With the nineteen-tooth warrior's words barely falling, he felt a gust of wind strike his face, and his entire body, like a meat shield, slammed into and sent flying several warriors behind him.
"Holy crap? I haven't even made a move yet? This little girl is too fierce. I feel like I can live off her."
"Lead the way," Ziyuan said coldly, her eyes emitting a chilling glint.
Although the warriors were numerous, faced with such a fierce "grandmother," they could only obediently follow orders.
The group passed through alleys and street corners, and before long, they found themselves back at the black market grounds.
"Oh? So you're the damn thugs of the black market. Call your boss out, or I'll tear this black market down."
Before Ren Yuanhao's words had finished, a head popped out from a round window on the high wall. With a wave of his hand, over a hundred warriors armed with long sabers and clad in black armor surrounded them.
"No need to call. I, Balenker, am here."
Balenker leaned casually against the windowsill, his handlebar mustache reflecting dots of black light under the scorching sun.
"I know those fools couldn't defeat you, and with your temperament, you'd definitely come straight for the main force. However, my black-armored warriors are not comparable to that bunch of losers from before. You'd better surrender obediently, lest the swords are blind."
Ren Yuanhao looked around mockingly. "I say, numbers don't equate to quality. Ten dead fish and shrimp added together are still dead fish and shrimp. A hundred, a thousand added together, it's the same. Oh, right, after all, you, Balenker, are a businessman, deeply familiar with the concept of quantitative change in numbers. Unfortunately, this concept doesn't suit us martial artists."
"Oh? Is that so? I wonder if, with this added, you can still be so at ease!"
As soon as Balenker took out the ultrasonic device, he pressed the switch without hesitation. Although Ziyuan was prepared, as soon as her figure swept onto the round, high-walled building, she was already disoriented by the ultrasound. She fell like a kite with a broken string.
Balenker was about to laugh wildly, but in an instant, a black shadow flashed and caught Ziyuan. Simultaneously, it dashed upwards along the wall. By the time Balenker reacted, the black shadow was already approaching the window!
He slammed the window shut, thinking that the window was at least forged from bulletproof material and that ordinary attacks would have no effect. He felt a bit relieved and muttered something to himself. But at that moment, a long saber easily sliced through the glass. Ren Yuanhao stood before the window, as majestic as a celestial being, and kicked the large piece of glass he had paid dearly for, shattering it into pieces.
"You, how are you not afraid of this thing!"
Balenker, terrified, sat on the ground, his handlebar mustache and thick eyebrows trembling slightly with fright.
"Oh? Why don't you try thinking with your little brain?" Ren Yuanhao pointed his long saber, scaring Balenker into retreating repeatedly.
"You, you're not an esper?"
"Congratulations, you answered correctly, but there's no reward." Before Ren Yuanhao had taken two steps, over a hundred people swarmed in. The already quite hot place felt as if a fire had been lit, like being in a furnace, with scorching heat like blades and spears sweeping towards them.
"I warn you, put down your saber, and we'll rush you. You can't handle us alone. You'll be the one at a disadvantage!"
A warrior with 25 beast teeth around his neck advised persuasively, as if sharing his experience.
"Wait a minute, are you showing off the limit of your intelligence, or do you think I'm a fool too?" Ren Yuanhao shook his long saber, and the snow-white, gleaming blade was immediately placed across Balenker's throat. "Would you please clarify who is the hunter and who is the prey?"
Balenker felt an invisible, chilling saber energy across his neck. If he dared to move slightly, the saber energy would instantly sever his throat. "Holy crap, why are you all just standing there? Get out!" Da Feng Novel Network.
The strong men, obediently enough, retreated one by one.
He carefully raised his hands high upwards, then said with a tearful face, "Esteemed sir, it was I who was too naive. Your skills are top-notch in the entire Sand City, no, the entire Western Desolation. Please don't be angry. Could you move this big blade away a tiny bit? I'm scared~"
Ren Yuanhao, too lazy to listen to his chatter, did not retract his saber. Instead, he pushed it forward. When the blade made solid contact with Balenker's neck, the man thought for a moment that Ren Yuanhao was going to kill him, and his face turned ashen with fear!
"Grandpa, Grandpa, I'll tell you anything you want to know."
"Are you sure you won't play any tricks?" Ren Yuanhao pretended to be ferocious, but felt contempt in his heart. The man before him was, after all, the richest man in the dark side of Sand City, with status comparable to the city lord, yet his demeanor was many levels lower, lacking any integrity.
Balenker continuously shook his hands. "Dare not, absolutely dare not. Esteemed sir, you want to know the whereabouts of your two friends, don't you?"
Ren Yuanhao nodded. Balenker wiped the fine sweat from his forehead with his hand and trembled, saying, "Esteemed sir, you don't know this, but a few days ago, some extremely mysterious individuals came to Sand City. They, like you, came directly to my doorstep. I was equally bewildered at the time."
When Ren Yuanhao heard this, he detected some clues. However, regarding this man's words, she was full of disdain. "You're bewildered? Don't you have any idea what you're selling?"
"Yes, yes, yes, esteemed sir is right to scold me. But I thought to myself, I'm at least the number one black market in Sand City. There's no reason for them to question me like this, so I didn't yield. I didn't expect that, just like today, I was instantly defeated~"
Balenker's psychological shadow area was likely immeasurable. Ren Yuanhao had to suppress his laughter.
"Alas, when they mentioned root carvings, I knew I shouldn't have bought that damned thief's item."
Upon hearing this, Ren Yuanhao coughed. Fortunately, Ziyuan in his arms had not yet woken up. Otherwise, Balenker's words might have angered this divine being.
"Get to the point," Ren Yuanhao shook his long saber again, and Balenker immediately picked up the pace.
"Naturally, I told them about you taking the item. Then they searched the Zag household for this batch of curious items, but they insisted something was missing. They waited for a day and didn't see you return, so they left early. Before leaving, they naturally took your friends with them, saying that if they caught you, they would have you take that item to his people in Xiling City."
Balenker finished speaking all that he knew in one breath, and only then did Ren Yuanhao retract his saber. "Wouldn't it have been easier if you had said so earlier? It doesn't really involve you anyway. You continue to be a black merchant here, and I'll continue to look for my friends. However, esteemed sir has a word of advice for you: he who sows evil reaps misfortune. You'd best rein yourself in."