Chapter 128: Chapter 107: The Tiger Comes Down the Mountain, Shaking the Long Street
Wei Ge looked at Li Fei with some astonishment.
Just now, his strike had been casual, but it wasn’t something just anyone could block.
“A student from the Martial Arts Hall? Your saber technique isn’t bad.”
Wei Ge looked at the black short shirt Li Fei wore, which bore the emblem of the Martial Arts Hall, and he spoke.
Li Fei didn’t answer the question; instead, he held his saber horizontally in front of him, assuming a defensive stance.
“Xiao Fei, come back!”
Li Lei was in a panic from behind and about to step forward to pull Li Fei back.
He was wearing the uniform of the Inspectorate with the insignia of a Captain on his shoulder, so he was confident that Wei Ge wouldn’t dare kill him.
But it was different for Li Fei.
In Li Lei’s eyes, Li Fei was just a regular student who had been at the Martial Arts Hall for less than three months and was not even a Martial Artist. How could he possibly withstand someone as fierce as Wei Ge? He hadn’t even considered the possibility that Li Fei could step in and block that strike in time.
However, before Li Lei could grab Li Fei, Wei Ge made his move.
The Giant Blade sliced through the air towards Li Fei!
Wei Ge needed to establish his authority, and here was a Martial Arts Hall student popping up just in time; how could he miss such an opportunity?
Li Fei immediately used “Overlord Body”. His muscles swelled, his bones stretched, and his body grew significantly.
Actually, he could have blocked Wei Ge’s attack even without using “Overlord Body,” but that might have exposed his true strength. It made more sense for a student at the Body Breaking Stage from the Martial Arts Hall to use ‘Full Power’ to handle Wei Ge.
“Overlord Body” granted Li Fei even more immense power. He swung his saber in the Rolling Thunder Style towards Wei Ge’s Giant Blade.
However, just as he swung, a powerful suction force emerged from the opponent’s Giant Blade, forcibly pulling his saber blade, thus completely disrupting his Rolling Thunder Style strike.
Instead of engaging in a power struggle with “Blood Rage”, Li Fei decisively chose to abandon his saber and then slapped the side of the Giant Blade with his palm, slightly deflecting the blade. At the same time, he dodged to the right, allowing what was initially aimed at his head to strike his left shoulder.
Seeing this, Wei Ge attempted to take advantage of the situation to chop off one of Li Fei’s arms but felt a different sensation from the blade than he expected.
Instead of cutting through butter with a hot knife, it felt like chopping into an iron column, and a rebounding force traveled up the blade!
Li Fei took the opportunity to step back, having incurred a wound on his left shoulder.
To avoid revealing anything unusual to Wei Ge, he deliberately severed his connection with the Myriad Blood Pearl at the moment he was struck, not allowing it to fully absorb the damage for him.
With Li Lei’s First Platoon behind him, he wasn’t worried about Wei Ge really being able to do anything to him.
Sure enough, seeing that Li Fei was in danger, Li Lei decisively ordered to shoot.
If it had been his own life at risk, he might have considered what the consequences of accidentally killing the City Guard garrison would be.
But now that Li Fei was in danger, where would Li Lei hesitate?
Li Lei had been with the Inspectorate for over a decade, naturally having a group of brothers who were dear to him and loyal aides. After becoming the Captain of the First Platoon, he immediately transferred these people from the previous Platoon to continue serving by his side.
Thus, when Li Lei gave the order, his brothers behind him didn’t hesitate to shoot at Wei Ge!
From a distance of less than ten meters, over a dozen Tiger Rifles fired at Wei Ge, aiming almost exclusively at his head!
Before the gunfire started, Wei Ge’s Giant Blade shimmered with a black glow, and a strong burst of Earth Magnetic Force erupted.
This time, however, the magnetic force wasn’t suction but repulsion!
This was the second extraordinary ability of the Steel Armor Implant “Magnetic Tail” — repulsion against metals.
The sudden burst of repulsion was focused by Wei Ge into a range of about one foot in front of him, significantly slowing down all the bullets as they entered this repulsion field.
Wei Ge’s figure flashed, easily dodging the incoming bullets.
He looked at Li Fei in surprise, “Steel armor?”
He suspected that the Steel Armor Implant Li Fei was using was no ordinary grade; otherwise, that strike wouldn’t have merely left a wound.
Li Lei managed to pull Li Fei back, equally surprised by his foster son’s drastic change in form.
It had only been a little over two months since Li Fei joined the Martial Arts Hall, and he already became a Martial Artist and incredibly powerful at that?
He had planned to keep Li Fei by his side, using people from the First Platoon to protect him, but it had turned out that Li Fei was protecting him instead.
Meanwhile, inspectors from the First Platoon rushed forward to protect Li Lei and Li Fei, aiming their guns at Wei Ge, ready to shoot!
Courage begets courage; Wu Yihua, the Inspector General, had only dared to retreat and let others protect him.
But Li Lei had taken the lead, standing steadfast in front of Wei Ge.
The contrast between them was immediately apparent.
Thus, with Li Lei’s strong display, the morale of the First Platoon soared!
Behind them, Wu Yihua watched the scene with a somewhat grim expression.
Organizations like the Inspectorate, bearing some military-like attributes, greatly valued face and glory. Having been intimidated by Wei Ge in front of so many people, Wu Yihua knew that once the news got back, it would tarnish his reputation and diminish his authority within the Inspectorate!
Moreover, it would have been enough as it was, but Li Lei had shown such bravery, standing in front of Wei Ge, not stepping back an inch.
In comparison, it made Wu Yihua look even worse.
Since he had taken charge, he had been endeavoring to divide and co-opt the First Platoon to undermine Li Lei, the Captain of the First Platoon. After all, Li Lei was promoted directly from being a Platoon Leader of the Second Platoon, unlike the former Leader Lu Sheng, who had been deeply entrenched in the First Platoon for many years, making it not very difficult to isolate Li Lei.