When Fang Kai saw the woman being bullied, his ferocious face instantly turned to one of worry. Without even taking off his mask, he ran over.
"Wu Qian! Are you alright?"
The woman she helped up had shards of glass on her forehead, and blood was flowing into her right eye socket. Her eyes were bloodshot, making it difficult for her to see clearly. When she heard the familiar voice, she shook her head.
"I'm fine, Brother Fang. They're here to see me. It's none of your business. You can go now."
Fang Kai looked at the open wound on her forehead and felt extremely distressed. He didn't listen to what she said afterward and turned to glare fiercely at the burly men.
"You bunch of men, do you have any backbone? What kind of skill is it to bully a woman? If you're so capable, fight me!"
Gu Mingyue and her companion put down their wine glasses and walked over with Fang Kai's team members.
"Heh, ugly freak, you still want to be a hero and save the beauty!" The group of people who had bullied Wu Qian earlier laughed at his ugly face, which had been ripped off from his right cheek.
Upon hearing these words, Fang Kai realized that he had been so concerned that he forgot to wear a mask and had panicked for a moment.
Hearing their conversation, Gu Mingyue silently handed the mask she had just grabbed to Fang Kai.
Fang Kai took the mask, gave her a grateful look, and quickly put it on.
The group of burly men who caused the trouble were wearing brown vests and had jackal tattoos on their shoulders.
Fang Kai glanced at them for a few moments, then frowned and said, "Are you from the Jackal Gang?"
Fang Kai's teammates looked at their tattoos, their eyes darkened, their bodies tensed, and each of them placed their hands on their waists, ready to draw their weapons and duel at any moment.
After the apocalypse, some people living near the Black Domain would risk their lives to venture into the unknown Black Domain to explore and level up. The Jackal Gang was famous for its unusual unity among its members, but for its extreme treachery and ruthlessness towards outsiders.
They love to stick together in the Dark Domain, waiting for others to become exhausted after killing monsters before attacking in droves to kill them and seize the crystal cores.
While others kill monsters, they kill people.
Other teams near the Black Domain despised their behavior, but because their team was too large, no one dared to really oppose them; they could only curse them behind their backs.
When they actually met, they all wanted to run far away, secretly hoping that they wouldn't get on their good side.
"Good to know, now get lost."
Leading the group was Zou Shaoyun, the leader of the Jackal Gang. His narrow, triangular eyes locked onto the group, and after memorizing Fang Kai and the others' faces, he narrowed his eyes, seemingly harboring some extremely wicked idea.
"Brother Fang, you should leave. I am guilty and deserve to be beaten up to vent my anger," Wu Qian said, standing up, clutching her wound and looking pale.
"See? She's already given us a chance to vent our anger, what are you still doing?" Zou Shaoyun sneered, then kicked Wu Qian to the ground again.
The kick was delivered with full force, sending Wu Qian flying to the edge of the bar, causing the wine cabinet connected to the bar to sway slightly.
Wu Qian was badly kicked and coughed up mouthfuls of blood, unable to get up for a long time.
Upon seeing this, the bartender's gaze turned cold, and he called his companion over via pager.
The other people drinking in the tavern also looked angry, but seeing the Jackal Gang's tattoos, they could only swallow their anger and walk out of the tavern with livid faces.
Seeing this, Fang Kai finally couldn't hold back any longer. He conjured an ice spike emitting cold smoke in his hand, his eyes flashing with an icy blue halo, and stared intently at Zou Shaoyun.
"I don't care if you're jackals or tigers, you can't beat Wu Qian in front of me today." With that, he moved like a leopard, unleashing his power and attacking Zou Shaoyun with a gust of cold wind and dozens of ice spikes.
Seeing this, Fang Kai's men also activated their superpowers; they had been disliking the Jackal Gang for a long time.
The difference in abilities between the two sides was not significant, and the fight was evenly matched until the people from the Doomsday Tavern intervened, at which point they reluctantly stopped.
The Nirvana Chamber of Commerce has operations in various places, extensive information, and a large number of people. Fang Kai and Zou Shaoyun dared not offend the Nirvana Chamber of Commerce, so they lost the crystal cores and planned to go out and fight again.
Gu Mingyue walked to Wu Qian's side and helped her walk outside.
Wu Qian looked up in surprise, carefully examining the woman's exposed chin. Realizing she wasn't a familiar face, she shook her head, trying to push her away.
“Girl, is this your first time in this area? Don’t help me. The Jackal Gang members are narrow-minded and vengeful. Don’t let them hold a grudge against you because of me.”
Gu Mingyue ignored her, smiled gently, and continued to help her walk out.
"Sister, you have a kind face. How did you offend those people?"
Gu Mingyue's behavior was somewhat unusual; she rarely meddled in other people's business.
Xinghe glanced down at her, asked nothing, and continued to follow behind her as they walked out of the tavern.
Although Wu Qian was seriously injured, she was still a mid-level Level 3 ability user. She tried to break free of Gu Mingyue's grip with all her might, but it was no use. Gu Mingyue's hand was as firmly welded to her arm as if it were welded to her arm.
When she stepped outside and saw Zou Shaoyun's cold gaze fixed on Gu Mingyue and the other woman, she knew it was too late.
Turning back, he said with a helpless expression, "I killed the Jackal Gang's leader's younger brother. Miss, you really can let go of my hand now. If you don't, it will really be too late!"
"Hmph, whether you let her go or not, she's going to die today. No, I won't let any of the people who have helped you go today."
Zou Shaoyun's triangular eyes held a surge of hatred, and his lips trembled as he spoke.
His younger brother was his only surviving relative in the apocalypse. If it weren't for this woman's encouragement, he wouldn't have entered the Black Domain City with her, where their fates were unknown.
After saying that, he took out a whistle made of gold finger bone from around his neck and blew it.
The whistle, perhaps due to its special material, had a very sharp and piercing sound. Soon, a large group of people with jackal tattoos on their shoulders came from all directions and surrounded Gu Mingyue, Fang Kai, and the others.
"Today, I'll show you how horribly you'll die if you help the wrong people! Brothers, attack together! Each of you, take a bite out of them and avenge my brothers!"
Suddenly, Wu Qian changed her previous submissive demeanor and used her slender frame to block Fang Kai and Gu Mingyue.
“Zou Shaoyun, every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. Don’t implicate the innocent; they know nothing.”
"Heh, they're innocent? My brother isn't innocent either?"
"Everyone says our Jackal Gang is ruthless, but you, you poisonous woman, are the real source of evil!"
"Relying on the fact that you came back alive from the Black Domain City, you lured others to come to the city with you every day. In the end, they all died, and you were the only one who came back safely!"
"You bitch, you're so lucky! I think it's all your fault..."
Fang Kai couldn't help but interrupt: "Wu Qian has never forced anyone to enter the Black Domain Main City. She entered the Black Domain only to find her child."
"Heh, I'm too lazy to waste words with you. Brothers, let's go and kill them all to avenge my brother."
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