Chapter 412: Fugitives!

Inside the van, the four bandits' faces changed?

What's going on?

At that moment, a Fu Li Group sedan from behind suddenly floored the accelerator and slammed into the van, its front aimed at the van's rear side, the driver's eyes full of ruthlessness.

"Boom!" a huge impact sound!

The Fu Li Group's sedan slammed hard into the van's door!

The whole old van instantly lost balance, tipping over like a withered leaf, glass shards scattering everywhere.

"Damn! What are they doing?!" The driver bandit's forehead hit the steering wheel, pain making him grimace, he frantically grabbed the handle to avoid being thrown out.

The other three bandits also collided, tumbling sideways, their masks half‑slipped, revealing faces full of shock—

They had come to take revenge on Lin Yuan, but now they had become the target of a siege.

The van overturned, Lin Yuan suddenly pushed himself up and shouted at the four bandits at the top of his lungs: "Good brothers, don't worry about me! The other side has too many people! You only have four, you're no match for them! Withdraw first! I'll stay behind to cover the retreat!"

Lin Yuan deliberately shouted the words "brothers" and "cover the retreat" especially loudly!

He did it on purpose so the Fu Li Group's enforcers could hear!

At that moment, the Fu Li Group's enforcers had already heard clearly!

"Son of a bitch! They're definitely in cahoots! And they still want to run!" the Fu Li Group's enforcers shouted angrily!

"Get them!" came a shout from the enforcer leader!

From dozens of sedans, a sea of enforcers poured out!

A large group of Fu Li Group enforcers waved machetes, wildly smashing toward the van!

"Beat them to death! Don't let any escape!"

Steel pipes and baseball bats rained down on the van, the sound of warping metal mingling with curses that rose and fell.

The four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits inside the van were completely dumbfounded; one gripped his dagger and growled low: "What the hell is going on? How did they really think we're their allies?"

Lin Yuan shouted again into the van, his voice deliberately raised high, tinged with a sense of tragic heroism:

"Brothers, don't worry about me, get out fast! Don't let them entangle you!"

After shouting, without waiting for the four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits to respond, Lin Yuan charged forward alone to face the sea of enforcers!

The four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits inside the van had been hesitating… whether to take the chance to slip away, upon hearing Lin Yuan's cry of "brothers"??

The faces of the four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits instantly froze like statues?

Their eyes behind the masks widened to perfect circles, even forgetting to raise their daggers.

The four bandits were dumbfounded, speechless? No, who said you're my brother?!? What the hell are you babbling?!? Nonsensical rambling.

At that moment, the Fu Li Group enforcer leader snarled: "Damn! They really are accomplices! The four people in that van are probably here to meet up with Lin Yuan!"

The enforcer leader's angry voice was full of ruthlessness, even spitting droplets as he shouted: "Don't let them get away! Take out those four together!"

"Killing or maiming them counts as mine! If anyone dies, the group will cover it up!" the enforcer leader bellowed angrily!

Thus, a sea of Fu Li Group enforcers surged forward to swarm and beat the four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits!

The scene was downright brutally extreme!

The four bandits were surrounded and beaten by over a dozen steel pipes and baseball bats; though their bulletproof vests blocked vital spots, their arms and legs still took many heavy blows!

The four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits winced in pain, cold sweat beading on their foreheads; their pent‑up frustration finally turned to rage.

They four didn't want trouble; tonight they were just here to capture Lin Yuan.

As a result, inexplicably, they got dragged into another conflict.

The four were even mistaken for Lin Yuan's allies.

This is totally absurdly bizarre, so frustrating!

"Fuck! What are you doing? We have no grudge, right?!" The left‑most bandit, unable to hold back, swung his dagger at the nearest enforcer; though it didn't hit, it forced the enforcer to step back two paces.

Another bandit's eyes turned red, he picked up a shard of glass from the ground and slashed at an enforcer's calf, shouting angrily: "Are you crazy?! You're attacking without distinguishing friend from foe!"

But the Fu Li Group enforcer leader stood nearby, sneering coldly: "You four dogs, you're clearly here to cover Lin Yuan's retreat, and you're pretending?!"

"Dare help Lin Yuan destroy Yu Zong's building? Tonight I'll wreck you four together!" the enforcer leader shouted angrily, "Brothers, give me a beating to death!"

Countless waves of people surged in to beat them! The blade wind carried a chill!

Forced, the four bandits could only flee in a sorry state.

"We the hell aren't partners with that Lin Yuan! We're not accomplices!" the bandit being chased and slashed shouted desperately, his voice trembling.

They came to capture Lin Yuan, so how did they end up as "accomplices"?

"Exactly! We came to…" another bandit was just about to explain when a gang of enforcers swarmed and beat him!

These four bandits didn't even get a chance to explain.

In the crowd, Lin Yuan kept dodging.

A steel pipe grazed past his ear; Lin Yuan suddenly ducked, planted his fingertips on the ground, used inertia to slide back half a meter, just in time to avoid the front‑and‑rear pincer attack of two enforcers.

Lin Yuan's gaze swept quickly over the melee crowd——

Most enforcers were swinging sticks at the bandits, only two still stared at him, but their attention had already been diverted by the nearby fighting.

Lin Yuan seized the gap, stepping on glass shards to retreat toward the rear of the crowd……

As he passed the overturned van, Lin Yuan deliberately reached out and shoved its body.

The van clanged "clang" as it struck the nearby enforcers, forcing those few to scramble aside, which conveniently blocked his line of sight.

Lin Yuan withdrew silently toward the rear.

At that moment, all combat power was drawn to the four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits.

Several hundred enforcers went mad, swarming to beat the four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits……

Meanwhile, the four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits had already been beaten into a daze.

At first they still instinctively dodged, thinking it was a misunderstanding, but steel pipes kept striking their bodies; though the bulletproof vests held, their bones felt like they'd shatter, and their arms were sliced with bloody streaks.

Damn! You guys are crazy? We have no grudge against you!

The bandit on the left finally couldn't hold back, grabbed the swinging steel pipe with one hand, and with the other drew the dagger from his waist, stabbing straight at the thug's chest.

That Fu Li Group thug was directly stabbed in the chest, collapsing in a pool of blood.

'Attacking without distinguishing right from wrong? Do you really think we're easy to bully!' another Ancient Martial Arts Bandit shouted angrily, also directly swinging his knife in counterattack.

The remaining two bandits could no longer hold back, standing back-to-back in a confrontational stance.

They had originally come to capture Lin Yuan, but unexpectedly ended up as the ones being surrounded and beaten; their pent-up frustration turned entirely into rage, their eyes full of ferocity——

Tonight, we can only unleash a massacre!

Over a hundred Fu Li thugs, originally relying on their numbers to act arrogantly, went berserk in surrounding and beating them!

But soon, the battle situation underwent a reversal!

Those four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits suddenly brandished their knives and counterattacked!

'Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!' The four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits' knife technique was extremely vicious; each slash could precisely cut a thug's throat!

One thug after another had his neck and trachea sliced open, blood spurting out!

Corpse after corpse collapsed one after another onto the ground!

These four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits are all desperate outlaws! Moreover, each possesses top-tier martial arts.

Therefore, when they draw their knives, they either don't act at all, or once they act, every strike is a lethal blow!!

Over a hundred Fu Li Group thugs, actually aren't a match for these four Ancient Martial Arts Bandits?!

Watching the four bandits' knife technique—so absurdly fast, so brutally vicious……

Several hundred Fu Li Group thugs were actually driven to collapse by the slaughter, several hundred people, terrified, stumbled backward!!

Watching their companions fall one after another, …… the Fu Li Group thugs' confidence…… was gradually replaced by panic.

One thug raised his steel pipe to charge forward, but after just two steps he saw the person ahead get his chest slashed by a dagger, blood spraying onto his face!

The thug froze instantly, his steel pipe clanged to the ground, he dropped to his knees, his body collapsing into a pool of blood.

A sea of black-clad Fu Li Group thugs were brutally driven to collapse by the killing!

A group of thugs began to retreat in terror!

These four knife-wielding comrades are practically gods of slaughter, demons!

The Fu Li Group thugs dare not linger any longer…… a crowd of people retreating in terror……

Some didn't even dare pick up the steel pipes they'd dropped, clutching their bleeding arms as they madly ran toward the sedan, utterly unaware of stepping over their companions' bloodstains.

Someone, panicking, slammed into the car door, covering his head without feeling the pain, yanked the door open and dove inside.

Still others lost a shoe while running, didn't dare turn back to retrieve it, barefoot sprinting over a road littered with gravel and bloodstains, their soles cut but they only dared grit their teeth and grunt, fearing that a moment's delay would let the bandits catch up.

Not far off, the Fu Li Group thug leader stood under a streetlamp……

The thug leader's hand, which had originally been gripping a broadsword, had long since loosened; the blade clanged to the ground.

The thug leader's trouser leg was wet at some point; when the night wind blew, he couldn't help but shiver, not from cold.

The thug leader had been mixing in the underworld for over a decade; brawls were commonplace, at most breaking legs or sending people to hospital—killing was something he never even dared to imagine——

These underworld members, though ruthless, would only say they'd 'cripple' someone, never daring to let their subordinates actually cause a death.

After all, a murder case is hard to settle; the police will eventually come knocking.

But just now that scene made the thug leader's scalp go numb:

The thug leader personally saw one of his subordinates after another having their throats slit and being killed!

Just now, a subordinate merely retreated a bit slower, and was caught up by the bandit wearing a black mask; the dagger lightly nicked his throat with a 'hiss', blood spurted out like a fountain, the man collapsed without even a groan, his eyes wide open, full of resentment.

The thug leader glanced at the ground, his heart pounding even harder——

At least five corpses lay there, each with a deep wound at the throat exposing bone, blood staining the road black and sticky, even the air reeked of a heavy bloody smell.

Several more badly wounded brothers lay on the ground moaning, some covering their necks, blood continually seeping from between their fingers, some pressing their chests, breathing growing weaker, obviously they wouldn't survive.

Damn…… these four are practically desperate outlaws!

The thug leader's face turned ashen with terror, his legs trembling uncontrollably, he could barely stand.

The thug leader scrambled and crawled into the black sedan, the door not shut tight, his shaking hand turning the ignition……

The car engine coughed a few times before starting, the wheels scraping past blood-stained stones at the roadside as it lurched forward.

The thug leader gripped the steering wheel with one hand, the other trembling as he fished out his phone, mispressing the screen three times before getting through to Yu Zhong Fu's number.

Just as the call connected, the thug leader couldn't help but choke up: 'Yu, Yu Zong! Something big has happened!'

From the other end came Yu Zhong Fu's impatient roar: 'What are you shouting? Did you catch Lin Yuan? Or did you let him get away?'

The thug leader swallowed a mouthful of bitter saliva, his throat tight as if blocked, each word trembling: 'No, no… we didn't catch… that dog Lin Yuan…… he has four companions beside him! All are tough characters!'

'Companions?' Yu Zhong Fu's voice paused, a hint of surprise: 'When we checked his background earlier we found no helpers—where did these companions come from?'

The thug leader hurriedly interjected, his fear impossible to suppress, his breathing ragged: 'I don't know! Those four men wield daggers, every strike aimed at vital spots! They even… slit throats! Many brothers…… many brothers had their throats cut! Several corpses lie on the ground, blood flowing like a river!'

Recalling the cold gleam of those four's knives just now and the miserable cries of his brothers as they fell, the thug leader's voice trembled even more:

'They're not just jianghu folk at all! They're desperate outlaws! We over a hundred people can't beat these four…… our brothers are scared witless, we can only retreat!'

'What did you say?!' The noisy chatter on the other end vanished instantly, Yu Zhong Fu's voice suddenly turning vicious.

Yu Zhong Fu bellowed with a ferocious tone: 'A bunch of useless trash! With so many thugs you can't even catch one Lin Yuan, and still let his companions kill my people?!'

The thug leader shrank his neck in fright, not daring to breathe heavily:

'Yu Zong, it's not that the brothers are useless! It's that those four companions are too fierce! They're not jianghu folk at all, they're desperate outlaws! They strike without hesitation, cut down anyone they see, the brothers are all dazed……'

'Desperate outlaws?'

Yu Zhong Fu's voice was full of incredulous rage, with a hint of provoked ferocity: 'Where did that scum Lin Yuan get these desperate outlaw companions? Dare to move against my people in Hangcheng, and even dare to kill? He's tired of living!'

From the other end came Yu Zhong Fu's hurried footsteps, plus his low shout to those nearby: 'The drinking party's over! Let everyone get moving, damn it!'

Afterward, his voice returned to the receiver, laced with gritting-teeth coldness: 'Where are you now? Send over your location!'

The enforcer leader hurriedly reported the position, his voice still trembling: "Boss Yu, they're too ruthless… should we… should we go again?"

"Go! Why not go?!" Yu Zhong Fu's roar almost shattered the earpiece: "My brothers can't die for nothing! You stay put where you are, damn it, don't run again! I'm now mobilizing all available brothers from the group, bring the best weapons! If tonight I don't chop Lin Yuan and his accomplices into mincemeat to feed the dogs, I won't be a Yu!"

"No rest until death! Hear me?!" Yu Zhong Fu's last sentence was almost shouted, the ferocity in his voice made the enforcer leader shudder.

"Yes, yes! Boss Yu! I'm waiting right here!" The enforcer leader hurriedly agreed.

After hanging up, the enforcer leader looked at his trembling hand on the phone screen, then recalled the flash of the four bandits' blades, and a cold sweat instantly broke out on his back—

Tonight's muddy affair might drag the entire Fu Li Group into it.

……

Late at night, inside the Chairman's Office of Fu Li Group.

Yu Zhong Fu, having already smashed the wine cup in his hand, glared bloodshot at the aide beside him and shouted: "Immediately contact all branch halls! Get every able-bodied brother ready! Steel pipes, machetes, even hunting rifles—bring whatever you have! In half an hour, assemble at the abandoned factory in Chengxi! Be late by even a second, and you're out of Fu Li Group!"

The aide stood to the side, cautiously asking, "Boss Yu, should we… first say hello to the superiors? After all, too many people are being mobilized this time, and we're even bringing equipment…"

"Saying hello my ass!" Yu Zhong Fu snapped his head to glare at him, bloodshot veins visible in his eyes: "Over twenty of my brothers had their throats slit, their corpses still lying on the ground! Now you want to talk about pleasantries? If tonight I don't chop Lin Yuan and his four accomplices into mincemeat to feed the dogs, I, Yu Zhong Fu, won't be able to stay in Hangcheng!"

The aide looked at Yu Zhong Fu's furious expression, dared not ask further, quickly pulled out his phone to start contacting, his fingers trembling slightly—

He had followed Yu Zhong Fu for so many years, yet this was the first time he'd seen the boss so enraged, even mentioning 'hunting rifle'—it looks like tonight they're really going to fight to the death.