Chapter 47 Breaking into the Enemy Formation (Part 2)

Maivia Club, third basement floor.

A barrier wall divided the parking lot into a third. Behind it stood several heavily overloaded trucks, each guarded by armed men in black robes and protective masks resembling crows. Club thugs in gray suits opened the containers and removed the remains one by one. Visav and Carmel stood by, watching silently.

This wasn't Visafu's first time "unloading," but he still felt a slight nervousness. These assassins from the black workshop were as cold as pig iron; no one could possibly connect them with the eloquent workshop owner. As if noticing the young man's reservedness, Kanin poked his head out of the passenger seat and greeted him.

"Is the amount sufficient?" Kanin said cheerfully. "Don't worry about the safety. All goods are shipped directly from the workshop. We have our own ship and our own truck."

That's why Visafu couldn't rest assured. His own ship... surely only the City Lord's Mansion's Shenglong Ship could travel between the upper and lower levels? And where did the Black Workshop get its ship? But he couldn't show his concerns to his closest partner. He smiled gracefully, "It's better than we expected, Mr. Kanin. As agreed, we'll deliver... on the spot..."

"Visaph?" Kanin asked with concern.

Visafu's expression suddenly changed. His gentlemanly face turned pale as paper, and beneath his bloodless skin, black blood vibrated like a snake. A woman's scream echoed behind them, and Carmel fell to his knees, clutching his face tightly.

“No! Big Brother!!” She cried bitterly, black blood oozing from the corners of her eyes like tears, “No!!!”

Visap panted heavily, the communicator in his pocket vibrating frantically, the frequency of which betrayed the wrath of the head of the family. He pulled out five bottles of "headmaster's blood" and shoved them all at Kanin in the car. "There's a small situation. I'll take my leave first." "You don't look well," Kanin said. "Please understand, I'll be done with it shortly... Please take Mr. Kanin out of here!"

After giving his orders, Visafu dragged Carmel away in a hurry. After a few steps, he realized the freight elevator was completely occupied by the relics, forcing them to go around to the other side and take the passenger elevator. This discovery infuriated him, and Carmel howled hysterically. "I'm going to kill him! I'm going to skin him alive!"

Visafu still had some semblance of rationality. He immediately contacted Master Yan: "Master! The City Lord's Mansion has taken action. Please provide support! We will meet in front of the portrait!"

Kanin made a helpless gesture to Bethan, who was driving. He waited for the footsteps to fade away, watching the freight elevator loaded with relics rise from -3 to 17. A thug in a suit came up and knocked on the car door.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kanin." The thug faithfully carried out the order, "Please—"

Kanin pulled out his pistol and the brass bullet shattered the thug's head.

"What a coincidence! The City Lord's Mansion is in trouble right now," he said cheerfully. "Besson, please go and destroy the main switch. The elevator is going too fast. Let our friends go up slowly!"

Benson detached himself from the puppet and ascended through the wall like a ghost. Kanin whistled as he stepped out of the truck and scurried briskly down the stairwell. Behind him, the iron-like masked figures raised their guns, and the rapid, rapid-fire sound of gunfire echoed through the parking lot.

Within two breaths, the club's thugs fell in a pool of blood.

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Chu Hengkong opened his eyes, and everything he saw was golden and red.

A bright red carpet stretched out, gold-framed paintings covered the walls, and soft, warm lighting filled every corner. Like most casinos he'd visited, the club had no windows, so without a view of the outside world, his sense of time became ambiguous and blurred.

A pair of shiny leather shoes stepped out from the corner, and a man in a gray suit poked his head out: "Brother Baimei——"

His greeting was muffled by the impact. Ji Huaisu hurled his shield forward, knocking the man to the ground. The two men stepped forward simultaneously. Chu Hengkong placed his knife on the thug's neck and quickly searched him with his tentacles. Ji Huaisu demanded fiercely, "Where is the captured child?"

"Do you know what you're doing?!" the chaotic thugs bluffed, "This is the club's—Ah! Ah!!"

Chu Hengkong stabbed through the thug's left hand with a knife, and then raised the knife to stab through his right hand. He didn't even look at it when he stabbed it twice, as casually as if he was throwing away a cigarette butt.

"The next blow will kill you," he said.

The thug was completely stunned, feeling more fear than pain. This was a true murderer, someone who wouldn't even blink! Then, realizing the identities of the two men, his sense of responsibility shattered. "He always brings the kids upstairs! I don't even know which floor!"

Ji Huaisu knocked him unconscious with a punch. Chu Hengkong put away his sword and stood up, throwing a yellow jade token to his teammates. "It's probably the elevator card." "What card?" "Open the elevator thing, stand still!"

The two men simultaneously grasped the wall as they felt a powerful tremor from above, the chandelier on the ceiling swaying uneasily. Then, the true nature of the tremor dawned upon them. It was a roar from the top floor, a man's roar at the top of his lungs.

“——Blood debt must be paid with blood!!”

Crystal chandeliers shattered, sending fragments flying through the air. In the distance, screams echoed from the crowd, and the gamblers in the club trembled with fear. The roar was so loud that they couldn't hear the words of the roar. They only felt invisible bombs exploding one after another, and even the air itself was shaking.

Chu Hengkong shook his head. His hearing was too sharp and he was almost injured by the roar.

"Good news, Maivia is on the top floor."

Ji Huaisu covered his ears: "Is that all you want to say..."

"Why not lament his loud voice?" Chu Hengkong turned and walked into a fork in the road. "Why not go and kill his whole family quickly?"

Thanks to the shockwave-like sound earlier, he had a rough idea of ​​the floor he was on. The teleportation jade token was a Level 2 relic, but its range was limited, only taking them to approximately the 4th to 6th floors. Judging by the speed of the vibrations, Maivia must be above the 15th floor. Even if he were in the enemy's base camp, he would need an elevator to quickly reach the enemy.

Ji Huaisu hurried to catch up with the one walking ahead of him. Just as the elevator doors at the fork in the road opened, the assembled thugs pulled their triggers, unleashing a hail of bullets. Unfolding his light shield, Ji Huaisu charged forward, surging like a golden cannonball into the elevator. Chu Hengkong followed closely behind, finishing off the enemy with a water bomb. The two of them worked seamlessly together, clearing out the entire thug force in just three seconds.

The club had 18 floors, and this elevator only went up to the 14th. As they ascended, the mechanical prompts chimed. Chu Hengkong noticed his partner rubbing his fingers.

"Impatient?" he said.

"Please don't say I'm a murderer, okay?" Ji Huaisu sighed, "I'm a little nervous."

This time Chu Hengkong was really surprised: "You are still nervous."

"I've dealt with creatures like glowing corpses and demons before, but to be honest, I have no experience with the Fallen." Ji Huaisu scratched his face. "How did you feel after that fight just now?"

"Killing is just like killing a person, it's just a useless knife."

"Thanks, I'm much more relaxed... my god the water supply has stopped!"

The lights suddenly went out, and a harsh grinding sound was heard in the darkness. Ji Huaisu acted decisively, throwing his shield up and smashing through the top floor of the elevator. Chu Hengkong rushed out from the hole and stabbed the iron door of the upper floor with a backhanded knife. At this time, the elevator, which had lost power, slid downwards. Chu Hengkong supported himself with a knife in one hand and swung the tentacle downwards. Ji Huaisu quickly grabbed the tentacle. The two of them were hanging in mid-air, and a moment later, the elevator, which had lost power, plummeted to the bottom, and the dark stairwell was illuminated by the light and fire of the explosion.

"Can you move faster? Your tentacles are so slippery, brother!" Ji Huaisu screamed.

Chu Hengkong stared at her: "Can I move now? Come on!"

Ji Huaisu grasped the tentacle and swung sideways, stepping onto the edge of the elevator shaft and leaping diagonally upward. A dark shadow emerged in her hand, but it didn't transform into the greatsword she had been wearing before, but into a curved dagger. Ji Huaisu hurled the shadow blade at the elevator door. The dagger pierced the heavy steel, sending it flying backward as if hit by a car.

Chu Hengkong quickly grabbed the edge of the door. His right hand still held the knife, and only two fingers could move freely. He used the strength of these two fingers to support his body and leap into the door. He turned around and grabbed Ji Huaisu with a tentacles.

A burst of exclamations echoed from the front of the two men, and the well-dressed guests retreated in fear. This was the VIP area on the 13th floor. There was an elevator on each side of the hall. There were only a few gambling tables in the hall, and most people were busy watching the game or entangled with Cat Lady.

The dealer, also a cat lady, stared blankly at the elevator door that had been blown away, muttering professional clichés: "...How many bets would you like to place?"

The thugs guarding the VIP area reacted immediately, their guns drawn and pointed at the two men. "Stop!" "Who are you?" "Blow your head off, you bastard!" Chu Hengkong's tentacles snaked across the gambling table, their ends wrapped around his knife. In an instant, five roaring heads flew up, the hot blood from their necks staining the ceiling a true crimson.

The guests immediately scattered, their screams and cries drowning out the gunfire. They rushed to the other elevator, but the door of the elevator opposite also flew open! The first guest to rush was thrown against the wall!

Visav and Carmel climbed out of the elevator shaft. The sudden water outage only exacerbated their already anxious state. Visav let out a low, animal-like growl, and their movements suddenly stopped. Their gazes met through the fleeing crowd, the fallen and the two inspectors unexpectedly meeting.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, neither side expecting to meet each other here. Visafu conjured a card like magic, but suddenly fell backwards, and a sharp knife pierced his shoulder. The tentacles wrapped around the handle suddenly swept across, knocking him onto a gambling table.

"Go save them!" Chu Hengkong growled. He leaped forward as he struck, sending two water bullets blasting towards Carmel's eyes. Carmel instinctively raised his hand to shield them, but was momentarily blinded.

Ji Huaisu leaped onto the gambling table, transformed her light shield into a hammer, and smashed the ceiling with both hands. Against her immense strength, the reinforced concrete structure was no stronger than a wooden plank. The ceiling, along with its supporting layer, was pierced through. Ji Huaisu leaped high, taking the shortest possible route up the stairs in a brutally brutal manner.

Debris from the ceiling fell, sending the high pile of chips bouncing around. A cheerful synthesized voice emanated from the gambling table: "Very bold! A million-dollar bet!"

(End of this chapter)