ACSP: Chapter 142: A Skill That Can Counter the [Eight Inner Gates Formation]!
Because he was worried that Jiang Chen and the others would catch up, Ling Kai did not stay here for long. After resting against the city wall for a moment, he quickly set off again. However, this time he did not return to the North District. Instead, he bypassed Kang City and headed directly in the direction of Jinghai City.
"It's a good thing I didn't keep the Gate of Death open for long this time, and I didn't use the Evening Elephant. Although I'm still aching all over and my bones feel like they're about to crack, it's much better compared to last time..."
Ling Kai sped along, pulling two military ration pills from his bosom and swallowing them to accelerate his recovery. According to the skill description of the [Eight Inner Gates Formation], if the user opens the [Gate of Death], the outcome is absolutely certain death.
But when he unlocked this [Eight Inner Gates Formation] back then, he also unlocked a passive ability called [Self-Restraint]. This passive ability complemented the [Eight Inner Gates Formation]. It could significantly reduce the physical burden brought on by the [Gate of Death] on the user. As long as he didn't use that life-for-life move, [Night Guy]! Even if he used the [Five-Speed Evening Elephant], he wouldn't die immediately.
When he fought Lei Li back then, it was because of this passive ability that he survived. Of course, that was only one reason. Another reason was that when he once opened a Gold Treasure Chest, he obtained an inherited bloodline called [Uzumaki Constitution]! That bloodline constitution possessed extremely strong recovery capabilities.
Whether it was stamina, Chakra, or his own injuries, the recovery speed could be increased several times over. If combined with recovery-type military ration pills, the effect was even better.
"Sigh, this time I really tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice."
"I didn't expect Jiang Chen's strength to be so perverted. Even Lei Li wouldn't dare to take my Daytime Tiger head-on while I was in the Gate of View state, yet he blocked it easily."
"I can't go back to Kang City now. Given Lei Li's personality, after I leave, he will definitely take Jiang Chen to raid my mansion immediately."
"For now, it seems I can only go to Jinghai City and think of a way."
"Jiang Chen, oh Jiang Chen, you want to raid my home, right? Then I'll go to Jinghai City and mess up your lair, let's see who is more ruthless..."
In the blink of an eye, Ling Kai's figure had already rapidly disappeared into the dense forest outside the city.
Meanwhile. North District of Kang City. Jiang Chen, guided by Lei Li, had already arrived at the mansion with Song She and the others. He was here to raid the house. Honestly. This was the thing he liked doing most right now. Because this way, he could quickly obtain a lot of resources.
There was one thing he had to admit. The fastest way to obtain resources was plunder, bar none. This was the reason why bandits were rampant in troubled times. Capitalist landlords still needed some capital and time costs to enslave others. But bandits didn't need that. They usually just robbed directly. Zero-dollar shopping.
However, Jiang Chen didn't think of himself as a bandit. The philosophy he always followed was 'If others don't offend me, I won't offend them'! If Ling Kai hadn't brought people to cause him trouble earlier.
He wasn't going to make a special trip just to raid their home this time.
Of course, he didn't intend to let Ling Kai go either.
Before coming here, he had already arranged for Ronan to hunt the other party down.
Ronan was proficient in assassination and tracking techniques.
If he found Ling Kai, he could carry out an assassination directly.
Even if the assassination failed, it wouldn't matter.
Because the [Flying Thunder God Technique] he possessed could, from a certain perspective, perfectly counter the [Eight Inner Gates Formation]!
As long as that Ling Kai dared to open the [Gate of Death].
He could immediately use the [Flying Thunder God Technique] to teleport to another location.
Once the opponent lost their target, he could just continue to pursue them.
He could simply wear the opponent down to death.
It was just like Minato Namikaze during the Nine-Tailed incident.
With the war at the front being tight, he even had free time to go home and change his clothes.
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"This prince's mansion was once the City Lord's Mansion, and most of the people inside are the old staff from the City Lord's Mansion."
"As far as I know, some of those people are just like Ling Kai; they didn't want to be bound by official agencies anymore, so they defected from the City Lord's Mansion!"
"But there are also some who were coerced and lured by Ling Kai into staying..."
Standing outside the gate of the prince's mansion, Jiang Chen listened to the information Lei Li was revealing and immediately made a decision.
He walked up and kicked open the tightly shut gate of the mansion.
He beckoned with his hand.
In an instant.
Song She, Yang Ke, and the others filed in, rushing straight inside to take control of all the high-level managers of the mansion.
However, what Jiang Chen didn't expect was...
After he announced the news that Ling Kai had fled and that he was going to take over this place.
The people in the mansion all wore expressions of relief.
"Sir, if you want to take over the mansion, we have no objections. To be honest, if it weren't for Ling Kai constantly coercing us to stay here and work for him, we would have left long ago."
An old man with gray hair walked slowly out from the crowd and looked at Jiang Chen with a face full of gratitude.
The others nodded silently upon hearing this.
Jiang Chen glanced at these people calmly.
Seeing that they had no malice towards him, he ordered Song She to withdraw the pythons that were wrapped around them.
It seemed these people were the poor wretches Lei Li had mentioned earlier, those who had been coerced and lured into staying at the mansion by Ling Kai.
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then turned to Lei Li and said: "I'll leave these people to you. If they want to stay, let them stay; if they don't want to stay, let them go."
Lei Li nodded earnestly: "Don't worry, I will handle it well."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Jiang Chen walked over and patted Lei Li on the shoulder, then immediately took the others to the mansion's storage room.
On the way, Song She suddenly remembered something.
He turned to look at Jiang Chen and asked: "Guild Leader, I've always had a question I couldn't figure out. You are a person from the Jinghai City City Lord's Mansion, so is the guild you are establishing now affiliated with the City Lord's Mansion, or is it your own?"
Jiang Chen didn't stop walking and said calmly: "The Li father and daughter of Jinghai City did me some favors, and I joined the City Lord's Mansion out of necessity at the time. These things are a long story, but this guild is my own and has nothing to do with the City Lord's Mansion."
Song She reminded him again: "It's best if it has nothing to do with the City Lord's Mansion. The waters in official agencies run very deep. I advise you to break away from it as well and keep to yourself, so you don't end up getting into trouble later."
Jiang Chen did not speak upon hearing this.
He had long known that the waters in the City Lord's Mansion were deep.
It was said that some high-level officials there would use their authority to constantly exploit their subordinates.
Sometimes they would even make unreasonable demands under various 'high-sounding' excuses.
To be honest.
If he hadn't been in a rush to grind for resources back then.
He wouldn't have chosen to join the City Lord's Mansion.
However, having said that.
City Lord Li Hongfei had been very good to him.
The other party not only tilted the resources of the entire Jinghai City towards him.
Moreover, the other party never asked about the things he obtained in the dungeons.
How should he put it?
It was certain that there would be parasites in any public institution.
But one couldn't paint everyone with the same brush.
After all, there were still people in there who actually got things done.
It's just that there were very few of them.
While thinking, Jiang Chen had already brought his people to the storage room of the mansion.
Although this place couldn't compare to the underground warehouse of Puppet City, the area was quite large as well.
A large amount of supplies were placed inside.
Shuriken and explosive tags were all available.
There were also quite a few Bronze Treasure Chests and Silver Chests stored.
The only pity was that there wasn't a single Gold Treasure Chest.
It seemed the Gold Treasure Chests here must have all been opened by that Ling Kai.
What a waste of heaven's gifts!
"Should we find someone to move all these things away?"
Song She withdrew his gaze and turned to ask Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen's mouth curved slightly: "No need for such trouble. Find a few people to station here, then replace the mansion's sign. From now on, this place will be the branch address of our Heavenly Court."
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