# 787
Chapter 787: "Medium"'s Beheading
From the shattered ice, the浑身伤痕的白虎，shakingly stood up from that strange浇筑state, those fierce eyes死死地盯着 the seven雷光神柱surrounding itself, roaring furiously.
Bu Li withdrew his gaze, looked at the White Tiger trapped by the seven Thunder-Light Divine Pillars like a cage, and once again hid his face in the shadow of his hood.
The seven black figures stood on the tops of the silver Thunder-Light Divine Pillars, motionless as sculptures. After the White Tiger's angry roar subsided, everyone simultaneously uttered a simple and chilling syllable:
"—Kill!!"
The silver pillars beneath the seven figures simultaneously erupted with dazzling thunder-light, intertwining and condensing into a thunder-light cage that completely locked the White Tiger inside.
The White Tiger flapped its wings, attempting to break through the cage and escape, but the moment its body touched the surface of the thunder-light cage, it was forcefully repelled, fur across its entire body turning scorched black. It retreated several狼狈steps, growling lowly.
It was like a trapped beast caged in thunder.
The seven members of 【Medium】Squad simultaneously jumped down from the Thunder-Light Divine Pillars, flashing toward the White Tiger from different directions. The sharp blade-light and dazzling thunder-light immediately drowned the entire battlefield.
Sensing the terrifying fluctuations emanating from the battlefield, Lin Qiye's gaze gradually grew complicated.
The 【Medium】Squad's strength had become even more terrifying than when he had encountered them over two years ago in the Purification Chamber.
Judging merely from their realm fluctuations, the entire 【Medium】Squad had only one person still at the "Unmeasured" realm, while the other six had all reached "Klein." Bu Li's realm hadn't increased, but the aura he exuded with every movement actually faintly carried a trace of Human Apex-level divine resonance.
This strongest being beneath the Human Apex was on the verge of breaking through.
Under the march of time, no one remained stagnant. While Lin Qiye and the others were疯狂提升ing their strength, other prodigies were also pursuing their own paths.
Originally, Lin Qiye had believed the 【Night Watch】Squad's strength was sufficient to fulfill the duties of a special squad, but compared to the 【Medium】Squad, there was still a significant gap... After all, they were still a newly promoted special squad, and the road they had to travel was still very long.
The 【Medium】Squad killed the White Tiger in less than ten seconds.
When the thunder-light dissipated and the blade-light returned to its sheath, atop the shattered and battered ice layer, only a corpse almost crushed into fragments remained, slowly sinking into the deep sea.
The seven figures cloaked in black didn't even glance at the corpse. Their bodies flickered as they returned to their respective Thunder-Light Divine Pillars, transforming into seven streams of silver light that shot into the sky, streaking directly toward the far end of the beast tide!
Their target had never been those weak "Mystiques" charging at the front of the beast tide.
【Medium】's mission was decapitation.
This was an instinct established upon the 【Medium】Squad's duties—the 002 Squad bore the responsibility of purging ultra-high-risk malignant supernaturals within Great Xia. Therefore, they were not skilled at large-scale frontal conflicts; what they excelled at was only clean and decisive decapitation operations.
Those "Klein"-realm peak generals hiding at the very end of the beast tide were their targets.
Of course, this didn't mean they had abandoned defending the Sunken Dragon Pass. On the contrary, it was because they knew the Sunken Dragon Pass would not be breached that they chose in the first moment to advance toward the battlefield they excelled at...
Because the second support squad had arrived.
Whooooosh——!!
The roaring sound of aircraft cut through the night sky. Lin Qiye looked up to see an armed transport aircraft breaking through the darkness, diving toward the direction of the Sunken Dragon Pass!
Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly.
The rear hatch of the armed helicopter slowly opened. The howling wind from the high altitude poured in. Eight figures cloaked in golden stood shoulder to shoulder at the hatch, looking down at the chaotic frozen battlefield beneath their feet.
Great Xia Night Watch, Squad 003, 【Phoenix】.
"The Sunken Dragon Pass actually hasn't fallen yet?" Kong Shang saw the pass that was being desperately defended, and shock appeared in his eyes. "This..."
"It's him!"
Xia Simeng spotted the white-haired figure standing in the void at a glance, and her eyes gradually brightened. "He's back. They're... back."
"Who?" a member of the 【Phoenix】Squad asked doubtfully.
"The first prodigy rarely seen in decades in Great Xia, the rumored Dual-God Proxy, Lin Qiye, and his Fifth Special Squad." Xia Simeng raised her hand, pointing to the figure standing within the magic array. "Have you forgotten? We met him in Cangnan.
It's just that, at the time, his mental state wasn't very good."
Xia Simeng clearly remembered that, at that time, Lin Qiye was still a pitifully weak new soldier of the Night Watch. After Cangnan City was destroyed, his entire mental state collapsed. It was she who personally carried Lin Qiye back to the 136 Squad's station.
"Lin Qiye?" The other squad members immediately recalled that deranged youth in Cangnan. "He changed so much."
"Of course, because it's been almost four years since we last saw him." Xia Simeng sighed. "In four years... he's already grown to this level?"
"Now is not the time for sentiment." Kong Shang spoke calmly. "We are also seniors, after all. Letting a group of juniors defend the Sunken Dragon Pass alone for so long, we don't have much face to speak of."
"True."
Xia Simeng, draped in her golden cloak, strode to the edge of the hatch. A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. "Let's go. Let the juniors see the elegance of our 【Phoenix】Squad!"
As her words fell, the eight golden figures standing at the hatch simultaneously leaped down from the high altitude!
The wind brushed against the golden cloaks. A blazing and holy Fire Phoenix凝聚而出 in the night, letting out a clear phoenix cry. This Fire Phoenix急速划落 from the heavens, carrying the eight figures of the 【Phoenix】Squad,卷携着金色的火浪, rushing toward the Sunken Dragon Pass!
Boom——!!
The Fire Phoenix crashed down before the Sunken Dragon Pass like a meteor, directly melting and collapsing the thick ice on the sea surface. The eight golden figures burst out from the fire waves like golden lightning, forming an inverted V formation—like a golden blade with infinite edge—piercing sharply into the front of the beast tide.
The 【Phoenix】Squad's entry into the battlefield directly shouldered nearly eighty percent of the beast tide for the Sunken Dragon Pass. Golden fire waves intertwined around those eight figures. They were like an immovable wall, standing firm before the beast tide.
"The 【Phoenix】Squad has arrived too." Inside the Sunken Dragon Pass, An Qingyu saw the eight figures fighting desperately before the Sunken Dragon Pass and said with a smile.