As the two of them slowly walked towards the center of the bridge, the colorful lights on the island in the middle of the lake suddenly went out. The entire space was once again plunged into complete darkness.
The man in the suit and Hao Feng did not seem to be affected. They continued walking side by side until they were ten meters away from Ding Meng. The man in the suit slowly took off his sunglasses, revealing a slightly aged but dignified face. It seemed that he was not just a simple entourage.
"Hello, Ding Meng." Surprisingly, the man in the suit said such a sentence.
However, this did not make Ding Meng relax. Instead, he became even more vigilant. He had already smelled the danger signal.
The man in the suit continued, "Actually, you are very lucky to have survived until now."
Ding Meng stared at him. "Do we know each other?"
The man in the suit said calmly, "It's normal that you don't know me, but I know you."
Ding Meng said, "Oh?"
The man in the suit said, "Sky Wolf Corps' Meteor City. I was originally assigned to go there, but I had an urgent matter to attend to at the last minute, so Brother Jia took my place."
Ding Meng could understand what he meant. If this man in the suit had really gone to Meteor City, then he, Nightmare, Dai Yi and Mao Zi would not have been able to escape.
The man in the suit said, "You don't have to explain. Brother Jia was injured by you last time, and this time, his hand must have been cut off by you as well. I think we are even. Now that you want his life, it doesn't make sense."
Ding Meng sneered. "Then his life is too valuable. It's actually worth more than 40,000 lives in Green Arrow Base."
The man in the suit said calmly, "These are two different things."
Ding Meng asked curiously, "Oh?"
The man in the suit said, "You stole the virus memory chip from our corporation, but now, please give me the bag on your shoulder. Whatever grudges you have with Miss Feng Shaobing, that is not something I should care about. It is also not within the scope of my responsibilities."
Ding Meng could not help but laugh. "If you say it was stolen, then it was stolen. You can say whatever you want. I really find it strange. I found it and dug it out. So far, no one has paid me a cent, but you want me to give it to you?"
The man in the suit said, "Although Fourth Young Master usually likes women, Haitian Group asked me to accompany him. Naturally, I have to take back this thing."
That was right. Although Chu Zhongyu was brainless to pick up girls, it did not mean that the power behind him was also stupid. They must be thinking about the inverse source crystal. Lu Ming's death was not unjust. Even if he did not die in Ding Meng's hands, he would have been played to death by these big corporations. He thought he was smart enough to cheat Xinhong Group of their money, but who knew that even Haitian Group could not beat him.
The laws of human society were just that cruel. Although everyone seemed to be harmonious on the surface, when a huge profit appeared, everyone would reveal their true colors.
Ding Meng laughed even harder. "It's obviously Xinhong Group's thing, but you insist that Haitian Group is taking it back. I admire you!"
The man in the suit still did not change his expression. "You can name a price. As long as the price is right, we can trade fairly."
Ding Meng did not even think about it. He said directly, "Okay, 100 billion star coins. If you can take it out, I will immediately sell it."
The man in the suit looked directly at him. "Do you think this price is right?"
Ding Meng laughed. "Miss Xu spent 90 billion to buy the silver core stone. I'm selling this for 100 billion, and you actually think it's not right?"
The man in the suit said, "Miss Xu is different from you."
Ding Meng laughed even more mockingly. "How is she different?
Is it because of our different identities? "
The man in the suit was silent, but sometimes silence usually meant consent. This principle was there. What kind of person was Xu Mengqing?
What kind of power was behind her?
How could a little interstellar refugee like you compare to her?
Why don't you take a look at the 90 billion she spent? Whose money did that come from?
Who did she buy the goods from?
What right did you have to dare to name a high price of 100 billion?
Ding Meng suddenly sighed. "Your so-called fair trade seems to be just empty words."
The man in the suit silently stretched out three fingers. Ding Meng asked curiously, "How much?"
"30 million star coins," the man in the suit said calmly.
The man in the suit said calmly, "I can't go any higher. This price is more than what you paid previously."
If this had been in the past, 30 million star coins would probably have made Ding Meng jump up in joy. However, now that he knew that this bag contained inverse source crystals, this price was not an offer to him, but an insult to his intelligence.
Ding Meng also calmed down. "Either 100 billion, not a single Star Coin less, or it's free. You can choose which method to buy."
The man in the suit's face darkened. He also understood the underlying meaning of "for free." It meant that if you had the ability, you could come and take it. If you could snatch it away, then it would indeed be free because you would have to pay with your life.
"Fourth Young Master also reminded you just now. You should know about the Haitian Group," the man in the suit said in a low voice.
Ding Meng said, "Of course I know. I also know that this belongs to the Starbow Group. You think the Haitian Group is stronger, right?"
The man in the suit completely stopped talking because there was no need to say anything else. Since this person dared to come to the Extreme Bandits' lair alone to torture them, he was not here to reason with them.
It was also at this moment that a blue light flashed across the bridge. Hao Feng, who had been standing quietly beside the suited man, took the initiative to make a move. He shook his wrist without batting an eyelid. He was holding a short metal stick in his hand. This detail did not escape Ding Meng's detection, so with a shake of his wrist, the stick spun in a circle and flew over.
This level of attack naturally could not get close to Ding Meng, but the originally short black stick suddenly made a "whoosh" sound when it was halfway through the flight. A slender light blue blade stretched out from the end of the stick. It looked a bit like a straight long sword, but the tip of the sword was a large and sharp prism. Just looking at the shape of the sword, one could feel a murderous aura.
The blade of the sword was crystal blue and clear, as if it was wrapped in a faint layer of energy. It looked like an energy sword, but in fact, it was a sharp weapon made of special materials.
The short stick turned out to be a sword hilt. At the end of the hilt, a blade of the same shape popped out, but this blade was much shorter.
When this strange blue sword flew out in circles, Ding Meng felt something strange. His body suddenly became heavy.
Little Rascal suddenly said, "That guy is a fusion type Origin Ability user."
Fusion type Origin Ability users were also a branch of gravity. Just like Yan Jie, whom he had met in Flying Star City, they both used their own Origin Ability to manipulate the environment around them. However, Yan Jie used the wind, while the man in the suit used the material around him.
Why did Ding Meng feel that his body had become heavier?
That was because the other party had already released Origin Energy in the surrounding area, creating a force field that squeezed the material around the bridge and increased its density, thus increasing the gravity.
Once the gravity increased, a person's speed would become much slower. As such, Ding Meng was almost unable to dodge this sword. He felt like he had forcefully taken a step to the side, but in reality, he had only moved slightly to the side. The blue sword slashed past the base of his ear.
As soon as the sword slashed past, Hao Feng's figure appeared behind him like a ghost. He reached out to grab the sword hilt and smashed the back of Ding Meng's head with the other end. This move was both fast and fierce. In fact, he was much faster than a normal light speed warrior.
Just based on this strength and the "Transient Steps" technique, Hao Feng's strength could be said to be far above Lu Ming and the other pirate leaders.
"Ding — —"
Ding Meng didn't turn around, nor did he have the time to turn around. He pressed down with his left hand, and the ancient sword at his waist rose up behind him. The scabbard seemed to have grown eyes as it blocked the other party's strange attack.
However, at this moment, Ding Meng betrayed himself. The suited man's palms attacked slowly with a very gentle hand gesture, as if he was holding up two invisible energy.
"Boom boom boom" A muffled sound rang out, and the bridge actually broke into three sections. The section in the middle was where Ding Meng was, and the huge broken bridge crashed into the lake.
Ding Meng couldn't avoid falling, but Hao Feng also jumped down. In mid-air, he became one with his sword, and the blue sword pierced through the top of Ding Meng's head at a 90 degree angle. It was fine if this person didn't make a move, but once he did, every move he made was extremely fierce and murderous, as if he had a deep grudge against you.
Due to the increased gravity, the falling speed was also especially fast. Ding Meng, along with the bridge, crashed into the lake with a "splash", and the calm surface of the lake immediately rippled.
However, Hao Feng's attack was still above Ding Meng's head. His falling speed didn't decrease, but instead increased, as if he wasn't affected by the lake's buoyancy at all. He was well versed in the way of the speed of light, and that was to kill in one go with a spurt of energy.
Seeing that his boots were about to touch the rocks at the bottom of the lake, Ding Meng didn't have time to adjust. He simply leaned back and caught the sword with his bare hands. His palms fiercely clasped together, and the tip of the prismatic sword was only a few centimeters away from his chest.
At this moment, the speed of the water at the bottom of the lake suddenly increased, and it spun rapidly around Hao Feng's body. This was clearly the suited man helping him from above, using the speed of the water's rotation to increase the guiding force.
Looking from the broken bridge, a huge whirlpool had formed in the center of the lake, and Hao Feng was constantly pressing down. Ding Meng's boots had completely crushed the rocks beneath them, sinking into the depths of the mud at the bottom of the lake. It was enough to show that the Origin Ability of these two fellows was quite astonishing when stacked together.
Actually, Hao Feng was even more shocked in his heart. Previously, when he saw Ding Meng torture and kill Lu Ming, he didn't think much of it. Now that he was personally dealing with Ding Meng, he had a new understanding of Ding Meng. This brat was still able to maintain his center of gravity without changing under such heavy pressure. Furthermore, his Ice Blue Crystal Sword couldn't stab down any further. The sword's body was rebounding with an extremely hot energy, causing it to float upwards instead.
Not even ten seconds later, Hao Feng really couldn't hold on any longer. He flipped over and floated upwards.
Halfway through this somersault, he disappeared. Twenty to thirty doppelgangers of "Afterimage" attacked from all directions at the same time. The bottom of the lake was instantly filled with bursts of blue light, and sword shadows were everywhere. Under this kind of environment, it was truly difficult to distinguish the real body.
In fact, Ding Meng didn't even bother to distinguish between the doppelgangers. With a whoosh, he pulled out his ancient sword and used "Night Fighting All Directions". The sword light formed a circle of dark golden light that spread out in all directions.
"Ding ding ding ding ding — — —"
All of the doppelgangers' weapons left their hands and retreated one after another. The mirror images slowly disappeared into the deep water.
However, Hao Feng still didn't give up. His real body returned above Ding Meng's head and once again used the same trick, stabbing his sword straight at Ding Meng's head.
You're still coming?
Do you really think I'm a three year old kid?
Ding Meng was still angry at himself for being careless and falling into the suited man's trap. At this moment, when he saw Hao Feng using the same trick again, he didn't even think about it. He circulated his origin energy and furiously slashed upwards with his sword.
The calm surface of the lake suddenly exploded with a "boom" sound, and a wave tens of meters high surged up. Amidst the splashing water, Hao Feng's body was thrown onto the bridge.