Vulture

Luo Yuan killed all nine of them in an instant, then checked his electronic device and smiled in satisfaction before heading back toward Gao Feng and the others.

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, you just killed them outright? From what that mixed-race guy said earlier, he seemed to have some pretty powerful backing."

Luo Feng caught up and asked worriedly.

"Don't worry. I was planning to wipe out the Tiger Tooth Squad anyway. Those other three were just extras, and that arrogant mixed-race guy's life was worth quite a lot," Luo Yuan said without the slightest concern. After this job, his strength would grow exponentially.

Luo Yuan opened the mission section of the HR Alliance's Warrior Forum. There was a bounty posted there, offering 50 billion to kill that mixed-race youth, Li Wei! Good grief. He had been tempted the moment he saw it while browsing the forum yesterday. As expected of the son of Li Yao, the "Vulture," his life was worth a fortune. It had probably been posted by a War God of equal standing who had a grudge against Li Yao. The fact that it could be openly displayed on an online forum suggested that the HR Alliance's major families were hardly a united front.

War God Level experts could not easily make a move, while War General Level warriors without powerful backing lacked the nerve. Besides, Li Wei had two experienced Advanced War Generals protecting him and could call on nearby War Gods for support at any time. Unfortunately, Luo Yuan had given them no chance to react. Their mistaken assessment of his strength had led to the entire group being wiped out.

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, they didn't see you kill that Double-Headed Black-Line Snake. Otherwise, they wouldn't have dared act so arrogantly," Luo Feng said.

Luo Yuan merely smiled at Luo Feng's words. He had done it deliberately. Everything was under his control, aided, of course, by his broad knowledge of the plot.

After returning to the residential building, Luo Yuan prepared to head back with the members of the Fire Hammer Squad. Before leaving, he glanced at the smoke-shrouded area in the center of City 003. He knew a high Lord Level Iron-Armored Dragon was giving birth there, but he had no intention of getting involved. It was far too dangerous. He was no child of destiny like Luo Feng. Better safe than sorry.

Just as the Fire Hammer Squad was about to leave City 003 and reach the Southeast Military Region, two figures rushed to the place where Li Wei and the others had been killed.

Rumble!

Amid the thunder of an explosion, the dozens of Lion Mastiff and Tiger Mastiff monsters feeding on the nine corpses were instantly reduced to bloody pulp.

The blurred figures of a massive man, roughly 2.3 to 2.4 meters tall and holding an enormous spiked club, and a handsome man in a blue-green Combat Suit appeared nearby, then solidified.

"Ah, we were still too late. Li Yao's son died just like that." The giant sighed, grieving his old friend's loss.

"There was nothing we could do. We were only notified to come help after Li Yao and the others learned they'd lost contact with Li Wei. I never expected this. The monsters have gnawed the bodies so badly that it'll be difficult to determine who killed them," the handsome man said with a frown.

The summit villa on Huayao Peak, in the Jiangnan Landscape Residential Quarter.

Hazy starlight shrouded the entire mountain, and the rushing sound of a waterfall drifted over from afar. On the villa's rooftop terrace, a figure in loose, dark blue training clothes sat cross-legged in silence. His long hair hung loose, and his cold face looked as though it had been carved from stone. Even with his eyes closed, he radiated an icy chill.

His entire being exuded a murderous aura that made hearts tremble!

He was Li Yao, the world-renowned High-level War God known as the "Vulture"!

"Beep, beep, beep!" A piercing sound suddenly came from the seemingly ordinary watch on his wrist.

It was a message from the two War Gods he had asked to help his son, Li Wei. Li Yao listened intently. When he learned that they were all dead, shock and fury broke across his stone-cold face.

Whoosh!

Li Yao instantly became a blur and shot straight into the villa's third floor. There were more than a dozen rooms on that floor, including an enormous audiovisual room. His blurred figure solidified inside it.

"Activate! Enter warrior search mode! Confirm my son Li Wei's coordinates." Li Yao's face was filled with murderous rage. "Search for all War Gods within a hundred kilometers."

"There is no information on any War Gods within a hundred kilometers of Li Wei," the artificial intelligence said through its three-dimensional projection.

"How is that possible?" Li Yao's expression shifted slightly. Given the strength of his son's two Advanced War General bodyguards, anyone who could kill them before they had time to send a message should have been a War God Level expert.

After a moment's thought, Li Yao immediately ordered, "Search for anyone at the Advanced General-Level within a hundred kilometers!"

"War Gods can be searched through the War God Palace's shared system. Searching for War Generals requires S-Rank authorization from the alliance," the artificial intelligence replied.

Bang! In his fury, Li Yao smashed the alloy table into a flat slab.

"Apply for authorization using my credentials!" A beautiful woman with reddened eyes suddenly rushed in and shouted. Her exquisite face was somewhat twisted.

"Search!" the beautiful blonde woman, Venina, ordered.

"Yes."

"There are six Advanced General-Level warriors within a hundred kilometers. Apart from the young master's two bodyguards, the other four are all within City 023. Even the closest of those four is more than twenty kilometers away," the artificial intelligence reported.

"Then search for information on every warrior below the Advanced General-Level and send it to us!" Li Yao continued to urge it on.

"Yao! Who killed Wei?" the beautiful blonde woman asked anxiously.

"I don't know! Better to kill a thousand innocent people than let a single suspect escape!" Li Yao said through gritted teeth.

In the depths of a winter night, the cold wind cut to the bone.

On the highway, the bloodstains around the nine corpses had long since turned dark red. Two figures, one tall and broad, the other small and lean, were carefully examining the scene. They were the two War Gods, Wang Tong and Li Kan, who had hurried over from City 003 at Li Yao's request.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two streaks of deep blue light flew swiftly across the distant sky, soon reaching the air above the highway before descending slowly. With a swish, the cabin door of one aircraft opened before it could land. Two figures leaped straight down from midair. They were Li Yao and Venina!

"Vulture, I'm sorry for your loss," Wang Tong said with a sigh.

"What have you concluded?" Li Yao forced himself to keep his tone civil, but it was still steeped in anger.

"All I can say is... it bears some resemblance to a Psychic Master's methods," Wang Tong said.

"A Psychic Master?" Both Li Yao and Venina frowned.

At that moment, a white-haired old man stepped forward and displayed a projected reconstruction of the scene. "All nine people here appear to have died instantly when their brains were pierced. Judging from the heads of the relatively intact corpses, the weapon was probably a Throwing Knife. We also found flesh and blood from a Double-Headed Black-Line Snake, with its valuable materials already harvested. Judging by the damage at the scene, the attacker was probably an Intermediate War God with exceptional blade skills."

"An Intermediate War God who uses Throwing Knives! Then it must be a Psychic Master. Apart from Catlan, I don't know anyone with that kind of talent. But why would an Intermediate War God bother with materials from a Double-Headed Black-Line Snake?" Li Yao said irritably.

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