Bloodbath!

She took out a very old-fashioned cellphone from her bosom and answered the call.

After listening for a while, she turned to the middle-aged leader and said, "Big Brother, the Thunder Dragon Gang and the Water Fire Alliance are fighting tooth and nail over a relic map. They have no time to worry about this."

"The Hunting Tiger Gang is busy collecting protection fees in the neighboring county. They couldn't care less whether Zhou Yu lives or dies."

"The County Government Hall has been dealing with that Rebel Army that escaped from Base City 0119 lately. We don't have any real opponents."

The gaunt middle-aged man nodded.

He stroked the Long Sword lying across his knees and sighed. "Those country tycoons really are rich. With this money, we can buy that complete martial arts manual.

"With that manual, hardly anyone in this area will be able to stand against us.

"Once all our strength has improved,

"getting money will be as easy as taking candy from a baby.

"The Three Great Gangs? They're nothing!"

The other two immediately looked excited at his words.

Hammer Bro laughed loudly. "A complete set of martial arts manuals! That's the kind of gear only top martial artists from major factions can afford."

The middle-aged man glanced at the bound Zhou Tong behind him and said seriously, "That's why you must make sure tonight's deal goes through. Don't hurt her, and don't do anything reckless."

"Yes!" the remaining two quickly replied solemnly.

"Come to think of it, we should thank Little Zhao," the middle-aged man said with a smile, looking at Zhao Xinfeng beside him.

Hearing Liu Zun's words, Zhao Xinfeng was about to respond when he saw everyone frown at once and turn to look into the distance.

Then, he suddenly heard a clear set of footsteps from afar.

The footsteps gradually approached them.

It seemed whoever it was had come for them.

"Hm? They came before the agreed time?"

The Red Knife Society members immediately rose to their feet with furrowed brows.

A figure in black was walking toward them from outside the amusement park, step by step. He held a spear and wore a strange monkey-face mask.

"Who are you? Are you one of Zhou Yu's people?"

The heavy-hammer man instantly became alert.

He raised the heavy hammer in his hand toward the newcomer and shouted his question.

The seductive woman went straight to Zhou Tong.

She hauled her up and placed a blade against Zhou Tong's throat.

Zhou Tong whimpered in panic, unable to make out who the newcomer was.

As for Zhao Xinfeng, his expression changed, and he trembled as he backed away behind the others.

At that moment, everyone from the Red Knife Society watched the Black-Clothed Man as though facing a great enemy, with no time to spare Zhao Xinfeng a glance.

However.

The newcomer did not look at Zhou Tong at all.

He only stared at them and said, "Sorry, but I've been a little short on cash lately. I heard you've extorted quite a bit of money recently, so I'll have to trouble you to hand over everything valuable you have."

The gaunt middle-aged man narrowed his eyes. "Sir, we have neither grievance nor enmity. Liu has no wish to kill or cause trouble.

"If you are willing to turn around and leave now, I guarantee that no harm will come to you.

"If you came because of Zhou Yu, I can promise to give you five million afterward."

For some reason.

The gaunt middle-aged man sensed a trace of danger from the other man.

Not wanting to stir up trouble, he called out loudly.

Yet the hand behind his back suddenly made a gesture toward the heavy-hammer man beside him.

"You don't want to kill me? You guarantee I won't be harmed?" The eyes beneath the newcomer's mask turned cold. "Are you saying you can kill me?"

"No! That isn't what I meant." The gaunt middle-aged man froze, then replied helplessly.

"Brother, how about this? Since you need money, I have a card with two million on it. Take it and leave, how about that?"

With that.

He flicked an unregistered bank card toward the man in black.

The Black-Clothed Man raised a hand as if to catch the card.

But at that very moment.

The middle-aged man stomped his foot, and his body flashed.

He sprang up from where he stood, transforming into an afterimage. Under cover of the night, he appeared before the Black-Clothed Man almost instantly.

At the same time.

Hammer Bro, who had been standing some distance away, let out an angry roar.

He hurled the Alloy War Hammer in his hand viciously at the Black-Clothed Man.

Though launched later, the war hammer arrived first, flying straight at the Black-Clothed Man's face!

In almost an instant.

The Black-Clothed Man came under attack from two experts.

The Black-Clothed Man who had arrived with a spear was naturally Xu Qing.

The reason he had only asked for money since revealing himself, without even looking at Zhou Tong,

was to make it clear that his arrival had nothing to do with her.

That way.

They would not think to use Zhou Tong to threaten him.

He naturally did not care about the bank card the middle-aged man had thrown at him.

His gesture of reaching out to catch it was merely meant to make the other side lower their guard.

He wanted to see whether this middle-aged man truly dared to ambush him!

Sure enough, this man was ruthless.

From beginning to end, he had never intended to compromise!

But neither the middle-aged man nor the other two

had realized just how much they had underestimated Xu Qing.

His body swayed.

He narrowly dodged the thunderous war hammer.

At the same time.

The spear in his hand seemed to come alive at a certain moment.

It transformed into a long serpent, forcing the gaunt middle-aged man back with a howl.

Then Xu Qing flashed forward.

In an instant, he appeared beside Zhou Tong.

Before the seductive woman could react, he immediately blew her head apart with a thrust of his spear!

He then swept his gaze around, but Zhao Xinfeng was nowhere to be seen.

That guy must have slipped away in the chaos.

What a coward.

"Lao Yao!"

The heavy-hammer man cried out in grief at the sight.

The gaunt middle-aged man's eyes flickered as he narrowed them at Xu Qing.

Shock filled his gaze.

A sixth-rank martial artist!

The speed this man had unleashed just now was absolutely something only a sixth-rank martial artist could achieve!

Could he be Zhou Yu's friend, that expert Liu Zhankun from the moon?

Yet he had not expected that, right before their eyes,

Xu Qing would actually search the seductive woman's body, pull out several bank cards, and stuff them into his pocket.

Then he turned toward Zhou Tong, whose face was full of delight. "You care so much about this woman. She must be worth quite a bit, huh?"

He turned to the middle-aged man. "She belongs to me now. I'll give you one last chance. Hand over everything valuable on you, and I'll let you leave. I'm only after money."

Zhou Tong was instantly dumbfounded by Xu Qing's words.

The middle-aged man was genuinely stunned as well.

This man really had not come for Zhou Tong!

Then he grew somewhat irritated.

If he had known, he would not have ambushed this guy just now.

It would have been better to simply hand over all their money.

It was only a little over twenty million anyway.

With Zhou Tong in hand, he could have gotten fifty million from Zhou Yu.

But now, it was too late for regrets.

They could only see whose fist was harder.

He had sixth-rank strength too!

"Fine. Since you are willing to let us go, sir, we can't be ungrateful—"

The thin middle-aged man gave a dry laugh and placed every bank card on him before Xu Qing.

He took two steps back.

As though showing his sincerity.

But in truth, he had already prepared a backup plan.

As long as Xu Qing stepped forward, he would be dead for sure.

Yet before he could finish speaking, Xu Qing suddenly said, "Forget it. I've changed my mind."

Thanks to @Chuxin for the tip, and thanks to @Caozhang Yingfei for the tip! Thank you for your support!