Chapter 370: Breaking the Boundary

"If that Marquis wants to fight, I am willing to have a match with him."

In the room, the woman wearing a veil said in a soft voice.

Although the woman wore a veil and her appearance couldn't be seen clearly, just looking at her figure and temperament made one immediately certain that she must be a beauty!

There weren't many people left who could say they were willing to fight Li Fei in this tone.

So the woman was Shentu Yue, ranked second on the overall Wind and Cloud List!

"Then can you win?"

The woman applying makeup in front of the mirror was the proprietress of the Red Sleeve Restaurant and also Shentu Yue's good friend.

She turned to look at Shentu Yue and asked curiously.

Shentu Yue said indifferently: "I'll have to fight to know."

"That person heavily wounded the flying sword of True Person Qingyu of the Daluo Sect. Can you do that?"

The proprietress of the Red Sleeve Restaurant looked at her friend and asked with concern.

"I can't do that, but that doesn't mean he will definitely be able to win against me."

Shentu Yue said, blinking at her friend. "I'm not bad either."

"It's really rare; apart from Zhu Fenghua, there's finally another martial artist of the same realm who can make you feel competitive."

The proprietress of the Red Sleeve Restaurant suddenly revealed a cunning look. "But Zhu Fenghua is an uncle in his thirties after all, and not handsome enough. This Li Fei is different; he's fresh and delicious, and he's quite a match for you. Haven't you been moved?"

"How is that possible?"

Shentu Yue looked at her friend with annoyance.

"Not even a little bit?"

"You're really annoying!"

"Hahahaha."

"..."

What followed were all private conversations between friends.

Gan Province Provincial Capital Train Station.

Li Fei's group was welcomed onto the cars by a group of Gan Province officials.

Most of those who came to the train station to welcome Li Fei this time were from the Supervisory Department of Gan Province, led by Supervisory Chief Zhong Han.

Although the Inspector of Gan Province didn't come in person, sending this cabinet official to welcome Li Fei could be considered giving enough face.

After all, in terms of official rank, Li Fei was still one level lower than the other party.

The motorcade didn't drive to the provincial capital's guesthouse immediately, but instead drove to the Supervisory Department because Li Fei proposed that it was still early and they could talk about work first.

After arriving at the Supervisory Department, Zhong Han led Li Fei and the others into a conference room.

Soon, someone walked in carrying a stack of files.

"Zhuang Kun, you introduce the case to everyone first."

Zhong Han instructed someone.

"Yes."

The man named Zhuang Kun nodded; he was the Deputy Supervisory Chief of the Gan Province Supervisory Department, and his official rank was the same as Li Fei's:

"After the Marquis of Jing'an sent news from Feng Province, we immediately launched an investigation based on the contents of those few letters and eventually captured three suspects.

But in the process of capturing these three suspects, our people encountered an ambush; someone wanted to kill these three to silence them. In the end, two died and one was injured, and we only managed to protect one of them."

"Oh?"

Li Fei only knew that the intelligence he obtained in Datong Prefecture had yielded results for Gan Province, but he didn't know there were other twists and turns in it.

"Who were the people who came to silence them? Were any clues found?"

He Jian, who was sitting beside Li Fei, couldn't help but ask.

Zhuang Kun shook his head: "We are still investigating, but we haven't been able to find out for the time being."

"How could you not find out?!"

He Jian raised his volume, looking at Zhuang Kun with questioning eyes.

The Supervisory Department had people captured on their own turf, only for them to be intercepted and killed, and in the end, they didn't find any clues?

Hearing this, one instinctively felt there was a problem.

"..."

Zhuang Kun's expression was somewhat awkward.

Zhong Han, who was to the side, frankly admitted: "This matter is indeed because our work was not done well. I ask the Marquis of Jing'an and Lord He to forgive us."

A cabinet official admitting his mistake in public made it hard for others to say anything more.

But there was one person who didn't care about these things.

He Jian: "The people were intercepted and killed ten days ago. Ten days have passed; do you mean to say you haven't found a single clue? What about the suspect who was captured and brought back?"

Zhuang Kun: "... The suspect was seriously injured and dying on the day of the interception; it took us several days to rescue him, and the other party is still in a seriously injured state, making it very difficult to interrogate."

He Jian looked at him: "No other clues at all?"

Zhuang Kun: "... There are definitely clues, but the specific results haven't been found yet."

The atmosphere was somewhat stiff for a moment.

Li Fei didn't stop He Jian.

Some words, if he said them, would be arrogant and frivolous; if He Jian said them, it would fit his persona.

To successfully solve the case, people like He Jian were needed.

"I want all the details of your operation on the day of the interception; I need to question everyone who participated in the operation that day."

He Jian directly made his request.

Li Fei didn't speak, just looked at Zhong Han.

Zhong Han met his gaze and nodded: "No problem, we will cooperate fully."

Thus, this meeting with an awkward atmosphere ended there.

He Jian and his team members started working, while Li Fei requested to go see the seriously injured suspect.

In a seriously injured state, many interrogation methods couldn't be used, for fear of accidentally killing the other party.

But Li Fei had the "Gate of the Dream Realm" in hand and could probe for the information he wanted through the subconscious.

He wasn't worried about being detected by the other party for his "invasion," so he could use the most violent methods!

"The suspect is inside."

Zhuang Kun personally led Li Fei to the outside of a cell.

Inside the cell was a bed, and a man was lying on it, bloodless.

The thick smell of medicine, the smell of blood, and the smell of sweat were mixed together, making the air in the cell somewhat unpleasant.

"Do you need to wake him up?"

Zhuang Kun asked.

Li Fei shook his head: "No need, please allow me to stay alone with him for a while."

According to regulations, this was definitely not allowed.

But Li Fei was the Special Envoy of the Blue Patrol, fully responsible for this case, so Zhuang Kun agreed without any hesitation, led his people away from the cell, and closed the door.

Li Fei looked at the suspect on the bed, smiled slightly, and injected his virtual intent into the Dream Order in his arms.

Soon, he entered the dream realm again.

After mastering the Shadow-Hiding Technique created by Zhao Renjie with the help of the Dream Order, Li Fei now entered the dream realm, and his subconscious projection wouldn't change in the slightest; a "fake shadow" would remain in place, while his "true body" could act in an invisible state.

In this way, Li Fei didn't have to worry about anyone from the Nightmare Sect peeking at him in secret.

He saw the suspect's subconscious projection in the dream realm and entered it directly:

This was a battlefield filled with corpses everywhere.

Under the night sky, iron armor, spears, battle sabers, warhorses that had lost their masters...

Corpses were strewn across the field, and blood flowed like a river!

The battle here had already ended. Li Fei looked around and saw at a glance, not far away on a small hill piled with corpses, a man wearing iron armor sitting on top.

The iron armor on the man's body was stained with blood in many places and had many damages, and the battle saber in his hand also had many notches.

When Li Fei looked at him, the man seemed to sense something and looked over.

His eyes were as cold as a saber!

Li Fei was invisible under the protective cover of the Dream Order at this time, so he wasn't truly seen by the man, but it still alerted the other party.

Such alertness indicated that this person had been in a state of high tension and sensitive mental state for a long time.

Li Fei didn't intend to hide himself and walked straight toward the other party.

He wanted to completely crush the other party's mental defenses and then obtain the information he wanted!

As Li Fei gradually approached, the man sitting on the corpse hill stood up, staring fixedly at Li Fei.

When Li Fei walked to the foot of the corpse hill, the man held his saber with both hands, jumped down from above, and slashed through the air!

As this saber slashed out, the entire battlefield suddenly came to life:

Warhorses neighed, sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, ten thousand people shouted, and the killing intent soared to the sky!

A sea of blood rolled down from the corpse hill, sweeping toward Li Fei.

Li Fei learned from the intelligence that this man was a Dao Foundation Realm expert, likely a 4th-tier combatant.

But at this moment, this saber of the other party had reached the level of Dao Force!

In someone else's subconscious world, the other party occupied the right time, the right place, and the right people, while Li Fei was the one who was severely suppressed. If it weren't for the fact that the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's ability could also be exerted in the dream realm, it would be very difficult for him to compete in the same realm with the owner of this subconscious world.

Breaking into the subconscious world of Martial Arts Master Qingxie before was extremely risky; if it weren't for that True Person from the Nightmare Sect sharing the "firepower" for him, Li Fei wouldn't have been certain he could escape.

Now that the target of infiltration was only a Dao Foundation Realm expert with 4th-tier combat power, who could exert combat power comparable to a peak Dao Foundation Realm expert in the subconscious world, Li Fei was not afraid.

The sea of blood submerged him.

The next second, streaks of golden light pierced through the sea of blood, completely illuminating this battlefield under the night sky!

Clang—

The man held his saber and slashed down, striking the blade.

Li Fei held his saber with one hand and blocked this strike; the enormous force caused the ground to collapse downward.

Li Fei sank down because of this; the other party's saber seemed to want to slash him all the way into hell!

The boundless sea of blood surged from all directions, the sound of killing shook the sky, and Li Fei seemed to be facing the impact of thousands of troops and horses alone.

The man's fighting style carried a strong battlefield aura, without flashy moves or complex changes.

Everything was straightforward; it was a contest of strength against strength, a collision of willpower against willpower!

In the world of the subconscious, this was the other party's rule:

The strong stand.

The weak lie down.

One move would decide life or death!

Li Fei's body kept sinking downward, and both his body and mind were constantly enduring the impact.

But he was like a giant rock standing firm in a storm; no matter how turbulent the waves were, in the end, they could only be smashed to pieces against him!

Both sides entered a stalemate, with neither able to suppress the other.

I don't know how much time passed, but the force coming from the other party began to weaken.

At a certain moment, Li Fei's saber pressed upward, and a brilliant golden saber glow slashed out from the ground!

The sea of blood collapsed, and the battlefield turned into dust.

When everything stabilized, Li Fei stepped on the man's chest.

The iron armor on the other party's body had completely shattered, and the battle saber in his hand had broken!

Li Fei looked down at the other party from above, his eyes dark gold:

"You lost."

In the other party's subconscious world, the one who loses will lose everything!

The man's body broke inch by inch, and information related to him was presented before Li Fei's "eyes," for him to choose!

Li Fei soon found the key information he wanted to obtain, but just as he intended to read this part of the information, he suddenly seemed to touch an invisible string.

Snap!

This string broke.

The next second, this part of the information turned into a ball of fire!

Immediately after, the entire subconscious world was shrouded in a sea of fire...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 371 =====