Chapter 544: Please enter the vat!

Five minutes later.

A white Tesla sedan came speeding.

The sedan smashed through the buffer zone at the edge of the police line and braked hard beside the police car.

Lin Yuan pushed open the car door and stepped out quickly.

He wore a black suit, his face solemn.

His tie had been casually loosened and hung around his neck; obviously Lin Yuan had just gotten off work and rushed over directly.

"Lin Yuan!" Mu Lingxue hurried over, her voice full of urgency, "The four robbers inside are unreasonable and have taken our negotiator hostage."

Lin Yuan's gaze swept past the glass door into the shop.

Lin Yuan glanced at the fight traces at the scene.

At a glance, Lin Yuan confirmed that these four robbers were the desperadoes who had robbed the East City gold shop a month earlier and then escaped from detention!

Their fight traces and criminal methods were almost identical.

Lin Yuan lifted his foot and walked to the gold shop's entrance.

Lin Yuan said coldly: "Gentlemen, I know you are martial artists; why don't we talk?"

Inside the gold shop, the four robbers' movements suddenly halted.

The four robbers furtively glanced outside the gold shop.

When they saw Lin Yuan appear, the four robbers exchanged a look, and a fierce cold smile flickered at the corners of their mouths.

"The opportunity has finally appeared." The four robbers lowered their voices.

Their voices were very soft, only they themselves could hear.

The four robbers exchanged a glance in low voices.

Immediately afterward, one robber shouted at the top of his lungs: "Is it you? Since we're old acquaintances, if you have the guts, come in and talk! If you come alone, we'll first release a hostage; otherwise we'll kill this negotiator right now!"

"Good!" Lin Yuan nodded and prepared to go in.

"No way! Too dangerous!" Mu Lingxue immediately grabbed Lin Yuan's arm: "They just want to lure you in and then take you hostage!"

Lin Yuan patted the back of her hand to reassure her.

Lin Yuan's right hand quietly slipped into his suit lining, his fingertips pinching four silver needles.

"Don't worry, they can't handle me. I need to go in to keep them under control, and also scout the situation. Don't worry, I know my limits." Lin Yuan advised.

He released Mu Lingxue's hand and stepped toward the gold shop's main door.

Just as Lin Yuan's foot stepped over the threshold……

Inside the gold shop, the four robbers suddenly bellowed: "Charge!!"

The four robbers lunged forward together, the sabers and iron rods in their hands whistling as they struck at Lin Yuan's vital spots!

"I've been waiting for you." Lin Yuan's eyes turned cold; he had long guessed the four robbers would attack.

So Lin Yuan had prepared in advance.

Lin Yuan's fingertips twitched slightly, and the four silver needles shot out like four bolts of silver light!

The four silver needles each struck a waist acupoint of the four robbers.

"Ugh!" Four muffled groans sounded almost simultaneously!

The robbers' movements came to an abrupt halt!

The four robbers' bodies simultaneously went limp and collapsed heavily to the ground!

The weapons in the robbers' hands also clanged to the ground with a "clang!"

"Charge in! Save the hostages!" Mu Lingxue immediately waved her hand to give the order!

The police officers, who had been lying in wait, instantly surged into the gold shop!

The officers quickly freed the bound hostages!

Moreover, several officers quickly subdued the fallen robbers.

The detained negotiator Zhang Chi rubbed his numb wrist, walked over to Lin Yuan, still feeling lingering fear: "Mr. Lin, this time I owe you."

Mu Lingxue also walked into the gold shop at this time, she glanced at the four robbers lying on the ground and let out a breath.

Mu Lingxue holstered her pistol, about to order the four robbers taken back.

But just then, suddenly, the four robbers lying on the ground exchanged a glance.

Immediately afterward, the four robbers' faces turned grim, and they drew a deep breath.

Originally, the several silver needles Lin Yuan had inserted into their waists.

…were actually… slowly being forced out of their bodies!

These four robbers are all masters of ancient martial arts.

Therefore, they were using their internal Hard Qi Gong to forcibly expel the silver needles from their bodies.

In a silent moment, the four silver needles had already been forced out of their bodies.

The four robbers suddenly erupted into action!

The four robbers violently shoved aside the surrounding officers.

The four robbers snatched up the knives from the ground and fiercely charged at the nearest Mu Lingxue!

They intended to take Mu Lingxue hostage!

At this moment, Mu Lingxue was bending over to soothe the frightened little boy, completely unaware of the killing intent behind her.

"Be careful!" Lin Yuan almost teleported forward, grabbing Mu Lingxue and holding her tightly in his arms!

Lin Yuan turned around, using his own back… to face the incoming blade.

"Puchi……!" The sound of the saber slicing into flesh was especially piercing!

Lin Yuan's black suit was instantly soaked in blood!

Warm blood flowed down the fabric...... dripping onto Mu Lingxue's police trousers, scalding her so she shuddered all over.

"Lin Yuan!" Mu Lingxue jerked her head up, striking Lin Yuan's jaw, clenched tight from the pain.

She could clearly see the cold sweat seeping from Lin Yuan's forehead, and the fresh blood continually welling from his back.

The usually calm and decisive female captain completely lost her composure, her pupils constricted, her voice trembling: "Are you crazy! Why did you block for me......"

"Don't move." Lin Yuan gritted his teeth, pressed his hand on her shoulder, and with his other hand flung out four silver needles!

The silver needles precisely struck the bandits' knee acupressure points, completely depriving them of mobility.

Only after the police officers again pressed the bandits to the ground did Lin Yuan barely manage to stay upright, swaying.

Yet he still firmly protected Mu Lingxue in his arms.

Lin Yuan hoarsely said: "I'm fine, first check the hostages......"

"Doctor! Call a doctor!" Mu Lingxue grabbed his swaying, about-to-collapse body, tears uncontrollably splashing onto Lin Yuan's suit.

But the crisis was not over. The bandits hit in the knee by the silver needles recovered their strength again!

The bandits pulled out the silver needles again, then charged at Lin Yuan again!

"Watch behind you!" Mu Lingxue shouted in alarm!

Although Lin Yuan was utterly exhausted, he was unusually sensitive to any movement behind him.

He suddenly turned his head, left hand bracing the ground to push himself into a roll, his right fingertips already gripping two silver needles, which he flung out using the momentum of the roll.

The silver needles "whoosh!" past, precisely striking the acupressure point on the bandits' wrists holding the rods.

"Ah!" The bandit cried in pain, loosening his grip; the iron rod clanged to the ground, and he clutched his wrist, curling up.

The other two bandits, seeing this, were about to step forward, but were halted by Lin Yuan's cold, fierce gaze; upon seeing their companion's miserable state, they hesitated.

"These guys are too tough, retreat!" The two bandits who had recovered exchanged a glance, then decisively ran toward the back door of the jewelry store.

The remaining two bandits also dared not linger, closely following them as they fled outward, not even bothering to pick up their dropped weapons.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan hurriedly wanted to give chase.

"Don't chase! Your wound......" Mu Lingxue hurriedly reached to pull Lin Yuan, but he gently broke free.

Lin Yuan pressed on the wound on his back that kept seeping blood; his fingers were filled with red.

Lin Yuan stared gravely at Mu Lingxue, his voice solemn: "It's fine! You take the hostages and retreat, contact medical personnel to treat the wounded!"

"What about you......" Mu Lingxue hadn't finished speaking...... when Lin Yuan cut her off:

"I'll go after them! I can't let them escape! These people are desperate criminals; once they get away, they'll surely seize more hostages to take revenge!"

Before his words even faded, Lin Yuan stumbled out in pursuit. The wound on his back tore painfully as it was pulled...... %

But Lin Yuan paid no heed, madly chasing the bandits all the way!

"Lin Yuan! Wait for us!" Mu Lingxue, with several police officers...... closely followed, chasing out of the jewelry store!

But Mu Lingxue and the officers had just turned the corner of the mall's back alley......

and were stunned by the sight before them...... stopping in their tracks.

Only to see those four bandits...... actually stepping on wall protrusions, climbing upward as fast as geckos!

Four bandits, in just a few moves, leapt onto the rooftop of a three-story residential building!

This move, so light and agile, was nothing like a desperate criminal; rather, it resembled a master who had trained in ancient martial arts for years!

This is, the lightness skill from ancient martial studies??

Watching this scene, Mu Lingxue's pretty face turned deathly pale, and she was completely stunned.

The officers behind her were also dazed.

"Damn it! They know lightness skills!" Criminal Investigation Brigade Captain Huo Gang stamped his feet in frustration!

These ordinary officers simply cannot accomplish such a high-difficulty climb; they can only futilely fire warning shots from the ground.

Mu Lingxue's heart clenched into a knot, just about to call for backup......

Then she saw Lin Yuan, chasing from behind, abruptly halt his steps!

Only to see Lin Yuan's toe...... lightly tap on the stone pedestal at the wall corner!

His figure actually sprang up into the air just like the bandits!

Mu Lingxue and the other officers' faces showed a start?

Lin Yuan actually knows lightness skills?

This is comparable to Feiyan Zubie!

Lin Yuan's wound on his back...... was torn by this violent action, blood gushing wildly, his dark gray suit completely soaked red.

Yet he still steadily stood on the second-floor air-conditioning unit.

Lin Yuan, using the rebound, leapt again, and in an instant caught up with the bandit lagging behind.

"Lin Yuan! Watch out for a trap!" Mu Lingxue shouted hoarsely toward the rooftop direction, but Lin Yuan's figure had already vanished at the edge of the rooftop^......

The four bandits fled all the way along the rooftops of the street-side shops......

And Lin Yuan, pursuing relentlessly behind them......

Thus it became you flee, I chase...... they ran out several li outside......

Finally, Lin Yuan caught up with those four bandits!

Lin Yuan raised his hand and shot out the silver needles explosively!

Directly striking down those four bandits!

The four bandits fell from the rooftop, crashing hard onto the ground.

On the rooftop, Lin Yuan leapt up and also jumped down to the ground.

But just as Lin Yuan steadied his stance, he saw those four bandits...... slowly crawling up from the ground.

The four bandits' faces bore a ferocious grin.

The four bandits had no intention of continuing to flee.

Instead, the four bandits stood not far away, forming four blockade angles that surrounded Lin Yuan.

The four bandits coldly smiled as they looked at him.

One scar-faced bandit licked the blood at the corner of his mouth and coldly said, "You run pretty fast, but the game should switch to the following main character's identity."

Lin Yuan's gaze sank.

He glanced around.

Both sides of this alley are abandoned factories, exactly a place easy to defend but hard to attack.

Lin Yuan instantly realized he had probably chased into a trap.

All the way pursuing just now, the bandits deliberately lured him into the trap! They deliberately lured him here!

The next second, the four bandits whistled into the dark night.

In the shadows around the factory…… silhouettes surged out simultaneously.

Dozens of men in black tight-fitting outfits slowly walked out.

Each person's waist bore a uniformly standardized short blade, their breath steady and refined!

They, actually, are all ancient martial arts experts of the entire city.

Ancient martial arts experts—one can sense it from their breathing.

Lin Yuan looked around, discovering this group's breathing extremely steady, breath thick and internalized; these dozen or so people, all are martial arts experts.

"Finally caught you!" The four bandits coldly smiled and stepped forward.

Lin Yuan pressed his hand on the wound on his back, his gaze swept over the ambush.

Lin Yuan's mouth corner curled into a cold arc: "Indeed, you came for me?"

The four bandits' sinister gaze... swirled on Lin Yuan, "Oh? You already knew? Then you still dare to chase over? Hah, you've got guts."

"From you abandoning the gold, deliberately exposing your figures to draw my attention, I should have guessed." Lin Yuan coldly snorted.

Lin Yuan's gaze... fell upon the four people's eyes fixed on his right hand, "If I'm not mistaken, you're after my hand's silver needle concealed weapon technique, right?"

The four bandits' pupils simultaneously contracted, obviously having their thoughts exposed.

Indeed, they this time came, deliberately luring Lin Yuan to take the bait.

It's precisely for Lin Yuan's hand's marvelous concealed weapon technique!

One scar-faced bandit's face sank, coldly said, "You're quite smart, but too bad, today you're finished. One month ago & you used that broken silver needle to ruin our plans; today we will make you pay the price, and by the way seize the silver needle's concealed weapon technique!"

"Hah, just with you guys this few people?" Lin Yuan looked around, dozens of ancient martial arts experts already formed a surrounding posture, yet he remained calm, "Probably not enough."

"Still hard-mouthed at death's door!" The four bandits completely lost patience!

The four bandits fiercely waved their hands, roaring at the surrounding ancient martial arts experts, "Attack! Cripple him!!"