“Bad, run quickly…”
Seeing Li Feng appear in front of him, Elder Hong’s expression changed drastically. He pushed away the middle-aged man supporting him, stomped his foot on the ground, and retreated at high speed.
“Too late.”
Li Feng sneered coldly and struck out with one palm.
Instantly, endless palm shadows surged like a tidal wave towards Elder Hong!
“Elder Hong, do not worry about me, run quickly.” Seeing Li Feng’s palm heading towards Elder Hong, the middle-aged man who had been pushed aside changed colour. He shouted loudly, stomped his foot, and fiercely blocked in front of Elder Hong.
Bang!
The countless palm shadows struck the middle-aged man’s chest. He spat blood and flew backwards.
At the same time, Elder Hong heard the middle-aged man’s words. His expression shifted. He looked back and saw the middle-aged man being knocked away by Li Feng. His eyes flashed. Gritting his teeth, he continued fleeing into the distance.
“Damn it.” Li Feng’s face turned livid. He had not expected this middle-aged man to risk his life to save Elder Hong. Although Elder Hong was severely injured, the speed of a Half-Step Innate could not be underestimated, especially when he was fleeing for his life.
If the old man had not been heading towards the forest, he could have taken out a sniper rifle to kill him. But now the old man was right in front of the forest. With Elder Hong’s speed, even taking out a sniper rifle now would be too late.
However, without a sniper rifle, he still had other methods.
“Go.”
A cold light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He swept his hand, and a streak of chilling light shot out.
Puff!
A flying knife, fast as lightning, caught up to Elder Hong and pierced into his back.
“Li Feng, just you wait. I will not let you off…” Elder Hong endured the intense pain in his body. He forcefully circulated his true qi, escaped into the forest, and disappeared from Li Feng’s sight.
“You got lucky.” Li Feng cursed inwardly. Although his flying knife had hit Elder Hong, it was not enough to be fatal. Even though the earlier Dragon Roar Palm had severely wounded Elder Hong, the old man would not die from it. At this moment, Li Feng felt some regret. If he had known this would happen, he should not have wasted words on him earlier.
Li Feng’s gaze fell on the middle-aged man lying on the ground. He walked forward and looked down coldly at him. “I did not expect you to risk your life to save that old turtle. Unfortunately, you saved that old turtle, but now you have no life left. However, if you tell me what your sect is, I will leave you with an intact corpse.”
“Li Feng, do not dream. I will not tell you…” After saying this, the middle-aged man glared at Li Feng with venomous eyes, tilted his head, and died on the spot.
“He actually severed his own meridians to commit suicide.” Li Feng’s pupils shrank. Looking at the dead middle-aged man, he felt both admiration and anger. He admired the middle-aged man’s courage, but he was furious because today he had obtained no information at all.
“You got off easy.” Li Feng’s gaze turned icy as he looked in the direction Elder Hong had fled. He knew that since Elder Hong had escaped today, it would become a huge problem for him in the future. But on second thought, Li Feng felt his worry was unnecessary. He would clash with Li Wu sooner or later, and facing Li Wu’s sect was inevitable. It was just a matter of sooner or later.
It seemed he must quickly find out what Li Wu’s sect was. Otherwise, dealing with Li Wu’s sect later would be very troublesome. But how could he find out about Li Wu’s sect? Could he get any information from Li Wu’s mouth?
Li Feng’s eyes flashed. He took out his phone from his spatial ring, intending to call Zhong Shuhui. But as soon as he took out the phone, he saw the text message Zhong Shuhui had sent him.
Liu Dongjian is dead? Lu Xiong is in a coma?
Seeing the content of the message, Li Feng’s expression changed drastically. He no longer cared about the purpose of coming out today. He hurried back to Tianya Pavilion.
In Li Feng’s heart, he did not care much about Liu Dongjian’s death. He had only wanted to get information from Liu Dongjian about the power behind the four major families. Liu Dongjian’s death meant at most he could not get that information.
But this incident made Li Feng feel an unprecedented crisis. In the heavily guarded Tianya Pavilion, how could Liu Dongjian die for no reason? How could Lu Xiong, a ninth-level Acquired ancient martial artist, fall into a coma for no reason? Li Feng naturally understood what this meant.
Just like what Zhong Shuhui and Hu Yuanyuan had thought, if the other party could kill Liu Dongjian in the heavily guarded Tianya Pavilion without anyone noticing and cause Lu Xiong to fall into a coma, did that not mean the other party could easily kill anyone in Tianya Pavilion?
Li Feng knew that even he himself could not sneak into Tianya Pavilion and kill Liu Dongjian or cause Lu Xiong to fall into a coma without anyone noticing.
Could it be the work of an Innate expert?
“Zhong Shuhui, what exactly happened?” Upon arriving at Tianya Pavilion, Li Feng went straight to Zhong Shuhui.
“Young master, this is what happened.” Zhong Shuhui briefly explained the situation and then said, “I have already arranged for someone to perform an autopsy on Liu Dongjian. We should have results soon.”
“Even you could not tell how Liu Dongjian died?” Li Feng asked with a somewhat grave expression.
“Yes. However, the look in Liu Dongjian’s eyes before death was filled with horror. Clearly, he saw something unbelievable.” Zhong Shuhui said in a deep voice.
“Something unbelievable? You mean the person who killed him?” Li Feng did not believe Liu Dongjian had committed suicide. In the iron cell, Liu Dongjian had no possibility of suicide.
“It is possible, or perhaps not.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
Li Feng fell silent. After a long time, he spoke. “What do you think Liu Dongjian’s death is related to?”
“The power behind the four major families.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“The power behind the four major families? Zhong Shuhui, why do you think so?” Li Feng asked in a deep voice.
“Because Li Wu and Situ Qiang are both still alive. If the other party killed Liu Dongjian just to cause trouble for young master, killing Li Wu and Situ Qiang would be the best choice, not killing Liu Dongjian.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“Li Wu and Situ Qiang are fine now?” Only then did Li Feng remember Li Wu and Situ Qiang. If something happened to those two, his troubles would be huge.
“Yes, they are completely fine now.” Zhong Shuhui nodded.
“It seems their target really was Liu Dongjian. You are right. The most suspicious thing now is the power behind the four major families.” Li Feng nodded. A grave look flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, he remembered the death of Liu Shichao at the entrance of the Empire Hotel last time. At that time, Old Lu was also nearby, but when Liu Shichao was killed, even Old Lu had not reacted in time.
Originally, Li Feng had thought that Old Lu had deliberately allowed someone to kill Liu Shichao at the Empire Hotel entrance. But now, thinking back, perhaps he had misunderstood Old Lu.
According to what Zhong Shuhui said, when Liu Dongjian died, he had not yet left Tianya Pavilion. Last night, when he brought Li Xinyu back to Tianya Pavilion, Liu Dongjian was still alive. That meant the other party had killed Liu Dongjian right under his nose.
This gave Li Feng a chilling, hair-raising feeling. The other party could kill Liu Dongjian and cause Lu Xiong to fall into a coma without anyone noticing. How powerful must their strength be? An Innate first or second level expert absolutely did not have such ability.
As for why the other party wanted to kill Liu Dongjian, it was easy to explain. Last time, when Liu Shichao tried to reveal the secret behind the four major families, Liu Shichao died. This time, when he wanted to question Liu Dongjian about the power behind the four major families, Liu Dongjian also died.
If this had nothing to do with the power behind the four major families, Li Feng would not believe it even if beaten to death.
“Young master, it seems the other party does not want us to investigate them.” Zhong Shuhui said with a grave expression. “Now that Lu Xiong is in a coma and cannot be woken, it may be a warning from the other party.”
“A warning.” Li Feng’s expression changed. But on second thought, it was indeed possible. The other party could sneak into Tianya Pavilion without anyone noticing and kill Liu Dongjian, so naturally they could also kill Lu Xiong. Yet they had deliberately not killed Lu Xiong.
But if it was meant as a warning, would killing Lu Xiong not be better?
A trace of doubt flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. After thinking for a moment, he asked Zhong Shuhui, “How is Lu Xiong’s condition now?”
“Lu Xiong is still the same. No matter what we do, we cannot wake him.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“Take me to see him.” Li Feng said in a deep voice.
Soon, under Zhong Shuhui’s lead, Li Feng arrived at the room where Lu Xiong was. In the room, several doctors were examining Lu Xiong.
“Get out.” Li Feng said coldly to those doctors.
“Who are you? Do you know what we are doing?” When these doctors saw Li Feng come in, they frowned. Hearing Li Feng’s words, their faces darkened even more. One doctor wearing glasses said coldly.
“Get out.” Li Feng said coldly again. For something that could cause a ninth-level Acquired ancient martial artist like Lu Xiong to fall into a coma, how could a few doctors possibly figure it out?
“You…” The doctor wearing glasses flew into a rage. He looked at Zhong Shuhui beside Li Feng and said gravely, “Miss Zhong, who is this person? So rude. Does he not know we are examining the patient?”
“Everyone, please leave for now.” Zhong Shuhui said in a deep voice. Although these doctors had been called by her from the First People’s Hospital to examine Lu Xiong, since Li Feng had spoken, she had to obey.
“Miss Zhong, we are at a critical moment in examining the patient. If you make us leave now, do you know what that means?” The doctor wearing glasses darkened his face. Then he pointed at Li Feng and said, “Miss Zhong, as long as you make this guy get lost right now, I will continue examining the patient. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise what? I told you to get out. Did you not hear me?” Li Feng said coldly. He had already been ambushed by Li Yong and the others in the suburbs today, and now such a big incident had happened at Tianya Pavilion. His mood was already bad. He had not expected this doctor to dare talk back.
“Kid, who do you think you are, daring to shout at me like that? Do you know who I am?” Hearing Li Feng’s words, the doctor wearing glasses immediately flew into a rage. He looked at Li Feng coldly and said, “Kid, if you kneel in front of me right now, kowtow and apologise, I might forgive your rudeness. Otherwise, I will make sure you regret it.”
“Are you sure you want me to kowtow and apologise?” Li Feng’s gaze sharpened. He looked at the other party with a half-smile.
