Chapter 194: Breaking In

Jean Reddy followed closely behind, first casting a 'Blink' that brought him to a point just one meter from the seventh floor of the Craig Building, arriving after the shot but before the bullet, then a 'Slow Fall' to let his body descend gently.

While descending, Jean Reddy looked down at Li Mocheng with some concern.

The fourth floor of the Craig Building was fitted with double-layered bulletproof glass, reinforced by a level-fifteen protective array. Forcing entry without permission was no easy task. Even for him, a mage who had reached the Outlaw tier, it would take three to five seconds.

And if they delayed too long, the risk of their assault failing would multiply exponentially. The security personnel inside the Craig Community Bank wouldn't just sit idly and do nothing.

But the next moment, Jean's worries dissipated. Howard Eisenhower's 'Black Flame Butler' fired for the third time, blasting a hole through the bulletproof glass directly in front of Li Mocheng.

At the same time, countless silvery sword lights surged from the massive scabbard behind Li Mocheng, rushing forward like a tidal wave! In an instant, they expanded that small hole into an opening large enough for Li Mocheng's armored bulk to pass through easily.

Jean Reddy also crushed the crystal in his hand at that moment.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Howard Eisenhower. The man had abandoned his previous sniping position and was now moving at astonishing speed with a pair of pistols, entering the range of the 'Dimensional Tether' array. All other participants in the operation had also reached their designated positions—this meant their assault plan had entered its full activation phase.

When the 'Dimensional Tether' array was fully activated, Jean Reddy hurled an Explosive Fire spell backward, using the recoil to drift into the shattered window.

At that moment, Jean Reddy's pupils contracted slightly.

Before his eyes was a sea of red, splattered with all kinds of gore. In the pool of blood lay three mutilated corpses.

An image instinctively flashed through Jean Reddy's mind—Li Mocheng riding the torrent of sword light, slaughtering the Blood Hand members who had rushed to intercept him, hacking them to pieces in an instant!

"Whoa, this is one mysterious and formidable boss—"

Jean Reddy marveled, thinking that even a level-fifteen magic professional might not possess such terrifying lethality and destructive power.

He could tell that Li Mocheng had killed these people with effortless ease. The entire process likely took less than a second, as simple as butchering pigs and dogs. Only the method was excessively brutal.

Keep in mind, this was inside the Craig Building! The protective magic array not only suppressed their magic sources but also generated various spells to attack them.

Yet even under these conditions, Li Mocheng had resolved the battle at a jaw-dropping speed.

Jean Reddy tried to tiptoe around the gore splattered on the floor. But he soon gave up, because when he stepped into the corridor, he found the situation even worse.

Six people lay dead here, their shattered remains forming a crimson carpet along the corridor.

Seven living people were also in this corridor, pale-faced and slumped against the walls—likely employees of the Craig Community Bank, with negligible magic levels. They were all in a dazed stupor, as if scared into catatonia, their eyes vacant.

Jean Reddy sighed again—not at their state, but in admiration of Li Mocheng's swordsmanship!

This boss's sword control was not only powerful but also incredibly precise!

While slaughtering six magic professionals of levels nine to ten in the corridor, he hadn't harmed a single innocent.

Only when he neared the surveillance room did Jean Reddy hear sounds of fierce combat. Gunfire rang out continuously, followed by a series of clanging sounds, like rain beating on banana leaves, unceasing.

When Jean Reddy entered, he found that everyone inside had also been slaughtered. Only in the center, two Outlaws stood back-to-back, firing in all directions. Li Mocheng's figure moved like lightning, performing incredible evasive maneuvers in the cramped space of the surveillance room, while hundreds of sword lights continuously crashed and chiseled at the two.

Jean Reddy could see that the outcome was already decided. Li Mocheng had completely suppressed his opponents, especially the Outlaw whose shoulder had been severely wounded by Howard Eisenhower's sniper rifle; he was now struggling to parry the sword tide.

Jean estimated it would take at most six to seven seconds for Li Mocheng to finish them off. But upon entering, he still fired two Scorching Rays at the two Outlaws standing in the center of the surveillance room.

The next moment, Jean Reddy heard a series of sharp clangs. He watched as the two men's armor was gradually shattered, stripped away, and then their bodies were dismembered and decapitated by the fine sword lights!

By now, the surveillance room was also a sea of red, thick with the smell of blood.

"The plan has changed. There are two array hubs—one is indeed in the basement, but the other is on the seventh floor."

Li Mocheng glanced at the monitors and picked up the walkie-talkie: "I might have to go upstairs. Tailai, can you hold out down there?"

"No problem, boss. Mr. Sky Eye's marksmanship is very sharp, and Billiton has also entered. There are only three Outlaws in the lobby; we can handle them."

Inez Billiton—this was Sampson Brute's magic mage. Though not yet at the Outlaw level, Billiton's luxurious equipment gave him combat power comparable to an Outlaw.

Under normal circumstances, the force they had deployed in the Craig Community Bank lobby would be enough to annihilate the three Blood Hand Outlaws and all the security personnel.

But the magic array inside the Craig Building maximally suppressed the invaders' combat effectiveness. At this point, Li Tailai and the others managing to hold their own was already quite good.

"If you feel you can't hold on, call for reinforcements at any time."

Li Mocheng could tell from Li Tailai's voice that he was still calm. He hesitated no longer and strode out the door.

After he left, Jean Reddy walked over to the monitors and began operating them. In just a few seconds, he destroyed all the tapes that had recorded their images.

As Jean Reddy started flipping through the remaining dozens of tapes, a surge of massive magic erupted from above him.

This directly affected the building's protective array. If not for the force in the basement—a hub struggling to maintain it—the magic runes embedded in the walls would have shattered on the spot.

Jean Reddy thought, how fast! It had been less than twenty-five seconds since Li Mocheng left this room, yet the array hub on the seventh floor had already been destroyed.

Joy welled up in his chest; he estimated that their chances of taking this Craig Community Bank had now exceeded sixty percent!