The Qi-Blood Long Dragon?” The black-armored strongman’s heart clenched fiercely. In his view, the man who had sneakily carried out transactions with Zhao Chengji and others might have some tricks, but he had not expected him to be a master of this level!
Above the Qi-Blood Seven Transformation, where Blood and Qi transformed into Dragon – such a high-level expert could even qualify for the position of Chief of Ten Thousand among the Dafeng Iron Cavalry!
Under the explosive force of Su Changkong’s Qi and Blood, the Wolf Smoke billowing above the head of the black-armored strongman was suppressed, on the verge of dissipating, and the forceful shock caused his fingers locked onto Su Changkong’s shoulders to unconsciously loosen!
“You want to break all my bones? Then… I will break all of yours!” Su Changkong’s eyes flickered with bloodthirst, the Qi-Blood Long Dragon coiling around his body, its oppressive aura making the black-armored strongman sweat profusely from the forehead.
“Retreat!” Realizing something was amiss, the black-armored strongman withdrew at once.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom!”
But before the black-armored strongman could retreat, Su Changkong’s fists fiercely struck out, trailing shadows behind, dense as raindrops, pounding every part of the strongman’s body with a succession of bursting sounds accompanied by the snapping of bones.
The black-armored strongman gushed blood from his mouth, flying backward like a sandbag for several zhang, crashing heavily onto the ground.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
Continuously coughing up blood, the black-armored strongman lay there, the armor dented with deep fist marks, not a single bone in his body intact, limp on the ground, unable to move even a finger.
This black-armored strongman had claimed he would break all of Su Changkong’s bones, so in return, Su Changkong let him personally experience what that felt like!
“Lord Li Zhuang!”
Many Iron Riders cried out in shock, with several quickly dismounting to carry him away and check his wounds. Was this Chiliarch-level expert defeated in the blink of an eye?
Su Changkong was boiling with Qi and Blood, the blood-colored Long Dragon coiling around his body, baring its fangs and claws, full of fierceness.
This was, in fact, the first time Su Changkong had displayed his capabilities in public since his promotion to the Qi Blood Seven Transformation!
“Pei Chen! Why not come here in person?”
Su Changkong stretched his body, staring at the utterly astonished Pei Chen in the distance and smiling with a sneer.
Pei Chen’s face was gloomy, “Qi-Blood Long Dragon? Is that your confidence to oppose me? Everyone, attack! Take him down!”
Originally, Pei Chen had brought most of his cavalry to capture Zhao Chengji and others who had stealthily dealt in Star Pattern Gold. It was actually a military exercise, but an unexpected development occurred – the buyer of the Star Pattern Gold turned out to be an expert with the Qi Blood Seven Transformation. Since that was the case, it was a good opportunity for real combat training!
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