Chapter 542: The finale
It was a night devoid of stars, completely pitch-black–the perfect time to hunt down his prey.
Under the veil of the dark night, Xiao Luo moved like a shadow, weaving silently through the streets of Brule. It is time to end the feud between Khun Sa and himself this very night. It was time for Khun Sa to pay for everything he had done to him.
Moving about the city of Brule, one could almost feel the despondent mood that seemed to reflect the antic.i.p.ation of the ma.s.sacre that was about to take place.
Under the boundless pitch-black skies, it looked like a night that looked as if thick black ink had shrouded it. There could have been a few stars, but they were entirely blocked by the smoke from the ongoing battle. Brule was in a desolate state, and the silence which ensued gave one an eerie sense that some invisible force has suppressed all living things.
After searching the city for the entire day, the Khun Sa Mercenary Group had returned to their base to rest.
“Boss, could it be that they have already left Brule?”
Ku Lou spoke as he rested both his hands on his back and stared at the sandbox while Khun Sa frowned in deep thought. He waited for a response, then continued when he heard none. “We have a dozen hunting dogs, and they have searched through the entire Brule today. Not even a fly could have escaped from their noses, but we still have not discovered their traces, so I suspect that they have already left,” he said.
“That’s impossible. That son of a b*tch was shot. There’s no way he could escape from right under our nose, let alone escape with a woman,” Xie Long pitched in.
“A person who is shot by an L115A3 rifle gets severely crippled. If Mie got shot, there’s no way he could stay in one piece, and it’d be absolutely impossible for him to escape from us. Besides, he’s got Sarah Mich.e.l.le with him,” Ku Lou said, a.n.a.lyzing the situation calmly.
Xie Long could not rebut the reasoning. From his understanding of the L115A3 rifle, he was very sure that Mie got shot. However, he could not understand why Mie could have escaped or survived this. When he recalled how Mie had destroyed the heat sensor and how he had even let him go, he was enraged. “I have definitely shot him in any case. Ku Lou, do not doubt my marksmans.h.i.+p,” he retorted.
“I do not doubt that. I am just a.n.a.lyzing the situation. Mie is indeed a formidable opponent!” Ku Lou replied seriously.
Khun Sa remained silent throughout the conversation as his s.h.i.+fty eyes scanned into the night beyond.
Both Xie Long and Ku Lou noticed his unusual behavior and stopped their argument.
“Boss, what’s going on?” Xie Long asked.
“It’s too quiet!”
Khun Sa closed his eyes as he tried to focus on something, then he let out a long sigh. “There’s something wrong tonight–it’s too quiet!” he replied.
Ku Lou also sensed that something was odd, and he grabbed the intercom immediately to warn his men who were patrolling the perimeter. “Ku Lou calling Vampire, Ku Lou calling Vampire, respond to this message if you hear me, respond to this…”
There was no response–only silence came through the intercom.
Ku Lou panicked and immediately reacted by quickly contacting the other men, but none of them responded.
Khun Sa was expressionless as he stopped Ku Lou. “You do not need to continue trying. They are all probably dead!” he said.
Dead?
Both Ku Lou and Xie Long looked at each other confused and a little bewildered as they listened to Khun Sa’s words. How could their people be dead? Could it be that Mie had returned?
As they pondered on what Khun Sa has said, they sensed a hint of movement at the main entrance. Both sets of eyes quickly swung in that direction. In a shocked stupor, they stared straight at the intruder. A man in camouflage fatigues stood before them some twenty meters away. Danger stood before them, indicating that what Khun Sa had just said was correct. Their men who were on patrol were dead.
The intruder had a fair face with a pair of steely merciless eyes. He stood in front of them, looking like a bloodthirsty demon as he held a dagger dripping with blood in his hand.
Huh, Mie?
Xie Long and Ku Lou’s eyes widened in shock by Xiao Luo’s unexpected return.
Two of their mercenaries reacted instantly in that split second as they pointed their weapons to shoot.
But Xiao Luo was faster. Before their fingers could pull the trigger, two steel blades flashed through the air across the room at lightning speed. The daggers fatally sliced their throats cleanly. In a blink of the eye, the two well-trained mercenaries collapsed in pools of spurting blood, and their bodies writhed for a short moment before they both laid still.
Watching helplessly, Xie Long and Ku Lou were in a state of shock. It happened so fast that both their men had no idea what had hit them.
Confident he had dispatched of them, Xiao Luo did not even look at the two fallen men but instead stared directly at Khun Sa. With a malicious smile lifting one corner of his lips, Xiao Luo said, “Khun Sa, it has been quite a ch.o.r.e to locate you guys. We spoke last year. I said I will trace you down, find you in person, and kill you. Do you remember?”
Quickly recovering from the slaughter of his men, Khun Sa laughed and said, “I admit that you’re quite capable, but do you know why I am their boss?”
“Why is that so?” Xiao Luo asked quietly in a tone belying the calm it exuded.
“The reason is that I am stronger than any one of them!”
Khun Sa answered confidently, and as he finished speaking, an explosive aura burst from his body and shattered his gla.s.ses. He let out a wild roar and charged at Xiao Luo.
His right arm swung with formidable force and aimed to strike at Xiao Luo’s chest at a vital angle.
Xiao Luo was not fazed by it and met Khun Sa’s fist squarely with his own.
BOOM!
The two fists collided in an explosive thud, causing Xiao Luo to steady himself after moving a few steps back. He was calm and did not seem to sustain any injury from the impact of the punch.
On the other side, Khun Sa retreated a few meters back and only regained his balance with Xie Long and Ku Lou’s a.s.sistance.
“Boss!”
Xie Long was a bashful chap but seeing their boss lose to a person he detested so much, he threw caution to the wind and bellowed, “Son of a b.i.t.c.h, die!”
He pulled out a sharp dagger from the sheath on his waist and charged forward to Xiao Luo like a feral beast.
All in one breath, he attacked with a succession of moves–lunging with stabs, slashes, hacks, and chops at Xiao Luo. He used his inner power to enhance his strikes with more force. Xiao Luo managed to dodge every attack, and right before he was about to retaliate, Ku Lou joined the fray and charged at him like an angry rhino while expelling a roar at the same time. When he was ten steps away from Xiao Luo, he leaped into the air and performed a high jump kick aiming at Xiao Luo.
Xiao Luo frowned, quickly darting his eyes from one man to the other. He spun his body to evade Xie Luo’s dagger. And then, with a wry smile, he deployed a forceful kick towards Ku Lou.
BOOM!
Ku Lou took the impact and flew back like a broken kite, cras.h.i.+ng hard against the wall. Upon impact, he vomited a mouthful of blood and realized that his right leg was broken. It was bent backward in a ‘V’ shape with blood spurting out from the punctured wound like a fountain. He was in excruciating pain, breaking into a cold sweat from it. But he endured it with a determined grit of silence.
He lay helplessly staring at Xiao Luo, wondering how this human could possess such a tremendous force of power. What kind of monster was this Xiao Luo?
Xie Long completely lost his head and attacked Xiao Luo frantically with his dagger. But he lost the battle as Xiao Luo landed a palm on his chest, unleas.h.i.+ng a tsunami-powered strike onto him. Xie Long flew backward while vomiting blood in the process and heard his bones crack as his body crashed hard onto the ground. Blood flowed from his nose and mouth down his throat was choking him, and he started to cough out blood while gasping for air. His dagger had flown from his hand with such impact that it broke into pieces.
“You son of a b.i.t.c.h, I’ll kill you!”A coa.r.s.e and vengeful voice cried thunderously.Xiao Luo turned towards that voice and saw Khun Sa’s body growing like a balloon expanding as it was being pumped. The black Cheong-sam suit he was wearing ripped to shreds as his body grew bigger. His transforming body became more muscular, and he shot up in height as well. Under the light, his eerie shadow continued to grow in length and size.