Chapter 564: Ruling Over the Lair!
Xiong Wei cast Su Lun a deep glance before he suddenly bent down and drew closer to Su Lun with an expressionless face. He hissed clearly, “If killing you would resurrect Xiong Ying, I’d cut you into pieces and reduce you to ashes!”
Su Lun’s heart trembled.
“Don’t worry, I’m very calm right now. I won’t vent my anger on someone else, so you don’t need to put on an act here.” Xiong Wei straightened his back, and his gaze turned even sharper. “Are you sure that Meng Chao is the one who killed Xiong Ying?”
“I am,” Su Lun said quickly. “He killed Bullet Xue Rui in Leprosy Village, chatted with b.l.o.o.d.y Slaughter Gao Yang, and nearly killed Snake Eye Mo Lan. Xiang Wei, Zhou Chong, Mo Lan, and the others all saw it. From this alone, it’s clear that he has indeed betrayed Dragon City and joined the monsters.
“A lot of gang members also saw him killing Rattlesnake Xiang Wei and Xiong Ying. It’s not just people from Golden Tooth and Poison Scorpion, but also plenty of Black Bone and other gang members who saw it. He’s the one who led Xiang Wei’s hunting squad into an ambush and personally killed Xiang Wei.
“Even though no one saw him killing Xiong Ying, the wound on Xiong Ying’s chest is obviously from his b.l.o.o.d.y Soul. There are also nearly one hundred wounds of varying sizes on his body. All of them are from Meng Chao.”
When Xiong Wei heard that his son sustained around one hundred wounds of varying sizes, his eyelids twitched.
He sucked in a deep breath, and the temperature dropped by five degrees Celsius, as if he had sucked away the heat around him.
Xiong Wei narrowed his eyes and asked for the details. “Why do you say that they are definitely from Meng Chao’s b.l.o.o.d.y Soul?”
“Meng Chao is close to Sky Pillar Corporation’s Lu Siya. Both of them had great contributions during the n.o.ble Descent Hotel ambush, and based on inside information, this was mainly due to Meng Chao. He was the one who killed the most cunning and brutal abnormal beast behind it,” Su Lun explained.
“Sky Pillar Corporation wanted to make Lu Siya into a model superhuman and to hire Meng Chao, since he’s the leader of the new generation superhumans. That’s why they gave Meng Chao a supreme-grade Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow. It was a reward for his contributions in the battle. They also used it to tie Meng Chao to Sky Pillar Corporation and the Lu family’s side.
“Gang Leader Xiong, you should know that crystal marrows only appear in crystal mines with a lot of crystals inside them.
“Sky Pillar Corporation is in control of the Red Radiance Jade mine under Raging Waves. It’s the largest mine within hundreds of kilometers of Dragon City. No one else but Sky Pillar Corporation could produce a Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow of similar quality.
“Meng Chao loved his Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow, and he asked a master swordsmith to create b.l.o.o.d.y Soul for him. The Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow was embedded inside it. When he strikes his enemies with that saber, he can reduce the flesh around the contact point to ashes, which is exactly how the fatal wound on Xiong Ying looks like.
“Your gang was in charge of investigating his corpse. I don’t understand the details clearly myself, but the three forensic experts in your gang believe that the Red Radiance Jade’s rampaging spirit energy was indeed within Xiong Ying’s wound.”
Phantom Bear Xiong Wei turned around and looked at his gang members.
The way he did it was quite unique. He basically did not move his shoulders and waist and only turned his head to the back by nearly 180 degrees, which made him look like a ferocious ghoul. It made people’s hearts race.
The Black Bone gang members behind him nodded.
“Meng Chao…” Xiong Wei mouthed the two words. “I heard that he’s the most outstanding of the new generation superhumans in Dragon City. He has a bright future ahead of him, so why did he betray Dragon City and join the monsters?”
“No one knows the reason.” Su Lun shrugged. “But don’t you find something strange? Based on the information about him, Meng Chao is clearly from a poor family. He has no one supporting him, and he had no miraculous encounters either. He was of average strength before, and I heard that he was even heavily injured in his second year of high school.
“How then did he suddenly perform so outstandingly during the national college examination and join the top 100 in the city? Later, he kept on improving, and within two short years, he rose above the prodigies of the nine great cultivation families to become the leader of the Golden Era. Even Lu Siya, who is a few years older than him and had gained fame earlier, is doing everything she can to draw him to her side and team up with him.
“The reason he gives to the public is that he received teachings from a mysterious elite known as the Old Fire Relayer on the deep web.
“But you can’t trace people on the deep web, which means that no one could verify whether his words are true.
“His cultivation methods and fighting style don’t belong to any known schools. The Old Fire Relayer also hasn’t shown any other traces besides producing an outstanding student like him.
“When you gather all these suspicious points together, isn’t it enough to make people wonder just where Meng Chao’s strength came from?”
Xiong Wei thought about it carefully.
“Meng Chao…”
Half a minute later, boundless killing intent suddenly spread out from his body.
The Black Bone leader ground his teeth and spoke in a tone that made him sound like a ghoul from h.e.l.l. “I’m going to grind your bones to dust and make you die without a grave!”
“Don’t worry, Gang Leader Xiong,” Su Lun said. “Even though Meng Chao has managed to break out of the encirclement this time, we will definitely find him and kill him!”
“Don’t worry? How can I possibly not worry?!” Xiong Wei roared. “Meng Chao might be young, but he’s famous for being cunning and full of tricks. Even though I’m in the lair, I constantly hear about him, and I know that he’s the best at escaping and turning the tables around in certain death situations!
“Even the Red Radiance Jade mine explosion and the large number of fierce monsters weren’t able to kill him, and you want to capture him with the divided gangs? That’s impossible!
“I’ve mentioned this a long time ago, and I even talked about it during the explosion in Leprosy Village. The lair is facing a life and death crisis now. The gangs can’t just protect their own territory anymore and ignore other people’s plights! We must gather all the squads, resources, and information together and unify command so that we can fight against the monster and the mutants from Leprosy Village!
“But Golden Tooth, Poison Scorpion, and the other gangs are all dilly-dallying and acting like cowards. You only care about your own personal gains. Even if you form an alliance, the ones sent into the ‘allied army’ you formed will be useless third-rate fighters!
“Such an ‘allied army’ can’t possibly win against Meng Chao, not when he’s an outstanding superhuman of the new generation. They’re going to be toys for him to play with!
“And now, look. Rattlesnake Xiang Wei is dead, Xiong Ying is dead, and we lost many people. We’re all dejected and fearful!
“Su Lun, tell me, what are you going to do to capture Meng Chao?”
“I…” Red Brows Su Lun fell silent for a moment. “Naturally, I’ll increase the number of people who search for him everywhere.”
“Of course we have to increase our manpower, but how are you going to increase it, and how are you going to search for him? Are you still going to have each gang command their own squads and care only about their own territory?” Xiong Wei demanded.
Su Lun said nothing.
“It’s useless. The gangs are a divided ent.i.ty. If we continue acting on our own, we’ll end up marching to our own deaths.”
Xiong Wei’s gaze was so intense that it looked like he wanted to burn two holes into Su Lun’s face. “I’m going to repeat myself: We must unify the command of the elite squads of each gang and choose a highest ranking commander to send orders. We also have to open up all the gangs’ territories so that we can share resources and information. It’s the only way we can capture Meng Chao and solve the crisis in the lair!”
“Gang Leader Xiong, your words make sense. I might not be a trained soldier, but I know that when there’s danger around the corner, it’s harmful for the soldiers to have no leader.” Su Lun smiled wanly. “But clearing the areas and unifying the command is related to too many affairs and there are too many obstacles. I can’t make any decisions regarding this matter.”
“Why not?” Xiong Wei asked. “There are only three main gangs in the lair, and they are Golden Tooth, Black Bone, and Poison Scorpion. I’m in control of Black Bone, and you’re in charge of Golden Tooth. As long as we open up the areas and unify the command first, there’s no way Poison Scorpion will be able to fight against us when it’s two against one.
“And as long as Black Bone, Golden Tooth, and Poison Scorpion are on the same side, would the middle-sized and small gangs dare to go against our will?
“Hmph, at that time, anyone who dares to stop me from taking revenge will have no one else to blame but themselves when my fury ends up on their heads!”
Once he said those words, the corridor that had been as cold as ice became as hot as a furnace.
Golden Tooth and Black Bone members were not the only ones in the corridor. There were also quite a number of people from the other gangs who came over to get information.
When Phantom Bear Xiong Wei said his speech, he did not try to do it out of earshot from everyone.
When they heard his blatant threat, the people in charge of gathering information shuddered and looked at each other at a loss.
Su Lun’s eyelids twitched.
The red on his eyebrows became brighter as if it was about to start bleeding down.
“That may be the case, but this is a major matter, and it surpa.s.ses my jurisdiction. I have to ask Mr. Jin to make a decision,” he said rather fearfully.
“Then ask Mr. Jin to make a decision!” Xiong Wei stared at Su Lun. “Take me to Mr. Jin now!”
“I…” Hesitation and fear appeared in Su Lun’s eyes. Then, he composed himself and said, “Mr. Jin is currently undergoing isolated training. Aside from me, he won’t see anyone else. Please don’t worry. I will immediately report this matter to Mr. Jin so that he can make a decision.”
“Heh, in the past, I fought together with Saber Jin Wanhao, and in just one day and night, we killed a total of 725 monsters. We had more than five hundred wounds of varying sizes on our bodies. At that time, you were still drinking from your mama’s t.i.ts, Vice Gang Leader Su!” Xiong Wei was so angry that he laughed. “I didn’t expect that there would come a day when I don’t even have the right to meet ‘Mr. Jin’!
“I’m telling you, my son is dead! No one can stop me from meeting Jin Wanhao today!”
He strode outside furiously and it looked like he wanted to rush into Golden Tooth’s headquarters to meet Saber Jin Wanhao.
Su Lun followed behind him to stop him, but he did not dare to. He scratched his head but felt like he could do nothing about the situation. He was so anxious that he started sweating bullets.
Xiong Wei moved really quickly.
Aside from Su Lun, no one dared to face his wrath.
The two of them soon arrived at an abandoned corner.
Then, Xiong Wei suddenly froze on the spot.
Su Lun nearly crashed into his back.
Xiong Wei turned his head almost 180 degrees again to stare at Su Lun with a strange gaze.
“Wonderful. Since you’re here, then please lead the way. Ever since the birthday party last time, Mr. Jin has been really elusive, as if he’s a rat which can’t stand light. I really don’t know where he’s hiding now,” Xiong Wei said with a fake smile.
“Gang Leader Xiong…” Su Lun might be known as the Star of Wisdom and the G.o.d of Wealth in the lair, but right now, he was at a loss and could not handle Xiong Wei.
“You look like you have something to say. Could it be that it’s something difficult to voice?” Xiong Wei narrowed his eyes and drew closer once more. He whispered into Su Lun’s ears, “Could it be that Saber Jin Wanhao is already dead?”