Chapter 199

200. Chapter 200: Advancement

Accompanied by the start of the Demon Extermination operation.

Fierce fighting sounds came from the entire Old City District. There were gunshots, the outbreak of cultivators' power, and the flashing light of eye-witnessing... Of course, there was no lack of death and sacrifice.

"What kind of monster is this? Spirit Perception Realm strength? Are you kidding me?"

Boom!

Accompanied by the shattering of a cement wall, a cultivator was instantly sent flying, spitting blood, his face in a miserable state. He had red eyes and opened his eyes in anger, wanting to fight back again, but the next moment, two ghost-like figures killed their way to his front. In just an instant, this cultivator was killed.

However, as soon as he died, his corpse was carried by a withered corpse and retreated rapidly into the darkness.

Not long after.

A person with a pale face, a sunken head, and a strange expression appeared in the walking corpse team. And what made people feel horrified was that this walking corpse waved a fist and actually hit with fist energy. Obviously, the fierce ghost possessing this corpse also received a part of the deceased's ability before death.

And this walking corpse with a pale face and a sunken head let out a strange smile at this moment, and then took the initiative to rush towards the nearest cultivator nearby.

Soon.

The smell of blood began to permeate every corner of the Old City District, and some casualties began to appear constantly. Some teams with weak strength began to be unable to continue to advance, and were even forced to retreat, because if they continued to move forward, they would have to encounter Spirit Perception-level walking corpses, so they were completely not a match.

Only teams with Spirit Perception experts could continue to advance at this moment.

Among them, the team led by Li Shaoqing, the Vice President of the Cultivator Association, advanced the most fiercely. Their team of five were all Spirit Perception experts, and every Spirit Perception expert mastered techniques. Under their joint efforts, the walking corpses were completely not a match, and they could be counted as crushing along the way.

However, Yang Yi Long's team was not weak either, also sending out five Spirit Perception experts, and it only took an hour to kill their way to the central area of the Old City District.

But the further they rushed inside, the greater the obstacles they received, because there were no teams around to share the pressure for you, and the danger a small team had to face was much greater than before.

"Surrounded."

At this moment, Yang Yi Long stopped his steps. His eyes glowed, and he looked around.

The surrounding buildings were pitch black, but in his vision, every window of these buildings stood with a strange figure, and judging from the induction, the strength of these walking corpses was very strong, and many were Spirit Perception-level. However, the strength of Spirit Perception-level walking corpses was not as good as Spirit Perception Realm cultivators, because the body possessed by the fierce ghost ultimately had flaws, so he didn't fear these walking corpses.

It's just that a fierce battle was inevitable.

Thinking of this, Yang Yi Long's guidance technique was used, arm energy gathered, and a sharp treasure sword appeared in the dark night.

Perhaps they were angered by this kind of action of his, or perhaps the living breath on them was too strong.

Suddenly, all the strange figures in the building rushed out in unison, heading straight for Yang Yi Long's team.

"Kill!"

Yang Yi Long opened his eyes, the treasure sword shone brightly, and his whole person didn't retreat but advanced, rushing towards these strange walking corpses. Just between raising his hands, several corpses were cut into two sections, and the fierce ghosts possessing them were also eliminated together.

His guidance technique was very special, simply the nemesis of these walking corpses.

And this scene was also monitored by the helicopter overhead.

"This Yang Yi Long is really not simple. His team can clean up an area of the city. It seems that releasing him from the Investigation Bureau is correct. It's just that this person is suspected of killing investigators, and his background is not clean. The Golden Academy spot cannot be given to him, unless he can be the first to find the source of the walking corpses and kill it, then I have nothing to say."

"Li Shaoqing's advancement speed is also very fast. If this incident can be successfully resolved, it is almost a certainty that he will enter the Golden Academy and become a cross-dimensional traveler with his current credit."

"Daoist Priest Pite is also very smooth there, and can also successfully join the Golden Academy. It's just that I don't know who will take this last spot. Is it Gu Mengping? He is also our Investigation Bureau's external combat personnel, and he also participated in the mission this time. It's just that his operation to hunt the spider monster failed last time. Unless he can resolve the source of the walking corpses this time, otherwise I am more optimistic about Li Yi."

"Li Yi is not bad, I am also optimistic about him. Although he joined the Investigation Bureau for a short time, he has made great contributions. If he performs well this time, I think he can enter the Golden Academy."

Facing the live broadcast on the scene.

The high-level officials of the Investigation Bureau gathered in the conference room to discuss constantly.

And in a few words, the cross-dimensional traveler spot was almost finalized. It's just that there were still changes for the last spot. Maybe it was Gu Mengping, maybe it was Li Yi, or maybe there were others who came from behind.

However, without accidents, three people had the most hope: Yang Yi Long, Gu Mengping, and Li Yi.

But at this moment.

Li Yi's team also fell into a bitter battle.

While they were advancing steadily, they also mistakenly entered a dangerous building. The number of walking corpses in this building was terrifyingly large, dense, and almost drowned people. The only good thing was that most of the walking corpses' strength was not strong; otherwise, just one encounter, their team would have been wiped out.

"Bang!"

Lin Yue's fist energy exploded at this moment, and walking corpses flew out between raising her hands, but then fierce ghost figures wandered around, making strange calls.

However, the next moment, the phantom spear brandished past, and those fierce ghosts were swept away quickly, not giving them a chance to possess and do evil.

"Don't get entangled in this building, kill your way out."

Li Yi shouted. He held the Hanging Man Spear to open the way. He didn't dare to mobilize too much Qi and blood, worrying about being unable to deal with Yang Yi Long later, so he just brandished the Hanging Man Spear in his hand and forcibly broke open a path.

Everyone followed him and rushed out of the building to the outside.

But the walking corpses followed closely, rushing from all directions, not giving him a chance to breathe at all.

"Can't escape, otherwise, if the formation is scattered, the team will definitely suffer heavy losses. Fight here, kill all these walking corpses. Sister Lin, you are responsible for blocking the Spirit Perception-level withered corpses, and leave the rest to us." Li Yi's vertical pupils glowed at this moment, and he quickly scanned left and right and made a decision immediately.

Backed against a wall, he directly engaged the rushing walking corpses.

"Okay, if you can't hold it, just say a word." Lin Yue nodded, immediately reduced the attack frequency, and focused her attention on those powerful withered corpses.

Li Yi's pressure was not great at this moment. His Hanging Man Spear was too fierce. Just by brandishing it, the fierce ghosts inside the walking corpses were beaten out by him forcibly. Then the phantom body shattered and died on the spot. And the corpse without the fierce ghost's possession fell softly immediately, without any movement.

Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin had cold sweat on their foreheads. The sniper rifles in their hands kept ringing, and every shot fired could kill one, or even several, walking corpses.

"Be careful."

Fang Hang and Cheng Pingfang's eyes lit up, and their eye-witnessing techniques were used. Two fierce ghosts actually rushed out from behind the wall, intending to attack Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin, but they were forcibly repelled by them using eye-witnessing.

And after the fierce ghost attack was frustrated, it immediately suffered from Earth's energy pollution, began to wail painfully, and could no longer continue to attack people.

Under the gap-filling of the two, the team stabilized its position and no casualties appeared.

However, the number of walking corpses was not endless.

After holding off the most difficult wave of attacks, the subsequent pressure decreased a lot. With the cooperation of Li Yi and Lin Yue, they killed three Spirit Perception-level withered corpses.

After fighting fiercely for nearly half an hour.

The walking corpses around were finally considered almost killed.

"How many of these ghost things are there? Why do I feel like there are more than the previous spider monsters?" Yuan Mingjin felt almost exhausted at this moment. Half of his arm was numb, almost without feeling.

Using extraordinary series sniper rifles requires bearing huge recoil.

He was only in the Spirit Medium Realm, his strength was not strong, and his physique couldn't do without ignoring the recoil of the sniper rifle.

"Fortunately, the cleaning of these few buildings is considered complete." Zheng Gong also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. In the battle just now, he had several narrow escapes. If it weren't for the help of Li Yi and the teammates beside him, he might have been possessed by a fierce ghost.

"Our pressure is great, it must be that the teams in the left and right areas were disconnected, which led to all the walking corpses nearby running to our side." Fang Hang said with a dark face at this moment.

Lin Yue looked up at this moment: "Zhao Lingfu's side seems to have no movement..."

"Can't continue to advance, must rest first." Li Yi said: "I'm a bit hungry. Zheng Gong, let the helicopter drop some food. If there are any problems, we'll talk about it later."

He was currently in the Burning Blood period, and even if he didn't do anything, the body consumption was huge. The Qi and blood in his body were surging crazily.

It's just that he was pouring these breaths into the meridians now and didn't use them.

"Okay, I'll call." Zheng Gong nodded, immediately took out the walkie-talkie, reported the location, and stated the requirements.

Soon.

A helicopter flew over the top, and a bag of supplies was dropped.

After opening it, inside were sticks of golden nutrient solution.

These were free, not just for their team, all teams had them.

Li Yi didn't stand on ceremony and drank it as soon as he picked it up.

After pouring down several sticks of nutrient solution, the hunger was suppressed. It's just that his skin was still red, and a wave of heat spread out, making people feel that he was like a furnace, and his whole person seemed to be burning.

"Li Yi, your body seems very wrong." Zheng Gong was a bit surprised.

"Don't worry, I'm transporting Qi and blood, which is good for the body and can increase strength in the short term, but the consumption is huge and it's easy to be hungry." Li Yi explained.

"So that's it." Zheng Gong suddenly realized and didn't ask any more.

The group rested for half an hour, almost all recovered their spirits, and then took action again.

"Li Yi, I suggest going to the area responsible for Zhao Lingfu to see. Maybe their team really had a problem." Lin Yue said suddenly at this moment.

"Okay, let's go and see. Anyway, it's very difficult to continue to advance now. I also want to know what happened to the teams on the left and right, why they didn't keep up." Li Yi nodded.

Immediately, everyone retreated a bit, and then entered the area responsible for another team.

Soon.

They found Zhao Lingfu's small team on a street.

It's just that their situation was not optimistic.

The street was stained with blood, leaving many corpses, and it was filled with a corpse stench everywhere.

Zhao Lingfu was sitting by the roadside resting at this moment, smoking, his expression a bit solemn.

And the arrival of Lin Yue and the others made him feel a bit surprised.

"Zhao Lingfu, I thought you were dead. I didn't hear any movement from your side when I advanced, and the number of walking corpses nearby was unusually large, so I guessed that your team didn't seem to be going smoothly." Lin Yue walked over at this moment, frowning and asking.

"Encountered several Spirit Perception-level withered corpses and suffered a big loss. The team suffered heavy losses, two dead, two seriously injured. I had the helicopter pick up the seriously injured teammates. Now it's just me, so the action naturally slowed down." Zhao Lingfu flicked his finger, half a cigarette flew out, and then he stood up slowly.

"It looks like I can't grab the Investigation Bureau's spot. However, being able to advance here and get a Mystic Object cultivation room shouldn't be a problem. But you guys make me a bit curious. A team put together actually managed to get ahead of me."

He looked at Li Yi and the others, a bit surprised.

Because there were two Spirit Medium Realm cultivators in the team. Although they were in the position of snipers, being able to live until now was enough to show that this team had the spare power to protect these two snipers; otherwise, it would be impossible to survive.

Is Lin Yue's strength so strong?

No, not right.

The problem should be with that Li Yi.

Zhao Lingfu narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Yi. In his vision, Li Yi's whole body was bright red, and there seemed to be a red light rushing into the sky on top of his head, miraculous and extraordinary. Moreover, before he even got close, he felt a wave of heat rushing towards him, and his whole person was like a burning furnace.

This absolutely couldn't be done by an Inspiration Realm cultivator.

"Zhao Lingfu, your team stopped here, why not join our team temporarily." Li Yi walked up and made an invitation at this moment.

"Join your team?"

Zhao Lingfu smiled: "It's no problem usually, but now... I also know about your grudge with Yang Yi Long. He will definitely find an opportunity to settle scores tonight. If I stay with you, maybe I'll be liquidated by Yang Yi Long later. I don't want to get involved in your fighting."

"So you are also afraid of Yang Yi Long." Li Yi said.

Zhao Lingfu said: "I'm not afraid of him, I just can't beat him, so I don't want to fight someone I can't beat for some inexplicable reason, so as not to lose my life for no reason."

Lin Yue said at this moment: "Zhao Lingfu, you know very well that you don't have the ability to enter the Golden Academy and become a cross-dimensional traveler. Why not be an investor and invest in Li Yi? This is an opportunity for you."

"Invest in Li Yi?" Zhao Lingfu's expression flickered.

Lin Yue was right.

He indeed didn't have the ability to go further and enter the Golden Academy. The Li Yi in front of him had some competitiveness. After all, he was an external combat member of the Investigation Bureau and could take the Investigation Bureau's spot.

It's just that now is not a good time to invest in Li Yi. With Yang Yi Long around, it's not certain whether Li Yi can survive tonight.

However, isn't the so-called investment when the value is greatest when it's most needed?

"Let me think about it before giving you an answer." Zhao Lingfu took out another cigarette and lit it.

Lin Yue said: "Then you'd better think fast."

Zhao Lingfu smiled: "Look, you're in a hurry again."

Then he looked at Li Yi: "It's no problem to let me invest in you, but one thing is one thing. If you want me to help you deal with Yang Yi Long today, that's another matter. I don't want to invest in you today and die today."

"Zhao Lingfu, does this count as investment?" Lin Yue frowned.

"If you don't intervene in your matter with Yang Yi Long, just pretend I didn't say that." Zhao Lingfu said.

Li Yi said at this moment: "I won't ask you to deal with Yang Yi Long, I'll handle him myself. If you really have to take action, I just hope you help me contain the other Spirit Perception experts in Yang Yi Long's team. As an exchange, I can share the guidance technique with you."

"Oh?"

Zhao Lingfu was a bit surprised, not expecting Li Yi to have the confidence to deal with Yang Yi Long.

"Interesting."

Then he laughed: "I'd like to see how you deal with Yang Yi Long. If you can really solve him, not only will I unconditionally invest in you, but I'm also willing to bet all my family wealth on you and sell my life for you."

In Tianchang City, no Spirit Perception expert who can kill Yang Yi Long has appeared yet. Even Li Shaoqing of the Cultivator Association might not be able to do it.

Li Yi is only in the Inspiration Realm now. If he can kill Yang Yi Long across a realm, Zhao Lingfu will absolutely admire him to the ground.

And such a person will definitely enter the Golden Academy in the future and become a cross-dimensional traveler. Selling his life for him is not a loss.

But Zhao Lingfu felt this was impossible, so he didn't mind drawing a cake.

"Okay, then it's a deal." Li Yi agreed immediately.

Seeing this, Zhao Lingfu couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Could this Li Yi really create a miracle?

At this moment, it wasn't just him who was suspicious, Lin Yue was also very surprised. She didn't think Li Yi could defeat Yang Yi Long either. However, having this belief was a good thing, and she didn't want to dampen Li Yi's spirit.

"What a lunatic."

Zhao Lingfu stood up with a smile: "Since that's the case, let's continue the operation. If you want to compete for the spot, you must start from now. Other teams won't wait for you."