Chapter 49: Cooperation

"The commotion has stopped..."

Below the old residential building.

Ning Wu's figure was hidden in the shadows of a corner. She closed her eyes, sensing what was happening upstairs, but because the distance was too far, her inspiration couldn't reach, and she could only distinguish the general situation through various sounds and movements.

And from the screams and fighting sounds just now, it could be roughly judged.

A fierce battle had broken out between Lao Ya's group of seven and Li Yi, and the battle process had not gone smoothly; the losses on her side should be significant.

But all of this happened too fast and ended too fast.

From the start to the current silence, it should have only been about a minute.

"Did they succeed or fail? With so many people dealing with Li Yi alone, there shouldn't be a possibility of failure. That Li Yi had only cultivated for a month, while Lao Ya and the others were very experienced cultivators; there's no reason they couldn't take down a greenhorn." Ning Wu slowly opened her eyes and frowned slightly.

She wanted to go upstairs to see, but she held back.

Because she didn't want to participate directly in this matter.

Otherwise, if the Investigation Bureau people came, she wouldn't be able to stay out of it, and mystic objects were things that needed to be taken away. If Ning Wu participated, then the mystic object would be stolen goods, and it was very likely she would be targeted by investigators, which would be another troublesome matter.

"I'll go take a look."

Suddenly, a cultivator emerged from another alley. His name was Kong Sheng, and he was responsible for keeping watch on the outermost perimeter to prevent any accidents.

"Why did you suddenly run over? Forget it, since things are over anyway, you go check the situation, and report back immediately if there's a problem." Ning Wu thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed to Kong Sheng's request.

Kong Sheng didn't say much and immediately rushed into the hallway, then ran all the way up the stairs.

Soon.

While going upstairs, he saw two Spirit Medium Realm cultivators lying in the hallway ahead. The two were soaked in a pool of blood and were motionless.

"Dead?"

Kong Sheng's heart tightened, and he cautiously arrived at the door.

In the dim room, it was a mess, and it was deathly silent.

He leaned in slightly, and was immediately stunned by the tragic situation inside. He saw corpses strewn about the room; these corpses were the cultivators who had participated in this operation earlier. Among them, Lao Ya was leaning against the wall by the window, his head hanging down, his body limp, and he had no movement. Moreover, one of his arms seemed to be broken, twisted and deformed.

"They're all finished? How is that possible? Is that Li Yi that fierce?"

Kong Sheng was very shocked.

However, just at this moment, he suddenly smelled danger, and the hair on his body instantly stood up.

A figure suddenly darted out, and then had already rushed to his front.

Kong Sheng only saw a pair of eyes filled with murderous intent glowing in the huge shadow in front of him, which was chilling.

"Don't do it, I'm Gao Jue's friend." He hurriedly shouted this sentence.

The next moment.

A fist, accompanied by a terrifying explosion, stopped in front of his eyes.

The fist wind whistled, blowing so hard he couldn't even open his eyelids.

"Gao Jue's friend? You're the one who tipped him off earlier, saying someone was coming to kill me?" Accompanied by Li Yi's voice, the fist that had stopped in front of Kong Sheng slowly lowered.

Kong Sheng only felt his heart, which had just shrunk violently, start beating again, and his back was already covered in cold sweat. If this punch hadn't stopped, his head would likely have been blasted apart.

Too brutal.

With Li Yi being this fierce, how did Lao Ya and the others have the courage to come and kill someone?

Kong Sheng didn't have time to calm his mood, and he quickly said: "That's right, it was me who tipped off Gao Jue. He told me about you, you are friends, I heard him mention you, and since we are all acquaintances, I chose to defect on this mission. It's just that I only received the specific mission information ten minutes ago; before that, I didn't know the person to be killed on this trip was you."

"So that's it. It seems I have to thank you. If it weren't for your intelligence, I wouldn't have had time to react, and I might have really been killed by Lao Ya and his group." Li Yi stared at Kong Sheng, and then the boiling murderous intent gradually subsided.

"But this matter definitely didn't involve just Lao Ya alone; there's also that woman. She and Lao Ya are in the same group."

Kong Sheng nodded and said: "You mean Ning Wu? That's right, the people this time were all hired by her, and now she is downstairs."

"She's downstairs? Good, very good. Having so many lives on her hands, one more won't make a difference." As soon as Li Yi heard this, the murderous intent that had just subsided was ignited again, and he immediately walked outside the door.

"Wait, wait." Suddenly, Kong Sheng called out to him.

"What's wrong?" Li Yi stopped and looked back.

Kong Sheng whispered: "Ning Wu is a Spirit Perception Realm cultivator, her strength is not to be underestimated. She didn't participate in this trip because she didn't want to get blood on her hands and attract investigators to investigate. You might be in danger if you go to find her now."

"Spirit Perception? So what? Whether I can win or not, I'll know after fighting. And if I don't kill her today, she will kill me. Can't avoid it." Li Yi's expression was normal, without any fear.

Although being a level higher is powerful, as long as Ning Wu hasn't mastered a technique, he has the confidence to fight it out.

"That's not all. To be safe, Ning Wu also hired a wanted criminal named Wang Kui on this trip. Although this Wang Kui's strength is only Spirit Medium Realm, he has a sniper rifle in his hand. That gun was originally developed by the Investigation Bureau to deal with cultivators and extraordinary creatures. Later, he killed an investigator, grabbed the gun, and fled to the waste city district. And he has used this gun to kill no fewer than six cultivators, including one Spirit Perception Realm."

Kong Sheng now revealed a very important piece of intelligence.

Sniper rifle?

Good fellow, that Ning Wu is truly as ruthless as before; she even used a gun to deal with him.

Li Yi's expression changed instantly: "Where is that Wang Kui now? Why didn't he make a move earlier?"

"I don't know. Wang Kui is a wanted criminal and it's not convenient for him to show his face. I guess he is hiding somewhere in this old city district. As for why he didn't make a move just now, I think Ning Wu thought Lao Ya could take you down, so she didn't want Wang Kui to participate. She hired Wang Kui just to buy insurance. After all, once the gun goes off, things are different."

Kong Sheng whispered: "And just now, when I was standing guard nearby, I intentionally looked for Wang Kui's tracks, but unfortunately, I didn't find them. However, I suspect Wang Kui is in the residential building behind Ning Wu, because that's the only place I didn't search."

"I'll go kill that Wang Kui, you find a way to stall that Ning Wu for me. After I succeed, I'll come back to solve her." Li Yi thought for a moment and said seriously.

Kong Sheng immediately panicked: "This, I can't do this."

"Things have come to this, neither you nor I have a choice. Either you kill me and go to Ning Wu to complete the mission, or we join forces to wipe them out. Isn't that Wang Kui a wanted criminal? After I slaughter him, the bounty will be yours. In addition, I will privately give you ten million, and after the Investigation Bureau people come, I can testify that you are my friend, that you are innocent, and that the whole thing has nothing to do with you. You can stay completely clean."

Li Yi said: "And I'm asking you to stall Ning Wu, not to fight her. Just find a way to maneuver for a bit, and win me the time to kill that Wang Kui."

He offered a high price, because at this time, money was no longer important.

As he finished speaking, Kong Sheng's expression changed, and he fell into hesitation.

There was risk, but the benefits were great.

You have to know that Wang Kui's personal bounty had already reached eight million, plus Li Yi's ten million, he could indeed make a big profit.

And as long as he succeeded, not only could he get two clean sums of money, but he could also take the opportunity to clear himself of the charge of murder, killing two birds with one stone.

If he refused.

Not to mention whether he would be killed by Li Yi, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Ning Wu, and he would also have to carry the charge of murder.

"Alright, I've thought it through, I agree to you." Kong Sheng took a deep breath and immediately made his choice.

Since he was defecting, he would defect thoroughly.

Hesitating and wavering would only offend both sides.

And he also believed in the judgment of his friend Gao Jue; this Li Yi was worth associating with.

"Very good. I am very familiar with this old city district. I will go and ferret out that Wang Kui. You be careful yourself. If you really can't maneuver, make a little commotion, and I will take the initiative to show myself."

After Li Yi finished speaking, he no longer hesitated, returned directly home, ignored the corpses all over the floor, flipped out of the window, and disappeared from Kong Sheng's sight.

Kong Sheng didn't hesitate either, immediately went downstairs, and returned the way he came.

Soon.

He walked out of this old residential building.

Ning Wu was still waiting in the shadows not far away. She looked at Kong Sheng suspiciously: "How is the situation upstairs, and who were you talking to just now?"

Kong Sheng's mind was active, and he immediately said: "The situation upstairs is tragic, several people died, and some are heavily injured and unconscious. The intelligence was wrong. That Li Yi's strength is extraordinary, and he is no longer a cultivator that an ordinary Spirit Medium Realm can contend with. I observed the corpses, and there are fist prints on every corpse."

"That kind of fist imprint is terrifying; I suspect it's a type of fist technique. Also, Lao Ya's situation is very bad right now; he lost an arm, and I was just communicating with him."

"Ning Wu, I suggest you call an ambulance immediately, save the people first. As for that Li Yi, I advise you to stop worrying about him. I didn't see his figure when I went upstairs just now, he probably got injured and ran away."

"Impossible, how could this happen." Hearing such news, Ning Wu's expression changed drastically.

She thought Li Yi had been successfully killed, and now Lao Ya was searching for the mystic object in Li Yi's home. She never expected things to turn out like this.

Not only did the operation fail, personnel losses were heavy, but Li Yi also ran away.

"That's how it is. If you don't believe it, you can go upstairs and see. I didn't lie to you, and Lao Ya is almost finished, it's hard to say if he can hold on." Kong Sheng said.

"Damn it."

At this moment, Ning Wu could no longer hold back. She no longer cared whether she would be involved in this major case. She just saw her take a step, her figure instantly darted out of the shadows, and then a few footsteps echoed, and she had already entered the hallway, arriving at the third floor in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that his diversion was successful, Kong Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, then he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a figure flash and disappear into the residential building opposite.

"Li Yi has started his action." He thought to himself. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====