Chapter 147: The Great Battle Begins
A screech of brakes was followed by assassins, one after another, stepping out of the vehicles. They radiated a murderous aura. There were over fifty of them, and every single one was a renowned name on the international stage.
Normally, you wouldn't see even one of these individuals, but now there were over fifty. There were few in the entire world who could afford to hire so many experts at once.
Dressed in denim, Blake walked at the very front. Standing a full one-point-nine meters tall, he had an intensely intimidating presence. Beside him was Sean, who had always been very close to him.
Compared to the towering Blake, Sean was on the shorter side, about one-point-seven meters tall and quite slender. But no one dared to underestimate him because of it. Everyone who had made that mistake had paid a very painful price.
Seeing Blake and his men arrive, the members of Tiger Teeth and Wolf Fang emerged from the dense woods on both sides, led by Fan and He Yi. Although they numbered over a hundred, giving them a numerical advantage, Blake's group merely scoffed as they were surrounded.
"Nether King, show your trump card. I know it isn't just these two little squads. You should know they're no match for the brothers behind me!" Blake didn't even glance at Fan or He Yi. His eyes were only on Zhou Fan.
Just as Zhou Fan had said before, in the eyes of someone like Blake, the only one among the three squads who could pose a threat to him was that madman from Dragon Fang.
"My trump card? I suppose she counts." Zhou Fan smiled and tapped on the car door. A stunning figure stepped out. Dressed in a leather top and pants with her long hair tied up high, it was none other than Dark Night No. 9—Bai Zhi.
"In your words, is this what you call a 'bait and switch'? Making us think there was a helpless girl inside!"
Although Blake said this, it was obvious he wasn't concerned about Bai Zhi either.
"What? Did Ye Fei pay you to come here and learn Chinese from me? Hurry up and make your move. Looks like it's about to rain." Zhou Fan gave a playful smile, tilting his head back to look at the somewhat gloomy sky.
"Alright, then... as you wish!" Blake shook his head. The moment the words left his mouth, he took the first step forward. A pair of brass knuckles had appeared in his hands, and he swung his iron fists at Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan didn't dare to be careless. On full alert, he raised the dagger in his right hand to block one of the fists while his left hand shot out to grab Blake's other arm.
As the two clashed, the others exploded into action like a string of firecrackers with a lit fuse, and a chaotic battle erupted.
On the way there, Zhou Fan had already told Bai Zhi that she only needed to hold off Sean. The rest would be handled by Tiger Teeth and Wolf Fang.
As Dark Night No. 9, Bai Zhi had initially bristled at Zhou Fan telling her to just "hold off" Sean. But after they clashed, she was secretly stunned by his power.
In both speed and strength, Sean was the strongest opponent she had ever faced. What's more, her injuries hadn't fully healed, and she quickly found herself at a disadvantage.
"You take command of the two squads. I'm going to help that woman with Sean!" On the other side, He Yi had noticed Bai Zhi was losing ground. He knew that if she were defeated, a master like Sean would be free to wreak havoc. After shouting instructions to Fan, he leaped forward, charging over with a longsword in hand.
Neither side was holding back. Within just a few minutes, both sides had suffered casualties to varying degrees. However, compared to the group of assassins—all of whom were ranked in the top one hundred—it was clear that Wolf Fang and Tiger Teeth were taking heavier losses.
But for now, the losses were still within an acceptable range. They were essentially trading one death and one injury for each enemy they killed.
Meanwhile, inside the nearly deserted hotel, several figures slipped in. Their target was Zhou Fan and Gu Feifei's room.
"Gentlemen, ahead is the room of Zhou Fan's woman. Our young master said he wants her alive!" After reaching Gu Feifei's floor, a middle-aged man said to the two foreign men beside him.
But the moment he finished speaking, the two foreign men moved. With a flash of their daggers, they slit the throats of the middle-aged man and the others with him.
"A bunch of trash. I have no idea why that idiot Blake wants to capture this woman."
"Probably afraid he can't take down the Nether King, so he wants to use this woman as leverage. In any case, our job's a piece of cake, isn't it?"
"Let's go. After we grab her, I'm gonna have some fun first. I've been holding it in for days and I'm about to burst!"
The two men chatted without any attempt to be discreet. They strode up to the door of Gu Feifei's room and kicked it open.
But the instant the door was kicked open, two glints of cold light flashed as two petite figures charged out from the room, their daggers aimed straight for the men's throats.