Chapter 12: Squad 64323

"Shut your mouth!"

Tang Baduan's heart had almost jumped into his throat; he felt his vision darkening, yet he still only hissed at Bai Cangshu in a very low voice.

He did not forget to quiet down and listen for any movement inside the inn, terrified that Tao Baibai might wake up.

After waiting a moment and hearing no movement, Tang Baduan looked at Bai Cangshu gloomily and said angrily, "It's all because of you, you bastard, actually daring to threaten me!"

Bai Cangshu smiled and shrugged, displaying a posture of taking no shame in his "despicable" behavior, but rather taking pride in it.

He corrected him, "It is not a threat, Mr. Tang Baduan."

"I have already left a note somewhere in the inn, which clearly states that you covet the wealth Tao Baibai has accumulated, while at the same time fearing his cruelty, and therefore secretly incited his disciple—that is, me..."

"... to kill Tao Baibai together, heh."

Bai Cangshu had indeed left such a thing in the inn; he was not threatening Tang Baduan, but rather he had already done it. With Tao Baibai's suspicious and groundless nature, once he discovered that Tang Baduan might have other intentions...

... he would not bother to investigate the truth; killing Tang Baduan directly would be the most convenient path.

Tang Baduan understood this point himself, so he did not dare to rashly inform Tao Baibai that Bai Cangshu had contacted him, but instead came to see Bai Cangshu in the middle of the night.

If looks could kill, Bai Cangshu would likely have been hacked into a thousand pieces by Tang Baduan by now.

Bai Cangshu waved his hand, took the two daggers that had been soaked in various venoms by the green snake from his back, and smiled.

"Don't look at me so affectionately, Mr. Tang Baduan. Let us carefully plan how we can survive tomorrow instead."

"Teacher Tao Baibai is not a person who reasons."

Seeing that Tang Baduan was still looking at him with resentment, Bai Cangshu shook his head helplessly and continued, "Why don't you look on the bright side? As long as we succeed tomorrow, the monstrous wealth Tao Baibai has accumulated over these years will all be yours!"

Tang Baduan's pupils constricted, and he said subconsciously,

"You really don't want..."

Bai Cangshu spread his hands, his smile becoming increasingly brilliant. People, the reason they are weak, is because they are too often swayed by their emotions.

Even a person as cowardly as Tang Baduan could resist the fear brought by Tao Baibai under the temptation of wealth.

He tremblingly accepted the two poisoned daggers, but still lacked much confidence.

Fortunately, Bai Cangshu did not need him to think or plan. Bai Cangshu patted Tang Baduan on the shoulder and said softly, "You only need to do this..."

The moonlight was covered by dark clouds. Tang Baduan only felt an evil ghost luring him toward a path of no return, but yet... he could not refuse the other party. —Time passed quickly. When the sun had risen and set once more, as night was about to fall and the starlight in the sky was not yet bright, several figures suddenly appeared out of thin air in the wilderness outside the small town.

Each of these people was dressed very distinctively.

The leader had long, red, sky-pointing hair; his defiance of gravity constantly signaled to others that his strength was extraordinary.

This person checked the mission information briefly, then whistled and said,

"It seems our luck is good; the first mission of our team-up has entered the exclusive Derivative World of other Reincarnators."

Behind him, a fat man who was over three meters tall just sitting on the ground also grinned.

"Haha, then we can happily start plundering again. It's fortunate that I bought a few pairs of 【Slave Shackles】 from someone before coming in..."

"Although Bulma isn't worth that much in the space, she is still a rare commodity, hehe..."

The fat man laughed weirdly, his lower body swelling rapidly. In another direction from the two, a middle-aged man with a slender build wearing a green robe had a scar running across his entire cheek, looking like a crescent moon.

The red-haired man saw the other party not speaking and clicked his tongue, saying, "Moon Demon, discard that useless hypocrisy. We are Reincarnators, evil parties even more vicious than the Fourth Calamity!"

"Extracting all the resources of these planes to strengthen ourselves is what the space needs us to do."

"Besides... those NPC-like Worms, what is there to pity, heh..."

The man called Moon Demon did not speak, merely glancing at the two, then drew the massive cross-shaped sword at his side. The blade was pitch black, and the golden hilt was inlaid with gems; it was exactly the 【Supreme Grade Great Sword - Black Blade Night】 from the Pirate world.

"Stop talking nonsense. This time's target, Tao Baibai, is not the kind of goods that can be killed easily."

Behind Moon Demon was a woman, her eyes covered with white cloth, wearing nun's attire; she was like a dead object, making no movement.

The red-haired man's body suddenly ignited with flames, intense Magic Power began to rise, and even on his skin, dense red scales began to appear.

His pupils also turned into vertical golden slits. The man walked toward Moon Demon step by step, his slender tongue licking the corners of his mouth.

"Speaking of which, Moon Demon, you seem to have never captured a female slave even once..."

"You haven't even enjoyed this little piglet."

He tore open the woman's nun habit, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin; the delicacy of that skin clearly did not look like that of a human.

The flames on the red-haired man's body instantly burned large, blackened blisters onto the woman's skin, but the woman still stood in place as if she had no sensation.

The man felt bored, put away his flames, tossed the woman aside, and walked two more steps toward Moon Demon with ill intent.

"Moon Demon, under that disguised exterior of yours, you wouldn't happen to be a woman, would you..."

*Clang! * The sound of a sword rang out, and the chilling blade descended instantly.

The man's pupils constricted. A verdant sword light swept past him, booming as it sliced open the earth. The sword light stretched for over several hundred meters, directly cutting a huge gash in the desert.

Moon Demon's eyelids drooped, and he said indifferently,

"You really are as incompetent as the rumors say, Flame Demon."

"Rest assured, after completing this mission, we will have a resolution. At that time, let that Lord see who among the so-called 【East District Four Devils】 is truly qualified to obtain that 【Card】."

After Moon Demon finished speaking, Black Blade Night was instantly sheathed and fell back onto his back. He turned directly amidst the wind and sand and disappeared into the night.

The massive fat man was still giggling lewdly, seemingly unaware that the atmosphere within the team had fractured, or perhaps he did not care.

Flame Demon's pupils returned to normal. He touched his shoulder, where there were a few broken scales.

He thought to himself that although this Moon Demon was a maverick, his strength was indeed outstanding; that kind of swordsmanship and killing intent were likely not those of the kind-hearted person rumored.

Moon Demon, Moon Demon, he is indeed a Demon.

He snorted coldly and shouted angrily at the disheveled nun,

"Hurry up and divine Tao Baibai's location!"

A light flashed in the woman's hand, and a yellow crystal ball appeared. She began to use some kind of divination ability. Before long, she said, "Tao Baibai is currently 13 kilometers to the southeast, and... his condition seems poor."

(End of chapter)