267: SSS-level top secret

The workers and laborers watching from afar, though not Martial Artists themselves,

were still able to discern what was happening due to the prevalence of the Dao of Martial Arts and what they had absorbed through observation.

Shen Bei, frantically throwing scorching, sintered bricks, seemed to be in a fit of impotent rage.

What was he doing?

For a moment, these workers couldn't help but shake their heads.

In their eyes, Shen Bei had clearly exhausted all his tricks. After his blades shattered, he was unable to withstand the crescent moon slashes with his Physical Body, his formation was in disarray, and so he resorted to such a clearly futile method.

Frankly speaking, the blade techniques and physique Shen Bei displayed in this battle were indeed astonishing and unique even among the Five-Rank Realm, yet the gap in Rank and cultivation was an insurmountable chasm.

A Five-Rank Martial Artist was, after all, no match for a Six-Rank Martial Artist.

In their view, Shen Bei was merely struggling in his death throes, a cornered beast fighting back, and once his stamina was depleted to a certain extent, that would likely be his end.

Just as everyone watched with either tension or regret, Shen Bei's figure appeared like a ghost before a massive, burning brick, nearly three meters square. Amidst the explosive air currents, he thrust both palms forward!

Whoosh!

With a blast of air and a powerful push, the brick tore through layers of air, carrying a fierce roar as it arrived in an instant!

"Still struggling?"

Yun Zhiyi sneered, and once again, crescent moons appeared around his body. With a vibrating, whistling sound, eight slender crescent moons slashed down!

These smaller crescent moons were clearly not as powerful as the Ice-Fire Crescent Moon he had previously condensed with Qi, but they were even faster. This was his method to deplete Shen Bei's stamina.

Crash!

Under the barrage and cutting of the crescent moons, the three-meter-square, red-hot brick shattered instantly without any resistance, disintegrating abruptly before Yun Zhiyi!

Just as the brick shattered, momentarily blocking Yun Zhiyi's vision!

Boom!

The air on the ground rippled as Shen Bei stomped his foot!

A transparent ripple radiated outwards from where his foot landed, directly blasting a vacuum circle several meters in diameter into the ground. All shattered stones and debris within the ripple's range were vibrated into powder and pushed far away like a wave.

Shen Bei's figure, however, instantly shot into the sky like lightning!

He left a straight white Qi wave Dragon in the air, emitting an extremely sharp sonic boom, pushing aside the shattered stones cut by the crescent moons, and connecting directly to Yun Zhiyi's front!

He actually propelled himself into the air with a single stomp, like a cannonball, launching over fifty meters off the ground into mid-air!

There was no skill involved, just pure power and speed! At this moment, all of Shen Bei's hidden strength—blood, bones, muscles, internal organs—exploded!

The shattering of the burning brick and Shen Bei's appearance before Yun Zhiyi happened almost simultaneously, as fast as sound itself.

The air in front of him, unable to escape, was tightly compressed, forming a thin, pure white wave surface. Behind the shockwave, the air, subjected to immense, pure pressure and compression, vibrated violently and exploded!

A sonic barrier was produced.

Any flying speed that reaches nine-tenths of the speed of sound will generate a sonic barrier during flight. This indicated that Shen Bei's speed at this moment was approaching the speed of sound.

How fast is the speed of sound? Three hundred forty meters per second, which means over three hundred meters per breath—that is the speed of sound.

At this moment, with an unprecedented burst, Shen Bei, with his pure Physical Body, had astonishingly reached near-sonic speed!

He was like a hunter, meticulously planning and preparing, all for this final, explosive kill!

And at this very moment, even as Shen Bei traversed the fifty-plus meter distance to Yun Zhiyi's front, and the crescent moons that had shattered the giant rock were forcibly endured, leaving narrow gashes on his chest and arms, he seemed completely unaware!

In a fraction of a second, Yun Zhiyi's face even retained that sneering expression.

But at that moment, Shen Bei was covered in blood, and one of his hands, trailing multiple afterimages, had already pressed onto Yun Zhiyi's chest!

Martial Skill: Heart-Piercing Cannon Hammer!

Boom!

Blood splattered, and a body flew!

Protective Qi field, shattered!

Implanted battle armor, shattered!

Skin and muscles, shattered!

Ribs and fascia, shattered!

Amidst a series of crackling thunderous explosions, Yun Zhiyi's body was thrown high into the air!

He flew dozens of meters through the air before his entire body arced downwards, crashing to the ground.

Boom!

His body directly created a huge crater in the ground, sending dust flying. On his chest, a clear handprint was completely caved in, and he spewed out a large amount of blood, mixed with dozens of tiny fragments of internal organs, leaving half his body a bloody mess.

"What is going on?!"

The events that transpired in a flash of lightning caused everyone's eyes to bulge, their faces to twitch violently, and they could hardly believe their eyes, letting out an uncontrollable roar!

The previous moment, Shen Bei was struggling, fighting like a cornered beast under Yun Zhiyi's crescent moon slashes.

And the next moment, he completely vanished from the ground, only a violent and sharp sonic boom was heard, and a large area of expanding, surging pure white shockwaves, while Yun Zhiyi fell from low altitude, directly defeated!!!

Yun Zhiyi's defeat was filled with a sense of absurdity, strangeness, and an anticlimactic ending.

Too fast, too fast. Even though the group of workers surveyed the whole situation, they didn't even see Shen Bei's shadow moving at high speed.

Only when Yun Zhiyi's body exploded and was thrown high did they see Shen Bei's figure had taken Yun Zhiyi's place, appearing in the low sky over fifty meters off the ground.

The outcome before their eyes left them with an extreme lack of realism; for a moment, they were all stunned on the spot.

Shocking!

It was too shocking!

A Five-Rank Martial Artist crippled a Six-Rank Martial Artist!

Truly an eye-opener.

They could boast about this for a whole year when they returned!

...

At this moment, on the shattered ground, Yun Zhiyi slowly raised his head with all his might, staring fixedly at Shen Bei, and spat out a few words:

"You... are... good! I didn't expect..."

Shen Bei landed quickly, pulled out a qi and blood pill, and shoved it directly into Yun Zhiyi's mouth.

"Don't talk, just wait for the military's interrogation!"

Shen Bei had to keep Yun Zhiyi alive; he couldn't kill him. This guy might be hiding big secrets, so he should be handed over to the military.

"Kill me!" Yun Zhiyi roared unwillingly, his eyes bloodshot.

Shen Bei leaned down and patted Yun Zhiyi's cheek: "Whenever you die, you die, don't rush. When we get to the military, we can talk things over nicely."

"You... motherf—"

"Shh."

Shen Bei tapped his lips: "Save some energy. Constantly cursing will give you chapped lips."

Without another word, Shen Bei directly hoisted the dying, helpless Yun Zhiyi onto his shoulder.

At this moment, Shen Bei's body was trembling slightly, his chest rising and falling rapidly, and his clothes were soaked with blood.

Now, his stamina was less than one-tenth of what it normally was; probably any Five-Rank Martial Artist could easily defeat him.

At the same time, Shen Bei collected all the fragments of his twin blades, making sure not to leave a single piece behind.

It had to be said, Yun Zhiyi really had some skills.

Such good blades, and he actually shattered them!

Fortunately, the main Materials were still there, and new blades could still be forged.

This time, Shen Bei planned to change the shape and color of the blades.

After all, carrying Oleg's twin blades easily attracted hatred and unnecessary trouble.

Like this time with Yun Zhiyi.

Although the twin blades were shattered, it was also a blessing in disguise.

Shen Bei, carrying Yun Zhiyi, came before the workers, scanned them, and saw Sun Boss trembling.

He seemed very distressed about his collapsed brick kiln but dared not speak his anger, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Shen Bei wanted to smile but couldn't, letting out a strange tone: "Sun Boss, you're harboring a criminal."

Sun Boss jumped in fright, then quickly put on a mournful face: "I didn't! He came to work here on his own, only for a month."

"Not even a day! This is your dereliction of duty!"

"I... I..." Sun Boss was badly scared: "Little brother, you must put in a good word for me, I really didn't know anything!"

Shen Bei, however, wasn't overly aggressive: "Alright, I'll explain the situation to the military. Work here definitely can't continue, so pay me my wages."

Sun Boss: ...

No, you shattered my brick kiln, and I still have to pay you wages?

But Sun Boss didn't dare to speak his true thoughts; he could only silently pull out money while secretly vowing that next time he hired temporary workers, he would put up a sign saying "Martial Artists get out."

Shen Bei received his wages, which marked the completion of his work. He would definitely be able to activate his panel tomorrow and receive attribute rewards.

Feeling great.

As he left, Shen Bei tossed Sun Boss a few bottles of popular Medicinal Pills.

"Sell these on the market; it'll be enough for you to build a new brick kiln."

Sun Boss gazed at Shen Bei's receding figure, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

This... this was compensation for him?

"A good person!"

Sun Boss almost cried: "A good person will definitely become a Martial God!"

Shen Bei stumbled, almost falling to the ground.

Damn it, is he cursing me?

Am I, Shen Bei, a good person?

Du Ziteng is; he's received many 'good person cards'.

...

After much effort.

Shen Bei finally rushed back to the provincial capital.

Along the way, he attracted countless stares, after all, a person carrying another person running down the street.

Both covered in blood, it was truly eye-catching.

Shen Bei took a shortcut, directly passing through Shencheng Martial Arts University.

This startled the students who had just finished class.

What kind of cosplay was this!

Qi Chuanyu and the others widened their eyes and quickly chased after him.

"Holy crap! Shen Bei, what the heck are you doing?! What is that thing?!"

"Did you kidnap the wrong person for a wedding?"

"Stop quickly, the school's cold storage is on the west side, hey!"

"Shen Bei, what are you doing carrying a living person?"

Shen Bei waved his hand as if shooing flies: "Scram, don't delay me from getting rich."

Qi Chuanyu and the others stopped, exchanged glances, and their hearts sank.

"Hiss~~ Is this guy starting to kidnap people?"

"I don't know Shen Bei, I really don't!"

"Post on Moments, all of Shen Bei's criminal acts have nothing to do with me, hey."

...

Shen Bei, carrying Yun Zhiyi, arrived at the back wall of the school.

He indeed found several security personnel digging a hole in the wall and installing a small door.

"Next time, don't climb the wall. We're building a door for you," a security guard said.

Shen Bei exclaimed: "Thank you!"

"You're welco—"

Before the security guard could finish speaking, he saw Shen Bei climb over the wall.

"Didn't we just build this door for nothing!"

The security guard's mouth twitched.

...

Upon reaching the military's main gate.

Shen Bei didn't have time to explain and directly burst in.

Soldier: ...

"Don't ask, major fugitive, SSS-level top secret! Where's Bai Wei?" Shen Bei asked as he ran.

"Office, this way." The soldier led Shen Bei.

Running all the way.

He arrived at Bai Wei's office.

Shen Bei kicked open the door and roared: "Look who I caught!"

Inside Bai Wei's office, many military leaders were holding a meeting and were startled by Shen Bei's sudden intrusion.

Bai Wei's eyes narrowed sharply as she looked over, then immediately stood up and walked over.

She grabbed Yun Zhiyi's head, then forcefully pushed it back down.

Pointing with a flick of her hand, she spoke very quickly: "Everyone else get out! Hurry!"