I Have Infinite Skill Points

In those few minutes, all of Crow's more than twenty subordinates were taken down.

There were no more stairs to climb; construction had yet to be completed on the upper levels due to the unfinished building. Crow looked at the staircase in despair, then turned and ran toward the balcony on this floor.

The balcony had only finished constructing the load-bearing platform; there was no railing or anything of the sort. At the moment, the balcony was just a platform jutting out of the building, ten stories high. Jumping down meant certain death.

As soon as he stood on the balcony, a strong light shone on him. Perhaps gun barrels were aimed right at him.

Crow looked down in terror as the crisp sound of footsteps approached from behind.

Lige walked closer step by step, his face as cold as ice.

"Don't come any closer! If you do, I'll jump from here!"

"For someone like you, dying would be a contribution to society. If you want to jump, go ahead. I won't stop you," Lige said, advancing step by step toward him.

When he was less than five meters away, the panic on Crow's face vanished instantly. He viciously raised his head, and Spirit Power Fluctuations accompanied by a huge wind blade fiercely slashed toward Lige.

According to the information obtained and Crow's previous behavior, there had been no indication that Crow was a Star Martial Warrior, let alone one at the advanced Star Cloud Stage.

Therefore, Crow's sudden attack caught Lige by surprise. But fortunately, past experience led him to instinctively shoot out a Thunder Gun to counter the wind blade's slicing.

Wind Attribute is the only attribute that can counter Thunder Attribute. The sharp Thunder Gun fragmented upon contact with the wind blade, splitting apart like wood sliced by a knife.

BOOM—

Suddenly, a cement wall rose in front of Lige. After slicing through the Thunder Gun, the wind blade immediately struck the cement wall.

BOOM—

The cement wall shattered violently. During that instant, Lige transformed into a streak of light and swiftly retreated, creating distance between himself and Crow.

Crow's face became extraordinarily ferocious, twisted as though it were a sheet of paper clutched in someone's hand. A tinge of regret flashed in his eyes. If it weren't for that wall of earth, the damn guard would probably have died from my sneak attack.

Crow had been steadily chipping away at Lige's vigilance, using the lives of dozens of his men to make Lige believe he was just an ordinary man.

The plan was set from the very beginning. If I had truly been an ordinary person, there would have been no chance for me to escape the dense cordon of guards outside. If I had revealed myself as a Star Martial Warrior at the beginning, I also wouldn't have been able to escape with my life. Suzhou City has not only police officers but also the Tianjian Bureau. This young and unreasonably strong guy in front of me is very likely a master from the Tianjian Bureau. He's here to assist in the arrest, probably as a precaution. I've kept my true abilities well concealed. In fact, no one other than myself and that woman knows I'm a Star Cloud Stage Star Martial Warrior. This is my final trump card. I've calculated everything clearly. The Tianjian Bureau sending one person to assist is already showing me high regard; there won't be a second Star Martial expert. Thus, if I can assassinate this Star Martial Warrior with a sneak attack and then use my suddenly emergent strength, I might have a chance to break out of the encirclement.

Crow chose the right moment, and he had almost succeeded.

But why did the unexpected happen at the very moment of imminent success?

Clear footsteps resonated, sounding particularly crisp in the empty, unfinished building.

"What did I just see? Captain Lige was complacent, almost killed by some trash at the early Star Cloud Stage?" Xu Shiyun said with a roguish smirk, teasing him.

"What are you doing here?" Lige didn't retort or argue back.

Making excuses was not Lige's style. Yes meant yes, and no meant no. Xu Shiyun wasn't wrong—Lige had indeed been complacent just now.

I became disdainful facing an ordinary person at a dead end, and I almost died due to that disdain. If it weren't for Xu Shiyun's rescue, I would have lain eternally in disgrace.

"I came to save you!" Xu Shiyun wouldn't miss this rare opportunity to tease Lige.

Crow's eyes flickered as he watched the four who followed Xu Shiyun arrive. Clearly, these four are not ordinary guards; they're most likely all experts from the Tianjian Bureau. Damn it, do they have to be so dramatic? I'm just a regular person, okay? Can't you all stop thinking so highly of me? Sending five Star Martial experts? And it's very likely I can't win against any of them!

"Crow, do you think you have any chance left?" Xu Shiyun took a leisurely step forward, and Star Energy Fluctuation surged wildly from him.

"Get over here obediently, damn you!"

"Be careful, he might undergo Demonization," Wang Lan warned in a low voice.

ROAR— Almost the instant Wang Lan's voice faded, Crow's body swelled rapidly. A dark carapace appeared all over his body, bristling with sharp spikes.

As Crow completed his transformation, Wang Lan and the other four charged at him.

Wang Lan was an Earth Attribute Star Martial Warrior and naturally took the lead. Against other Star Cloud Stage Star Martial Warriors, I would certainly hang back. But when it comes to beating up a Wind Attribute Star Martial Warrior, everyone else step back and let me handle this!

A wind wall suddenly formed around Crow, enveloping him like a tornado, and countless wind blades, like a volley of hidden weapons, shot towards the five of them.

Lige, using his Flash Thunder movement technique, deftly dodged the wind blade assault, while Xu Shiyun conjured a cement wall to counter the barrage of wind blades. Even though the cement wall could block them, it was dangerously unstable.

Under the erosion of the wind blades, the cement wall seemed to rapidly weather, as if instantly experiencing ages of change, and fine sand danced like smoke.

The other two Star Martial experts also used their unique skills to dodge.

After undergoing Demonization, Crow's strength instantly soared from the early Star Cloud Stage to its peak, and it might have even surpassed that.

Among the five of them, only Wang Lan could rapidly approach amidst the myriad wind blades. Two Flame Swords danced swiftly in front of him, forming a shield of fire. The sharp wind blades dissolved quickly upon contact with the flames.

The higher the temperature of the flames, the faster they dissipated. The heat of his Purple Flame Swords reached nearly ten thousand degrees, turning the wind blades into wisps of smoke upon contact.

Within three seconds, Wang Lan had charged before Crow, stabbing fiercely with his Flame Swords into the tornado. Flames instantly engulfed it. The tornado, as if it were paper set ablaze, vanished almost immediately.

But Crow's figure had disappeared from within the tornado. A huge round hole, nearly two meters in diameter, had appeared in the ceiling above.

"Chase!"

As Xu Shiyun's words fell, he had already surged through the hole.

Their movement techniques were as fast as lightning. Within two or three seconds, all five had leaped onto the roof. Due to the unfinished construction, the rooftop was like a building with only half its walls completed, as if a toy building block had been split open in the middle.

By this point, the demonized Crow had already reached the edge of the rooftop. With a powerful leap, the unfinished building shook violently beneath its feet.

Crow's jumping ability was astonishing; it shot dozens of meters into the air in an instant. In the blink of an eye, it seemed to merge with the night sky.

"Does anyone have flying-type Star Martial Skills?" Wang Lan urgently shouted.

"Flash Thunder!" Before Lige's words were even complete, his figure turned into a bolt of lightning and shot into the sky.

"Chase!" Xu Shiyun instantly pressed his hand against the wall. A slab of concrete soared from the unfinished building, extending towards the opposite structure like a bridge formed between the two buildings in the blink of an eye.

Lige's figure flashed rapidly across the sky. Crow's leap might follow a predictable parabolic arc, but Lige's Flash Thunder had an erratically shifting trajectory. In the air, Crow was no match for Lige.

"Thunderfall!"

A cold shout rang out above Crow's head, instantly followed by a piercing BOOM that filled the sky.

Crow barely had time to look up before seeing Lige pressing a massive thunder orb down towards its forehead.

Crow spat a powerful gust of wind from its mouth, which rapidly dissipated the thunder orb. Nevertheless, a remnant of the lightning ball still struck fiercely on Crow's forehead.

CRACKLE—

Crow was smacked down from the sky, crashing into a building where only the foundation had recently been laid and the first story had just begun to rise.

BOOM—

A wall exploded outward as Crow's large figure burst forth. The direction in which Crow charged was perfect—right towards where Xu Shiyun and the others were converging to provide support.

"Ground Surge!"

Instantly, the ground beneath Crow's feet churned, transforming into countless earthen tendrils that wound around its legs, dragging them harshly toward the ground.

BOOM— Crow's body flickered with surging Star Energy Fluctuation, and the tendrils around its feet burst apart instantly.

But Crow wasn't fighting just one person; it was battling a group.

Crow could easily suppress one opponent with its strength, but now it was fighting five Tianjian Bureau experts. All of them, except for the underwhelming Wang Lan, were Star Cloud Stage experts. And even if Wang Lan was underwhelming, he still held an attribute advantage over Crow and already had the blood of several Star Cloud Stage cultivators on his hands.

A single Crow stood no chance.

Just as Crow freed itself from Xu Shiyun's Earth Attribute tendrils, Wang Lan's Cross Decapitation Sword descended from the heavens, pressing fiercely onto Crow's sturdy back.

"AH—!" For the first time, Crow uttered a human-like scream of agony.

"Wang Lan, we need it alive!" Xu Shiyun hurriedly shouted.

Wang Lan immediately retreated explosively, leaving Crow's back drenched in blood.

"Thunder Gun!"

BOOM—

Lige instantly followed up with another attack the moment Wang Lan retreated. Xu Shiyun nearly exploded with anger at this scene.

"Lige, you did that on purpose, didn't you? Didn't you hear me say we needed it alive?"

"It won't die!" Lige didn't retort, instead standing coldly in front of the charred Crow, his eyes as still as a serene autumn pond.

Xu Shiyun quickly went forward to check. Only after a while did his expression improve.

"It won't die, but it's close. It's connected to the Demonic Transformation Potion. If it dies, you'll be taking another demerit."

"No—" Xu Shiyun's expression suddenly changed drastically. "There's someone underground—"

"Not good—" Lige's roar, almost simultaneous with Xu Shiyun's cry, rang out. In an instant, Lige violently pushed Wang Lan away.

Wang Lan's body was suddenly lifted off the ground. At the same instant Lige pushed him, an electric arc barrier flickered around Lige. Suddenly, a streak of lightning shot out from underground; a Thunder Sword pierced Lige's back, skewering him in mid-air. Another Thunder Sword impaled the fallen Crow on the spot.