Translator: CinderTL
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Mao Ying.
At this moment, a figure also appeared in the video.
"Since Master has instructed, I will naturally spare no effort in handling this matter," Mao Ying said with a smile.
An Yuan, hearing Ran Renxiong's words, felt a sense of relief.
"Thank you for your trouble."
This was a follower of Zhao Taiyi, an inner sect direct disciple of the Chiyang Sword Sect!
A Body Refinement Cultivator who had mastered the power of the Five Elements.
He hadn't expected that Zhao Taiyi would be so righteous, merely because he had once attended a lecture at the South-Eastern Academy, and upon coincidentally learning of this matter, he was willing to send his follower to assist Ran Renxiong in dealing with the villain Li Chunjun.
A Body Refinement Cultivator who had unified the Five Elements, a Qi Refining Cultivator who had condensed Gang Qi, and thirty Qi Refining Cultivators at the second or third level.
With such a lineup, they could easily surround and kill a Qi Refining Cultivator who had unified the Five Elements.
As for that villain, no matter how much one talked about it, he was merely a Body Refinement Cultivator with a Magical Artifact.
He had only reached the Innate realm half a month ago, something An Yuan had verified three times in the past few hours.
Relying on his Magical Artifact, he might be able to kill one or two Dao Foundation Cultivators by surprise, but could he really kill three or four Dao Foundation Cultivators and wipe out an entire law enforcement team of over thirty people?
TL/N: SMH😩
Thinking this, An Yuan felt reassured and said to Ran Renxiong, "Stay alert, don't fall for any tricks. I suspect that Yu Feng and the others lost contact because they were trapped in a formation. Don't make the same mistake."
"Master, just wait for my good news. You can trust me to handle this…"
Ran Renxiong made a relaxed "no problem" gesture with his hand.
But before he could finish his sentence, a sudden scream erupted in his ears.
Following that, panicked shouts came from within.
"Be careful!!"
"Li Chunjun!? That Body Refinement Cultivator!? Instead of running, he dares to attack us!? This is outrageous!"
"Kill him!"
"Ah! Sword Qi! Sword Qi Thunderclap! He's not a Body Refinement Cultivator! He's a Sword Cultivator! A Qi Refining Cultivator at the third level!"
Amidst the exclamations, the video footage shook violently.
In just a moment, it seemed the phone had fallen to the ground.
"Bang!"
It hit the ground, and with a loud thud, the video abruptly ended.
This scene made An Yuan, who had thought he could finally relax, freeze in shock.
After a while, when the screen had completely gone dark, he lowered his head slightly and turned his gaze to the documents on the table.
An Innate Martial Master half a month ago?
At best, he had borrowed a Dao Foundation Cultivator's formation to undergo Primordial Qi Infusion and become a Body Tempering Cultivator!?
An Innate Martial Master!? A Body Tempering Cultivator!?
Damn that Innate Martial Master! Damn that Body Tempering Cultivator!
He had heard the law enforcement team members' shrill screams clearly!
A Sword Cultivator!
A FUCKING SWORD CULTIVATOR!!
That Li Chunjun was undoubtedly a Sword Cultivator!
And not just any Sword Cultivator, but one at the third level of Qi Refining who had mastered Sword Qi Thunderclap!
Sword Cultivators were unparalleled in combat!
With a sudden ambush, killing Yu Feng, a Qi Refining Cultivator at the fourth level who had condensed Gang Qi, was no empty boast.
This explained why Yu Feng and the others had lost contact.
All ten of them had been out of contact for four to five hours!
Most likely, those ten were already in grave danger, if not dead.
Not just those ten, but now that Sword Cultivator Li Chunjun was ambushing Ran Renxiong…
Even with Mao Ying, a Body Refinement Cultivator who had unified the Five Elements, in Ran Renxiong's team, An Yuan still couldn't feel at ease!
"Damn it!"
He anxiously awaited a response from the other side.
Every minute he waited, he tried to contact Ran Renxiong!
Not just Ran Renxiong, he also got the phone numbers of other "on leave" law enforcement team members and kept calling.
But…
No one answered!
No one answered!
No one answered at all!
Three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes…
Time passed!
During those ten minutes of waiting, An Yuan's heart kept sinking, sinking, sinking further, as if it had fallen into an abyss.
Ten minutes.
No matter how difficult the situation, a battle against one person should have been over by now.
But now…
None of the law enforcement team members he had contacted had responded.
Not a single one!
The fate of these people…
Was already clear.
"How is this possible…"
An Yuan finally felt a hint of fear.
This was big.
This was really big.
The law enforcement team had lost over forty members, including many who had connections and backgrounds.
This matter was too big.
Too big for him, the deputy master of the academy, to cover up.
He shakily stood up, wanting to call the academy master and report this…
But before he could make the call, he grasped at one last straw of hope: "No! No! If Ran Renxiong is dead, it doesn't mean Mao Ying is too! He's a Qi Refining Cultivator at the fifth level, a Body Refinement Cultivator who has unified the Five Elements! Maybe he's already killed that thug!"
Find Zhao Taiyi!
Have Zhao Taiyi contact Mao Ying!
He would surely bring good news.
After all, it was just a Sword Cultivator who had mastered Sword Qi Thunderclap. If they could capture him in the end, such a high cost would be worth it.
Thinking this, he suddenly ran out.
Where was Zhao Taiyi?
Ah, he was in the morgue, praying for the two deceased.
At once, An Yuan hurried toward the morgue.
…
Morgue.
At this moment, Zhao Taiyi, the inner sect direct disciple, was trembling uncontrollably.
"How is this possible!? How is this possible!?"
He stared at the corpse of the Dao Foundation Cultivator…
More precisely, at the wounds on the Dao Foundation Cultivator's body, his eyes wide with shock, awe, ecstasy, and disbelief.
"How is this possible!? How is this possible!?"
If there weren't others around, Zhao Taiyi would have almost couldn't help but let out a wild laugh to vent the shock and ecstasy in his heart.
Hahahaha!
He did his best to suppress the urge to laugh to the heavens, causing his entire body to tremble uncontrollably for a long time.
"Success! Success! I… actually succeeded!"
He carefully reached out to touch the slightly charred wound on the Dao Foundation Cultivator's head.
After nearly two years of research and gathering countless materials, he recognized it at a glance.
"Profound Phoenix Sword Qi! Profound Phoenix Sword Qi! This wound was caused by the Profound Phoenix Devouring Sun Sword Qi, which can only be mastered by someone with Flaming Phoenix Blood!"
Zhao Taiyi roared in his heart.
What did Profound Phoenix Sword Qi mean!?
A Flaming Phoenix Sword Cultivator!
A Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy!
An invincible Sword Cultivator who could sweep across all geniuses and dominate the world!
The last Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy had emerged from the Taixu Sword Sect!
That was an invincible existence, so powerful it was beyond reach.
With a single sword, he had crushed the will of all the geniuses from various sects, leaving them utterly defeated.
Wherever his sword pointed, gods and demons alike would flee, and nothing could stand in his way.
It was because of the Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy's sweeping dominance that the Taixu Sword Sect had been able to dominate the Central Continent, ruling over billions of miles of territory and tens of billions of people, becoming the ultimate victor.
If he could become the Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy…
No!
He didn't need to become the Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy!
As long as he possessed Flaming Phoenix Blood, the entire Chiyang Sword Sect would spare no effort in nurturing him, treating him with even greater care than they would a genius, and helping him become the next Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy!
At that time, not only would Elder Bai Yang, whom he had been trying to curry favor with, but even the Chiyang Sword Sect's Sect Master and Grand Elders would immediately step forward, competing to take him as their disciple.
"Originally, I sought out Li Chunjun only because I was worried that Zhang Qing's secret project to extract Flaming Phoenix Blood would be exposed, so I had Mao Ying silence him. But I never expected…"
Zhao Taiyi's right hand trembled: "I never expected… Zhang Qing, he actually succeeded!? He succeeded!?"
He had successfully extracted Flaming Phoenix Blood from Jiang Linxian and made it his own!
This inner sect direct disciple gnashed his teeth, his expression fierce: "He succeeded, and yet he dared to hide it from me!? Damn it! Zhang Qing, you really deserve to die!"
Perhaps it wasn't Zhang Qing who had succeeded, but Li Chunjun!
But now wasn't the time to consider that.
The key was…
Li Chunjun!
Capture Li Chunjun!
And alive!
Li Chunjun must be alive!
Only then could he transfer the Flaming Phoenix Blood from Li Chunjun to himself, allowing him to become the new Flaming Phoenix Sword Cultivator!
He had all the experimental data!
If Li Chunjun, a mere Innate Martial Master, could succeed, then he, a genius with a spiritual root, could definitely succeed too!
Zhao Taiyi quickly took out his phone and called Mao Ying.
"Answer! Answer! Answer! Hurry up, Mao Ying! If you dare to kill my Li Chunjun and let this perfect test subject suffer even the slightest harm, you'll deserve to die ten thousand times!"
TL/N: Greed truly knows no bound. This guy is f****d.
(End of the Chapter)
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