Chapter 68

Crack—pop~~

In the alley, the phone had already been hung up.

Xu Jingming, holding the Dark Wind Spear, his body wreathed in Purple Thunder Divine Lightning, frowned:

"What's going on? Why did they suddenly run away?"

Ever since he first called Liu Wentao, he had sensed someone tailing him.

That's why he deliberately chose a quiet alley with few passersby, planning to lure them out and deal with them together.

But unexpectedly, when the other party saw him enter the alley, they didn't attack—instead, they turned and fled.

"This Zhao Chunlin, stuck in a wheelchair and still restless, dares to keep targeting me."

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.

At the supply base, he had already noticed Zhao Chunlin's presence.

He never expected the man, instead of learning his lesson, would dare to plot revenge.

"Forget it. After I finish shopping, I'll return to the supply base and settle accounts with him."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming re-hoisted the spear on his back, retracted all lightning from his body, and walked slowly out of the alley.

At the supply base, besides Zhao Chunlin, he had offended no one else.

So, the people who just tracked him were most likely arranged by him.

Of course, they might also be someone else he didn't know about.

But it didn't matter.

Zhao Chunlin was a liability anyway—might as well deal with him while we're at it.

Snap—

At the supply base, inside a secret room in the underground parking lot.

With a sharp slap, Zhao Chunlin and his wheelchair were flung across the room.

"Wh... what's going on? Why did you hit me?"

Bloodied and scrambling to his feet, Zhao Chunlin was stunned.

He had been waiting here for the Tiger Shark Team to bring the target back, so he could torture them properly.

But unexpectedly, the Tiger Shark Team didn't bring the target back.

Instead, their captain came straight in and slapped him!

"You dare ask me that? Your intel was garbage! The target isn't a High-Stage First Rank—he's a High-Stage Second Rank!"

The Tiger Shark Team captain's face was dark, his claw marks looking even more grotesque.

The other four team members also glared at Zhao Chunlin with hostile expressions.

Though they often did dirty work for the supervisor, that didn't mean they were willing to risk their lives on a mission.

Especially when they knew the target possessed overwhelming power capable of crushing their entire team.

"Second Rank... High-Stage?! How is that possible?! It's only been a month!"

Blood streaking his face, Zhao Chunlin was utterly shocked.

"Hmph, I don't care what happened—this mission is over."

"We'll explain to Supervisor Zhao ourselves."

The Tiger Shark Team captain snorted coldly.

Ignoring Zhao Chunlin, who had completely broken down emotionally, he turned and led his team away.

If it weren't for the fact that he was Zhao Yi's relative, I wouldn't have just slapped him...

"Back so soon? Did you handle the target?"

On the sixth floor of the supply base, in the supervisor's office.

Zhao Yi smiled warmly as the Tiger Shark Team entered.

The Tiger Shark Team was a Second-Rank Elite Team.

Though they had mutual interests, their statuses were equal.

"Zhao Chunlin's intel was wrong—the target isn't a High-Stage First Rank, but a High-Stage Second Rank."

"And according to He Ji's psychic ability, the target's actual combat power is extremely strong—at least Third Rank or higher."

"So we didn't proceed with the mission."

The team leader's tone was unfriendly.

Of course,

Anyone else in this situation would've had the same tone.

"High-Stage Second Rank? What's wrong with Zhao Chunlin? How could he mess this up?"

Zhao Yi frowned.

A sudden unease surged in his chest, so he asked further:

"By the way, what's the target's name?"

"Name? We don't know. Zhao Chunlin never told us."

The Tiger Shark Team captain shook his head. "He pointed him out at the base entrance, but the target's features were quite distinct."

"About 1.9 meters tall, heavily built, and carrying a dark-gold spear over two meters long."

Hearing this, Zhao Yi's heart dropped.

Energy users who wield spears are rare—add to that a High-Stage Second Rank, and the dark-gold spear's color.

Isn't this exactly Xu Jingming, who sold beast materials on the sixth floor an hour ago?

"Damn it—I sent people to kill someone even the Grand Supervisor is watching?"

Zhao Yi's mind went completely blank.

Clutching at his last sliver of hope, he dialed Zhao Chunlin's number:

"The person you arranged the Tiger Shark Squad to kill today — what's his name?"

Zhao Chunlin on the other end of the line seemed to have steadied his emotions somewhat, but upon hearing this question, he still gave a slight start:

"Name? Don't know. I hit on him while I was selling medicine in the hall."

"You idiot! You didn't even know his name, and you dared send people to kill him?!"

Zhao Yi cursed loudly and crushed the phone to pieces in one grip.

He knew Zhao Chunlin was a bit stupid, he just hadn't expected him to be so stupid that when it came to revenge, he didn't even bother to learn the relevant information in advance!

"It seems these past few years, I've still been too indulgent with him."

Zhao Yi let out a long sigh.

He had been promoted to base supervisor four years ago.

Base supervisor was already close to the very core of authority in the supply base.

Many people tried to curry favor with him, and Zhao Chunlin, by extension, also received considerable care.

Precisely because of this, Zhao Chunlin's actions had grown increasingly reckless.

In the end, he had brought about such a great disaster.

"Supervisor Zhao, is there a problem?"

The Tiger Shark Squad also sensed something was off, and the captain asked with a furrowed brow.

"It's nothing, it doesn't have much to do with you."

"By the way, during the tail, did the target spot you at any point?" Zhao Yi asked.

"We never appeared in his line of sight, but we can't rule out the possibility that the other party sensed us," the captain said hesitantly.

If it were an ordinary upper-tier second-stage ability user, their perception might not be this strong.

But the trouble was, the other party was far from ordinary......

Zhao Yi's face darkened at the words. He sighed and said:

"Alright, I understand. You may go."

"Since it's very likely Xu Jingming has already discovered us, I should still touch base with the chief supervisor."

After the Tiger Shark Squad left, Zhao Yi also walked out of his sixth-floor office and took the elevator up to the top floor of the supply base.

"Supervisor Wang, are you busy?"

With a fawning smile on his face, Zhao Yi pushed open the chief supervisor Wang Chuang's office.

"Oh, Supervisor Zhao, what is it?"

Chief supervisor Wang Chuang was a lean, slightly-built man in his forties.

At the moment, he was sitting behind his desk handling official business.

"It's like this......"

Zhao Yi put on a bitter smile, then began to recount the whole affair.

He had assumed that, relying on his supervisor status and his attitude of taking the initiative to admit fault,

even though this Xu Jingming was someone the chief supervisor had his eye on, there shouldn't be much trouble.

But unexpectedly, after hearing the entire story, chief supervisor Wang Chuang's face turned dark as still water.

The formidable aura of a fourth-stage ability user had already spread out, filling the entire office with an oppressive atmosphere.

And in the gaze he turned on Zhao Yi, there was likewise boundless fury:

"Sending people to ambush and kill Xu Jingming — how dare you!"