Zhao Chong did not know that Han Te was talking to 'Grandpa Yao' in his brain. Seeing the dumbfounded and hesitant look on his face, he thought that the guy was scared. He was even more satisfied and scornful. Opening his fingers that looked like eagle claws, he snatched at Han Te's shoulder. "Give it to me, garbage!"
He was planning to scratch Han Te's shoulder hard and break two of his bones so that he would kneel on the ground and scream in pain. Then, he would snatch the backpack from his back.
But out of his expectation, Han Te's eyes suddenly shined. Right when his claws were about to grab the backpack, dazzling electric arcs burst out of his entire right arm, which turned into a serpent of lightning and darted at his armpit brutally.
Zhao Chong was greatly shocked. He did not expect that Han Te's electric arcs would be improved to multiple levels within a few days, nor did he know that his timing would be so precise.
The bystanders exclaimed in shock, too. They did not expect that the 'garbage' Han Te would be bold enough to attack first.
"Ahhh!"
Although Zhao Chong dodged in a hurry, a few electric arcs still crawled into the most vulnerable part of his armpit brutally. He screamed in pain nonstop.
Han Te decided to go all the way. He took four steps forward in a row. The electric arcs that were flickering on his fingertips a moment ago were all condensed on his shoulder, as if they had turned into a solid shield of lightning. He bashed Zhao Chong's chest heavily, making him vomit blood and fly away like a kite whose string had been cut.
"What!"
"How is it possible?"
"The garbage has —"
The ten or so ferocious young men all exclaimed in textbook terms. Li Yao felt like yawning nonstop.
Zhao Chong's reaction, however, was somewhat out of Li Yao's expectation. Before the brutal young man hit the ground, he was already shrieking like a ghost. His entire right arm expanded twice as much. Dozens of coldly-shining bone spurs burst out of the previously skinny claw. A layer of green flames was dancing around his entire arm, too!
"Bang!"
He somersaulted in midair, stabilized himself, and stomped heavily on the ground, causing the deck to emit a thunderous roar. His two pale eyes also blossomed with green light, making him look like a hungry wolf and an eagle that had gone mad from pain after having a few feathers plucked out!
"Good lad, you've actually been secretly cultivating your Divine Ability and recovered some of your strength!"
Chuckling, Zhao Chong opened and closed his fingers that were as sharp as blades as he walked toward Han Te. "Then, let me see how good a piece of garbage like you is right now!"
Han Te coldly snorted. Without saying a word, the electric arcs once again condensed into a two-meter-long lightning saber in front of him and the Coloured Glaze.
The green flames dancing around Zhao Chong's arm gradually condensed into a frightening ghost claw, too.
In the Land of Sins, toughness was the norm. Even in the same village, competitions large and small were nothing out of the ordinary. Seeing that the two of them were about to have a life-and-death battle, the ferocious young men and even the bystanders did not stop them at all. Instead, they cleared a space for them so that they could fight without any concerns.
The electric arcs and the flames were surging in midair. The deep blue and the fluorescent green were colliding, entangling, and ripping each other. The two young men were not backing down at all. A fierce battle was about to break out when someone coughed heavily not far away. "Zhao Chong, what are you doing?"
Li Yao scanned with his soul, only to discover that a brawny, bald man was standing in the middle of a very powerful field of spiritual energy.
The brawny man was wearing a Crystal Suit that was rarely-seen in the Land of Sins. He had an enormous nose that occupied almost half of his entire face, squeezing the rest of his facial organs to one side. Gloomy and brutal brilliance beamed out of his tiny eyes.
Hearing the voice, Zhao Chong could not help but shudder coldly. The arrogance around him was entirely gone. Glaring at Han Te brutally, he made a throat-cutting gesture and grinned hideously. "After the Bliss Ceremony is over, I'll settle the score with you together. Take advantage of the last half month to train yourself, garbage!"
Zhao Chong waved his hands and swaggered away with a bunch of ferocious young men.
The bald man, who looked very similar to Zhao Chong and had gloomy eyes, looked at Han Te thoughtfully before he disappeared into the cabin, too.
"A * shole …"
Having avoided a conflict, Han Te did not show any delight on his face at all. Instead, he said helplessly, "Let's go, Grandpa Yao. Let's go to my master."
"Alright."
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked, "Was the bald man whose nose is even bigger than his head Zhao Chong's father and the captain of the exploration team of the Village of Peace? Does he want to replace your master as the leader of the village? "
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze were both shocked. "How — how did you know?"
"Isn't it obvious? One of you is the village leader's daughter after all, and the other is the village leader's disciple after all. Even if you do end up as garbage, it is not unusual for geniuses to perish in the Land of Sins. Chances are that you will be lucky enough to run into a strong old man someday, and you will be able to make a comeback."
Li Yao analyzed casually. "Under such circumstances, no matter how much he dislikes you and despises you in his heart, it does not seem necessary for him to have a head-on conflict with you, especially on such an important day when the Bliss Ceremony is just around the corner. Wouldn't it be a great loss if any of you were wounded?
"In my opinion, although Zhao Chong is disgusting and looks like a mediocre villain, I don't think he is such a brainless man. It is possible that he came to you for trouble in secret, but it is definitely not a simple case that he intentionally provoked you with such a sensitive issue as the distribution of assets in broad daylight under the watchful eyes of so many people.
"If you had really been knocked to the ground by him just now, and the 'Heavenly Fire Thunderous Strike Ring' was taken away by him, wouldn't it have proved that you were trying to keep the treasure to yourself? I think that in the Land of Sins, where resources are scarce, and it is a sensitive time before the Bliss Ceremony, the crime may be a major or minor one, but it will certainly be a serious blow to the authority of the village leader.
"The village leader is seriously ill, and his capability has plummeted. His position is already unstable in the first place. If his daughter and his disciple 'misbehave' again and violate the rules that he set up himself, how can he continue to be the village leader?
"Judging from Zhao Chong's gloating appearance just now, it seems that 'captain of exploration' is a very important position in the village. If the strength and authority of the village leader are gone, perhaps it means that he can replace the village leader.
"But as it turned out, your strength was far beyond the expectations of Zhao Chong and his father. The two of them seemed to be engaged in a fierce competition. If you were lucky enough to knock Zhao Chong down, and he was accused of intentionally provoking or even framing you, things would've become very troublesome. That was why the 'captain of the exploration team' happened to show up and stop your fight. That was why I asked if Zhao Chong's father wanted to be the village leader."
The two little fellows were dumbfounded. It was not until a long time later that they finally digested the simple analysis that Li Yao made casually. Looking at each other in bewilderment, they looked at Li Yao even more respectfully after a while.
"Yes, and no."
Han Te thought for a long time and nodded at first. Then, he shook his head. "In the villages of the Desolate Worlds, the 'captain of exploration' is indeed a very important position because he is responsible for leading the most elite warriors in the village to dig for treasures and hunt in the ruined cities. If assets are falling from the sky far away and they have to attack to steal them, it is usually the captain of exploration who leads them. It is a very dangerous and very important position. Generally speaking, it is the job of the top experts in the village. Their position equals to that of the 'deputy village leader'."
Li Yao nodded and added, "Got it. They are the deputy village leader who is in charge of military affairs."
"Zhao Chong's father, Zhao Lie, is indeed a very tough expert. I'm told that he used to be a tough bandit in the 'Bloody Worlds', but his Cultivation dropped because of certain wounds. He could not survive in the 'Bloody Worlds' anymore, so he came to the Desolate Worlds to join the Village of Peace."
Coloured Glaze said, "Despite his wounds, he is still one of the best experts in the Desolate Worlds. He is only slightly weaker than my father in the first place, and he has abundant battle experience. That's why he was appointed as the captain of the exploration team."
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "You even take in tough bandits?"
"According to the seniors, they did not know who he was at first. They only knew that he fell outside of the village covered in wounds and blood. It was not until his wounds were healed and his strength was revealed that somebody guessed his background bit by bit."
Han Te said. "At that time, he worked very hard for the village. He helped the village find a lot of good items from the city ruins and hunted a lot of ferocious animals. He was also willing to teach his techniques to the young people in the village. How could they drive him away?
"Besides, is there really any difference between bandits and sinners in the Land of Sins? Who can really tell them apart?"
"Uncle Zhao Lie … is perhaps not a pure bad guy. He did not simply want to be the village leader, did he?"
Coloured Glaze even spoke for Zhao Lie. "He even saved my father's life time and time again. The two of them were like life-and-death brothers during the best years of their relationship. My father and Uncle Zhao Lie deserve a lot of credit for the Village of Peace's success today.
"It is a pity that the two of them had different ideologies. Gradually, they were at loggerheads with each other."
Li Yao asked with great interest, "Oh. What kind of ideologies?"
"My father was more conservative. He always believed that the Village of Peace only needed a few thousand people to maintain the situation it is today."
Coloured Glaze said, "My father always said that he would not attack anyone unless he was attacked. We are already the largest village in the hundreds of square kilometers nearby. We have to leave a way out for other people. There is no need to be aggressive and ruthless.
"Zhao Lie, on the other hand, believed that even if a man did not intend to hurt a tiger, the tiger would eat a man's heart. The Village of Peace today is too strong and has become a thorn in the flesh for all the villages nearby. Even if we occasionally let them go, they will not remember our benefits but will only try to weaken or even destroy us."
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