CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 46: WHEN BATTLE BREAKS OUT

Outside Chasing Light City, Broken Cliff Ridge.

As night fell, a group of winged youths gathered in threes and fives, patrolling a base built from stacks of cargo boxes on the ridge full of withered trees, where tens of thousands of square meters of blood essence rice was planted.

Inside one of the cargo boxes, five middle-aged men and women wearing captain armbands of the White Feather Gang sat together, eating rice cooked from blood essence rice and savoring wild beast meat, making the patrolling members outside salivate.

Blood essence rice was a luxury food enjoyed by only a few in Chasing Light City. While wild beast meat was far less energetic than monster meat, it was much tastier and more sophisticated than the synthetic foods eaten daily in Chasing Light City.

"Lante boss, do you think the Cangjing Weapon Shop would really spend three hundred thousand to ransom someone?" A tall man over 2.4 meters with a bear-like physique and wearing alloy armor glanced at Luo Qi, who was tied up near an iron table, while biting into wild beast meat. "This woman is fairly good-looking among the Human Race, but I remember the shop owner at Cangjing Weapon Shop is a member of the Three-Eyed Race. Those in the Three-Eyed Race are as cunning as monkeys. Are they really willing to spend such a large amount? Could this woman be the illegitimate daughter of the old shop owner?"

"Mighty, do you think there’s something more to be gained from this?" The dark, tall, and strong Lante cast a greedy glance at the man with triangular eyes.

"I don’t know." The man with triangular eyes shook his head slightly. "I just think that we previously asked the Cyan Sparrow Gang for an exorbitant price, hoping that the Cyan Sparrow Gang would fall out with Cangjing Weapon Shop. So even if we kill this employee from Cangjing Weapon Shop, they might be upset with us, but they probably won’t collaborate with the Cyan Sparrow Gang anymore, given they couldn’t even protect their own people."

"But unexpectedly, Cangjing Weapon Shop is willing to ransom her. If someone says this woman has nothing to do with that old guy, no one would believe it."

"Indeed, when the people from Cangjing Weapon Shop come later, let’s see if we can squeeze more out of them." Lante looked at Luo Qi with excitement. "I was worried about gathering the thirty thousand bits bounty the deputy gang leader offered, but now it’s all resolved. It also compensates for the previously lost goods, and if we can exchange more, it’ll be our profit."

"Lante boss, didn’t you have your eyes on the A6-grade armor from Cangjing Weapon Shop?" teased a wild Feather Race woman eating meat nearby. "Why not get another set from Cangjing Weapon Shop this time? With the A6-grade armor, you could compete for the sixth deputy gang leader position this year, and everyone could benefit from it."

"An A6-grade armor set?" Lante swallowed, his gaze on Luo Qi growing even hotter.

Currently, his physical fitness was at the Intermediate Apprentice level, with a strength of over 400 kilograms and a speed of 15 meters per second.

With A4-grade armor, he could barely tangle with Advanced Apprentices without armor, but with a set of A6-grade armor worth over ten thousand, he could certainly stand on equal footing with those Advanced Apprentices.

Competing for the sixth deputy gang leader position established by the gang leader this year was entirely feasible.

In the White Feather Gang, where strength matters above all, the higher the position, the greater the benefits. The blood essence rice and wild beast meat that only captains like them could eat meant nothing to a deputy gang leader.

Every deputy gang leader in the White Feather Gang could have monster meat occasionally and even sometimes receive martial arts guidance from the gang leader, leading a team of two hundred people, unlike a mere plantation head who could command only fifty.

Luo Qi, bound, felt utterly desolate at this thought.

She didn’t know why Cangjing Weapon Shop would spend three hundred thousand bits to ransom her, but for an ordinary employee like her, three hundred thousand bits was a debt she’d never be able to repay.

"Boss, there are people outside claiming to ransom her." A White Feather Gang member suddenly ran in to report.

"Finally, they’re here. We’ve been taking care of this woman for so many days; Cangjing Weapon Shop has to pay up." Lante suddenly stood up and glanced at the man with triangular eyes nearby. "Bring people along and follow me to check it out."

Then, the other four captains of the White Feather Gang laughed and followed with Luo Qi.

Outside the White Feather Gang’s plantation base.

Lante led a group of subordinates, striding out from the base surrounded by barbed wire, only to see a large tricycle parked at the base gate. Three people no taller than two meters were standing there, appearing to be at most middle school age, causing his face to darken.

"Is the Cangjing Weapon Shop running out of people? Why send kids like you?" Lante looked at Lin Qi with some anger and growled.

He originally thought Luo Qi might be some secret daughter of the old shop owner, definitely valued highly.

But now, seeing three second-class cripples, what else was there to gain?

Behind them, Luo Qi’s eyes widened upon seeing the three, unable to believe it was true.

Luo Qi had thought of many people who might come with money to ransom her, but she never imagined it would be Lin Qi.

"We’re just here to ransom someone; we’re not concerned about anything else." Lin Qi said calmly, "Exchanging people for money, you’d better not mess around. If word spreads, your White Feather Gang won’t survive in Chasing Light City."

Lin Qi was well aware of these vagabonds surviving outside Chasing Light City; they wouldn’t let a chance slip by if they saw any potential for profit.

"Since our White Feather Gang said thirty thousand to ransom her, then it’s thirty thousand." Lante impatiently glanced at the man with triangular eyes. "Mighty, release her."

"Yes." The man with triangular eyes nodded, untying Luo Qi.

In the wilderness of Chasing Light City, especially near the White Feather Gang’s plantation base, they weren’t worried about Lin Qi and his people taking the hostage without paying. After all, the three of them barely reached the level of Apprentice, which means they couldn’t outrun the legs of these Apprentices.

Lin Qi watched as Luo Qi approached, signaling to Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei beside him to hand over the metal box containing 300,000 Bits to the White Feather Gang.

"Exciting! This is simply too exciting! No wonder it’s a team mission, to have this many people!"

"Why couldn’t the Hall Master choose me to go with them?"

Hiding in the withered forest, the twenty-eight players from Twilight of the Gods looked at Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei two hundred meters away with unspeakable envy.

The top priority of this extermination mission was to rescue people, and second was to eliminate everyone from the White Feather Gang.

Based on previous observations, there were quite a few people at the White Feather Gang’s plantation base, roughly around forty people. To prevent these people from escaping, it was best to act during the hostage exchange, as everyone would be gathered then.

Thus, they devised an extermination plan: let Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei distract and gather the monsters first. Once the monsters were well-gathered, it was time for the others to act.

Unfortunately, the lure requires high skill and power, and not many could be involved. Ultimately, only Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei were chosen.

For a moment, the players hiding in the withered forest all focused their eyes on Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei, just waiting for the signal to attack.

Outside the White Feather Gang’s plantation base.

As Luo Qi walked to Lin Qi’s side, Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei also carried the metal box, stepping toward Lante and the other five people.

Thirty meters...

Twenty meters...

Ten meters...

Seeing Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei within five meters of Lante’s group, Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei suddenly erupted.

Luo Wushang drew a pitch-black Black Steel Arrow from the side of the metal box, and Zhang Qingwei did the same, wielding them towards Lante and the Three-Eyed Giant.

"How dare you!"

"Courting death!"

Lante and the others were first furious at the looming attack from Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei, then dumbfounded at the weapons they wielded.

Arrow?

What did they intend to do?

Meanwhile, the members of White Feather Gang at the rear were also stunned for a moment.

They had seen many fierce individuals in the wilderness, but had never seen such fierce and arrogant women before, charging in wielding just an arrow, as if they didn’t even know the meaning of death.

However, before anyone could recover from their shock and amazement, Luo Wushang’s Black Steel Arrow transformed into six black beams, and Zhang Qingwei’s Black Steel Arrow turned into three shadows, striking directly at Lante and the Three-Eyed Giant.

Apprentice Level Martial Arts Star Pointing!

Apprentice Level Martial Arts Overlapping Waves Saber!

Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei’s speed was so fast that even Lante and the Three-Eyed Giant, who had the physique of Apprentices, couldn’t keep up for a moment. Fortunately, they were both wearing alloy armor.

Lante’s chest armor had six deep arrow marks, forcing him to step back three steps before stabilizing himself. As for the giant with the triangular eyes, his A3 level armor was directly dented, causing him to spew blood and crash heavily into a nearby wire fence.

"Impossible!"

This scene left the members of the White Feather Gang present completely dumbfounded.

Two Level 2 handicapped women from the Human Race could actually repel the base leader with just an arrow and severely injure the team captain Mighty, it was simply as if life was joking with them.