Chapter 179: Chapter 168: Must Seize the Key Point

Blood sprayed.

The old man’s eyes widened. He stared at Gao Neng, who was right in front of him, and at the Electric Saber piercing his chest, his gaze filled with disbelief.

"Wh... Why?"

"You know too much!" Gao Neng’s lips curled up slightly. ’A security guard in a small building like this actually knows the Celestial King Group has twenty manufacturing plants?’

Moreover, he didn’t just know the number; he even knew what the plants that directly supplied the Eastern Capital Military District looked like. That wasn’t normal at all.

Most importantly, while the old man was speaking, Gao Neng used his Spiritual Power to observe the other residents and saw that they were finally starting to move.

They didn’t seem to intend to surround and kill Gao Neng, but they couldn’t contain their intense curiosity...

While Gao Neng spoke, they walked to their doors to listen in, deliberately opening them a crack. One man and woman even lay on the floor, pressing their ears tightly against it.

There were eight people in this small building, besides Ye Ying.

Seven of them were suspicious.

So, how could this last one, the old man at the gate, possibly be innocent?

"’I know too much?’ *Cough, cough*... To figure out my identity and act so decisively based on that alone... My lord was right, you truly are a dangerous person!" The old man coughed violently twice and licked the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His gaze turned icy. "This stab won’t be enough to kill me!"

SWISH!

A black shadow shot out from behind the old man.

Then, two scythe-like claws easily sliced across the old man’s neck, and the head of an elderly alien flew into the air.

"I know. That’s why I added another blow," Gao Neng said, watching the head in mid-air, giving an answer that should allow the man to rest in peace.

Super Earth Dragon.

After noticing the others’ strange behavior, he had decisively summoned the Earth Dragon and used his Spiritual Power to control it, maneuvering it behind the old man.

THUD!

The old man’s head hit the floor.

He spoke no more.

Because he was already dead.

"Murder! I killed someone! I, Gao Neng, killed someone! I killed an alien! I’ve performed a great service this time!" Without hesitation, Gao Neng started shouting at the top of his lungs.

’If Fang Tangtang is hiding outside, she’ll definitely hear this, right?’

Since he’d decided to wipe them all out in one go...

Gao Neng had no intention of running away just yet. After all, he had heard from Guan San a couple of days ago that the spies inside the City of Hope weren’t very strong.

Of course, just in case, he still had to call for backup.

And the result was just as he expected...

As he shouted, two figures appeared at the door.

The only slight imperfection was that Fang Tangtang wasn’t among them. Instead, it was the man and woman who lived on the second floor. The man was around thirty, and the woman was... also around thirty?

"You’re surrounded! None of you can escape!" Gao Neng shouted again before they could speak, then lunged at the man and woman.

Hearing Gao Neng’s words, a flicker of hesitation crossed their eyes.

’Making a move inside the City of Hope...’

Even though this area was relatively remote, it was still in the center of the Eastern District. If nothing went wrong, the Public Security Bureau would arrive in fifteen minutes at most.

"Third Sister, you run first!" the man shouted as he charged forward.

"Second Brother, don’t let him fool you! If we run now, we’ll just cause a bigger commotion. Our only chance of survival is to kill him together, quickly!" The woman ignored the man’s suggestion. Not only did she not run, but she also blocked the doorway and let out a sharp whistle.

TWEET!

As the whistle faded,

the two men from the fourth floor and the two women and one man from the fifth floor all began to move.

Clearly, they were planning to fight to the death.

Gao Neng had already exchanged a punch with the man from the second floor.

The man’s strength was immense.

He was at least as strong as Gao Neng, if not slightly stronger.

’At least the strength of a human at Tier Three Late Stage?’ Gao Neng was startled. This was a bit different from what he had imagined.

’Weren’t they all supposed to be weak?’

’Wait a minute. The one who said they were weak was Guan San...’

’So, this is a clear case of relativity.’

’To Guan San, Tier Three strength probably is pathetically weak, but to me, a Tier Three can still put up a fight.’

After all, he was only Tier Two.

Just as he was thinking this, a powerful gust of wind came from behind him.

Gao Neng dodged in an instant.

BOOM!

The wall of the small room was smashed open by a punch.

It was one of the two men from the fourth floor.

’He punched a hole through a wall?’

Gao Neng was momentarily stunned.

"You’re surrounded! A desperate struggle is useless!" Gao Neng shouted again. Then, a layer of silver-white battle armor covered his arms and legs.

Silver!

This was the most powerful energy he possessed at his current stage.

He had disdained to use it when fighting on the Challenge Board, but this was a real battle. Naturally, he would face it in his strongest state and hold nothing back.

After the silver energy covered him,

a large cleaver appeared in Gao Neng’s hand.

"Take my Eighteen-Consecutive Slash!" With a great shout, scorching hot air blasted from Gao Neng’s hands as he slashed down at the man who had just punched through the wall.

"Hmph!" The man snorted coldly, a hint of madness in his eyes. He didn’t retreat or dodge, but instead charged forward to meet the attack, attempting an Empty-handed Blade Seizing.

BAM!

A gash appeared on the man’s shoulder.

Gao Neng’s strike was actually the system-evolved Half-Step Kill. It was incredibly fast; how could the man possibly have seized the blade empty-handed?

The blade cut directly into half of the man’s shoulder.

But Gao Neng didn’t sense any pain from the man. Not only did he not cry out in agony, but he even sneered at Gao Neng with a look of indifference.

At the same time, Gao Neng sensed three figures attacking him from behind.

He wanted to pull his blade out and fight back.

But he found that the blade was stuck.

The man Gao Neng had slashed was desperately clamping down on the blade with his muscles. One of his hands frantically pressed down on the back of the blade, while the other threw a punch at Gao Neng’s temple.

"..." Gao Neng was speechless.

He had seen this kind of fighting style before.

Because during the number one challenge on the D-Rank Board, Feng Qingqing had used this same suicidal tactic, creating an opportunity for Gao Neng and the others at the cost of being severely injured.

Only now, this tactic was being used on him.

’As expected... real battles are different from training!’

In this situation, any normal person would immediately abandon their blade, but Gao Neng was not normal.

’Abandon my blade?’

’If I do that, I’ll truly be on the defensive.’

So, he didn’t abandon it. Not only did he not abandon it, but he also lunged forward, dodging the man’s punch while simultaneously pinning him to the ground.

As for the attack from behind, it was forcibly blocked by the sudden appearance of the Super Earth Dragon.

BOOM!

The Super Earth Dragon was slammed into the wall by a punch.

But in that brief moment, Gao Neng managed to forcibly pull the blade from the man’s shoulder and slash it across his throat.

"GURGLE!" The man’s eyes bulged as he clutched his neck with both hands. He had been willing to risk his life, but he hadn’t expected Gao Neng to be even more reckless.

’Decisive, ruthless, and willing to risk it all...’

’Add to that his surprising Fourth Human Limit and a talent for fighting those stronger than him.’

’If a person like this doesn’t die...’

’...he will become a huge threat in the future.’

The man realized this, but it was too late. His body was growing cold, and the strength was rapidly draining from him.

BOOM!

Gao Neng was sent flying by a kick.

He crashed into the wall.

These aliens didn’t scream things like, "Ah Si, don’t die! Ah Si, don’t leave me..." After knocking the Super Earth Dragon away, they immediately attacked Gao Neng again.

However, Gao Neng was tough.

He had successfully activated his life form transformation, increasing his body’s Defense Power by 100%. The kick hadn’t hurt him too badly.

It was a bit of a shame, though... he hadn’t had time to create his "Thornmail" yet, or the damage would have been even less.

"Four against one, and we’re the ones who lose someone first?" a voice said, and a man walked in through the doorway.

It was the man who lived on the fifth floor.

He was about forty years old.

Behind him, two women followed closely.

"Energy Manifestation?"

"A Tier Two can actually use Energy Manifestation?"

"This Gao Neng cannot be left alive!"

The two women stared at the Earth Dragon in the distance, their eyes growing even more vicious.

"Mm, I’ll do it." The man from the fifth floor nodded. Then, a layer of fine, crimson Scale Armor materialized on his body, resembling snake scales, with faint flames burning upon them.

’What kind of monster is this? A snake-skin man?’ Gao Neng’s knowledge of aliens was still limited. For now, he couldn’t tell what race this monster belonged to.

But one thing was certain... this man was strong.

Stronger than any of the residents on the other floors.

’So, based on my earlier assessment, the people on the other floors are around Tier Three Late Stage. Does that mean this guy is Tier Four or higher?’

’Mid-Tier!!!’

This was the first time Gao Neng had faced a Mid-Tier opponent in actual combat, other than Shen Ning’Er.

Of course, Bald Shark didn’t count.

SWISH!

The opponent moved.

He was super-fast.

In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Gao Neng, his palms reaching out to grab him. Five long, red spikes protruded from each palm.

Gao Neng didn’t hold back either.

He brought his blade slashing down.

"Eighteen-Consecutive Slash!"

CLANG!

But this time, his blade didn’t strike the opponent’s body as it had before. Instead, it produced a crisp sound of metal colliding.

"Second Slash!" Gao Neng raised his blade again.

The opponent instinctively raised his palm to block again.

But the second slash didn’t come down as expected.

Because in the instant he raised his blade, Gao Neng had already retreated, crashed through the small room’s window, and burst outside with a BOOM.

"Trying to run?!" the others exclaimed in surprise.

"After him!"

Several people quickly rushed outside.

But they soon discovered that Gao Neng wasn’t frantically escaping. The moment he burst out of the building, he leaped up and grabbed the windowsill of the second floor.

With another movement, Gao Neng flipped up to the third floor.

’Ye Ying still hasn’t shown up. The key isn’t these people; it’s Ye Ying!’ Gao Neng wasn’t so weak as to be scared off by a single Mid-Tier opponent. He needed to stall for time.

"Damn it, protect Lord Nightingale!"