Chapter 205: [173] Technique Integration! Breaking the Limit Path, I Charge Through (Seeking Monthly Votes, Recommendations, and Support)_1
 

11:27 PM.

The garbage station near the apartment building emitted billowing thick smoke, the massive hole in the night resembling a prowling ancient fierce beast.

With a “crash,”

a figure stood up amidst the rubble.

If someone from the Night Patrol Department were here, they would recognize this person as Chief Xu Tian of the Investigation Team.

At this moment, Xu Tian was covered in dust, his clothes torn to shreds in the recent battle, his eyes shining with a golden light, and his aura extremely violent!

He didn’t know who had come to attack him, nor why they wanted to kill him.

But—

that didn’t matter anymore!

Now, all he wanted was to tear the other person to pieces!

“Good! It’s been a long time since someone has pushed me to this point…”

Xu Tian’s voice was like a frigid wind blade sweeping through the cold winter.

“Have you figured out how you want to die?”

However—

“What are you playing at!”

With a thunderous roar, the fierce punch bursting through the air interrupted Xu Tian’s following words, as a man wearing a Ghost Face Mask with a chilling gaze showed no indication of wanting to listen to Xu Tian’s nonsense.

A punch, cleaving down from above!

“Seeking death!”

Xu Tian, feeling the disdain from the other person and the myriad of humiliations he had suffered in Da Peng City coming back to him, roared in fury. Golden light surfaced, and he flung his arms ferociously.

One arm of flesh and blood, the other of steel.

In an instant, they transformed into two vicious pythons.

What Xu Tian didn’t expect was that he had thought the other person’s attack was merely this punch.

But he never anticipated —

At the same time, as they closed the distance instantly, the space in front of him seemed to suddenly become rigid like a swamp, the air rapidly compressing.

Several swooshing sounds came from all around.

A number of Triangular Military Daggers flew out.

Xu Tian had no idea where they had come from…

He had never encountered such a terrifying opponent.

With an endless barrage of moves and astonishingly great strength!

“Boom!”

In the midst of punches and kicks, the terrifying force surged in all directions, the air exploding, the howling wind, all indicating the assailant’s formidable power!

Before Xu Tian could fully experience the ripping sensation of his flesh being lacerated by the Triangular Military Daggers…

the Ghost Face Man in front of him suddenly clenched his five fingers and his spine shook like a great dragon.

Just three inches away from Xu Tian, he could fully feel the rolling heatwaves emanating from the man, incredibly scorching!

His eyes filled with horror as he watched the other’s fist hammer down.

In the moment of the tremendous force’s impact, Xu Tian released an earth-shattering, dismal howl.

A large hand suddenly pressed against his face.

Xu Tian felt as if his brain were being pierced by a sharp knife, his spirit abruptly shattering.

Before he could make another move—

Two merciless and domineering syllables rang close to his ear.

“Enter dream!”

…

“Who’s there! Hands on your head!”

The arriving Night Patrol Special Forces aimed their weapons, red dots landing on Pei Jinye’s body.

He turned around.

His expression calm.

“The Judgement Place is handling this, don’t ask what you shouldn’t!”

The Night Patrol Special Forces facing him suddenly paused, some recognizing his face and swiftly motioned to their companions to lower their weapons.

“Chief Xu Tian, do you need our assistance?”

However, the man they referred to as “Chief Xu Tian” was holding a man in a trench coat wearing a Ghost Face Mask… and without turning his head, he strode away.

To outsiders, the Ghost Face Man was still alive, but oddly there was no struggle at all.

The special forces of the Night Patrol Department looked at each other, their faces expressing mutual confusion.

Someone picked up the communicator.

“Stand down from the alert, it’s the Judgement Place carrying out a secret operation… Yes, understood!”

…

“Senior Sister, it’s me… Can you come to Da Peng City tomorrow? Good, I’ll be waiting for you.”

The call was ended.

Pei Jinye looked up at the sky shrouded in a fine drizzle.

The butterfly effect had occurred.

When he had last dealt with Xu Tian and contacted her for Yang Qingdan, the woman had been busy. However, now that he had made this call in advance, she had agreed to come…

Even though the risk of taking out Yang Qingdan was high.

But the path he had to take next was something he had to try anyway.

…

Jiang ancestral home.

The weather outside was murky with wind and rain.

Inside the bedroom, the room’s lights were still softly aglow.

No one would have thought that someone had gone out and returned quietly within the span of one hour.

At this moment, Pei Jinye had already changed into Jiang Qingcang’s clothes.

In front of him, the safe contained the restoratives that he had requested that afternoon.

After ingesting two Blood Spirit Fruits, Pei Jinye drank a blue potion to restore his spiritual power.

He watched as his three attribute points began to rapidly increase starting from 18.

Pei Jinye closed the safe again.

Turned around.

Entered the bedroom.

Xie Zuxin, Jiang Qingcang, Black Shark, and Xu Tian had all died as part of his plan.

Next…

This time Pei Jinye wanted more than just those initial targets.

He pulled up the attribute panel.

He began to study his own techniques.

There were now as many as eight techniques that could reach the Breaking the Limit level.

“Quake,” “Shadow Sword Technique,” “King Kong Indestructible,” “Close-Quarter Combat,” “Sticking to the Mountain,” “Shadow Attack”…

Two of them could be fused.

One was “Close-Quarter Combat” + “Sticking to the Mountain” + “Charge Technique.”

The other was “Shadow Attack” + “Dragon-Snake Step.”

After the fusion, the new technique’s grade would rise, as would its potential naturally.

What set Pei Jinye apart from others was that he didn’t need to worry about the potential of the fused techniques or fear that the cultivation of the new techniques might go wrong.

Teacher Chang relentlessly pursued his own path to divinity, presumably having fused at least one technique based on his own calculations… continually experimenting in the vain hope of achieving immortality.

Pei Jinye couldn’t even guarantee to himself that without his ace in the hole, he wouldn’t one day become a second Teacher Chang.

At that thought,

Pei Jinye immediately cast aside the distractions.

“What’s the use in thinking so much!”

“The path to heaven is vast, just breakthrough!”

…

Five minutes later.

There was an update on the technique column.

Five techniques vanished, replaced by two new ones.

New technique [Mountain Collapse] (Minor achievement 1%);

(Additional effect 1: When activated, the surrounding environment will experience rapid shock effects)

(Additional effect 2: The stronger the vitality, the stronger the lethality)

(Additional Effect 3: Charging time reduced by half)

Pei Jinye raised an eyebrow slightly.

Originally, he had thought the effects would be as simple as one plus one plus one equals three, but now it seemed far more than that!

He stopped the thought of trying it out right away.

Pei Jinye turned his attention to the second new technique—

[Shadow] (Minor Achievement 1%);

(Additional Effect 1: Movement in shadows increased by 50%)

(Additional Effect 2: Concealment effect increased by 50%)

…

Early morning.

The back mountain.

Steam slowly rose from the top of an old man’s white head.

After a night of rain, the air in the back mountain was exceptionally fresh now that the sky had cleared.

Pei Jinye slowly ended his cultivation.

Two Blood Lotus successfully condensed.

A step faster than the last time he was reborn.

The Lower Three Realm had also been successfully broken through.

It was time to practice “Blood Refining Gong” now.

He picked up his thermos.

Pei Jinye then realized the thermos filled with Spirit Fruit juice was already empty.

He simply took the thermos and left.

He made a minor use of [Shadow].

His figure quickly disappeared into the shadows among the trees.

…

“Master?”

The middle-aged butler had been waiting for a while and jumped when he suddenly heard the old master’s voice—inexplicably, he hadn’t noticed when the master had appeared.

“Sorry, Master…”

Thinking he had been distracted, he bent over quickly to apologize.

However, the master merely passed by him, “You can start preparing the meal; double the breakfast portion.”

“Yes…” The middle-aged butler hurried to make arrangements.

Pei Jinye looked up at the clock in the hall.

It was 6:34 AM.

He could reach the Investigation Team before 8:00 AM if he left from here.

After the shower.

Pei Jinye dismissed everyone and began to eat.

The table held exquisite delicacies, and just one of the snacks was made from Spirit Fruit.

Of course…

The Jiang family hadn’t been extravagant enough to eat like this every day.

But now that the Jiang family had quietly changed owners, the extravagance began.

The middle-aged butler, however, didn’t think much about it.

He had already made up his mind that the master needed more resources for cultivation.

The entire Jiang family had risen under the master’s guidance, and even if all the resources were spent on just him, the butler didn’t see anything wrong with it, especially since they hadn’t reached that point yet.

…

After Pei Jinye finished his meal, the middle-aged butler began to report the various news that had taken place in Da Peng City overnight.

“A Confidential Clerk from Born International was recently spotted near the ancestral home. We have already lodged a protest…”

“Last night, there was a battle on the east side road, and we still don’t know any details. It’s suspected that it was a Second Rank Extraordinary clash…”

“This is the blueprint for the new business center…the estimated investment is 1.35 billion…”

Pei Jinye suddenly looked up.

“The new business center? Let me see the blueprints.”

He took the blueprints from the middle-aged butler’s hands.

A thought gradually formed in his mind.

He asked casually, “Have you made contact with the city hall yet?”

“We are about to. They will definitely welcome this investment.”

The construction of a new business center could bring many benefits.

But Pei Jinye was thinking about… how to use the Jiang family’s big ship to help his Pei Family sail through the wind and waves.

Pei Jinye realized that his thinking speed had slowed down.

Only then did he realize… he lacked a certain Transcendent ability since his rebirth.

[“Little Tiger, you can’t avoid death this time.”]

Setting aside his thoughts.

Pei Jinye looked up at the middle-aged butler, “Summon the guards around Su Hu later, I have something to ask them.”

“Yes, Master.”

…

…

…

8:25 AM.

Investigation Team Shooting Range.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Pei Jinye holstered his gun and looked at the target paper one hundred meters away, while his score appeared on the adjacent screen.

Ten shots, 88 points.

Brother Bi gave him a thumbs up.

“Pretty good.”

“There’s still a lot to learn.” Pei Jinye smiled and put down the pistol.

He could hit the bullseye every time if he didn’t intentionally hold back.

“How is your Play of Five Animals practice going?” Brother Bi asked.

“Not bad, why do you ask?” Pei Jinye asked curiously, knowing that Brother Bi rarely cared about such things.

Brother Bi chuckled, “Year-end is coming up; our team will definitely have various competitions. Play of Five Animals is always one of them. Why don’t you give it a try? The winner, I heard, gets a two-pound piece of Spirit Meat.”

“That’s not my turn.” Pei Jinye immediately declined.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t enthusiastic; he just couldn’t afford to be.

If there were competitions in the team, it was inevitable that big shots would show up.

If it were discovered that he was purposely holding back, inadvertently exposing the fact that he was a prodigy, who knew if Mr. Han from Central State would assign him another whimsical mission after finding out.

“Brother Bi, I think you are quite capable. You should give it a go and set an example for us newcomers.”

“Set an example my ass.” Bi Brother yawned, “Never mind, let’s see if there’s any task available later.”

As he spoke, his communicator beeped.

He glanced at the message,

Pei Jinye asked, “A mission?”

“No, it’s Zhou Ye. Lately, he’s been trying to boost his mission success rate; otherwise, he wouldn’t come to me for easy tasks.” Brother Bi shook his head, “Never mind, I’ll find a patrol mission, you can join me later.”

“Sure.”

Ten minutes later.

Pei Jinye sat in the back seat of Brother Bi’s jeep, while Zhou Ye sat in the passenger seat, chatting with Brother Bi.

Pei Jinye didn’t join in.

He quietly looked at the mission map in his hand.

It wasn’t far from Jiang Suhu’s secret room.

If everything went smoothly…

That kid probably wouldn’t have many people around him anymore.

[Little Tiger, don’t blame grandpa for being heartless; after all, you’re not my biological grandson.]