DLWAV CH125

Since Deputy Director Li had spoken, Governor Wu and the others naturally would not object: “Alright.”

“I’ll have someone arrange a plane to Geng Province for you right now.”

“There’s no time.”

Deputy Director Li directly stated, “We will fly over directly.”

If this had been in the past, they certainly wouldn’t have done this.

But now that people all over the world already knew about the existence of vampires and cultivators, they no longer needed to worry about such things.

Who would have thought that just as they were preparing to summon their flying magical artifacts, the sky suddenly darkened.

“Is it going to rain?”

Sun Jianhong and the others subconsciously looked up.

Then their pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks.

—Because what appeared above their heads wasn’t dark clouds at all, but an overwhelming swarm of bats blotting out the sky.

“No, it’s vampires—”

Someone yelled out.

More importantly, the very next second, those bats stopped entirely in mid-air.

The bat leading the swarm shook its body and transformed into someone they couldn’t be more familiar with—Zongzheng Ge.

He looked down from above, his face full of disdain: “So this is the residence of that Zhang Ruize, the one who leaked our information to the Huaxia government?”

A young man beside him immediately replied, “That’s right, this is his residence.”

“Good.”

Zongzheng Ge sneered, “Since we happened to pass by here today, we might as well get rid of him while we’re at it, consider it avenging James and the others.”

If it weren’t for Zhang Ruize, his identity wouldn’t have been exposed early, his subordinates wouldn’t have suffered over half casualties under the Secret Service’s siege, and the rest—including Qian Shanjing—wouldn’t have fallen into the Huaxia government’s hands.

If it weren’t for the fact that his status in the clan had skyrocketed recently, plus the Brujah Prince’s promise to let him rule Huaxia once it was conquered, which attracted many families to align with him, he would probably be a commander without an army right now.

So his main reason for coming today was to take advantage of Huaxia being too busy deploying troops to fend off the vampire army to rescue Qian Shanjing and his captured subordinates.

Because he was worried that once the fighting started, if Huaxia saw the situation turning bad, they might get desperate and kill Qian Shanjing and the others.

After all, Qian Shanjing was the key to whether he could successfully advance to Prince and become the uncrowned king of this world.

One could imagine how furious Deputy Director Li was upon hearing this.

Not only because Zongzheng Ge completely disregarded the Secret Service, treating Huaxia as a place he could come and go as he pleased, but also because Zongzheng Ge actually knew that Zhang Ruize was the one who leaked their information to the government. What did this mean? It meant that someone had directly surrendered to these bat freaks during a time of national crisis, and even informed the vampires about this matter.

“Damn it!”

And precisely because of this explosive shout, Zongzheng Ge above them spotted them.

Zongzheng Ge’s expression changed instantly.

Because wasn’t Deputy Director Li one of the very people who had besieged him back then?

But shouldn’t Deputy Director Li be holding down the fort in the capital right now?

Why was he here?

And exactly at that moment, Deputy Director Li, who reacted first, didn’t hesitate: “Kill—”

Before his words even fell, he led his subordinates and launched straight into the sky, charging towards Zongzheng Ge and his group.

With the experience of the previous siege, even though Zongzheng Ge and his men reacted immediately, three vampires still had their left hands directly chopped off by Deputy Director Li and his men.

Having lost the protection of the rings on their left hands, the moment those three vampires came into contact with sunlight, they let out miserable shrieks before turning into a pile of ashes under its rays.

One could imagine how ugly Zongzheng Ge’s face looked upon seeing this.

Since Deputy Director Li could sit in the position of Deputy Director of a nation’s Secret Service, his strength was naturally unquestionable.

Even though Zongzheng Ge had the holy artifact rewarded by the Brujah Prince, meaning Deputy Director Li couldn’t do anything to him, the same couldn’t be said for the subordinates he brought.

Sure enough, the next second, two more vampires died by Deputy Director Li’s sword.

And right at this moment, Zongzheng Ge saw Sun Jianhong and the others below, who were immediately rushing to help evacuate the crowd—

He made a prompt decision: he wanted to rescue Qian Shanjing, but he also wanted Deputy Director Li’s life.

“Don’t fight them head-on.”

“Go capture all those people down there and use them as hostages—”

Hearing this, half of his subordinates immediately split off and charged toward the civilians below.

“Oh no.”

Deputy Director Li’s pupils constricted; he knew the very thing he worried about most had happened.

He practically blurted out, “Hurry, stop them—”

But there were only four of them, while Zongzheng Ge’s side had over twenty. Even with half of them split off, the remaining dozen or so were more than enough to pin them down.

And the first person to directly face the vampires’ charge was none other than Sun Jianhong.

His face turned completely pale instantly, his mind going completely blank.

He didn’t expect that even though he had luckily escaped the clutches of the Qian family ancestor, that old zombie, a few months ago, he would still fall into the hands of vampires a few months later.

As the vampire’s sharp claws were about to touch Sun Jianhong’s neck, Boss Li and the others shrieked: “Brother Sun—”

“Old Sun—”

Who would have thought that in the very next second, a beam of white light would violently shoot out from Sun Jianhong’s body, directly blasting a hole right through that vampire.

The vampire didn’t even have time to scream before it too turned into a pile of ashes.

Sun Jianhong: “…”

Boss Li and the others: “…”

Deputy Director Li and his team: “…”

As if realizing something, Sun Jianhong subconsciously pulled two walnuts out of his pocket. On one of the walnuts, a crack had shockingly appeared compared to before.

And weren’t these two walnuts the very pair of ‘lion’s head’ walnuts Ao Ruize had gifted him earlier?

Even a fool could guess what was going on here.

Right at that moment, Boss Li saw a vampire charging straight at a child opposite him.

Feeling the string of beads on his wrist, he gritted his teeth and immediately charged toward that vampire.

Just as the vampire’s nails pierced into the child’s arm, Boss Li crashed straight into the vampire’s body.

Following closely, an identical beam of white light burst forth from Boss Li’s body, instantly incinerating that vampire to ashes as well.

Seeing this, the others’ eyes instantly lit up, and they were no longer afraid.

They followed suit, charging toward those vampires.

“You little shits, come at us if you dare.”

“Don’t run.”

And so, in a span of just over ten seconds, two more vampires were caught off guard and died by their hands.

Seeing this scene, Zongzheng Ge’s expression completely cracked.

Most importantly—the urban village was huge, and Sun Jianhong and the others couldn’t fly, so the area they could cover was actually miniscule.

But unfortunately for the vampires, just as two other vampires were about to grab two ordinary old ladies, two identical beams of white light suddenly shot out from those two old ladies’ bodies as well, incinerating those two vampires into ashes too.

This forced him to wonder whether every single resident of this urban village was carrying a protective magical artifact on them.

Zongzheng Ge didn’t dare to gamble. After all, if he bet wrong, he would lose yet another capable subordinate.

What could he do?

He could only grit his teeth and say, “Retreat—”

As for rescuing Qian Shanjing, he would just have to plan for that later.

Deputy Director Li tried to chase them, but Zongzheng Ge had that holy artifact in his hands. By the time they broke through, Zongzheng Ge and his group had already vanished into the horizon.

So they could only stop, filled with resentment.

However, after calming down, they still felt a lingering fear.

Because if Sun Jianhong and the others hadn’t all been wearing protective artifacts, they probably wouldn’t have escaped death today.

There was only one point: a protective artifact that could casually kill a vampire no weaker than a regular Secret Service headquarters member purely through its backlash force was considered priceless on the market.

Yet Boss Li and the others actually had one each?

Weren’t they being way too flashy?

No, wait, it didn’t seem to be just Sun Jianhong and his group. Even those two old ladies from the urban village actually held such precious protective artifacts in their hands—

In this day and age, have even the old ladies in urban villages started evolving into hidden sweeping monks?

Thinking of this, Deputy Director Li and the others subconsciously turned to look at Sun Jianhong’s group and the two old ladies.

Sun Jianhong was incredibly excited: “All thanks to this pair of lion’s heads Brother Zhang gave me.”

Deputy Director Li and the others: “…”

Brother Zhang?

Could it be Zhang Ruize?

Boss Li felt incredibly fortunate: “Thank goodness I shamelessly begged Mr. Zhang for a string of beads back then.”

Deputy Director Li and the others: “…”

The protective artifact in Boss Li’s hands was actually also obtained from Zhang Ruize?

Professor Zheng sighed emotionally: “Thank goodness I decisively admitted my mistake after offending Mr. Zhang back then, otherwise how could Mr. Zhang have just casually exchanged this thumb ring with me?”

Deputy Director Li and the others: “…”

The protective artifact in Professor Zheng’s hands was actually also obtained from Zhang Ruize?

In this day and age, can such precious protective artifacts actually be distributed wholesale?

The two old ladies, Old Mrs. Zhang and Old Mrs. Chen, were even more bewildered: “Didn’t Ruize say that these two red strings he gave us were just things he bought from a street stall?”

Deputy Director Li and the others: “…”

What else was there left to say?

So half an hour later, Ao Ruize, who had finally seen the message sent by Sun Jianhong and rushed back immediately with Sun Xiuji, turned the corner and was greeted by this scene: under the eaves, Deputy Director Li and his group were quietly sitting in a neat row on the small folding stools brought over by Old Mrs. Zhang and Old Mrs. Chen, waiting for him to return.

Ao Ruize: “…”

Sun Xiuji: “…”