Chapter 367

Chapter 367: Explosive Mindset

After spending over an hour, the Great Flame Pirates completely emptied the treasure vault of Crane King’s lair.

“Retreat!”

Rog immediately issued the order to fall back.

The members scattered around began to gather and head towards the entrance of the treasure vault.

At the entrance, Chief Nika continued to slaughter his enemies.

Around him, the bodies of the Swift Tribe piled up like mountains, leaving a scene of devastation.

No matter how fiercely the Swift Tribe guards attacked, they could not touch Chief Nika at all.

In such a situation of besieging the strong, the only hope lay in concentrated firepower.

But as soon as concentrated firepower appeared, Guli would promptly use her Teleportation Technique to take Chief Nika hundreds of meters away, evading the attack.

Without that threat, Chief Nika had no fear of being surrounded; no matter how many Swift Tribe members there were, they were merely walking to their deaths.

After more than an hour, Chief Nika stood guard at the entrance of the treasure vault, ensuring nothing could get through, not a single Swift Tribe guard.

The Main Group easily burst out.

Above, Bai Ruo Xin controlled the flying treasure and began to descend rapidly.

The retreat plan was the same as last time.

As the flying treasure deactivated its defensive formation, it began to expand.

The Black Tiger Tribe’s Main Group started to retreat in an orderly manner into the flying treasure.

Top geniuses and Tiger Stripe Stage partners moved around the flying treasure, assisting in the retreat and intercepting surrounding Swift Tribe guards.

Once the Main Group returned to the flying treasure, the top geniuses used their Teleportation Technique to bring their partners into the flying treasure.

Bai Ruo Xin swiftly activated the defensive formation, controlling the flying treasure to shrink and leave quickly.

The entire process took about an hour and twenty minutes.

This was longer than the time taken during their first attack.

But it was much smoother and more natural than the first time.

The results were even more astonishing.

Not only did they kill a massive number of Swift Tribe guards, but they also cleared the entire treasure vault, leaving nothing for Crane King.

……

Over three thousand kilometers away, deep in the mountains.

At the edge of a cliff.

The biting cold wind was capable of cracking rocks.

Hillic trained tirelessly in the cold wind.

The scales on his body seemed to hold a strange suction power, continuously absorbing the power of the wind laws from the chilly air, strengthening the wind laws contained in his scales.

The incident of the treasure vault being attacked had long been forgotten by him.

In his eyes, this matter was already over.

It had little to do with him.

After all, Crane King believed that a certain noble was behind this attack.

Even if he found out which noble it was, without evidence, Crane King would not dare to confront them.

This was because Crane King was the weakest among the six nobles of Fengmang planet in terms of strength and influence.

If there was evidence, he could report it to Lord Kedun, asking him to mediate and recover the losses.

That was all part of the nobles’ secret scheming, which had nothing to do with him.

Regardless, the most important thing was to work hard at cultivating and improving his power.

“Sir, it’s bad… ”

From a distance, a leader of the Swift Tribe rushed over quickly.

Upon getting closer to the cliff, he was stopped by the biting cold wind and dared not approach any further. He could only stop at a distance and shout to Hillic.

“What is it that you’re panicking about?”

Hillic frowned and asked sternly.

“The treasure vault has been invaded again…”

The leader of the Swift Tribe said with a pale face.

“What?”

Hillic felt his head buzz.

What was happening?

He had been hiding in the palace for three days, and the Black Tiger Tribe hadn’t shown up at all.

He had only been gone a few hours, and the Black Tiger Tribe had attacked again?

He now firmly believed in Crane King’s judgment, that a noble was definitely manipulating things from behind.

This was clear evidence that they had an insider in the palace, someone with a significant status, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to find out about his presence there and his departure.

Only a noble could have the capability to place such an insider.

“Damn it, how many high-grade resources and treasures were stolen from the treasure vault this time?”

Hillic roared angrily.

“Everything…”

The leader of the Swift Tribe said with a mournful expression, “The entire treasure vault, whether high-grade resources or medium and low-grade resources, has been completely emptied by them.”

Hillic was left dumbfounded.

Completely emptied?

How could they have so much time?

Wait!

He suddenly realized, “Why wasn’t I contacted through the communication stone as soon as the treasure vault was attacked?”

“Leader Wright has been killed… There was chaos at the time, and the guard responsible for communication didn’t even know who to notify. It was not until the attackers escaped that I was informed of Leader Wright’s death,” the leader of the Swift Tribe said, trembling with fear.

Hillic clenched his teeth in anger.

If there wasn’t an insider, he wouldn’t believe it even if you killed him.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to know that Leader Wright was in charge of communicating with him.

“Sir, what should we do?”

The leader of the Swift Tribe was lost in panic.

The treasure vault was robbed by a group of Black Tiger Tribe members, which was already a shameful and serious crime.

Now, being robbed again, and having the entire treasure vault emptied…

He doubted that if they could not recover the losses, the day Crane King returned would also be the day he was killed.

“What can we do but inform the king and wait for him to decide?”

Hillic managed to calm down.

He was one of the only two strong subordinates of Crane King.

As long as he wasn’t a traitor, he would only face punishment at most.

Besides, this was orchestrated by other nobles in secret, so it was not a matter of war.

“Leave now!”

Hillic waved away the leader and immediately took out the communication stone to contact Crane King.

“Who is it? Who exactly is it?”

Upon receiving the news, Crane King nearly lost his composure.

The attackers knew the timing of Hillic’s presence in the palace and when he left, as well as which leader was responsible for contacting Hillic.

In Crane King’s eyes, this was almost undeniable proof that a noble was manipulating things behind the scenes.

This was so infuriating!

It was one thing to rob once, but now they had struck again, even emptying the entire treasure vault, leaving not a single item behind.

This was not just a heavy loss but also a huge slap in his face.

Although he was the weakest noble in terms of strength and influence on Fengmang planet, a noble was still a noble.

Even the weakest noble wasn’t easy to bully.

Even if he faced Lord Kedun, the nominal ruler of Fengmang planet, if he truly fought back, at least he could cause Lord Kedun significant losses.

“I’ll go back now to find Lord Kedun and demand an explanation. No matter who did this, he is the ruler of Fengmang planet and has the obligation to clarify this matter.”

Crane King laughed wildly in his anger.

If Lord Kedun refused to investigate this matter thoroughly, or if he was even the one behind it, Crane King would go straight to the top and ask the Swift Emperor to make a decision for him.

…

As Crane King and another powerful subordinate began to head toward Fengmang planet, the Great Flame Pirates had already tallied their gains from this operation inside their flying treasure.

The total value was about 500 million Low-grade Immortal Stones.

Combined with the resources and treasures looted in the first attack, they had completely emptied Crane King’s treasure vault, resulting in a total profit of 600 million Low-grade Immortal Stones for the Great Flame Pirates.

Not to mention the high-end combatants of the Black Tiger Tribe, who had always been the targets of plunder.

Even top geniuses like Guli couldn’t help but exclaim that being a space pirate was truly exhilarating.

In fact, it was far more enjoyable than ruling a life planet, mining spirit mines, and collecting resources.

Of course, this only applied if they were a powerful space pirate group.

A strong space pirate group could easily acquire resources and treasures.

A weak space pirate group could easily be killed in retaliation if they weren’t careful.