Chapter 260: Sweeping

No one wanted to die, so no one dared to move.

Scanning the crowd that dared not make the slightest stir, Zhang Yu leaned close to Bai Zhenzhen and said, "Some of Deng Bingding's reinforcements have arrived. Go join them first; I'll handle things here."

According to Deng Bingding, it would take six hours for the support personnel to form an effective fighting force, meaning reinforcements would keep arriving within those six hours.

And now, it seemed that some people useful to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had already arrived.

Bai Zhenzhen nodded to him. "Be careful, then."

Without any fuss, Bai Zhenzhen jumped straight into the sewer they had originally planned to use for escape.

Everyone watched helplessly as Bai Zhenzhen disappeared from the scene, yet not a single person dared to make a move.

After letting Bai Zhenzhen leave first, Zhang Yu watched her vanish into the sewer, inwardly relieved.

"The doctor Deng Bingding arranged should be able to treat A-Zhen, right?"

Then Zhang Yu turned around and coldly surveyed the crowd on the scene.

Fuji reminded him, "Bai Zhenzhen is temporarily safe. No more concerns now."

"Kill everyone on the scene."

"If you let them go, they will definitely keep tracking Bai Zhenzhen."

Zhang Yu knew Fuji was right. On this battlefield of life and death, there was no room for any mercy.

So the next moment, Boundless Cloud Qi surged out wildly, and once again, a sea of clouds rose over the scene.

Zhang Yu’s voice came from within the clouds.

"Obstructing the inspection team in carrying out their duties, attacking outsourced personnel of the inspection team—knowingly breaking the law, the punishment is one degree heavier."

"Now begins the legal killing time."

"It's your turn to run."

The moment they heard these words, the fighting will of everyone on the scene was utterly extinguished. They all leaped backward, fleeing in all directions as fast as they could.

This scattering flight, turning their backs to Zhang Yu, was actually the best situation for him—it allowed him to carry out the next part of his work more calmly and efficiently.

Zhou Yang was the closest person to Zhang Yu, and also the one who ran the fastest after hearing Zhang Yu’s words.

He pushed off the ground with both feet, his whole body trailing a series of afterimages as he shot forward like a toad.

But just a few meters into his leap, he felt a terrifying suction force from within the billowing clouds.

It was the Boundless Cloud Qi, generating powers that coiled, vibrated, or deflected, each like an underwater whirlpool, pulling him back.

At the same time, a towering black giant shadow emerged from the clouds behind Zhou Yang, accompanied by the roar of dragons and elephants.

In that moment, Zhou Yang felt like a small fish drifting in the deep sea, as a sea monster opened its massive maw to devour him, drawing him helplessly into that abyssal mouth.

Staring at the shadow drawing ever closer through the thick mist, Zhou Yang screamed, "Wait! I—"

Boom!

A surging, overwhelming palm force crashed down, as if trying to compress the clouds and air into solid form, and also crushed Zhou Yang’s half-spoken words back into his throat.

Facing this deadly crisis, a look of despair flashed in Zhou Yang’s eyes. With a furious roar in his heart, he mustered all his strength for a final resistance, thrusting a palm laden with a surge of freezing air toward the shadow in the mist.

But as Zhou Yang’s palm struck out, he felt as if he had punched empty air.

Then, under Zhang Yu's operation of the Undying Seal Art, the freezing air flowed backward into Zhou Yang’s body, instantly freezing him solid.

Finally, the Boundless Cloud Qi drove straight in, accompanied by a series of bangs and explosions, grinding his bones and flesh into mud.

"First one."

Zhang Yu casually waved his hand, sweeping aside the mist of blood before him, then flashed again, already pursuing another expert.

The sea of clouds formed by the Boundless Cloud Qi surged and rolled beneath his feet, making him feel as if he had found his element, his movement incredibly swift within this cloudy sea.

Meanwhile, Chi He, Ye Mantian, and the others felt as if the pervasive mist was alive—not only entangling and hindering them from all directions, but even absorbing their attacks and rebounding their punches and palms.

Swoosh!

Amid the churning clouds, Zhang Yu had already arrived before another Qi Refining powerhouse.

The other man’s face was full of terror. With a furious roar, he lunged at Zhang Yu and executed a grappling technique.

A cold sneer tugged at the corner of Zhang Yu’s mouth. As their hands collided, he twisted the opponent’s center of gravity, then slammed him viciously into the ground with a loud crash, blasting a large crater into the earth.

Watching the man’s internal organs completely shattered, blood frothing slowly from his mouth, Fuji warned, “He can cast surgical talismans from a distance. Make sure you finish him off without mercy.”

Zhang Yu kicked out, instantly turning the man’s brain into mush—beyond even the saving power of a surgical talisman.

“Number two.”

In the next instant, his form flickered again as he rushed toward another opponent.

Night ManTian struggled through the dense fog, lurking forward as he listened to the booming crashes, screams, and Zhang Yu’s counting voice echoing from deep within the mist.

“Number three.”

“Ahh!”

A piercing, blood-curdling scream rang out, as if some giant beast were tearing his body apart.

Boom!

“Number four.”

“I’ll fight you to the death!”

“Everyone, don’t run—there’s no escape…”

Bang!

“I’ll pay! I’ll pay for my life!”

“Number five.”

Listening to that voice like a countdown to death, even Night ManTian—a favored son of the Immortal Capital—felt cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

He felt like a tiny fish swimming upstream in a turbulent, dark river, desperately trying to escape the hunt of a submerged monster.

“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!”

“How did it come to this?”

“Zhang Yu has already established his Foundation—why hasn’t Chief Wang sent reinforcements yet?!”

Right in his terror-stricken gaze, a black silhouette gradually emerged from the fog. “Number six.”

Under extreme fear, Night ManTian erupted with all his power in that moment.

His body swelled like an inflating balloon. With a roar like an elephant, he threw a punch wrapped in violent, crackling air—straight at Zhang Yu.

Facing Night ManTian’s desperate all-out attack, Zhang Yu simply reached out and grabbed. The surging aura twisted and churned, directly crushing the opponent’s fist.

Then, a palm strike blasted toward Night ManTian’s head.

Night ManTian tried to block with his other arm, but it was useless. Zhang Yu’s palm force first shattered that arm, then slammed heavily against his skull.

Bang!

Night ManTian’s body flew backward, finally bursting out of the dense fog—but his skull was completely crushed, brains and blood flying everywhere.

After killing Night ManTian, Zhang Yu did not pause. He moved back and forth through the fog, and within just a few seconds, four more bodies crashed to the ground—all with shattered skulls and brains turned to paste, dead beyond dead.

Zhang Yu then caught up with another Qi Refining expert.

In the face of certain death, the man let out a frantic roar: “I can establish my Foundation too! If I’m going to die, I’ll drag you down with me!”

In an instant, a torrent of spiritual energy surged wildly toward him—a peak Qi Refining cultivator was attempting to break through and establish his Foundation on the spot.

!

Just then, Deng Bingding in the Divine Power Network gave a cold snort: “Daring to break through mid-battle? What audacity.”

Another orthodox god in the Divine Power Network also shouted: “Breaking through without a license? Execute him immediately!”

In the blink of an eye, the opposing gods who had been locked in combat within the Divine Power Network all stopped at once.

Divine light blazed in the sky, transforming into a bolt of purple thunder as thick as a bucket, which struck down and turned the breakthrough Qi Refining expert into ashes.

After doing all this, the orthodox gods resumed their struggle in the Divine Power Network, once again keeping each other in check.

Zhang Yu, still shaken, looked at where the lightning bolt had vanished, then continued his pursuit of the others.

From the moment Zhang Yu started his pursuit, to the chaotic scattering of the crowd with heavy casualties, to the divine lightning falling—though it seemed like a lot had happened, in reality only about twenty seconds had passed.

But at that moment, a divine wind tornado swept through heaven and earth, forcibly dispersing the mist and clouds.

Zhang Yu looked up to see the majestic figure in the sky.

The figure had eight circles of divine light behind his head, and under each foot lay a giant dragon formed from the raging wind. Thousands of blood shadows coiled around him like an emperor of this realm. His indifferent gaze swept across the scene, finally settling on Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu stared at him with a grave expression, thinking to himself: "Wang Yin... he came here directly?"

"Did he sense my Foundation Establishment... and doesn't intend to give me any chance, just wants to crush me right away?"

Meanwhile, Bai Zhenzhen advanced through the sewer, opening her phone to check the messages from Deng Bingding. Following his instructions, she arrived at a secluded spot.

A middle-aged man with a bushy beard, carrying a large bag, looked at her and said, "Are you Bai Zhenzhen?"

The middle-aged man's gaze held a hint of admiration as he said, "Daring to directly oppose General Manager Wang of Oasis Group, a rich upper-class man... you've got some nerve."

Bai Zhenzhen knew he was the outsourced worker Deng Bingding had hired, and said, "You're a doctor, right? Treat me first."

While receiving treatment, Bai Zhenzhen asked, "Deng Youshen said you brought the Dharma Remains along?"

The bearded man pointed to the large bag beside him and said, "Yeah, the Dragon Soul Workshop's Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot."

"With my skill, I can install it in about 15 minutes."

"Do you want me to install it on you as well?"

Bai Zhenzhen said, "Why would I install it? Wouldn't it be more effective on Zhang Yu?"

The bearded man said, "Zhang Yu probably doesn't have time to install it."

"Wang Yin has already left Oasis Building."

"He's coming."

Bai Zhenzhen's expression changed upon hearing this. Looking at the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, she said, "Can I use this?"

The bearded man said, "It works best at the Foundation Establishment stage. If you're at Qi Refining, using it for a short time is fine."

"But the spine has to be completely replaced. With limited equipment here, and if you need to enter battle quickly... the process will be a bit painful."

Bai Zhenzhen gritted her teeth and said, "Let's do it."

"Install it on me."

Bai Zhenzhen knew that without the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, she wouldn't be qualified to participate in the upcoming battle.

On the battlefield.

Chi He, having narrowly escaped death, quickly ran to the area beneath Wang Yin, his face full of relief: "Mr... Mr. Wang."

Wang Yin ignored him, just gave him an indifferent glance and said coldly, "A bunch of useless trash. After spending so much money on you, I still have to do it myself."

"Do you know how precious my time is?"

"After we get back, I'm docking a year's salary from you."

Chi He lowered his head, letting Wang Yin scold him, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

Wang Yin then looked at Zhang Yu and said calmly, "Zhang Yu, if you had just taken Bai Zhenzhen and run away, I could have treated it as wildness not yet tamed, the lingering inferiority of the poor. I'd have spent more time disciplining you."

"But you two..."

A icy murderous intent surged from Wang Yin: "You two have done something absolutely unforgivable."

"Colluding with external enemies, betraying the company's interests..."

"Why can't we sell?" Zhang Yu sneered, retorting sharply. "If someone buys, we sell. Business is business—isn't that the rule of Kunxu?"

Wang Yin, hearing himself being refuted with his own words, snorted coldly and said, "You think you're worthy of discussing Kunxu's rules with me?"

"Get your status straight. You're just a dog I raised!"