CHAPTER 1591: CHAPTER 1591: SURROUNDED BY BANDITS, A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY

Lin Chen was naturally not dissatisfied with Zhang Lin’s actions this time; on the contrary, he grew even more appreciative of Zhang Lin.

Not only Zhang Lin, but Yun Feiyang as well. Despite his immense power, he disguised himself as a useless prince. Lin Chen had to admit that, if he hadn’t used the Abyssal Eye and witnessed Yun Feiyang in battle, he would never have detected Yun Feiyang’s disguise. Such a person is indeed terrifying, and Lin Chen had no desire to make an enemy of him.

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The next day, Lin Chen, Zi Ling, and Cheng Liang followed Gu Zixuan and others as they boarded a flying boat heading toward Yunlong Heavenly Palace.

Just as Lin Chen had expected, Gu Zixuan and his group indeed possessed an Earth-level Flying Boat. However, this flying boat was quite small, a stark contrast to the large flying boat they had traveled on previously. Nonetheless, the flying speed was almost the same.

The flying boat they had previously traveled on was an ultra-large flying boat of Yunlong Heavenly Palace, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people. In comparison, this flying boat before them was not even a thousandth of the previous one, only able to hold a dozen people.

Even so, the value of the Earth-level Flying Boat is not to be underestimated, with its worth starting at at least five million low-grade spirit crystals.

This indicates that Gu Zixuan and his group had amassed quite a fortune. Otherwise, with the assets of their seven members alone, how could they afford such a precious item, let alone possess a luxurious mansion in a frontier town?

Gu Zixuan entered the flying boat’s control room and increased its speed to the fastest, allowing the flying boat to cover a distance of over ten million miles in a day.

During the initial three days of the flying boat’s journey, there were no unexpected incidents, and all was calm.

However, trouble eventually came knocking on the fourth day.

Ahead of Gu Zixuan and the others’ flying boat, fifty warships lined up, blocking the flying boat’s path.

Standing at the center of the opposing flying boat was a large man with a beard, holding a giant axe. The bearded man exuded a powerful aura, clearly an expert at the Fourth Layer of the Creation Realm.

Currently, alongside the bearded man, there were four other experts at the Third Layer of the Creation Realm on nearby warships.

Moreover, on each of the leading enemy warships were nine experts at the Second Layer of the Creation Realm and five experts at the First Layer of the Creation Realm.

Additionally, each warship had numerous half-step to Creation Realm experts, Nirvana Realm experts, and other personnel with lower cultivation levels.

Altogether, these personnel amounted to nearly a thousand individuals.

It could be imagined that this was an extremely formidable force. With the leading experts, this force was already comparable to some second-rate forces of the Cloud Dragon Kingdom.

Seeing the formidable experts on the enemy warships, Zi Ling never expected to encounter such powerful bandits on her return journey.

Zi Ling looked at the bandits, her heart instantly filled with despair.

Facing such powerful bandits, even with Gu Zixuan and seven others, they would likely struggle to halt these robbers.

Buzz—

As the enemy warships surrounded Lin Chen and the others, a defensive light shield instantly appeared in the sky, enveloping their flying boat.

This was unmistakably a space lock array. As such, the Qiankun Escape Talismans in Lin Chen and the others’ hands couldn’t be used to teleport them away.

"Junior Brother Lin Chen, what should we do? Space has been sealed."

Zi Ling looked at Lin Chen and asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, Lin Chen was not the slightest bit flustered, showing a faint smile on his face.

"No need to worry, Senior Sister. I’m here, you can just sit back and watch the show."

Lin Chen spoke calmly and with confidence.

Seeing Lin Chen’s calm demeanor, Zi Ling’s heart settled considerably.

Lin Chen had no need to pretend to be calm to deceive her. Evidently, Lin Chen truly had a solution, with a contingency plan in place. With this realization, Zi Ling simply watched quietly.

"Hey, you lot on the flying boat ahead, hand over all your valuable treasures, and perhaps if I’m in a good mood, I might consider leaving you with intact corpses."

The bearded man stared coldly at everyone on the flying boat and said.

"So it’s Boss Deng, robbing us disciples of Yunlong Heavenly Palace. Aren’t you afraid the palace will settle the score with you later? You better watch out, or the palace might come knocking and wipe out your lairs."

Xu Yufang looked at the bearded man and spoke coldly.

"Hmph, don’t try to scare me. I can see that you’re disciples of Yunlong Heavenly Palace, so what? I kill you, take your magic treasures, and set you ablaze, leaving nothing behind. How would the palace’s higher-ups know it was me who killed you?"

The bearded man glanced at Xu Yufang and the others, sneering.

"Oh dear, I’m so scared, I’m almost scared to death." "Boss Deng, you want our lives and our treasures; we won’t just sit and wait to die. If a fight breaks out, we’ll make sure you lose some skin."

Xu Yufang looked at the bearded man coldly, showing no hint of fear.

"Boss Deng, you’re blocking us just for money, so why resort to violence? Let us go, and we’ll hand over all our treasures to you. What do you say?" "You know we’re not easy to deal with. If you fight us, how can you guarantee none of us will escape? Then, Boss Deng, you won’t be able to continue in the Cloud Dragon Kingdom, daring to block Yunlong Heavenly Palace disciples; the palace will never let you off."