Pirated Immortals in the World of Spirit Weapons

Chapter 48 The Kidnapper Leader and the Object-Controlling Guard

I don't know how much time passed.

A pungent smell of blood woke Zhu Que up.

He opened his eyes.

The surroundings were somewhat dim, and the air, besides the smell of blood, also carried a mixed scent of engine oil and dirt.

The cold, metallic touch of the metal above me made me feel cramped and confined in the surrounding space.

here it is……

Underneath the school bus?

Zhu Que looked around and clearly understood his own situation—

He was lying under the chassis of the school bus.

Not far away, a taxi driver lay on the ground, his waist broken by the wheels, his face filled with the terror and pain of dying.

Zhu Que didn't pay attention. He moved his hands and feet and found that there were no injuries on his body. He then looked at the outside environment through the bottom of the car.

The light was dim, and the walls on all sides were made of stone bricks, which were mottled, damp, and covered with moss.

The air was thick with the smell of mildew and decay, and in the distance, rusty iron railings could be faintly seen.

Why does this place look like a prison?

Zhu Que was filled with doubt.

Just then.

Intermittent groans of pain could be heard coming from the school bus overhead.

"Ugh... my head hurts so much..."

"Where am I?"

"My head is so dizzy..."

Tang Ke and the others also woke up.

Zhu Que immediately stopped what he was doing and quietly hid under the car, preparing to let them scout ahead first.

"This looks like a prison. Have we been kidnapped?" a girl said, trembling.

The moment the word "kidnapping" was uttered, panic immediately spread throughout the cramped train carriage.

Panic-stricken voices could be heard coming from inside the school bus.

"Don't panic, everyone!"

Just then, Zhu Que heard Tang Ke's voice: "Calm down first, and check the surrounding situation."

Chu Luo also chimed in, "Yes, we must not lose our composure."

Someone asked in a trembling voice, "What if we really get kidnapped?"

"What are you afraid of? Are we just ordinary people?"

Chu Luo continued, "Most of you are cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Tang Ke and I have both reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. Are we weak in combat?"

"If we add spiritual artifacts, and work together, we can even put up a fight against Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Upon hearing the mention of magical artifacts, everyone immediately began checking the magical artifacts they carried, but they soon discovered something to their horror—

Their magical artifacts have all disappeared!

"My magical artifact is gone!"

"Mine too."

"Mine is gone too!"

"..."

Panic gripped the group once again as their magical artifact disappeared.

"What's the panic?" Chu Luo said in a deep voice, "Even without magical artifacts, they would never dare to touch us easily."

Why?

"They kidnapped us, they want either money or magical artifacts, they won't hurt us easily."

"That's certainly true."

"Moreover, the Chu family still holds some weight in Jinfeng Town."

Chu Luo continued, "When we see the kidnappers, as long as I reveal my identity, they will be wary."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Chu Luo."

"Okay, then we'll follow you."

"Chu Luo, you must protect us..."

The panic inside the car subsided considerably.

however.

Hearing this from under the car, Zhu Que frowned slightly.

Chu family?

The recent kidnapping cases in Jinfeng Town seem to only involve one group of kidnappers who Su Zhen was investigating not long ago—a group that specializes in abducting young girls.

They even kidnapped the mayor's daughter.

If these are the robbers, would they care about the Chu family?

The answer is obviously no.

At that very moment—

"Bang!"

The prison's iron gate was opened.

Zhu Que saw several figures standing outside the iron railings under the car.

"Are the little brats all awake?" a man asked with a grin.

"Who are you?" someone asked, mustering their courage.

"You'll find out soon enough. Now get out of the car, all of you!"

"Why should I...?"

"Bang bang bang bang bang——"

Someone raised a question, but before he could finish, a burst of gunfire responded.

"I'll say it again—get out of the car, all of you!!" the man shouted.

"..."

The car fell completely silent.

Faced with firearms and magical weapons, even though they were all cultivators in the mid-to-late stages of Qi Refining, they could only obediently raise their hands in surrender.

After a while.

The group left the school bus one after another and were taken out of the prison.

Just as Zhu Que was about to hide under the car for a while, he suddenly heard a cold voice:

"Hey, you over there, come out too, stop hiding."

Have we been discovered...?

Zhu Que looked around and, after confirming that he was alone, climbed out.

"Tsk, how did a fifth-class person sneak in?"

Upon seeing Zhu Que's appearance, the kidnapper curled his lip and asked, "Take out all the magical artifacts you have on you."

"I have no magical artifacts, only these."

Zhu Que pulled out a pile of old and broken items.

After being threatened by Jiang Hu and his friends last time, he has been carrying many small, lightweight, and discarded items.

The purpose is to be prepared for any eventuality.

however.

To the kidnappers, it was just a pile of corroded and polluted garbage, and they frowned in disgust.

"What kind of junk is this? Why do you carry around so much trash?"

"I work at the landfill myself."

"..."

The kidnapper's lips twitched, and he also took Zhu Que out of the cell.

The space outside the prison is very spacious.

It appears to be an abandoned warehouse, at least several hundred square meters in size, with discarded items piled up everywhere.

In the center of the warehouse.

The group gathered together.

Tang Ke was somewhat surprised to see Zhu Que, but she didn't say much. She just glanced at him and nodded.

Surrounding them was a group of fierce-looking kidnappers.

Those kidnappers were all burly men, armed with guns and other weapons; they were clearly not good people.

"Chu Luo, what should we do now?" a girl asked in a low voice.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. I doubt they'll dare to do anything to us. I'll negotiate with them."

Chu Luo stepped forward without fear and looked around at the kidnappers.

"Which one of you is in charge?"

"Hmph—Spit!"

Not far away, a spitting sound rang out, and a man slowly walked out.

He was dressed in black, wearing a half-silver mask that revealed only half of his face and a pair of cold eyes.

"Hey kid, you're looking for me?"

"May I ask your honorable name, elder brother?" Chu Luo asked, feigning maturity by bowing.

"Qiao Kun".

"Boss Joe, there might be some misunderstanding between us..."

"Misunderstanding? There's no misunderstanding."

The kidnapper leader interrupted him, grinning to reveal two gold teeth.

"You have been kidnapped by us."

"..."

Chu Luo was taken aback for a moment, then continued, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Chu Luo. You know the Chu family in Jinfeng Town, right? Chu Tianyi is my father."

"The Chu family?"

The bandit leader raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Yes, I absolutely did not mean any threat; I simply wanted to seek an opportunity for equal negotiation."

Chu Luo raised his hands to indicate that he posed no threat.

Qiao Kun turned to his men and asked, "Brothers, did you hear that? He said he's from the Chu family of Jinfeng Town!"

As he spoke, a mocking smile appeared on his face: "How about our son kowtows to this young master Chu?"

"Hey, no, no, there's no need to kowtow..." Chu Luo quickly waved his hand.

"Snapped!"

Qiao Kun suddenly swung his hand and slapped Chu Luo hard across the face.

Chu Luo was spun around by the slap, and staggered a few steps in a daze, half of her face instantly swelling up.

"you?!"

He looked incredulous, as if he hadn't expected Qiao Kun to hit him.

"Who else wants to introduce themselves?"

Qiao Kun chuckled and swept his gaze over the group of people. "Let's talk all at once now, so I can see who you all are."

"..."

Silence reigned.

With Chu Luo as a cautionary tale, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, none daring to utter a word.

Zhu Que's eyes widened slightly upon seeing this scene.

It wasn't that Chu Luo was surprised to be slapped.

Instead, he was shocked to see—

This kidnapper leader, named "Qiao Kun," was wearing a replica of an object-controlling gauntlet on his right hand!

He was all too familiar with the Armor of Manipulation.

Although its appearance and effects are exactly the same as the genuine Guardian Gauntlets.

However, the genuine Guardian Gauntlets are connected to the Spirit Network and emit a pale blue glow when used.

The counterfeit Gauntlets, however, do not have this feature.

Unexpectedly, the buyer who made the deal with Boss Meng turned out to be a group of kidnappers...

"The only good news is that this kidnapping leader is definitely unaware of the side effects of the Object Manipulation Gauntlets..."

Zhu Que thought to himself.

Just then.

Footsteps approached from afar.

Zhu Que looked closely and saw a group of kidnappers leading a group of girls out of another warehouse.

Most of the girls were between fifteen and eighteen years old, and the one at the front was a girl wearing a white dress.

She has delicate features and is clearly a pretty girl, but at this moment her beautiful face looks haggard.

Her eyes were sunken, her lips were chapped, her long hair was tangled, and she was so thin she was unrecognizable.

Even so, Tang Ke, Chu Luo, and the others recognized her at a glance.

"That's... the mayor's daughter, Lu Ji?!"