As more and more space pirates on the Temple of Immortals' side returned to Spider Den from Heavenly Saints City, Fengyu Zhong's counterattacks were unfolded, too.
In the major mining cities on Spider Den, the sporadic battles were getting fiercer and fiercer, like a prairie fire.
On the Nexus, the real and fake news about the competition between the two forces was spreading like a virus, too.
In the great battle of dynastic change, countless roaring, infamous experts were killed in the dark, stinky gutters in the deepest part of the cities in the mines without a sound.
But many new-generation bandits who were new to the scene or were not famous before took their place and rose to prominence.
Bloody Vulture was one of them.
After only one month, the name 'Bloody Vulture' had become well-known not only in Silver Wing City but also in the other cities of the mines on Spider Den.
On December 17, when he attacked a Crystal Suit Maintenance Center under the control of the Wild Tide Pirate Gang, Bloody Vulture executed two space pirates in the Building Foundation Stage and nine in the Refinement Stage. Half of the Crystal Suit Maintenance Center was blown into smithereens by him.
On December 19, the Split Sun Pirate Gang assassinated the treasurer of the Wild Tide Pirate Gang. But it was Bloody Vulture's serial bombs that separated the treasurer from his bodyguards and exposed his whereabouts. In the end, he was beheaded by a flying sword that was shot from 1,300 meters away without a sound.
On December 25, the secret treasury of the Wild Tide Pirate Gang stored not only a lot of working capital but also countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for the space pirates' training. It was said that the treasury was made of a whole alloy with countless defense rune arrays on the walls. It was extremely solid. But it was blown up by Bloody Vulture in less than five minutes. Most of the resources were looted by Bloody Vulture and the Split Sun Pirate Gang!
On December 27 …
On December 31 …
In less than a month, Bloody Vulture participated in more than ten attacks. He played a crucial role in every attack. Even if the Split Sun Pirate Gang was not doing well in the war, he had always made some gains. He had become a thorn in the flesh of the Wild Tide Pirate Gang in the circle of space pirates. His reputation soared!
According to the files on the Nexus, the man was brutal, ruthless, and reckless. Once he went on a rampage, he would not be able to distinguish friend from foe.
It was one thing for him to throw crystal bombs recklessly on the battlefield, but even in normal times, he was not a person that could be easily provoked.
Rumors were spreading. Once, a lone bandit who was also hired by the Split Sun Pirate Gang was dissatisfied with Bloody Vulture because of the remuneration. The two of them had a conflict in a banquet.
Bloody Vulture did not lose his temper on the spot. He turned around and left silently. All the space pirates thought that he was afraid of his opponent and laughed at him.
However, on the second day, this lone bandit wore the Training Crystal Suit during his training. However, the crystal reactor exploded for no reason.
The brutal bandit, who was rather famous in the circle of space pirates and had killed dozens of Cultivators, did not even have the chance to scream. He died on the spot!
After the incident, none of the space pirates dared question why Bloody Vulture was paid so much.
…
Li Yao lay on the bed comfortably and clicked on the light beam, browsing the information about himself on the Dark Net.
Spider Den was at odds with Heavenly Saints City. Naturally, the Grand Illusionary Group would not deploy a spiritual tower here. For safety reasons, the spiritual towers launched by Spider Den were not compatible with the standard spiritual towers of the Cultivators, either.
Therefore … It was impossible to connect to the Spiritual Nexus of the outside world on Spider Den.
However, there was a local area network on Spider Den. The content was abundant, and it was highly targeted. Most of it was the information that the space pirates were most interested in.
Through the local area network, Li Yao could not only read the comments of the space pirates about him over the past month, but also collect a lot of valuable intelligence, including the movements of Fengyu Zhong and Bai Xinghe.
In order to massively recruit and expand their forces, both sides did not hide their actions at all. Both sides boasted on the Internet, saying that they were at the peak of their power, while their opponent was on the verge of death.
The head-on competition between Fengyu Zhong and Bai Xinghe should take place in the next few days! Li Yao thought to himself.
He had met Bai Xinghe a month ago. Such a great man would certainly know that a long delay meant trouble.
Right now, Bai Xinghe only succeeded in his ambush because the majority of the Temple of Immortals had left Spider Den.
Once the main force of the Temple of Immortals returned, he would stand no chance at all.
His only choice was to kill Fengyu Zhong before the main force of the enemy returned and force the Temple of Immortals to sit down and negotiate with him!
On the Temple of Immortals' side, they were naturally stronger than Bai Xinghe. But their main enemy was the entire Flying Star Sector. It was impossible for them to mobilize all their forces to deal with Bai Xinghe.
They would either kill Bai Xinghe, or if they could not, they would have to accept his conditions. Whichever choice they made, they would have to finish the battle as soon as possible. It was impossible to devote all the resources and manpower to the old scoundrel Bai Xinghe for a long time.
It was also the reason why Li Yao had been trying so hard to prove himself over the past month.
He had to do everything possible to prove his value and that he was qualified to participate in the final battle between Fengyu Zhong and Bai Xinghe!
"According to the analysis of the news on the Spiritual Nexus, the battle between the subordinate pirate gangs of the two parties reached its peak five days ago. Then, they all quieted down and did not take any action for a few days.
"The Split Sun Pirate Gang sent a starship full of elites back to Spider Den a few days ago, but they did not plan a new attack.
"Also, many famous assassins, mercenaries, and lone wolves on Spider Den have gone missing. It's obvious that they have gone underground.
"This is the calm before the storm. The real war is about to break out!
"I wonder, will Fengyu Zhong be interested in my performance over the past month?"
Li Yao turned off the light beam. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and began his daily training.
Over the past month, the Split Sun Pirate Gang had changed three different residences for Li Yao, which were more and more luxurious.
However, Li Yao was very clear that even the most luxurious residences would have crystal cameras monitoring him in secret places.
He was unwilling to do real training under the watchful eyes of so many people. Therefore, he simply refined and perfected the 'fear bombs' inside his brain.
The fear bombs were mental weapons condensed by his telepathic thoughts. They were mainly based on illusions to confuse and intimidate the enemy.
In order to trap the enemy with a strong soul into an illusionary world, the illusionary world had to be constructed in a vivid and flawless way.
Creating a lifelike world out of nothing was something that consumed a lot of mental power and computing power.
The flowers, the trees, the bouncing flames, the ripples on the lake when a breeze blew … All the details required a lot of computational ability for him to model, compile, and render.
If his computational ability was insufficient, the illusions he rendered would be too clumsy, and the posture of the flames would be too rigid. Those who were trapped in the illusionary world would naturally be able to tell that everything was fake.
As for mental attacks, Li Yao was still a beginner. Although he had tried it on a lot of space pirates over the past month, he still felt that it was too complicated and difficult to grasp.
It took him two hours to build a 'fear bomb' that could last for three seconds. When he finished the preliminary work, his bed was soaked in sweat.
"The rendering is still not good enough. If the enemy is above the middle level of the Building Foundation Stage, the three rendering methods that I've adopted so far may conflict with each other while their soul is trembling violently. The entire illusionary world will collapse.
"I have to figure out a few more powerful rendering methods. It will be best if I buy a few books that teach me how to build illusions and how to render them."
Li Yao summarized his experience and shortcomings in training.
Right then, someone knocked on the door softly.
"Kacha!"
Li Yao waved his hands. His spiritual energy swept across the defense rune arrays, and the door was automatically opened.
Yin She, his advisor, walked in quietly.
After a month of fighting, Silver Snake had come to realize just how dangerous a person Bloody Vulture was. He also remembered the mercenary who had a conflict with Bloody Vulture during the banquet and how he died a horrible death the next day when he was training.
More importantly, the Training Crystal Suit whose crystal reactor was malfunctioning belonged to the mercenary himself.
Nobody knew what methods Bloody Vulture had used to obtain the training crystal suit and tamper with the crystal reactor without alarming anyone.
All in all, since that day, Yin She had felt lucky that he had been polite when he recruited Bloody Vulture and did not piss off the dangerous man.
"Another operation?" Li Yao sat up from his bed.
"Congratulations, Brother Bloody Vulture. You're going to have a meteoric rise!"
Yin She was all smiles. "Brother Bloody Vulture, you've been on a killing spree in Silver Wing City over the past month. Not only have you awed the Wild Tide Pirate Gang, even Boss Fengyu Zhong, the new dominator of the space pirates, has heard of your name!
"Boss Fengyu Zhong has watched many of Brother Bloody Vulture's battle videos and is very interested in you. He would like to invite Brother Bloody Vulture to take part in a real big operation!
"It will not be a small fight between the Split Sun Pirate Gang and the Wild Tide Pirate Gang. It will be a great war that will change the world and turn the entire Spider Den upside down! I wonder, do you have the courage to go, Brother Bloody Vulture? "
"It's finally here!"
Li Yao was excited. He said calmly, "Is Fengyu Zhong finally going to wage a war against Boss Bai?"
Everybody on Spider Den knew about the incident. It was not strange that Li Yao pointed it out so quickly.
Yin She blinked and said, "We all know what's going on. There's no need to say it out loud. After all, Brother Bloody Vulture, you're only working for Boss Fengyu Zhong. You'll get more benefits if you work for him directly.
"Since the moment I killed the son of the captain of the Wild Tide Pirate Gang, there has been no turning back for me."
Li Yao jumped up from the bed and stretched his body. A series of cracking noises were echoing all over his body, as if a blood-stained falcon was slowly unfolding its wings behind his back.
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