Chapter 50: Complete Failure

"Will that wanted criminal named Wang Kui be in this building?"

Li Yi had already entered this old residential building silently.

This building was right opposite his home. Although standing at the window of this building didn't allow him to see the situation inside his home, it allowed him to have a panoramic view of the situation in the residential area. Moreover, entering and leaving the residential area and the residential building could be observed from here, so this was a very good observation point.

Of course, this was also a very good sniper point.

As long as Li Yi entered and left normally, he would definitely be targeted by the hidden Wang Kui.

However, Li Yi didn't take the usual path. Due to his familiarity with the terrain near his home, he avoided the observation points all the way.

"My home is on the third floor. If the other party really wants to snipe me, they will definitely choose a position on a higher floor than mine to shoot. And this residential building only has seven floors in total, so the other party is very likely to be on the fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh floor."

"Considering the line of sight, the 402, 502, 602, and 702 units on the east side can be excluded."

Li Yi analyzed the situation in his mind while cautiously and quickly sneaking up the stairs.

This trick was something he learned from Brother Tao in the danger zone.

"Kong Sheng said earlier that Wang Kui is a wanted criminal and it's not convenient for him to show his face, and he also killed an investigator, so Wang Kui must have chosen an escape route in advance. Among those floors, which unit is the most convenient for escape?"

Li Yi began to recall in his mind.

He had lived here for many years and knew the situation of the residential buildings nearby like the back of his hand.

Soon.

Li Yi locked onto two floors in his mind.

601. 701.

These two floors were relatively perfect floors, both convenient for observation and convenient for escape from the top floor.

As for which unit Wang Kui was specifically hiding in, Li Yi didn't know.

He felt he could try his luck.

However, he was very cautious.

Because Li Yi remembered very clearly that the other party had a gun for dealing with extraordinary creatures, with terrifying power. A cultivator hit by it would definitely be killed with one shot.

At the same time.

In an old, dim room.

A tall man was squatting by the window, holding a special model sniper rifle. His breathing was steady, his eyes sharp, observing every move outside through the scope.

He saw Ning Wu appear on the third floor of the building opposite.

There, a fierce fighting sound had come earlier, and then it returned to silence. Only Kong Sheng had entered and left it. Apart from that, no one knew what had happened inside.

The mission target Li Yi also didn't appear in his line of sight.

"Ning Wu, I'll say it again, you found me. Whether this shot is fired or not, the money is calculated the same. If you want to default on the debt, I'll blow you away now." Wang Kui's hoarse voice came through the walkie-talkie, warning Ning Wu not to suddenly play disappearing acts.

"I know, the money won't be less for you. Keep a close eye on the outside for me. As long as Li Yi appears, you kill him immediately. If you let him run, I won't let you off either." Ning Wu's cold voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Wang Kui said: "Rest assured, as long as that Li Yi dares to show his face, I will shoot immediately. But you'd better worry about yourself, your people seem to have suffered heavy losses..."

He stopped as he said this.

Then, Wang Kui seemed to have sensed something. He immediately turned around and aimed the sniper rifle in his hand directly at the entrance door behind him.

The surroundings instantly became quiet, with no movement at all.

"An illusion?" Wang Kui frowned slightly.

Just now, he instinctively sensed a trace of unease and danger.

Although he wasn't a Spirit Perception Realm cultivator and couldn't sense everything around him with his eyes closed, this kind of wanted criminal hiding in the waste city district had an innate keen intuition for danger.

And Wang Kui had always believed in this intuition.

As time passed bit by bit.

Wang Kui still maintained this posture, his gun muzzle always aimed at the door, not slacking off just because everything was normal, because he knew very well that he had many enemies, and this entry into the old city district wasn't as simple as just taking a mission; old enemies could also take the opportunity to find him.

Suddenly.

The shadows at the crack of the door changed slightly, as if someone had passed by the door.

The moment he captured this information.

Wang Kui pulled the trigger without hesitation.

He had more than a dozen lives on his back and didn't care at all whether he would accidentally injure ordinary residents in this building.

"Boom!"

The gunshot was as deafening as an explosion, and the powerful recoil was something even a Spirit Medium Realm cultivator like Wang Kui couldn't block. His body shook violently, and he couldn't help but take a step back.

Such a firearm wasn't something an ordinary person could use, because an ordinary person would have their bones broken facing such recoil, and only a cultivator whose body had evolved could withstand it.

But such terrifying recoil also brought terrifying power to this firearm.

In just an instant.

The entrance door shattered instantly, and the wall opposite was blasted open with a huge hole. At the same time, the bullet pierced through I don't know how many walls, and finally disappeared completely from sight.

In the residential building, screams and exclamations arose, and many people hiding at home were frightened by this sudden disaster.

"No one?"

Wang Kui looked at the empty, shattered doorway, his expression sinking.

Could it be that he was really suspicious earlier?

"Wang Kui, what happened on your side? Why did you suddenly shoot? Did you kill Li Yi?" At this moment, Ning Wu's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Such a loud gunshot could be heard even from several kilometers away, which made Ning Wu in the building opposite want to curse.

"No, this shot wasn't aimed at that Li Yi. I might have a situation on my side, it has nothing to do with you." Wang Kui replied.

"Nothing to do with me?" Ning Wu couldn't help but curse loudly: "Once the gun goes off, the Investigation Bureau people will come immediately, and your identity is exposed. Li Yi hearing such a gunshot will also likely be alerted. You say it has nothing to do with me? Bastard."

She was very angry, very furious, wishing she could kill this Wang Kui now.

After all, this matter was related to a mystic object.

Having paid such a huge price, if the operation failed, she would really go crazy.

"My mission is just to help you keep an eye on that Li Yi here. Whether it succeeds or not, what does it have to do with me? Don't think too highly of yourself. But you're right to remind me, it's not safe here once the gun goes off. I'm going back to the waste city district. It's best to send someone to deliver the money to me before twelve o'clock today, otherwise, I won't let you off."

After speaking, Wang Kui threw away the walkie-talkie, then picked up the sniper rifle, and prepared to evacuate.

However, just as Wang Kui finished packing his things.

Suddenly.

A figure appeared in the room.

Hmm?

Wang Kui reacted instantly, turning around and drawing his gun, his movements skillful and nimble.

However, it was too late.

He only heard a crisp explosion echoing in his ears, and that figure had instantly closed in on him.

At this moment, Wang Kui finally saw this person's appearance clearly.

It was a young man, about twenty years old, covered in blood, his eyes glowing, radiating astonishing murderous intent.

"Li Yi..." Information about Li Yi instantly surfaced in his mind.

"Damn it, too late."

Wang Kui's pupils shrank suddenly. He saw a fist lunging toward him. He was a step slow, the gun muzzle couldn't be adjusted in time, but the experienced him immediately picked up the gun in his hand and blocked it in front of him.

"Bang!"

A punch exploded, force erupted.

Wang Kui felt a huge force coming from his chest. This force penetrated into his bone marrow through the firearm in front of him, causing a piercing pain.

He retreated repeatedly, but managed to block this fatal blow.

"Looking for death." Wang Kui roared, the gun muzzle had been adjusted successfully and was aimed at the front.

However, Li Yi had no intention of dodging at all. His punch missed, he closed in again, and threw another punch.

At a distance of three steps, the fist was faster than the gun.

The second punch's force erupted, and this punch went straight for Wang Kui's face.

"Bang!"

Li Yi's fist rang out.

Wang Kui's body instantly stood still on the spot, motionless, and his finger on the trigger had no possibility of pulling it again.

Because Li Yi's fist had already hit his head.

Blood splashed, bone fragments flew.

"Although you were vigilant enough, you were still caught by me in the end." Li Yi's gaze was indifferent, then he slowly retracted his fist, took away this lethal sniper rifle, and pushed with his hand.

Wang Kui, whose head was shattered, fell heavily to the ground, no longer having any breath.

The last hidden danger was removed, and Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he looked at the gun body of this gun.

He didn't know what kind of metal it was made of. His full-force punch earlier didn't leave any traces on it, but instead shook his fingers until they fractured, and now there was a piercing pain.

If it weren't for this thing blocking it, his first punch earlier would have already finished this person off.

"However, the power of that shot was truly terrifying. If hit, there's no possibility of survival. This thing is worthy of being developed for hunting extraordinary creatures. Fortunately, Kong Sheng gave me the intelligence information, letting me be prepared in advance and intentionally luring him to shoot."

Li Yi stared at this firearm for a long time, his eyes flickering. His first reaction in his mind was that he could take this gun to kill that Ning Wu, but he gave up this idea as soon as it appeared.

The reason was simple: he was a novice, this was the first time he touched a gun. Assuming he didn't hit Ning Wu with the gun, Ning Wu would likely hide in the building and not come out, and his parents were still sleeping in the building. If Ning Wu used his parents as a human shield, that would be troublesome.

And the trouble brought by using a gun to kill would also be very great.

Simply find a place nearby to hide this gun.

If this matter could be successfully concluded, maybe he could use it in the future.

Of course, it might be found by the investigators who came later, but it didn't matter, Li Yi was also holding a try-and-see attitude.

However, while hiding the gun, Li Yi realized something and took the opportunity to hide the mystic object he was carrying, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble when fighting later.

At the same time, Ning Wu in the other building had already sensed that something was wrong.

Because Ning Wu saw corpses all over the floor in Li Yi's home. These corpses were the cultivators she hired, two of them were even her relatives, and even Lao Ya's corpse was among them.

But among all these corpses, only Li Yi's corpse was missing.

"Damn it, how could it turn out like this."

Ning Wu was about to go crazy at this moment.

The people were all dead, the target ran away, the mystic object wasn't obtained, and that Wang Kui had a problem at this time, firing a shot for no reason. In a while, the Investigation Bureau people would come immediately.

It could be said that this operation was a complete failure.

But why, why did it fail?

Seven Spirit Medium Realm cultivators surrounded and killed Li Yi, plus her own watch, and a sniper rifle crouching outside the building.

Such a configuration would be enough to hunt ordinary extraordinary creatures in the danger zone. That Li Yi absolutely had no possibility of surviving.

But it happened to overturn. ===== CHAPTER 51 =====