198: Chapter 198 A Battle of Wits and Courage

After observing carefully for a moment, Chen Fan shook his head.

No, it's not the magic dragon crystal core.

The light emitted by the magic dragon crystal core energy is extremely dim and deep, whereas the energy mass contained in the bottle before him is exceptionally bright.

The octopus opened its mouth and swallowed the bottle.

It then smacked its lips a few times and spat out a beam of light.

A moment later, the light transformed into a screen of light.

The light screen replayed the first-person perspective footage from the first Heaven Fire to the death of Old Ye.

Everyone watched in stunned silence as Old Ye went mad and the Heaven Fire kept crashing down.

After Chen Fan's figure appeared, a squad leader exclaimed:

"It's him!"

"Do you know him?"

"No, I don't."

He swallowed hard and said, "The intruder Old Ye described earlier looked just like this."

The air went quiet, and the security personnel looked at each other in dismay.

This intruder can not only turn invisible but also unleash so many bizarre skills; how is one supposed to fight this?

Suddenly, the squad leader exclaimed:

"He must still be here!"

"Don't let him get away!"

"..."

The surroundings fell into a momentary silence.

A moment later, the leader turned his head:

"Captain Lei, are you sure?"

"I'm sure, Leader. That kid was probing back and forth near the giant dragon for a long time earlier. Now that even Old Ye is dead, it's even less likely he's run away!"

Captain Lei, who was the one who just fed energy to the octopus, scanned his surroundings vigilantly.

The leader watched the light screen again, carefully studying the skills Chen Fan had unleashed.

"One, two, three... six. Including that bizarre invisibility, he actually unleashed six different skills. It seems his level of modification is very high."

"It's just unclear where he drifted in from."

Captain Lei scanned the area but found nothing unusual, his tone somewhat grave:

"Old Ye only fused four types, but six... only the big shots at headquarters have the qualifications to fuse that many."

The leader shook his head and pointed to the light screen with a sneer: "These skills of his are all very weak. They must have been modified by some small workshop."

"The strongest one is just this bizarre circular flame. But he used it many times and still couldn't inflict fatal damage on Old Ye."

"What killed Old Ye was that bullet with Penetration that hit the hood. The bullet is likely customized, but the quantity shouldn't be high."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Captain Lei leaned in to take a look and couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

"Indeed, Old Ye's judgment was correct. He's just a petty thief. It's just that the invisibility was too bizarre, and there are too many obstacles here, which is why he succeeded."

"That's it then. I'll take the materials back to report, and you will temporarily take over the work here."

"Yes, Leader!"

Captain Lei saluted and watched as the leader packed the strange octopus into a black box and left with several teams.

Click— Captain Lei locked the door tightly, scanned the fifty people in the room, and said in a grave voice:

"Old Ye has sacrificed himself. Before the next Commander-in-Chief arrives, we must catch that petty thief. Now, search this room inch by inch!"

"Yes! Captain Lei!"

The fifty people held their guns and stepped on every inch of the floor with their black leather boots.

Chen Fan, hiding in the corner, watched the approaching team and couldn't help but sneer.

"Is that it? I'm curious how they concluded that I'm weak. Could it be because I didn't kill Old Ye for several rounds?"

"Interesting. I was just testing my skills, and I'm being treated as a pushover?"

"Heaven Fire!" "Void Tear!" "Explosion!"

An invisible red circle appeared.

Bang— Under Chen Fan's deliberate control, the Heaven Fire did not engulf Captain Lei.

It seems this Captain Lei possesses quite a bit of information; he prepared to capture him for interrogation.

The fifty people snorted coldly and activated their protective shields simultaneously.

"So you are still here. But do you think an attack of this level can have... Uh."

A security guard hadn't finished speaking before his pupils dilated, and he fell down in disbelief.

At the same time, the other forty-nine security guards fell to the ground simultaneously.

Seeing his subordinates fall simultaneously, Captain Lei was startled at first, then quickly drew his gun.

"Petty thief, where are you running to!"

For a split second just now, he saw a figure appear in the corner, but it immediately hid again.

"Bang, bang, bang—" Three consecutive bullets flew toward Chen Fan.

"Quite alert, aren't you."

Chen Fan shook his head and directly activated the Spirit Realm Walking.

Having had the example of Old Ye's Tracking bullet, he dared not be careless again.

Moreover, the door had been locked from the inside, and all fifty security guards were dead; he had plenty of time to wait for the Spirit Realm Walking to cool down.

Knowing that the first few seconds of Spirit Realm Walking would display a shadow, Chen Fan became much more vigilant.

He stood in place for a few seconds before sprinting toward the cubicle and diving straight into a floor-to-ceiling cabinet.

"Impossible! Why hasn't he died even though the bullet hit him?"

Captain Lei's pupils contracted sharply.

He had clearly seen the bullet pass through Chen Fan's body just now, but after a few seconds, that faint shadow dissipated.

No figure appeared, and there was no blood on the floor.

Gritting his teeth, Captain Lei stood up abruptly:

"He must not have left! This petty thief is audacious; with only me left, he won't run away."

He raised his gun and cautiously walked toward the only remaining cubicle.

His movements were fully exposed within Chen Fan's Exploration.

Seeing that he dared to chase him even to this point, Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh:

"Interesting."

The footsteps gradually drew closer. As luck would have it, the first cubicle Captain Lei searched was the one where Chen Fan was hiding.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and a red shadow appeared at the doorway.

Without time to think, Captain Lei raised his hand and fired a shot.

Under Chen Fan's control, the Fireman rolled to dodge.

However, the bullet curved in the air and caught up to the Fireman.

One shot, one kill!

"As expected."

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes; Captain Lei's bullets also had Tracking.

It's a good thing I didn't take any risks just now!

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan dismissed the idea of using Heaven Fire and gave an attack order to the Firemen.

Watching eight Firemen surround him, Captain Lei had no choice but to retreat from the room.

At this moment, he was absolutely certain that the intruder was in this cubicle.

Taking a deep breath, Captain Lei fired repeatedly, and the Firemen fell one by one.

After the last Fireman dissipated, he took a deep breath, stepped into the cubicle again, and a look of determination appeared in his eyes.

"If I'm not mistaken, that bizarre invisibility of yours is currently in a cooldown state, right?"

Captain Lei walked slowly forward, the gun in his hand pointing at one of the cabinets.

"And that bizarre flame attack of yours is an area-of-effect skill. The reason you aren't using it now is because you're afraid of hurting yourself, right?"

With one step, Captain Lei felt the temperature around him drop suddenly.

His eyes sharpened, and his finger pulled the trigger.

Bang, bang, bang— He fired over a dozen shots in a row, turning the cabinet in front of him into a sieve.

The pistol also emitted a "click," which was the sound of the ammunition running out.

Just at this moment, the door of another cabinet was suddenly pushed open.

"Heh..."

Captain Lei sneered, flicked the butt of the gun with his left hand, and chambered the last bullet.

"Bang—"

The bullet passed through the Fireman's head.

In an instant, the Fireman turned into ash and dissipated on the spot.

Captain Lei's smile froze instantly, and a sense of unease rose in his heart.

"You..."

(Thanks to the big boss Zhuge Shenhou for the gift~)