As a famous supernatural organization with a long history in the Mauritanian Empire, the secret police's intelligence collection and investigation ability was extremely powerful, far beyond a new organization like Nocturne that was established less than ten years ago. But no matter how pervasive they were, they couldn't know about the existence of the Grim Reaper's golden finger, nor did they know that the Zanpakuto was only one of Lin Lichuan's four abilities.
So when Solida felt the terrifying pressure suddenly emanating from Lin Lichuan, his face instantly showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
An invisible wave of air swept out with Lin Lichuan as the center.
Looking closely, the clothes on his shoulders and back had already been torn apart, and distorted air waves visible to the naked eye spewed out, rising up like a column of smoke. The terrifying air waves even crushed the ground under his feet, and a large number of gravel rose up along with the air waves as if there was no gravity.
The violent wind came head-on, and all the secret police present only felt their breathing stagnate, and the air around them seemed to have become stagnant and heavy in an instant. Uncontrollably, fear grew in their hearts as if their heartstrings were being pulled.
For a moment, everyone, including Solida, looked at the scene in front of them in horror, with a look of disbelief on their faces, and their mouths wide open, speechless.
"Is this Instant Coax …"
Feeling the vigorous power surging in his limbs, Lin Lichuan couldn't help but take a light breath.
This power had indeed surpassed the level of the Gold Rank. Unlike the Zanpakuto, or elemental control, or rules, or transformation, Instant Coax transformed Spiritual Pressure into Ghost Force, and then injected it into the body, thereby greatly strengthening the physical fitness, and forcefully stepping into the Knight Rank with physical strength.
Compared to when he used Bankai, there was a different kind of intoxicating feeling.
"But this skill also consumes a lot of Spiritual Pressure."
Lin Lichuan could clearly feel the Spiritual Pressure in his body rapidly depleting.
Seeing this, he didn't delay any longer and tore off his tattered shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. He immediately raised his head and looked at Solida and the others, and the corner of his mouth suddenly curled up.
Looking at this scene, Solida shivered violently as if a basin of ice water had been poured on him on a cold day. His expression changed drastically, and he pointed at Lin Lichuan and roared:
"Kill him!"
The internal discipline of the secret police was strict. Although they were afraid of Lin Lichuan's aura, as soon as Solida finished speaking, the secret police around him rushed forward like a tidal wave without another word. Their expressions were ferocious as they pounced on him.
In order to match Solida's ability, the secret police who participated in the ambush had all been carefully selected. None of them were armed with metal weapons. Instead, they were all bare-handed. Most of them were warriors who were skilled in martial arts, and even the weakest one was at the Silver level.
Other than Solida, there were two other Gold rankers. It could be said that the secret police had invested a lot in dealing with Lin Lichuan.
However, they never expected that after losing the sword, Lin Lichuan's strength would increase instead of decreasing. He was even more powerful than they had expected.
The secret police had just charged halfway when Lin Lichuan's figure swayed slightly, and he had already dashed out.
In that instant, he charged forward like a cannonball and brazenly crashed into the secret police officer who was charging at the front like a speeding train. The man was at the Gold level and could be considered a top fighter in a second-rate country like the White Crown Federation. However, when Lin Lichuan crashed into him, he instantly exploded into a mist of blood. The sound of a cloth bag filled with dried branches breaking and shattering rang out from his body. It was just that the sound was magnified countless times, and it was so loud that it could almost tear apart one's eardrums.
When everyone recovered from the sound, they were shocked to see that the man had already been sent flying like a broken cloth bag. His body was twisted in midair, and he was clearly dead.
With one hit, even a Gold level Extraordinaire had been killed instantly.
This scene made the secret police officers' scalps go numb. Their eyes were filled with horror, and they could not help but stop in their tracks.
However, even though they were too afraid to move forward, Lin Lichuan did not intend to let them go. His figure flashed, and he continued to kill the rest of the secret police officers. Straight punches, elbows, knees, side kicks … Every part of his body was used as a weapon, striking the enemies around him without stopping. His punches and kicks left afterimages behind.
The Level 5 Bai Sha was even more powerful than the fist and kick techniques cultivated by all the martial artists present, not to mention the huge difference in their physical attributes. The secret police officers were no match for Lin Lichuan at all. In just three to four seconds, more than ten of them had died at his hands. The number of secret police officers who participated in the ambush was reduced by half in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh!
Right at this moment, an ear piercing sonic boom that tore through the sky resounded abruptly, and it was a black mist formed from countless iron sand that whistled over. It was like an iron whip that whipped fiercely towards Lin Lichuan with a shocking impetus.
Seeing this, Lin Lichuan's expression did not change. He merely changed his direction from charging forward at high speed to avoid the black fog that was violently attacking him. With a turn, he swept to the left. His direction changed as he wished, like an antelope leaping.
The ground beneath his feet was instantly subjected to the tremendous inertia of his change of direction. At the same time, countless sand and stones shot out like a sandstorm, covering the sky and earth as they blasted toward Solida and the remaining secret police officers behind him. The kinetic energy of each sand and stone was no less powerful than the power of a shotgun bullet.
In the blink of an eye, Solida and the rest seemed to have been bombarded by thousands of bullets. Other than Solida and another Gold Rank, the remaining Silver Rank secret police officers did not even have the chance to make a sound before they were smashed into meat paste by the dense sand and stones. Not even their corpses were left intact.
In the next moment, Lin Lichuan had silently appeared behind the last Gold Rank secret police officer. He reached out his hand and grabbed the latter's neck, exerting force.
Crack!
The man's body suddenly froze and then went limp. As Lin Lichuan released his grip, the man slowly fell to the ground.
It had not even been half a minute since Lin Lichuan had used Instant Coax. The secret police officers who had surrounded him aggressively had all been turned into corpses, lying motionless on the ground, except for Solida. At this moment, in the spacious front yard of the warehouse, other than the whooshing sound formed by the vibration of countless iron sand, there was no other sound. The air was extremely heavy.
Drip!
A drop of cold sweat slowly flowed down from Solida's forehead, past his cheeks and chin, and finally dripped to the ground.
He looked at the scene in front of him with his head full of cold sweat. The corners of his eyes twitched as if they were spasming. He was so shocked that he could not speak.
Other than Lin Lichuan's strange special abilities, he also practiced martial arts. The secret police naturally would not miss this information. However, according to their investigation, Lin Lichuan's bare-handed combat skills were far inferior to those special abilities. He was at most a Silver Rank. But now, it seemed that the information was ridiculously wrong.
"That terrifying strength and speed … What is going on?"
Solida thought that he had investigated Lin Lichuan's full strength, which was why he was so confident in setting up tonight's trap. Who knew that Lin Lichuan had such a trick up his sleeve?
That terrifying physical strength was something that even a Gold Rank Extraordinaire could not withstand. Even a Knight Rank martial artist who specialized in parallel training could not compare to him.
"Knight, he is actually a Knight … Damn it!
Damn it!
When did this guy become a Knight! "
Solida's heart was cold. He suddenly saw Lin Lichuan turn around, and his heart trembled. He immediately roared and controlled the black fog behind him to attack Lin Lichuan.
Eight thick and long black fog completely blocked the space around Lin Lichuan. Unless he chose to retreat and avoid the attack, he would not be able to escape. Solida was planning to do exactly that. He knew that he would not be able to defeat a knight no matter what, so he made up his mind to escape the moment he attacked. As long as he could force Lin Lichuan to retreat, he would take the opportunity to escape. As long as he could escape to the city, unless Lin Lichuan wanted to bear the crime of murdering a secret police officer of the empire, he would not dare to kill him in front of so many people.
In a split second, Solida had thought of everything. Unfortunately, things didn't go as he wished. Facing the attack of the black fog, Lin Lichuan didn't dodge at all. Instead, he charged forward while accumulating his strength. Then, he clenched his fist and punched upwards.
Accompanied by a thunderous boom, the black fog that fell from the sky suddenly broke apart, turning into iron sand that scattered in all directions.
Then, he punched out again, blasting the black fog in front of him into iron sand. Then, he suddenly accelerated and arrived in front of Solida in a few flashes.
Seeing this, Solida's expression changed drastically. In a hurry, he only had time to condense a wall of iron sand in front of him.
The countless iron sand in the wall trembled with terrifying lethality. Even hard granite would be crushed into powder in an instant. However, a fist penetrated the iron sand wall as if it was nothing. No matter how much the iron sand trembled and cut, it did not stop at all. Instead, it hit Solida's chest like a heavy hammer.
Crack!
The moment the fist landed, the crisp sound of bones shattering immediately rang out in Solida's chest. He only had time to let out a muffled groan before he was sent flying and crashed heavily on the ground.
Intense pain surged from his chest, causing Solida's face to turn pale instantly. However, he did not have time to catch his breath. Instead, he struggled to get up and controlled the iron sand to flow back. Half of it protected himself, while the other half rushed toward Lin Lichuan like a torrent.
The fear of death welled up in his heart, and he did not dare to breathe at all.
Facing the attack of the iron sand, Lin Lichuan's response was very simple. He just rushed toward Solida and smashed the iron sand that came to attack or block his way with a punch. Such a barbaric and straightforward way of fighting made Solida complain incessantly. He only lasted for half a minute before Lin Lichuan broke through the iron sand again and punched his lower abdomen heavily.
A distorted air wave visible to the naked eye instantly erupted from the point of contact between the fist and his lower abdomen. This time, Solida did not even have time to scream. He flew backward like a cannonball and crashed into the forest dozens of meters away, breaking four or five trees in the middle. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and smoke billowed everywhere.
When Lin Lichuan rushed into the forest, he saw Solida lying in a deep pit covered in blood. His body twitched from time to time as if he had been electrocuted. Large blobs of blood soaked his abdomen, and blood foam spurted out from his mouth and nose.
As if he knew that he did not have long to live, Solida's gray eyes turned to Lin Lichuan. His lips opened and closed slowly as he spoke.
"Miser … His Highness … will avenge … me …"
Crack!
Before he could finish, his neck was broken by Lin Lichuan's foot.
"Don't worry, even if your Miser doesn't come for me, I will settle the score with him sooner or later."