Chapter 795: Lu Wenliang Appears! Prepare to Strike!

Half an hour later, the speeding SUV stopped at the intersection of Bolan Street.

Bolan Street lies outside the jurisdiction of Qingpu District, one of Magu City's five administrative zones.

Two kilometers further west lies the rarely visited outskirts of Magu City.

Of course, compared to the outskirts, Bolan Street's population density wasn't much better.

It was now six-thirty in the evening; the center of Magu City was bustling.

Yet on Bolan Street, pedestrians were extremely scarce.

Even standing at this intersection, one could hardly see any passing vehicles.

"According to the intelligence we received, tonight's Tianming Sect gathering will be held over there."

Yang Yao pointed to a fountain square about a hundred meters to the right of the intersection.

Although Bolan Street lacked foot traffic, the square had been built quite well.

It featured not only a fountain but also various vibrant flowers in full bloom.

"A square? The Tianming Sect dares to hold a gathering out in the open like this?" Xu Jingming frowned.

In Daya, the Tianming Sect was nothing but rats living in the sewers, never daring to show their faces.

Even when holding gatherings, they did so in secret.

Now, even a rat dares to appear openly on the table—this means the sanitation here is definitely broken.

"Although Bolan Street isn't part of the outskirts, it's nearly the same."

The permanent population here is under four thousand, and the highest-ranked adept is only second- or third-tier.

Perhaps that's precisely why the Tianming Sect chose this place."

Yang Yao replied thoughtfully.

"Under four thousand permanent residents, and yet they have this level of infrastructure?"

Catherine beside him was somewhat surprised.

Although the street decorations here didn't match Magu City's urban core, they were still clean and imposing.

She had assumed at least thirty or forty thousand people lived nearby, yet it turned out to be so few!

In the United States, a place like this would be lucky to have running water and electricity.

No one would waste extra effort maintaining it.

After confirming the gathering location, Xu Jingming and the other two quickly moved to the most open vantage point nearby—a seven-story residential building's rooftop.

Unlike Magu City's urban core, buildings in Bolan Street were generally short.

Whoosh—

Yang Yao activated his combat technique, his mental energy surging violently.

It enveloped all three of them, shielding them from detection by high-tier adepts.

Time passed second by second; the number of people on the square below gradually increased.

All of them were adepts, and the lowest-ranked among them were third-tier, with even fourth- and fifth-tier adepts present.

"Bolan Street couldn't possibly have so many high-tier adepts—this must indeed be the Tianming Sect's gathering site."

Xu Jingming's eyes flickered.

Among them must be many Divine Blood Envoys; even if Lu Wenliang doesn't show up tonight, he can still harvest plenty of adept points.

When the clock struck seven, over two hundred people had gathered on the square!

They all wore identical black hooded robes, each with a bright red circular emblem on the back.

Logically, such an unusual gathering should have drawn the attention of nearby residents.

Yet no one around noticed anything amiss.

Even pedestrians who had been heading toward the square unconsciously changed their routes to avoid it.

This was the work of the Tianming Sect's mental-type adepts using their abilities.

They altered the subconscious of passersby, making them oblivious to the anomaly here.

"Given by Heaven's Mandate, the Heavenly God Endures!"

At this moment, a sixth-tier adept stepped to the front of the square.

When that low, eerie voice issued from his lips,

The expressions of everyone on the square turned fanatical.

A fervent chant rose across the square, as if praising some great being.

"The gathering has begun. I haven't sensed Lu Wenliang's presence."

"My lord, should we strike now?" Yang Yao asked.

"Don't rush. Wait a little longer," Xu Jingming replied.

His SS-rank perception combat technique, "Heart Net," was already active.

The moment Lu Wenliang appeared, he would detect him.

"Understood." Yang Yao nodded and continued waiting.

The gathering on the square was highly ritualistic: first, over ten minutes were spent chanting the sect's doctrines.

Then bishops and vice-bishops took turns on stage.

Their speeches all revolved around one theme: reviving the Tianming Sect and seizing Daya!

In Xu Jingming's view, it was just like pyramid scheme rhetoric.

With the aid of mental-type adepts, everyone's emotions were stirred to a fever pitch.

Each face was filled with fanaticism; some even activated Divine Blood Secret Techniques, drawing waves of envious glances.

One after another, their expressions were fervent; some even directly activated the Divine Blood secret arts, drawing waves of envious, adoring gazes.

Becoming a Divine Blood Emissary was, for them, a glory they could take pride in.

But in Xu Jingming's view, it was just one more ability-point marker.

A little over two hours passed quickly, and the Tianming Sect gathering was already nearing its end.

Yet Lu Wenliang still had not shown up.

"Lord Xu, prepare to act. I estimate Lu Wenliang isn't coming."

Yang Yao could not help but speak up and suggest it.

Lu Wenliang's not appearing could mean the intelligence was wrong.

It could also mean he had gotten wind of their ambush ahead of time, and so chose not to come.

But either way, it meant something had gone wrong with this mission.

And Lu Wenliang's not appearing also meant this S+ rank mission would certainly be downgraded.

In the end, getting a B rating would already be considered decent.

However, Xu Jingming beside him suddenly spoke up: "He's coming."

"What's coming?"

Yang Yao had not yet reacted, but the next instant, a figure appeared within his psychic sense.

The aura this figure radiated was as scorching and dazzling as the sun — absolutely an eighth-rank Master Zongshi-tier ability user!

"Lu Wenliang?!"

Yang Yao's heart gave a jolt.

But what shocked him even more was that Xu Jingming had actually sensed Lu Wenliang's arrival even before he did!

"Xu Jingming's psychic perception is actually stronger than mine? But isn't he a lightning-system ability user?"

Yang Yao was secretly stunned.

But now was not the time to be shocked by this. Once he came back to his senses, he hurriedly said:

"Lord Xu, since Lu Wenliang has appeared, let's quickly call over the experts from Lei Ting Wu Guan."

"Experts from Lei Ting Wu Guan?" Xu Jingming looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

That reaction, instead, left Yang Yao completely at a loss, and he said instinctively:

"The eighth-rank expert from Lei Ting Wu Guan who came along with you, Lord Xu. With him acting, we can capture Lu Wenliang."

"Experts from Lei Ting Wu Guan?"

Xu Jingming frowned and shook his head: "This mission is being carried out by me alone. There are no other experts accompanying me."

"What?!"

The moment these words came out, Yang Yao was completely dumbfounded.

He had never imagined that Xu Jingming had really come alone to carry out the mission!

Yet Lu Wenliang was an eighth-rank Zhongweida Sect Master Zongshi, with Divine Blood secret arts in hand, and the combat power he could unleash was even a match for an eighth-rank Weida Sect!

In the coming battle, Xu Jingming's defeat and Lu Wenliang's escape would be secondary.

If Lu Wenliang struck to kill, then Xu Jingming could very well be in mortal danger!

One had to remember that Xu Jingming was already one of the targets the Tianming Sect wanted to eliminate!

More critically, this time not only was Xu Jingming here, but the SS-rank from the U. S. was also here!

He did not even dare to imagine what would become of him if something happened to these two.

"How about you wait while I make a call to the bureau chief, Lord Xu, and then we continue the operation?"

Yang Yao swallowed hard, his forehead covered in fine sweat.

"There's no time. Lu Wenliang has already reached the plaza."

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened.

The next instant,

Wild and resplendent golden lightning erupted from his body, and his entire form abruptly entered an enhanced state over three meters tall.

Boom!

His legs pushed hard, and his whole body sprang from the rooftop like a cannonball, slamming down toward the plaza below!

"It's over!" Yang Yao's vision went black.

He felt that after tonight, his tenure as head of the Public Security Bureau's Investigation Division was probably about to come to an end...