Xia Ping watched Zheng Cheng die with a cold expression. He felt nothing. This was war. If the man didn't die, he would take revenge, and then Xia Ping would die, along with his family.
There was no right or wrong, only where you stood.
Looking at it from another angle, if he had been captured by his opponent, he would have been wishing for death and unable to die. So he couldn't afford to hold back.
"I didn't expect things to go so smoothly." Xia Ping's eyes flickered. After exchanging for an Invisibility Pill, he had quietly come near the Black Bear Company to observe the area, then taken the pill.
With no one able to see him, he had swaggered into the Black Bear Building's warehouse and ransacked the place. After all, this was a black market where they sold drugs, monster meat, potions, pills, weapons, and all kinds of contraband.
Unfortunately, he couldn't carry much. After picking through everything, he found twenty bottles of Golden Potion. He either didn't want the other items or couldn't carry them, so he had to leave them behind with regret.
Finally, he found several miniature timed nuclear bombs in the warehouse. He set their detonation time and blew up the entire Black Bear Building, burying all the enemies inside.
The plan had gone very smoothly. Nobody had been able to stop him, and he had even killed Zheng Cheng, the chief culprit.
"Still, blowing up the entire Black Bear Building is bound to enrage the Black Bear Company." Xia Ping looked at the building, now reduced to rubble.
He knew the Black Bear Company's headquarters wasn't here. This building was merely a branch, so its destruction wouldn't cripple the company.
But it would definitely infuriate them.
"Whatever. Once this is over, I'll be back in Tianshui City. I probably won't come back here in the future, so I might as well make an enemy of them." Xia Ping's eyes shifted. "If making an enemy of them is inevitable, I may as well go even further."
With that, he took out the Laser Firearm and pulled the trigger, carving several large characters into the ground. He left them clearly in front of Zheng Cheng's corpse: "The arsonist and murderer, Desolate!"
Desolate was an alias he had come up with to throw people off the scent.
"All right, that's enough. I should take advantage of the moment, buy a ticket, and head back to Tianshui City." Pleased with the words he'd carved, Xia Ping tossed aside the Laser Firearm, grabbed a bag, and hurried toward the station.
The Invisibility Pill had only half an hour of effect left. He had to hurry.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Not long after Xia Ping left, a dozen figures came running from afar. They were members of the Black Bear Company, patrolling the area. When they heard the explosion, they rushed over at once.
"What happened? Our company building was destroyed?" A man in a black suit stared in shock. He could hardly believe his eyes. The building, which had once stood dozens of stories tall, was now nothing but rubble.
The gang members inside had all died horribly.
"Look! Manager Zheng is dead too. Someone shot his head apart!"
Another man in a black suit stared at the corpse on the ground in disbelief. It was none other than Zheng Cheng, a Martial Apprentice Ninth Heaven.
"Damn it! Which bastard did this?"
"This is too serious for us to handle. We have to notify headquarters and get them here."
The dozen men in black suits talked among themselves, their faces grim. They immediately took out their communicators and notified the Black Bear Company's top brass.
Half an hour later, a fleet of hovercars came flying through the air and landed on the ground. The doors popped open, and a group of powerfully built men in martial arts uniforms stepped out.
At the head of the group was a fierce-looking, middle-aged man wearing a white martial arts uniform. A scar marked his face. The rest stood respectfully behind him, not daring to make a sound.
He was Dai An, one of the Black Bear Company's elders and a powerhouse in the Martial Artist Realm.
"The arsonist and murderer, Desolate!"
Scarface Dai An spotted the large characters in front of Zheng Cheng's corpse. Murderous intent filled his eyes. "The nerve! What gall! You came to my Black Bear Company, killed and burned, and even left your name behind?!"
"Who exactly is this Desolate?"
He looked at the dozen men in black suits.
"We're not sure. He might be a rising star," one of them answered hurriedly. "But we're certain he had extremely close ties to the traitor in our company. Word is, he killed that traitor in an alley and stole the twenty bottles of Golden Potion, along with that manual worth over a hundred million."
"So Manager Zheng gave the order and sent countless experts to hunt him down. But the man killed more than ten of them in return. Even Manager Zheng's son died at his hands."
"Still, none of us expected him to be this deranged. He actually attacked the Black Bear Company building, shot Manager Zheng's head apart, and destroyed the whole building along with him."
He was furious. Even if someone had beaten the thought into his head, he would never have imagined that the man could be so vicious. Surrounded and nearly trapped with no way out, he had still thought of fighting back. How despicable.
The other men in black suits were furious too. Nobody had ever dared to provoke the Black Bear Company like this—killing their people, destroying their headquarters, and stealing their property.
If they did nothing in response, could they even call themselves underworld figures?
"Good. Very good!"
Dai An laughed in fury. "He killed my men, stole our property, and even brazenly left his name behind. This arsonist and murderer must think our Black Bear Company is a complete pushover."
"Put Desolate on the global wanted list immediately!"
"I don't care who he is or what kind of backing he has. If he dares come to Black Moon City and take a dump on the Black Bear Company, I, Dai An, will never let him get away with it!"
"Anyone who provides a lead will be richly rewarded!"
"Find even the slightest trace of him, and kill him!"
"No one can offend the Black Bear Company and get away unscathed!"
With a thunderous crash, he slammed his palm into the ground. His true energy surged outward, and a terrifying force exploded, striking the earth. A massive crater five or six meters across appeared in an instant. Countless cracks spread like a spiderweb, the whole ground shook, and the shock wave carried five or six kilometers.
"Yes!"
The Black Bear Company members shouted, their eyes blazing with fury. Someone had dared to look down on them to this extent. They swore they wouldn't rest until they caught Desolate.
By then, Xia Ping was already aboard the train back to Tianshui City.
The Invisibility Pill had worn off, and his figure had reappeared. Earlier, he had slipped into the station unseen and waited in the restroom until the effect wore off before boarding.
No matter how powerful the Black Bear Company was, they could only wait outside. They wouldn't dare cause trouble inside the station; that would mean making an enemy of the Federal Government, which would be suicide.
"Beep, beep. Host has provoked a large number of enemies, arousing overwhelming fury. Hate Points +10, Hate Points +10..." Just then, the system's notification sounded in Xia Ping's mind.
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