I Have Infinite Skill Points

The Tianjian Bureau took this operation very seriously. Fifteen cars roared toward their target, Sky Swan Garden.

Wang Lan sat in the back seat, casually glancing at Lige, who sat ramrod straight beside him, seemingly uncomfortable. It was rather unfortunate that of the five people in the car, Lige, Xu Shiyun, and Wang Lan were all in the back. With Lige sandwiched between Wang Lan and Xu Shiyun, the atmosphere was particularly awkward.

"What are you looking at me for?" Lige finally asked, unable to stand Wang Lan's probing gaze any longer.

"You're on this operation, so who's protecting my aunt?"

"She's in the Tianjian Bureau's internal dormitory. What danger could your aunt possibly be in?"

"It's better to be safe than sorry. There's no such thing as an absolutely safe place. Usually, when you think you're safe, that's precisely when you might be in danger..."

"Zeng Xiaomo is protecting Ms. Wang Qi. What else are you worried about?" Seeing Wang Lan about to launch into a long speech, Lige cut him off with a single sentence.

"Nothing else," Wang Lan said, decisively turning his head away.

"He really is the darling of the Action Department, huh?" Xu Shiyun remarked. "Able to drop his duties to join an operation. Poor Xiaomo slaved away day and night at the Action Department, risking life and limb for so many years, only to recently be promoted to Captain. And now, with an operation underway, she can only watch eagerly from the sidelines. That's why I say, it's good to have both strength and connections."

"No one would think you're mute if you just kept quiet," Lige retorted.

"Did I strike a nerve? Are you lashing out in embarrassment?" Xu Shiyun taunted.

"Haven't I faced life-and-death situations? Haven't I worked diligently?" Lige shot back.

"True, acting rashly and nearly getting yourself killed does count as facing a life-and-death situation," Xu Shiyun conceded with a smirk.

"Hey, can you two stop arguing?" Wang Lan quickly interjected as the tension between them flared. "What are you grown men bickering for? If you can fight, don't just yap."

"Hmph! If it weren't for Tianjian Bureau discipline, you think I'd have put up with you this long?" Lige sneered.

"After the operation is complete, I'm all yours," Xu Shiyun replied coolly.

"Let's see if you're even standing after the operation. Don't make our little mascot have to revive you again."

Wang Lan silently covered his ears.

「Arriving at Sky Swan Garden」

They drove directly to Ma Xiangru's front door. Sky Swan Garden was a comprehensive residential complex, with villas at the front, apartment buildings behind them, and even taller high-rises further back. The stark, tiered design symbolized a very real wealth gap.

Ma Xiangru's home was naturally in the villa district. When the Tianjian Bureau team arrived, it seemed Ma Xiangru's family was having dinner.

Fifty Tianjian Bureau warriors, dressed in military uniforms, leaped from their vehicles and instantly surrounded the villa.

"Barrier seal—ACTIVATE!"

"Huh? Who are you people? What do you want?" a middle-aged man yelled, cracking the door open a sliver.

"Tianjian Bureau..."

BANG—

With a sharp sound, the villa's front door was decisively slammed shut.

"Oho, quite the temper, aren't we?" Xu Shiyun's mocking voice came from the crowd.

"I'll get it!" As soon as the words left his mouth, a flash of lightning shot toward the door.

BOOM—

With a deafening crash, the door flew inward.

Wang Qianfeng and Li Weixin led the charge, a dozen agents storming into Ma Xiangru's home. Inside, Ma Xiangru, his wife, and a young girl, Zhang Jixi, cowered in a corner, trembling.

"Search!"

Instantly, the Tianjian Bureau agents, like a pack of hungry wolves, fanned out into every corner of the villa.

Wang Qianfeng approached Ma Xiangru with a smile. "Mr. Ma, I apologize for the intrusion. I'm Wang Qianfeng, Director of the Tianjian Bureau's Intelligence Department. We have a case involving a Demon Clan spy that requires your cooperation."

"What Demon Clan spy? I don't know anything! You arrested my father yesterday, and now you're coming after me? What is the Tianjian Bureau trying to do? Prevent cancer medication from being developed? Are you helping those vultures who prey on the sick and suffering?"

"Don't try to paint yourself as some kind of martyr. The Tianjian Bureau never acts without just cause," Li Weixin scoffed.

"Report! Nothing here!"

"Report! Nothing here either!"

"Report! No discoveries!"

As the reports came in one after another, the atmosphere in the villa grew increasingly oppressive, chilling to the bone.

Wang Lan stood beside Wang Qianfeng, his gaze fixed on the little girl clutched in Mrs. Ma's arms. Zhang Jixi looked terrified, but instead of burying her face in her mother's embrace as a scared child would, her eyes kept darting over Wang Lan and the other Tianjian Bureau brothers.

If there were no children in the house, this subtle anomaly might have gone unnoticed. But Wang Lan realized this wasn't how an eleven-year-old should react when frightened.

Notably, the little girl's eyes had swept over the sofa more than once.

"Director Wang, what are you looking for? There's nothing you want in my house. Please leave," Ma Xiangru said.

"It seems Mr. Ma doesn't quite understand his current predicament," Wang Qianfeng said with a faint smile. "Asking for your cooperation was the polite way of putting it. The impolite way is arrest."

"On what grounds are you arresting me? What law have I broken?"

"Participation in Demon Clan espionage. Is that charge serious enough? Take him away!"

Six Tianjian Bureau agents instantly moved in and subdued Ma Xiangru.

"Wait! If you have to arrest someone, just take me! It has nothing to do with my wife. My daughter is only eleven; she's even less involved!"

"I haven't even asked you anything, and you're already trying to clear your wife and daughter?"

"Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with them!"

At that moment, Wang Lan moved, slowly approaching the sofa. During Ma Xiangru's apprehension, the little girl's gaze had swept across the sofa once again. This time, Wang Lan was certain there was something there.

Wang Lan picked up an item of clothing. Beneath it lay a tablet computer. As he slowly picked up the tablet, a scream erupted from behind him.

"Don't touch my things—"

The instant the cry rang out, Zhang Jixi tore herself from her mother's arms and rushed toward Wang Lan.

In that same instant, an intense wave of danger washed over Wang Lan. Almost instinctively, he activated his Phoenix Form.

BOOM—

A terrifying Star Power Fluctuation swept out. When she was less than two meters from Wang Lan, the little girl instantly transformed into a two-meter-tall Demon.

A punch, carrying world-destroying pressure, thundered toward Wang Lan's back. In that split second, Wang Lan twisted slightly, unleashing a counter-punch with Inch Strength Triple Force at the attack behind him.

BOOM—

A shockwave rolled outward, a ripple of force exploding from Wang Lan and the Demon. The surrounding furniture shattered under the onslaught of Star Power.

CRACK—

Once again, Wang Lan's hand bones fractured, while the opposing Demon's entire arm violently shattered under his punch.

Wang Lan shot backward like a streak of light, landing among his comrades.

All these changes had occurred in a single second.

While this turn of events was unexpected, it wasn't entirely illogical. Wang Qianfeng, Li Weixin, and the other Tianjian Bureau experts instantly switched to combat mode.

Star Power boiled, Starlight filled the sky.

Two were at the Galaxy Stage, and the rest were all Star Cloud Stage, with seven or eight of them at the peak of Star Cloud Stage.

No more pretending; it was time to show their hand!

Ma Xiangru and his wife instantly swelled, completing their transformations. Three two-meter-tall Demons now stood within the agents' encirclement.

In that moment, all explanations became meaningless.

"Suzhou City's Tianjian Bureau... truly extraordinary," the Demon who had first attacked Wang Lan said, a new arm already regenerating from the stump.

"You're not actually Zhang Jixi. You must be Mr. Cui Xiaolv, right?" Wang Lan said, stepping out from the crowd, his body burning with a crimson aura of blood energy. "And this Mrs. Ma isn't just Mrs. Ma; she's also Ms. Ma Xiaoxue. Ma Xiangru never even came to Suzhou City three years ago. Director Wang, let's move. I'm in a hurry."

The moment his words landed, Wang Lan shot like lightning toward the Demon opposite him.

Last time, Wang Lan had insta-killed a high-ranking Demon Clan member, but that was because the Demon was already severely weakened and had fallen from its realm. This time, Wang Lan needed to kill a full-strength, high-ranking Demon within a limited time.

Only after they clashed did Wang Lan truly understand the Demon's terrifying strength. In Phoenix Form, Wang Lan's speed and power reached incredible levels. He dared say that in terms of raw speed and power, he could leave Wang Qianfeng in the dust.

Yet, the Demon before him easily kept pace with Wang Lan, matching him blow for blow, fighting him to a standstill.

The instant Wang Lan attacked, Li Weixin and Wang Qianfeng also charged. The clash of six Galaxy Stage masters instantly overwhelmed the villa with terrifying Star Power.

An incredibly suppressive pressure wave exploded outward, and the entire villa seemed to vanish as if erased. If not for the barrier erected outside, the explosion would have shaken the entire residential complex.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—

Wang Lan's Flame Sword danced like lightning, relentlessly striking at the Demon's vital points. The Demon facing him was also far stronger than Wang Lan had imagined. It managed to narrowly dodge Wang Lan's Flame Sword attacks every time, while also counterattacking instantly.

Wang Lan slashed his sword toward the Demon's throat. The Demon's figure, like a streak of light, instantly moved behind Wang Lan, its Demon Armor spike thrusting toward Wang Lan's back like a meteor.

BOOM—

Wang Lan's body seemed to explode, countless fleeting afterimages appearing in the Demon's vision. The Demon's body was horizontally bisected at the waist as a Flame Sword swept past.

But even after such a grievous blow, the Demon's aura didn't diminish in the slightest. Its separated halves merged back together, completely unharmed, as it punched toward Wang Lan's heart.

Time seemed to freeze. The Demon's Demon Armor spike was mere centimeters from Wang Lan's chest.

Instantly, a Solar Wheel materialized before Wang Lan. The spike struck the razor-sharp Solar Wheel and was split in two. The Solar Wheel's high-speed rotation generated incredible cutting power, instantly severing the Demon's arm as well.

Just as Wang Lan was about to strike the Demon's chest, its figure vanished. An intense sense of danger assaulted him from behind.

Activating Star Cloud Dance, Wang Lan instantly evaded the Demon's renewed attack, countering with a sword thrust to its throat.

The sword pierced its throat, but the Demon still didn't stop its assault.

Wang Lan slashed his short sword horizontally. The Demon's head flew into the air, but in an instant, as if equipped with GPS, it returned to its neck.

An Undying Body?

Impossible. If it had an Undying Body, its fighting style wouldn't include dodging. The Demon had dodged his attacks multiple times.

Scenes of the Demon dodging flashed through his mind. Suddenly, the mental image froze: a ruby-like crystal on its chest became fixed in Wang Lan's mind.

SWISH—

He thrust his sword, and the Demon, as expected, dodged again. While dodging, its Demon Armor spike once more stabbed toward Wang Lan's chest. But this time, unexpectedly, Wang Lan didn't evade.

THUNK—

The Demon Armor spike plunged deeply into Wang Lan's shoulder.

Before a flicker of joy could even surface in the Demon's mind, it was cut short as the Demon shuddered violently. Stiffly, it looked down. Wang Lan's Flame Sword was deeply embedded in the gem-like crystal on its chest. Green blood gushed out.

"Cross-level kill. Reward: 3,000 experience points, 50 skill points."

That's a tank's fighting style! You hit me, I'm fine. I hit you, you're finished!