Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Kill Them All? The Power of a Tier Two Wizard
Lin Qi was mentally prepared. The moment of impact, he reflexively ducked, taking cover behind a chair and pulling the kind-hearted Liu Weicai down with him.
’The company is under attack?’
It took several seconds for the people in the hall to react.
Looking up, they saw a huge hole torn in the roof of the Liu’s Heavy Industry Branch building.
Unlike the Twin Towers, the branch building lacked reinforced armor, so the aircraft had easily smashed through its roof.
On the flanks, a full eight A-Class Implanters stormed into the hall, accompanying the aircraft.
"Grab the CEO. Take him away."
"Kill everyone else in the hall."
The orders were shouted brazenly, loud and clear.
Everyone present heard them, instantly causing panic. However, the situation did not devolve into uncontrollable chaos just yet.
The reason was simple: The Liu Clan was a major corporation, after all. Even this branch office had numerous A-Class Implanters on its security staff.
No less than ten!
Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision and observed the movements of the Liu Clan’s security personnel.
They didn’t seem to have received any special orders from Liu Xuan and were assembling for a counterattack according to standard procedure.
As for the bodyguard responsible for his safety, Brother Green Hair had hidden himself in the shadows.
Lin Qi instantly understood. ’Brother Green Hair must have received special orders from Liu Xuan. Otherwise, he would’ve come to my side immediately and tried to get me out of here.’
’Follow the crowd, find a chance to get lightly injured, maybe take a bullet or two, then play dead. Whatever happens, I can’t expose my identity as a Wizard.’
Liu Xuan’s advice was indeed the best course of action right now.
The attackers’ only target was the suspected heir, Liu Yue. As for the other high-level company employees, while casualties would be heavy, the attackers probably wouldn’t go out of their way to slaughter every last one of them.
If they took too long, they would inevitably have to deal with reinforcements from the Si Clan.
That’s right, the Si Clan would definitely send reinforcements.
Even if it was just for show, they would have to send support.
If the Si Clan did nothing, it would be tantamount to handing evidence of their involvement to the Liu Clan.
Liu Xuan’s goal was to obtain precisely that evidence.
Evidence of the Si Clan’s betrayal of the Si-Liu Alliance.
Evidence of the Si Clan’s betrayal of the Asian Political Zone Big Business Alliance.
While Lin Qi was blending in with the crowd, the Liu Clan’s security personnel sprung into action.
Over a dozen A-Class Implanters appeared, moving to surround the attackers.
The security team outnumbered them, and since both sides were full-conversion A-Class Implanters, the attackers should not have been a match for them.
But...
’An Extraordinary Professional?’
In his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi observed Spiritual Particles beginning to gather.
They coalesced in the center of the eight attackers, faintly forming the shape of a massive broadsword.
The moment the broadsword took form, all the A-Class security personnel were momentarily stunned.
Immediately after, the eight attackers made their move.
Each of them drew a Two-Handed Broadsword from their back and charged the security personnel.
’Extraordinary Professionals. Tier Two. Knights!’
Lin Qi recognized who they were.
The Round Table Conference!
The attackers were from the Round Table Conference, just as he’d suspected.
Fortunately, they weren’t Tier Three Knights from the Round Table Conference.
A Tier Three would have been real trouble.
Facing this group of Tier Two Knights, even if his plan to play dead failed, it wasn’t impossible for him to fight his way out.
The battle lasted only a few minutes.
The Pure Prosthetic Implanters were at a clear disadvantage against the Extraordinary Professionals.
This was especially true since these eight Extraordinary Professionals could coordinate their Extraordinary powers.
The broadsword formed from Spiritual Particles seemed to have a mentally stunning effect, causing the Liu Clan’s security personnel to constantly lose focus in battle, leaving them open to devastating attacks.
Only a handful of A-Class Implanters with installed Sword Fighting Chips were barely holding on.
Unfortunately, the Knight Professionals had more than just these tricks up their sleeves.
Compared to mental tactics, close-quarters combat was a Knight Professional’s true forte.
In the hands of these Knight Professionals, the technological broadswords forged from A-Class Materials became truly deadly weapons.
Their sharpness, power, and even the trajectory of their swings were clearly enhanced by their Extraordinary Profession.
As a result, the Liu Clan’s security team was completely annihilated within five minutes.
’Is this the terrifying power of an Extraordinary Professional?’
No, this was a unique Combat Technique mastered by the Extraordinary Professionals from the Round Table Conference. From the moment they became Professionals, they were trained in group combat.
They were a special team that acted more like a Mercenary Corps than any actual Mercenary Corps.
At that moment, the man at the center of it all—Liu Yue, who had been pushed into the spotlight by Liu Xuan—fell into the Knights’ hands.
This time, they didn’t use Holy Light, apparently aware of the Liu Clan’s cautiousness when it came to its heirs.
Keep it simple, just grab him and go—that was the plan for this operation.
"Phil, Euler, you two take this little young master of the Liu Clan and get going. The rest of you, continue the mission. Kill all the Liu Clan executives."
Lin Qi perceived the order through his Spiritual Vision, and his expression instantly darkened.
’What does that mean?’
’They’re not planning to run?’
’They’re really going to kill everyone?’
Lin Qi’s heart sank. It looked like the ’play dead’ plan was a no-go. These Knights from the Round Table Conference weren’t even using firearms, so they wouldn’t give him an opportunity to fake his death.
’Other than Holy Light, these Knights probably don’t have any other way to detect a Wizard. Otherwise, there would’ve been no need to capture Liu Yue alive.’
’I’ve been exposed to Holy Light before, and because of the Door, I was cleared of being a Wizard. So, I can make a move in secret.’
He steeled himself. ’Time to act.’
’Let them hit me with Holy Light again. I’m confident I can endure it without revealing any weaknesses.’
’The only risk is that I previously displayed the Heart Attack Ability on the Red and Green Train and during Si Ying’s assassination. If I use Blood Manipulation again, it might arouse suspicion from someone who’s paying attention.’
’Momentum Manipulation? Rapid Growth?’
Lin Qi quickly made his decision.
...
Activating his first Tier Two Wizard Ability, Lin Qi cast Rapid Growth on the Knight who was charging fastest.
Unlike the other times he’d used his Abilities, Lin Qi felt a force resisting him.
It seemed to originate from the Extraordinary Professional’s Spiritual Power.
A realization dawned on him.
Although his Ability could be activated remotely in conjunction with his Spiritual Vision, it could be blocked by Spiritual Power.
Unless his own Spiritual Power was overwhelmingly stronger, it was difficult to break through their resistance and have the Ability take effect directly inside an Extraordinary Professional’s body.
The Ability was bizarre, but it had its limits.
’Then it won’t take effect *inside* his body. Grow!’
As an L-Class researcher in Prosthetic Engineering, Lin Qi immediately targeted the areas where the man’s prosthetics were implanted.
He activated his Ability, not to grow strange organs, but to make the man’s body rapidly heal itself.
And so, the Knight was startled to find his body undergoing a bizarre change.
His arm began to itch. When he looked, he saw that his flesh-and-blood arm—the one he’d replaced with a prosthetic—was actually growing back!
The prosthetic arm fell to the ground with a sharp CLATTER.
It wasn’t just his arm. Every part of his body with an external prosthetic implant began to regrow flesh, rejecting the cyberics one by one.
In moments, the Knight’s prosthetic integration level plummeted to less than ten percent, rendering him almost fully human again.
The A-level Researcher he had been hunting down saw a glimmer of hope.
An A-Class weapon suddenly popped out of the researcher’s arm. "I’ll give you everything I’ve got!"
The next second, a torrent of A-Class firepower was unleashed. The Knight was instantly overwhelmed, riddled with holes.
The tables had quietly turned.
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