Chapter 1046: 1046

Curses and bloodcurdling cries rang out . Practitioners who could fly were experiencing a zero-gravity feeling . Some of them wanted to escape and fly out of the airship . However, the ship was not as fragile as it looked . And they were falling . It was difficult to get out . Jiang Chen was one of those who succeeded in getting out . He burned a hole in the hull .

It was already night . The sky was starlit . They were over a bleak and desolate wildland . The exterior of the ship had been badly damaged and was burning .

At the thought of Yao Yuntong, Jiang Chen decided to go back to rescue her . But to his surprise, loud sounds of wind and thunder came from the ship . Yao Yuntong managed to escape by herself, followed by the people who had been with her .

In the end, the ship crashed onto a mountaintop . The noise it caused rent the tranquil night . Angry flames soared from the ruins and heavily injured passengers could be seen escaping in groups and individually .

Jiang Chen was carefully observing the surroundings . He soon realized a great formation had been deployed in this area .

“Watch out! It’s air pirates!” Someone shouted loudly . Jiang Chen’s assumptions were thus confirmed . The ship had been attacked . The attackers were quite cruel . They let the ship fall and watched people die or get injured . It saved them a lot of work . Soon, the air pirates came into sight . Each of them was wearing a ghost face mask and a black robe .

Jiang Chen recalled what he had heard on deck . Some passengers had been worrying about the chance of running into air pirates . And his companion had called him a jinx .

Air pirates were notorious criminals in the Sky-Reaching Continent . They committed all kinds of crimes, from murder to arson to robbery .

Different from the other spirit-level continents, there were three academies on the Sky-Reaching Continent . The competition here was quite fierce . And, thanks to its rich resources, it was a place full of opportunities . Many people came to this continent to fight for a better life, in the hopes of moving up in society .

These air pirates had come here for the same reason, only they had turned to an extremely evil way of succeeding in life . They treated the forces of the three academies equally, robbing them lawlessly . It was exactly because of this that they were very famous .

The academies had tried to collaborate once, intending to eliminate the air pirates, but they could not even find them . The air pirates laid low for some time and then staged a comeback . They came and went . No one knew where they were living .

“Give us everything . Don’t do anything silly!” An air pirate wearing a different mask said to everyone .

The other air pirates were all wearing black masks, while his was red . A Star Venerable at his peak! Those who wanted to fight back, including Jiang Chen, saw the leader’s strength . No one on this ship was in a higher state . It was not weird . After all, no Martial Emperor would take such a ship . The air pirates must have investigated everything before acting . That was why they were so bold .

Some air pirates landed beside the crashed airship . They extinguished the fires and started to search for treasures . There were still some people on the ship, heavily injured but still alive . However, the evil air pirates killed them . The survivors in the air realized these air pirates were not fooling around . Seeing how cruel they were, those who had wanted to fight back gave up the idea one after another .

“Stop!” However, some of them still came forward . Two voices rang out in sync . It was a man and a woman . They were Jiang Chen and Yao Yuntong .

Regardless of her companions’ warning looks, Yao Yuntong landed at the peak . Emitting thousands of thunders, she forced the air pirates to retreat .

“What you want is money . You didn’t have to kill those people,” Yao Yuntong shouted .

“Inheritor of thunder methods?” Everyone in the air was surprised . Her companions were as pale as ghosts .

As to Jiang Chen, who had spoken at the same time, he did not get any attention .

However, the red-masked air pirate gave him a glance . Then he was surrounded by people immediately .

“Stand in a row!” It was impossible to tell from the air pirate leader’s voice whether he was male or female . There were 20 survivors in the air . Exchanging a look, they lined up without discussion .

Jiang Chen did not join them, because he was surrounded by a group of air pirates .

“We have our rules . As long as you don’t fight back, we won’t hurt you . ” The air pirate leader looked at Yao Yuntong, surrounded by some air pirates as well .

“You fought back, so you and your companions have to die . ” It was impossible to perceive his cruelty from his voice, since it had been disguised, but everyone knew he was not bluffing .

Yao Yuntong’s companions started to beg for his mercy . At the same time, they drew a line between them and her .

However, the air pirate leader did not believe them . He kept staring at Yao Yuntong .

“But I’ll let you go because you are an inheritor of thunder methods, as long as you give your thunder method to me,” said the air pirate leader .

“I swore a blood oath . It’s impossible . Besides, believe me, you don’t want to learn it . ” Pulling a long face, Yao Yuntong was very serious .

“That’s not your concern . ” The air pirate leader seemed to have anticipated that . Without any hesitation, he went on, “Your blood oath must have some binding conditions . ”

Yao Yuntong turned pale . She knew what he meant . If he was her significant one, he would not be restricted by the blood oath .

“I happen to need a woman . I’ll treat you well . ” The air pirate leader was not ashamed at all to say this in the presence of so many people .

“I won’t satisfy you even if I die . ” Yao Yuntong was very resolute . As long as she did not surrender, the air pirate leader could do nothing to her .

“Well, so I’ll kill all of your companions in front of you . ” The air pirate leader was good at threatening people . He said, “If you impart your thunder method to me, I’ll let go of your companions . What do you think?”

“Yuntong, help us . ” Her companions, who had tried so hard to separate themselves from her, begged her one after another . The man Jiang Chen had seen walk out of the room was nervous and crying .

Yao Yuntong hesitated . She could not decide what to do .

Jiang Chen knew she was a stubborn woman . Such people did not like to cause others trouble .

“Hey, you are forcing a good woman to prostitute herself . And you sound so righteous . How do you justify it?” Jiang Chen said, trying to save her blushes .

As a result, the air pirates who were going to deal with Yao Yuntong first looked toward him .

People had detected that he was in the Fourth Constellation Palace . They did not expect him to have the nerve to speak .

The air pirate leader threw him a glance . Then he said, “Are you eager to die?”

“I don’t mind helping you die faster,” Jiang Chen said .

By then all of the air pirates were giving off an extremely aggressive energy .

Yao Yuntong’s companions were secretly blaming Jiang Chen . They were afraid he would piss off the air pirates .

“Kill him, but don’t let him die too fast,” the air pirate leader ordered .

The air pirates who had surrounded Jiang Chen attacked decisively . Killing was nothing for them, but Jiang Chen was used to killing as well . Seeing these ants courting death, he only curled his lips . He was not carrying swords with him since he was in disguise . However, he did not need swords at all to deal with these people .