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Chapter 771: Another Look At The Headquarters!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"Little Brother Shaoyun should be safe, but he forgot his pet in all the chaos," Mu Chaoran guessed.

"Rawr… please tell my master that I didn't deliberately threw her…" Little White looked at Mu Chaoran with a pitiful expression on its face, hoping that Mu Chaoran could help it explain to her master.

"Look how sad it looks. It's probably frightened. Don't be scared, I'll find your master for you in just a bit…" Mu Chaoran pinched Little White's cheeks and comforted.

"Find my master?" After hearing that, Little White jumped up and down frantically, "Rawr… I don't want to go! I don't want to go! I will not go before my master assures me that she is not angry at me!

"You're excited because you know we're going to go look for you master, right?" Mu Chaoran laughed. "But, we need to go to the headquarters first so you'll just have to come with us." Right after Mu Chaoran finished speaking, he and Tang Ningyu moved out and quickly ran towards the headquarters in the center of the forest.

Little White, who was being held by Mu Chaoran, suddenly remembered that yesterday, its master mentioned that she was going to go to the headquarters to save someone…

"Rawr!" Little White let out an agonized cry. Isn't it serving itself to its Boss in a silver platter? If it could, it would definitely return to its original form and smash Mu Chaoran into a pancake. He wants me to suffer from master. Jerk, jerk, jerk…

Unfortunately, his master did say that it couldn't use its original form without her permission! It knew that if its master caught it in its original form, it would live the rest of its days in fright, waiting for the punishment to come. If it was caught and exposed, then it would definitely become a dead Little White…"Wah, wah, wah. Just you wait, Mu Chaoran!" Little White sobbed and laid limply onto Mu Chaoran's palm. It waited in despair for its tragic end!

Ling Lan deliberately let herself get hurled by Little White. After being saved by those soldiers, she followed the hostages to retreat to the back-lines. However, when they retreated, she silently left the big group.

That was because the place was in chaos and no one was keeping track of the number of hostages. Ling Lan's silent departure didn't attract any attention.

In a few seconds, Ling Lan arrived at the entrance of the headquarters in the forest. Li Lanfeng and Li Shiyu were already waiting there. From the beginning of the attack on the academy, Ling Lan had ordered Li Lanfeng and Li Shiyu to hide in the forest during the chaos to monitor the situation of the base.

"How are things looking?" Ling Lan walked beside the two of them and used spiritual power to communicate with Li Lanfeng.

"Other than those fake domain realm masters who went to the academy, there weren't any others moving out of the headquarters." Li Lanfeng told Ling Lan what they had seen.

Hearing this, Ling Lan frowned. She knew that with the military attacking this academy, the headquarters only sent out a few fake domain realm masters to defend and yet these people didn't use this chance to move the rest of their troops. This was clearly strange. Suddenly, Ling Lan expression changed slightly after thinking of another possibility.

"Little Four, get me all of the surveillance footage of all the areas surrounding the Azure Central Scout Academy. See if any area suddenly had a large convoy or crowd moving through." The gate wasn't the only place they could escape from. Ling Lan actually didn't think of this possibility.

"Yes, Boss!" Right as Little Four was about to connect to the surveillance equipment, he discovered that this forest was the same as the Li mansion, not having any surveillance equipment. Little Four immediately notified his Boss of this situation.

��Enter the base!" If they couldn't gain any information from the outside, then they must go inside to investigate. Ling Lan decisively made this decision.

Ling Lan made Li Lanfeng and Li Shiyu stand guard outside. No one knew what the situation inside the headquarters was like. Ling Lan didn't want her comrades to be in unnecessary danger.

Seeing Ling Lan entering the enemy's headquarters by herself, Li Lanfeng, who had a warm aura around him, suddenly became stone cold. This version Li Lanfeng, or rather Li Mulan, was never before seen. Li Shiyu, who stood beside him, couldn't help but worry for his mental state.

"It's alright. One day, I'll be able to follow in his footsteps." Li Lanfeng turned around and smiled at Li Shiyu. He would never give up on his goal. It was the same in the past, the present and the future.

"Alright!" Li Shiyu pretended to not be concerned, but he still couldn't help but say, "I feel you're self-inflicting pain and suffering.��� A monstrosity like their Boss was not someone who anyone could easily follow and become on par with.

"If I can't do that, how can I defy my fate?" Li Lanfeng raised his eyebrows. He never once thought that following in Ling Lan's footsteps was more difficult than changing his own fate. If he couldn't do that, then he shouldn't even consider trying to change his fate.

"Defy your fate?" Li Shiyu was confused. It was the first time he heard his eldest cousin brother say something like that. Did he say it because of his weak and delicate body from the past? Li Shiyu felt that the situation wasn't as simple as he had previously thought. Is his eldest cousin brother still hiding something?

Seeing a confused Li Shiyu, Li Lanfeng smirked…

At that moment, Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran also arrived.

"Here." Tang Ningyu reached the entrance of the headquarters. The location of the headquarters was very intricate. If it wasn't for the fact that Tang Ningyu was given a map by his superiors, they may not be able to find it in a short amount of time. Currently, with all of the fake domain realm masters and guards being sent to intercept the military… the entrance was no longer guarded.

"This gate should be one of those high-tech password gates. Do you know the password?" Mu Chaoran inspected the gate, then turned around and asked Tang Ningyu.

"No!" Tang Ningyu replied sharply.

"Then, how do we get in?" Mu Chaoran was dumbfounded.

Purple lightning appeared and started buzzing around Tang Ningyu's palm. He calmly said, "By force!"

After saying that, a flash of purple lightning shot towards the gate. The gate was instantly melted into a pile of mush and could no longer be used as a gate.

Seeing this, Mu Chaoran rubbed his nose and said, "Very forceful indeed!" He suddenly opened his hand and a fire dragon flew out from it. The fire dragon wrapped around the mush and boiled it until its gaseous state.

After getting rid of the gate, it revealed a bottomless hole. Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran looked at each other, then both of them jumped down one after the other.

After landing at the bottom, Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu knew that they were around a few hundred meters deep based on how long it took for them to land.

What they first saw was a wide corridor, but it wasn't as dark as one would think being in a tunnel hundreds of meters deep as there were lights for every three steps that they took which lit up the entire corridor. If there were guards in this corridor, even if there were only one for every 50 meters, they would still be discovered the moment they entered it.

However, currently, there weren't any guards in the corridor. They were probably all intercepting the military. This made it easier for them to move about and not worry about being attacked.

The two of them didn't slow down and quickly ran across the corridor. Once they got out of the corridor, they saw large headquarters. No one knew how this unknown organization managed to build such a large headquarters under the forest. Even these two from the Flying Dragon Special Forces couldn't help but be in awe of this organization's achievements.

However, this large headquarters which was originally orderly, was now chaotic. People there were like headless flies, running around aimlessly without a supervisor in sight.

Tang Ningyu seemed to have realized something and shouted, "Not good!"

"What's wrong?" Tang Ningyu made Mu Chaoran jump up in fright.

"This headquarters has another exit," Tang Ningyu said with certainty.

"That's impossible. We received information that there's only one." Mu Chaoran couldn't believe it.

"I speculate that the exit is only known to a few. No, maybe only the boss of this headquarters knows where it is," Tang Ningyu smiled bitterly.

"In other words, they gave up their lives to keep their boss safe?" Mu Chaoran said confusedly.

"Looks like that's the case. Those in the academy area, along with these people in the base, are people that have been abandoned." Once the military breaks into this headquarters, these people will be sitting ducks.

"Why don't they just leave the headquarters?" If they didn't know about the other exit, couldn't they just leave with the gate the two of them came in from?

"It's possible that they don't even know they have been discovered," Tang Ningyu said calmly. "This is an enclosed space so they can't contact the outside world." This was why they couldn't get hackers to find the location of the headquarters and could only use spies that only had results popping up after three years.

"The reason for the chaos is probably because they can't find the person-in-charge. I guess they could already tell that there is something going on. However, the enclosed lifestyle made them react much slower," Tang Ningyu continued. "However, even though they are very slow on the uptake, they will soon escape from the place we entered from…"

Mu Chaoran smirked, "Looks like we came right on time. We have to stop these people from leaving."

"I can handle it myself. Shouldn't you be finding someone?" When they were coming here, Mu Chaoran talked about Xiao Yiqiu's situation.

"Alright, I'm going to go find him. Just call me if you can't handle them." Mu Chaoran went to find Xiao Yiqiu.

Right as Tang Ningyu was about stop people from escaping, Little Four, who had already took control of the headquarters, gave an order in the voice of their boss under Ling Lan's command. After completing that, he then had the time to tell his Boss that her two roommates had arrived.

"If they're here then that means the military will be here soon as well. Little Four, did you find the second exit?" Ling Lan target was the second exit.

"Boss, I found it, but that exit can no longer be used.��� Little Four told Ling Lan the bad news.

"What happened?" Asked Ling Lan.

"When they left, they destroyed the passage," said Little Four.

"They're getting away just like that?" Ling Lan was in dismay. Ever since she discovered what this organization had done, Ling Lan had decided that she wouldn't let them go no matter what.

"Maybe not… ah ha, I found their location!" Little Four expanded the map of the Azure Central Scout Academy by a few hundred yard radius in Ling Lan's mindspace. There was a red dot blinking on one spot of the map. "The exit is there! They're still packing something and haven't left yet."

"Good job, Little Four!" Ling Lan finally smiled slightly. Then, she disappeared into the mist and began to move about. She had to get there.

"Little Four, give Mu Chaoran some hints to let him find Xiao Yiqiu quicker." After saying that, Ling Lan completely disappeared.

Chapter 772: No Effort Required!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After taking control of the headquarters, Little Four quickly found the lucky Xiao Yiqiu, as he was only just tossed into a room and unconscious.

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran split the workload. Tang Ningyu guarded the corridor to make sure those in the headquarters didn't escape before the military arrived, while Mu Chaoran silently went deeper into the headquarters to look for Xiao Yiqiu.

However, a sudden change surprised the two of them greatly. The originally chaotic and panic-filled headquarters, slowly became orderly. This made Tang Ningyu, who was guarding the corridor, suspect that something was off. Could it be that their guess was off? Is the boss of the headquarters still supervising the headquarters?

Seeing this change, Mu Chaoran also became more cautious. He didn't want to get trapped in this headquarters before he could save Xiao Yiqiu. He had already personally experienced a titled domain realm master's terrifying capabilities. If that titled domain realm master was in the headquarters, or perhaps there were similar level experts within the headquarters, he probably wouldn't be able to stall them until the military arrived.

Mu Chaoran hid within the darkness. Right when he was thinking about how he would find Xiao Yiqiu, two staff members of the headquarters suddenly walked past him. They spoke softly as they walked past him.

"That's odd. Why would the higher-ups order us to move the material in Room Q1 to Room F7?" Normally, a material would only be moved from a room if the modifications were successful or a complete failure. Otherwise, the material would be left in the room for its entire life."

"That's enough, don't say anymore. Ever since yesterday afternoon, the orders from the higher-ups began to be confusing. Now we're only changing the room of a material, there's nothing weird about that," said the other staff member nonchalantly.

"Do you think something happened?" Every since yesterday afternoon, the orders of the higher-ups seemed to be extremely odd. The lower-ranked staff members could feel something was in the air, and also began to suspect whether something had happened to the headquarters…

"Who knows.." the other staff member said dazedly.

"Sigh!" The two of them sighed and shook their heads as they walked towards Room Q1. They were all at the bottom of the chain of command. When the higher-ups were still in the headquarters, they didn't have a chance to run even if they wanted to. They could only obey the orders given to them.

After hearing the conversation between the two of them, Mu Chaoran suddenly had a thought, and he followed behind them. Since he didn't have any idea where to look for Xiao Yiqiu, he should follow them, maybe he could find more clues.

Room Q1 was somewhat far away. Mu Chaoran carefully hid from everyone he had encountered along the way and finally arrived at the so-called Room Q1 mentioned by the two staff members.

Room Q1 was actually the first room in a long corridor of rooms. The rooms all had Q in their names. Each room's design was very simple and crude, all the room just had one bed, a dresser and a tiny washroom.

The two staff members used some equipment to open the door. Behind the door, an unconscious person was lying on the bed. Right as the two of them were about to lift up that person, Mu Chaoran saw the familiar scout uniform and had a thought.

"Bam! Bam!" Mu Chaoran instantly knocked out the two staff members.

Mu Chaoran carefully used the equipment in their hands to close the door of the room. Then, he walked towards the bed and smiled, "That was really easy, no effort required!"

It turns out, it was Xiao Yiqiu who was lying on the bed. Mu Chaoran quickly checked around and instantly let out a sigh of relief. Xiao Yiqiu was only tranquilized and wasn't injured.

Soldiers on missions always had life-saving medicinal agents on them. Mu Chaoran quickly took out a vial of medicinal agent and made Xiao Yiqiu gulp it down.

Not long after, Xiao Yiqiu began to slowly open his eyes. After seeing Mu Chaoran's face, he was instantly surprised and almost shouted. However, he quickly reacted and softly said, "Meng Shaoran, you got captured as well?"

Mu Chaoran glared at him. "You're the one who got captured. I'm here to rescue you."

"Just yourself?" Xiao Yiqiu instantly became nervous. "Do you want to die? There are domain realm masters here."

"Don't worry, the troops the military sent will be here soon. We just need to wait until then." Mu Chaoran didn't want to explain that he was a domain realm master. He only told Xiao Yiqiu that they were going to be safe soon.

Xiao Yiqiu was a smart person and immediately said, "You're a soldier!" He thought of their current situation and said, "You're here to investigate the organization, right?"

Xiao Yiqiu didn't wait for Mu Chaoran to answer and said angrily, "Sh*t, we really have been harmed by this organization. You don't know, the Xiao family…"

"Stop! Su Pei already told me!" Mu Chaoran's lips twitched. He didn't think that Xiao Yiqiu was actually the talkative type! He hated being with talkative types.

"Ah, Su Pei! Oh, is Su Pei alright?" Xiao Yiqiu immediately asked as he was reminded by Mu Chaoran about Su Pei who had tried to escape with him.

"He's luckier than you, and has returned safely," Mu Chaoran replied. In reality, he wanted to save Xiao Yiqiu not just because of Su Pei's request. It was because in the forest he had chosen to save Su Pei and not Xiao Yiqiu. Although he was forced to do so, he still felt that he did Xiao Yiqiu wrong.

"That's good…" Xiao Yiqiu let out a sigh of relief and was happy that Su Pei was able to safely escape. Then, he looked at the monotone room surrounding him and smiled bitterly, "Unfortunately, we don't know when we can leave this god forsaken place…"

"Bang!" Suddenly, a loud quaking sound made Xiao Yiqiu, who hadn't completely recovered, almost roll off the bed.

Mu Chaoran smirked slightly, "It seems the military is here." It seemed that those fake domain realm masters have already been taken care of by the military.

After hearing this news while trying to balance his body, Xiao Yiqiu's eyes brightened, "Are we saved?"

"That's definitely the case. You wait here, I'm going to see what's happening outside…" Mu Chaoran opened the door and ran out.

The door close once again and the room became silent. At that moment, Xiao Yiqiu had a big smile on his face. He softly said, "Mu Chaoran, Tang Ningyu, I look forward in becoming your comrades!"

Ling Lan, who turned into mist, went past Tang Ningyu and returned to the surface.

Tang Ningyu frowned and looked back at the empty corridor behind him. He didn't know why but he felt as though something had gone past him just now… If it was possible, he wanted to activate his domain to lock down the area, but unfortunately his domain was too loud. Plus, the military hadn't arrived yet. He also didn't know whether there were any hidden experts within the headquarters, making Tang Ningyu not dare to expose himself.

"It's probably nothing. Only titled domain realm masters can silently leave under my watchful eyes. If there were titled domain realm masters in the headquarters, how could they let an invader like me come in?" Tang Ningyu thought that it wasn't possible, so he tossed aside the odd feeling he had.

Chapter 773: The Bigger Pot!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After Ling Lan arrived on the surface, she lead Li Lanfeng and Li Shiyu back to the Azure Central Scout Academy.

"What's the situation down there?" Li Lanfeng asked.

"It was as expected, everyone important has escaped through another exit, and they destroyed the exit after they left." Ling Lan replied in a concise manner. Then, she asked, "Have they all arrive?" She originally wanted to just spectate in the backlines, but now it seemed like she actually had a chance to benefit off this altercation.

"Everyone's here, and they're all getting ready to let loose," smiled Li Lanfeng.

"Tell them to come to this set of coordinates," Ling Lan sent Li Lanfeng the coordinates Little Four had given her to let him arrange everything immediately.

"This is a great chance to get military merits but…, the opponents are very strong, so tell them to be careful." There was also something Ling Lan hadn't mentioned yet, and it was the fact that they were going to fight fake domain realm masters. Qi Long, Luo Lang and Xie Yi, who were all stuck at the optimal peak Great Perfection of Qi-Jin for a long time, would definitely benefit from fighting with these fake domain masters.

Ling Lan was currently too strong to be their sparring partner so she could no longer spar with them to help improve. It was even possible that sparring with her would actually be detrimental to their physical skills' progress. If by any chance she pressured them too hard, forcing Qi Long and the others walk down Qiao Ting's path, then it wouldn't be the best for them as they wouldn't advance naturally to the domain stage. This was why Ling Lan would only watch on as Qi Long and the others become frustrated at the fact that they were stuck at the optimal peak Great Perfection of Qi-Jin.

She originally thought that she could only wait for her comrades to naturally advance to the domain stage, but she didn't think that the mission she randomly received allowed her to see an opportunity, the fake domain realm masters. Fake domain realm masters only had a quarter of the power of a real domain realm masters. These fake domain realm master could defeat Qi-Jin experts, but because of their flaws in their domain, they wouldn��t be able to outrightly dominate them. Thus, this was Qi Long and the others' opportunity. As long as they could endure the pressure of fighting against a fake domain realm master, they would be able to understand the concept of a domain

Once they gain an understanding and break through their Qi-Jin's barriers, they would not be too far off from advancing to the domain stage. This was why she asked Li Lanfeng to get Qi Long, Luo Lang and Xie Yi to come here as soon as possible.

Li Lanfeng immediately notified their three comrades who had waited for a long time!

"Oh yeah, the military headquarters is also sending their people here." Li Lanfeng told Ling Lan the information he had received.

"Who?" Ling Lan's heart dropped. Is her father coming out again…

"Someone we're very familiar with. Staff Officer He, He Xuyang!" Li Lanfeng cracked a smile. He and Han Jijyun had battled with He Xuyang a few times for some clan resources. Both sides had wins and losses. Every time He Xuyang saw the two of them, his head would suffer from painful headaches. Li Lanfeng hoped that he didn't hate them too much.

Ling Lan smirked. "Looks like the 23rd Division also wants to reap benefits from this mission."

"Since this mission was given to you accidentally, General Ling Xiao would definitely not give up on such a good opportunity," Li Lanfeng said softly. "The 23rd Division is a new division. All of its achievements are not noteworthy. If they want to gain more say in the military, then they must have achievements that the military can not dismiss easily, and this mission is very important for the military so…"

"If that's the case, then we're not enough!" Ling Lan only wanted Qi Long and the other two to benefit, and she didn't think as far as Ling Xiao. Now that she thought about it, with just a few of them, they probably wouldn't be able to completely take over everything.

"Don't worry, there are a few domain realm masters from the 23rd Division who are coming with Staff Officer He…" Li Lanfeng didn't think that General Ling Xiao would be so daring that he would disregard the military's order to gather, and instead order the domain realm masters under him to wait for a chance to strike.

"You either don't do it or take the bigger pot!" Ling Lan immediately understood what Ling Xiao was planning. If the 23rd Division's domain realm masters obeyed the military's orders to gather for this mission, they would only be awarded with the standard amount of military merit upon successful completion. If they weren't successful… the 23rd Division, a division with very few resources, wouldn't be able to afford to spare these domain realm masters. Of course, if Ling Xiao discovered that other force joined in, completely reversing the situation, he would order his generals to help out in the time of crisis. Then, the amount of merits awarded would be very different.

Of course, if the military's domain realm masters could handle this mission by themselves, Ling Xiao would give up the merits of this mission. It was just as Ling Lan had said, Ling Xiao was either going to do it and not want anything, or do it and take the bigger pot to reap more benefits.

"My father isn't as perfect as you think." Ling Lan gave a friendly reminder to Li Lanfeng. She thought of how the people see Ling Xiao as the perfect soldier, the face of justice. She couldn't help but sigh. Only she knew that Ling Xiao also had his own agenda and was definitely not as perfect as people thought.

"I know, that's why I admire General Ling Xiao!" Li Lanfeng replied earnestly. If Ling Xiao was a real saint, Li Lanfeng wouldn't be admiring him that much.

Right at that moment, the military had already taken control of the entire academy area. There were only a few fake domain realm masters from the unknown organization who were still fighting with the military. Ling Lan predicted that soon, the military would finish the battle and attack the headquarters in the forest.

While everyone's attention was on the domain realm masters in the battle, Ling Lan led Li Lanfeng and Li Shiyu out of the Azure Central Academy silently and went towards the direction the higher-ups of the organization retreated towards.

Qi Long's group of three had already reached the location where the coordinates their Boss had given them were indicating, but this location was quite close to where the retreating organization was currently at, so Ling Lan didn't want Qi Long and the other to fight them head on without waiting for her first.

In order to make sure no one notices them, Ling Lan's gathering spot was a remote path with lush trees on both sides, where elders would only pass by in the morning.

When Ling Lan appeared, Qi Long instantly excitedly called out, "Boss!"

"Is everything ready?" Ling Lan asked.

"Of course!" Qi Long cracked his knuckles. Luo Lang was also excited and his face heat up until it was a beautiful blush red color, making Ling Lan understand what it really meant to be blindingly beautiful. Xie Yi on the other hand, just stood there calmly. Although he didn't say anything, one could still tell from his clenched fists that his fighting spirit was at its peak.

"Regiment Commander Ling, it's been a long time!" He Xuyang who was awkwardly standing beside Qi Long, and was thinking that Ling Lan would greet him first, said in dismay.

'Young Master Lan, how could you ignore me?' He Xuyang cried on the inside.

"Staff Officer He, it has indeed been a long time. Your body seems to be stronger than before!" Ling Lan said nonchalantly.

What does Young Master Lan mean by that? He Xuyang thought about the meaning behind Ling Lan's words. Then, he saw a few domain realm masters' lips moving slightly, as if they were trying to endure something. He suddenly realized… Sh*t, Young Master Lan is saying he is fat!

"Regiment Commander Ling!" Staff Officer He felt hurt. He looked at Ling Lan with a depressed expression as if to blame Ling Lan for his sadness. Him becoming fat was because Ling Xiao threw him most of his work, thus not allowing him to have the time to exercise.

"What are the orders?" Ling Lan ignored He Xuyang's expression and asked coldly.

Not fun at all. He Xuyang replied with disinterest, "The general gave us an order. Everything is under Regiment Commander Ling's command."

After hearing that, the domain realm masters that came with He Xuyang had confused expressions on their faces. They originally thought that He Xuyang, the Staff Officer, would be the one commanding them. They didn't think that it was actually going to be this young mecha clan regiment commander.

However, those who were sent out by Ling Xiao were all Ling Xiao's confidants, so the domain realm masters didn't have any gripe with the decision. If General Ling Xiao made the decision, then he definitely must have his reasons.

Ling Lan didn't decline and immediately explained the situation to the domain realm masters. After hearing that the enemy might have titled domain realm masters in their group, the domain realm masters all had serious expressions on their faces.

One of them said, "If they still have titled domain realm masters, then we probably won't be able to handle it."

When it comes to the domain stage, the difference in domain strength could not be overcome with numbers.

"It's alright, if there are any titled domain realm masters, I can handle them!" Ling Lan said calmly.

Ling Lan's words made the domain realm masters widen their eyes. They knew that the person in front of them was definitely not a dumb and naive youngster if Ling Xiao trusted him. He wouldn't joke with them about that as his life was on the line too. Thus his words meant that he could definitely hold control of the situation. Could this very young man be a domain realm master? And also reached the level of being a titled domain realm master?

He Xuyang was satisfied. Before coming here, he was informed that Young Master Lan had already reached the capabilities of a titled domain realm master, which had frightened him greatly. Now, there were finally people who were also frightened by that fact.

"Indeed, Regiment Commander Ling already has the strength of a titled domain realm master." He Xuyang made certain of their guesses.

Ling Lan looked at He Xuyang. It seemed that He Xuyang managed to get past Ling Xiao's test and finally acquired Ling Xiao's trust…

"Since everyone is clear on the mission, let's move out!" Right as Ling Lan finished speaking, she completely disappeared.

The domain realm masters looked at each other. Just then, they felt Ling Lan's domain energy. Shockingly, this young regiment commander was already a domain realm master. After mulling over that, they followed suit and also disappeared.

"Staff Officer He, we're leaving now." Qi Long and the other two waved towards He Xuyang, and also left the scene.

Right as Li Lanfeng was about to follow them, Li Shiyu grabbed him.

"It's too dangerous there!" Li Mulan had only reached peak stage of Qi-Jin so he was not fit to join them.

Li Lanfeng slowly pushed away Li Shiyu's hand and softly said, "If I back out now, then I would never be able to follow them in my lifetime."

Li Shiyu wanted to say more, but Li Lanfeng didn't give him another chance, and he left without hesitation.

Li Shiyu stomped his feet and bit his lip before he followed behind his eldest cousin brother. He couldn't just watch silently as his eldest cousin brother put himself in danger. Domain battles were not something they could participate in.

Chapter 774: Private Manor!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Their destination was a private manor. The entrance of the manor had a few manifestation stage guards patrolling around it. Everything seemed similar to a manor of a rich merchant.

Ling Lan and the others didn't think that it was odd. If the organization was to have the exit lead them to a crowded area or perhaps a normal residential area, then that would be considered odd. A private manor could completely cover up everything that they were going to do.

"Boss, I found the information… this private manor was purchased by a foregin merchant with the surname Xu." Little Four quickly acquired the information of the private manor.

"You can��t find any dirt on him, right?" Ling Lan asked calmly.

"How did you know that Boss?" Little Four was surprised. He indeed didn't find any useful information, so he used all of his efforts to try to find some dirt on the owner of the manor. He even gone through all of his ancestors. Unfortunately, it was just as his Boss had said, there was nothing wrong with it at all.

"If they were to screw up that easily, then the military wouldn't have such a headache with this organization, and used almost half of the entire Federation's military power just to find some clues. Even so, in the few years that ensued, they still couldn't even find the tail of the organization, so I knew that this faction's background wasn't that simple. It's possible that this manor's owner is used as a cover-up. If we look for them there, we would definitely not be able to find them." This was why Ling Lan didn't want to expose herself. With her current capabilities, she still couldn't go against them head-to-head.

"Then, would it be too troublesome for us to wrap around them?" After being trained by Ling Lan, Little Four no longer had a one thought mind. His brain worked very fast and immediately thought of this problem. He didn't want his Boss to be in a sticky situation.

"Since our father made the decision, then he probably already has a fool-proof plan!" Ling Lan trusted that if Ling Xiao went ahead with this plan, then he must have already prepared their plan for retreat. It was just that Ling Lan's didn't know Ling Xiao's entire plan. She could guess parts of Ling Xiao's plan and could not completely guess it.

However, that was fine! She couldn't see the plan now, but it didn't mean that she wouldn't be able to do it in the future. Although Ling Lan trusted her father, she still didn't like the feeling of anxiousness that would come up when she couldn't control the situation.

Ling Lan carefully examined the inner parts of the manor, and felt a few strong auras within it. As expected, there were a few strong domain realm masters within the group who had retreated. Luckily, there wasn't anyone as strong as the wood element titled domain realm master. Ling Lan also discovered that not only were there fake domain realm masters, but also many actual domain realm masters.

Ling Lan finally had a grasp of the situation. The strength of domain realm masters in the manor compared to her group of domain realm masters were around the same level, so it wasn't impossible for her group to completely devour the opposition.

Since there wasn't a really difficult opponent, Ling Lan decisively waved towards Qi Long, Luo Lang and Xie Yi, telling them to move in.

Qi Long and the other two moved stealthily into the guard house without hesitation. They instantly struck down the group of guards, who hadn't noticed anything. The three of them were decisive, ruthless and didn't give the guards any chance to react. They took care of the guards and didn't alert anyone else in the manor.

The five domain realm masters behind Ling Lan couldn't help but nod at Qi Long and the others' decisiveness.

Ling Lan nodded towards the five domain realm masters and then led them through the gate.

What they saw a large green forest surrounding a beautiful westernized white manor.

At that moment, the plaza of the manor already had many hover trucks of different sizes parked there. Many people could be seen desperately trying to quickly load things into the trucks as if their lives depended on it. It seemed that, while they were retreating, they wanted to also take some precious resources. It was because of this that allowed Ling Lan and the others to catch up to them.

They were almost done loading the supplies on the hover trucks. Seeing this, Ling Lan raised her eyebrows and held out her right. She then pointed straight at the hover truck in front of her!

In response, the five domain realm masters all looked at each other. One of them nodded and vanished in the next second. Almost instantaneously, that domain realm master appeared on top of one of the roofs of the hover trucks. He then performed a pushing down, creating a strong force that was pushing everyone at the scene down, freezing everyone.

"Impudent!" An angry shout came from inside the manor. Rocks from all directions suddenly flew towards the domain realm master who was on the roof of the truck.

Seeing that, the 23rd Division's domain realm master snorted coldly. As the rocks were about to reach half a meter in distance of him, a flash of light went by, knocking the rocks back to where they came from.

Suddenly, a white haired elder flew out from the manor. When he landed, he saw the domain realm master on the hover truck, and he instantly narrowed his eyes. "Who are you? Do you not know that this is a private area?"

"We're looking for you! You dared to break the laws of the Federation. Even if you wear the skin of a human, I will still peel it off of you!" This domain realm master from the 23rd Division was a middle-aged muscular man. Before Ling Xiao sent him here, Ling Xiao had already told him about all the laws this organization had broken, so the middle-aged man already hated them to the bone. Thus, he did not care about propriety and leak out the killing intent in his words.

After hearing that, the elder knew they had been exposed. He cried out loudly and flew up into the air with a fist coming towards the middle-aged man!

This wasn't a battle of physical skills, but rather a battle of domain. After his fist was sent out, it turned into a thousand ton stone and flew towards the middle-aged domain realm master from the 23rd Division.

The middle-aged man pulled his hand back and a light appeared in the place where his hand was. Then, he slowly pushed the light out with his hand.

"Bang!" A loud bang sounded. The large stone was stuck in mid-air and didn't continue to forward.

The elder's expression froze. He saw a flash of light flashing under him and said, "A light elemental domain!"

It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon, which was when the sun was the most bright, empowering his domain even further, while the elder was at a disadvantage as the surrounding areas were all grassy fields, with only a small amount of the stone element… The only stone element source that could help him was the manor behind him.

However, he wasn't the only one in this battle! A flash killing intent went past the elder's eyes. Suddenly, stone walls were erected at the four sides, forming a square cage, boxing the both of them. He then began to go at his opponent from all sides.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang." Four flashes of light appeared and guarded against the four-prong pillar attack from the walls. The two of them began to fight using their domain to see who would last longer. Right at that moment, a silhouette appeared above the middle-aged man. A sharp sword came from the heavens and ruthlessly went for the middle-aged man's head.

The man was completely focused on fighting elder so he couldn't do anything about it. Right as he was about to lose his life, a water whip suddenly appeared and wrapped around the sharp sword. The water whip pulled on the sword and also pulled out the person who performed the sneak attack.

At that moment, a middle-aged man with an elegant aura appeared at the scene. He spoke to the assassin, "If you need an opponent, then I can fight with you!"

Chapter 775: Reaper!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"Who are you people? Aren't people the Federation sent still at the academy?" The assassin asked with a fearful expression on his face. They clearly had lured all of the troops the military had sent. Why are there still domain realm masters here? Is there a traitor among them?

"The Huaxia Federation have had the 36 stratagems since ancient times. Have you not heard of it before?" The elegant middle-aged man replied with a smile.

"Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west…" The assassin said begrudgingly.

"Looks like you've researched the treasures of our ancestors very well. Since you were guarded against the attack on the academy, then we, of course, will make a sound in the east, and then strike in the west!" The elegant middle-aged man was still smiling warmly as if he was a teacher patiently answering his students' elementary questions.

This attitude was undoubtedly to mock these people. The assassin didn't want to say anymore, as another question would undoubtedly lead to another insulting reply. Another sharp blade suddenly appeared in his other hand. With both swords in his hands, he ruthlessly pounced towards the elegant middle-aged man with a heavy piercing attack!

In actuality, there wasn't only just one assassin. Two other assassin did appear, but it was just that they were intercepted by the two older domain realm masters who came with Ling Lan.

Currently, there was only one domain realm master that stayed beside Ling Lan, but not for long, as Ling Lan could feel another three stronger forces of presence in the manor.

In the next second, four domain realm masters suddenly flew out from the manor. Their auras were weaker compared to those who came out in the beginning. The last domain realm master beside Ling Lan frowned as he was surprised by the number of domain realm masters that were coming out of the manor. Although, he could stand his ground if they were to fight him one after another, but the outcome of the battle would be very different if they were to attack together. Right as he was about to intercept them, Ling Lan reached out her hand and pressed down on his shoulder.

This domain realm master had a shocked expression on his face. In the eyes of the others, Ling Lan had stopped him just before he had moved, but this domain realm master knew he had already moved. It was just that in the moment he moved, he was easily forced down by Ling Lan's hand, forcibly removing his momentum.

Are titled domain realm masters this strong? This domain realm master started suspecting something was off. Although titled domain realm masters were stronger than them by one stage, they were definitely not strong enough to instantly stop them from moving. Who is this Regiment Commander Ling? Maybe, he just looked young, but was actually a one hundred old demon?

While this domain realm master was still in deep thought about Ling Lan's age, Ling Lan looked towards Qi Long, Luo Lang and Xie Yi, and nodded to gesture to them that they could go in.

The three of them went in without any hesitation. It was just that there were four fake domain realm masters and they only had three people, so someone needed to fight against two of them.

Seeing this, Qi Long bit his lip and decided to take the harder challenge himself. Out of the three of them, he was the strongest. Thus, only he had hopes of defending against attacks from two opponents for one or two rounds. If it was Luo Lang or Xie Yi, they would probably just lose in one hit.

Suddenly, Ling Lan reached her hand out and grabbed someone behind her. Then, a silhouette could be seen flying straight into the battlefield and landing in front of one of the fake domain realm masters.

"If you're not afraid to follow us, then you must have the resolve to die!" Ling Lan's cold and heartless voice rang through Li Lanfeng's ears.

Although Ling Lan was being cold and heartless, Li Lanfeng was not in low spirits. Instead, he was overjoyed. Li Lanfeng knew Ling Lan really well. If he didn't have any hopes of winning against a fake domain realm master, Ling Lan would never let him go into battlefield and would also not say something like that… This meant that, even if there was a small chance, Ling Lan was still willing to believe that he would be able to find his way and become a domain realm master.

A man will die for anyone who recognizes his potential! Li Lanfeng finally understood the deeper meaning of those words! It was his life worth of luck that allowed him to have Ling Lan in his life.

Li Lanfeng suppressed his emotions and concentrated on the opponent standing in front of him. The only way he could repay Ling Lan was to make sure the trust that was given him didn't go to waste. He must use this experience to understand the rules of the domain stage and become a domain realm master.

That's right, even though Li Lanfeng had only reached the peak stage of Qi-Jin and hadn't reached Great Perfection yet, he could still clearly feel a shapeless barrier that was halting his advancement… It appeared after his spiritual power was quelled by Ling Lan. As time went on, this feeling became even clearer. He didn't know why his situation was different from the others, as they could only feel the barrier after reaching Great Perfection. He didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing, and was clueless on what to do.

He originally wanted to ask Ling Lan after the mission, but after hearing there were fake domain realm masters and Ling Lan telling him to contact Qi Long, Luo Lang and Xie Yi, the intelligent Li Lanfeng knew what Ling Lan was planning. Ling Lan was creating an opportunity for the three of them to advance to the domain stage…

After understanding this, Li Lanfeng was really tempted to join. He didn't want to be left behind by Ling Lan and lose to Ling Lan's comrades. He wanted to follow in Ling Lan's footsteps, so he couldn't let others advance before he did. This was also the reason why he wanted to come here.

"Bam!" "Bam!" "Bam!"

On the other side, Qi Long and the other two have already begun their battles with the fake domain realm masters. They originally thought they would be severely injured in one hit, but their current situation was that they were just slightly injured. This made them realize that these domain realm masters were not on the same level as their Boss.

After gaining more confidence from their continuous successive defense, Qi Long and the other two became wilder as the battle went on. The three of them were the type of people who don't care about their lives. Once they got used to the pace of the battle, unless they die, they wouldn't stop fighting.

Just like that, they were continuously struck down by their opponents, but would always rebound back up and continue fighting like elastic bands. This made the three domain realm masters feel extremely amused by their hilarious acts, but as time went on, they began to become irritated.

They originally thought that they were just Qi-Jin stage ants who were performing a hilarious act without a care for their lives, and that it would only take a few hits until they die. However, after more than a dozen rounds, these three people were still full of vigor. Every hit caused them to spit out blood as if they were about to die. However, they didn't know what type of medicinal agents they did consume for them to be constantly full of vigor.

In the end, they were actually held back by three Qi-Jin ants, blocking them off to the side so they couldn't help the guests of their manor. They seemed to feel the watchful eyes that were filled with mockery coming from inside manor that were watching their battle. Their boss must definitely feel that they were losing face for the organization.

Everything they had were given by the organization. If the organization abandoned them… the three of them suddenly felt a chill in the air. They didn't want to become 'materials' and die in the laboratory. With that crisis in mind, they finally activated their strongest domain techniques.

A sand element domain realm master was facing Luo Lang. A sand dragon appeared out of mid-air. Seeing the sand dragon, Luo Lang's wild expression suddenly became calm. He transformed from being a berserk beauty to a beauty that was as cold as ice.

A wind element domain realm master, who loved close-range combat, was facing Qi Long. There were shapeless wind blades all around him with attacks that were undetectable by the naked eye. In actuality, Qi Long was in the most danger, but his smile was becoming wider and wider. It was as though he didn't care about his life.

On Xie Yi side, a paper world had manifested. Layers and layers of paper started surrounding Xie Yi and the paper element domain realm master. In the end, it became a sphere made of paper, trapping Xie Yi and the paper domain realm master within it.

Qi Long, Luo Lang and Xie Yi had all reached the point where they had to fight for their lives. However, Li Lanfeng's situation was even worse than theirs. With weaker physical skills, he could only be pushed back without any chance to counterattack. If it wasn't for Li Shiyu's medicinal agents, Li Lanfeng probably would have not been able to get up a long time ago. However, even with the medicinal agents Li Lanfeng was still not in a good state. Even though he didn't die, he almost there. He was continuously spitting out blood from the hits his opponent was sending his way.

The domain realm master beside Ling Lan saw this and narrowed his eyes. His body moved unconsciously with the thought of helping them but he resisted the urge in the end. He looked at the cold, heartless and unmoving Ling Lan. He didn't know what Ling Lan was thinking. Is he not doing anything because his comrades didn't listen to his orders and came here on their own accord? So even if they were about to die on the battlefield, she wouldn't make any moves just because it was their fault to begin with?

"Li Lanfeng, if you insist on following us, and die because of that, I will look down on you forever!" Li Lanfeng, who was somewhat in a dazed state, suddenly had Ling Lan's cold voice rang through his mindscape.

"No, No, I don't want that!" Anyone can look down on him, but Rabbit definitely cannot!

Li Lanfeng returned back to consciousness. What he first saw was his opponent activating his domain. His opponent was actually a gold element domain realm master. The surrounding area was filled with thin gold needles. In the next second, these gold needles would make Li Lanfeng into a porcupine.

His physical skills on paper was only short of Qi Long and the others by a small stage, but the difference in battle was so great. They could still endure in the fight, but Li Lanfeng could only watch as he gets beaten up…"Sh*t" Li Lanfeng cried out internally. If this was the virtual world, no one would be able to bully him like this? In there, he was the reaper who had control over life and death in the virtual world!

"If we are in the virtual world, I will just need one thought to kill them. One thought!"

Li Lanfeng, now full of wounds across his body, had blood running down his forehead like a fountain into his eyes, reddening his originally dark eyes. Now, he saw everything in a shade of red. Everyone was in a blood-red color…

Just like that, the people who he wanted to kill turned blood-red… After losing too much blood, Li Lanfeng's consciousness wavered once again, making him feel that he had entered the virtual world…

"Thousand Needle Rain!" Every gold needle went towards Li Lanfeng. Ling Lan clenched her hand and trembled slightly, but she suddenly had a stunned expression on her face. She didn't think that Li Lanfeng's domain was like that.

"You want to kill me?" Li Lanfeng smirked with hint of mockery. "You actually dare to defy a reaper. Then, you must know that the reaper will take your life!"

Li Lanfeng's entire force of presence changed. The space around him became twisted and a strong force started to suck in everything around him.

Li Lanfeng slowly raised his right hand and a black reaper scythe slowly manifested in it.

Chapter 776: Reformatting!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"What a terrifying domain! What kind of concept does it follow?" The domain realm master beside Ling Lan shouted in surprise. He was also completely surprised by Li Lanfeng's odd yet terrifying domain.

Ling Lan didn't make a sound. She seemed to have figured something out. The reason why Li Lanfeng could feel the advancement barrier for the domain stage while he was only at the peak stage of Qi-Jin. It wasn't necessary for him to strengthen his body to break through the barrier to advance, instead, Li Lanfeng's terrifying spiritual power had already surpassed his mindscape's capacity. His spiritual power managed to reach the barrier of the domain stage before his body could.

After thinking about that, Ling Lan was worried. If Li Lanfeng hadn't listened to her words and didn't keep on practicing the basic physical skills training to make him able to endure the pain, his current situation might be even worse. Luckily, when he met her in the real world, his spiritual power hadn't reached a level that could destroy his body. After the timely training of the meditation technique, he managed to improve the condition of his battered body.

If anything had gone wrong, what awaited Li Lanfeng was a lifetime of being bed-ridden. He would just be like Ling Lan in her past life. Even if he had the meditation technique, it would all be for naught.

In actuality, in the Li family's manor, Ling Lan had already felt that Li Lanfeng's spiritual power had reached his capacity when she was calming down Li Lanfeng's spiritual power. She originally wanted to wait until the mission was over to think of a method to let Li Lanfeng quickly advance to Qi-Jin with Great Perfection then to the domain stage.

It was just that Ling Lan didn't think that Li Lanfeng wasn't willing to wait! After noticing Li Lanfeng had followed them, she knew Li Lanfeng's decision. Ling Lan thought about it and decided to give Li Lanfeng the same opportunity as her childhood friends.

Looking at all the possible scenario, Li Lanfeng's decision wasn't the best choice in Ling Lan's eyes. However, Ling Lan wasn't going to decide anything for her friends. If Li Lanfeng wanted to fight, then what Ling Lan needed to do was to trust him. This was why Ling Lan tossed Li Lanfeng into the fray. She used that move to tell Li Lanfeng that she supported his decision.

Sometimes, you should just blindly support and trust your friends! These would give them strength in the most dangerous and difficult times. Ling Lan could only help Li Lanfeng in this aspect. The dangerous path of advancing required Li Lanfeng's own strength to walk.

Now, the result of her decision was ideal. Li Lanfeng had become the first person to realize the way to successfully advance into the domain stage. The only thing she has a nit to pick about Li Lanfeng's advancement was that it was too rushed. His body still hadn't reached the requirements of advancing to the domain stage. Advancing up more than one stage like that would inevitably have severe consequences. She was just hoping that the consequences would be mended in the future and wasn't permanent.

With Ling Lan being in the domain stage for quite a long time, she would clearly understand the two clear requirements of advancing to domain. One was physical constitution and the other was spiritual power.

The Federation placed a high degree of high importance on physical skills because of mechas, while spiritual power was regarded as unimportant. The reason why most individual with strong spiritual power would seem to be diseased and weak was because of their lack of physical skills training. When it was known that a person has a weak physical constitution, the Federation would always try to treat and heal them, but would not train their physical skills. Furthermore, the Federation would usually just let them be responsible for jobs related to spiritual power and wouldn't let them operate mechas… Thus, creating a phenomenon where the stronger the spiritual power of an individual, the weaker their physical constitution was. And as their physical constitution continue to weaken, treatment centers became more and more afraid to treat them as they didn't want their records filled with incurable patients which ultimately lowers the reputation of the treatment center. This was why those individuals with insanely strong spiritual power could never be an outstanding mecha operator.

Thus, it wasn't because those Qi-Jin experts, who were stuck at the optimal peak stage of Qi-Jin with Great Perfection, didn't get any chance to advance. Instead, it was because their spiritual power hadn't reached the lowest requirement to advance into the domain stage, so how could they succeed?

Of course, this didn't mean that those people wouldn't be able to advance to the domain stage forever. If the Qi-Jin in their bodies reached the point of over-capacity, it would naturally break through the barrier, and thus allowing them into the domain stage. However, the concept they would be derived based on their bodies. For example, speed, strength, etc. It wouldn't give them any concept regarding natural elements of the world.

The domain realm masters who had concept bound to nature, along with strong bodies, were people whose physical constitution and spiritual power had both reached the requirement. These people were usually born with level two spiritual power. Babies that had spiritual power past level 3 always had weak bodies. These children would be nurtured towards the spiritual direction and wouldn't be considered for mecha operators. This was why during the talent determination procedure many years ago, spiritual power was a part of the test.

At the same time, if spiritual power was so strong that the mind could not contain, then even if physical skills hadn't reached that level, it would still break through the barrier and advance to the domain stage. However, this type of advancement would bring about a large backlash to the body. While advancing to the domain stage, the physical body could be destroyed by the concept of the domain, and in the end become dust in the air and perish.

However, someone like Li Lanfeng, who had spiritual power that was so terrifying that only one person like him would appear every few hundred years, would usually die as they were born. Those types of babies wouldn't reach the point where their spiritual power would seep out from their bodies.

Due to Li Lanfeng's body not reaching the requirement and his spiritual power breaking through the barrier, Li Lanfeng's domain concept was derived from his spiritual power. He was originally a spectral ability individual. After deriving this concept, he could turn anything into virtual objects within his domain.

Ling Lan had already determined Li Lanfeng's domain concept with just one look. On the battlefield, Li Lanfeng raised his black scythe and swung it towards the fake domain realm master.

"Ah!" That fake domain realm master wanted to get away from the twisted dimensions around Li Lanfeng, but his strength wasn't comparable to a domain realm master who advanced naturally. The scythe easily sliced past his body. Then, his body began to crumble into little particles and started dispersing without leaving any traces. It was as though he never existed in this world.

"That's reformatting!" Little Four cried out with surprise. If someone was to say what intelligent entities feared most, then Little Blossom's power of devouring data was one. The second one was the reformatting of all of the data in the virtual network they lived in. These two both would severely affect the way of life for intelligent entities and was something intelligent entities never wanted to see.

"As expected, it's this power!" Little Four's words made Ling Lan certain of her judgment. Li Lanfeng's power was as expected a derivative of his spectral abilities. In his domain, Li Lanfeng was a reaper of death that could reformat everything!

Right at that moment, something changed in the battlefield. A silhouette suddenly appeared behind Li Lanfeng. A gold colored hand was going straight towards his unguarded back.

"Bam!" Ling Lan's hand suddenly appeared and accurately caught the opponent's hand. She then coldly said, "You're opponent is me!"