The stone slabs on the plaza shattered, debris flying in all directions.
“Golden Thread Net!”
When the net came down, Li Yao, already fleeing like a beaten dog, turned pale and roared, “Break it!” His black arms suddenly extended, stretching three to four meters long, trying to grab both ends of the net and tear it open.
“Hisss!” The moment the net wrapped around him, the knots along its edges tied themselves as if by invisible hands, swiftly securing eight pairs of knots.
Li Yao’s explosive strength in that instant exceeded a million kilograms!
Hiss! Hiss!
Although the net tightened, Li Yao failed to break free. Once fully bound, how could he possibly escape? This net was used by a King-level beast, the ‘Black Widow Spider King,’ to trap other King-level beasts. Even a King-level beast would need tremendous effort to break free. How could Li Yao?
“No!” Unable to break free, Li Yao caught sight of Luo Feng atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, eyes filled with killing intent, and the sixteen streaks of light!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sixteen beams of light, like sixteen roaring dragons, struck directly toward Li Yao!
“I can’t die!” roared Li Yao in his mind.
“Hisss!” “Hisss!” Bound and unable to break free, Li Yao did only one thing in that critical moment. His black legs extended, lengthening and thinning to half their original thickness. The slender black legs passed through the holes in the Golden Thread Net and touched the ground.
Li Yao now had two black, slender legs, each two meters long!
Boom!
The sixteen beams struck Li Yao again. “Aaaaah!!!” Li Yao gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. “I can’t die! I mustn’t die!!!” The impact, exceeding eight million kilograms of force, hit him. Although weakened by the Black God Suit, the force still caused him to spit blood violently, his internal organs feeling as if they were shattering. Yet his iron will kept him standing.
Swoosh!
Using the powerful impact from the sixteen blades, Li Yao’s slender black legs pushed hard against the ground! Already fast, combined with the force from the sixteen blades, he shot forward like a black meteor, smashing into a statue on the plaza. His long black legs touched the ground and slightly redirected, rushing into the crowd on the nearby street.
“Not dead yet?” Luo Feng, atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, narrowed his eyes.
“He’s gone mad, Luo Feng has gone mad! He dares to hunt me down in the city base, in the HR Alliance Mall Square! He’s insane, completely reckless. Just! Just let me grab a crowd of ordinary people as my ‘shields,’ and I still have a chance to survive!” Li Yao, extending his two long black legs from the Black God Suit, dashed wildly toward the street.
The sidewalks were packed with people, and many had stepped out of their jammed cars. Thousands of eyes stared, seemingly all excited!
The chase between Luo Feng and Li Yao was lightning-fast.
Many hadn’t even reacted before Li Yao was already rushing toward them!
“Ahh!”
“What the hell is that?”
Li Yao, clad in black with nearly two-meter-long slender legs, was indeed eerie and terrifying. His lightning-fast dash startled many. At that moment, Luo Feng, atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, instantly accelerated beyond 1300 meters per second! A terrifying sonic boom followed as he landed directly in front of Li Yao.
“You can’t escape.” Luo Feng stood before Li Yao, sixteen flying blades hovering in front of him, gazing coldly at Li Yao.
“Luo Feng, you can’t kill me,” Li Yao growled, blood continuously dripping from the corner of his mouth. Luo Feng’s two attacks had gravely wounded him. He could only keep running due to his desperate will to survive.
Luo Feng smirked coldly.
Suddenly, Luo Feng’s expression changed slightly. In the crowded street filled with people and vehicles, a blonde woman subtly raised a small device toward Luo Feng from within the crowd and gave a sinister smile: “Luo Feng, release my husband!”
“Vinita?” Luo Feng slightly furrowed his brow.
With a thought, he controlled the Golden Thread Net to rise, suspending Li Yao like a bound pig, helplessly floating in midair, unable to escape! In the air, Li Yao had no leverage to break free, making it even harder.
“Vinita!” Li Yao shouted from within the net.
“Why should I release your husband?” Luo Feng calmly looked at Vinita. His instincts told him that killing Li Yao directly might lead to dire consequences.
Luo Feng had never taken Vinita seriously.
In Luo Feng’s mind, Li Yao was the real mastermind, but he didn’t know—Vinita was the one who had issued the enormous bounty in the first place! The laser cannons used to hunt Luo Feng in the Australian continent were also arranged by Vinita! Even the plot to kill Luo Feng’s family had been her suggestion!
Li Yao, nicknamed “Vulture,” was known among those who knew him as ferocious.
Vinita, known as “Scorpion,” was feared for her venomous nature!
Silent dogs don’t bark, yet Luo Feng didn’t know—the truly cunning and venomous one in this couple was this woman.
…
Standing in the crowd, Vinita gazed at Luo Feng from afar.
“Luo Feng,” Vinita held up a small device, “I have placed T111 model bombs in a residential complex next to the HR Alliance and on this street! If I press this button…” The crowd immediately erupted in panic, many screaming and running wildly.
“Then with a single ‘boom,’ tens of thousands of people in that residential complex will perish,” Vinita’s voice, like a demon from hell, echoed in everyone’s ears.
Panic!
Chaos!
Yet Luo Feng merely narrowed his eyes slightly, like needles, staring at the woman before him.
“You’re ruthless!” Luo Feng said softly.
“If you want to kill my husband, then we’ll all die together.” Vinita’s voice was gentle, but in truth, she had no choice. She and her husband had made too many enemies in the past. Fortunately, Li Yao had desperately entered the No.9 Ancient Civilization Ruins and obtained the Black God Suit, allowing the couple to live peacefully.
If her shield, Li Yao, died, Vinita’s life would also become miserable!
“Everyone, stop!”
“Stop now!”
“Drop your weapons!”
Some military forces stationed near the HR Alliance Mall quickly arrived, along with personnel from national departments. Leading them was a middle-aged man in a traditional Chinese suit, who inwardly cursed, “Damn it, three high-level warriors fighting it out, fine, but now dragging in ordinary people and possibly causing tens of thousands of casualties at any moment!”
The T111 model bombs had astonishing power.
“Ladies and gentlemen.”
“Warrior Luo Feng, Mrs. Vinita, let’s talk this through calmly.” The middle-aged man forced a smile, fearing any provocation of either side.
His status was high, but these were all high-level warriors!
“I advise you not to search for the T111 bombs,” Vinita glanced at the middle-aged man. “The ones I placed are hard to find. Even if you do, you should know how difficult it is to disarm them! The moment you start dismantling, I will know, and I will press this button immediately.”
The middle-aged man in the traditional Chinese suit broke into a cold sweat!
He hated dealing with powerful figures the most—high-level warriors and also the HR Alliance’s Chinese Regional Executive President. Once committing a crime, it would be extremely difficult to handle.
“Luo Feng.” Vinita stared at Luo Feng intensely.
“Either my husband and I perish together with tens of thousands of innocent people in China,” Vinita’s voice echoed in Luo Feng’s ears, “or you release my husband, and everyone will be fine! The choice is yours!”
Luo Feng remained expressionless, his gaze growing colder.
“Warrior Luo Feng!”
“Mrs. Vinita.” The middle-aged man in the traditional Chinese suit grew anxious, inwardly thinking, “Where is Mr. Lan? Why hasn’t he arrived yet?”
Whoosh!
The temperature on the ruined HR Alliance Mall Square rapidly dropped. Already winter, it suddenly fell below zero, instantly freezing the water in the fountain. Chilling cold spread throughout. A middle-aged man with faintly green hair flew in from the sky.
“Councillor Lan.” Vinita, Li Yao, and Luo Feng all recognized the figure.
“Hmph, even if you have a grudge, don’t drag in the innocent.” Councillor Lan seemed like an iceberg from a thousand years, his gaze chilling.
“Councillor Lan.” Vinita shook her head. “I had no choice. Luo Feng is trying to kill my husband within the city base. I have no other way! I can’t fight him, so I had to take this path. If my husband dies, let those tens of thousands of innocent people die with him. Besides, the choice is in Luo Feng’s hands. If he releases my husband, everyone will be fine.”
There were 52 Councillors on Earth.
More than ten of them with Chinese heritage were beyond the level of warriors, although only three or four were fully loyal to the nation. Many lived as hermits within the country. They would occasionally assist the military, the government, or the HR Alliance… in short, they could navigate all sides while living peacefully as recluses.
‘Lance’ Lan Ran was one such hermit residing in the Jiangnan Base City.
Lan Ran would only intervene in truly significant matters.
This time, only Lan Ran could handle it.
“Luo Feng.”
Councillor Lan hovered before Luo Feng. “Luo Feng, you should know the national laws and the Warrior Palace regulations!”
“The Warrior Palace regulations have several bottom lines, which no one may cross.”
“Killing the family members of a martial arts school is one.”
“Publicly killing a warrior within the city base is another!”
“It is also forbidden for warriors to fight within the city base!”
Councillor Lan said gravely, “Warrior elites are the wealth of humanity! Each is extremely important.”
“You daring to chase and kill a warrior in the HR Alliance Square, watched by thousands, is already a capital offense! But the one you’re trying to kill is a Warrior Palace warrior! That makes your crime even worse! Even if you kill him, you will still face execution! These regulations were set by the five Speakers. Are you really willing to trade your life for Li Yao’s, along with the lives of tens of thousands of innocent Chinese people? Among them are young teenagers just beginning to grow and innocent infants newly born. Is it worth it?” Councillor Lan stared at Luo Feng.
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