You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chen Yang did not fight him head-on. Instead, he used his agility and speed to move around and dodge in the office area, occasionally "accidentally" knocking over a few filing cabinets or sweeping items on the table at the pursuing middle-aged man.

His goal was clear—to create chaos, buy time, and attract attention.

"Damn it! All you can do is run away? Have the guts to fight me head-on!"

The middle-aged man's attacks missed several times, and he was so enraged by Chen Yang's "rogue" fighting style that he roared repeatedly.

It wasn't that he was slower than Chen Yang, but rather that Chen Yang's movements were too slippery, and he seemed very familiar with the terrain, always able to use obstacles such as desks and chairs to block and change direction.

Chen Yang ignored him and continued his "destruction king" operation.

He deliberately steered the fight towards the security monitoring room on this floor. As he approached, he suddenly accelerated, smashed through the door, and went inside. Without saying a word, he unleashed a series of powerful blows, smashing all the monitoring screens and main equipment inside to pieces! A piercing sound of short-circuiting electricity and sparks flew everywhere.

"you……!"

When the middle-aged man arrived at the door, he saw the surveillance room in a mess and his eyes turned red.

This is not just about damaging property; it's about completely paralyzing the "eyes" of this floor of the building!
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Yang climbed out of the window on the other side, jumped onto the air conditioner platform outside, and then leaped up again to climb to the next floor. He repeated the same method, continuing to create destruction and chaos, while keeping his aura firmly locked in the middle-aged man's senses, forcing him to keep up.

During this process, Chen Yang also took care of several ordinary black-clad guards who rushed over after hearing the commotion, killing them all with a single blow without any mercy.

The entire "Tianchen International" building, starting from the middle, was in complete chaos, with alarms, fighting, and crashing sounds blaring, lights flickering on and off, and everything in utter disarray.

A large number of black-clad personnel who were originally on duty or resting on other floors of the building were alarmed and rushed towards the area with the most commotion. However, before they could even see the figures clearly, they were often knocked off balance by the aftershocks of the attack by the middle-aged man that Chen Yang had deliberately lured in, or tripped over the corpses of the guards that Chen Yang had casually dealt with, which further exacerbated the chaos.

While "walking" the furious middle-aged expert, Chen Yang contacted Gu Jinghui in a low voice through an encrypted communicator.

"Senior Gu, I've pretty much destroyed the security and surveillance systems inside, and I've also diverted most of the guards' attention to the middle and upper levels."

You can go in now. Go straight to the CEO's office and any potentially key areas. Be quick! I have a feeling their reinforcements or even more powerful figures might arrive at any moment!

"Understood! Be careful!"

Gu Jinghui, who had been lurking in the shadows outside the building, received the signal and, like a bat in the dark, silently slipped into the building through an inconspicuous ventilation duct entrance.

He avoided the noisy and chaotic upper and middle floors and sneaked directly towards the area where the top-floor CEO's office was located.

Gu Jinghui is experienced and quick in action.

He quickly found the lavishly decorated CEO's office, but aside from some ordinary business documents and expensive furnishings, he found nothing of note. The safe had a high-tech electronic combination lock, but it was useless to Gu Jinghui; he opened it easily, finding only some cash, gold bars, and unimportant contracts inside.

Something's not right...

Gu Jinghui frowned.

If this were truly an important stronghold, it's impossible that there wouldn't be any clues at all.

He remembered that the man in black that Uncle Li had been tracking had entered this building, but he might not have been in the top-floor office area.

He immediately expanded the search area, quickly searching the offices of several vice presidents on the same floor, the meeting rooms, and even the break room, but still found nothing.

"There must be a secret room or underground space..."

Gu Jinghui was resolute.

He quickly retreated to the fire escape on this floor, where it was relatively quiet.

He held his breath and focused his mind, slowly spreading his divine sense like mercury spilling onto the ground, carefully sensing the subtle differences in the building's structure and energy fluctuations.

Suddenly, his divine sense stirred slightly, and he sensed that about three floors below, there was an area where the wall structure seemed unusually thick, and there were extremely faint array fluctuations concealing it!

"found it!"

Gu Jinghui's eyes narrowed, and he immediately started to descend.

Instead of taking the elevator or the main staircase, he used the fire escape and ventilation ducts, approaching the unusual area silently, like a gecko.

He soon arrived at a heavy metal door marked "Equipment Floor/No Unauthorized Entry." The door was secured with both an electronic and physical lock, and two imposing guards in black stood watch. However, the chaos downstairs made the two guards somewhat uneasy, constantly listening to the sounds coming from above.

Gu Jinghui did not force his way in.

He flicked two fine needles, each as thin as a cow's hair and coated with a potent anesthetic, from his fingertips, and accurately pierced the back of the necks of the two guards.

The two of them stiffened and collapsed to the ground.

Gu Jinghui stepped forward, quickly cracked the electronic lock, and then skillfully twisted open the physical lock. The heavy metal door slid open silently, revealing a downward-extending passage covered with sound-absorbing carpet, at the end of which was another door.

He slipped inside, closed the door behind him, and quickly reached the end of the passage.

The doors here are much thicker, seemingly made of alloy, with intricate runes faintly visible on them, clearly indicating the presence of a defensive formation.

Gu Jinghui dared not be negligent. He took out several specially made array-breaking talismans from his pocket and affixed them to the key points of the door. At the same time, he quickly formed hand seals and chanted incantations. After a moment, the talismans glowed faintly, the runes on the door became disordered for a moment, and then dimmed. Gu Jinghui pushed hard, and the alloy door opened a crack.

Behind the door was a spacious underground space! It was brightly lit and contained several server racks with flashing indicator lights, several large safes, and a few desks with documents and electronic devices scattered on them.

This is clearly the real core area!

Gu Jinghui was overjoyed and immediately slipped inside.

He first went to the server and quickly removed several hard drives that were suspected of storing core data, putting them into an electromagnetic shielding bag he was carrying with him.

Then, proceeding to the safe, he easily opened it using the same method. Inside, as expected, were not cash, but stacks of bound documents and files, along with several encrypted USB drives and external hard drives. Gu Jinghui didn't even glance at them, sweeping them all into another specially made storage bag.

He did all of this in less than three minutes.

He dared not linger and immediately returned the way he came.

As he passed through the passageway, he casually dragged the two unconscious guards to a corner and hid them.

As he silently slipped out of the building through the ventilation duct exit and disappeared into the night, the sharp sirens of police cars and the sound of more vehicles speeding towards them could be heard in the distance! Clearly, the commotion had alerted many more people; reinforcements from the Black Organization had arrived!
Gu Jinghui didn't dare to delay and immediately moved away from the "Tianchen International" building, while simultaneously dialing Chen Yang's encrypted communication.

"Chen Yang, we've got the stuff! The server hard drive, the encrypted files, the USB drive—we've got them all! I'm out of there now. How are you doing? Do you need any help?" Chen Yang's slightly hurried but still calm voice came through the communicator, mixed with the sounds of fierce fighting and howling wind.

"Alright! Senior Gu, you take the things back to the Mountain God Temple first, and make sure the data is safe! I'm in a bit of trouble here... that tagalong is keeping a close eye on me, and it seems like a few more troublesome guys have arrived... but it's okay, I can handle it! You can leave now!"

The communicator carried Chen Yang's deliberately lowered voice, yet the background sounds of urgency and intense fighting were still discernible. Gu Jinghui knew that he was carrying the crucial evidence he had finally obtained, and staying behind might only become a burden to Chen Yang.

"Be very careful! I'll be waiting for you at the abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city where we met last time!"

Without wasting words, Gu Jinghui gave a brief instruction, then immediately put away his communicator, carefully concealed the storage bag containing the hard drive and files on his body, and, like a ghost, sped off into the night towards the outskirts of the city, in the opposite direction from the mountain god temple.

He was experienced and did not return directly to the mountain god temple to avoid being followed and exposing his hideout.

On the other side, after Chen Yang finished speaking, he put the communicator back into his pocket.

He was standing on the edge of the rooftop of a slightly shorter building opposite the "Tianchen International" building, with the night wind whistling.

The middle-aged expert at the peak of the pseudo-core stage, who was furious at being outmaneuvered, along with two other black-clad men who had just arrived and whose auras were equally formidable, surrounded him in a triangular formation. In the distance, more figures and vehicles were rapidly approaching.

"Kid, why aren't you running anymore? Do you know you can't escape and have resigned yourself to your fate?"

When the middle-aged expert saw Chen Yang stop, a ferocious and cruel smile appeared on his face. He cracked his wrists, making a snapping sound.

He had now concluded that although the masked troublemaker in front of him was slippery, his actual combat strength was probably inferior to his own, otherwise he wouldn't have been running away so relentlessly.

Now surrounded by three of our own men, and with reinforcements on the way, we are trapped like fish in a barrel.

The other two men in black also drew their weapons: a poisoned short sword and a pair of gleaming iron claws, their eyes coldly fixed on Chen Yang.

Chen Yang slowly turned around, a cold smile curving his lips beneath his mask.

He had deliberately suppressed his strength, only displaying speed and evasion slightly above that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator, in order to create a false impression, attract more enemies, and give Gu Jinghui an opportunity.

Now that Gu Jinghui has succeeded and made his escape, he no longer needs to act.

"run?"

Chen Yang's voice, coming through the face mask, carried a hint of mockery.

"I think I just said that I came here to kill you, not to escape."

"How arrogant! Even on the verge of death, you're still being stubborn!"

The middle-aged master, enraged, laughed instead.

"Charge them! Kill or die!"

At his command, he took the lead, leaping up and his hands gleaming with a dark metallic sheen. With a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air, he aimed straight for Chen Yang's face and chest!
This move, "Golden Claw," is his signature technique, powerful enough to split stone tablets and shatter rocks. It once tore through the protective aura of a cultivator of the same level!

The other two also launched their attacks simultaneously, their short swords striking Chen Yang's vital back like venomous snakes spitting their tongues.

The iron claws drew several tricky arcs, blocking Chen Yang's space to dodge left and right. The three cooperated seamlessly, clearly not for the first time fighting together.

Faced with this seemingly inescapable situation, Chen Yang simply stood still, without even making a move to dodge.

Just as the middle-aged master's claws were about to touch the face mask, and the attacks of the other two were also within arm's reach—

Within Chen Yang's body, the long-dormant "Qingwei Yuanjiang Dafa" suddenly began to operate at a speed far exceeding what it had shown before!

A pure, vast, and awe-inspiring magical power erupted like a sleeping dragon awakening!
"Purify the Subtle, Dispel Illusions!"

There are no fancy moves, no complicated charging up.

Chen Yang simply pointed his fingers like a sword at the middle-aged expert who was attacking from the front, and gently tapped him.

At the fingertip, a point of dazzling light, seemingly capable of piercing through all illusions and obstacles, suddenly shone!
Time seemed to freeze at that moment, a mere 0.1 seconds.

The middle-aged expert's sinister smile froze instantly, turning into incredulous terror.

He felt that his "Golden Claw" energy melted instantly in front of that point of clear light, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun!
An unparalleled, sharp force, seemingly imbued with the righteous energy of heaven and earth, ignored his protective aura and powerful physique. In a way that he could neither comprehend nor dodge, it pierced through all his defenses and struck him precisely in the center of his chest!

"Pfft!"

A soft sound, like a sharp blade piercing through tattered leather.

The middle-aged expert's forward momentum abruptly stopped. He looked down, staring incredulously at his chest.

There wasn't a gaping, bloody hole there, but only a small, smooth-edged opening, about the thickness of a finger, directly opposite his heart. No blood gushed out, because the power of that finger strike was so concentrated and swift that it instantly destroyed all life, leaving no time for blood to flow.

"You...you are...Chen..."

He struggled to lift his head, staring intently at Chen Yang's masked face. A terrifying name surfaced in his mind. Who else in this vicinity could possess such pure, powerful, and uniquely righteous magical energy, besides Chen Yang, the leader of the Qingwei Sect who had wreaked havoc in the Northwest and caused the organization heavy losses?!

He wanted to raise the alarm, to warn his companions, to notify the reinforcements on their way. But Chen Yang didn't give him that chance at all.

In the instant his eyes glazed over and he tried to make a move, Chen Yang vanished like a ghost, appearing beside him the next moment. His hands shot out like lightning, precisely gripping his wrists, and with a sudden burst of strength!

"Snap! Snap!"

A sickening cracking sound rang out as the middle-aged master's arm bent at an eerie angle, completely interrupting all the internal energy he had gathered and his attempt to crush the communication talisman.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yang pointed his fingers like a knife and gently sliced ​​across his neck.

The middle-aged master's eyes lost all their luster, and his body slumped backward, like a skin bag with all its bones removed, his life force extinguished.

It all happened so fast that the other two men in black who attacked from the side and rear hadn't even realized what was happening.

They only saw their leader charge forward menacingly, then the other party seemed to move a finger, and the leader froze. Then, the masked man flashed, and the leader's arm was severed, and his neck... dead? (End of Chapter)