Chapter 376: The Mystical Compass
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"What's going on?"
"Why won't the compass stop?"
The Cloud Mountain Eighteen Bandits exchanged puzzled glances.
According to their experience, the needle on the compass should have stopped by now.
Even when they were being pursued by the Prince of Zhenbei, it would take no more than a dozen breaths for the needle to settle.
But now?
It had been spinning for almost half a bell!
If they hadn't witnessed the bronze compass' mystical abilities before, the bandits would have lost their patience by now.
"Let's wait a little longer."
The leader, a rugged man, suggested, and the others agreed to wait.
Another half bell passed.
The bronze compass before them still had its needle hovering in the center, spinning rapidly.
"Is there something wrong with the compass?"
The rugged man stood up and examined the compass carefully.
"Oh, compass..."
"Which way should we brothers go to be safe?" he asked, rephrasing his question.
Buzz...
As soon as he finished speaking, the needle in the center of the bronze compass began to spin even faster.
"What does this mean?" The group was perplexed by this development.
What was the compass trying to tell them?
The rugged man frowned, a daring thought forming in his mind.
But it seemed too far-fetched.
Even when they were in the deadly trap set by the Prince of Zhenbei, they had managed to escape unscathed. But now, in this remote place...
"Let's split up and leave immediately!" The rugged man put away the compass and said in a low voice to the other seventeen bandits.
"Yes!"
"Okay, boss!"
Although the other sixteen bandits didn't understand why their leader had given such an order, they trusted him implicitly. It was this trust that had gotten them out of many dangerous situations in the past.
Whoosh!
The next moment, the eighteenth bandit, the eldest of the group, took off in a certain direction.
The rest of the group also prepared to flee in different directions.
Suddenly—
Swish!
A figure appeared silently behind the fleeing eighteenth bandit.
With ease, the figure twisted the bandit's neck and casually tossed the body aside, ending the life of this evil peak-level Witch King.
The remaining seventeen bandits turned pale, a sense of indescribable terror filling their hearts.
The eighteenth bandit's strength was not much weaker than theirs, as they were all peak-level Witch Kings. Yet, he couldn't even put up a struggle before having his neck snapped by the sudden appearance of this figure?
"I've finally found you."
Lin Yuan looked at the Cloud Mountain Eighteen Bandits, or rather, the Cloud Mountain Seventeen Bandits now, and smiled.
With his current strength, he could easily turn the eldest bandit into a meat paste with just one palm strike.
However, doing so would make it hard to confirm the identity of the bandit, so Lin Yuan had simply twisted his neck instead, leaving the body relatively intact.
"Are you sent by the Prince of Zhenbei?" the rugged man asked in a low voice, having calmed himself.
The other sixteen bandits stared at Lin Yuan, their throats dry.
"The Prince of Zhenbei?" Lin Yuan shook his head. "I don't know him, but I am interested in the bounty on your heads."
"Bounty?" The Cloud Mountain Seventeen Bandits were slightly taken aback.
In their eyes, Lin Yuan was an incredibly powerful figure. Even if he wasn't a Witch Emperor, he was most likely at the pinnacle of the Witch Sovereign realm. And yet, he was interested in their bounty of merely tens of millions of Witch Crystals?
"Sir," the tenth bandit among the group spoke carefully, "if you don't attack us, we are willing to offer six thousand... no, nine thousand Witch Crystals as a reward."
As he spoke, he took out a box containing purple Witch Crystals.
In the two-dimensional world, Witch Crystals were a type of special metal, and purple crystals were of the highest quality. This box of purple Witch Crystals was likely worth close to a hundred million.
"So many Witch Crystals?" Lin Yuan's eyes lit up slightly.
He had already been delighted by the initial bounty of six thousand Witch Crystals, and now there seemed to be an even greater reward?
"If it's not enough, we can add more," the other bandits said through gritted teeth, their faces strained with smiles.
Though they were bleeding internally, they were willing to pay a hefty price to convince Lin Yuan.
"What do you think, sir? We can offer more than six thousand Witch Crystals," the tenth bandit added, taking a deep breath.
However—
Whoosh!
Lin Yuan's figure disappeared again.
When he reappeared, he was standing next to the tenth bandit. With a casual reach, he took the box of purple Witch Crystals and twisted the bandit's neck, ending his life.
"Explode!"
The rugged man, the leader of the group, knew that he had to act fast. Without hesitation, he ignited his essence blood, causing his aura to surge as he forcibly pushed himself into the Witch Emperor realm.
As the leader of the Cloud Mountain Eighteen Bandits, he had many tricks up his sleeve, and this was one of them—a desperate move to increase his strength temporarily.
Though it would come at a cost later, he knew that survival was more important.
"Run!"
Having reached the Witch Emperor realm, the rugged man didn't hesitate to flee. He had no intention of staying to buy time for his brothers or to hold off Lin Yuan. The pressure he felt from Lin Yuan was overwhelming, even with his temporary boost in strength.
Unsure of Lin Yuan's true power, the rugged man's only thought was to escape.
"Run, run, run!"
His mind was clouded with fear and the desperate need to get away.
After an unknown amount of time, the rugged man finally stopped. Up ahead, he saw Lin Yuan standing there, waiting for him.
"Sir," the rugged man said, his voice shaking. He had burned his essence blood and reached the Witch Emperor realm, yet he still couldn't escape Lin Yuan's pursuit. He knew that his brothers must have met their end.
The rugged man's mind raced as he recalled the mysterious spinning of the bronze compass earlier.
"So, the compass wasn't malfunctioning after all," he thought, his heart filled with dread.
The reason the compass needle hadn't stopped spinning was that there was no escape for them. No matter which direction they chose, death awaited—they couldn't outrun Lin Yuan's pursuit.
This realization hit the rugged man hard, and he fell to his knees. "Sir, I beg for my life. Spare me, and I will do anything you ask of me. I will serve you for the rest of my life," he pleaded.
The rugged man wanted to live, even if it meant becoming a servant.
"Serve me?" Lin Yuan shook his head. "That won't be necessary."
Lin Yuan had just killed seventeen of the Cloud Mountain Eighteen Bandits, a group known for their close-knit brotherhood.
The rugged man, the only survivor, couldn't be left alive. Lin Yuan wouldn't take the risk of leaving such a potential threat alive, no matter how submissive he seemed now.
"You eighteen will leave together," Lin Yuan said, raising his right hand and effortlessly twisting the rugged man's neck.
"Me..." The rugged man's eyes widened in shock as his life slipped away.
"All eighteen of the Cloud Mountain bandits are accounted for," Lin Yuan said, lowering his hand. "Six thousand Witch Crystals, plus the box of purple Witch Crystals worth nine thousand, that's fifteen million. Along with their savings, I now have enough resources to break through to the Witch Emperor realm."
A smile spread across Lin Yuan's face. This trip had been more than successful; he had expected to need to take on a few more bounties, but everything had fallen into place with just this one.
Lin Yuan then searched the rugged man's body for any valuables. Suddenly, a bronze compass fell to the ground.
Lin Yuan's gaze fell upon the compass, and he sensed something peculiar about it.
(End of Chapter)
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