Faced with something delivered to her doorstep, Jiang Ruan naturally considered its value and stored it in her spatial storage.

The gang leader looked up at Jiang Ruan with a complicated expression, as if to say, "I'm in this state, is it appropriate for you to ask me these questions? Shouldn't you save me first?"

But he was still afraid. He dared not go to the hospital for this illness, and his private doctor was not available. If he forced himself to endure it, he would probably be dead by now. The only thing he could do now was to save this woman who looked very capable.

He had to grasp at this straw.

So even though his abdomen was in excruciating pain, he insisted, "I can tell you, but you must promise to save me. I can't die now."

Jiang Ruan smiled upon hearing this, "You really can't die. You haven't taken me to my cannon yet. Even if you give me the coordinates, I wouldn't dare to completely trust you. I need you to go with me in person to have any credibility."

So, here, eat this, and the pain will stop immediately.

As she spoke, Jiang Ruan took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a pill, and handed it over.

The gang leader hesitated at first, but the pain was unbearable, and Jiang Ruan's words made sense. Thinking that she wouldn't lie to him, he opened his mouth and ate it, ignoring his subordinates' expressions.

Within seconds, he indeed felt no pain. He stood up, walked around in place twice, and jumped around, still feeling no pain. He then gave Jiang Ruan a thumbs up, "Amazing, truly amazing!"

His expression quickly changed, and he made a gesture. Hundreds of his men surrounded them, all pointing their guns at the three men, ready to pull the trigger at any moment.

"Pathetic! You dare to retaliate with such meager skills!" Gu An sneered upon seeing his actions. With a wave of his hand, a transparent barrier appeared outside the three of them, and countless tiny, fragmented knives stood outside the barrier, ready to be launched at any moment.

"What is that!" The gang leader glanced at it disdainfully, then immediately fired his gun. However, the bullet hit the barrier as if it were hitting a solid wall, and quickly fell off.

The gang leader, refusing to believe it, fired another shot, but to no avail.

Enraged by the indifferent gazes of the people inside, he picked up a machine gun and began firing. Five minutes later, the three of them were still unharmed, though the barrier was stained with black smoke and looked filthy.

"Want to try again?" Gu An directed a small group of knives to be fired at the gang leader. He was quite agile and dodged many of them, but he still got a few marks on his face, which looked like cat whiskers, quite comical.

The gang leader covered his face, staring in horror at the person inside who exuded an air of arrogance and disdain for everything. It was the first time he had ever felt such overwhelming pressure from a single person.

"Brother, why don't we just bombard them with cannons? I think the guns are too small and impractical." The henchman was accidentally wounded, but he didn't have time to worry about himself. Instead, he was unhappy to see his brother suffering and wanted to finish the job quickly.

Unexpectedly, the eldest brother stood up and slapped him, saying, "What the hell? I was just joking around with our benefactors. What are you doing with all this nonsense? Do you want me dead?!"

The gang leader was still shaken by the thought that several swords had just grazed his neck and that no matter how he tried to dodge, it was to no avail.

He was robbed of so many things and couldn't even say no. The opportunity he finally got to fight back ended so abruptly. He was really unwilling to accept it.

But there was nothing he could do, and he was seething with anger when someone came close to him, so naturally he had to retaliate.

After Gu An cast the barrier, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, his body trembled slightly, and his lips were tightly pursed, as if he was suppressing something.

Only after the gang leader bowed and scraped in apology, saying it was just a joke, and threw all the weapons aside, posing no further threat, did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Gu An... when did you get this barrier?" Jiang Ruan grabbed his arm and asked about the barrier, but her palm was continuously transmitting energy to him to heal his internal injuries.

Feeling the warmth emanating from deep within her body, the pain lessened considerably. Gu An gave her a reassuring look, gently patted her hand, and indicated that it was alright.

In fact, Jiang Ruan knew that the barrier was a defense mechanism maintained by burning the energy within one's own body. It was far more advanced than the various bulletproof, fireproof, and waterproof materials available on the market.

Those protected inside not only receive reliable personal protection, but their physical injuries can also be temporarily repaired.

However, it has a fatal flaw: it burns the user's energy, essentially concentrating the user's own energy to maximize their power within a very limited timeframe. But as time runs out, the user's physical depletion will become increasingly apparent.

Seven minutes have already passed, and he's already showing this kind of performance. It seems his defensive ability is only at level one, lasting only about ten minutes.

If the gang leader were to actually bring over cannons from that side, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So they simply surrendered first.

Gu An felt the energy circulating within his body, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled as he looked at Jiang Ruan, "I've had it for a long time, but I don't use it often. You see, I'm still not very skilled at using it."

Gu An pointed to the barrier, then pursed his lips.

"!!!" Qingfeng looked at the two of them with a headache, feeling like he wanted to leave immediately and hide in a cave. But the barrier prevented him from getting out, so he could only try to shrink himself into a corner, ignoring what the two of them were doing.

To his surprise, their words still reached him, and for the first time, he hated his own exceptional hearing.

Because his boss was pretending to be weak again, he really couldn't stand it. He really didn't want his boss's perfect image to collapse in his mind. But even though he lowered his profile, he still couldn't avoid being mentioned.

"Qingfeng, what are you doing!" Gu An's voice came from above. Qingfeng looked up and chuckled, but before he could speak, Jiang Ruan interrupted him.

"You look like a quail seeking shelter from the rain, so cute!" Jiang Ruan chuckled, seemingly lost in thought.

Qingfeng paused in his rising motion, his grip tightening. The admiration he had just felt for her crumbled, and a voice inside him roared, "Woman, do you have any manners? You called me a quail? You're the quail! Your whole family are quails!"

With his boss in front of him, he had to swallow his words even if he wanted to.

At this moment, Gu An called for Qingfeng to get up, and then waved his hand to remove the barrier.

The gang leader immediately came over and bumped right into Qingfeng's crotch as he stood up.

Qingfeng raised his eyes, let out a sinister laugh, and thought to himself, "Well, here comes the punching bag!"