Chapter 592 - 376: An Unexpected Turn, the Life-saving Straw

Chapter 592: Chapter 376: An Unexpected Turn, the Life-saving Straw

TAP, TAP, TAP...

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed from the hallway outside, a clear sign of the person’s urgency.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK...

Lying on the hospital bed, Fang Jingtang heard the knock on his door and spoke.

"Come in."

The words had barely left his lips when the door was pushed open, and two men, one tall and one short, walked in.

"Old Qi, Liu Qizhi, it’s you!" Fang Jingtang exclaimed, recognizing the members of his gang.

"..." Seeing Fang Jingtang’s deathly pale face and body wrapped in white gauze, Liu Qizhi opened his mouth, but the words wouldn’t come out. He fell silent.

Old Qi of the Red Blood Gang saw Fang Jingtang trying to sit up and hurried over. "Gang Leader, your injuries haven’t healed yet. You don’t need to get up. Just lie down!"

"I’m much better now after the physician’s treatment," Fang Jingtang said.

Then, with Old Qi’s help, he sat up and leaned against the headboard. His gaze fell upon Liu Qizhi, who was watching him in silence.

"How did the matter I sent you to handle go?" Fang Jingtang asked.

"It’s done. They took our money and guaranteed they’d take care of it in a few days," Liu Qizhi replied.

"As long as it’s done. Thank you for your hard work." Hearing from Liu Qizhi that the task was complete, a faint smile appeared on Fang Jingtang’s pale face.

"Gang Leader, our gang has suffered such a devastating blow. We’ve been reduced to a second-rate gang.

Is it still necessary to proceed with the matter you sent me to handle?" Liu Qizhi said emotionally, a tormented expression on his face.

When Fang Jingtang had first given him the task, he had set out with a group of his men, full of confidence and in high spirits.

But upon his return, having successfully completed his mission, he found that such a terrible disaster had befallen their headquarters. The blow to him was significant.

"Sigh..." Fang Jingtang looked at the emotional, slightly distraught Liu Qizhi and let out a long sigh before speaking.

"This time, we were attacked by that fiend. Many of our brothers were killed or injured, and we’ve fallen from a first-rate to a second-rate gang. That is an unchangeable fact.

After suffering such a catastrophe, the only thing worth being happy about is that you successfully completed the task I gave you.

As for what you said... whether it’s still necessary to proceed with that matter now that our gang is in this state... we can discuss that later.

Right now, our first priority is to figure out how to deal with that terrifying fiend."

"What?" Liu Qizhi was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Gang Leader, what do you mean by that? What do you mean, ’how to deal with that fiend’?"

Beside them, the Red Blood Gang’s minor leader, Old Qi, also wore a confused expression. He looked to Fang Jingtang, waiting for an explanation.

"..." Fang Jingtang was silent for a few seconds, organizing his thoughts. He then explained to the two core members of the Red Blood Gang before him.

"The fiend who attacked us declared as he left that as long as the Red Blood Gang exists, he won’t let us know peace. He said he’ll ’pay us another visit’ later."

Hearing Fang Jingtang’s words, both Liu Qizhi and Old Qi’s jaws dropped in shock.

They never imagined that after doing such a thing to their gang, that detestable fiend would actually want to come after them again.

The room fell into silence. Fang Jingtang leaned against the headboard, closed his eyes, and recalled the events of that night.

Not far away, a great fire raged. The fiend, his face obscured by a black hood, had arrogantly threatened the expert who was a Tier Three Initial Stage Cultivator.

At the time, he had been caught in a Fireball explosion. He lay on the ground, severely wounded and covered in blood. Excruciating pain wracked his body, and he was on the verge of losing consciousness at any moment.

After hearing that detestable fiend’s incredibly arrogant threat, the shock was too much. He couldn’t hold on any longer and passed out completely.

When he woke up, he found himself lying in a bed in the infirmary’s sickroom.

Later, he learned from others that the fiend who attacked their headquarters had not been captured by the Tier Three Initial Stage expert.

Now, the fiend’s whereabouts were unknown. Recalling the threat he heard before passing out, Fang Jingtang’s heart was filled with terror.

A fiend at Tier Two Peak who could escape from a Tier Three Initial Stage Cultivator and had sworn not to rest until the Red Blood Gang was destroyed.

Faced with such a terrifying enemy, even the resourceful Fang Jingtang had no idea what to do.

He had told Liu Qizhi and Old Qi about the fiend’s threat, hoping that with more people aware of the situation, they might be able to come up with a good way to face the coming challenge.

’But it’s a shame! After hearing the fiend’s threat, both of them fell silent. Their faces are etched with shock, their eyes hold unconcealable panic, and they look completely at a loss for what to do.’

As time passed, the details of the battle that took place at the Red Blood Gang’s headquarters last night became known to more and more people.

The most shocking detail of all was that the fiend who attacked the Red Blood Gang was a Tier Two Peak Cultivator who had the ability to use an Elemental Incarnation Body.