Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 1014 - 298: [The Scene]

The third person fell at the rear, yet his body floated quietly, about three feet off the ground.

He wore a black robe, with long hair draping over his shoulders, but his face was covered with a wooden mask, hiding his entire face securely, even obscuring his eyes from view. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Venerable Lord! Venerable Lord above!" The burly man kowtowed repeatedly, pleading with the Wooden Mask Man: "It was my momentary confusion! A momentary confusion!!"

The Wooden Mask Man gave no response, merely floating there quietly, his body behind Boss Xue.

Boss Xue was silent for a moment—it seemed he determined the Wooden Mask Man behind him would not speak, only then did his eye corner twitch slightly as he deeply glanced at the kneeling burly man, and spoke hoarsely.

"Do you know the great trouble you’ve caused! The matters here are of utmost importance to the Venerable Lord, if due to your ignoble greed, any small misstep is revealed, and someone notices something amiss... even if you died ten thousand times, it wouldn’t be enough to atone!"

Saying this, Boss Xue suddenly kicked him fiercely, sending him flying.

The burly man rolled on the ground a few times, and when he got up, he was spitting blood from his mouth, and he knelt again, kowtowing repeatedly.

Boss Xue gritted his teeth, and then turned around, bowing his head to the Wooden Mask Man behind him, respectfully speaking in a low voice: "Venerable Lord, you see..."

The Wooden Mask Man remained silent.

A hint of helplessness finally flickered in Boss Xue’s eyes.

He sighed, walked to the burly man: "Alright, sort things out first, if you manage this properly, maybe it can be rectified..."

The burly man immediately raised his head, eyes filled with intense yearning: "Boss Xue! I, I will definitely make amends! Make amends!"

With that, he swiftly took off a bracelet from his wrist and slapped it hard.

After a few flashes of light, several items flew out from within.

There were gold and jade rings and ornaments, a few exquisite gold and jade vessels and trinkets, including a mirror.

Additionally, there were quite a few luxurious looking garments!

Muscles twitched at the corners of Boss Xue’s eyes; his gaze moved back and forth over these items on the ground, and finally, with a tinge of helplessness in his voice: "Old Lu, old Lu... this money-grubbing nature of yours is really causing you harm!"

Having said that, he shook his head: "Now, put all these things back! Exactly as they were, one by one. Clean up, and leave no trace!"

The burly man scrambled to pick up the items on the ground and hurried towards the flying boat.

Boss Xue followed, perhaps to supervise the man.

The two entered through the hole in the side of the flying boat one after another, but the Wooden Mask Man simply stood there quietly, floating in the air, body motionless.

A moment later, Boss Xue and the burly man emerged again from the flying boat, returning to the ground among the trees, standing before the Wooden Mask Man.

The burly man was kicked to the ground again by Boss Xue, who then proceeded to punch and kick him.

He made no concessions, hitting with real force, and the burly man was beaten until he spat blood, even breaking an arm!

After over a dozen blows, Boss Xue finally gasped for a few breaths, and kicked the burly man further away, only then did he turn to face the Wooden Mask Man, bowing his head and cupping his hands respectfully, voice cautious and low: "Venerable Lord... you see, this Lu fellow truly deserves death! Fortunately, the items were put back, and the Venerable Lord’s matters remain untouched!

When we return, I will surely break both his legs, and make him wail in pain for three days and nights, I..."

The Wooden Mask Man suddenly spoke.

"Do you wish to save his life?"

Upon hearing this, Boss Xue’s body shivered violently!

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The voice of the Wooden Mask Man was old and hoarse, sharp and piercing, making one’s hairs stand on end, like a sharp object scraping over a plate.

As soon as he started speaking, Boss Xue’s legs went weak, and he knelt trembling on the ground: "Venerable Lord above, I, I..."

Wooden Mask Man sighed lightly: "He is your man, wishing to protect his life is not surprising... alas, you are not wrong."

Hearing this, a glint of hope suddenly appeared in Boss Xue’s eyes: "I, I will definitely discipline this fool severely, definitely! In the future, serving the Venerable Lord, I will surely..."

Before he could finish, the Wooden Mask Man chuckled lightly: "I said you are not wrong, because the one at fault is me."

Boss Xue was stunned!

Fear suddenly filled his eyes, looking at the Wooden Mask Man, his body began to tremble.

"It is I who am wrong, it is my fault."

The Wooden Mask Man seemed to sigh lightly: "It is my poor judgement in appointing someone like you to lead, and further allowing you to bring along even more useless individuals to assist me."

With a gulp, Boss Xue knelt on the ground, trembling as he said: "Venerable Lord, I, I..."

The Wooden Mask Man gently raised a hand, and the burly man who lay on the ground spitting blood suddenly twisted violently...

Bang!!

Suddenly, his body transformed into a mist of blood!

Exploded!

Boss Xue shivered violently into a ball, while the Wooden Mask Man’s fingertip lightly turned, now pointing directly at Boss Xue.

Boss Xue panted heavily, fear instantly filling his eyes, but at the same time, an abrupt ferocity emerged.

He inhaled deeply and suddenly shouted, leaping up from the ground, flipping backward several meters.

With a swish!

He even drew the sword from his back!

The blade flashed sharply, a layer of blue aura emanating from it, a brilliant light flickering, surprisingly a rare Magical Artifact!

"Venerable Lord! I refuse to accept this!! I, Xue San, have made numerous contributions serving under you! Would you kill me so easily?"

Though gripping the sword, Boss Xue’s body still trembled, his eyes fixed intently on the opponent.

"My life may be cheap, but should anyone try to take it, I will fight to the death, never to sit idly by..."

Puff!!

A concentrated beam of light shot out from the Wooden Mask Man’s fingertip, seemingly without warning!

After this beam of light passed...

Boss Xue’s words were abruptly severed!

Along with his words, Boss Xue himself was cut off!

A burst of blood sprayed from his neck, followed by his large head thudding to the ground!

Then... the treasured sword in his hand silently broke in half!

Thud!

The body fell to the ground.

The Wooden Mask Man lightly waved his sleeve, and Boss Xue’s body, the broken sword, along with the remains of the burly man who had exploded into a mist of blood earlier, all transformed into white light and were collected into his sleeve.

Not a trace was left on the ground!

After calmly finishing this, the Wooden Mask Man sighed again.

His floating body slowly turned around and seemingly chuckled lightly.

"Was the show entertaining? The two lads up there?"

As he spoke, he already raised his head, looking upwards, directly at the hiding place of Chen Yan and Yun Zhao atop the canopy!!

Chen Yan suddenly felt a chill starting from the soles of his feet, spreading instantly throughout his entire body!!

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