The night was dark.
The cold wind swept past from both sides.
With the protection of Reiatsu, the strong wind in the air didn't cause Lin Lichuan the slightest discomfort. Instead, it made him squint his eyes slightly in excitement.
As he flew at high speed, his light brown cape fluttered behind him, making flapping sounds and stirring up the north wind. Like an eagle soaring in the sky, he flew more than ten meters in the blink of an eye. His speed was not any slower than a car speeding on land.
This feeling of flying alone in the night sky as if the whole sky belonged to him was really intoxicating. Even Lin Lichuan couldn't help but be a little addicted.
Unfortunately, there were disadvantages to flying too fast. It didn't take long for him to arrive at his destination.
Linyang City Science Research Institute.
Although the research institute was located in a slightly remote area and not in the city center, it covered a large area. A cluster of tall and dense buildings could be seen from afar. It was also a well-known location in Linyang City.
However, many parts of this cluster of buildings had turned into a sea of fire and ruins. Looking down from a high altitude, he could see many corpses lying in the ruins. There were researchers in white coats, security guards in uniforms, and soldiers in military uniforms.
More survivors screamed as they ran around the ruins, desperately trying to escape from the research institute.
Lin Lichuan glanced at the tragic situation below, and a trace of uncertainty flashed in his eyes.
Shun Dao's strength lay in his teleportation ability and swordsmanship. The scene in front of him couldn't have been caused by his ability. Either the attacker who caused this tragic situation was not Shun Dao, or Shun Dao detonated some powerful explosive.
Lin Lichuan looked around and quickly noticed that there were many soldiers who were running in the opposite direction in the crowd. Their destination, without exception, was somewhere deep in the research institute. He focused his attention and listened carefully. As expected, he realized that the sounds coming from that direction were mixed with a lot of screams.
Seeing this, Lin Lichuan suddenly understood. His body flashed and he was already rushing out.
The scene was chaotic. The flames soared into the sky, and there was choking smoke everywhere. No one noticed that someone was flying over the sky.
When he was three to four hundred meters away from his destination, Lin Lichuan lowered his altitude and landed on the roof of a three-story building.
As soon as he landed, an exclamation mark popped up in the lower right corner of his vision.
Seeing this, Lin Lichuan's eyes flashed with joy. He immediately clicked on the exclamation mark. As expected, it was the information about the meteorite's location. It was 298m away.
Earlier, when he met Zheng Lei and the others in the restaurant, Grim Reaper only gave him a notification when they were within 300 meters of him. At that time, he guessed that Grim Reaper's detection limit was 300 meters. It was only now that he was sure of it.
"I wonder if I can extend the detection range in the future."
A distance of 300 meters was still a little short. It would be great if the VIP level could increase the detection range after reaching a certain level.
A thought flashed through Lin Lichuan's mind. He quickly restrained his distracting thoughts and focused his eyes on the battle not far below.
The flames that soared into the sky illuminated the battle area. He could clearly see that a group of armed soldiers had surrounded an empty space. Everyone raised their guns and aimed at the center of the empty space as if they were facing a great enemy. However, they did not dare pull the trigger.
This was because among the two people fighting in the empty space, other than the intruder, one of them was a high-ranking member of their own side.
Lin Lichuan looked carefully and vaguely recognized that one of them was an Extraordinaire sent by the Special Management Association to receive the meteorite. Last time, he did not see the other person's face clearly because it was too far away. However, thinking about it, the only Silver Extraordinaire who would be at the research institute at this time, he could only be from the Special Management Association.
The other person was a young man holding a sharp longsword. He had a mocking smile on his face. Even though he was in the middle of a battle and was surrounded by countless armed soldiers, he did not panic. He looked like he was at ease. Occasionally, he would flash and appear behind his opponent in an instant, forcing his opponent to fight back in a fluster.
It was obvious that the Special Management Association would not be able to hold on much longer.
"Looks like this guy is Shun Dao."
Lin Lichuan observed for a while and quickly looked away. He began to search for the meteorite according to the distance provided.
Now that Shun Dao and the Special Management Association were fighting, the soldiers' attention was drawn to them. It was a good opportunity to search for the meteorite.
A distance of 300 meters was not considered far. In less than half a minute, Lin Lichuan confirmed that the meteorite was hidden in a building not far away. He flew over without hesitation and crashed through the glass with a loud crack. He landed steadily on the floor of the corridor on the second floor.
Due to the attack and fire, the researchers in the building had all fled. There was not a single person in the spacious corridor.
Lin Lichuan glanced at the distance indicator at the bottom right corner and walked forward according to the instructions. Soon, he arrived in front of a large metal door.
The door was thick and sturdy. It shone with a silver luster under the light and gave off an indestructible feeling.
Lin Lichuan only observed for a few seconds and determined that he could not destroy the door made of metal with his current strength. However, he did not plan to compete with the metal door.
Without any hesitation, Lin Lichuan immediately unleashed Heaven's Wrath. In that instant, countless ripples appeared in the void, and an incomparably huge fist stretched out from within. It violently attacked like a cannonball, and with an unstoppable ferocious aura, it directly slammed into the wall beside the door.
In an instant, there was a deafening roar. Gravel splashed everywhere and a huge hole appeared in the thick stone wall.
Gravel fell down.
Lin Lichuan released the Shikai and stepped into the hole.
The room was spacious and bright, and the walls were snow-white. The spacious room was empty except for a large transparent glass cabinet in the middle of the room. Inside the cabinet was a huge stone that emitted a strange aura.
It was a meteorite.
Compared to the first time he saw the meteorite, its size had shrunk by more than half. However, Lin Lichuan had already heard from Zong Ye that the exotic beasts had the habit of eating meteorites to recover from their injuries. Therefore, he wasn't surprised when he saw the meteorite. A hint of joy flashed through his eyes as he stepped forward and slashed the glass cabinet with his sword.
Crack!
Out of Lin Lichuan's expectations, the glass cabinet only had a few cracks on it after he slashed it.
"Is this made of bulletproof glass?"
Seeing this, Lin Lichuan slashed a few more times and finally broke the glass cabinet. He immediately reached in and pressed on the surface of the meteorite. A message immediately popped up in his vision.
"Detected that you have convertible currency. Do you want to exchange?"
"Exchange!"
The corners of Lin Lichuan's mouth curled up slightly, and he chose to absorb it without hesitation. In an instant, he acutely felt that the meteorite in front of him shook slightly, and the original strange aura disappeared, as if it had suddenly become an ordinary stone that could be seen everywhere.
When he opened his personal interface again, the Spar column had changed from 12 to 85. It had increased by 73 Spar.
"85 Spar … I can draw 8 cards."
Lin Lichuan couldn't help but feel happy. After thinking for a few seconds, he decisively opened the card draw interface.
Originally, according to his plan, he wanted to wait for Ren Yanan to come back from her training in the mountains. But thinking of the powerful enemy he was going to deal with next, especially the opponent's tricky teleportation ability, he decided to draw a few cards. Maybe he could get a Zanpakuto that could restrain teleportation.
Since he had already made a decision, Lin Lichuan no longer hesitated and immediately pressed the card draw option.
With a flash of light, a beautiful card suddenly emerged from the void. After spinning a few times as usual, it turned into a stream of light and went into his forehead.
In a flash, a name appeared in the depths of Lin Lichuan's mind.
[Red Branch Droop]
The moment he saw the name, Lin Lichuan couldn't help but be stunned.
This name sounded a bit strange. In his impression, it seemed to be a Zanpakuto.
He tried to recall for a moment and finally remembered this Zanpakuto named Red Branch Droop. Its ability seemed to be to spread a strange kind of pollen. Any Zanpakuto that came into contact with the pollen would be deprived of its ability while blooming flowers, and it could no longer use Shikai or Bankai.
After thinking about it clearly, Lin Lichuan was speechless.
The ability of this Zanpakuto was a bit useless. If he was facing an opponent who also had a Zanpakuto, the ability to make the opponent's Zanpakuto ineffective was very good, but no one in this world had a Zanpakuto except him. It could be said that it was useless.
"The first draw was a Zanpakuto."
Lin Lichuan snorted and continued to draw the second card.
With the deduction of Spar, a second name quickly appeared in his mind.
[Earth Catfish]
"Another Zanpakuto?
My luck can't be that bad. "
Lin Lichuan couldn't help but be speechless.
This Zanpakuto was more familiar to him than Red Branch Droop. Its ability was to summon multiple Earth Pillars from the ground to block or encircle the enemy, but it wasn't earth element manipulation, it was purely summoning Earth Pillars.
Overall, Earth Catfish was better than Red Branch Droop, and its ability was average. But in any case, these two Zanpakuto were far worse than Hyorinmaru and Sky Wrath, and even worse than Wheeze.
After drawing two Zanpakuto in a row, Lin Lichuan began to wonder if he was unlucky.
Shaking his head, he chose to draw the card again, and the name that appeared finally made him feel slightly relieved.
[Calabash Pill]
Calabash Pill was an extremely rare healing-type Zanpakuto. After cutting the target's wound, it could absorb the wound to heal the opponent, and when the damage was absorbed to a certain extent, it could also be released to attack the enemy. Although its combat power was not particularly outstanding, it could still be regarded as a very practical Zanpakuto.
"Finally, I got a pretty good one." Lin Lichuan murmured in a low voice.
It's just that although Calabash Pill was good, it was not suitable for combat, let alone against an enemy with teleportation ability.
"Let's do it again."
Without hesitation, Lin Lichuan continued to draw the card for the fourth time.
As the card turned into a stream of light and sank into his forehead, a new name instantly appeared in his mind.
[Spear God]