Ophiuchus Legion

"Ahh! Don't kill me... Spare me! I'll never dare offend you again! Spare me!" Seeing all his underlings slaughtered by the demon before him, the bandit leader's mental defenses finally collapsed. He dropped to his knees and repeatedly kowtowed.

Mu Yang looked at him coldly and asked flatly, "If I don't kill you, should I leave you alive to keep doing evil? People like you would go to hell even after reaching the underworld."

"No... I'll give you all the treasure, all of it! Please spare me!" The bandit leader backed away unsteadily in terror, but Mu Yang had no intention of letting him off easily. A blur flashed past, and with a scream, the bandit leader's life came to an end.

Looking at the bandits' corpses, Mu Yang's expression remained cold. "Killing you counts as eliminating harm for the people. As for the treasure, this place isn't that big. Couldn't I find it myself?"

After casually glancing over the bodies, Mu Yang looked away and began searching through the cave. At last, in a corner at the very back, he found a large chest. He pried off its chain lock, revealing gold glittering within—various gold pieces, gemstones, and jewelry. These bandits had robbed homes, plundered travelers, and killed without mercy, gathering enough wealth to fill an entire chest.

Just looking at these treasures showed how many people they must have killed. With a silent sigh, Mu Yang placed the entire chest and its contents into his Acceleration Space.

Ever since Mu Yang had broken through the first restriction of the Acceleration Space, it could be used for storage. However, it required time to activate each time, so overall, it was only an auxiliary tool and could not offer Mu Yang any convenience in battle.

Mu Yang glanced at the now-empty treasury and nodded. These bandits had worked for years and even thrown away their lives, only to make a wedding dress for someone else. Walking out of the cave, Mu Yang raised a hand and fired a Ki Blast at it. Accompanied by a thunderous rumble, the cave collapsed with a crash.

After finishing this, he did not look back. He took off toward a nearby city. Before purchasing seafood, he first needed to convert some of the gold into currency.

Meanwhile, in a mountain range in the eastern part of Earth.

This was the headquarters of the Ophiuchus Legion.

The towering buildings resembled a castle. Independent spires rose one after another in magnificent splendor, their blue-green tiles dazzling beneath the sunlight.

Guards stood watch every few steps, and security was extremely tight. Every soldier wore a uniform as they patrolled back and forth around the corners of the towers.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A propeller plane circled as it slowly descended onto the airfield. Officer Lusha and his attendants jumped down from the aircraft, then entered the castle under the guide's lead.

In a lavishly decorated hall, Officer Lusha met their commander.

He was a burly beastman with blue-green fur, a pointed mouth, and protruding fangs, radiating exceptional savagery. He was Commander Huai En, the supreme leader of the Ophiuchus Legion. At that moment, Commander Huai En was tearing into a chunk of meat, swallowing each bite before guzzling down a bottle of liquor.

"Commander Huai En!" Officer Lusha stood respectfully and saluted.

Commander Huai En gave Officer Lusha a casual glance. "How did the task I assigned you go? Where are the blueprints?"

Officer Lusha broke out in sweat. "Commander, we didn't find the blueprints."

"You didn't find them? Then what did you come back for? Why aren't you out there looking?" Commander Huai En stared coldly at Lusha. His chilling gaze was like a demon's eyes, terrifying enough to make Lusha feel as if he were facing death. Commander Huai En asked darkly, "Where is Claren now?"

"He's already dead!" Lusha said bitterly.

Crash! Commander Huai En viciously smashed the wine bottle in his hand, and blood-red liquor splashed across the floor.

"How are you carrying out your orders? I told you to do whatever it took, and this is the result you give me? Do you know how important the blueprints in his hands were? They were robot design blueprints. As long as we obtained them, our Ophiuchus Legion could produce robots endlessly and form a powerful combat legion. By then, forget the United Kingdom—even the whole world would have to answer to us!"

"That Claren was extremely cunning. While my men were pursuing him, a soldier accidentally shot and killed him."

Lusha spoke carefully.

"Dispose of that soldier. What an idiot." A vicious glint flashed through Commander Huai En's beastlike eyes. Officer Lusha's face darkened at those words, cold sweat pouring down his back. He hurriedly said, "When Claren fled, there was also a girl with him. Perhaps the blueprints are on that girl."

"Then what are you waiting for? Go find her immediately. Lusha, I'll give you one more chance. Bring those blueprints back, or you know the consequences."

"Yes!" Officer Lusha shuddered and answered repeatedly before respectfully withdrawing from the hall.

Only after leaving the hall did Lusha feel a chill run down his back. His clothes were already soaked with sweat.

"Boss, what do we do now?"

The attendant beside him was pale. Every time he met Commander Huai En, he felt as though it might be a final farewell.

"What else can we do? Hurry up and search. Mobilize all our forces. We have to find those blueprints." Lusha spat on the ground and said grimly, "And that useless soldier—who told him to fire?"

"Are we really going to kill him?" the attendant asked, swallowing hard.

"If we don't kill him, you and I will both be executed!" Officer Lusha said viciously.

This was his last chance. There was no room for personal feelings within the Ophiuchus Legion. If he could not retrieve the blueprints, he believed the commander would never spare him.