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Hearing Gu Chen's arrogant reply.

The black-clad bandit was immediately enraged.

"Kid, you're fucking asking for death, aren't you!" The black-clad bandit immediately gripped his long knife and walked towards Gu Chen.

Seeing that Gu Chen was so stubborn and dared not refuse to pay, everyone on the boat looked at him.

Including the Cheng family members.

Dude, are you that strong?

Everyone else has compromised and paid, but you won't!

The black-clad bandit approached Gu Chen, raised his long sword, and prepared to slash at Gu Chen's neck.

He prepared to sever Gu Chen's head with a single stroke and hang it on the mast to intimidate those around him.

But just as he raised his long sword, before he could even slash at Gu Chen, he was sent flying backward by Gu Chen's kick.

He slammed hard against the deck of the ship's cabin, his entire chest caved in, leaving a footprint, and fragments of his internal organs were vomited out along with blood.

He convulsed a few times after landing on the deck and then died.

"With this little strength, you dare to try and rob people on the road?" Gu Chen scoffed, looking at the group of bandits. "Hand over all the silver you have, and all the ill-gotten gains you just made, and get out of here, or you'll die!"

The bandit who was kicked away and killed by Gu Chen was not weak; he was an elite bandit with the strength of a first-class master.

Yet, this elite bandit was easily killed by Gu Chen with a single kick.

They didn't even see clearly when Gu Chen made his move.

This shows how terrifying Gu Chen's strength is. Gu Chen is at least a top-tier expert, or even a master of innate level above top-tier.

Only someone with that kind of strength would dare to be so arrogant and say such things to these bandits.

Witnessing Gu Chen's power.

Among the pirates, the top-tier pirate leader spoke up: "I didn't expect there to be such a top expert as you on this ship."

He hadn't even noticed that there was such a terrifying being as Gu Chen on the ship.

Judging from the power of Gu Chen's kick just now, Gu Chen is undoubtedly a top-tier expert.

He might even be considered one of the most elite among the top-tier individuals. Gu Chen's kick just now easily killed a first-class expert. Although he could do it, he couldn't do it as smoothly as Gu Chen.

Gu Chen's strength is above his.

"We are only after money. Since you have such strength, we will not make things difficult for you. We hope you will not meddle in our affairs." The bandit leader looked at Gu Chen: "Otherwise, even if you are slightly stronger than me, with the two of us top-tier experts joining forces, plus other top-tier experts, you will not be able to gain any advantage from us."

To the side, in the direction of the Cheng family.

At this moment, the eldest daughter of the Cheng family had a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

She hadn't expected that there was a top-tier expert like Gu Chen on the ship, whose strength had reached the super-first-class level.

She immediately said, "Friend, how about we join forces and take care of these bandits?"

With a master like Gu Chen around, plus their Cheng family's top-notch retainer, they'll definitely be able to deal with these bandits.

Upon hearing this, the bandit leader's eyes flashed with panic and murderous intent. He looked at Cheng Mengling and said, "Do you Cheng family members want to die? If you dare to resist, I'll grab you first, rape you, kill you, and then throw you into the river to feed the fish!"

However, Cheng Mengling ignored him and looked at Gu Chen, waiting for his decision.

The bandit leader also looked at Gu Chen.

If Gu Chen joins forces with the Cheng family, the situation will indeed be very unfavorable for them. At that time, they will probably have to choose to run away.

But before that, he had to kill that little bitch from the Cheng family. Just now, when they had the upper hand, that little bitch was all meek and submissive.

Now that she has seen the appearance of Gu Chen, a powerful figure, she is eager to make her move and launch a powerful attack on them.

We absolutely cannot let her get away with this.

Gu Chen didn't answer Cheng Mengling's question, but simply said to the bandit leader, "I said, hand over all the silver you have on you, as well as the ill-gotten gains you just robbed, and then get out of here, or you'll die. Didn't you hear me?"

What do you mean by joining forces with the Cheng family, or rather, standing idly by?

None of them were his options.

He wanted to rob the bandits, including the silver they had just stolen from the crew of other ships.

He wants them all!

If he hadn't had this in mind, he would have demonstrated his strength long ago; why would he have waited until now?

Upon hearing this, the bandit leader's voice turned cold, and he shouted at Gu Chen, "Aren't you being a bit too arrogant? You really don't take us brothers seriously at all. Do you really think you can defeat all of us brothers by yourself?"

Gu Chen did not answer his question.

Instead, he answered his question with a knife.

Gu Chen's figure flashed, and in the next second he arrived in front of the bandit leader.

With a single slash of his long sword, a terrifying flash of light instantly illuminated everyone's eyes.

then.

The bandit leader's body was cleaved in two by Gu Chen's blade, falling to either side, blood spurting everywhere, and his internal organs spilling out onto the ground.

"I gave you a chance," Gu Chen sneered.

This scene.

It terrified everyone on the ship!

so horrible!

Gu Chen's strength is simply freakish!

A top-tier expert was cleaved in two by Gu Chen's blade in the blink of an eye, without even a chance to react.

Gu Chen might not be a top-tier expert at all; he might be a being at the Innate Realm.

Only a master at the Innate Realm could so silently and effortlessly kill a top-tier expert with a single strike before anyone could even react.

The group of black-clad bandits around them trembled with fear, and several of them couldn't help but take a step back, their knives falling to the deck instead of being held firmly in their hands!

An existence at the Innate Realm!

They've really bitten off more than they can chew today!

escape!

They dared not move; in front of a master of innate level, they had no way to escape.

As soon as they had the thought of escaping, they might have barely turned around and taken a few steps before being cleaved in two by Gu Chen's blade, just like their leader.

Gu Chen looked at the bandits and said, "I don't want to repeat myself. Hand over all the silver you have, along with all the ill-gotten gains you just made, and get out of here. Otherwise, you're dead!"

Gu Chen repeated what he had just said.

The bandits realized what was happening.

He hurriedly took out all the silver they had, then put the silver he had just looted from the ship together with the silver he had stolen from the crowd, and moved it all in front of Gu Chen.

Then they all jumped off the merchant ship in a flash, headed towards the shore, and disappeared into the mountains and forests on both sides.

on board.

A large pile of silver was stacked at Gu Chen's feet.

Some of it belonged to the bandits themselves, some they stole from others, and some they looted from the boathouses.

The people around the merchant ship saw this huge pile of silver, some of which belonged to them, but no one dared to speak up.

Gu Chen had just ignored the eldest daughter of the Cheng family and directly killed the bandit leader to steal the silver from them.

They don't know whether they're willing to return it or not.

Gu Chen is likely a being at the Innate Realm, and even that group of bandits were no match for him.

They certainly aren't either.

If Gu Chen is unwilling to return the silver to them, there's nothing they can do.

Gu Chen didn't touch the silver on the ground. Instead, he went forward and looted the bodies of the elite bandit he had killed and the bandit leader.

They looted their belongings and put them together with the pile of silver on the ground before starting to tidy up.

Gu Chen said, "These river bandits are utterly wicked. They have robbed countless innocent people, and the silver on them is all stolen goods."

"Now that your silver is mixed with theirs, I can no longer tell how much silver each of you has just been robbed of."

"Furthermore, the amount of silver stolen from each of you is different. If someone lies about the amount of silver they were stolen and takes more silver here, it will be even more difficult to deal with."

"Therefore, I have decided to keep this money for the time being. When we reach the dock of the next county town, I will disembark and hand over the embezzled funds to the local government so that they can handle the matter."

After Gu Chen finished speaking, he collected all the silver notes, folded them, and put them into his coat, along with his own three thousand taels of silver notes.

Then he wrapped all the loose silver coins in a cloth and carried them on his back.

Then he said, "Now, come forward and take back these valuables that were stolen from you and that you just took out of your pockets."

Those bandits not only made them hand over silver, but also their valuables.

Now there's a huge pile of them right in front of me.

Gu Chen couldn't blacklist these things anymore.

The only option is to return them all.

Black market silver is enough.

Upon hearing this, the people on the ship knew they would never get their money back.

If they hand it over to the government, they won't get it back from Gu Chen. Once Gu Chen hands it over to the government, do they still want it back?

They've admitted defeat today.

Gu Chen dared to so blatantly embezzle their money, including the Cheng family's share.

If the Cheng family didn't dare say anything, they certainly wouldn't dare either.

Honestly getting back the valuables that were stolen will at least minimize the losses.