They did know that there was no infighting among the Hunters.
But how did Li Yunxian discover that this person was a Hunter?
However, now was not the time to think about this.
They had just notified people to handle the matter when another alert popped up on the screen.
Li Yunxian appeared in a new location.
Only one street away from where he last swung his sword.
Still, the swift and decisive few sword strikes.
Building on the previous incident as a foundation, the Special Management Bureau personnel monitoring this time immediately spotted the soul essence spilling out from the concealed storage artifact.
This was another Hunter.
And compared to the last nameless one, after breaking the disguise, the face they revealed was familiar to everyone.
“This is Caitu!” The infamous Hunter of Jincheng, whose real name no one knew.
Once someone became a Hunter, they abandoned their human identity and were known only by code names.
Caitu was especially good at disguising and escaping, but…
“Isn’t he in the late Foundation Establishment stage?”
Several Jin Dan cultivators in Jincheng had tried to capture him multiple times and failed, yet now he was down by Li Yunxian.
“Isn’t Li Yunxian only at Qi Refining stage, level six?” The Special Management Bureau personnel were even more shocked.
Everyone exchanged glances.
What should they do now?
Theoretically speaking, Li Yunxian killing Hunters mixed within the city was a good thing, something that shouldn’t be stopped.
But who could guarantee that Li Yunxian wouldn’t make a wrong judgment next time?
Of course, the main concern was…
If Li Yunxian could even kill Caitu, could they possibly capture her?
“Keep reporting.” Finally, the leader among those present said with difficulty.
Is this the legendary level of trouble-making from the top of the Qing Teng list?
An entire branch’s staff couldn’t suppress this person.
***
The Special Management Bureau Chief of Jincheng had just received news of Li Yunxian’s arrival in the city and was now fired up to avenge his mother.
He was currently troubled about how to reassign personnel to search.
Before he could finalize arrangements, he first received word that Li Yunxian had already taken down two Hunters.
Both of them Foundation Establishment stage.
The Special Management Bureau Chief glanced at the time.
Less than five minutes had passed since the last report.
Wasn’t this efficiency a bit too high?
“Wait, Chief, just now in Lianhou Street, Li Yunxian took down a third Hunter.”
“There’s some chaos now in the Huanzhuai City Outskirts area. Rumors say a sword-wielding Hunter is slaughtering everywhere.” The reporter sighed bitterly.
The Special Management Bureau’s phones had already been bombarded with calls.
But due to the previous Xia Congyun incident, before the situation stabilized—that is, before they captured Li Yunxian and held discussions—they couldn’t reveal who the assailant was.
Knowing that only Li Yunxian, at Qi Refining stage level six, was in Jincheng, not to mention the surrounding demons, even outsiders from other cities were growing restless.
Chief Wu rubbed his forehead in frustration.
But he had already figured out what the most urgent matter was.
That was to capture Li Yunxian.
Chief Wu stood up.
He tossed his obstructive coat onto a chair. “I’ll handle this.”
Hearing their own bureau chief say this, the reporting personnel immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, “Based on the previous movement analysis, Li Yunxian will next appear around Banqian Street…”
As for why they could only analyze her route rather than directly track her through surveillance…
Naturally, Li Yunxian’s speed was too fast; while she was moving, the cameras could only catch blurry shapes.
Only when she stopped to act could the monitors pinpoint her location.
“Good.” Chief Wu responded succinctly.
In the blink of an eye, Chief Wu appeared on Banqian Street.
He was at Jindan Great Perfection, nearing Nascent Soul, so naturally his speed was somewhat faster than Li Yunxian’s.
His divine sense quickly swept the entire street.
Nothing.
He didn’t sense any Qi Refining stage six female moving rapidly on this street.
Not here yet?
Just as Chief Wu was pondering, a subordinate’s voice came through his earpiece.
“Chief, the fourth one is at Zhengji Street.”
The brief voice was tinged with bitterness.
Zhengji Street was in a completely different direction from the anticipated Banqian Street.
It was as if Li Yunxian had perfectly guessed their movements and deliberately avoided them.
In fact, that was more or less true.
Li Yunxian couldn’t sense Chief Wu’s precise situation with her divine sense, but with her battle experience, she could vaguely feel the aura of a powerful person in a certain direction.
That aura was official and undisguised within Jincheng.
Li Yunxian had no intention of getting caught, so naturally she changed location.
She sheathed her sword and swiftly left the scene without looking back.
She also sensed the chaotic scenes behind her, along with words picked up by her divine sense—things like Hunter massacres.
Yes, she was the Hunter these people were talking about.
Li Yunxian’s emotions remained steady.
What she intended to bring about was precisely this kind of turmoil and chaos.
But it wasn’t enough yet.
Not to the degree she needed.
Her divine sense swept over person after person she passed, spotting quite a few suspicious figures.
But suspicion alone wasn’t enough for her to act.
She only acted on absolute certainty.
Just like the Hunters in the Xuanwen Secret Realm—those sneaky types hiding several storage artifacts on them counted as suspicious.
Wearing facial disguises or hiding themselves with artifacts was another suspicious point.
Carrying ominous concealed weapons was yet another.
Walking among the crowd, her gaze wasn’t one of a kindred spirit but one appraising swine—that was another suspicious sign.
Only after accumulating at least a dozen suspicious signs would Li Yunxian make her move.
This move wasn’t a guaranteed kill, but the destruction of their storage artifacts.
Sometimes breaking the deepest hidden storage artifact revealed soul essence falling out.
Sometimes two had to be broken before finding any.
When the stored soul essence was exposed, no matter if the other party’s expression drastically changed in an attempt to flee or to fight Li Yunxian, it didn’t matter to her.
As long as they used spells and spiritual energy.
The circulation of spiritual energy differed between practitioners of the orthodox Dao and those of the Evil Dao.
Except for Liu Wu and Du Rong, who were partially or fully demonic—these two had never practiced Evil Dao, only the orthodox path from start to finish.
This difference was difficult to feel at lower cultivation levels.
More accurately, below the Dividing Spirit stage it was imperceptible.
But Li Yunxian could tell.
Her true killing moves would only be used at this point.
The fifth, sixth…
While evading Chief Wu’s capture attempts, Li Yunxian popped spirit replenishing pills one after another, completing a round of killings in the Huanzhuai City Outskirts.
A total of thirteen.
Among them, five at Foundation Establishment, eight at Qi Refining.
The entire outer city was thrown into chaos.
All sorts of rumors flew.
What started as claims of Hunters slaughtering orthodox cultivators soon turned into stories of Hunter infighting when some of the dead were recognized as famous Hunters.
Then, upon seeing Special Management Bureau personnel and even the bureau chief moving with no apparent hostility toward the killer, the rumors changed once again.
The latest one Li Yunxian heard was this:
That the Jincheng Special Management Bureau had discovered new methods to identify demons and were now launching a purge of Hunters mixed within the city!
Those around Li Yunxian chatted excitedly.
Yes, this was exactly what Li Yunxian wanted.
She held her phone, appearing like an ordinary passerby, happily typing away as if sharing her experiences with friends, casually walking past the Special Management Bureau personnel.
Li Yunxian had also disguised herself.
This time, she appeared as a Foundation Establishment early stage cultivator.
This level of strength was quite eye-catching in Jincheng, but in the new city, cultivators of this level appeared on the streets now and then.
The Special Management Bureau was looking for Li Yunxian at Qi Refining level six—what did her Foundation Establishment early disguise have to do with that?
***
After typing for a while, Li Yunxian silently appeared near the city gate.
The moment she stepped out, she pressed send.
A long message was transmitted to Yu Anle.
It listed those she had encountered along the way with numerous suspicious signs, but whose likelihood of being Hunters was only about seventy to eighty percent.
If she judged wrong, it would be embarrassing, so she didn’t take action.
These people she left for the Jincheng Special Management Bureau to investigate.
Foxt…
Li Yunxian put away her phone and looked at the vast mountains and lakes in the distance.
She was going to meet those few Jin Dan.
After leaving Jincheng for a bit, Li Yunxian sensed two people trailing behind her.
More accurately, two Hunters aiming to take down this lone traveler.
One mid-Foundation Establishment, the other at Qi Refining Great Perfection.
Li Yunxian reined in her expression; her aura shifted, cultivation level suddenly climbing.
Foundation Establishment early, mid… finally settling at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
With a smile on her face, she looked at the two pale-faced men not far off and said cheerfully, “Fellow Daoists, do you have a moment? Please do me the favor of guiding me.”
There was a smile in her voice, but no kindness.
“We have time, we have time, fairy, please command…” the two replied with mournful expressions.
Both Hunters understood if they said they didn’t have time, their lives would be over immediately.
Ahhh! How foolish they were to think a Foundation Establishment early cultivator would act alone outside the city!
Meanwhile, in Jincheng, Yu Anle read the message and obediently found the Special Management Bureau personnel guarding them, forwarding Li Yunxian’s message immediately.
Originally, the Special Management Bureau personnel searching the outer city thought:
Alright.
Now the rumor could truly be confirmed—they had a new method to root out Hunters hidden among the crowd.
No one doubted the reliability of Li Yunxian’s message.
After all, the thirteen Hunters who died so miserably had already sufficiently proved her judgment.
Chief Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
From this message, it was clear Li Yunxian wasn’t acting recklessly.
The situation remained controllable.
More than ten minutes passed without a fourteenth death, coupled with this message…
“Has Li Yunxian finally stopped?” someone among the Special Management Bureau personnel voiced what everyone was thinking.
Look at how chaotic the city had become!
Thinking about the effort to restore order and explain the situation made them want to cry.
The Special Management Bureau personnel stared at their suspect lists.
Not to mention these guys.
If exchanging their headaches and tears meant those thirteen Hunters died on the spot…
They could accept that!!!
Chief Wu’s emotions were calm.
He directly took over the communication channel between his subordinates and Yu Anle and asked, “Where is Li Yunxian now? I want to talk to her.
There might be a more peaceful way to handle this.”
Yu Anle cleared her throat and tried to steady her emotions as she replied, “She said she left the city.
“The phone was put into a storage artifact, so it’s normal there’s no signal or contact.
“If there’s a big commotion outside the city in a few days, and it’s convenient, please support her then.
“If not convenient, that’s fine.
“She plans to wait at least seven days before taking down those Jin Dan. By then, teachers from the Wenwu Academy should have arrived.
“With three Nascent Souls present, there definitely won’t be any problems.
“She knows her limits.”
Chief Wu, trying to keep calm:
He felt as if he had just hallucinated.
…???
Was that human speech?
That was called knowing one’s limits?
A Qi Refining level six blowing up several Jin Dan, that was called knowing limits?!