Desperate Dark Night
Chapter 67

Settling Things, Part One

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Hiss!!

A great tree now bore six deep claw marks across its trunk. The trunk had been cut more than halfway through, causing the tree to lose its balance and topple sideways.

Bang! The great tree collapsed.

Two figures stood on either side of the trunk.

On the left stood a black giant, his heavy Bulletproof Suit completely undamaged. He was none other than Butcher Xu Fan, who had just completed his ambush. He stood there quietly, flexed his alloy-gloved hands, shook the blood from the spikes on the gloves, and let out a low, satisfied chuckle.

On the right, Zhao Zheng Hong was down on one knee.

One of his arms hung limply from his shoulder, already incapable of movement. Three sharp, bloody gashes had appeared beside his mouth and across his cheek, reaching all the way to the corner of his lips.

Blood trickled down from his chin, drop by drop.

That was not all. On the ground beside him lay the bodies of two team members, sliced into several pieces. They too were gushing blood, dyeing the ground red.

Boom! The bomb he had thrown earlier exploded with an ear-splitting roar, igniting an even greater forest fire.

"Butcher. If I give up now, will you let me go?" Zhao Zheng Hong slowly rose, blinking the blood from his eyes as he stared intently at the other man.

"That depends on what the employer says." Xu Fan rubbed his chin and turned his head toward the Cave in the distance.

At that very moment, a Pistol appeared in Zhao Zheng Hong's hand like a bolt of lightning. He aimed straight ahead and fired.

Bang! The instant the gunshot rang out, a ball of flame exploded from Xu Fan's chest. The blast rocked him slightly, and the flames blocked

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