Chapter 9: Habitual Robbery (Part 2)

Li Ran had already understood Guo Shier’s intentions—this guy always acted with a purpose. He wasn’t opposed to robbery either; after all, since he was going to leave this world, gathering more information was a good thing. So he sent the other party’s sacrificial artifact flying and unrestrainedly unleashed his own soul pressure.

For professionals who surpassed the ninth-tier altar, unleashing soul pressure was an extremely terrifying act. In just an instant, all the other professionals were frozen like stone statues, even the one from the eighth-tier altar—completely unable to move. It was a suppression of the soul. Professionals above the ninth-tier altar possessed absolute control over their souls. Just like Qi Wu Zhen, once they recklessly unleashed their soul pressure, those below the ninth tier were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, utterly unable to resist.

Of course, this kind of pressure couldn’t last long—only a few breaths. Guo Shier and the others didn’t kill them but simply watched quietly.

Li Ran slightly relaxed the force pressing down on their souls and asked, “What’s your name? Which family are you from?”

The higher the rank of a professional, the more they understood the gap between levels. The professional from the eighth-tier altar’s face turned pale. That iron kick not only hurt his foot but also made him wish he could slap himself. How could someone who could venture into the Great Abyssal Pool be ordinary? This wasn’t the continent he came from—it was the continent of Baqi Da Mi Tian. Here, with its extensive connections, countless ancient families could enter, so encountering a professional above the ninth tier wasn’t impossible.

“Gu Lang family, Lang Zhongping.”

Guo Shier burst into laughter. “All that arrogance just now is gone? Hehe, this world is really realistic. Hey, you guy who likes to act like an elder—what’s your name? Why are you silent?”

The professional from the seventh-tier altar looked even more embarrassed. After showing off his arrogance earlier, he realized he was nothing but an idiot. The other party was right—he was indeed an idiot.

“Gu Lang family, Lang Dazui.”

Guo Shier laughed, “Sure enough, a big mouth!”

Li Ran said, “Shier, take care of this.”

Guo Shier replied, “Yes, big brother.” He flew forward to Lang Zhongping and said with a smile, “Robbery!”

Daling and the others were stunned, mouths agape. What? Robbery? After experiencing this, the professionals from the Gu Jiang family all wanted to leave this continent immediately and return to the Great Hidden Fortress in Baqi Da Mi Tian. This wasn’t a place ordinary professionals could come to—it was simply too terrifying.

Lang Zhongping was also stunned, incredulously saying, “Robbery? Who are you trying to rob?” His mind was in chaos. Since reaching the Altar level, he had never encountered anyone who dared to rob him.
Guo Shier said clearly, “Robbing you!”
Lang Zhongping glanced at Li Ran, who wore a half-smile, and then realized the other party wasn’t joking—this was real robbery. He flew into a rage and was about to act, but suddenly felt a chill in his heart as Li Ran’s gaze pierced him like a knife. It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head; he instantly lost all his temper.
From the last robbery, Guo Shier had reaped a hefty profit and had become somewhat addicted to robbery. He kept muttering, “Horses won’t grow fat without night grass… Ah, people won’t get rich without unexpected wealth… I like it…” His voice was muffled, and the others couldn’t understand him, but Li Ran, like him, came from Earth, so he immediately knew what the guy was saying and couldn’t help but laugh.
Lang Zhongping asked coldly, “What do you want to steal?”
Guo Shier replied, “Can you control what I want to steal? Brother Li Ran… cooperate!”
Li Ran obviously knew what Guo Shier was up to—it wasn’t the first time. A massive spiritual pressure emerged again, but this time it only suppressed Lang Zhongping, leaving him completely immobile. Guo Shier slammed his hand on the altar and shouted, “Old Man Shuai… hurry up!”
Old Man Shuai immediately controlled the tentacles of Gu Xi Bi to start the robbery.
The others saw countless tentacles suddenly protrude from Guo Shier’s altar, swaying densely, before hundreds of them quickly pierced into Lang Zhongping’s altar. Poor Lang Zhongping, suppressed by Li Ran’s spiritual pressure, couldn’t resist, control his altar, or even speak.
Guo Shier looked around giggling. He didn’t need to worry—with Old Man Shuai in control, Lang Zhongping couldn’t hide anything. A few seconds later, the tentacles retracted into the altar. Old Man Shuai smiled and said, “Done! This guy is quite wealthy. Hehe, lots of offerings.”
Lang Zhongping seemed to have just woken up. He shuddered, quickly checked his altar, and then let out a scream, “Ah… Ah! My things! I… I… You… You stole them… You actually dared to steal from me… the things in my Symbol-Hiding Space!”
The professionals of the Gu Lang family felt a chill. Who were these people? How could they dare to rob the Symbol-Hiding Space of an altar? They had never heard of anything like this—items in an altar could be stolen too.
Li Ran ignored Lang Zhongping’s screams. He reached out, tapped Lang Da’s mouth, and gave a light command, “Steady!”

Guo Shier immediately rushed over, and the tentacles of the Gu Xi Bi quickly pierced into the altar. Lang Zhongping roared, “You guys…” Before he could finish speaking, Li Ran’s gaze swept over him. He fell silent once again, filled with extreme anxiety. He knew very well that if he made any move, the other party could easily kill him.

The higher-ranked altar professionals were the more afraid of death. Lang Zhongping was subdued by just one glance from Li Ran. He calmed down, realizing he had suffered a heavy loss this time. If he resisted, the entire elite of his family might die here. He struggled to suppress his anger, his body trembling uncontrollably.

A few seconds later, Guo Shier stepped back, the tentacles retracting as he showed a satisfied smile.

Li Ran smiled too, then reached out and tapped again, saying calmly, “Everyone, stay still. Hold on!”

Guo Shier robbed them one by one.

Yang Miluo exclaimed in shock, “It’s really possible to rob them… So powerful?”

Fan Zhen was equally stunned. As for those professionals from the Da Ling ancient general family, they were terrified. Da Ling secretly rejoiced that his people were on Li Ran’s side; he couldn’t imagine what he would do if they were enemies. In fact, he knew very well that there were only two outcomes: death or being robbed, with no chance of escape.

Guo Shier reaped a great deal—these people were all easy targets. The altar’s symbol storage space contained countless materials and supplies, and most importantly, he gathered many Soul Pearl. The old man even forced the offerings on the altar to solidify into Soul Pearls, taking them all back.

In less than three minutes, Guo Shier had robbed them all. The old man started shouting again, “Hey, kid, you need to seal up a small secret realm soon. The symbol storage space isn’t enough anymore. Ugh… The space I reforged is already full again. What should I do? I can’t do anything else but keep creating symbol storage spaces for you!”

Guo Shier laughed and said, “Stop complaining. After we divide the loot in a bit, your space will be free!”

The old man cried out, “No, no! This is all mine!”

Guo Shier flew back and said, “Don’t be so stingy. Besides… many of the things we robbed this time are useless to us anyway. Giving them to you… you won’t feel so sad.”

The old man acted like a miserly hoarder, insisting, “I’ll keep creating symbol storage spaces. Don’t worry—there will always be space! We can keep robbing whenever we get the chance!” He realized his earlier complaints were wrong; he couldn’t complain like that, or Guo Shier wouldn’t be eager to rob. That wouldn’t work.

Guo Shier almost fell off the altar—what an insatiable old man. He returned to Li Ran and said with a smile, “A fruitful harvest.”
Only then did Li Ran lift the pressure of his soul force and said to Lang Zhongping, “Aren’t you all hungry? Do you want to eat?”
Guo Shier couldn’t help but laugh; he realized Li Ran also had a certain sense of dark humor.
Lang Zhongping was filled with hatred. He didn’t dare vent it on Li Ran, so he took it out on Lang Dazui. He glared fiercely at him. If not for this guy coming in to stir up trouble, they might not have ended up in such a miserable situation. Though they had saved their lives, all the materials and supplies they had painstakingly gathered had been stolen, leaving him without the confidence to move forward.
Lang Dazui felt a chill rise from deep within. He knew Lang Zhongping was resenting him and couldn’t help but curse inwardly. It wasn’t the first time he had caused trouble, but this time he had run into someone even more ruthless. Yet he didn’t dare retort. In his family, his status was high, but it was still far below Lang Zhongping’s.
Seeing Lang Dazui bow his head in silence, Lang Zhongping felt slightly better. He said, “Well… then we won’t disturb the senior… let’s go!” He really couldn’t stay any longer. Gathering his courage, he said a few words before leading his men to retreat in a hurry.
Jiang Daling sighed. The world was just that realistic—when your strength was inferior, nothing else mattered.
Li Ran laughed and said, “Let’s keep eating. Damn it, I wasn’t even full when a bunch of idiots interrupted us. Come on, keep eating!”
The professionals from the Ancient General Family cheered. They had truly seen something extraordinary—a domineering expert who could even rob professionals with altars.
Guo Shier cheerfully handed over several token storage bags to Li Ran, saying, “These are for you. Hehe, Brother Li Ran, I think you’ll need these materials.”
Li Ran took a quick look and smiled, “Not bad. I didn’t expect such materials to exist.”
Then Guo Shier gave Yang Miluo and Fan Zhen several token storage bags as well, all large ones. They had robbed over twenty altar-level professionals at once, reaping an extremely rich harvest. What pleased him the most were the large numbers of Soul Essence Beads. What he lacked most at the moment were sacrifices. Through this robbery, he not only obtained a great deal of materials but also plenty of sacrifices.
Yang Miluo was surprised, “Is this for me?”
Guo Shier laughed, “What? Don’t you want it?”
Yang Miluo flipped his wrist and stored the token storage bag in the altar. He smiled and said, “Of course I do!”

Fan Zhen Tong took a quick look at the talisman bag and showed a surprised expression. He had even fewer materials than Yang Miluo. “Hehe, thanks, Guo Shier.” He knew Guo Shier could very well refuse to give them anything, so he said with a smile, “The tentacles hanging from your altar… are they Ancient Xi Bi?”
Guo Shier nodded and said, “I got them by chance. They were refined in the altar. These things are quite good.”
Fan Zhen Tong sighed and said, “Not just good—Ancient Xi Bi can also collect souls. They are extremely rare spiritual beings. I had only heard of them; it’s only now that I’ve truly seen them.”
Guo Shier didn’t share any with Jiang Daling and the others. After all, they were just acquaintances, and there was no need to give them anything. Besides, given the old shrewd man’s stingy nature, even if he did give something, it would be worthless material.
Jiang Daling, with an envious expression, took out various ingredients again, trying hard to please these four people.
After resting overnight, the next day, the members of the Gu Jiang family got up early, cleaned up the camp, and Jiang Daling came to say goodbye. After discussing it overnight, they decided to leave Da Yuan Tan—this place really wasn’t suitable for them. The gap in strength was too large. If they persisted, they might all die there.
Jiang Daling didn’t dare try to recruit those four experts. He only left the coordinates of their family’s continent and said with a smile, “If you guys want to come to our continent, be sure to come find me. Here are the coordinates and my message talisman.”
Guo Shier smiled as he put them away and said, “I still remember that your place produces colored pigs. Hehe, if I get the chance, I’ll go collect some. I’m giving you these coordinates. If you follow this route, you should be fine.”
Jiang Daling expressed his gratitude, “Great. I hope we can meet again in the future.” He was completely awed by these four extraordinary experts.
Guo Shier nodded. Jiang Daling then said to Li Ran, “Elder, you’re welcome to come too. Hehe, although I know the chances are slim, I still can’t help but say it—if you could come, you would be the most honored guest of our Gu Jiang family.”
Li Ran was usually very low-key and didn’t have the arrogance typical of experts in this world. He smiled and said, “Maybe we’ll meet again by fate.” In this world, it was normal not to see each other for a lifetime once they parted.
Jiang Er also came specifically to say goodbye to Guo Shier. For some reason, he had a good impression of Guo Shier, who was such a food lover.
Watching Jiang Daling leave with the members of the Gu Jiang family, Guo Shier asked, “Brother Li Ran, how should we go? Should we break through the forest in this valley and exit from there?”
Li Ran smiled and said, “No, we’ll go back!”

Guo Shier suddenly remembered that strange fluctuation and nodded, saying, “Hmm, it’s fine to go back later.”