I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 128: Damn, This Bastard Is Pretending to Be a Pig to Eat the Tiger
"If I surrender without a fight, will you let the others go?"
When Zhu Xinru asked this question to those shameless bandits, everyone present was stunned speechless.
"Miss?!!!" Guard Chen, the maid Chunxiang, and the carriage driver all snapped back to their senses and cried out instinctively.
The malicious bandit, San, had thought it would take some effort to capture the Zhu Family’s young lady. He never expected her to voluntarily give in and surrender for the sake of others’ lives. He immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahaha... Since Miss Zhu has spoken, of course we can... As long as you obediently surrender, Miss Zhu, we will let the others leave alive."
"Miss..." Guard Chen started to dissuade Zhu Xinru, but she cut him off by raising her hand.
"Guard Chen, go back and deliver a message to my father... These bandits will probably send someone to demand a ransom soon."
Hearing Zhu Xinru’s words, the bandit San immediately nodded and smiled. "That’s right. Go back and tell Master Zhu that we brothers aren’t asking for much. Just have him prepare one thousand Spirit Stones.
Later, we will send someone to collect them... As soon as we get the Spirit Stones, we will have someone escort Miss Zhu back, safe and sound."
’One thousand Spirit Stones, that’s equivalent to fifty million on Blue Star. This Miss Zhu’s family is really rich...’ Hearing the bandit San’s price, Lin Li looked at the beautiful Miss Zhu in some surprise.
After hearing the bandit San’s price, Zhu Xinru saw that the demand wasn’t excessively high and gave a slight nod. Just as she was about to drop the Spiritual Longsword in her hand and surrender, a resonant voice suddenly rang out.
"Hey, Miss Zhu, you don’t actually believe them, do you?"
Just as she was about to drop her weapon and surrender, Zhu Xinru heard the voice from the roadside. She turned her head and saw a refined young man carrying an unusually styled backpack, looking at her with an expression of surprise.
"Bastard, shut your mouth..." Seeing that Zhu Xinru, who had been ready to surrender, was now gripping her Spiritual Longsword tightly again, the bandit San cursed inwardly. ’This is bad,’ he thought, before viciously swearing at Lin Li.
"These guys already have the upper hand. They don’t need to agree to your terms to capture you, yet they agreed so readily the moment you proposed them.
I’m afraid that once they capture you, these guys will immediately raise their butcher knives and kill your guard, your maid, and your driver," Lin Li said to Zhu Xinru, ignoring the murderous glare from the bandit San.
"Miss, the gentleman is right! These murderous bandits have never been known for their credibility," Guard Chen chimed in.
"..." Zhu Xinru parted her red lips, speechless for a moment. A moment ago, the carriage driver’s wailing and her maid’s soft sobs had softened her heart, making her consider something she shouldn’t have.
’Thinking about it now, trying to give in to bandits... my actions were truly naive!’
"Brothers, get them! Besides the Zhu Family’s young lady, dispose of everyone else. Don’t let a single one get away..."
His lie exposed, the bandit San’s vicious nature was revealed as he coldly gave the order to attack.
"Oh, and kill that bastard who ruined our plans first," the bandit San added, seeing his men charge toward Zhu Xinru’s group.
"Sir, get over here, quickly!" Seeing that the bandits were going to attack Lin Li first, Zhu Xinru immediately shouted to the kind stranger who had warned her.
"This is what you get for being a busybody! Go to hell!" A bandit close to Lin Li, a Cultivator at the First Rank Middle Stage, took on the task of dealing with Lin Li at his companions’ urging.
"Watch out! Run!" Seeing the bandit swing his blade and charge at Lin Li while he just stood there motionless, Guard Chen and Zhu Xinru thought he was scared stiff by the vicious bandit and shouted in unison.
A faint golden Spiritual Light flashed, followed by a semicircular Cyan Wind Blade, twenty centimeters in diameter, shooting at high speed toward the bandit charging at Lin Li.
WHOOSH.
SQUELCH.
The piercing sound of something slicing through the air was fleeting, followed by the sound of something being cut by a sharp object.
"Ah!"
The bandit, struck by the semicircular Cyan Wind Blade, let out a blood-curdling scream.
THUD. The bandit clutched the spot where the semicircular Cyan Wind Blade had hit him and collapsed, unable to stop screaming in agony.
The sharp, semicircular Cyan Wind Blade had sliced open a gash over ten centimeters wide in the bandit’s stomach. Its exact depth was unknown.
However, judging from the blood that gushed unstoppably from the wound he was clutching, one could tell the cut was not shallow.
Everyone present was stunned by this sudden turn of events, and a single thought surfaced in all their minds... ’The man on the ground is a dead man’.
The bandits who had been charging toward Zhu Xinru’s group all stopped in their tracks, looking in disbelief at their dying companion.
Then, their expressions turned grim as they looked at the refined young man who had instantly killed their comrade.
"Damn it, this bastard is a wolf in sheep’s clothing... Third Boss, what do we do now?" The bandit underlings all looked toward the bandit San. Their expressions were grave, but their eyes also held a great deal of panic.
To be able to instantly kill their companion, who was at the First Rank Middle Stage, one would need to be at the Tier One Peak at the very least. Moreover, this young man in front of them, who possessed at least the strength of a Tier One Peak, had just used a Superpower to do it.
It was common knowledge in the Spirit Realm that, at the same cultivation level, a Cultivator who had awakened a Superpower was fundamentally stronger than other Cultivators of the same level. How much stronger varied from person to person.
This young man before them, who had awakened a Superpower, was naturally on Zhu Xinru’s side.
Comparing the combat strength of the two sides now, the bandits, having had a companion instantly killed, were clearly in a much weaker position.
"Miss, we’re saved!" The wailing carriage driver saw a bandit get instantly killed and immediately shouted excitedly to his young lady.
At the same time, the maid Chunxiang, who had been sobbing quietly in the carriage, heard the driver’s voice and poked her head out to look.
When she saw the bandit lying in a pool of blood, no longer breathing, a look of joyful surprise appeared on her face.
"Hooo..."
Zhu Xinru never expected that their desperate situation would be reversed in an instant.
She stared blankly at the young man in the distance, whom she had initially mistaken for a weak scholar, and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Guard Chen, let’s go over and help that gentleman deal with those..."
Before Zhu Xinru could finish her sentence, she saw the refined young man attack the bandits once again.
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