Chapter 448: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow. Post-Investigations

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi sensed the difference in the night air almost simultaneously.

Liu Gang’s worries had turned into reality. The matter regarding the beast card shop being attacked was indeed someone trying to lure them away, and they’d come to attack the villa afterwards, making a move on Zhang Che’s family.

Although it was deep into the night, with the street lights reflecting off of the snow, it was possible to see clearly in the dark.

A few silhouettes appeared seemingly out of nowhere at a place less than three hundred meters from the villa, quickly running towards Zhang Che’s place.

Before they got close, rays of light shot out from the silhouette’s brows. Several powerful beasts were summoned one after another, surrounding the two villas in the center.

Among them were actually five legend-quality subdued beasts!

Their enemy must have investigated the villa’s defense meticulously, knowing that Zhang Che had equipped Liu Gang’s squad with legend-quality subdued beasts.

Now that Yi Chong had been lured away, leaving only Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi here, they’d have three legend-quality subdued beasts at the most. They thought it was simply impossible for the two men to defend against the attack.

Liu Gang’s figure flashed, running from the back courtyard to the front. He whispered to Pang Dazhi, “Take the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise and set up formation behind it. If they break through my defensive perimeter, you protect the villa immediately. The Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise’s Water Screen Heavenly Splendor has an incredibly tough defense. It will be enough to handle those that slipped past me.”

Pang Dazhi nodded lightly, replying, “Rest assured, Captain! If they have only this much strength, I guarantee they won’t make it back!”

If the ambushers only had those legend-quality subdued beasts, the two really had nothing to fear. Just Liu Gang alone was enough to beat them down with the Wind God Winged Dragon!

Of course, to be on the safe side, Pang Dazhi stood guard in front of the villa cautiously, ready to summon the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise at any moment to defend them with its powerful ability.

After all, the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise was heavily biased towards defense among epic-quality beasts. Even if their enemies had epic-quality subdued beasts as well, they wouldn’t be able to break through its defense anytime soon.

Pang Dazhi didn’t summon the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise right away, as he didn’t want to scare them off.

Who was the one instigating these people behind the scenes? What kind of strength and background did they have? They had to find this out no matter what, or they’d have to live in worry all the time.

As the saying went, there was no such thing as guarding against thieves all the time!

Seeing the dozen or so subdued beasts surrounding them in a fan shape, Liu Gang didn’t show the slightest hint of fear. He stepped forward unhurriedly. When their subdued beasts were barely a hundred meters away, a rainbow light suddenly shot out from his brow. The Wind God Winged Dragon’s terrifying figure immediately appeared in the snowy night.

With a loud rumble, the Wind God Winged Dragon’s Tempest Field spread out at a controlled rate, enveloping the oncoming subdued beasts and the four beastmasters behind.

Before they could show their shock on their faces, the Wind God Winged Dragon opened its mouth and let out a silent roar. Countless wind blades almost invisible to the naked eye swept over indiscriminately.

“@#￥%&*&%￥#@!”

“Fu…ck!”

The four opposing silhouettes in the snowy night immediately froze on the spot, every one of them extremely shocked and immediately hiding behind their respective defensive subdued beasts!

-Epic-quality subdued beast!

-Why did an epic-quality subdued beast appear here?! Didn’t the intelligence state that Zhang Che only had three epic-quality subdued beasts? Why would he leave them at home? Wasn’t he afraid of being in danger in the beast world?-

Facing the totally unexpected situation, the four assassins were flustered. Countless curses raced across their minds.

Who would have thought the situation would play out like this on a mission that was originally thought to be rather simple?

However, the Wind God Winged Dragon didn’t allow them time to think. As countless wind blades slashed out, it rushed forth as well. Its Tempest Field False Domain accompanied its enormous figure, shrouding all four of the assassins and their subdued beasts within.

Unlike the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise’s heavy emphasis on defense, the Wind God Winged Dragon was purely offensive, other than one of its skills being able to be used to escape.

For a period of time, all kinds of of light rays shone in the snowy night sky. Facing such a fearsome enemy, the legend and dark gold-quality subdued beasts unleashed their respective skills at the order of the beastmasters, hoping to pull through this calamity.

However, Liu Gang deeply understood the principle of a lion hunting its prey with all its might, even if it was only a rabbit. As the Wind God Winged Dragon rushed forth, Liu Gang gave the order to activate its attack skill.

Instantly, the wind elements in a wide area shifted, forming a fatal tornado. With the augmentation of the Tempest Field False Domain, it produced terrifying destructive power!

The subdued beasts, their speed and bearing already affected by the Tempest Field, were swept away by the terrifying tornado at first contact. They were torn to shreds inside the devastating attack, turning into streaks of light and dissipating.

Even so, Liu Gang didn’t relax in the slightest just because he slew most of the assassins’ subdued beasts. Earlier, he had heard their surprised cries.

The ambushing beastmasters were actually not Chinese!

-Looks like Zhang-shao is really good at causing trouble. Since when did he offend foreigners?-

Borrowing the reflection from the snow, Liu Gang finally got a good look at them. The four attackers didn’t have local appearances. They were undoubtedly from overseas.

Of course, it was also possible that Zhang Che’s enemies in Hua Xia were afraid of exposing themselves and thus hired foreign mercenaries. They would have to do a proper investigation before coming to a conclusion.

As the dozen or so subdued beasts fell one after another to the Wind God Winged Dragon’s ferocious attack, the four beastmasters grew scared and could no longer care about their mission. Every one of them quickly turned around and ran for their lives.

They still had their flying subdued beasts unsummoned. However, they didn’t dare flee on them inside Bei Du City, or they’d attract a large number of military officers after them. At that time, they’d really have nowhere to escape to.

Seeing the four running for their lives, Liu Gang finally relaxed a little. A fierce light shone in his eyes afterwards, humphing, “Thinking of running? Have you asked my subdued beast first?”

With a flap of its wings, the Wind God Winged Dragon immediately caught up to the four. In order to capture them alive, Liu Gang even had the Wind God Winged Dragon deactivate its False Domain. It flew above them, beat its wings a few times and slapped them to the ground. They were unable to resist.

From start to finish, Pang Dazhi had no need to make a move at the back. Naturally, he was glad it was so.

It would truly be terrible if they could penetrate Liu Gang’s defense!

——

When Yi Chong came flying back on his aerial subdued beast, the scene was still in a ruined state. He only saw Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi tying up the four foreigners.

“Hmm, it’s settled so soon… Huh? They’re actually foreigners!”

Seeing things at the villa’s side were fine, Yi Chong finally felt relieved. He strode forward with long steps, curiously observing the four captured beastmasters, who consisted of Caucasians and black people.

Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi had dislocated the four beastmaster’s jaws, in case any accidents happened.

It was very common for suicide warriors to hide a poisonous tooth in their mouths or kill themselves by biting off their tongues. If they had accidentally let their captives kill themselves, it would be impossible to find out who the ones orchestrating things behind them were.

However, Liu Gang and the others had obviously thought too much. The attackers didn’t expect Zhang Che to leave epic-quality beast cards at home at all. They thought it’d be an easy mission with their strengths. Why would they send suicide warriors?

Just like that, the three stood in the villa’s courtyard, looking at the four incapacitated beastmasters.

Interrogation wasn’t their forte. It would be left for after Huang Juyun arrived and handed them over to the military. Naturally there’d be experts at interrogation to investigate the operation and their backers clearly.

——

Huang Juyun arrived very soon, right after Yi Chong returned to the villa, flying in on the Poison-Fire Twin-Headed Dragon.

After all, the villa being attacked was a very serious matter. Even with the squad guarding the villa with two epic-quality subdued beasts, Huang Juyun didn’t dare delay at all. He quickly rushed over from the military camp in a hurry.

Bei Du City’s garrison troops weren’t slow in reacting, either. Sharp police sirens were heard from the nearby streets, and many experts came rushing over from the sky, flying on aerial subdued beasts.

A huge battle had just occurred here, not to mention Yi Chong disregarding the flying ban and flying on his aerial beast for dozens of kilometers. It would indeed be strange if the garrison showed no reaction.

Of course, the police sirens only rang for a short while before they stopped.

The Huang family had reported that the situation here was under control. Naturally the garrison troops weren’t needed to join the crowd here.

As for the outlaws who had attacked the villa district, they’d be handed over to the military department, and the garrison department wouldn’t interfere in this matter.

“General!” Liu Gang’s squad quickly saluted Huang Juyun when they saw his arrival, finally relaxing.

Huang Juyun nodded in satisfaction looking at the three, very satisfied with their performance. Although the empty space outside the villa was in ruins, and some architecture and trees were destroyed, the villa itself was kept in perfect shape. It went to show Liu Gang’s squad didn’t give the assassins any chance of getting into the villa.

However, Huang Juyun couldn’t help but furrow his brow deeply when he saw the four foreign beastmasters laying on the ground.

Without a doubt, this incident was extremely likely to be the handiwork of the mysterious faction from the Bei Mei region. After all, not only did Zhang Che snatch their secret research information away, he even tricked them into clashing with Nihong’s Miyazaki Clan, losing many of their people.

No one would be able to let this feud slide! They had held their hand all this while, probably to gather their strength and launch a fatal attack.

Of course, it was possible that they hadn’t been able to find a chance to make their move given Zhang Che’s indefinite movements, in addition to him having no plans of leaving Hua Xia. Coincidentally, the sudden climate change and snow disaster spurred them to decide on ambushing the villa.

Even so, how could they have expected Zhang Che to bear leaving his epic-quality beast cards behind as forces to protect the villa?

-Hopefully the Zhen family’s shadow won’t show up after this, or I’ll definitely not let them have it easy!- Huang Juyun thought, narrowing his eyes.

However, this possibility should be very slim.

No matter how much the Zhen family hated Zhang Che, they shouldn’t commit such a mistake on these huge issues.

After all, if they really dared to ally themselves with outside forces, the Zhen family wouldn’t be able to remain in Hua Xia should the matter be exposed, no matter how influential they were.

Shortly after Huang Juyun’s arrival, teams of elite soldiers arrived one after another, riding on military vehicles or their flying subdued beasts. Some even came on helicopters.

After handing the four foreign beastmasters to the military, Huang Juyun saw Sun Lan and Huang Tielan coming down from the second story.

This was the first time both party’s parents had met one another. Naturally they exchanged greetings politely.

As for the post investigation, Huang Juyun didn’t have to worry at all. Due to Zhang Che handing the research on exotic beast genetic evolution fluid over to the military, they had naturally learned about some of the matters behind this, and placed great importance on the matter. They wouldn’t let the matter rest until they caught every one of the members who infiltrated Hua Xia!