209: Chapter 209 A Rat, a Dragon... and a Dog

"Judging by the commotion outside, that grandson Wang Guangyi must have already arrived. He is a powerhouse of the Core Condensation Realm, and he has a few other red-quality collectibles at his disposal. No one can say for sure how this will turn out."

"I'm just by myself, but the two of you..."

"Did this buddy here call everyone from the entire branch just to hack people to death? With the way things look outside today, you guys are probably going to eat prison food in Qianchongzhai Base City..."

Chu Hong wore a half-smile as the muzzle of his gun remained pressed against the head of the currently dumbfounded Luo Xin.

Jiang Long's expression inevitably darkened after being called out by him in public, and he glanced back at his squad members behind him, even though this operation was meant to train them.

But... after all, they were his future foundation within the Night Crow Society.

Being able to minimize casualties would still be better.

Chu Hong's gaze then turned to Luo Yi on the side.

"You too, this hotly dressed brother who likes cosplay. With your appearance, you must have killed quite a few people, right?" He smiled and used the muzzle to nudge Luo Xin's head beside him.

"With her in tow, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape either. This little girl basically has no combat power... I feel like as soon as she goes outside, she'll be riddled with bullets by random gunfire. What do you think?"

Chu Hong stared at the other person, already faintly guessing his identity in his heart.

But seeing him appear simultaneously with this bunch from the Black Hole Council, Chu Hong ultimately wasn't too certain.

Whether the "wronged" and "slandered" claims from Luo Xin's mouth were true or not.

An alert from Squad Three in the monitoring control room came through Jiang Long's earpiece.

"Instructor, we saw Wang Guangyi. He is already downstairs..."

Jiang Long's gaze turned cold, and he finally broke the stalemate first.

"Let's cooperate and kill Wang Guangyi first!"

Luo Yi swept his gaze across everyone, took a deep look at his younger sister Luo Xin, and paused on Chu Hong, especially on the handgun pointing at his sister's head.

Only then did he slowly speak.

His voice carried a chill.

"I have no problem, but let's hope someone doesn't hold us back, Energy Gathering Realm Second Stage..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Chu Hong give a cold smile.

"It's not yet certain who will hold us back in a moment!"

A burst of chilly source energy fluctuations caused the gazes of the three people at that moment to instantly turn toward the broken hole in the top-floor French window that had been smashed by Chu Hong.

Behind Jiang Long, the First Squad where Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan were located, along with another Second Squad, under Jiang Long's orders, went downstairs to rendezvous with the other squads and prepare for evacuation.

As Wang Guangyi's gloomy face slowly drifted in the void outside the window and appeared in their line of sight, Jiang Long spoke calmly of Wang Guangyi's intelligence.

"Wang Guangyi, 47 years old, Core Condensation Realm Third Stage. His source core item is a red-quality, bizarre supernatural-aligned consumable collectible peach named [ghost immortal peach]. The ordinary usage effect of this collectible is that it can permanently increase the user's strength by three stages, or instantly boost their temporary strength by six stages."

The eyes of both Chu Hong and Luo Yi tightened slightly.

Just as Jiang Long said all this, Wang Guangyi's icy gaze had already seen He Zhenshan's corpse leaning against the wall, with a hole blown through his head and dying with everlasting regret.

After his gaze swept indifferently past Chu Hong and Luo Yi.

His final gaze fell on the only figure among the three who was not wearing a mask or hiding his face.

"Huangshan Base City, Crossing Dragon Jiang Long!"

"Not long ago, I heard that old thing Jiang Xingdong say you went missing... Heh, so you've fallen to the point of joining those dog bastards of the Black Hole Council? Interesting..."

A terrifying source energy coercion, resembling a layer of tidal giant waves, lashed against the bodies of the three people present.

Chu Hong's eyes widened.

This was his first time facing a powerhouse of the Core Condensation Realm, yet he hadn't expected that an existence of this level already possessed a "coercion" similar to what he had read about in cultivation novels from his past life?

His feet trembled slightly, and he could even clearly feel that his control over the source energy within his body had become sluggish in the face of this coercion, like a mud ox entering the sea.

Jiang Long slammed the [Black Bone Spear] heavily into the ground in his hand, and the aura of the Energy Gathering Realm Ninth Stage erupted from his body.

Making him instantly pierce through this aura suppression like a long spear.

Meanwhile, Luo Yi on the other side was much simpler and more direct.

With a click, he opened the glass jar of the [contraband: plague rat] strapped to his back.

The hormone gun in his hand pierced into the dormant crystal plague rat inside, drew a tube of body fluid, and then fiercely stabbed it into his own arm.

An eerie dark green aura instantly began to surge out from his body by multiples.

Core Condensation Realm First Stage!

This temporary boosting method made Wang Guangyi's icy eyes twitch slightly, and he gave a high-and-mighty evaluation of "you've got some skills".

Afterwards, his gaze looked toward Chu Hong, only to see the latter currently supporting himself against the wall, moving step by step toward He Zhenshan's private collection room on the side.

Noticing the gazes of several people, Chu Hong gave an awkward smile.

"Th-That, you guys go first, I need to get ready..."

The expressions of both Jiang Long and Luo Yi suddenly turned dark.

"Heh, looks like your abilities amount to just this much."

Wang Guangyi let out a cold laugh, a red light flashed in his hand, and a huge peach that was entirely blackish-purple with ghost-face patterns appeared.

As soon as this fleshy peach appeared.

In Wang Guangyi's other hand, another scroll resembling a calligraphy and painting appeared, and as the scroll was violently shaken open by his hand.

The perceived air temperature of the entire top floor of the He Group, and even several floors below, seemed to plummet drastically in an instant.

"Stinking rats of the Black Hole Council! All of you, die here for this city lord!"

"Roar—!"

From the paper surface of the scroll, birds and beasts seemingly drawn in Chinese ink wash painting suddenly lunged out, yet each of them lacked the spiritual charm of traditional Chinese paintings, instead carrying a ferocious air close to that of malevolent demons.

As soon as they rushed out from the scroll.

They charged straight toward Jiang Long and Luo Yi in the first instance.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

The swamp rat Luoluo's poison gas sprayer took off again, and this time the howling speed surged by a significant margin, seemingly due to the temporary enhancement of Luo Yi's strength.

The poison gas instantly constructed an ominous and bizarre poison gas barrier across the entire top floor.

The hormone gun in Luo Yi's hand fired a shot at Jiang Long's body.

The latter was stunned, but after feeling that the surrounding poison gas no longer affected him, his expression relaxed a bit.

The next second.

The long spear in his hand thrust out like a dragon...

"Cap-, Captain, just now you..."

Inside the collection room, Luo Xin watched Chu Hong walk in. Able to still hear the sounds of fighting outside at that moment, she couldn't help but wear a look full of tension.

But she saw Chu Hong wave his hand, and a basin of... stew filled with octopus tentacles that still carried a wisp of heat suddenly appeared in his hand?

Under Luo Xin's dumbfounded gaze, he directly grabbed a tentacle from the pot and bit right into it.

"No, you..." Luo Xin widened her eyes.

Compared to the life-and-death battle taking place outside at this moment, she instantly felt that what Chu Hong was doing right before her eyes had a far greater visual impact...

But immediately afterwards, her expression froze directly on her face after seeing the information of that stew.

[Item Name]: Kraken Stew

[Item Grade]: Golden

[Item Value]: 900,000

[Item Type]: Source Energy Delicacy

[Item Weight]: 4kg

[Inventory Slot Capacity Occupied]: 2 × 3

[Item Description]: After consumption, the source energy rank increases by a major realm. Ineffective for those in the Core Condensation Realm. Duration: 8 hours. Chef's warning: After consumption, you will hear all sorts of weird sounds for a period of time; they might be real or they might be fake, please distinguish them yourself.

PS: Just kidding! If I said there would be extra chapters, there definitely will be! Come on, drink some chicken soup— —Codename "Pangolin"