Tianfu Building.
“Lord Blood Shadow, the fourth squad has been wiped out.”
“Lord Blood Shadow, the fifth squad was killed on the eighteenth floor.”
“Lord Blood Shadow, the eighth squad was killed on the twenty-eighth floor.”
“Lord Blood Shadow…”
One piece of bad news after another arrived. Blood Shadow’s face turned livid. He had originally believed that once he reached Tianfu Building, Li Feng would be a turtle in a jar. Yet he never imagined that, inside this building, not only could he not locate Li Feng, but within a quarter of an hour he had received reports of dozens of his subordinates being killed.
Excluding those previously killed by Li Feng and the Black Hawk team, Blood Shadow had organised his men into more than a dozen squads of ten, conducting a carpet-style search of Tianfu Building for Li Feng and his group. Unexpectedly, they had failed to find Li Feng and his people, and instead four or five squads had been eliminated by Li Feng.
The reason Blood Shadow was certain these squads had been killed by Li Feng was that among the dead were several Postnatal Realm third- or fourth-level ancient martial artists. In such a short time, none of Li Feng’s subordinates possessed the ability to kill Postnatal Realm third- or fourth-level ancient martial artists. Only Li Feng had that kind of strength.
If they could not find Li Feng, that would be one thing, but the crucial issue was that they could not even locate his subordinates.
“Useless, utterly useless rubbish.” Blood Shadow’s face was filled with fury. If this continued, it would not be long before all his men were slaughtered by Li Feng.
“Lord Blood Shadow, this is our first time in the Fengyuan Group building. We cannot compare with Li Feng’s familiarity. If Li Feng wants to evade us here, there is simply nothing we can do about him.” Behind Blood Shadow stood the black-clothed man who led the black-clothed operatives who had entered Tianfu Building. He was responsible for coordinating with them.
“Do you have any good ideas, then?” Blood Shadow also recognised the problem. Tianfu Building gave Li Feng and his group a natural advantage. Although he was doing everything possible to search for them, he lacked divine sense and could not anticipate Li Feng’s movements in advance.
He had considered stationing men at the stairwells or lift entrances to search floor by floor, but Tianfu Building was too large. The two stairwells, one east and one west, were far apart. His subordinates were no match for Li Feng. By the time he received a report and rushed over, Li Feng would long since have killed them and vanished.
“Lord Blood Shadow, did you not obtain the Dream Spirit from Cai Die?” the black-clothed man said gravely.
“Use the Dream Spirit against Li Feng? Impossible. Deploying the Dream Spirit requires time. How could it be used against Li Feng?” Blood Shadow shook his head. The Dream Spirit was merely an immature product. If Li Feng fell into a trap, it might be possible to use it, but at present, when they could not even locate him, the Dream Spirit would have no effect.
“Lord Blood Shadow, the places Li Feng has appeared this time are the stairwells of Tianfu Building. You could have two people carrying Dream Spirits hide separately at the stairwells. As soon as Li Feng appears, detonate the Dream Spirit. Even if it cannot kill him, it can severely injure him. Once Li Feng is wounded, finding him would be straightforward.” The black-clothed man spoke gravely.
“This idea is worth trying.” A glint flashed in Blood Shadow’s eyes.
“Your subordinate will arrange it at once.” The black-clothed man acknowledged and prepared to leave.
“Wait a moment.” Blood Shadow stopped him.
“Lord Blood Shadow, do you have further instructions?” The black-clothed man quickly turned back and asked.
“What is the situation outside now? Have Cai Die or Zhu Yuanyang’s people made any moves?” Blood Shadow was now somewhat worried that Li Feng might have already left Tianfu Building. If Li Feng had escaped, everything he had done would have been in vain.
“Cai Die and Zhu Yuanyang’s people have surrounded Tianfu Building, however…” The black-clothed man glanced at Blood Shadow and hesitated.
“However what?” Blood Shadow asked.
“However, Cai Die’s people encountered resistance at the entrance of Tianfu Building and suffered heavy losses,” the black-clothed man said with a grave expression.
“Encountered resistance?” Blood Shadow’s expression changed. His gaze flickered as he asked gravely, “What kind of resistance? Li Feng’s people?”
“Yes. Earlier, Cai Die sent word that it was Li Feng’s subordinate Zhong Shuhui leading the group,” the black-clothed man replied.
“Zhong Shuhui?” A cold light flashed in Blood Shadow’s eyes. He was naturally familiar with Zhong Shuhui. The last time on Binhe Road, if not for this Zhong Shuhui, Hu Yuanyuan would already have been dead.
He had originally thought Zhong Shuhui had been positioned inside Tianfu Building by Li Feng, but unexpectedly she was outside.
“Lord Blood Shadow, shall I take men now to assist Cai Die in eliminating Zhong Shuhui?” the black-clothed man said gravely. He knew Blood Shadow had arranged for Cai Die and the others to be outside Tianfu Building to prevent Li Feng from escaping. Even if they were no match for Li Feng, they only needed to delay him briefly, giving Blood Shadow time to arrive immediately.
But now, with Zhong Shuhui’s appearance, if she defeated Cai Die and the others, half the encirclement would be broken. That was absolutely not what they wanted.
“Has Cai Die appeared in person?” Blood Shadow pondered.
“No,” the black-clothed man shook his head.
“In that case, there is no need to interfere. Cai Die is not so easily dealt with. Moreover, even if all her people were killed, it would make no difference to us. I have other arrangements.” Blood Shadow gave a cold laugh.
“Lord Blood Shadow is indeed Lord Blood Shadow. Your subordinate admires you…” The black-clothed man lavished praise.
“Enough. The most important thing now is to find Li Feng and his subordinates. We do not have much time. Even if we cannot locate Li Feng, we must find his men,” Blood Shadow said coldly.
“Yes.”
Tianfu Building, in an office on the thirty-fifth floor, Li Feng sat cross-legged on a bed, absorbing spirit stones to restore his true qi.
Twenty minutes had passed since Tian Lang and the others left Tianfu Building. Li Feng no longer knew how many people he had killed. After eliminating a squad of black-clothed men on the twenty-ninth floor, he had come straight to the thirty-fifth floor and hidden here. At this point, the true qi in his body had recovered to about half, but he knew that unless he returned to peak condition, he would not be Blood Shadow’s match. Therefore, he could only continue hiding and recovering.
Originally, Li Feng had considered consuming spirit herbs to cultivate. Consuming spirit herbs would speed up recovery considerably. Last time, in Du Wu’s hands, he had obtained quite a few spirit herbs and had used only a small portion so far. However, he needed to use his divine sense to monitor Blood Shadow and the others, while consuming spirit herbs required complete focus to refine the vast energy within his body. Thus, he had no choice but to abandon that plan.
Five minutes later, Li Feng stood up. A cold smile curved his lips. “I didn’t expect Blood Shadow to find this place so quickly. It seems I still need to give you a big gift.”
With a flash of his figure, Li Feng appeared in another room.
“Who’s there?” As soon as Li Feng appeared, several black-clothed men in the room became alert.
“Didn’t expect such quick reactions.” A cold smile played on Li Feng’s lips.
“Li Feng?”
“It’s Li Feng.”
“How can it be Li Feng?”
When the black-clothed men saw Li Feng, their faces changed dramatically. Although they did not know exactly how powerful Li Feng was, having seen comrade after comrade killed by him, fear filled their hearts.
“Notify Lord Blood Shadow immediately.”
“Li Feng is here. We are no match for him. Run!”
The black-clothed men reacted differently. Some called to inform Blood Shadow, while others fled outright.
“You don’t need to do anything. Just stay here.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh. With a flash, he appeared before one of the black-clothed men.
“No…”
Before the man could finish speaking, a large blade appeared in Li Feng’s hand. With a flash of cold light, a head soared into the air.
“Too terrifying.”
“He’s a devil…”
“Everyone run!”
The remaining black-clothed men, seeing this, were horrified.
“Die.”
Li Feng laughed coldly. His figure flickered, blade light flashing.
Soon, more than ten corpses lay on the floor. Killing these black-clothed men consumed hardly any of Li Feng’s true qi.
“Blood Shadow, I must thank you for sending your own men into Tianfu Building. Otherwise, killing them would not have been so easy.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh. He had finally discovered another use for divine sense beyond the Divine Control Technique. Without divine sense, dealing with Blood Shadow and his group this time would not have been nearly so straightforward.
It seemed that in future, while cultivating the Nine Heavens Heart Scripture, he must further train his divine sense. He believed divine sense had more uses than just these.
A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. Then he turned to leave the room.
“Wait, shouldn’t I leave something for Blood Shadow?” Li Feng suddenly thought of this and a mischievous smile curved his lips.
He took a mop from the corner of the room, dipped it in the blood flowing from the black-clothed men, and wrote several large characters on the wall.
After finishing, Li Feng tossed the mop aside.
“Blood Shadow, I hope you like it. But don’t thank me.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh and left the room.
Half a minute later, Blood Shadow and his men hurried into the room. Seeing the corpses strewn across the floor, Blood Shadow’s face turned livid.
Another squad of black-clothed men had been killed by Li Feng. If this continued, all his people would soon be wiped out by Li Feng.
No, this could not go on. Otherwise, even if every last one of his men died, they would still be unable to touch Li Feng.
But what method could force Li Feng out?
“Lord Blood Shadow, look.” At that moment, one of the black-clothed men pointed at the wall and spoke to Blood Shadow.
“What is it?” Blood Shadow was thinking about how to deal with Li Feng. Hearing his subordinate’s words, he asked with some displeasure.
“Lord Blood Shadow, look. There are words on the wall,” the black-clothed man said.
The wall?
Blood Shadow was startled. He looked up and indeed saw several large crimson characters on the wall. When he clearly read the content of those words, he flew into a towering rage and roared maniacally, “Li Feng, you bastard, get out here. Today I swear I will kill you.”
