Chapter 146: Contest of Strength

With the leaders running away here, the ordinary pirates were even worse off. They originally couldn’t beat that group of barbarians and were only struggling due to pressure. Now that the pirate leaders had run, they immediately scattered like birds and beasts. Don’t look at how they were no good at fighting, but escaping was their specialty. Once they ran, whoosh, whoosh, within two minutes, the pirates were all gone, leaving only about 300 corpses, while the barbarians only had a few injured and none dead. After all, the experts all went to besiege Sven, and those small fry naturally couldn’t hurt the barbarians with the Guardian Aura. So many died in just a few minutes of fighting; it showed how impressive the barbarians’ fighting power was!

After the battle here, the barbarians shouted excitedly while starting to collect the spoils. The pirates’ weapons and Armor were all confiscated, even the stinky shoes on their feet and the shorts inside were not let go. Obviously, this group of barbarians, poor enough to run naked, would absolutely not let go of any opportunity to make a fortune.

Just as these people were happily stripping equipment, a group of humans suddenly walked over. Because these barbarians looked extremely fierce, and there were so many dead people beside them, other people couldn’t avoid them fast enough and wouldn’t come near. So Old Xie and his group appeared very conspicuous when they came over. Before they even walked over, Sven, who had just recovered, noticed them and immediately brought a few people to meet them.

As soon as the two sides met, Sven and Old Xie’s eyes met. Sven first showed vigilance, but quickly turned into appreciation, because he could see that Old Xie’s every move, whether walking or standing, was like a towering mountain, thick and grand. Obviously, his martial Cultivation was very terrifying. Only martial experts like Sven, who had entered the Saint Domain, could understand the way in this. Others, even Level 6 Experts, would at most have a vague feeling.

As for Old Xie, he saw more things from Sven, especially Sven’s current state. Old Xie was shocked to discover that after releasing such a powerful skill, Sven didn’t seem tired at all, only slightly mentally exhausted. This obviously greatly exceeded Old Xie’s expectations, and even Constantine and the others were surprised. Because according to Sven’s performance just now, Old Xie and the others all calculated that he was most likely using the Berserk skill unique to barbarians. Only this skill would allow Sven to suddenly explode with several times the combat power and easily defeat so many enemies.

But the price after Berserk was huge. Even if it only lasted a few minutes, it would definitely make Sven extremely exhausted, but looking at him now, how did he look like he had gone Berserk? This was really too irregular.

Sven was a straightforward person and didn’t have many twists and turns. He directly asked, “Humans, what are you doing here?”

“Looking for you!” Old Xie temporarily suppressed the shock in his heart and also said very directly.

“Oh?” Sven was slightly stunned, then immediately asked, “Is there something?”

“I heard you are a Mercenary Group, I want to hire you!” Old Xie said with a smile.

“Haha, so it’s to discuss business, that’s great. Tell me, how do you want to hire us?” Sven immediately said happily.

“This isn’t the place to talk, let’s go to the camp to discuss!” Old Xie suggested with a bitter smile. He thought to himself, this guy is indeed a barbarian, his IQ is too low. Who talks business on a battlefield guarding dead bodies?

“Okay, okay!” Sven obviously didn’t know where he was wrong, but in order not to lose the business, he very readily said, “Follow me!”

Then Sven shouted to the people on the battlefield, “Strip them carefully for me. Pull off the horns on the Horned Demons’ heads, they can be sold for some money!”

“Haha, no problem, Big Brother! You can rest assured!” a group of barbarians shouted excitedly.

Hearing the barbarians scraping the ground to this extent, Old Xie and Constantine felt a sense of not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Following Sven and a few barbarians, the group quickly arrived at a cluster of tents. The tents here were all built with animal skins, looking like the style of the Barbarian Plateau. However, not only did the architectural style look like it, but the smell was also very similar. Before entering the camp, the stench coming to their faces almost made Old Xie and Constantine vomit on the spot. It turned out that these barbarians ate, drank, and slept all in the camp, without any concept of hygiene. There was feces in every corner of the camp; it would be strange if it didn’t stink. It was fortunate they had strong bodies and weren’t afraid of getting sick.

Although Old Xie was a Demon Lord, even a Demon Lord liked to be clean, right? Especially with a delicate beauty by his side, how could he enter such a dirty camp? So he quickly pulled Constantine and retreated continuously, running out dozens of meters before stopping.

Sven was obviously a bit unhappy and directly brought people over and said, “Kid, why are you running?”

“No way, your camp is really too stinky!” Old Xie immediately said with a bitter face, “I’m afraid I’ll faint before I even go in! I say, is that a camp or a toilet?”

When Constantine and the others heard this, they almost fainted, thinking, this guy is so silly? Before, he dared to call the Elf King a Pretty Boy, and now he bluntly says their camp stinks. Isn’t he intentionally looking for trouble?

Sure enough, when Sven and the others heard this, they were immediately unhappy. Before Sven could speak, his Underling next to him came over angrily and said, “Kid, you dare to say that about us, are you itching for a beating?” As he spoke, he reached out to push Old Xie, intending to teach this rude kid a lesson.

How could Old Xie let his dirty hand, still stained with blood, touch him? He directly reached out and grabbed the opponent’s wrist.

That guy saw that Old Xie dared to resist and was immediately furious. He used force in his hand, intending to forcefully break through Old Xie’s interception and push the opponent down. Old Xie saw that the guy didn’t know what was good for him and didn’t hold back either, thinking, isn’t it just comparing strength without Battle Qi? Am I afraid of you?

Thinking of this, Old Xie directly exerted force, and just like grabbing a little chicken, he forcibly bent the guy’s wrist and pressed him to the ground. You have to know, although Old Xie was very strong among humans, compared to barbarians, he was still a bit lacking. This guy was half a head taller than Old Xie. But he never expected that a mage shorter than himself could actually surpass him in strength, and so easily at that. So much so that he couldn’t believe everything in front of him and just lay on the ground in a daze.

This result also shocked the others. Sven’s eyes lit up and he immediately said, “Good, not bad strength!”

“Just so-so!” Old Xie said with a smile.

“This, Sven, actually~” At this moment, Deislay suddenly spoke, obviously intending to reveal Old Xie’s identity, but he only said half of it before Old Xie reached out to stop him. Old Xie didn’t want to reveal this relationship now. He was a very proud person and didn’t want to rely on relatives for protection; he wanted to handle this matter with his own ability.

“Hmph!” Sven then snorted coldly and said, “Kid, even if you have decent strength, you can’t just insult us, right? Today, if you don’t give an explanation, I’m afraid I’ll have to beat you up!” As he spoke, he released his imposing aura to press towards Old Xie.

Facing the threat of a Sword Saint, Old Xie wasn’t afraid at all, but instead said with a smile, “What? Does His Excellency the Sword Saint want to bully a sixteen-year-old child like me?”

“Oh!” Sven heard this and was immediately surprised, then immediately retracted his imposing aura and said in an incredible tone, “You, you are only 16 years old this year?”

“That’s right!” Old Xie nodded with a smile.

“This!” Sven was depressed now. Although he was a barbarian, he also knew the rules somewhat. Even in the barbarian tribes, there was no reason for adults to bully children, right?

“I say, Your Excellency Sven, your camp is indeed very stinky, isn’t it?” Old Xie continued to provoke, “I was just telling the truth, why are you so angry?”

“Kid, don’t think you can be arrogant just because you’re young, that’s forcing me to beat you up!” Sven immediately said in annoyance.

“Actually, I really want to beat you up too!” Old Xie said with a smile, “But I know you are a Sword Saint, and your Battle Qi is too abnormal. I’m definitely not an opponent. How about this, let’s follow the barbarian rules and have a fight without using Battle Qi? If I lose, I’ll apologize to you!”

It turned out that Old Xie knew that barbarians had a tradition from the civilized Continent, which was unarmed combat without Battle Qi and weapons. Generally speaking, if there was any disagreement between barbarians, it was solved this way; the loser obeyed the winner. Anyway, barbarians had thick skin and flesh, and without weapons and Battle Qi, even if they fought until they collapsed, they wouldn’t kill each other, which could minimize casualties between barbarians.

“Good!” Sven heard this and immediately said excitedly, “I’m still afraid I can’t deal with you?” After saying that, he directly rushed over and fiercely gave Old Xie a punch. That straightforwardness was just like when the pirates hit him.

Seeing this, Old Xie wasn’t surprised but happy. He casually pushed Constantine aside, then didn’t dodge or evade, puffed out his chest, and fiercely took the opponent’s punch. Actually, Old Xie wasn’t unable to dodge, but he didn’t want to dodge. He wanted to subdue this group of barbarians this time, without any skills, just to win by strength.