Fengyu Zhong waved his hands and raised his voice. "As we all know, Spider Den was one of the last strongholds of the Flying Star Sector during the civil war of the Star Ocean Imperium. A lot of underground fortresses, magical equipment warehouses, and secret training sites are hidden deep inside the planet!
"Bai Xinghe rose to power because he got the map of the underground fortress of Spider Den and the key to the control center!
"After we kill Bai Xinghe and get the map and the key, we will enter the underground world together. Everything we see will be divided according to our battle credits!
"Some of you may doubt whether or not we will keep our promise after the job is done. But if you think about it carefully, you will realize that you are all influential people on Spider Den and have a lot of influence in the circle of space pirates!
"Our greatest enemy is not Bai Xinghe after all, but the entire world of Cultivators. If we do not keep our promise and lose everyone's support, how are we going to face the attack of the Cultivators in the future even if we kill Bai Xinghe?
"Everyone, we are now fighting with our lives on the line! After the battle of Heavenly Saints City, the Cultivators will not let go of us. They will destroy Spider Den and kill all of us at whatever cost!
"Our only chance of survival is to kill Bai Xinghe, enter the underground fortress, get the secret treasures of the Imperium, and deal with the Cultivators until the end!
"Therefore, how can we break our promise? Wouldn't we be committing suicide if we did?
"Don't you agree, everybody?"
The tough guys in the circle of space pirates were all quick-witted. After pondering for a moment, they realized that Fengyu Zhong was not wrong.
As the saying went, 'when the cunning hare is killed, the hound will be cooked'. Even if Fengyu Zhong did regard them as hounds, the biggest 'cunning hare' right now was the world of Cultivators, not Bai Xinghe.
Until the Immortal Cultivators completely controlled the Flying Star Sector, it was impossible for them to kick them away.
The large-scale attack of the Cultivators had to be resisted. They had to count on the strength of the space pirates!
When they thought that the secret treasures of the Imperium that had been buried below Spider Den for ten thousand years would be completely open to them, everybody was breathing heavily.
'Bloody Axe ', the king of the underground arena, was screaming in excitement. They were so excited that they kept howling, and their chests thumped loudly. He shouted, "Captain Fengyu, we have all killed a lot of important people on Bai Xinghe's side in the battles over the past few months. There is a grudge between us that can never be resolved!
"Right now, we only have one choice, which is to fight Bai Xinghe to the end and kill him!"
"Guild Leader Fengyu, just say it. What should we do? Damn it. For the secret treasures of the Star Ocean Imperium, I will fight Bai Xinghe with my life!
Fengyu Zhong slowly glanced around.
All the space pirates nodded.
Li Yao also pretended to think for a while before nodding his head.
Fengyu Zhong was very satisfied. He smiled and said, "Rest assured, everybody. How can I ask you to fight Bai Xinghe head-on? Naturally, Bai Xinghe would be dealt with by Storm Prison, Spider's Thorn, and the Immortal Army tomorrow. The person you all want to deal with is someone else. "
Fengyu Zhong clapped his hands lightly and stood beside him. Another solidified phantom appeared. It was a middle-aged man with white hair on both sides of his head. He was in high spirits, and his eyes were extremely sharp.
Fengyu Zhong coughed and said, "Bai Wulei, Bai Xinghe's top true disciple and a Cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation Stage. He is only one step away from the Yuanying Stage. Over the past ten years, he has been commanding the 'Ghost Knights', the assault team with the highest combat ability in the Abyss Pirate Gang. He is the second most important person in Bai Xinghe's group.
"Bai Xinghe has no son. It is said that he once had a son, but … he killed the son in person!
"Bai Wulei is his top true disciple. He is sort of his foster son and his right-hand man. It is very likely that he will be his successor.
"Over the past month, the relationship between Bai Xinghe and us has been unprecedentedly tense. Both parties have been on high alert. Bai Wulei and the Ghost Knights have been sent to the Red Steel Crystal Suit Refining Center.
"The Red Steel Crystal Suit Refining Center is the most advanced Crystal Suit Refining Center on Spider Den. It was founded on the relics of an ancient refining center from the Star Ocean Imperium. It is said that many techniques and secret arts from the Star Ocean Imperium have been applied to it. It is the only refining center on Spider Den that is capable of producing the crystal reactor of the 'Super Gale' Crystal Suit.
"The crystal reactor is the heart of a Crystal Suit. The performance of the 'Super Gale' crystal reactor is much better than that of common crystal reactors. Most of the elites under Bai Xinghe's command have installed the 'Super Gale' crystal reactor in their Crystal Suits, which can significantly enhance their combat ability!
"It is with the strength of the Exos who are equipped with the 'Super Gale' crystal reactor that Bai Xinghe has won every battle and suppressed Spider Den!
"Therefore, the Red Steel Crystal Suit Refining Center is Bai Xinghe's foundation!
"Tomorrow night, most of the people of Bai Xinghe's group will be gathered in the 'Meeting of Heroes in Space', which will be attacked by Storm Prison, Spider's Thorn, and the Immortal Army in person.
"The defense of the Red Steel Crystal Suit Refining Center will be unprecedentedly weak. Only Bai Wulei and the rest of them will defend it.
"Your mission is to attack the Red Steel Crystal Suit Refining Center and execute Bai Wulei. Any questions?"
The space pirates looked at each other in bewilderment and did not say anything.
Bai Wulei was the first true disciple of the Pirate Potentate, the No. 2 person in Bai Xinghe's group, an expert at the peak of the Core Formation Stage, and a brutal man that everybody on Spider Den knew.
Over the past ten years, Bai Xinghe had been training in seclusion all the time with the excuse that he was too old. Many of the daily affairs were left to Bai Wulei, including the daily operations of the Abyss Pirate Gang.
Therefore, many space pirates might not have seen Bai Xinghe in person, but they had certainly seen Bai Wulei's brutality.
To fight against such an expert at the peak of the Core Formation Stage, many space pirates were having second thoughts.
Fengyu Zhong observed their faces and smiled casually. "Rest assured, everybody. The battle concerns the future of Spider Den. There is no reason for you to be killed for nothing. I'll be honest with you. In the battle tomorrow, a batch of Spider's Thorn and the Immortal Army will be helping you in secret. More importantly, there are Immortal Cultivators among Bai Wulei's closest subordinates!
"As long as you work together and fight the bloody battle, we will definitely win the battle!
"After the battle is over, your credits will be calculated according to the battle videos captured by your crystal cameras. The more credits you have, the higher your rank will be when you enter the underground fortress!"
"Alright!"
The space pirates thought quickly and knew that the final battle between Fengyu Zhong and Bai Xinghe would be tomorrow. Fengyu Zhong would not joke about his own life. Besides, Fengyu Zhong had gone to deal with Bai Xinghe, the Pirate Potentate, in person. Therefore, they had to bite Bai Wulei's head no matter how hard it was!
Bai Wulei was indeed an expert in Jin Dan, but there were more than ten of them in the Core Formation Stage. If they could not bite the tough bone, how could they be shameless enough to go to the underground with Fengyu Zhong and share the secret treasures of the Star Glory Imperium?
Therefore, whether they were sincere or not, all the space pirates agreed and cheered loudly. The atmosphere was boiling.
Li Yao observed everything in silence and thought to himself.
It seemed that the Temple of Immortals, Black Spider Tower, and Fengyu Zhong had made thorough plans. They had also deployed a lot of spies inside Bai Xinghe's group, waiting for the thunderous attack tomorrow night.
He wondered how Bai Xinghe, the Pirate Potentate, would react.
…
In order to keep it a secret, Li Yao and the rest of them could not leave the training camp of Black Spider Tower after hearing Fengyu Zhong's plan.
Fengyu Zhong knew that it was a battle of paramount importance, too. To boost morale, he offered a lot of real Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures other than a large amount of empty promises.
Li Yao accepted all of them without hesitation.
Inside the training camp of Black Spider Tower, the Spiritual Nexus was completely cut off. There was no way for him to know what was happening outside. Li Yao could only increase his hearing to the maximum and collect all the noises from the outside world.
As time passed by, Hido seemed to have turned into a dreary tomb. It was deathly still, and there was some noise at first, but after a night, it had turned into a strange deathly stillness.
Li Yao was somewhat uneasy.
He was not worried about the upcoming battle, but that Bai Xinghe's group would collapse too quickly and fail to weaken the Immortal Cultivators.
If Bai Xinghe was defeated by Fengyu Zhong because of his incompetence, and the Temple of Immortals even gained control of the underground fortress of Spider Den, the capability of the Immortal Cultivators would definitely soar.
It would not be a good thing for the world of Cultivators as a whole.
Right now, Li Yao could only hope that Bai Xinghe, the Pirate Potentate, could perform as well as he should!
…
The next day at dusk …
Although it was dusk, the sky thousands of meters above everyone's head, which was as tiny as a needle tip, was already riddled with holes. There was not the slightest light.
The orange, dim light was emitted from the walls of the mines. It was the feeble light emitted by the remaining crystals and mother lodes.
Beneath the shroud of this dim light, Dusk's Nest Capital was like a frozen sea of magma. On the surface was a hard rock shell. It seemed calm, but underneath this rock shell, there were actually undercurrents surging and a sea of fire churning!
In the district under the control of the Temple of Immortals, squads of the Immortal Army in translucent Crystal Suit were gathered. They had received the most powerful magical equipment from the secret arsenal.
The warriors of Black Spider in black Crystal Suit formed squads and marched toward their targets, too.
In front of them, the assassins of Spider, who were good at stealth and assassination, had snuck into Bai Xinghe's district from various directions and ambushed their targets.
In the district under Bai Xinghe's control, countless docks and shuttle stations were fully opened. Countless crystal warships, loaded with the space pirates who had joined him, arrived from every city on Spider Den and gathered under his command.
The Abyss Pirate Gang, the largest pirate gang on Spider Den, was also on high alert. The squads were more alert than ever.
The battle would break out in several hours.
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