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Chapter 362 Investigate Li Ping (Please Subscribe)

"President Hua? What does this have to do with him?" Zuo Hong frowned and asked.

The man swallowed hard, glanced around, and whispered, "Brothers, you may not know this, but not long ago, something very serious happened in our Anshan City!"

"Something incredibly important?"

The three exchanged glances upon hearing this.

They probably guessed what the man meant by "big thing".

Of course, even so, they still pretended to be clueless.

"What's the big deal?"

"this……"

A sly glint flashed in the man's eyes, and he said with a troubled expression, "Brothers, it's not that I'm unwilling to tell you this, but firstly, this matter is highly confidential. I went to great lengths to find out about it, and even now, not many people in Anshan City know about it."

Secondly, if word gets out and people find out I was the one who said it, it could very well bring me into huge trouble. In a worst-case scenario, I could lose my life. So…”

The man looked at the three of them.

"hehe."

Wu Fei let out a cryptic laugh. What secret? What fear of causing huge trouble?

They simply feel they don't have enough leverage, so they're raising the price arbitrarily.

It must be said that this person is quite clever, knowing when to stop when he has fully aroused their curiosity. It's just a pity that he only has some petty cleverness.

The next moment, he pretended to reach into his pocket and pulled out two packs of cigarettes. "Two packs, is that enough? If not, I have more."

"That's enough, thank you, brother! Thank you, brother!" The man's face beamed with joy as he grabbed the two packs of cigarettes from the other man's hand.

Including the previous pack, he now has three packs on him.

"I've been having really good luck lately, one good thing after another."

Thinking to himself, he stuffed the two packs of cigarettes into his pocket and smiled obsequiously, "Before I tell you, I hope you three brothers can keep this a secret for me. Don't tell anyone, and even if you do, please don't say that I told you."

"Don't worry, we'll keep quiet," Li Yan said with a smile.

"Alright, alright, then I'll tell you."

The man took a deep breath and said, "Just recently, a great battle took place in our Anshan City. In fact, we all felt the commotion of the battle at the time, but we didn't think much of it."

Later I learned that something had happened at the City Lord's Mansion; several C-level Awakened, including the City Lord, had been killed!

He emphasized the last part of his sentence.

"Such a thing really happened?"

Li Yan also cooperated by showing a look of shock.

"Yes! When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it either. The city lord, what a powerful figure he was! There wasn't a single person in the entire Anshan City who was more powerful than him. In the end, he was killed, and right in the city."

The man was speechless.

It's clear that so much time has passed, and he still can't believe it when he thinks back on it now.

"Then do you know who killed them?" Li Yan asked, a thought flashing through his mind.

He knew that asking the person in front of him would be pointless.

But what if?

If we can get any clues from them, that would be great.

"Brother, you're seriously overestimating me. How could I possibly know something like that?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "I only heard from others that the person who killed them was a big man with a knife, and that's all I know."

The three of them exchanged a glance.

It's about the same as the information they have.

However, expecting to obtain the killer's identity information from an ordinary person is inherently unreliable.

"What does this have to do with Chairman Hua, whom you mentioned earlier?" Zuo Hong asked with a cold snort.

"Of course there's a connection, and a huge one at that." The man's voice suddenly rose a lot, then he realized he was getting a little excited and quickly lowered his voice, saying, "Brother, you don't know, it wasn't just the city lord and his few men who were killed by that big man. I heard that the former president of the Anshan City Awakened Association also died at that man's hands."

"Yeah?"

Wu Fei tentatively asked, "His body was with the other people?"

No, not at all.

The man thought for a moment, then shook his head. "They say he went missing, but so many days have passed and he still hasn't appeared. Doesn't that mean he's dead? Then who could have killed him?"

"..."

The three were speechless for a moment.

It must be admitted that what this person said makes sense, even though they themselves think so too.

"With such a major incident in the city, Chairman Hua invited Lord Li Ping to serve as the chairman of the Awakened Ones Association. That's why what happened next occurred. Don't you think that's a significant matter?"

"To put it bluntly, it's a good thing that the former chairman died. If he hadn't died, Chairman Li wouldn't have taken office, and none of us would have been able to move to the city. Of course, you guys mustn't say these things out loud, or I'm finished."

"Oh? So, this Li Ping came after the big incident in Anshan City?" Li Yan suddenly became interested and asked, "Was he originally from Anshan City, or did he come from somewhere else?"

"It seems like it came from somewhere else?"

The man frowned. "Actually, I'm not quite sure either. He must have come from somewhere else. I heard that Chairman Li went to the association to hand in a mission, and Chairman Hua saw him and asked him to stay and become the association's chairman."

"My three brothers, you don't know how strong Chairman Li is! He can kill several elite-level ferocious beasts all by himself! I heard he's even stronger than the former city lord! That's why Chairman Hua was willing to let him take on the position of chairman."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Hong, who was standing to the side, curled his lip. "Is it that strong that someone can kill several elite-level ferocious beasts by themselves?"

In his presence, even top-tier elite-level ferocious beasts are merely decorations.

Wu Fei and Li Yan exchanged a glance.

Their intuition told them that the timing of Li Ping's appointment as chairman seemed too coincidental; the incident in Anshan City happened right before he arrived.

Of course, if you really look into it, it's nothing special; perhaps there really is such a coincidence.

"Before coming here, I told my elder brother to pay special attention to what happened after the incident in Anshan City. This Li Ping, whether he is the culprit or not, needs to be thoroughly investigated." Li Yan made up his mind and smiled at the man, saying, "Besides this incident, has anything else major happened in Anshan City recently?"

"Any other major issues?"

The man frowned, pondered for a moment, then slapped his thigh and said, "There's one more thing. A couple of days ago, someone dragged the carcass of a ferocious beast here. I heard it was a commander-level beast!"

"What? A commander-level ferocious beast!"

Upon hearing these words, all three of them were startled.

"Are you sure you're not seeing things?"

"no."

The man shook his head vigorously, "Although it was already late, I saw it clearly. That ferocious beast was almost as tall as the city wall. It was definitely a commander-level beast. And it wasn't just me; almost everyone in the city saw it!"

"Do you know what that ferocious beast's name is?"

"I know, the Rampage Bull King," the man said hastily.

"The Rampaging Bull King, indeed, is a commander-level ferocious beast." Wu Fei nodded.

"Brother Yan!"

Zuo Hong's tone was somewhat agitated.

The broken iron shoe was found without any effort on its own.

The strength of someone capable of killing a commander-level ferocious beast is self-evident. If they were to take advantage of someone's unpreparedness, killing two B-level awakened individuals would not be difficult.

Therefore, this person is most likely the murderer who killed Zou Xuan and the others.

Li Yan took a deep breath; it was precisely at times like these that he needed to remain calm.

"Do you know where the person who killed the raging bull king is now?"

"this……"

The man gave a slightly embarrassed smile.

Wu Fei immediately understood and pulled out three packs of cigarettes from his pocket.

"Brother, you're too kind."

The man smiled as broadly as a flower.

Despite saying that, he acted quickly, snatching the three packs of cigarettes from Wu Fei's hand.

"I know, that person is from the Martial Arts Association. I don't know where he is now, but you guys can go to the Martial Arts Association and ask around, and you should be able to find out his whereabouts."

"Martial Arts Association?"

Li Yan and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

How did this matter get involved with the Martial Arts Association again?

Could the killer be a martial artist?

"Another suspect."

There have been quite a few major events happening in Anshan City lately.

Li Yan inwardly scoffed and asked again, "Besides these two things, is there anything else important?"

"Is there anything else important?"

The man scratched his head.

"Aside from these two things, there doesn't seem to be anything else important."

Are you sure?

Wu Fei smiled meaningfully and said, "Why don't you think about it again? Maybe there's something important you can't remember right now? It's okay, take your time, we have plenty of time."

"Okay, then I'll think about it some more. It's important, it's important."

He paced back and forth.

After two or three minutes, he stopped and said with a wry smile, "Brothers, I really can't remember anything else that happened besides those two things. I think that's all."

Are you sure?

"?"

The man paused, feeling a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it. He nodded and said, "I'm sure, gentlemen. If it were really true, why would I hide it from you, right?"

"That's true."

After Wu Fei finished speaking, he and Zuo Hong looked at Li Yan.

"Of course."

The man smiled ingratiatingly, "Brothers, to be honest, this is the most generous person I've met in all these years. Um, is there anything else you want to ask? If so, I'll tell you whatever I know, of course, you know what I mean."

He blinked rapidly.

In his eyes, the three people in front of him, including Li Yan, were a gold mine.

In less than ten minutes, he had already taken six packs of cigarettes from the three men.

Six packs of cigarettes, is that a lot?

There are many, but not enough. Wouldn't it be better if we could make it a round number, like ten packs? It would be even better if we could have a dozen or so packs.

"We have no other questions for you," Li Yan said with a smile.

"Really? That's really..."

A look of disappointment appeared on the man's face.

"Alright, I'll be going now. Three brothers, if you have any problems later, you can come find me. My address is..."

The sound suddenly disappeared.

Strangely, his mouth and tongue were still moving.

Just then, the man sensed something was wrong, stopped talking, and began to breathe in the fresh air like a fish out of water.

It was clear from his increasingly distorted face that it had not worked.

Moreover, his body was still caved inward, and blood was gushing from his nose and mouth, as if something was squeezing him from all sides.

"Help! Help!"

The man shouted, though no sound came out, but you could tell from his lip movements that he was shouting those two words.

Unfortunately, the three people in front of him watched coldly, and one of them even had a smile on his lips, as if he was enjoying the scene.

The man gasped for breath, clutching his throat with both hands. A few seconds later, he collapsed to the ground with a thud, his body no longer recognizable as human.

"You should give him a quick death."

Li Yan glanced at Zuo Hong and said.

"snort."

Zuo Hong snorted coldly, kicked the corpse on the ground, and said, "If he weren't so greedy, I could have given him the same one. But he insisted on being clever, so I'm definitely going to make him taste the pain and despair."

His special ability is to remove air, creating a vacuum zone where the air is removed.

Similar to gravity-based abilities, for example, he carries alloy cannonballs and can use a vacuum environment to fire vacuum cannons, which are far more powerful than missile attacks.

It can also remove oxygen from the vicinity of the target, causing the opponent to suffocate and die.

Of course, this move is not very effective against either experts or powerful beasts, since no one would be foolish enough to stay in an environment without oxygen.

"Brother Li, that martial artist who killed the commander-level ferocious beast is very likely the murderer."

Wu Fei said.

"Um."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Martial artists at lower levels are not to be feared, but those who can kill a commander-level ferocious beast on their own are not to be underestimated. It's not impossible for them to have high spiritual power."

"Brother Li, shall we go find him now?" Zuo Hong asked impatiently.

I didn't expect to find the murderer so quickly. If we catch him and bring him back, my brother will be very happy.

"No rush."

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Don't forget, our main task here is to find out what happened in Anshan City during this period and to find out the identity of the murderer. Of course, that would be best. Even if we do find out, we should report to Brother Xiang first and follow his instructions. Otherwise, if we make a mistake, it will be difficult to catch that person again."

"That's true."

Wu Fei and the other man both nodded.

Better safe than sorry; ideally, a single strike would be enough to succeed.

"Brother Li, shall we go and find out about that martial artist from the Martial Arts Association next?"

"Yes, besides that, there's also Li Ping from the Awakened Ones Association."

"what?"

Zuo Hong was taken aback and asked in confusion, "Brother Li, why are we investigating that guy? I heard from this person that he can only kill elite-level ferocious beasts at most. How could he possibly be a match for Zou Xuan and the others?"

"That's not necessarily true," Li Yan said calmly. "What if that person is just hiding their strength? In any case, we should investigate thoroughly; it won't hurt."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)