The Sickly Emperor Is Only Immune to Me-Chapter 149 - Massacre

Chapter 149 -149 Massacre

In the face of the temptation of money, who would care about the real reason behind the death of a former pirate leader?

They only needed a semblance of justification!

“Right, kill him!”

“Charge! Avenge the boss!”

“Catch that woman, claim the credit and the reward!”

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

…

They charged forward, howling for blood.

Gref led the charge, brandishing his broadsword.

His stature was imposing and his strength seemingly limitless, and he specifically targeted Jiang Ke’s right arm, his weakness, which only made his predicament worse.

He was struck by another blade to the back.

And then his left leg, sliced right on the knee.

Pain spread to the crown of his head.

The tears flew from his eyes in agony as he felt like a human-shaped blood bucket, being poked with various holes, gushing out blood.

“Give up your resistance!”

Gref’s face was full of scorn as he sneered, “Perhaps I might even leave you a whole corpse!”

Jiang Ke would never succumb to a humiliating death; he fought with all his might.

Like a wild beast that had gone mad.

He actually managed to kill two pirates in a row.

This greatly infuriated Gref!

“Damn it! Jiang Ke, you’re asking for death; don’t blame me for being heartless!”

“Brothers, protect yourselves, let’s take our time playing with him!”

“He’s running out of energy!”

“We have so many people, we could wear him out to death!”

Gref howled ferociously with a hideous expression, choosing to drag out the fight, to exhaust Jiang Ke to death.

Under his command, the pirates gradually found pleasure—in torturing him.

So, a feint here, a strike to his left arm there; a cut to the left arm on this side, a stab at the right thigh on that side, some even managed to stab the top of his foot…

“Kill! Come at me!”

“Hahaha, trash! You’re just trash!”

“A cripple! What are you even alive for? Just die!”

…

They treated him like a trapped animal, torturing and mocking him.

Sang Yan couldn’t hide any longer.

She couldn’t bear to see Jiang Ke humiliated like this.

Jiang Ke surely would die if this went on.

So she rushed out, “Don’t hurt him! You want to take me to claim credit, don’t you? If I whisper in the Emperor’s ear later, you won’t get anything out of this! Even more, if you kill him, I will make the Emperor have you killed!”

At this moment, she didn’t care if her words would provoke the pirates and result in harm to herself as well.

After all, these pirates were cruel and without principles.

She just knew she couldn’t stand by and watch Jiang Ke die!

If there was even the slightest hope of saving him, she would do it!

“Why did you come out!”

Jiang Ke didn’t want her to save him.

Hearing her say that, he was very worried the pirates would hurt her, he stumbled to her side, both angry and affectionate, and roared with heartache, “Why are you so foolish?”

When he reached her, his body suddenly deflated, his legs went weak, and it was only by propping himself up with his sword that he didn’t fall.

Sang Yan rushed to support him, but there were so many wounds on his body that she dared not touch him.

“Jiang Ke… Jiang Ke… What’s wrong?”

Her hands trembled, tears fell in large drops.

So many wounds, how painful they must be!

Her heart was breaking with pain.

“Jiang Ke, you can’t die!”

She extended her arms and shielded him behind her, saying to Gref, “If you want to kill him, kill me first!”

Gref looked at the scene with a sneer, “Look, what a pair of star-crossed lovers!”

The other pirates were nearly moved by their genuine affection.

One pirate said, “Boss, maybe we shouldn’t kill them?”

Gref gave him a cold look, “Not killing him would be nurturing a hidden danger! Look at how he bit Lv Tianrui to death, such a ruthless heart! If we let him live, we’ll be the ones dying later!”

The pirate nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and decisively changed his tune, “Then boss, shall we kill both?”

Gref gave another cold glance, annoyed, “I’ve already sent the reward request, how can we kill? When the Emperor comes to claim them, should I hand you over instead?”

The pirate was at a loss for words.

To kill was not an option, to release was not possible, what to do?

As they were struggling with this dilemma—

Sang Yan raised her hand to swear, “I swear, as long as you let him go, he will not seek revenge. When we meet the Emperor, I will speak in your favor. Once you receive the reward, why continue to be pirates? The world is so vast, you can hide away, and he won’t be able to find you! Don’t scare yourselves! In his condition, he has no power to take revenge on you!”

Her words had some persuasive power.

Gref’s eyes rolled around as he fell into hesitation.

Sang Yan continued, “My lords, sparing a life is also accumulating blessings for oneself. If Lv Tianrui hadn’t cut off his arm, would he have killed him? Hate perpetuates hate, but love can extinguish it.”

Clap. Clap. Clap.

Applause suddenly rang out.

The crowd turned to look—

Qi Jiu had arrived!

On his left and right were the Han Family brothers, behind them were two teams of assassins clad in black.

“Miss Sang is truly wise.”

He clapped his hands in praise, but said, “Had I not come, they might have actually let you go. Unfortunately for you, I have.”

As the snipe and clam grapple, the fisherman profits.

He was the fisherman, and with a nod to his followers, they all sprang into action, and in the blink of an eye slaughtered all the pirates.

Their bodies lay scattered everywhere.

The scent of blood was too strong.

It roused the beast within the depths of the pirates, roaring, “Awoo—”

The pirates died without even knowing who killed them.

Including Gref.

He glared at Wu Tao, “You… who… are you?”

Wu Tao had ambushed Gref, ending his life with a single stroke.

Then, before his disbelieving eyes, he walked behind Qi Jiu.

He was a pirate in disguise.

He was Qi Jiu’s spy among the pirates.

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“So it turns out… in the end… dressing others for the wedding…”

He lay in the blood, his throat marked by a deep gash.

He looked at Qi Jiu, his body twitched a few times, he could not finish his sentence as he spat blood and breathed his last.

Qi Jiu didn’t even glance at him.

His gaze was fixed on Sang Yan and Jiang Ke.

Sang Yan felt her scalp tighten and her heart raced, yet she still stood in front of Jiang Ke, “You… we have no grievances with you!”

“Yes, we have no grievances,”

Qi Jiu agreed, nodding and even smiling, but his tone shifted after his laugh, “But, who needs a reason to kill?”

Sang Yan was speechless.

She knew the man before her was not as easily fooled as the pirates.

He truly killed without batting an eye.

So many pirates had died at his hand.

“Qi Jiu, kill or torture, it is your will. Isn’t it a bit too despicable and shameless to merely slaughter a defenseless woman?”

Jiang Ke was not afraid of death, he even planned to find a place to end himself after escorting Sang Yan home; he would not cling to life. But Sang Yan could not die!

He stepped forward, shielding her behind him, weighing his options, “Your plans are grand. Killing me is to cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, capturing her… is to threaten Emperor Da He…”

Qi Jiu did not deny it, he nodded and said, “You’re smart. And foolish. If you’d sworn loyalty to me earlier, none of this mess would have happened.”

He sighed, his eyes showing a hint of mercy, “I really don’t want to kill you. But you’re a vicious wolf. You ruthlessly killed Lv Tianrui. So fierce! Are you now thinking of killing me too? Thus, I won’t give you that chance. Jiang Ke, I must kill you now, and since we have met, I’ll give you a chance for last words.”

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