At the large tree, the puppets surged forward.
The sturdy puppets formed a protective circle around a slightly thinner puppet in the center, which held a white jade box. It moved with incredible speed, its feet generating shockwaves, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived before Mu Zhi Lei.
It quickly opened the box, revealing a jade bead within.
The bead emitted a brilliant radiance, drawing Mu Zhi Lei towards it.
Mu Zhi Lei immediately became violent, and the slender puppet’s body began to disintegrate rapidly.
But it held onto the box tightly, as the bead inside desperately absorbed Mu Zhi Lei.
Soon, the slender puppet completely collapsed, and the box fell. However, Mu Zhi Lei had already been drawn into the bead.
A strong puppet snatched the box, closed it, and turned to flee.
The other puppets immediately followed, guarding it.
The commotion here drew Wan Lei's attention.
Wan Lei looked up, his face draining of color.
Mu Zhi Lei was gone!
At the same time, he spotted the few puppets rapidly flying away.
“Damn it, stealing my stuff!”
Wan Lei stood up, lopping off the head of the Giant Centipede with his sword. Meanwhile, Fang Xiaoyu had finished off the Giant Salamander.
Spreading their wings, the two gave chase.
The puppets were extremely fast. In just over ten seconds, they reached the side of the plump young man.
The plump young man took the wooden box, placed it into his storage bag, and threw his head back with a laugh.
“Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu, thank you for helping me kill those two demonic beasts. I shall not be polite in accepting this Thunder Origin. Farewell!”
With that, he immediately turned his people and fled, ordering the puppets to intercept Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
After all his effort, his treasure had been snatched away. How could Wan Lei endure this insult?
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu charged forward, and the puppets flew up to block them.
Wan Lei swung his hammer, intending to smash the puppets, but the struck puppet, after flying out and rolling a few times on the ground, flew back again.
Where did these puppets come from? They were quite sturdy.
With no time to waste with these puppets, and seeing the plump young man about to escape, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, with unspoken understanding, drew the puppets together.
Then, Wan Lei took out a formation bead, directly sealing the puppets within it, and rushed forward without looking back.
The plump young man, while fleeing, looked back and was greatly alarmed. Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were nearly upon him.
“How are you so fast?!”
The plump young man cried out in shock.
Wan Lei ignored him and directly used a formation to seal the plump young man and all his subordinates.
Three steps to dealing with an enemy:
First step, trap the enemy.
Second step, beat him up.
Third step, extort money.
Young Master Lei was a master of this art.
“Um… Brother Lei, don’t be like this. Let’s talk things through. We are all heaven’s favored ones, why be unpleasant?
I’m good friends with some of your brothers; we see each other often. Just let me off this once.”
As the plump young man spoke, he released another dozen puppets, which held strangely shaped weapons and were prepared for battle.
“Hand it over.”
Wan Lei stood outside the grand formation, his expressionless face extending a hand, demanding the item.
“I don’t understand what you mean, Brother Lei. Brother Lei might not know who I am, I am…”
“Do I need to know who you are?”
“…”
The plump young man’s face turned green and then pale. In the Central Region, while he might not be as renowned as those famous sequences, he was still a well-known prodigy. To be spoken to like this was a profound humiliation.
But since it was Wan Lei saying it, there was no issue.
After all, his strength spoke for itself.
“Brother Lei, I know you. Tian Suanzi and Sui Xiaohang are your brothers, and they are my brothers too.
My name is Bai Baofu, a prodigy of the Heavenly Soldiers Pavilion. We are all friends, please spare me.”
“Since you know me, you should know my rules.
I always have principles: either you leave your storage bag with me, I’ll beat you up, and let you go.
Or, I’ll kill you and take your belongings.
You choose.”
“Brother Lei, it’s always good to leave a way out for future encounters.”
Bai Baofu’s expression gradually turned cold.
This Wan Lei, being a prodigy from the Central Region, did not understand the unspoken rule of giving each other a way out.
But to Wan Lei, such rules were unimportant. If you dared to steal my things, it was already merciful of me not to kill you.
Who cares who you are? If you don't know what's good for you, do you really think Wan Lei wouldn't kill you?
“Leave a way out? Go ask Liu Ao and Huo Ling’er if I left them a way out.”
“Wan Lei, aren’t you afraid I’ll go for mutual destruction? Destroy this Thunder Origin?”
Bai Baofu’s gaze was sinister, a stark contrast to his naturally smiling, childlike face.
“Oh?”
Wan Lei sneered,
“Come on, show me. Destroy one now. Even if you detonate it, it will still be within my formation, and I can still condense it.”
Jokes, do you really think the authority of the God of Thunder is just for show?
Bai Baofu’s face flushed with anger. Suddenly, his ears twitched, and a smile spread across his face.
“Wan Lei, I’ll make a bet with you.”
“Not interested. Your belongings are all mine.”
“Let’s have some fun. If you can defeat her, I’ll return Mu Zhi Lei to you intact.
If you lose, you’ll let me leave. How about that?”
“You mean who?”
Wan Lei’s brows furrowed. Suddenly, a sound tore through the air from a distance.
He turned his head and saw a pink shadow rapidly approaching, with terrifying momentum, as if to kill him.
The opponent was incredibly fast, but Wan Lei did not dodge.
It wasn't that he couldn't dodge,
but rather,
who did you think you were?
Did you think you were worthy of me dodging?
Wan Lei calculated the opponent’s speed, swung his hammer, and smashed it towards himself.
The pink shadow was so fast it had no time to stop, and it was hit squarely by Wan Lei’s hammer, falling heavily to the ground.
“Who is she?
Is she always this brave?
Doesn’t she know I am Wan Lei?”
At this moment, Lei and Yu also saw the face of the pink figure.
It was a girl with a charming, naive face, appearing to be about twenty years old. She wore a pink dress, held a long sword, and blood trickled from her lips.
Her eyes were filled with hatred.
“Wan! Lei!”
The girl gritted her teeth, enunciating each syllable. Her bloodshot eyes, as she looked at Wan Lei, seemed to ooze blood.
Looking at her, Wan Lei felt as if he had done something monstrous and unforgivable to her.
“Who is she? What did you do to her before?”
Fang Xiaoyu asked in a low voice.
“I don’t know her.”
“Impossible, you brute. You must have defiled the young lady, right?”
“Your husband, ever since arriving in the Thunder Wind Realm, has only defiled one girl. Guess who?”
“Pah, pah, pah, you’re asking for a beating!”
Sister Xiaoyu’s pretty face blushed.