Chapter 68

Sure enough, Tian She laughed. He sat steadily, relaxed, and spread his hands, exposing his entire chest without any defense.

"Shoot, shoot! Kill me if you want! If you kill me, your little ones will have some fun!"

Yu Yingnan's lower lip turned white from biting it, but her finger remained frozen in mid-air, unable to pull the trigger. After the burning anger subsided, she clearly realized that pulling the trigger would have severe consequences, and a mere firearm could not kill Tian She with a single shot.

A hand reached out, firmly pressing down on Yu Yingnan's gun barrel.

Qian Ye seemed to ignore the surrounding Tian She gang members who had already drawn their weapons. He just looked straight at Tian She and said, "Since you guaranteed your credibility with your name, then now, you won't stop us from leaving, right?"

Tian She squinted and stared at Qian Ye for a moment, then laughed heartily, "Why would I! I'm the most hospitable here. You can come and go as you please! You're always welcome to come back!"

Qian Ye nodded and said to Yu Yingnan, "Let's go, we're leaving here."

"But..." Yu Yingnan wanted to say more, but Qian Ye half-supported and half-grabbed her right arm holding the gun, leading her out.

Yu Yingnan felt an irresistible force clamping her right arm, making all her struggles futile. She could only follow Qian Ye involuntarily, not yet realizing why a Level 3 Warrior like Qian Ye could exert such a suppressive force on her.

In the eyes of the Tian She gang members, Yu Yingnan seemed to be obediently pulled away by Qian Ye, which felt strangely odd. They had never heard of anyone who could persuade this fiery-tempered female hunter.

"Wait a moment." Tian She called them back.

Yu Yingnan suddenly turned and glared at Tian She, her eyes almost spitting fire. Qian Ye half-turned, showing a questioning expression as if nothing had happened.

Tian She looked at Qian Ye thoughtfully, then said, "Alright, I'll give Er Ye some face. I'll waive the interest on her debt and extend the repayment period by two months. She just needs to pay back the principal within two months."

"You!..." Yu Yingnan was furious, but Qian Ye nodded at Tian She and then dragged her out.

After leaving the Tian She gang headquarters and coming to the street, Yu Yingnan suddenly let out a mournful cry and punched a nearby tree hard!

"Why did you stop me?" Yu Yingnan shouted at Qian Ye.

"Because you didn't have the resolve to fight to the death, and we couldn't win anyway," Qian Ye said calmly.

"How do you know I didn't have the resolve to fight to the death?"

Qian Ye didn't answer, just looked at her quietly. Under his gaze, Yu Yingnan's气势 gradually diminished, and she finally punched the tree again, saying, "If it was just me..."

"Maybe we should find a place to sit down and listen to your story," Qian Ye suggested.

A moment later, the two returned to Yu Yingnan's home.

She found a few bottles of privately stored strong liquor and drank directly from the bottles without using cups. After finishing two bottles, her agitation gradually subsided.

Yu Yingnan stared blankly at the bottle dangling from her fingers and said, "You must be wondering why I owe so much money..."

It was a simple story.

A year ago, during a mission, she suffered a major defeat. Her entire squad was wiped out, and only she survived. Yu Yingnan believed it was her responsibility that led to such a tragic outcome. In the following six months, she found the families of the fallen squad members, sent them to safer cities in the rear, and left enough money for their daily needs.

Some of the squad members' children, as well as Yu Yingnan's younger brother, lived in Dark Blood City, receiving basic combat training.

Thus, Yu Yingnan not only spent all her hard-earned savings but also owed a large sum to Tian She. If she completely broke with Tian She, she feared he would harm the families of her former comrades and possibly the children.

If Tian She pushed her to the brink, she wouldn't be afraid and would fight to the death. But now, it was just a matter of money. She didn't have the courage to start a conflict with Tian She over this, so she endured it.

This amount of money was nothing to the noble families, but in a place like Dark Blood City, it was almost driving a four-star hunter to the brink.

At this point, she buried her head in her hands and said with a sob, "I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this. Don't worry, I'll find a way to pay you back for the gun!"

"That's not important. Why don't you want Er Ye to know about this?"

"Because Er Ye has already helped me many times. In fact, I owe him a lot... If he knew about this, he would definitely pay off my debt first. Er Ye has actually used most of his savings on us..." Yu Yingnan couldn't continue, just gripping her hair tightly.

This was a hunter's dignity, which sounded almost laughable. But now, she would rather go to the death arena than trouble Er Ye again.

Qian Ye also poured a glass of wine but just held it in his hand. He looked at the pale yellow liquid and asked, "The Hunter's Home shouldn't fear the Tian She gang. You're a four-star hunter, so why are you being bullied so openly?"

Yu Yingnan took a deep breath and said, "Hunters are different from mercenaries. We have more freedom, but in return, the Hunter's Home remains completely neutral in such conflicts. In fact, many hunters hope I die a miserable death. Besides, I do owe Tian She money and can't pay it back, so Er Ye can't use the Hunter's Home's influence to suppress Tian She. Tian She used to be very principled, but today I didn't expect..."

Qian Ye smiled and said, "I already figured it out." The reason was simple: when interests and strength are not proportional, rules break down.

Yu Yingnan was surprised, "Then... then you still took out that Origin Force gun."

"He eventually waived your interest and extended the repayment period by two months. After all, the gun sold for two hundred gold coins, so it wasn't a huge loss," Qian Ye said.

"Isn't that a huge loss?"

Qian Ye shook his finger at her, stopping her from continuing, then said, "Given my current background and experience, it's indeed difficult to sell this gun smoothly. So, let's just leave it at that."

"No way!" Yu Yingnan slammed the table.

"I don't have the strength now, so I can't protect the Golden Rose. Isn't that the rule in Dark Blood City?" Qian Ye said calmly. In this regard, he actually saw things more clearly than Yu Yingnan. If he hadn't taken out the Golden Rose, they wouldn't have been able to leave Tian She's territory.

But his tone changed, cold and icy, "However, I like this rule. When I have the strength, I'll make Tian She spit out ten or a hundred times what he swallowed!"

Yu Yingnan looked up, staring at Qian Ye in a daze, as if meeting him for the first time.

Qian Ye was now in his true form, with delicate features almost bordering on refinement. His expression was almost nonchalant, yet there was a firm and bloody determination that would shatter all obstacles.

Yu Yingnan suddenly felt that this young man had become particularly unfamiliar. The naive one-star hunter who refused to shoot a crowd of rioters seemed to have never existed.

"Now, maybe we should complete that mission first," Qian Ye suggested, looking at her.

Yu Yingnan mustered some energy, silently organized her equipment, and handed a magazine to Qian Ye. Qian Ye opened it and saw three Origin Force bullets, which matched her aura. He didn't refuse and put them in his backpack.

At 3:00 AM, Yu Yingnan and Qian Ye left Dark Blood City one after the other, then split up and headed to the designated location along different routes.

Entering the wasteland, Qian Ye took out his assault rifle and ran at a steady pace toward the destination. He chose the 40 km/h maximum running mode and headed northwest.

After a few hours, several werewolves began to track Qian Ye, but after an hour of pursuit, they all gave up. Qian Ye's speed and endurance surprised even the werewolves, as he seemed tireless, crossing the wasteland.

Suddenly, Qian Ye's entire body trembled, a sense of danger rising.

He was in a gently sloping hill area, where thorny vines were the main landscape. Beyond that was a ruin completely covered by shrubs, possibly a human town from hundreds of years ago, now reduced to a few crumbling walls.

Qian Ye rapidly approached the ruins, constantly searching for any abnormalities. Suddenly, he saw a small black shadow floating in the distant sky.

He wasn't tall, completely wrapped in a black robe, making it impossible to discern his figure.

At this distance, Qian Ye could barely make out the轮廓 of this mysterious figure, who seemed to be humanoid. But the moment Qian Ye's gaze touched the figure, the figure almost immediately sensed it and turned to look in Qian Ye's direction!

Qian Ye was startled and instinctively closed his eyes, curling into a ball and rolling into a natural shallow cave between two stone slabs at the edge of the ruins. He then used a secret military technique to hold his breath, stop his heart, and enter a state of false death.

Just as he finished his disguise, a vast and overwhelming consciousness swept over the area, passing over him!

The consciousness was unbearably cold and icy. In an instant, Qian Ye felt a black sun slowly rising before his eyes!

He no longer felt fear, only the black sun dragging a tail darker than darkness, slowly flowing over the entire world.

Qian Ye desperately pressed his consciousness into the deepest part of three already extinguished nodes, trying to stay awake. He had a foreboding feeling that if he relaxed his mind, he would be drawn into the eternal darkness by the black sun.

After an unknown amount of time, the icy will receded like a tide, and the black sun's tail slowly left Qian Ye's world. However, at this moment, the dormant black blood in his body suddenly stirred, almost reaching a boiling point instantly!

PS: The draft box finally made it to the last day of the new book month.

April seems busier than March. Looking at the schedule, I'm almost flying all week.

April update plan: one update guaranteed every day at 12:00 PM.

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