My carefree life in space

Chapter 208 Orchid Mark

Seeing this, the others all rushed towards Mo Ze, whether to shift the blame or to seek protection. In any case, everyone present quickly gathered around Mo Ze.

The Blood-Striped Demon Leopard's gaze fell upon Mo Ze. It could sense that this person was the strongest among all the humans present. Its beastly instincts told it to stay away, but it was unwilling to give up. It had guarded this place for decades, and it was about to consume the spiritual fruit and transform into human form; it absolutely would not allow anyone to stop it.

Without hesitation, the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard charged straight at Mo Ze. Mo Ze's spiritual energy materialized into a sword, and a sword aura shot towards the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard like a rainbow piercing the sun.

The Blood-Patterned Demon Leopard neither dodged nor evaded; instead, the crimson patterns on its body shone brightly, instantly forming a crimson shield in front of it, forcefully blocking the sword energy.

Immediately afterward, it moved with lightning speed, leaping several times to reach Mo Ze, its sharp claws lashing out with a fierce gust of wind.

Mo Ze quickly used his movement technique, retreating like a ghost, while simultaneously twirling his sword several times and thrusting it towards the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard's eyes. The Blood-Striped Demon Leopard tilted its head, avoiding a fatal blow, but several shallow wounds were still inflicted on its body by the sword twirling, and blood seeped out.

Enraged, the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard opened its massive maw and unleashed a barrage of crimson light blades, raining down on Mo Ze. Mo Ze immediately erected a spiritual energy shield in front of him, blocking most of the blades. However, a few still managed to breach the defense, leaving wounds on those around him.

"what!"

Just then, a scream came from the direction of the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Fruit. It turned out that someone had secretly slipped away to the vicinity of the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Fruit while Mo Ze was fighting the Blood-Patterned Demon Leopard.

Upon seeing that the spiritual fruit was fully ripe, he reached out to pick it, but a giant python suddenly darted out from the side, opening its blood-red mouth to bite his arm, causing him to cry out in pain.

The sound drew the attention of both the people and the beasts present. A massive python, its scales gleaming coldly, was holding a human arm in its mouth, while the owner of the arm lay limp on the ground beside it.

After swallowing the man's arm, the giant python ignored the person lying on the ground and headed towards the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Fruit.

Mo Ze's eyes turned cold. He changed the direction of his sword, which was about to be swung at the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard, and instead slashed at the giant python. At the same time, the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard abandoned Mo Ze and turned to run back the way it came.

Just as the giant python's mouth was about to touch the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Fruit, Mo Ze's sword struck with considerable force, forcing the python to dodge to the side. Enraged, it searched for the culprit, only to meet the gaze of the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard mid-air.

The two beasts clearly knew each other; their gazes locked in a fierce battle in the air, yet neither made the first move. Both were sentient demonic beasts, and with humans watching them intently, they wouldn't allow the humans to reap the benefits unscathed.

Mo Ze realized something was wrong; these two demonic beasts might form an alliance first, which would reduce his chances of winning.

Sure enough, the two beasts' gazes changed. They no longer glared angrily, but instead, as if they had reached some kind of agreement, they both looked towards Mo Ze.

"Attack together, or they'll devour the spirit fruit!" Someone, realizing the situation, hurriedly reminded them.

The others reacted quickly, unleashing a barrage of attacks on the two demonic beasts simultaneously. Mo Ze kept a close watch on their movements, immediately striking his sword whenever either beast approached the spirit fruit. With the cooperation of the others, they managed to maintain the status quo, preventing anyone from getting close to the spirit fruit.

This couldn't go on forever. As Mo Ze drew his sword and pondered a solution, a chilling aura suddenly filled the valley. The sunlight that had been shining through was now gone, and the valley was plunged into darkness.

Under the influence of the dense yin energy, the eyes of both people and beasts present became somewhat dazed, as if they were trapped in a dreamlike state. Gradually, those with lower cultivation levels lost their senses, and their movements ceased, giving the two demonic beasts a chance to recover.

After all, they live in this area and are more resistant to yin energy than humans. When the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard pounced on Mo Ze, the giant python turned its head and crawled toward the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Fruit.

With no one else able to help, Mo Ze had no choice but to fight the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard while keeping an eye on the giant python's movements, occasionally swinging his sword to block its advance.

As the giant python approached the spirit fruit, Mo Ze broke free from the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard's entanglement, leaped forward to block the python, and gathered all his spiritual power into the sword he had transformed into, slashing at the python's vital spot.

The sword, with unstoppable force, pierced deeply into the giant python's vital spot. The python struggled a few times, then lay still.

Just then, the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard's claws arrived in front of him. Mo Ze had just exhausted too much spiritual energy, and this attack was unavoidable. He could only try his best to shift his body in a different direction. The Blood-Striped Demon Leopard's claws landed on his shoulder, tearing his clothes and causing blood to gush out.

Mo Ze immediately transformed his mental energy into countless tiny blades, which directly invaded the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard's mental sea. It roared and rolled on the ground.

Mo Ze regrouped his spiritual power and swung his sword at the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard. The Blood-Striped Demon Leopard was unable to dodge in time and was struck by the sword energy, its body gradually becoming still.

Having confirmed the two demonic beasts were dead, Mo Ze walked towards the Millennium Blood Spirit Fruit and picked all five fruits. Glancing at the group lost in their hallucinations, Mo Ze thought for a moment and decided to only wake the people from the Lin Family Merchant Guild; the others would awaken on their own when the time came.

After the three members of the Lin Family Trading Company woke up from the illusion, they quickly understood the situation. Sure enough, the spirit fruit ended up in this person's hands.

"Since you're a trading company, do you accept the corpses of the Blood-Striped Demon Leopard and the Giant Python?" Mo Ze asked directly.

"Huh? Oh! Take it, take it!" The leader quickly replied after realizing what was happening. Even if they couldn't get the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Fruit, having the corpses of these two demonic beasts made the trip worthwhile.

"Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones," Mo Ze quoted.

"Yes, but I can only give it to you when we get back to Qingmu City."

Mo Ze did not object, watching as they put the two monster corpses into their storage rings.

Mo Ze traveled with three others to retrieve spirit stones from the trading company. Along the way, the person who had been negotiating with Mo Ze introduced himself as Tong Hui, the manager of the Lin family's trading company.

Upon returning to Qingmu City, Mo Ze first completed the mission and received 200,000 high-grade spirit stones before following Tong Hui to the Lin Family Trading Company's branch.

"Fellow Daoist, please have a seat. I'll go get you the spirit stones right away," Tong Hui said respectfully.

Mo Ze nodded, his gaze sweeping casually across the room before his eyes fixed on the stone. Before Tong Hui could speak, Mo Ze grabbed his shoulder, and then heard his somewhat urgent voice.

"Who painted these orchids?" Mo Ze asked, pointing to the design behind the counter.

Tong Hui knew what he was asking. "Fellow Daoist, what's wrong? This is our trading company's logo, drawn by our boss."

Mo Ze released Tong Hui. He was very familiar with this pattern. Every time he was intimate with Shu Shu, he would see it on her neck. It was exactly the same.

Lin Family Trading Company... Lin Family...

"Your boss's surname is Lin? What's his name?" Despite having a guess in his mind, Mo Ze still asked this question.

"Yes, is there a problem?" Tong Hui was completely confused. Everyone knew that their boss's surname was Lin. As for his given name, to be honest, he didn't know it either.