The fierce battle between 'remote Yuanying' and 'ultimate melee Jin Dan' lasted only one second. When 'Death Ray' Ye Changkong smashed to the ground like a ragged doll, Li Yao had already vanished into thin air.
When the Secret Sword Agents and the experts who swarmed over dismantled the chimney in fury, they discovered, to their surprise, that the bottom of the chimney was a hole that had been blown up by dozens of directional crystal bombs.
After passing through the hole that was dozens of meters long, it was the confluence of more than ten drainage canals.
The heavy rain of the night had all gathered inside, forming a dirty swirl. Below the swirl were more than ten water outlets that led to various directions of the underground world.
As long as Li Yao jumped into the dirty swirl, there was no telling which floor of the underground maze he had escaped to.
"* sshole!"
In the command center of the capture operation, 'Jin Dan, the strongest of the Heaven's Origin Sector', Guo Chunfeng burst into fury and smashed his teacup so hard that cracks appeared on the glass that he had used for more than ten years.
"Boss is angry!"
It was the first time that most of the Secret Sword Agents had seen Guo Chunfeng lose his composure. Knowing that he was truly infuriated, they looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what to do.
In the past, even when they were faced with the infiltration of the most cunning demons, when they were anxious and infuriated, their boss would always comfort them slowly and calmly!
They often said that their boss was exactly like his name. No matter how difficult and dangerous the environment was, he was always calm and cheerful.
But as it turned out, the unshaken heart that their boss had trained for decades had been broken by Li Yao.
But it was understandable. At this moment, all the Secret Sword Agents had realized that they had been tricked by Li Yao!
Everybody was in the worst mood. When they recalled the days when they were eating bear paws together and fantasizing that they would catch Li Yao soon, they felt as if they had been cut off from the previous life!
Naturally, many Secret Sword Agents were not convinced by the other 'advanced hunting team' led by 'Death Ray' Ye Changkong.
However, such was the struggle on the secret frontline. After Director Lu Zui told them about the existence of the Children of the Nether World, most of them thought about it carefully and found it understandable.
Besides, Ye Changkong was the chief tutor of firearms in the Union Army, a senior expert who had been famous for a long time, and a hero of the Federation. He was also the idol of many Secret Sword Agents since they were young!
With this senior leading the team, they had nothing to say. They could just treat it as a layer of "double insurance".
He did not expect that even an experienced Yuanying like Ye Changkong would be fooled by Li Yao. With one move, his right arm was cut off and he was severely wounded!
Could a sniper who had lost an arm still snipe?
The battle-tested Secret Sword Agents had a deeper understanding of the formidability of 'Vulture Li Yao'. The command center seemed to have turned into a freezer, and they were all frozen dead fish.
"Pass my order. Summon the Secret Sword Agents in the nearby cities to reinforce the capital city. Go deep into the underground district and search for the devil!"
Guo Chunfeng's eyes were bloodshot, and he gnashed his teeth so hard that they were cracking. "With everything coming to this point, we can only try to outnumber him!
"I will submit an application to the government and parliament, requesting that the few main entrances and exits of the underground district be closed and that the citizens be screened and evacuated on a large scale. We must find the Blood Devil even if we have to dig thirty thousand feet into the ground!"
All the Secret Sword Agents were greatly shocked.
Tens of millions of citizens lived in the underground district of the capital city of the Star Glory Federation. Evacuating all the citizens in order to search for a single target?
Are you kidding me?
This was the capital city. It had just been through a riot the day before, and the entire underground district was to be emptied today? Did they think that the citizens were not panicked enough?
Such an application was definitely not going to pass. Even the Speaker of the Federation did not have the courage to make the decision.
Everybody knew that their boss was too anxious, but nobody dared to point it out.
It was said that honest people were the scariest when they were infuriated. Then, how were they going to deal with their boss, who had been a gentleman for decades, when he suddenly burst into fury?
Guo Chunfeng breathed heavily for a long time. Realizing that he had said something stupid, he waved his hands helplessly and said, "Forget it. We can't evacuate the citizens right now. Summon the Secret Sword Agents nearby first. Increase the number of Secret Sword Agents below the ground by three times, no, five times! Even if we can't catch him, we must at least lock him down and not let him jump out to play tricks again! "
"Understood!"
If a large batch of soldiers were to be mobilized into the underground, it would mean that the defense and search on the ground would be greatly reduced.
But with everything coming to this point, there was no better solution. None of the Secret Sword Agents felt that the order was strange at all. They accepted the order and left.
Guo Chunfeng threw himself into a cushion in the corner heavily and crouched deep inside the cushion. Narrowing his eyes, he stared at the swirl where a large cluster of bubbles was floating on the light beam and began a new round of thinking.
…
In the forsaken magical equipment factory, Ye Changkong was like a pile of minced meat that was barely covered by garbage. He was lying on the ground with his limbs spread out.
The Yuanying Monster had an extremely high vitality. As long as he was not killed on the spot, the shocking wounds were not a big deal.
"Chief Instructor!"
All the members of the hunting team were greatly shocked. The medics hurried to come close and treat him. In the meantime, they summoned the hunting starship to land and transported him to the hospital affiliated to the Secret Sword Bureau in a floating medical cabin.
"Wait."
Ye Changkong struggled to raise his remaining arm and pressed his ear softly.
"I failed."
Ye Changkong swallowed hard and sent out a soundless conversation with the chip attached to his vocal cords.
"I know. It's fine as long as you are fine. There will be chances next time."
Before the operation, Lu Zui had asked him to make it work. But when the operation did fail, Lu Zui was not angry at all. Instead, he comforted him gently. Pausing for a moment, he asked again, "Have you ever been close to him?"
"Except for the kick in the end," Ye Changkong said, "he has never been within three meters of me."
"That's good," Lu Zui said. "But we still need to examine your Crystal Suit and your entire body carefully. Last time, when he was fighting Duanmu Ming, he stuck an eavesdropping chip to Duanmu Ming's Crystal Suit. There is a chance that he will do the same thing again."
Ye Changkong struggled to smile. "I'm not Duanmu Ming. It's impossible that I didn't know that somebody had planted an eavesdropping chip on me."
"Planting an eavesdropping chip on a Yuanying is naturally very difficult to do," Lu Zui said. "But it will be more reassuring if you examine it carefully."
"Alright," Ye Changkong said. "I'll examine it carefully. We'll talk after I make sure it's safe."
Loosening his finger and cutting off the communication, Ye Changkong said to his subordinates, "Right here. Take off my Crystal Suit and destroy it directly. Also, perform a full body examination and see if there are any foreign objects on my skin and between my wounds.
"Pay special attention to the metal scraps embedded in my body. They are very likely to be camouflaged eavesdropping chips."
Ten minutes later, his Crystal Suit was taken off and destroyed. The examination on every inch of his skin and every wound was completed, too. No abnormal chips were found.
Ye Changkong closed his eyes again and recalled the whole process of his fight with Li Yao carefully. He was not reassured until he was sure that Li Yao had absolutely no chance to do anything to him.
When he was about to be sent to the hunting starship, Ye Changkong suddenly thought of something. "Where's my 'Herald'?"
The gun Cultivators carried on the philosophy of the ancient sword Cultivators. It was like the saying that 'the sword lives, and the sword dies'. The gun lives, and the sword dies, and the sword dies'. Besides, it was an ultimate treasure that the best gun mechanic of the Federation had modified specifically for him!
Ye Changkong held the Herald sniper rifle in his arms with his broken arm and stroked the smooth barrel. Then, he let out a long sigh of relief and let his subordinates carry him onto the hunting ship.
The hunting starship flew toward the hospital affiliated to the Secret Sword Bureau. While it was still in midair, a common shuttle caught up with it.
Lu Zui, director of the Secret Sword Bureau, had come to visit Ye Changkong in person.
Inside the secret chamber, he examined Ye Changkong's wounds solemnly, especially his right arm that had been cut off neatly.
The 'limb replantation' technology of the Federation was rather mature. The Yuanying Cultivators boasted a high vitality, too. It was not a problem for them to reattach a severed arm, either.
However, it had been cut off neatly after all. All the nerves, veins, and nerves had to be reconnected. With such heavy wounds, it would be impossible for Ye Changkong to return to his peak capability in the next few months.
"I'm sorry," Ye Changkong said.
"I underestimated the formidability of the young man."
"It's alright."
Lu Zui said calmly. "Although you did not kill him, he was forced to unleash his powerful demonic energy in public. Countless experts witnessed him launching a fatal attack on you. There is no way that he can get rid of the sh * t!
"Right now, he has been forced to return to the underground world. Guo Chunfeng did not notice anything wrong and dispatched a large batch of Secret Sword Agents to hunt him down.
"If he dares to resist, innocent Secret Sword Agents may be killed. The more he resists, the tighter the sh * t will be. If he does not resist, it will be barely possible for him to break free from the dragnet of the Secret Sword Agents. He will be suppressed below the ground forever!
"From that point of view, the operation was not a complete failure."
Ye Changkong coughed and asked, "What's the situation in parliament?"
"This morning, the 'expedition motion' was passed," Lu Zui said. "Eighty-four percent of the members voted for it. We are about to succeed!
"Right now, two legions made of Crystal Suit are gathering and will be ready for war very soon. As long as they break out of the Dark Desolate Domain and march into the Blood Demon Sector, the war will certainly become fiercer and fiercer, even if it is for their own safety!"
"What about the Flying Star Sector?" Ye Changkong asked.
Lu Zui sneered. "The Flying Star Sector is a tray of loose sand. They have never fought a world war before. How can they know how to deal with such a situation? Naturally, they are still hesitating and wavering!
"Let them hesitate. When our army marches into the Blood Demon Sector, the fire of war will be uncontrollable. The Flying Star Sector will only have two choices!
"Either they watch and do nothing while the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector are consumed in vain. The possibility of resisting the Imperium of True Human Beings will be lost, and the Flying Star Sector will be doomed, too!
"Or, they can only jump on our tank and help us suppress the Blood Demon Sector in the shortest amount of time at the lowest price!
"As long as we can get Burning Prairie to the Blood Demon Sector, the reinforcements of the Flying Star Sector will have to follow us, even if it is only for the sake of the dreamy warship. They will have to fight the war even if they don't want to!"
Hearing that, Ye Changkong finally took a long breath in relief. He put on a smile and said, "So, with everything coming to this point, all the unexpected factors have been ruled out. Nobody can stop us now, right?"
"Yes. Starting from this second."
Lu Zui said casually, "Including Vulture Li Yao, nobody can stop the rise of the Federation!"
22.31 meters away from them, in the scorching and narrow space around the exhaust ports of the power rune arrays at the tail of the starship, Li Yao was standing in front of them.
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