"Or you can fight me. If you win, you won't have to pay the toll." Venom Boss's tone was playful.
Qian Ling disguised her voice as hoarse and sneered, "What a joke. When did the Viper Clan ever have such a thing as integrity? Three thousand. That's all. Take it or leave it?"
After saying that, the Source Energy Aura emanating from Qian Ling grew even stronger.
Venom Boss's expression turned solemn. His opponent seemed to have been immersed in the Tier 1 Peak realm for quite some time. Even if she couldn't stand against so many of his brothers in a head-on fight, it wasn't impossible for her to fight desperately and take one of the four brothers down with her.
There was no reason to risk their lives during an ordinary robbery.
But if he agreed outright, where would that leave his dignity in front of his brothers?
Venom Boss fell silent. The atmosphere immediately grew tense. The Source Energy power of Bruce and Qian Ling secretly gathered, while the underlings of the Venomous Hunter Group tightened their grips on their weapons.
Just then, a sharp-snouted member of the Viper Clan behind Venom Boss suddenly twitched his nose and abruptly turned toward the vehicle.
"The scent of a Pan-Human!"
At those words, Qian Ling and Bruce's expressions changed. The black robes they wore could conceal their scents, but they had forgotten that Jiang Xiao had none!
Damn it, I forgot about that! Qian Ling immediately grew anxious.
The Viper Clan's hostility toward Pan-Humans was practically the worst on Prison Star. There probably wouldn't be any room for negotiation now.
Venom Boss's eyes lit up, and he revealed a savage grin. "There was still room to negotiate over three thousand Sin Coins just now, but not anymore!"
"I don't know whether that Pan-Human is your cargo or your food, but bringing such a lowly creature through my territory means you have to pay more!
"Five thousand Sin Coins, or... leave that two-legged animal behind!"
"..."
Crack!
The car door opened, and Jiang Xiao walked in front of Qian Ling with an exasperated look.
Venom Boss immediately looked over. His eyes were filled with greed, as though he were looking at some delicacy. "Hahaha, I never thought he'd come knocking on his own. Looks like you've trained this human quite well.
"All right, leave. This Pan-Human belongs to us now."
Ignoring Venom Boss, Jiang Xiao didn't even turn around. He calmly said to the stunned Qian Ling, "Protect yourself from here on."
Then he took out the Terminal Goggles and clasped them over his face with one hand.
In an instant, a violent gale surged!
The two of them focused their eyes.
Jiang Xiao's figure had already vanished, leaving behind only a one-meter-wide impact crater!
Before Venom Boss could react, he suddenly felt an irresistible force slam into his chest. He instinctively mobilized his source energy, but the tremendous force cut it off. The terrifying power left his mind blank.
Boom!
Venom Boss's body slammed into the convoy like a cannonball. Immediately afterward, cold light flashed, and two heads were sent flying high into the air.
In a single exchange, only one of the Venomous Hunter Group's four Tier 1 Peak fighters remained standing there in a daze.
The sudden scene left every creature present silent. Only the dying wails of Venom Boss, whose chest had caved in in the distance, echoed through the air.
The Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon rose into the air and established a link with the radar map of the Terminal Goggles.
Rumble!!
Without a word, the Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon opened fire after being amplified by Origin Data. Rays that tore through the air swept in every direction, and several jeeps exploded on the spot!
Jiang Xiao's figure was like a ghost as he charged into the enemy ranks at nearly one hundred kilometers per hour, wildly swinging two Source Energy Battle Blades.
The Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon's azure rays intertwined with the cold gleam of the battle blades, illuminating the torrential rain of blood like an oil painting.
Only then did dozens of alien races realize what had happened.
In an instant, the Venomous Hunter Group collapsed. The Venomous Hunter Group's underlings were terrified and fled in panic without any intention of resisting, but before they could act, they were annihilated by ray after ray!
All of this happened in a mere ten seconds!
Qian Ling and Bruce stared blankly at everything before them, remaining silent for a long while.
"M-Mr. Jiang is really Tier 1?" Bruce finally came to his senses, his voice filled with shock.
What kind of Tier 1 was this? Had the standards of Tier 1 in the outside world already reached such a level?
Looking at the iconic goggles covering Jiang Xiao's face, Qian Ling suddenly remembered something. She cried out in horror, "Old Capital Killing God?!"
The universe truly was full of wonders. How could she have encountered such an unbelievable coincidence?
"Mr. Jiang? Old Capital Killing God?!"
Bruce looked at Jiang Xiao, who was silently moving through the rain of blood and efficiently harvesting alien lives. He found it completely impossible to connect him with the cheerful and amiable young man from the camp one day earlier.
That was the Old Capital Killing God! Ever since landing, not a single alien who had encountered him—whether Tier 1 or Tier 2, and regardless of their numbers—had survived!
By all rights, shouldn't he be drenched in murderous intent, with a cold and ruthless personality?
The two silently watched this battle that had never held any suspense.
The battle ended in less than five minutes.
After being enhanced by Origin Data, the Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon's damage and range had increased by more than thirty percent, while its charging time had also been reduced to 0.8 seconds!
Not a single Hunter from the Venomous Hunter Group could escape the Floating Cannon's attacks. Even the one who ran the farthest had only made it a little over three hundred meters.
Jiang Xiao spent some time scavenging the vehicle wreckage and the Sin Coins on their bodies before walking up to Venom Boss, who was still clinging to life.
He kicked him. "I'll treat these Sin Coins and your lives as tolls for the underworld. You're welcome."
After saying that, he casually took a grenade from the corpse of a Viper Clan member nearby, pulled the safety, and stuffed it into Venom Boss's mouth under his terrified gaze.
Boom!!
He removed the goggles, and a powerful Source Energy Aura shook the blood and grime from his body.
Jiang Xiao looked at the two of them. He didn't care that his identity had been exposed and put on his sunny smile again.
"Sorry for the wait. I didn't expect this Venomous Hunter Group to be so damn poor. It took me this long to find just over fifty thousand Sin Coins."
Qian Ling opened her mouth. There were many things she wanted to say, but in the end, she answered as usual:
"Hunters are a branch of wanderers to begin with. They don't have much money. Besides, more than fifty thousand can get you a lot done in Sin Capital."
"That's good. I'll probably have quite a few expenses in Sin Capital."
Jiang Xiao smiled as he opened the front passenger door and looked at the still-dazed Bruce. "Let's go, Bruce."
"...All right."
The three of them resumed their journey. Jiang Xiao continued making occasional conversation, while Qian Ling still answered briefly, just as before.
Everything that had happened seemed like an illusion.
Qian Ling watched Jiang Xiao, whose temperament had not changed in the slightest after the slaughter, still clear-eyed and cheerful as ever. Her curiosity grew stronger.
However, she was more concerned with other matters.
What were the odds of inviting such an expert to take a risk? How great a price would it require?
Qian Ling couldn't make up her mind. When we get back to Sin Capital, I'll discuss it with Uncle Li first.
The rest of the journey passed without incident.
The next day, the three of them smoothly arrived at Sin Capital. Gazing at the enormous city in the distance, magnificent and brimming with a cyberpunk wasteland style, Jiang Xiao wore a look of astonishment.
Sin Capital
Sin Capital, a land of evil that housed more than twenty million prisoners from across the galaxy!
Thugs and bastards formed its foundation, and it was precisely because of this that Sin Capital had developed a cityscape rarely seen even among the stars.
Chaotic and rugged, it was filled with irregular buildings and scattered high-rises. Interwoven skywalks and a disorderly, crisscrossing transportation network connected this vicious nest with no discernible layout!
It was like a giant beast forged from steel and sin, crouching at the end of the horizon.
Yet this chaotic style, set off by all kinds of holographic projections and towering skyscrapers, gave people a sense of frenzied freedom!
Disorder was synonymous with this place—
Even though they were still more than ten kilometers from Sin Capital, Jiang Xiao had already seen dozens of trails of gun smoke drifting over various parts of the vast city. That smoke definitely wasn't rising from chimneys.
He shifted his gaze upward and faintly saw three steel behemoths hovering above the clouds in the sky.
Planetary orbital Defense Ships!
They cast their shadows over Sin Capital like swords of Damocles, hanging above the heads of every prisoner in Sin Capital and reminding them of their status as criminals.
"Sin Capital..." Jiang Xiao murmured.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would spend most of his time here before leaving Prison Star.
"What are the requirements for entering Sin Capital?" he asked.
Qian Ling explained, "There are no requirements. What matters most in Sin Capital is gang affiliation or certification from a council institution. Ninety percent of the shops and markets only accept purchases from gangs and members of the Sin City Council. The specific certification process is handled through online terminals."
"Is the Spark Gang's certification useful too?"
"No, but that isn't a problem." Qian Ling continued.
"The Spark Gang can't operate openly in Sin Capital, but that doesn't mean it's weak. On the contrary, the Spark Gang's strength places it in the upper-middle range among Sin Capital's major gangs, and it secretly controls quite a few small and medium-sized gangs.
"Most of Sin Capital's black markets and illegal shops have some connection with the Spark Gang, and many major gangs also conduct business with it.
"The only ones in Sin Capital that truly regard Pan-Humans as mortal enemies are the Sin City Council, the Viper Gang, the Blade Armor Gang, and a few other major gangs."
Jiang Xiao understood. His grasp of Sin Capital's situation became a little clearer.
At present, it seemed that the Sin City Council did not have much actual control over Sin Capital. There appeared to be plenty of loopholes to exploit.
Jiang Xiao immediately formed some vague ideas.
"What about the Black Mech Gang?"
Qian Ling hesitated. "The Black Mech Gang... has always been neutral. It neither antagonizes nor curries favor with any gang. Its only relationship with the other gangs is trade.
"However, because it controls an enormous amount of resources and technology, the Sin City Council and its allied gangs have secretly targeted the Black Mech Gang for years, causing many of Sin Capital's major conflicts.
"Moreover, the Black Mech Gang's higher-ups are extremely mysterious. They haven't shown themselves for decades, and no one knows what they're doing."
"They haven't shown themselves for decades?" Jiang Xiao pondered briefly before asking, "Then can the Spark Gang get hold of any mechanical technology or technical data?"
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