Downstairs was chaotic, Light Bulb ran around, Ming Xing lay everywhere, Dumpling was still looking for opportunities, the remaining Preserved Fruit and Chuuni were fighting back and forth with a group of Ghost Servants.
From upstairs, a spittoon flew down, ready to join the battle. Li Banfeng reached out and grabbed the spittoon, then leaped into the third-floor residence.
This spittoon was also a Ghost Servant, his ability to join the battle indicated he could untie the Nightmare Cultivator as well.
The Nightmare Cultivator was about to flee again, but as soon as he reached the door, Li Banfeng caught him, tied him up again, placed the spittoon over his head, and had the Tang Sword watch over him.
The battle downstairs wasn’t over; under the attack from pots and drying racks, Preserved Fruit received a minor injury, his consciousness slightly loosened, and the binding on the cooling mat loosened as well.
The cooling mat stood up.
Within this group of Ghost Servants, the cooling mat was on a whole different level. If he completely broke free, the battle could tilt in another direction.
No need for tilting, Li Banfeng couldn’t stand it anymore.
He stepped into the group, holding the Blood-Thirsty Pendulum, and slashed each Ghost Servant with it, rendering them motionless.
The Blood-Thirsty Pendulum could harm Lost Souls, Li Banfeng struck quickly and viciously, heavily injuring the spirits, leaving them unable to move.
Ordinarily, Li Banfeng wouldn’t even need the pendulum; with his current cultivation level, a casual stomp to Trample Over Thousands of Rivers would scatter the souls of these Ghost Servants.
But now, if he used Trample Over Thousands of Rivers, these security officers wouldn’t stand a chance.
Seeing Li Banfeng easily subdue all the Battle Spirits, Preserved Fruit looked at Li Banfeng in surprise: "Who are you?"
"This is our bureau’s..." Dumpling wanted to introduce but hesitated for a moment, as during task execution the security team members generally only used code names for confidentiality.
Of course, Chen Changrui ordinarily didn’t mind these; in tasks they called him Captain Chen, and he responded.
But Li Qi’s identity was different; revealing his position and name during the task was evidently inappropriate.
Dumpling was still struggling over this issue while Li Banfeng urged, "Enough idle talk; hurry upstairs, catch that Nightmare Cultivator, he’s on the third floor, at the place dropping things outside, don’t go wrong."
Preserved Fruit nodded, about to delegate tasks, Li Banfeng said: "No need to delegate, let this one stay."
He was referring to Ming Xing.
Ming Xing was still lying on the ground; Li Banfeng approached and said: "Get up first, open your eyes, don’t be afraid, wait here, watch this group of Ghost Servants, if they move, shout loudly, understand?"
Ming Xing nodded while sitting on the ground.
Preserved Fruit remained in place; Li Banfeng turned back and said: "What are you waiting for, hurry upstairs!"
Everyone hurried upstairs, Li Banfeng leaped through the window first, untied the Nightmare Cultivator, and removed the spittoon from his head.
"They will come soon; you fight well with them, as long as you can win, I’ll let you go!"
Li Banfeng instructed the Nightmare Cultivator a few words, then stood by the window, watching the fight between this Nightmare Cultivator and the Dark Star Bureau members.
This Nightmare Cultivator’s cultivation level wasn’t high; only one Ghost Servant was left. In extremely unfavorable circumstances, it took him ten minutes to be subdued by the security officers.
The one who subdued this Nightmare Cultivator was Light Bulb; he used the Oil Filling Technique, filling the Nightmare Cultivator’s nose and mouth with oil, causing him to suffocate into unconsciousness.
Light Bulb’s technique caught Preserved Fruit’s attention.
"I remember you didn’t know Dark Energy Technique before; when did you learn it? Did you report it to the bureau?"
The Oil Filling Technique was learned by Light Bulb in Puluo State; he acted as an insider for Li Banfeng, who naturally didn’t mistreat him, helping him gather books related to Oil Cultivation from the Lu Family and He Family libraries.
These books didn’t record complete techniques, only scattered descriptions; Light Bulb made an effort, using summarization and exploration, finally mastering the technique.
But he dared not openly say this; thus he hadn’t reported it to the bureau. Today Preserved Fruit noticed, and Light Bulb was very nervous.
Preserved Fruit pressed: "Did you report to the bureau or not?"
Light Bulb had a sudden idea, looking at Li Banfeng: "I reported to Director Li."
Everyone looked at Li Banfeng.
"Yes, he reported to me." Li Banfeng nodded.
The Dark Star Bureau is indeed strict, even learning techniques requires a report.
Preserved Fruit looked at Li Banfeng, still not realizing his identity; Li Banfeng had just arrived, only those above middle management in the Dark Star Bureau had contact with him.
Chuuni asked: "Did you come from Puluo State?"
"How did you know?"
"Nightmare Cultivator is a Puluo State term; we refer to them here as Spiritualists."
Li Banfeng did not deny it, the Dark Star Bureau reinforcements hadn’t arrived yet; Ming Xing contacted outside officers, starting to evacuate the building occupants, and during this opportunity, Li Banfeng asked them one question: "Why do you think this Spiritualist wants to attack the residents of this building?"
This battle left Li Banfeng puzzled; he couldn’t understand the true combat power of these security officers.
This may be due to the sudden situation and lack of preparation by the security team, Li Banfeng believed at least in terms of knowledge, the security officers should be solid, as external provinces did better in summarizing Taoist Sect characteristics than Puluo State.
With the highest position, Preserved Fruit began analyzing: "This Spiritualist wants to gain attention through violent events, this is not uncommon among illegal Dark Energy Users."
Chuuni disagreed with Preserved Fruit’s view: "If he wants attention, he shouldn’t commit a crime in such a remote location; his Battle Spirits are possessing household items, he could completely wrap a cooling mat and act in crowded places, thereby creating far more sensational violent events."