Chapter 86 : Chapter 86

Chapter 86. Seven Sixth-Realm Great Grandmasters Blocked the Way and Were Instantly Killed by Accident!

“What is going on? How did I end up stealing from myself? You lot...”

The side-swept-bangs boss turned his head and saw that every one of his lackeys was holding his own floral underpants.

“Boss, something is wrong. When I used the Heavensteal Art, I found that space was in disorder. I could not lock onto the target.”

He sucked in a sharp breath. “If that is the case, then it can only mean one thing. The target is a little stronger than we thought!”

Smack!

The side-swept-bangs boss immediately slapped both of them on the head. “The employer’s intel said that those four little brats were only at the early fifth realm at best. Could they really be stronger than the seven of us Great Grandmasters?”

“Keep using the Heavensteal Art. I refuse to believe we cannot steal that Spring of Life.”

The other six could only nod and continue using the Heavensteal Art again and again.

But before they had even tried five times, every one of them had turned into a bare-bottomed streaker.

The passersby around them could not help pulling out their phones to record the scene.

“Holy hell, are people really this uninhibited now? They are streaking through the street as a group.”

Hearing the comments from the crowd, the seven men felt the cold air all over their bodies. The moment they lowered their heads, everything was hanging out in the open.

They had stripped every last piece of clothing off themselves.

“Boss, something really is wrong. The Heavensteal Art has locked onto us instead of them. There has to be an expert here.”

“Bullshit. I refuse to believe a bunch of little punks whose highest realm is only the fifth can do something like this. This is a huge job. Once we finish it, we brothers can retire from this life for good.”

The side-swept-bangs boss hurriedly put his clothes back on. “We will use the Duel Space directly and drag those four little brats inside. I will show them the overbearing methods of Jiangnan F7.”

“Ah? But we are thieves. If we rob them openly like this, would that not break the rules the Saint of Thieves set down, Boss?”

Within Heavensteal, its thieves made their way through the world by the art of theft. Open robbery was the conduct of bandits, something the Saint of Thieves utterly disdained, so he had laid down rules for the thieves of Heavensteal.

If their thieving arts could not achieve their goal, they were to withdraw at once. They were not allowed to rob openly and disgrace Heavensteal’s name.

The side-swept-bangs boss let out a laugh. “If we do not say we are from Heavensteal, who will know? Besides, if we pull this job off, the employer’s payment will be more money than we could spend in a lifetime.”

“If you do not want the money, then you can leave.”

The six men immediately showed hesitant expressions.

All seven of them were sixth-realm Great Grandmasters. Robbing a few little brats whose highest level was only the fifth-realm Grandmaster stage would be effortless.

Besides, all they needed was to seize the Spring of Life. It was not as if they were going to kill these young masters and young ladies from great families.

“Boss, I am in!”

“So am I.”

The side-swept-bangs boss brushed aside the fringe covering his eyes and pulled a horn out from inside his crotch.

It was a spatial Magical Artifact that could drag enemies into a Duel Space. Once inside, the outside world could neither interfere with nor perceive anything happening within that space.

He bit his finger, and his blood slid across the smooth horn. Instantly, the horn began to emit a faint glow.

“Little brats, come duel with your uncles!”

As soon as the words fell, space rippled and spread outward like waves on water.

Walking ahead on the road, Jiang Yichen narrowed his eyes slightly and could not help sighing. They were even willing to ignore the rules set by the Saint of Thieves just to rob him?

It seemed the employer had paid quite a lot.

He did not stop himself from being dragged into the duel arena space. Instead, he quietly waited for them to appear.

In the Huazhong region, no matter who a person was, they could not kill at will. Evil people had to be punished according to the established laws, and the innocent had to be cleared of blame.

But the people of Heavensteal were basically desperadoes, and they had even dragged him into a space the outside world could neither sense nor interfere with. In that case, killing them was no problem.

Jiang Yichen kept walking, but the surrounding street scenery quietly began to change.

Gradually, the street beneath their feet turned into a dueling arena paved with stone slabs, while towering walls rose on all sides and trapped them within.

The expressions of Su Linyu and the other two changed at once.

“We have been dragged into a special space. The enemy is very strong,” Chu Xingchen said, purple light flashing in his eyes as he saw through the true nature of the arena.

And the fact that they had been pulled into the space without noticing at all could only mean the enemy’s strength far surpassed theirs.

“What the hell? Who has the guts to block our way?”

Tang Long’s temper flared immediately. All four of them were the children of Martial Gods. Going after them required a complete lack of brains.

Su Linyu shifted her feet, but the figure shorter than her had already stepped in front of her.

“Young Master Jiang!”

At the shout, the four of them looked up and saw seven masked men radiating the aura of sixth-realm Great Grandmasters slowly descending onto the dueling arena from midair.

Chu Xingchen, Tang Long, and Su Linyu all frowned, worry appearing in their eyes.

Seven sixth-realm Great Grandmasters. They were no match for them.

Brother Yichen had only broken through to the fifth realm not long ago. Without that black-and-crimson battle armor, defeating enemies above his realm would be far too difficult.

“Young Master Jiang, we mean no harm. We only want you to hand over the Spring of Li...”

Crack!

Before the side-swept-bangs boss could finish speaking, Jiang Yichen directly activated Spatial Annihilation. In an instant, all seven men turned into a cloud of blood mist, not even leaving behind a shred of clothing.

The duel arena space vanished as well, restoring the familiar street and the cries of the stall vendors.

Jiang Yichen had no interest in their purpose, and he could more or less guess who was behind it.

There was no one who wanted Su Zhan’s right leg restored less than the Zhou family.

“Keep walking. You do not have much time. You need to work hard on your cultivation.”

Jiang Yichen glanced back at the three people standing there in a daze, then continued his leisurely stroll.

???

Su Linyu and the other two were full of question marks.

Seven sixth-realm Great Grandmasters had just... vanished?

They had not even seen clearly how Jiang Yichen had made his move.

“Wha... no, this...” Tang Long was so shocked that he was briefly at a loss for words. Looking at Brother Yichen’s back, he suddenly felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity.

During the martial exam, Brother Yichen had already made him feel that way once. Now that feeling was even stronger.

That level of strength was a little too terrifying.

He had not even seen the attack.

While Tang Long was still reeling in shock, he became even more certain that he had to stay close to Brother Yichen. Maybe one day he could become a Martial God too, just as his father had, by basking in his mother’s reflected glory.

“Brother Yichen, wait for me.”

He hurried after him.

Chu Xingchen and Su Linyu also came to their senses and followed Jiang Yichen.

Chu Xingchen possessed SS-grade Demonic Eyes, so he had actually seen Jiang Yichen’s move clearly just now.

But watching Jiang Yichen use Spatial Annihilation to instantly wipe out seven sixth-realm Great Grandmasters left him utterly shaken.

What kind of cultivation art had Jiang Yichen cultivated? How could he possess such terrifying spatial power?

It was absurdly stronger than the high-grade Heaven-rank cultivation art Jiang Yichen had given him.

Chu Xingchen stroked the sword at his waist, fixed his eyes on Jiang Yichen’s back, and thought, “You hid yourself for four years. Just how much more are you still concealing?”

“Wow!” Su Linyu, however, reacted completely differently from the other two. She wrapped both hands around Jiang Yichen’s arm and said with eyes full of admiration, “Brother Yichen, how are you this amazing?”

“I could not even see you attack just now, and those seven sixth-realm Great Grandmasters disappeared. Brother Yichen, have you broken through to the sixth realm too?”

A faint smile rested on Jiang Yichen’s lips as he gave a slight nod.

“Really? Brother Yichen, how did you do it? Every day I see you either sunbathing with us or playing games and sleeping...”

As Su Linyu spoke, she suddenly thought of something. “Oh, oh, I know.”

“People online always say that geniuses look lazy in public, but in private they work themselves half to death. Brother Yichen, have you been secretly working hard behind our backs?”

“...” Jiang Yichen’s mouth twitched. “I do not think so...”

“So Brother Yichen has always been this hardworking.” Su Linyu, however, interpreted it her own way and encouraged herself. “Then I have to work hard too and catch up to Brother Yichen.”

When Tang Long and Chu Xingchen heard that Jiang Yichen was already a sixth-realm Great Grandmaster, their eyes widened even more.

“Brother Yichen, do you really treat us as brothers? And you still had to outdo us like this?” Tang Long looked at his own fourth-realm cultivation. The gap felt like a cliff, and it hit him hard.

Chu Xingchen slowly withdrew his gaze and simply said, “I am going back to practice my sword.”

Jiang Yichen was speechless. He really was taking it easy, so how could they think that?

This little episode made the four of them pick up their pace on the way back to the base.

Su Zhan, who had been chasing after them the whole way, stood where the four of them had just been, shock appearing in his eyes.

“Spatial arts. Sixth realm, second layer!”

Su Zhan found it hard to believe. Only ten days had passed since the martial exam, yet Jiang Yichen’s strength had risen directly from the fifth realm to the sixth.

That was simply far too outrageous.