What's it like to be stronger than Saitama?

These people who have suffered hardships, and the living families behind them, are the ones Yang Xi wants to protect.

With great power comes great responsibility.

"These people with superpowers don't deserve to have superpowers, and they shouldn't have the chance to destroy this beautiful world anymore."

Yang Xi stood up and activated his Soul Devouring ability.

After a spirit was devoured, it decomposed into will and life energy. After Yang Xi annihilated the tyrannical will, he used his mental power to wrap the life energy and placed it in his palm.

Looking at this emerald green bead, it seemed as if it were the hope of the ordinary people of the Blue Star.

"To reap hope, one must have the determination to eradicate evil..."

After devouring about five souls, Yang Xi stopped. Using his mental power to continuously annihilate five wills was an extremely tiring task. In addition, he had also consumed a lot of mental power when he used Star Absorption to eliminate the Star-Striped Cloak (which is why he did not use Soul Devour on the Star-Striped Cloak).

Yang Xi fused the collected life energy into a bead the size of a ping-pong ball, reinforced it with his mental power, and then put it back into his body. He planned to try it on his sister after returning to Lukang City to see if it could heal the injuries caused by the blue light spots.

Yang Xi upgraded the Earth Mage back to Rank B, unearthed the vault from underground, and buried all the corpses again, restoring the place to its original state. The bloodstains were buried under the soil and disappeared without a trace.

It was already late, and Yang Xi was quite tired after the continuous battles, so he went to the Saints' rest room, washed up, and found a bed that no one had used before to sleep.

……

Early the next morning, Ji Yourong was driving a Bentley provided by the "Bo Xi Chamber of Commerce" through a section of road in the suburbs when she found that the area had been cordoned off and that three or four local media outlets from Shazhou City were interviewing a detective.

Qian Duoduo, munching on a sandwich, asked indistinctly, "What happened there? So early in the morning."

Ji Yourong carefully looked at the car. She hadn't had her driver's license for long, so she was focusing all her attention on driving. However, her left foot was on the brake and her right foot was on the accelerator, and her lower body was slightly tilted to the right, as if this would give her a greater sense of security.

"N-no...I don't know, don't disturb me while I'm driving!"

"Tch~" Qian Duoduo rolled her eyes at her sister You Rong speechlessly. When it comes to driving, ten Ji You Rongs can't compare to one Qian Duoduo. Do you know what it means to be one with the car and to be able to sense the position of the tires?

As the Bentley passed the police line, Qian Duoduo curiously peeked out and spotted the captain puffing on a cigar in the crowd. He looked worried, as if something bad had happened.

"Sister Yourong, stop for a moment, it looks like someone has died here."

"Hey, stop! How can I park here?!"

"Look, there are a lot of people parked up ahead!"

Ji Yourong whispered, "I need to parallel park here, and I... I'm not very good at it yet."

Qian Duoduo: "..."

After finally managing to park the car for Ji Yourong, Qian Duoduo quickly finished her breakfast and then squeezed into the crowd to join in the fun.

There weren't many onlookers, since the road was quite desolate. Qian Duoduo easily squeezed to the front, placed her hands on the cordon line, and peered inside. After just one glance, her face turned deathly pale.

"The Stars and Stripes Cloak... is... dead?"

108. Exceptionally well-behaved and wealthy.

Looking at the nearly withered body, even the usually carefree Qian Duoduo was stunned on the spot. Just yesterday, it was a living, breathing person!

Ji Yourong leaned closer and frowned slightly upon seeing the scene: "Why did Stars and Stripes Cloak die here, and in such a gruesome manner? Could there have been some strange beasts around here yesterday? But why...didn't he call for help?"

Even if a hero is able to defeat a monster after encountering it, they will send a message to the Hero Association, and the live-streaming aircraft will arrive soon. However, the Stars and Stripes Cloak has only been discovered now, which can only mean two things.

One possibility is that a powerful alien beast or superhuman killed him instantly, leaving Stars and Stripes Cloak no chance to call for help.

Secondly, this A-level hero had no intention of asking for help at all; he was killed because of something that couldn't be brought to light.

Captain Cigar searched for clues nearby, but found no trace on the ground except for some holes.

"These suddenly appearing holes...did the attackers come from underground?"

Captain Cigar looked at the hole left by Yang Xirang when he broke through the ground last night and muttered to himself.

After the company learned about this, they immediately sent him and the Sealed Sword to investigate. He was closer, so he arrived first.

As if on cue, a beautiful young woman dressed in armor arrived on a motorcycle. Before the motorcycle had even come to a complete stop, she rushed over in a great hurry.

Blanche doesn't usually get along with the playboy-like Stars and Stripes cloak guy; back when she joined the Knights of the Round Table, he even tried to sexually harass her.

Fortunately, after Blanche made great strides and rose to the rank of A-class hero, the Stars and Stripes Cloak became much more obedient and no longer dared to make a move on her.

But to Blanche's surprise, this guy actually died just like that. As an A-level hero, he didn't die on the grand battlefield of alien beasts, but died in this remote suburb.

Seeing the hunched figure in the star-striped cloak, she asked Captain Cigar, "What attack did he suffer to cause his body to become like this?"

Captain Cigar shook his head and said, "Most of the metal elements in the body were sucked out, which is very likely the work of a metal-type ability user. The most suspicious one is the mysterious ability user we met on the plane yesterday, Rooster."

"Rooster?" Blanche crouched down, put on gloves, and began searching the corpse for clues. "You mean that metal-type ability user who's in the same organization as the Snake?"

Captain Cigar nodded: "He used his superpowers to stop a plane in mid-air just yesterday. After thinking about it, he's the only one who could kill Stars and Stripes Cloak silently."

Blanche said, "Do you think a superhuman who just saved more than 300 people would target an A-level hero?"

Before Captain Cigar could retort, she continued, "Oh, it's also possible that Stars and Stripes Cloak did something heinous and got taken care of by someone on the way, like... something in that area."

Captain Cigar shook his head with a wry smile. The female heroes in the company were all just like Stars and Stripes, so they had an excessive lack of goodwill towards him.

"Although he is lecherous, as far as I know, it's mostly consensual. After all, his looks speak for themselves, don't they? So... it shouldn't be what you're thinking."

Blanche surprisingly didn't criticize Stars and Stripes Cloak's lifestyle anymore. Instead, she used tweezers to pick some blue powder out of his mouth: "It doesn't look like anything like that. What is this? Does Stars and Stripes Cloak do drugs?"

Captain Cigar took a puff of his cigar, ignoring the foul stench emanating from the powder, and said to Blanche, "I'm afraid we're in deep trouble. This stuff isn't just simple drugs..."

Qian Duoduo took off her binoculars and sent the captured images to Ji Yourong's phone.

"Sister Yourong, do you know what this is?"

Upon seeing this, Ji Yourong's face turned deathly pale. She hurriedly urged Qian Duoduo to leave the scene: "Quick, I didn't expect such a thing to appear. Let's get in the car quickly."

Qian Duoduo's curiosity was piqued. Sister You Rong was not a timid person, yet she reacted so strongly to the blue powder.

"No, tell me quickly, or I won't get on the bus."

Ji Yourong: Hehe.

"I'll go! I'll go!"

Qian Duoduo, who was hit by the delayed attack, was pulled into the Bentley by Ji Yourong without any power to resist. At this moment, she actually poured out in two or three quick movements, leaving only a pile of exhaust fumes.

Only after driving a considerable distance did Ji Yourong slow down, still feeling a lingering sense of unease.

Once Qian Duoduo returned to normal, she couldn't help but ask again, "Tell me quickly what that is, Sister Rong, you're the best!"

Ji Yourong thought that if she didn't tell Qian Duoduo now, she might steal the body of the Stars and Stripes Cloak to look for clues. Anyway, she was entitled to know about this, so she might as well tell her now.

Ji Yourong said solemnly, "Listen carefully. I'm telling you this to dissuade you from delving deeper into this matter. All you need to know is that when the Chamber of Commerce Alliance killed a spy who was lurking inside, they deployed three A-level ability users."

"In the end, although we dealt with the B-level spy, we also paid the price of two A-level ability users being seriously injured. All I know is that it was related to the spy using a blue substance!"

Qian Duoduo looked at the photos on her phone. The blue powder on the tweezers seemed to be emitting some kind of eerie light. She suddenly whispered, "You mean, the blue substance that caused Stars and Stripes Cloak's death is the same thing that was involved in the Alliance's hunt for the traitor?"

Ji Yourong nodded solemnly; she hadn't expected such a thing to appear on the mainland.

……

When the two women arrived at the entrance of the lair, Yang Xi switched to the position of the shadow he had placed at the entrance.

The moment Yang Xi appeared, Ji Yourong gasped for breath. With her strength, she couldn't even detect his presence.

As expected of a big shot occupying a zodiac position like the Rooster, its strength is unfathomable.

"Lord Snake, we have come to help your organization dispose of the spoils of war after discussing it with Lord Rooster."

"Greetings, Lord Snake. I...I am an acquaintance of Uncle Rooster."

Qian Duoduo originally wanted to say "friends through thick and thin," but under the cold gaze of the Snake, he forced himself to use a more ordinary term.

Yang Xi gave a faint "hmm".

Ji Yourong thought to herself that this person had a rather cold personality. The usually carefree Qian Duoduo became much more obedient after the appearance of the Snake.

Looking at Qian Duoduo, who seemed a bit timid, Yang Xi couldn't help but find it quite amusing.

Seeing that Qian Duoduo had backed down, Ji Yourong had no choice but to bite the bullet and step in herself. "Sir, since this is a collaboration between our two families, please tell me the name of your organization."

She realized that since they were dealing with something worth at least 100 million, the two organizations needed to exchange information.

Yang Xi coldly replied, "The verdict."

He then turned and walked underground, saying without looking back, "Follow me."

"Um!!"

The two women nodded without daring to breathe, their steps quickening, afraid of incurring the wrath of the Snake and being killed.

109 Invitation

Qian Duoduo remained in this obedient state until she saw the vault...

Wow!!! So much gold, jewelry, and cash!

Qian Duoduo's eyes were filled with the symbols of the Azure Coin. Although her family had more money than that, it was all in bank accounts, and she rarely saw such a scene of piles of jewelry.

For someone like Qian Duoduo who loves money, those stacks of Azure Coins are simply the best bed in the world, bar none.

Ji Yourong quickly grabbed Qian Duoduo, who was about to rush in, and coughed lightly. Si She was still watching from the side. How dare this girl be so presumptuous? Ji Yourong was sweating bullets for her.

Yang Xi deliberately gave a cold snort.

"Humph."

Forehead!

Qian Duoduo raised one foot, but stopped abruptly as if she were a stone sculpture.

Yang Xi chuckled inwardly; the alias "Snake" was really quite amusing.

Yang Xi went in first, and then the two women followed.

“These things are the spoils of our judgment. For some special reasons, Youji told me that they need to be handed over to you for processing. Hurry up.”

It's rare for someone disguised as a snake to speak for so long, which really tests Yang Xi's acting skills. If it weren't for his disguise ability, he really wouldn't have been able to maintain the image of a sinister old man in such a long sentence.

"Yes! We will do our best to help your organization handle this batch of goods! Please rest assured."

Qian Duoduo and Ji Yourong didn't dare to breathe loudly and obediently began to organize the vault. "Hey, Sister Yourong," Qian Duoduo threw bundles of cash into her supernatural storage bag and whispered to Ji Yourong, "What do you think is the special reason? An organization like the Judgment should have branches that handle related assets, right?"

Ji Yourong tossed a few bags of diamonds into Qian Duoduo's storage bag and said thoughtfully, "That's for sure. So Mr. Youji called us over, it's definitely not just to have us deal with the spoils of war."

Ji Yourong disliked that having long hair made it difficult to pack things, so she tied her hair into a ponytail with a hairband. When she stretched her hands behind her head, the way she seemed about to burst out deeply shocked Qian Duoduo.

What's the point of having so much money?