Chapter 279

Chapter 279 Undercurrents

 

“Not good!”

Li Huazhong hadn’t even realized what was happening before he was grabbed by Master Yu, who directly leaped over the balcony with one stride!

This was the twelfth floor!

Master Yu held Li Huazhong with one hand while his other hand worked like a powerful iron clamp. Every two floors they fell, he would grab the edge of a balcony, swinging once to buffer the falling force! At the same time, he kept changing their falling direction!

As soon as Master Yu landed, he bent his knees, instantly filled his body with power, and shot toward the community gate!

Meanwhile, another figure descended from above. With each floor, his feet stepped once on each balcony, maintaining his center of gravity during the fall without using his hands at all! It was like a dance in mid-air!

“Why are you running? Aren’t you supposed to be an invincible master? Why are you being a coward now?” Li Huazhong felt dizzy from being tossed around, and the fierce wind from Master Yu’s running made it difficult for him to keep his eyes open!

“A master has come!” Master Yu replied in a deep voice. Without looking back, he knew the person chasing them was getting closer and closer!

Being able to reach their room silently already demonstrated how powerful the opponent was! His arrival also meant that the two skilled subordinates outside had been taken out!

Thinking of this, Master Yu dared not show any negligence!

Especially after Li Huazhong’s shouting—if the opponent had heard it, the Yuan Wei Gang’s years of operations and planning might be ruined!

For the greater cause, they had to retreat!

Even Master Yu, with his usually calm demeanor, was now somewhat flustered!

The young master was certainly brilliant and capable, but he was too arrogant! He didn’t realize there were always stronger people out there!

Although the three northeastern provinces had vast territory, they were constantly embroiled in power struggles, and their economic strength couldn’t compare to Ninghai. Therefore, Yuan Wei Gang had always wanted to move south to conquer that beautiful, rich, and warm place.

If this plan failed, the years of effort by so many Yuan Wei Gang elders would be completely wasted!

Who was this master chasing them? Had the southern gangs detected the Commissioner Gang’s movements and wanted to kidnap Li Huazhong to threaten the Wanyan family? If so, Yuan Wei Gang’s southward expansion would be completely blocked!

A Toyota Prado was already waiting ahead. Master Yu stuffed Li Huazhong through the door and shouted: “Take the young master away quickly!”

The moment Li Huazhong was thrown into the car, the Prado’s wheels were already spinning violently before surging forward!

Clearly, they had been waiting here, and the engine had been running the whole time!

Master Yu had barely steadied himself when a sharp fist wind came from behind!

Sensing extreme danger, he quickly turned around and pushed both palms forward!

One was charging forward with momentum, while the other was defending passively. When Su Rui’s iron fist collided with Master Yu’s palms, the latter let out a muffled groan and stepped back twice!

As Su Rui delivered his iron fist, his left hand flicked upward, and a dark light shot out from his palm!

“Where do you think you’re going!”

The throwing spike was unleashed! Straight for the rear tire!

In the blink of an eye, Su Rui’s military dagger had pierced the tire’s surface, and a sharp blowout sound echoed throughout the street!

The speeding Prado tilted to one side and skidded sideways for more than ten meters!

“Go quickly!” Master Yu had intended to block Su Rui personally, but he hadn’t expected that even while facing him, the latter still had the presence of mind to split his attention. That military dagger was both vicious and accurate, nearly causing the Prado to flip over!

Even with a blown rear tire, the Prado didn’t stop at all. Risking a rollover, it drove away crookedly from the scene! Only Su Rui’s military dagger remained lying quietly on the road!

Master Yu took a step forward, his aura suddenly rising, and coldly said to Su Rui: “Friend, what are your intentions?”

Feeling Master Yu’s gradually rising aura, Su Rui narrowed his eyes. How interesting—it had been a long time since he’d seen such a skilled opponent! This old man with his hunched back and gray hair looked no different from a farming peasant, but Su Rui could sense that he was a master of internal martial arts!

In that previous punch, Su Rui had used eighty percent of his strength, plus the momentum of his forward charge, yet he had only forced the old man back two steps!

Little did he know that while Su Rui was slightly surprised, Master Yu’s heart was experiencing tremendous waves of shock!

Although he appeared calm on the surface, it was all a facade!

Su Rui looked young, only in his twenties, but the power contained in that punch was like a surging river, flowing endlessly!

If Master Yu hadn’t had such deep foundations in internal martial arts, having painstakingly tempered his body for decades, he probably couldn’t have withstood Su Rui’s punch!

How had someone so young developed such kung fu!

Master Yu’s aura was now climbing steadily, appearing full of fighting spirit, but in reality, Su Rui’s earlier punch had already caused a small-scale disruption in his blood circulation! Forcibly raising his aura now was only to intimidate Su Rui and create an opportunity for the young master to escape!

“You stood at the window using binoculars to peep at my sister, what do you think I’m here for?” Su Rui said with a cold smile!

Indeed, when Li Huazhong was using binoculars to spy on Ye Binglan’s room, Su Rui had already detected the reflection from the lens! He had just pretended not to notice until he told Ye Binglan at their parting!

Compared to Su Rui, Li Huazhong was still too green. In terms of surveillance and spying, the former could be considered his grandmaster!

Hearing Su Rui speak this way, Master Yu felt a weight lift from his heart.

It seemed Su Rui wasn’t from another gang but had simply detected Li Huazhong’s peeping! It appeared he hadn’t heard his conversation with the young master!

However, on second thought, Master Yu began to blame Li Huazhong. If it weren’t for this lustful fellow using binoculars to peep at women, how would they have attracted this trouble! What an incompetent person!

This young man opposite him was truly remarkable. Without professional equipment, he had been able to detect the young master’s peeping!

“It seems there’s been a misunderstanding, young friend. My young master was merely testing his binoculars, with no other intentions.” Master Yu’s expression relaxed slightly.

“Testing binoculars?” Su Rui laughed coldly: “Then why did you run? And why so fast?”

“I’ve said there’s a misunderstanding. Some things are better left unknown to young friend.” Master Yu stared at Su Rui, his aura becoming more concentrated!

He knew his explanation was full of holes, and he was certainly no match for Su Rui in verbal sparring! But he would not fear the opponent!

As long as the key secrets weren’t exposed, everything would be fine!

“I think there’s something fishy here.” Su Rui smiled slightly: “I took out two of your men on the stairs, and after I burst through the door, you immediately fled with that man. If there’s nothing wrong here, I wouldn’t believe it even if you killed me!”

“Young friend, what exactly do you want?” A hint of killing intent began to appear in Master Yu’s gaze. He didn’t deliberately conceal this killing intent; he wanted Su Rui to sense it!

“You have killing intent?” Su Rui laughed coldly, showing no fear at all: “Old man, before you make a move, you’d better consider whether you can defeat me!”

“Before the fight begins, nothing is certain.” Master Yu felt that the disrupted blood flow caused by Su Rui had now returned to normal, so he suddenly stepped forward, his palm striking toward Su Rui’s chest!

This palm strike seemed ordinary, but Su Rui was certain that if it hit, his heart would definitely be shattered!

However, even so, Su Rui didn’t step back!

Looking at the violently approaching palm, he softly said: “Wanyan Huazhong, what an interesting name.”

Wanyan Huazhong!

He had heard it after all!

Master Yu was shocked. If Su Rui had heard, didn’t that mean Yuan Wei Gang’s intention to conquer Ninghai had been completely exposed? If Li Yang was prepared in advance, the difficulty of victory would undoubtedly increase exponentially!

His heart was shocked, and his hand movement paused momentarily!

How could Su Rui waste such an opportunity? Or rather, he had chosen to say those words at that moment precisely to create a chance to strike his opponent! He kicked out, hitting Master Yu’s abdomen!

With this kick, Su Rui held nothing back, using his full power!

Against such an internal martial arts master, showing mercy would undoubtedly be cruel to oneself!

Caught off guard, Master Yu took the hit and his body was kicked more than ten meters away!

Su Rui seemed surprised that an internal martial arts master could be kicked so far. Just as he was about to pursue, he saw Master Yu bend his knees after landing and fly backward again, instantly covering twenty to thirty meters and disappearing into the vast traffic!

This old man had never intended to confront Su Rui head-on from the beginning! He had just used the force from that kick to create space for his escape!

However, even though he successfully escaped, after taking Su Rui’s kick, he probably wasn’t feeling too good!

Su Rui didn’t pursue. He stood in place, his eyes flashing with brilliance!

“I only heard a name, and it scared you this badly. It seems something big is really about to happen.” Su Rui picked up his throwing spike and pondered.

The other party’s overreaction had seriously alerted Su Rui!

Could it be that the young man thrown into the car was an escaped prisoner? Had he been hiding here all along?

In fact, Su Rui had barely heard the conversation between Master Yu and Li Huazhong. He had only vaguely heard Li Huazhong’s shouts when he burst through the door!

If Master Yu knew Su Rui’s true thoughts, he would probably be furious in the bathroom!

…

Luo Feiliang had been stationed at Tianxiang Group with the economic investigation team to investigate the case. This investigation revealed quite a few economic issues, and they were preparing to take Song Tianxiang back to the station to “assist with the investigation.” However, they hadn’t expected that at this critical juncture, Song Tianxiang would be severely injured by someone unknown, with multiple fractures all over his body, lying immobile in the hospital, while his son Song Yili had mysteriously disappeared!

For all these behind-the-scenes actions, Luo Feiliang subconsciously believed Su Rui was responsible. However, his purpose in coming to Ninghai was to keep Su Rui stable, so even if these were his doings, Luo Feiliang couldn’t possibly file a case against him!

Moreover, Luo Feiliang had also heard about the incident at the Qin family in the capital the day before, which made him admire Su Rui even more!

Just then, Su Rui’s call came in!

“Director Luo, I need your help to investigate a Toyota Prado,” Su Rui said.

“It’s my honor to be of service to you.” A flash of excitement appeared in Luo Feiliang’s eyes!