Chapter 975

The middle-aged man who led Yang Kai here had a simple conversation with the warrior named Kemeng and then left directly.

When they were talking, Yang Kai didn’t say a word and silently observed the surroundings. Such performance made Kemeng very satisfied.

“Kid, come with me！” Kemeng beckoned to Yang Kai and led him to walk around in this huge secret room.

Soon, they came to an independently separated grid.

There was originally a martial artist in this place. His hands and feet were bound by shackles and he could only sit cross-legged on the ground. But at this moment, he had long been dead and his vitality had disappeared.

Before dying, he seemed to have endured extremely great pain. His eyes were wide open, his mouth was gaping, and the meridians on his neck were bulging, looking extremely terrifying.

He must have endured unimaginable torture during his lifetime. There was not much flesh on his whole body. He was so thin that he was just skin and bones, and his skin was pale without a trace of blood.

“Come here and throw this corpse out.” Ke Meng shouted aside.

Immediately, a martial artist quickly came here, untied the corpse from the shackles, picked it up casually, and quickly disappeared.

Ke Meng sneered and said to Yang Kai, “Kid, be obedient and I won’t make it hard for you. After all, you are the person that Lady Biya wants. I don’t want to make her unhappy either. So cooperate with me. It will be beneficial for both you and me.”

Yang Kai nodded slightly.

Ke Meng laughed loudly and said, “That’s the best. Well, you just sit here.”

He pointed to the position where the dead person had just sat.

Yang Kai obediently sat down and let him bind the shackles on his hands and feet.

There were many Saint Realm experts hidden in this place they called the battleship’s power room. Yang Kai could even sense an aura belonging to a Saint King Realm expert from that hidden location.

So he didn’t dare to act rashly.

When the shackles were put on him, Yang Kai’s expression suddenly changed.

Because he discovered that a terrifying attractive force was coming from within the shackles crazily sucking the Saint Yuan in his body. The power in his body flowed into the battleship along the shackles and became the power for the battleship to move together with the energy converted from those huge Saint Crystals.

Only then did Yang Kai understand why there were quite a few martial artists bound here.

He also understood why those martial artists bound here were all listless and had weak auras.

Being continuously drained of power like this, no matter who it was, couldn’t last for too long. Those with powerful strength could maintain it for a longer time. If the strength was insufficient, I’m afraid they would die a tragic death on the spot in a short time because of this unrestrained extraction.

The martial artist who was sitting here before was probably killed like this.

“Don’t be afraid！” Ke Meng crouched in front of Yang Kai and actually comforted him. “The power of the battleship is basically provided by the Saint Crystals here.”

As he spoke, he pointed to the huge Saint Crystals neatly arranged beside him. “You people are just auxiliary, so there’s nothing to worry about. Well, these are for you. Don’t think too much, just absorb them.”

The ring on his hand flashed with light, and a dozen fist-sized Saint Crystals appeared in front of Yang Kai.

These Saint Crystals contained extremely rich energy. Although they couldn’t compare with those neatly arranged beside them in terms of grade, they were still very good.

“What should I do when I run out？” Yang Kai picked up a Saint Crystal, held it in the palm of his hand, and raised his eyes to ask.

“Just call me when you run out, and I’ll give you more. You’re from Lady Biya, so of course I won’t be stingy with you！” Ke Meng smiled meaningfully.

In case that bitch Biya comes back and finds this kid weak and unable to enjoy herself, maybe he will be punished in some way.

“Okay!” Yang Kai didn’t say anything more and directly closed his eyes, started to operate his profound energy and absorbed the power in the Saint Crystal to supplement his own consumption.

Ke Meng straightened up, nodded in satisfaction, and continued to hide in the dark to busy himself with his own affairs.

After he left, Yang Kai opened his eyes and secretly looked around.

At least fifty or sixty martial artists were imprisoned in this power room. These martial artists were basically very weak, and some were gasping for breath, as if they might die at any time. Just as Yang Kai was secretly observing, he suddenly found that in the darkness, pairs of eyes looked at him from all directions, like hungry wolves foraging in the snow, all revealing greedy expressions.

These gazes belonged to those imprisoned warriors. They were not interested in Yang Kai, but in the dozen or so Saint Crystals left by Kemon！

The shackles that locked them were constantly extracting the power from their bodies. The only way to replenish it was to absorb the Saint Crystals. They would not be treated so favorably by Kemon and be distributed such a large fortune.

In this situation now, the Saint Crystals meant life.

Yang Kai’s heart moved, and he immediately understood why they would have such a reaction.

Without a trace, Yang Kai circled the dozen or so Saint Crystals between his legs, blocking those covetous gazes.

Closing his eyes and feeling the speed at which the shackles extracted his own power, Yang Kai’s heart gradually settled down.

He found that the speed at which the shackles extracted power was not very fast. It could be completely replenished by using the Saint Crystals, and even exceeded a lot. This meant that sitting here, not only would he not be in any life danger, but he could even use the Saint Crystals to improve his cultivation.

However, vaguely, he still felt that things were not that simple. After all, there were so many people here who were extremely miserable. The past is a lesson for the future. He felt that it was better to be careful.

“Friend, friend…” Suddenly, a soft shout came from beside his ear.

At first, Yang Kai didn’t pay attention, but the voice kept ringing, as if it was calling him. Yang Kai couldn’t help but frown and turned his head to look in the direction of the sound source.

Although the light was insufficient, he could still see that on his right side, there was a square-faced young man showing a friendly smile at him.

That smile even had a somewhat obsequious flavor.

Yang Kai’s mouth corner twitched, and he could somewhat guess what he was up to. With a cold expression, he asked, “Calling me？”

“That’s right.” The young man nodded hurriedly. In the darkness, a mouthful of white teeth was revealed. “My name is Shen Tu. What’s your name, friend?”

“None of your business.”

The young man still had a cheeky smile on his face. He didn’t seem to mind Yang Kai’s coldness at all. With a familiar look on his face, he said, “We are all people in the same plight. Let’s make friends. There’s no need to be so vigilant, right？”

“I don’t like making friends with strangers.” Yang Kai shook his head.

“Don’t say that.” Shen Tu’s eyebrows twitched, and his face was full of wretchedness. “As the saying goes, the first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar, and the third time is easy. After chatting for a while, we won’t be strangers anymore.”

Yang Kai resolutely closed his eyes and ignored him.

Shen Tu’s face turned bitter, and he shouted, “Hey, hey, don’t ignore me. Anyway, it’s boring to sit here. It’s good for us to chat and relieve boredom.”

“Don’t worry. I don’t have any ideas about your holy crystals. This stupid shackle can’t do anything to me at all. Even if I let it suck for a hundred years, it won’t be able to suck me to death.”

“I really don’t have any intention of taking your Saint Crystals. Look at my complexion, sense my life fluctuations. I’m completely different from those dying people.”

Shen Tu chattered non-stop. Even though Yang Kai ignored him, he still rambled on and on, looking like he would never give up until Yang Kai spoke.

“Oh right, I heard that person say just now that you were caught here by a woman named Bi Ya? Tsk tsk, brother, you’re really lucky. It’s not good to be caught by anyone, but by that slut.Let me give you a word of dvice. If she wants to do something to you definitely don’t promise her. Her reputation for promiscuity has already spread throughout the entire star field. Whoever sleeps with her won’t have a good result. You’ll only be sucked into a human skeleton. That’s the most tragic way to die. Just thinking about it makes people shiver.”

He attempted to arouse his attention and wake up his sense of crisis with a topic that Yang Kai was interested in.

Yang Kai remained unmoved as before.

Brother, you haven’t heard of my name? Let’s make friends. When we get out of here in the future, I guarantee there will be benefits for you. I can make you enjoy all the wealth and have enough food and clothing. and have Saint Crystals, secret treasures, and beautiful women. You can have whatever you want.”

The eyes that Yang Kai had been keeping tightly closed suddenly opened a ray of divine light in the darkness.

Shen Tu was stunned for a moment and immediately grinned. He thought he had finally found something that Yang Kai was interested in. Just as he was about to continue speaking, suddenly something flew towards him.

Shen Tu was quick-eyed and caught that thing in his hand. After realizing what it was, his expression was overjoyed, and he looked at Yang Kai with great gratitude： “Brother, thank you. You are so easy to talk to.”

He didn’t expect that Yang Kai would actually give him a Saint Crystal quietly！

This was exactly the purpose of his showing kindness to Yang Kai.

Although every day, Ke Meng would distribute some Saint Crystals to the martial artists bound here to maintain their extracted strength and vitality, the distributed Saint Crystals were simply not enough.

Shen Tu had not been caught here for too long, and his strength was not low, so he was still barely full of vitality. But if it continued like this, he didn’t dare to guarantee how long he could hold on.

Today, Yang Kai obtained more than a dozen Saint Crystals at once, and Ke Meng also said very generously that if he used them up, he could come to him again. Shen Tu, who was sitting beside Yang Kai, naturally had thoughts when he heard these words.

In the past, with wealth and glory, Shen Tu didn’t care at all. He never thought that just a single low-grade Saint Crystal could make him overjoyed.

This low-grade Saint Crystal made him love it more than the most excellent woman.

“Brother, can you give me another one？ Anyway, you have so many and you can’t use them up for the time being.” Shen Tu cheekily pleaded, looking a little dissatisfied.

Yang Kai grinned at him, with a strange smile.

Shen Tu didn’t know what he meant. While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard Yang Kai shout.

Ke Meng quickly appeared and walked briskly to Yang Kai. He said with some displeasure, “What are you doing？ Kid, did you forget what I just told you？ I told you to be honest.”

“He snatched a Saint Crystal from me when I wasn’t paying attention！” Yang Kai pointed to Shen Tu beside him.

Ke Meng looked in the direction he pointed and saw Shen Tu tightly holding that low-grade Saint Crystal, holding it in his arms like a precious treasure and refusing to let go.

The smile on Shen Tu’s face suddenly froze, and he was as dumb as a wooden chicken.

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