Normally speaking.
It was already over.
Whether the thugs escaped no longer mattered.
After all, they were just "pawns being used."
But...
Since Xiao Yu had stopped by to watch the commotion anyway.
Would he simply watch them beat someone up, dust themselves off, and leave without any consequences?
Dream on.
Taking down a criminal organization while he was at it and earning some merit-wasn't that perfect?
Snap.
Xiao Yu snapped his fingers.
White mist invisible to ordinary people poured from between his fingers.
A Spiritual Energy Barrier sealed the exit.
The thugs experienced a collective hallucination.
They thought they were running away.
In reality.
They were merely going around in circles.
The police cars stopped.
A group of police officers swarmed out.
The spiritual energy withdrew, and the Illusion Realm dissolved.
The thugs' vision blurred, and they discovered they were back at the alley entrance, caught red-handed by the police.
They immediately exchanged looks, their faces filled with terror.
They had absolutely no idea what had just happened!
"Behave yourselves! Into the cars, all of you!"
The police weren't concerned with any of that and simply arrested them.
Just then.
His face bruised and swollen, Li Ruzhi emerged from the alley with Song Qingrong supporting him.
His arm hung limp, his fingers bent at unnatural angles.
Just looking at him hurt like hell.
Originally.
The thugs had only been there to grab someone.
Although they had been paid to take a life, they wouldn't go so far as to do it in broad daylight.
This was Huaxia, after all.
The last person who had dared to do that was, well, the last one.
Because Li Ruzhi had deliberately provoked and angered them, it had turned into a fight.
That was how this scene had come about.
When the police