The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 290 - 198 Action Begins

Chapter 290: Chapter 198 Action Begins

At that moment, inside a large building at the gathering point, Yang Yilong stood amid the darkness, his right arm flickering with a mystical light. This light converged at one point, forming an invisible treasure sword, its edge sharp enough to easily cut through anything.

In front of him lay a Walking Corpse, severed into two pieces, motionless on the ground.

The mission hadn’t even begun, but Yang Yilong had already taken action, confirming the effectiveness of his methods by slaying a Walking Corpse.

The good news was that not only was the body of the Walking Corpse cut in two, but the fierce ghost possessing it had been destroyed. This filled Yang Yilong with confidence at that moment, making him feel he could easily secure a slot from the investigation bureau, thus avoiding competition with Li Shaqing.

"I just saw Lin Yue; she and Li Yi aren’t planning on backing out of this mission."

Suddenly,

a figure jumped into the building. In the darkness, a pair of green, vertical pupils appeared, followed by Qin Qing’s voice.

"It’s to be expected. That Li Yi, I don’t know where he’s gained his experience, but he has a invincible aura about him. He wouldn’t back down even in the face of formidable enemies. He even dared to clash with me in the Ruined District before, let alone here. If that’s the case, I’ll have to find an opportunity to take him out swiftly when we’re not under surveillance, to avoid long nights filled with dreams."

Yang Yilong’s gaze moved away from the Walking Corpse on the ground and turned to Qin Qing, "When the time comes, you just need to hold off Lin Yue. Once this is over, I’ll leave Tianchang City and focus on dealing with the Cross-border issues. If all goes well, we should be able to safely evacuate this world before the next Sky Tipping event."

"Hope everything goes smoothly," Qin Qing said.

"It will," Yang Yilong replied, "Come on, let’s go outside and take a look."

Meanwhile,

Li Yi and his group were also ready to move at the appointed time. Of course, other cultivators were eager to try as well; they wanted to distinguish themselves in this mission and gain a Mysterious Object Cultivation Room. With some luck, they could even become a Cross-border.

The rewards offered by the investigation bureau were too tempting, enticing many to take this risky endeavor.

"Li Yi, Yang Yilong has shown up, over there." At that moment, Lin Yue pointed at an unoccupied building not far away.

Li Yi glanced over and indeed saw the familiar figure. He said, "Yuan Mingjin, do you think your sniper rifle could hit that guy in the crotch from this distance, blow up his ’brothers’?"

"Stop joking. I can’t hit such a small target," Yuan Mingjin said.

"Then forget it," Li Yi said with a shake of his head, seemingly regretful.

Lin Yue said, "Li Yi, stop messing around. I just took a look at Yang Yilong’s squad; it’s unbelievable. Five people in a team, all Spiritual Perception Masters. Besides the vice chairman of the Cultivator Association, Li Shaqing, no one in Tian Chang City could assemble such a team. He must be dead set on obtaining a spot at the Golden Academy."

At this moment, she couldn’t help feeling a headache coming on, thinking that she had underestimated the strength of Yang Yilong’s side.

"What’s there to fear? If we can kill Yang Yilong, the others won’t be a threat. If we can’t kill him, whether there are a few more masters or a few less doesn’t really matter," Li Yi said, unafraid, with just a smile.

"You’re really calm about this."

Lin Yue gave him a look, "Those are five cultivators at the Spiritual Realm. Together, there’s no one in Tian Chang City who could match them. We’re nothing in front of them. But luckily, we’re from the investigation bureau. If Yang Yilong does make a move, he’ll probably leave others out of it. The only one to watch out for is Qin Qing."

Li Yi immediately said, "Alright, Sister Lin, don’t demoralize yourself by praising others. They may be strong, but we’re not weak either. Let’s focus on the mission at hand, and we can talk about the rest later."

He still had confidence at that moment.

For now, Li Yi’s body was filled with Qi-Blood in three acupoints. If the other side really made a move, he could just break through by force and become a Qi Cultivation Martial Artist.

However, Lin Yue didn’t know Li Yi’s trump card or backup plan, which is why she was always a bit worried.

"Li Yi, it’s time to begin the mission," suddenly, Zheng Gong spoke.

Then,

a shrill alarm sounded over the gathering point.

It was the signal for the operation to begin.

The moment the signal appeared, cultivator teams immediately sprang into action. They dashed into the old city district along a pre-planned route and quickly disappeared from sight.

"Let’s move, try to complete the mission quickly; we might even vie for a Cross-border position."

"Charge in, there are many Walking Corpses in the old district, everyone be careful."

"Keep an eye out, be mindful to use Eye witness, don’t get possessed by a fierce ghost,"

Voices echoed around, but these people soon vanished from sight. Then, only the sounds of fierce battles could be heard coming from nearby buildings, clearly, some teams had immediately encountered Walking Corpses and had to engage in combat.

From these conversations, it was not hard to tell that many of the cultivator teams had come prepared and were not blindly participating in this mission.

"It’s time to move, let’s push forward from here slowly. Don’t rush for success; inspect each building one by one. This mission can’t be finished in a short time. By my estimation, we’ll have to fight at least all night, if not an entire day, to possibly finish it," Li Yi said gravely. He then took the lead, holding the illusory Hanging Man Spear, and charged out.

Lin Yue said nothing but walked shoulder to shoulder with Li Yi, following the plan they had laid out earlier, with the two of them clearing the way ahead. Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin, holding the sniper rifle, followed behind, with Fang Hang and Cheng Pingfang staying alert on both sides.

Very quickly,

they entered a large building within the old city district.

At this moment, Lin Yue’s spiritual sense detected danger inside the building.

"Third floor, this direction," she whispered, then pointed.

Bang!

The next moment, Yuan Mingjin fired his gun, a bullet piercing through the wall, shattering the concrete, and then a flash of gunfire lit up the dark building, immediately hitting a Walking Corpse lurking within. Its body exploded into pieces, emitting a strong stench of decay.

The fierce ghost possessing it then lunged towards Yuan Mingjin’s direction.

Li Yi wielded his Hanging Man Spear and with a single strike, the fierce ghost was shattered and completely dissipated.

"Just an ordinary Walking Corpse, not much of a threat," he noted then glanced over, "keep advancing."

However, the number of Walking Corpses lurking in the surrounding buildings wasn’t high, and in a short while, a building was cleared. They then continued to move deeper into the old city district. As they went further, the number of Walking Corpses began to increase. Fortunately, this operation wasn’t just Li Yi’s team in action, many Cultivators were moving together.

This resulted in a distribution of pressure and a direct decrease in the difficulty of the mission.

The wisdom of strength in numbers became evident at this moment.

And this was what the investigation agency wanted to see.

After all, relying on just one team would make it easy to be surrounded and killed by a group of Walking Corpses, but that situation was unlikely to occur now.

As the number of Walking Corpses they killed gradually increased, the confidence of Li Yi’s team also grew. The firepower from two sniper rifles, guided by a Spiritual Perception Master, plus Li Yi’s easy dispatching of fierce ghosts made their operation incredibly efficient.

Even though they were moving cautiously, their pace of advancement wasn’t slow.

As one building after another was cleared, everything was progressing in a favorable direction. It seemed if they continued at this rate, they would be able to complete the mission smoothly by the end of the night.

"Be careful."

Just as they were exiting a building, suddenly, a ghastly figure flashed by with incredible speed.

A corpse at the Spiritual Sense Level?

Lin Yue’s movements were just as astonishingly fast, striking out with a punch accompanied by the exploding Fist Power. Its force violently repelled the attacking corpse.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin fired together.

The corpse, sensing danger, actually dodged a bullet, but its shoulder still got hit, blowing off a withered arm. It then lost balance and staggered to the ground.

In that instant, Li Yi, holding the Hanging Man Spear, moved in for the kill. Before the corpse could rise, his spear punctured its head with precise and swift ferocity.

Ah!

A shrill and bizarre scream echoed.

The fierce ghost attached to the corpse’s body suffered heavy damage and struggled to leave its now-damaged vessel, attempting to flee. However, it couldn’t escape after being hit by the spear and eventually, with intense resentment, it faded into nothingness.

"Not bad, we coordinated well," Lin Yue smiled.

"I missed my shot," Zheng Gong said with some regret.

Yuan Mingjin advised, "To deal with a Spiritual Sense Level corpse, you need to anticipate their movements. They’re too fast to hit without predicting their actions. But you seized a good opportunity, firing the moment Lin Yue repelled it. That’s the correct approach because the target has the hardest time adjusting its stance then, increasing the chances of a hit. Don’t rush it, Zheng Gong; take your time and adjust."

"Alright, I got it," Zheng Gong nodded, quickly resetting his focus.

"We can’t be careless from here on out; we’ve already encountered corpses at the Spiritual Sense Level. There will probably be more ahead," Li Yi said gravely.

His Hanging Man Spear was the nemesis of ghosts, or else a Spiritual Sense Level corpse wouldn’t be so easy to kill.

While the team had a brief exchange, several screams came from the nearby old city district. Clearly, these were not the cries of ghosts, but of living people.

"It seems some Cultivators have been killed..." Everyone’s expression shifted as they looked in the direction of the sounds.

It was unknown which team’s Cultivator had the misfortune of encountering a threatening Walking Corpse and met with disaster.

"Now is not the time to be concerned about others; we must continue our mission."

Li Yi did not pay much attention to it and chose to move forward. At this point, all teams were actually in competition, and some probably hoped for other teams to face setbacks.