437: Threat from Steve

Although from her demeanor, there was no sign that Nova was lying.

However, Qin Shi Lei did not easily believe her.

With a thought, his eyes once again turned a captivating purple.

“Nova, are you truly sincere in recognizing me as your master?”

“Nova is indeed truly sincere in recognizing Your Excellency as her master.”

“Why do you want to recognize me as your master? Do you want to be my spokesperson in Pretty Country?”

“Revenge! And also to survive better in the apocalypse.”

“Who is your enemy?”

“Steve, he killed my parents.”

In the illusion created by the Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple, it was almost impossible for Nova to lie.

Qin Shi Lei then questioned Nova’s subordinates.

Although their resolve to pledge allegiance was not as firm as Nova’s, they also had no ulterior motives.

Qin Shi Lei snapped his fingers, bringing everyone back to their senses.

“Since you are all so sincere in pledging allegiance to me, I will accept you. Rise.”

“Greetings, Master!”

Nova and the others bowed slightly again, then rose and returned to their seats.

Qin Shi Lei asked, “Nova, do you have a way to find those hidden Golden Experts?”

Nova said with some uncertainty, “I’ll try, but I’m not very confident, after all, those people value their lives very much.”

She then briefly explained her plan to Qin Shi Lei.

Then, she and a few subordinates opened the national chat channel.

“Hello everyone, I see that Qin An King is coming aggressively, and I’m afraid he won’t give up easily. The only way out now is to unite all our Golden Experts in Pretty Country. What do you all think?”

“Nonsense! All of us are not enough for Qin An King’s single sword strike. What result is there besides death?”

“Why don’t we surrender to Qin An King? We haven’t heard of him massacring people in the cities he occupied.”

“Get lost! I’d rather die than become a chess piece in someone else’s hands.”

“Why don’t we form a group and go to other countries to develop? With our strength, we’d be an overlord wherever we go.”

“It seems Qin An King is only here to find Steve. Why don’t you, Steve, go meet him? Maybe he just wants to chat with you and will return to Great Xia after he’s done.”

“Don’t be silly, Qin An King came here with two hundred thousand troops. Anyone who isn’t blind knows he has ill intentions.”

The many Evolutionists chattered back and forth, and it was unclear who among them were Golden Experts.

Nova again suggested that everyone form a group and develop elsewhere, but she still didn’t get much response.

She closed the chat channel and shook her head, saying, “It’s not very effective. Master, I guess those people should all be hiding near their own cities. Why don’t we send out a large army to search?”

Qin Shi Lei was about to reply when his sound transmission talisman suddenly vibrated.

After inputting vital energy to activate it, Mu Ziping’s voice came out from within.

“Master, something has happened!”

“Just now, Steve suddenly appeared in Brera, injuring more than a dozen of our Night members, leaving a message and then leaving in a hurry.”

“You all stay there, I’ll return immediately.”

After hanging up the sound transmission talisman, Qin Shi Lei immediately summoned the Golden Winged Thunder Roc.

“An Qian, you and the others ride the Golden Winged Thunder Roc and follow me. I’ll go ahead.”

After speaking, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and sped towards Brera.

Three minutes later, Qin Shi Lei had appeared before Mu Ziping.

“Master, your subordinate is incompetent. Not only did I fail to keep Steve, but I also allowed him to injure more than a dozen brothers,” Mu Ziping said with a look of shame.

“Don’t say these self-reproaching words yet. Take me to see them,” Qin Shi Lei said in a deep voice.

Mu Ziping turned and led Qin Shi Lei into a large hall.

Inside were more than a dozen injured Night members, and some ability users skilled in healing were treating them.

Qin Shi Lei briefly checked their injuries and immediately felt relieved.

None of these Night members were in life-threatening danger; in fact, they weren’t even seriously injured.

Mu Ziping narrated from the side, “Steve, with several subordinates, suddenly appeared before Little Fei and the others.

Those people all had skeletal summons, and those skeletal summons were extremely powerful.

It was those skeletal summons that injured them with lightning speed.

Before leaving, Steve left a USB drive.”

After he finished speaking, he took out a laptop from his spatial ring and opened it.

A handsome young man in his twenties appeared on the screen.

The other party bowed slightly, performing a Western etiquette.

“I, Steve, greet His Excellency Qin An King.”

“I deeply regret not being able to meet Your Excellency in person.”

“I have no intention of being an enemy of Qin An King, and as for injuring Your Excellency’s subordinates, it was truly out of necessity.”

“I hope Your Excellency can leave Pretty Country now, otherwise, we, who are homeless, can only go to the distant East to seek a place to survive.”

“Now that the great enemy is at hand, we should work together to repel the enemy, instead of engaging in this meaningless internal strife, what do you think, Qin An King?”

At the end of the video, there was a skeleton in armor, like a meteorite falling to the ground, swooping down from mid-air.

Boom!

Debris flew, and a giant rock was smashed into countless pieces by the skeleton’s shield.

“Haha, how interesting.”

Qin Shi Lei’s expression gradually turned cold, “He’s showing off to me now, and even trying to threaten me with Great Xia!”

He carefully sensed the enemy’s aura left on his subordinates’ wounds.

Tracking Technique!

First, faint information came from one to two hundred kilometers away.

Qin Shi Lei was about to get up and fly to that place when he suddenly found that the faint information had disappeared without a trace.

“Oh, there’s some trick to this.”

Qin Shi Lei thought that the other party had detected his tracking and actively cut off the connection.

However, he didn’t expect that he had completely overestimated the other party.

The tracking technique failed because Steve had just sent the skeleton back to hell.

Although the tracking technique had failed, Qin Shi Lei still followed his earlier sensation and flew towards the southeast direction.

He circled around that area but couldn’t find any trace of Steve and the others.

Qin Shi Lei thought for a moment and still opened the chat channel to send a message.

“Is Steve there? I’m looking for you only to buy your lightning-element staff. Is Your Excellency interested in selling it? Qin Shi Lei.”

“Bringing two hundred thousand troops thousands of miles to our Pretty Country, and taking down nearly ten cities in less than a day, and now you say you only want to buy a staff? Who would believe that?” a passerby immediately said disdainfully.

“I believe it. Will Your Excellency return after buying the staff?” another person asked, pretending to be innocent.

“All the people of your Pretty Country kneel and declare allegiance, then Qin An King will surely return to court. Right, Qin An King?” someone said, enjoying the show.

“One thousand pieces of Enlightenment Tea, and take your people and leave Pretty Country immediately, then I’ll sell you the staff,” Steve suddenly said.

“Ten pieces of Enlightenment Tea, and I promise to withdraw my troops from Pretty Country now,” Qin Shi Lei thought for a moment and sent another message.

“My staff is a top-grade orange item. If it weren’t for the many companions in Pretty Country, even if you offered ten thousand pieces of Enlightenment Tea, you wouldn’t be able to touch it.”

Steve seized the opportunity to establish himself as a hero in front of the many Evolutionists in Pretty Country.