409: Chapter 409 The Duel of Two Strongest Warriors

"Courting death!"

A cold and majestic roar exploded like thunder from the Nine Heavens.

As a howling gale swept in, it instantly drowned out the screeches of all the monsters.

That was no ordinary wind; it was a fierce gale generated by microscopic spatial fissures.

Where the wind passed, stray cold lights sparked in the air, resembling blade lights formed by countless razor-sharp blades.

Those hideous monsters were like paper, instantly sliced and torn apart, turning into flesh and severed limbs flying all over the sky.

In just a few short seconds, the gray fog and distorted figures filling the hallway ahead were completely swept away.

The remaining monsters in the surrounding corners, as if seeing their natural predator, shrieked one after another and shrank back into the deeper fog.

Strangely enough, these winds seemed to have a mind of their own.

Even though they howled past everyone's location, they only whipped their clothes around wildly, without causing any substantive harm.

As the monsters retreated, the fierce wind suddenly stopped, as if it had never been generated.

As for the dispersed gray fog, it seemed blocked by some invisible barrier, churning a few meters around the crowd and unable to advance even an inch further.

"This is... a Domain..."

Station Chief Feng Jincai raised his hand to shield his eyes, narrowing them slightly as he muttered to himself.

This kind of power, which could be used at will and precisely distinguish between friend and foe...

...was clearly something only an expert who had surpassed the peak of A-Rank and crossed the threshold of S-Rank could master.

Zhuo Feng seemed to have thought of something as well, an expression of excitement instantly surfacing on his face.

The crowd, having survived a disaster, widened their eyes in inexplicable pleasant surprise and looked toward the direction the fierce wind came from.

They saw a figure wearing a black mask walking over, stepping on the scattered corpses all over the ground.

His build was not particularly tall.

But that all-scornful Aura made people dare not look directly at him.

It was Minister Luo!

Behind him followed a team of pursuers wearing black combat uniforms and holding assault rifles.

They poured into this hallway one after another, quickly establishing a crossfire defense line.

Minister Luo Lie strode up close to the crowd, his blade-like gaze sweeping across the chaotic scene.

It finally landed on Station Chief Feng Jincai as he questioned coldly:

"What on earth is going on here?"

Station Chief Feng Jincai's heart tightened as he subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Seemingly suppressed by that oppressive might to the point of being unable to breathe properly, he stammered and couldn't speak.

"Report to the Minister!"

Zhuo Feng immediately stepped forward and replied in a loud voice:

"About half an hour ago, we were still holding a meeting in the conference hall when gray fog suddenly emerged around us, swallowing the entire floor. Power and communications were completely cut off."

"All of us were trapped here, and quite a few brothers encountered attacks from the monsters in the fog, unfortunately perishing."

"Station Chief Feng judged that we had fallen into some Inner World, and planned to use clay bombs to sabotage the server room, hoping to destroy the building's core and return to reality."

Zhuo Feng concisely and clearly explained the situation.

Upon hearing this, Minister Luo Lie glanced at Station Chief Feng Jincai, who stood respectfully with his hands at his sides and a completely honest expression.

His gaze then cast toward the bombed-out main control room not far away.

With just one look, his brows knitted slightly.

Inside that breach, a bizarre scene resembling biological internal organs was presented.

Scorched cables intertwined with flesh tendons, and blood-red tissue constantly writhed, making squelching and slippery sounds.

Resembling a huge heart throbbing.

Dark red mucus seeped from the "wounds" on the walls, emitting a fishy and sweet blood Aura.

Minister Luo Lie raised his head again and looked toward the ceiling.

Those hanging granulation tissues, like tentacles, slowly contracted and dilated overhead, as if they were breathing.

Following Minister Luo Lie's gaze, the others also looked around.

Now steadying their minds and observing these terrifying scenes once more...

Aside from the initial shock, a strong sense of physiological discomfort surged up, causing their stomachs to churn violently.

Quite a few people turned pale, forcibly suppressing the urge to retch.

Minister Luo Lie withdrew his gaze, his expression solemn.

Previously, when he led his team to pursue White Owl, he had similarly lost his direction in this thick fog and was trapped in the experimental zone on the 87th floor.

Not only did he lose the trace of his prey, but he also couldn't find the path back to the top floor or down to the bottom of the building.

During this period, Minister Luo Lie had been fighting those monsters pouring out endlessly from the gray fog.

Until just now, when he suddenly sensed a strong spatial fluctuation coming from above.

It seemed that the barrier shrouding the surroundings had become much looser.

Minister Luo Lie decisively seized this fleeting opportunity, unleashing the power of his Domain to forcefully attack a weak spatial point.

Fortunately, the stairwell leading to the top floor thus emerged from the fog.

Now it seemed that that fluctuation should have been caused by Station Chief Feng Jincai and the others detonating the explosives.

Thinking of this, Minister Luo Lie's sharp gaze swept once more toward Station Chief Feng Jincai and Zhuo Feng:

"Can you contact Jia Sangyi?"

Hearing this, Station Chief Feng Jincai's face twitched slightly as he quickly lowered his head:

"Reporting to the Minister, Xiao Zhuo just tried spiritual bonding and satellite communication, but we haven't made contact with the Great Master yet..."

As he spoke, he cast his gaze toward Zhuo Feng.

"Yes, Minister, I've tried various methods, and none of them succeeded."

Zhuo Feng immediately took over the conversation:

"Jia Sangyi has gone missing. We previously planned to go investigate the lounge he was in, but found that that room along with the nearby area had disappeared, as if it had never existed."

Hearing these words, Minister Luo Lie's brows knitted even tighter, falling into deep thought:

"Is that so..."

The others looked at each other in dismay, at a loss as to what to do.

Even though they were still surrounded by the gray fog, with low roars of monsters occasionally drifting over, their expressions eased up considerably.

With a top-tier expert like Minister Luo present, the hope of survival undoubtedly increased a lot.

Even Xu Hao and Chen Chen, who harbored evil intentions, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Only the double-agent Ma Biao secretly shrank back into the crowd, wanting to completely hide himself to avoid being noticed by the Minister.

Just at this moment.

Buzz, buzz, buzz——

A strange fluctuation suddenly rippled slightly in the air.

Following closely, a pitch-black thin line appeared out of thin air, suddenly stretching and enlarging to both sides, forming a rapidly spinning vortex.

Deep within the vortex, brilliant stars were faintly visible, with lights bursting forth.

That scene was like a deep, dark pupil slowly opening at this moment.

Minister Luo Lie instantly sensed a heart-palpitating yet familiar power tearing at the surrounding air, making a subtle and sharp ringing sound.

It seemed something was rapidly approaching in some unimaginable way.

Snap!

A dazzling white light burst forth from the vortex, like lightning cleaving through.

In an instant, it illuminated this bloody and dark different dimension.

The crowd narrowed their eyes slightly, looking intently.

When the white light dissipated, the vortex quietly closed up.

They saw a group of figures unexpectedly appearing inside the main control room whose walls had been bombed through.

"Holy shit, what kind of ghost things are these, slimy as hell, like grabbing a handful of snot!"

A sturdy man was sprawled on the ground, seemingly having slipped on his feet and taken a fall, cursing as he tried to prop up his body.

"It's biotechnology, I didn't see it wrong, it's definitely biotechnology!"

Another younger lad was in a completely different state.

Holding a submachine gun in both hands, he excitedly looked around the flesh-mangled walls, resembling Columbus discovering a new world.

Then, a woman wearing a researcher's uniform beside him also muttered to herself:

"Have we... transmigrated onto an alien spaceship?"

The speaker was none other than A-Li, Xiao Jie, Choi Suyoung, and the others who had arrived here from the 84th floor via the human teleportation array.

There was still a trace of bewilderment in their eyes, obviously having not yet recovered from the violent vibration of spatial transformation.

Standing beside them were also Fang Cheng, Cheng Jiashu, Officer Zhou Liang, and A-Yang.

This sudden scene instantly plunged the top floor, which had just undergone battle, into an eerie silence.

The astonished gazes of the Noah Organization members uniformly focused on these uninvited guests, filled with shock and uncertainty.

"Hiss——"

Cheng Jiashu drew a sharp breath, dropping the security guard and Majima Goro that he had been holding in his hands onto the ground.

He sized up the equipment overturned by the shockwave and the blasted walls around him, muttering doubtfully:

"Is the power of the two of us joining forces really this big? Just jumping out from the wormhole actually blasted right through the building..."

"There should have been a deviation in the location."

Fang Cheng sniffed the pungent smell of gunpowder permeating the air, his voice calm:

"Still, it's alright. After all, separated by the fog of six floors, being able to reach the destination is already pretty good."

Before his voice faded, his gaze had already pierced through the churning fog ahead, discovering the group of Noah Organization members wearing combat uniforms not far away.

His line of sight swept across the crowd, briefly intersecting with Xu Hao who was cowering in the corner.

Their eyes met.

Xu Hao's heart skipped a beat.

The word "Boss" had already rushed to his throat, but he forcefully swallowed it back, quickly covering his mouth with his hand.

If he shouted out now, his identity as a mole would be completely exposed.

Fortunately, everyone's attention at the moment was focused on the opposite side, and no one noticed his abnormal behavior.

"Front corridor, about twenty meters, hostile target spotted!"

Officer Zhou Liang was, after all, professionally trained, reacting at the very first moment and quickly lowering his voice to issue an order:

"Maintain vigilance, fire at will!"

The four Special Investigation Team members immediately scattered to find cover, their muzzles uniformly pointing outward.

On the other side, the guards and pursuers of the Noah Organization were not to be outdone either.

The crisp sounds of firearms being loaded blended together, and the pitch-black muzzles flashed with a lethal cold light.

The air seemed to freeze, and the tense atmosphere was on the verge of breaking.

Minister Luo Lie ignored those small fry, his sharp gaze roaming back and forth between Fang Cheng and Cheng Jiashu with a tightly knitted brow.

One was the guy who had just crossed paths with him, whose mask he had shattered with his own hands, yet managed to escape by a fluke.

The other's identity was unknown, yet he wore an extremely similar white yaksha mask.

Which one was truly White Owl?

Minister Luo Lie carefully observed the mask on Fang Cheng's face; its material seemed more archaic and resilient, not something ordinary.

Especially the two red gemstones embedded in the eye sockets, which flashed with an eerie light in the darkness, as if they could pierce through human hearts.

Through that flash of red light, he could vaguely see the pair of emotionless eyes behind the mask.

A warning sign originating from combat instinct suddenly exploded in his heart.

Although Cheng Jiashu's abilities were bizarre and unpredictable, in terms of strength and Aura, he was ultimately a cut below.

As for the masked man before him, just standing there emitted a pure and condensed Killing Intent, resembling a prehistoric Vicious Beast dormant in the darkness.

That night on Yongan Island, in the blurred images transmitted back by the Saints Relic, the feeling brought by that figure...

Was precisely like this!

Minister Luo Lie's heart stirred, instantly figuring out all the key points, his gaze locking tightly onto Fang Cheng like a sharp sword.

"So, you are that White Owl!"

His voice wasn't loud, yet it carried the certainty of piercing through metal and stone.

Hearing this, Fang Cheng was slightly stunned, turning his head to look at Cheng Jiashu beside him:

"Who is he talking to? You?"

Cheng Jiashu shrugged innocently:

"I don't know, can't hear too clearly. His Chinese isn't fluent enough, probably an overseas Chinese."

"Don't play dumb with me!"

Minister Luo Lie stepped forward, and the floor tiles beneath his feet immediately emitted a muffled sound of being crushed.

"You don't recognize me, but I recognize you, White Owl. Even if you turn to ashes, don't even think about slipping past my eyes!"

That unmasked hatred and Killing Intent almost turned into a substantial cold current, sweeping across the entire field.

Cheng Jiashu was stunned; he felt like he had just heard this sentence not long ago.

Then he turned his head to look at Fang Cheng, his gaze peculiar, as if saying:

What kind of grudge and hatred do the two of you have, to insist on chasing and killing all the way here?

Minister Luo Lie seemed to hear his thoughts, then answered word by word:

"Yongan Island, Li Chengjun... White Owl, you haven't forgotten already, have you?"

The instant the name "Li Chengjun" was spoken, the gaze behind Fang Cheng's mask suddenly tightened.

"You were also present that night?"

"Hmph, if it weren't for that old ghost Zheng Hongxin tangling with me that night, how could I have allowed you to run rampant."

Minister Luo Lie raised his double eyebrows and said cruelly:

"White Owl, tonight is your time of death. Rest assured, after killing you, I will also let your whole family go down to be buried with you."

Fang Cheng did not speak again, but within that pair of crimson eyes behind the mask, the Killing Intent was already boiling.

Minister Luo Lie also bared his murderous intent completely, staring fixedly at the man whom Zheng Hongxin called "Son of God".

The two sized each other up, their majestic Aura colliding invisibly, yet neither made a move immediately.

They both felt a fatal Aura of danger from each other.

They also knew that the current environment was complicated, filled with thick gray fog and surrounded by monsters.

Before finding a way out, any rash move could pay an unpredictable price.

Station Chief Feng Jincai, standing behind Minister Luo Lie, looked at the person opposite with some doubt, and suddenly his brow twitched slightly.

A mental connection was quietly established.

"Old Feng, you quickly get Minister Luo Lie and that masked guy to fight."

Jia Sangyi's voice sounded in his mind, carrying a trace of urgency.

"Ah?"

Station Chief Feng Jincai was startled and couldn't help asking: "Make them fight here?"

"Right."

Jia Sangyi's voice appeared somewhat unstable:

"My previous judgment had some flaws; the negative impact of this 'crimson eye' far exceeds imagination, someone must share more pressure for me."

Speaking up to here, the mental connection was abruptly cut off.

After a silence of several seconds, it reconnected again, and Jia Sangyi's voice continued to sound, explaining with slight difficulty:

"Just now, I deliberately released the passage to let Minister Luo Lie smoothly leave the eighty-seventh floor and go to the top floor to help you destroy the building's central hub."

"Now that another expert has come, it's just right to let them snipe each other. As long as they fight fiercely and cause greater destruction, it will be more beneficial to me, the fisherman!"

"What percentage of certainty do you have?"

Hearing this, Station Chief Feng Jincai couldn't help asking in his heart.

"Eighty percent! The remaining twenty percent depends on whether those two are reliable enough."

"Don't worry, Old Feng. As long as I successfully emerge from seclusion and become an S-rank, spreading the Skynet at that time will make cleaning up the aftermath a piece of cake."

"Even if Minister Luo Lie and the Board of Directors notice it afterwards, facing a newly promoted S-rank, they will still choose to tacitly approve. After all, you also know the Board of Directors is currently in urgent need of top experts!"

Having obtained Jia Sangyi's personal guarantee, Station Chief Feng Jincai's heart settled greatly.

The secret call in his mind was cut off.

He raised his head, looking at the deadlocked situation on the field, rolling his eyes as a scheme came to mind.

"White Owl, why don't you submit quickly!"

Station Chief Feng Jincai suddenly stepped forward and shouted righteously:

"Minister Luo Lie is unfailing in his calculations and had long anticipated that you would sneak into the building to steal experimental data."

"Therefore, he laid out this trap in advance, trapping you all with the Inner World, just to wipe out all of you moles and foreign enemies in one fell swoop!"

"Everything is under Minister Luo Lie's control, you are destined to have no way to escape!"

Hearing this, Minister Luo Lie's brow twitched imperceptibly.

The Inner World is controlled by me? Am I that unfailing in calculations?

Of course, he would never speak these doubts aloud.

He only snorted coldly, standing with his hands behind his back, tacitly accepting this flattery and maintaining the dignity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Hahaha, tonight no one can escape!"

Seeing this, Station Chief Feng Jincai spoke even more passionately:

"Wanting to leave this building, unless you can defeat the brothers of our Noah Organization, and defeat Minister Luo Lie!"

Xu Hao, hiding behind the crowd, grinned and muttered softly:

"I always feel that this bastard's words are not right..."

"Which bastard are you talking about? What's wrong with it?"

Liu Yu leaned close, and being sharp-eared, he heard this remark and looked blank:

"Minister Luo Lie is resourceful and strategizing, let's just wait peacefully for Lord Minister to finish dealing with the enemies and lead everyone away. Anyway, we are all innocent, what's there to panic about."

You're not panicking, but this daddy is panicking!

Xu Hao wailed in his heart.

The strength of this big shot from headquarters, the top expert of the Noah Organization, he had witnessed with his own eyes just now.

With a single move sweeping away the clouds, he cleared out those terrifyingly monstrous creatures.

Heaven knows whether the boss can withstand three or two moves facing this pervert.

This wasn't disrespecting the boss, but realistically worrying for him and for himself!

Inside the computer room, everyone was also bluffed by Station Chief Feng Jincai's words, each with solemn expressions, not daring to make a sound.

In this silence that almost crushed people, Fang Cheng appeared unusually calm.

He slowly twisted his neck to one side.

Click, click—— (End of this chapter)