Hao Sheng was arrested

Hao Sheng said in a low voice, "Brother Wang Zhe, do you think they will be alright?"

Wang Zhe shook his head, "I don't know either, but they should be fine. Regardless, they still have some means of self-preservation."

Hao Sheng sighed and remained silent, feeling a bit worried in his heart.

Pfft!

An explosion suddenly occurred beneath their feet, and the two were bound by an iron net.

"Hahaha! Caught them!"

"Whoo! Caught them, caught them!"

Suddenly, over twenty people appeared, looking at Hao Sheng and the other who were locked in the iron net.

A man wearing an ear stud stepped forward and sized up Hao Sheng and his companion, "Haha, not bad, Rank 61! You still have some ability."

One person suddenly said, "Boss, look!"

Someone rummaged through them and found two badges, handing them to the man with the ear stud.

The man with the ear stud picked up the badges, examined them, frowned, and snorted coldly, "The dog bastards of the Law Enforcement Alliance!"

Apparently, the man held a deep grudge against the Law Enforcement Alliance.

Wang Zhe thought with a gloomy face, "Who are you people! What do you want to do!"

The man with the ear stud kicked the iron net and cursed, "Shut up, you dog bastards of the Law Enforcement Alliance! Take them back, make them contact someone, and demand a ransom!"

Hao Sheng quickly said, "Your Excellency, we have gold coins, we have money. If you let us go, we are willing to give you all the gold coins we have on us!"

Under the current circumstances, it was better to concede; the Ranks of these people were not low.

The man with the ear stud glanced at Hao Sheng and cursed, "Idiot! If I kill you, your things will be mine anyway! Take them back, make them contact the Law Enforcement Alliance, and demand a ransom!"

"Yes!"

The others stepped forward, dragged the iron net, and walked in one direction.

"Boss! There should be good things in this canyon, right? Should we go check it out?" Gun Gun poked its head out, looking down and asking.

Ye Chen stepped forward and glanced down; it was bottomless. Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Not for now. Let's go find Hao Sheng and the others first and regroup with them."

He didn't know how they were doing over there right now.

They didn't have any defensive sets. Facing Rank 70 monsters, it was impossible to say there was no danger.

Ye Chen called Hao Sheng, and the phone rang for ten seconds before it was answered.

"Master? Where are you?"

A cold laugh sounded from the other end of the phone, "Are you this person's disciple?"

Hearing a strange voice, Ye Chen asked vigilantly, "Who are you? Where is my Master?"

The man with the ear stud glanced at Hao Sheng and laughed into the phone, "Your Master has been captured by me. If you want to save your Master, come to the location I'm sending you."

After speaking, the man with the ear stud hung up the phone directly.

Soon after, a location was sent over.

Ye Chen opened the location and discovered it was in the opposite direction from where he was.

Dan Shi frowned and asked, "Ye Chen, has Hao Sheng been captured?"

Ye Chen said with a heavy expression, "Yes, it should be someone else, not Feng Xi's group."

"What should we do? Should we go?"

Ye Chen thought for a moment and finally decided to go over and take a look.

The other party captured Hao Sheng simply for money.

After thinking it over, Ye Chen walked towards the location sent by the man with the ear stud.

Over half an hour later, Ye Chen stopped at a place that looked like a mountain stronghold.

This mountain stronghold was entirely black; if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't be able to spot it at all.

The stronghold blended perfectly with the surrounding environment.

It was more like a large courtyard than a stronghold, entirely constructed from wooden planks, with a bonfire burning in the yard.

Two people were hanging from a tree branch; Hao Sheng and Wang Zhe were hanging there.

A person sitting at the entrance looked at Ye Chen and asked with a smile, "That person's disciple?"

Ye Chen nodded.

"Come in!"

The person stood up and brought Ye Chen inside.

Hao Sheng was hanging on the tree, looking at Ye Chen with an apologetic expression.

Two men and two women were sitting by the bonfire, eating roasted meat, while the others were drinking alcohol elsewhere.

A man with an ear stud and side-swept bangs took a bite of roasted meat, looked up at Ye Chen, and smiled, "Not bad, you've got guts! Come, sit!"

"What should we call you?" a woman wearing light makeup and looking somewhat mature asked.

Ye Chen was not timid, sat down, and said, "Ye Chen."

"Hmm, not bad, good name. You can call me Divine Blade!"

Ye Chen glanced at the hanging Hao Sheng and Wang Zhe and said, "Your Excellency Divine Blade, I wonder what it will take to release my Master?"

Divine Blade glanced at Ye Chen and said with dissatisfaction, "We're eating. Don't talk business while eating. Let's talk after we finish. You should eat something too."

After saying that, Divine Blade tore off a leg and handed it to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen didn't refuse and took it.

The people here were all of high Rank. The Divine Blade in front of him had even reached Rank 67!

He was covered in Evil Qi, and this Evil Qi was extremely powerful. One wouldn't have such strong Evil Qi on them without having killed hundreds or thousands of people.

The two women were also Rank 64! Another man was Rank 65!

This group was much stronger than the group led by Feng Xi that they had encountered earlier.

Ten minutes later, Divine Blade finished the last bite of meat, burped, and casually picked up an animal skin to wipe his hands.

Divine Blade looked at Ye Chen with a cold smile and said, "Little brother, you've got guts, daring to come alone. Aren't you afraid I'll capture you along with them?"

Ye Chen took out something and smiled, "Since I came, I naturally have some certainty."

Divine Blade looked at the object in Ye Chen's hand, his expression changed abruptly, and he shouted angrily, "Divine Fire Sky Star! You brat, are you planning to perish together with us!"

The red, bomb-like object was indeed the Divine Fire Sky Star, which Ye Chen had crafted using various fire-attribute and lightning-attribute Materials.

Once detonated, everything in the vicinity would be annihilated.

It could inflict a high damage of two million.

Ye Chen smiled, "Your Excellency Divine Blade, don't be agitated. I am here to negotiate, not to seek death. If Your Excellency goes too far, I don't mind taking you all down with me. Tell me, how can you release my Master!"

Divine Blade snorted coldly, "Fifty million gold coins, plus a set of six-star legendary equipment, including a weapon!"

Ye Chen was stunned. Fifty million gold coins—he really dared to ask for that much.

"Your Excellency Divine Blade, isn't that asking for too much!"

Divine Blade sneered, "Not at all! Surely your Law Enforcement Alliance can't be so poor that you can't even cough that up? Fine, twenty million, plus one legendary weapon, and you can take your Master away. I'll keep this person to demand more from the Law Enforcement Alliance."

Ye Chen knew. The people here held a deep grudge against the Law Enforcement Alliance.

Ye Chen looked at the woman beside him, glancing at the exposed part of her chest.

"What the hell are you looking at! You dare to look at my woman! Are you courting death!"

Another man roared loudly.

Ye Chen was speechless; he was looking at the pendant on the woman's chest.

He just felt that this pendant was very familiar.

"Black Moon Scimitar?" Ye Chen muttered.

The woman was stunned and asked, "How do you know the name of our faction?"

Ye Chen immediately understood; this was the faction Demon Blade had once founded.

Ye Chen took an item out of his pocket; it was exactly the exquisite small knife that Demon Blade had given Ye Chen back then.