Chapter 179: Dead End

"I am indeed surprised, but I suppose you won't tell me, right?" Li Hong was definitely not going to tell me who had betrayed me.

"You're smart. I really can't tell you about this, but what I can tell you is that you would never guess who betrayed you!" Li Hong looked at me with a chuckle.

Hearing Li Hong's words, I felt a sense of doubt. The person who betrayed me, I would never guess? Who could it be that would make me unable to guess? Could it be the people least likely to betray me? But how could they possibly betray me? I didn't believe it.

I saw the people Li Hong had brought—there were at least a dozen of them. It seemed they were truly well-prepared this time and had come for the kill; they had no intention of letting me escape. Most of these dozen people were experts, though whether they were "experts" built up by medicinal potions, I wasn't sure.

But even if they were experts built up by potions, I couldn't handle them. After all, there were over a dozen of them; if each of them hit me once, I wouldn't be able to take it.

Li Hong sneered at me and said, "Yang Yun, you're dead today. No one can save you!"

"You want to kill me?" I looked at Li Hong and asked bluntly.

"At a time like this, you're still asking that? Don't you think you're being a bit ridiculous?" Li Hong looked at me with mockery.

I looked at the people before me, my expression tense. It seemed it would be difficult to escape today. This place was quite remote, and there was no one around. If I were killed here and dumped into the river, I doubted anyone would ever see it.

"Well? Have you decided how you want to die?" Li Hong looked at me standing there motionless and smiled.

Naturally, I wasn't going to stand there and wait for death. Just a moment ago, I had secretly used my phone to send a message to Feng Chen, hoping their reinforcements would arrive quickly. It was fortunate that Huang Laohu and the others hadn't come today; if they had, they would definitely have been finished.

As for the guy who leaked the information to Li Hong, I felt a burning hatred in my heart. If I found out who it was, I would definitely kill him.

I looked around. The area to the far east was darker; if I could run there, I might have a chance to escape. I turned and ran straight toward the east. I hurriedly struck out at the two or three people blocking my path to open a channel, but there were over a dozen of them. Although they didn't have much technique, their speed and strength were quite high, and they were chasing after me very quickly.

Li Hong hurriedly shouted from behind: "Catch him! Don't let him run away!"

The people behind me rushed over like madmen. I suffered quite a few injuries because of this group of crazed people, but I didn't give up. At this moment, I had only one thought: escape.

However, it seemed I didn't have my usual luck this time. Without Xu Hongzhi and Zhang Yinuo and the others, perhaps I really was useless. I ran to the end of the road, and before me lay a large river.

This river was very famous in our area; it was the well-known moat. No one knew how many people had died in it. The current was extremely swift; even a person who knew how to swim could potentially die if they fell in, let alone me, who had never learned to swim in my life.

Because I had stopped, Li Hong's men caught up. Li Hong looked at me, panting. After all, he hadn't taken any strengthening potions and hadn't practiced martial arts, so his stamina was far worse than ours.

Li Hong panted as he pointed at me and cursed: "Run, you brat! Why aren't you running anymore? Damn it, you've exhausted me!"

Seeing the situation before me, my gaze remained fixed on Li Hong. Now, the only hope for survival was Li Hong himself. As the saying goes, to capture the bandits, first capture their leader. If I could control Li Hong in the chaos, the other side wouldn't dare to move against me easily.

I gritted my teeth and, ignoring the people around me, rushed straight toward Li Hong. Li Hong was startled by this scene. Just as I was about to reach his side, a person suddenly appeared and blocked Li Hong's path.

I instinctively struck out at him, but the other person was faster. He slapped out with a palm, and it was too fast. I was hit by that palm and sent flying, crashing onto the ground.

I felt as if I had just been hit by a truck. My chest was extremely uncomfortable, and I felt something surging up. Then, unable to hold it back any longer, I spat a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

I gently wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and looked weakly at the person before me. This person's skills were terrifying; he was clearly much stronger than me. I felt he was even stronger than Zhang Yinuo. It seemed he must be an expert cultivated by the Li family itself. I never expected the Li family to bring out such an expert just to deal with me; they truly wanted me dead.

Li Hong patted his chest gently, then glared at me angrily and cursed: "Damn, it's a good thing I anticipated this. You scared me! Yang Yun, you're dead today. Prepare yourself to die!"

My body was extremely weak from the palm strike of that person earlier, and I staggered when I tried to stand, unable to keep my balance.

Just at this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Nobody move! Put your hands up!"

Hearing this voice, I felt a surge of joy. It seemed to be Feng Chen's reinforcements. Sure enough, the state was the one to rely on at a time like this.

Li Hong's side was in a panic, but Li Hong shouted directly: "Ignore them! You guys, kill Yang Yun for me!"

Li Hong knew that if Yang Yun escaped now, it would be very difficult to catch him later. Moreover, from this incident, he had also discovered that it was Yang Yun who had been in contact with the authorities. If he didn't leave Yang Yun here today, the Li family's situation would become even more difficult in the future.

The other side acted like madmen, completely ignoring the authorities behind them, and rushed straight toward me. Behind me was the moat. Seeing their behavior, they were clearly determined to kill me. At this moment, the only chance for survival was to jump into the river. Although jumping into the river was basically certain death, there was still a sliver of hope in my heart.

I was still hoping that the people Feng Chen brought would quickly come to save me, but after watching for a long while, they didn't come over at all and were still standing in the distance, not knowing what they were doing. I suddenly realized: could it be that the Li family had infiltrated the authorities as well? It was clear that the people who had come weren't genuinely here to save me, but were just putting on a show. No wonder Li Hong said to ignore them; it seemed Li Hong had known this all along.

I looked with hatred at Li Hong, who was grinning not far away, and then looked at the pitch-black night. There wasn't a single star; all I could see was endless darkness. Perhaps this was my life. My life had always been in darkness, and not a single ray of light had ever appeared. ===== CHAPTER 180 =====