Chapter 29: Rescue Operation (Part 1)

  Sunday morning, Wang Long was woken up by a ringing phone call. He picked it up and heard Ling Yunzi's slightly anxious voice on the other end: "Xiao Long, sorry to wake you up so early. Something big is going to happen today, I hope you can hurry over to the Special Affairs Group as soon as possible." Wang Long was now fully awake, and since Ling Yunzi sounded so urgent, he knew it must be something extremely important.

  He responded with a sound, hung up the phone, and Wang Long quickly got out of bed, dressed, and washed up. The whole process took no more than five minutes. Now, students in school have a very distinctive feature: that is, from getting out of bed to leaving the dormitory, this time is extremely short. Many brothers who have not practiced martial arts may be faster than Wang Long's speed. In the tense study life, even being able to seize the opportunity to sleep for one more minute is a kind of enjoyment for these high school students.

  It's only six o'clock in the morning, and there are only cleaning aunts sweeping the floor in the campus. The "sweeping" sound is particularly jarring on this slightly chilly morning.

  Wang Long teleported in an instant, and the next moment, he was already standing at the entrance of the Special Affairs Group. He took out his ID card and walked to Ling Yunzi's office with a few twists and turns. Ling Yunzi was pacing back and forth anxiously in his office, but when he saw Wang Long enter, a smile appeared on his face. He grabbed Wang Long's hand and said: "Little Dragon, something big is going to happen in XL City today! Our Information Department received news that the Demon Ancestor Lein River has arrived in XL City and kidnapped hundreds of children between the ages of three and ten. Although we're not entirely clear what he's planning to do here, we must find a way to rescue those kids. His powers are too strong, so I've called you over for help today." After finishing speaking, Ling Yunzi led Wang Long to the conference hall, where the thirty members of the Special Affairs Group were already waiting.

  All the members saluted Lingyunzi and Wang Long with a standard military salute. Lingyunzi said, "I called everyone here today because we will be facing an extremely powerful opponent. To be honest, I'm not confident in my heart right now, I don't know if we can successfully stop Mozhu's conspiracy and rescue those children. Now let's go, directly kill our way to where Mozhu is. Everyone must be highly spirited, do you understand?" "Understood." All the members replied in unison.

  All members followed Lingyunzi to the underground garage and got on a military jeep, with Wang Long and Lingyunzi in one.

  On the carriage, Lingyunzi told Wang Long about the matter of Mozu Lainhe Island. Lainhe Island was the master of the Demon King Nasi, who had always lived on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Another disciple saw him for the first time fifty years ago at the Demon-Slaying Conference, where Lainhe's infinite magic had reached the top level of Wanmo Group Dance and served as the leader of the demons. The former Shaolin Master Wusou died under Lainhe's magic, and several high-ranking masters of the Lihe period also died at his hands. I was also severely injured after exchanging thirty moves with him, and it wasn't until my senior brother intervened that I was saved. I'm not sure what level his current strength has reached, but based on my current cultivation in the early stages of gathering void, I am still far from being a match for him fifty years ago. At most, I can barely hold out against him for about a hundred moves. So this time, I have no confidence at all."

  Wang Long also secretly worried in his heart, he might be slightly stronger than Ling Yunzi, but if he really fought with Ling Yunzi, it was estimated that the outcome would not be decided within three hundred moves, and this trip today might be more unlucky than lucky.

  Wang Long was silently thinking to himself when the sound of screeching brakes suddenly woke him up. Ling Yunzi said to Wang Long, "We've arrived at the foot of the mountain where Lein River's estate is located. The 'Tian Di Villa' he currently resides in was originally a vacation villa built by a wealthy businessman in XL City ten years ago. However, five years ago, that businessman died under mysterious circumstances. Despite our Information Department's investigation over the years, we still can't find out who the current owner is. As soon as our scouts get within 100 meters of the villa, they mysteriously disappear. We've lost dozens of excellent scouts, so we haven't sent anyone in since then. This time, our scouts saw Lein River enter the villa from a distance and discovered that all the missing children in the city were kidnapped by Lein River's subordinates and taken into the villa. Since last night, Lein River hasn't appeared again, which is why I gathered all members overnight and took action early this morning to rescue them." As he spoke, Ling Yunzi and Wang Long got out of their high-ranking personnel Hummer.

  Lingyunzi continued to say to Wang Long, "Now we are at the foot of the mountain where 'Tianti Villa' is located. 'Tianti Villa' was built halfway up the mountain. We are still two kilometers away from 'Tianti Villa'. We dare not drive the car up the mountain, lest we startle the snake by cutting the grass." Wang Long nodded and carefully observed the surroundings: a wide asphalt road wound its way to the top of the mountain, with dense trees on the mountain, and leaves of different colors, green and yellow intertwined, reflecting the yellow weeds below. A gentle breeze blew, and the dry leaves on the trees danced like elves to the tip of the grass, knocking off a drop of dew from the tip of the grass.

  Lingyunzi gave the order to advance to the thirty members of the special task force, all members were divided into three teams, and went up the mountain from the side, gathering a thousand meters away from the manor. Wang Long and Lingyunzi formed a team of two and entered the mountain from the front road.

  In less than twenty minutes, all the members arrived at a distance of one kilometer from "Tian Ti Bie Yuan". However, it was strange that everyone on the road did not encounter any situation, and the entire "Tian Ti Bie Yuan" was very quiet. Wang Long carefully observed "Tian Ti Bie Yuan": The villa was built on a flat ground with an area of nearly 10,000 square meters on the half-mountain waist. In front of the villa was a natural river that had been surrounded to form a large pond. There were green duckweeds floating in the pond. On the river surface, a wooden bridge was artificially built. The two sides of the villa were those bright red maple trees and some shrubs that still maintained their green color in autumn. The villa was made of ancient and fragrant sandalwood, which looked particularly quiet and eerie on this autumn morning.

  Lingyunzi ordered the thirty members of the special task force to wait in place and follow his orders. He and Wang Long walked directly towards "Tian Di Bie Yuan". As soon as they approached the wooden bridge, the main gate of "Tian Di Bie Yuan" slowly opened, and a group of people came out from the gate. The leader was a man with a head full of white hair and an eerie smile on his face. Behind him were five people, among whom Wang Long only recognized Liu Hu Fa and Cai Dao, who were the two men who had ambushed him at Wutong Mountain last time. Wang Long had a particularly deep impression of these two men. The middle-aged man in his 40s standing next to Cai Dao looked 70% like Ouyang Li. Another person among the four was an unfamiliar black man. At this moment, the four people followed behind the white-haired man with great respect.

  A white-haired man led the five of them to stand in front of Wang Long and Ling Yunzi, less than ten meters away. With a wave of his hand, the thirty members of the Special Affairs Group immediately surrounded the five people. The white-haired man stood silently, staring at Wang Long with an eerie smile that made him feel very uncomfortable.

  Finally, after staring at Wang Long for five minutes, the white-haired man opened his mouth and asked: "Are you Huashan's apprentice?" Wang Long was extremely surprised. There were only a handful of people in this world who knew Huashan, and even Lingyunzi didn't know his true name. This white-haired person was indeed formidable.

  Wang Long nodded and said, "Yes, how do you know me so well?" The white-haired man smiled but didn't answer, instead asking, "Do you think that with your current strength, you can rescue those children from my hands?" Wang Long immediately felt a great weight in his heart. When he first saw the white-haired man, he couldn't gauge his depth, which meant that this white-haired person's strength far surpassed his own. It seemed that rescuing people today would indeed be an extremely difficult task.

  Lingyunzi also saw that the white-clothed person was unfathomable and might be Mozu Lainheita, so he immediately whispered to the special affairs group members around him: "The first and second groups will rush in quickly to rescue people after the meeting. The third group of ten people will deal with Lainheita's four thick men, and I and Wang Long will deal with Lainheita."

  Lingyunzi gave a loud order, and the first and second groups of twenty people rushed towards "Tian Di Villa" like lightning. At the same time, ten people from the first group confronted the four people behind Leinuo River's back. Wang Long and Lingyunzi also launched a full-force attack on Leinuo River in an instant. To make a long story short, everything happened in an instant. Leinuo River didn't dare to be careless, and his Wujimogong quickly circulated throughout his body, forming a huge Taiji diagram that rotated at high speed around him.

  Twenty special task force members rushing towards "Tian Di Bie Yuan" were frozen in place like they had been put under a spell, standing still about 100 meters away from the villa. Wang Long heard Lingyunzi's transmission in his ear: "They've encountered a seal, I'll hold off Lain River Stage with all my might, you go help them break the seal." Wang Long nodded swiftly and instantly moved to the side of the twenty people, using the Five Elements Divine Technique's tenth layer of power to unleash a shocking blow at the seal. With a loud "boom", an invisible crack appeared in the seal before Wang Long's eyes, slowly growing larger as the seal shattered like tofu. The first and second small groups' twenty members broke free from the seal's restraint and rushed towards the villa.

  Wang Long felt like he had been drained of all his energy after unleashing a full-force strike, his entire body going limp. Meanwhile, Ling Yunzi, who was fighting alongside the Rhine River Array, also found himself in a precarious situation.