Hundreds of middle-aged and older men from China, dressed in ancient attire, sat cross-legged around the mineral, focusing their inner energy with their eyes closed and their breath concentrated in the air. They were completely bathed in orange light, as if greedily absorbing the energy and nutrients contained within it, appearing quite content.
This was the first time Gao Jianfei had ever actually seen orange ore with his own eyes!
Gao Jianfei's first impression was... Wow, it's huge! This ore is really huge!
Originally, Gao Jianfei thought that after finding the orange ore, he could simply throw it into the ghost's lair. However... such a large piece of ore was simply too difficult to store in the ghost's lair as a whole! He had to dissect it carefully and transport it into the ghost's lair!
My second impression was... how beautiful! The color and beauty of this orange ore are almost unlike any other gemstone on Earth, and even surpass any other gemstone on Earth!
Noble! Elegant! Incomparably rare!
This is the feeling that orange ore gave Gao Jianfei!
Initially, the sample TH showed Gao Jianfei was just a small piece of orange ore, and Gao Jianfei was already quite impressed by its beauty. Now, seeing such a huge piece of orange ore, Gao Jianfei felt his heart flutter and a strong desire to possess it arose within him!
Furthermore, the people from those holy sites were sitting cross-legged near the orange ore, meditating and regulating their breathing. This confirmed Gao Jianfei's guess... that this ore could help ancient martial artists cultivate!
Looking back at Zhuo Xiaowei and the other ability users, they were all dumbfounded, staring blankly at the orange ore, completely bewildered!
"I'm going to have this orange ore!" Suddenly, Gao Jianfei had this thought! Before, he had thought he was doing this for his alien friends, giving them some orange ore to prevent them from annihilating. But now, Gao Jianfei knew that the orange ore had two other benefits for him… First, it could help him cultivate ancient martial arts; second, he could use the special energy emitted by the orange ore to upgrade and modify the Super Ghost Instrument software!
"Anyway, it's such a big piece of ore, I'll just give a little bit to the aliens, and I'll keep the rest for myself!" Gao Jianfei had already made up his mind.
At this moment, the Venerable One of the Holy Land and several extremely powerful deacons in the square opened their eyes at the same time, looking at the intersection where Gao Jianfei and the others were hiding.
The Venerable One slowly spoke... "Hmph! The third batch! This is already the third batch! Now that you're here, stop sneaking around! Come out and show yourselves!"
A subtle, oppressive aura emanated from the square, enveloping the intersection!
Because the Venerable One spoke in Chinese, none of the 20 ability users, except for Gao Jianfei and Zhuo Xiaowei, understood him. However, they all vaguely understood that... they seemed to have been discovered!
"Mr. Gao... have we... have we been discovered?" a superhuman asked timidly.
Gao Jianfei shrugged. "Go out. We've already been discovered, so there's no point in hiding anymore." He thought to himself, "The people from this holy land are indeed extraordinary!"
Chapter 554 Gao Jianfei VS Holy Land
Chapter 554 Gao Jianfei's Holy Land
Gao Jianfei truly had to admire the abilities of these experts from the Holy Land! Keep in mind, Gao Jianfei was currently about 30 meters away from the plaza area, yet these Holy Land experts were able to detect his presence directly by their auras! It has to be said, their internal energy cultivation had reached a certain level!
Now that he had been discovered, Gao Jianfei made no attempt to hide. He simply stood up and walked toward the square.
Xiao Wei and the other 20 superhumans exchanged glances before following Gao Jianfei. Secretly, they prepared to unleash their superhuman attacks at any moment!
Gradually, the more than one hundred people from the Holy Land who were sitting cross-legged around the square opened their eyes and looked directly at Gao Jianfei and the others with sharp and hostile gazes!
Among them were several old acquaintances of Gao Jianfei! Back when he went to Beijing with Feng Haoyu to participate in the World Genius Challenge, the "senior brother" level figures who protected and assisted Feng Haoyu were none other than "Little Knife"!
Upon seeing Gao Jianfei, these people couldn't help but exclaim in surprise... "Gao... Gao Jianfei!"
The venerable one from the holy land, along with several deacons, had also seen Gao Jianfei's photo. Therefore, they immediately stared at Gao Jianfei, their eyes revealing strange expressions.
That's right. This group tried everything to find Gao Jianfei, but to no avail. Originally, after obtaining the orange ore, they had almost given up on a thorough search for Gao Jianfei, but now, just when they had given up, Gao Jianfei has reappeared before them... This is truly a very strange thing!
"Gao Jianfei?" The Venerable's pupils contracted, a faint killing intent locking onto Gao Jianfei!
Gao Jianfei paused, standing about 10 meters away from the Venerable One. After observing him, Gao Jianfei could clearly feel the immense pressure emanating from the old man! In other words, this old man was a powerful being in the Holy Land!
"Heh...you've been looking for me all this time?" Gao Jianfei chuckled, touching his nose. He knew that while he was hiding deep in the Arctic, the US government and the Holy Land had never given up their pursuit. Therefore, the Holy Land's people displayed a strange and bewildered expression upon meeting him.
The Venerable One suddenly laughed. He glanced at the superhumans following Gao Jianfei and then said softly, "No wonder, no wonder, Gao Jianfei, no wonder you dared to enter the Holy Land on your own initiative! So, you've found a powerful backer! Hahaha! Hahahaha!" Suddenly, the Venerable One's laughter became extremely loud, and this laughter was filled with blatant mockery. "You, Gao Jianfei, are always going against our Holy Land. Last time in America, you murdered our Holy Land's senior students, Dale and Holman. This time, you've joined a group of evil organizations, repeatedly causing trouble in the Holy Land... Good, very good!"
Emotionally, he took the first two offensive plays initiated by James as being directed by Gao Jianfei.
Gao Jianfei did not offer any explanation, but simply focused on the development and changes in the situation.
Soon, the Holy Land members who had been sitting cross-legged around the orange ore near the plaza stood up one by one. Nourished by the energy emanating from the orange ore, most of the injured Holy Land students had effectively recovered. They all looked at Gao Jianfei with extremely hostile gazes.
At this moment, the Venerable One said sternly, "Gao Jianfei, are you going to surrender or resist? If you cooperate with us and tell us what we want to know, we might spare your life; if you resist stubbornly, we may have no choice but to send you to your death!"
Gao Jianfei sneered inwardly... Even at this point, this guy still wants to get secrets from me!
Gao Jianfei gave the superhumans behind him a wink, the unspoken message being... get ready to make a move!
Hundreds of students from the Holy Land were also eager to make their move, gathering all their strength. As long as the Venerable gave the order, they would pounce on him, capture Gao Jianfei alive, and kill the rest!
Of course, they had also considered that Gao Jianfei must have some unique skills and extraordinary abilities to be able to bypass the patrolling Holy Land disciples on the island and arrive at this square without making a sound. However, since they had more people on their side, and the Venerable and the stewards all had no need to be too afraid of Gao Jianfei.
The situation between the two sides is extremely tense!
Suddenly, Gao Jianfei felt a sense of alarm! The next moment, the Venerable One's figure blurred, and he flashed from 10 meters away to Gao Jianfei's front, directly striking Gao Jianfei with a palm!
Before the palm strike even landed, the wind from it had already assaulted his body! The fierce wind from the palm strike, mixed with a mournful howl like the wailing of ghosts, covered Gao Jianfei!
This palm strike represents the pinnacle of the Venerable One's lifelong martial arts cultivation!
In fact, the Venerable One's palm strike was quite ingenious. After the strike was unleashed, it was incredibly powerful. However, once it hit its target, the force could be withdrawn at will. In other words, this palm strike could either kill the enemy outright or, more deliberately, only injure them.
Faced with the Venerable's fierce attack, Gao Jianfei felt no fear. He instinctively squatted down in a bow stance, his left palm slightly arcing as his right palm struck out. It was none other than Hong Qigong's signature move, the first move of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms... The Dragon Regrets!
With this palm strike, Gao Jianfei held nothing back, unleashing his full inner strength! It was a clear case of meeting force with force.
The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms is an extremely powerful and fierce palm technique, with no turning back once it strikes!
"Bang!"
The two men's palms touched, and the wind from their palms scattered and flew in all directions, even causing ripples in the surrounding air!
Suddenly, both of them were sent flying back more than ten meters at the same time!
As he retreated, Gao Jianfei thought to himself... This Venerable One is indeed powerful! His martial prowess is probably on par with mine!
However, in the Venerable One's heart, a raging storm was brewing!
It should be noted that the Venerable One is nearly eighty years old and has spent his entire life relying on high-grade elixirs to diligently practice martial arts, making his skill extremely profound. Moreover, in the past month, nourished by the energy emitted by the orange ore, the Venerable One has successfully broken through the barriers in martial arts, making significant progress in his martial arts cultivation! The Venerable One is very confident that he should already be one of the most skilled ancient martial arts practitioners on this earth!
However, to my utter surprise, Gao Jianfei was able to exchange a palm strike with me!
In fact, after the Venerable One unleashed that palm strike, he did not retract even a fraction of his strength; he attacked with all his might!
Even more surprisingly, the Venerable One suffered some internal injuries, and a sweet taste rose in his throat, almost causing him to spit out blood! However, due to his high self-esteem, he forcibly swallowed the mouthful of hot blood!
After the Venerable One and Gao Jianfei withdrew, a fierce battle broke out between the superpowered individuals and the disciples of the Holy Land!
On the side of the superpowered individuals, a continuous barrage of gravity-based, fire, wind, electricity, and psychic abilities poured down on the ancient martial artists; while on the side of the ancient martial artists, they frantically fired hidden weapons or directly used their lightness skills to pounce into the ranks of the superpowered individuals and engage in slaughter!
People with superpowers are starting to die in large numbers!
In fact, they did not expect that Gao Jianfei disdained to cooperate with them and went to the island with them, but only used them as cannon fodder!
If Gao Jianfei truly cared about these superhumans and considered them his companions, then he would have immediately unleashed an army of animals to slaughter these ancient martial artists! Instead of testing the waters by exchanging blows with a fellow Venerable!
As Gao Jianfei retreated, he decisively released a spirited horse, mounted it, turned the horse around, and casually used his One-Finger Divine Skill to knock out the ancient martial artist who had rushed to Xiao Wei's side and was about to punch her. Then, Gao Jianfei bent down and scooped Xiao Wei up onto the horse.
Xiao Wei released several ice spikes and just killed an ancient martial artist when she realized something was wrong. The ancient martial artists over there could easily overwhelm a team of only 21 superhumans with a single charge!
Just as Xiao Wei was about to be attacked by the ancient martial artists, Gao Jianfei summoned a fierce horse and saved Xiao Wei's life.
Nestled softly in Gao Jianfei's arms, Xiao Wei felt an indescribable sense of security.
The Venerable One retreated a dozen steps, immediately sat cross-legged, and began to heal his injuries. A dozen or so deacons protected him, while the remaining ancient martial artists frantically attacked the few remaining superhumans.
In a single exchange, all 20 superhumans except Xiao Wei were killed!
The five Arab superhumans who could summon flying monsters together were blasted into mincemeat by the ancient martial artist before they even had a chance to summon them!
Gao Jianfei completely disregarded the lives of these superhumans, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, and brought them directly to meet these ancient martial artists. In fact, if they wanted to attack, the superhumans would have been better off hiding and releasing their abilities only when necessary. Thus, in a full-scale clash, the superhumans, outnumbered, were no match for the ancient martial artists!
At this moment, Gao Jianfei, with Xiao Wei on his back, rode on a mutated wild horse and galloped around the square!
"It's...it's a wild beast!" 'Little Knife,' who had always been on good terms with Feng Haoyu, exclaimed in surprise, "It's a wild beast he tamed himself! It's a horse! No...it's not a horse! It's so fast!"
A mutated spirit horse, 7 to 8 times faster than a strong horse, running like the wind.
Therefore, after dealing with the superhuman, the ancient martial artists had no way to deal with Gao Jianfei, who was galloping wildly on horseback... They couldn't hurt Gao Jianfei with hidden weapons; they wanted to chase and bombard him with their lightness skills, but no ancient martial artist's lightness skills could compare with the speed of the mutated wild horse.
Immediately, Gao Jianfei originally wanted to get some grenades directly from the ghost den to bombard these ancient martial artists while dodging. However, considering that the explosive force of the grenades might directly damage the orange ore, Gao Jianfei abandoned the grenades and instead took out a Desert Eagle.
"Bang!"
A shot was fired at the head of a disciple of the Holy Land, but unexpectedly, the guy dodged the pistol shot with lightning speed!
Gao Jianfei suddenly realized... People with good martial arts skills can dodge bullets. How could I have forgotten about that?
With a thought, Gao Jianfei threw the Desert Eagle back into the Ghost Den. Without warning, 4,000 eaglets appeared in the sky above the square, like a vast black cloud covering the entire area!
"Huh? What... what are those?" The disciples of the Holy Land were terrified by the sudden appearance of the flock of eagles!
Even the Venerable One, who was healing his wounds, found it hard to accept when he opened his eyes and saw this scene!
Four thousand eaglets flapped their wings and then swooped down, charging directly at the more than one hundred disciples of the Holy Land in the square!
The eagle's claws and beak are as sharp as metal knives!
Those disciples of the Holy Land had never witnessed anything like this before. One person suddenly summoning thousands of birds was beyond their imagination and comprehension. Therefore, they were somewhat stunned.
In those few seconds of stunned silence, they forgot to react or defend themselves. Under the swooping attack of 4,000 eaglets, most of the Holy Land students had gaping wounds on their heads, shoulders, and faces. While not fatal, blood gushed out, leaving them in a sorry state. A few Holy Land disciples were unlucky enough to have their eyes gouged out!
"Ah!" Screams of agony rose and fell! Then, the disciples of the Holy Land began to use hidden weapons or internal energy to directly counterattack the little eagle.
However, under Gao Jianfei's command, the little eagle swooped down once and then flew directly into the sky, causing most of the Holy Land disciples' attacks to miss.
Only a dozen or so eaglets were killed by hidden weapons or by the enemy's internal force.
"He...he can conjure wild beasts out of thin air! We must capture him!" The Venerable One roared at his subordinates, his eyes blazing with fury.
Immediately, more than a dozen stewards from the Holy Land, whose strength and status were second only to the Venerable One, joined forces and rushed towards Gao Jianfei!
They knew that only by capturing or killing Gao Jianfei would those strange beasts disappear!
A dozen or so subtle pressures gradually spread and enveloped Gao Jianfei!
"These dozen or so people are not bad at martial arts!" Gao Jianfei smirked. "However, my Viking Kingdom has put in so much effort and prepared for so long just to deal with ancient martial arts experts of your caliber! Hahaha!"
The next moment, Gao Jianfei had a thought, and a full 500 polar bears appeared in front of him without warning!
"roar!"
Five hundred polar bears roared to the sky in unison, then charged towards the dozen or so deacons!
The remaining Holy Land students seemed to be trapped in a terrible nightmare! If the 4,000 eaglets they had just seen had left them speechless, then the 500 polar bears they were now facing were enough to terrify them!
They stood there like clay sculptures, eyes wide open, not daring to utter a sound.
The Venerable Ones were so frightened they almost held their breath!
Polar bears, known as the most powerful beasts on land, are so formidable that if a single polar bear stood before an adult, that adult would appear as an innocent child! Now, a full 500 polar bears, like a well-trained army, are charging in with perfect order—it's utterly terrifying!