I Can Edit Skills - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Missing

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Those who had the financial resources to travel between cities in this wilderness were not weak either. Some of them even brought a few bodyguards with them. The vibration of the buffer cabin that was ejected just now only made the powerful cultivator’s consciousness muddle for a few minutes. Soon, when a Qi Cultivation Realm Blood Eagle bandit opened a large buffer cabin… a bloody mist suddenly appeared behind his neck. 

A Foundation Establishment realm cultivator and another middle-aged man at the peak of the Qi Cultivation Realm jumped out from the buffer cabin. The two of them activated their running spells at full force and were about to run into the woods to the side. 

The second-in-charge of the Blood Eagle Fort was not in a hurry when he saw this. He only raised his chin slightly. The three subordinates on the side entered the floating shuttle and chased after them. These bandits had some knowledge of civilian floating shuttles. When chasing people in the wild, they could use the manual mode more skillfully instead of the automatic mode. 

Under the manual mode, even if there was a wall in front of them, the Floating shuttle would still crash into it, while the automatic mode would take the initiative to avoid obstacles. No matter how brilliant one’s movement technique was, they could not outrun these floating shuttles. In just a few breaths, the floating shuttle had caught up with the two of them. 

The Foundation Establishment realm cultivator threw out several iron balls. As soon as these iron balls left his hand, they flew toward the nearest flying shuttles at a speed that was difficult to be seen with the naked eye. 

Before the iron balls hit, the cabin door above the flying shuttles opened. The Foundation Establishment realm cultivator from the Blood Eagle Fort took advantage of the moment when the bodyguard attacked to jump out of the cabin door. With one hand, he pulled the bowstring of the crossbow, he threw out three ice thorns with the other hand. 

The iron ball hit the shuttle. This kind of civilian-type vehicle had a normal defensive ability. It was penetrated in an instant. The position where the man was sitting in the cabin was directly penetrated. The formation of the shuttle seemed to have been broken at this time, it fell to the ground in the air due to inertia and hit the trunk of a tree. 

The Foundation Establishment Realm Bodyguard was agile and dodged the ice thorns and the crossbow arrows. However, this Dodge also made the other two flying shuttles come over and surround the two people in the middle. 

“Who’s the leader of the Blood Eagle Fort in front? I’m Zhang Han from Earth-Grade City No. 10. I have a bit of a relationship with your third leader.” The Foundation Establishment realm bodyguard protected his employer behind him and looked at the people around him vigilantly. 

“I don’t mean to offend you all. I’m just taking my employer to Earth-Grade City No. 3 to do something. I hope you can show mercy.” The man who called himself Zhang Han raised his hand; he threw a small bag that he had just taken out high into the air and threw it out of the encirclement. 

Soon, someone picked up the bag and opened it. There were 200 crystals inside. 

The second-in-charge also walked over at this time. He took the bag and gently placed it in his hand. 

“You know our colleague?” 

“Yes, you must be the second master of the legendary Blood Eagle Fort, right? Your colleague has often told me about you.” 

Zhang Han’s eyes were fixed on the handsome man in front of him, and his breathing was slightly hurried. 

“Oh, it’s a pity that I don’t know you,” The second-in-charge said and gently waved his hand. 

Seeing this, the people surrounding Zhang Han directly raised their hands. For a moment, ice-piercing fire bullets, wind-edge golden pills, and all kinds of attacks flew toward the two people who were surrounded. 

Seeing this, Zhang Han suddenly stomped his foot and jumped in the air again. He brought his employer out of the encirclement, wanting to dive into the forest. If Zhou Ji was here, he would be able to recognize that this person was using his second stage levitation spell. 

Once the spell was uploaded, it could be purchased by any qualified exchange office. Other than 50% of the one-time monopoly fee going to the creator of the spell, the shop owner would also give an additional 10% to the creator of each sale of the spiritual crystals obtained from the spell. 

However, before he could react in midair, he saw a cold light coming at him. He felt a chill between his eyebrows and lost consciousness. 

It was a flying needle with a red tassel that was either dyed red or its original color. 

The flying needle passed through the space between Zhang Han’s eyebrows and went into the back of the employer’s neck. Then, it came out of his eyes and flew in front of the second-in-charge with the smell of blood. 

“Continue to search. Don’t let any of them go!” 

The second-in-charge turned around and left, but the flying needle went to an unknown place. At this time, there were already people rushing out of the buffer cabin, causing quite a bit of chaos. He still had to go back and deal with those Foundation Establishment realm guys who escaped from the large buffer cabin.. 

Zhou Ji, who was in a daze from the shock, finally recovered. His buffer cabin was closer to the outside. At this time, the door of the buffer cabin had already been opened. What made him panic was that his daughter, who was originally fixed on the bed, had disappeared without a trace. 

As expected, when he heard his daughter’s voice in a trance, it was real and not an illusion. Because of the small weight and the fixed and buffer of the magic array on the bed, his daughter was not knocked out like him. 

Was she awakened by the last shock and then shouted that she had run out without getting a response? 

Zhou Ji took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. He listened to the movements outside and slowly disappeared into the darkness. 

Not long after, there was movement outside the buffer cabin. Two cultivators of the Blood Eagle Fort with marks on their faces poked their heads out to look inside. After one of the bald men realized that there was no danger, he directly walked in. 

“Don’t look anymore. This place is probably the same as the previous ones. No one lives here.” 

The Bald Man’s companion followed behind him and spoke helplessly. 

“Since we have the time, we might as well search a few more. The people inside should all be awake by now. If we don’t hurry, the second master might get angry…” 

However, before he could finish his words, he suddenly stopped. 

The bald man turned around in surprise, only to see a headless corpse slowly falling down. 

“There’s…” 

The bald man was about to call for reinforcements, but he suddenly stopped. He only felt that his body was bound by something, and even his mouth was blocked by something, so he couldn’t make any noise. 

A sharp pain came from his neck. He knew that his neck was blocked by something sharp. 

“I ask, you answer. Don’t scream. Nod if you understand.” 

A hoarse voice came from behind him. 

The bald man hurriedly nodded, like a garlic hammer. 

“Very good. What happened outside?” 

The bald man only felt that the thing blocking his mouth and nose had suddenly dissipated, and he could speak again. 

“Spare us! Our second master said that he wanted to do something big, so he brought us here to rob the Wangfang Trading Company’s passenger shuttle. I was only following orders…” 

“You guys?” 

“We’re from the Blood Eagle Fort. A few days ago, the second master suddenly said that he had a way to deal with the Wangfang Trading Company’s large-scale floating shuttle’s protection…” 

.. 

The two of them answered each other’s questions. Zhou Ji quickly understood what was happening outside. 

He didn’t expect that someone would really be so audacious, and that they would actually succeed! He had a special understanding of the defense of the Wangfang Trading Company’s large-scale civilian floating shuttle. Even with the current peak of combat strength on this planet, the full-strength attacks of crystal realm cultivators could still last for four to five minutes. This thing was an iron bastard. There had never been an ambush for the Wangfang Trading Company’s large-scale floating shuttles before! 

“How many people have come this time? How is the strength of your second-in-charge?” 

“Currently, we know that there are forty-eight search personnel, eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the second-in-charge is also in the Foundation Establishment stage. Moreover, it is said that he is at the seventh or eighth stage. We are not sure of his strength. All we know is that he is controlling a flying needle. It is extremely sharp. Other than these people, I heard that there are some encirclements around the perimeter to prevent anyone from escaping. “I don’t know exactly how many there are.” 

The bald man was obviously just a small fry. However, he still told them everything he knew. 

“Then, have you met a blind little girl?” 

Zhou Ji asked softly again. 

“Little girl?” The bald man was stunned when he heard this, he seemed to be recalling, “I have never seen the little girl you mentioned. All the men who were caught today were killed. The women might be kidnapped to the stockade.” 

“Where is your stockade? What is the strength of the leader?” 

Zhou Ji calmed himself down and said slowly. 

“Our leader, Blood Eagle, is at the Foundation Establishment Pinnacle. He is about to reach the crystal formation realm, but he doesn’t have any secret technique to do so.” 

“You know about this too?” 

“Hehe, it’s just hearsay… hearsay… C’mon, look at how cooperative I am…” 

Hearing Zhou Ji’s teasing tone, the bald man heaved a sigh of relief. He felt that he should be able to survive today. However, the moment he opened his mouth, he felt a chill on his neck. He turned his gaze downward and saw his headless body and the shadow behind him. There was no one there….