Chapter 72: 72, A tiger enters a flock of sheep
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Zhiren watched, wide-eyed, as the Bright Society councilor from the urban circle had his head casually cut off like a powerless insect, blood spurting out wildly. He couldn’t help but feel a sense of terror.
“It’s over!”
That was the voice echoing in his mind.
“No, I can’t die!”
Perhaps it was the strength that emerges in life-or-death situations that caused Zhang Zhiren to reflexively press a hidden button on the side of the sofa in an instant.
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After all, he had mastered the seventieth edition Practice Method and a Combat Skill; his Speed was also extremely fast.
Ever since he started down this path, he had always been prepared to escape at any moment.
“Whoosh!”
As the floor beneath the sofa instantly flipped over, Zhang Zhiren immediately fell into the mechanism passage below the sofa, and the metal plate automatically slid closed. The gallery’s sofa disappeared in an instant, leaving only a smooth metal floor.
Almost concurrently with Zhang Zhiren’s fall beneath the sofa, ‘Chu Tianyao’ appeared on the metal floor.
“Bang!”
With an explosive stomp, accompanied by a terrifying Power tens of times greater than that of ordinary people, the sturdy alloy floor dented instantly.
‘Chu Tianyao’ glanced at the floor, frowned slightly, but did not try again.
Meanwhile—
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh—!”
Dozens of Yuanhong Society Archers, positioned at various high platforms in the underground warehouse, drew their bows and released their arrows. Dozens of Arrows came flying from three directions almost simultaneously!
The speed of each Arrow exceeded two hundred meters per second, and some Arrows clearly flew much faster, indicating that the Archers were also extremely strong!
“Swish!”
Confronted with the dense rain of arrows, ‘Chu Tianyao’s’ figure instantly turned into a blurry phantom, landing in the small square below, easily dodging the Arrows.
Below him, the Yuanhong Society enforcers holding electric batons—guarding the warehouse—were just beginning to react, only to see a blur flash before their eyes.
“Hm?”
Most of the security personnel underground were just ordinary people, chosen for their loyalty and ruthlessness, in charge of overseeing the ‘goods’ being trafficked, without much real strength.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
At that moment, the blurry phantom burst into the crowd of enforcers like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. The enforcers hardly had time to react before they felt darkness before their eyes, as their heads exploded, one by one.
After slaying seven men, ‘Chu Tianyao’s’ figure flickered unpredictably, dodging another volley of incoming Arrows, before suddenly lunging forward and kicking violently!
“Bang!”
A foot kicked against one of the warehouse doors.
The sheer astonishing Power made the sturdy iron door deeply dent at the lock, shaking the whole door open, revealing the cowering figures huddled in the corners inside.
And then—
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
With three consecutive swift movements, the iron doors of the four warehouses were all kicked open.
And the Arrows from the Archers above failed to touch his figure.
When the disparity became so immense, numbers no longer mattered.
They were all just lambs to the slaughter.
Just then—
A whoosh was heard, and a figure swiftly plunged down from the bar’s passage above, landing on the gallery above.
It was an overweight, short, chubby man reeking of alcohol, who was now staring incredulously at the decapitated corpse of Councilor Wang, his face full of shock and anger.
As a councilor, Wang was in charge of managing these affairs, and the chubby man, known for his martial prowess, was responsible for guarding and escorting them.
He had thought that once at the Red Society’s stronghold, there would be no danger, and was upstairs drinking; he hadn’t anticipated someone would launch a surprise attack and even kill Councilor Wang?
It must have been someone quite familiar with this stronghold, to be able to find this hidden underground warehouse and launch a surprise attack!
The chubby man then abruptly turned toward ‘Chu Tianyao’ below, and shouted even more shockingly and angrily, “Chu Tianyao! Have you lost your mind?!”
‘Chu Tianyao’ glanced coldly at the chubby man, then with a sudden movement, he viciously kicked a nearby wall!
“Bang!”
The wall shook violently with a thud, revealing slight depression marks and a shower of dust falling down, uncovering a hidden alloy door!
“You still thinking of escaping?”
The chubby man grew increasingly angry, “Don’t you want to cure the poison in your body?”
Even so, knowing he was no match for Chu Tianyao, he still didn’t dare to jump down and confront him.
He wasn’t worried that Chu Tianyao would break through that alloy door.
Behind that door was an escape tunnel, extremely thick and sturdy, and ingeniously structured with a mechanical password lock immune to electromagnetic or hacker tampering. Without the password, no matter how hard you kicked, you couldn’t force it open. Instead, it would cause the mechanical lock to damage and become even more impossible to open.
“Bang bang bang!”
Indeed, ‘Chu Tianyao’ kicked the alloy door three times in succession, and when there was no sign of it opening, he gave up.
“Whiz whiz whiz whiz—”
After dodging another volley of arrows, ‘Chu Tianyao’ waved his hand and flickers of cold light flew out, causing many of the Archers on the high platforms to fall headlong.
The Archers looked on in horror only to discover that the dead had their skulls pierced by coins!
Then, ‘Chu Tianyao’ suddenly turned into a blur and leapt back onto the high platform.
The short, fat man felt a chill in his heart; the fat on his body writhed rapidly as he began to slim down at a rate visible to the naked eye, and soon, strong Power surged through his entire Body.
Genetic Ability?
‘Chu Tianyao’ slightly narrowed his eyes while his figure flickered, and he suddenly kicked out fiercely!
The short, fat man wasn’t fast and couldn’t dodge in time. He clenched his teeth, crossed his arms in front of him to block.
“Boom!”
The short, fat man was sent flying backward, slamming into the wall behind him, but he only turned a bit paler, his arms’ clothing torn, yet he wasn’t much harmed.
Seeing this, ‘Chu Tianyao’ couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
That one kick had been wildly ferocious; even many Captain Level enforcers with defensive Combat Skills would struggle to withstand it. How could this guy be relatively fine?
He didn’t linger for the fight and after avoiding another rain of arrows, he turned into a blur and quickly left through the bar’s overhead passage.
“Phew…”
The short, fat man’s complexion was pale; he took a deep breath, gazing after the passage Chu Tianyao had fled through, then at the body of Councilor Wang on the ground, his expression grew increasingly ugly.
His strength was inferior to the Patrol Chief’s, but the organization’s modified Genetic Abilities had made his Power and defense much stronger than others at the same Level.
Even for a powerhouse like Chu Tianyao, killing him would be very difficult, which is why the organization had tasked him with protection duty.
“Murdered the Councilor and fled?”
The short, fat man furrowed his brows tightly.
He knew how strong Chu Tianyao was, from that one kick it was clear he hadn’t used his full strength, and it was purely a physical attack. Perhaps Chu Tianyao also knew he couldn’t kill him; thus, he simply knocked him back and fled.
“Zhang Zhiren!”
The short, fat man suddenly shouted angrily, “Come out!”
After a moment, a wall beneath the stands slowly slid open, and Zhang Zhiren emerged.
“Mr. Lu.” Zhang Zhiren let out a sigh.
The short, fat man leapt down from the stands and angrily said, “Don’t you have anything to say?”
Zhang Zhiren fell silent for a moment, then replied, “Although Chu Tianyao clearly knows this stronghold, he shouldn’t know the exact timing of today’s goods handover. I don’t understand what he’s aiming for either.”
Mr. Lu snorted coldly, “This madness of his… perhaps he’s discovered the truth?”
“This…” Zhang Zhiren furrowed his brows.
“The one who could forcefully command him before, Zhou Yang, is already dead.”
Mr. Lu huffed, “Maybe… he got wind from somewhere that Councilor Wang was coming today and didn’t want to be threatened anymore, so he came specifically to eliminate Wang?”
Zhang Zhiren was taken aback slightly, frowning and saying, “Are you suggesting that he’s seeking death?”
The Bright Society has many ways to deal with someone that are worse than death.
Sometimes, death is actually a release.
“Councilor Wang is dead; I’ll report it and see what the higher-ups decide.”
Mr. Lu coldly said, “You first make sure the merchandise is ready to load onto the trucks at any moment.”
“Yes.”
…
Dawn was just breaking, and the lights from the distant urban circle were already dimming.
On the morning streets, a blurred silhouette darted through the dark alleys at an astonishing Speed, swiftly arriving at a hidden street corner.
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“Captain.”
Zhao Jiayi stepped out from the shadow with an excited expression, holding a set of Patrol Officer’s uniform in her arms.
‘Chu Tianyao’s’ hands turned into blurred afterimages, and in the blink of an eye, he stripped off his outer clothes. Then he quickly took the Patrol Officer’s uniform from Zhao Jiayi’s hands and put it on in the blink of an eye.
Simultaneously, his Body size and appearance also changed.
In no time, he had transformed from Chu Tianyao, the notorious fugitive from Qinghu Island, back into Lin Qing, the appearance of a Patrol Officer.