After replying to each of them, Lu Yang continued leveling up in the Hall of Myriad Souls.
While Lu Yang was leveling, Liu Jie's side was left dumbfounded. Liu Jie had spent the entire previous night answering police questions with his father and the family lawyers. It was not until this morning that his father let him out.
Back at the villa, Liu Jie, Scheming Straw, and several other core members under his command had gathered inside to wait for him. Every face was filled with fear and anxiety.
This time, they had made thorough preparations to kill Lu Yang. Liu Jie had assigned Wang Teng two assassins he kept on payroll, and Tian Huo, one of his men, had been fortunate enough to run into Lu Yang. In Liu Jie's eyes, killing Lu Yang had been a guaranteed success, yet the result was one dead and two unconscious.
Liu Jie slowly paced around the room. When he reached the rosewood sofa, he patted its backrest and looked at Scheming Straw and the others. "Can anyone tell me what exactly happened?"
Scheming Straw took off his glasses and wiped them clean. After putting them back on, he said, "I suspect we fell into Lu Yang's trap."
"A trap?" Liu Jie looked at Scheming Straw. "What do you mean?"
Scheming Straw said, "Think back on it. There are too many suspicious points in this incident. How was Tian Huo lucky enough to discover Lu Yang? With the chaotic roads behind that KTV, how could Lu Yang possibly have been caught by Wang Teng? And how could those two professional killers have been knocked unconscious and dumped by the river? There are problems everywhere."
Liu Jie frowned. "What evidence do you have?"
Scheming Straw pulled a map of the back entrance from