162: Instant Kill
Perhaps due to the shouts from outside, or perhaps his absolute confidence in his own strength, the gold store robber seemed to have relaxed his guard.
The door to the gold store opened, and a Bald Strongman, bare-chested with a dragon and phoenix tattoo on his shoulder, nonchalantly peered out from behind the inner door.
Looking at Li Ziyu approaching, he bared a mouthful of white teeth:
“You brat, are you here to negotiate…?”
Pfft!
The Bald Strongman was about to ask if Li Ziyu was there to negotiate terms.
After all, the authorities were now a hundred times more lenient towards Ancient Martial Practitioners with strength.
As long as they hadn't committed an unforgivable grave crime, they could basically be pardoned or even recruited.
He thought Li Ziyu was also there with this objective.
However, he had no intention of negotiating with Li Ziyu.
The reason he let Li Ziyu approach was that he planned to kill Li Ziyu directly once Li Ziyu entered his attack range!
Then, he would seize this opportunity to break out of the surrounding encirclement!
It was hard-won power; being constrained by others was far less interesting than being a king.
But before he could even finish his sentence.
With a bang.
He only heard a piercing sonic boom by his ear.
Then he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Looking down, he saw a battle saber gleaming with cold light protruding from his chest.
He didn't even see when the other party made his move; he was instantly killed!
“What’s going on?! Old Third, go out and check!”
Li Ziyu heard another wary voice from inside.
He could vaguely hear women crying inside.
It seemed the Bald Strongman’s accomplice felt something was wrong and was preparing to come out and check the situation.
However, Li Ziyu didn't wait for the guy called Old Third to come out.
He directly exerted force with his foot.
With a bang, he stamped a deep pit into the ground, and his entire body, like an arrow released from a bow, charged directly into the gold store.
After entering.
He quickly identified the two robbers.
Under the terrified and trembling gazes of several female shop assistants, he delivered two explosive punches, blowing off the heads of the two robbers!
Throughout the entire gold store.
The blood essence on these two was the most obvious; they were the only two Martial Artists, so they were definitely the robbers.
After finishing.
Li Ziyu raised his right wristband to check.
C-level mission, completed.
Current mission completion progress: 5%.
“It’s done.”
“Then I can accept a B-level mission.”
Completing a C-level mission was a prerequisite for unlocking B-level missions.
He was grinding C-level missions precisely to unlock B-level missions.
Moreover, after he completed one B-level mission, he wouldn't stop; he would directly proceed to an A-level mission.
And then S-level!
Otherwise, accumulating mission progress by grinding low-level missions would be too time-consuming.
“Chief… Chief… Do you need to rest, or, uh… leave your name, so our Modu University Public Security Bureau can thank you!”
Outside the gold store, Director Hu Zhiming stared wide-eyed at Li Ziyu, who strolled out of the gold store in less than three seconds, feeling as if his brain had crashed.
He had just thought Li Ziyu was here to resolve the conflict through negotiation or recruitment.
Yet, Li Ziyu killed the robber with a single saber strike!
And he hadn't even clearly seen that saber strike.
It was as if the saber had appeared on the robber's body in an instant!
After killing the Bald Strongman, Li Ziyu's speed in rushing into the gold store was also terrifyingly fast!
By the time he reacted again, Li Ziyu had already come out.
Director Hu Zhiming looked at the several hostages sobbing and running out of the gold store; clearly, the robbers inside the gold store had also been dealt with by Li Ziyu.
The other high-ranking Public Security Officers, including the Middle-aged Sheriff who had brought Li Ziyu over earlier, and the hundreds of armed police officers around, also stared at Li Ziyu with shocked disbelief.
Their gazes instinctively fell upon the deep pit Li Ziyu had just stamped out.
Is this the power of an Ancient Martial Practitioner?
The ground here was paved with hard granite!
Even rifle bullets could only leave a shallow white mark on it.
This young man.
He could actually stamp out a pit several tens of centimeters deep with just the strength of his bare body!
And that terrifying speed he just displayed.
It must be faster than a rifle bullet, right?!
Is this even human?!
And from the looks of it, this young man hadn't even used his full strength!?
Their worldview was instantly overturned.
“No need.”
Li Ziyu waved his hand, refusing Director Hu Zhiming's invitation, and turned to leave.
He was going directly to complete a B-level mission.
Director Hu Zhiming and the others naturally dared not stop him, only respectfully and actively clearing a path, watching Li Ziyu leave.
“If we could establish a connection with such a person…”
“Unfortunately, with my status as the Director of the Modu University Public Security Bureau, I'm not qualified to catch his eye…”
…
In a petty-bourgeois coffee shop in the center of Modu City.
Inside the European-style decorated coffee shop, many urban white-collar workers were leisurely drinking coffee.
The speakers placed around the coffee shop were playing the most popular relaxing music of the moment.
By the window, Chen Xing and Wei Jianguo were sitting there, studying the missions on their wristbands.
“Currently, we can only do C-level missions. The strength requirement for C-level missions is high-level Level 4. Based on my deduction, for B-level missions, the strength requirement will probably increase to high-level Level 5.”
“And for A-level, the strength requirement for the completer will probably double.
Although A-level missions offer more reward progress than B-level, I think that with our team's strength, fully completing B-level missions to rush the progress bar should be the most cost-effective choice right now.”
Chen Xing analyzed seriously.
Through the chat in the group just now, he had already witnessed the intelligence of Wei Jianguo and Mei Wan'er, which was very touching.
So, naturally, Chen Xing took on the heavy responsibility of being the team's strategist.
“Hmm, I agree with Comrade Chen Xing’s strategy. Since the strategy is set, we’ll just wait for Li Ziyu to arrive, and then we’ll start the operation immediately!”
“Finally, I can fight to my heart's content!!”
Wei Jianguo nodded repeatedly, while rubbing his fists together, his face full of fighting spirit.
Just then.
The coffee shop door was pushed open again.
It was Mei Wan'er who came in.
After Mei Wan'er entered, she scanned the room and then walked towards where Chen Xing and Wei Jianguo were sitting.
“Sorry, sorry, I ran into a thief on the way just now and helped catch him, forgetting our agreed time…”
“Huh? Hasn’t Li Ziyu arrived yet?”
Mei Wan'er first apologized for her lateness, then, seeing only Chen Xing and Wei Jianguo present, she looked a bit puzzled.
“No, Li Ziyu is probably further away from here. Let's wait a bit longer.”
“But how did you manage to do something so bizarre as catching a thief in the Martial Saint Secret Realm?”
“Don’t you know that everything in this Martial Saint Secret Realm is fake?”
Chen Xing handed Mei Wan'er a cup of coffee, looking at her with a speechless expression.
Mei Wan'er pouted:
“What’s it to you.”
“Mainly, the scenery is too realistic. When I first came in, I was a bit confused whether it was reality or an illusion.”
Saying that, Mei Wan'er glanced around.
Many people in the coffee shop were secretly observing the three because of their attire.
“Sometimes I really wonder if we've traveled back two hundred years, or if this is just the environment of two hundred years ago.”
“If it weren’t for the need to assist Li Ziyu in completing the mission this time, I would really want to explore the secrets here.”
Mei Wan'er said, but Chen Xing interrupted her:
“The most urgent task is to complete the C-level mission first. The Ji Dao Martial Hall people have already completed one C-level mission.”
“We are already behind!”
Chen Xing took the coffee from the shop assistant, looked at the wristband on his hand, and his expression was a bit serious.
“And it’s been twenty minutes since the Ji Dao Martial Hall people completed the C-level mission. I estimate they should be tackling the B-level mission now!”
Wei Jianguo added from the side.
Mei Wan'er's face showed some surprise upon hearing this:
“The Ji Dao Martial Hall people are so fast? We've only been in the Secret Realm for how long, and they’ve already completed a mission.”
“Well, Li Yang is, after all, a second-generation disciple of the Ji Dao Martial Hall, and his strength is that of a Level 6 Martial Artists.”
“He’s definitely more than one level stronger than us Level 5 Martial Artists!”
Chen Xing said with a solemn expression, then raised his hand to look at the wristband on his right hand, frowning:
“Twenty minutes have passed, why isn’t Li Ziyu here yet?”