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Over five hundred tons of violent force slammed into Kitahara Tsuyoshi's shield.

Crack!

The terrifying power directly shattered Kitahara Tsuyoshi's left arm, which was wrapped around the shield. His entire arm, dragging his body along, spun like a windmill several times before crashing into a decrepit residential building hundreds of meters away.

Boom!

The entire residential building collapsed, dust filling the sky.

Huff, huff, huff.

Kitahara Tsuyoshi, worthy of being a mid-level War God, had half his body nearly shattered, yet he could still gasp for air.

But with every breath, blood spurted from his mouth.

Jiang Li naturally gave him no chance to catch his breath. Amid the swirling dust, a crimson streak shot through the air, piercing directly through Kitahara Tsuyoshi's wide-open mouth. The terrifying impact caused his entire head to explode.

He had thought himself careful enough, having memorized everyone he couldn't defeat.

But he never expected to fall at the hands of an unknown Psychic.

"Although I'm not afraid of Vulture Li Yao, killing him right now won't be easy!"

Jiang Li recalled the Blood Shadow War Sword, glanced at the three corpses of Li Wei and his men, and mused, "If this gets out, Li Yao can't do anything to me, but he'll likely go after the Fire Hammer Squad..."

"I'll just have to let him investigate slowly."

After the battle with Kitahara Tsuyoshi, Jiang Li had a clear understanding of his current strength.

Though his psychic power differed from that of a normal Psychic, it was only stronger, not weaker.

Even against a high-level War God, he was confident he could retreat unscathed.

However, he knew that Li Yao possessed the Black God Suit. Killing a high-level War God equipped with the Black God Suit with the martial strength of a low-level War God was nearly impossible!

"Hm? Luo Feng left a message?"

After leaving the scene, Jiang Li opened his communicator and learned that Luo Feng and the others had retreated to the rooftop they first visited in City 003.

Meanwhile.

Jiangnan Base City, main urban area.

One of the most luxurious residential areas in the Hanxia Kingdom, Jiangnan Landscape Community, Huayao Peak Hilltop Villa.

Beep!

A piercing alert sound made the middle-aged man, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, snap his eyes open.

Even though he was a renowned powerhouse of his generation, known as Vulture, a high-level War God named Li Yao, his scarred face now showed a look of terror: "Awei!"

"Link Awei's two bodyguards!"

Li Yao immediately issued a voice command, and his eyes flashed with a fierce light: "Dead too?!"

Whoosh!

Li Yao instantly turned into a blur, crashing directly into the villa's media room. A hazy projection materialized before him.

"Activate martial artist search mode!"

"Confirm my son Li Wei's coordinates!"

"Search for War Gods within a hundred miles."

Li Yao's face was full of murderous intent as he issued commands one after another.

"Within a hundred miles of Li Wei, there is one War God, Kitahara Tsuyoshi."

The black-suited old man formed by the projection spoke.

"Kitahara Tsuyoshi?"

"Link Kitahara Tsuyoshi's communicator!"

Li Yao frowned. Kitahara Tsuyoshi had been entrusted by him to rescue Li Wei; there was no way he was the one who did it.

"No response."

"How is that possible?"

Li Yao's expression shifted drastically. War Gods, unlike low-level martial artists in the wilderness, didn't need to be cautious about the sound of their communicators attracting other monsters.

No response meant only two possibilities!

Either Kitahara Tsuyoshi was in trouble!

Or he was the killer!

"Search for high-level Warrior Generals within a hundred miles!"

Li Yao set aside the issue of Kitahara Tsuyoshi for now. He couldn't let even the slightest suspicion slide.

"Searching for War Gods can be done through the War God Palace shared system. Searching for Warrior Generals requires Alliance S-level authorization."

The black-suited old man spoke.

This search system was a backdoor left by the HR Alliance when they monopolized communicators, allowing them to locate martial artists through their communication signals.

But such matters are not fit for the public eye; only the upper echelons of the HR Alliance have the authority to conduct a search.

Clearly.

Li Yao, as a high-level War God, did not possess that qualification.

And at that moment.

A blonde-haired white noblewoman burst in, her eyes red-rimmed, sobbing: "Yao, Awei is dead!!!"

"Now we can search!"

Li Yao issued the order again.

The old man in the black suit glanced at the white noblewoman.

She was none other than the biological sister of the current patriarch of the Polaris Family, one of the nine core families of the HR Alliance, and now the executive president of the HR Alliance's Hanxia Kingdom branch.

A high-level War God with S-class authority in the HR Alliance: Vinnie Polaris.

"Search!"

Vinnie repeated the command.

"Yes!"

Before the old man in the black suit, a virtual map immediately materialized, with a red dot at its center marking the location of Li Wei's body.

Within a hundred-mile radius of Li Wei, five light points appeared.

"Within a hundred-mile radius, there are five Warrior General Level martial artists!"

"Display their information and their distance from Li Wei's location!"

With Li Yao's command, rows of data appeared before their eyes.

"Five high-level Warrior Generals. Awei's two bodyguards can be ruled out. Jiang Li, on the far edge, can also be ruled out—even if he's a Psychic, there's no way he could have fled thirty kilometers away in one minute!"

"The remaining two are also over twenty kilometers out!"

Li Yao's expression was grim. Of the five suspects, two were already dead.

One was thirty kilometers away—even a War God, bursting at supersonic speed, would struggle to cover thirty kilometers in a minute.

"Damn it!"

Li Yao ground his teeth. All the evidence pointed to the most likely culprit being Kitahara Tsuyoshi!

(End of chapter)

Chapter 38: 150 Billion Bounty

"Search for mid-level Warrior Generals, low-level Warrior Generals! Send me all their information!"

Li Yao glanced at the dense cluster of flickering light points on the display.

"Let's go!"

After the search concluded, Li Yao immediately boarded a fighter jet with his team of professionals.

"Beep!"

Two dark-blue flying-saucer-shaped jets passed through the city's signal identification, streaking like twin beams of light toward City 003.

Inside the cabin.

"Yao, could it have been killed by a Lord-level monster?"

Vinnie considered another possibility. Earlier, Li Wei had sent a distress signal while being chased by a low-level Lord-class monster.

"Even a Lord-level monster couldn't prevent a distress signal from being sent!"

Li Yao's facial muscles twitched violently, his eyes blazing with murderous intent. Li Wei was his only son; losing him felt like losing everything.

After all.

The stronger the genes, the harder it was to conceive.

"I've already sent Wang Tong, who's nearby, to inspect the scene. Once we get there, we should have answers!"

At this moment, Li Yao's prime suspect was Kitahara Tsuyoshi!

But how could he guess that the reason no distress signal had been sent was precisely because Kitahara Tsuyoshi was present—Li Wei felt invincible!

And that very confidence led to his death.

Soon.

Li Yao's communicator rang.

On the other end came the voice of War God Wang Tong: "Vulture, I can say for certain it wasn't Kitahara Tsuyoshi."