106: Assassination from the Martial Alliance Association

Su Lei's slender fingers gently stroked the blade, the cold metallic touch transmitting through his fingertips.

The blade shimmered with a faint blue glow under the laboratory's cold light, as if imbued with the power of stars.

Beside him, Qin Yueshan, Deputy Director pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, his eyes narrowed as he stared at the flickering data on the holographic screen.

"Its hardness reaches fifteen times that of superalloys, energy conductivity is 100%, and..."

Before he could finish, Su Lei had already gripped the hilt.

In an instant, a familiar coolness, like a trickling stream, surged from his palm, flowing through his Meridians and spreading throughout his body.

He could clearly feel the star marrow taking effect.

Every cell in his body cheered, and his Mental Energy grew vigorously like tender shoots nurtured by spring rain.

One must know, a single piece of star marrow was enough to forge ten hero badges.

And this long blade, entirely dark blue, had four pieces incorporated into it!

"Clang—!"

A crisp sword cry, like a Phoenix's song, resonated throughout the entire research institute.

Su Lei casually swung it, and the air where the blade passed suddenly twisted and distorted, as if a calm water surface had been cut by a sharp edge.

The holographic projector on the laboratory ceiling was also interfered with, causing a temporary distortion in the projected data stream.

"It actually caused spatial fluctuations..."

Silver Owl's pupils suddenly constricted, his sharp gaze fixed on the lingering distorted trace, and he subconsciously touched his arm.

The aftermath of that strike made his hair stand on end, and goosebumps covered his skin.

Even his voice was unconsciously lowered.

"This blade... can it ignore any defense?"

Qin Yueshan, Deputy Director proudly lifted his chin, his eyes under his grizzled eyebrows glinting with pride.

"The blue crystal itself contains immense energy."

"After my special treatment, it has been fused with this blade, retaining 90.35% of its efficacy."

He gestured with his calloused hands.

"Moreover, I deliberately suppressed the energy output, so there won't be an exaggerated effect like a spacetime rift; it will only twist space within a small range at the point of the strike."

Su Lei's lips curved slightly upwards, his well-defined knuckles gently caressing the intricate patterns on the hilt.

He could feel three mysterious substances perfectly merged within the blade, resonating with each other.

The laboratory lights flowed across the blade, reflecting the flickering Battle Intent in his eyes.

This would be his strongest weapon for conquest!

Su Lei turned to Qin Yueshan, Deputy Director and nodded slightly: "Excellent craftsmanship. I am very satisfied with this blade."

"Hmph!"

"I am, after all, the Vice Dean of the Federation Academy of Sciences."

Qin Yueshan, Deputy Director crossed his arms, his grizzled beard trembling slightly with his snort, though the pride in his eyes behind his glasses could not be hidden.

"Give it a name. This is, after all, my most satisfying masterpiece to date."

Su Lei lowered his gaze, his thumb slowly stroking the flowing blue patterns on the blade.

The patterns, as if alive, glowed faintly when he touched them.

"Let's call it 'Heaven-Opener'."

...The night was deep, and it was already past midnight when the special plane landed at the Western Military Region airport.

The searchlights on the tarmac cut dazzling beams of light through the darkness.

Su Lei, clad in a black military overcoat, descended the gangway, his boots making a dull thud on the metal steps.

He arrived at the top-floor office of the command center.

With a light tap of his finger in the Void Realm, the office's smart computer immediately responded, and a holographic projection unfolded above the solid wood desk.

Pale blue data streams cascaded down like a waterfall.

"Kunlun Secret Realm exploration progress, highest access level retrieval."

The projection screen suddenly changed, displaying a three-dimensional topographic map of the Kunlun Mountains.

The main peak was marked in a striking red, and layers of scanning data showed that a perfectly spherical cavity, 1047 meters in diameter, existed within the mountain.

Rock analysis data continuously refreshed beside it, and the reflection signal of some unknown metal caused the detector's curve to fluctuate wildly.

Su Lei's finger swiped across the projection, calling up real-time footage of the engineering site.

Hundreds of engineers in heavy protective suits were working on the frozen rock face, plasma drills spewing dark blue flames, and the melted rock instantly solidified into glass-like crystals in the minus thirty-degree temperature.

A progress bar in the corner of the screen showed that, at the current speed, it would take another seventeen days and six hours to break through the final rock layer.

Just then, the office door silently slid open.

Lin Qianqian walked in, her military uniform crisp, the general's stars on her epaulets shining brightly under the light.

The Federation's appointment document had taken effect, and she officially became the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Military Region.

But when she stood beside Su Lei, her posture remained as respectful as before, even with a hint of cautious deference.

Lin Qianqian did not speak, quietly and carefully brewing a cup of specially supplied green tea, its fragrance curling up, exceptionally refreshing.

As she bent down to place the teacup on the table, her collar slightly parted, revealing a large expanse of fair skin, glowing with a lustrous sheen under the light.

Su Lei's gaze remained steady; he merely shook his head gently.

"Your current identity is the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Military Region."

"If outsiders were to see this, it might be inappropriate."

Lin Qianqian pursed her lips, her eyes sparkling with undisguised admiration and infatuation.

"I don't understand these things... I only follow your arrangements."

Su Lei pinched his brow, momentarily speechless.

The next moment, his brows furrowed slightly, and he suddenly turned his head to look somewhere.

His gaze seemed to penetrate layers of walls, locking onto someone in the elevator... Ding—

The elevator's numbers silently jumped, stopping at the top floor.

The metal door slid open, and a soldier walked towards the office.

The corridor's surveillance cameras scanned his figure, and the biometric identification System did not issue any alarms.

He seemed to be just an ordinary soldier on duty.

However, his steps were very steady, each step precisely measured, making almost no sound.

His aura was restrained, and even his heartbeat was suppressed to near stillness.

His fingertips trembled slightly, and a pale blue Protective Aura flowed in his sleeve, transforming into an invisible sharp edge.

His every move exuded the demeanor of a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

However, when he was still ten meters from the office at the end of the corridor,

His pupils constricted, his hair stood on end, and he suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis!

The next moment,

A golden Protective Aura strike instantly pierced through the wall.

The wall, the ground, the air, and the Protective Aura around him in its path began to twist and collapse!

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered, and the soldier's right arm was severed at the shoulder, the wound as smooth as a mirror, and he didn't even feel pain immediately.

"No... this is impossible..."

He staggered backward, suddenly heavily injured, filled with terror, and could no longer maintain his disguise.

His bones made cracking sounds, and his height increased from 1.7 meters to 1.9 meters.

His facial features also began to change, revealing his original appearance.

—Xiang Shaotian, President of the Beiliang City Martial Alliance Association!

Xiang Shaotian's eyes were filled with horror.

Without the slightest hesitation, enduring the severe pain, he violently smashed through the corridor wall, and his figure, like a ghost, leaped down from a height of a hundred meters!

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