A Backup Plan

Just as Wang Tianyu was considering how to handle this matter without leaving any loose ends, Zhang Wenchao was not about to sit still and await death.

Zhang Wenchao had no intention of entrusting his fate to Wang Tianyu's mercy.

Zhang Wenchao's verbal surrender was merely a delaying tactic, meant to create an opportunity for his trump card.

Zhang Wenchao had been watching Wang Tianyu's movements the entire time.

When he saw Wang Tianyu stop walking, Zhang Wenchao's previously tense heart settled considerably.

As long as Wang Tianyu stopped, it was fine. What Zhang Wenchao feared was Wang Tianyu continuing to attack without caring about anything else.

Seeing that Wang Tianyu was not paying attention to him, Zhang Wenchao's right hand began making a few irregular little movements.

Zhang Wenchao's movements were slight, and with his deliberate concealment, Wang Tianyu did not notice them.

With a whoosh, Zhang Wenchao unleashed his killing move.

Zhang Wenchao's killing move was a flying knife around ten centimeters long.

The blade was coated in a strange color. One look was enough to tell that it was no good thing.

Empowered by Zhang Wenchao's strength, the flying knife shot toward Wang Tianyu at extreme speed.

Zhang Wenchao stared intently at the flying knife. He knew very well how powerful it was.

"Hit! You have to hit!"

Zhang Wenchao desperately wanted the flying knife to touch Wang Tianyu's body.

Zhang Wenchao had always kept this flying knife on him, and it had helped him escape many dangerous situations.

The flying knife had been tempered with an exceptionally vicious poison. As long as it broke the skin, the toxin would take the injured person's life in a very short time.

Zhang Wenchao did not hope for the flying knife to strike Wang Tianyu completely. As long as it grazed even a bit of Wang Tianyu's skin, his objective would be achieved.

Even while thinking, Wang Tianyu had kept an eye on Zhang Wenchao.

Wang Tianyu had not watched Zhang Wenchao because he had anticipated that Zhang Wenchao might have some backup move.

He had simply wanted to keep watch on Zhang Wenchao so that he would not run away right under his nose.

By accident, it was precisely this vigilance that gave Wang Tianyu time to dodge Zhang Wenchao's flying knife.

The instant Zhang Wenchao threw the flying knife, Wang Tianyu noticed it immediately.

Wang Tianyu had no intention of blocking the knife head-on.

The flying knife was fast, and the force attached to it was powerful. If he blocked it directly, it might very well pierce through his body.

That alone would have been one thing, but the strange color on the knife made Wang Tianyu's scalp tingle.

Wang Tianyu simply did not dare let the flying knife touch his body.

In the urgency of the moment, Wang Tianyu chose the most immediate move he could.

Wang Tianyu threw himself to the ground, then rolled sideways like a lazy donkey rolling in the dust.

Wang Tianyu's posture was anything but graceful, but it was extremely practical.

Zhang Wenchao had aimed the flying knife at Wang Tianyu's upper body. The upper body was the largest target and also the easiest place to attack.

But with Wang Tianyu falling over without a care for appearances, the flying knife passed over him.

As for why Wang Tianyu had rolled once, it was because he feared Zhang Wenchao might have some other trick he had not discovered.

After dodging the flying knife, Wang Tianyu quickly got to his feet.

As Wang Tianyu stood up, his eyes reddened, and he was both shocked and furious.

"Listen to me, the one who called me here was... Wait..."

Seeing that the flying knife had failed, Zhang Wenchao panicked.

Zhang Wenchao still wanted to use words to stall Wang Tianyu for a while longer.

But how could Wang Tianyu, who had already been fooled once, fail to learn his lesson?

"Die!"

Ignoring Zhang Wenchao's pleas any further, Wang Tianyu punched him in the face.

Wang Tianyu's punch landed solidly. Zhang Wenchao was knocked to the ground, bright red blood pouring from his nose and mouth.

The dark mask Zhang Wenchao had been wearing was instantly dyed red.

After knocking Zhang Wenchao to the ground, Wang Tianyu did not stop.

Wang Tianyu grabbed Zhang Wenchao by the clothes with one hand and repeatedly punched him in the face with the other.

"I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death!"

The flying knife had shaken Wang Tianyu deeply.

At that moment, Wang Tianyu's heart was filled with intense anger and fear.

So Wang Tianyu's fists never stopped.

Zhang Wenchao did not lie on the ground and wait to die either. After being knocked down, he stopped begging and instead kept attacking Wang Tianyu with his fists.

Wang Tianyu took several punches to the abdomen from Zhang Wenchao.

With the first punch, Wang Tianyu could still feel some pain.

But Zhang Wenchao's later punches grew weaker and weaker, and the damage they caused Wang Tianyu could basically be ignored.

Wang Tianyu's fists continued raining down on Zhang Wenchao's face.

Suddenly, Wang Tianyu felt his fist strike empty air.

Then, blood mixed with something he did not know what splattered across one of Wang Tianyu's hands.

Seeing this, Wang Tianyu did not even feel disgusted. He merely stared blankly at his right hand.

Very quickly, an overwhelming wave of nausea rose from the depths of Wang Tianyu's heart.

Wang Tianyu's face turned pale. As his stomach twisted, the urge to vomit surged up.

He staggered a few steps to the side, squatted on the ground, and vomited violently.

"Woo-woo! Woo-woo!"

The siren of a police car clearing the way sounded in the distance.

The police car stopped not far from Wang Tianyu.

Wang Tianyu steadied his emotions, slowly rose to his feet, and looked toward the police car.

The commotion the two had caused on the small road was not minor. It had surely drawn some people's attention.

There was nothing strange about a police car arriving now.

Wang Tianyu had no intention of running. He had been the victim in this matter to begin with, and if he ran, it would only become harder to explain later.

Two people stepped out of the police car. One was a young man in a police uniform, while the other was a middle-aged man in plain clothes.

"Fuck, this is..."

The young policeman who stepped out of the driver's seat first cursed.

The young policeman shifted his gaze away, afraid that if he kept looking, he would not be able to stop himself from vomiting.

"You did this?"

The young policeman looked at Wang Tianyu, a trace of doubt on his face. Wang Tianyu's age had clearly given him the wrong impression.

However, Wang Tianyu was the only living person left at the scene, so he naturally became the primary suspect.

"I did it. He wanted to kill me, and I only ended up doing this in self-defense."

Wang Tianyu wiped the corner of his mouth, endured the discomfort in his abdomen, and stood up to walk toward the young policeman.

Wang Tianyu had also kept a thought in reserve. What he said was that Zhang Wenchao had intended to kill him, not cripple him.

But Wang Tianyu was not lying. The instant Zhang Wenchao threw the flying knife, he truly had intended to kill Wang Tianyu.

Wang Tianyu did not understand the specific provisions of the law, but in his mind, saying it this way should give him a better chance of getting away unscathed.

"He came to kill you, then he ended up like that, while you're standing here perfectly fine. You're quite capable, aren't you?"

The young policeman pointed at Wang Tianyu, then pointed in the direction where Zhang Wenchao lay.

"Was I supposed to be the one lying there?"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the young policeman's tone, so Wang Tianyu's reply was not particularly polite either.

"Enough, Fu. This isn't so simple. Leave it to me."

The speaker was the middle-aged man in plain clothes.

He had just squatted down to examine Zhang Wenchao's corpse, then carefully inspected the traces at the scene.

"Captain Du, you mean he is..."

The young policeman shot Wang Tianyu a very surprised glance.

The young policeman knew very well what Captain Du was responsible for. Since he needed to personally handle this matter, it definitely was not simple.

"Mm. Call someone to come clean up the scene. You stay here. I'll take him back to the station first."

Captain Du first gave the young policeman an instruction, then turned his gaze toward Wang Tianyu.