All for Wealth, Not Lives

Chen Lie possesses extremely strong Mental Power. Due to his Mental Power cultivation method, he can do something that even high-level Divine Sense Master cannot: he can penetrate the surface of the Star Boat with his mental power and detect what is happening outside.

Because the range of divine sense is limited, Chen Lie tried to get as close as possible to the Star Boat's cabin. When he probed with his divine sense, he found the battle taking place outside the Star Boat rather strange.

' The Star Bandit have two ninth-tier Yuan Gang Alternation Grandmaster, six Eighth-Order Innate Grandmaster, and nearly a hundred Seventh-Stage Gang Qi Realm Martial Artist. This doesn't make much sense!'

Chen Lie began to consider the matter. In his previous life, he had been kidnapped by the Star Bandit and survived by Star Bandit luck, so he had a certain understanding of them.

These space pirate groups operate on a strategy of not making a single operation for three years, then profiting from it for three years. They seize a single opportunity to plunder, employing overwhelming force to complete their raids, and are unlikely to make such a mistake.

Judging from the battle outside the Star Boat, although the forces deployed by the Star Bandit were stronger than those of the Canglong Star guides, they did not possess the strength to overwhelm them, which was seriously inconsistent with the Star Bandit ' standards of conduct.

At this moment, the personnel inside the Star Boat who controlled some of the Star Boat's authority arrived here.

"Dear students, don't be afraid. Envoy Yu has already led a large number of Grandmaster Martial Artist to confront the Star Bandit. I just asked, and the Sixth Interstellar Allied Forces of the Canglan Star Domain will arrive in 50 minutes. Once the Interstellar Allied Forces arrives, these Star Bandit will only have one path: annihilation."

A small group of people on the planets in the Central Star Region knew that the Star Bandit would make thorough preparations for every raid, so they were skeptical of the reassurances given by the guides.

At this moment, a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old said, "Star Boat usually have protective pods inside. Why don't you move us into one of them?"

"Once inside the protective cabin, there's another layer of protection, making it safer."

"Letting you into the protective cabin is no problem, but there are too many people here. The protective cabin can only hold a maximum of two thousand people, but there are more than seven thousand people here, so there's no way to queue," the guide said.

"It's very simple. There are people from 17 planets in the Central Star Region. For each planet in the Central Star Region, ten people will be given a spot to enter the protective cabin. The remaining spots will be allocated according to the overall strength of the planet!" the young man said.

The people on the planets in the Central Star Region all seemed perfectly at ease upon hearing this.

The planets in the Eastern Star Region instantly erupted in anger. A young girl in purple Ancient Garments from Red Flame Planet immediately retorted without hesitation, "Pah! How shameless!"

"If that's the case, then the protective pods are all occupied by people from your Central Star Region. Where do you think you'll put the planets from the Eastern Star Region?"

"The Eastern Star Region is just a planet on the Fringe Star Domain. Don't you understand the principle that strength is paramount? You should yield to the powerful stars of our Central Star Region."

The young man from the Central Star Region replied matter-of-factly.

Seeing that the students were about to start fighting amongst themselves, the guide said, "Alright, that's enough. The Star Bandit haven't breached the Star Boat's external defenses yet, so don't let these things cause a fuss."

Alright, now you can come with me to wait by the protective pod. I won't open it for now. Just wait here. If any Star Bandit manage to break in, I'll open the pod immediately. Who gets in will be a matter of luck!

Once the guide said this, no one objected, and the group followed the guide to the outside of the Star Boat's protective cabin.

During the journey, Ji Lingxuan asked, "Chen Lie, have we really encountered a very serious crisis?"

"I guess so!"

Although the Star Bandit haven't breached Star Boat Star Boat's defenses yet, once they do, they'll attack instantly, leaving the Star Bandit inside at Star Boat mercy.

"If things really get really dangerous, Chen Lie, you must hold my hand tightly. I might be able to protect you."

"You?" Chen Lie glanced at Ji Lingxuan.

"It's just a possibility; I'm not sure."

After exchanging a few words with Ji Lingxuan, Chen Lie fell silent and approached the cabin, extending his divine sense to observe the situation outside the Star Boat.

Outside the Star Boat, Yu Zhaolong was already at a disadvantage in his duel with the two Star Boat leaders. He calculated the time and realized that he had only managed to hold off the Star Boat for about ten minutes.

At that moment, a voice rang out. "Envoy Yu, something terrible has happened! Huang Shun has been attacked and seriously injured in the battle; he is no longer capable of fighting!"

Yu Zhaolong brandished his double hooks, and upon closer inspection, saw that the speaker was Li Zongming, one of the four guiding Grandmaster accompanying him. While fiercely battling the two Star Bandit, Li Zongming used his Innate Primordial Qi to transmit his voice, saying, "I am using Innate Primordial Qi to transmit my voice secretly, so no one else can hear me. Don't make a sound. Send Huang Shun to the third Star Boat hatch. In one minute, I will control the Star Boat to remove a protective energy shield and briefly open the third Star Boat hatch. Seize the opportunity and send Huang Shun back to the Star Boat."

Upon hearing this, Li Zongming immediately broke free from the Star Bandit Grandmaster's entanglement and carried Huang Shun to the third cabin door of the Star Boat.

About a minute later, Li Zongming indeed removed one of the energy shields from the Star Boat and opened the third Star Boat hatch.

"Now!"

Li Zongming leaped towards the Star Boat's hatch when suddenly a giant handprint made of Innate Primordial Qi appeared.

With a loud "boom," the giant handprint slammed Li Zongming back.

Li Zongming suffered a severe blow, collapsed to the ground coughing up blood, and completely lost his fighting ability.

At that moment, a young man in his thirties and a woman in her late twenties, dressed in flamboyant attire, appeared without warning beneath the third hatch of the Star Boat.

The flamboyant woman chuckled, "It seems that in the end, I'll still have to rely on you. Only Mental Power Grandmaster like me can discern the content of a secret transmission using Innate Primordial Qi and prepare in advance."

The young man raised his hand and unleashed a powerful palm strike, shattering the Star Boat's cabin door.

"Alright, let's not waste any more time, lest the Canglan Star Domain Army arrive. Let's get on the Star Boat quickly!"

"I've calculated the time. No matter how fast the Starfield Army moves, they can't arrive within half an hour. We have plenty of time."

The flamboyant woman said to the two Star Bandit who were fighting Yu Zhaolong, "Uncle Hong, Uncle Jin, you two hold off this Ninth-Order Grandmaster from Canglong Star, my brother and I will go in!"

"Go ahead without worry, but be quick!"

The two Star Bandit leaders responded.

Upon realizing that the Star Bandit were still hiding, Yu Zhaolong's heart sank. He immediately turned around, intending to rush back to the Star Boat.

The two ninth-tier Star Bandit leaders immediately blocked Yu Zhaolong's path and began to fight Yu Zhaolong.

"Envoy Yu, what's the rush? The battle isn't over yet!"

Yu Zhaolong's double hooks immediately unleashed two sharp bursts of Innate Primordial Qi. With a "boom," the two bursts of Innate Primordial Qi directly pierced through the protective energy of the two Star Bandit, leaving wounds on their bodies.

"I never expected you to have such methods. A Ninth-Order Yuan Gang Realm Grandmaster born and raised on Canglong Star is truly remarkable. A mid-stage Yuan Gang Realm cultivator was actually able to injure two of us Late-Stage Yuan Gang Realm while fighting against one of us."

But you don't need to struggle anymore, it's futile..."

"Prepare to die!"

Yu Zhaolong said no more, grabbed his double hooks, and attacked the two Star Bandit leaders again.

The flamboyant woman's Mental Power materialized, and as she spoke, her solid Mental Power attack enveloped the two Grandmaster still fighting on Canglong Star.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Mental Power of an eighth-order Mental Power Grandmaster is no longer something ethereal. Energy and divine thought intervene in reality, and Mental Power transforms into swords, axes, and halberds, making it impossible to defend against. In an instant, it pierced through the bodies of two Grandmaster at an incredible angle, killing the two guiding Grandmaster of Canglong Star.

Under the blow of Mental Power, the three Grandmaster of Canglong Star died almost simultaneously.

"Kill complete, loot done!"

The flamboyant woman clapped her hands and said to the young man, "Brother, this is my newly mastered Mental Power attack technique. How powerful is it?"

The young man said, "It's more than enough to deal with Grandmaster Martial Artist of the same realm, but it won't be as effective against those genius Grandmaster Martial Artist with profound foundations, such as Sword Dao Grandmaster."

"After your Mental Power broke through to the eighth level, you are indeed much stronger than before."

"That's it!"

The flamboyant woman said, "Gentlemen, come with me into the Star Boat, we're going to make a fortune this time!"

"We're rich! We're rich!"

"Quickly, come aboard the Star Boat with the young lady!"

The six Grandmaster of the Star Bandit, along with over a hundred Seventh-Stage Gang Qi Realm Martial Artist, followed the man and woman, pouring into the Star Boat through the third Star Boat.

Inside the Star Boat, Chen Lie had been using his divine sense to probe the area. He saw that the Star Bandit were indeed hiding somewhere and had even blasted open the Star Boat's hatch, which immediately alerted him to the danger.

"Damn it, the Star Bandit have broken in!"

"Big brother, what did you say? The Star Bandit have invaded?"

Han Keke, who was standing nearby, was startled when she heard Chen Lie's words.

The people of Blue Star gathered around.

Zuo Yuan'er asked, "Chen Lie... classmate, you said the Star Bandit have invaded?"

Chen Lie nodded and said, "Notify everyone to get closer to the protective pod. Once the Star Bandit arrive, the liaison personnel will definitely activate the protective pod immediately. The closer we are to the protective pod, the safer we will be, and the better we can get in before everyone else."

Upon hearing Chen Lie's words, the people on Blue Star who learned of the news immediately began to spread the word to the Blue Star people in the distance.

The commotion uttered by the people of Blue Star was also heard by Eastern Star Region, such as Red Flame Planet, Shuimang Star, and Wood Source Planet, which were in the same region.

Among the people from Red Flame Planet, Zhu Jingshu asked, "Friends from Blue Star, how did you know the Star Bandit were going to invade?"

"Chen Lie, the top-ranked candidate for Administrator of Blue Star and number one on the Blood Qi Ranking, has spoken!"

"Was it His Excellency Chen Lie who said that?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jingshu immediately frowned.

"Since you're all from the Eastern Star Region, I advise you to stay as close to the protective pod as possible."

"Thank you for reminding me."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jingshu immediately gathered everyone from Red Flame Planet and moved towards the protective pod.

Wood Source Planet also noticed Blue Star's commotion, and Hua Jianying among them sneered, "Alarmist!"

Just then, the evacuation personnel suddenly appeared and shouted, "The Star Bandit are charging up! Get into the protective pod!"

As soon as this sound was uttered, the more than 7,000 students from the central and Eastern Star Region who had entered Starry Sky University rushed into the protective cabin in a panic.

At the same time, the protective cabin was successfully opened.

At this moment, a man and a woman entered the cabin of the Star Boat.

Following them, six Grandmaster and over a hundred Seventh-Stage Gang Qi Realm Star Bandit arrived inside the Star Boat cabin, shouting "Kill!"

Several Star Bandit at the forefront entered the cabin and killed anyone they saw. In the blink of an eye, they had killed five or six guides and three or four teenagers from the Central Star Region.

"Stop it, all of you! Who gave you permission to kill indiscriminately?"

The woman, dressed in her finest attire, immediately reprimanded him.

"Young Miss, isn't this how we always do things?" a Star Bandit asked, puzzled.

"The past is the past, the present is the present!"

"So you mean...?"

The flamboyant woman said, "We, the ' Blood Shadow,' act solely for profit."

Do you know who these people are? They are all outstanding young talents from various planets, geniuses!

Now that we've kidnapped these people, isn't it reasonable to demand a ransom of ten or twenty thousand Star-Origin Galactic Coins from each of them on their home planet?

"I scanned the area with my divine sense and found there are over seven thousand people here. Even if each person is worth ten thousand Star-Origin Galactic Coins, that's seventy million Galactic Coin in total. You're just killing people indiscriminately, who's going to suffer the loss?"

"Well... I really hadn't considered that..."

"Alright, step back. Before, we robbed goods; now we rob people."

No one is allowed to kill indiscriminately. We, the ' Blood Shadow ' gang, have our code of honor. We only take the ransom, we only seek money, we will not take lives!

Under the orders of the flamboyant woman, the Star Bandit killing.

At this moment, Chen Lie and everyone from Blue Star entered the protective cabin.

Having received advance warning, the Red Flame Planet, Shuimang Star, and Jintian Star in the Eastern Star Region entered the protective cabins immediately, and even the Wood Source Planet was no exception.

Although Hua Jianying of Wood Source Planet said that Blue Star was "exaggerating," she did not dare to be negligent in her actions, and all the people of Wood Source Planet hid in the protective pods.

"Big brother, did you hear what that Star Bandit leader said? It seems they only want money, not lives. They kidnapped us for ransom," Han Keke said.

Chen Lie simply said, "If you believe the Star Bandit's nonsense, you'll have it for life!"

"What do you mean? Is the Star Bandit leader lying?"

"Why are they called Star Bandit Star Bandit? Ruthlessness is their defining characteristic. Even if they really wanted to extort money, what if they killed the hostage after receiving the ransom?"

"Ah... this..."

"You can't gamble with the reputation of a gang of Star Bandit!"

The protective cabin was packed with people from the Eastern Star Region and Central Star Region. When the liaison personnel outside saw that the cabin was full, they immediately communicated with the Star Boat's Optical Computer to shut it down.

With the sweeping action of numerous Star Bandit, the guides outside and more than 5,000 people from various planets who were about to enter the Starry Sky University were all taken into control by the Star Bandit.

"That's not right. I just scanned the area with my divine sense and found more than 7,000 people. How come there are suddenly 2,000 fewer?" the flamboyant woman wondered.

"You forgot, Star Boat usually have protective pods, so the rest of the people must have hidden inside them," the young man in his thirties said.

"Oh, I see. Brother, can you try to blast open the protective pod?"

The young man nodded, walked to the protective cabin, and threw a punch.

"Boom!"

As the Innate Primordial Qi of the Crimson Sun attribute spread out, the cabin of the Star Boat shook violently.

After the impact of the immense force, the young man saw that the protective pod of the Star Boat was almost completely intact.