"Boss must have thought of sothing again, huh? Wanting 24-hour patrols, this is just tornting people."
"Who knows, maybe there's a new enemy?"
"Enemy? What enemy would dare co here. Besides, this inner courtyard building is as solid as a rock. Once the iron doors and windows are closed, not even a mosquito could fly in! What's there to fear about enemies coming to the door."
"That's true."
Several of Basong's subordinates, carrying rifles, chatted as they patrolled inside the manor. They completely failed to notice a black line as thin as a hair sliding past their feet.
The inner courtyard they boasted even mosquitoes couldn't enter had already been infiltrated by the Shadow controlled by Guan Tong.
The so-called "as solid as a rock" was a joke in the face of the Shadow's infiltration ability. The latter could even silently infiltrate the Qingi Society's Yongzhou base, let alone this small warlord's manor.
From the outside to the inside, the Shadow thoroughly explored the entire manor. The vast amount of intelligence collected was transmitted through sensory sharing to Guan Tong, who was over a hundred miles away.
Thus, this heavily guarded manor beca transparent to Guan Tong, its situation fully grasped by him.
The entire manor had roughly four hundred people. Over a hundred were subordinates of the manor's owner, Basong, all carrying firearms.
Another nearly two hundred people were locked up with chains in several large warehouses in the outer courtyard.
Guan Tong hadn't initially noticed anyone in the warehouses. It was only through eavesdropping, hearing several ard n say they were going to "prepare feed for the pigs," that he realized sothing was wrong.
He manipulated a shadow line to follow them into a warehouse and saw that the "pigs" these people spoke of were living human beings.
Most of these people were emaciated and haggard, barely clothed, their legs entangled in chains, wrists handcuffed to iron pipes. Before them was a long trough, like those in horse stables.
Basong's subordinates poured mushy food from wooden barrels into the troughs, forcing those bound by chains to lower their heads and eat, truly treating them like livestock.
Seeing this scene, Guan Tong's heart imdiately flared with anger. He knew that in so countries plagued by warlords, many people were kidnapped, imprisoned, living a life worse than death.
But hearing about it was one thing; seeing it with his own eyes was another.
Previously, seeing those Ascendants imprisoned in the Yongzhou base had already made Guan Tong furious. The situation inside the warehouse at Basong's manor was several tis more brutal, which instantly prompted him to make a decision.
Kill.
Guan Tong's original plan wasn't to directly use violent ans to seize the puzzle fragnt.
His initial strategy was to investigate the manor's situation clearly, figure out exactly who held the fragnt. Then, when that person was sleeping at night, use Body Swap to enter their room and negotiate privately.
If possible, he hoped to purchase the fragnt by spending Ascension Coins. If the other party disagreed, he would then consider other thods.
But this original plan was completely scrapped after he saw the situation inside the warehouse.
A new plan was instantly born, very simple: violently seize the puzzle fragnt and wipe out this entire manor.
Guan Tong knew similar situations probably existed in many places around the world, and he couldn't solve them all. But at the very least, he wouldn't turn a blind eye to what he had personally witnessed.
"Hmm?"
At that mont, the Shadow Surveillance Eye Guan Tong had placed nearby detected sothing.
On the street about a few hundred ters away from him, an off-road vehicle drove in. The people inside were asking around, inquiring if anyone had seen any foreigners in the past couple of days.
They're looking for ...
Guan Tong wasn't surprised by this. After all, this was their ho turf. Basong, a local warlord operating for years, discovering an enemy's arrival and sending people to look was normal. Not sending anyone would be abnormal.
"Fine, let's start by dealing with this group."
Guan Tong made his plan, deliberately going out onto the street to expose his foreigner identity, then heading to a nearby abandoned construction site.
The group sent by Basong quickly found out that soone from Beixing Country had just left not long ago. Overjoyed, they imdiately followed the directions given by passersby and soon drove their vehicle to the construction site.
After more than a dozen people jumped out of the vehicle, the leader, Mara, ordered, "That Beixing guy should be sowhere in this construction site. Keep your eyes peeled. The first one to find him gets a reward from the boss later. If we don't find him—"
"No need for the trouble." Guan Tong's voice rang out. "I'm right here."
Everyone was startled, turning to look. They saw a person had sohow appeared standing on the construction site's periter wall, looking down at them.
Mara was pleased. "Good, that saves trouble!"
With a wave of his hand, his subordinates imdiately raised their guns, aiming at the figure on the wall.
Mara shouted, "You over there, Beixing guy! So you're the one trying to cause trouble for our Boss Basong, right? Listen, if you don't want to be turned into a sieve, hand over the fragnt!"
He didn't directly order them to open fire because Basong had told him before he left that if they found the person, they should capture him alive, get the fragnt, and then kill him.
Guan Tong couldn't be bothered with idle talk. He crooked a finger. Instantly, more than a dozen of Mara's subordinates had their chests pierced by shadow spikes erging from within, their hearts bursting, dying on the spot!
These ordinary subordinates definitely couldn't afford protective gear that could defend against Mind Power attacks. Therefore, Guan Tong easily manipulated the ethereal Shadow to invade their bodies, then solidified it to complete the heart puncture from the inside out.
"Ah! Ah!!!"
Mara was so frightened he fell onto his rear, mouth agape. More than a dozen subordinates, full of life one second, all dead with blood gushing from their chests the next. Anyone witnessing this bizarre scene without knowing Guan Tong's abilities would undoubtedly be thrown into terror.
The next second, Mara suddenly felt his arms and legs being pulled. Looking down, he saw black shadow lines, each as thick as ropes, binding his hands and feet respectively, rendering him immobile.
Then Guan Tong jumped down from the wall and walked closer.
"Please spare , spare my life!"
Mara trembled as he looked at Guan Tong. In just a few seconds, his fear of this man from Beixing Country was already etched into his bones.
Guan Tong asked, "Tell
everything you know about Basong."
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!"
Mara didn't dare disobey, spilling everything he knew like beans from a bamboo tube.
He knew Guan Tong was here for that fragnt, so he first explained how Basong received the tip-off and how he snatched the fragnt from those ordinary young n.
After hearing this, Guan Tong was sowhat surprised.
He had thought Basong obtained the fragnt first; he didn't expect he had stolen it. So it seed the previous movent of the fragnt's location was caused by Basong returning after the robbery.
After finishing the matter of the fragnt, Mara talked about the manor, Basong's subordinates, Basong's collusion with officials inside Andai State, and even those people imprisoned in the manor... Afraid of missing sothing Guan Tong wanted to hear, he told everything.
After listening, Guan Tong had a comprehensive understanding of Basong's situation.
"I've told you everything I should. Can that... can that buy my life?" Mara asked with a look of hopeful anticipation.
The next mont, a shadow spike pierced through Mara's chest, sending him to et his maker.
Not long after wiping out this group of Basong's subordinates, the phone in Mara's pocket started ringing.
Guan Tong hadn't left yet at this point. Hearing the ringtone, he didn't go to pick up the phone. It rang several tis before switching to voicemail mode.
After a brief few seconds of silence, a cold voice ca from the phone. "Soone's listening over there, right?"
Guan Tong remained silent.
"Then listen well. No matter who you are, since you took out Mara, you'll definitely co looking for
here. I, Basong, hereby tell you, if you have the guts, co! I'm waiting for you right here in the manor!"
"Beep."
The voicemail ssage ended. Guan Tong thought for a mont, then turned and left.
...
"Damn it!"
Basong violently threw his phone to the ground, stomping on it several tis until it was crushed. The other few trusted subordinates in the room were so scared they didn't dare breathe loudly.
"B-boss, maybe Mara isn't..."
"Isn't what? Isn't dead?" Basong shot a glare over. "If he wasn't dead, would he dare not answer my call?!"
"Y-yes, boss..." The speaker quickly lowered his head.
That was indeed the case. Even they, as Basong's trusted subordinates, didn't dare slack off. Usually, whether eating, sleeping, or even using the toilet, as soon as Basong's call ca, even if they had to soil their pants, they had to hurry and answer.
Otherwise, what the consequences would be had been demonstrated by Basong's earliest trusted subordinate—showing them what it looked like to have your head smashed in with a phone.
"The other party will definitely co! All of you, get ready! Also, go to the town and round up so more people, give them guns, have them guard the gates for !"
"Yes, boss!"
Everyone hurried off to work. Basong also returned to his own room.
He took out another phone from a drawer, made a call, spoke for a while, then hung up.
Then he lifted the bed board. Underneath was a hidden passage entrance.
Only Basong himself knew about this secret passage. The people who dug it back then were all silenced by him after finishing the job.
He entered the passage. Walking to the end and going up led to a specially excavated large basent.
This basent was his shelter, stocked with various ergency supplies. Of course, it also had no shortage of weapons filling gun racks. Pistols, rifles, scatterguns, even sniper rifles were all available.
Basong took down a short-barreled scattergun from the rack, intending to carry it with him. But when he carefully examined the muzzle, the shiny paint reflected a blurry figure standing behind him.
Who?!
Basong was greatly shocked, turned around, and fired a shot.
"Bang!"
The short scattergun had terrifying power at close range, but the person hit only took half a step back, not falling down.
"Who are you?! How is this possible—"
Basong couldn't believe soone was hiding in his secret room! Clearly, only he himself knew about this place. How did the other party know? And when did they get in?!
After a brief mont of shock, Basong cald down, staring at the person opposite. The latter wore black clothes covering their entire body, their face also hidden. At a glance, their intentions were clearly hostile.
"You're the one who ca to steal my fragnt, right?"
"...Hand it over."
Hearing this person's voice, Basong found it strange. It didn't sound like a normal speaking voice from a distance; instead, it sounded like a voice coming from a phone.
But he couldn't care about that now. Strike first!
A fierce glint flashed in Basong's eyes as he continuously pulled the trigger.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The scattergun's pellets hit the other party one after another. The latter retreated several steps but showed no sign of falling, not even any blood flowing out. Only their clothes beca quite tattered.
Through those holes, Basong vaguely saw that the color inside was the sa as the outside clothes—all black!
What kind of monster is this guy?!
Basong threw away the short scattergun and didn't take any other weapons from the gun rack either. He raised his right hand, and a peculiar brown hand cannon appeared, replacing his right fist.
Guan Tong, remotely controlling the Shadow from afar, saw this and thought, "That hand cannon must be Basong's Mind Power item. Its power shouldn't be small."
"Don't think you can scare !" Basong raised the hand cannon, aiming at the Shadow. "You must have so item that defends against ordinary weapons. But let's see how you defend against my Mind Power hand cannon!"
Boom!
After saying that, he fired a blast. With a thunderous sound, a large hole was blasted open in the basent wall. Broken stones and dust flew together, making Basong himself cough repeatedly.
He retreated several steps, his back against the wall, eyes fixed on the dust ahead. Before long, the dust gradually cleared. When he saw the Shadow still standing tall, his eyes imdiately widened.
"How is this possible?!"
"Basong, is this your true capability?" That phone-like voice sounded again. "To be honest, it's not that impressive."
Guan Tong's voice ca from the phone with speaker mode activated, carried by the Shadow, infuriating Basong until his face turned ashen.
Actually, Guan Tong really wasn't wrong. The hand cannon's power was great, but it was too easy for the Shadow to evade—Basong fired, and Guan Tong manipulated most of the Shadow to beco ethereal, evading the damage before solidifying again.
This way, no matter how powerful Basong's hand cannon was, it couldn't hurt the Shadow at all. Conversely, if Guan Tong wanted to kill Basong, he could have succeeded long ago. It was just that he hadn't obtained the puzzle fragnt yet, so he hadn't done so.
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