He put his phone back into his pocket and took one last look at the people on the ground behind him.

Only after confirming that their injuries wouldn't prevent them from participating in the upcoming competition did he prepare to leave.

His goal wasn't to kill anyone. Killing would be too extreme. After all, if an opponent died, they would inevitably be replaced with another.

Nor could he cripple all his opponents. That would render the competition meaningless, which would be detrimental to his disciple's family's internal status.

What he wanted was to make people see Li Chongnan's strength and potential, while also securing a top-three finish in the Lie Zhan competition.

So, he needed to strike the right balance.

"Stop!"

Just as he was about to leave, a sharp shout came from afar.

Amidst the faint sound of an engine, a small, red-and-blue aircraft appeared abruptly in the air to his right, as if teleporting.

The aircraft glowed with a faint white light. It stopped suddenly from supersonic speed, without much inertia.

Clearly, it was another of Yi country's hidden top technologies.

"Hands above your head, squat down and don't move! Otherwise"

From inside the aircraft, a fully armed figure wearing blue full-body exoskeleton armor jumped out, landing steadily and facing Li Cheng颐.

Moreover, similar aircraft continued to appear around them, hovering in the nearby airspace.

Security Bureau officers in full exoskeleton suits jumped out one after another, surrounding the scene.

Li Cheng颐's face was completely covered in a starlight pattern, making it impossible to see his expression.

He chuckled softly and raised his hands.

*Puchi!*

Suddenly, a burst of brilliant golden light erupted.

The dazzling light and heat instantly disrupted the lock of all the instruments.

Soon, the light disappeared.

No one was there anymore.

"Where is he!? Damn it!"

"He suddenly vanished!? How did he escape!? We had everyone and aircraft locking down the area!"

"The fire control radar covered the entire area. How did this guy escape!?"

The security officers were completely baffled.

The person had disappeared right before their eyes.

Team leader Xu Yanshi hurriedly rushed forward to check the ground for traces.

There was no sign of any force being exerted, and the ground was smooth. There was no airflow from thrusters or anything similar.

"Damn!" He punched the wall beside him hard.

"Captain, what do we do now!?"

"Immediately report to the headquarters. All actions will be decided by the Director. Create a criminal file. What's this guy up to!"

As an elite officer in the Chao Yu Security Bureau, Xu Yanshi had always been extremely confident in his abilities. Even those aristocratic sons who committed crimes would have to pay dearly to get out of his grasp.

Zero tolerance for crime was his bottom line and his principle.

Although Chao Yu still harbored a great deal of crime at night, he could guarantee that his jurisdiction was definitely safer than other places, at least during the day when he was in charge!

Any criminal who dared to cause trouble during his patrol would be caught and severely punished.

With the support of the Director behind him, he had gradually earned the nickname "Iron Face" among the people of Chao Yu over the years.

But he never expected that the guy with the starlight face would actually! Actually dare to!!

Xu Yanshi's heart burned with anger, and he secretly vowed that he would never let that guy escape next time!

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Li Changgu's secret manor – Fan Hua Yuan.

Located in a wasteland on the western outskirts of Chao Yu City.

An ordinary-looking black car slowly stopped at the edge of the wasteland, inside the Tian Yan line on the ground.

Several people got out of the car one after another.

After Li Chongnan paid, the car automatically closed its doors and drove away.

"Follow me."

She glanced at the three Yu Long behind her and took the lead, stepping towards the outskirts beyond the Tian Yan.

*Pa.*

With one step, they left the 24-hour surveillance area of the City Security Bureau.

Outside the Tian Yan was also outside the Silent Fortress.

It was a lawless land, with no one in charge, where only violence was the only reliable thing.

The three Yu Long followed closely behind, looking around.

The ice-blue, sharp-edged buildings of Chao Yu were already far behind them. From here, they looked like nothing more than icy crystal spikes.

On both sides were endless mountain ranges.

Ahead was a desolate plain of yellow earth and gravel. From here, they could see the sea in the distance.

"There's nothing here, right?" Zhuang Yijing asked doubtfully.

"Don't talk, just walk," Yu Long patted her arm.

"No matter what happens, stay calm. If you don't talk, you won't be seen as a country bumpkin," Yu Yanxiao whispered beside her.

"Um" Zhuang Yijing felt that she had seen the world and wouldn't be frightened by any scene.

But what her Senior and Master said made sense.

She simply walked at the back, following the group forward.

The group followed Li Chongnan for nearly a hundred meters before stopping.

"We're here."

Li Chongnan said in a deep voice.

"???"

The three of them looked blank, not knowing what she meant by "We're here."

The area ahead was desolate, with gravel and yellow earth everywhere. The sea breeze blew from the distance, carrying a faint fishy smell.

But soon, they would witness what the real face of the Chao Yu aristocracy was.

Li Chongnan took a step forward and slapped her hand into the empty space in front of her.

*Pa.*

Her hand seemed to hit an invisible, transparent wall.

A circle of light blue electrical ripples rippled out, centered on her palm.

The ripples spread in all directions, flowing and extending rapidly.

"Okay, you can go in now."

She turned her head to signal the three to follow.

Then, she headed straight forward.

*Buzz!*

In an instant, she disappeared into thin air, as if sinking into the water.

A look of realization flashed in Yu Long's eyes, and he took the lead forward.

"Let's go."

He lowered his head and rushed forward.

*Hisss.*

With a soft sound, he disappeared into thin air like Li Chongnan.

Yu Yanxiao grabbed Zhuang Yijing, and the two of them stepped forward at the same time. Amidst Zhuang Yijing's exclamation, they suddenly disappeared into an invisible wall in front of them.

In the blink of an eye, the four of them had completely disappeared.

On the other side of the invisible wall.

Zhuang Yijing looked up and saw that the wasteland that had just been empty now had a huge, white cube floating in the air.

At the bottom of the cube, there was a small door.

Standing inside the door was someone she knew and had been looking forward to seeing for a long time.

Li Cheng颐!

"Brother颐!!" She was immediately overjoyed. Seeing someone she hoped for and was familiar with in this strange place was undoubtedly a happy thing.

"Let's go, the place we're going to live is up there," Li Chongnan said calmly.

She took the first step forward, and her body was pulled up by some invisible force, floating towards the small door in the air.

It was an anti-gravity traction device, a module only used on starships, but unexpectedly it was used here.

Yu Long and Yu Yanxiao were both knowledgeable people who knew how expensive this module was.

This wasn't some kind of sealing technology that everyone could use.

The difference was that it was too expensive.

And the basic function was only for entering and exiting the door. Just for going in and out, you would have to spend hundreds of millions of funds to get this device?

Don't even think about it if your family doesn't have a mine.

"Let's go." The three Yu Long followed closely behind, constantly rising into the air under the anti-gravity traction, flying towards the small door.

"Welcome, Teacher, Senior Sister Xiaoxiao, Junior Sister Xiaojing." Li Cheng颐 was wearing a black Daoist robe, with a silver-white dragon pattern embroidered on one side of his upper garment.

The dragon's head was on his left shoulder, and the tail was on his right waist.

The Daoist robe looked custom-made, loose on the body, but with tightening at the cuffs and legs. It slightly highlighted the body lines, but it wasn't tight-fitting.

"This is the special protective clothing sponsored by the funders behind our Dragon Whisker Sect's participation in the competition. Everyone has a set. Because I'm not participating, the dragon embroidered on mine is white, while my Senior Sister, Junior Sister, and my disciple Xiaonan all have blood dragons embroidered on theirs."

"Why a dragon?" To be honest, Zhuang Yijing thought the pattern was a bit cliché.

"What can we do? We are the Dragon Whisker Sect after all?" Li Cheng颐 said with a helpless smile.

At this time, his height had reached nearly two meters, with broad shoulders and a wide body, a tall and straight figure, strong and burly, standing in place like a wall.

Even wearing a slightly loose martial arts uniform couldn't completely hide his strong muscle curves.

With his black hair draped over his shoulders and his dark red eyes, just standing there, he gave people a faint feeling of suffocation.

"The competition starts tomorrow."

Li Cheng颐 turned around and led the way into the door.

Inside the small door.

It was a vast, white metal hall.

Around the hall was a circle of sloping stairs, leading to different small rooms.

But the largest space in the entire cube was still the vast hall, the size of a soccer field.

Li Cheng颐 walked into the hall, turned around, and looked at the three.

"This time, the goal of the competition is to truly enter the top 100, to ensure that we are not delisted."

"Aren't you not interested in these things? Isn't the danger on the Dead Side enough?" Yu Long said unhappily.

He still harbored some resentment that Li Cheng颐 refused to participate in the competition.

This guy was ridiculously strong. If he could participate, the result would be guaranteed.

Although he was worried that this guy would cause trouble, he was just using him as a backup, to be sent out to turn things around when there was absolutely no other way

Unfortunately

"There's nothing I can do. I have too many things to do myself, and this competition isn't very meaningful to me," Li Cheng颐 said with a smile.

"After all, I'm too strong, and I'm not an official disciple of the Dragon Whisker Sect, so I don't meet the requirements. Wouldn't it be unfair to other competitors if I were to participate?"

He turned around and continued walking inside.

"The thing I value most in my life is fairness."

"." Yu Long was choked, and felt that this guy was becoming more and more arrogant.

"Do you know how many experts there are in the competition? And you're too strong? You don't know the immensity of heaven and earth! Dragon Tiger Iron Sand Palm, Meteor Ning River Leg, Mantis Fist, Flying Phoenix Fist, these are all top-notch martial arts that run through the entire Yi country. You're just a guy who's only been practicing for a year. No matter how talented you are."

"I have broken away from the shackles of the Dragon Whisker Sect. I have created my own skills," Li Cheng颐 interrupted him.

"!? Are you sure you created it yourself!?" Yu Long's eyes widened, completely unexpected that Li Cheng颐 would say this.

"Yes, although it's not perfect, I have indeed broken away from the scope of the Dragon Whisker Sect and the scope of the Gang Rou Qi," Li Cheng颐 said with a smile.

He said that the Holy Spirit Art was created by himself in order to go one step further and prepare for the next plan.

The power of the Holy Spirit Art, the terror of the Holy Spirit Art.

The Dragon Whisker Sect couldn't bear it.

(End of this chapter)