Seated across from him were an old man and a young man. The old man nodded slightly, while the young one looked disinterested. Annoyedly, he glanced over when he heard the words from Dark Niche, "Hurry up and get back already, seriously, the internet speed here is so slow."
Hearing such almost rude remarks, Dark Niche didn’t show any irritation but instead took a deep breath and thanked them, "Thanks for your patience, I’ll be back soon!"
Dark Niche stood up and left the VIP room, and the Second Master Hun Hui immediately approached him.
"The third brother is dead."
This was a bearded technician, not looking fierce but wearing gloves covered in fresh blood, as if he just came from the operating table, "Trouble is coming, I’m going to deploy the Thunder Cannon."
"How exactly did he die?" Dark Niche clenched his teeth, his eyes flickering with dim light as he checked various information, then burst out cursing, "Damn it, fooling around with women again. I’ve told him a million times what’s the fun in women, has anyone who achieved great things been through fooling with women? Now he got himself killed because of it?"
"It’s useless to say more." Hun Hui’s eyes darkened as he grimly said, "I didn’t lock down the third brother’s identity card. I’ll lock it down once they come in. Close the door and beat the dog, let’s see who this upstart dragon is that wants to disrupt our site."
"I trust you to handle this."
Dark Niche took a deep breath, calming down, "Do as you said, go back and continue with the surgery, I’ll lead the team personally."
"The operation table was just shaken, the material has already died, I’ll come with you," said the Second Master calmly, but Dark Niche’s face suddenly became grim, fury rising, "It took so long to find a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and now he’s dead? I want to know who is troubling me, I’ll tear up his entire family and keep them in jars!"
"Boss! They’re here!"
A message also came from a subordinate of the Night Niche Gang on the front line, "There’s activity at the main entrance, seems like they are about to enter!"
Hearing this, Dark Niche’s eyes lit up, he clenched his teeth and said, "Close the door and beat the dog!"
But the next moment, there was a tremendously loud boom. Even without a chip for transmission, one could clearly hear it with their bare ears, along with a slight trembling of the ground.
For a moment, even the Second Master was a bit puzzled, "What happened?"
"Report the situation!" Dark Niche felt something was wrong, "Quick, report!"
"They didn’t use identity cards!"
And after a brief interruption, the front line subordinate incredulously reported, "Boss, they didn’t use identity cards, they, they..."
"They smashed the main gate flying!!"
"Thought it was thick, but it turns out there’re only two layers."
At the shattered double-layered iron gate of the underground base entrance, An Jing stepped over it and entered the inside of the Night Niche Gang’s underground base, "Poor protective measures, don’t worry, I’ve fixed them for you."
He casually tossed Meng Ang’s identity card behind him, the high-temperature Blood Fiend surrounding his body ignited it, and before it hit the ground while rolling, it turned into dust in the air.
Huo Qing and Nian Quan stood behind An Jing. Although they were nervous, they were not afraid, even... somewhat expectant.
Huo Qing had killed before, and it was the first for Nian Quan, but neither felt discomfort.
The enemy deserved to be wiped out; their blood and hobbies were a tribute to their combat.
Huo Qing said, and along with his words, squads of the Night Niche Gang members and combat teams were quickly converging, forming a battle formation, all fully armed and composed.
"They’ve caught on." Nian Quan clenched his long sword, while An Jing smiled and said, "We’ve slaughtered an entire fortress, and we’ve taken out their third in command. If these guys haven’t caught on yet, they should quit being gang members and go be idiots over at Tianzhi’s place."
As he said this, An Jing lifted his eyes, sweeping over the Night Niche Gang members who were ready for battle: "They probably thought we would use the third one’s identity card to sneak in secretly and carefully sabotage something."
—My previous cautious opponents were Divine Repository and even Manifesting Holy Great Heavenly Demon, and even Exalted Great Heavenly Demon!
As he spoke, An Jing waved his hand, and both Huo Qing and Nian Quan used the Invisibility Talisman and disappeared, while he himself took steps forward without any defensive posture.
In front of him, dozens of fully armed Night Niche Gang militants.
Hun Hui and Dark Niche, who had arrived at the scene, were shocked and annoyed, shouting loudly: "Damn it, don’t you have the guts?"
The militants, overwhelmed by the imposing aura, and not daring to shoot even as An Jing approached the formation, finally awakened by the order of their leader, immediately raised their firearms and Sword Boxes, firing high-power Rune Bullets and special Break Magic flying swords.
This was genuine military equipment, which even Demon Beasts couldn’t survive a hit from, strictly prohibited for manufacturing and sale in the civilian market, true lethal weaponry.
But contrary to everyone’s expectation, An Jing, who should have been hit by the bullets instantly, not even turning into a sieve but also being blown away by the kinetic energy of the Break Magic flying swords and bullets, did not scream in pain; instead, the opposite happened, he didn’t move at all, the platinum Fiendish Qi around his Whole Body swirling next to him, then contracting solidifying into nearly physical golden light.
Protective Gang Qi materialized.
[Resonating Shang Sound]
And in that instant, thousands of Rune Bullets and Break Magic flying swords had already reached An Jing’s side, but they did not hit their target; the materialized Protective Gang Qi was like water, ripples forming upon the impact with the bullets and flying swords, spreading out continuously, and amidst the trembling of the spreading ripples, all bullets and flying swords were instantly decomposed by the dense, terrifying Gold Fiend, disassembled, crushed, and then exploded, vanishing in smoke and ash.
Even the Spiritual Light in these metallic artifacts was all absorbed, replenishing An Jing’s spent energy.
An Jing continued to walk forward, his dark hair blown up by the explosions of bullets and flying swords, rustling, and his eyes flickered with a crimson light.
"Stop using these conventional weapons."
He said, "Bring out something stronger, more threatening. I know you have them."
As he spoke, the already virtually materialized Protective Gang Qi gathered again, compressing slightly to form a layer of blazing white-golden armor around An Jing, he reached out a hand in midair towards everyone in front of him.
In that instant, glaring sparks burst out from the gaps of all firearms and Sword Boxes. Firearms and Sword Boxes do not have to be made entirely of metal, but it’s impossible to use no metal at all, and An Jing’s mid-air gesture, controlling the surrounding Golden Yuan Power, was enough to suppress the protection of all Foundation Establishment Artifacts and disrupt their metal structure, turning them into scrap metal.
Only at this moment did Dark Niche and the Second Master widen their eyes, finally realizing who the person before them was.