Chapter 172: An Overwhelming Kill! Intel Acquired!

After receiving the phone notification from Xu Jingming, the special operations squad, which had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately sprang into action.

Leng Chang's Blue Sea Technology Group did indeed have formidable security forces.

But aside from the bodyguard Wu Hang, who was Mid Fourth-Tier,

the highest-tier among the other patrolling ability users was only Mid Second-Tier, and the majority were merely First-Tier.

Meanwhile, the special operations squad had a full twenty Second-Tier ability users, and on top of that carried the official backing of the Security Bureau.

So, after they entered the tech park, they encountered virtually no resistance.

In less than five minutes, they had the entire tech park under control.

But when the fully armed Cai Ju and his group rushed over in a frenzy, bracing themselves for a grueling battle,

they were stunned to discover that the tech exhibition site was in perfect order.

There were even brothers—ability users with Security Bureau badges on their chests—pacing back and forth on patrol.

"Officer Cai!"

Seeing Cai Ju and his group arrive, the special operations squad captain Wang Gang, who was stationed at the entrance of the tech exhibition, hurriedly stepped forward respectfully to greet them.

"What's the situation on the ground? Has Leng Chang been caught?"

Cai Ju took the lead, walking anxiously into the tech exhibition, with Zhang Tong and the others following close behind.

The usually composed captain Cai Ju's expression had already grown subtly grim.

The reason was simple: as the squad captain, Wang Gang's uniform was clean and tidy.

His weapons carried no blood, and the muzzles of his guns held no acrid smell of heavy firing.

One glance was enough to tell he had never been in a fight—Leng Chang had very likely slipped away.

However, Wang Gang's reply caught him completely off guard:

"Reporting, sir. The entire Blue Sea Tech Park has been taken over by us, the scene is fully under control, and Leng Chang has already been captured."

"Hm?"

Cai Ju's brisk stride faltered.

On his stern face, which had harbored not a shred of hope, a surge of immense surprise and bewilderment instantly surfaced:

"Leng Chang was captured? Then what's the situation here? Why isn't there a single trace of combat on any of you?"

Zhang Tong and the others, who had steeled themselves for mission failure, also looked visibly astonished at the words.

"We don't know the specifics either. By the time we arrived, Officer Xu had already wrapped everything up.

We only handled some of the cleanup work..."

Wang Gang, a burly man standing one meter eighty-six tall, scratched his head sheepishly.

Long before the mission began, this special operations squad of theirs had known they would be facing a Mid Fourth-Tier expert with enhancement-type abilities.

They had also learned that their leader, Officer Xu, was only Lower Third-Tier.

They had already prepared themselves for sacrifice, ready to give their all to back Officer Xu and complete this nightmare-difficulty special operation.

But all they received was a single order: 'stand by.'

By the time the next message came and they entered the Blue Sea Tech Park,

they discovered that the biggest BOSS had already been killed, and the mission target was firmly in custody.

A nightmare-difficulty mission had suddenly been downgraded to kindergarten level.

It left this elite squad of ability users utterly dumbfounded.

Good grief.

After all these years of missions, this was the first time anything had been this easy.

"Xu Jingming wrapped everything up?"

Cai Ju paused slightly at the words, then hurriedly led Zhang Tong and the others into the exhibition site.

The moment he stepped inside, a thick stench of blood hit him.

He instinctively turned his head,

and saw a headless corpse lying on the bluestone floor about ten meters to his right.

The blood flowing from the corpse's neck onto the floor had already dried, staining the surrounding area a dark crimson.

Though it had lost its head, and its entire skin was scorched black as if struck head-on by lightning,

Cai Ju still recognized the corpse as Leng Chang's bodyguard—Wu Hang!

"Wu Hang is dead?!"

Cai Ju's eyes went wide.

Defeating a Mid Fourth-Tier and killing a Mid Fourth-Tier were nowhere near the same level of difficulty!

He had assumed Xu Jingming had used some method to drive Wu Hang off before capturing Leng Chang.

He hadn't expected it to be a direct kill!

And the manner of the kill...

Cai Ju's gaze flickered slightly.

The corpse bore two fatal wounds—one at the heart, one at the head.

And those were the two key spots ability users protected most heavily on their bodies.

The fact that such clean, decisive wounds could be inflicted was proof enough that Xu Jingming had carried out the kill in what could only be called an overwhelming manner.

"Looks like I still underestimated Mo Da's S-rank..."

Cai Ju sighed inwardly, feeling a measure of relief at the same time.

Fortunately, nothing had been amiss in etiquette during last night's meeting, or things would have gotten troublesome.

"Captain Cai, this way."

Just then, a low voice tinged with amusement rang out.

Cai Ju turned his head instinctively and saw Xu Jingming standing over ten meters to the left, among a few young men and women.

Lying at their feet was the biggest mission target this time—Leng Chang!

"Xu, you've worked hard, you've worked hard. This time it was all thanks to you; otherwise our squad wouldn't have known what to do.

Once the mission's over, I definitely have to treat you to a drink!"

Cai Ju strode forward, his face beaming with an enthusiastic smile.

He meant every word.

If Leng Chang had escaped, finding the Tianming Sect branch within Jin Ning City again would have been far too difficult.

"Let's talk about drinking later. Captain Cai, interrogate the Tianming Sect branch's address out of him as quickly as possible."

Xu Jingming, who had finally been joined by Cai Ju and the others, said with a smile.

"Don't worry, leave it to us."

Cai Ju thumped his own chest hard, then stretched out his right hand and dragged Leng Chang—who looked like a dead dog—off the ground.

Joking aside,

the hardest part had already been done by Xu Jingming; if they still couldn't pry some useful information out of him,

then this whole group of them might as well retire early—what would they even be doing in the Security Bureau...

Sun Yan, the third-tier upper-rank psychic ability user in Cai Ju's squad, couldn't directly read memories,

but he could still influence Leng Chang's mental state and make him answer every question put to him.

So, just ten minutes later, Sun Yan, having obtained the key intelligence, came before Xu Jingming:

"The address of the Tianming Sect branch has already been interrogated out of him; it's over in the suburbs of Jin Ning City.

The branch has roughly more than two hundred Tianming Sect believers, most of whom are first- and second-tier ability users.

There are 8 third-tier ability users, 3 fourth-tier lower-rank, and 1 fourth-tier mid-rank.

These few fourth-tiers are all what the Tianming Sect calls Divine Blood Envoys."

"Divine Blood Envoys?" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

After all this running around, he'd finally found what he was looking for.

"Four fourth-tiers, eight third-tiers..."

Cai Ju, standing to one side, frowned at the words.

With that kind of strength mix, plus more than two hundred first- and second-tiers,

so many ability users didn't seem like something their group could handle.

Instinctively, Cai Ju looked toward Xu Jingming and waited for his decision:

"Xu, the number of ability users stationed inside the Tianming Sect branch is too high. Should we call the Bureau for reinforcements?"

"No need, I can handle it."

Xu Jingming shook his head indifferently.

A human-wave tactic might still pose some threat to enhancement-type ability users,

but for him, who controlled the lightning-system SS-rank Doushen Shenlei ability, they were nothing but cannon fodder.

No matter how many there were, it was useless.