Chapter 578: Evil Cooperation!

As Lei Chen Zhou's words fell, Qian Renhao was first stunned.

Qian Renhao's pupils contracted slightly, and he asked in a trembling voice laced with disbelief, "Deal with Lin Yuan? You also have a grudge against Lin Yuan?"

Lei Chen Zhou nodded slowly, his eyes icy as ice, and said, "Yes, you want Lin Yuan dead, right?"

Lei Chen Zhou paused, his gaze sweeping over Qian Renhao's suddenly tense face.

Lei Chen Zhou continued, "I've found out that he has repeatedly interfered with your plans to deal with the Su Group, ruining your big schemes. Coincidentally, I want to capture Lin Yuan alive. Although our goals differ slightly, our core purpose is the same… both are to make Lin Yuan pay a price. Isn't this a perfect opportunity to cooperate?"

"Cooperate?" Qian Renhao hadn't even had time to think it over.

Suddenly, a chaotic footsteps sounded from the bar entrance.

Immediately after, a large group of bodyguards in black suits, wielding rubber batons, surged in, instantly sealing off the area around the booth.

These were the backup forces Qian Renhao had stationed outside the bar; hearing the commotion inside, they rushed over immediately.

Seeing the sea of bodyguards before him, Qian Renhao's confidence surged instantly, and his previous fear vanished.

On Qian Renhao's face, contempt and a cold smile took its place.

Qian Renhao pointed at Lei Chen Zhou, his tone arrogant: "What qualifications do you have to cooperate with me? Lei Hu Sect? I've never heard of it; a nameless little sect like yours isn't worthy of discussing cooperation with me, Qian Renhao. It's ridiculous!"

As his words fell, Qian Renhao loudly commanded the surrounding bodyguards: "Get him! Take down this ignorant fool! Remember, leave him a breath—I want to deal with him personally!"

"Yes, Young Master Qian!" the bodyguards replied in unison!

The next second, a group of bodyguards glared at Lei Chen Zhou with ferocious eyes, brandishing their rubber batons and swarming toward him.

In the cramped space, over thirty figures crowded together, their momentum fierce, as if they would tear Lei Chen Zhou apart in an instant.

Faced with the oncoming crowd…

Lei Chen Zhou not only showed no panic, but instead curled an icy cold smile.

Lei Chen Zhou slowly rose to his feet, and a chill burst from his whole body, carving out a domain of dead silence in the noisy bar.

"Ignorant of life and death." Lei Chen Zhou let out a low sneer, and his figure suddenly moved.

Lei Chen Zhou's movements were as fast as lightning, giving the bodyguards no chance to react.

He sidestepped to avoid the first swinging rubber baton, then thrust his right fist forward!

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, Lei Chen Zhou's fist landed squarely on that bodyguard's chest.

The bodyguard didn't even have time to scream before he flew backward like a rag doll, slamming heavily into the crowd behind him and knocking several people to the ground.

Immediately after, Lei Chen Zhou lifted his left leg sharply, bringing a howling wind, and fiercely kicked the knee of a bodyguard on his left.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the noise of breaking bones was clearly audible!

That bodyguard's knee gave way, and he dropped straight to his knees, trembling with pain as cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes.

Lei Chen Zhou's strikes were vicious, each move deadly.

His fists fell, either blasting the bodyguards away or directly breaking their skulls;

Lei Chen Zhou's leg techniques were brutal, each kick capable of snapping a bodyguard's bones;

When faced with bodyguards rushing in extremely close, he simply reached out, grabbed their necks, and gave a light twist!

With a "crack," he twisted the opponent's neck, and the body went limp and fell to the ground.

The whole process was so fast it dazzled the eyes…

However, in just a dozen or so seconds, the over thirty bodyguards who had surged forward all lay on the ground.

Inside the bar, wails and groans filled the air.

Blood flowed along the floor, pooling into dark red patches, the scene bloody and terrifying.

Lei Chen Zhou patted off the slight blood on his hands, his icy gaze fixed on Qian Renhao, who was already trembling all over and ashen-faced from fear.

He stepped toward Qian Renhao step by step.

With each step Lei Chen Zhou took, it felt as if he were stepping on Qian Renhao's heartbeat, making him tremble uncontrollably.

Lei Chen Zhou stopped before Qian Renhao, looking down at him, his tone flat yet carrying an undeniable pressure: "Now, do I have the qualifications to cooperate with you?"

Qian Renhao was shaken by this pressure, his entire body jerking, and his previous arrogance vanished completely.

Qian Renhao's lips trembled, his voice shaking: "Big… big brother… let's talk it out, let's talk it out!"

Qian Renhao's body instinctively shrank back, his eyes full of terror, not even daring to meet Lei Chen Zhou's gaze.

This guy is practically a lunatic.

Lei Chen Zhou's eyes showed no ripple; with a slight wrist movement, a cold, gleaming dagger appeared in his hand at some point.

Lei Chen Zhou's sharp blade lightly touched Qian Renhao's neck…

The icy sensation made Qian Renhao's body instantly stiffen, cold sweat rolling down his forehead.

"Young Master Qian," Lei Chen Zhou's voice remained flat, yet pierced with bone-chilling cold, "If I wanted to kill you, I could slit your throat in a second and have your blood spill right here."

He applied a little pressure, and the dagger's edge left a shallow blood line on Qian Renhao's neck. "So you'd better not test my patience, okay? I originally wanted to be friends with you, to join forces against Lin Yuan—wouldn't that be better than being enemies?"

The sting on his neck and the threat of death left Qian Renhao no longer daring to hesitate in the slightest.

Qian Renhao hastily nodded vigorously, his head bobbing like a pestle: "Yes, yes yes! It was all a misunderstanding just now! I'm willing to cooperate, I'm willing to join hands with you to deal with Lin Yuan!"

Seeing Qian Renhao back down, Lei Chen Zhou's lips curled into a satisfied smile as he slowly retracted the dagger.

Lei Chen Zhou casually slipped the dagger back onto his waist.

"That's more like it." He patted Qian Renhao's shoulder, his tone easing a bit, "Then let's cooperate happily."

Qian Renhao quickly replied, "Happy cooperation, happy cooperation!"

Qian Renhao said while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, Qian Renhao's heart was still pounding wildly; just a moment ago, he had truly felt the fear of death.

The two then sat down again in the booth, the fallen bodyguards and blood-soaked floor around them seeming like mere backdrop.

Lei Chen Zhou spoke first, getting straight to the point, revealing the core of their cooperation: "The goal of my Thunder Tiger Sect is to seize Lin Yuan's acupuncture supreme art; while your Qian Shi Group merely wants to get rid of Lin Yuan, this stumbling block, and seize the Su Group's X Project technology. We benefit each other, how great."

Qian Renhao broke out in a cold sweat, trembling as he nodded.

Lei Chen Zhou paused, then continued: "Later, my Thunder Tiger Sect will send more elite personnel to Hangcheng. Young Master Qian, you need to help us arrange a concealed foothold, and at the same time share all intelligence you have on Lin Yuan and the Su Group to assist our operation."

"No problem! I'll handle this small matter!" Qian Renhao quickly agreed, afraid to upset Lei Chen Zhou again.

Lei Chen Zhou added: "Besides, my Thunder Tiger Sect plans to rebuild our mountain gate in Hangcheng; later we will need the Qian Shi Group to provide funds and medicinal materials. In return, my Thunder Tiger Sect will fully assist your Qian Shi Group in seizing the Su Group's X Project, helping you clear all obstacles."

"Sure! Absolutely!" Qian Renhao agreed without even thinking.

As long as we can get rid of Lin Yuan and seize the Su Group's technology, providing funds and medicinal materials means nothing to him.

Moreover, aligning with the Thunder Tiger Sect's powerful ancient martial force would also greatly benefit the Qian Shi Group's future development.

Thus, the Qian Shi Group and the Thunder Tiger Sect formally reached a deep cooperation agreement.

The two parties bound themselves tightly together, jointly targeting Lin Yuan.

After discussing the cooperation details, Qian Renhao quickly ordered his subordinates to clean up the scene.

Qian Renhao then opened another expensive bottle of whiskey, poured two cups, picked up one and handed it to Lei Chen Zhou: "Young Master Lei, cheers to our cooperation!"

Lei Chen Zhou took the cup and lightly clinked it with Qian Renhao's.

The cups chimed with a clear sound. "Cheers."

Both simultaneously tilted their heads back and downed the strong liquor in one gulp.

After setting down the cup, Lei Chen Zhou's gaze swept over the several women beside Qian Renhao who were trembling with fear.

A hint of amusement flashed in Lei Chen Zhou's eyes as he casually said: "Young Master Qian, these girls are not bad."

Upon hearing this, Qian Renhao immediately smiled obsequiously: "As long as Young Master Lei likes it! Since Young Master Lei takes a fancy to them, I'll send them over for you to do with as you wish."

Lei Chen Zhou's lips curled into a cold, amused smirk as his gaze swept over the women trembling all over; his tone icy: "Since they're being sent to me, I won't hold back."

As soon as his words fell, he grabbed the wrist of the woman nearest him and violently dragged her to his front.

The woman screamed in terror, struggling desperately: "Don't! Let go of me!"

But her strength was like an ant trying to shake a tree before Lei Chen Zhou—utterly futile.

Lei Chen Zhou ignored her cries, shoved her back-first onto the booth sofa, and violently tore at her clothes.

The sound of fabric tearing was especially harsh in the bar reeking of blood.

The surrounding Qian Shi Group lackeys were so frightened they dared not raise their heads.

Qian Renhao's face also turned pale, but he dared not even breathe, intimidated by Lei Chen Zhou's presence.

In the time that followed, under everyone's watch, Lei Chen Zhou wantonly violated and humiliated these women in every conceivable way…

Inside the bar, the women's cries and pleas kept coming, but only earned Lei Chen Zhou even more brutal treatment.

He was like a raging beast, venting his inner cruelty and ferocity fully upon these innocent women.

Amid the assault, Lei Chen Zhou glanced over at the trembling Qian Renhao beside him.

Lei Chen Zhou spoke in a tone as flat as if discussing a trivial matter: "Young Master Qian, let me ask you something. In Hangcheng, who does Lin Yuan care about most?"

Qian Renhao was stunned by this sudden question, then quickly composed himself.

Qian Renhao thought for a moment, then answered confidently: "It must be Su Monong of the Su Group! I've always felt that Lin Yuan's relationship with Su Monong is unusual; he not only works at the Su Group, but has repeatedly intervened for her sake, even refusing to back down from a falling-out with me."

Lei Chen Zhou's lips twitched into a cold smirk upon hearing that.

A flicker of malice crossed Lei Chen Zhou's eyes: "Oh? Su Monong… that's easy. Since Lin Yuan cares most about her, we'll start with Su Monong."

Qian Renhao's heart tightened; he hurriedly asked: "How do you plan to proceed? Su Monong also has many bodyguards, and Lin Yuan protects her very closely."

A glint of ruthlessness flashed in Lei Chen Zhou's eyes as he said firmly: "Naturally, it's to kidnap Su Monong."

"Once we have Su Monong in hand, what do we have to fear from Lin Yuan not surrendering willingly? By then, his Ghost Doctor Sect supreme art and the Su Group's X Project technology will all be ours!"