Chapter 307: Come Over Here

"Forbidden, you say? So what if I do know, and so what if I don't?" Zhang Lie smiled.

Wang Po smirked. "If you committed the crime knowingly, then the punishment will be increased by one level. I'm sure that, even if you weren't aware of this statue, the team leaders under your command are—and if none of you were aware, then I'd better invite you all to the Tianji Council headquarters for a lesson or two."

Wang Po's goal was to detain Zhang Lie for a little while and teach him a lesson during that time, but that was it. Given Zhang Lie's position and his favor with the governor, Wang Po wouldn't dare to do anything more than that. After all, as a hunter who had been in Qi for over a decade, he knew just what he could do and what he couldn't.

Unfortunately, he had underestimated just how highly Governor Xiao valued Zhang Lie, as well as Zhang Lie's strength and temper. Zhang Lie didn't know just what the Tianji Council headquarters was like, but it was evident that it would be a bad idea

"I was the one who asked for alcohol. They did remind me about the regulation against drinking, but I ignored it," Zhang Lie corrected him. "That said, I don't intend on following you to your headquarters."

"No? In that case, you're defying the law, and I have the authority to arrest you! Anyone who aids you will be charged with the same crime!"

Zhang Lie only scoffed. "Troops, listen up. No matter what happens, without my express order, none of you are to move."

He turned back to Wang Po. "Seize me if you dare, Captain Wang!"

He began circulating his genetic energy as a frightening aura descended around him. Zhang Lie felt like a roaring, boundless ocean, mysterious and dark, surging with energy.

The sudden release of his aura shocked Wang Po and the special forces troops. "Y-y-you, if you dare to resist the law, you'll be expelled from Qi!"

Zhang Lie's aura was so potent that it made Wang Po's legs quiver, but he would lose face if he backed down now, so he had to double down on his threat.

Glancing at Wang Po's shocked expression, Zhang Lie smiled again. "Resisting arrest? I'm doing nothing of the sort. Aren't you going to bring me back to Tianji Council headquarters? Come over here and get me, then!" Zhang Lie taunted, but Wang Po didn't make a move.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Instead, Wang Po turned to the two hunters by his side. "Wang Nan, Wang Hai, drag him over!"

Given their surname, they were likely related to Wang Po by blood; indeed, none of his other men would be so foolish as to listen to his orders now.

Although Wang Nan and Wang Hai were quite cowed by Zhang Lie's presence, they couldn't bring themselves to refuse Wang Po's command. After hesitating for a moment, they slowly began to approach Zhang Lie.

Just as the two of them lifted their feet, however, the ground shook. A black runic tablet fell in front of Zhang Lie. The moment the tablet touched the ground, the two hunters felt their bodies stiffen and grow heavy, as if a mountain had fallen on their backs. They stumbled forward and sank down, along with the forces behind Zhang Lie and Wang Po.

The hunters were forced to circulate their own genetic energy, but even then, those from the Tianji Council found themselves unable to stand upright, with their spines slowly curving downward.

As for the special forces troops, they retreated almost immediately as the black tablet dropped from the skies. They did so following Zhang Lie's rapid hand gestures, and they had already experienced the strength of that tablet earlier today during the exhibition match.

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As the force of gravity grew stronger and stronger, the hunters of the Tianji Council, including Wang Po, found themselves lying splayed out on the ground. Except for Wang Po, who was barely able to move his fingertips, the other hunters couldn't move their bodies at all.

Only then did Wang Po realize just what sort of existence he had provoked, as well as why the haughty special forces troops were willing to accept him as their leader. Zhang Lie was strong, far stronger than he had given him any credit for!

Just like the team leaders of the special forces troops, who had been beaten into submission, Wang Po didn't expect that Zhang Lie's strength would carry over from the first realm. However, he had just found himself proven wrong. Who could have thought that Zhang Lie would be so strong?

Wang Po was simultaneously outraged and shocked. He too had once been heralded as a genius, and never in his decade in the second realm had he suffered such gross indignity. Zhang Lie would pay for what he had done!

Almost without hesitation, he sounded the emergency alarm that he carried with him at all times, which would alert the entirety of the Tianji Council. Once they arrived, no matter how strong Zhang Lie was, he would have to submit to their authority!