Chapter 190: Chapter 0190 Critical Moment (Second Update)_1
 

As the top expert of the Cloud Guild, Fourth Zhao’s skills were naturally exceptional.

This seemingly simple kick was actually infused with his decade-plus years of martial arts training and was incredibly potent. When he made his move, it was accompanied by a whooshing sound.

The people on both sides cheered, as if they were about to see Ye Xiong get beaten to a swollen face and a crooked neck.

Ye Xiong stood immovable. When the kick was about to strike his neck, he suddenly launched a punch.

Striking later but arriving first, as fast as lightning.

The onlookers hadn’t even seen clearly how he made his move before they saw Fourth Zhao’s body flying backward, crashing onto a table, and spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

One punch.

Just one punch had defeated Fourth Zhao.

The surrounding crowd was instantly dumbfounded.

The martial arts of Fourth Zhao were well known to those present; he was the Cloud Guild’s top expert, Master Fang Liu’s gold medal bodyguard.

Who exactly was this guy who could defeat Fourth Zhao with a single move?

“Didn’t your master tell you, making such exaggerated moves is tantamount to suicide?” Ye Xiong said coldly.

The once-arrogant face of Fourth Zhao instantly became gloomy.

His master had indeed reminded him in the past not to use too much fancy action when fighting. The ultimate goal of making a move was to knock down the opponent—the simpler, the better. Extravagant moves were mostly a waste of time, providing the opponent with an opportunity to strike.

At that time, Fourth Zhao had always disregarded his master’s words, for he had never encountered a real expert.

Today, being knocked down by a single move, he finally believed his master’s words.

Fourth Zhao immediately lost his arrogance and climbed up to go to Master Fang Liu’s side, hanging his head dejectedly, “Master, I am incompetent, not his match.”

Master Fang Liu was surprised, his eyes landing on Ye Xiong with interest.

He had never encountered an expert who could defeat his personal bodyguard with a single move.

“Fang Liu, are you forcing me to take action?” Ye Xiong asked coldly.

He was running out of patience. If the other party still didn’t agree, he would have to resort to force, even if he had to threaten with a knife to his neck to get his cooperation.

“Helping you is no problem, but I have a condition,” Master Fang Liu suddenly said.

“How much money, name your price?”

“I am not lacking money,” Master Fang Liu shook his head and said, “You have to agree to my condition.”

“What condition? I won’t do anything like murder or arson, anything against the law,” Ye Xiong stated in advance.

“I haven’t thought it through yet. I’ll tell you when I have. But I can assure you, it will definitely not involve killing or breaking the law. You can rest easy,” Master Fang Liu promised.

Someone like Master Fang Liu, a cunning fox who appears glorious on the surface, knows that the underworld is always a No Return Path. You never know when a struggle might bring you from heaven to hell. At such a time, you have to think of various ways to save yourself, and it’s very possible that one commitment now could save his life later on.

The longer you survive in the underworld, the more ways you have out, the longer your lifespan, that’s what Master Fang Liu thought.

“Fine, I agree.”

Ye Xiong immediately described Tang Ning’s appearance, as well as the appearances of the hippo-faced and rat-faced men, including the place where Tang Ning was kidnapped, the model and license number of the van, and the direction it went, he described everything in detail.

“Tell your brothers, whoever finds the person first, I’ll give them two million.”

After hearing Ye Xiong’s detailed description, Master Fang Liu said to some Hall Masters nearby, “Everyone, make calls together, send out all the people you can to search. I refuse to believe that someone can’t be found on my Fang Liu’s turf.”

Dominance.

But Master Fang Liu had the right to be so.

Because he was the overlord in the vicinity of the airport.

After the several Hall Masters received the orders, they left their seats to make calls, and in a moment, the whole hall was filled with the sound of orders being issued.

Ye Xiong breathed a sigh of relief; it looked like the chances had greatly increased.

Compared to running around like a headless fly alone, that was much better. Whether they could find Tang Ning before something happened to her was now a matter of fate.

Tonight, the vicinities near the airport were turned upside down.

Two million!

For ordinary people, it might not be a lot of money, but for a small-time hoodlum, that’s an astronomical sum.

How many years would one have to mix in the underworld, how many days would one have to lick blood from the edge of a knife, to earn so much money?

Meanwhile.

A gray van pulled up in front of a row of old houses.

This area was thick with rental homes and chaotic in management, virtually unfindable if you didn’t know it was there.

“Hurry, carry the person to the room, I can hardly wait any longer,” the hippopotamus-faced Boss ordered excitedly.

The rat-faced Old Second and the driver, Old Third, got out of the van, with Old Third carrying Tang Ning, and the three of them headed upstairs.

Reaching the second floor, they opened the door to one of the rooms and hurried inside.

After tossing Tang Ning onto the bed, the three became visibly excited.

“Boss, I’ve never played with such a fierce chick before. She’s even more explosive than the babes in the films from the Island Country,” Old Second said excitedly, his gaze on Tang Ning.

“Keep it down, it won’t be good if we disturb the neighbors,” the Boss ordered sternly.

“Boss, should we wake her up first? It would be more interesting to play that way,” Old Second asked.

“I was thinking the same thing. Lying there like a corpse is no fun,” Old Third agreed.

“Alright, but make sure to tie up her body and gag her mouth. We absolutely can’t let her scream,” the Boss commanded.

The three immediately stuffed Tang Ning’s mouth with a cloth and placed a bottle under her nose.

After smelling the medicine, Tang Ning slowly regained consciousness.

Once she realized where she was, Tang Ning tried to get up, but found her hands were tied; she tried to scream but her mouth was sealed, so she could only whimper.

At that moment, three ferocious faces appeared before her.

“Little sister, if you want to suffer less, just cooperate nicely and don’t make noise,” the Boss said with a sinister laugh.

“How does that saying go, ‘Life is like being raped by fate; if you can’t resist it, you might as well learn to enjoy it.'”

“We three brothers will definitely introduce you to the most wonderful thing in this world.”

“Boss, you go first,” Old Second said.

“Of course, it’s me first, would I let you go ahead?” the Boss replied, giving him a scornful glance.

Tears streamed down Tang Ning’s face; she was full of regret.

If she hadn’t flaunted herself, trying to catch her cousin-in-law’s attention, she wouldn’t be in this predicament.

If she were to be defiled by these three disgusting men, she wouldn’t want to live in this world anymore.

“Stop crying, we’ll take good care of you,” one of them said.

With rough hands, the Boss reached out for her.

Just as the Boss was about to touch her, suddenly a loud shout came from downstairs.

“Whose car is this down here? Get out here,” the voice demanded.

Old Second quickly ran to the window, looked down, and saw several thugs circling around the car.

“Boss, there’s trouble,” Old Second reported.

The Boss moved to the window and looked down, his eyes rolling with thought.

“Could we have been followed?” Old Second asked, worried.

“Stay calm, they’re just small-time hoods, not cops. What are you afraid of?” the Boss paused, then added, “Old Second, go down and check it out.”

Old Second was about to go downstairs when the Boss suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly shouted, “Come back, let Old Third go down.”

“Boss, wise decision,” Old Second said, raising his thumb.