"So fast?"
Li Yao retrieved a super high-resolution translucent crystal camera from his Cosmos Ring and put it on his left eye. He looked out of the window and adjusted the focus. Finally, he scanned the four crystal warships and saw the raging 'Xiang Dragon' on the heads of the four crystal warships.
The Dragon Legion was one of the sixteen legions of the Xing Yao Federation that were fully equipped with Crystal Suit. It had just been equipped with the assault version of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit of the latest model. It was the absolute main force of the Union Army.
More importantly, according to the intelligence that was sent to the Blood Demon Sector twenty years ago, 'Duanmu Ming', who was qualified to read the intelligence, was now the highest commander of the Dragon Legion!
The man was very likely to be a Child of the Nether World!
"Such a coincidence?"
Li Yao frowned. Then he realized that it was not a coincidence. If the Children of the Nether World were really trying to cut off the connection between the Blood Demon Sector and the Heaven's Origin Sector, they would certainly have tried their best to send their own forces to the frontline of the Grand Desolate Plateau to block or interfere with the enemy.
However, everything was just speculation. Li Yao did not have any solid evidence to prove the real identity of 'Duanmu Ming'. Maybe the Child of the Nether World was someone else who was really a loyal general of the Union Army. Then, it would be hard to explain his aggressive behavior.
Even if Duanmu Ming was really a Child of the Nether World, most of the Union Army in the Dragon Legion must be on his side, too. Li Yao would never attack them.
"I'm in a dilemma. I need more intelligence to plan my next move!"
Li Yao licked his lips and touched his slightly smooth cheek softly. Then, he tore off a thin membrane from his face along the corner of his mouth. His facial muscles expanded one after another, turning into a face that was even rougher in the blink of an eye.
"I knew that it wouldn't be so simple. Thankfully, I was prepared. Whether or not Duanmu Ming is a Child of the Nether World and what they are up to exactly, I'll find out after I try! "
The four crystal warships were getting closer and closer to his cemetery. Li Yao took a deep breath and retrieved the basic Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit from his Cosmos Ring. Then …
He broke out of the window and fled!
"Whoosh!"
Li Yao leaped high into the air and stomped on his own statue. He leaped onto his tombstone like a bolt of lightning and stomped heavily on it. His speed instantly soared to the limit!
The quick action soon attracted the attention of the four crystal warships. They all flew toward Li Yao. Dozens of sharp mystic lights locked onto him from all directions!
The cabin doors on the two sides of the crystal warship slowly opened like the bloody mouth of a shark. Almost a hundred armed shuttles and dozens of Mystic Skeleton Battlesuits of the latest model flew out!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! "
From the turrets of the four crystal warships, translucent spiritual waves were blown out at the same time. Like highly-condensed water balls, they raised powerful blasts on the ground and smashed at Li Yao like a tsunami.
It was a stun grenade, which was not very destructive. The federal army had not figured out Li Yao's identity yet and was not sure who the Cultivator in the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit was. Naturally, they wouldn't kill him but wanted to capture him alive.
If he hadn't seen his own cemetery, it wouldn't have mattered even if he had been captured by the enemy. But right now, how could Li Yao control his fate in the hands of someone who was suspected to be a Child of the Nether World?
He was like the most vigorous surfer, bumping violently in the stormy waves condensed by the shockwaves, looking for fleeting gaps that were as thin as hair. He even used the impetus of the shockwaves to accelerate again and again!
However, the performance of the basic version of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit on his body was mediocre after all. It couldn't keep up with his pace at all. After a few extreme sprints and changes of direction … The three power rune arrays on the back of the crystal warship suddenly exploded after several noises!
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit seemed to have stepped on a banana peel. It staggered in midair!
"BOOM! CRACK! "
The four crystal warships had been waiting for the opportunity for a long time. The secondary cannons on the two sides of the body of the crystal warship opened fire at the same time, throwing clusters of scorching magma around Li Yao and forming walls of fire that were thousands of degrees high, further restricting his space of activity.
On the head of the crystal warship, the main gun that looked like a soaring horn condensed dazzling balls of lightning. After a few thunderous noises, the balls of lightning appeared above Li Yao's head as if they had teleported. Thousands of electric arcs split into silver snakes and formed an enormous electric net several square kilometers in diameter! Zi! Zi!
Zi! Zi! Zi!
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi! Li Yao was immediately dazed by the electricity. The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit was cracking, and blood was gushing out.
He bellowed and injected a bottle of strengthening drug into his neck. His speed increased instead of slowing down. Looking for the gaps between the electric arcs, he seemed to be dancing among the lightning. Finally, before the armed shuttle and the Crystal Suit arrived, he broke out of the electric net and rushed forward!
In the blink of an eye, he had dashed almost a hundred kilometers away. In front of him was a dense forest of rocks. The gaps of the rocks led to the underground, where there were interconnected caves!
Deep inside the Grand Desolate Plateau, there were as many underground caves as there were hairs on a cow. This hiding spot had been carefully selected by Li Yao before he came. He had done preliminary surveys as a backup plan.
"Shua!"
Before the second, more powerful electric net covered him, Li Yao dashed into the depths of the stone forest and crawled into the underground cave!
The trap was set up.
Now, it was time to see whether or not Duanmu Ming would be fooled!
…
In the sky above the stone forest, the four crystal warships and hundreds of elite Exos of the Dragon Horse Legion were about to rush into the underground cave to search.
However, an order from their superiors asked them to stay where they were and control the surroundings.
Very soon, an assault warship, which was embedded with strengthened plate armor that looked like dragon scales, dashed to the sky above the stone forest.
Duanmu Ming, the highest commander of the Dragon Horse Legion and a major general of the Union Army, stared at all the videos of the battle just now and the pictures captured by the soldiers of the Union Army stationed in Li Yao's Mausoleum through the Demon Beast Detector.
Duanmu Ming's face was fair and beardless, and he looked elegant. At first glance, he looked like a well-mannered scholar, or at least a well-mannered general.
But his combat style was cold, brutal, crazy, and fearless. He had fought the demons in the frontline countless times.
Such a reckless combat style had been criticized by countless people, but it had won the favor of Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao, a big shot in the military. Also, thanks to his natural-born intuition, he had always been able to attack the weakest part of the demon race and secure the victory of the battle, shattering all the doubts.
Therefore, his career had been prosperous. In only twenty years, he had risen from the deputy chief of staff of a common troop to the highest commander of one of the sixteen Crystal Suit Legions of the Federation!
At this moment, there were only Duanmu Ming and an advisor of the Dragon Horse Battle Group in the secret chamber. Apart from the seriousness on their faces, there was also a hint of weirdness.
"The soundwave detection has been completed."
The advisor tapped on the light beam of his mini crystal processor. Lines of curves, high and low, immediately popped up on the light beam. Li Yao's voice came over.
"Tell me. How did Vulture Li Yao die?"
Every word turned into dozens of curves and thousands of lines of data, which were compared with the voiceprint information in the secret database. Very soon, a voiceprint that was almost identical to Li Yao's popped up.
The guy's identity information was immediately displayed next to him.
Duanmu Ming's pupils constricted violently. He asked in surprise, "It's him?"
"Yes. The coincidence rate of the voiceprint comparison is 92%. It should be the same guy," the advisor continued.
The advisor continued. "Also, we've retrieved a lot of blood samples from the debris of the broken crystal suit that he dropped. After analyzing and comparing them, they are very similar to … his blood samples that we got from the other side."
"There's also 'Tactical Motion Capture Analysis'."
The advisor opened Li Yao's battle videos one after another. Li Yao's body gradually became transparent and was replaced by data and lines. "We have analyzed the guy's every movement and compared them with the old videos in the database. 51% of his habitual movements are identical."
Duanmu Ming frowned. "Only 51%?"
The staff officer said, "That's right. Because this person tried his best to hide his identity and tried not to make habitual movements, there was only a 51% match. However, at the critical moment, he couldn't help but give himself away, especially this subconscious action of injecting the strengthening potion. The match with the old video in the database is 100%!"
"The voiceprint, the blood samples, and the tactical motion capture are all highly identical. It is definitely enough to prove his identity!
"He is Han Tuhu, the captain of the Flying Tigers Legion!"
"The shape of his face is not right," Duanmu Ming said coldly.
"We retrieved the soldier's surveillance picture and analyzed his face carefully," the advisor said. "His facial expression is somewhat rigid. He must have stuck a membrane on his face to change his appearance."
Duanmu Ming narrowed his eyes and said, "Han Tuhu should be a half-human, half-demon monster."
"We don't know about that," the advisor replied. "Ever since the Eye of Blood Demon was destroyed and the Spore Stratagem failed three months ago, our intelligence network over there has suffered a heavy blow. It's been a long time since we last received any valuable information. Chances are that the Pantheon of Demons has developed a reduction drug that can control the demonized cells to a high degree.
"If such a drug is really developed and can restore Han Tuhu's appearance to that of a human being, he will be one of the best candidates to come back. He is the captain of the Flying Tigers Legion. Whatever he says, the military will treat him cautiously."
"Alright!"
Duanmu Ming rose abruptly. "We cannot allow Han Tuhu to fall into other people's hands. Let's go and control him in person! Let's not resort to violence yet. I don't think that he knows our secret yet. Let me figure out the latest intelligence about the Blood Demon Sector from his head first! "
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