“Don’t tell me it has something to do with him?” A police officer said as he looked toward the direction in which Tang Hao left.
All the police officers felt a chill travel up their spine.
Many of them had thought of that, but they were unwilling to believe it.
“What does he want to pull off this time? What is going to happen?”
“I don’t know, but it’s going to be something major!” Captain Zhang mumbled.
…
At noon, a military jet landed on an airfield somewhere.
The door of the aircraft opened, and a group of men in military uniforms stepped out.
The leader was General Bai.
“Comrade Tang Hao!”
General Bai shook hands with Tang Hao, who had been waiting there.
“Colonel Tang!”
The other military officers also shook hands with him.
“All these people are the best in the Agency! A big fella will be coming soon, and they’ll be the ones operating it.” General Bai introduced the people to Tang Hao.
The Mao Mountain Taoist priests arrived very soon. Their cars drove into the military base.
“Fellow Cultivator Tang, General Bai! This is a good operation! We Huaxianese have been bullied by those people over these years. It’s time that we strike back.”
“This is the first step to restoring the glory of Huaxia! We’ll show them what we can do!”
“We’ll let those filthy Westerners know that Huaxia does not tolerate bullies! If they dare to do evil in Huaxia, the only consequence is death!”
The elderly Taoist masters’ faces were red with excitement.
A short while later, a fleet of military jets flew over and landed at the airfield.
Squads of soldiers came out carrying crates of supplies.
An extraordinarily huge object came out of one of the transporters. A black cloth covered it.
“This is… an amazing piece of technology! We’ll be relying on it tonight.”
“It’s a specially made radar to detect abnormal qi signatures to differentiate cultivators from mundane people. The Agency has spent a lot of money on developing this piece of equipment.
“Of course, it can also detect those monsters too. Its range can cover the entire Provincial City.
“None of the evil monsters can hide from the radar!
“Why don’t we make a few more? It’s very expensive, dammit! Do you think the Agency grows money on trees? It’s not like you don’t know that!
“Do you think everyone is as rich as you? The Agency will go broke if we make a few more.”
General Bai rambled on.
Chapter 486 - A Long Night
Two o’clock in the afternoon.
A crossing in the city center was cleared of traffic, and construction signs were placed.
Many construction vehicles were also parked around the crossing.
A giant object was placed in the middle.
It was surrounded by barriers on all sides. Soldiers, dressed up as construction workers, were patrolling around it.
The combat plan was decided at three o’clock.
Preparations were ready by five o’clock.
The sky was getting darker. Night was falling.
Tang Hao stood in a room somewhere in the military base. In front of him was a military uniform.
He picked up the clothes. After hesitating for a while, he changed into it.
After fastening the last button, he lifted his head and looked at himself in the mirror. With the military uniform on, he looked entirely different from his usual self. He seemed a lot more masculine and heroic.
“Looks pretty good!” Tang Hao mumbled as he stroked his chin.
He put on the hat and left the room.
“Wow!” The Taoist masters waiting outside the room exclaimed.
“You’re handsome, Little Brother Tang!”
Taoist Master Qian Ji stepped in front of him and patted his shoulder.
The other Taoist masters were also impressed by Tang Hao’s new look.
“You look so f*cking handsome. Reminds me of my past days!” The rather scoundrelly Trendy Taoist Master said conceitedly.
“Nonsense! Your loser face isn’t half as handsome as Little Brother Tang. He looks as handsome as me when I was younger though!” The slightly plump Taoist master Qing Yun said as he stroked his double chin.
Everyone around him booed.
“You’re shameless, Senior Brother!”
“I’m gonna puke!”
The Taoist masters jeered at him.
“Dammit, you bastards! Don’t you remember what you’ve been taught, that you should always respect your senior brothers?” Taoist Master Qing Yun was red in the face.
“Pah!”
The Taoist masters booed again.
“Alright, enough fooling around! Let’s set out!” A group of elderly Taoist masters came over.
Their eyes sparkled when they saw Tang Hao.
“Wow, you’re so handsome, just like when I was younger!”
“Not bad at all, but I was more handsome when I was younger! I used to look like the reincarnation of Pan An[1]!”
The elderly Taoist masters exclaimed.
However, they started arguing about who looked the most handsome in their younger days.
Tang Hao rolled his eyes helplessly.
He already knew how those Mao Mountain Taoist masters behaved and did not find their bickering surprising.
The sky was already dark when they got out of the military base.
The exterior of the military base was crowded with people. They all stood in rows and did not make a sound. They wore the black uniform of special forces troops and full-face masks. It was a menacing sight.
Those were not the usual special forces troops, but specially trained soldiers to subdue cultivators.
They were equipped to fight against werewolves and vampires.
Tang Hao and the Mao Mountain Taoist masters would lead the operation, while the special troops provided support and cleanup.
Not only the qi radar could identify cultivators and monsters from mundane people, but it could also detect the strength of one’s cultivation base.
After the radar was set up in the afternoon, it had been operational and had been looking for targets in Provincial City.
There were a total of one thousand, two hundred and fifty-six of them.
Most of those targets were foreigners. Only a small portion of them was Huaxianese.
The targets were divided into three levels based on the strength of their cultivation base. The highest level was red, which indicated that they were in the latter period of the State of Qi Channeling. Tang Hao and the elderly Taoist masters would be taking care of those.
The second level was orange, and they were in the middle period of the State of Qi Channeling. Those would be handled by the stronger Taoist masters.
The lowest level was blue, indicating cultivators in the early period of the State of Qi Channeling. Those would be handled by the weaker Taoist masters. The ones in light blue were the weakest of them all and could be subdued by the special forces.
“Remember, we can spare the lives of those that surrender without putting up a fight. If they resist, try to escape, or threaten the safety of the public, you have the permission to kill them on sight.
“It’s time to move out! All squads, move out to your predetermined locations. Operation Witch Hunter is a go!”
General Bai gave the command. The special forces troops jogged to their trucks and got in.
The trucks started their engines and drove out of the military base like a long dragon.
“Comrade Tang and fellow Taoist masters, I will be waiting here for your victory!”
General Bai saluted at them solemnly.
Tang Hao returned the salute. He entered his car.
He started the car and caught up to the convoy of trucks heading toward the city area.
/> The vehicles drove along the road one by one. There seemed to be no end to them.
Tang Hao inhaled deeply as he looked at the scenery outside. He felt rather grim.
It was going to be a long night.
He looked at his wristwatch. It was seven o’clock sharp.
“Seven at night to five in the morning. Ten hours should be enough!” He mumbled as his gaze turned cold.
The vehicles scattered to their destinations as they neared the city area.
Tang Hao got out of his car at a crossing and took out a PDA. On the display was a map of his surroundings and several blinking spots.
“Operation… start!”
Tang Hao whispered to himself. His body moved and dashed forward.
…
A certain car was driving on the road.
A man dressed in a black suit and wore a felt hat sat inside. His face was thin, and his sunken eyes carried a dangerous gaze.
His eyes were slightly narrowed as he looked at the car in front of him.
His target was in that car!
His client paid him four million yuan for a hit on that person. Also, the client requested that he used the cruelest methods so that the person would die in extreme agony.
That was what he, a Nanyang shaman, was best at!
He stretched his thin lips into a cruel smile.
He lifted his left hand, which held a photograph of a charming woman in her thirties.
He licked his dry lips, and perversion flashed in his eyes.
‘Should I toy with her for a bit before ending her life? That is a form of torment too. She’ll taste heaven before she’s sent to hell!’
He became more excited after thinking of that. He almost could not control his urges.
The car in front of him slowed down and turned into a residential area.
He also slowed down and parked his car at the roadside.
He wanted to rush out of his car as soon as it stopped.
Suddenly, he heard a thump above him, as though something landed on the top of his car.
‘Dammit! Did some bastard throw garbage on top of my car?’
He was instantly furious. He stuck his head out of the window and looked up.
Just when his head was out of the window, a hand reached in and dragged him out of the car.
Someone with an icy expression appeared in front of him.
“Nanyang shaman? Die!” The person spat out those ice-cold words.
He gasped for air, already scared out of his wits. He could sense that the qi aura of that person was extremely frightening.
“Don’t…”
Before he could beg for his life, he saw something cold flash in front of him. His vision went dark, and he lost consciousness forever.
[1] Pan An is a 3rd-century Chinese poet known for his looks.
Chapter 487 - The Sun Rises
In a luxury mansion, a fireplace burned and classical music played.
The mansion was furnished extravagantly in the Western style.
In the middle of the room was a long table. Exquisite Western-style tableware was placed on it.
Several Westerners with blond hair and blue eyes were eating from a plate of meat with knives and forks.
One of the younger Westerners brought a piece of meat into his mouth. He chewed it carefully and seemed satisfied.
“Mm! This must be from the thigh!”
He closed his eyes and savored the taste.
When he opened his eyes again, they momentarily flashed with the color of blood.
“The texture of the meat is… just nice. It must have come from a male in his twenties. I think he works out quite frequently, too. That’s how you get such an excellent texture.
“Delicious! Simply delicious!” He could not stop exclaiming.
A Westerner in his fifties sat at the host’s seat. He lifted his glass and sipped some red wine. “You’re still as amazing as ever, my dear George. You’re exactly right!” He said with a smile.
The young man named George smiled. “It was nothing!
“By the way, I’m surprised that Huaxianese meat is so delicious. The meat of the people back in our country is too tough and sour. I can’t stomach that.
“This meat is probably one of the finest delicacies in the world.
“Is there a problem though… eating human meat like this over here?”
He seemed worried when he said that.
The other Westerners laughed when they heard the question.
“You worry too much, George! Huaxia might have been powerful in the past, but now they’ve declined. Those stinky Taoist masters are powerless now.
“Don’t worry about what you eat, as long as you don’t go overboard. There won’t be any problems.”
The old Westerner in the host’s seat said with a smile.
His eyes flashed with condescension when he mentioned “Huaxia”.
The Huaxia in the past was very powerful, but now, anyone could come in and the Taoist masters would not even care.
Even if they cared, what could they possibly do?
“Cheers!”
He smiled and lifted the wine glass in his hand.
“Cheers!”
The other Westerners also lifted their glasses and smiled.
Suddenly, they heard a loud crash. A hole appeared in the roof, and a figure descended from above.
The Westerners were shocked and were about to stand up.
Just as the figure touched the floor, it dashed forward with incredible speed. A cold light flashed, and a qi blade appeared from his hand, decapitating the people sitting in a row.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The heads of the Westerners sitting on the left side of the table flew into the air. Blood gushed like fountains.
The other Westerners, including George, were stunned. Before they could react, the qi blade swung the other way, and their heads were separated from their bodies.
In the blink of an eye, the Westerner in the host’s seat was the only one alive.
He sat there, paralyzed with fear.
“Who… who are you?” His voice was trembling as he looked at Tang Hao.
He was shocked when he noticed Tang Hao’s military uniform.
“I… am the Huaxianese you were talking about earlier!” Tang Hao said coldly as he stepped forward, holding a dagger.
His expression was extremely gloomy and scary.
‘These people are morally depraved! How dare they eat the flesh of Huaxianese on Huaxia soil?’
“You… you dare kill me? I’m from the Sullivan family. If you dare kill me, it will be a declaration of war. Your Huaxia will be dead for sure!”
He roared viciously. His face was contorted with anger.
In his extreme rage, he bared his werewolf features.
The Sullivans were a renowned werewolf family, just like the Becks.
“Declaration of war? Let’s go to war then! We’re planning to wipe out your entire family anyway!
“Scum like you don’t deserve to live!
“Even if I kill your entire family, that still won’t be enough to pay for the crimes you have committed in Huaxia!”
Tang Hao threw out a jade talisman and sent that werewolf flying. He decapitated him with a swing of his blade and reduced the corpse to ashes by a fireball.
He walked out of the room and killed the other people in the mansion one by one.
After that, he set the profane mansion on fire.
He immediately set off toward the next destination. There was no time to waste.
The next destination was another werewolf den. Werewolves were like viruses. They could breed very fast.
The werewolves there were about the same strength as the pack who had abducted Taoist Master Chang Qing before. They were all evil criminals, which Tang Hao heartily dispatched.
He moved on to his next destination.
His next target was a warlock in his fifties who disguised as a foreign language teacher
.
He surrendered without putting up a fight. Tang Hao called a squad over and brought the person away.
A few hours later, he cleared the targets that were tasked to him.
He stood at the rooftop of a skyscraper and looked down at the city.
The city at night was well-lit and lively. If he listened carefully, he could hear the sound of guns, explosions, and the occasional wolf howl.
Operation Witch Hunter was still in progress, cleansing every nook and cranny of the city.
There would be no refuge for evil cultivators and monsters.
They had many disguised identities: Expatriates, foreign language teachers, and even students. Of course, many came to Huaxia to cause trouble under the guise of tourists.
There were also many transformed Huaxianese.
The ones who cooperated and surrendered were restrained, sedated, and brought away on a truck. Those who resisted or escaped were killed on the spot.
There were small outbreaks of chaos throughout the city.
Tang Hao listened carefully and went to the places that needed his help.
The operation was wrapping up at about two o’clock. Only weaker monsters remained, and Tang Hao helped the special forces to speed up the process.
At four o’clock, the final target, a foreign student, was successfully captured in his dorm.
Tang Hao and the Taoist masters all went to capture him.
Behind them were trucks that carried the logo of the military police. The squads were gathering.
The student nearly wet his pants when he saw the spectacle. He fell on his knees.
‘Dammit! Is there a need to mobilize so many people just to capture me?’
The spectacle itself was enough to scare someone to death!
‘Didn’t they say that no one would care in Huaxia?’
He wanted to cry, but he had no tears.
After bringing him into a truck, the convoy of vehicles started their way back to the military base.
Operation Witch Hunter was successfully complete.
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