In the end, the night, which was supposed to be a common one, started to get turbulent after midnight.

Gu Xiaobo’s betrayal had posed a great threat to the group of people, including Qin Sheng, who were encircled by their opponents. In order to protect Qin Sheng now, Gu Qingyang had sacrificed himself to make Qin Sheng leave this place safe and sound. However, as for himself, he had died in this strange place, which he barely had known before, in the end.

It was a pathetic thing for a miserable young man to die in a strange land.

Gu Xiaobo knelt on the ground. Starting from this moment, he was no longer the previous Gu Xiaobo. From now on, he would only move on in the wrong direction. As Gu Xiaobo had said, he might feel guilty but would not ever regret it. The reason for him to say so was that he was an overconfident person.

It was unknown how long had passed before Gu Xiaobo slowly stood up. The look on his face was somewhat ferocious. His eyes were even bloodshot. He gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and bowed to Gu Qingyang’s body three times slowly. After that, he rushed into the dim light of the night without any hesitation at all. It was because he still needed to kill Qin Sheng. Never should he allow Qin Sheng to leave this place alive. Otherwise, he would be the one who lay on the ground, soon.

In a tree-lined track, the ferocious battle between Chang Baji and Chu Sikong was drawing to an end. As time dragged on, the battle situation, where the two opposing parties had been locked in a fight originally, started to become clear gradually. Chang Baji, whose state of mind had been disturbed, was seriously injured. Chu Sikong was not in an optimistic situation either, but he was somewhat better than his opponent.

After another round of battle, Chu Sikong struck Chang Baji’s abdomen with a heavy punch, making him step backward for several consecutive paces. Blood dripped from the corner of Chang Baji’s lips. He had multiple injuries on his face and body, while his clothing was ripped to pieces. He looked somewhat awkward.

Chu Sikong said somewhat disdainfully, “Chang Baji, is that all you’ve got?”

Chang Baji stared at Chu Sikong and sneered as he said, “Can you really kill me? I don’t think so. If you had not set up such a trap today, you would have lost while fighting against me under normal circumstances. You clearly know it.”

Seldom had Chu Sikong lost in the battle. Plus, he respected and abided by the rules and regulations across the underworld. Consequently, while fighting with that kind of master like Chang Baji, he would like to win in a righteous way. Moreover, Chang Baji should be sincerely convinced that he had lost to him. As a result, Chang Baji’s words hurt Chu Sikong. After all, if Chang Baji had not been distracted, it would have been unknown who would be the winner and the loser.

Chu Sikong pondered for a while, sensing that the battle on the other side should have come to an end, and it was not necessary for him to pin Chang Baji down anymore. Even if Chang Baji rushed over now, he would not be of any use at all. If Chang Baji chose to stay and continue fighting with him bravely to the end, Chu Sikong needed to pay a heavy price to kill Chang Baji at that time. Plus, he would not want others to help him at all.

Chu Sikong chuckled as he said, “Well since you said so, let’s call it a day. Otherwise, I would have an unfair advantage. After you solve your issue, we can make time to learn from each other at that time. The way I see it, you won’t have other excuses, right?”

Chang Baji sneered. “Are you sure you are going to let me go? You are at an advantage now, if you want to kill me, it is a rare opportunity for you. However, nothing will be definite after today.”

Chu Sikong said happily, “Ha ha ha. Never will I act like that. If I want to beat you, I will do it in a just way.”

“Alright. Then, we shall meet some other day again.” Though Chang Baji was not familiar with Chu Sikong, it did not occur to him that Chu Sikong, who valued brotherhood the most, would act in this way. Moreover, as an experienced person in the underworld, he was old-fashioned, obedient, just, and lenient. He did not look like nowadays’ groups of young people, who were simply tough and never considered the cost. If they were not opponents, Chang Baji would sincerely hope he could make friends with that kind of experienced underworld members like Chu Sikong. Moreover, based on their respective temperaments, perhaps they would become bosom friends at that time.

Unfortunately, they were opponents instead of enemies.

Chang Baji saluted Chu Sikong respectfully, and so did Chu Sikong. This was how the people in the underworld should treat each other. After that, Chang Baji rushed swiftly in the riverside’s direction.

Finally, Chang Baji and Chu Sikong’s battle had ended. They had started fighting with each other in a pretty intense manner. In the end, they chose to shake hands and make it up and fight another day since the winner could not be decided clearly. However, if they had chosen to stick to the end, Chang Baji would have definitely lost, and Chu Sikong would certainly have needed to pay a heavy price.

In the forest, the battle also came to an end since Qin Sheng had escaped.

Feng He and Gu Xiaobo had been delayed due to Gu Qingyang’s issue. Zhuang Zhou and Nan Gong had taken advantage of this opportunity to catch up with Qin Sheng quickly and stopped the two masters, who had been chasing after Qin Sheng, successfully. Thus, they gave Qin Sheng ample of time to leave.

Before the two masters almost caught up with Qin Sheng, Nan Gong and Zhuang Zhou stood in front of them, startling them. It was because there were only four people on Qin Sheng’s side tonight. Chang Baji had been held back by Mr. Chu, and Gu Xiaobo had betrayed Qin Sheng. Gu Qingyang had been left behind, while Qin Sheng was right in front of them.

It was a moonless and windy night. The two men wondered who the couple in front of them was. Though their appearances could not be seen clearly, it seemed that they also had not gotten any information about them from the intelligence report. What the hell was going on?

Though the man, who took the lead, knew clearly that the couple in front of him certainly were their opponents, he still asked subconsciously, “Who are you?”

Nan Gong sneered as she said, “You are not qualified to know.”

The other man said threateningly, “If you don’t want to die, you should leave right away.” As a matter of fact, they were capable of making threats. After all, they were well-chosen masters. Once they came across ordinary opponents, they were capable of annihilating them.

Nan Gong cutely smiled as she said, “Die? I’ve been hearing such words many years now, but I am still standing here. However, speaking of those that uttered them, they’ve long been sent to hell.”

Ever since the two strange enemies had inexplicably appeared, the two men had subconsciously felt somewhat scared. Nan Gong’s words, whether they were true or not, caused the two men’s self-confidence to waver further.

Though the battle had yet to start, the two men had already lost the momentum.

While Nan Gong was talking, Zhuang Zhou remained silent. To them, the two men were their prey, or better, dead men walking. The way Zhuang Zhou saw it, it did not make any sense at all to speak with soon to die people.

The two men looked at each other for a while and thought, “Whoever the opponents are, as long as they are in our way, they are our enemies. To deal with enemies, the only solution is to kill them.”

Consequently, they did not spew more bullsh*t. Otherwise, they would be further delayed. They struck out decisively and ran at both Zhuang Zhou and Nan Gong with daggers, which had been prepared in advance, in their hands.

Zhuang Zhou and Nan Gong divided their responsibilities clearly and picked a respective opponent out on their own. Nan Gong took the initiative to engage with her opponent and avoided his several consecutive killing strikes. After turning around nimbly, she angrily slapped the man in the face and said in a flirting way, “Did your mother not teach you that men should never bully women?”

She slapped the man so forcibly that blood directly flew from the corner his lips. Moreover, the fingermarks were so clearly imprinted on his face that they could even be seen even if it was night. The man was so angry that he almost lost his cool. He yelled out loudly and rushed at Nan Gong again.

On the other side, Zhuang Zhou was not as naughty as Nan Gong. Instead, he was much more practical and intended to deal with his opponent within a short period. As a result, he struck out straightforwardly and forcibly, breaking off his opponent’s ribs right away with one punch.

Since they were not at the same level at all, the process and the result of the battle were self-evident. If masters like Chang Baji and Chu Sikong were the ones who fought with each other, it would probably take them dozens of minutes to reach an outcome.

By the time when the opponent rushed forward again while suppressing the piercing pain in his chest, he had been walking somewhat unstably. Zhuang Zhou kicked right at his calf. Following that, he grabbed his arm, which had been holding a dagger, forcibly, and took advantage of this chance to twist and disable it directly. The man was in so much pain that he cried out somewhat heart-brokenly.

Feng He and the other two men, who were nearby, along with Gu Xiaobo, who had arrived there later, all heard that scream. Since it was not Qin Sheng’s voice, they instantly felt that something had gone wrong and walked in this direction right away.

Zhuang Zhou was not hesitant anymore. Instead, he grabbed his opponent’s head. Then, he smashed it against his kneecap several times, depriving his opponent of any chance to fight back. In the end, he clutched at the man’s arm, directed it to the direction of his abdomen, and thrust the dagger in his hands into his abdomen. After a series of movements, Zhuang Zhou stepped backward swiftly, not allowing any blood to stain him.

The man slowly fell on the ground, feeling somewhat reluctant to die in that way. He ended up almost the same way as the other two men by the riverside earlier. Unfortunately, the other two were luckier. Instead of being injured seriously, they had only been knocked down. However, these two men lost their lives here.

As for Nan Gong, she was almost done with her opponent. After all, there was a huge gap between her opponent’s strength and hers. However amazing the masters were, including Hu Lan and Li Qingfeng, they certainly would not be more powerful than Chu Sikong and Feng He. Consequently, once those masters faced opponents like Nan Gong and Zhuang Zhou, their strength was not worth mentioning.

As a result, the moment they had come across Nan Gong and Zhuang Zhou, they had been doomed.

Nan Gong was pretty nimble, as well as resilient. The man simply could not pose any threat to her. Instead, he was beaten up and did not have any strength to fight back. In the end, Nan Gong was not as cruel as Zhuang Zhou. She directly twisted the man’s neck and finished the battle.

Everything was said and done.

Nan Gong stared at Zhuang Zhou, who looked pretty solemn, and said, “Should we go on killing the latecomers?”

Zhuang Zhou shook his head as he said, “Girl, you are somewhat malicious. It’s not good.” If killing was an art, Nan Gong was a master of killing.

Nan Gong’s mouth twitched as she said, “I just want to complete my mission, that’s all.”

Zhuang Zhou made random arrangements as he said, “Alright. Since a long time passed, Qin Sheng should have probably escaped. We don’t need to kill more people. Moreover, it will be morning soon. Let them have ample time to clear up the mess. All we need to do is to hide in the dark.”

Upon hearing Zhuangzhou’s words, Nan Gong nodded silently and disappeared into the dim light of the night along with Zhuang Zhou.

By the time when Feng He arrived, Nan Gong and Zhuang Zhou were already gone. Looking at the horrifying scene in front of him, Feng He was astounded. The two men, who had pursued and attacked Qin Sheng, had died there. Since they had been pretty capable, it was simply not possible for Qin Sheng to have annihilated them in such a short period. In this case, what had happened?

Could it be that Chang Baji had killed them?

It was simply impossible for Chang Baji to do that since Mr. Chu had been obstructing him. Based on his knowledge of Chang Baji’s capability, at worst, the battle between them would end in a standoff. It was impossible for him to kill Mr. Chu within such a short period. If so, who had killed these two men?

Feng He was lost in thoughts. However, he felt disappointed since whoever had killed his subordinates had allowed Qin Sheng to disappear without a trace. The chance of tracking him was pretty slim, not to mention to kill him.

After returning to the Yan Family, how should he explain it to Yan Chaozong?