"Go on. Don't let yourselves get dragged into this. We'll talk later." After Gu Qingshan finished speaking, he strode out.
Anna sobered up at once.
"Damn, that was cool." She watched Gu Qingshan's retreating figure and murmured.
Feng Huo De said, "Your Highness, there are a lot of people coming. We should leave first."
"Why leave? This is such a good opportunity." Anna's expression turned serious. "Begin the assessment immediately."
Feng Huo De smiled bitterly. "Starting a combat assessment at a time like this—isn't the timing a little too risky? If you're discovered too, the diplomatic consequences will be serious."
Anna's expression grew solemn. Looking at him earnestly, she said, "Our mission is to find out why the Goddess of Justice is making such a fuss, and Gu Qingshan is the key."
She enunciated every word. "His Majesty is waiting for our answer."
"Yes."
Feng Huo De's expression turned grave. He swiftly carried a small machine out of the bar's storeroom, set it on the ground, and began operating it.
"Gu Qingshan's life-signature loaded. Biological features locked. Tracking initiated. Command: two hundred and seventy machine-monitoring units and satellites, prepare for deployment."
"Ready." A multitude of different voices came through the communicator.
"High-altitude spy satellite ready for deployment." An electronically processed voice rang out.
"Good. Comrades, this mission is critical. Ensure that the monitoring machines operate normally."
"Understood, Major."
"Then let's begin." Feng Huo De pressed the confirmation key.
"Full assessment of the professional has officially begun. System is collecting data."
"April 27, 3091, 9:37 p.m. Federation citizen Gu Qingshan, male, eighteen years old. Personal potential assessment beginning."
A projection appeared in front of the two of them, showing Gu Qingshan leaving the bar.
The surrounding area had already been evacuated. Not a soul could be seen on the empty street.
The sirens drew closer. In the sky, four patrol shuttles sped toward them.
Before the shuttles arrived, the broadcasts aboard them rang across the entire Street Block.
"People below, listen up. You are suspected of committing a crime. Stand where you are and don't move, or we will take further measures."
Gu Qingshan stood still, watching the shuttles coldly.
Suddenly, a red light flashed aboard one of them, drawing Gu Qingshan's attention.
"The laser designator is on." Gu Qingshan's expression tightened.
Sure enough, the next second, the small Arc Cannon mounted beneath the shuttle roared.
Blue light streaked across the sky. The Arc Cannon blasted the street, blasting a deep crater into the ground.
Dust billowed, and smoke swirled through the air.
In the sky, one of the shuttles demanded sternly, "Patrol unit 172033, why did you open fire without warning? I want an explanation."
"I received authorization. Please check the latest order, sir." The shuttle that had fired didn't seem to care.
The other shuttle fell silent. After a long while, it said, "Check the situation immediately. Confirm the body."
The four shuttles slowly drew closer.
The dust gradually settled, revealing the scene below.
There was no body on the ground.
The murder suspect stood atop a tall streetlight, gazing back at them with icy eyes.
"Damn it, he's still alive! Prepare to fire together!"
But they had no chance.
Gu Qingshan drew his Military Bow, channeled his Spiritual Power, and casually loosed four arrows.
Everyone's vision blurred.
Boom!
The four small police patrol shuttles burst into flames, trailing thick smoke as they made emergency landings in the distance.
An arrow had pierced the propulsion system of each one. If they didn't land, the shuttles would explode.
Anna whistled. "Pretty professional."
Across from her and Feng Huo De, data flashed densely across the Light Brain as the assessment system calculated at full capacity.
Gu Qingshan stood atop the streetlight, his expression calm.
He was already at the fifth layer of Qi Refining. The surging Spiritual Power infused into his arrows had made them far more destructive than before.
Compared with when he'd killed Fierce Tiger, his strength had more than doubled.
"Hahaha, Gu Qingshan! As a Federation citizen, not only did you resist arrest in public, you even tried to kill the police!"
A smug shout suddenly rang out in the distance.
Gu Qingshan turned to look. Nie Yun stood on the terrace of a building, his luxurious Flying Shuttle hovering beside it.
Behind Nie Yun stood dozens of burly men, packed together in a dark mass.
Folding his arms, Nie Yun put on a regretful expression. "Though we're classmates, as a noble of Changning Prefecture, I have a duty to assist the police in capturing criminals."
Gu Qingshan looked at him and said earnestly, "Why do you keep making things difficult for me?"
Nie Yun ground his teeth. "You made me lose twenty million at the casino, and you killed one of my retainers. You really think I'm someone you can mess with?"
He turned around. "Go. Kill him. Whoever takes his head gets ten million."
The burly men all fixed their eyes on Gu Qingshan.
That head was worth ten million!
One by one, they clambered down the walls and leaped from the building, scrambling to rush at Gu Qingshan.
Nie Yun elegantly raised a glass of red wine and laughed. "Thirty Gene Modification Martial Arts Grandmasters. They'll crush you by sheer numbers! That's the power of the nobility!"
Gu Qingshan glanced at the approaching martial artists and silently raised his Military Bow.
His hand blurred as a muffled twang sounded again and again from the bow.
Thwang! Thwang! Thwang! Thwang! Thwang! Thwang!
The burly man at the front suddenly changed expression and jerked sideways.
A gray blur shot through the spot where he had just been standing.
"Naive."
A cruel smile curled the burly man's lips. But he had only just managed to say one word when another arrow pierced his chest.
A gaping hole opened in his chest. Through it, the buildings behind him were visible.
The burly man collapsed to the ground, silent.
More and more arrows filled the sky, flying faster and faster. Gu Qingshan's face remained cold, his hands never stopping. He was practically an arrow-launching machine!
A rain of arrows poured down. The martial artists scrambled to dodge, unable to press forward any longer.
Soon, they realized there was no way to dodge them all.
Gray blurs became death-dealing reapers, snuffing out their lives one by one.
Seeing that things were going badly, one Grandmaster pulled a case from behind him and pressed a button on it.
A suit of Individual Exoskeleton Armor unfolded from the case and slowly fitted itself over his body.
Individual Exoskeleton Armor offered decent protection, increased the wearer's strength, and came equipped with a personal weapons system. It was standard issue for military soldiers.
He was a Gene Modification Grandmaster-level martial artist, like a fruit forced to ripen. Though he had reached the Grandmaster Realm, he hadn't truly comprehended a Grandmaster's power, so he didn't mind using personal weapons at all.
A true Martial Arts Grandmaster would rather fight with bare hands amid blood and fire than stoop to using something like this.
Gu Qingshan immediately noticed him. His longbow swung around, and he unleashed Rapid Shot.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
A series of sharp clangs rang out amid sparks. The Grandmaster-level martial artist sprayed a mist of blood into the air, then dropped to his knees and never moved again.
A deep hole had appeared in the exoskeleton equipment.
This level of protection was a little stronger than the steel plating on the small police shuttles, but it still stood no chance against Gu Qingshan's Spiritual Power arrows.
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