Gu Tianming and Chen Lin collided. Their Energy Qi shot out in all directions, forming a shockwave that swept through the surroundings.
Even the joss paper Bai Jinghong had been burning earlier was sent flying into the air.
After the collision, Chen Lin staggered back five steps.
Gu Tianming only retreated three steps. The difference in strength was immediately apparent.
Chen Lin was inwardly shocked.
He truly never imagined Bai Jinghong’s bodyguard could be this formidable.
Could it be that the previous ambush had made Bai Jinghong more vigilant, leading him to keep a strong expert by his side?
But that didn’t make sense. The opponent was a Mystic Rank Late Stage martial artist.
Unless it was an expert guarding some family’s legacy, why would they act as a bodyguard for a Playboy Young Master!
Chen Lin looked at Bai Jinghong and snorted coldly, “I underestimated you!”
“To actually have an expert by your side… but it’s still useless. You will all die!”
“Ha, such big talk!”
The flames of fury in Gu Tianming’s heart had reached their peak. He decided to drop the pretense entirely.
He directly ripped off his mask.
Under the moonlight, Gu Tianming’s face was filled with ferocity—an expression of rage pushed to the extreme.
Chen Lin froze for a moment.
“Death God?”
“What are you doing here? What’s the meaning of this?”
“Ha, so you still recognize me. Hades, you’ve pushed people too far! Wanting to seize my power is one thing, but to even lay hands on my daughter!” Gu Tianming gnashed his teeth.
“You even put her in a dog cage!”
Chen Lin was completely baffled.
What daughter? What dog cage?
“What do you mean? What daughter of yours?”
Chen Lin was genuinely bewildered. It wasn’t false that he wanted to seize Death God’s power, but he hadn’t had the chance to act on it yet.
“Pretending? You won’t spill until you taste some pain!” Gu Tianming stomped his foot and his body shot forward rapidly.
He actually left an afterimage where he stood, instantly appearing right in front of Chen Lin.
“You think I’m afraid of you!” Chen Lin said fiercely, a ruthless look in his eyes.
He was forced to counterattack, raising his hand into a claw and swiping at Gu Tianming.
Both men had protagonist templates. When two tigers fight, one must die!
Their moves were also extremely decisive and vicious.
They were men who walked on the edge of a blade. Their strikes weren’t flashy; every move was a killing technique.
Accompanied by the impact of Energy Qi, the spectacle was considerable.
Bai Jinghong simply sat on a step, lit a cigarette, and watched with keen interest.
In less than a minute, the two had exchanged dozens of moves, each strike powerful and sharp. Both sides sustained injuries.
Finally, after a head-on palm clash, both sides retreated again.
Blood trickled from the corner of Chen Lin’s mouth.
Gu Tianming was also bleeding.
Chen Lin’s breathing was somewhat ragged. He said, enunciating each word, “Is there some misunderstanding here?”
“I don’t understand a word of what you just said.”
Chen Lin wasn’t a fool. He immediately sensed something was wrong somewhere.
Gu Tianming was also panting, “Bastard, still putting on an act! You captured my daughter, locked her in a dog cage.”
“And you sent Enchantress and Zi Yue to assassinate me. Now you tell me it’s a misunderstanding?”
Chen Lin felt his brain couldn’t keep up.
He was struggling just to survive in Dragon Sea; where would he get the mind to do these things?
And Shen Yaoyao and Zi Yue—he ordered them to kill Death God? Ridiculous!
Suddenly, his gaze landed on Bai Jinghong, who was smoking on the steps. A thunderclap went off in his mind!
“Death God, let’s cease hostilities. This is very likely that bastard’s doing!”
Chen Lin pointed at Bai Jinghong.
Gu Tianming also paused for a moment, looking at Bai Jinghong.
Bai Jinghong stubbed out his cigarette and waved his hands, “Trying to shift blame now? Chen Lin, you’re truly despicable!”
“Are you saying you didn’t capture Mr. Gu’s daughter!”
Chen Lin shouted back, “I didn’t! I get it now. It’s you! You bastard orchestrated all this.”
“Death God, he’s the one behind it! We’ve both been deceived! Don’t kill each other for nothing!”
Why would Gu Tianming easily believe Chen Lin’s words?
After all, the assassination attempt by Shen Yaoyao and Zi Yue was something he had experienced firsthand.
Besides Chen Lin, who could command those two?
“More words are useless. Go die!” Gu Tianming paid no heed whatsoever.
Facts spoke louder than words. The only enemy in his mind had always been just Chen Lin.
Gu Tianming attacked again.
Chen Lin knew both he and Death God had been set up. Thus, he didn’t choose to attack, focusing solely on defense.
While defending, he kept explaining non-stop.
“Death God, wake up! We’ve both been tricked by that bastard!”
“Tricked? Are you going to say he can command your confidants and war generals?” Gu Tianming roared explosively.
Bai Jinghong was thoroughly enjoying the show. Once either of them was heavily injured, he could clean up everything.
“Looks like they need a little more spice!” Bai Jinghong smiled, looked at Chen Lin, and activated Voice Control.
Under Bai Jinghong’s Voice Control, Chen Lin—who had been chattering nonstop, telling Death God to calm down—suddenly changed his tone.
“Death God, is that all you’ve got? Fine, I’ll stop pretending. I’ll lay my cards on the table.”
“I captured your daughter. What are you going to do about it? I, the Hades, act as I please. Why must I explain myself to others?”
“I was even planning to raise your daughter as a pet to toy with. Didn’t expect you to find out.”
“And that Xu Sixin, she’s truly a sexy bombshell!”
“Today you die. Your wife and daughter, I shall care for them.”
“Ah~ Ah~ Die!” Gu Tianming went berserk, his attacks turning into a completely reckless, life-for-life style.
Chen Lin just felt his mind was a mess. What just happened?
But Chen Lin knew continuing to only defend was useless. He launched an offensive again.
The two fought for another twenty moves. Chen Lin truly couldn’t withstand the frenzied Gu Tianming any longer.
A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out.
Gu Tianming also coughed up blood, but the murderous aura around him hadn’t diminished one bit.
Chen Lin knew that no matter what he said now, it was useless.
He absolutely had to leave first and plan later!
Thus, Chen Lin changed direction, preparing to run.
Bai Jinghong decisively waved his hand.
“Shua shua shua!”
From all directions, a mass of men instantly stood up, dark silhouettes like ghosts.
“Rat-tat-tat-tat!”
Those elites showed no hesitation. The sound of gunfire erupted. The Underworld Guards on the plaza were instantly killed or wounded to the last man.
Chen Lin, being an expert after all, quickly threw himself to the ground, grabbed an Underworld Guard to use as a shield, and moved towards a tombstone for cover.
Gu Tianming was also stunned. This Bai Jinghong had actually equipped his men with so many submachine guns?
And why were they indiscriminately targeting everyone, even shooting at him?
One of his confidants had also been shot dead!
“Bai Jinghong, what the hell are you doing!” Gu Tianming roared in fury.
“Doing? Naturally, sending you to meet your grandmas!”
Bai Jinghong laughed, rummaged through the grass by the steps, and directly hoisted a submachine gun that Ah Kun had placed there.
The moment he raised the gun, he immediately opened fire on Chen Lin and Gu Tianming.
A hundred men, over twenty submachine guns, ten sniper rifles, and seventy pistols fired simultaneously once more.
Layers of firepower nets covered the plaza.
Combined with the snipers’ precise strikes, Chen Lin was shot in the arm, leg, chest, and shoulder—multiple hits.
Gu Tianming couldn’t escape either.
He was shot in the side of the throat, the kneecap, and the lower abdomen—multiple bullet wounds.
Only now did he realize: everything had been orchestrated by Bai Jinghong.
From beginning to end, his target was never just Chen Lin—it was both of them.
And the person who had taken his daughter was undoubtedly Bai Jinghong. It was a pity he only realized this after the fact.
Chen Lin also completely lost his mobility and collapsed to the ground.
Meanwhile, Gu Tianming desperately pressed his hand against his neck, blood gushing forth. At the same time, he was still straining to roll and dodge continuously.
He’d been shot in the side of the neck. Although he wouldn’t die immediately, the chances of death were still very high.
“Death God, go! Get out of here!”
Death God’s two confidants could be considered the luckiest men on the entire field.
When the hail of bullets came, they had directly grabbed several people to surround themselves as human shields.
Their injury rate was also the lowest; only their arms and other places had been shot.
The two used the fastest speed to delete their phone’s browser history.
Then, they each hoisted a corpse to block the gunfire from behind, and carried another one.
Summoning all their strength, they charged toward Gu Tianming, tightly surrounding him in the middle.
Two corpses shielded themselves, two corpses shielded Gu Tianming—effectively a double-layer human shield.
Any bullet wanting to hit Gu Tianming would have to pass right through them first.
Chen Lin’s side was already dealt with. Everyone turned their muzzles toward Gu Tianming.
Those two confidants were indeed utterly loyal. They pressed themselves firmly against him, turning sideways to block bullets for Gu Tianming.
Those two corpses desperately pressed against Gu Tianming.
Grief and indignation filled Gu Tianming’s heart, but he was utterly helpless.
