Once Elder Yuan and the other powerful figures who supported Tang Changsheng were disappointed, Tang Changsheng would be in trouble.
One only had to look at what became of the Alchemists who performed Pill Refining for Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han to know what fate awaited Tang Changsheng. Li Qinghe sincerely hoped Tang Changsheng would come to that...
"Hmph. The Daoist Tradition keeps itself pure. The Founding Patriarch forbade us from meddling in politics. An opportunistic scoundrel like Tang Changsheng dares to use the Golden Elixir to throw politics into chaos and deceive high officials of the Imperial Court. He deserves execution. One day, the Imperial Court will execute Tang Changsheng and recognize the injustice done to me."
While he was still thinking this, a bullet suddenly came at him without making a sound. Only after Li Qinghe dodged it did he hear the boom that followed.
The bullet had arrived ahead of the sound. Did that mean it had come from a sniper rifle at least a kilometer away?
A sniper of that caliber was either a top-class marksman or... an Esper!
Before he could finish the thought, attacks rained down one after another.
Through the pitch-black night, streaks of fire fell from the sky like meteors, covering an area at least the size of a football field in an instant.
"This..." Li Qinghe's expression changed at once. This was a highway. Firepower on this scale clearly meant the military was involved... No wonder there had been no other vehicles nearby.
By the time Li Qinghe realized that, it was too late. The incoming rockets struck the ground and exploded.
The military seemed to have learned from its last encounter with him at Jinghong Temple. Rather than send in personnel, it blanketed the area with fire.