Chapter 1054: Chapter 1043: Take Me to the Blood Cross Headquarters!
“Damn, it’s an ambush!”
The leader of the Blood Cross, clad in a dark cloak, was indeed worthy of being their leader, as he was the first to sense the danger even while his companions remained unaware.
Without any hesitation, the cloaked leader drew the large blade from his waist, protecting his back, while his True Yuan surged through him. He shot forward like an arrow released from a full-moon bowstring, darting out more than ten meters away!
“Clang!”
A metallic clang rang behind him, causing the cloaked leader’s body to tingle and his blade to tremble violently, a testament to the mighty impact he had endured.
“Quick reaction, aren’t you? Heh heh.”
Three members of the Shadow Team emerged simultaneously from the slope below, forming a triangular formation. One of them spotted the dark-cloaked leader leaping over ten meters and raised an eyebrow, showing a hint of surprise in his eyes.
He had the highest martial power among the three. His mastery of the Dark Night Life-claiming Dart was extraordinary, having claimed the lives of countless experts and Martial Cultivators.
With the trio launching their sudden attack, the cloaked leader managed to block the blow within that split second. His strength was truly formidable.
However, while the cloaked leader evaded the ambush, his subordinates weren’t as fortunate.
Two were struck directly at the back of their heads, with the dartheads piercing through their skulls, carrying brain matter forward and smashing through the hard skull.
“Thud…”
The two Blood Cross members collapsed onto the ground with wide eyes, unable to discern their attackers before dying, raising a small cloud of dust and ceasing all signs of life.
“Puff… puff!”
Two more muffled sounds followed. The remaining Blood Cross members, who had yet to draw their weapons for counterattack, were entangled by darts winding around them like venomous snakes in the dark night.
“What is this…”
One Blood Cross member looked down at the gleaming cold light on his chest. His brows furrowed tightly as his pupils started to dilate.
“Holding on to life in vain? Just die early, brother!”
Two Shadow Team members kicked simultaneously, taking away the lives of the Blood Cross members who struggled in vain.
After a long ambush, a certain-kill strike!
This was the fighting style of the Shadow Team.
They didn’t care how long they waited, lurking in the night, as calm as an ancient and immovable stone.
But when the target appeared, they would awaken in an instant, like the sharpest arrow and deadliest poison, ending their enemies’ lives.
“Things have changed.”
The dark-cloaked leader witnessed his subordinates’ deaths, and amid the Shadow Team members’ kicks, only two breaths had passed since he blocked the ambush from behind.
Shocked to the core, the cloaked leader, with no intention to fight, dashed toward the Blood Cross’s temporary headquarters in the suburbs.
His speed was already impressive, but someone moved faster than him.
Ning Fan emerged from the darkness, as the clouds parted in the sky, and moonlight bathed the earth once again, illuminating Ning Fan’s relaxed and smiling face, making it appear incomparably calm.
But to the cloaked leader, Ning Fan’s smile was terrifying.
“Ah… whoever blocks me must die!”
The cloaked leader shouted, drawing his great blade and surging his True Yuan recklessly in an attempt to quickly deal with the enemy before him and escape swiftly.
“Dragon City is not a place where you come and go as you please.”
Ning Fan smirked coldly, let out a disdainful snort, and allowed the cloaked leader’s blade to approach his face. Only then did he raise his hand and strike the side of the blade, directing the force and True Yuan entirely into the nearby ground.
“Boom!”
A loud explosion followed, creating a five-meter-wide crater on the ground beside Ning Fan, struck by True Yuan and blade aura.
At that moment, Ning Fan’s fingers pressed against the cloaked leader’s neck artery, ready to twist it without hesitation if the leader moved even a finger’s breadth.
The cloaked leader could clearly see the threat in Ning Fan’s eyes. Despite his trembling body, his feet seemed rooted, not daring to move forward.
“Who… who are you?”
The cloaked leader asked shakily.
“Blood Cross, huh? Ha, nothing much.”
Looking at the cloaked leader trying to maintain composure, Ning Fan’s eyes flickered with disdain, and he spoke coldly, “I’ll give you a chance to stay alive. Take me to your headquarters and find the Nine Souls Jade.”
“What’s the Nine Souls Jade… I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”
A trace of panic flashed in the cloaked leader’s eyes.
If it was just about taking Ning Fan back to the Blood Cross headquarters, he wouldn’t be afraid; he’d actually welcome it.
Knowing that he was headed back to headquarters anyway, as long as this fearsomely strong young man didn’t kill him now, he’d have a chance to turn the tables once there!
Although new to Dragon City, the Blood Cross had chosen headquarters in a mountain hollow in the suburbs, with terrain easy to defend and hard to attack, coupled with absolute confidence in the leader’s abilities.
The cloaked leader believed that if these people dared step into the Blood Cross headquarters, they’d surely perish!
But now, Ning Fan’s mention of the Nine Souls Jade had directly shaken the cloaked leader.
Thoughts raced in his mind as the cloaked leader forced a smile, “I don’t understand what you’re saying… ah!”
Before finishing his sentence, he screamed in pain.
Ning Fan looked at his bloodied fingers and asked with a smile, “Does it make sense now?”
A moment later, having seven of his fingers snapped one by one, pale-faced, dragged behind the Shadow Team members on a rope, the near-death cloaked leader gritted his teeth, watching the others walk laughing toward the suburbs.
As for his four subordinates, all were pushed into the pit carved by the blade aura earlier, buried in the earth, unnoticed by anyone.
“You think Blood Cross enjoys being abused? Does he really think Ning Fan’s methods won’t break his silence?”
A Shadow Team member glanced at the discarded fingers on the ground and chuckled.
“You can’t say that; maybe he just wanted to act tough once, even though he failed, haha.”
Another member laughed heartily, his tone light and cheerful.
The ambush was a complete success, with the Shadow Team killing four and capturing one without even a light injury.
In an instant, the status of Blood Cross dropped significantly in their eyes.
Yet Ning Fan, walking at the forefront, didn’t think likewise.
Through the cloaked leader’s confession, Ning Fan had confirmed the presence of the Nine Souls Jade at Blood Cross.
But combining other information from the confession, it was clear that Blood Cross was no pushover.