Mu Jiajia, Ge Feng, and Ge Ying’s expressions changed. Among the group, they were the strongest, yet they could tell from the voice that its owner was more powerful than any of them.
Before Mu Jiajia and the others could react, an old man appeared in front of them.
“Who are you? Do you know what this place is? How dare you cause trouble here?” The old man flashed forward, standing before Mu Jiajia and the group, his eyes flickering with killing intent as he stared at them.
“Hmph, it is just one of the Hongmen’s branch halls.” Mu Jiajia gave a cold laugh. Two pistols appeared in her hands as she watched the old man warily.
“You know this is Hongmen territory, yet you still dare to kill people here. None of you will leave today.” The old man said menacingly, glaring at Mu Jiajia and the others.
“Hmph, just an old fellow like you.” Mu Jiajia sneered coldly and pulled the triggers of her dual guns.
Bang, bang, bang…
The moment Mu Jiajia raised her guns, the old man stomped on the ground and retreated at high speed. Bullets struck the floor one after another, but none harmed him in the slightest.
“The little girl’s marksmanship is not bad, but unfortunately, it is useless against this old man.” Killing intent flashed in the old man’s eyes as he grabbed a nearby chair and hurled it at Mu Jiajia.
“Retreat.” Mu Jiajia hummed lightly and withdrew rapidly.
“Hmph.” The old man snorted coldly, seizing the opportunity to close in and strike with a palm.
Boom!
Immediately, a massive palm astral projection materialised in the air, carrying terrifying energy as it smashed towards Mu Jiajia.
Mu Jiajia’s expression changed drastically, for she could sense the horrifying energy within the palm astral. She knew this strike was absolutely beyond her ability to block.
Without thinking, Mu Jiajia retreated at full speed.
“Hmph, you think you can escape from this old man?” The old man laughed coldly. Mu Jiajia’s guns posed a threat to him, but without the chance to fire, he could easily kill her.
It is over!
As the enormous palm astral drew near, Mu Jiajia’s face turned ashen, despair filling her pupils. If she had known such an expert was hidden in Yuxing Lake, she would have waited for Li Feng and the others to arrive before acting. But now, it was too late for regrets.
Yuxing Lake was merely one of the Hongmen’s branch halls. How could it have such a powerful expert stationed here?
Mu Jiajia naturally did not know that Yuxing Lake was not simply a branch hall. It was also the Hongmen’s main headquarters for the Yangtze River Delta region. Especially now, a batch of wealth accumulated by the Hongmen in the Yangtze River Delta over the past year had just been transported here. For the safety of that wealth, a high-level expert was naturally stationed. Even Xue Ying could not mobilise this old man.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion rang out. Mu Jiajia thought she had died, but soon she realised there was no intense pain in her body. What was going on?
Looking up, she saw a figure standing in front of her.
“Lin Ge?” Mu Jiajia instantly recognised the person. She had not expected Lin Ge to save her at this critical moment.
“Mu Jiajia, are you alright?” At that moment, Li Feng’s voice came from the side.
“I am fine.” Mu Jiajia snapped back to her senses, feeling a surge of relief. If Li Feng and Lin Ge had not arrived in time, she might already be dead.
“Who are you?” The old man’s expression changed as he looked warily at Lin Ge. He had not expected Lin Ge to block his palm strike so effortlessly.
“Lin Ge.”
The old man frowned. Lin Ge? He had never heard that name.
“I did not expect a Post-Heaven Eighth Layer ancient martial artist to be hidden in this Yuxing Lake.” Li Feng looked at the old man, a cold smile curling his lips. “But so what if you are Post-Heaven Eighth Layer? If you know what is good for you, surrender obediently. Otherwise, the only path left for you is death.”
Li Feng was somewhat surprised. He had thought that Xue Ying, in order to deal with him, had already transferred all the Hongmen’s experts from Tianhai City. He had not expected a Post-Heaven Eighth Layer ancient martial artist to remain in Yuxing Lake.
“Who exactly are you? Do you know what this place is?” The old man’s gaze sharpened. Li Feng had accurately stated his cultivation level, so he dared not underestimate him.
“What place? It is just one of the Hongmen’s branch halls.” Li Feng sneered disdainfully.
“Since you know this is Hongmen territory, are you not afraid of Hongmen’s retaliation?” The old man was extremely wary of Lin Ge. Earlier, Lin Ge had blocked his palm so lightly, letting him know that Lin Ge’s strength far surpassed his own. Otherwise, just for Li Feng’s words alone, he would have slapped him dead.
“Hongmen’s retaliation?” Li Feng burst into laughter upon hearing this.
“What are you laughing at?” The old man frowned.
“It seems you, old fellow, do not know who I am.” Li Feng said coldly, then turned to Lin Ge. “Kill him.”
“Yes.”
Lin Ge responded, his eyes flashing with killing intent towards the old man. A blue giant palm formed from astral energy materialised out of thin air and swept forward.
“Damn it.” The old man’s expression changed dramatically. He had never imagined that the other side would dare to act, knowing this was Hongmen territory. Seeing Lin Ge’s palm strike coming, the old man hurriedly countered with his own palm.
Boom, boom, boom…
Palm shadows danced, explosions ringing out continuously. The old man’s own strength was already inferior to Lin Ge’s, and in less than ten exchanges, he was completely suppressed.
Li Feng did not even glance at the fight between Lin Ge and the old man. If Lin Ge could not handle this old man, he would not be Lin Ge.
“Tian Lang, take your men now and slaughter every Hongmen member in Yuxing Lake.” Li Feng ordered Tian Lang.
Originally, since the Situ family was cooperating with him, Li Feng had intended to give them face and spare the other Hongmen members except those brought by Xue Ying to kill him. But now that the Situ family had stabbed him in the back, Li Feng would naturally show no mercy to Hongmen people.
So what if he became enemies with the entire Hongmen? Was Li Feng supposed to fear them?
“Yes.” Tian Lang acknowledged, then led An Hu, the Black Eagle team, and the Eagle Eye elite warriors to begin massacring the Hongmen members throughout Yuxing Lake.
“You brat, how dare you.” The old man fighting Lin Ge flew into a rage upon hearing Li Feng’s words. After taking a palm from Lin Ge, he leapt towards Li Feng.
“Court death.” A chilling killing intent flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. A large blade appeared in his hand, and he slashed out.
Swish!
A blade light materialised in the air, slashing towards the old man as fast as lightning.
“Overestimating yourself.” Seeing the incoming blade light, a disdainful cold smile curved the old man’s lips. How powerful could the blade light from a young man in his twenties be? Even though he had taken a palm from Lin Ge and was now seriously injured with greatly reduced strength, he believed dealing with Li Feng would be effortless.
With this thought, the old man sneered coldly and struck out with a palm.
Boom!
A massive explosion sounded. The palm astral was instantly cleaved apart by the blade light, which continued unabated and viciously slashed across the old man’s chest.
Pfft!
The old man’s chest was cut open as easily as tofu, leaving a huge gash. He felt an enormous force surge through him, sending his body flying backwards to crash heavily onto the ground.
“This is impossible…”
Disbelief filled the old man’s eyes. He had never imagined that the blade light from Li Feng would be so powerful, powerful enough to fill him with terror.
“Nothing is impossible, because I am Li Feng.” Li Feng said coldly.
“Li Feng, you are Li Feng…” Shock gleamed in the old man’s eyes.
At this moment, he finally understood why Li Feng dared to act recklessly even knowing this was a Hongmen hall.
At this moment, he finally understood why Li Feng, so young, possessed such formidable strength.
Unfortunately, it was too late for anything now.
The old man died with unwillingness in his heart.
“Come, let us go see tonight’s harvest.” Li Feng said to Ge Feng, Ge Ying, and the others.
“Harvest?” Everyone was stunned.
“You will know in a moment.” Li Feng smiled mysteriously, then used his divine sense to scan the entire Yuxing Lake.
“So secretive. Li Feng, does Yuxing Lake really have some treasure?” Ge Ying asked curiously.
Li Feng did not reply. Instead, he led the group through twists and turns to a basement.
Ge Ying glanced around the basement and asked puzzledly, “Li Feng, there is nothing here. We might as well go to the general manager’s office at Yuxing Lake. We might get some money there.”
Li Feng shook his head. “Ge Ying, the most valuable thing in this world is not money.” He had learned from Xue Ying that there was a batch of wealth in Yuxing Lake. Originally, he had thought it was money, but on second thought, that seemed unlikely. How could such wealth be mere money? In modern society, if it were money, it could be transferred electronically. There would be no need to transport it to Yuxing Lake.
So at this moment, Li Feng was also very curious about what this wealth actually was.
“Then what is it?” Ge Ying was taken aback. Was there really something more important than money?
“Silly little sister, sometimes there are things that money cannot buy.” Ge Feng said.
“Things money cannot buy…” Ge Ying frowned in thought, then said, “Could it be cultivation resources?”
At this, Ge Ying’s eyes lit up. If it were cultivation resources, they would have struck it rich.
But…
Looking at the empty basement, Ge Ying asked, “Li Feng, there is nothing here. Did we come to the wrong place?”
“You will know soon.” Li Feng walked to a corner of the basement and began tapping on the wall.
“Li Feng, you do not seriously suspect there is a hidden compartment here, do you?” Ge Ying asked.
“Exactly.” Li Feng nodded without stopping his actions.
“That is impossible. Li Feng, if there really were a hidden compartment, there should be an expert guarding this basement. When we came in, there was no one here.” Ge Ying shook her head.
“An expert? We already killed him.” Li Feng smiled in reply.
“Killed him? You mean that old man? How did you know?” Ge Ying asked.
“I guessed.” Li Feng had guessed, but it was based on his divine sense scanning a secret room in this basement. Though he had only swept over it briefly, Li Feng was certain there were many good things inside.
Finally, Li Feng’s palm pressed on a certain wall brick.
Rumble…
A hidden door made of wall sections opened.
