Chapter 200

201. Chapter 201: Sudden Enemy

Zhao Lingfu was finally persuaded and chose to join Li Yi's team.

Not for anything else, but because Li Yi indeed had the opportunity to enter the Golden Academy and become a cross-dimensional traveler. This future potential made him worth a gamble. If he won, he could also bask in the glory. If he failed, it wasn't a loss. After all, Yang Yi Long was still alive now, and Li Yi's future was not certain.

Of course, Li Yi also knew that as long as Yang Yi Long didn't die, his future wouldn't be favored by others.

After all, to attract others to invest, he had to show sufficient value.

Therefore, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Zhao Lingfu. At the very least, others were willing to put in effort now, helping his team continue to advance and kill the constantly appearing walking corpses.

And with the addition of a Spirit Perception expert, the pressure on the team was significantly reduced.

The building that was originally difficult to advance was now about to be conquered, and the mission was proceeding smoothly.

It's just that compared to before, the teams entering the depths of the Old City District clearly slowed down their advancement speed. Many teams had to fight fiercely while resting, during which some teams were broken and had to give up the mission, and some teams suffered heavy losses and had to be forced to withdraw... Ambulances outside the Old City District were busy constantly.

"Cough, cough."

At the same time, the door of the Investigation Bureau's conference room was opened, and a weak coughing sound rang out. A familiar person walked in.

Zhang Lei?

In the conference room, the high-level officials of the Investigation Bureau suddenly showed surprise in their eyes.

The medicine Li Yi gave was really useful. Zhang Lei woke up so quickly.

"Everyone, how is the situation in the Old City District? I have already heard before that you launched a mission codenamed Demon Extermination, mobilizing all the cultivators in the city to launch a major sweep..." Zhang Lei asked about the recent situation as soon as he woke up.

"The progress is going smoothly, it's just that it's deadlocked now, and it will take some time to complete the cleaning."

"The remaining area is already very small, it's just that the source of the walking corpses hasn't appeared yet, which is a trouble. If the source can be resolved, this mission can be successfully completed."

Zhang Lei's expression darkened: "That woman's strength is terrifying, it's not so easy to resolve. No matter which Spirit Perception expert encounters her, they will suffer heavy injuries like me. Where is Pite? I want to go and support him."

"You just woke up and should rest well. Don't participate in this mission. Daoist Priest Pite has also broken through to Spirit Perception and can take on the heavy responsibility. Moreover, this time to deal with that woman, we didn't intend to let one person take action. According to the previous plan, we are gathering a group of top Spirit Perception experts to join forces to kill her."

"No matter what, I must participate in this mission. Prepare a helicopter for me, I want to go to the Old City District. This mission can only succeed and cannot fail. The Investigation Bureau cannot afford the price of failure, and doesn't have the ability to organize a second Demon Extermination operation. In addition, for the sake of the current situation, I have personally decided to give up the Golden Academy spot."

Zhang Lei walked out of the conference room after speaking, his attitude very strong.

At the same time.

The Demon Extermination operation in the Old City District was still continuing.

A cultivator team advanced all the way and finally killed all the walking corpses in an area, and then came to an area that hadn't been cleaned up yet.

Wang Sect Community.

This was a very ordinary community in the Old City District, but it revealed an unusual atmosphere.

Because the lights in this community were on.

It seemed that people were still living there.

And what was strange was that there were no traces of walking corpses around anymore. All the abnormalities seemed to come to an abrupt end here.

"There is a problem with this community."

The leading cultivator was none other than Li Shaoqing of the Cultivator Association. At this moment, Li Shaoqing was slightly embarrassed and covered in corpse stench, but his eyes were glowing, and his whole body exuded a strong aura. Then he looked at this community.

An inexplicable induction made him stop at the gate of the community, not daring to go in, as if there was a huge danger lurking inside this community, and even a cultivator of his level might meet with misfortune.

"Vice President, should we continue to clean up this community?" A Spirit Perception expert asked.

Li Shaoqing shook his head and said: "This community is not right, it's best not to get involved easily, otherwise it's easy to meet with misfortune. Look, there are no walking corpses nearby. This phenomenon is very abnormal. However, we can also take advantage of this abnormal phenomenon to have a good rest. Everyone is tired after killing all the way here."

While speaking, his gaze never left the community in front of him.

And out of caution, he forbade his teammates from getting close.

However, it wasn't just his team that needed to rest at this moment; many teams were also tired and were resting.

A place in the Old City District.

"Yang Yi Long, let's rest for a while. Everyone is tired, it's not suitable to continue fighting. Even if everyone is in the Spirit Perception Realm, it's not a way to consume like this." A Spirit Perception expert said after killing the last withered corpse at this moment.

The light of the treasure sword in Yang Yi Long's hand also dimmed and finally disappeared. He nodded: "It should be time to rest. Even a team with our strength felt the pressure, and others are estimated to be even harder to advance... Since that's the case, I want to handle a private matter during this time."

"Do you want to find Li Yi?" Qin Qing asked immediately.

"Taking advantage of the time when the Investigation Bureau's helicopters are busy transporting the wounded and dropping supplies, and the surveillance here is becoming weaker, is the best opportunity to find Li Yi." Yang Yi Long said: "I don't want to miss this opportunity. If we wait until the later stage of the operation, then everyone will be the focus of attention, and it won't be easy to take action then."

"Moreover, at this time, Li Yi's team is estimated to be tired too..."

While speaking, he looked in the direction of Li Yi's team.

"As we go deeper into the Old City District, the distance between us and other teams will constantly narrow. Li Yi's small team won't be too far from us. If we want to take action, we must go and return quickly." Another Spirit Perception Realm cultivator said.

Yang Yi Long's eyes flickered: "This matter is my private matter, so you don't have to get involved. Qin Qing, let's go for a trip and settle this grudge completely. Only then can we focus on competing for the spot."

Qin Qing hesitated for a while, but finally nodded.

Taking advantage of the rest, the two separated from the team and headed straight for Li Yi's team's location.

Although Li Yi's team had the addition of Spirit Perception expert Zhao Lingfu, which reduced the pressure a lot along the way, because of the lack of sharing from other teams, the danger was much more than before, and they had to stop and rest many times halfway.

"Now, four hours have passed since the mission started. According to this progress, it should be possible to complete the mission before noon tomorrow." Zheng Gong was drinking nutrient solution while adjusting his firearms at this moment.

"Killing here, almost no other teams can be seen. Now we can be considered fighting alone." Lin Yue stood at a high place, frowning and being vigilant about the surroundings.

Zhao Lingfu smiled and said: "My team was broken halfway. To tell the truth, you guys being able to advance here is already considered a miracle. Going further, I estimate that casualties will appear in the team. However, Li Yi, your decision is very right. You discovered the team's fatigue, so you chose to rest, taking it slow, not being so eager for quick success."

"Although you do this, you can reduce casualties, but the price is that the efficiency of our team's action is too slow."

"That's fine, no need to compare with those teams that are all Spirit Perception experts, we can't compare." Li Yi said calmly.

"That's right. With your credit, the chance of taking the Investigation Bureau's internal spot is very high, so there's indeed no need to take too many risks." Zhao Lingfu said.

He also evaluated Li Yi's status in the Investigation Bureau along the way.

It's not that he didn't know, but after calculating, he really found that Li Yi had a great chance to come from behind and take the spot.

However, the reason why Li Yi didn't rush to take action was not because of this, but because he needed time to accumulate Qi and blood. After these few hours of accumulation, he had already filled six major meridians with Qi and blood, and there were still three major meridians left unfilled. If everything went smoothly, then he would break through to the Meridian Cultivation Realm tonight and become a Meridian Cultivation martial artist.

"Wait, it seems like someone is approaching us."

Suddenly.

Lin Yue, who was on alert, suddenly changed her expression and looked in one direction.

Soon.

Several figures approached this side quickly, and in just a moment, they had entered the line of sight.

The person in the lead was very familiar, none other than Yang Yi Long.

"Bad, it's Yang Yi Long, Qin Qing and the others..." At this moment, Lin Yue's expression changed.

"Finally found you, Li Yi. I really didn't expect you guys to advance to here. I thought you had been resting in the back, making me waste some time and run for nothing." Yang Yi Long stopped his steps, his expression unusually calm.

Obviously, he was specifically looking for Li Yi.

"Yang Yi Long..." Zhao Lingfu's expression also changed suddenly. He, who was resting, stood up abruptly.

But then he laughed again.

Why am I so excited?

Isn't it a fact that I can't beat Yang Yi Long?

Then, he looked at Li Yi.

However, at this moment, Li Yi was sitting on the curb beside the empty street. His expression was very calm. Facing Yang Yi Long's arrival, he didn't panic at all. He just raised his eyelids and said: "Only coming now? Your patience is really good. If it were me, I absolutely wouldn't give the enemy so much time. I should have killed my way over when the operation started."

"It's a pity."

"What's a pity?" Yang Yi Long walked over with big strides, not putting Spirit Perception experts Lin Yue and Zhao Lingfu in his eyes at all.

Li Yi smiled at this moment: "It's a pity that you came late. Do you think you can kill me just by relying on your current self? How naive."

"I can't kill you? Li Yi, you really told me a very funny joke." Yang Yi Long said: "Don't think that because you resisted my punch last time, you feel your strength is not bad. I wasn't serious that time, but this time you won't be so lucky..."

However, his words hadn't finished when he stopped suddenly, and then a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.

In his vision, Li Yi's whole body seemed to be glowing red, and a wave of hot Qi and blood surged out from his body, rendering an area around him.

Even from such a distance, he felt the heat wave coming.

Thump! Thump!

Subsequently, an unexpected thing happened. A muffled, drum-like heartbeat sound came from Li Yi's body.

Facing this strange change in Li Yi, not only Yang Yi Long felt surprised, but Lin Yue, Zhao Lingfu, Zheng Gong, and everyone here felt surprised.

They knew that Li Yi's body was a bit wrong during this mission, but they didn't expect it to evolve to this point.

Heartbeat sound like a muffled drum?

Is this still a human?

Is this something an Inspiration Realm cultivator can do?

Incredible.

What kind of changes is Li Yi's body undergoing?

In fact, if there were martial artists from the Four Seas and Eight Continents here, they would definitely recognize that Li Yi was currently rushing through the meridians, opening the body's meridians, and breaking through to the Meridian Cultivation Realm.

The heartbeat sound is like a muffled drum because his Qi and blood are too huge, so the movement of breaking through is much greater than ordinary martial artists.

And for an Inspiration Realm cultivator to break through to Meridian Cultivation, such a thing has never happened in ancient or modern times.

However, Yang Yi Long, even if he didn't know what was happening, also knew that Li Yi's aura was constantly getting stronger under his Spirit Perception induction. It was just a short while, and the aura emitted had already made him smell a trace of danger.

At this moment.

Yang Yi Long could no longer hold back. His figure moved, his feet exploded instantly, and his whole person disappeared from the spot.

"Stop." Lin Yue shouted suddenly and also rushed out, trying to stop Yang Yi Long.

At this moment, Qin Qing took action and blocked Lin Yue, preventing Lin Yue's plan to save Li Yi.

"Qin Qing..."

Lin Yue was furious. This was not the time to talk about friendship. One step late, Li Yi might really die.

She didn't have the slightest hesitation and delivered a punch.

Qin Qing knew she was in the wrong and didn't fight back, just blocked the punch.

She groaned, her figure retreated, and then she didn't take action again.

Because her mission was completed. This time should be enough for Yang Yi Long to take action against Li Yi, right?

With the gap between the two of them, a single encounter could decide the winner.

"Yang Yi Long."

However, at this moment, Zhao Lingfu shouted suddenly. His speed was outrageous, actually blocking in front of Yang Yi Long before he could take action against Li Yi.

Yang Yi Long's figure stalled, and then he almost instinctively threw a punch.

This punch not only exploded with fist energy but also condensed a white fist mark. Obviously, he had combined the guidance technique and fist technique to form a brand-new technique.

Just one strike.

Zhao Lingfu was instantly defeated, completely not a match for Yang Yi Long.

"You know you are not my match, why did you take action?" Yang Yi Long said with a cold face.

"Cough, cough."

Zhao Lingfu coughed up blood, and there was a clear fist mark on his chest. This punch caused him heavy injuries, and he was almost unable to fight again.

"I know I'm not your match, but you coming to kill like this is really not treating people as people. I also want to see what exactly you, Yang Yi Long, rely on to be so arrogant..."

He was also a Spirit Perception expert, also mastered techniques, and also had his own temper. When it really reached this point, he wasn't willing to be ridden on the head by Yang Yi Long.

Not being able to beat and not daring to fight are two different things.