55: Chapter 55 This guy is playing us.

Lin Ming had thought that within the borders of Yuanxu Mountain, all those bandits and rogue cultivators would have been cleared out by the Sect.

He hadn't expected there to be fish that slipped through the net, let alone that he would run into them.

"Junior Sister, it looks like our luck is a bit bad today."

Lin Ming glanced at Su Lianxue and spoke in a teasing tone.

"Senior Brother, I'll leave it to you."

A look of disgust appeared on Su Lianxue's face, and she immediately spoke to Lin Ming.

"But what if your Senior Brother isn't a match for these people?"

Lin Ming asked.

There were five of them—four men and one woman. The strongest among them was at the Ninth Level of the Spiritual Platform Realm, while even the weakest had the strength of the Fifth Level of the Spiritual Platform Realm.

This level of strength was considered quite formidable among Loose Cultivators.

Not a match?

Su Lianxue looked at Lin Ming with a strange expression.

Look at you.

What kind of nonsense are you talking?

Even if your cultivation really was just at the Spirit Platform Realm, the life-saving measures you have on you alone could turn the opposition into ash.

Not to mention, her Senior Brother was suspected to be a cultivator in the Nirvana Realm.

"Cough..."

Lin Ming noticed Su Lianxue's gaze and feigned a cough.

"These guys, just leave them to your Senior Brother."

Lin Ming then changed his tone and said.

"You there, surrender without a fight, and perhaps I'll spare your lives."

Sun Erhao's arrogant voice rang out.

He clearly looked like he had Lin Ming and the other right where he wanted them.

"The man is at the Fourth Level of the Spirit Platform Realm, and the woman is in the Body Tempering Realm. There's no one else on the spirit boat."

The Seductive Woman spoke immediately after.

Using certain means, she had probed the spirit boat Lin Ming was on, confirming that only the two of them were aboard and that their cultivation levels were as stated.

It was highly likely that some young Revered Master from a great family had snuck out.

"Old Hui."

Cao Mu glanced at the middle-aged man behind him who hadn't said a word.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, confirming once more that there were no hidden people in the vicinity.

"Very good."

A cruel smile appeared on Cao Mu's face.

Sparing a life?

That was clearly impossible.

He'd send the man down to the underworld and keep the woman for himself to have some fun with.

Especially such a beautiful woman—it was his first time seeing one like her. Wouldn't he have to enjoy himself thoroughly?

In Cao Mu's mind, the spirit boat opposite them and Su Lianxue on it were already his property.

As for Lin Ming, he was already a dead man.

"Then let's see if you have the ability."

Lin Ming said.

Since he had nothing else to do, he might as well play along with them to relieve his boredom.

In the next second—

Dozens of fireballs streaked out from the enemy's spirit boat, raining down toward the one Lin Ming was on.

A blue screen of light appeared, blocking all the flames.

The black spirit boat was also rapidly closing in on Lin Ming's vessel.

Seeing this, Lin Ming also made a show of controlling his spirit boat, steering it to collide with the black one.

Seeing this, Cao Mu laughed.

Their Black Killer was a Low Grade Rank Four spirit boat they had plundered from a merchant guild. They had also spent a fortune modifying it to make it incredibly tough.

When an ordinary spirit boat collided with the Black Killer, it would only end in the destruction of the opposing vessel.

For this ordinary-looking spirit boat to dare collide with their Black Killer, they must truly be tired of living.

Since the opponent wanted this, he would certainly oblige them.

"Ram them!"

Cao Mu said coldly.

The Black Killer accelerated instantly.

In the blink of an eye, the two spirit boats collided.

Boom...

Following the intense collision, several cracks appeared on the surface of the Black Killer.

Clearly, it couldn't withstand the impact of Lin Ming's spirit boat and had been smashed open.

"Not good, Boss! The boat is damaged!"

Hu San shouted to his leader in terror.

Immediately after, the spirit boat shook violently and began an unstoppable descent toward the ground.

"What?"

Cao Mu's expression changed drastically.

How could this be?

This wasn't how he imagined it would go.

"This isn't good enough."

Lin Ming shook his head as he watched the spirit boat plummeting toward the ground.

Then again, comparing a Rank Eight spirit boat to a Rank Four one was indeed a bit like bullying.

Lin Ming then controlled his spirit boat to descend, landing in an open clearing.

They happened to land right in front of where the enemy's spirit boat had crashed. He didn't know if any of them were still alive.

They should be alive.

After all, they were Spirit Platform Realm cultivators. Even falling from such a height...

Surviving probably wouldn't be an issue.

"I'm going to kill you!"

A roar erupted from the wreckage of the Black Killer.

Cao Mu charged out from the fallen Black Killer, a murderous intent radiating from his body as he glared fixedly at Lin Ming's spirit boat.

Following him, the other four also rushed out of the Black Killer, one after another, all looking quite disheveled.

But without a doubt, they all looked at Lin Ming's spirit boat with murderous intent.

Since he hadn't fled, he clearly wasn't taking them seriously.

"So, whatever other skills you have, bring them out."

Lin Ming looked down at Cao Mu and the others from his high vantage point with a hint of provocation.

This made Cao Mu's expression even colder.

He was the first to strike.

Since the guy wouldn't leave, he would make him understand the meaning of regret.

A blade stroke—he slashed down.

Cao Mu leaped high into the air, slashing his blade toward Lin Ming on the deck.

But he was blocked by that screen of light. The moment his blade struck the screen, he was directly repelled.

The attacks from the other four were the same; they were completely unable to break through the defensive Formation on the spirit boat.

"Senior Brother, was this spirit boat also given to you by Revered Master?"

Su Lianxue looked at Lin Ming and asked.

She seriously suspected that this spirit boat had nothing to do with their Revered Master, but she had no evidence.

"Correct, but there's no prize."

Lin Ming said with a smile.

Revered Master was his best shield. After all, as a Nirvana Realm existence, it wouldn't be strange for him to give Lin Ming these things.

Sure enough, she knew her Senior Brother would give her that answer.

"Then Senior Brother, how do you plan to deal with them?"

Su Lianxue's gaze fell upon the five people attacking the spirit boat. With her Senior Brother's strength, he could easily deal with them.

Yet he had delayed taking action.

Was it because of her?

Su Lianxue's guess wasn't wrong.

One reason was indeed because of Su Lianxue; Lin Ming didn't want to reveal his true strength for the time being.

He had to find another way to deal with these five guys.

Since he had run into them and they had taken the initiative to attack him...

If he just let them leave like that, it certainly wouldn't fit Lin Ming's character.

The other reason was pure boredom; he was just using these guys to pass the time.

"Damn it."

A punch.

A punch carrying brute force slammed into the spirit boat, but instead, Sun Erhao himself was knocked back by the shock.

"Boss, this guy is toying with us."

The Seductive Woman stopped her attacks at this point and spoke to the group.