Above the Galaxy
Chapter 393 - 252: I’m Here to Take You Home!

Chapter 393: Chapter 252: I’m Here to Take You Home!

Shen Xinglan’s heart was filled with extreme fury and hatred.

So he struck without mercy, severing Zhao Youzhi’s head with a single sword stroke.

Originally, he did indeed want to help this woman. After all, he was Shen Xinglan, the national idol ranked first on the Blue List.

When these two students from the Future Academy returned and spread the news of his miraculous rescue, his reputation would be enhanced once again, and the nation’s favorability towards him would continue to rise.

This would be greatly beneficial to solidifying his image and status.

Reputation is both a shackle and an amulet.

What he hadn’t anticipated was that this was a trap set for their hunt.

What was even more infuriating was that if it weren’t for Tang Fei’s warning, he might have been the one to suffer...

Zhao Youzhi was dead, utterly dead.

Then, Tang Fei and Shen Xinglan’s gaze shifted onto Lin Wei, who was on the big tree stump.

Lin Wei, who had just been screaming in pain due to the cut on her calf, realized the danger of her predicament when she saw the malicious intent in their eyes, knowing that the slightest mistake meant a certain death.

Her face was ashen, and her expression terrified as she shouted anxiously, "It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me... it was all his doing, it has nothing to do with me..."

"Nothing to do with you?" Tang Fei scoffed endlessly, taunting her, "Your performance just now was quite convincing, almost even deceiving me and my senior brother..."

"..." Shen Xinglan.

He had been deceived.

Tang Fei’s words were a slap in the face, making him feel a humiliating sense of shame that he could find nowhere to hide.

"Really, I didn’t deceive you. I was forced to, it was Zhao Youzhi... He said if I didn’t cooperate, he would leave me here in the Burial Land..." Lin Wei’s voice was already laced with sobbing.

With her calf cut off, there was no way she could defeat Tang Fei and Shen Xinglan.

So, she resorted to the ultimate weapon of a woman: tears.

"So, your leg isn’t injured, is it?" Tang Fei stared at the calf he had severed, asking aloud.

If the calf was cut, it should be bleeding profusely.

But for some reason, Lin Wei had used some method that only a faint trace of blood seeped from the severed limb, and there was no massive flow of fresh blood.

Of course, those sent by the Future Academy to participate in this expedition were not simple characters.

For a cultivator, stopping the bleeding in one’s body for a short period was a piece of cake.

Naturally, even for cultivators, the wound must be treated promptly.

If left too long, it would likely worsen and lead to death.

"No..." Lin Wei said, her face full of timidity.

She knew her answer would anger them, but she dared not lie in their presence.

Shen Xinglan might be somewhat manageable, but what she truly feared was Tang Fei...

She felt this man was capable of doing anything.

"What do you want to do?" Shen Xinglan’s face was gloomy as he spoke.

"We... Zhao Youzhi wanted the treasures on your bodies..." Lin Wei said.

Tang Fei and Shen Xinglan exchanged glances, with Tang Fei voicing the question, "So, when we were fighting the monsters, you two just stood by and watched?"

"We heard the fighting and rushed to the scene... I wanted to step in and help, but Zhao Youzhi stopped me..."

"And then, seeing us dragged here by the monster, you two followed... and after we killed the monster, you thought of taking us on?" Tang Fei asked.

In his mind, everything was clear.

The sight of wealth spurred the intent to trap. It was as simple as that.

They knew that they had killed Yin Jiao with Shen Xinglan and must be physically weak or even seriously injured, and then they came up with the idea of taking advantage of the fire to rob.

They circled to the front to set up an ambush, intending to use poison to bring down Shen Xinglan first.

When Shen Xinglan was poisoned, the two of them would suddenly attack...

Unfortunately, their acting was not exquisite enough, nor did they understand the survival rules of the Old Land as well as I did.

Compared with those cunning predators, their performance was really not presentable.

"Yes," Lin Wei nodded, saying with a terrified expression, "Zhao Youzhi said... said that you both are treasures... If we could somehow keep you here, we could... could get the things on you..."

"Look..." Tang Fei chuckled as he looked toward Shen Xinglan, saying, "An old guy once told me something, on the Old Land, you can never clearly distinguish who is the hunter and who is the prey."

"In our eyes, that Yin Jiao is prey... in their eyes, we are the prey..."

Shen Xinglan’s gaze landed on the severed leg, asking aloud, "Is the injury a ruse? Is there a deadly poison smeared on this calf?"

"Qianji San," Lin Wei explained in a low voice, "Once touched... you will lose strength throughout your body..."

Qianji San was a deadly poison developed by Future Academy, upon contact, the body would go limp, the Yin Yang Qi would be lost, and eventually the flesh would rot and lead to death.

Lin Wei didn’t dare to speak too gravely about the consequences, after all, Shen Xinglan had almost fallen for it...

Seeing Shen Xinglan silent, Lin Wei quickly begged for mercy again, crying, "I’m sorry, really sorry... It’s all Zhao Youzhi’s doing..."

"I didn’t want to, I never thought of hurting you..."

"I beg you, please spare my life... As long as you let me live, I’m willing to do anything for you..."

Shen Xinglan looked toward Tang Fei, who in turn surveyed their surroundings.

He didn’t want her to do anything, those depraved and perverted things were not something he would do.

If Shen Xinglan wanted to do something, he would not stop him, and even be willing to use a camera to record it for him...

Snap!

Silver light flickered.

A fine red line appeared on Lin Wei’s throat, which grew longer and thicker, until blood finally gushed out uncontrollably.

Shen Xinglan had drawn his sword across her neck.

Tang Fei looked at Shen Xinglan in surprise and said, "Hey, Senior Brother, why did you kill her? I thought you wanted to take her back to New Star?"

"Not worth pitying," Shen Xinglan sheathed his long sword, turning to Tang Fei and saying, "You’ve saved me once again."

"Why say such things, Senior Brother? If I were in danger, I believe you would also risk your life to save me..." Tang Fei said with a chuckle.

Tang Fei and Shen Xinglan piled the two corpses together, dripped corrosive liquid on them, and then continued to walk towards the edge of the black fog.

"There’s a signal now." Tang Fei, seeing the numbers on his watch start to move, shouted excitedly.

Shen Xinglan also glanced at his wrist, saying, "This proves we’re going in the right direction. Let’s keep moving forward, and once we’re out of the black fog, we’ll contact Star Disc."

"Alright," Tang Fei nodded in agreement.

After walking for most of the day, the black fog in front of them became thinner and lighter in color.

When they began to see a brightening in their eyes and golden rays of light appeared before them, they knew they had escaped the gloomy and terrifying Burial Land.

"I’m going to find water," said Tang Fei.

They had long since drained the water they were carrying, and the latter part of their journey had been entirely sustained by the robust bodily functions of a cultivator.

Now, stepping out of the mist, Tang Fei’s first thought was to find a water source.

Once they found water, they could last even longer.

"I’ll send the coordinates to Star Disc," Shen Xinglan announced.

"No need," a man wearing animal skins and dragging a large knife came toward them, saying, "I’ve come to take you home."