Chapter 313: 313: Initial Suspicions Arise
The boss was furious, and with a slap of his hand, he knocked the black-clad man who answered to the ground.
"Bang——"
The black wall was smashed through, revealing a rock, and he was embedded into the wall, his neck twisted, eyes wide open, dying with a grievance.
If he had known that answering would get him killed, he would have let number two answer.
The so-called number two in black secretly rejoiced: Luckily, he didn’t rush to answer, otherwise, it would have been him in that situation.
Jiang Nuo guessed that he might be in a cave. Near the Capital City, where are there mountains?
"You useless bunch, hurry up and take everything off him!"
With the boss’s order, the remaining eleven black-clad figures rushed towards Jiang Nuo.
Jiang Nuo’s heart tightened: "Hey hey, what are you doing?"
"Hand over what you have, or don’t blame us for being rude!"
Only a fool would comply, right? If he did, he’d just be their prey, wouldn’t he? He wasn’t sure if his wife had realized something was wrong, so he had to bide his time, waiting for her to come to his rescue.
"What things? You stop right there, say clearly first, what exactly do you want? Didn’t you just say you stripped me bare? What else could I possibly have..."
"Nothing? Then what’s the deal with the array on your body?"
"How would I know? Weren’t you the ones who did something to me?" Jiang Nuo said innocently.
Even as he tried to fend them off, unfortunately, the black-clad figures didn’t heed his words and surrounded him, but just then, the thin, pale white light membrane still stood, preventing them from getting closer.
Seeing they couldn’t get in, Jiang Nuo let out a sigh of relief.
"Damn! What is this thing?"
"This defensive array doesn’t seem like an ordinary one; my spirit sword is useless against it!"
"Neither is my magic artifact."
"Mine, too."
...
The eleven black-clad figures wielded their weapons and pounded away at the light membrane, yet no matter how hard they hit it, they couldn’t budge it. It was like a calm lake; each blow created a ripple, without even splashing water, and then it returned to serenity.
"Boss, we can’t break open this defensive magic!"
"Fools!"
The black-clad man who spoke was slapped by the boss. However, this time he was merely swatted away, not killed.
The black-clad man, spitting blood from the slap, breathed a sigh of relief: Good thing, the boss went easy!
The boss walked up to the light membrane, reciting a long mantra, curling his arms into a ball shape, and a blue lightball appeared between his arms. He pushed it forward hard: "Thunder Light, go!"
The large blue thunder light suddenly shot towards the light membrane.
Jiang Nuo widened his eyes: My god?! No way, he’s pulling out the big guns already, can the barrier hold?
"Bang——"
The thunder light crashed into the light membrane, blue and white sparks flying, looking especially beautiful.
Of course, this beauty was extremely dangerous. Jiang Nuo felt particularly tense now, fearing that this suspected big move would break the barrier. His wife was right; the Cultivation World was a dangerous place, one might dig a pit and bury oneself without noticing, sometimes it could even be someone else’s pit, for no reason other than having something someone else wanted, or just being in someone else’s way.
Jiang Nuo thought, he’d only recently entered the Cultivation World, barely anyone knew he was cultivating, how could he have something others desired?
As for being in someone’s way, he felt he currently didn’t have that ability.
The blue thunder light disappeared, the white light membrane still stood firm.
Wow! The things his wife gave him were indeed great, still intact, truly fantastic!
Wife, hurry and come! If you delay any longer, your husband will end up getting skinned alive by others!
The boss seemed a bit surprised too, his strongest attack, Thunder Light, had no effect: "Looks like you’re quite lucky, even changed fate to the extent of having benefactors! I wonder who your benefactor is, able to withstand my Thunder Light. My Thunder Light isn’t ordinary; even an expert at the Foundation Establishment Stage could lose half their life confronting it!"
Foundation Establishment?
Foundation Establishment, Enlightenment, Fusion, Heartfelt, Golden Core—sorry, my wife has already reached Core Formation. Your attack is indeed too weak, not worth a look!
Jiang Nuo, hearing this, completely relaxed. He himself was an expert at the Foundation Establishment Stage, but unfortunately, having lived in a peaceful world before, he had never encountered such crises, his vigilance was too poor, and he was easily caught unawares, stripped bare.
Even if his wife prepared many things for him, they couldn’t withstand getting stripped (fortunately, most things were hidden in his wedding ring on his left hand).
"Hehehe... Big Brother, there must be room for negotiation, right? Up till now, I don’t even know Big Brother’s honorable name?" Jiang Nuo evoked the spirit from his days of playing a ruffian in movies, smiling ingratiatingly.
This was a time to rely on acting skills; every bit of information obtained was a bonus. Being inexplicably captured, without understanding, who knows if it would happen again?
"Don’t get close to me, who’s your big brother?"
"Big Brother, don’t be mad. I’m not trying to cozy up to you. Look, we haven’t had grievances recently, nor past grudges, no need to act like mortal enemies. I think, perhaps there’s some misunderstanding between us, let’s talk it out, settle it peacefully, and tie up loose ends rather than creating enmity."
"You and I have no grudges, but unfortunately, you’ve blocked someone else’s path. Someone wants you alive, but doesn’t want you to live well. The better you live, the more someone wants to bring you down..."
Jiang Nuo looked shocked: "Who’s so ruthless? Ever since I entered the entertainment industry, I’ve always been kind to others, doesn’t seem like I’ve offended anyone, right?"
"Whether or not you’ve offended someone isn’t for you to decide!"
"Hey, who exactly are you talking about? How did I, so short-sightedly, block someone’s path? Tell me, I’ll go find him. If it’s not particularly important, I can let him have it..."
"Some things can’t just be given away, Jiang the Superstar; you’d better honestly strip off your things and let us do our job to save yourself from suffering. Otherwise, if the person behind gets angered, it’s not just about wanting your things, they might not even want to spare your life."
As expected, when he was kidnapped, that Defensive Jade Pendant didn’t react because they didn’t have murderous intentions, just wanted to steal his things. Fortunately, his wife improved the wedding ring; once it detected something was wrong (including abnormal unconsciousness), it would automatically become invisible, never leaving his side.
When he faced life-threatening danger, or non-life-threatening danger, it would automatically activate 360-degree defense. If it was a low-level defense, he could cancel it himself; if it was advanced, unless his wife came to cancel it personally, he’d have to wait for someone to break it.
However, the issue is, his wife was a Golden Core Cultivation expert; how many in this Cultivation World could break through the advanced defensive array his wife set?