Conner saw the counter burning and rushed in like a madman, dragging Nick out.
Seeing that Nick was still on fire, he immediately stripped off his police uniform and frantically beat at the flames on Nick's body.
Meanwhile, Orange Hawk reached the sixth-floor stairwell.
The moment he entered, he saw Conner hitting Nick!
"Hasn't Nick suffered enough?" Orange Hawk drew his crossbow, ready to shoot the policeman.
Nick was in terrible shape. He had taken four bullets and six arrows, and his back was badly burned.
On top of that, a potent poison had turned his face bluish-purple and swollen his lips.
Orange Hawk could not tell whether he was alive or dead, but he had to try to save him. The policeman was in the way.
Just as Orange Hawk was about to shoot Conner, he heard a fist cutting through the air behind him!
Whoosh!
Without even looking back, Orange Hawk instinctively rolled aside, then sprang up the stairs. Curled into a crouch, he bounced across the steps without getting hurt and rolled several meters to the landing between the sixth and seventh floors.
Bang! His attacker was Lin Li!
Lin Li had been waiting behind the door all along!
Huang Ji had stationed him there to lie in wait because he was no good at sneaking up on people. Orange Hawk would certainly have noticed him approaching.
But if he hid behind the door and held his breath, Orange Hawk might not expect him.
He came, all right! I spent all that time winding up that punch, and he still dodged? Lin Li sighed inwardly and ran downstairs.
Little did he know, he had given Orange Hawk a fright too.
When did he get that close? And the power behind that punch... that's terrifying!
Lin Li had