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Chapter 318 - 297 Killing 1

Chapter 318: 297 Killing 1

Under the azure sky.

The royal airship, adorned with pale golden patterns, plummeted like a bird with broken wings, tilting and smashing heavily toward the spectator seats below.

The colossal airship, hundreds of meters long, cast a massive shadow as it thunderously fell from above.

Boom!!!

An enormous blast reverberated.

A white glimmer appeared above the Martial Arts Hall, staunchly resisting the impact of the falling airship.

That was the protective force field of the Martial Arts Hall itself. It was also a device intended to lock down the place, not permitting anyone to enter or leave at will.

But at this moment, the force field was violently rippling with waves from the airship’s collision. It could collapse at any time.

The crowd in the spectator seats let out screams, frantically scattering in all directions. In just a few seconds, a large swath of seats had been vacated.

Hum...

Following the impact with the airship, the entire hall suddenly emitted a dull thud; all devices relying on electricity quieted down swiftly.

"There’s a problem with the supply lines!!" the host Xiao Lei shouted, "Anyone with a cell signal, call the police now!!"

His forehead was beaded with sweat as he quickly recovered from the sudden incident, choosing the best course of action.

"Where are the venue’s security guards tasked with maintaining order!? Contact the rescue teams outside immediately...."

Before he finished speaking, a surge of dark red force field abruptly rose up quickly from around the entire hall.

The red force field took only three seconds to completely cover and take over the surroundings.

Bang bang bang!

The first group that ran to the hall’s exits pounded forcefully against the red force field.

"Open the door! Let us out with the force field down!"

"Open it now! Have you gone mad? How dare you lock down at a time like this!"

They yelled aloud.

But the red force field remained utterly unmoved.

Several workers in blue clothes hurried over to inspect the situation with the force field.

"This... This isn’t the protective barrier we activated!"

One of the maintenance staff said with a changed expression.

"Look up in the sky!" someone suddenly shouted.

Instantaneously, everyone looked up into the air.

The royal airship that had crashed moments ago was now being approached by some red flying crafts, landing on it.

Boom!

Another explosion occurred, and a large hole burst open in the belly of the airship.

A series of Reinforced Humans in dark red attire flew out. They appeared to be searching for something, diving down, and rushing toward the vicinity of the venue.

The spectators screamed, running in every direction, trying to escape through other exits.

But no one knew that all the entrance and exits here were completely sealed off.

The red force field barrier was certainly not set up by Yi Country. Instead, it was Utopia Red Temple’s technology, modified from that of White Star.

At this time, in the waiting area of Yan Bagua Gate beneath the venue.

Chen Jiahan and his two companions withdrew their gaze from above.

"There’s no one on the airship," Chen Jiahan whispered.

"Zhou Shuo’s identity card is pinpointed here; he couldn’t have been absent," Chen Zonghan said with a smile. "Perhaps he discovered the problem ahead of time and hid somewhere."

"It’s likely he received advance warning and fled," another person said gravely.

"The identity card is still inside the lockdown. Have White Star’s communication team hold out a bit longer," Chen Jiahan said indifferently.

"They replied that they’ve cranked it up to the maximum power. We’ve got at most fifteen minutes. Any longer and the Guard Division troops stationed near Chaoyu will arrive," his subordinate replied.

"Let’s go; use the special locator," Chen Zonghan ordered.

"What if we still can’t find it?"

"Then we withdraw. We have at most fifteen minutes," Chen Zonghan stopped speaking. His attitude also allowed Chen Jiahan and the others to sense something.

"Does that mean, whether we succeed in the assassination or not, it’s no longer important now?" Chen Jiahan said. "Furthermore, perhaps our assassination was just a gesture, and... something to divert the attention of certain people..."

"Don’t overthink it. Let’s go. Zhou Shuo is definitely within the lockdown. Our mission for the next fifteen minutes is just that. Find him, kill him."

Chen Zonghan turned and walked toward the exit.

The others paused briefly, then quickly followed.

Boom!!

They hadn’t taken many steps when an explosion occurred in the sky, on the monitor Xiantai; streaks of blue silhouettes were shooting down, intercepted by the red dots rising into the air around them.

Flying Yi and Reinforced Humans, gunfire and bullets, explosions, and laser sweeps.

In just seconds, the red and blue sides began a brutal kill.

And in the midst of that slaughter,

A figure bearing a massive silver halo on his back soared into the sky, confronting the two blue light silhouettes diving down.

Boom!!

A massive explosion burst into rings of orange light, spreading outward.

When Chen Zonghan last entered the venue’s rest area, he looked up at the sky.

"Star Lake’s Lister has also made his move; we can’t be too slow," he said.

"What exactly are we covering for?" Chen Jiahan asked coldly.

"Hold the barrier for fifteen minutes, then someone will meet us to leave. Everything else is not important," Chen Zonghan replied with a smile.

"Shall we still search for Zhou Shuo?"

"If we can find him, that’s best. If not, it doesn’t matter," Chen Zonghan smiled again.

"If we can’t find him, can I kill some people I want to?" Chen Jiahan asked.

"Who do you want to kill?" Chen Zonghan blinked in surprise.

"Let’s leave it up to fate." Chen Jiahan lowered his head, "There are too many nobles and noble families here, like weeds on fertile soil, some need to be cut down."

Clearly, the past when Yan Bagua Gate was toyed with by those nobles, had planted more than a little frustration in his heart.

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A huge explosion came from above.

Li Chengyi moved incredibly fast, rushing to Li Chongnan’s side at the edge of the platform.

"Teacher!?"

"Let’s go first!"

The two quickly left the platform.

At this point, the surroundings had already started to become restless and chaotic.

The crowd began to rise and flee towards the exits.

But a red force field rose quickly, blocking all the departure entrances.

Li Chengyi took people back to the waiting area.

"Something’s wrong here, let’s leave the hall first. With Jiu Yi and the Security Bureau outside, we should be fine once we get out of this chaotic zone."

"Chaoyu can’t possibly be under attack throughout the entire city, so this is definitely a localized attack, it shouldn’t last long, what we need to do first is to get out of the battlefield!"

Li Chengyi, who had been to Sutan and had real small-scale battlefield experience, had done his homework in the past and was now quick to react.

Yu Long also realized the urgency of the situation and quickly responded.

"I just tried to contact the outside world, but my phone has no signal, someone has blocked the signals here!"

"Let’s withdraw first!"

Zhuang Yijing and Yu Yanxiao, both bewildered, were taken along, following Li Chengyi and Li Chongnan as they ran outside.

"Teacher! My dad! My dad is still here!" Halfway there, Li Chongnan suddenly stopped.

"Go get your people! Then head straight for the exit!" Li Chengyi said.

"Take care!" Li Chongnan nodded and turned to rush toward the Li Family’s VIP seats.

In just a few blinks, her figure disappeared into the corridors within the venue.

Li Chengyi didn’t go with her; his first priority now was to get Yu Long and the others out.

At such times, the three weakest individuals were more likely to encounter danger.

If they were held up by uncertainties, Yu Long and the others could be in trouble.

After splitting up, Li Chengyi continued to lead the three towards the exit.

Along the way, the corridors quickly filled with people as decisive as they were.

Some were escorted in haste, others looked around in panic, searching for companions and relatives.

The corridors grew increasingly crowded.

Shortly, a minute later.

Li Chengyi arrived at the great gate of the hall’s exit.

The place had already gathered a dense crowd of people, all wanting to leave.

But everyone was firmly blocked by a thick red force field barrier, preventing escape.

A group of security officers was firing at the barrier with guns but to no avail, as the bullets were deflected, nearly injuring the people nearby.

On the other side, some had already started to strike the red barrier together, while others kept trying to contact the outside world with communication devices.

The open space at the exit was like a noisy marketplace, filled with noise pollution, making it impossible to hear anything.

Curses, cries, shouts of anger, all sorts of negative emotions emerged at this moment.

"It’s indeed been sealed off..." Li Chengyi’s gaze darkened as he looked at the dark red barrier covering the hall.

"What do we do now!? Where are the people from Jiu Yi!? The royal people!? All those great nobles and noble families... do they really have no solution at all??"

Yu Yanxiao’s body started to tremble; she didn’t want to die, certainly not so meaninglessly.

"Weapons and modification modules are not allowed here, what can mere flesh and blood do?" Yu Long said with a grave voice, "Now we need to figure out what these attackers want; if they achieve their goal, they might leave quickly."

"That’s all irrelevant. Anyone bold enough to attack in Chaoyu can do anything. What we need to do now is to find the generator for this super-sized force field. With Jiu Yi and the Security Bureau outside, it’s unlikely they were bold enough to place the generator out there. So it must be inside here!" Li Chengyi spoke coldly.

"You mean... we should actively go look for it!?" Yu Long blinked in surprise. "No way!"

"Why not?" Li Chengyi countered.

"It’s too dangerous..." Yu Long clenched his teeth.

"That’s better than sitting and waiting to die!" Li Chengyi’s expression had actually calmed down. "And... I suspect that this matter is related to Chen Jiahan of Yan Bagua Gate."

Clap, clap, clap.

A series of clear clapping sounds drifted in from the side of the group.

The team from Yan Bagua Gate approached quickly.

The one clapping was Chen Zonghan, with white hair and beard, wearing a smile on his face.

"Young friend is indeed wise." He looked at Li Chengyi. "Would you like to leave this place with this old man, leave this decaying country behind, and pursue the true Utopia that belongs to us?"

Hearing this, the originally approaching crowd of spectators immediately scattered, swiftly clearing a large space.

No one present was a fool; hearing these words, they instantly understood that this group was the true perpetrator behind the attack.

"You, are you so confident that you can withstand the encirclement and suppression by Chaoyu’s Jiu Yi troops?" Li Chengyi stared at the other party and asked in a heavy tone.

"Hehe... If it were just us, of course, it would not be possible." Chen Zonghan laughed. "But do you really think that just with Utopia and Star Lake, we could create such a strong and solid force field in Chaoyu?"

"Take them down!!"

Suddenly, the crowd around them erupted, with someone stirring inside. At that moment, five teams with dozens of people lunged toward the Bagua Gate team.

Once it was confirmed they were the culprits, guards from various noble families joined forces, rushing at them.

Even though weapon modules were not allowed, the physically modified guards had much stronger hand-to-hand combat capabilities than ordinary people.

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