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The sound of the Dragon Abyss Sword being drawn was very faint.

The Second Elder only heard a brief buzzing sound.

Immediately afterwards, the wound from his left shoulder to his chest burst open.

Golden energy lingered in the wound, burning his meridians and causing his face to contort in pain.

"Duan Hongyuan."

The Second Elder took three steps back, covering his chest with his hand.

"Aren't you deficient in qi and blood?"

Duan Hongyuan gripped the Dragon Abyss Sword and walked up to Lin Feng.

"We lost money, that's for sure."

His complexion was indeed not good, and there were dried bloodstains at the corners of his mouth.

But the golden short sword in his hand was incredibly steady.

"That's enough to kill you."

The Second Elder's vertical pupils contracted twice.

He is evaluating.

Duan Hongyuan is at full strength; he can't beat him.

Duan Hongyuan has lost his vital energy and only has 60% of his combat strength. In theory, he should have a chance.

But Longyuan emerged.

The Second Elder recognized this sword.

His signature weapon, something that brought him fame alongside Duan Hongyuan.

Thirty years ago, on the battlefield in the Northwest, this sword sliced ​​through the mythical beast of Emperor Wu.

The Second Elder moved his foot back half an inch.

Duan Hongyuan saw it.

"Trying to run away?"

The sword moved.

The golden light struck down again.

The Dragon Abyss Sword spun half a circle in Duan Hongyuan's hand, and three golden sword beams swept out, sealing off the Second Elder's left, right, and top directions.

The Second Elder's dark gray aura exploded from his entire body, causing him to sink downwards as if trying to burrow through the ground.

Lin Feng's crimson spear thrust in from behind.

The spear tip was driven into the ground, and the dragon blood flames spread outwards from the point of contact.

It's impossible to drill through.

The Second Elder was trapped between three sword beams and a patch of fiery ground.

His face finally changed.

"You two teamed up?"

"nonsense."

Lin Feng spat out the last mouthful of blood from his mouth.

"There are rules in a fight?"

Duan Hongyuan didn't give the Second Elder time to react.

The Dragon Abyss Sword was used for the third time.

The tip of the golden short sword was filled with all the vital energy that Duan Hongyuan could muster.

The martial emperor-level qi was compressed to its limit, and the light on the sword tip changed from gold to white.

It was almost identical to the method Lin Feng used to compress the spear energy when he dealt with Bai Yong.

But their power is on completely different levels.

The air exploded the moment the sword tip pierced through.

Sonic boom.

The area within a hundred miles was filled with shockwaves.

The Second Elder formed a hand seal, condensing all the qi and blood in his body into a shield in front of him.

The shield shattered.

The sword tip pierced through the fragments of the shield and plunged into the Second Elder's abdomen.

"puff!"

Blood spurted from his mouth, splattering half of Duan Hongyuan's face.

Duan Hongyuan didn't wipe it.

The sword went three inches deeper.

"How many years have you secret societies been hiding in the capital?"

The second elder's mouth was open, and blood bubbles were coming out of his throat.

"You...think killing me is the end of it?"

I don't think so.

Duan Hongyuan twisted the sword half a turn. The wound doubled in size.

"But killing you would save a lot of trouble."

Golden energy surged from the sword and poured into the Second Elder's body.

The five internal organs are shattered, and the meridians are severed.

The Qi Sea was shredded into dust by the Qi of the Dragon Abyss Sword.

The Second Elder's body split open from the middle.

The two halves of the body fell to either side, crashing to the ground and raising a layer of dust.

died.

Lin Feng stood to the side, leaning against the gun barrel, panting heavily.

The pain from his broken rib made him wince.

Duan Hongyuan sheathed the Dragon Abyss Sword, turned around and walked to the Second Elder's corpse.

He crouched down and pulled a storage ring from the corpse's sleeve.

Mental energy seeps in and erases the mark.

The next moment, he stopped moving.

"Lin Feng, come and take a look at this."

Lin Feng walked over.

Duan Hongyuan took out a stack of things from his storage ring.

It's nothing else.

It is a scroll.

A yellowed scroll, when unfolded, is more than two meters long.

The circuit diagrams were densely drawn on it, marked with black and red ink.

The red line starts from the core area of ​​the Ten Thousand Mountains, passes through the locations of eight Zhenlongtai, and extends to more than a dozen key nodes within the Dragon Kingdom.

Beijing.

East China Sea.

Southern Xinjiang.

Western border.

north.

Each node is labeled with a number and a date.

Lin Feng glanced at the label next to the Beijing node.

"Qi and blood flow rate: 370,000 units per year. Duration: 62 years."

Sixty-two years.

His mind raced.

"What is this?"

Duan Hongyuan traced the red line on the map with his finger.

"Qi and Blood Flow Diagram"

His voice was very low.

"Blood is drawn from the dragon veins and transported throughout the country via underground veins. Each node has a receiving device, and members of the secret order consume the essence of the dragon veins at these nodes to prolong their lives."

Lin Feng stared at the red lines.

"Sixty-two years."

"Yes. Sixty-two years."

Duan Hongyuan stood up and put the reel away.

"The Secret Order didn't just appear recently. They've been lurking in China for countless years. Bai Yong is just a pawn they're using in the open."

"Those nine votes from the National Defense Committee?"

"Now you know how those nine votes came about."

Duan Hongyuan's tone was unusually flat.

But Lin Feng could tell that what was pressing down beneath this calm was even more terrifying than the turmoil of the dragon vein.

Some high-ranking officials in the Dragon Kingdom have been parasitized.

Lin Feng looked at Duan Hongyuan.

"Do you have a list?"

Duan Hongyuan carefully put away the scroll and then searched through the Second Elder's storage ring twice more.

Besides the Qi and Blood Circulation Diagram, there were a few bottles of Dragon Vein Essence Blood Pills for prolonging life, some miscellaneous array materials, and nothing else.

"Single-line contact." Duan Hongyuan put the storage ring into his pocket.

"Each node's leader only communicates with the level above them, completely isolating them from other nodes. This approach isn't new, but it's virtually impossible to break through from the outside."

Lin Feng leaned against a tree stump.

"Have all four military regions been infiltrated?"

"It's clearly marked on the flow map. There are nodes in every direction: East China Sea, Southern Frontier, Western Border, and Northern Border." Duan Hongyuan tapped his finger on the scroll. "But a node isn't the same as a person. It could be an underground hidden terminal, or it could belong to a high-ranking military official."

"Then let's dig them one by one."

"We can't dig it up," Duan Hongyuan shook his head. "You need solid evidence to contact anyone from any military region. The map you have now only proves the existence of the Hidden Cult, not who exactly they are. Taking action rashly will only alert them."

Lin Feng remained silent for two seconds.

"So now we can only wait?"

"It's not about waiting, it's about making them retreat first."

Duan Hongyuan stood up.

"With the Second Elder dead, the Hidden Cultivation Society won't be sending anyone out anytime soon. They can't afford to lose any Martial Emperor-level combat power. For the next period of time, they will be on a full retreat, reassessing our threat level."

Lin Feng nodded and didn't pursue the topic any further.

Duan Hongyuan glanced at him.

"How is your injury?"

"I won't die." Lin Feng picked up the crimson gold spear, the cracks on the shaft running from end to end for most of the way.

"The gun is ruined."

"We'll find someone to recast it, and with some added materials, it can still be used."

Duan Hongyuan took out his communicator and sent a message to the northern border.

"I'm going back to the camp to handle things at headquarters. We can't ignore those nine votes; I need to go and sort them out. What about you?"

"Return to the Alliance."

Duan Hongyuan took two steps, then stopped.

"Did you claim the first prize in that national competition, the coordinates of an S-rank unexplored secret realm?"

"not yet."

"Go as soon as possible." Duan Hongyuan said with his back to him. "You need more resources to climb the ranks faster. The Hidden Cult won't just send one Martial Emperor next time they make a move."

After saying that, the person disappeared.

With the speed of a Martial Emperor, he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lin Feng stood alone on the battlefield, glancing down at the system panel.

Current Martial Arts Points: 1760000

One million seven hundred and sixty thousand.

not enough.

Far from enough.

He flipped himself onto the earth dragon and headed towards the Alliance headquarters.

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