Chapter 379

Since the spaceships' communicators were connected to each other, Gu Ding's words through the communicator could be heard clearly by the other's pilot spaceship. In addition, Liliath and the others in the main cabin could also hear everything clearly.

Little fatty Faust was a little stunned when he heard this. He did not expect the seemingly harmless Gu Ding to have such a domineering side. He had directly detained the other party's regimental commander and demanded a ransom.

When Thor found out about Gu Ding's identity, he had already guessed that he was not a pushover, but he did not expect him to do something like this. It was simply impossible to guard against.

Hearing that the other spaceship was silent for a long time, Gu Ding urged, "What, you don't want this hostage?"

"Gu Ding, have you thought about the consequences if you ask us for a ransom?" Thor asked back. "In my opinion, let's each take a step back. You let him go, we leave, and we promise we'll never bother you again. You didn't suffer any losses anyway, so we'll pretend nothing happened. This is the best outcome. "

"You're wrong, this is the best outcome for you, but not necessarily for us." However, that might not be the case for us. "Gu Ding shook his head." I still stand by what I said. If you want hostages, pay the ransom. "

The other spaceship was full of curses, but Gu Ding ignored them completely. He was waiting for Thor's reply.

After a long silence, Thor said, "How much do you want?"

"How much do you think your regimental commander is worth?" Lilliath, who had been in the living room, had somehow appeared in the cockpit and grabbed the spaceship's communicator from Gu Ding's hand.

Lilliath had always been good at bargaining. Naturally, she would not let go of an opportunity to extort money from the other party.

Hearing Lilliath's voice, Faust, who was in the main cabin, noticed that Lilliath, who had been sitting not far from him, was long gone.

"We can exchange it with a Grade-3 Vengeance. We obtained this spaceship from the ruins of the ancient civilization. It's worth more than a Grade-4 god item. If we auction it off, it can fetch at least 50 billion Universe Crystals." Thor did not say much when he heard Liliath's voice. He only offered a price.

"You have seven Grade-3 spaceships. Aren't you being too insincere if you want to exchange one spaceship for someone else?" Liliath ignored the price of the spaceships mentioned by the other party and talked about their sincerity. Actually, exchanging a hostage for a spaceship was already very worthwhile. One must know that an Interstellar Pirate with an intermediate deity cultivation level usually had a bounty of between one billion and ten billion. Only a monstrous intermediate deity would have a bounty of more than ten billion. Those Interstellar Pirates with a bounty of 50 billion Universe Crystals had at least the combat prowess of a higher deity. So, Thor's offer wasn't low.

Hearing Liliath's words, Thor frowned. "Young lady, fifty billion Universe Crystals is not a small number. A four-star god level weapon or armor is worth about forty billion Universe Crystals. In the Cosmic Sea, the Interstellar Pirates with a bounty of 50 billion Universe Crystals were all Two-Star Higher Deities. If you don't accept such a price, isn't it because you're not sincere? "

"Price and value are two different things," Liliath retorted. "You're exchanging a spaceship for someone else. The price is good enough, but it's not worth enough. You have seven Avengers in total. It's not a big deal to give up one spaceship. However, there's only one of you, Captain. In your eyes, the value of Captain is much greater than a spaceship. "

"Two Avengers!" Thor made another offer. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with Liliath. She was obviously taking the opportunity to rip him off. She was just making it sound nice.

Gu Ding, who was standing to one side, felt that the price was good enough. He also looked at Liliath, but Liliath did not seem to have any intention of stopping. "We don't accept this price either."

Thor's eyes were blazing. He slammed the table and roared, "What the hell do you want!"

"The only thing in your crew that's worth as much as your captain's is the four-star Night God," Liliath said unhurriedly. "Let's exchange the Night God for it."

"You're pushing your luck!" Thor said this through gritted teeth. He had completely memorized Liliath, and she left a deep impression on him. Behind Thor, the mercenaries also let out unpleasant curses.

"It's just a matter of saying the word. There's no need to talk nonsense." Liliath's face turned cold when she heard the curses.

Gu Ding was a little surprised that Liliath was asking for such a big price. The Night God was the most valuable thing in her crew. It was a four-star ancient civilization spaceship and was almost 100% complete. If it was put up for auction, it could sell for at least eighty million Source Stones. It would not be surprising if it could sell for hundreds of millions.

Hearing Liliath's offer to exchange the Night God for himself, Xiao Te, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted into the communicator in Liliath's hand. "No swapping! Even if I die, you're not allowed to exchange the Night God! "

Liliath frowned when she saw his reaction. She knew that Xiao Te's words would greatly reduce the possibility of Thor agreeing to the exchange.

Sure enough, after a while, Thor spoke again. "We can't agree to this condition. Three Avengers. This is the last offer we can make. If you can't accept it, then there's no need to continue the discussion. "

This time, it was Liliath's turn to fall silent. She had always been the one in charge, but now she seemed to have figured it out. Although the leader was important, the leader could be abandoned when necessary.

Gu Ding nodded at Liliath to let her agree. After a while, Liliath said, "Three it is. Clear out the spaceships immediately, and we'll collect them."

Thor quickly had the spaceships cleared out.

On Gu Ding's side, he sent Robert to put the three spaceships into his Inventory. He also released Xiao Te, who was a hostage.

After Xiao Te returned to the spaceship, Thor's eyes flashed. "All spaceships, lock on to Gu Ding's spaceship and fire!"

"Yes, fire and blast them to pieces," Xiao Te yelled crazily.

The muzzles of the five spaceships had long been aimed at Gu Ding's Titan battleship. After receiving the order, they opened fire almost at the same time.

This time, Neptune did not control the other party's cannons. He wanted to see how strong the Titan battleship was. On the five spaceships, dozens of cannons fired at the same time, but the attacks were blocked by the Titan battleship's energy shield. The energy shield only cracked slightly. As for the spaceship within the protective shield, it only shook a little, but the extent of the shaking was extremely small.

Although it was only a very small tremor, Faust was a little nervous. It was the first time he had encountered a spaceship being attacked.

Gu Ding had expected the other party to choose to fight. Liliath's extortion had almost halved the number of spaceships in the other party's crew. No one would be willing to suffer such a big loss. Moreover, at this point, the mission had been declared a failure, and the other party would not care about the life or death of the original mission target.

Thor's expression changed as he immediately judged the grade of Gu Ding's spaceship. Only a five-star spaceship could easily withstand the attack of the Night God. "That's despicable. A five-star spaceship disguised as a one-star War God."

Neptune quickly put up a second shield for the spaceships. Then, the muzzles of the five armor-piercing cannons were aimed at the other five spaceships. Five cannons exploded almost at the same time.

The shields of the remaining four Avengers of Copper Fist Mercenary Corps were instantly torn to pieces and easily penetrated by the armor-piercing cannons. As for the Night God, a big hole was pierced in its shield. The cannonball sank into the hull but did not penetrate the hull.

"As expected of a four-star spaceship. The Titan battleship's attack did not penetrate it." Gu Ding was a little surprised.

Neptune naturally would not give the enemy a second chance. Soon, a second cannon roar was heard, and a white light flashed in the void. This time, he did not use an armor-piercing cannon but a photon cannon. This time, the target was only the Night God. The other four Avengers had their control systems destroyed by the armor-piercing cannons and were basically paralyzed.

For the second cannon blast, Neptune still chose the control system. This time, the cannon blast burned all the control system wiring of the Night God, and the spaceship was also paralyzed.

"Let's go!" Gu Ding felt that there was no need to waste any more time. He told Neptune, stood up, and walked out of the cockpit.

Lilliath followed. She felt that Xiao Te and the others had brought this upon themselves. If they had chosen to let their crew leave, what happened just now would not have happened.

Neptune directly controlled the spaceship to leave. The remaining five spaceships of the other party were completely paralyzed. Since man-made attacks were completely ineffective against Gu Ding's spaceship, they could only watch helplessly as Gu Ding's spaceship left.

In the living room of the Titan battleship's main cabin, Faust finally loosened the safety rope that secured his safety. He had not expected things to end so easily. The whole process took less than twenty minutes, and it was a crushing defeat for the opponent. Whether it was holding hostages for loot, or the spaceship being the fifth to bombard the opponent, it all made Faust admire Gu Ding.

Faust used to lead a completely different kind of life, dealing with numbers every day. Now that he had boarded an Interstellar Pirate's spaceship, he felt that this kind of life was pretty good. It also made him re-evaluate his life. Thinking back on all the things he had experienced in the past, it was far less interesting than it was now.

At this time, Gu Ding and Lilliath had also returned to the living room.

"The matter has been resolved. It's unlikely that they'll follow us again …" Gu Ding smiled at Faust.

Before he could finish speaking, Neptune's voice rang in his ear, "Gu Ding, another fleet is approaching!"