Chapter 322: They Called the Police!

"I... you..." Dou Yiqing opened her mouth, wanting to speak but stopping short.

She kept telling herself in her heart, no swearing, no swearing, the opponent's strength is very strong.

Using a fingerprint to unlock the various locks on the phone, they left the building, and Tang Luo and the others headed straight for the originally agreed-upon rendezvous point.

The location was in a corner of a park built along the riverbank.

Yu Yanbin's group had been captured, but Ao Yulie's group certainly wouldn't be caught; Tang Luo and the others waited here for Ao Yulie's group to return.

Time passed bit by bit.

It soon exceeded the final time everyone had agreed upon — at this time point, if the meeting still hadn't happened, then the others would leave.

Because those who hadn't come had most likely failed.

"Could they have been caught too?" Dou Yiqing asked with worry.

Although their side had two Fate Holders, the other side had a full three, plus three Divine Demon Walkers who had survived six missions.

On top of that, they had already gained the support of local forces, with equipment like the Flying Tigers.

Their side could be said to have zero chance of winning.

How to fight this? Does Tang Xuanzang already have a countermeasure? Look at his confident appearance.

"Could it be that after agreeing on the time and place, they 'called the police'?" Dou Yiqing suddenly thought of a possibility.

It seems, this is also a feasible method.

It's just that there's no way to guarantee the hostages' safety, but honestly, if it can't be guaranteed then it can't be guaranteed; Dou Yiqing didn't have any deep relationship with the others anyway.

If it meant letting a fellow cultivator die instead of herself, she would definitely do it without hesitation.

"Caught?" Tang Luo shook his head, "Impossible."

As he spoke, a "meow" sound came from the darkness beside them; Dou Yiqing instantly turned her head to look, only to discover it was that cat which had disappeared for several days.

Xiaotianquan jumped onto Tang Luo's shoulder, rubbing against Tang Luo's cheek.

"Hm?" Tang Luo murmured, "You actually found some clues, not bad." He stroked Xiaotianquan's head.

Then, he took out that special phone: "The scent might be a bit mixed; the main one is already dead, let's see if we can find other Divine Demon Walkers who have come into contact with this thing."

"Meow." Xiaotianquan leaned in to sniff, meowed once, jumped to the ground, its figure agile, and soon disappeared from sight.

"Clues?" Dou Yiqing looked at Tang Luo.

"Some anomalies possibly related to the Book of Life and Death." Tang Luo said, "Not particularly certain. Don't be anxious, we can deal with the enemy camp first and then search slowly."

"Alright." What else could Dou Yiqing say.

If her skills and equipment were still there, she would have had some intention to participate, to offer opinions and ideas.

But now she was only a little stronger than an ordinary person; not in that position, she wouldn't meddle in those affairs.

"Mage, how much longer do we have to wait?" After about another half hour, the temperature dropped late at night, and Dou Yiqing, dressed rather lightly, felt waves of chill attacking her.

"They're here." Tang Luo said.

Ao Yulie descended from the sky, his body appearing somewhat stumbling and unsteady.

"Injured?" Tang Luo looked at Ao Yulie.

"Got ambushed." Ao Yulie said with a frown, "Not the enemy Divine Demon Walkers, it was that Pi Xiong."

He raised his right hand; one could see his right palm had become withered, wrinkled, looking like an elderly person's palm.

"Pi Xiong?" Tang Luo asked.

"Right, that kid's not bad, he hid his strength, I was done in by him like this." Ao Yulie said, his tone not holding much anger.

Instead, there was a kind of "Oh my, I actually misjudged him" surprise.

One could sense a dense death qi coiled on his palm, like maggots in the bones; even for Ao Yulie to dispel it was somewhat difficult, needing several days to fully recover.

"A bit interesting." Tang Luo said, "Did you encounter enemy Divine Demon Walkers?"

"Yes, we stirred up a bit of commotion at the police station, but didn't find that X." Ao Yulie said, "When leaving we were tailed by them, fought. Several died on that side, but there were many ordinary people mixed in, I don't know if the ones who died were the enemy Divine Demon Walkers."

"What about that Pi Xiong?" Tang Luo asked.

"He was heavily injured, I originally thought he wouldn't make it." Ao Yulie said, "Didn't expect he suddenly gave me this one strike and ran away; seems like injury transfer, but also somewhat not like it."

"Treat it first." Tang Luo said, waving a hand casually.

Merit Jade Lotus heals injuries.

The death qi clinging to Ao Yulie's right palm was completely dispelled.

Ao Yulie's right palm began to grow plump again, but his movements were still somewhat stiff.

"Half an hour for full recovery." Ao Yulie said, "Right, Master, when I came, there were quite a few Special Police units approaching the surroundings; are you fishing?"

"... What?!" Dou Yiqing's face changed drastically.

"I am fishing, but what I'm fishing for isn't these." Tang Luo said displeased, taking out the special phone and dialing.

"What is it?" That side answered very quickly, the voice the same as the one at the start.

"We agreed to exchange hostages; what's the meaning of calling the police? Are you Sakura Island's disgraceful triads?" Tang Luo asked.

Rumor has it that Sakura Island's triad organizations were once beaten badly by triads formed by outsiders; because the other side was too fierce and didn't follow rules, whenever conflicts occurred, Sakura Island's triads would choose to call the police.

"Heh." A light laugh came from that side, "Just a small gift; if you can't even handle these people, then there's no need for us to meet, right?"

"Also, a reminder: while you stayed put, we made some arrangements; now you are suspects in the murder of three police officers, and additionally will likely be considered accomplices of X."

"I fuck your mother!"

Tang Luo had the speakerphone on.

Dou Yiqing on that side had already cursed out in anger, wishing she could take a knife and go kill all those people.

"You killed our people, so of course we have to return the favor." That side laughed, referring to Ao Yulie's actions, "Protect the hostages well; even if they're trash, they're still our people, three lives for two lives, you profited."

"Best not to lose the phone; if you lose it, I won't contact you again."

Saying that, they hung up again.

"This phone has GPS tracking, right!" Dou Yiqing said viciously, her originally somewhat fresh and rather well-behaved appearance completely tearing away.

"Mm, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to confirm our location," Tang Luo said.

"Smash it!" Dou Yiqing said.

"If we smash it we won't be able to find them..." Tang Luo said, "Although I've already sent Xiaotian Quan to search, it's not a hundred percent certain we can find those people."

Holding this phone, these people are itching to act; sooner or later they'll be lured out.

"Do you really care about those two's lives?" Dou Yiqing said, "At a time like this you still want to play the benevolent savior?"

"How about this, this poor monk will send you away," Tang Luo didn't get angry either, "I'll carry the phone and slowly maneuver against those people."

"Your words," Dou Yiqing said.

Things having come to this, she had already completely given up on the mission, only thinking about how to survive.

She still had mission failure allowances left.

"Little White Dragon," Tang Luo said.

"Got it, Master!" Ao Yulie reached out and grabbed Dou Yiqing's arm.

Dou Yiqing felt a tremendous pulling force assault her; in this instant she even had the illusion her arm was being torn off.

Feet leaving the ground, her body like a kite out of control in the high sky.

When she touched ground again, Dou Yiqing's legs went soft and she directly fell sitting on the ground, but fortunately didn't vomit.

She looked around blankly, discovering she was no longer in the original park, but in a quiet, deserted alleyway.

"This is as far as it goes, little miss," Ao Yulie said to Dou Yiqing with a smile, his attitude very gentle.

Master has high standards, plus doesn't know how to cherish the fairer sex; toward this quite pretty little miss he was also "cold words cold language," seeming easy to talk to but actually cold to the extreme.

Even if Dou Yiqing died before him, Ao Yulie felt Master wouldn't bat an eye.

Of course, he would save her.

Ao Yulie was different; he directly sent Dou Yiqing to the city's edge; her escaping was a very simple matter.

The Jade Dragon Third Prince is a "person" who cherishes the fairer sex.

"This is the city's edge; you can escape anytime," Ao Yulie said with a laugh, once more soaring into the sky and vanishing without a trace.

"..."

Dou Yiqing tried to lift her right arm; heart-piercing pain — basically couldn't lift it.

Flying to the park's upper air, clouds shrouded in darkness, hidden within, Ao Yulie transformed into dragon form, his dragon head dipping slightly, and Tang Luo jumped onto it.

Beneath their feet, SWAT teams surrounded in a carpet search; they were destined to come up empty.

"Master, where are we going?" Ao Yulie asked.

"Doggy found a clue possibly related to the Book of Life and Death," Tang Luo said, "Let's go take a look."

The two "people" flew toward the city's west side.

Xijing is a coastal city; along the coast besides the port there are also many factories.

Tang Luo and company's destination is a steel mill, a steel mill that has already been shut down for over a year.

Built on an island about one kilometer from land, a "cross-sea bridge" connects to it; who knows how the site was chosen back then.

Now the steel mill only has a few security guards still residing and keeping watch, to prevent vagrants from entering inside.

After all, much of the machinery is extremely valuable; the steel mill is merely shut down, not abandoned.

Arriving above the steel mill, looking down from above in the darkness, the entire factory area resembles a ferocious giant beast, its huge mouth gaping open.

Tang Luo leaped down from the dragon head, landing in front of a building.

Ao Yulie followed close behind.

The main gate was tightly shut, but had no additional chains or such locking it dead; only the gate's normal lock was used.

Those security guards seem to still patrol inside often, so it wasn't locked dead either — that's how it appears on the surface.

Actually...

Accompanied by the sound of the door lock collapsing, Tang Luo pushed the door open and walked in.

The main gate was pushed open, basically making no sound at all, maintained extremely well.

But the sound of the lock cylinder collapsing was clearly audible in the quiet darkness.

This kind of ordinary darkness poses no problem for either Tang Luo or Ao Yulie.

The two walked inside the factory building; the shadows of the large machinery in the darkness resembled ferocious beasts, giving a feeling they might revive at any moment.

Far scarier than any lousy haunted house.

"Bang!"

A crisp gunshot shattered the silence.

"Tsk, they actually opened fire directly?" Ao Yulie said, one hand extending behind Tang Luo, catching a bullet, then flinging it diagonally upward behind him, "I thought they'd be more patient, make more preparations."

On the second-floor corridor, a black figure toppled forward, flipped over the waist-high railing, fell to the ground, crashing with a heavy thud of a falling object.