The several black-clad bodyguards, who had initially been standing with their hands clasped in front of their stomachs, relatively relaxed, quietly released their grips.
After saying this, Tony’s gaze towards Lin Wan suddenly erupted with an unimaginable fervour and greed.
Lu Zheng’s eyes narrowed, his expression grew solemn, and he took a deep breath.
Lin Wan’s gaze was sharp as a blade, her grip tightening. No one noticed that the solid steel fork in her hand had slightly deformed.
Lin Wan looked at Lu Zheng, who remained expressionless, staring at Tony.
He truly hadn’t expected that Tony’s acting skills were so convincing. No, not just Tony, but everyone on this island!
Well, some had let slip subtle hints before, sometimes a gleeful look, sometimes a pitying glance, sometimes a completely indifferent stare.
But those looks were fleeting, so Lu Zheng hadn’t suspected Tony.
After all, he had saved Tony’s life!
Then Tony invited him to his private island for a visit.
The two had no conflict of interest, no personal grudges.
Lu Zheng couldn’t fathom why Tony would target him.
Now, Lu Zheng understood…
For a tycoon of Tony’s calibre, he was just a small fry. If Tony wanted something, he had to have it, and as for Lu Zheng, who stood in his way, what was a life-saving debt?
To him, it was no burden at all.
Speaking of which… it seemed even Long Xiaoyun had more conscience…
“Because of Lin Wan,” Lu Zheng said, word by word.
Tony swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and flashed a perfectly courteous smile, “Yes.”
“When I saw her beautiful, noble appearance and the strength of a leopardess in Haicheng, I was deeply captivated,” Tony said. “I swore then that I had to have her, to make her…”
“Enough!”
Lu Zheng cut Tony off, suppressing the urge to act immediately, frowning as he asked, “You’ve got some nerve. We’re both from Huaguo, and you dare to kill us outright?”
He didn’t even bother mentioning the life-saving debt again. Bringing it up would only humiliate himself further.
“No, no, no, you’ve misunderstood. I won’t kill you outright,” Tony said with a smile. “At least you’ll live a few more days.”
In his view, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan were merely putting on a brave front, bluffing with their country’s name.
“Do you know how much I’ve suffered these past two days? I’ll keep you alive, and in front of you…”
Tony chuckled, cutting himself off. “As for Lin, in the basement of my castle, there’s a private palace where seven or eight girls as beautiful as you live. You’ll stay there too, until I lose interest in you.”
“In Europe, too many people go missing every year,” Tony said with a shrug. “Italy has plenty of slums and refugees. I’ll just toss your body in a slum, and no one will know what happened.”
Tony winked at Lu Zheng. “Got it now?”
Lu Zheng nodded. “Got it.”
Europe had no Tianyan surveillance system, so as long as Tony fabricated some evidence, no one would suspect he was responsible for their deaths.
“So, this private island of yours, all glamorous on the surface, is essentially a den of evil,” Lu Zheng said calmly.
“Correct, but sadly, no prize for you!”
Tony’s lips curled upward, his smile turning perverse, and he said in Italian, “Go! Be careful, they’re skilled fighters.”
The next moment, eight bodyguards rushed forward.
“I’ll handle this!” Lin Wan shouted lightly, and the fork in her hand shot out with a whoosh, embedding itself in a bodyguard’s shoulder.
Then she leapt up, landing a punch on the chest of the nearest bodyguard.
“Bang!”
His blood surged, and the bodyguard flew back like a cannonball, knocking over two others, all three tumbling away.
With a push of her palm on the dining table, she kicked the last bodyguard on the left, then spun around, landing kicks on the chests of two bodyguards on the right.
“Bang! Bang!”
The two behind them dodged the flying bodies, but as they steadied themselves, Lin Wan was already in front of them.
“Bang! Bang!”
Having cultivated martial blood energy, Lin Wan was formidable. Against ordinary people, it was one punch, one knockout.
The two bodyguards on the left, who had only been knocked down earlier, stood up, only to find the other six groaning on the ground.
Exchanging a glance, they didn’t dare confront Lin Wan further. Instead, they rushed to shield Tony, eyeing her warily.
Lin Wan landed lightly, spat dismissively, and looked at Tony with eyes full of disdain and contempt. “Just these losers?”
As for Lu Zheng…
He sat in his seat the entire time, watching Tony coldly, without moving an inch.
Tony was dumbfounded. He had considered that his eight bodyguards might not defeat Lin Wan and Lu Zheng, especially since Lin Wan had mentioned Lu Zheng was a martial arts expert, but he never imagined his bodyguards would be so utterly powerless.
However, Tony didn’t show panic. Instead, his smile grew brighter, and he shook his head, even wagging his finger theatrically. “No, no, no, of course not these losers, but…”
The door behind him opened, and four more men in black suits rushed in, each holding a submachine gun aimed at Lu Zheng and Lin Wan.
Lin Wan crouched, grabbing the table’s edge, ready to flip it.
Lu Zheng reached out and pressed her hand down.
Tony maintained his gentlemanly charm, pulling a pistol from his waist and pointing it at Lu Zheng.
“This!”
“Reality isn’t a movie. No matter how fast or skilled you are, can you outrun a bullet?” Tony said with a chuckle. “If you don’t want to die, surrender quietly.”
“Lu Zheng?” Lin Wan looked at him.
She had only recently cultivated martial blood energy. Though she knew it was powerful, she wasn’t sure if it could stop a bullet.
Lu Zheng nodded, reassuring her.
Then he looked at Tony, his expression calm, as if speaking to a friend. “Thank you for showing me just how vile human hearts can be.”
Tony shrugged, nodding elegantly. “You’re welcome!”
Then Lu Zheng smiled, his smile as refined and warm as Tony’s. “As a return gift, I’ll let you see just how extraordinary the most formidable person in the world can be.”
“Oh?” A flicker of doubt crossed Tony’s eyes.
The next moment, Lu Zheng flicked his finger, and a tiny red fragment, the size of a fingernail, shot out. It grew in the air, instantly transforming into a three-foot-long sword, moving like lightning. In a blink, it circled Tony and his bodyguards.
“Crash!”
The four submachine guns and Tony’s pistol were all sliced in half.
The red jade sword hovered in front of Tony, its tip an inch from his forehead, its sharp aura pricking his brow painfully.
Tony froze, feeling the sting at his forehead, not daring to move.
Lin Wan stared, dumbfounded, murmuring to herself, “I knew it…”
