BXBX NOVEL Chapter 152 Riches!
"This bastard is a Pinnacle Sense Trainer!"
Feng Yan shouted at Ikasa. He hurriedly jumped back and swung his halberd over his head, bringing it down to slash on the Bandit Leader.
The giant red blades attached to the handle flashed as they approached Jin Ya's shoulders and then embedded into the ground cutting only a few locks of his hair.
"With how slow you are, when will you catch me?"
Jin Ya sneered, mocking Feng Yan. He rested his axe on his shoulders and looked at the halberd embedded in the ground with disdain.
Feng Yan was panting from the exertion. He watched the Bandit leader standing a few feet away with wary eyes.
"All your men are dead, Jin Ya."
Ikasa calmly stated, observing the unruly man's reaction. Much to his surprise, Jin Ya started laughing.
"This forest is my den! Did you really think that I rule this area with just a few tens of men?"
Ikasa's eyes widened. Now, he knew why the Bandit leader was so relaxed despite his men being killed brutally.
He was waiting for his backup to arrive!
And right on the mark, leaves rustled as men in groups of tens began to emerge from the forest into the open.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8! Ikasa spotted around 8 groups who had besieged them. That was eighty men!
Most of them had sticks and branches of the trees as weapons. A few had wooden bows and arrows. Some had made pointed shafts and used them as spears.
These crude, pointed weapons may be frowned upon in the City, but no one would care in the wilderness.
Ikasa and others came closer to the carriage. They formed a circle with their backs to the carriage as they vigilantly watched the advancing bandits.
"What will you do now? Surrender the beauty and flee by yourself? Or perhaps die?"
Jin Ya grinned a savage smirk. He watched Ikasa like he was watching a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Ikasa played along and made his knees tremble. Seeing his condition, kids frowned with worry.
As Jin Ya was about to take a step towards the beauty he coveted, Feng Yan blocked his way. The threat of his halberd, made Jin Ya focus his attention back on Feng Yan.
The Bandits followed their leader's actions and charged at Ikasa's group.
Ikasa took a deep breath and bellowed, "Now!"
His shout stunned the bandits. They stopped and looked around, but they couldn't see any changes.
The group leader clicked his tongue with annoyance.
"They are merely trying to scare us. Attack!"
The enraged mobs charged toward Ikasa, covering the distance in a few breaths. And then suddenly, the people at the back began to fall.
The Bandits panicked at the inexplicable phenomenon. The group leaders tried to maintain order, but these were bandits and robbers, not trained soldiers.
They preferred to preserve their lives and ran around like headless chickens.
Ikasa smirked after seeing the chaos. Jin Ya was not the only one with backup; He had brought one too.
Elder Yi hiding in the carriage was no less than a weapon of mass destruction, solely because of his poisonous gases.
At Ikasa's shout, his bottles had burst amidst the crowded dacoits. Within a few seconds, his sleeping incense had shown its effects as the people began to fall like flies.
This way, Elder Yi Gan had taken care of more than half the enemies without taking a single step out of the carriage!
The rest of the bandits were also mildly affected, slowing their speed even further. As such, Ikasa and the kids took care of these small fries in just a quarter of an hour!
Ikasa turned his attention back to the Bandit Leader. He noticed blood dripping down Feng Yan's thigh. He saw Feng Yan wince with pain every time he put weight on his left leg.
'The bleeding wound is affecting his movement.'
Ikasa realized as he saw Jin Ya raise his ax to behead Feng Yan!
"Don't you dare!"
Ikasa shouted, launching his Serrated Sun Disc to interfere with his attack. The bandit leader glanced at Ikasa out of the corner of his eyes. Behind Ikasa, his men were lying motionless on the ground.
Stunned, Jin Ya paused in his attack. Fear filled his eyes as he gave up on attacking Feng Yan and turned to flee. He knew that without backup, he had no chance to win against Eight Sense Trainers!
But how could Ikasa let him escape?
He launched his Serrated Sun Disc at the escaping figure of Jin Ya. His disc lost much of the momentum by the time it reached the bandit leader. Still, the goal was achieved.
Ikasa and others heard a loud scream from Jin Ya and saw his body crashing to the ground. Although the disc did not sever his head, it lodged itself into the back of his knee, rendering his leg useless.
Ikasa picked up the Bloody Halberd and ran to the limp Bandit Leader. Jin Ya knew he no longer had any chance to escape.
In a last-ditch effort, Jin Ya swung his ax at Ikasa's leg. Ikasa jumped in response and let the ax pass under his feet. He then crudely smashed the Halberd at Jin Ya, trying to chop him in half.
Survival instinct won over his pain and Jin Ya managed to roll to the side, avoiding the blade. Enduring the pain, he somehow stood up with the support of the nearby tree.
As Ikasa approached, he threw the mud collected in his hands at Ikasa. The clumps of humid mud did not work as well as sand would have. Ikasa was not blinded by it; Only slightly distracted.
Jin Ya roared and took this chance to throw his ax at Ikasa's chest.
"If I am dying, you are dying with me bastard!"
Taken aback, Ikasa blocked the axe by taking shelter behind the halberd. Luckily, the metal ax hit the handle of the halberd and lost its momentum.
The color drained from Jin Ya's face seeing Ikasa unharmed. As a last resort, he begged for his life.
"S-Spare me. I will do anything you say."
Ikasa sneered in response. Of what use was this two-faced man to him?
Without saying a word, he raised the halberd and brought it down. Unwilling to die, Jin Ya used his hands as the last means of resistance, but they were too frail to block the blow.
The bloody-red blades chopped through his arms and embedded themselves in his chest. The Bandit Leader looked at the blood-splattered face of Ikasa with hatred, cursing him in his heart as he fell back into the tree, dead.
Ikasa did not feel a hint of remorse when he took off the Spatial Bracelet from the chopped arm of the dead Bandit Leader. A man who had massacred hundreds of innocents did not deserve his sympathy.
He cleaned the spatial device and wore it on his wrist. Then he picked up the ax, the halberd, and the Sun Disc and returned to the carriage.
Elder Yi and Xin Ruo had bandaged Feng Yan's wound in the meantime.
"Did you get the bastard?"
Feng Yan asked, his voice hoarse from pain.
"What do you think?"
Ikasa smiled and proudly showed off the spoils of war. Even in pain, Feng Yan smiled a greedy grin upon seeing the ax.
"Back off, old man! This will go to Uncle Chu!"
"Tsk! I risked my life here, and that scoundrel is the one getting benefits!"
Ikasa paid no heed to his complaints. He put the weapons back in the Spatial Bracelet and helped Feng Yan hobble back to the carriage.
Once safely inside, Ikasa opened his spiritual sense and scanned the interior of the Spatial Bracelet. The wealth inside shocked him!
In a space of nearly 3 cubic meters, he saw tens of tiny bottles lined along the wall. He saw a cool blue pattern on the bottles and immediately identified them.
They were Cold Marble Bottles used to store Energy Infused Water or the higher grade versions, Energy Crystals. These bottles cost at least 10 gold each, and there were about a hundred of them inside!
Ikasa immediately took out one of the bottles. His eyes shined as he felt a cool aura emanating from the bottle. As soon as he uncorked the bottle, thick mist gathered around the opening.
A faint refreshing fragrance spread in the carriage, relieving everyone of their fatigue.
"That is an Energy Crystal in there!"
Elder Yi spoke with alarm. If Spirit coins were artificial storages of energy, the Energy Crystals were natural ones. And from the amount of spiritual energy, the crystal inside was worth at least a 2-star Spirit Coin!
Ikasa put the bottle back inside after confirming the contents. Just which unlucky fellow died under this bastard's hands that left him such a fortune?
He did not worry too much and scanned the space again. He found a small pile of herbs in one corner. On the opposite side, there were some stones scattered.
After scanning the storage space, Ikasa was satisfied with the size and treasures inside. Most importantly, there was enough space for his Printer to fit inside the Bracelet!