Chapter 4: Robbery (Part 1)

Amid Mi Yuanheng’s wild laughter, Gu Xi Bi’s tentacles silently pierced into his secret storage space. At that moment, Mi Yuanheng wished he could die instantly. The itching in his soul drove him to laugh wildly, but it wasn’t a laugh of joy—it was clearly laced with pain. An incessant itching emanated from his soul, making it unbearable for him.
Chen Hong and Luo Weijie were amused by Mi Yuanheng’s laughter, but after a while, they lost their smiles and felt a chill. Mi Yuanheng was now sobbing, his laughter becoming eerily strange.
Suddenly, the old man Shuai let out a cheer. It was his first time trying to steal something from a sacrificial altar, and to his surprise, he succeeded. A large amount of items were drawn out and sent to Guo Shier’s secret storage space. The old man Shuai exclaimed in amazement, “This guy actually has over a dozen secret storage spaces… Haha, I’m rich!”
Mi Yuanheng’s eyes almost popped out. He could clearly feel the items in his secret storage space decreasing rapidly, but he couldn’t do anything about it. The intense itching left his soul utterly powerless. Coupled with the restraint of countless virtual talismans, he could only endure it while continuing to laugh uncontrollably.
The old man Shuai said, “This is rare. Kid, I know how to take this guy’s sacrificial altar… Hehe, let’s keep one as a legacy altar…”
Guo Shier was stunned. He asked, “What? How… how is that possible?”
The old man Shuai replied, “What’s impossible about it? He’s already completely trapped. As long as we seal his soul and destroy his physical body, his soul will be forced to remain in the altar. Hehe, the altar… I’ll use Gu Xi Bi to extract it and seal it. If you need it later, just lift the seal and place it outside—it will become a legacy altar. With two layers of solid form, it’s quite advanced as a legacy altar.”
Guo Shier asked, “Is that really possible?” It was the first time he had heard of such a thing. He said, “Let’s do it. Hehe, I want to see it!”
The old man Shuai agreed. After stealing all the items from Mi Yuanheng’s secret storage space, he sealed the altar and dragged it out of Mi Yuanheng’s body. It was a tiny altar, about the size of an adult’s fist. Mi Yuanheng’s soul, reduced to the size of a finger, sat on the altar in utter despair.

When the altar and soul were extracted, Mi Yuanheng’s body instantly collapsed, turning into a pile of bones in an instant, with all his vital energy drawn into that small altar. Mi Yuanheng let out a agonized scream as his soul fell into slumber; he slowly lay down and gradually disappeared.

The handsome old man said, “Alright, he’s fallen asleep inside the altar. Hehe, if he doesn’t wake up within a hundred years, his self-awareness in his soul will completely vanish.”

Guo Shier held up the slowly rotating altar and asked, “How can we put this away?”

The handsome old man replied, “Don’t worry. Just put it back in your own altar. Let me help keep an eye on it. He has a life-bound sacrificial treasure. If I can seize it, I can extract quite a few useful materials from it.”

Guo Shier asked, “What’s the harvest?”

The handsome old man smiled and said, “It’s quite good. The most important thing is… we got a natural rune. Hehe, let’s go to the warehouse. There should still be plenty of stuff there.”

Guo Shier nodded and said, “Okay.” He added, “Xiao Hong, Xiao Jie, stay here. I’ll be back soon. Be careful and don’t wander around…”

Chen Hong said, “Shier, don’t worry. We’ll hide in the house next door.” She pulled Luo Weijie and ran toward the nearby house.

It was a large underground warehouse with no traps or rune arrays. Apparently, the ancient Mi family was quite confident in their strength. Moreover, the most important materials were stored in the rune storage spaces of altar-level experts. So, Luo Jie and the others encountered no obstacles and collected everything along the way.

The warehouse was divided into several areas: a mineral zone, a plant material zone, a rune-beast material zone, and warehouses for finished and semi-finished products. There were also numerous runes meant for intermediate disciples, with rune instruments taking up a large area.

Guo Shier and the others plundered thoroughly. In less than an hour, they emptied the entire warehouse. Anything truly worthless was simply burned to ashes with a rune fire.

Luo Jie looked at the empty warehouse and smiled, “Finally, we’ve breathed a sigh of relief. Let’s go! Find another place.”

The group immediately teleported away, taking Chen Hong and Luo Weijie with them to the next location. Guo Shier said, “Master, I’ll take Uncle Eagle Demon to the merchant’s warehouse. Hehe, we’ll split up. Otherwise, we won’t have enough time—dawn is coming soon.”

Luo Jie replied, “Okay. If we’re discovered, then let’s fight!”

Guo Shier said, “Nanyou, help take care of Xiao Hong.” He turned around and said, “Xiao Hong, go to Nanyou’s altar. The place I’m going to with Uncle Eagle Demon is quite dangerous. Let Nanyou take care of you.”

Chen Hong whispered, “Shier, be careful.” She soared up to Nanyou’s altar.
Guo Shier said, “Master, give a signal once fighting starts.”
Luo Jie said, “No matter which side starts fighting, the other side should come quickly—we need to work together.”
Guo Shier replied, “No problem, Uncle Eagle Demon. Let’s go!” The two teleported away and headed for the location they had already identified.
The warehouse of Miyuan Merchant Company had been located, but Guo Shier hadn’t confirmed it yet. If not, they would have to retrieve the materials they had sold earlier. Following Shuai Lao Tou’s guidance, Guo Shier returned to the street where Miyuan Merchant Company was located.
The street was deserted; most professionals had gone back to rest, with only a few people hurrying by, clearly in a rush to get home. The hunting cars and flying vehicles in the sky had also disappeared, but the magic lanterns on the street still glowed brightly. Almost all shops were closed and dark—it was already late at night.
Guo Shier said with a smile, “This is different from the warehouses in the professionals’ camp. There are probably many professionals guarding it. Maybe we’ll have to break in.”
Eagle Demon, who had reaped good gains earlier, laughed and said, “Let’s fight then. It’s only killing anyway.”
Guo Shier said, “Let’s try first to avoid alerting anyone. Heh, I think it’ll be difficult… Merchant companies are tricky.”
Eagle Demon said, “Go down and check if the location is correct.”
Guo Shier replied, “It’s that building—a two-story gray building. It seems empty. Let’s go!” He instantly landed on the roof of the gray building. The roof was flat. Instead of standing on the ground, Guo Shier hovered about a meter above it, with the altar slowly rotating above his head.
Eagle Demon hovered beside him, looking at the roof ground, and frowned. “They even set up warning magic arrays here. If we step down, we’ll immediately alert them. Shier, what should we do?”
Guo Shier flew around the building quickly before returning to his original spot. He said, “It’s all warning magic arrays. Forcing our way in will definitely alert them. Hmm, wait a moment… Shuai Lao Tou, is there any way to break these warning magic arrays?”
Shuai Lao Tou poked his head out from the altar and took a quick look. He said, “Kid, you’re unlucky. These warning magic arrays are simple, but there are too many of them. I can craft entrance and exit jade talismans, but it will take at least a few hours, as I need to take care of each one… That’s not a good idea. Kid, just break in. Heh, the old man is too lazy to craft such talismans—it’s extremely exhausting.”

Guo Shier looked at the crude talisman array in silence. In his eyes, there were already hundreds of warning talisman arrays on the rooftop alone. To create an entrance and exit jade talisman, failing to account for even one of these warning arrays would expose everything—this method was truly despicable. To deal with such talisman arrays, any altar-level expert could create entrance and exit jade talismans, but which altar-level expert would have the leisure to do such things?

Eagle Demon couldn’t help but laugh. “Shier, not everything can go as you wish.”

Guo Shier said, “Damn it, the people from the merchant guild are really smart. Well, anyway, they wouldn’t expect two altar-level experts to come and rob them. Hehe, since we can’t sneak in, we’ll just go straight for it!” He identified the direction, the Moon Blade already in his hand, aiming at the rooftop. Turning his head, he said, “Uncle, send a message talisman to our master. We’re going to act forcefully!”

Eagle Demon smiled and sent a message talisman, saying, “Let’s begin!”

Boom!

With a decisive strike, the entire ground trembled. The Moon Blade created a huge crack in the small building, and Guo Shier immediately disappeared into it. Eagle Demon placed his altar on his head, holding his life-blessing sacrificial artifact, and followed suit into the building.

Chaos ensued immediately.

The materials weren’t inside the small building but underground. After entering, Guo Shier wasted no time. With a wave of his hand, the Moon Blade spun rapidly and struck the ground again. At that moment, dozens of Grand Saints rushed over, shouting wildly, “Who’s there?” “How dare you!” “An enemy attack!” A mess of chaotic shouts.

Eagle Demon sneered and transformed into a gust of wind, charging forward with a roar, “Die!” As his life-blessing sacrificial artifact flew through the air, screams filled the air. With his first-layer solid altar skills, those Grand Saints had no chance to fight back, and blood flew everywhere. In the blink of an eye, Guo Shier disappeared back through the hole created by the Moon Blade.

Guo Shier rushed into the underground hall and immediately saw a familiar figure—Miyan Ren, whom he had met at the merchant guild last time. This guy was an expert in a virtual altar. He heard Miyan Ren shout in shock and anger, “Who’s there?”

There were many professionals in the underground hall, all looking at Guo Shier in panic. Because Guo Shier’s altar was spinning above his head, though only the size of a palm, it emitted countless virtual talismans. They could tell right away that this was an expert with a third-layer altar, a master-level expert.

At that moment, Miyan Ren also recognized Guo Shier, his expression even more terrified. He knew very well that the other party had a third-layer solid altar, and he had no way to compete with him. Just then, Eagle Demon rushed in and said, “Haha, it’s indeed a warehouse!”

Miyan Ren was on the verge of fainting—another expert in solid-form altars!
Guo Shier didn’t say a word; his gaze swept across the room, where rows of shelves were neatly filled with countless talisman bags. He grinned and said, “Very good, haha!”
Miyan Ren urged urgently, “Elder, let’s talk this out!”
Guo Shier replied indifferently, “There’s nothing to talk about!”
Miyan Ren said, “Elder, whatever you need, just say the word, and we’ll provide it!”
At that moment, dozens of Saints and Great Saints rushed in, shouting, “Enemy attack!”