Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

The detector vibrated violently, and piercing alarms blared incessantly. Gu Yan stared intently at the screen, his face gradually turning pale, and even his hands began to tremble. The previously fluctuating values ​​were now climbing wildly out of control.

【1021】

【1184】

【1297】

……

Finally, the value suddenly froze.

【1500+】

The next second, the entire instrument screen flashed blood red.

[Warning: Detection limit exceeded]

[Danger level unknown]

Gu Yan's pupils shrank suddenly, and his voice changed.

"Chief, the readings have exceeded the equipment's limits."

Su Wan looked at him: "What do you mean?"

Gu Yan swallowed hard and said with difficulty, "According to the conversion of the Ninth Bureau's internal psionic database, this level is no longer third rank. It is very likely to have reached fourth rank."

Su Wan froze. A fourth-tier catastrophe-level life form. Even though she had seen internal documents, she had never truly faced one before.

That kind of being is no longer a mythical beast in the ordinary sense.

Instead, it was a moving natural disaster, and Lu Cang's expression was extremely ugly.

He stared intently into the depths of the mountains, at the area shrouded in seven-colored spiritual light, his gaze constantly shifting.

Shock, solemnity, and even a hint of disbelief.

"Tier 4? How could Tier 4 life forms appear in Lingnan so quickly?"

It's important to know that, in the publicly available records of the entire ninth inning...

Fourth-order beings are extremely rare, and all of them are under close national surveillance. Every appearance of one of them is accompanied by a massive disaster.

The Zhongnan Mountain incident was at most a third-order event.

But Black Dragon Mountain jumped directly to the fourth level? Lu Cang suddenly thought of something and looked sharply at the violently churning spiritual energy vortex in the distance.

"No. If it were a naturally born fourth-order being, it wouldn't be without any signs. It's more like some kind of being that has just completed a breakthrough."

Gu Yan felt a chill run down his spine: "Director, are you implying that something in the mountains is being promoted?"

Lu Cang did not answer, but his silence itself was the answer.

Su Wan felt a chill run down her spine. A newly broken-through fourth-tier cultivator and a fourth-tier cultivator who had been stable for several years were completely different concepts.

The former are often the most dangerous, because their power surges, their emotions become unstable, and they may even actively hunt down any life that enters their territory. Just as everyone fell silent.

"roar!"

A deafening tiger's roar echoed from the other side of the forest. The sound rolled across the valley like thunder, causing countless leaves to flutter down. Everyone's expression changed.

"What is it?"

"alert!"

The special forces immediately turned their guns around, and a large tree suddenly collapsed. A huge black shadow rushed out of the forest.

Everyone's breath caught in their throats. It was a white tiger. It was five or six meters long and nearly two and a half meters tall at the shoulder.

Its body was covered in white fur interspersed with pale gold stripes, its limbs were muscular and bulging, and its sharp claws could make rocks crack when they stepped on the ground.

The most terrifying thing was its forehead. A faint golden "king" mark was radiating spiritual light.

A third-tier beast, and an extremely dangerous top-tier hunter at that. Su Wan recognized it instantly.

"It's the white tiger that Lin Hong mentioned."

Gu Yan felt a chill run down his spine: "Wasn't it in the mountains? Why did it come out?"

At this moment, the white tiger's golden eyes showed obvious anxiety; it lacked the domineering aura of a king surveying its territory that it usually possessed.

Instead, it seemed to be fleeing, wanting to escape from somewhere as quickly as possible. Because just now, it sensed that terrifying pressure from the direction of Black Dragon Lake surged again.

That feeling made its blood tremble.

Its instincts told it that staying nearby would mean death.

It needed to get away, but it happened to be during the evacuation that it smelled humans.

The white tiger stopped and looked down at the densely packed soldiers ahead. Its golden beastly eyes narrowed; it recognized the iron-clad figures.

The human who had previously killed his wolf pack was instantly transformed into a blur by the white tiger, moving so fast that it was almost invisible to the naked eye as it attacked the special forces soldiers.

"not good!"

Lu Cang's expression changed drastically.

"Third-tier White Tigers, all retreat!"

But it was too late; a military vehicle exploded.

The white tiger's claw struck, tearing the steel apart like paper. The two soldiers didn't even have time to scream.

He was sent flying more than ten meters, his blood splattering all over the forest.

"Fire!" The machine guns roared, rockets thundered. Intense firepower rained down, but the white tiger was too fast. It became a white blur in the woods, impossible for ordinary bullets to lock onto. A special forces squad had just raised their guns...

The next second, a white shadow flashed. *Thud*, a soldier's chest was instantly pierced, blood gushing out. Before the other two could react, a tiger's tail swept across.

He crashed into trees like a cannonball, instantly increasing the casualties. Su Wan gritted her teeth and charged forward, the silver patterns once again covering her right arm.

"Stop it!"

boom!

He threw a punch.

But the white tiger merely raised its claws, and with a terrifying collision, Su Wan was blasted away. Her tiger's mouth split open, blood trickling from the corner of her lips, and her heart sank.

The gap between the third and second tiers was enormous. Lu Cang finally moved. He took a step forward, and all the guns, shell casings, and military knives around him trembled violently.

The air began to whistle and hiss, and a metallic storm rose into the air once more. This time, however, it was even more terrifying than before.

hum!

The air vibrated violently.

Within a radius of several tens of meters around Lu Cang, all the metal seemed to come alive.

Shell casings, sabers, armor fragments, broken gun barrels, and even the torn steel plates of military vehicles were all forcibly pulled up by some invisible force.

Floating in the air. The clanging of metal produced a piercing buzzing sound.

Like an impending storm of steel, everyone in the special forces team instinctively stopped what they were doing and stared in shock at the figure in the black trench coat.

Su Wan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said in a low voice, "The captain is serious."

She knew Lu Cang's strength all too well; he was a peak third-tier ability user.

A true force to be reckoned with.

Since the revival of spiritual energy, there have been no more than three instances that have forced him to use his full strength.

At this moment, Lu Cang took a step forward, his eyes coldly locking onto the white tiger: "Third-tier beast, you've got too much nerve."

The next second, his five fingers suddenly clenched.

"Falling Star".

boom!

Hundreds of metal fragments broke the sound barrier in an instant, tearing the air apart.

It transformed into a torrent of metal that was almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.

The white tiger instinctively sensed the deadly danger, roared fiercely, its fur bristled, and its body instantly shifted to the side.

But it was too late; a large amount of blood splattered out. The tough tiger skin was pierced through.

His shoulder, abdomen, and hind leg all burst open with bloody holes.

One of the broken pieces of the military knife was driven deep into its left shoulder, causing the white tiger to roar in pain.

Boom!

A large tree was broken.

But it was, after all, a top-tier third-tier hunter, and under the intense pain, its ferocity erupted completely.

"roar!"

It pounced suddenly, as fast as a white lightning bolt, its target Lu Cang. The expressions of the special forces team members changed drastically.

"Be careful!"

However, Lu Cang stood still, without even dodging. He simply raised his right hand, and a wrecked military vehicle on the ground suddenly twisted violently.

Crunch!

The steel was compressed and deformed. The several-ton vehicle body, under his power, solidified like mud.

Finally, it transformed into a black steel spear nearly ten meters long.

"go."

As soon as the sound faded, the steel spear vanished instantly, so fast that only a blur remained.

boom!

The next second, the white tiger's entire body was pierced through, and the enormous impact sent it flying, crashing through seven or eight trees in succession.

Finally, the white tiger was nailed to the rock. At that moment, everything seemed to fall silent. The special forces team members were dumbfounded, and some couldn't help but swallow.

"This is the peak of the third tier?"

"No wonder he could become a bureau chief; it's like having superpowers in a movie."

Many soldiers even looked on with admiration. This was the true pillar of the Ninth Bureau, and Su Wan couldn't help but whisper, "The captain is still so outrageous."

Just when everyone thought it was over, a low, labored breathing suddenly came from the direction of the rock wall, and everyone's expression changed.

The white tiger was still alive, struggling to its feet from the rubble. Blood dripped down its body. Its left shoulder was almost pierced, and its ribs were faintly visible, but in its golden beastly eyes, there was no anger, only fear.

It finally realized that if it continued fighting, it would really die.

That human who manipulates metal is very strong.

It was so powerful that it could threaten its life, but the next second, the white tiger suddenly looked up.

Looking towards Heilong Lake, that aura was still growing stronger.

The terrifying pressure spread like a tide, instilling instinctive fear in it.

But compared to that, it was more afraid of the humans in front of it.

At least the one at Black Dragon Lake might not intentionally kill it. But these humans really want it dead.

Animal instincts lead to swift judgments.

run!

Go deeper, to that place that terrifies all the strange beasts.

The next second, the white tiger suddenly roared and stopped fighting.

The tiger instantly changed direction and charged wildly into the depths of Black Dragon Mountain, even faster than when it came.

"not good!"

Gu Yan's expression changed.

"It ran away."

Su Wan immediately realized: "It went towards the center of the psionic eruption!"

Lu Cang's eyes were solemn, showing no sign of relaxation, because the White Tiger's escape was not good news. A top-tier third-order beast would rather be seriously injured and flee for its life than leave the area.

What does this tell us?

This means that the thing in the mountains is even more terrifying.