Huangpu Shiyi's face was pale. Li Yao's every laugh was like a punch to his chest. His heart was almost constricting. He grunted and managed to say, "How did you plant the bomb on the back of the enemy's Crystal Suit?"
Li Yao replied cheerfully, "Have you forgotten? I threw all the crystal bombs on the workbench at the enemy. Then, I crouched down and crawled out from the front of the workbench.
"On the surface, I was running away in panic. But in fact, I was only dashing to the enemy's back when the other bombs were detonated.
"At that time, the training room was filled with smoke and darkness. Visibility was very poor.
"Was it difficult for me to stick a delicate crystal bomb to the back of the enemy's Crystal Suit when my hands could reach the subsonic speed easily?
"Huh. Huangpu Shiyi, why do you look so awful? You seem to have been slashed hard. What's wrong? Were you attacked by Cultivators and heavily wounded, too?
"Please don't die. I have a lot of things to learn from you!"
Huangpu Shiyi took a few deep breaths before his face returned to normal. He gnashed his teeth and said, "I — I'm fine. I'm just a bit dizzy because of the explosion."
"That's good. Speaking of which, it was thanks to your guidance that I was able to produce the 'Crystal Suit Killer'. If a couple of Cultivators had been killed by the explosion, half of the credit would have been yours. Half of it!" Li Yao said solemnly.
Huangpu Shiyi felt like vomiting blood again. Holding his chest, he struggled to say, "As long as — as long as you are willing to be my disciple, everything... Everything, everything is negotiable. "
Li Yao grinned. "Let's put aside whether or not I will be your disciple for now. But since the Cultivators consider me a traitor and want to execute me, I will do as they wish. I will embark on the path of Immortal Cultivation. I will become an Immortal Cultivator! "
Huangpu Shiyi had been looking forward to Li Yao saying it in person, but the situation today was too awkward for him. He was extremely embarrassed. He took two deep breaths and said, "You should rest well. Once your injuries are healed, I will come back. You may need to participate in the maintenance of the starship. "
"Oh?"
Brilliance flashed in Li Yao's eyes as he nodded quickly. "No problem. I'm good at maintaining starships!"
…
Leaving the med bay where Li Yao was, Huangpu Shiyi and Su Jiuzhen went to a larger med bay on the second floor of the starship.
Compared to the tranquility of the single room Li Yao was in, this medical cabin was hell on earth.
The smell of burnt flesh and blood filled the air. No matter how the air circulation system worked, it could not be completely eliminated. The cries of countless Immortal Cultivators also condensed into raging dark clouds, stimulating their eardrums again and again.
All of them were missing limbs. The remains that had been burnt into charcoal, but they were not dead yet because of the tough vitality of the Immortal Cultivators. They were floating in the medical drugs like wriggling minced meat. Occasionally, he would let out a weak gasp, which made one's scalp go numb.
Su Jiuzhen and Huangpu Shiyi were both heartless Immortal Cultivators. They could not help but sigh when they saw the miserable scene.
"Master Su, this is too miserable. This is too miserable!"
Black Stone and White Dew roared in grief and fury.
The two of them were the captain and the vice-captain of the battle squad on the starship. Most of the Exos who were killed in the explosion were their subordinates.
Although they were not in the explosion area and were not hurt at all, how could they not be infuriated when their trusted subordinates, whom they had carefully trained for a long time, were crippled and killed all of a sudden?
White Dew, the tanned woman with a surprisingly long neck, shrieked at the top of her voice, "There's no need to talk about other people. The three brothers of the Duan family are three in a family. They are telepathic and have been sent to Black Spider Tower for training since they were little!
"Although they are only in the beginning level of the Building Foundation Stage, they are adept at all kinds of assassination secret arts. Also, the three of them are telepathic. When their unique joint attack is performed, even many in the high level of the Building Foundation Stage can be killed instantly!
"Besides, the three of them are showing signs of advancement recently. If they advance into the middle level of the Building Foundation Stage at the same time, they might even be able to deal with Cultivators in the beginning level of the Core Formation Stage after a couple of years of training!
"Such triplets are rarely-seen existences. It wouldn't have been a big deal if they were killed in a real battlefield. But right now, they are dying uncannily! More than ten years of hard work have been wasted. What a waste! "
"Is that so?"
Su Jiuzhen said calmly, "Are you suggesting that I made the wrong arrangement for the test?"
White Dew shuddered and retreated immediately. She trembled like a sieve, not daring to say anything else.
Su Jiuzhen sniffed and said, "Eccentrics such as the three brothers of the Duan family are indeed rare, but are they rarer than Li Yao?
"You've seen it for yourselves. Li Yao is cunning and ruthless. He has no bottom line at all. He doesn't care about the competition of beliefs that concerns the lives of Cultivators at all. He only asks for benefits from the beginning!"
"Also, when he attacked Huangpu Xiaoya, there was no hesitation at all. Attacking a woman seemed to be as easy and natural as breathing for him.
"Such a guy with no boundaries and expertise in the arts of refining. After only a few days of learning from Huangpu Shiyi, he was already able to craft such an ultimate piece of magical equipment as the 'Crystal Suit Killer'!
"He is indeed a rarely-seen Immortal Cultivator! He is the best of the Immortal Cultivators!
"Don't blame me for not reminding you.
"If any of you are dissatisfied with what happened today and go to him for trouble, I won't mind at all.
"However, you have to think about it carefully. A man such as Li Yao, with his methods and his temperament, will certainly rise very quickly in the organization.
"He's not some kind of Buddhist monk. He's vengeful to the extreme. If someone cuts him with a knife, he'll set off a bomb to blow up the enemy's whole family!"
"If you are willing to piss off such a brutal man, feel free to do so! I won't stop you from getting yourself killed! "
Everybody was rendered speechless by his words. A cold wind seemed to have blown through the med bay. Even the moaning and screaming wounded lowered their voices. They couldn't help but lower their voices.
"Li Yao …"
The vicious name popped up in everybody's head. They felt that they had been tied up by a viper. They shuddered at the same time.
…
Half a day later, Li Yao was fully recovered. He immediately devoted himself to the maintenance of the starship.
According to Huangpu Shiyi, the starship had been seriously damaged by the Furious Bears Union in the battle the day before. Many refiners had been killed, too.
Li Yao did not give any comment. He was quite diligent. He worked hard without complaint.
Now that he was fully trusted, he was granted partial permissions of the crystal processor of the starship. He was able to browse and download a lot of structural designs of the starship.
After a careful analysis of the structure, he discovered that it was a 'Bull' -level medium-sized carrier. It was simple in structure and sturdy in durability. It was a very common commercial starship of the Flying Star Sector that was often used as a transportation team.
Although it had been modified to some extent, it was just a regular modification. Most Cultivation sects would modify it in the same way. There was nothing unusual about it.
It was exactly as he had speculated.
According to Li Yao's speculation, the Temple of Immortals, as an underground organization, must have prioritized intelligence. Therefore, most of their starships were not necessarily fully-armed and aggressive. It was very likely that they were all carriers that looked perfectly fine on the surface.
The carrier had probably been officially registered in a certain Cultivation sect. It was more or less under the banner of the Cultivation sect. Even if it had reached a certain checkpoint in the sea of stars, the Spiritual Nexus would not have been able to find anything wrong with it.
Therefore, such a starship could swagger into the Skyhill Domain openly because it was completely legal.
If it was a warship that was armed to the teeth … How could anyone allow it to sneak in so easily?
Li Yao had stored the entire book 'Stormy Sword' written by Fengyu Zhong inside his brain. It was a robberies manual for space pirates, in which there were detailed records on how to sabotage various kinds of starships.
As the most common carrier of the Flying Star Sector, of course, Fengyu Zhong had paid a lot of attention to it.
In Stormy Sword, there were literally a hundred ways to cut a Barbarian Bull into pieces like a butcher dissecting a bull.
Other than the structural design of the starship, Li Yao had also received some simple information about the space zone and the sailing status in the next few days.
It was necessary information.
The refiners had to foresee what they might be faced with in the next few days in advance so that they could carry out targeted enhancements.
For example, if they were to pass through a stone belt of the fire class in the next few days, they would have to patch the shell of the starship with rune arrays to resist the high temperature.
But if they were to pass through a stone belt of the ice class, the situation would be reversed.
As expected, Huangpu Shiyi and Su Jiuzhen were only here for a simple mission, which was to capture two refiners.
Therefore, they had only brought a medium-sized carrier with them. There were not too many battle-type Immortal Cultivators, either.
As for the refiners, with Huangpu Shiyi, a super expert, there was no need for them to bring more.
As it turned out, a gory explosion affected several refiners. They did not have the capability of the battle-type Immortal Cultivators who could trigger their spiritual shields instantly. Most of them were killed on the spot. Those who survived were heavily wounded, too.
Li Yao immediately became the refiner with the highest Cultivation other than Huangpu Shiyi. Also, everybody knew that he had been repairing starships with the Great Horn Exo Society before. He must be quite experienced.
At such a perilous moment, who was going to take the responsibility if not him?
Another two days passed. It was said that they would join Fengyu Zhong's fleet very soon.
As time went by, Li Yao's plan became more and more thorough.
However, a new situation disrupted his plans once again.
Inside the medical room, Huangpu Xiaoya was frozen by barriers and could not move at all. She glared at Li Yao with lightning spurting out of her eyes.
Black Stone and White Dew were standing behind her. They were emotionless, but their eyes were weird.
Huangpu Shiyi was standing next to her with a smile. He raised Huangpu Xiaoya's hands with a metal bracket and fixed them. Then he said to Li Yao, "Come on. Help me chop off her hands!"
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