One-Eyed Tiger scowled as he looked at the Ability Users surrounding him.
He wouldn’t have cared if it was just one of these ordinary Speed or Power Ability Users. He wouldn’t even be afraid of taking on two of them.
But there were so many of them, and they even had Zheng Lin, a fire Elemental Ability User.
The Li Family had deployed so much strength just to deal with him this time.
’Damn that Chen Feng. He told me they were just a bunch of cannon fodder.’
’This is cannon fodder?’
As the young man walked toward him, One-Eyed Tiger saw the other Ability Users stand respectfully to the sides.
"Boss, he must be the leader of these bandits," Lin Jiao reported to Lu Feng, pointing at One-Eyed Tiger.
Xu Bin raised his arm. "So this is a Beastification Ability User? He’s pretty tough. It took both of us to send him flying, and the impact made my shoulder ache."
One-Eyed Tiger understood. This young man was their leader. ’He must be an important figure in the Li Family,’ he thought.
Clearly not grasping the situation, he lunged at Lu Feng, his beast-like tiger claws slashing toward him.
’Since this young man is important to the Li Family, if I capture him, these other Ability Users will have to back off. Then I’ll have a chance to escape.’
’Then, I’ll finish him off and make the Li Family remember that One-Eyed Tiger isn’t someone to be trifled with.’
One-Eyed Tiger charged in front of Lu Feng. Seeing that the surrounding Ability Users weren’t moving to intervene, a smile spread across his face.
But in the next moment, he froze. His swiping claw was stopped dead by a protective barrier.
One-Eyed Tiger stared at Lu Feng in disbelief. An energy barrier had materialized in front of him, completely blocking the attack.
"You’re an Ability User too!" One-Eyed Tiger cried out, stumbling backward in shock.
Lu Feng snorted and shot forward, activating his speed ability.
With his speed ability stacked on his own agility stat, he was definitely faster than Lin Jiao and the others.
Before One-Eyed Tiger could react, a steel blade materialized in Lu Feng’s hand and was pressed against his neck.
One-Eyed Tiger froze, completely stunned and afraid to move a muscle.
’How did that blade appear just now?’
’What kind of ability is this?’
"Hold him down!" Lu Feng commanded with a cold snort.
Without hesitation, Xu Bin and two other Ability Users enhanced by Power Crystal Stones moved in and pinned One-Eyed Tiger down.
It was three burly men against one.
One-Eyed Tiger was completely powerless to resist.
「In the distance.」
Chen Feng, naturally, had noticed that the gunfire had stopped.
"Cannon fodder is cannon fodder, after all!" Chen Feng couldn’t help but laugh. "One-Eyed Tiger finished them off that quickly."
But on second thought, One-Eyed Tiger had even used the grenade launcher he’d captured. It wasn’t surprising that the cannon fodder, caught in a sneak attack, were dealt with so quickly.
A trusted subordinate immediately asked, "Guard Officer, the fighting over there has ended. Should we head over now?"
Chen Feng said with a sly smile, "No rush."
’What’s the hurry?’
’Give One-Eyed Tiger a moment to clean up the battlefield. I’ll go after he and his men have left. Why would I want to start a fight with him?’
’As for the people the Li Family sent, any who escaped will surely come to us for help. I’ll just take care of them then.’
"Wait for Zheng Lin to show up, then we’ll kill him together," Chen Feng suddenly said to the person beside him.
The man nodded. He was also an Ability User.
...
「Back at the southern encampment.」
With a mere thought, Lu Feng retrieved an electronic collar from his inventory space.
This One-Eyed Tiger was an Ability User and the leader of the current bandit menace. Keeping him alive would be useful. ’I could learn a thing or two from Chen Feng’s methods.’
Letting a threat grow to increase one’s own importance seemed to be an excellent strategy, time-tested through the ages.
When One-Eyed Tiger saw the electronic collar, he instinctively tried to resist. He knew that if he put that thing on, he would be completely at another’s mercy.
But no matter how strong his Beastification Ability was, pinned by three Power Ability Users, he couldn’t budge. With the added pressure of Lu Feng’s steel blade at his throat—which, with a slight push, had already broken the skin—he didn’t dare move an inch.
Lu Feng fastened the electronic collar around One-Eyed Tiger’s neck.
The electronic collar linked up and tightened.
Now, without the remote control in Lu Feng’s hand, it would be impossible to remove by brute force.
"Let him go," Lu Feng finally said.
Xu Bin and the others released One-Eyed Tiger.
Lin Jiao looked at the bandits who had surrendered and gave an order, "Put electronic collars on all of them!"
The personnel from Qingfeng Base followed the order, retrieving more electronic collars and fastening them onto the captured bandits.
They had brought plenty of electronic collars this time, specifically for these bandits.
And besides this group, there were still plenty of other bandits roaming the East Suburb.
’If we defeat all these bandits and collar them, they’ll be useful later on.’
With all the bandits fitted with electronic collars, the situation was firmly under control.
"What... what do you want?" One-Eyed Tiger could only ask Lu Feng sheepishly.
"Heh, you still don’t get it?" Lu Feng sneered. "From now on, you listen to me. Otherwise, this will be your fate!"
As he spoke, he took out a remote control and pressed two buttons.
Instantly, the electronic collars on two of the bandits exploded, tearing their necks apart as their heads rolled to the ground.
It was a classic case of killing the chicken to scare the monkey. The two bandits who lost their lives were just incredibly unlucky.
The other bandits panicked, their faces turning deathly pale.
But they didn’t dare do a thing.
The man with the remote could decide their life or death with the press of a button.
Seeing the fate of his two men, One-Eyed Tiger’s face turned white. His body trembled as he lowered his head in submission.
Lu Feng continued, "Now, talk. How did you and Chen Feng conspire together?"
One-Eyed Tiger didn’t dare hide anything. He immediately explained, "Chen Feng discovered a plot of land suitable for farming. He never reported it. He also deliberately underreports the amount planted and the amount harvested each time."
"He’s been hiding the surplus grain in a warehouse in the East Suburb. I helped him get rid of the original personnel at the East Suburb Fortress, so it’s now mostly staffed by his own men."
"So now, he’s basically the one in charge of the East Suburb Fortress, not the Li Family. But as one of the most powerful families in the City East Alliance, the Li Family is not someone Chen Feng can oppose directly. That’s why he had to work with me to eliminate their people."
"Of course, I get a cut of the profits. This time, he was the one who deliberately assigned you to this southern encampment so we could ambush and destroy you. His men should be somewhere nearby right now."
One-Eyed Tiger finished with a sigh.
’Chen Feng had a good plan,’ he thought. ’He just never imagined the Li Family would send such a terrifying force to solve this problem.’
Lu Feng picked up on a key piece of information. "You’re saying Chen Feng and his men are nearby right now?"
One-Eyed Tiger nodded. "His original plan was for me to wipe you out. Then he’d show up, pretending to be reinforcements. If any of your people escaped and ran to him for help, he would’ve silenced them on the spot."
"Silence them, you say?" Lu Feng smiled. "In that case, let’s turn his own plan against him."
With that, he turned to Lin Jiao and ordered, "Give them back their weapons. We’re about to put on a good show for Chen Feng."
Lin Jiao nodded, immediately had the bandits get to their feet, and returned their weapons to them.
Even with their weapons back, the bandits didn’t dare try anything. They just stood there obediently.
Suddenly, apart from the few who had died, the number of men under Lu Feng’s command was much larger than before.
Lu Feng turned to One-Eyed Tiger. "None of Chen Feng’s spies are among your men now, are there?"
One-Eyed Tiger answered honestly, "There were, but they were killed in the initial grenade launcher barrage."
"Good." Lu Feng nodded. "Now, I have a mission for you. You will lead your men to attack Chen Feng. After you’ve dealt with him, take the opportunity to storm the East Suburb Fortress and eliminate all of his people for me."
Hearing this, One-Eyed Tiger silently mourned for Chen Feng for a brief second.
’The man thought his scheme was perfect, that he had the Li Family backed into a corner. Who could have known the Li Family would strike with such overwhelming force?’
’As expected of one of the most powerful families in the City East Alliance. Truly formidable.’
Clearly, One-Eyed Tiger still believed Lu Feng and his people were from the Li Family.
「Not far away.」
Chen Feng was already leading his men forward, approaching the southern encampment.
He had given One-Eyed Tiger more than enough time to clean up the battlefield. Now, it was his turn to finish the job.
As Chen Feng and his men advanced, they soon spotted a group of people running toward them in a panic through the darkness.
’These must be the survivors,’ he thought.
He immediately told the man beside him, "Check if Zheng Lin is with them. If not, finish them off directly. If he is, wait for an opportunity!"
The man beside him nodded.
But in that instant, everything changed. The approaching figures raised their weapons, and terrifying muzzle flashes erupted in the night.
A dense hail of bullets rained down on Chen Feng and his men.
Chen Feng was stunned and dove to the side.
But the men he’d brought weren’t so lucky. They were riddled with bullets and fell in droves.
Even in the dark, the metallic tang of blood filled the air.
"Damn it, what’s happening?!" Chen Feng was completely baffled by the sudden turn of events.
Just then, he saw shells landing among his men. A series of deafening explosions blossomed in their midst, scattering his subordinates like flower petals. They were thrown in all directions, landing motionless on the ground, clearly dead.
A shout cut through the chaos. "Chen Feng, didn’t see this coming, did you? My real target was always you and the East Suburb Fortress! Kill them all!" It was One-Eyed Tiger.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, another volley of grenades landed, and another wave of Chen Feng’s men was wiped out in the explosions.
The survivors fell into a complete panic.
They realized they were being attacked by the East Suburb bandits.
Two volleys from the grenade launchers sent them scattering in a mad panic.
"One-Eyed Tiger!" Chen Feng roared in disbelief.
He couldn’t believe One-Eyed Tiger would dare to attack him. ’But... didn’t he already use up all his grenade launcher rounds? How can he still have so many shells?’
Then, figures emerged from all directions and opened fire.
What horrified Chen Feng even more was the sheer number of machine guns they had. Judging by the distinct sounds of light and heavy machine guns, there were a great many of them.
"Let’s go!" Chen Feng yelled to the men beside him.
The three Ability Users under his command immediately gathered at his side, preparing to flee.
"Chen Feng, where do you think you’re going?" One-Eyed Tiger’s voice rang out as he slowly advanced on him.
"One-Eyed Tiger, you think you can take us on alone? Are you looking to die?" Chen Feng’s eyes burned with rage. He exchanged a look with the three men beside him, and they all charged toward One-Eyed Tiger.
’Four Ability Users against one. Taking him down should be no problem at all.’
But as One-Eyed Tiger watched the four of them charge, there wasn’t a trace of worry on his face. Instead, his expression was one of pity.
’This Chen Feng has no idea what he’s up against, and he’s still not running!’
But just as Chen Feng reached One-Eyed Tiger, his expression changed drastically. The three Ability Users attacking alongside him also stopped dead in their tracks, horrified.