Chapter 118 The Energy Sealing Wheel <TOC> Chapter 120 Frost Energy Flow
Translator: SumTLMan
Kolkhov’s hand trembled slightly, a nearly unimaginable situation for a powerful fourth-level awakened individual.
He stood up, turned on the faucet, and splashed cold water on his face to calm himself down.
The office desk was piled high with case files, all related to recent bank robberies, totaling seventeen incidents. The loss of gold lasu had reached an astonishing figure.
These files weighed heavily on Kolkhov’s chest, making him feel as if he could hardly breathe.
The gang of robbers had extremely precise intelligence, reaping rich rewards with every operation. Among them, the Elijah Commercial Bank suffered the most losses, not only was its headquarters robbed, but also three branches and an armored cash transport vehicle.
The robbed banks had jointly issued a bounty, offering three thousand gold lasu for each robber’s head, dead or alive.
Kolkhov never expected that the trio of robbers would be so audacious. The united banks were not something he, as the head of a security team, could withstand.
If his collaboration with the robbers was exposed, not even the governor could protect him.
Now, his murderous intent towards the three robbers was almost boiling. He had to find a way to silence them permanently, or it wouldn’t be long before the Bank Alliance would send his entire family into a cement mixer.
These audacious bankers’ favorite method was to chop up those who couldn’t repay loans, toss them into a cement mixer, and then dump them into the Mohanendi River.
The thought of this consequence sent chills down Kolkhov’s spine.
He tapped his finger lightly on the office desk, planning to find an opportunity to gather his trusted awakened subordinates to ambush the three robbers.
Unable to contain himself any longer, Kolkhov prepared to contact the subordinates who had taken gold lasu from the Elijah Commercial Bank’s vault, to discuss a plan.
These subordinates were already in the same boat as him.
He pushed open the office door, and an envelope floated to the ground, having been slipped through the door gap at some unknown time.
Kolkhov’s heart skipped a beat, almost thinking it was sent by the Bank Alliance. He carefully put on a pair of gloves, picked up the envelope, and pulled out the letter inside.
With just a cursory glance, his face turned pale, and he left the office.
Along the way, numerous people saluted him, but he hurried past without paying attention or allowing anyone to follow him. Later, he even broke into a brisk walk.
He quickly identified a three-story building based on the surrounding structures.
Upon reaching the rooftop, a masked robber was already waiting for him. One of his subordinates, hands and feet bound, knelt beside the robber.
The security officer began to struggle frantically upon seeing Kolkhov.
“Captain! Captain Kolkhov! Save me!”
Kolkhov silently stepped forward.
The kneeling sheriff sensed something was wrong, struggling violently and futilely attempting to escape.
In the next moment, his chest was pierced by Kolkhov’s hand. His still-beating heart was ripped out and crushed.
Li Mu took a step back to avoid getting splattered with blood.
“Captain Kolkhov is even more decisive than I imagined. Didn’t he ever consider that I was deliberately slandering him?”
He said, watching Kolkhov clean his palm.
“We need to trust each other, right? And this scoundrel is indeed the type who would secretly betray us to the Elijah Commercial Bank.”
Kolkhov forced a stiff smile; his inner apprehension had reached its peak. He hadn’t even noticed the anomaly in his subordinate. How had these marauders discovered it?
“Indeed, if he succeeded in his betrayal, I would lose a trustworthy partner like you.”
Li Mu reached out and pulled a large bag of gold lasu from the Exile Realm, throwing it in front of Kolkhov.
“This is what you deserve. I hope our cooperation continues to be pleasant.”
Kolkhov’s pupils shrank as he looked at the large bag of gold lasu, avoiding it as if it were a venomous snake.
Li Mu’s voice grew deeper.
“Do you think that at this point, there’s still a possibility for us to terminate our cooperation?”
Kolkhov’s fists clenched immediately, and a chilling aura surged from his body like a tide.
The moisture in the air instantly turned to frost, rapidly solidifying around him.
He prepared to test Li Mu.
Kolkhov was certain that these marauders needed him, and the one in front of him was only a fifth-level enhancer, making him an excellent target for probing.
“Ice Vein Energy Seal – Three!”
A raging cold wave surged toward Li Mu, possessing a powerful corrosive ability. Once it made contact with the target, it would penetrate their body, freezing them from the inside out.
The rapid drop in temperature caused the concrete rooftop to emit sounds of cracking under pressure.
This move had a wide range, and although the cold wave moved slowly, it was still difficult to dodge. It could effectively clear out low-level awakened individuals and ordinary armed personnel.
He wanted to see how Li Mu would handle this move. If Li Mu showed signs of faltering, he was even prepared to capture him directly and use him as bait to force the other marauders out and capture them all at once.
A heavy, leaden cold wave surged towards Li Mu, who barely made any attempt to evade and allowed the cold wave to engulf him.
Kolklaf narrowed his eyes, noticing that Li Mu showed no intention of dodging.
Determined, he decided to go for broke, regardless of the consequences.
“Ice Vein Energy Seal – Five!”
The chilling cold transformed into a dozen somewhat blurry birds. Flapping their wings, they flew into the stagnant cold wave at an astonishing speed.
This technique, known as the Gathering of Frost Birds in Ice Vein Energy Seal, utilized extremely agile birds simulated by extreme cold psychic energy. As long as one bird hit the enemy, it would be enough to hinder their movements, allowing more birds to swarm and completely freeze the enemy into an ice sculpture.
As these birds entered the cold wave, the surrounding temperature plummeted once again. Terrified civilians nearby ran out of their homes, staring in horror at the frost-covered building.
A muffled thunder-like explosion echoed through the air.
The heavy cold wave was blasted apart by a peerlessly fierce punch, creating a passage. Li Mu leaped out from it.
His body was enveloped in a brilliant, crystalline scale armor. With his movements, it shattered, revealing Ancient Scales covered in frozen vapor.
The extreme cold, capable of freezing and splitting steel, was no longer able to affect the physically powerful Li Mu after being weakened by the Ancient Scales.
Chapter 118 The Energy Sealing Wheel <TOC> Chapter 120 Frost Energy Flow