Chapter 124 : Chapter 124
Not far from the gates of Notting City, Ye Ze, Wan Feipeng, Tong Mo, and Shi Qing all stood there in black robes, studying the city’s defenses.
Because the Fiends had invaded and overrun many cities in the Lionheart Kingdom, countless refugees had been thrown into chaos, making it extremely easy for them to slip in among the disorder.
But the moment they saw Notting City’s defenses, everyone’s expression darkened.
“They really piled all their defensive equipment here. What a bunch of cowardly bastards!”
Wan Feipeng could not help cursing, and Tong Mo and Shi Qing both nodded in agreement.
It was obvious at a glance that the city’s defenses were nearly ten times stronger than those of an ordinary city, and the amount of defensive machinery had increased countless times over.
Visible everywhere were Energy Shield Towers, Guardian Puppets, Electronic Pulse Cannons, and more...It was a true turtle shell!
Even if a large army launched a direct assault, there was no way they could take it without a prolonged siege battle... that was exactly what made attacking a city so difficult!
“This is going to be a little troublesome.”
“We’d better leave for now. I’m afraid we need more preparation.”
Hundred Flowers King Shi Qing looked at Ye Ze helplessly. “Even if you use divine fire to burn through their walls, it would probably still take quite a bit of time...”
Tong Mo also nodded. “And by the time we fight our way in, they’ll probably have already escaped!”
The three of them had all assumed that the method Ye Ze mentioned in the meeting for dealing with the city defenses meant using Samadhi True Fire to burn through the walls.
After all, that seemed to be the only method he had...As for electromagnetic interference, it would be useless against walls and barriers!
Hearing that, Ye Ze merely smiled calmly.
“Don’t worry.”
“We can just walk straight in!”
What?
While the three of them were still staring at him in surprise, Ye Ze had already started walking directly toward the gates of Notting City.
“Hey, what are you doing!?” The three of them were alarmed.
But by then, Ye Ze had already reached the gate.
People who were not dressed like refugees were usually dealt with directly by the guards of Notting City.
“Stop!”
“You must verify your identity through the system first. Otherwise, you are not allowed to come one step closer to Notting City!”
A city guard pointed at the identification system in front of the gate. It was similar to the one used in the Demon Suppression Army Treasury...
As long as it scanned a person’s face and pupils, it could identify them and retrieve their information!
With that system in place, it could efficiently prevent anyone from sneaking in!
But Ye Ze had prepared for this long ago.
He raised a hand. The ring on that hand was a transformation of the Mechanical Phantasmal Beast Zero!
“Zero, Data Intrusion. Hack the system!”
Data Intrusion was similar to hacking, but Zero’s methods were even more advanced. As long as it used electromagnetic waves to invade the system with its consciousness...then within the city defense system, Zero would be like an administrator, free to alter any information at will!
【Identity verification successful!】
“Identity label... an utterly ordinary Summoner?”
The city guard looked suspicious, but then his attitude became even more respectful. “Wait, so you’re a mercenary group invited by His Majesty?”
“My apologies for delaying you... Please, go right in!”
With that, he gestured to the rear, and the gates of Notting City immediately opened for Ye Ze!
Ye Ze’s lips curled upward.
When it came to Zero infiltrating the Lionheart Kingdom’s systems, he was utterly at ease...
As the foremost technological specialist of the Infinite Technology World, Zero’s grasp of the Lionheart Kingdom’s technology—and even the technology of all Blue Star—was nothing less than...a higher-dimensional strike!
Watching Ye Ze simply stroll through the gates of Notting City, Wan Feipeng and the other two were completely dumbfounded.
Then, after Ye Ze waved them over, the three of them hesitantly followed his example and walked toward the gate.
Unlike Ye Ze, the three of them were top-tier powerhouses who had some fame to their names. Certain experts could recognize them instantly on sight.
But these guards were only Fourth-Rank Class Users. They had almost never seen enemy Sixth-Rank Hunters in person...And those who had usually did not live long enough to talk about it.
They might occasionally have seen them in the news, but under the influence of concealment items, they still could not recognize them.
Only the identification system could expose their identities.
But when Wan Feipeng approached the scanner with a doubtful expression, the information it displayed left him momentarily stunned.
“Identity label... an utterly ordinary Hunter?”
The guard of Notting City nodded. “So you’re one of His Majesty’s honored guests as well. Please, go right in...”
And so, using the same method, Wan Feipeng and the other two also walked right into Notting City.
As for the terrifying triple-layered Legendary-grade defensive barriers, the steel walls dozens of meters high, and all that endless defensive equipment...they had become nothing more than decorations!
“Holy shit!?”
Even after entering Notting City, Wan Feipeng still looked unable to believe it.
“Well?” Ye Ze smiled. “Trusting me wasn’t a mistake, was it?”
The three of them immediately gave him a thumbs-up. “Amazing!”
Even Tong Mo, who rarely spoke much, could not help praising him. That method was simply beyond anything they had imagined!
“Now that we’re inside the city, this mission is basically as good as finished!”
Wan Feipeng grinned, while Hundred Flowers King Shi Qing cast a spell. “I’ll find their location.”
...
Inside an ultra-luxurious restaurant in the center of Notting City, the entire place was immaculate, elegant, and extravagant. Every detail had been meticulously designed. Compared with the scene outside the city, it was like two completely different worlds.
The king of the Lionheart Kingdom clinked glasses with Skeleton King, and the two seemed to be celebrating.
“With the newly reinforced city defenses, calling Notting City the greatest city in the world would hardly be an exaggeration now! Hahaha!”
“Let alone the Fiends—even China’s army would need at least a full day to break in!”
After taking a sip of wine, the king said excitedly, “Hmph! If they dare attack, they’ll be facing the combined assault of the powerhouses of both our kingdom and the Freedom Empire!”
“I doubt they’d dare make a move so lightly!”
The moment he finished speaking, Skeleton King stared with his sunken eyes wide open, blinked, then rubbed them and looked again...
“What’s wrong?” the king asked in confusion.
Skeleton King said, “Why do I feel like I’ve seen that person before?”
“Haha! The entire Lionheart nobility has gathered here. It’s perfectly normal to see a familiar face!” the king laughed loudly.
But that figure in Skeleton King’s sight was drawing closer and closer!
His whole body began trembling, and even his voice twisted with panic. “No!!”
“It’s someone from China! It’s a Sixth-Rank Hunter from China—it’s Wan Feipeng!!!”
“Why is he here—?”
The smile on the Lionheart king’s face vanished instantly, and he hurriedly turned to look.
What he saw was the burly, aggressive Wan Feipeng striding in with a savage grin, cracking his knuckles as he came!
“Summon—” Skeleton King hurriedly raised his staff.
But in the next instant, Wan Feipeng swept forward like a green storm and slammed a ferocious punch into Skeleton King!
A chorus of cracking bones rang out as Skeleton King’s body was blasted backward on the spot, smashing a huge crater into the wall. He was left barely clinging to life.
Skeleton King had been struck completely off guard.
As a skeletal mage, he had not even managed to cast a single summoning skill before that one blow crippled him outright!
Wan Feipeng threw back his head and laughed.
“I’ve been fighting that Fiend Sovereign for so long I almost forgot how satisfying it is to stomp weaklings!”
As long as the city defenses were bypassed, Seventh-Rank Hunter Wan Feipeng completely overwhelmed the Lionheart Kingdom’s Sixth-Rank Hunters!
“Damn it! How did you infiltrate the city!?”
At the side, the king of the Lionheart Kingdom panicked at once. “We clearly set up the tightest defensive measures possible!”
“The walls don’t even have a single blind spot!!”
Hearing the near-hysterical roar from the other side, Wan Feipeng immediately thought back to what it had been like entering the city, and he could not help laughing.
“You probably won’t believe this, but...”
“We walked in through the front gate.”