Chapter 105 - Night Hunt Part 2 (2/2)

”Haha, stupid. My technique increases the sharpness of my blade. Meaning, I can even cut metal weapons in half.”

As if he had foreseen his imminent victory, the pirate added even more force to his strike.

Peng!

With a metallic sound that resounded in the air, the pirate's sword was stopped in mid-air. To his astonishment, his weapon had been blocked by the boy's spear in front of him.

”And so you think that such a trivial technique can cut the spear my mother made for me? Even just having thought of it is an insult.”

With a violent rage burning in his heart, Hei pushed the enemy's sword upward. Then he spun his spear to sink the tip of the spear onto the pirate's stomach. The pirate, although shaken because his technique had failed, avoided the sharp point sideways. But this was still part of Hei's calculations.

Crack!

Taking advantage of the pirate's lateral movement, Hei instantly changed the direction of his lance. The hard shaft of the spear crashed into the pirate's right side, sending him flying several meters. From the noise that was produced on contact between spear and man, it was clear that some bones must have broken.

”Cough!”

Coughing a handful of blood, the pirate tried to get up quickly. Falling to the ground and losing sight of the enemy, even for a moment, was dangerous in the middle of a fight. It was especially true now that he was fighting alone.

And indeed, as soon as he got up from the ground.

”Intent of the Spear, Poisonous Spider Thrust!”

The tip of Hei's spear finally found its target. The Law of Poison concentrated on the tip began to corrode the pirate's protective layer of spirit power.

Sizzle! Stab!

The spear finally succeeded in breaking the protective layer of spirit power and finally met the flesh. The pirate was violently impaled on the trunk of a tree while regurgitating blood from his mouth.

There was nothing more he could do. The attack was so violent that it killed him instantly. He didn't even have time to attempt a last desperate attack.

”My mother's spear cannot be broken by any attack. Not even if that attack could break my body.”

With those last words, Hei removed the spear from the pirate's stomach. The lifeless body of man fell to the ground like a puppet whose threads had been cut. Hei looked indifferently at the dead pirate before cleaning the blood from his spear. Then he took the bodies of the two men he had killed and went to find Lian and his little sisters.

In three other points of the desert island forest, three other clashes occurred, being concluded as quickly as Hei's.

Lian came out from a big bush. Behind her, two men were being dragged. Their red face indicated that they had died of asphyxiation. On their neck, there were, in fact, two strongly tied silk ribbons.

Xing instead, after having killed and stripped her prey, hung them on the trunk of a tree. At the moment, she was searching to find something of value. Next to her was Ye with her two other prey. Ye's prey were the ones that presented the most horrible conditions among the eight pirates. The two poor unfortunates had indeed been crushed to become a shapeless mass.

Unlike Xing, who used her sharp legs and fangs to cut the opponent clean, Ye preferred to use her whole body and literally crush the opponent. It went by itself that she was also the one who ended up getting dirtiest as the blood and guts of her enemies would stick to her scales. But she didn't care much about it.

In a short time, Hei and Lian reached the two little divine beasts. All eight pirates had died brutally, and none of them remained. Unfortunately, it also meant that they couldn't question them and see if their answers matched with those of their companions. But Hei didn't care.

It was he who said they had to aim to kill rather than capture. After all, they were at a numerical disadvantage, four against eight, and it wasn't certain that what the two pirates had said before was correct. If he had tried to capture them and then discovered that they were far stronger than what the two pirates had said, Hei, Lian, and the two little divine beasts could have been in danger.

To avoid this, it was preferable to kill the enemy. In any case, they could always rummage through their bodies and discover something from their objects. Besides, they currently had a whole squad of animals that was patrolling the area for them.

”Good work, Lian, Ye, Xing. Did you find out anything? ”Hei asked as he took the robe of one of the dead pirates and began to clean his blood-stained little sisters.

'No, nothing. I mean, I haven't checked yet. Come on. I will take a bath later.' (Ye)

”No, you have to cleanse yourself now, or the blood then dries, and it becomes more difficult to remove it. Xing, did you find anything?”

'Yes, I found a couple of space rings. But there is little stuff and nothing really valuable.'

”Lian, you?”

”No, nothing. If these pirates have nothing with them, it may be that they left their things on their artifact ship. But we don't know where it is. ”

”We'll find out. Our scouts are about to arrive. ”

Indeed, the horde of animals sent to explore by Hei was returning. From how they moved slowly, it looked like they were carrying something. And indeed, when they were visible, he could see a wooden crate being carried by the colony of ants.

”Good job. I'll take this.” Hei said as he took the burden off the backs of the little ants. ”Xing, Ye. Cut the bodies into thin pieces so they can be easier to transport.”

”Yes, big brother.” The two little divine beasts answered in unison.

Meanwhile, the other groups also returned. Each was carrying various objects ranging from spirit stones to medicinal plants. However, between them, the group of centipedes had returned empty-handed but didn't seem that they had found nothing.

Listening to their story, Hei immediately understood why they presented themselves without bringing anything.

”The artifact ship!”

Yes, the group of centipedes had indeed found the artifact ship used by the pirates. They had hidden the ship inside the forest so as not to be visible from outside.

”Good work, all of you. You can go to my little sisters to take your part. There's enough for everyone. For those who haven't helped, wait before the others are full and take their part. Then you can have the leftovers. Obviously, if you try to be clever, you will be eliminated,” Hei shouted.

At this time, he wasn't addressing the groups of animals that had helped him, but others who were hidden not far from their position. As it happened, the smell of blood had attracted other predators. After all, on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean, the amount of food available was limited. So, everyone wanted a slice. However, hearing Hei's warning, the animals waiting to act and steal part of the 'booty' froze on the spot.

They could clearly perceive that it was better not to joke with that human and not to force his hand. Thus, they could only wait for their turn, hoping that the antecedent groups would not consume the eight human bodies completely.

Hei, at that point, inserted the various objects received in his Secret Dimension. After that, he turned his attention to the wooden trunk found by the ant colony.