The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 61 - 50: Complete Failure

Chapter 61: Chapter 50: Complete Failure

"Will the fugitive named Wang Kui be in this building?"

Li Yi had already silently entered this old residential building.

This building was just opposite his home. Although he could not see inside his home from the windows of this building, he could view the entire neighborhood. He could observe the comings and goings within the neighborhood and residential building from here, so this was an excellent observation point.

Of course, it was also a perfect sniping point.

As long as Li Yi entered and exited normally, he would definitely be targeted by the hidden Wang Kui.

However, Li Yi did not take the usual paths. Familiar with the terrain near his home, he avoided the observation points all the way.

"My home is on the third floor. If someone really wants to assassinate me, they would choose a higher position than my apartment’s floor to strike. This building has only seven floors, so the opponent is likely to be within the fourth to seventh floors,"

Considering their line of sight, units 402, 502, 602, and 702 at the East end can be excluded,"

Li Yi cautiously and quickly made his way up the stairs while analyzing the situation in his mind.

This tactic was something he had learned from Brother Tao in a dangerous zone.

"Earlier, Kong Sheng said that Wang Kui is a fugitive, reluctant to show his face, and he also killed an investigator, so Wang Kui will definitely have chosen an escape route in advance among those floors. But which unit is the most convenient for escaping?"

At this moment, Li Yi began to recall.

Having lived here for many years, he knew the details of the residential buildings nearby like the back of his hand.

Soon.

Li Yi had narrowed it down to two floors.

601. 701

These two floors were perfect, convenient both for observation and escape via the rooftop.

As for which unit Wang Kui was actually hiding in, Li Yi did not know.

He thought he might as well try his luck.

But he was very cautious.

Because Li Yi remembered clearly that the opponent had a gun designed for killing extraordinary creatures, with frightening power. A cultivator hit by it would certainly be killed instantly.

Meanwhile.

In a dark, old room.

A tall man was currently holding a special model sniper rifle and squatting at the window. He breathed steadily, his gaze sharp, observing every move outside through the scope.

He saw Ning Wu appearing on the third floor of the building opposite.

There had been a burst of violent fighting sounds from there before silence resumed, and only Kong Sheng had entered and exited. Besides him, no one knew what had happened inside.

The target, Li Yi, had not appeared in sight.

"Ning Wu, as I said before, whether I fire this gun or not, the payment remains the same. If you think about backing out, I’ll take you down right now," Wang Kui’s hoarse voice came through the walkie-talkie, warning Ning Wu not to suddenly vanish.

"I know. You’ll get your money, just keep a close watch outside. As soon as Li Yi shows up, take him down immediately. If he escapes, I won’t let you off either," came Ning Wu’s icy voice from the walkie-talkie.

Wang Kui said, "Don’t worry, as soon as Li Yi shows himself I’ll shoot immediately. But you might want to worry about yourself; your losses seem pretty severe..."

The conversation stopped there.

Then, Wang Kui suddenly sensed something and quickly turned around, immediately aiming the sniper rifle at the entrance door behind him.

Everything instantly fell silent. There was not a sound.

"A misperception?" Wang Kui furrowed his brow slightly.

Just now, he had instinctively sensed unease and danger.

Although he wasn’t in the Inspiration Realm and couldn’t sense everything around him with his eyes closed, as a fugitive hiding in the Ruined District, he had a keen natural intuition for danger.

And Wang Kui strongly trusted this intuition.

As time passed slowly.

Wang Kui still maintained this position, his gun always aimed at the door, not relaxed by the normalcy because he knew very well that he had many enemies, and entering the old city district was not just about taking on a mission; his old enemies might also take this chance to come after him.

Suddenly.

A slight change occurred in the shadow at the crack of the door, as if someone had passed by.

The moment he captured this information.

Wang Kui didn’t hesitate and pulled the trigger.

Carrying the burden of over a dozen human lives, he didn’t care if he might accidentally harm the ordinary residents in this building.

"Boom!"

The gunshot, as loud as an explosion, was deafening, and the powerful recoil was so great that even Wang Kui, a cultivator who had unlocked the Spirit Medium Realm, could not withstand it; he shook violently, unable to help but step back.

Such firearms were not meant for ordinary people because normal individuals facing such recoil would directly suffer fractures. Only those whose bodies had evolved through cultivation could endure it.

But such terrifying recoil also endowed the gun with horrifying power.

In just an instant.

The entrance door burst apart, and the opposite wall was blown open with a huge gap while the bullet penetrated through countless walls, ultimately vanishing from sight.

Inside the apartment building, screams and cries of shock arose as many people hiding in their homes were startled by this sudden and unwarranted disaster.

"No one?"

Wang Kui looked at the shattered doorway, which was empty, and his face darkened.

Had he really just been paranoid a moment ago?

"Wang Kui, what happened on your end, why did you suddenly shoot, did you take down Li Yi?" At that moment, Ning Wu’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Such a loud gunshot—audible even from several kilometers away—made Ning Wu in the building across quite furious.

"No, that shot wasn’t for Li Yi. There might have been a situation on my end, but it’s unrelated to you," Wang Kui replied.

"No problem?" At this moment, Ning Wu couldn’t help but curse loudly, "As soon as the gunshot sounds, agents from the Investigation Bureau will come here immediately, your identity has been exposed, and Li Yi, hearing such gunfire, will most likely be startled away too. And you say it has nothing to do with you? Bastard."

She was very angry, furious, wishing she could kill this Wang Kui right now.

After all, this matter was related to the Mysterious Object.

Having paid such a huge price, if the operation failed, she really would go insane.

"My task was just to keep an eye on that Li Yi here, success or failure, what does it have to do with me? Don’t think too highly of yourself. But you’re right about one thing, once a gunshot is heard, this place isn’t safe anymore. I’m heading back to the Ruined District now. Make sure someone delivers the money to me before twelve o’clock today, or I won’t let you off."

Having said that, Wang Kui tossed aside the walkie-talkie, then shouldered his sniper rifle, preparing to withdraw.

However, just as Wang Kui finished packing up his stuff,

suddenly,

a figure appeared in the room.

Huh?

Wang Kui instantly reacted, whipping around to draw his gun, his movements skilled and brisk.

But it was too slow.

A crisp blast sounded by his ears, and the figure instantly closed the distance to confront him.

In that moment, Wang Kui got a clear view of the person’s face.

It was a young man, about twenty, covered in blood, his eyes bright and glowing, exuding a terrifying intent to kill.

"Li Yi..." Information about Li Yi immediately flashed through his mind.

"Damn, it’s too late."

Wang Kui’s pupils suddenly constricted. He saw a fist hurtling towards him. He was a step too slow, the muzzle couldn’t be adjusted in time, but drawing on his rich experience, he instantly used the gun in his hands to block in front of him.

"Bang!"

The fist exploded with Jin Qi.

Wang Kui felt a tremendous force hit his chest, the power traveling through the gun into his bones, causing a penetrating pain.

He staggered backwards, but somehow blocked the lethal strike.

"Looking for death," Wang Kui roared, adjusting his gun’s aim successfully and pointing it straight ahead.

However, Li Yi seemed to have no intention of dodging at this moment. After his punch fell through, he closed in again, launching another punch.

A three-step distance, his fist was faster than the gun.

The Jin Qi of the second punch erupted, targeting directly at Wang Kui’s face.

"Bang!"

Li Yi’s fist connected.

Wang Kui’s body instantly stood frozen in place, motionless, the finger on the trigger no longer able to fire.

That’s because Li Yi’s fist had already penetrated his head.

Blood splattered, bones shattered.

"Although you were alert enough, unfortunately, I still caught you off guard." Li Yi’s gaze was cold as he slowly withdrew his fist, took the deadly sniper rifle, and then pushed with his hand.

The head of Wang Kui, burst open, fell heavily to the ground, never to breathe again.

With the last threat removed, Li Yi finally took a slight breath of relief.

He then examined the gun for a while.

Unsure of what metal it was made from, his full-powered punch hadn’t left any mark on it, instead causing his own fingers to fracture, now throbbing painfully.

If it hadn’t been for this object blocking, his first punch would have already finished this man.

"However, that gunshot was truly terrifying, a direct hit and death was certain, there was absolutely no chance of surviving. This thing was definitely developed to hunt Transcendent Creatures. Luckily, Kong Sheng gave me the intel, allowing me to be prepared and intentionally lure him to shoot."

As Li Yi scrutinized the firearm, his gaze flickered. The first thought that came to his mind was that he could use this gun to kill Ning Wu, but he dismissed the idea as soon as it appeared.

The reason was simple, he was a novice with guns, and this was his first time handling one. If he attempted to shoot Ning Wu and missed, she might just hide inside a building and not come out, and since his parents were still asleep in that building, Ning Wu could potentially use them as a shield, which would complicate matters further.

Moreover, using a gun to kill someone could bring about serious trouble.

Instead, he decided to find a nearby place to hide the gun.

If everything ended smoothly, maybe he could use it in the future.

Of course, it might also turn out that the investigators rushing over could find it, but it didn’t matter to him, Yi Ye Shi was just trying it out.

However, while hiding the gun, he also realized something and took the opportunity to hide the Mysterious Object he was carrying, to avoid any complications during a fight should it be exposed.

Meanwhile, in another building, Ning Wu had already sensed that something was wrong.

Because at Li Yi’s home, she had seen the floor covered with bodies, these bodies were all cultivators she had hired, two of whom were even her relatives, and even Crow’s body was among them.

But among all these bodies, Li Yi’s body was conspicuously absent.).’

"Damn it, how could it turn out like this?"’)

At this moment, Ning Wu felt like she was going mad.

Everyone dead, the target escaped, the Mysterious Object not obtained, and Wang Kui causing an issue by shooting a gun without any reason—a short while later, the agents from the Investigation Bureau were bound to arrive.

One could say that this operation had been a complete and utter failure.

But why, why did it fail?

Seven cultivators from the Spirit Medium Realm attacked Li Yi, plus herself overseeing, and a sniper rifle stationed outside the building.

Such a setup was enough to hunt ordinary Transcendent Creatures in dangerous areas; there was no chance that Li Yi could have survived.

Yet, the plan had backfired spectacularly.