Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 929 - 797: Overestimating the Enemy

One sentence from Bentley dispelled everyone’s doubts, "This guy should be a member of the Divine Script Society."However, Xiang Xue still asked, "Should be? That means it’s not certain. By the way, what did you encounter just now?"

Granny Jia is used as a strategic reserve, and she shouldn’t act unless absolutely necessary.

She mainly supports Bentley, but also takes care of the warship and the manor, as she is closest to Bentley.

Old Ben, holding a Thunder Ram Horn, initiated the attack, so the danger wasn’t very great.

Even if he couldn’t destroy the two merchant ships, inflicting some damage and delaying the opponent’s support shouldn’t be a problem.

Old Ben is also familiarizing himself with the Electromagnetic Body Technique; currently, he’s not very proficient, but it’s hard for others to catch up if he decides to escape.

However, Qu Jianlei was indeed worried something unexpected might happen, and with the mindset of overestimating the opponent, he asked Granny to keep an eye on things.

Unexpectedly, his worry became reality. Bentley sighed, "The Divine Script Society had also ambushed a Supreme!"

The ambushed Supreme had a Fire Attribute and reacted decisively when he discovered the armed merchant ship was under attack.

Fortunately, he was also very wary of the Electromagnetic Attribute Supreme and quietly planned to hold back and unleash a big move.

Bentley was even more relieved, "So lucky, that guy’s Spiritual Power is strong..."

This was something Granny Jia told him on the way back to meet up.

The opponent released a slight elemental fluctuation, which Granny Jia detected and without hesitation launched a Spiritual Attack.

Her Spiritual Power wasn’t weak, and seeing Panda and Paranoid’s Spiritual Attacks, she was inspired to mimic them.

The opponent’s defense against Spiritual aspects was like electromagnetic powder, barely withstanding a hit.

On the way back, Granny Jia mused, saying the opponent’s Spiritual Power was strong, luckily they didn’t attack you.

The opponent’s reaction... How to say? Not unexpected, but not unexpected either.

The Divine Script Society already knew that Panda’s team generally had strong Spiritual Power, so they wouldn’t attack in this aspect actively.

In other words, Bentley benefited from the reputation built by Qu Jianlei and Paranoid; otherwise, it would have been dangerous.

The Supreme with a Fire Attribute came from the Divine Script Society, and their Spiritual Power was higher than a normal Supreme, Granny confirmed this.

However, in other aspects, there wasn’t much threat, Granny Jia’s Water Attribute completely countered their Fire Attribute.

She easily eliminated the opponent and took the opportunity to attack the Water Attribute A-level with her Spiritual Power.

This person was by the side of the Fire Attribute Supreme, and it could be basically determined they were from the Divine Script Society.

When Granny Jia took action, Bentley wasn’t idle either. Amidst the opponent’s chaos, he used the Electromagnetic Body Technique to charge into the base.

He first grabbed two Storage Talismans—probably stimulated by Xiao Moshan—they all paid attention to looting corpses.

Then, he launched another Thunder Attack to ensure the A-level Water Attribute wouldn’t wake up, then brought people out.

Even Granny Jia had to admire, your sense of cooperation is really good.

While Granny could do the same, she preferred to maintain mystery and avoid appearing when possible.

On the way back, Old Ben wanted to hand the Storage Talismans to Granny Jia, expressing that just some Silver Notes would do for him.

Though he’s unaware of Little Lake’s existence, he knows the boss has been collecting Silver Notes lately.

This is actually no surprise; once a team is formed, every aspect requires money.

However, Granny Jia refused; to her, these things aren’t very useful—even Storage Talismans, she doesn’t lack them.

In short, although they killed one less Supreme, the gains weren’t bad.

The most crucial part was that the concern Qu Jianlei had about uneven distribution didn’t occur; the two Supremes weren’t interested in external goods.

Of course, one could say the things they wanted were all in his possession, so those irrelevant materials weren’t of concern.

After everyone finished discussing, they considered interrogating the captured Water Attribute A-level.

Paranoid volunteered again, because he felt his Soul Searching Skill was getting more proficient, "Others, please step aside."

In the end, he was somewhat worried about failure and didn’t want to be ridiculed by others.

Seeing the others leave, Qu Jianlei couldn’t help but say, "Such methods should be used sparingly; they’re not good for your future advancement."

After saying this, Paranoid and Granny Jia both turned to look at him, their gazes... a bit peculiar.

After a while, it was still Paranoid who spoke, "Well, the effect on advancement... does it mean reaching above the Supreme or even higher?"

True to form for two people who have lived for hundreds of years, a simple phrase can lead to the most crucial thoughts.

Qu Jianlei was momentarily stunned before shaking his head with a wry smile, "Restoring above the Supreme, it’s not easy, is it?"

"Not difficult," Paranoid gave him a sideways glance, thinking little of it, "just need time to repeat... if I don’t die."

Granny Jia couldn’t help but cough at these words, "Senior, you seem to have missed the point."

In response, Paranoid scoffed at her, "Then you say it..."

Both knew what the other expected as an answer, but... asking outright was indeed challenging.

At this point, all three Supremes fell into silence, no one spoke.

After a long time, it was still Granny Jia who sighed lightly, "The higher realm... I want to ask, does it really exist?"

Qu Jianlei smiled faintly, "People always need dreams... What if they come true?"

Granny Jia glanced at the Paranoid, then spread her hands, "You heard him, he didn’t deny it."

Do I need your reminder? The Paranoid rolled his eyes, "Then I need to conserve my Spiritual Power. Do you know the Soul Searching Skill?"

Since there was a possibility of reaching higher, he naturally wanted to hold back.

"Well... I’ve pondered over it a bit," Granny Jia hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

However, for her to use the Soul Searching Skill, she actually needs to cooperate with the Truth Potion.

Seeing this, the Paranoid couldn’t help but comment, "Power is a bit lacking. You sure know how to take it easy."

Granny Jia ignored him; she already knew this guy was completely unrestrained with his words, not worth bothering with.

However, it must be admitted that Granny Jia’s Soul Searching Skill was indeed a bit stronger than the Paranoid’s.

The Water Attribute A-level provided two important pieces of information.

One information was that Panda’s reappearance indeed attracted significant attention from the Divine Text Association.

Not only due to the previous reasons, but Panda’s ferocious retaliation also elevated their level of attention towards this organization.

They analyzed that not only is this team powerful, but its foundation should also be very strong.

From the organization’s emphasis on Spiritual Power alone, it’s evident that the inheritance they possess is extraordinary.

And what the Divine Text Association loves most is gnawing on such hard bones.

This has nothing to do with being belligerent; what they covet is mainly the rare inheritance, a common affliction of researchers.

However, precisely because of the increased attention, the Divine Text Association decided not to dispatch personnel to support the Hope Star Realm for the time being.

The Imperial has developed through countless battles large and small by now, how could they not understand the drawbacks of the ’piecemeal tactic’?

They believed that they should dispatch a sufficiently strong team all at once, either not fight or, once fighting, nail down the opponent.

So, the Divine Text Association is indeed mobilizing forces, but reinforcements cannot arrive in the short term.

Just that Hokkstan requested everyone to spread the word, not knowing whether it was due to eagerness to achieve merit or to scare off the Panda team.

But anyway, they successfully spurred Qu Jianlei and others to implement a quick attack.

The other information was that the Military indeed had other support arrangements for that manor.

That is heavy artillery, the Military’s heavy artillery has already targeted the manor, and the firing parameters have long been configured.

But using heavy artillery near downtown, no one could easily assume that responsibility.

So the Military set up observation posts within the manor—yes, there are Military personnel in the manor!

If Qu Jianlei and the Paranoid were obstinate and insisted on killing everyone, even if five starships couldn’t arrive in time, they would have waited for the Military’s heavy artillery to cleanse the place.

Fortunately, Qu Jianlei did not pursue total destruction, and the two quickly left after achieving results, narrowly escaping this calamity.

Knowing this result, even the Paranoid nodded, "Although the power of heavy artillery is just that, you really thought it through."

This time, even Granny Jia couldn’t take it, "The effect of heavy artillery... Really isn’t what it was two hundred years ago!"

"They’re prepared to deal with the Supreme, what makes you dare say its power is insufficient?"

"I just dare to say it!" the Paranoid replied without hesitation, but then he snorted heavily, ultimately saying nothing more.

He indeed had reasons to say so—the Gallium Element could withstand it, would he still fear heavy artillery?

It’s just that this incident was somewhat humiliating, he didn’t want to mention it again—even if he won an argument against this young girl, what more could he gain?

Anyway, the related arrangements of the Divine Text Association illustrated that Qu Jianlei’s previous arrangement of "considering the enemy generously" was indeed not wrong at all.

Terry and others, after knowing this, couldn’t help but secretly marvel at their leader’s tactical planning abilities, truly far superior to ordinary people.

After the interrogation was over, everyone quietly left the place under the cover of the rainy night.

This revenge wasn’t very perfect, mainly because they let go of Cyan Blade Commerce Association’s Supreme, Cessna.

This person was buried under the third-floor building, but as the Earth Attribute Supreme, this small matter shouldn’t cause any trouble.

However, on the third day, Little Lake unexpectedly detected a message in the Military’s internal network.

Although Cessna Supreme survived, he suffered an unknown attack and remained unconscious.

"Is that even possible?" Qu Jianlei couldn’t help but scoff upon hearing this, "Is this guy pretending to be dead to avoid fighting?"

He was quite understanding of this person’s mindset—this is being helpless after getting caught up in the vortex.

Then he couldn’t help but think of one more thing: Who knows how many people are already deep in the vortex at Celestial Hook’s asteroid belt?

You know, he sold quite a few cards there, and now it turns out, he wasn’t even in the asteroid belt.

Next, as per routine, Hope Star began searching various people, reportedly causing the Star Domain Government to be furious.

No wonder, this is the Central Star, the seat of the Star Domain Government, with such a huge incident happening, could they possibly refrain from acting?

No one likes to work sitting on a volcano!

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