Chapter 334: Chapter 332: A Nobody’s Plot
The old man sighed and said softly, "The Sea Tide Gang is the most powerful force in Hai City. Even the City Lord has to kowtow to the Sea Tide Gang. In all of Hai City, there might be people who don’t know who the City Lord is, but there’s no one who hasn’t heard of the Sea Tide Gang. The mere mention of their name is enough to stop a crying child!"
"They’re that terrifying?" The Snake Woman’s jaw dropped slightly as she exclaimed in disbelief. In her view, this Sea Tide Gang was nothing to speak of. Aside from the middle-aged man with the handlebar mustache—the Gang Leader—who seemed to have some skill, she didn’t give any of the others a second thought.
But in this old man’s eyes, the Sea Tide Gang was even more fearsome than a savage beast. The Snake Woman found this utterly incredible!
"Doesn’t the Yan Kingdom’s army do anything about it?" Leng Yao asked softly.
"The army?" A strange expression appeared on the old man’s face, followed by a tone of disdain. "The Yan Kingdom’s army is nothing in the eyes of the Sea Tide Gang! Let me tell you, you should all leave at once! The big shots in the Sea Tide Gang are like gods! They fly through the air! I’ve seen it with my own eyes! It’s not worth losing your lives for offending them!"
Qin Li sighed internally. This was the second time this old fisherman had urged them to leave. Clearly, in the eyes of Hai City’s residents, the Sea Tide Gang was the very image of demons.
Speaking of which, Qin Li himself wouldn’t dare claim to be a good person. But the gang he was in during his past life at least wouldn’t prey on ordinary people, much less do such despicable things.
’It seems the grunts of this Sea Tide Gang have long since thrown their consciences to the wind for the sake of wealth,’ he concluded.
Just then, several people came sneaking over from a distance. The old man looked up, and when he saw them, his face changed drastically. He suddenly pointed at Qin Li and shouted, "Young man, I already told you, no boats, no boats! Why aren’t you leaving? This old wreck of mine can’t go out to sea anymore! Hurry up and go!"
Qin Li was slightly taken aback. He turned and looked at the approaching men, a barely perceptible sneer flashing in his eyes.
"Hey, Old Zhang! If you dare run your mouth, I’ll fucking kill you! You hear me?" The leader of the group was barrel-chested and pot-bellied, with a patch of chest hair as wide as a palm. He had a shaved head and a face full of brutish flesh—clearly not one of the good guys.
Another man squinted, glanced at Qin Li’s group, his gaze lingering on Leng Yao and the Snake Woman for a long moment before he whispered to the bald man, "Boss, these people really did come to rent a boat. The higher-ups told us not to provoke them. That old coot Old Zhang definitely wouldn’t dare say anything. Let’s just go."
The events in the restaurant had not yet spread. To save face, Chen Haichao would never have told his subordinates the full details, so these men felt no particular fear of Qin Li and his companions.
The bald man, in particular, was an Earth Level Martial Artist and considered a significant figure in Hai City. As such, he didn’t pay these few youngsters any mind.
His eyes roved lecherously over Leng Yao and the Snake Woman. Then he sneered at the nervous old fisherman on the boat, "I saw you with my own eyes, talking to them for a long time. Old man, fess up. What exactly did you tell them? If you don’t... your daughter, hmph... tonight I’ll..."
A flash of light cut through the air!
Leng Yao’s body snapped back like a bolt of lightning. Before the old fisherman’s stunned gaze, the bald man’s enormous head had already rolled to the ground!
Perhaps because the head was so round, it rolled along the pier all the way to the end and fell into the sea with a SPLASH!
It left behind a headless corpse, blood gushing from its neck!
The other members of the Sea Tide Gang froze for a moment, then let out terrified screams in unison and scattered, running for their lives. As they ran, they shouted, "Murder, murder! The steward was killed!"
The sound carried far into the distance, utterly shrill with terror.
The old fisherman’s face turned deathly pale. His lips trembled as he murmured, "It’s over... it’s over... It’s all over now!"
"Elder, you don’t have to be afraid. With us here, they won’t dare do anything to you!" Leng Yao said nonchalantly, sheathing her sword.
Tears streamed down the old fisherman’s weathered face, a face carved with the ravines of time and hardship. "They won’t dare to do anything to you, but they will never let me go, and they certainly won’t spare my family!"
The expression on Leng Yao’s face froze. She looked at Qin Li with an innocent helplessness and asked softly, "Qin Li, did I do something wrong?"
Qin Li couldn’t help but sigh internally. ’Although Leng Yao spent many years living in the world back in Yellow Sand City, she was always immersed in the Adventurer Realm. Combined with her cold temperament, she’s sorely lacking when it comes to understanding worldly affairs.’
Qin Li chuckled and said, "People live by different rules. In your eyes, killing that bald man was eliminating a public menace, but for this old man, it brings endless trouble. Oh well, since it’s done, we might as well wipe out the Sea Tide Gang completely! Even though tumors like them are countless, since we’ve run into this one, it’s just their bad luck!"
Leng Yao stuck out her tongue playfully, but then her expression turned glum. "But this city is so big. How are we supposed to find all of them?"
Qin Li smiled. "Don’t worry. They’ll deliver themselves to our doorstep!"
Sure enough, less than an hour later, a large crowd of people with hostile expressions surged in their direction. The Primordial Power fluctuations from many of them indicated they were at the Celestial Level!
No wonder the Yan Kingdom’s officials and soldiers were helpless against them. If people like this chose to do evil in the Mortal Realm, they were truly lawless!
As Qin Li thought this, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes.
At that moment, the old man on the fishing boat suddenly became agitated. His face flushed red, and he nimbly leaped from the boat into the shallow water. Ignoring the seawater soaking his clothes, he screamed frantically, "Let my children go!"
It turned out that among the crowd, several disheveled people were bound with ropes and being shoved in their direction. One of them, a strikingly pretty girl, had a bright red handprint on her face. Her hair was also a mess, clear evidence that she had been hit while resisting.
The men shoving her would also take liberties with her from time to time, provoking the seemingly strong-willed young woman to curse at them.
"You beasts! What right do you have to capture us? Is there no justice, no law? You’ll all die a horrible death!"
"Sis, please stop talking. A wise person doesn’t fight a losing battle..." a boy of about thirteen or fourteen whispered, trying to persuade her.
"You shut up! Even if I die, I will not submit to these demons!" The girl’s eyes were wide with fury as she struggled violently against the man shoving her.
"Heh heh, this little chick has quite a temper. Don’t worry, the brothers won’t touch you. We’ll just kill you, to accompany Steward Wang in death!"
"Sigh, to think Steward Wang was actually killed. This little chick is so tender; isn’t it a waste to just kill her? We might as well let us brothers have a good time with her first!"
"Are you trying to get yourself killed? The Gang Leader and Vice Gang Leader just left! But these young people... I don’t know, they give me a bad feeling."
"What’s there to be afraid of? Bai Laowu, I think you’re getting more cowardly with age. Look down, you still got anything between your legs? There are so many of us, are we supposed to be afraid of a few brats?"
At this moment, the girl and the boy saw the old fisherman running over. Their eyes reddened, and tears streamed down as they cried out, "Dad!"
The old fisherman roared, "Let my children go! This has nothing to do with them!"
By this point, a large group from the Sea Tide Gang, over a hundred strong, had surrounded Qin Li, the old fisherman, and the others at the pier. A pale-faced middle-aged man stepped out. His eyes were very small but gleamed with a sharp light. He stared coldly at Qin Li’s group, then said to the old fisherman with a smirk that didn’t reach his eyes, "You old coot, you’ve got some nerve! Our Boss personally gave the order for all boats to set sail, yet you dared to disobey. And you even dared to collude with our Boss’s enemies. Tsk, tsk, I never realized you had such a backbone."
The old fisherman dropped to his knees with a THUD and cried out sorrowfully, "I’ve been wronged, sir! My boat is broken, it can’t possibly go out to sea. I even informed Steward Wang about it at the time. These young people came asking if I had a boat. I told them no, but they didn’t believe me, so we were delayed for a while. Heaven is my witness, I’m telling the truth..."
"Enough, you old coot. No one wants to hear your nonsense. You killed one of my Sea Tide Gang today, so none of you will be leaving here alive!"
The middle-aged man thought of the rumor from the restaurant. He was nervous, but also hopeful. ’If I can get rid of these young people and avenge the Boss, I’ll definitely be able to climb to the position of Vice Gang Leader this time!’
’What right does that Yang Hua have? Didn’t he only become Vice Gang Leader because his father was a high-ranking member of the Sea Tide Gang? If he can do it, so can I!’
"Men! A volley of ten thousand arrows! Shoot them dead!" At the pale-faced man’s command, each of the hundred-odd men unslung a powerful crossbow and aimed it at Qin Li’s group. Many had savage grins on their faces. Others felt it was a pity to shoot the two women dead. ’Such Top-Grade women... If only we could enjoy them first, the experience would surely be exquisite!’
Beyond the hundred-odd men, another thousand people arrived in quick succession!
In their hands, every single one of them was holding a military-grade Heavy Crossbow!
This was the pale-faced middle-aged man’s true ace in the hole!
He himself was a peak Celestial Shattering Realm expert, but he knew that if he were to face a volley from these Heavy Crossbows, he would be shot into a porcupine!
Even someone stronger than him would be unable to withstand it!
What’s more, the bolts of these Heavy Crossbows were all coated in deadly poison!
No matter how heaven-defying your abilities, on my turf, a dragon must coil, and a tiger must crouch! (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com. More Chapters are available to support the author and legitimate reading!)
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