Chapter 152: Adding More Fuel to the Fire
"So, still think my heart sounds so delicious?" Zhou Fan's entire body was limp, but his tongue was as sharp as ever. Even standing was a struggle; he had to use his sword to prop himself up, leaning against the wrecked car behind him just to keep from collapsing.
"Hehehe, you're just so cute. Keep that heart safe, okay? Wan'Er has called dibs!" The little girl's expression was unreadable, her thoughts hidden. Finally, with a sweet laugh, she leaped back and landed perfectly on Ah Shan's shoulders. Then Ah Shan shoved the heavily injured Fan and Bai Zhi aside and ran off into the distance.
In the blink of an eye, the figures of the little girl and Ah Shan vanished from sight.
Bai Zhi and Fan staggered, supporting bodies that felt as if they'd collapse at any second, and shuffled step by step over to Zhou Fan. They discovered that he had passed out—fainted while still standing!
"You cover our rear. I'll carry him. There's a car up ahead!" Though Fan himself was at the end of his rope, he worried the place was too dangerous. If another enemy showed up, all three of them would die here. So he forced himself to hoist the unconscious Zhou Fan onto his back and staggered back the way they came.
The two of them, one following the other, moved at a speed barely faster than a turtle. After what felt like an eternity, they finally reached the main road, chose the closest car, and placed Zhou Fan in the back seat.
"Let me drive. My injuries are lighter than yours!" Bai Zhi said hurriedly when she saw Fan about to get behind the wheel. 'Given his current condition, I have no desire to survive that battle just to be killed by his driving!'
Just after the car drove away, a tall figure appeared with a little girl sitting on his shoulders. It was none other than Wan'Er and Ah Shan.
"I never would have thought... that inside his body, there's still something left behind by *that person*. What a wonderful opportunity! Hehehe!"
「Back in Jiang Province.」
He Yi was waiting with his men at the hotel entrance.
"Carry them both up. Whether they live or die is on you Tiger Teeth now!" Bai Zhi stopped the car and pointed to Zhou Fan and Fan, both unconscious in the back seat. Alone, she staggered to the elevator, returned to her room, and took some Healing Medicine.
He Yi sighed helplessly. He administered his last few pills of Healing Medicine to the two of them, motioned for his men to carry them upstairs, and gazed into the distance, his eyes filled with a bitter and complex emotion.
In this battle, Tiger Teeth and Wolf Fang had suffered devastating losses, verging on total annihilation. Although the Double Squad had reserve forces, with so many brothers lost, he feared that both he and Fan would face impeachment from those who had long coveted their positions.
He Yi arranged for his people to go to the old auto yard in the East Suburb to retrieve the Double Squad members who had died there and make the proper arrangements. At the same time, he called Fan's master, the Lingling Daoist, asking him to send more people from the headquarters in the Capital City.
No one could have ever expected that the captains of Wolf Fang and Tiger Teeth, after personally leading their teams to Jiang Province, would end up in such a miserable state.
"Brother Fan, how did you get so badly injured again? You have to get better soon!"
Inside the room, Gu Feifei gazed at the many wounds covering Zhou Fan's body. Her eyes fixed on a gash on his chest as thick as an arm, and tears of heartache streamed down her face.
Although the bleeding had stopped, thanks to Zhou Fan's powerful healing abilities and the Healing Medicine He Yi had given him, the shocking wounds still painted a vivid picture of how brutal the battle must have been.
News of this battle also reached the ears of various other powers.
「Inside the Manyun Hotel in Nanjiang City.」
A young man in a white suit stood by the window, reading a message in his hand. After a moment, he turned to the middle-aged man and woman behind him. "Uncle Fu, Auntie Fu, what do you make of this?"
"Young Master, this Zhou Fan is indeed very strong. Forget the three of us; even the Master himself would probably have to think twice if he were here. After all, not even Blake and Sean managed to kill him with such a stacked lineup. Our Wang Family may be stronger than them, but if we were to actually fight, victory wouldn't come easily."
"But Zhou Fan had help from Wolf Fang and Tiger Teeth," the middle-aged woman at his side added. "Surely Zhou Fan himself can't be that strong!"
"It's just the three of us here. Give me your honest assessment." A sharp glint flashed in the young man's eyes, and an unreadable expression settled on his features, which bore a slight resemblance to Wang Tianhao's. This was none other than Wang Tianhao's younger brother, Wang Tianshuang, whose status in the Wang Family's younger generation was second only to Wang Tianhao.
Seeing the two of them hemming and hawing, Wang Tianshuang waved his hand in disgust, dismissing them.
'Zhou Fan... if I add a little fuel to this fire, will you erupt into a full-blown wildfire? I'm rather looking forward to finding out.' Wang Tianshuang murmured to himself, gazing out the window.