63: Chapter 63 One last job before leaving
Teacher Liu Qing was very efficient, and Wang Pingan received the news the next morning.
Three days later, he would join other qualified Students from the Galaxy City base to take an interstellar shuttle to Xuanyuan University's new training base on Tianshu Star.
Three days was neither long nor short.
Wang Pingan did not choose to seclude himself to stabilize his "frivolous" foundation; he had more important things to do.
After asking for leave from the training camp, Wang Pingan took a small spaceship back to Shen City.
After tidying up at home, he waited until nightfall.
Wang Pingan put on his most nondescript black sportswear once again, and like a ghost merging into the darkness, he left home silently.
His destination was only one.
The West City Scrap Yard.
His strength as a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist gave him unprecedented confidence.
He always felt that the giant starship wreckage was like a naked beauty beckoning to him constantly.
It would be unbearable not to go and loot a big haul before leaving.
More importantly, he needed more pay-to-win points.
After reaching the Fourth-Rank, every 0.1 increase in attributes required 60 pay-to-win points. A balance of over 30,000 looked like a lot, but it wouldn't last long if he really started spending.
(Fourth-Rank Martial Artist: 60 per 0.1 attribute point; Fifth Rank Martial Artist: 80 per 0.1 attribute point; Sixth Rank Martial Artist: 100 per 0.1 attribute point.)
He had to be prepared for a rainy day.
Inside the West City Scrap Yard, there was still that familiar smell of oil mixed with rust.
Wang Pingan was familiar with the route; he activated the Eye of Truth, bypassed all surveillance and patrolling guards, and soon arrived at the edge of the restricted zone shrouded in bloody energy mist.
After becoming a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist, his Eye of Truth had also received a huge boost.
The energy mist before his eyes was no longer blurry patches of color but had become clearer and more three-dimensional.
He could even distinguish the subtle fluctuations generated when different energy particles collided and annihilated each other.
The heart-palpitating pressure originating from the starship wreckage was no longer irresistible to him; although it remained heavy, he could already rely on his powerful mental strength and physical body to push forward.
Without hesitation, he stepped into the restricted zone.
He did not take the "safety passage" he had found last time because he realized that with the improvement of his strength, the so-called safety passage had lost its meaning.
He could completely withstand those chaotic energy turbulences and move in a straight line.
Whoosh—
A stream of dark red energy turbulence whipped against his arm like a lash.
The layer of pale golden protective qi on his body surface only flickered slightly before completely annihilating the energy turbulence that could have torn the body of a Third-Rank Martial Artist apart.
He was unscathed.
"Nice!"
Wang Pingan couldn't help but whisper.
This was the power of a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist!
He no longer had any scruples and quickened his pace, charging through the chaotic energy storm like a human tank, heading straight for the core area of the restricted zone.
Soon, the giant starship wreckage, lying on the ground like a mountain range, appeared before his eyes.
Wang Pingan was not in a hurry to find the "core fragment" worth 18,000 points that he had seen last time.
He knew that thing resonated with the starship core, and moving it was equivalent to poking a hornet's nest.
What he wanted to do was "sweep the shelves."
He would convert all the "trash" scattered on the periphery of the starship that had no direct connection to the core but was still valuable into pay-to-win points.
His gaze, like high-precision radar, scanned the massive hull inch by inch.
[Found 'Titan Alloy Armor Fragment', contains trace spatial attributes, can convert to pay-to-win points: 1200 points.]
[Found 'Psionic Wire Breakage', residual high-purity psionic energy, can convert to pay-to-win points: 800 points.]
[Found 'Curvature Engine Cooling Unit'...]
Prompts kept popping up in his field of vision.
Wang Pingan was ecstatic; he was like a mouse that had fallen into a rice jar, starting to "stock up" frantically.
Meanwhile, the balance of pay-to-win points on his system panel kept increasing.
Perfect!
Just when he was engrossed in his work and having a great time, a cold killing intent erupted violently from a pile of scrap outside the restricted zone behind him without warning!
Almost at the same instant the killing intent appeared, Wang Pingan's body reacted!
He didn't even turn his head; his body shifted half a meter to the left!
Whoosh!
A sound of piercing air, so subtle it was almost inaudible, grazed his back.
That was an energy poison needle as thin as cow hair, flashing with ghostly blue light!
If he had been 0.01 seconds slower, this poison needle would have pierced his heart directly!
An ambush!
A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Wang Pingan's back.
His eyes also instantly turned as cold as iron.
He turned his head abruptly and saw three assassins wearing black tight-fitting combat suits and tactical masks, with only their cold eyes exposed, having surrounded him like ghosts from different directions.
The aura of the three was actually all at Peak Third Grade!
And further away on several high points shrouded in shadows, the Eye of Truth clearly captured several energy reactions flashing with dangerous red light.
Snipers!
This was a meticulously planned, fatal trap!
"The Li family?" Wang Pingan's voice rang out in the silent ruins, betraying no emotion.
Other than them, Wang Pingan couldn't think of a second possibility.
He just didn't expect that the Li family would spoil Li Moran so much that they could mobilize such powerful forces to assassinate him.
The lead assassin did not answer his question, his raspy voice devoid of any emotion.
"Do it!"
With a wave of his hand, the three Peak Third Grade assassins launched their attacks simultaneously!
The energy blades in their hands drew three deadly arcs, forming a 'pin' shape, striking directly at Wang Pingan's head, heart, and dantian from three extremely tricky angles!
Their coordination was perfect, clearly having gone through countless trials of blood and fire.
Facing this combined attack that would make any peer martial artist feel despair, a strange smile appeared on Wang Pingan's face.
Peak Third Grade?
If it were a day ago, he might have had to expend some effort.
But now...
Boom!
A pale golden qi and blood aura, far more massive, refined, and domineering than the three assassins combined, erupted from his body like a volcanic explosion!
The pressure of a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist hit the three assassins like an invisible giant hammer!
The charging figures of the three assassins stalled abruptly.
Beneath the masks on their faces, in those cold eyes, for the first time, an emotion called "terror" emerged.
Four... Fourth-Rank?
The intelligence was wrong! The target was not Peak Third Grade! It was a Fourth-Rank!
The lead assassin made a prompt decision and let out a sharp roar.
"Retreat!"
However, it was too late.
At the very moment they lost their composure, Wang Pingan's figure vanished from the spot.
Phantom Step mastered!
With the support of his Fourth-Rank blood qi, his speed became so fast that he turned into an afterimage indistinguishable to the naked eye.
The first target he appeared behind was the assassin on the right.
That assassin only felt a gust of wind strike from behind and hadn't had time to react.
A palm covered in pale golden qi simply and lightly imprinted on his back.
Meteor Fist Technique, Inch Force!
Bang!
A dull sound that made one's heart tremble.
The body of the Peak Third Grade assassin bulged forward abruptly, and the combat suit on his chest exploded, revealing a bloody, mangled hole.
The life force in his eyes dissipated instantly.
One hit kill!