Chapter 227 The Challenge Battle Turning into A Life-or-Death Battle
Hearing that Li Zhanwu asked about the Sky Group, Director Wang took it with sudden seriousness and said, “The Sky Group was just the reason I called you here.” “Director, what’s the order from the higher level?” Li Zhanwu asked anxiously since he needed to know urgently whether the challenge battle should be canceled or not. So he could decide what to do next.

“To cancel it or not, it’s not up to me. It depends on you and the Sky Group.” What Director Wang said confused Li Zhanwu a lot as he was so accustomed to doing what he was told to do. But now Director Wang told him that he and the Sky Group had to make the decision by themselves. “Director, why does it depend on us? I think it is up to the Dragon Group. They have already known our secrets. It’s very possible for them to cancel the battle tomorrow.” said Li Zhanwu unsurely. Director Wang shook his head and said, “No, Dragon Group will surely come for the battle. And they will spare no efforts to win the battle.”

“Why?” Li Zhanwu couldn’t understand Director Wang’s words.

“Because they mean to wipe out the Sky Group, in a decent way, just in front of us. They want to humiliate us and to show us that they are unstoppable.” said Director Wang. After hearing this Li Zhanwu was confused, but he figured it out soon.

Since the Dragon Group had already known the secret that the Sky Group was established to replace them. To prevent it from happening, the most effective and simple way for them was to directly destroy the Sky Group.

The battle tomorrow was the best chance in front of them. They could directly wipe out the Sky Group in the battle, stifling the Sky Group in the cradle. While the battle had rules such as not crossing the line and no killing, how could one expect the infuriated Dragon Group would not ignore it. In addition, in the fight between Martial Cultivators, death was perfectly normal, for the power was so hard to control. Even if you knew that your opponent meant to kill you, you had nowhere to appeal to.

The very thought of that made the hair on Li Zhanwu’s back stand on end. He seemed to have already felt the deadly coldness and sniffed the smell of the blood of the battle. So, from now on, if the battle ran as planned, it was doomed to be a life-or-death battle. But did the Sky Group have enough confidence to fight against the Dragon Group?

After lowering his head and keeping silent for a while, Li Zhanwu said, “Director, what is the order from the higher level?” He still wanted to know the order from the higher level.

“The order is to fight if there is a chance to win. If not, then just cancel the battle.” From what Director Wang said Li Zhanwu realized that people from the higher level meant to protect the Sky Group as much as possible. The Dragon Group had already been irritated. There was no way to redeem the situation. This was a long shot gamble. No one would like to see anything bad happened to the Sky Group. If there was no chance to win, then just canceled the battle. They wouldn’t let the Dragon Group wipe out the Sky Group in the battle. Li Zhanwu was lost in thought. Was there any chance to win? He didn’t know the answer.

“Little boy, I need you to think about it carefully and give me a reply. I have to report it to people from the higher level. Is it possible for the Sky Group to defeat the Dragon Group?” asked Director Wang with a stiff look. His eyes were fixed on Li Zhanwu, waiting for his reply.

Li Zhanwu took a long breath and cautiously said, “Director, the Sky Group has been growing at full speed. Maybe they can have a fight with the Dragon Group. But the Sky Group is made up of our best Martial Cultivators. Once they are defeated, I’m afraid we can’t bear the loss.”

The Sky Group had only five members, with whom the future of the Sky Group was bound. Of course, Li Zhanwu didn’t want to lose them.

“So, you mean to call off the battle?” Director Wang’s questioned with a lower tone.

“No, no, no, just give me a little more time to think.” Li Zhanwu said anxiously.

To give up? Even without a try? Li Zhanwu thought to himself.

To give up without a try would just encourage the Dragon Group’s arrogance. Even if Li Zhanwu could swallow all the humiliation, Qin Hao would not. How could one expect that a person with such temperament and personality like Qin Hao endured such humiliation?

The challenge battle was proposed by them. Now they decided to withdraw. What a shame!

In the meanwhile, to give up would disappoint those who supported the Sky Group. They might lose their support. If you were not strong enough, why should you think that others would stand by your side?

Others might think that the Sky Group was nothing but a useless organization, let alone to replace the Dragon Group.

“Zhanwu, you don’t have to reply now. Go back and consider it carefully. Be sure to give me your answer before dawn tomorrow.” Suddenly, Director Wang raised his voice and solemnly continued, “Remember, if you decide not to cancel the battle, make sure the Sky Group has an excellent fight tomorrow. Try everything they can to defeat the Dragon Group.”

“Thus to frustrate the arrogance of the Dragon Group, and to let them know that we are not afraid of them. So as to make sure they dare not to attack us without worry. Even if they are going to attack, the Sky Group will be a big threat to them.”

“What’s more, the battle will show everyone how tough the Sky Group is and will help us get more support. Since the election is coming soon. How much support can we win is all up to the fight? So, Zhanwu, personally, I hope you can do whatever you can do to fight.”

Director Wang was done with his words, and his opinion was easy to tell. He didn’t want the Sky Group to give up the battle. He wanted them to fight with honor, and to dominate the battle. However, that was too hard!

Just at the moment, Li Zhanwu felt he was under unprecedented stress. He never felt that before.

In the long term, he wouldn’t want to fight with the Dragon Group. He knew the strength of the Sky Group. The members of the Dragon Group were much more than those of the Sky Group. One death to the Dragon Group was not a big deal. But one death to the Sky Group was beyond what he could bear.

The five members of the Sky Group were the hope of its development. If they died, there would be no talk of the future.

But how should he choose? Even though he had the right to give up, but would he really choose to do that? On the way back Li Zhanwu felt depressed. He didn’t know how to choose.

What a surprise! He would have never expected that the challenge battle had already become a life-or-death battle.

“General, should we go home?” asked the driver when he drove the car to a fork. “Okay.” spontaneously said Li Zhanwu who was still in deep thinking. When the driver started the car, he suddenly realized that and shouted, “No, turn around. We go to Qin Hao’s place.” Before making the decision that Director Wang left to him, he must consult Qin Hao. “Okay.” Of course, the driver followed his order and turned around to the road that led to Qin Hao’s place. In the house, Qin Hao had done a great but tough job to take Mu Qingyao out of danger. The bullet was stuck in one of the lung lobes. Even surgical specialists would never do such an operation without careful thinking. Nevertheless, Qin Hao made it without doing surgery at all. And he didn’t let a massive hemorrhage happen, which was normal during surgery. What a miracle!

This time, Mu Qingsong had seen Qin Hao’s marvelous medical skill by herself. She was deeply shocked. She now believed that all those legends about Qin Hao were true. Qin Hao was much more than out of the ordinary. “Hao, thank you for saving Mom’s life, thank you!” said Mu Qingyao, who was lying on the bed. Her eyes were filled with tears, but she smiled happily. She was moved by what Qin Hao had done. She knew that her son cared about her, though he wouldn’t tell her that. He was the one who saved her life at such a dangerous moment.

She had feelings. She saw the worrying and anxious look on Qin Hao’s face when he was treating her. That was from his deep heart. It couldn’t be faked.

Of course, Mu Qingsong, who was just standing beside, saw it too. He was very happy to see that Qin Hao still cared about his mother. So in his heart, the hope for the rebuilding of the bond between Qin Hao and his mother rose again.

“Don’t say that. I am a doctor. Even if I didn’t know you, I would still save you.” Qin Hao wiped away the sweat on his forehead and replied coldly to Mu Qingyao.

“Hao, you must be tired. Come on, wash your face and have a rest.” Shi Bingying passed a wet handkerchief to Qin Hao, couldn’t help worrying about him.

Qin Hao took the handkerchief and cleaned his face. He gave it back to Shi Bingying and said, “Ying, she is yours now. Take good care of her.” Then he turned around and left the hall. In the hall, one of the two murderers, in black jacket, was held down on the ground. Beside the man, there was a large-size sniper rifle.

The captain of the guard in charge of this neighborhood saluted Qin Hao and reported, “General, one of the murderers has been arrested, the other is still on the run!”

Qin Hao nodded at him and walked all the way to the murderer. He commanded the two guards, “Let him go.” “Yes, Sir.” The two guards set the man free at once.

The man was free, but he didn’t stand up. He crawled up to sit on the ground, without any fear. He kept calm and peaceful. He wiped away the bloodstain at the corner of his mouth with his hands. Then he raised his eyes a little and gave Qin Hao a cold look.

“Confess! Who sent you? You’ve got only one chance.” Qin Hao said with a freezing tone. His face looked horribly cold.

However, the man wasn’t frightened by Qin Hao’s horrible look at all. He had murdered so many people and he had been well trained. He was good in experience.

“General, he’s a tough guy. We have interrogated him many times, but he just doesn’t tell anything. Why not let interrogation experts take over?” the captain of the guard suggested. “Bullshit.” hearing the captain talking about interrogation experts, the man scorned on it as the response. He had once been handed over to those so-called interrogation experts, but none of them were able to make him surrender.

“No, now that he doesn’t want to confess, I’ll help him.” Qin Hao suddenly turned hostile. “Pah.” Qin Hao slapped the man all the way to the ground. The man was blacked out. All people were confused, not knowing what Qin Hao wanted to do.

Qin Hao didn’t care about their looks. He took out several silver needles and put them into several acupoints on the man’s head. Then he woke the man up by slapping him again. The man opened his eyes. But he was not him anymore. He had no facial expression. In his eyes, it was nothing but emptiness. He looked so lifeless.

Even a fool could see the change of the man. It must be the silver needles that were working. Mu Qingsong and others were all shocked by Qin Hao. They had no idea that he was even capable of such skill. Was there anything that he couldn’t do?

“Tell me. Who the hell sent you here?” Qin Hao shouted.

“Mu Guangming.”

The name gave Mu Qingsong a tremble. Mu Guangming? His uncle, the former head of the Mu Family. He couldn’t believe it. They were all from the Mu Family. How could Mu Guangming send murderers to kill them? “Which Mu Guangming?” Mu Qingsong lost control and rushed to the man cried. He couldn’t believe that the man was sent by his uncle. He preferred to believe that this Mu Guangming was another person other than his uncle.