Chapter 650

It seemed the police weren't as weak as he'd imagined.

Luo Xi realized another hidden force was opposing them; Long Hu Gang members were already no match for Ning Chen, and now with more police arriving, it was even harder to fight.

Luo Xi finally panicked—he realized targeting Ning Chen at this point was useless, since Ning Chen appeared and vanished without a trace, making any targeting impossible.

Compared to Ning Chen, those police were still easier to handle.

Soon, Luo Xi scowled and gave the order: "Stop targeting Ning Chen. Shift focus—watch those police."

Though Long Hu Gang subordinates didn't understand why Luo Xi gave this order, they could sense Ning Chen was simply too troublesome, so they all shifted focus.

Previously, when Long Hu Gang's target was Ning Chen, the police could sneak in and eliminate a batch of Long Hu Gang members in secret.

Now that Long Hu Gang had shifted focus to the police, those police suffered a terrifying assault that made the scalp tingle.

Long Hu Gang had no way to deal with Ning Chen, but when fighting the police, it was different.

The police had fewer men than Long Hu Gang; though they could fight back during the attack, the later it went, the harder it became to cope.

The police held advantageous terrain, but Long Hu Gang's firepower suppression was too terrifying, leaving the police increasingly exhausted.

Xu Si gripped the radio amid gunfire: "Hold on a little longer—we retreat in five minutes!"

Xu Si clearly felt Long Hu Gang was growing fiercer, so he had no intention of continuing to fight; as for Ning Chen…

Ning Chen had vanished somewhere; during the five minutes of battle between police and Long Hu Gang, Ning Chen never showed his face.

Withdrawing mid-battle was the worst option, but Xu Si didn't want to add more casualties—retreating now was the best choice.

507. End combat, absolute domination

Ning Chen had no intention of stepping out from the shadows immediately; for him, watching the spectacle mattered more than dealing with Long Hu Gang right away.

He naturally knew what the police were thinking; if they wanted to cooperate, he might as well test the strength of these "rescuers" beforehand.

But the police's strength surprised Ning Chen.

Ning Chen knew Long Hu Gang's strength—he knew they weren't especially hard to handle, but they were a decades-old gang, and most who remained were fearsome, bloodstained killers.

And the police…

When Ning Chen was still an ordinary person, he didn't hold much regard for police strength; he rarely interacted with them, mostly living in his own world.

Now that he'd stepped out, he realized some things weren't as he'd thought—for instance, these police fighting Long Hu Gang truly wanted to save him.

But unfortunately, Ning Chen didn't need it.

Ning Chen dialed Xu Si's number with a blank expression—he'd seen many police shot and falling to the ground: "Retreat."

Ning Chen said only two words, and the authority of a superior was instantly evident. Xu Si, already planning to retreat early, found his thoughts aligned with Ning Chen's—he immediately stopped hesitating and ordered all police stationed at the Bay Family headquarters to withdraw.

But Xu Si still worried about Ning Chen's safety.

Xu Si stared at his contact list, hesitating for several seconds, wondering whether to call back.

Yet after a moment's hesitation, he remembered Ning Chen had remained hidden the whole time—his voice sounded calm, and he didn't look overwhelmed at all.

Xu Si ultimately chose to trust Ning Chen—he gathered the men to carry the wounded back, but such a large movement inevitably alerted Long Hu Gang.

Luo Xi gritted his teeth, his face venomous: "Do you think this is somewhere you can come and go as you please? Forget Ning Chen! Attack those police with full force!"

No sooner had he spoken than Luo Xi raised his pistol and fired several rounds at the retreating, hunched-over police.

Luo Xi's aim was precise—those few shots killed one police officer outright; the main reason he was hit was his exposed position.

Ning Chen observed and analyzed: if that officer had merely dodged slightly—even just turned his body—he could've avoided that razor-sharp bullet.

Seeing the police retreating, Long Hu Gang members followed Luo Xi's order, ignoring Ning Chen, still hidden and unseen, each armed with guns and unleashing terrifying firepower against the fleeing police.

Ning Chen clearly noticed this—he paused, then sighed.

The police's intentions were good; they truly didn't want him harmed, and their sole purpose here was to save him.

Ning Chen had originally planned to observe the police's strength before considering cooperation; now he knew their strength, and since Long Hu Gang held poor terrain, it gave the police an opening—yet the police suffered far fewer casualties than Long Hu Gang.

Ning Chen decided he no longer needed to hide—he stepped out as Long Hu Gang launched their final wave of firepower.

Xu Si was the last to withdraw; while covering the others' retreat, his peripheral vision caught Ning Chen walking out as if no one else existed, effortlessly dodging a barrage of attacks.

In that instant, Xu Si finally understood why Ning Chen had wiped out an entire mercenary battalion and Bay Family forces.

Such reflexes and speed were simply not human.

Xu Si watched, heart pounding, but didn't forget to cover the retreating men ahead.

In that brief gap, Xu Si killed several more Long Hu Gang members.

Ning Chen naturally noticed—he instantly pinpointed Xu Si's position, turned his head, and looked at him with approval.

Xu Si suddenly felt strength flood his entire body.

Luo Xi watched helplessly as the police slipped away beneath his very eyes, yet could do nothing.

Though unwilling to admit it, Ning Chen alone had rendered the entire Long Hu Gang powerless; Luo Xi gripped his gun and retreated step by step.

His instincts told him it was better not to get so close to Ning Chen—who knew what monstrous technique that monster might unleash.

But no matter what technique, Luo Xi felt he couldn't handle it.

After confirming the police had retreated, Ning Chen exhaled—he felt more at ease now that fewer people would interfere with his skills.

Ning Chen had no intention of prolonging the fight—he activated his "Object Manipulation" skill. As his stamina drained, Long Hu Gang members collapsed as blood rushed to their brains.

It was a spectacular sight: the fearsome Long Hu Gang members clawed at their necks, faces twisted in agony, each as if enduring unbearable torment.

One fell, then another, then another—those who followed tumbled backward like dumplings dropped into boiling water; at first glance, it seemed almost comical, yet deeply horrifying.

Ning Chen watched with satisfaction as the helpless Long Hu Gang members died under his hands—including Luo Xi—all within the skill's range were dominated by "Object Manipulation," unable to fight back, barely able to stand.

Luo Xi groaned, crouching and pressing hard against his temples, but it did no good.

He felt something invading his brain, churning violently in his brainstem—the sensation was excruciating; even as a physically superior leader, he couldn't endure it, slamming his head against the ground until darkness swallowed him.

From the moment Ning Chen activated his skill until every person in the area was dead, only two minutes passed.

In those two minutes, Ning Chen even dodged several bullets fired from the shadows, without affecting his skill's use.

The few surviving Long Hu Gang members stared in stunned disbelief.

Some sharp-minded individuals had already realized they could no longer afford to waste time with Ning Chen; if they dragged this out any longer, the only outcome would be total annihilation.

So someone tried to sneak out through the hidden door.

But they had underestimated Ning Chen far too much; Ning Chen's spiritual sense detection range was not limited to just ten meters.

508. Return to the police station, formally negotiate cooperation.

If Ning Chen wished, he could detect every movement within the entire Gulf Family headquarters; their whereabouts were all captured in his sight, and even if they tried to flee, they could not escape.

After detecting those people's intentions, Ning Chen hesitated not at all, quickly approaching the group intending to flee; the instant he neared them, he immediately used the "Density Control" skill.

This skill had a shorter duration than "Object Manipulation," but its lethality was far greater than "Object Manipulation."

Within the ten seconds following the skill's activation, everyone within the skill's range suddenly changed color; their expressions shifted from panic to terror. Looking at Ning Chen standing before them, they bent over in pain, gasping heavily, while reaching out a hand to drag Ning Chen into their suffering.

Ning Chen watched these people make their desperate struggle with a blank expression; after dealing with this batch, barring any surprises, there should still be some fish that slipped through the net within the entire map of the Gulf Family headquarters.

These escaped fish were not difficult to handle; it only required a little patience.

But Ning Chen had given all his patience to Si Shiya; these irrelevant little minions, on ordinary days, could not attract his slightest attention.

Ning Chen decisively called Xu Si and got straight to the point: "Do you want to cooperate with me?"

Xu Si answered quickly on the other end; upon hearing Ning Chen ask such a question out of nowhere, his expression froze for an instant, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes. How are you? Are you injured?"

Ning Chen raised an eyebrow, looking at the corpses strewn across the ground, and said: "How could I possibly be injured? Cooperating with you is not impossible; I have seen your sincerity. However, there is one more condition: you must kill everyone from Long Hu Gang present at the Gulf Family headquarters. Once the deed is done, I promise to cooperate with you. How about that?"

Zhao Si paused for a moment, turned back, exchanged a glance with Chen Gu and the others, and said: "The headquarters is so huge..."

"I will tell you their locations; you only need to follow my orders to kill. If you can do it, say yes; if you cannot, leave immediately," Ning Chen said.

Perhaps because Ning Chen's tone carried a hint of commanding inquiry, and Xu Si had come with the purpose of cooperation in mind, he replied: "We can do it. We are waiting outside for your orders right now."

"Fine," Ning Chen dodged several bullets while speaking, simultaneously raised his hand with a gun to kill those few who were sneaking up for a surprise attack, and his tone remained as calm as ever: "Then come in."

The police entered following his orders; Ning Chen arranged for them to take up relatively concealed positions, while he stood in the center in a completely exposed spot, calmly reporting the enemies' locations.

After Xu Si shot one person dead, he hesitated not, faced the location Ning Chen had ordered him toward, and killed another Long Hu Gang member hiding sneakily behind a wall; the more he killed, the more exhilarated he felt, his eyes growing redder and redder; by the end, he even felt somewhat intrigued.

Ning Chen scanned the area, and upon confirming there were indeed no fish left to slip through the net, he waved his hand, ordering the police to emerge from the shadows.

Xu Si's eyes now shimmered with admiration; he was the first to step out and immediately stood beside Ning Chen: "How did you know where those people were standing? Your detection ability is too amazing..."

Ning Chen merely smiled, his expression calm: "Kill a few more people, and naturally you will get this feeling."

Xu Si sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

The people Ning Chen killed were no fewer than those killed by Long Hu Gang; it was just that the people Ning Chen killed were all evil men, which could be counted as eliminating harm for the people.

Chen Gu and Jiang Yixi's impression of Ning Chen changed greatly at this moment; when Chen Gu first heard Xu Si introduce Ning Chen, she thought Xu Si was simply bragging, after all, she had never seen someone with such formidable strength.

Now, when she truly witnessed an absolute powerhouse conducting combat command, she realized how naive she had been before.

Such a person, if not utilized for one's own ends, would be a huge loss.