“Forget it, I'll go first!”
The fair-faced youth couldn't hold back any longer. He tapped his foot, and a gust of wind erupted from beneath him, scattering a patch of withered leaves.
The fallen leaves swirled into the air, and the fair-faced youth found himself before Li Chonglou!
This speed far surpassed that of an ordinary person!
Yet, Li Chonglou remained unmoved. The fair-faced youth raised his fist high. Though a flicker of confusion crossed his face, he had no time to ponder. He swung his fist towards Li Chonglou’s face.
There was an acupoint on the human cheek that, when struck hard, could instantly render someone unconscious. The fair-faced youth was aiming precisely for that spot!
“Is he a passing fool?”
As his fist was about to land a solid blow, the fair-faced youth’s confusion grew, but in the next second, his expression drastically changed.
Just as his fist was an inch away from Li Chonglou, the fair-faced youth’s vision lost sight of Li Chonglou.
He had vanished suddenly! He couldn't perceive any movement at all!
“Bad!”
The youth immediately retracted his attack, shielding himself with his hands.
“It’s from behind!”
Ye Ziying’s voice rang out from behind him. The fair-faced youth’s expression changed again, but this time, he had no time to react.
“Bang!”
Li Chonglou’s fist landed like it was hitting a sandbag, a dull thud echoing from the fair-faced youth’s back. The latter spat out a mouthful of blood and, with a defeated slump, crashed into a tree ahead.
However, the strongest team in the General Administration’s Enforcement Department was not named in vain. Before hitting the tree, the youth had already used a clever technique to dissipate the impact.
The only real injury he sustained was from Li Chonglou’s solid punch.
But this was enough to fill his eyes with shock!
“How did you do that?”
Yi Xia couldn’t believe that someone in this world could move so fast as to seemingly disappear into thin air before his eyes!
Yet, it had indeed happened!
Ye Ziying suddenly spoke, “It’s Shadow Step. Didn’t I introduce it to you before?”
Ye Ziying’s expression was slightly displeased, as if Yi Xia’s reaction was a disgrace to their patrol team.
But his words only made Yi Xia’s shock deepen.
“Captain Ye, didn’t you say Shadow Step was lost to history, and even our armory didn’t have a copy?”
Another youth was also in shock. Ye Ziying, meanwhile, stared intently at Li Chonglou with a somber expression.
“Who are you, and what is your purpose?”
Li Chonglou couldn’t help but think, *You guys have too many questions.* However, he was also astonished by Yi Xia’s strength.
From the beginning, he had sensed that the three were not ordinary. That’s why he hadn’t held back when striking Yi Xia earlier, using at least eighty percent of his strength!
Yet, it had only made him spit out a mouthful of blood.
The critical thing was that this person appeared to be only in his early twenties! His talent alone was leagues ahead of Moon Sea!
Was this the strength of the strongest team in Shangjing?
Although Li Chonglou’s expression was unchanged, he was inwardly astonished.
His silence, once again, stirred dissatisfaction in the two youths.
The other youth with Yi Xia was named Lian Ji. They had joined the patrol team together and followed Ye Ziying together, holding a profound respect for the General Administration’s patrol team!
“So what if it’s Shadow Step? As long as I get a chance to capture it, I can still fight!”
Lian Ji shouted, lunging at Li Chonglou with fury. His physique was considerably larger and more robust than Yi Xia’s. With this charge, he possessed the power of a bear or tiger in the wilderness.
Yi Xia excelled at feints, while he specialized in breakthroughs. Originally, he should have been the one to make the first move, but the two had their train of thought disrupted by Li Chonglou’s unconventional attack.
Seeing Lian Ji make his move, Yi Xia suppressed the pain within his body and tapped his foot again.
Lian Ji was ferocious. Before he even got close, his killing intent sealed the air around Li Chonglou, making Li Chonglou, at the center, feel as if the air itself was condensing.
This unusual sensation further reduced his reaction to changes in his surroundings.
“As expected of the General Administration.”
Li Chonglou inwardly sighed. This was his first time experiencing the depth of the General Administration. Before, with Long Fei, due to the wrong timing, he had never managed to witness his true capabilities.
But now, he had seen them.
This killing intent was clearly a special technique as well.
“Old Lin, want to play?”
From the soul bottle, Old Lin’s voice immediately replied, “Tsk, just a couple of brats. I don’t want to bully children.”
*You’re afraid of being embarrassed by children, aren’t you?*
Li Chonglou didn't expose him. It was just a jest. These two men’s moves were more novel than the last. Let alone Old Lin, even he was a little worried about a potential upset.
“Damn it!”
A sudden angry shout drew Li Chonglou’s attention back. Looking closely, he saw that it was Lian Ji, who had already reached him.
To be distracted during a fight, this was either courting death or deliberate provocation. Li Chonglou, who had just counter-killed Yi Xia, clearly wasn't the former!
In his rage, Lian Ji’s momentum surged again. As he raised his hand, the wind generated by his movement snapped leaves from trees several meters away!
Li Chonglou remained motionless, but his eyes were fixed on Lian Ji’s movements.
“Still want to use that trick? Don’t underestimate our patrol team!”
Lian Ji’s fist descended like a boulder. As he spoke, Yi Xia suddenly appeared to Li Chonglou’s left.
“Captain Ye said that Shadow Step’s characteristic is its tendency to move from one side. Although everyone chooses a different direction, as long as you see through this, breaking Shadow Step isn't difficult!”
Yi Xia mused, replaying the trajectory of Li Chonglou’s strike against him frame by frame in his mind. In less than a second, he had accurately determined the position.
From Ye Ziying’s perspective, the two were attacking from the front and left, forming a perfect offensive formation.
However, his attention was drawn to the enraged Lian Ji.
“Is this kid going to break through again? How long has it been since the last time?”
Ye Ziying marveled, and at the same time, he was no longer worried about the outcome. In his judgment, Li Chonglou’s Shadow Step also originated from the left. The combined strength of the two was almost equal to his own, so he had already guessed the next result.
However, what all three of them didn't expect was that Li Chonglou had no intention of using Shadow Step again.
Just as Lian Ji’s fist was about to strike him, his right hand suddenly swung out, palm-covering Lian Ji’s fist at a distance of a few inches.
Although the movement was fast, Lian Ji could still feel it. For that half-second, a flicker of confusion crossed his mind.
“What is he trying to do? Is he trying to block a punch with his palm?”
Behind this thought was a sense of absurdity. Lian Ji’s greatest strength was his power. In this regard, he even had a certain confidence when facing his idol, Captain Ye!
But in the next moment, he realized he was wrong.
His fist was truly stopped!