"No, what would I want that for? I have a Superior Spiritual Root, so this artificial Spiritual Root is useless to me; it's almost like poison if I eat it."
Su Xiaojiu shook her head.
"Why do you look so unhappy?"
Though she didn't have An Chen's observational skills, Su Xiaojiu could still detect the visible disappointment on An Chen's face.
"I just feel like I missed an opportunity to get rich."
An Chen shook his head and whispered,
"Let's keep watching the live broadcast."
Su Xiaojiu had already finished both sausages and took a bag of spicy strips from the shelf behind her. Without An Chen needing to teach her, she found the small notch and easily tore open the packaging.
At least when it came to eating, Su Xiaojiu wasn't that clueless.
"Oh, oh, oh, this is delicious!"
Su Xiaojiu squinted her eyes in happiness.
"Can I take a few more bags?"
"Go ahead."
An Chen hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
The boss told him to protect the valuable electronic equipment, which shouldn't include these snacks, right?
If a few bags were missing, the boss wouldn't notice.
Who would have thought that the next moment, Su Xiaojiu stood up, took out a seemingly unremarkable bag from her waist, and a strong suction force surged from its opening? To An Chen's astonishment, Su Xiaojiu swept an entire layer of sausages and spicy strips from the shelf into her qiankun bag.
She didn't stop there; she immediately looked at the small breads, instant noodles, boneless Phoenix claws, and other snacks on the two upper shelves.
Three seconds later, the shelf was empty.
An Chen silently took out his phone, looked at the string of numbers, and after some thought, decided not to make a call. Instead, he opened his messages and drafted a few texts to send.
"I have good news and bad news."
"The good news is your internet cafe is safe and sound."
"The bad news is all the snacks on your shelves have been cleaned out."
A few seconds later, a message came from the number saved as 'Boss.'
"Shouldn't you have asked me which news I wanted to hear first????"
An Chen didn't see it because he had already turned off his phone screen.
For this kind of thing, it was best to just pin the blame on the 'fierce villain' outside the door. Anyway, whether this Hanzi (Man) lived or died, all the losses on this street would be attributed to him.
Back then, Sun Wukong altered the Book of Life and Death in the Underworld, settling centuries of bad debts there. He ate the Immortal Pill of Lord Laozi, settling Lord Laozi's accounts too. The missing peaches from the Peach Garden, which had been accumulating for years, were also consumed by Sun Wukong...
Finally, his rampage in the Heavenly Palace settled all the outstanding debts of the entire Immortal Realm's Heavenly Palace.
This Hanzi (Man) was his Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
At this moment, the Hanzi (Man)'s wounds were healing on their own after he took the Medicinal Pill, but the speed was limited, and the wound on his chest was still bleeding.
The Hanzi (Man) was probably truly at the end of his rope.
Having Cultivated to Cultivation Level 11 of Qi Refining relying on an artificial Spiritual Root, he was a true pauper among Cultivator, unable to find many Medicinal Pills or Talismans on him. He certainly couldn't afford a Formation Plate like Su Xiaojiu's.
He had spent all his money on body tempering and purchasing Secret Manuals for blade techniques, unable to even buy an extra offensive Magical Artifact or Talisman.
After two battles and a long-distance sprint, his Spiritual Qi was running low.
"Damn it."
The Hanzi (Man) cursed inwardly.
His blade technique essentially involved using Spiritual Qi to wield the blade, bursting with Spiritual Qi at the moment of striking to achieve destructive effects, but this method had a limited attack range.
"I should have Cultivated elemental Cultivation Techniques back then..."
The Hanzi (Man) spat, regretting his past choices.
The Cultivation Technique he practiced greatly aided Realm progression, allowing him to quickly advance his Realm with certain Medicinal Pills. However, his body's ability to control Spiritual Qi was weak, and he couldn't Cultivate specific elemental Cultivation Techniques.
In games, this was called 'rushing the main base,' focusing on quickly increasing the main base Rank.
This was also why he focused on body tempering—because he could only compensate through it.
Even though his Realm was Cultivation Level 11 of Qi Refining, in a real fight, he might not even be able to defeat someone at Qi Refining Tenth Level. And against these otherworldly humans in front of him, he was completely helpless.
The barrier created by the Vajra Talisman was on the verge of collapse; the hail of bullets had made it flicker erratically and shatter.
The Hanzi (Man) roared and charged out the instant the barrier shattered.
He took three steps, moving nearly ten meters forward, then leaped high and brought his blade down.
However, the police in front of him had already retreated, anticipating his sudden outburst.
The Nine-Ringed Great Saber violently slammed into the ground. Under the Hanzi (Man)'s control, a fierce Spiritual Qi burst forth, cracking the ground. The police a few meters away suddenly found their feet lifted nearly half a meter off the ground before they fell heavily.
Most of the glass on both sides of the street shattered, and the internet cafe's glass door was no exception.
But this was already the Hanzi (Man)'s final attack.
Two loud bangs ended everything.
An Chen had noticed earlier, halfway through the battle, that new sniper teams had appeared on one side behind the Hanzi (Man) and on the residential building opposite.
He couldn't see the one on the residential building clearly, but the sniper team behind the Hanzi (Man) clearly weren't wearing police special operations uniforms; they looked more like Martial Police or military personnel.
The weapons they used were also large-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifles.
Since this area was a residential zone, even if the road was relatively wide, explosives couldn't be used rashly. Thus, only these 12.7mm sniper rifles, which could send both the enemy and their cover to meet their maker, were deployed.
Facts proved it was highly effective.
The Hanzi (Man) was only at the Qi Refinement Stage; even if he focused on body tempering, his physique wouldn't be harder than bulletproof steel plates.
Two bullets struck his back and the side of his head respectively.
The large-caliber sniper round that entered his back exited his chest, creating a plate-sized wound, while the large-caliber sniper round that hit the side of his head sliced off nearly half of his skull.
"Ugh..."
Su Xiaojiu shivered at the sight.
The spicy strips in her hand suddenly didn't taste as good.
"The clash between the Cultivation World and the scientific world, it seems the scientific world won."
An Chen muttered.
But then a question suddenly occurred to him.
"Why is it that so far, all we've seen are Cultivator at the Qi Refinement Stage? Where are those stronger Spirit Nurturing Stage and Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator you mentioned?"
This was very strange.
These Cultivator of higher Realm Ranks should possess stronger abilities. According to how it's written in novels, those powerful beings definitely wouldn't fear these bullets. Even rocket-propelled grenades might not make them flinch.
Of course, Cultivator at the Qi Refinement Stage wouldn't even have a chance to flinch; they'd just be scattered into pieces...
If these guys Transmigrated to Earth, it would definitely be a disaster; the armed forces in cities would have a hard time dealing with them.
"Tsk."
Who would have thought that Su Xiaojiu would actually curl her lips in disdain at this moment?
"Your place here has thin Spiritual Qi; it can only accommodate Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator. If higher Realm Cultivator came, their Realm would probably be forcibly suppressed to the Qi Refinement Stage! Even dogs would shake their heads!"
An Chen fell silent.
An Chen suddenly remembered another awesome video.
