Chapter 316 — Things Are Looking Bad
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
"The kid's been beaten this badly — could he have run into some dreadful being hidden aboard this ship?
" Ban Gongcuo gave chase, still nursing his doubts: "But didn't that dreadful being already flee?
" When the Lord Who Guards the Stars had escaped from the treasure ship, the commotion had been tremendous. At the time Ban Gongcuo had been searching the ship for the retainers scattered through the various cabins, while others still waited on the deck; it was then that the Lord Who Guards the Stars fled the vessel, and by the time Ban Gongcuo reached the deck, the several men upon it had vanished — swept into the world of Youdu by the hurricane raised in the Lord's flight, no doubt, never to return. And that had been two months ago. In the time since, Ban Gongcuo had led his people in stripping every cabin bare, carrying off nearly all the treasures here; only when he came to plunder the bridge had he met resistance, blocked outside by the Dragon Qilin and the two White Bat brothers, unable to fight his way in.
There was only one door into the bridge, and to enter one had to force a way through it; but the two White Bats and the Dragon Qilin were by no means weak, and guarding behind that door, even a Witch King of the Life-and-Death realm could not break in.
These past days they had used a rotating assault, giving the two White Bats and the Dragon Qilin no rest. No sooner had Ban Gongcuo burst into that room than he stirred the Myriad Locust Banner; swarms of flying locusts whirled about his body, warding him on every side. Then a door closed behind him, and Shen Mu appeared at the doorway and shut it.
Ban Gongcuo dashed a dozen paces forward before turning, smiling: "Cult Master Shen, what business brings you to lure me here? " The bruises and swellings on Shen Mu's face were plainly the marks of a beating. He said sullenly: "These two months I've taken a great many beatings, and my confidence has suffered badly.
Brother, you know how it is — a man who fails over and over, who keeps failing, his mind twists, he turns into a deviant.
" Ban Gongcuo said in astonishment: "What sort of person could beat Cult Master Shen into this state?
Now I'm curious.
In this world, besides me, there is actually someone who can defeat Cult Master Shen again and again and make him feel this frustration. Could that person be a divine-ability wielder of the Seven Stars realm? " Shen Mu touched the wounds on his face: "He was using the cultivation of the Six Harmonies realm.
" Ban Gongcuo was even more shocked; he exhaled a turbid breath and praised: "This man truly has skill. " Shen Mu said with utter sincerity: "So, brother, I could only come find you while I was resting. To keep my mind from twisting and my psyche from going warped — how about you let me beat you a while and work off some steam?
" Ban Gongcuo's brows lowered; his gaze fell on the hand gripping the Myriad Locust Banner, and he laughed softly: "Cult Master Shen, I have never fought a battle I was not sure of.
When I am not sure, I play dirty.
But when I saw you beckoning me with that sneaky look, I came running at once. Do you know why?
" He raised his head and smiled with conceit: "These two months I have trained hard, and I have improved enormously compared to two months ago. You know I am the Great Venerable of the Loulan Golden Palace, and I have already undergone eighteen reincarnations. Two months of my cultivation is worth two years of yours!
I did not chase after you to listen to your nonsense, nor to be beaten — I came to beat you to death! " His rage surged; his black hair lifted his cap. He brandished the Myriad Locust Banner and charged at Shen Mu, crying fiercely: "I will beat you to death with my own hands! Hand over that silver helmet, and I will let you die a little more comfortably!