"I'm afraid it wasn't just an old grudge."
Yu Kan clutched his chest, his brows knitted tight. "The Sea Shark Gang and the bandits colluded to scheme against the Zhou Family. This definitely wasn't just revenge. There must be some greater plot behind it!"
At that, a murderous glint flashed in Ma Jun's eyes. He looked at He Chong, whom Chen Yue had subdued, and said in a low voice, "Then pry his mouth open. This bastard definitely knows something! Make him talk. I refuse to believe he won't spill!"
Chen Yue slowly shook his head, his gaze sweeping over the depths of the woods. Faint shouts drifted from there on the wind, coming and going.
"There's no time. We don't know how things are with Master. Every moment we delay puts him in greater danger. The Sea Shark Gang wouldn't dare be so brazen without a backup plan. It would take time to pry his mouth open, and he might not tell the truth anyway."
Chen Yue lowered his head and looked at He Chong, whose face was twisted by suffocation and fear. His eyes were filled with venom and unwillingness, and a final trace of madness.
Chen Yue's gaze turned icy. He no longer hesitated in the slightest.
The five fingers of his right hand, gripping He Chong's cheeks, suddenly tightened. At the same time, his left hand shot out like lightning and precisely seized the junction of He Chong's Adam's apple and cervical vertebrae. A hidden force surged forth!
"Crack!"
A faint but chilling sound of breaking bone.
He Chong's whole body convulsed. His eyes bulged instantly, his pupils rapidly dilating.
A wheezing "Hhk, hhk" escaped his throat as he stared fixedly at Chen Yue's youthful yet impassive face, so close to his own.
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