Chapter 308

Chapter 308 One Sentence Defeats Forty People!

 

The moment Su Rui finished speaking, those North Hall elites who had just dropped their weapons were stunned!

“Was I not clear enough?” Su Rui stood on the second floor, hands resting on the railing, his expression carrying a piercing coldness.

Shang Guan Mo couldn’t help but say quietly: “An idol is truly an idol, that was absolutely brilliant.”

“Kill him, and you all can live. If he lives, you all will die.”

Su Rui pointed at Old Four Gao Zhanhu, his gaze filled with coldness. His words sent chills through everyone present!

This was openly inciting internal conflict within the North Hall!

If these so-called elites killed Gao Zhanhu, it would mean they had betrayed the Yuan Wei Gang! Killing one’s own comrades was punishable by death according to gang rules!

Even if these men were spared by Su Rui, after returning to the gang, the act of killing Gao Zhanhu would stick in their hearts like a fishbone, completely destroying their fighting spirit forever!

Su Rui’s move was extremely vicious! With just one sentence, he had neutralized forty men!

“That’s really ruthless.” Luo Feiliang was equally shocked by Su Rui’s brutality!

In his eyes, Su Rui had always been someone who could dominate the world with personal combat skills, but today he discovered his view had been biased!

Although Su Rui possessed martial prowess that most people could only look up to, the power of his mind was equally formidable! If he had personally taken action, he could certainly have disabled these forty men, but instead he used a simple sentence to precisely target their weakness, making them kill each other, resolving the conflict without firing a single shot!

This was because Luo Feiliang had never experienced the inhumane battles of the West. If he had, he would understand that those who worship and completely rely on brute force often die unjust and miserable deaths!

Hearing Su Rui’s words, Gao Zhanhu was also stunned, but he had already keenly sensed that the looks from his companions around him were becoming increasingly hostile!

Life on one side, death on the other—when faced with survival, to hell with any damn loyalty!

“Don’t listen to his lies, he’s just trying to provoke internal conflict among us!” Old Four Gao Zhanhu panicked and hurriedly shouted!

But no one listened to him. Some who had dropped their weapons picked them up again!

“Bastards, are you all blind? I’m your Fourth Brother! If you dare kill me, you’re all dead!” Gao Zhanhu roared.

“Old Four is your Fourth Brother! Have you people lost the ability to distinguish friend from foe?”

“Don’t kill each other, don’t do it, don’t!” Qiu Peihu and Chen Zhenbiao shouted in an attempt to stop them, but this time Qian Wanxing and Shang Guan Mo didn’t try to intervene, because their shouts had absolutely no effect!

The forty North Hall elites had already formed a circle, tightly surrounding Gao Zhanhu in the middle!

“What are you trying to do? Do you really think killing me will save your lives?”

Gao Zhanhu roared angrily!

“I guarantee that if they kill you, they can live, and I will overlook everything that happened tonight!” As soon as Gao Zhanhu finished speaking, Su Rui immediately responded coldly!

His perfectly timed interjection undoubtedly reassured the forty North Hall elites!

Su Rui had long seen that this Gao Zhanhu was no good person. If he had known that tonight’s incident was first provoked by this North Hall Fourth Brother, he would have likely twisted his neck without a second thought!

“Don’t believe his words, don’t believe them!” Gao Zhanhu felt increasingly uneasy as he could no longer find any trace of their former camaraderie in his companions’ eyes—only coldness and cruelty!

“Fourth Brother, if you die, all of us can live. Please sacrifice yourself!”

As soon as someone said this, several short knives simultaneously stabbed toward Gao Zhanhu!

“Ah!” Gao Zhanhu let out a great roar: “Even if I die, I’ll take you down with me! Killing one breaks even, killing two is profit!”

With that, he grabbed someone and snapped their neck! At the same time, two daggers pierced his body, and seven short clubs struck his back!

With just this attack, Old Four Gao Zhanhu was beaten until he coughed blood! His back felt like it was shattered to the extreme!

…

Qiu Peihu and Chen Zhenbiao had already closed their eyes.

Luo Feiliang was also moved. He had never seen such a brutal battle, never witnessed such inhuman slaughter among comrades!

To survive, the worst aspects of human nature were fully exposed! Nothing was more important than life!

After several minutes of chaotic fighting, the entire scene was covered in blood. More than a dozen people lay on the ground, blood flowing everywhere!

Gao Zhanhu’s combat ability was indeed formidable. Even under such an assault, he had still killed or injured more than a dozen people. So many had fallen, yet he remained standing!

However, even though he hadn’t fallen, he had almost become a porcupine, with at least dozens of short knives stuck in his body!

Fresh blood continuously gushed from his wounds, flowing down his legs to the ground, quickly forming a large pool of blood!

“Old Four!” Seeing their former brothers killing each other and ending up in such a miserable state, Chen Zhenbiao and Qiu Peihu were filled with grief and anger!

Yet they completely failed to realize that every action has consequences—this was all their own doing!

Old Four stood there, his eyes gradually losing focus!

“Die, you!”

At that moment, a figure leaped into the air, raising a steel rod high and smashing it down heavily on Old Four’s head!

Bang!

Everyone clearly heard a chilling, muffled sound, like a ripe watermelon being smashed!

Old Four remained standing, but blood was pouring from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth!

The scene was absolutely horrifying!

Finally, he could no longer stand and collapsed powerlessly to the ground!

After killing Gao Zhanhu, the North Hall elites all looked toward Su Rui, seemingly wanting to hear from him that they could live.

“You can live. At least I won’t kill you.”

By now, Caesar Palace was filled with the smell of blood, so thick it was suffocating!

Including the North Hall Four Tigers, Yuan Wei Gang had brought forty-four people, but now only twenty-five remained standing!

The losses were devastating!

Hearing Su Rui’s words, these people didn’t completely relax, because at certain times, words like “trust” and “honor” were no better than empty talk.

Su Rui kept his word and said to Li Yang beside him: “Spread the news that forty-four people from Yuan Wei Gang’s North Hall caused trouble in Green Dragon Gang’s territory. Twelve died, seven were seriously injured, and twenty-five are unharmed but captured by the Green Dragon Gang. If Yuan Wei Gang is truly the brotherhood they claim to be, let them bring money to ransom their people!”

Hearing Su Rui speak this way, the remaining North Hall members began to relax. It seemed Su Rui truly wouldn’t kill them!

“Yes, Young Master Su!” Li Yang respectfully nodded, admiring Su Rui’s handling of the situation immensely!

“But… Young Master Su, how much money should they pay?”

“One hundred thousand per person,” Su Rui said calmly.

“One hundred thousand per person, thirty-two people, that’s 3.2 million!” Li Yang’s eyes also released a dangerous light: “This time, I’ll make Yuan Wei Gang bleed!”

“Wait.” Su Rui suddenly raised his hand to stop him: “Make it thirty people. Let’s forget about these two.”

Li Yang was momentarily confused, then understood, because Su Rui’s gaze was fixed on Qiu Peihu and Chen Zhenbiao lying on the ground!

“I understand Young Master Su’s meaning.” Li Yang said, taking out his gun, ready to shoot these two men.

“No, that’s not what I meant.” Su Rui waved his hand: “These two men may be useless now, but they still have value. Price them at one million each when you quote Yuan Wei Gang.”

One million each?

Even the ruthless Li Yang was shocked by Su Rui’s grand gesture.

Two million to buy back two useless men—wasn’t that a terrible deal? Would Yuan Wei Gang agree?

“Let’s decide it this way. As for how Yuan Wei Gang will react, just be prepared in advance. If they want to devour you, don’t be polite to them.” After saying this, Su Rui walked to the side, pulled his military dagger from a dead man’s throat, wiped the blood on the man’s clothes, and then left.

He came with grace and left decisively, as if what he had just done was an extremely trivial matter.

Watching Su Rui’s back, Li Yang gritted his teeth. A total of five million—if Yuan Wei Gang didn’t pay, he would immediately kill the hostages!

Even for the wealthy Green Dragon Gang, producing five million at once would definitely not be easy. Li Yang believed that the remote Yuan Wei Gang would find it even more impossible to come up with so much liquid capital. Even if they gritted their teeth and managed it, this five million would crush them until they couldn’t breathe!

Su Rui’s move, though seemingly simple, was deeply meaningful. If Yuan Wei Gang was willing to pay the ransom, they would bear a heavy economic burden. If they refused, they would bear a heavy reputation burden.

At that time, Li Yang would only need to spread the news that Yuan Wei Gang was heartless and unwilling to spend money to rescue their own elites. Who would then be willing to join such a disheartening gang?

Therefore, Li Yang was certain that Yuan Wei Gang would ransom these thirty-two people no matter what. No gang could afford to ignore its reputation!

Of course, even if these thirty-two people were bought back, they could no longer be trusted with important tasks! The guilt of killing Gao Zhanhu would continue to haunt them! And with Wanyan Zhengyong’s temperament, he would definitely never use them again!

“We’ll be taking our leave as well.” Given their status, Luo Feiliang and his companions naturally couldn’t stay long. With so many dead and injured, it would be too suspicious for police officers to turn a blind eye.

As soon as the main door opened, brothers from all branches of the Green Dragon Gang rushed in, surrounding the North Hall members!

“Take them all away. If anyone dares to resist, kill them immediately!”

Li Yang’s concern was unnecessary. After Su Rui’s repeated intimidation and threats, who would dare resist? That would be pure suicide!

After everyone had left, Li Yang stood on the stairs, looking at the blood-covered floor, with flames burning in his eyes.

The name of this flame was ambition!

“Wanyan Zhengyong, from today onwards, it’s a fight to the death between us.” Li Yang’s voice was ice-cold! His gaze seemed to penetrate through layers of space, seeing that vast land in the north!

However, at that moment, a figure rose in his mind, gradually extinguishing the fire of his ambition.

After today’s events, Li Yang knew that for the rest of his life, he would serve Su Rui as his master!