"Lei Ge, how's Miss Zhan Ni? Not bad, huh?" Lang Zi said with a low chuckle.

  "Not bad," Lin Lei nodded in praise.

  Lude said next to him, "Not only is it not bad, I've also been out for a few years and seen many beauties. But Miss Zhan Ni, wow, that's absolutely stunning! Le Ge, do you have any intentions towards Miss Zhan Ni?"

  Lin Lei was taken aback for a moment.

  Lang also gave Lin Lei a 'men understand' look: "Lei Ge, the strong have beautiful women, this is normal. Now if you don't seize the opportunity, after leaving this fleet, there won't be another chance."

  "You two." Lin Lei was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

  Alice has frozen Lin Lei's emotions deeply. At present, Lin Lei hasn't reached the point of being desperate for food and seeing a beauty wanting to chase after her.

  "Miss Zhan and her siblings are out." Rude said in a low voice.

  Lin Lei turned his head to look, and indeed, Miss Zanni was walking towards a bonfire with her brother Keen, and beside the bonfire was their old servant.

  That noble youth 'Keen' couldn't help but look over at the black-striped cloud leopard with curiosity again.

  The black-striped cloud leopard immediately bared its fangs, and Kien was suddenly frightened and tightly grabbed his sister's hand. Miss Zhen also seemed to sense something and looked over in Lin Lei's direction.

  Miss Zhan nodded slightly awkwardly and apologized before leading her younger brother to sit by the bonfire.

  "Sister, that demon beast is so cool." Keen's shining eyes were full of admiration. "One day, I'll have a powerful demon beast too."

  The old servant beside him chuckled and said, "Young Master Kein, taming a magical beast isn't that simple. To truly tame a powerful magical beast, you must make it submit to you, and to make it submit, you must defeat it head-on. From what I know, the weakest among the feline magical beasts are seventh-level magical beasts. That Lord Lei is indeed a true powerhouse."

  "Are even the weakest ones seventh-level magical beasts?" Keen took a deep breath, "Grandpa Lambert, are you stronger than Grandpa Lambert?"

  In Keen's heart, the one he actually worshipped was this Grandpa Lambert.

  He and his sister were completely dependent on Lambert during the Sacred Alliance. If it weren't for Lambert, the noble in that town would have sent people to take away his sister long ago. He had personally seen Lambert shatter the shield of a noble guard with one punch and easily defeat more than a dozen soldiers.

  "I? With my skills, others can easily kill me with just one move." Lambert chuckled and patted Kein's head, "Young Master Kein, when you arrive at the Aubrey Empire, be careful. There are many experts in this world. I can only protect you in a small town like this, but in big cities..."

  "It's nothing, this time I'm going to inherit the position of city lord." Keen proudly raised his small head, "When I become the city lord, what is there to be afraid of?"

  Zanni saw Kiern like this, and happily spoiled and touched Kiern's head: "Kiern will become a great city lord in the future."

  "That's for sure." Keane said with confidence.

  Gradually, most people fell asleep in the carriage, only a few mercenaries were patrolling around. Lin Lei was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with Hei Yu's heavy sword placed flat on his knees.

  The third heavy 'momentum' cultivation of the three realms of heavy swordsmanship, Lin Lei didn't know how his ancestors cultivated it, but Lin Lei's method was to merge his soul with the earth and merge with the boundless wind.

  The earth has its own unique pulse.

  That unique pulse, that unique rhythm also made Lin Lei immerse himself in it. The wind that fills the sky and earth without bounds is also the most closely related to space. The wind that fills the space is also a crucial link in understanding "momentum".

  Immersed in nature, feeling the natural... Under such circumstances, Lin Lei basically couldn't feel the passage of time. Until the second half of the night, most people in the convoy had fallen asleep, only a few mercenary guards were on high alert, trying to stay awake.

  "Shasha~~~"

  In the dead of night, a cold wind blew, blowing Lin Lei's hair, and his closed eyes suddenly opened. He then inserted the Black Ruyi Heavy Sword into the scabbard on his back.

  "Get up." Lin Lei patted Rud and Langs twice.

  Lutz and Lantz were both mercenaries who lived by the sword, sleeping lightly and waking up instantly. Lantz and Lutz looked at each other, only to realize it was still the middle of the night.

  "Lei Ge, it's late at night, why aren't you sleeping?" Lude felt discontent in his heart, but he didn't dare to complain on the surface.

  "There are robbers coming." Lin Lei said casually.

  "Oh."

  Lude's sleepy eyes seemed to have signs of closing again, but he suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Lin Lei in shock: "Lei Ge, what did you say? The robbers are here?"

  "A group of about a hundred robbers is ahead, roughly three hundred meters away. They are slowly approaching us." Lin Lei said directly.

  Lin Lei just sensed the pulse of the earth and felt the blowing wind.

  The footsteps of over a hundred people, Lin Lei clearly felt from several hundred meters away. Of course, under normal circumstances, Lin Lei wouldn't have discovered this so early either. With his soul linked to the earth, his sensitivity was naturally much higher.

  Lude was frightened.

  "Don't be foolish, quickly wake up all the brothers." Langze was indeed very calm.

  "Oh, I see." Rude immediately went to call the mercenaries one by one, while Lantz directly went to remind those vigilant mercenary guards.

  One by one, the mercenaries who were sleeping soundly were woken up in the middle of the night, and naturally they were not happy.

  "The robbers have come." One sentence scared them all to get up immediately.

  "Where are the bandits?" One by one, the awakened mercenaries looked around at the pitch-black surroundings, not even a ghostly figure in sight. The mercenaries were all dissatisfied now.

  The leader of the mercenaries, a big-bearded man, grabbed Lanz's collar with one hand: "You said there were bandits, where are they?"

  "It wasn't me, it was Le Ge who said that." Langzi hastily said.

  "Oh?" Big Beard was shocked in his heart, towards Lin Lei this sudden appearance of a master, Big Beard seeing that black panther didn't dare to offend him, a master saying so definitely wouldn't be joking with them.

  At this time, Big Beard also heard a very faint and dense footsteps in the distance.

  With great whiskers' power, I have already heard clearly.

  "Bandits are coming, prepare, prepare!" The loud and terrifying voice of the big-bearded man immediately alerted all the mercenary guards, and even many sleeping merchants and hitchhikers were startled awake.

  These nearly hundred mercenaries lined up in an extremely orderly fashion.

  "Haha, Big Beard Ma Long, didn't expect you to be so vigilant. It's been years since we last met and it seems like you've made progress. Looks like a sneak attack won't work, can only launch a full-on assault now." Just then, a loud laughter echoed out, and several figures clad in black appeared before the convoy.

  "Is it you?" The big beard saw the one-eyed blond man at the forefront, and his face changed.

  McKinley, the one-eyed snake, is still very famous in this hundreds of miles of road with two unmanaged zones. He is known for his cruelty and great strength.

  "Waaah~~" The sound of a baby's cry rose from the vehicle convoy.

  "It's a robber." Many people panicked.

  "Silence!" The big bearded man roared, and many people in the convoy immediately organized and arranged for everyone to gather together, also letting some adults hold up their weapons and prepare to resist.

  The big-bearded man looked at the one-eyed blond man: "One-eyed snake, don't be too ruthless. Here, I'll give you 5,000 gold coins. Let us pass, how about it?"

  "Five thousand gold coins?" The blond, one-eyed man sneered, "Marlon, do you think I, McGinley, am a beggar? One sentence, one million gold coins, and I'll let you go. Otherwise... Hmph."

  All the mercenaries' faces fell.

  One hundred thousand gold coins? They accepted this protection task for a total of only sixty thousand gold coins. If they give one hundred thousand to the other party, they will even have to pay out of their own pockets. After all, according to the rules of mercenaries, once they accept a protection task, even if they need to drive away some bandits, the money is paid by the mercenary team.

  "One-eyed snake, don't be too excessive. You shouldn't die alone, and 5,000 gold coins should be enough to satisfy you." Big Beard grasped his giant axe, "Otherwise, let's see who's stronger." Big Beard 'Marlon' still had some confidence, as he had fought McKinley before and their strength was about the same. He believed that McKinley wouldn't dare launch a desperate attack without being ambushed first.

  "That's it, brothers, let's go!" McKinley shouted abruptly.

  Suddenly a group of robbers, each holding weapons, rushed up one by one, shouting angrily. This scene was indeed extremely surprising to Marlon.

  "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"... The archers on both sides shot arrows mercilessly, but in this battle of a hundred against a hundred, the effect of a small number of archers was really not great.

  "Malong, go to death." McKinley held a sharp long knife and rushed up, with one foot on the ground, his whole body jumped tens of meters, and then carried a force of ten thousand kilograms to fiercely chop Malong.

  Malone also grasped a giant axe and countered with a fierce slash.

  "Hum~~" The long knife's surface shone with a dark, majestic light.

  "Peng."

  Ma Long's hands trembled and he involuntarily took several steps back.

  "Who?" Big-bearded Marlon stared at one-eyed McGinley in surprise, well aware of McGinley's strength. A head-on confrontation would have given his heavy artillery the upper hand. But now the opponent had the advantage... "You're right, I've already entered the realm of an 8th-level warrior." McGinley's face was full of pride.

  "No wonder you didn't hesitate to launch a strong attack." Marlon realized at this time.

  "Boss, there's a beautiful woman here." A sudden voice rang out.

  McKinley immediately turned his head and saw Jennie, who was in a state of panic with a pale face, protecting her younger brother at this moment. The pitiful look was indeed touching.

  "Haha, that girl is mine." McKinley immediately became excited.

  The mercenaries were engaged in a bloody battle with the bandits, one of whom beheaded a mercenary with a single swing of his sword. However, another mercenary immediately stabbed him in the back with his sword.

  "Fall back, fall back!" Marlon yelled as he retreated in flight, those mercenary guards fighting and retreating.

  "Lord Lei, please save our mercenary group." Malon begged respectfully to Lin Lei. At this moment, the mercenaries had formed a circle, and other merchants and travelers were all inside the circle. Lin Lei and Malon were at the outermost edge of the circle.

  Lin Lei nodded in response to Malong's plea.

  "I'll only take care of that leader for you," Lin Lei said, and Malong's eyes lit up with excitement. If McKinley is dead, what are they afraid of those little bandits?

  The bonfire crackled to life, and Jennie clutched her little brother tightly.

  "Sister, that mercenary leader seems to be asking for Lord Lei." Keen's eyes shone brightly as he watched the scene unfold, and Jennie also looked towards Lin Lei.

  Lin Lei stood in the middle of the road, calmly watching those robbers.

  "Get out of the way." McKinley, holding a long knife, rushed over at high speed. His entire body was extremely fast, and he kept swaying left and right, as if turning into two phantoms, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.

  Phantom Slash!

  This is Monokuma's signature move!

  "Ridiculous." Lin Lei, who had already reached the 'momentum' level, didn't care about this kind of technical attack move at all.

  "Die." A fierce glint appeared in McKinley's single eye.

  Lin Lei's black heavy sword was unsheathed, and the moment it was unsheathed, a shocking aura burst out, as if the surrounding space had been completely frozen in an instant.

  Hei Yu's heavy sword slashed directly at McKinley.

  McKinley wanted to dodge, but he was horrified to find that the space around him seemed to be sealed off, and in an instant, even the sound disappeared.

  He had nowhere to hide, and what's more, he couldn't see anything else. His eyes could only see that increasingly large black heavy sword.

  He wanted to raise his knife to resist, but at this moment he felt like being trapped in an endless swamp, the knife was as heavy as ten thousand catties, and it rose too slowly.

  "Pffft!"

  The black sword slashed onto McKinley's body, and McKinley's body from head to toe instantly turned into a puddle of flesh. Whether it was the bandits or the mercenary group, or even Zanni and Keen, they all stared at this scene with their eyes wide open in shock.

  "Those small fries are handed over to you." Lin Lei sheathed his sword and calmly said to the big-bearded 'Ma Long'.

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