Damn!

Who did this... Ling Chen slightly frowned. The perpetrator was ruthless, even going as far as decapitating the head. As his mind raced, Ling Chen squatted in front of the corpse, carefully examining the traces around the wound.

A very clean wound, definitely inflicted by a sharp blade. Thinking back, among the people he brought, only Yuan Yun and Xia Yue used swords or knives; it seemed no one else wielded such sharp weapons.

Thinking of this, Ling Chen couldn’t help but direct his gaze to the stairs above. Just now, there were clear sounds of chaotic footsteps, but now it had become eerily silent, not even a breath to be heard. Instantly, Ling Chen picked up a submachine gun from the ground, along with a few grenades. Loading the bullets, Ling Chen steeled himself and ran upstairs.

As expected, every floor above the fifty-sixth had dead bodies, all killed with a single blow. Soon, Ling Chen reached the sixtieth floor. Coming out from the doorway, Ling Chen looked up and saw two groups of people standing on the distant rooftop.

One group was Seland and Zhu Hong, while the other group wore black clothes with masks obscuring their faces. From the looks of it, both sides seemed to be in a standoff.

Ling Chen was certain that those in black were not his people.

Apparently, apart from him, there were others searching for Zhu Hong.

"Oh!" At this moment, Zhu Hong noticed Ling Chen’s arrival, and with a cold smile said, "I didn’t expect you all to be here. Perfect, let’s settle this today."

As soon as he finished speaking, the group of people in black immediately focused their gaze on Ling Chen.

Ling Chen glanced around, feeling the gaze of those in black. For some reason, there was a sense of familiarity.

"Zhu Hong, Yi Haisheng, you’d better come with me; you might have a chance to live," one of the black-clad figures said coldly.

"Come with you?" Zhu Hong laughed loudly, "Are you joking? Why should I go with you? Besides, do you even have the ability?"

"Tired of living, are you?" scoffed the black-clad figure, pointing at Ling Chen, shouting, "Kill him! The rest of you, come with me to capture Zhu Hong and Yi Haisheng."

A black-clad figure took the order and rushed towards Ling Chen. Seeing the opponent approaching, Ling Chen immediately lifted the submachine gun in his hand and fired a burst of bullets.

Though he had lost his powers, Ling Chen’s marksmanship remained. During his time with the organization Ghost, he was the top marksman.

The opponent was only about ten meters away from Ling Chen, with no cover in between. In such a case, unless the opponent was a Heavenly List master, even an Earthly List master might not dodge Ling Chen’s bullets.

After a burst of bullets, the black-clad figure fell to the ground with a ’bang.’ Because he wore black clothing, the bullet holes were not visible. However, he had been shot at least a dozen times, and the ground was covered in blood.

This guy must be insane, thought Ling Chen, considering that a mere Dragon List master dared to confront his submachine gun.

At this moment, on the other side of the rooftop, eight black-clad figures were already engaged with over ten Enhanced People. The black-clad figures were all strong, each being Earthly List or Dragon List masters. However, the Enhanced People they faced wore steel armor with astonishing defensive power; even Chen Junfeng couldn’t harm them. How could these black-clad figures possibly defeat so many Enhanced People?

Most importantly, beside Zhu Hong was Chen Quan, the most formidable person who had yet to act. Otherwise, those black-clad figures might have been dead by now.

"Ling Chen!"

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind. Ling Chen turned to see Chen Junfeng arriving with reinforcements.

Seeing the situation on the rooftop, Chen Junfeng, with a face full of surprise, asked, "What is going on here?"

"Others have the same objective as us."

"Who are they?"

Ling Chen squinted his eyes and slowly uttered the words, "Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion." Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion had reached an agreement with the military to help capture Zhu Hong and Yi Haisheng. Besides, these black-clad figures were all highly skilled, a resource only the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion could possess.

"Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion people? That’s interesting, why don’t we let them fight for a while and then we can clean up the aftermath?"

Ling Chen nodded, sharing the same thoughts.

As expected, the black-clad figures, given their abilities, couldn’t possibly break through the Enhanced People’s defenses. Furthermore, several black-clad figures accidentally got injured by the Enhanced People.

Realizing the dire situation, one of the black-clad figures shouted, "Retreat!"

"Trying to escape?" Zhu Hong sneered, "Master, kill them all, leave no one alive."

Chen Quan’s eyes flashed coldly, immediately charging towards the black-clad figures. In the blink of an eye, he had killed two black-clad figures. Seeing this, the remaining black-clad figures dared not linger and fled in all directions.

However fast they were, they couldn’t outrun Chen Quan, someone capable of easily defeating even Heavenly List masters.

Within just ten seconds, only two black-clad figures remained. One of them, seeing his comrade being pursued by Chen Quan, immediately changed direction, rushing towards Ling Chen.

"Watch out!" Xu Ming pushed Ling Chen aside, while Zhang Zhongfeng raised his longbow.

Seeing their actions, the black-clad figure quickly tore off his mask, saying in a deep voice, "Ling Chen, save me!"

"You..." Ling Chen was slightly taken aback, surprised, "Song?"

He never expected that the surviving black-clad figure was Song Ge. He and Song Ge had built rapport during the Heavenly Mechanism Great Ceremony. When he used to visit the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, he often interacted with Song Ge. They had quite a good relationship; he never imagined the Pavilion would dispatch Song Ge this time.

"Sir Chen, help quickly." Saying this, Ling Chen immediately leveled his submachine gun, firing towards Chen Quan.

Faced with the barrage of bullets, combined with Zhang Zhongfeng’s arrows and Chen Junfeng’s assault, Chen Quan finally halted, ceasing his pursuit of Song Ge.

"Ling Chen, was the last lesson not enough for you?" Zhu Hong arrogantly approached Chen Quan, stating, "You dare come knocking again; you must have a death wish."

"Who says I’m here courting death?" Ling Chen calmly replied, "Until the last moment, no one knows the outcome." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Zhu Hong smirked confidently, "With my master here, you’re courting death. If you don’t believe it, you can try."

It was then that Xu Ming leaned close to Ling Chen’s ear, whispering, "Hu Fei just sent word that our forces below are under heavy pressure, nearly overwhelmed. Plus, the police are on their way. If we’re delayed too long, getting out of this building will be difficult."