"Let's hear everyone's thoughts—how should we handle this?" Order Master Victor Yin said calmly, as if he wasn't at all worried about losing two seed disciples.
"In my view, we should crush that survivor enclave with overwhelming force! We can't let anyone look down on the Myriad Beasts Order!" Thunder Hall Master Warren Lei said, his voice full of killing intent.
Mountain Hall Master Titus Zhuge shook his feather fan and said, "It's just a survivor enclave, hardly worth mobilizing our full strength. Better to send a top expert to kill Ian Song. He's only just taken charge there—once he's dead, the place will scatter like monkeys after a tree falls. Then we can take over quietly and keep our true power hidden. Don't forget, there's still the Dualis Order in Lin City, and exposing ourselves too soon isn't wise!"
Sword Hall Master Hugo Gai agreed, "I support Hall Master Zhuge's plan! Assassination is Sword Hall's specialty. Within three days, Sword Hall will bring back Ian Song's head!"
"Wind Hall is willing to cooperate with Sword Hall's operation," said Thomas Feng, his face gloomy. Snow Feng was his daughter and now captured—how could he not be anxious? He also felt some resentment toward Eric Mok; if that boy hadn't been so reckless, they wouldn't have been caught, and Snow wouldn't have been dragged into this mess.
"Alright, it's settled then!"
Order Master Victor Yin made the final decision.
The next day, Ian Song led the convoy to the granary again. Now, aside from the elderly and children, everyone in the enclave was training, so the demand for food was enormous.
This time, the accompanying elites were Lillian Liu, Helen Guo, Jason Long, Hailey Zhou, and Jason Gao.
Only 200 combat personnel came along, but all were fighters from the original South China University enclave—each one strong enough to handle ten zombies alone.
Plus, the obstacles on the highway from last time had already been cleared.
So, it took less than an hour to reach the granary.
Again, two hundred fighters entered the granary to move the grain, while Ian Song led the five elites outside to intercept the zombies gathering nearby.
But there weren't many zombies in the area. In the twenty minutes it took to load the grain, only about a hundred showed up.
If Ian Song weren't worried about other survivors sneaking into the granary, those hundred zombies would have been summoned away by the tier-six J-Type Zombie.
Knowing there weren't many zombies, Ian Song didn't take action himself. Instead, he gave Lillian Liu the chance to show her skills.
Hailey Zhou had always been curious about Lillian Liu.
Today, she finally got to see Lillian's attack methods firsthand.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Two fireballs shot out from her palms, blasting the heads of two zombies into fragments.
Such powerful attacks! So strange!
The other four were all especially shocked to see this.
......
By day's end, the convoy made five round trips and emptied the warehouse, adding over seven million jin of grain to the Yanhuang Survivor Base.
That night.
After another passionate bout with Coco Guan, Ian went down to the villa's living room.
He swallowed several dozen tier-three Evolution Crystals in one go.
But the result disappointed him: after taking several dozen tier-three Evolution Crystals, his stamina only increased by thirty points, reaching 4,070.
Feeling a stir in his heart, he took out the mutant crystals he'd collected earlier.
These mutant crystals came from those mutated stray dogs.
Omniversal God-Eye!
As the Omniversal God-Eye activated, the mutant crystal's information appeared clearly in his mind: "Wind-element Tier-One Mutant Crystal—consume to gain partial mutant abilities!"
Since there were no side effects, Ian immediately tossed the mutant crystal into his mouth.
Like before, the mutant crystal melted instantly in his mouth.
Soon, the crystal's energy spread through Ian's body, rapidly merging into his cells.
Thanks to his strong physique, he absorbed the wind-element mutant crystal in less than two minutes.
I feel much more attuned to wind now!
With a thought, Ian began testing his movement art in the living room.
After a while, he sat back down on the sofa. The test confirmed that after consuming the mutant crystal, his sensitivity to wind had greatly increased, and his speed had improved by about one-thousandth.
Even a one-thousandth increase in speed can give a significant advantage against opponents of the same level.
As for the remaining twelve mutant crystals, he didn't plan to use them himself. He intended for Helen Guo, Jason Long, and the others to absorb them.
Just as Ian was about to head back to his room to rest...
Several sharp sounds cut through the air and reached his ears.
Actually, the sounds were faint—only Ian's freakishly sharp hearing picked them up.
Counting carefully, there were six people, all martial artists above the Transforming-Gang Realm.
Looks like they're from the Myriad Beasts Order!
The villa's walls couldn't stop these Transforming-Gang experts; soon, all six had vaulted over and landed on the lawn.
Earlier, Ian hadn't turned on the lights in the living room—after all, everything ran on a diesel generator now, and every kilowatt was precious. He didn't want to waste any.
So, using his clairvoyant ability, he could see the six outside clearly, while they couldn't spot him sitting quietly on the living room sofa, his aura concealed.
A shadow flashed by.
The six entered the living room without any obstacles.
At that moment, Ian's voice suddenly rang out: "You gentlemen certainly have refined tastes—visiting me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping!"
Damn, we've been discovered!
The six men's expressions changed dramatically.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Dozens of hidden weapons flew toward Ian on the sofa, while two figures lunged at him with lightning speed.
All six were Transforming-Gang experts.
But the strongest was only fourth-tier Transforming-Gang, or Innate Fourth Layer.
So, none of them could pose any threat to Ian.
Facing the barrage of hidden weapons, Ian didn't dodge or flinch. He struck the air with his palm, conjuring a vortex of true energy that sucked up all the weapons.
But just then, two sword flashes suddenly lit up.
Even in the darkness, the sword flashes were dazzling.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sword aura shot toward Ian's throat and chest like meteors.
Clang! Clang!
He flicked his fingers.
With that flick, the sword flashes—along with their wielders—were sent flying.
Then, several points of silver light shot out, and the living room instantly fell silent.
Snap!
The light switched on. The six men stood rigidly in the living room, eyes wide with shock.
They never imagined that, even with six Transforming-Gang experts working together, Ian could capture all of them in just a few moves.
His power was terrifying—probably even the Order Master at sixth-tier Transforming-Gang couldn't do that!
Ian couldn't be bothered to waste words with them; he simply used his Puppet Arts to enslave them all.
Just as he expected, all six were from the Myriad Beasts Order.
The two who tried to assassinate him up close were Sword Hall members—both deputy hall masters at fourth-tier Transforming-Gang.
The other four were Wind Hall members: one at third-tier Transforming-Gang, two at second-tier.