Chapters [287-288]

Chapter 287. He Who Touches Pitch Shall Be Defiled

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Three days later in the dark space, the spaceship, where Lu Ze was, came out of the warp tunnel

Not far ahead of the spaceship was a huge solar system. The star, which was situated in the middle, emitted a bright yellow light.

Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. His black pupils appeared to be deeper than before.

During these three days, he had learned the star crippling punch in the morning and digested orbs from the [Pocket Hunting Dimension] in the evening. His power increased even more.

After getting off the bed, Lu Ze proceeded to stretch. He then exhaled slowly.

He had been cultivating for the past three days non-stop. It was really boring. He opened the door to his room and walked toward the living room, where he chanced upon the three seniors discussing something.

Noticing that Lu Ze come out, Li Qingyun smiled. "Junior schoolmate Lu Ze, we're about to reach our destination. If you didn't come out, we were going to call you."

Lu Ze smiled. "I've been addicted to cultivation lately. Did I miss something?"

Then, he looked around and asked. "Where is Lin Ling?"

At this moment, Lin Ling walked out of her room and smiled. "What are you calling me for?" "Nothing."

The two of them entered the hall, and senior schoolmate Margaret said, "We'll be there soon. Upon arrival, we should go straight to the defense force."

Lu Ze nodded. "Mhm."

This was his first mission, so it was better to watch and listen more.

Lin Ling nodded too.

Soon, they flew to the ruins of a huge transporter ship. The ship was ice cold and silent.

At the border of the ruin were three large battleships. Quite some small ships flew out from there and went into the ruins.

Lu Ze's spaceship got closer to the battleships. He had to confirm his identity before being taken to one of the battleships.

The flying ship docked, and Margaret said, "Let's go down, the people in charge are waiting for us."

The flying ship's door opened, and five people stepped out onto the square. There was already a group of Defense Forces people waiting there. Seeing the five of them get off, they walked over.

The leading middle-aged man smiled. "Student Margaret, Li Qingyun, Eldon, Lu Ze, and Lin Ling, greetings. I'm the commander of the Ning Kang System's defense force, Ning Dali. Thank you for coming to help us annihilate the Bloody Night pirates."

Lu Ze glanced at the man. His power had reached the Core Martial State. The difference between them was huge. But this was normal. After all, not everyone was a prodigy.

Even the ordinary martial arts students of Federal University was about this level at graduation.

Other than people of the underground forces, most powerful people either left the Milky Way Galaxy or was at the battlefields.

The dark forces were pretty much at the Mortal Evolution State and below. If there were Planetary States among the dark forces and such individuals dared to disrupt peace in the Federation, then even if they paid a huge price, the Federation would kill them.

Below the Mortal Evolution State, one still needed to use flying ships. Battleships could take them on, but the Planetary State could survive in space. If they really wanted to wreak havoc, the danger they could create was much greater than those Mortal Evolution State and below.

Margaret said, "You're too polite, commander Ning. This is only natural since this is our mission."

Ning Dali smiled. "You guys must be tired from the trip. Do you want to take a rest before we act?"

Ning Dali wanted to do things quickly, but Lu Ze and the other four were the prodigies of the Federal University and Emperor Capital Academy. He was worried they had bad tempers and were hard to deal with, so he positioned himself lower.

Li Qingyun shook his head. "No need, everyone's time is precious. I believe commander Ning wants to get rid of this threat too, right? Just tell us the situation."

Ning Dali's eyes lit up. He then smiled, "In that case, please follow me."

Accordingly, Ning Dali led them inside. They came to a room full of screens.

At this moment, Ning Dali vigorously pointed at the screen. "The target of the Bloody Night pirates was the ship outside. All the people on board, 1321 of them, were killed."

Lu Ze frowned at the scene from the screen. He could see the inside of the ship was filled with blood. All the things were damaged, and the valuable things were taken. He thought that order was very good in the Cosmic Era.

He didn't expect such things to happen. Darkness was everywhere.

The Milky Way Galaxy was too big. If some criminals found a barren planet and hid there, then it would be quite hard to find them, even with the current technology. This was why the school asked the students to perform missions.

"The bodies have been cleaned up, and we've notified their families," Ning Dali said bitterly.

Even though this was within his jurisdiction, if he didn't give a satisfactory explanation, he would end up miserable.

Margaret asked, "When we received the mission, didn't you guys say you've already found the space pirates?".

Ning Dali nodded. "Yes, the transporter ship they robbed had some combat power. Their own ship was damaged during the battle, and we've locked onto their location when they jumped to the next destination. Our spy ships have found their position. They've stopped on a primitive life planet."

Margaret frowned. "Commander Ning, did you find the Bloody Night space pirates?"

How could the careful and meticulous Bloody Night space pirates be that careless? Even their ship could be damaged?

When Ning Dali heard the words, he frowned. "This doesn't sound like the Bloody Night space pirates indeed, but I've checked carefully. It's certainly the Bloody Night space pirates."

He pointed at another screen, which showed a luscious planet. Inside the forest, one could see two blood-red ships. There seemed to be engineers working on repairing it.

"This is their ship. Something really seemed to have happened to it."

On the side, Lu Ze asked, "Has the planet been checked?"

Ning Dali glanced at Lu Ze. Naturally, he knew Lu Ze, who was famous in the Federation now.

Then, Ning Dali smiled with embarrassment. "Out of concern of being noticed, we didn't dare to take actions which were too big. According to records, all life forms on there are wild beasts. There are no high-level beings. The strongest beasts are only at the abstruse martial state level."

The five glanced among each other.

Margaret said, "Should we go over and have a look?"

Either something really happened to their spaceship, or they were intentionally drawing people over. It was unknown why they would intentionally draw people over, but there was such a possibility.

If it was intentional, then they would at least have the confidence of escaping or even take out the people who wanted to annihilate them.

Li Qingyun frowned. "I think we can go check it out. There are some risks, but there are no students stronger than us. The rewards are pretty high too."

Eldon nodded. "If there are really any special circumstances, we can't just go back like that."

Lu Ze said, "Let's go see the situation. If there's danger, we'll retreat."

Lu Ze was confident. After these few days of cultivation, his [Star Crippling Punch] improved further. With his personal combat armor, his combat power should be around 600 Apertures. With the defense of his armor and his [1st Shield], his overall defense was extremely strong. His speed would also be on par with enemies who were at the Primary Stage of the Mortal Evolution State.

Even if the Bloody Night space pirates had a Mortal Evolution State member, he wasn't too worried. Plus, that was very unlikely.

Lin Ling nodded as well. "Let's go see. I'll use my [God Art] to check whether there is any danger."

Margaret turned to Ning Dali. "Take us over, and we'll check it out."

Ning Dali nodded and felt relieved. There would be some danger involved, as expected. He who touches pitch shall be defiled. They were space pirates after all.

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Chapter 288. One Brasher Than the Other

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The three battleships sailed through warp travel and came before the planet occupied by the Bloody Night space pirates.

Ning Dali looked at Lu Ze and the others. "What are you planning to do now?"

It was too hard to fight Aperture Opening State enemies on the planet with a few battleships. Otherwise, they wouldn't need Lu Ze and his team for help.

Margaret asked, "Did the spy drone notice anything unusual?"

Ning Dali shook his head. "No, everything is normal."

Margaret paused for a moment and said, "Then, we'll go down and see ourselves. If their flying ship is trying to escape, then it'll be up to you guys."

Ning Dali grinned. "Don't worry, I won't let them leave."

Margaret nodded at his words.

Then, the five went on their flying ship and flew it toward the planet.

When the ship was tens of kilometers from the ship of the Bloody Night space pirates, the people on board seemed to have noticed Lu Ze and the others. Tens of space pirates wearing bloody armors flew over.

Eldon sneered at their actions. "Are they here to commit suicide?"

The space pirates only had one that was around the Aperture Opening State with 100 Apertures. The levels of the rest were at the Core Martial State.

Li Qingyun said, "Let's get off the spaceship first. Don't damage it."

The full-powered attack of an aperture opening state being can damage the insides of a flying ship. Even without a flying ship, there would be people picking them up, but they would need to compensate the ship with academic credits.

Margaret said, "You guys, deal with them. I'll put the flying ship away."

Because it was a flying ship suited for missions, the ship also had a large storage ring to store it.

Afterward, she opened the door. Lu Ze and the rest flew out while Margaret flew down the ship to land.

The leading Aperture Opening State Pirate had brown hair and black eyes. He had a scar on his left face. His face was expressionless. After approaching the flying ship, he lifted his palm, and a blood-red sword appeared.

Subsequently, he raised his arm, and a blood spirit force surged as he hacked down!

Screech!

A few hundred-meter long blood sword ray sliced toward the flying ship.

Lu Ze raised a brow. "This person is fierce."

Shouldn't they ask what's going on first? Why were they fighting immediately?

This guy was brash.

A black light surged in Lu Ze's hand, and he was planning to block the sword ray. If the ship was damaged, Margaret would not let them off. After all, she paid the bond for it.

At this time, Eldon smiled. "Junior Lu Ze, you need to learn to respect your senior. Of course, I should play with such opponents first."

As he spoke, he took out a golden long sword. The sword swayed slightly, and a few hundred-meter long golden sword veil was formed. The blood sword chi clashed against the sword veil, creating a shocking rumble.

Then, the sword chi shot in all directions.

A few more figures flew over, and the Core Martial States retreated. There were ten Aperture Opening States in total. If you included this one, there were 11 altogether.

Li Qingyun looked at this, and his long sword appeared. "Their high-level members are all here. How do we split this?"

The flying ship had been put away now, and Margaret flew over. She glanced at the pirates. They were all looking at the five people with murderous intent.

The one standing at the front was a not too old-looking handsome youth with blood-red hair and eyes. Blood mist floated around him. The putrid smell of blood perfused in the air.

Margaret frowned. "I've long heard that the captain of the Bloody Night space pirates is someone with [God Art]. He loves carnage. He's called Bloody Night Demon Emperor. Now, it seems to be true."

Lu Ze glanced at the youth. His chi was not bad. His power was near 400 Apertures. But this wasn't dangerous for him. He couldn't even beat senior schoolmate Margaret.

Lu Ze then glanced at the other Aperture Opening States. Five of them had powers around the Aperture Opening State with 300 Apertures while the rest were between the Primary Stage of the Aperture Opening State and 300 Apertures.

Lu Ze was surprised that a group of pirates had such power.

If they went to the battlefield, they would progress much faster with their military merits.

But the battlefield was too dangerous, and an Aperture Opening State individual could die at any time. If they didn't go to the battlefield, it would be too hard to gather the resources they needed to improve. As a consequence, choosing to rob would be the best option.

Lu Ze wondered how many people this Bloody Night Demon Emperor killed.

All of the pirates seemed to be facially paralyzed.

Suddenly, their chi exploded as they charged over at Lu Ze and the others.

Eldon grinned. "Interesting, they just came straight over."

Margaret said, "Leave that Bloody Night Demon Emperor to me, and do as you want with the rest."

Li Qingyun's sword emitted a mist, and then, the mist enveloped his body.

"I'll take the five on the left," he said plainly.

Then, he charged at the five on the left. Eldon's eyes lit up. His sword flashed with a golden color. "In that case, I'll have the last five! Lu Ze, Lin Ling, you two hold guard!"

Lu Ze and Lin Ling: "…."

These seniors were all battle maniacs.

Since they were fighting, Lu Ze and Lin Ling would watch and observe.

Lu Ze glanced at Lin Ling. "How is it? There doesn't seem to be some special circumstances at all."

Lin Ling's eyes flashed with complex runes.

She looked around and said, "No problems."

Lu Ze stretched out. "Isn't this mission pretty easy then?"

Lin Ling smiled. "Then, we'll go deal with the remaining pirates. Otherwise, we'll be taking a portion of the split without doing anything."

Lu Ze smiled. "Okay."

Accordingly, Lu Ze said, "Senior, we'll be going to deal with the other space pirates."

Eldon raised his long sword. Countless faint golden sword chi shot out of the long sword, heading toward the five pirates. The five pirates gathered together and formed a blood shield, trying their best to block the sword chi.

After suppressing them, Eldon smiled. "Okay,go."

Li Qingyun's battle was covered by a dense mist. There were all sorts of sword clashes.

A calm voice came out as well. "Mhm, go."

At a higher place, Margaret was fighting Bloody Night Demon Emperor. The bloody mist of Bloody Night Demon Emperor covered a radius of a few kilometers. In this region, Margaret kept appearing and disappearing.

Every time she appeared, it would be at a corner that was hard for the Bloody Night Demon Emperor to defend. She lunged sharp attacks with her sword.

However, Bloody Night Demon Emperor seemed to know the future and block her every attack.

Their battle ended in a stalemate.

Lu Ze raised a brow. This enemy seemed a little stronger than expected. But senior schoolmate Margaret seemed to be fine, so Lu Ze didn't plan to help.

Lin Ling smiled. "Let's go deal with those henchmen and break their flying ship too."

Lu Ze nodded, and they flew toward the two ships of the pirates.

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