Shocked onlookers

The entire scene fell utterly silent.

Not only were the trembling "infiltrators" stunned, but so were all the armed thugs standing around them.

Even the two fiends holding sharp knives, who had been preparing to stab and cut out tongues, instinctively stopped what they were doing and stared in shock at Jiang Qiao as he walked out step by step.

For a moment, everyone forgot to move. A single thought surfaced in perfect unison:

Another one who isn't afraid to die?!

Quite a few infiltrators trembled all over and cursed inwardly. What a damn hero.

They were deeply worried.

They were worried that this group of desperados would take their anger out on them!

With no weapons in hand, getting beaten up would be the best-case scenario. They might even lose their lives.

At that thought, some people began glaring resentfully at Jiang Qiao.

However.

A few others saw what Jiang Qiao had done, a glint flashing in their eyes as they seemed to realize something. A trace of hope appeared on their faces.

The white-haired man standing in the middle of the scene, looking as though he thought he was the most handsome man alive, froze for a moment, not quite reacting.

The words echoed through his mind several times before he finally confirmed what Jiang Qiao had said.

He immediately flew into a rage!

"You're courting death, brat!"

"You're going to die here today—and it'll be a miserable death!"

"Even the Heavenly King himself couldn't save you!"

"That's what I said!"

He simply couldn't believe his ears!

Someone had actually dared to insult him inside the factory district—and it was one of a bunch of little rats who had sneaked into the capital through secret passages!

Who had given him the courage?!

"To be honest, even if the