Chapter 363 - 325: Town Martial Department, Meng Die
Chapter 363: Chapter 325: Town Martial Department, Meng Die
Tang Qinru’s calm and composed demeanor made the man opposite her frown slightly.
’This isn’t the attitude she should have.’
It was as if she had long expected them to come.
Or perhaps, these men in black were the prey Tang Qinru had been waiting for all along.
A sense of foreboding spread through the mind of the lead man in black.
Then, Tang Qinru took a few steps back.
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH—
Several dark figures shot out in single file, pouncing on the men in black.
Before the men in black could react, a powerful force sent them flying.
BOOM—
More than a dozen men in black were slammed to the ground one by one.
Then, as these figures revealed themselves,
the leader was revealed to be a woman with a faint smile on her face.
She turned to Tang Qinru and said, "Physician Tang, just as you predicted. They came after you so quickly!"
The speaker was none other than Meng Die, the Left Martial Department head of the Town Martial Department.
She possessed the power of the Star Tempering Realm.
Tang Qinru smiled. "They’ve actually been watching me for a while. They just chose today to make their move."
"I have your Town Martial Department to thank for cooperating. Otherwise, my life would have been on the line today!"
After speaking, Tang Qinru glanced at one of the men in black.
"I’ll leave things here to you, then. I need to go upstairs to get something."
"Alright!"
Meng Die nodded lightly, her gaze falling back onto the man in black across from her.
In the next instant, she once again transformed into a phantom and lunged toward him.
Faced with the immense pressure of a Star Tempering Realm expert,
the man in black had no will to resist.
When Meng Die’s palm strike came, his body was like a sack caught in the wind.
He was sent flying more than ten meters.
BOOM—
His body slammed heavily against a load-bearing wall in the parking garage.
Instantly, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Immediately after, several members of the Town Martial Department moved in and apprehended the man on the spot.
A few minutes later, Tang Qinru returned to the parking garage via the elevator.
She exchanged a look with Meng Die and walked toward her car.
The Town Martial Department escorted the man in black into another vehicle.
One after the other, the two cars departed.
...
Ever since demonic beasts invaded the city,
and men in black started killing everywhere, the streets and alleys of Songshan City were no longer as bustling.
It was rare to even see a car on the roads.
Even the taxis that used to work the night shift had vanished without a trace.
Lin Yi and Wei Nan were walking down one of these deserted streets.
The CLACK CLACK of their footsteps was clearly audible.
They had been walking for about ten minutes along a once-bustling pedestrian street when,
suddenly, a black shadow flashed past in front of them.
It was followed by more dark figures darting back and forth before Lin Yi’s eyes.
The corner of Lin Yi’s mouth lifted. He turned and exchanged a look with Wei Nan.
However, neither of them said a word, simply continuing to walk forward.
In the next instant, a sinister, cold aura attacked Lin Yi from behind.
He glanced back slightly out of the corner of his eye.
Just as a dark figure was about to pounce, its long blade ready to strike,
Lin Yi spun around and kicked out.
BANG—
The kick was incredibly powerful, launching the mid-air assailant away at extreme speed, just like a cannonball.
Immediately after, more men in black appeared, surrounding Lin Yi and Wei Nan.
Seeing this, the two dropped their pretense. Wei Nan grinned and took out his long staff.
Lin Yi, however, chose to remain bare-handed.
"I’ll take these few. You handle the rest!" Wei Nan said with a laugh.
Lin Yi nodded, and before Wei Nan could even react,
he had already lunged toward the men in black.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—
The successive impacts sounded exceptionally clear on the deserted pedestrian street.
Even the slightest noise seemed to be infinitely amplified.
A series of dull thuds echoed, as if the very ground was trembling.
In just a few minutes, Lin Yi had taken down more than a dozen men in black.
When he turned back to look at Wei Nan,
he saw him fighting five men in black by himself, not at a disadvantage in the slightest.
He had those five men in black retreating and dodging constantly.
The slightest carelessness on their part could result in their heads being smashed by Wei Nan’s staff.
It was worth noting that these men in black were all around the one-star realm.
And Wei Nan was only a two-star, not yet at the Three-Star Realm.
Being able to suppress them with a single long staff was a testament to his wealth of accumulated combat experience.
’Given time, once Wei Nan’s realm improves,’
’he’ll be a decent helper in the future.’
BANG—
Just as Lin Yi was watching the fight,
Wei Nan’s long staff smashed directly onto the head of one of the men in black.
The crushing blow sent the man sprawling to the ground, unable to move.
But Wei Nan didn’t grow complacent. His gaze grew sharper as he launched a ferocious assault on the remaining four.
Although the four men in black coordinated to surround Wei Nan,
hoping to kill him through tactics,
Wei Nan’s staff whistled through the air, creating a sonic boom.
He relentlessly swung at them, giving them no chance to coordinate.
BANG! BANG! BANG!—
Before long, another two men in black were struck down in succession.
The last two exchanged a look.
Then, they raised their blades simultaneously and charged at Wei Nan.
Seeing this, Wei Nan quickly retreated a few steps, trying to dodge.
But he had been tricked.
The two men’s blades never fell.
Instead, they turned and fled in another direction.
"Fuck, trying to run?"
When Wei Nan saw this, he was seething with rage.
He lifted his staff to give chase but stopped after just a few steps.
Because in the direction the two men were fleeing, Lin Yi was already waiting for them.
It didn’t take long.
Both men in black came flying back.
With two thuds, they landed right in front of Wei Nan.
He looked down and saw both men spit out a mouthful of blood.
Then, their heads lolled to the side, their life status unknown.
Witnessing this, Wei Nan walked over to Lin Yi.
"These guys are really everywhere, just like those demonic beasts!"
"What’s their goal, anyway? To kill on sight? Is this just pure revenge?"
Wei Nan came closer, looking at the men in black on the ground.
They already showed no signs of life.
Lin Yi shook his head. "Their goal isn’t here. It’s to take over the entire New District!"
"If I’m not mistaken, they first attacked the local Demon Hunting Squads and the Public Security Bureau, as well as the various prominent families and Martial Arts Universities!"
Hearing this, Wei Nan’s expression changed. "If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean Xingwu University is in danger?"
Lin Yi nodded, then shook his head.
"The students at Xingwu University are all combat-ready. They’re different from Dragon Tiger University!"
"These men in black dared to attack Dragon Tiger University because they were banking on the Elder Celestial Master’s absence, plus they had a traitor on the inside. That’s why they attacked!"
"Besides, not all students at Dragon Tiger University enter through Martial Arts. Their majors include talisman crafting, Alchemy, Daoist Medicine, and so on... These students don’t specialize in Martial Arts, so if a fight breaks out, they don’t pose a huge threat!"
"It’s different for universities like Xingwu University and Martial Alliance University!"
"We are all combat-ready. After graduation, some of us throw ourselves onto the Restricted Area Battlefield, while others make a career out of Demon Hunting. Even if they attacked these two universities, they wouldn’t gain much!"
After Lin Yi finished his analysis,
Wei Nan nodded. "If that’s the case, our school is safe for now!"
"Then tell me, where do you think their next target will be?"
"The Demon Hunting Institute in Songshan City!"
Lin Yi nodded. "Brother Chu and his team aren’t there, so the Demon Hunting Institute is leaderless!"
"Their target is likely to be an attack there, to intimidate the Demon Hunting Bureau!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go help!"
Lin Yi nodded, and the two of them quickly vanished into the darkness.
Not long after they left,
a pair of crimson eyes quietly appeared.
It was a ferocious beast, built like an ox, with a face resembling both a tiger and a wolf.
Its movements were swift and incredibly fierce.
When it arrived, it snatched up the corpses of the men in black from the ground and began to feast greedily.
The stench of blood quickly filled the air.
A short while later, as the beast was enjoying its meal,
several more men in black appeared.
They seemed to pay no mind to the beast devouring their comrades.
They gazed in the direction Lin Yi and the others had gone.
After a long time, once the beast had chewed up and devoured all dozen or so corpses on the ground,
they quietly retreated back into the darkness and vanished.
...
「Demon Hunting Institute.」
Just as Lin Yi had guessed,
the place was under attack, but not by the men in black.
Instead, it was several five-star demonic beasts. They had entered the Demon Hunting Institute and created considerable chaos.
The entire Demon Hunting Institute had been thrown into a passive, defensive state.
Chu Zhengxiong had already left Songshan City with his squad.
Those left behind were mostly public officials.
They were mainly responsible for tasks like information gathering and intelligence distribution.
They were not the combat personnel responsible for hunting demonic beasts.
When these few demonic beasts appeared,
they were completely unable to fight back.
By the time Lin Yi and Wei Nan arrived at the Demon Hunting Institute,
a thick stench of blood filled the air.
Wei Nan’s heart trembled. "Damn, you were right!"
"Those guys really did come here!"
Lin Yi shook his head slightly. "It’s demonic beasts!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Lin Yi teleported into the Demon Hunting Institute.
Wei Nan also gripped his long staff and followed close behind.
The inside of the Demon Hunting Institute was a complete mess.
Large amounts of blood stained the floor.
The heavy stench of blood permeated the entire building.
It was nauseating.
From the first floor to the second, then to the third...
Aside from the massive bloodstains and the files and documents scattered on the floor,
not a single body was found.
This struck both Lin Yi and Wei Nan as extremely strange.
Just as Wei Nan was about to ask what had happened,
Lin Yi released his divine sense, scanning the entire office building.
The very next moment, a cold glint flashed in Lin Yi’s eyes.
"On the rooftop..."
With that, the two of them ran for the rooftop.