“They used to live in slums?”
Li Fan stood up from the chair. His movement was so forceful that the chair toppled from the recoil. He paced back and forth a few times, occasionally looking at the servant to find any signs of falsehood. He could find none.
The servant kept his head bowed, his chin touching his chest. His arms were folded before his crotch, and his shoulders slumped. A clear sign of absolute servitude.
Li Fan would not doubt an individual this servile, not even in his dreams. And yet, this person had hidden an important fact from his master.
The children in question were under the protection of the notorious criminal, Red Eye. The same Red Eye who had killed Wei Family Patriarch and executed his son in the crowded square, to avenge his wife.
The whole story about the kids living in slums still sounded like a sham to Li Fan. But a little more digging had yielded results. The Kids had indeed lived in the slums.
When his people asked ordinary folks, they were told that the kids were cared for by someone who looked like Xin Ruo. The same lass who has now become the goddess in the hearts of many.
Li Fan realized by now that he had been played. His ego took a hit. Every piece of news was like a salt rub on his wounded pride.
“That bastard! How dare he play me!” Li Fan fumed with rage. He flung the chair across the room, shattering it to smithereens.
When he calmed down, he laughed at the sheer idiocy of his fear that night.
“Hahaha! I had him under my thumb, and I still fell for his ploy.”
But then his hysterical laughter turned to chilly tranquility. He was not the one to take such an insult lying down.
Staring murderously ahead, he clenched his fists.
“Ikasa, it is time for you to depart from this world. Yin Ying, get your best men. We are going, now.”
Yin Ying wanted to say something to dissuade him from rushing to a decision. Nevertheless, she kept mum. Because, when she had looked into his eyes, she knew her words would fall on deaf ears.
She obediently followed her young master to a place that was no different than a dragon’s lair in her mind.
When the members of Umbra departed from Li estate, Feng Yan had just moved into an empty room in the Ikasa’s mansion.
Ikasa would have never dared to invite him for a stay if not for the dire situation they were in.
When the two met in his study, Ikasa explained the detailed plan to Feng Yan.
“Are sure Li Fan will back off after knowing my identity?”
Feng Yan asked skeptically. He knew he was not that influential of a bigshot, who could scare Li Fan witless.
“As far as I know him, he would. In addition, I had fed him that special identity bullshit. He might connect dots and come up with some terrifying alternate reality himself.”
Ikasa dismissed Feng Yan’s worries. He had lost exactly three hairs and a night’s sleep worrying over this problem himself. He was in no mood to engage in what-ifs.
Instead, thinking about a Plan B was a much more productive use of his time. Speaking of Plan B, Ikasa was reminded of the task he had assigned to Feng Yan.
“How many of your people are ready to move? Are they prepared to leave at a moment’s notice?”
Ikasa asked while organizing his papers. Feng Yan sighed in response.
“Only 32 of the 51 of them agreed. Not all of them want to start anew in a new city.”
Ikasa looked up in surprise.
“Why? Didn’t you say they are living a harsh life in the slums?”
Feng Yan raised his hands in frustration.
“I bring them food and clothing. But yes, their living conditions are bad.”
Ikasa shook his head, understanding Feng Yan’s chagrin.
“Okay, then 32 it is…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a loud bang.
Feng Yan and Ikasa met each other’s eyes. They shared a grim smile.
“It is time to face the music.”
When they reached downstairs, the entire living room was a mess. The Kids were bravely holding off the grunts while Xin Ruo faced Yin Ying, the number one of the Umbra.
On the other side of the room, Li Fan was leisurely sitting on the sofa, enjoying the fights around him. Two goons were by his side, protecting him.
“We’ll move according to plan.”
Ikasa mouthed to Feng Yan, and he jumped into action. Feng Yan nodded and covered his face before rushing to his daughter’s side.
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Xin Ruo and Yin Ying were evenly matched despite the multiple-stage difference between the two.
Yin Ying specialized in assassinations. In a frontal confrontation, she lost her advantage. If that was not enough, she had to capture her target alive, and without causing significant harm.
Even though handicapped, what could she do except obey her master?
Due to the odds stacked against her, Xin Ruo was able to match her skilled opponent. She was going toe to toe against someone who had vast fighting experience.
She threw a punch aiming at Yin Ying’s right boob. Her opponent’s lithe body dodged it effortlessly. Yin Ying stepped back and suddenly attacked Xin Ruo’s exposed left side with a kick.
Xin Ruo bent over from the kick that hit her in the floating rib. Just when Yin Ying was preparing to hold her in a headlock, she saw Feng Yan rushing toward her.
Danger! Her instincts yelled to her. This was not an opponent to be treated with callousness.
Yin Ying paused to take out her dagger. Feng Yan was not her target, so she could kill him. But her momentary pause cost her.
‘Gazelle Punch’
A powerful punch hit her in the jaw. She lost her orientation for a second.
Xin Ruo made use of the brief moment to launch a comeback. She sent a flurry of kicks at her dazed opponent.
Yin Ying dodged and deflected most of the kicks despite being disoriented. Still, a well-placed kick to her knees made her lose her balance and fall on the floor.
Xin Ruo aimed a Nutcracker Kick at her fallen opponent’s elbow. As the kick connected to the elbow, she shouted,
“This for Chu Qing, you bi*ch!”
With a loud crack, the hand holding the dagger went limp. Anyone could see the whites of the broken bones of her upper arm.
To her credit, Yin Ying did not let a moan escape even after facing such a grievous injury. Her eyes were lit with anger. She tried to get back up and fight back.
Xin Ruo was not going to give her a chance to come back. She rushed and kneed her throat, making her unconscious.
Within seconds, the fight was over. Astonished, Feng Yan looked at his daughter in a new light.
He did not even get a chance to intervene before his 6th-stage daughter had taken down a 9th-stage Pinnacle Path Forger.
The Kids were injected with stimulants seeing their big sister take down the strongest opponent they had faced to date. With renewed vigor, they launched a new barrage of attacks.
Even though they were inexperienced in fights, their random attacks packed a punch due to their Top Grade Cultivation Manual.
“Qiqi, get this guy!”
Chu Qing yelled as he locked one of the grunts in place, with his arms.
“I am coming!”
Qiqi charged toward the grunt aiming at his family’s jewels.
“Nutcracker Kick!”
She yelled when she was at arm’s length from connecting with her target.
Even before the kick connected, the grunt screamed from the fear of the upcoming agony.
With a loud ‘thuupp’, Luo Qiqi ended the poor guy’s lineage.
“Aaaaaarrrrrghhhhh”
His mournful screech brought the battle to a standstill. Yan Xiao took this chance to double slap his opponent with a Forehand and a Backhand.
This guy fainted from the buzzing the impact caused in his head.
Pei Yuan took advantage of the mayhem to undo the knot of the belt of the grunt he was fighting against. The belt was the only thing keeping his pants in place.
Once it was undone, the pants slid down. His opponent tripped on the pants that bunched up at his ankles and fell face first. His pretty white bum was exposed for his peers to view.
While others were holding off the grunts, Ikasa silently sneaked to the mastermind behind this attack. With Feng Yan joining the battle, the situation had taken a turn for the worse.
Unable to tolerate this, Li Fan ordered the grunts protecting him to take care of the pesky kids.
‘Yes. Send them away.’
Ikasa cheered in his mind as he saw grunts try to reign in the unorthodox kids.
He reached the pillar beside the couch where Li Fan was sitting. But he couldn’t find a chance to approach him without being noticed.
Without the protection of his guards, Li Fan had raised his vigilance. He was surveying his surroundings and the battles at the same time.
Suddenly, Ikasa noticed Li Fan swallow a mouthful of saliva. He was ogling something intently. When Ikasa followed his line of sight, he saw two plump white buns exposed to everyone.
He smirked and rushed to Li Fan. He followed the movements of the High-Grade technique, Chop, and landed a hit on the back of his neck.
His eyes, enjoying the booty a few seconds ago, turned to look at his assailant. But before they could see the attacker, they rolled back in his head.
Then his taut body slumped in his seat. Ikasa yelled the signal he had discussed with Feng Yan beforehand.
“He’s out!”
And now Feng Yan unleashed his full power on the miserable lackeys of the Li Family.
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep
Chapters
- Chapter 222 Winning Bid
- Chapter 221 Fierce Bidding
- Chapter 220 The Auction Begins
- Chapter 219 Vice Commander Tian Lang
- Chapter 218 Array Master Er Gou
- Chapter 217 Shop Finalized!
- Chapter 216 Finalizing The Store Front
- Chapter 215 Barter
- Chapter 214 The Blind Bazaar
- Chapter 213 Lesson And Lesson Fee
- Chapter 212 Shocking News
- Chapter 211 Weapon Grade Ores
- Chapter 210 So Weak!
- Chapter 209 The World Is One
- Chapter 208 In Face Of Profits...
- Chapter 207 Merchants Of The Furnace Fire Empire
- Chapter 206 The Eight Guardian Beasts
- Chapter 205 Contract Concluded
- Chapter 204 [Bonus ]The Nian Clan
- Chapter 203 Judgment Feather Of The Heavenly Horse
- Chapter 202 A Hundred Petal Lotus
- Chapter 201 Appraisal
- Chapter 200 Meeting An Acquaintance
- Chapter 199 Spiritual Beasts Everywhere!
- Chapter 198 Insane Profits Or A Facade?
- Chapter 197 So Cheap?!
- Chapter 196 The Difference Between A Tier!
- Chapter 195 Value Of Money
- Chapter 194 Don't Involve The Outsiders
- Chapter 193 Departure
- Chapter 192 Home Loans And Yijian Sword
- Chapter 191 Familial Love
- Chapter 190 [Bonus ] Finding Paths
- Chapter 189 Path Finder Ikasa?
- Chapter 188 Zhong Xi
- Chapter 187 Choosing A Shopkeeper
- Chapter 186 Veined Weapon
- Chapter 185 Zero Expectations
- Chapter 184 Mystic Fire
- Chapter 183 Home
- Chapter 182 A Successful Partnership
- Chapter 181 For Cheaper Manuals...
- Chapter 180 Glasses Of Prejudice
- Chapter 179 New Features
- Chapter 178 Doubt
- Chapter 177 The Fish Has Been Hooked!
- Chapter 176 Exacting Oaths
- Chapter 175 Spare None!
- Chapter 174 Fluke? Skill?
- Chapter 173 Tyrant Mu Shi
- Chapter 172 What Is Your Price?
- Chapter 171 Appreciation
- Chapter 170 Recruiting Workers (Duplicate , Sorry).
- Chapter 169 Recruiting Workers
- Chapter 168 Pei Yuan's Awakening
- Chapter 167 More Questions Than Answers
- Chapter 166 Cloud Server
- Chapter 165 Cloud Printer V2
- Chapter 164 Treasures!
- Chapter 163 Hunting A Steel Guardian Beast
- Chapter 162 A Treasure Map
- Chapter 161 Saving Ikasa?
- Chapter 160 Don't Trust The Absolutes!
- Chapter 159 Desperation
- Chapter 158 [Bonus ] Into The Rift
- Chapter 157 Insane!
- Chapter 156 [Bonus ] Open Threat Of Subterfuge
- Chapter 155 Hypothetically
- Chapter 154 Commander Qian Bu
- Chapter 153 Arriving In Beech City
- Chapter 152 Riches!
- Chapter 151 The Dark Fang
- Chapter 150 Yi Ka San
- Chapter 149 Plans For Beech City
- Chapter 148 The Youngest Sense Trainer
- Chapter 147 Incredible Ikasa
- Chapter 146 186!
- Chapter 145 Difference
- Chapter 144 Penalty! 300,000 Gold Coins!
- Chapter 143 Prospects Of Beast Taming
- Chapter 142 Life Of Five
- Chapter 141 A Business To Business Deal
- Chapter 140 How Dare You Dictate The Terms?
- Chapter 139 Unusual Behavior
- Chapter 138 Restructuring
- Chapter 137 Punishment And Rewards
- Chapter 136 Plans
- Chapter 135 Betrayal?
- Chapter 134 Dividing The Spoils Of War
- Chapter 133 Spirit Coins
- Chapter 132 Carrot And Stick
- Chapter 131 Death
- Chapter 130 Provoking The Path Finder
- Chapter 129 Under Pressure
- Chapter 128 Sentence
- Chapter 127 To The Rescue
- Chapter 126 Short Sighted
- Chapter 125 When The Curtain Of Night Falls, The Curtain Of War Opens...
- Chapter 124 Trust Issues
- Chapter 123 Weapons
- Chapter 122 Time
- Chapter 121 Do Ores Grow On Trees?
- Chapter 120 Unreliable Support
- Chapter 119 First Fight
- Chapter 118 Deliberate
- Chapter 117 Ax Kick
- Chapter 116 Benefactor Of The Commoners
- Chapter 115 Partial Truths
- Chapter 114 The Real Target
- Chapter 113 Ikasa's Sense Realm Experts
- Chapter 112 Terror
- Chapter 111 A Chance
- Chapter 110 Theories
- Chapter 109 Little Traitor!
- Chapter 108 Impact
- Chapter 107 Benefits Of Active Sixth Sense
- Chapter 106 Hidden Benefits
- Chapter 105 Talk Of The Town
- Chapter 104 Strategizing
- Chapter 103 [Bonus ] A Plan In Motion
- Chapter 102 The Battle Of Rights
- Chapter 101 I Invoke The Pact!
- Chapter 100 Mysterious Second Commander
- Chapter 99 Death Of A Sense Realm
- Chapter 98 Victory!
- Chapter 97 Encounter
- Chapter 96 A Different Kind Of Hunt
- Chapter 95 Let The Hunt Begin!
- Chapter 94 The Eve Of The Tournament
- Chapter 93 Sincerity
- Chapter 92 The City Lord's Background
- Chapter 91 In The Dark Of The Night
- Chapter 90 Arbitrator And Secret Weapons
- Chapter 89 A Bellyful Of Resentment
- Chapter 88 The New Member
- Chapter 87 Caught
- Chapter 86 Betrayal=Death
- Chapter 85 Fcuk! That's A ....
- Chapter 84 The Little Menace
- Chapter 83 Sense Realm!
- Chapter 82 Ideal Spot For Recruitment
- Chapter 81 What Is Sense Realm?
- Chapter 80 Gambling Mentality
- Chapter 79 I Want To Learn Smithing!
- Chapter 78 The People In The Dark
- Chapter 77 Only He Can See...
- Chapter 76 Another Unbelieving One!
- Chapter 75 A Sale Worth Shitload Of Coins!
- Chapter 74 [Bonus ]The Sales Pitch
- Chapter 73 Feng Yan's Test
- Chapter 72 Once A Land Of Treasure...
- Chapter 71 Migration And Unemployment
- Chapter 70 Terms Of Co-Operation
- Chapter 69 The Prizes And The Tasks
- Chapter 68 War Of Information
- Chapter 67 I Am Handsome!
- Chapter 66 Wind The Way
- Chapter 65 Weighing The Pros And Cons
- Chapter 64 The Volatile Birch City
- Chapter 63 Fame, Beauty And Aloofness
- Chapter 62 Origins Of The Tribute Tournament
- Chapter 61 Aboard The Sin King
- Chapter 60 Second Chance
- Chapter 59 Philanthropy And Stagnancy
- Chapter 58 An Idea To Form A Private Force
- Chapter 57 Agitated Xin Ruo
- Chapter 56 He Appreciates My Dishes!
- Chapter 55 A Family Outing
- Chapter 54 Persuasion
- Chapter 53 Symbiotic Or Parasitic
- Chapter 52 Weaving A Tale With Truth And Lies
- Chapter 51 He's Dead
- Chapter 50 Exposed
- Chapter 49 Exposure
- Chapter 48 Battle Technique: Chop
- Chapter 47 The Embarassing Breakthroughs
- Chapter 46 Co-Operation
- Chapter 45 Energy Storm
- Chapter 44 Fulfilling Orders
- Chapter 43 Deal With The Devil
- Chapter 42 Bluffmaster
- Chapter 41 Hostages
- Chapter 40 The Intricacies Of A Decision
- Chapter 39 Aftermath
- Chapter 38 The Double-Edged Sword Cuts
- Chapter 37 Provocation
- Chapter 36 The Blame Game
- Chapter 35 Who Is The Leak?
- Chapter 34 Breakthrough At Last!
- Chapter 33 Operating Expenditure
- Chapter 32 The Store Is Open!
- Chapter 31 The Real Challengers
- Chapter 30 Deduct 50 Silver For Overacting!
- Chapter 29 Preparation
- Chapter 28 Yep, Definitely A Human
- Chapter 27 First Bank Of The Cultivation World
- Chapter 26 Around The Body In 80 Breaths
- Chapter 25 Energy Efficiency Star
- Chapter 24 Heart To Heart
- Chapter 23 Specimen 1k3a
- Chapter 22 Lure
- Chapter 21 The Purpose
- Chapter 20 Wake-Up Call
- Chapter 19 Venturing Into The Ruins
- Chapter 18 Conundrum
- Chapter 17 Training
- Chapter 16 Challenger's Arena
- Chapter 15 Sold!
- Chapter 14 A Spectacular Advertisement
- Chapter 13 Red Eye’s Son-In-Law
- Chapter 12 Appearance And Name’s Worth
- Chapter 11 Someone Is Farming Rage Points?
- Chapter 10 Old Fogies
- Chapter 9 Ape’s Might Body Forging Technique
- Chapter 8 Money Problems
- Chapter 7 The Perfect Advertisers
- Chapter 6 Humanity Exists In Those Untouched By Greed
- Chapter 5 Immortal From Afar…
- Chapter 4 Reputation Is A Double-Edged Sword
- Chapter 3 Fake Cultivation Manuals?
- Chapter 2 These Names
- Chapter 1 My Gold Finger Is A Printer?