Chapter 200 Advancement
With the beginning of Operation Codename Exorcism.

The entire old city was filled with the sounds of fierce fighting, including gunshots, bursts of power from practitioners, and flashes of light. Of course, there was no shortage of death and sacrifice.

"What kind of monster is this? Is he only at the Spiritual Perception Realm? You must be kidding me."

boom!
As a concrete wall shattered, a practitioner was instantly knocked flying, spitting blood, his face in a miserable state. His eyes were red and wide open, and he wanted to fight back again, but the next moment two ghostly figures appeared in front of him. In just a moment, the practitioner was shot dead.

However, as soon as he died, his body was carried by a mummy and quickly retreated into the darkness.

Soon.

A man with a pale face, sunken head and strange expression appeared among the zombies. What was horrifying was that this zombie swung a punch and actually punched out. Obviously, the evil spirit possessed by this corpse also absorbed some of the deceased's abilities.

The zombie with a pale face and sunken head gave a strange smile and then rushed towards the nearest practitioner.

soon.

The smell of blood began to fill every corner of the old city, and casualties began to occur. Some teams with weaker strength were unable to move forward and were even forced to retreat, because if they continued to move forward they would encounter spiritual-level zombies, for which they would be no match at all.

Only the team with a master of spiritual perception can continue to move forward at this moment.

Among them, the team led by Li Shaoqing, the vice president of the Practitioners Association, advanced the fastest. Their team of five people were all masters of spiritual perception, and each of them mastered the art. When they joined forces, the zombies were no match at all, and they could be said to have crushed them in one fell swoop along the way.

However, Yang Yilong's team was equally strong. They also had five spiritual masters, and they reached the central area of ​​the old city in just one hour.

But the further you rush in, the greater the obstacles you will encounter, because there is no team around to help you share the pressure, and the dangers a small team faces are much greater than before.

“We are surrounded.”

At this moment, Yang Yilong stopped, his eyes lit up and he looked around.

The surrounding buildings were pitch black, but in his sight, there was a strange figure standing in every window of these buildings, and judging by his sensing, these zombies were very powerful, and many were at the spiritual perception level. However, the strength of the zombies at the spiritual perception level was not as good as that of the spiritual perception practitioners, because the body possessed by evil spirits was ultimately flawed, so he was not afraid of these zombies.

But a fierce battle is inevitable.

Thinking of this, Yang Yilong used his guiding technique, the energy in his arm condensed, and a sharp sword appeared in the darkness.

Perhaps they were angered by his actions, or perhaps the breath of life on them was too strong.

Suddenly, all the strange figures in the building rushed out at the same time and headed straight for Yang Yilong's team.

"kill!"

Yang Yilong opened his eyes, his sword suddenly lit up, and he did not retreat but rushed forward towards these strange zombies. With just a wave of his hand, several corpses were chopped into two, and the evil spirits possessed them were also destroyed.

His guiding skills are very special, and he is simply the nemesis of these zombies.

This scene was also monitored by the helicopter overhead.

"This Yang Yilong is really not a simple person. He can clear an area with just one team. It seems that releasing him from the Investigation Bureau is the right thing to do. However, he is suspected of killing an investigator and has a shady background. He cannot be admitted to the Golden Academy unless he can be the first to find the source of the zombies and kill them. Then I have nothing to say."

"Li Shaoqing is also making rapid progress. If this matter can be resolved satisfactorily, with his current achievements, he will be admitted to the Golden Academy and become a cross-border person, which is almost certain."

"Master Pete is also doing well and will be able to join the Golden Academy. I just don't know who will take the last spot. Will it be Gu Mengping? He is also a foreign combatant of our Investigation Bureau and he also participated in the mission this time. But he failed in his last operation to hunt spider monsters. Unless he can solve the source of the zombies this time, I am more optimistic about Li Yi."

"Li Yi is good, and I am optimistic about him. Although he has only been in the Investigation Bureau for a short time, he has made great contributions. If he performs well this time, I think he can enter the Golden Academy."

Face the live broadcast on the scene.

The top executives of the Investigation Bureau gathered in the conference room and continued to discuss.

In just a few words, the number of cross-border participants was almost finalized, but the last spot was still subject to change. It might be Gu Mengping, it might be Li Yi, or maybe someone else would come from behind and take the spot.

But if nothing unexpected happens, three people have the greatest hope: Yang Yilong, Gu Mengping, and Li Yi.

But at this moment.

Li Yi's team was also caught in a tough battle.

As they were advancing steadily, they accidentally entered a dangerous building. The number of zombies in the building was frighteningly large, and they were so densely packed that they could almost drown people. The only good thing was that most of the zombies were not very strong, otherwise, their team would be wiped out in just one encounter.

"boom!"

Lin Yue's fist exploded at this moment, and the zombies flew out as he raised his hand, but then the figure of an evil ghost wandered around, making bursts of weird noises.

But the next moment, the illusory spear was swung past, and those evil spirits were quickly swept away, leaving them no chance to possess and do evil.

"Don't get entangled in this building, fight your way out."

Li Yi shouted, holding a spear to clear a path. He did not dare to mobilize too much energy and blood, fearing that he would be unable to deal with Yang Yilong later, so he just waved the hanging spear in his hand to force his way through.

Everyone followed him out of the building and outside.

But the zombies were chasing him relentlessly, swarming in from all directions, leaving him no chance to breathe.

"We can't escape, otherwise once the formation is broken, the team will suffer heavy losses. We must meet them here and kill all these zombies. Sister Lin, you will be responsible for resisting the spiritual-level mummies, and leave the rest to us." Li Yi's pupils lit up at this moment. He quickly glanced left and right and made a decision immediately.

With his back against a wall, he faced the oncoming zombies head-on.

"Okay, just tell me if you can't stand it." Lin Yue nodded, and immediately reduced the frequency of attacks, focusing his attention on those powerful mummies.

Li Yi was not under much pressure at the moment. The hanging spear in his hand was too powerful. With just a swing, the evil spirit inside the zombies was knocked out. Then the illusory body shattered and died on the spot. Without the evil spirit possessing the corpse, it immediately fell limply and was motionless.

Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin both had cold sweat on their foreheads. The sniper rifles in their hands kept firing, and every shot could kill one or even several zombies.

"Be careful."

Fang Hang and Cheng Pingfang's eyes lit up and they used the witnessing technique. Two evil spirits actually rushed out from behind the wall, intending to attack Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin, but they were repelled by their witnessing technique.

After the evil ghost's attack was thwarted, it was immediately contaminated by the earth's energy. It began to wail in pain and could no longer attack people.

With the help of the two people in checking for deficiencies and filling in the gaps, the team stabilized and no casualties occurred.

However, the number of zombies is not endless.

After withstanding the most difficult wave of attacks, the subsequent pressure was reduced a lot. With the cooperation of Li Yi and Lin Yue, they killed three spiritual-level mummies.

The battle lasted for nearly half an hour.

The zombies around were almost all killed.

"How many of these ghost things are there? Why do I feel like there are more of them than the spider monsters before?" Yuan Mingjin was so tired that he almost collapsed. Half of his arm was numb and he had almost no feeling.

Using the extraordinary series of sniper rifles requires enduring huge recoil.

He is only at the psychic level, his strength is not very strong, and his physique is not able to ignore the recoil of the sniper rifle.

"Fortunately, the cleaning of these buildings is completed." Engineer Zheng also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. In the previous battle, he was in danger several times. If it weren't for the help of Li Yi and his teammates, he might have been possessed by an evil spirit.

"We are under a lot of pressure. There must be some disconnection between other teams on the left and right sides, which is why all the corpses nearby are running towards us." Fang Hang said with a serious face.

Lin Yue looked up at this moment: "There seems to be no movement from Zhao Lingfu."

"We can't move forward. We have to take a break first." Li Yi said, "I'm a little hungry. Engineer Zheng, please have the helicopter drop off some food. We can talk later if you have any questions."

He is currently in the blood-burning period, and even if he does nothing his body will still be extremely exhausted, with the Qi and blood in his body gushing out like crazy.

But now he was just pouring the energy into the acupoints and not using it. "Okay, I'll call." Zheng Gong nodded, immediately took out the intercom, reported the location, and stated the request.

soon.

A helicopter flew overhead and dropped a package of supplies.

After opening it, there are bottles of golden nutrient solution inside.

These are all free, not just for their team, but for all teams.

Li Yi didn't hesitate and just picked it up and drank it.

After drinking a few bottles of nutrient solution, the hunger was suppressed, but his skin was still red and a heat was spreading around, making people feel like he was a furnace and his whole body seemed to be burning.

"Li Yi, there seems to be something wrong with your body." Engineer Zheng was a little surprised.

"Don't worry, I'm moving qi and blood, which is good for the body and can increase strength in the short term, but it consumes a lot of energy and you will get hungry easily." Li Yi explained.

"So that's how it is." Zheng Gong suddenly realized and stopped asking questions.

The group rested for half an hour and almost recovered their energy, then they started moving again.

"Li Yi, I suggest we go to the area that Zhao Lingfu is in charge of. Maybe there is really a problem with their team." Lin Yue suddenly said at this moment.

"Okay, let's go and take a look. It's hard to move forward now anyway. I also want to know what went wrong with the teams on the left and right and why they couldn't keep up." Li Yi nodded.

Immediately, everyone retreated a little distance and entered the area under the responsibility of another team.

soon.

They found Zhao Lingfu's team on a street.

But their situation is not optimistic.

The streets were stained with blood, with many corpses left behind and the stench of corpses was everywhere.

Zhao Lingfu was sitting by the road taking a rest at the moment. He was smoking a cigarette with a serious expression.

The arrival of Lin Yue and others surprised him a little.

"Zhao Lingfu, I thought you were dead. I didn't hear any movement from your side when I moved forward, and the number of zombies nearby was unusually large, so I guessed that your team didn't seem to be making good progress." Lin Yue walked over and asked with a frown.

"We encountered several spiritual-level mummies and suffered a great loss. The team suffered heavy losses, two dead and two seriously injured. I asked a helicopter to pick up the seriously injured teammates. Now I'm alone, so the movement has naturally slowed down." Zhao Lingfu flicked his finger, and a half-smoked cigarette flew out, and then he slowly stood up.

"It looks like I won't be able to get a spot as a cross-border person, but it shouldn't be a problem for me to get here and get a rare item training room. But you guys do make me a little curious. How could a team that was put together from nowhere get ahead of me?"

He looked at Li Yi and others, somewhat surprised.

Because there are two psychic-level practitioners in the team, although they are snipers, the fact that they are still alive today is enough to show that the team has enough capacity to protect the two snipers, otherwise they would not have survived.

Is Lin Yue really that strong?

No, that's not right.

The problem should be with Li Yi.

Zhao Lingfu squinted his eyes and looked at Li Yi. In his sight, Li Yi's whole body was red, and there seemed to be a red light above his head shooting straight into the sky, which was extraordinary. Moreover, he could feel a heat coming towards him before he got close to him, and the whole person was like a burning furnace.

This is definitely not something that a practitioner in the spiritual realm can do.

"Zhao Lingfu, since your team has stopped here, why don't you join our team temporarily." Li Yi stepped forward and made an invitation.

"Add you to your team?"

Zhao Lingfu smiled and said, "Normally it's fine, but now I know about the feud between you and Yang Yilong. He will definitely find a chance to take revenge tonight. If I stay with you, Yang Yilong might settle accounts with me later. I don't want to get involved in your fight."

"So you are also afraid of Yang Yilong." Li Yi said.

Zhao Lingfu said: "I am not afraid of him, but I cannot beat him. Therefore, I don't want to fight with someone I cannot beat for some inexplicable things, lest I lose my life for no reason."

Lin Yue said at this moment: "Zhao Lingfu, you know very well that you can't enter the Golden Academy with your ability, and you can't become a cross-border person. It's better to be an investor and invest in Li Yi. This is an opportunity for you."

"Invest in Li Yi?" Zhao Lingfu's expression changed slightly.

Lin Yue is right.

He indeed did not have the ability to go further and enter the Golden Academy, but Li Yi in front of him was somewhat competitive. After all, he was a foreign combatant of the Investigation Bureau and could get a place in the Investigation Bureau.

But now is not a good time to invest in Li Yi. With Yang Yilong around, it is not certain whether Li Yi can survive tonight.

However, isn’t it true that so-called investment is most valuable when it is most needed?

"Let me think about it and give you an answer." Zhao Lingfu took out another cigarette and lit it.

Lin Yue said: "Then you'd better think about it quickly."

Zhao Lingfu laughed and said, "Look, you are anxious again."

Then he glanced at Li Yi and said, "It's fine for me to invest in you, but let's be honest. If you want me to help you deal with Yang Yilong today, that's another matter. I don't want to invest in you and die today."

"Zhao Lingfu, does this count as an investment?" Lin Yue frowned.

"If you don't want to interfere in your affairs with Yang Yilong, just ignore what I said just now." Zhao Lingfu said.

Li Yi said at this moment: "I won't let you deal with Yang Yilong, I will handle him. If we really have to take action, I just hope you can help me contain the other spiritual masters in Yang Yilong's team. In exchange, I can share the guidance technique with you."

"Oh?"

Zhao Lingfu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Li Yi had the confidence to deal with Yang Yilong.

"interesting."

Then he laughed: "I want to see how you deal with Yang Yilong. If you can really deal with him, not only will I invest in you unconditionally, but I will also be willing to put all my wealth on you and work hard for you."

There is no spiritual master who can kill Yang Yilong in Tianchang City yet, and even Li Shaoqing from the Practitioners Association may not be able to do it.

Li Yi is only at the spiritual realm now. If he can surpass one realm and kill Yang Yilong, Zhao Lingfu will definitely admire him.

Such people will definitely enter the Golden Academy in the future and become cross-border people, so it will be worthwhile to work hard for it.

But Zhao Lingfu felt that this was impossible, so he didn't mind making a pie in the sky.

"Okay, then it's settled." Li Yi agreed immediately.

Zhao Lingfu couldn't help but feel a little surprised and suspicious when he saw this.

Could it be that Li Yi could really create a miracle?
He was not the only one who was surprised at the moment. Lin Yue was also surprised. She didn't think that Li Yi could defeat Yang Yilong, but it was a good thing to have this belief, and she didn't want to discourage Li Yi.

"What a lunatic."

Zhao Lingfu stood up with a smile: "If that's the case, then let's continue. If you want to compete for a spot, you must start now. Other teams won't wait for you."

(End of this chapter)