Lone Wolf was mixing truth with lies, calculations of his own in mind. Li Yifei glanced at him but didn’t bother arguing. He flashed forward and tapped several acupoints, freezing those men in place, then said, "Now it’s fine."
"Ah... o-okay, I’ll take you over right now!" Lone Wolf was stunned for a moment, as if only then remembering just how uncanny Li Yifei was. He hurriedly nodded, ready to lead Li Yifei to find the current Team Leader of Flying Hawk Squadron—Snow Falcon, the very culprit who had turned Flying Hawk Squad into what it was now.
But they had barely taken a few steps when they saw, deep in the camp, several vehicles driving out from the underground secret base. The cars headed straight toward them and stopped tens of meters away two minutes later. The moment the vehicles appeared, Lone Wolf immediately reminded Li Yifei, saying, "Golden Eagle Captain, Snow Falcon is probably already out. These cars are his rides."
"Mm." Li Yifei gave a soft grunt, his gaze already turning cold. The first intel he’d dug up from Fu Yingwei had pointed to Snow Falcon being involved in the entire case. At first, Li Yifei hadn’t dared believe it, found it incredible; after all, that was the Team Leader of Flying Hawk Squad, the strongest man in Huaxia’s strongest combat unit. He shouldn’t be the kind of person to do something like that.
But now Li Yifei no longer doubted it. A perfectly fine Flying Hawk Squad had been turned into this mess—what more needed to be said?
The car doors opened, and a group of men climbed out. They were fully armed, faces cold and murderous, all their guns already loaded. They rushed over with a clatter and surrounded Li Yifei and the others. In the very center stood the only man without a gun, about one-point-eight-five meters tall, with an ordinary face, small nose and small eyes, a close-cropped buzz cut. With his eyes narrowed now, they looked even smaller. His build wasn’t bulky, but Li Yifei could feel that this man had cultivation—and it was quite high.
The Team Leader of Flying Hawk Squad is a cultivator? Li Yifei was slightly surprised. By rights, the Team Leader of Flying Hawk Squad was undeniably strong, but shouldn’t have cultivation. That went against everything he knew, especially cultivation at this level. If Li Yifei’s own cultivation weren’t now so overwhelmingly high, he probably wouldn’t have been able to discern it.
Of course, scum is scum. Even with a body full of cultivation, so what? What he’d done was still enough to enrage anyone.
Snow Falcon walked over and saw Li Yifei. In fact, he had already known who the visitor was the moment he arrived, and he also knew the man had killed one of his dogs—Violent Wolf—as well as what Violent Wolf and the others had done. So Snow Falcon had prepared himself before coming out to face them.
He strode over, his pace neither fast nor slow, and only gave Li Yifei a bland glance before fixing his gaze on Lone Wolf. "Lone Wolf, you colluded with an outsider to murder your comrades, break the rules, and violate military law. Do you admit your guilt?"
Lone Wolf hadn’t expected the spearpoint to be aimed straight at him and was a little taken aback, but he still immediately retorted, "Snow Falcon, those who do evil will destroy themselves—you should understand that. So don’t try to throw filth on me. I’ve had enough of this for years, and I don’t intend to endure it any longer. You lot of rotten bastards have ruined a perfectly good Flying Hawk Squad into this, and you still think you’re in the right?"
"Hahaha, ’rotten bastards,’ is it? What’s wrong with Flying Hawk Squad? Has our combat power dropped? Has training been cut? No, none of that. So the ’rotten bastard’ you’re talking about is probably you. It’s precisely because people like you exist that Flying Hawk Squad has never been able to pull together as one. You rely on having some backing at home and do whatever you please..." Snow Falcon was about to go on, but Li Yifei had already lost patience. He frowned and said, "That’s enough. Snow Falcon, right? Everyone here can see clearly who’s right and who’s wrong. To be blunt, you’ve really disappointed me."
"Hahaha, and who the hell are you? Coming here and acting like some big shot!" Snow Falcon intentionally sneered.
Li Yifei didn’t get angry. He waited until the other man was done laughing before continuing, "If nothing unexpected had happened, once you retired you’d have joined Phantom Squad, become brothers with us old farts. But that’s clearly not going to happen now. With someone like you, I can’t get past it. All the more so when you’ve led Flying Hawk Squad into this state—it’s outrageous."
"Strength is everything. You’ve already retired, so stop meddling in Flying Hawk Squad’s affairs. Otherwise people will say your hand is reaching too far. And people with overreaching hands are very likely to have them chopped off with a knife." Snow Falcon said coldly.
Arrogant, swaggering, and utterly shameless. The corner of Li Yifei’s mouth twitched as he said, "You’ve turned Flying Hawk Squad into this. You deserve to die and have only yourself to blame. What’s more, my brother died here—in the hands of your men. On that, you owe me an explanation."
"An explanation to you? Hahaha, Golden Eagle, are you mentally unsound? Why should I give you an explanation? Your brother died here because he deserved it. He charged into a military camp, tried to seize military vehicles—shooting him on the spot was already lenient!" Snow Falcon said loudly, his words thick with contempt.
Since the other side didn’t intend to talk properly, Li Yifei saw no need to keep wasting words. He snorted coldly and said, "Even if you twist black into white, it can’t change the facts. You turned the Flying Hawk Squad into this, so you bear enormous responsibility. So, accept your punishment!"
"Punishment? Hah! I bear no responsibility whatsoever. On the contrary, Golden Eagle, you’ve been retired for years and still dared come back to kill people. I’ll make sure you pay the price!" At this point, Snow Falcon raised his hand, and the soldiers around them all lifted their guns in unison, dark muzzles aiming straight at Li Yifei and the others.
Zheng Mingrui and the others showed no fear at all. Bracing themselves, they stood up and walked behind Li Yifei, making their stance clear. What surprised everyone was that Lone Wolf also walked over and stood behind Li Yifei, saying, "Snow Falcon, you should stop. These past years you’ve run rampant in the Flying Hawk Squad, no one could do anything about you, but that doesn’t mean what you’ve done is right. On the contrary, every single thing you did was evil!"
"So today, I’m standing up too, to oppose you!" Lone Wolf raised his voice as he spoke: "Members of the Flying Hawk Squad, think back on what you’ve done and what you’ve gone through these past few years. Is that what a soldier, a member of the Flying Hawk Squad, should be doing? Don’t you feel ashamed yourselves?!"
Lone Wolf was the Deputy Captain, and the fact that he stepped out and said this caught many of the members off guard. But they clearly weren’t ready to admit any fault. Many of them looked displeased and said, "Lone Wolf, are you planning to frame us together with outsiders?"
"Hah, this is framing? Fine, then I’ve got nothing more to say. If you insist on calling this framing, then let it be framing. You really are pathetic!" Lone Wolf laughed bitterly, then turned to Li Yifei, cupping his hands. "Golden Eagle Captain, your subordinate is incompetent. I can’t lead them back from the wrong path, and I have no way to deal with those who endanger the Flying Hawk. Please, take action and teach those arrogant bastards a lesson!"
Li Yifei nodded slightly, looked at Snow Falcon, and said, "Don’t think having more guns and more people makes you right. Since I dared to come today, I came prepared to get to the bottom of this. No matter how loud you shout, it’s useless."
"Your brother dies and you start yelling, trampling rules and violating discipline, and you still act like you’re in the right. What about me? My brothers were killed by you, in the most brutal way. Am I not supposed to be burning with rage?" Snow Falcon said furiously.
"Violent Wolf and those two deserved to die, so they died," Li Yifei ground out, voice low and cold.
"Hahaha, ’deserved to die’, is it? Golden Eagle, your sophistry is something else. Since you’ve already thrown away your shame, I’ve got no reason to show you any face either. There’s a limit to how shameless a man should be!" Snow Falcon said, raising his hand again, and the people around them all lifted their guns in unison.
Li Yifei’s expression turned icy. He gave a cold snort and shot forward. In less than half a minute, all those men were sent flying, their guns knocked from their hands and clattering to the ground. Zheng Mingrui and the others reacted instantly, each grabbing one or two guns and turning them back on those men.
So strong... Lone Wolf was startled yet again, and on the other side Snow Falcon’s eyes widened in surprise as well. The reason he’d been this brazen was because he relied on his high cultivation, acting with no scruples and behaving overbearing and tyrannical. But clearly he hadn’t expected Li Yifei’s skills... to be this strong. Over a dozen men, over a dozen guns, all taken out in just a few dozen seconds. Snow Falcon asked himself and knew he could do it too, but not this cleanly and decisively. And Li Yifei, after doing all this, looked as if nothing had happened at all, calm and unruffled.
This was what truly shocked people. But Snow Falcon still didn’t feel afraid. He hadn’t been an ordinary person for a long time, and facing Golden Eagle, how could he be scared before they even fought? So he merely smiled and said, "You’ve got some skills. No wonder you dare to act so high and mighty. But it’s a pity—your opponent is me. A few tricks won’t help you."
"You talk too damn much!" Killing intent surged in Li Yifei’s heart as he let out a heavy snort. He had thought Snow Falcon was a real figure, but now it was clear he was just another thug relying on his superior skills to act lawlessly. There was nothing left to say. Since this man had led the Flying Hawk Squad to such a state, he could not escape blame and deserved everyone’s anger. Li Yifei rushed straight at him and struck at Snow Falcon.
So fast! Snow Falcon’s eyes narrowed slightly in surprise. The distance of twenty or thirty meters was crossed in the span of a breath, and a powerful aura pressed down on him. He was caught somewhat unprepared and instinctively retreated a few steps, activating his movement technique, but still failed to dodge Li Yifei’s punch.
Snow Falcon had no choice but to raise both arms to block Li Yifei’s iron fist. With a bang, he staggered back several steps, his arms going numb, as if they’d been smashed by a massive hammer. The pain felt strange and unsettling to him. How could the other guy be this strong? This clearly exceeded Snow Falcon’s expectations. In his understanding, even if Golden Eagle was strong, he shouldn’t be stronger than him. He even believed he was the strongest among all the Flying Hawk Squad leaders in history, because those people, even if powerful, were still within the limits of ordinary humans, while he was already a Cultivator—one of the strong among Cultivators. How could they be in the same league? That was why he had always acted with complete disregard for consequences within the Flying Hawk Squad.
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