58: Chapter 58 Capturing the Dragon King's Palace

Zhu Ying accepted the order and prepared to leave the office to summon her trusted subordinates to clean up the scene.

However, just as she stepped out of the office door, a disciple of Dragon King Hall wearing black work clothes and looking extremely panicked rushed over, his voice trembling as he said:

"This is bad! Master Zhu Ying! Something major has happened! The building is suddenly surrounded by police, all from the National Security Bureau! They directly produced an arrest warrant, claiming that all the senior executives of our Longteng Group are core members of an overseas terrorist organization, and that our identity, which we had hidden for two years... has been completely exposed! The National Security Bureau is already coming upstairs to make arrests!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Her body shook violently, her pupils contracted sharply, and her face was filled with disbelief.

She was deeply confused and couldn't fathom the reason for this.

Two years ago, Dragon King Hall began its layout in Hai City. To pave the way for Dragon King Xiao Zhan's return, they spared no expense, bribing numerous high-ranking officials and pulling strings, going through great lengths to whitewash the identities of some Dragon King Hall members, allowing them to enter Hai City under the guise of legitimate commercial investment.

Later, they even spent a huge sum to acquire Longteng International Trade Group, spending two years quietly replacing all core executives and key positions within the group with their own trusted members from Dragon King Hall.

The entire plan was extremely secretive. Very few people knew the true identity of Dragon King Hall, and all of them were "insiders" bound by deep interests. The level of confidentiality was absolute, and not a single whisper had leaked out.

How could such a seamless plan be exposed so suddenly, and even directly lead to a precise crackdown by the National Security Bureau?

Although filled with doubts, the current crisis did not allow Zhu Ying to overthink. She used her cultivation to investigate and faintly heard the piercing sirens of police cars and the rhythmic footsteps of armed police downstairs. The situation was urgent; she had no time to dwell on the reasons for the exposure.

Zhu Ying did not dare to delay for a second. She turned around, slammed open the president's office door, and rushed in.

Hearing the door open, Dragon King Xiao Zhan looked up and saw Zhu Ying with a panicked, pale face. His heart sank, sensing that something was terribly wrong. He frowned and asked in a deep voice: "Zhu Ying, why are you so panicked? What happened?"

"Dragon King! Something terrible has happened!" Zhu Ying spoke rapidly, her tone full of terror and anxiety, getting straight to the point: "I don't know how our true identity as Dragon King Hall was suddenly leaked! The building is full of National Security Bureau officers downstairs. They have surrounded the entire building with a large number of people and are planning to come up to make arrests!"

"What?! Our identity is exposed? How is this possible!"

Upon hearing this, Dragon King Xiao Zhan was furious, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

He had only been in Hai City for a few days, and his planned revenge was just about to begin. He did not expect his secret identity to be suddenly exposed and face an official crackdown.

"Dragon King! Now is not the time to be angry! The National Security Bureau has already surrounded the downstairs area, and the armed police will be up here to make arrests soon. If we don't leave now, it will be too late!" Seeing Dragon King Xiao Zhan still in a rage, Zhu Ying quickly reminded him.

Zhu Ying's words allowed Dragon King Xiao Zhan to calm down temporarily. He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the monstrous anger and unwillingness in his heart. He knew that being impulsive now was useless; only by staying alive would he have a chance to turn the tables and take revenge.

If he were caught by the National Security Bureau, only the death penalty awaited him, and he would have no chance to take revenge on the Wang family.

"Fine! Let's go!" Dragon King Xiao Zhan made a prompt decision, his eyes turning cold. "Retreat first! Take the core data and the confidential USB drives, and abandon everything else that is unimportant!"

The two did not hesitate and acted quickly, swiftly packing up confidential documents, core accounts, intelligence hard drives, and other key items. They tucked them into their clothes and, followed by several trusted guards, ran all the way to the private helipad on the top floor of the building.

On the rooftop helipad, a private helicopter was already on standby, ready to take off at any time.

The group quickly boarded the helicopter. The pilot did not dare to delay and immediately started the engines. The propellers rotated at high speed, kicking up a gale. The helicopter lifted off instantly, changed direction, and flew rapidly toward the deep mountains in the outskirts, far away from the city.

Meanwhile, the area downstairs of Longteng Group was already heavily guarded.

Rows of police cars neatly blocked all entrances and exits of the building, sealing it off completely. Several military armored vehicles stood across the intersection. Fully armed police and National Security Bureau law enforcement officers quickly rushed into the building, going floor by floor to make arrests.

Those Dragon King Hall members who had not managed to retreat with Dragon King Xiao Zhan were all controlled on the spot, handcuffed, and finally escorted into police cars.

Downstairs, a National Security Bureau law enforcement vehicle slowly pulled up. The door opened, and a middle-aged man in a police uniform with a dignified and steady expression stepped out. He was Lin Chaodong, the director of the Hai City National Security Bureau, and also a cousin of Lin Wanqing.

Just a short while ago, Lin Chaodong had received a call from Qin Yi. Qin Yi demanded that he immediately take people to arrest all the senior executives of Longteng Group and sent him evidence that Longteng Group was the Dragon King Hall, the largest mercenary organization overseas.

After reading all the materials, Lin Chaodong was extremely shocked. He had not expected that the senior management of Longteng Group had all become members of Dragon King Hall and had even bribed multiple high-ranking officials to act as their protective umbrellas.

This Dragon King Hall was notorious abroad; they would take on any mission as long as the price was right, and they had long been defined by the Chinese authorities as an overseas terrorist organization.

After receiving Qin Yi's order, Lin Chaodong gathered a large number of police officers without hesitation and rushed to Longteng Group to carry out the arrest operation.

At this moment, a young police officer hurried to Lin Chaodong, saluted, and reported in a low voice: "Report, Director! Most of the Dragon King Hall members have been arrested, and the operation is proceeding smoothly! However, the enemy leaders, Dragon King Xiao Zhan, Zhu Ying, and several core members, have already escaped in a private helicopter from the rooftop. Director, should we arrange aerial police forces to pursue and intercept them?"

Lin Chaodong looked up at the sky, watching the helicopter that was gradually flying away and turning into a small black dot. There were no ripples in his eyes; instead, a faint smile curled at the corners of his mouth. He waved his hand and ordered: "No need to pursue. Ignore them for now."

"We just need to strictly interrogate the arrested suspects and organize the evidence."

"As for the rest, someone will naturally step in to deal with them."

The officer was confused by this but did not ask further and stepped back.

Lin Chaodong had been ordered by Qin Yi only to arrest the Dragon King Hall members. As for the Dragon King himself, Qin Yi didn't expect them to be able to catch him at all. After all, Dragon King Xiao Zhan was a Child of Destiny; if he were caught so easily, he wouldn't deserve to be called a Child of Destiny.

Inside the helicopter, the roar of the propellers made the cabin walls buzz. The four core disciples of Dragon King Hall looked at the police cars blocking the building solid on the ground below and collectively let out a long sigh of relief, their faces filled with the relief of having survived a disaster.

"It's a good thing we ran fast! If we had really been caught by the National Security Bureau, we would have been done for!" A disciple patted his chest, his voice still carrying lingering fear.

"Exactly! It's fortunate that this helicopter was heavily modified by our Dragon King Hall. After the modification, the top speed can reach 1000 kilometers per hour, faster than ordinary civilian airliners. If we had taken anything else, we wouldn't have been able to escape at all!" Another disciple said with a face full of pride, his tone full of praise for the helicopter.

This helicopter was indeed the escape method for Dragon King Hall in Hai City.

Two years ago, for his layout for returning to China, Dragon King Xiao Zhan specifically had Dragon King Hall spend huge sums of money to build it. It not only had a speed that crushed conventional aircraft but was also equipped with stealth coatings and anti-missile interference systems, all to deal with sudden evacuation crises.

It seemed the money spent back then was not wasted.

Unlike the other disciples who were relieved, Dragon King Xiao Zhan was repeatedly thinking about the inexplicable exposure of their identity. He slapped his thigh violently, anger surging to his head again, his voice trembling slightly with rage: "I really can't figure it out! How exactly was our identity exposed?!"

Zhu Ying was also full of confusion, her brows locked tightly, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the weapon at her waist: "Exactly! Logically speaking, our plan was seamless."

"When we whitewashed our identities two years ago, the high-ranking officials we bribed were all bound by deep interests; they would never dare to betray us easily. The senior executives of Longteng Group are all disciples of our Dragon King Hall, how could they leak the news? Could it be... we were betrayed? Or is there a mole in Dragon King Hall?"

"A mole?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all four core disciples were shocked, their faces full of disbelief.

Every disciple of Dragon King Hall had been brought in from infancy, received the most rigorous training, and had been instilled with the concept of absolute loyalty to the Dragon King. Most importantly, everyone was instilled with a special mind-controlling secret technique, where life and death were controlled by the Dragon King. Once they betrayed, the technique would trigger, and they would bleed from their seven orifices and die. No one dared to betray!

"Impossible!" Dragon King Xiao Zhan said almost instinctively, his tone extremely firm, his eyes full of undeniable toughness, "With Master sitting in Dragon King Hall, under his nose, it is impossible for a mole to appear and sell out our information!"

"Then, Dragon King, how exactly was this news leaked?" A disciple couldn't help but ask, his voice full of confusion and unwillingness.

Hearing this, Zhu Ying and Dragon King Xiao Zhan fell into silence simultaneously. Both of them frowned, racking their brains for a long time, but they couldn't find any clue.

Everything had been done flawlessly, but their identity was like a paper lantern poked through precisely, bursting without any warning.

"Forget it!" Dragon King Xiao Zhan grabbed his hair irritably and finally had to give up helplessly, his tone full of fatigue and unwillingness, "We will investigate this matter deeply after returning to the Dragon King Hall headquarters! We are not out of danger yet. The Chinese authorities have targeted us, so we must reach the stronghold as soon as possible and leave China first!"

"The Dragon King is right!" Zhu Ying quickly agreed, "We must hurry; the pursuit speed of the Chinese authorities is far faster than we imagined."

Hearing this, the four disciples hung their heads, letting out a heavy sigh.

"Sigh... Two years of hard work, just like that, gone."

"We finally took root in Hai City, and we thought we could start the plan after the Dragon King arrived, but now we have to flee in a sorry state..."

In the sighs, there was nothing but unwillingness and despair. The helicopter continued to fly, and within half an hour, it arrived in a deep mountain two hundred kilometers away from Hai City.

Here, mountains were continuous, the sea of forests was vast, and it was shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, so remote that even the locals rarely set foot here.

The helicopter slowly landed on an open space. This was one of the secret strongholds of Dragon King Hall within China, with sufficient supplies, and it was a temporary refuge for Dragon King Xiao Zhan.

Dragon King Xiao Zhan, Zhu Ying, and the four core disciples walked off the helicopter one by one.

As soon as they landed, Zhu Ying spoke urgently: "Dragon King, we must enter the secret passage as soon as possible and leave China!"

Dragon King Xiao Zhan nodded slightly, indicating he understood, and was just about to step forward when a calm yet majestic voice suddenly rang in the ears of the six people, like a thunderclap on a clear day: "Leave? Where do you want to go?"

Hearing the voice, Dragon King Xiao Zhan and the others stiffened, their auras instantly tightening. The four core disciples and Zhu Ying immediately shielded Dragon King Xiao Zhan in the middle, holding their weapons, scanning the surroundings with vigilance, and shouted sharply: "Who?! Sneaky coward, come out!"

Before the words fell, a black figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, hovering several meters above the six people, looking down at them.

Sunlight shone through the clouds, falling on that figure, outlining a dignified and upright body. Faint golden true energy halos flowed around his body, and the void beneath his feet seemed to be supported by invisible power, even the surrounding clouds and mist automatically dispersed to both sides.

The person who came was Qin Yi.

Dragon King Xiao Zhan and the others looked up. Upon seeing Qin Yi's appearance, their pupils shrank, and their faces were filled with shock and disbelief.

"Walking on... the void!" A disciple's voice trembled, his tone full of terror, "It... is a Heaven-Human Realm martial artist!"

In the ancient martial arts world, walking on the void was the symbol of a Heaven-Human Realm powerhouse. In this era without a Land Immortal, the Heaven-Human Realm was the absolute ceiling of combat power.

Dragon King Xiao Zhan looked at Qin Yi hovering in mid-air, only feeling an invisible pressure coming toward him, making him unable to breathe.

He forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, squeezed out a trace of composure, maintained the dignity of being the Dragon King, and his voice trembled slightly: "I... I don't know why the senior has come here? This junior is the Dragon King of Dragon King Hall. I wonder if the senior could do us a favor and let us leave?"

Hearing this, Qin Yi looked down at the nervous Dragon King Xiao Zhan and a faint smile curled at the corners of his mouth: "First of all, don't call me senior; I'm not as old as you think. Secondly, my purpose in coming here is also very simple: it's for your Dragon King Hall."

"Boom—!"

This sentence was like a heavy hammer, smashing hard into the hearts of Dragon King Xiao Zhan and the others.

The six of them instantly turned ashen, their eyes filled with despair.

A Heaven-Human Realm martial artist personally taking action against Dragon King Hall? For them, it was a devastating disaster!

You must know that the strongest combat power of Dragon King Hall today, the Old Dragon King, was only at the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, and there were three Grandmaster Realm elders. Zhu Ying and the other three Dragon Guards were only at the peak of the Innate Realm.

The entire Dragon King Hall was like an ant in front of a Heaven-Human Realm martial artist; it was simply not enough.

Dragon King Xiao Zhan suppressed his surging fear and spoke again, his tone very low: "Then... this brother, our Dragon King Hall has no grudges against you, and it seems we haven't offended you. I don't know why you want to target our Dragon King Hall?"

Hearing this, Qin Yi chuckled, a flash of coldness in his eyes: "There is no reason, just because you dared to step into China."

"Your Dragon King Hall is notorious overseas and has long been blacklisted by the authorities. Since you dared to come to China, I am Chinese, so naturally, I must remove this tumor for China."