Chapter 159: Tiger Leaves the Mountain, Shaking the Long Street

Wei Ge looked at Li Fei with some surprise.

That blade strike of his just now was indeed done casually, but it was not something just anyone could block.

"A student from the Martial Arts Hall? Your blade technique is not bad."

Wei Ge looked at the black short-sleeved shirt Li Fei was wearing, which bore the Martial Arts Hall insignia, and asked.

Li Fei did not answer the other party's question; he merely held his blade horizontally in front of him, assuming a defensive stance.

"Xiao Fei, come back!"

Li Lei, behind him, was extremely anxious and was about to step forward to pull Li Fei back.

He was wearing the uniform of the Inspectorate and had the shoulder insignia of a Captain, so he knew very well that Wei Ge would not dare to kill him.

But Li Fei was different.

In Li Lei's mind, Li Fei was just an ordinary student who had been at the Martial Arts Hall for less than three months and wasn't even a martial artist yet; how could he possibly block a fierce person like Wei Ge? He hadn't even imagined that Li Fei would be able to step out in time to block that blade strike for him.

However, before Li Lei could grab Li Fei, Wei Ge moved.

Whoosh—

The giant blade slashed toward Li Fei with a sound of tearing air!

Wei Ge needed to establish his authority at this moment, and since a Martial Arts Hall student had just jumped out, how could he let this opportunity pass?

Li Fei immediately used "Tyrant Body," his muscles swelling, his tendons and bones stretching, and his stature growing significantly taller.

In fact, he could have blocked Wei Ge's attack even without "Tyrant Body," but that would easily expose his strength. As a Martial Arts Hall student at the Body Breaking realm, using his "full strength" to deal with Wei Ge was the only logical course of action.

"Tyrant Body" granted Li Fei even greater power, and he swung his blade in a Rolling Thunder style to strike at Wei Ge's giant blade.

Yet, just as he swung his blade, a powerful suction force suddenly emanated from the opponent's giant blade, forcibly dragging his blade edge away and completely ruining this Rolling Thunder strike.

Li Fei did not activate "Blood Rage" to grapple with the opponent; instead, he decisively chose to abandon his blade and used his palm to strike the side of the giant blade, knocking it slightly off course. At the same time, he dodged to the right, allowing the blade edge, which would have struck his head, to ultimately land on his left shoulder.

Seeing this, Wei Ge intended to take advantage of the momentum to sever one of Li Fei's arms, only to find that the tactile sensation from the blade edge was different from what he had expected.

It was not as smooth as a hot knife cutting through butter; instead, it felt like striking an iron pillar, and a rebounding force traveled through the blade!

Li Fei took the opportunity to retreat, a wound slashed into his left shoulder.

To prevent Wei Ge from noticing anything unusual, he deliberately severed his connection with the Ten Thousand Blood Bead at the moment of impact, not allowing the bead to fully share the damage for him.

With Li Lei's First Captaincy behind him, he was not worried about what Wei Ge could actually do to him.

"Open fire!"

Sure enough, seeing that Li Fei was in danger, Li Lei decisively ordered them to open fire.

If he were the one in danger, he might have hesitated, considering the consequences of killing a Garrison Commander of the City Guard.

But now that Li Fei was in danger, how could Li Lei hesitate?

Li Lei had worked in the Inspectorate for over a decade and naturally had a group of brothers and confidants with whom he had shared life-and-death experiences. After becoming the First Captain, he had directly transferred these people from their original squadrons to the First Captaincy to continue staying by his side.

So, at this moment, when Li Lei gave the order, these brothers behind him also opened fire on Wei Ge without hesitation!

Bang bang bang bang—

At a distance of less than ten meters, over a dozen Tiger-style rifles opened fire on Wei Ge, and almost all of them were aimed at his head!

Before the sound of gunfire rang out, the giant blade in Wei Ge's hand flashed with a black glow, and a powerful geomagnetic force erupted from it.

However, this time, the geomagnetic force brought not suction, but repulsion!

This was the second supernatural ability of the metal-attribute implant 【Magnetic Tail】—repulsion against metal.

The suddenly erupted repulsive force was concentrated by Wei Ge within a range of one foot in front of him, and all the bullets experienced a sharp drop in speed upon entering this repulsive field.

Wei Ge flashed his figure and easily dodged the incoming bullets.

He looked at Li Fei in surprise: "Steel armor?"

He felt that the steel armor implant Li Fei used was likely not of an ordinary grade; otherwise, that blade strike just now wouldn't have been as simple as leaving just one wound.

Only then did Li Lei manage to pull Li Fei back, looking at his foster son, whose physique had changed drastically, with equal surprise.

He had only been at the Martial Arts Hall for two months, and he had already become a martial artist and was this powerful?

He had kept Li Fei by his side intending to use the men of the First Captaincy to protect him, but now it had turned into the other way around.

At the same time, the inspectors of the First Captaincy rushed up one after another to protect Li Lei and Li Fei, raising their guns at Wei Ge, ready to fire at any moment!

A general is the courage of his soldiers; Wu Yihua, the Chief Inspector, had only dared to retreat and let others protect him just now.

Yet Li Lei had taken the lead himself, stepping up to block the way.

Comparing the two, the gap was immediately apparent.

Because of Li Lei's tough performance, the courage of the First Captaincy had risen!

In the rear, Wu Yihua watched this scene with a somewhat gloomy expression.

For a force like the Inspectorate, certain aspects of its nature were very similar to the military, placing great importance on face and honor. He had been scared into retreating by Wei Ge in front of so many people; once the news spread back, it would inevitably cause him to lose all face and prestige within the Inspectorate!

If it had just ended there, it would have been one thing, but Li Lei had performed so valiantly, actively blocking in front of Wei Ge without retreating a single step.

Comparing the two made Wu Yihua lose even more face.

Ever since he took office, he had been trying hard to divide and win over the First Captaincy, wanting to hollow out Li Lei, the First Captain. After all, Li Lei had been promoted directly from a squadron leader of the Second Captaincy, unlike the previous Lu Sheng who had worked in the First Captaincy for over a decade with deep roots, so it wasn't difficult to try to hollow out Li Lei.

However, after today's incident, many of Wu Yihua's previous efforts had gone to waste, and Li Lei had won a wave of hearts!

"Damn it, he has a good son; he can even be fine after something like this."

Wu Yihua looked at Li Fei's tall back and thought to himself.

"If you can still block my next blade, I will turn around and leave!"

Wei Ge pointed at Li Fei and said.

Failing to succeed after two attempts made him feel he had lost face.

Just as he intended to bring out his true strength, a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart!

So he retracted his blade to protect himself without hesitation, while simultaneously channeling his geomagnetic force to form another repulsive field.

The next second, a black shadow arrived, shooting toward Wei Ge at extreme speed!

This black shadow completely ignored the repulsive field in front of Wei Ge, slamming into his giant blade without any loss of speed.

Snap—

With a loud bang, countless wood splinters exploded.

The black shadow shooting toward Wei Ge was a wooden arrow; from the shaft to the arrowhead, it was all wood, which was why it was completely unaffected by the repulsive field.

Wei Ge was knocked back a few steps by the immense impact.

After regaining his footing, he looked to the left and saw a middle-aged man holding a giant bow standing on the roof of a building several dozen meters away.

"Fang Ti?"

Wei Ge looked at the other party with murderous intent.

Fang Ti was a special-grade lecturer at the Martial Arts Hall, with a cultivation base only at the early stage of Qi Transformation.

But because his specialty weapon was the bow and arrow, and he was a master archer, if given the chance, his arrows were enough to threaten a Force-Refining martial master!

Ordinary pure wooden arrows could not be shot with such power; the arrow shot at Wei Ge just now was clearly custom-made, using wood of extremely high hardness.

Clearly, this was an arrow specifically manufactured by the Tiger Blade Gang to target Wei Ge.

Fang Ti on the roof did not speak, merely silently drawing another arrow and nocking it on the bowstring.

Seeing this, Wei Ge couldn't be bothered to talk anymore; he raised his hand to make a gesture, and the City Guard behind him immediately began to form a formation, with over a dozen martial artists also wearing heavy armor standing at the very front of the team.

This was the arrowhead formation used for charging on the battlefield!

Today, both sides were competing for momentum, seeing who could intimidate whom, and Wei Ge clearly would not choose to retreat just because a Fang Ti had arrived.

"Prepare! Attack formation!"

Seeing this, Li Lei also loudly gave the order.

Swish swish swish swish—

All the inspectors on the First Captaincy side raised their guns; the front row knelt on one knee, and the back row stood, all aiming their weapons.

Wu Yihua in the crowd felt even more embarrassed and resentful; it should have been him stepping forward to have this standoff with Wei Ge, but now it had turned into Li Lei representing the Inspectorate to go head-to-head with the City Guard, and he, the Chief Inspector, had become a mere decoration.

Just as the tension was at its peak, the sound of a car horn suddenly came from behind the City Guard.

Wei Ge was startled and glanced at Fang Ti on the roof again, seemingly understanding something, a burning light flashing in his eyes.

He turned around abruptly, not caring at all about exposing his back to a master archer like Fang Ti.

A brand-new dark gold "Qilin" drove toward them, with four burly men in black running alongside the car on both sides.

The "Qilin" car stopped behind the City Guard formation that had already finished lining up, and the eight burly men stood in two rows on either side of the car.

Wei Ge made another gesture, and the dozens of City Guard soldiers in formation immediately split to both sides, clearing the road in the middle.

In this way, everyone could see the "Qilin" in the back.

Li Fei's expression was slightly strange, because not long ago he had smashed a "Qilin" and dragged Zhang Mingze out of it to kill him.

Now that another "Qilin" had appeared, Li Fei felt it shouldn't be that Chief Gu who had come, because the City Guard still had the advantage in the current situation, and the other party didn't need to show up yet.

Then it could only be one other person.

Thinking of this, Li Fei also became somewhat expectant.

A burly man in black stepped forward and opened the rear car door.

Under the gaze of everyone, an old man wearing a black gown, with graying hair and a kind-looking face, stepped out of the car.

The old man walked toward Wei Ge step by step, his aura growing stronger with every step he took. By the time he reached the front of the City Guard formation, he had transformed from a kind-looking old man into the majestic and imposing Tiger Blade Gang Leader!

The person who arrived was none other than Yu Hu!

The number one figure in the Xingcheng underworld, a man who could make the Xingcheng officialdom tremble with a single stomp, a legendary figure capable of contending with the Chief, had appeared before everyone just like that.

Many people present were seeing Yu Hu for the first time, and it was also the first time Li Fei saw what the "final big boss" who had blocked him from getting a university spot looked like.

"Yu Hu!"

Wei Ge looked at the other party with a burning gaze, "I didn't expect you to come in person."

Yu Hu swept his majestic gaze over everyone present, finally looking at Wei Ge:

"Did Gu Zhenhui send you to kill the rebels?"

He actually called the Director-General by his name in public.

Wei Ge looked straight at him: "That's right, the Director-General ordered me to execute the rebels!"

"Who are the rebels?"

Yu Hu asked very directly.

Wei Ge raised his giant blade with one hand, pointing it straight at Yu Hu, and said sternly:

"Naturally, it is all of you!"

"Good—"

Yu Hu opened his arms, his voice like thunder:

"I am right here, what are you waiting for? Come and kill me!"

As the final word "kill" escaped his lips, many people suddenly jumped out from the rooftops on both sides of the street; among them were senior instructors from the Martial Arts Hall and warriors from the Tiger Blade Gang, all of them exuding a formidable aura!

Not only that, but over a hundred men in black holding firearms also appeared behind the "Qilin" vehicle, running quickly toward this side.

With the leader of the Tiger Blade Gang appearing in person, the previously scattered members of the Tiger Blade Gang were gathered together again, and their elites were all rushing here!

Over a hundred Tiger Blade Gang gunmen ran behind the "Qilin" vehicle, lined up, and pointed their guns at the City Guard soldiers.

Finally, the warriors on the rooftops on both sides and the hundred-plus lined-up Tiger Blade Gang gunmen shouted together:

"Come and kill!"

"Come and kill!"

"Come and kill!"

The sound shook the long street.

Such a scene caused the City Guard to fall into a sudden commotion, and Wei Ge's expression changed as well.

Seeing this, Li Lei made a gesture; the members of the First Battalion hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to follow orders, actually aiming their guns at the Tiger Blade Gang warriors on the rooftops on both sides of the street.

"Li Lei, what are you doing?!"

Wu Yihua was so scared his face turned white, and he hurriedly questioned him.

This was right in front of Yu Hu; the Inspectorate's actions were too easy for the other party to misunderstand.

"Reporting to the Chief Inspector, according to Article 7 of the First Decree of the Great Lan Dynasty, these people are engaged in large-scale fighting within the city, seriously endangering public safety. The Inspectorate has the power and the duty to stop and arrest them!"

Li Lei said loudly, his voice sounding exceptionally resonant on the now completely silent street.

In today's situation, neither the Tiger Blade Gang nor the Director-General's faction actually wanted to fight to the death; both sides were just fighting for their pride.

Seeing Yu Hu step forward to stabilize the scene and try to reclaim the face lost by the Tiger Blade Gang today, Li Lei naturally would not let him have his way easily!

"Nonsense! Put all the guns down!"

Wu Yihua's face was flushed red with anger at this moment, and he shouted, ordering the men of the First Battalion to put their guns down.

But the men of the First Battalion looked at him, then at Li Lei, and seeing that Li Lei had not ordered them to put down their guns, they did not move.

"Rebellion! Rebellion, this is rebellion!!"

Wu Yihua clutched his chest, his face starting to turn pale again from the anger.

"Everyone, put down your guns!"

Li Lei stepped forward, actually pointing at Yu Hu in front, and roared loudly.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the inspectors of the First Battalion changed.

Everyone felt a sense of honor!

Ever since Wu Yihua took office, the Inspectorate had almost become the backyard of the Tiger Blade Gang, which made many people feel very stifled.

Back when Huang Weiguang was in power, the Inspectorate was still very tough against the Tiger Blade Gang.

Now, finally, there was another tough leader who dared to stand up and confront the Tiger Blade Gang!

"Everyone, put down your guns!"

The members of the First Battalion shouted together.

The sound likewise shook the long street!

(End of chapter)