Chapter 51: Speed

The patrol team stared at the underground passage that was now completely sealed, first showing a moment of slight astonishment, then each squad leader's face changed drastically.

"This...!"

"Not good! How did Captain Lin charge in alone?"

"What's happening? Captain Lin he..."

"Quickly notify the rescue team!"

Intelligence had previously reported that the armed forces of the Withered Red Society's underground boxing arena were very strong; even a squad leader-level strength would likely be in grave danger if they dared to force their way in.

It was said that there were dozens of well-trained archers, a group of fighters skilled in slaughter and extremely ferocious, and even a 'Household Head' with strength approaching the squad leader level who had mastered battle techniques! Such a dragon's pool and tiger's den, even for someone with squad leader-level strength, charging in alone was an extremely risky act.

Too reckless.

"Do not panic; Captain Lin is skilled in speed, there should still be a chance."

Xiao Peidong frowned and said in a deep voice, "Immediately notify the branch bureau and let the professional department break the door! As fast as possible!"

Inside his heart, he sneered coldly.

"Young people are so brave, daring to charge in like this? If you want to die, indeed no one can stop you, but just because you mastered two battle techniques, are you so arrogant? This is good; if you deliver your own death, I will have no more threats..."

Xiao Peidong knew very well how powerful the armed forces of the Withered Red Society's underground boxing arena truly were.

Moreover, that woman Zhou Yang, as one of the managers of the Withered Red Society, was herself extremely difficult to deal with; although not as strong as him, she possessed squad leader-level strength!

By the time this thick metal plate is broken open, perhaps Lin Qing will already be dead! "Quick!"

The patrol team immediately began to urgently request reinforcements.

Zhao Jiayi glanced at the floor and muttered to herself, "This shabby little boxing arena actually has the Super-Sensory Primordial Fluid of the Wisdom Star... what good luck..."

In the blink of an eye, Lin Qing had passed through the long stairway passage and entered an empty lounge like a swift wind.

Immediately, he instantly stopped his movement.

From the passage behind him, the sound of that heavy metal plate closing followed.

Lin Qing quickly observed this lounge, while his right hand instantly drew a light yet sturdy telescopic baton from his waist.

The enemy certainly did not expect him to charge down directly, so naturally they had not had time to deploy in this lounge.

Besides, my retreat is already cut off; the enemy can simply close the door and beat the dog... ah, forget it.

"However..."

Lin Qing felt somewhat strange: "Just now, why did I subconsciously suspect this underground boxing arena had what I wanted..."

With his current strength, he naturally had no fear at all of the armed forces of a single underground boxing arena of the Withered Red Society, and since Chu Tianyao was also held up, he had nothing left to fear.

It was just that originally, he intended to follow the patrol team and simply share in some of the credit.

But he was indeed curious about what exactly in this underground boxing arena was something he urgently needed; after all, there was no danger, it would only expose most of his strength.

"Intuition shouldn't be like this, right?"

Lin Qing slightly narrowed his eyes, "Is this really intuition..."

However, there is no time to consider these problems now; after getting out, I will ask the Chief Captain.

Just at this moment—

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.5 levels】

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.6 levels】

The door to the lounge had not opened, yet two lines of blood-red text continuously floated before Lin Qing's eyes! "Oh?"

Lin Qing slightly raised his eyebrows, "This underground boxing arena indeed has some strength..."

The magnitude of this Order Level decrease is actually the maximum threat or danger level he theoretically faces.

But it is only theoretical; for instance, when he is sleeping, unable to dodge or counterattack, he indeed cannot respond to danger.

When ordinary people try to kill him, it can only lower the Order Level by 0.1 levels.

Even a professional assassin from the Dark Star Society, a Hunter, with full equipment, only reaches 0.3 levels.

Every 0.1 levels higher represents exponential growth; the threat increases greatly.

0.5 levels, 0.6 levels, this is already very high.

However, it is far from as exaggerated as Chu Tianyao, which made him feel much more at ease.

"The Household Head of the Withered Red Society's underground boxing arena?"

In an instant, Lin Qing already had a hypothesis in his mind.

Moreover, without even seeing the person, a clear threat was generated against him.

"Surveillance?"

Lin Qing swept his gaze and immediately discovered the surveillance cameras in this lounge, locking eyes with the deep lens of one of them.

Inside the surveillance room of the underground boxing arena.

A charming woman wearing a retro-style black qipao embroidered with gold looked coldly at the surveillance screen of the lounge, where the young patrol officer had suddenly charged out from the secret passage. Behind her stood a middle-aged man with a cold temperament; looking at the surveillance screen, he could not help but smile.

"Sister Yang, is this the newly promoted patrol officer you mentioned? So impulsive?"

The middle-aged man with the cold temperament clicked his tongue and said, "The patrol system really is short on people; can they even use a fledgling like this who hasn't been trained yet?"

"He is only eighteen."

Sister Yang held a jade opium pipe in her hand and said coldly, "Zhang Zhu, go down and coordinate with the archer squad to kill him. After Kangaroo destroys all surveillance and data on that side, transfer immediately. Remember to leave a portion of the people behind; otherwise, this patrol will have no achievements at all, and Xiao Peidong will easily become suspicious."

"This loss is too great..." Zhang Zhu narrowed his eyes.

Sister Yang said calmly, "It's fine, it can all be recovered, as long as... hmm?"

Before she could finish speaking, her expression changed.

"Boom!!"

Lin Qing suddenly kicked the door of the rest room; the two door panels shook violently, instantly swinging wide open to reveal everything outside.

In that instant, time seemed to freeze.

With a single sweep of his gaze, Lin Qing had already captured everything within his line of sight outside the rest room in his mind.

—This must be the interior of a boxing arena like a stadium; outside the rest room lay the ring, the commentary desk, the spectator stands...

—Thirty meters outside the door, on the ring, ten archers were arranged in two rows: one row crouching in front, the other standing behind, each holding super-hunting compound bows...

—Judging by the shadows cast onto the doorway from the spectator stands on both sides of the entrance, there must be more archers ambushing from the stands...

In the blink of an eye, Lin Qing had already grasped the current situation.

At the same time—

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.2 levels】

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.2 levels】

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.2 levels】

A string of blood-red notifications appeared before Lin Qing's eyes.

The moment he opened the door, his Order Level had dropped into negative numbers; theoretically, if he stood still, these archers would have been enough to kill him many times over!

But that was only in theory.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!"

The archers in this arena reacted extremely quickly; the instant the door opened, they loosed their arrows without hesitation.

One could see arrows with a speed exceeding 180 meters per second flying in unison into the rest room!

However—

"Clang clang clang clang—!!"

Lin Qing suddenly vanished from his spot; accompanied by a continuous series of collisions, the arrows speeding into the rest room suddenly exploded outward, scattering in all directions.

The first wave of ten arrows, though dense as falling rain, failed to hit the target even once!

"Hmm?"

"Where is he?!"

"What happened?"

"Impossible..."

The archers on the ring were stunned.

In their eyes, the target inside the rest room had simply flashed into a blurred phantom; they hadn't even seen what happened before those arrows were all thrown into the air! Immediately after, that blurred phantom flashed once more and had already appeared not far below the ring.

"What kind of speed is this?"

At this moment, the archers on the ring were dumbfounded.

Too fast!!

Even the arena's boss, who could knock out a boxing champion with a single strike, was nowhere near this fast!

"Whoosh!"

Before the archers on the ring could draw their bows and fire again, that blurred phantom had already flashed and leaped onto the ring!

Immediately, he transformed once more into a ghostly afterimage, moving with agility and swiftness through the crowd of archers.

Furthermore, a streak of staff-shadow, terrifyingly fast, kept striking the tops of the archers' heads.

"Bang Bang Bang!!"

A series of crisp sounds of strikes against good skulls rang out consecutively on the ring, ten sharp knocks in a row.

One could see that after each archer was struck on the head by the staff-shadow, not a single drop of blood appeared, nor did their skulls crack, yet they all fell to the ground, never to rise again.

If one were to cut open their skulls, it would be discovered that their brains had almost all been shaken into mush by invisible force! (End of Chapter)