BXBX NOVEL Chapter 69: Another Empowerment
[He is doing it]
'As expected.' Wei Jun replied to the analysis of the system and made a purchase from the shop worth a thousand coins. He then assumed a posture of ease as if he wasn't in danger anymore. The mercenary thought that Wei Jun had let his guard down but he did nothing.
He was dangerously low on Qi so he needed to replenish some of it to keep his strength strong otherwise he wouldn't be able to use Qi armament and Qi enhancement anymore.
That was why he had agreed to engage in a conversation with Wei Jun and now that Wei Jun had let his guard down, he was internally happy that his job became a lot easier than before.
"So, what do you propose?" The mercenary asked.
"Simply a cooperation. I want you to abandon this job and walk away. I will give you three times of what Yao Tian paid you." Wei Jun simply replied.
"In my profession, my word is my bond. If I cannot deliver, no one will hire me anymore." The mercenary raised a point.
"No offense but if you were so honorable, you wouldn't be in this profession, now would you?" Wei Jun countered which made the man chuckle and said, "Touché."
"Very well," The mercenary said before he added, "What do you have to offer?"
"Thirty million yuan." Wei Jun made an offer.
"Not enough. I would be risking my reputation. And not only that, you have killed a lot of my men." The man outright refused and stated his worries.
"Fine, sixty million." Wei Jun made another offer.
"A good offer but still not enough." The mercenary once again rejected the offer.
At the same time, Wei Jun received a notification from the system.
[Qi gathering realm]
[Strength 23]
[Stamina 28]
[Agility 26]
[Qi 79]
Wei Jun smiled and looked at the man.
"Very well, then, a hundred million." Wei Jun said. He waited for a few seconds but the man's stats didn't increase. He was still replenishing his Qi.
"Sorry. Not interested." The man outright refused as his stats once again increased. Wei Jun sighed and said, "Then I'm sorry too."
"For what?" The mercenary asked curiously.
"For having this." Wei Jun said as a transparent bubble appeared around him.
[Protection of Agies]
[Tier: C+]
[Cost: 1000 coins]
[One-time consumable]
Just at that moment, the mercenary heard the sound of a click and noticed something. Wasn't the setup of the cars a little too convenient for them to have crashed like that?
"QI A---" He shouted but he was interrupted at that moment.
BOOM!!!
A loud explosion engulfed the area for about two meters, blowing everything in the radius and even on the side of the road. The woods were also caught in the fire. Every dead body in the radius was either blown to pieces or there weren't any pieces left. One thing was for sure, the forensics and the police had a lot of work up ahead.
Even the mercenary cars were caught up in the massive explosion which destroyed the cars than they already were.
As for the two living beings that were caught up in it.
Cough! The mercenary coughed as he grabbed a burning-hot piece of metal and tried to get away from the area. One of his arms was gone and there were massive injuries all over his body including the disfigurement of his face and his leg being badly damaged.
He coughed up blood as he tried to move as far away as he could but he couldn't get far when he felt steps behind him. He didn't dare to turn around to see the pursuer and simply kept holding on to his dear life. Finally, as he made it out of the fire hell hole, he dropped to the road and coughed badly while pain assaulted him.
He could still hear the steps behind him and soon, those steps came to a halt and he felt something on the back of his head. "Wai…Wait." He hurriedly said but his voice wasn't loud enough to sound vibrant at all.
"Why?" Wei Jun spoke with amusement overflowing in his voice that even the badly injured mercenary who wasn't even looking at Wei Jun recognized it.
"I… I can give you… any… anything you wa…want." The difficulty he had while speaking along with the continuous assault of pain, it was a feat that he still completed his sentence but given that he was speaking for his life, he found willpower for that.
"Oh really? How much?" Wei Jun played with the mercenary that even the man in question could tell he was being toyed with. Still, he had to fight for his life so he picked up courage and summoned all the willpower he could.
"100…100 million." The mercenary replied with great difficulty that made Wei Jun smile from ear to ear.
"Mmm… Nice offer. Fine." Wei Jun said and removed the gun pointed at the mercenary. The mercenary was happy because he could feel Wei Jun walking away. He wanted to thank the god who although had made Wei Jun smart, he didn't let him have enough life experience given that he tried to make a deal with someone after his life earlier.
"Rea…Really?" He couldn't help but mutter even though Wei Jun was some feet away from him. He turned to look at him as if waiting for a reply for which he received a scoff and simple words, "Not really."
He saw Wei Jun with a shotgun and before he could do anything, he was shot straight in the face, blowing off his already disfigured face.
Just as the man died, Wei Jun felt a similar empowerment from his abdomen.
[You have defeated an opponent with Qi]
[Stats have been obtained]
[No Qi element detected]
[Stats would be randomly distributed]
[Strength +2]
[Agility +11]
[Stamina +13]
[Defense +9]
[Qi +38]
[Error]
[Qi cannot be infused]
[Converting Qi stat to other stats]
[Stats would be randomly increased from 15~25]
[Strength +7]
[Agility +8]
[Stamina +4]
[Defense +1]
[Charm +2]
[Luck +2]
Wei Jun pushed off checking his status after the feeling passed away because he was on a strict time frame. He had already played with the mercenary and wasted a few minutes doing that when he could have just simply killed him when he survived the blast.
Wei Jun checked the weapons of the mercenaries that were still intact and was happy to know that their bullets were not registered as well. He didn't have to go through the trouble of creating traces of the bullets he shot the police officers with.
Wei Jun left everything and made his way to the woods where the police driver was waiting for him. Although it was a good chance for the policeman to run away, with his family in Wei Jun's hands, he had no other choice but to do what Wei Jun said quietly. Because that was the only way he was going to live, or at least there was a chance to.
"Now what you and I are going to do is travel back to the city by hitching a ride and you would be the one to hitch it. And second, we will be rehearsing a story on the way back which you are going to convince yourself is true because you are going to tell it for a long time." Such a gentle demeanor from Wei Jun scared the policeman somewhat but all he could do was nod.
And like that, they both made their way through the woods to the other side of it where another road was connected.
"Do you think it makes sense, my lady?" The butler of Liu Yu asked as they both watched the news. Liu Yu calmly sipped wine from her glass as she watched the news. The news depicted the state of events that occurred on a highway today during the transfer of a criminal.
The caravan was ambushed and everyone in it was killed except for a policeman and the criminal, Wei Jun Ruan. The police had risked their lives and fought off the mercenaries and when they saw they couldn't win, they pulled a suicidal move and blasted everyone with explosives including themselves.
Odd questions such as why was the police envoy taking the highway to the police station when the drive through the city would have been safer. However, for now, nothing was happening regarding that. Wei Jun was back in police custody and the police were being applauded for their heroic actions.
"It's all bullsh*t. Leeches feeding on our money suddenly happened to have developed patriotism now? There is something else." Liu Yu said in scorn and thought of the reasons this massive change in police behavior could have occurred.
Suddenly something clicked in her head and she turned to her butler, "Find out about that policeman's family."
The butler didn't question her decision and simply left after a slight nod. Liu Yu got back to drinking her wine and focused back on the news where a question was being raised, {Ambush? Is there truth to Wei Jun Ruan's words?}
She clicked her tongue, turned off the TV, and reveled in darkness as she enjoyed her wine.