The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead
Chapter 339 - 337: Murder

Chapter 339: Chapter 337: Murder

In the eyes of outsiders, Nian Shutong casually strolled into the opposing flying device from the endless void.

This entire series of actions was truly completed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Lin Mu’s head throbbed with pain akin to being pricked by needles, a sign of spiritual power exhaustion.

Without spiritual power, she resorted to using her body to endure the blows, resolved to bring her brother back home no matter what.

"Courting death!"

The cloaked man was furious, outraged that a mere ant could persevere for so long.

The man’s powerful move took shape, aimed at Lin Mu and the Big Man on the ladder outside, he let it loose with a sweep.

"No——"

Lin Mu hurled herself toward the rescue, but she was still a fraction too late.

The smile on the cloaked man’s face had not yet blossomed when he saw a delicate jade hand emerge from behind the last Big Man, seemingly grasping something, casually balling it up, and tossing it away.

The Big Man in front, oblivious to his brush with death, continued to run forward with all his might.

By now, Nian Shutong had also entered the flying device, first glancing at Lin Mu on the ground.

"Hmm, not too bad, not too late."

Nian Shutong extended a hand towards Lin Mu on the ground and said, "Get up, I’m taking you home."

"Taking you home," these four words were Nian Shutong’s lifetime of redemption for Lin Mu.

Of course, it wasn’t quite at that point yet.

Although Lin Mu didn’t know the ins and outs of Nian Shutong, compared to the cloaked man who wanted to kill her, she chose to go with Nian Shutong.

Their hands met, and Lin Mu was simply pulled up, whereas Nian Shutong took an extra moment to look at her, eyes filled with evident admiration and respect.

"You didn’t block your face."

Lin Mu’s first words were just that.

Nian Shutong helped her to stand properly, even pushing her behind him.

"Why bother covering my face? The dead can’t speak anyway."

The casual remark made the cloaked man across from them take her seriously.

This woman had walked in from outside and destroyed his psychic attack with a casual strike.

Putting it all together, he was no match for her.

The cloaked man spoke in the direction of Nian Shutong.

"You initiated the robbery, and now no one is dead. How about we call it even?"

"Heh heh heh..." Nian Shutong didn’t answer. She just laughed.

"You’re really funny, call it even?"

"Are you really stupid, or do you think I’m the fool?" Nian Shutong’s slight coquettish beauty mark, and the indifferent look in her eyes, made the cloaked man realize something was amiss.

If he couldn’t win, he would have to try a different approach.

The man made a sudden stealth attack, psychic power forming a blade thrusting at several parts of Nian Shutong.

Nian Shutong simply stood there unmoved, all the blades repelled.

"You were the first to strike, you know."

The aura around Nian Shutong shifted abruptly.

From the warmth of spring to the chill of harsh winter.

Green light flashed, sword in hand, she swung it down vertically at the cloaked man.

The man fought back desperately, but his eyes nearly burst from seeing his shield shatter—yet the sword did not slow down in the slightest.

The sword light hit his cloak with the momentum of a bulldozer, piercing deep into his shoulder blade.

"Ah——"

The man struggled frantically.

Psychic power erupted without restraint, madly smashing towards Nian Shutong.

But it caused no harm; instead, the next slash of green light had already arrived.

"No——"

The horizontal sweep of the sword light pierced through the man’s neck.

The cloaked man, defeated.

Two strikes, just two strikes.

An S-class warrior had fallen.

What kind of power does she possess? I don’t dare to think, I don’t dare to think.

Nian Shutong looked at her sword light, talking to herself, "It seems I haven’t killed in a while, I’m a bit rusty."

Her rank crushes them, yet it took two strikes, which isn’t good.

At this moment, Li Si on the side began to speak, shivering.

"Take whatever you want, I have elders above and children below, I really didn’t recognize Taishan, please spare me!"

Li Si wept bitterly and started to kowtow on the ground. Nian Shutong paid him no mind, only looking towards Lin Mu.

Lin Mu resolutely replied with one word: Kill.

"Having already killed the most valuable one, leaving the others is just a future problem."

Nian Shutong was quite satisfied with Lin Mu’s response, her appreciation for her growing a bit more.

If Lin Mu had chosen not to kill these people today, Nian Shutong still would have killed them.

Only, she would not have chosen to follow Lin Mu and the others anymore.

As for these people here, since they belong to the Chi Family, they were destined to be enemies.

Show mercy to an enemy, it’s definitely not Nian Shutong’s style.

The green light appeared again, transforming into twenty-one sword lights, racing forth.

Each one cut right across the neck, truly leaving no room for survival.

"All right, gather the loot, time to move."

Nian Shutong left the task of cleaning up the battlefield to Lin Mu, who then delegated it to others.

She herself followed Nian Shutong back to the starship.

It wasn’t long before the loot was gathered, and the starship finally left the place.

Meanwhile, the Chi Family found out.

In the interstellar community, every human is equipped with a Light Computer account at birth.

Those of high rank can set protections so that no one can identify you by your account.

But for most, if they die, there is a notification.

The Chi Family had just received such a notification.

As for the deaths of Li Si and the others, the Chi Family Patriarch, Chi Zhong, didn’t care in the slightest.

But the loss of an S-rank was of great concern to him.

An S-rank’s power is what top tier families rely on, having one more or one fewer is very important.

Chi Zhong issued an order to track down the details behind the incident. In his mind, the only ones who could kill an S-rank were a few other families.

Or was it someone higher up?

Regardless, the investigation was split between an official, overt investigation and a covert one.

The covert investigation consumed much more effort.

The Chi Family’s investigation had absolutely no impact on Nian Shutong, because Fu Yunhe had said he had erased all evidence.

In that regard, Nian Shutong still trusted Fu Yunhe.

At this point, the starship was headed towards Desert Star, and Lin Mu still hadn’t spoken to Nian Shutong, only the others looked at Nian Shutong as if looking at a deity.

Why can she fly?

Why is she so powerful?

Why is she so beautiful?

Um, something’s not quite right.

This starship journey was the quietest one in history, not a single person spoke, let alone dared to ask questions.

This excursion was also the quickest one to date. When the starship arrived at Desert Star, the locals almost couldn’t believe their eyes.

They’re back so soon?

They must have returned empty-handed, don’t say too much, lest it hurts their feelings.

So when the doors of the starship’s hold opened, nobody outside mentioned anything.

"You’re back? Hungry?"

"Want a drink?"

"You must be tired, head back and rest."

Such words were plentiful.

Standing at the doorway, the first one out was the Big Man, grinning at the people below with his shining white teeth.

"We’ve got supplies!"