If Lin Lichuan had been a little uncertain before, after this phone call, he was very sure that Lin Zhenyi was someone from the circle of transcendents.
"Speaking of which, my aunt said that she had a new job and couldn't make it back in time for the New Year. It seems that Chie Kai-shek and Nocturne went to war," Lin Lichuan murmured thoughtfully.
At this point, the situation was very obvious.
After a while, Lin Lichuan shook his head.
It was useless to think about it now. He would wait until his aunt came back and see the situation. For now, he should focus on improving his abilities.
Thinking of this, Lin Lichuan opened his personal interface and looked at the column of Enhancement Points.
After upgrading to VIP3, the speed of his Enhancement Points increased by a lot. After a few days, he had accumulated four to five hundred points. However, he had used up a lot of points to exchange for Yi Hai, Surveillance Bacteria, and Tremor Points. He only had 366 points left, which was enough to upgrade Bai Sha.
Now that he had Phantom Dao and Sword Dao, leveling up Bai Da would only increase his combat strength by a negligible amount. Therefore, Lin Lichuan had not leveled up Bai Da ever since the Grim Reaper's Goldfinger had appeared.
However, this did not mean that he would give up on this ability.
After all, Bai Sha had a very powerful combat skill behind it — Instant Coax.
Instant Coax was a combat skill that combined Bai Sha and Demonic Dao. It could temporarily increase one's strength by a large margin. After using it, the user would have extremely terrifying destructive power. It could be considered an extremely powerful skill.
According to Lin Lichuan's guess, Instant Coax was most likely a derivative skill like One Bone and Sword Pressure. However, the latter was a derivative skill of a single ability. Instant Coax would probably only appear after Bai Sha and Demonic Dao were upgraded to a certain level.
He did not know which level he had to upgrade to to unlock Instant Coax. Therefore, at this stage where he did not have enough Enhancement Points, he naturally could not invest a lot of points to verify it. He could only put it aside for now and upgrade it in the future.
"The points required to upgrade Demonic Dao and Kendo have also increased. One requires 1,200 points, while the other requires 2,000 points. Instant Step is less, only 500 points."
After staring at the interface and pondering for a while, Lin Lichuan decided to focus on upgrading Spiritual Pressure and Instant Step.
The importance of the former was self-evident, as it was related to one's most fundamental strength. The latter's practicality in battle had also been verified, and it would greatly increase one's combat strength.
With a plan in mind, Lin Lichuan closed the interface and turned his attention to another matter.
In fact, after unlocking Transient Steps, he had been wondering how to use spiritual pressure to hover in the air.
In the original work, most of the Grim Reapers had the ability to hover in the air, and the principle was also described accordingly. It was to use spiritual pressure to condense the spiritual particles in the air to create footholds to stand and walk.
After mastering Spiritual Pressure, Lin Lichuan could indeed feel the existence of some kind of energy particles in the surrounding air. Normally, he would rely on absorbing these particles to restore his Spiritual Pressure. From this point of view, these energy particles should be spirit particles without a doubt.
"In other words, as long as I can condense these spiritual droplets under my feet into a solid form, I will also have the ability to float in the air."
As soon as he thought of doing it, Lin Lichuan immediately got rid of all distracting thoughts and concentrated on sensing the spiritual droplets around him. Then, he gathered them, gathered them, and compressed them in front of him, trying to condense them into an invisible foothold.
However, he failed several times in a row. It was either that the foothold was too loose to support his body weight, or it would immediately disintegrate when he stepped on it, or that the spiritual droplets under his feet would immediately disperse when he relaxed his mind during the condensation process.
"Sure enough, it's easier said than done. It seems that this ability is not so easy to master. I still have to cultivate for a while."
Lin Lichuan sighed slightly, but there was not much frustration on his face. Anyway, he already knew the direction. As long as he continued to familiarize himself with it, he would be able to master it sooner or later.
It just so happened that he had nothing to do during this period of time, so he had plenty of time to cultivate.
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Boom!
Accompanied by a violent roar, the entire wall collapsed. Countless gravel splashed out like bullets, hitting the surrounding ground and causing dust to rise everywhere. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding area had become a ruin.
After a long while, a figure lifted the stone on his body and stood up shakily from the ruins.
Tan Wen's appearance at the moment was extremely miserable. The silver armor on his body was covered with crisscrossing knife marks. Many of them were even cut and penetrated. Dark red blood flowed out of the gaps and slowly slid down the armor.
"Huff … Huff …"
He gasped for breath. The helmet had already fallen off, revealing a handsome face with a high nose and deep eyes. However, at this time, there was a terrifying blood stain that ran from his eyebrows to the side of his nose to the corner of his mouth. It would have touched his right eye if it had happened, and at that time, his eye would have been destroyed.
"Damn it, how could a person from Paper Cards appear in Lin Yang City, and a member of Head Card!"
Tan Wen gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice. As soon as his voice fell, the corner of his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing beside him. Without thinking, he immediately swung his sword. The broad-bladed greatsword, as big as a door plank, tore through the air and made a dull whistling sound.
Unfortunately, in the end, it missed.
Seeing that his attack had missed, Tan Wen's expression immediately changed slightly. He cursed inwardly. Sure enough, in the next second, he heard a sharp and short sound of a blade behind him. He only had time to lean forward before he felt the armor on his back shake violently. There was an ear-piercing sound of metal tearing, followed by a sharp pain on his back.
Tan Wen groaned, but he didn't have time to catch his breath. After jumping forward and landing on the ground, he swung his sword behind him before he could stand still. Unfortunately, where the greatsword passed, there was still no one.
He suddenly looked around and happened to see a figure suddenly flash in the open space on the right side. A young man suddenly appeared and looked at him with a mocking smile. In his hand was a long knife that was shining with a sharp cold light. It was obviously made of high-quality steel.
Tan Wen's eyes fell on the opponent's longsword, and he couldn't help but show a trace of fear in his eyes.
He didn't know what material the longsword was made of, but it could even cut through metal. It must be known that the armor on his body was made of high-strength alloy, and during the battle, it was even attached with energy. Ordinary blades couldn't even leave a white mark on it, but in the end, it was easily cut through by the opponent. It was simply shocking.
"You don't think that I only used this sword to break your armor, do you?"
As if sensing Tan Wen's thoughts from his expression, Shun Dao's lips curled into a mocking smile. He casually waved his sword, and a sharp sound of a knife surged in the air.
"Don't make wild guesses. Although the alloy material used to forge this sword is excellent, it can't reach that level. The reason why I was able to break the armor was because of my swordsmanship."
Seeing that Tan Wen was still bewildered, Shun Dao couldn't help but show a dispirited expression. He curled his lips and said, "Forget it.
It's useless to explain to a frog at the bottom of a well like you. I say, you should honestly tell me about the meteorite, or else the next blade will be your neck. "
Tan Wen suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth. "Your Excellency, I've already said that the meteorite is now in the hands of the Federation. As for the meteorite crystals, they were taken away by a mysterious Elementalist. I don't know their whereabouts at all."
"Who is that Elementalist?"
"I don't know."
Tan Wen shook his head. When he saw Shun Dao's eyebrows raised, he hurriedly said, "I only know that his name is False White. He has a grudge with Chie. I heard that he killed a lot of Chie's men. Pei Huang, who participated in the meteorite crystal robbery that night, also died at his hands."
"By the way, it's said that False White has a close relationship with the Forgotten River Gang."
Shun Dao narrowed his eyes slightly. After a while, he said, "Who else robbed the meteorite crystals?"
"Nocturne's Bloody Witch and the Shadow."
"Nocturne?"
Shun Dao pondered for a moment. Nocturne and Solitaire had always minded their own business. It shouldn't be them behind this.
Tan Wen carefully looked at the expression of the young man in front of him and said slowly, "Your Excellency, Chao Group and Chao Group have never had a grudge. If you can let me go, the Chao Group will definitely remember this favor."
"You're from the Chao Group?" Shun Dao raised his head and glanced at him.
"Yes, I'm ashamed to say that I'm one of the top consultants of the Chao Group."
Shun Dao stared at Tan Wen for a few seconds and suddenly sneered, "Chao Group?
Hmph, the White Crown Federation is almost finished, let alone a mere Chao Group. If you want to use this name to suppress me, you're delusional. "
Tan Wen's expression changed immediately. He hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, I didn't mean that …"
Halfway through his words, he couldn't continue because Shun Dao's figure had disappeared in an instant.
Looking at this scene, Tan Wen's soul almost left his body. He threw himself forward without hesitation, and at the same time, he swung his greatsword with both hands and slashed behind him.
However, just as he was halfway through his actions, a piercingly cold saber light swept over like lightning, striking his neck like a bolt of lightning.
After a teeth-numbing, ear-piercing sound of metal being torn apart, the armor cracked, and a huge head flew high. Tan Wen's action came to an abrupt halt. His corpse fell to the ground with blood gushing out, motionless.
Swoosh!
The blade light suddenly stopped, and the weapon was sheathed. Shun Dao didn't even look at the corpse on the ground. He frowned and muttered to himself,
"The Chao Group only has some influence in the White Crown Federation. At most, they support a few Silver Rank Transcendents. This matter should have nothing to do with them. In that case, there's only that guy called False White left."
After starting the investigation, Shun Dao realized that the difficulty of the matter was far beyond his expectations. The mastermind's meticulousness was beyond his imagination. He had killed so many Paper Cards members, but not a single trace was left behind. For a moment, he felt like he didn't know where to start.
Helpless, he could only start with the meteorite incident and begin to search for the participants of the Meteorite Crystal incident.
In his opinion, since the mastermind could make a meteorite fall and kill Two of Spades and Three of Diamonds, he might also be involved in the fight for the Meteorite Crystal. Maybe he was hiding among the people who did it. If he investigated them one by one, he might be able to find some clues.
No matter what, this was the only clue he had.
"Forget it, let's capture that guy and interrogate him first!"