Li Yang carefully studied this unprecedented ten-billion-dollar mission. The target was the president of the Combay Group, and the mission even included a photograph of him.
He was a blond, blue-eyed man who radiated aristocratic refinement from head to toe. He had an excellent physique, with an inverted-triangle upper body. Though his muscles did not bulge, Li Yang could tell merely from the proportions of the man's body in the photograph that he was absolutely an expert in physical cultivation. His bodily energy might even surpass Li Yang's own.
Yes, from a single photograph, from nothing more than observing his bodily proportions, Li Yang had reached that conclusion.
"During this time, my body has constantly been under a Gravity Restriction. After enduring five thousand jin of pressure for so long, my muscular strength has increased greatly, reaching nearly twenty thousand jing. Yet this Combay Group president looks stronger than me. Could he truly be that formidable?" Li Yang began to doubt his own judgment. After all, he possessed twenty thousand jing of bodily energy. Even those in the underground world who had taken B1 Gene Potions only had several thousand jing at most.
"Li Yang, wait a moment. Let this Hegemon use his Divine Sense to carefully search all of New York and investigate that man's true strength!" Overlord Xiang Yu's words delighted Li Yang.
Although Overlord Xiang Yu feared being discovered by people from the Immortal Realm and did not dare absorb too much power, he currently possessed at most strength close to that of an ascension-stage expert. Yet while his energy was weaker than before, his Divine Sense was something only experts of the Immortal and Demon Realms possessed. It remained a level above Spiritual Sense. In the Mortal Realm, no one could evade Xiang Yu's Divine Sense.
Hearing this, Li Yang could not help smiling as he waited for Xiang Yu's findings.
After roughly a minute, Xiang Yu finally spoke. "Good fellow! Li Yang, New York truly has no shortage of experts. There are actually figures on the same level as the Nascent Soul Realm, and there is more than one of them. To you, such people are absolutely invincible. They could effortlessly destroy you in a single move!"
Wasn't that obvious? Xiantian Great Accomplishment Stage experts were Level Five Masters, Golden Core Stage experts were Level Six Masters, and Nascent Soul Realm experts were Level Seven Masters!
Level Seven! That meant several million jing of energy, more than a hundred times Li Yang's amount. Naturally, Li Yang could not compare to them. Killing ten Li Yangs in one move would be as easy as turning over a hand.
But Li Yang grew anxious. "Hegemon, did you find out the strength of that fellow with the bounty on his head?" That was what Li Yang most wanted to know. Why would he care how many experts New York had? New York was the headquarters of underground forces, so it was only natural for it to have many experts.
Overlord Xiang Yu immediately said proudly, "Of course I found out. If I had not carefully investigated several other top experts, checking that fellow alone would have taken only a single breath!"
Li Yang desperately wanted the answer, yet Xiang Yu actually paused, resting for a moment and deliberately whetting Li Yang's appetite. Just as Li Yang was about to explode, Xiang Yu finally drawled, "That fellow is one of your so-called werewolves, and he is the highest rank among them—a Wolf King, a Level Seven powerhouse. From this Hegemon's careful inspection, he should have reached the peak of Level Seven. His energy is around nine million jing. Across all of New York, there are only a handful of people who can stand against him!"
The instant Li Yang heard that, he was dumbfounded!
Werewolves were divided into five ranks: low-level werewolves, mid-level werewolves, high-level werewolves, wolf generals, and Wolf Kings. They respectively corresponded to Level Three Masters through Level Seven Masters.
Likewise, vampires were divided into five ranks: baron, viscount, count, marquis, and duke, respectively corresponding to Level Three Masters through Level Seven Masters. The head of every vampire Lineage was called a "prince." Vampire princes were the strongest vampires, and prince-level experts stood at the peak of Level Seven, still not exceeding Level Seven...
Ordinary underground forces could not afford to provoke even Level Six or Level Seven experts. Among underground forces, for example, the strongest assassin of Japan's Twin Flowers was only a Level Five Master, and the strongest assassin of Russia's Annihilation was likewise a Level Five Master. Even the Eight Super Bodyguards of First Bodyguard Company - Black Demon were only Level Five Masters.
In the underground world, a Level Six expert was already an invincible master. As for Level Seven experts, they were legendary figures.
What about Level Eight experts? The legendary supreme beings among werewolves—the Wolf Emperors—and the legendary supreme beings among vampires—the emperor-class vampires—were all Level Eight experts. Yet Wolf Emperors and emperor-class vampires had never appeared in the past several thousand years. They existed only in the memories of every werewolf and every vampire.
Of course, living Level Eight experts did exist. They were the cultivators of Eastern China, cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. It was simply that these cultivators rarely entered the world.
"Heavens! A Level Seven expert... Th-this, this is simply invincible! A billion dollars is tempting, but a Level Seven expert is even more terrifying. Even if everyone from the Security Bureau moved out, they probably could not touch a single hair on him. Level Seven!" Li Yang's eyes widened.
Then Li Yang seemed to recall something and abruptly asked, "Hegemon, what did you just say? You said New York has several Level Seven experts?" Only now did Li Yang notice the important information contained in Xiang Yu's earlier words.
Overlord Xiang Yu said, "Yes, there are several. One is one of your so-called vampire dukes, and another is from the Holy See. The energy in his body is what you call Holy Power. Oh, right, the Holy See's man may be rather difficult to handle. It seems he has a set of battle armor within his body, much like a cultivator's protective battle armor. Ah, I did not tell you before—the Lin Tianyu from last time also had a set of battle armor in his body, Cyan Battle Armor. Lin Tianyu was not very strong, roughly Level Six, but that warrior from the Holy See is a Level Seven expert. What he has within his body is Golden Battle Armor!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yang immediately furrowed his brow deeply. "Could Lin Tianyu be a Saint Warrior of the Holy See? That can't be right. According to the Security Bureau's files, Bronze Saint Warriors seem to be equivalent to Level Five Masters. How did he reach the realm of a Level Six Master?" At the same time, Li Yang understood why Lin Tianyu had been so formidable at such a young age. It was because of the Bronze Battle Armor.
The Holy See's armed organization—the Inquisition—had Saint Warriors as its strongest force. However, Saint Warriors mainly relied on the power of their battle armor, and every set was exceedingly precious. Lin Tianyu had obtained a set of Bronze Battle Armor only because the Shenglin Group was a corporation under the Holy See.
Li Yang shook his head with a bitter smile. He had better keep his feet on the ground and build up his strength first. Yet money was extremely important for building strength! But now, a billion dollars lay right before his eyes, and he had no power whatsoever to obtain it. Surely, the person who issued this mission had never expected anyone to kill a Level Seven expert. After all, this Wolf King stood at the peak of Level Seven, equivalent to a vampire prince!
"Li Yang, if you truly want that billion dollars, it is not as though there is no way. As long as this Hegemon helps you, it can be done. Isn't he merely a Level Seven expert?" Overlord Xiang Yu's voice was full of contempt for Level Seven experts, displaying his pride as well!
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