"Finally found you," Wang Lan sighed in relief and picked up his phone to call Wang Qianfeng.

"Director Wang, I may have located the stronghold of those two foreigners. I'm requesting support."

"Oh? Where is it?"

"Love Cloud Village. I'm currently at Jiaoda Affiliated Hospital."

"Good. I'll personally lead the team to handle it. Wait for me at Jiaoda Affiliated Hospital."

"Director Wang, could you bring Xu Xiangwen along too?" Wang Lan suddenly asked.

"Xu Xiangwen? Your classmate?" Wang Qianfeng hesitated for a moment. "You really do look after your friends. Sure, as long as it doesn't violate discipline, it's fine."

"Thank you, Director Wang."

Wang Lan wanted Xu Xiangwen to come not, as Wang Qianfeng suggested, to look after him, but because Xu Xiangwen's Heavenly Eye could quickly locate the two foreigners—an extremely useful ability.

Shortly after, Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin arrived at Jiaoda Affiliated Hospital with a team of Tianjian Bureau experts. After picking up Wang Lan, they promptly headed for Love Cloud Village.

"Lanzi, am I... really participating in a Tianjian Bureau operation?" Xu Xiangwen asked excitedly inside the car.

"Calm down. It's just an operation. Just try to play a minor role."

"But this is a Tianjian Bureau operation! If I tell people about this, it'll be quite a feather in my cap, right? I could boast about it for a lifetime."

"Well, if you boast about this... it might also be the last boast of your lifetime. The targets we're after are terrorists who strike fear into many small countries internationally. If they find out you were part of this operation, guess how they'll treat you?"

"GULP." He swallowed hard. "Is it still possible for me to get out now?"

"Too late. Seriously, your task later will be the most critical. Right now, we've only pinpointed the general location of our targets; we need you for precise positioning. Once we get there, lock onto the targets' location immediately. The targets are two foreigners: one with fiery, spiked-up hair, the other with golden shoulder-length hair."

"Understood."

Outside Love Cloud Village, eight vehicles stopped, and a group of Tianjian Bureau masters disembarked. The Tianjian Bureau regarded this arrest operation with utmost importance. These two foreigners were Wang Mingling's subordinates and possessed crucial intelligence.

Among the Galaxy Stage masters were Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin. Their Peak Star Cloud Stage elites included Xu Shiyun, the Zhang Yeqiu sisters, Zeng Xiaomo, and other elite red-robed agents. This included Wang Lan, who could transform into a Galaxy Stage fighter at any moment. Furthermore, the Zhang Yeqiu sisters' combined technique could also unleash Galaxy Stage power.

After getting out of the car, Xu Xiangwen walked through the village gate with Wang Lan.

"Focus on Building 35 first..." Wang Lan reminded him.

Zhang Xiaoli's home was in Building 35, which was also the delivery location for the food delivery guy. Following Wang Lan's directions, Xu Xiangwen activated his Heavenly Eye.

"Lanzi, there's nothing in Building 35. But I've found our targets on the 17th floor of Building 8, opposite it. Two foreigners, blond. One has fiery hair; the other has shoulder-length hair and is wearing a duckbill cap. One is playing games on a computer, and the other is working out in the living room."

"Locked on! His assistance is now guaranteed for this operation." Wang Lan quickly ran back to report to Wang Qianfeng.

"Everyone knows the target's location now, right? Enough talk. Wang Lan, Zhang Yeqiu, Zhang Xiaoxue, Xu Shiyun, secure the perimeter and prevent the targets from escaping. Barrier Group, be ready to erect the barriers at a moment's notice. Li, let's move in!"

"Been idle for two months, I've nearly gone rusty," Li Weixin muttered.

Instantly, Tianjian Bureau operatives stormed into Love Cloud Village. Xu Xiangwen stayed back in the car outside, while Wang Lan entered the village and headed straight for Building 34, behind Building 8.

His job was to intercept and stop the targets if they managed to break through Wang Qianfeng's encirclement. Zhang Yeqiu, Zhang Xiaoxue, and Xu Shiyun had the same task.

As the large group of Tianjian Bureau operatives charged into the village, the two foreign targets inside instantly became alert.

"Nick, damn it, they've found us! FUCK! I told you not to stupidly provoke them..."

"Go to hell, Frand! You think they wouldn't have found us if we hadn't provoked them? Damn it, how did they find us..."

"Whatever. Breaking out is what matters now."

"Nick, I'm warning you, you know Hellfire's discipline. If you get captured, Hellfire will make you understand what it means to regret ever coming into this world."

"Live with no name, die with no corpse. The same goes for you."

BOOM!

The glass shattered instantly. Without hesitation, the two foreigners burst through the broken window and leaped out. In that same moment, they each saw two figures pouncing at them like ghosts.

BOOM!

The entire building shook violently, glass shards raining down from the sky.

At that moment, Wang Lan had just reached the designated interception point, forming a four-cornered blockade with Xu Shiyun and the Zhang sisters. Suddenly, a powerful wave of air pressure and a terrifying gale swept over them.

Wang Lan involuntarily took a few steps back, shielding his face with his arm, and took a deep breath. If not for the power of the Phoenix Form within him, this aura would have left him paralyzed.

The fierce battle erupted instantaneously. Collisions constantly occurred around Building 8, unleashing terrifying energy, like two violently spinning galaxies colliding.

Power levels soared, rushing into the sky in the blink of an eye. Above, a water dragon danced, and the wind swept across the world. The strength of the two blond foreigners was not to be underestimated; to hold out for so long against Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin, they had to be at least in the early stages of the Galaxy Stage.

BOOM!

A loud explosion thundered terrifyingly in the sky. Wang Lan immediately looked over to see the flame-haired foreigner violently spewing a mouthful of blood, his body sent flying as if struck down.

Hit by the blast, Wang Qianfeng was also thrown backward at high speed, the distance between him and the foreigner rapidly increasing. Wang Qianfeng's expression changed drastically. "Wang Lan! He's trying to escape! Stop him!"

Wang Lan dared not hesitate, instantly activating his Phoenix Form. A sigil emerged on his forehead, and a terrifying aura surged forth. He raised his hand, and a brilliant golden light erupted from his right eye.

Lock-on!

Raising his right hand, he formed a gun shape, aiming at the flame-haired man who was still spitting blood while flying backward through the sky. Behind Wang Lan, a pair of wings, ablaze with purple flames, unfurled.

"Phoenix Purple Flame—"

In the sky, the flame-haired foreigner halted, forcefully wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, a triumphant smile on his face. At this distance, Wang Qianfeng could no longer catch up. They both had wind attributes; who was afraid of whom?

SKRAW! A phoenix's cry rang out, seeming to strike the flame-haired foreigner's heart and making it tremble violently.

A firebird, like an arrow from an expert archer, shot from Wang Lan's arm towards the sky. It seemingly transcended time, arriving behind the flame-haired foreigner in the blink of an eye. Only then did the foreigner realize he had been targeted at some unknown point.

"FUCK—"

BOOM!

Purple flames instantly engulfed the target. Within the fiery embrace, he suddenly burst like a firework in the sky.

"Cross-level kill. Reward: 5,000 experience points, 50 skill points." The prompt in his mind suddenly sounded.

Seeing Wang Lan had handled his target, Wang Qianfeng hurried to back up Li Weixin. "Li, capture him alive—"

"Nonsense! If I wasn't trying to capture him alive, would I have played with him for this long?" As Li Weixin spoke, the Star Martial Array before him activated. "Thousand Thread Willow—"

"Li, let me! Wind Barrier—" Wang Qianfeng called out.

Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin, one on the left and one on the right, unleashed wide-area sealing and compression skills, pressing in on the other foreigner. This was an overt tactic: crushing the opponent with absolute power. To break this tactic, one needed either an elemental counter or enough offensive power to shatter the defense.

"It's done!" Standing at Wang Lan's right, Xu Shiyun said with a smile, arms crossed.

"With that guy's strength, he's definitely... No, wait!" Zhang Yeqiu's expression suddenly changed drastically. "Director Wang, be careful! He's about to self-destruct!"

"Hell's Fire, eternally burning! I sacrifice my battered body, to die with no corpse! HA!"

"Barrier Group, barrier seal—"

BOOM!

The sky suddenly quaked! As if a giant hand had torn it open, the shockwave from the explosion instantly broke through Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin's Star Martial Skill seals, spreading terror in all directions, devouring everything.

The power of such an explosion was comparable to a long-range missile, its shockwaves capable of destroying at least three buildings.

Just as the shockwaves were about to spread, four transparent barriers shot up into the sky. The moment the shockwaves neared the buildings of the adjacent residential area, the barriers firmly blocked them.

BOOM!

The unventable shockwave, finding no other outlet, rushed towards the release area atop the barriers, roaring like a terrifying, large-caliber shell.

The dark clouds dispersed, and the haze gradually settled. Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin descended slowly from the sky, their faces somber.

Although they had successfully killed two elite Hellfire members who had infiltrated Suzhou City, they hadn't achieved their primary objective. Leaving no one alive meant they couldn't gather intelligence on Wang Mingling, nor could they discern his purpose or plans in Suzhou City.

The operation seemed successful, but the results were unsatisfactory.

"Director Wang, this isn't your fault," Xu Shiyun offered. "These two were fanatical terrorists who had no regard for their own lives or others'. It's understandable that you couldn't capture them alive."

"There's only one reason we couldn't capture them alive: we weren't serious enough, we didn't commit enough forces, and our own strength was insufficient. If we were strong enough, he wouldn't have even had the chance to self-destruct. Don't try to make excuses for me."

Xu Shiyun stepped back, rebuffed.

"Successful eradication of an internationally wanted terrorist mastermind. Reward: 10,000 experience points, 400 skill points..."

Once again, the system's reward notification sounded in his mind.

Last time I earned two hundred, this time four hundred. Now I've accumulated ten percent of the required experience, and I have 1,600 skill points. Just four hundred more skill points, and I'll be able to unlock an incredibly powerful finishing move combining four Star Martial Skills.

By my estimation, the maximum power from fusing two Star Martial Skills could strike a mid-Star Cloud Stage opponent or higher. If I managed a full-power strike combining four Star Martial Skills, the impact would likely be no less than the damage output of my activated Phoenix Form.

My heart is burning even hotter now.

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