Chapter 731 - 661: Ascend to the Peak 60, 4000 Words
Although Thousand Layered Sword and Overlapping Waves Fist have powerful attack methods, they are single-target. Yet, under Tan Shuangshuang’s training, Thousand Silk Entanglement can now transform into seven or eight strands to attack simultaneously, making it suitable for group attacks, while still maintaining the strength of a single-target attack comparable to Thousand Layered Sword.
However, though the attack of Thousand Silk Entanglement is formidable, it requires high levels of control and spiritual power during attacks. Tan Shuangshuang, despite having broader Spirit Mansion meridians than others, allowing her to store more spiritual power, cannot afford to waste it. This is why she didn’t use Thousand Silk Entanglement initially.
At this point, Tan Shuangshuang had almost gauged the combat style and strength of these people, so she decided to use Thousand Silk Entanglement to finish them off completely.
Indeed, facing the fierce attack of seven or eight strands from Thousand Silk Entanglement, the robbers, who were already hesitant, uncertain whether to retreat or continue, quickly fell into chaos.
The transformed strands of Thousand Silk Entanglement were no longer mere threads, but as thick as wrists, capable of being soft or hard. Under Tan Shuangshuang’s command, they attacked akin to agile pythons, yet with tremendous force when landing on the enemies, causing significant damage.
The robbers who were initially hesitating about running away realized the situation was dire and attempted to flee. Tan Shuangshuang was unwilling to let them go, relentlessly pursuing them. In the end, most were knocked out by Tan Shuangshuang’s Thousand Silk Entanglement, with the remaining small number subdued by Fei Hu’s efforts.
After tying these people up, Tan Shuangshuang directly scavenged their storage bags, only to discover they weren’t robbers at all; they were rich sheep who walked right into her trap. It was unclear how many people they had robbed, given that each had a storage bag dangling from their waist.
Most of these storage bags were stuffed full, containing numerous spiritual medicine and spiritual pearls. Together, they held tens of thousands of low-grade spiritual stones, more than three thousand near four thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones. Tan Shuangshuang even found a hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones, which were rare even with money.
Tan Shuangshuang found it strange that these people had such wealth, obtained seemingly from robbery. She didn’t particularly despise robbing; after all, it’s a fast way to get money.
Tan Shuangshuang was puzzled because the most skilled among these people was a Great Martial Artist, with the rest being martial masters. Under these circumstances, they could only rob cultivators of the highest level of a Great Martial Artist. Individuals as wealthy as Tan Shuangshuang were exceptions.
Not everyone has an extremely generous second master who bestowed upon them a large inheritance, nor can everyone make monumental achievements to earn substantial rewards from their sect like she did.
It could even be said that those below the level of a Great Martial Artist are not affluent; no matter how many people they rob, they can’t acquire such wealth.
The robbers, utterly defeated and bound by Tan Shuangshuang, couldn’t even move their little fingers, thrown like cornered sheep in the Cloud Magic Artifact, receiving the same treatment as those they had previously robbed. Meanwhile, Tan Shuangshuang, who they had mistaken for a sheep, gleefully counted her spoils like a victorious robber.
Looking at their treasures being collected by Tan Shuangshuang, the robbers felt aggrieved, tearfully questioning why this was happening. Was it karmic retribution for their wrongdoings? They wondered whether this pretending sheep, true killer would murder them, despite their not taking lives, believing their crimes didn’t warrant death.
The robbers wanted to plead for their lives, but unfortunately, their mouths were gagged, preventing them from speaking. They could only whimper quietly, afraid that making too much noise would irritate the killer and lead to their demise.
Tan Shuangshuang had already counted the loot. To keep the space bracelet hidden, she didn’t transfer the items from the storage bags to the space bracelet, opting to temporarily organize them instead.
Tan Shuangshuang intended to transfer the items to the space bracelet when no one was around, leaving the emptied storage bags to sell for money, even though it wouldn’t amount to much, it’s still income.
However, Tan Shuangshuang was still puzzled about the spiritual stones, so she approached one of the robbers, removed the gag, and asked directly, "How did you acquire so many spiritual stones?"
The robber didn’t answer her question but instead quickly pleaded for mercy, "Miss, I beg you to release us. Although I am a robber, we never kill anyone; we just take things. Our crimes don’t warrant death..."