Chapter 710: Chapter 703: Star Stone Mine
Inside the military camp, within a tent.
Wu Xuanfeng sat grandly, legs apart, upon a chair.
“Brother Wu, those guys in the camp, once they learned soone was hiding nearby preparing for a surprise attack, they ran like their lives depended on it—fast as lightning.”
“Leaving just you and alone in the camp, how can we earn any rits if we don’t kill enemies?”
“The way I see it, that bunch is clearly trying to sideline us!”
Another Heavenly Immortal-level powerhouse, Jiang Hong, was sitting on a chair near Wu Xuanfeng.
He looked dissatisfied, huffed a few tis, and complained.
In this mining area, be it the Demon Palace or Heavenly Mansion, the various rules they set were basically quite similar.
Attacks on the camp happened occasionally on the territories of both powers and weren’t considered anything unusual.
Simply repelling the attackers would earn so credit, but with so many people in the camp sharing the reward, what fell to Wu Xuanfeng and Jiang Hong was sure to be minimal.
If one were to go out and kill enemies, the ultimate rit earned would solidly belong to the individual.
The whereabouts of Fang Xuan and the others had just been discovered, and the Demon Palace side already had a clear understanding of their strength!
Chasing them down and slaying them was almost a guaranteed success.
For the guards of the Demon Palace, this was visible rit; naturally, they rushed to chase after them at top speed.
Having been ordered to stay behind in the camp, Wu Xuanfeng and Jiang Hong couldn’t even catch a glimpse of hair, forced to watch others earn rits, which naturally led to so discontent.
“That bunch from Heavenly Mansion, coming with less than ten people, think they can destroy our camp? They don’t have the capability.”
“Lurking near our camp, they must certainly be after the Star Stones mined from the caves these past few days.”
“If others go out to kill enemies, soone must keep watch over the camp.”
“After all, better safe than sorry—who knows if the Heavenly Mansion bunch is trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain?”
“With us here holding the fort, even if soone wants to fish in troubled waters or take advantage of the situation, they won’t have any chance.”
Looking at the several standard Storage Bags on the tea table beside him, Wu Xuanfeng shook his head and gave a wry smile.
Then, turning to Jiang Hong, he continued, “There’s nothing wrong with staying in the camp, at least it’s safe, isn’t it?”
He seed to have an open mind about it, but his companion Jiang Hong obviously didn’t share his magnanimity.
Standing up, he pointed at the Storage Bags on the tea table: “The Star Stone mines are indeed quite valuable. If that bunch is worried about being lured away, why don’t they stay and guard the camp themselves?”
“Us guards, on an everyday basis, focus on defending the camp and can’t actively go stir up trouble in the Heavenly Mansion’s mining area to earn rits.”
“We rarely encounter such a weak team that dares to directly attack the camp; this is our best chance to earn extra rits, but now…”
“They make us stay to guard these mined stones, fuck their mothers…”
Jiang Hong seed to harbor significant resentnt; mid-conversation with Wu Xuanfeng, he let slip a curse outright.
“Hong, there’s never been any such thing as fairness in this world. Those comrades in the camp sidelining us, looking down on us, so what?”
“Once our strength increases, in front of us, they’ll be worth nothing!”
“At the sa level of Heavenly Immortal, when it cos to cultivation speed, with our combined efforts, how could those other guys compare with us?”
“Don’t think about those unhappy things, let them kill enemies and earn rits, that’s their business, it’s better for us just to stay comfortably in the camp.”
…
Sighing deeply and then softly, the two sat in silence opposite each other.
After a mont of silence, Wu Xuanfeng stood up and patted Jiang Hong’s shoulder to comfort him.
Just at this mont, from the shadows in the corner of the tent, tentacles with grueso mouthparts densely erged, shooting towards Wu Xuanfeng and Jiang Hong, who were embracing each other.
Only when the tentacles were less than a foot away did the two of them realize what was happening.
In their haste, although they reacted imdiately, swinging their fists and kicking out,
such attacks couldn’t muster much force and were far from causing even a slight injury to the Devouring Touch.
As the first Devouring Touch pierced through their feeble resistance and into their bodies, the fate of both was sealed.
Although the description took so ti, the actual events transpired in an instant.
From the appearance of the Devouring Touch to the point where they could no longer resist and were tightly bound by the tentacles, it all happened in less than a flash.
Chen Hai, who used the Devouring Touch, could no longer conceal his figure.
His outline began to erge slowly from the shadows in the corner of the tent.
After wandering around the Demon Palace camp twice, he had sneaked into Wu Xuanfeng and Jiang Hong’s tent just to try his luck.
After all, at this juncture, the two could be considered the strongest people in the camp.
From their conversation, it seed likely that those Storage Bags on the side table contained the Star Stones mined over the past few days.
However, whether this was the case or not, Chen Hai wasn’t entirely certain.
Initially, he had planned to find an opportunity to stealthily take those Storage Bags without direct confrontation.
Unfortunately, plans often don’t keep up with changes. Chen Hai felt that if he didn’t act now and continued to delay, once other strong mbers in the camp returned, his chances of targeting the Star Stone ores would probably vanish.
Although he had taken action, whether he would succeed or not was a matter of luck. Chen Hai was fully prepared to flee thousands of miles after a single failed strike.
Luckily, the terrifying Divine Skill of Devouring Touch still proved to be incredibly potent and didn’t disappoint him in the slightest.
“Don’t… stop… Don’t… show rcy…”
Once the Devouring Touch pierced an enemy’s body, it caused rapid loss of their vitality and blood essence.
Being ensnared by the Devouring Touch not only left one weak and limp, unable to exert any strength, but it also brought an indescribable sensation of pleasure.
From the utterances from Wu Xuanfeng and Jiang Hong’s mouths, it seed they were trying to beg Chen Hai for rcy.
However, their intermittent pleas for rcy, combined with their heavy panting, sounded so peculiar that they were easily misunderstood.
“rcy? rcy your fucking ass…” he cursed under his breath, Chen Hai didn’t want to see these two botherso figures for a second longer.
With a re thought, the tentacles that had penetrated Wu Xuanfeng and Jiang Hong’s bodies intensified their devouring power.
Watching as the two n first dried up and then shrunk in size until they utterly vanished without a trace, only after a thorough devouring did Chen Hai retract the Devouring Touch.
After sorting out the belongings left by the two, Chen Hai took a few steps towards the table, tucked the Storage Bags that were carefully guarded into his chest, and with a shimr of his body, he rged with the night sky and disappeared.
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