Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 489 - 361: Urban Ambush
The opposing side made their entrance with great momentum, but Qu Jianlei just leaned against his car, cigarette in mouth, looking on indifferently.
Inwardly, he was unimpressed, to the point that he couldn’t help but sneer: Is it this low?
It’s normal to want to make an impression first, but thinking this kind of display can intimidate people is really a bit amateurish.
The four strong men saw that he remained motionless, said nothing, and turned to walk to the sides, striking a guarded pose.
Then a man and a woman got out of the second car, followed closely by Rose.
The pair looked pretty ordinary, the kind you’d lose track of in a crowd.
Interesting, Qu Jianlei understood what such plain appearances meant—no obvious features, hard to track down.
However, he still didn’t react. A B-level and a C-level weren’t worth him greeting proactively.
The man stepped forward, nodded toward Qu Jianlei, "Panda, right? I’ve heard great things about you."
Qu Jianlei glanced him over, just a mere Gold Attribute B-level.
He smiled inexplicably, "Oh, what great things have you heard about me?"
The man hesitated, seemingly not expecting such lethargy, then cleared his throat, "Young, wealthy, with high cultivation level!"
"You don’t need to tell me, I already know," Qu Jianlei replied lazily, "How much superpower rice did you bring?"
The man responded without changing his expression, "As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, a little superpower rice is no big deal."
"I’m not interested in cooperation," Qu Jianlei answered seriously, "I just want to buy superpower rice. You sell, I buy."
The man blinked, speaking in a low voice, "I advise you to be interested, it won’t always be easy to talk to us."
Qu Jianlei stared at him for a moment and then laughed, "Fine, I’m interested... What organization are you?"
"You don’t need to ask too many questions," the man replied arrogantly, "We still have to assess if you qualify for cooperation."
"Then I’m not interested," Qu Jianlei looked at him with interest.
"Let’s talk about the superpower rice trade now. If not, I’m leaving."
"It’s not up to you!" The man jerked his chin up, responding arrogantly, "Don’t agree, then don’t think about leaving."
"Not leaving is fine too," Qu Jianlei looked at him amused, "If I go with you, will you manage the cultivation resources?"
The man hesitated, his face turning a bit dark.
"It seems you have no awareness of your situation at all. I’m curious, who gave you the guts to talk like that?"
"That’s what I want to ask," Qu Jianlei smiled and nodded, "Who gave you the guts to talk to me like that?"
"I’m speaking from a position of strength," the man replied arrogantly, "Don’t think that just because you ambushed Zheng Yan, you can talk big!"
"Zheng Yan..." Qu Jianlei’s brows slightly furrowed, "Did you steal from the Rare Books Tower?"
The man snorted, "You have no right to ask, now I give you two choices!"
"First, come with us obediently; second, I’ll break your legs and take you!"
"Break my legs... I’ll remember that," Qu Jianlei nodded, speaking with no expression.
"You’re just a small B-level, unworthy to speak with me, get off and let your A-level come out!"
"You..." The man stared at him in shock, "You’re at most a B-level."
In their analysis, Panda’s maximum was B-level, which was their conclusion after careful probing.
Qu Jianlei couldn’t be bothered with him, "I’ll discuss your offense to me later, call out your A-level now!"
The man’s eyes blinked, stepping back two paces, watching carefully, and pulled out a radio.
"Calling, the opponent seems to be A-level, requesting A-level suppor—"
Before he finished speaking, Qu Jianlei raised his hand, and two Wind Blades flew directly at the man.
The man never dreamed that although the conversation was going well, the other party would strike at this moment.
Before getting out of the car he was wearing Golden Armor, usually the force of the Wind Blades... wouldn’t be a pretty sight.
But as the two Wind Blades came out, they sliced through his Golden Armor, then cut into the skin on his thigh.
The blades sliced all the way to the thigh bone before dissipating.
Blood splattered from above his two knees.
"How dare you!" the woman saw the scene and her eyes widened with rage, raising her hand to perform a finger technique.
The four strong men also turned around simultaneously, weapons pointed.
Qu Jianlei still stood there motionless, coldly speaking, "The next one to move... dies!"
Seeing his calm demeanor, the woman hesitated, her hand performing the finger technique paused immediately.
The four strong men didn’t dare to act either, they were only modified warriors, without clear orders, how could they dare to fire at a superpower warrior?
Qu Jianlei ignored them and looked toward the second off-road vehicle, speaking lazily.
"Not getting out yet... waiting for me to drag you down?"
The door of the off-road vehicle opened, and a burly man got out, an A-level with Earth Attribute.
He shook his head, expressing with a trace of regret, "Panda, you’re making it very difficult for me."
Qu Jianlei smiled nonchalantly, "You’ve disguised your aura well, but I still find your fat appearance more pleasing."
He wasn’t very sure earlier, but now he finally recognized that this guy was the fat man selling the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram on the black market.
Body appearance can be disguised, but the aura feels familiar. Once they meet, it’s not hard to recognize.
The burly man blinked, "You’ve really mistaken someone. That fat guy is my brother." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
"It doesn’t matter. Family is family," Qu Jianlei said with keen interest, "I’m a bit regretful..."
He didn’t continue to say what he regretted.
The burly man glanced at the fallen B-level warrior and spoke in a deep voice, "Aren’t you going to help and bandage him?"
A gun-wielding man was about to move, but Qu Jianlei lightly coughed.
"If I were you, I wouldn’t act rashly... the deal hasn’t been settled, right?"
The one who heard was truly afraid to move, and he looked towards the burly man, realizing that this situation wasn’t something he could decide.
The burly man looked at Qu Jianlei again, furrowing his brow slightly, "Excessive bleeding is not good."
Isn’t this nonsense? Severed limbs can even regenerate. Qu Jianlei spoke indifferently, "If killed, no bandaging is needed."
"That’s quite interesting," the burly man gestured, and the frustrated members of his side stopped.
He stared at Qu Jianlei and spoke slowly, "Are you determined to oppose us?"
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Qu Jianlei’s mouth, "I couldn’t hear clearly, could you please repeat that?"
The burly man didn’t want to repeat it. He believed that if he dared to repeat, the opponent would definitely attack fiercely.
He’s not afraid of fighting, but the same question remains—would it be worthwhile to start a battle without saying anything?
He nodded slightly, "We admit to underestimating you. We originally thought you had an A-level behind you, but didn’t expect you were one yourself."
Qu Jianlei didn’t reply, just looked at the other party quietly.
The burly man lightly coughed, "If I say we originally didn’t have much malice towards you... do you believe it?"
Qu Jianlei shook his head, "Without malice, you wanted to break my legs. With malice, what would you do?"
The presence or absence of malice isn’t something determined just by words. The fact they twice probed at his doorstep was filled with malice.
"That’s... a personal style issue," the burly man casually replied, "He was only trying to expedite the cooperation."
Qu Jianlei didn’t speak, just raised his chin slightly—go on.
The burly man also got a bit tired of the opponent’s attitude, so he spoke straightforwardly, "Can you say who’s behind you?"
Qu Jianlei waved his hand decisively, "I’m not interested in telling you this... just think of me as a wandering ghost."
"Then I will boldly say," the burly man replied in a deep voice, "The forces behind me are not something you can provoke."
"Don’t say that, I don’t like to hear it," Qu Jianlei forcefully interrupted, "Get to the point!"
"Show some manners, state your name first, then rant and threaten... believe it or not, I’ll kill you?"
Is he really so fearless? The burly man couldn’t help but glance at him again.
In his mind, even if he misjudged the opponent’s cultivation level, his side’s strength wasn’t something the opponent could withstand.
However, I’ll forgive your ignorance for now, he stated deeply, "I’m Hilton, people call me Meteorite."
"We originally wanted to talk to you properly, but now it seems... you aren’t very willing."
"Now I’ll give you a chance, hoping you..."
Mid-sentence, he formed a finger technique, "Gravity Field~"
This guy is truly sneaky, attacking straight away while speaking midway.
"Gravity Technique?" Qu Jianlei furrowed his brows, his body flickered, ghost-like, to the opponent’s side-rear.
If he were just a wind attribute A-level, this move might have been hard to handle.
The strength of the wind attribute is its elusive figure; once trapped in a gravity field, they can only be at the mercy of others.
However, Qu Jianlei wasn’t just wind attribute; he could wield the earth attribute just as well.
Using the cover of the earth element—or rather, its resonance, he instantly escaped the opponent’s technique’s shroud.
Hilton was stunned at this sight, "You... actually managed to dodge it?"
His sneak attack with this move was usually a sure hit, causing significant losses to even the strongest opponents caught off guard.
The opponent’s figure was merely elusive. Once trapped, the wind attribute is not only fragile but also weak in attack, so he wasn’t afraid of a counterattack.
Yet how could this foolproof move fail?
He didn’t perceive the earth element fluctuation from the opponent—it was too subtle, and he hadn’t even considered it.
If he had perceived carefully, he might have detected a faint trace, but who would have thought the opponent was actually attributeless?
Hilton, well-experienced and knowledgeable, understood attributionless opponents were difficult to deal with. But how could such warriors possibly mingle in society?
That’s why he confidently made a move, not expecting it to backfire.
A strange glow appeared in Qu Jianlei’s eyes. Far from being angry, he was delighted, "Haha, interesting!"
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