Chapter 149 Enslavement Seed <TOC> Chapter 151 The Security Officer Arrives
Translator: SumTLMan
Li Mu’s invisibility technique came from the holy relic of the Soul Cult – the Word of Concealment. After implanting this holy relic, Li Mei used it far more effectively than the cultists of the Soul Cult.
She was able to use the technique of converting beams and psychic energy to cast spells on her target from a distance.
However, the Word of Concealment had a flaw: while it could make the target invisible, it could not escape the detection of psychic awakened psychic energy beams.
So Li Mu chose to throw Jolly’s head at the hovercraft, creating chaos on board, and bursting at full speed to kill the psychic awakened person on the boat first.
The fierce psychic energy explosion broke the invisibility effect of the Word of Concealment, revealing Li Mu, but Li Mei in the distance could make him invisible again at any time, taking the initiative in tactics.
The Blue Blood Gang members, who had lost their psychic awakened, were like fish on his chopping board.
“Who are you?” Li Mu asked. Not many people in the entire Avonigarda Province could recognize him, and most of them were already dead.
Knowing his identity and being a Xia person, they were either from the descenders or under the command of the Intervention Army. The Eastern Xia people would obviously not mix with marauders like the Blue Blood Gang, so the identity of the two was apparent.
Shen Xingyu pushed away the female slave who was serving him and stood up excitedly.
“We are the ones sent by the Chief of Security to provide support for your operation, Security Officer Li Mu.”
He seemed a bit eager.
“Unfortunately, we only found out that you had an accident when reporting after we arrived in the Orissa jurisdiction.”
Li Mu sheathed his knife and sighed.
“Ah, I didn’t expect that the situation in the Orissa jurisdiction would be so complicated. As soon as I took office, I was slandered by the local reserve councilor as a marauder disguised as a security officer. I fled all the way to the wilderness until the recent pursuit weakened, then I plucked up the courage to come back and take a look.”
Shen Xingyu felt some contempt in his heart. He had already investigated the situation thoroughly, and the Li Mu in front of him was just a stupid man with great ambitions but little talent.
Anyone with a little bit of brains wouldn’t have killed all the cultists of the Soul Cult in their jurisdiction on their first day in office. Such actions directly disrupted the local balance, and the intense reaction in the jurisdiction was not surprising.
It was because the Soul Cult was preoccupied recently that this fool had picked up a dog’s life.
Shen Xingyu’s sense of superiority in intelligence immediately arose.
This fool’s strength was indeed somewhat impressive, as Jolly was killed by him. However, Jolly was just an enhanced awakened person, and the holy relic Word of Concealment was very restraining for him. It was not difficult to kill him with a sneak attack.
But even he didn’t see the knife that killed Qu Laidun clearly. It seemed that Li Mu had made some progress during his time on the run.
Just as Shen Xingyu was pondering how to extract the whereabouts of No. 18 from him, the seemingly honest Li Mu suddenly erupted.
With a piercing sound of a sword being drawn, he disappeared from the spot, causing the entire floating boat to shake violently due to his explosive force.
Shen Xingyu’s heart trembled, and before he could react, a sharp metal folding sound came from behind. Li Mu appeared in front of the power armor, his long sword deeply piercing the front main armor, penetrating the driver inside.
Blood slowly flowed out along the blade, dripping onto the deck of the floating boat.
“What…what do you want?”
Shen Xingyu’s voice was somewhat shaky, as he realized he had misjudged Li Mu’s strength, which was not just not weak, but incredibly strong.
A strong person was not a big deal, like Jolly from the Blue Blood Gang, who still cooperated obediently with them. But a strong and unscrupulous person was terrifying.
Being able to pierce the main armor plate of the power armor with a cold weapon, he was definitely a top-notch enhancer.
“Although it was a misunderstanding, I did kill their leader and deputy leader after all, so it’s better to eliminate them completely.”
Li Mu smiled as he pulled the Blade of Annihilation out of the power armor, and with a flash of his sword, a marauder was killed every time it lit up.
The sharp blade cut through their necks as easily as cutting sausages.
In a single breath, the entire floating boat was devoid of living people, leaving only Shen Xingyu, Shen Xingce, and a few female slaves, with blood flowing like a river.
Li Mu casually cut a piece of cloth and wiped the blood off the blade, as if he had just killed some insignificant ants.
Shen Xingyu wanted to stop him, but it was too late. He shuddered and immediately suppressed the idea of interrogating him about the whereabouts of Ore No. 18.
According to the information from Puccini Military Academy, he was just an ordinary person at graduation, unable to awaken his spiritual power due to his inability to purchase the descender’s bones. Unexpectedly, his strength had grown to such an extent in such a short time.
This was not a fool, but a man-eating tiger. It was probably because his strength had increased too quickly, and his mentality had changed, that he liked to solve everything with the sword in his hand.
Shen Xingce beside him was even paler, his hands trembling non-stop. Fortunately, he had seen the world in Raginbeard and did not make a fool of himself. But even Raginbeard’s marauders did not kill so simply, not even blinking an eye.
“Ahem, these useless people are indeed more harm than good.”
Shen Xingyu immediately lowered his stance and echoed, truly afraid that Li Mu would kill him along with the others.
As a member of the Shen family, he was already adept at how to curry favor, praise and belittle others.
Li Mu sat down boldly, snatched the grape wine from the female slave’s hand, drank it all, and threw the bottle away. By completely destroying the Blue Blood Gang, he gained the initiative, and it was time to have a good talk.
“Sigh, I’ve been on the run for the past two months, completely losing contact and unable to report to the Chief.”
He wiped his mouth:
“During this time, I’ve broken through several Soul Cult strongholds and made significant progress. According to some of the cultists’ confessions, the Soul Cult is preparing to release a terrifying monster from the Source Ocean.”
Shen Xingyu and Shen Xingce exchanged glances. They already knew this information before coming to Avonigdabang. The key was the time and place of the Soul Cult’s ritual.
The Orissa jurisdiction was too vast, and the Mohanendi River had numerous tributaries here.
This was also the reason why the position of the Orissa jurisdiction security officer was so important.
Shen Xingyu said:
“Ahem, now the power of the Soul Cult has contracted and concentrated. This is a good opportunity for you to take up the position of security officer again. When the time comes, Li Mu, you can investigate openly, and we will contact the other officers to investigate secretly. We will definitely be able to determine the specific location before the rainy season.”
He wanted to keep Li Mu in Orin Town.
“By the way, Shen Luoyan is the Chief’s adopted daughter. She disappeared with you after arriving in Orin. The Chief was very worried when he heard this news.”
Chapter 149 Enslavement Seed <TOC> Chapter 151 The Security Officer Arrives