Chapter 818: A Battle Of Wits

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Brothers Ka Tuo and Ka Fu gawked. They were baffled. The atmosphere in the shop suddenly quieted down.

"Why do you have it?" Ka Tuo was astounded. It took some time for him to find his voice. "Doesn鈥檛 Feng Rao have it?"

"It鈥檚 a long story," Shi Yan beamed a faint smile. "This is not a good time to talk. Feng Rao knows that I鈥檓 here. I鈥檓 afraid that Feng Ke, her father, is on the move. We should leave first."

The star map was a crucial matter. Most experts with a background force would try to steal it. They would even to risk their lives to take possession of it. It was unknown whether or not Feng Ke would come here personally to kill him. Either way, they had to find a safer place to talk.

"Yes. That is a good plan," Ka Tuo said frankly. "We should leave the Heaven Punishment City. This city is managed by Feng Ke, Russell, Barrette, and Jie Nong. If they want to kill someone, they have many ways to do so."

Ka Fu also knew the situation wasn鈥檛 good. He stopped lingering and said, "Ge, you guys go first. I will arrange the meeting place and follow you."

When Ka Tuo was about to start leaving, a gleam of fright sparkled in his eyes. He shouted, "Someone is coming! Original God Realm! So quick!"

Ka Fu was scared. "Is it Feng Ke?"

"80% or 90% chance that it鈥檚 him. Damn it! It was too unreliable! I knew it!" Shi Yan鈥檚 face darkened. He hesitated for a while then said through his gritted teeth, "He tricked me like this. I won鈥檛 let him get what he wants!"

A power that could distort space burst out from his body. Space slits appeared thickly around him. Radiant five-colored light shot out beautifully from the slits.

The Fantasy Sky Ring flashed. The star map created from Undying Wood flew out. Under his power, it shot out and disappeared into a space slit.

A massive flow of energy gushed out from his body. A beam of Soul Consciousness had cut off the connection with the soul altar and attached to the Undying Wood, disappearing into the space slit.

Hesitating for a while, Shi Yan slid the Blood Vein Ring off his finger. As his thoughts flickered, he threw the Blood Vein Ring into the space slit.

Tearing a space slit and putting the items in there was an advantage that a warrior cultivating space power had. However, Shi Yan was still reluctant in using this ability. The power of the Second Sky of King God Realm wasn鈥檛 enough to help him maintain the Soul Consciousness for long periods of time. Thus, it was difficult to keep the connection with the items he had put in the space slit for a long time.

In the disorderly and chaotic space basin, space energy was wildly uncontrollable. Once the Soul Consciousness fell into the space basin, it would be weakened and vanish.

This was especially true if a beam of his Soul Consciousness wanted to stick to the Undying Wood.

This made him spend more energy to hold the connection.

The World Extinguishing Thunder Flame wasn鈥檛 a real entity. It was just a fragmented soul. Maintaining the Soul Consciousness connection with it was easier. Also, the energy required was a thousand times less.

Because of this reason, the remnants of the World Extinguishing Thunder Flame could be found easily after Shi Yan had expelled it.

However, forming a connection between the Soul Consciousness and a real entity was difficult when putting it into a space slit. When he wanted to pull it out, he needed to use a force that was a hundred times stronger.

Swoosh!

The Undying Wood and the Blood Vein Ring disappeared together into the slit. The fine, thick slits vanished shortly after.

Shi Yan鈥檚 face gloomily darkened. He said quietly, "Whoever is coming, he is coming for the star map. There is no need to be tense. As long as I have the star map, they won鈥檛 dare kill me."

Ka Tuo and Ka Fu nodded quietly, pulling themselves together.

Crack Crack!

The ground of the shop under their feet caved in. A block of rock turned into dust and scattered. A brawny man emerged from the ground, but he had no dust on his body.

"Russell!" Ka Tuo鈥檚 face changed. He snorted, his voice husky. "Why are you here?"

Russell, the leader of the Bloody Chief Skull pirate, grinned bizarrely. One of his hands pushed on the stone wall of the shop.

Yellow soil dust started to gather on the wall. From Russell鈥檚 palm, it expanded everywhere at a speed that naked eyes couldn鈥檛 observe. That yellow soil dust covered the shop鈥檚 walls thickly.

Another yellow wall blocked the main door of the shop. No beam of light was allowed to creep in.

Shortly after, the entire shop sank into darkness under Russell鈥檚 power.

However, seven-colored rocks and crystals on the shelves inside the shop were glowing with immense halos so the shop wasn鈥檛 too dark.

After Russell was done using the yellow soil dust, he calmed down and waved his hands deliberately. A white jade chair fell behind him. He lazily sat down, smiling brightly. He looked at Shi Yan and his pose was casual as he talked to Shi Yan. "Give it to me."

"Give what? What is it?" Shi Yan frowned, asking as if he didn鈥檛 know anything. "Don鈥檛 pretend to be a fool," Russell laughed evilly. "Hand over the star map. I will leave immediately. I won鈥檛 trouble you guys anymore."

"Russell, don鈥檛 go so far!" Ka Tuo shouted, "No battle is allowed in the Heaven Punishment City. You guys set this rule and now you want to violate it?"

"Rule?" Russell grinned fiendishly, "I make rules. I鈥檓 not bound by it. Don鈥檛 babble. Ka Tuo, you know me. This place is restrained now. None of you can escape. Give me the star map and I will leave. We will pretend as if nothing has happened."

Russell had the First Sky of Original God Realm, one level higher than Ka Tuo, the strongest one among Shi Yan鈥檚 group. Once the battle started, Ka Tuo, Shi Yan, and Ka Fu wouldn鈥檛 be able to escape alive. Shi Yan didn鈥檛 dare take action and decided to try negotiating.

"The star map isn鈥檛 in my hand," Shi Yan knitted his eyebrows tightly together. His face was gloomy as he said faintly. "Feng Rao has it. As soon as she arrived in the Heaven Punishment City, she went to the Blue Demon. If you want the star map, you should find her. I have nothing in my hands. If you don鈥檛 believe me, you can check it."

Crack!

A Fantasy Sky Ring on his finger cracked open. Items stored inside the ring appeared. They could see the Original Universe Return Cauldron, Sky-breaking Shuttle, Thunder Witch Wood, Five Elements Crystal Marrow, and some treasures he had refined. All lined up in front of Shi Yan, spinning.

When the Fantasy Sky Ring exploded, things it stored would be exposed.

Ka Tuo and Ka Fu looked at him with strange eyes.

Russell was also amazed. He frowned but his eyes didn鈥檛 leave the treasures and strange cultivating materials, which were floating and revolving.

"No, not this. No." Russell鈥檚 face darkened. His eyes flashed as he was using Soul Consciousness to explore those items. Then, he shouted, "None of them!"

His target was the star map. The other things were not what he wanted. As he didn鈥檛 see the star map there, Russell clenched his jaw, grimacing.

"I have only one Fantasy Sky Ring. It is broken. All the materials are in front of you. You can check them as you please," Shi Yan was calm and natural, "I don鈥檛 have another storage. With your cultivation base, I believe you can see that I don鈥檛 keep Undying Wood."

"His realm isn鈥檛 high enough. Going with Feng Rao at the Peak of King God Realm, you think he would have had the chance to keep the star map?" Ka Tuo was secretly relieved. He followed Shi Yan and said, "Of course Feng Rao keeps the star map. I heard that Sir Feng Ke isn鈥檛 in the Heaven Punishment City now. Only Feng Xiao guards the Blue Demon鈥檚 base. If you go fast enough, you can take the star map before Feng Ke gets back, sir."

Russell鈥檚 eyes sparkled. He seemed to buy it, grinning fiendishly.

Ka Tuo suddenly discolored, trying to urge the chaotic energy in his body. He couldn鈥檛 help but shout, "Russell, if you think you can kill us to stop us from spreading the news, it won鈥檛 be that easy. Sir Feng Ke must be on his way now. If you want to waste your time killing us, do it. But I鈥檓 afraid you will miss the chance to grab the star map."

Russell snorted, raking his cold, brutal eyes around Shi Yan, Ka Tuo, and Ka Fu. Then, he said indifferently, "You鈥檙e lucky this time."

Swoosh!

The ground cracked into a passage. Russell turned into an earthy-yellow smoke and disappeared into the passage.

Layers of confining force covering the shop vanished, turning into earth-yellow smoke that swarmed into that passage.

Ka Fu hurled his body onto the soft couch, wiping away the cold sweat beading his forehead. There was still fear in his eyes.

Before Russell left, he definitely intended to kill them all to stop them from telling his story. If Ka Tuo hadn鈥檛 said anything, they wouldn鈥檛 have been able to dodge this fatal fate.

"F*ck him!" Ka Tuo gritted his teeth, his face ferocious. "Wait until your grandfather reaches the Original God Realm, I will take all of it back! That bastard Russell wanted to kill us. We鈥檙e lucky that my brother has stashed all the items into the space slit. Otherwise, none of us would have survived."

"We won鈥檛 keep him deceived him for long. We should go and find a safer place first." Shi Yan could feel a shiver running down his spine. Now he felt like a lucky survivor after a fatal incident.

Russell was at the First Sky of Original God Realm. He only stood there but he could have given Shi Yan an endless suppression. If this man wanted to kill them, even if Shi Yan joined hands with Ka Tuo and Ka Fu, they would have still likely been killed.

If he hadn鈥檛 been prepared and broken his Fantasy Sky Ring to show that he didn鈥檛 keep the star map, or if Ka Tuo hadn鈥檛 covered them, Russell would have slaughtered them all in this shop. After that, he could reap all the rewards of the battle. Then, no one would have found them.

"Here, take a new Fantasy Sky Ring. After you鈥檙e done, we will leave immediately." Ka Fu slipped a ring off his finger, throwing it to Shi Yan.

Shi Yan caught it and connected it with his Soul Consciousness. The floating items fell into the new ring.

The new Fantasy Sky Ring Ka Fu gave him was much larger than his original one. It had many double-shelves to categorize his items. This ring looked magical and it was surely not cheap.

"Thank you," Shi Yan nodded, didn鈥檛 like saying polite words. He turned to Ka Tuo, "Are you ready?"

"Yep. Follow me. We should stay away from the furious wave first. We can talk later." Ka Tuo turned around and walked to the back of the shop.

Shi Yan followed him right away.