As the words fell, a robust man with a scarred face emerged from the crowd.
"Hmm?"
Facing the clearly hostile, scarred man, Ye Feng showed no panic. He merely furrowed his brow slightly and replied, "Indeed. Do you want to trade with me?"
Ye Feng's composure surprised the scarred man. He grinned, his face contorted, "Kid, I definitely want to trade with you!"
"But, the terms of this trade need to change. I'll exchange zero Arcane Yuan Coins for all of yours. How does that sound?"
"Or... will you leave your life behind?"
With that, the scarred man used the muzzle of the revolver in his hand to nudge his cowboy hat.
"Hahaha~"
"Brother Feng is so humorous~ Does he even have a choice~"
"This kid is probably scared to pee himself!"
"Look at him, where did he get the confidence to take on a high-level mission with a reward of 200 Space Rift Fragments?!"
"Haha~"
As soon as the scarred man finished speaking, his subordinates erupted in arrogant laughter.
The scarred man knew that Ye Feng had accepted the mission with a reward of 200 Space Rift Fragments, so he and his men had already set up an ambush at the investigation site long ago.
This was why they hadn't witnessed Ye Feng's terrifying combat power at the entrance of the Explorer's Guild.
Ye Feng glanced at the group led by the scarred man and found their strength to be quite considerable.
About ten subordinates, all muscular men, with three or four of them carrying revolvers.
The scarred man at the front even had an AWM sniper rifle slung across his back, though the scope was broken.
"Big brother, that person with the scarred face is the one who was peeking at us from afar at noon~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao whispered to Ye Feng.
"Oh! It was premeditated!"
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed.
"Kid, have you considered it?!"
"Do you choose to keep your life... or... No, if I kill you, I can still get Arcane Yuan Coins..."
"My father always said my brain isn't good, so I killed him. What a headache... Is your brain... good?!"
The scarred man sneered as he walked towards Ye Feng, soon standing before him.
At the same time, he cocked the hammer of the revolver and pointed it at Ye Feng's head.
In that instant, Ye Feng moved.
He suddenly raised his arm, instantly grabbing the scarred man's wrist holding the gun, and twisted it rapidly.
"Crack, crack~"
The scarred man's wrist was immediately shattered by Ye Feng's forceful twist.
"Ah!~"
"Bang!~ Bang, bang!......"
The scarred man's scream was barely out of his throat before it was drowned out by several loud gunshots.
Ye Feng had snatched the man's revolver and emptied its entire cylinder into the scarred man's head.
The scarred man's head instantly bore several bloody holes, blood spraying out, and he finally fell to the ground lifelessly...
"I don't know if my brain is good, but yours is definitely broken~"
Ye Feng muttered, looking at the scarred man's head with five or six bullet holes, his words carrying a double meaning.
The next second, a flash of light appeared in Ye Feng's hand, and an Arcane Bomb materialized.
He pulled the small cord and tossed it towards the scarred man's group of subordinates.
"Boom! Bang!"
A massive explosion instantly rang out, a ball of fire erupting, scattering shrapnel in all directions.
"Ah!~......"
"Ah~......."
The explosion was followed by a chorus of pig-like screams.
The entire process, from the scarred man pointing his gun at Ye Feng, to his head being shot by an entire cylinder of bullets, to Ye Feng throwing the Arcane Bomb at them, was very brief.
Furthermore, Ye Feng's swift killing of the scarred man had completely stunned them, leaving them frozen for a moment.
This time, they were caught directly in the blast of the Arcane Bomb!
"The principle of this Arcane Bomb is similar to a grenade, but its power is much less than a grenade~"
Ye Feng had thrown it right into the middle of the scarred man's ten-plus subordinates, yet apart from the four or five in the very center who died instantly, the others, though hit, were generally still alive.
Immediately, Ye Feng drew his Tang sword and charged forward.
"Whoosh!~ Slish~"
"Ah~"
"Clang~ Ah~!......"
.........
"Bang~"
With a gunshot, a subordinate of the scarred man who had managed to escape some distance was shot in the head.
In less than a minute, the scarred man and his group, who had ambushed Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao with the intent to rob and kill, were all dead.
"Let's go, Xiao Xiao. Before it gets dark, let's quickly head to the target's disappearance location to investigate~"
Having finished dealing with them, Ye Feng said to Xiao Xiao and continued walking forward.
"Okay~ Alright!"
Holding the miniature Beretta BU9 Nano handgun Ye Feng had given her, she followed him.
"Xiao Xiao, what's wrong? Do you think I'm too cruel and shouldn't have killed them?"
Seeing Xiao Xiao glance back occasionally and frown, Ye Feng couldn't help but ask.
"Big brother, it's not like that~"
Xiao Xiao immediately shook her head. "Those bad people deserved to die. If we weren't strong, they would have robbed us or killed us!"
"Then why are you...?" kanshuwu.xia
Ye Feng was a little surprised.
He had mostly fought zombies and various monsters before. He thought the scene just now might have left Xiao Xiao traumatized.
"Big brother, why do you use a knife against enemies?"
"Isn't using a gun more effective and less dangerous?"
Xiao Xiao looked at Ye Feng with some confusion.
She had been very worried about Ye Feng just now. Apart from the last person who was about to escape, Ye Feng hadn't used a gun, but a Tang sword.
She knew that several of the scarred man's subordinates had guns, and on several occasions, someone had almost successfully fired at Ye Feng...
If Ye Feng hadn't eliminated them in time, Xiao Xiao would have fired herself.
"Well... how to put it, one reason is that I want to train myself and improve my strength~"
"Another reason is that I don't want to become too reliant on things like guns and bombs. They are ultimately external tools!"
Ye Feng had thought about it these past few days and found that Ling Xi's parting words made a lot of sense.
Guns and bombs, though powerful, were precision and relatively high-tech items. The more precise and high-tech they were, the more fragile they became, and there would be no place to repair them if they broke.
As for ammunition, he relied entirely on the [Shop]. To this day, he hadn't seen anyone selling ammunition in the [Trading Channel], though firearms had appeared several times...
In comparison, Ye Feng felt that the crude, old friend like the Tang sword, with its slashing and hacking, was more practical!
"So that's how it is!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded, understanding.
.........
The two continued walking for about half an hour, arriving near the vicinity where the important figure's daughter had disappeared.
"Young explorer, you cannot go any further. It is dangerous over there!"
A thin, sallow-faced old villager kindly advised Ye Feng.
"Oh, thank you~"
Ye Feng thanked her, but his steps did not stop. He continued to walk forward.
"Sigh~"
The old woman glanced at Xiao Xiao, shook her head, sighed deeply, and walked back in the direction of Shuangyu Town.
.........