He never dreamed that after saying so much to Xu Ke, he would still end up being schemed against. With his intellect, how could he not have guessed that Xu Ke had poisoned him, leaving him unable to muster his True Qi? But he couldn't understand why Li Lang, who supposedly had a grudge against Xu Ke, would betray them.

"The life force of an Innate Martial Artist is indeed tenacious," Li Lang remarked, not answering the question and only offering a cold laugh. Since he had decided to kill, he had no intention of turning back. As for his subordinates, when they heard the gunshots from inside, they knew exactly what was happening. They all decided to go 'strolling' outside, refusing to re-enter the building...

The three men lying in a pool of their own blood glared at Li Lang with fury. Sun Luo was especially livid. "Traitor! How dare you attack us? You'll die a miserable death! Lord War God will not let you go!"

Sun Luo's face was a ferocious mask. His body was a mangled mess, and the fact that he could even curse them was nothing more than the final flare of a dying candle.

"Heh," Li Lang chuckled coldly.

Just then, Kang Dehui suddenly started pleading, "Li... Young Master Li, please save me... I don't want to die! Get me out of here! Please, talk to Young Master Xu for me!"

Sun Luo might have been a fool, but like Chang Yi, he already knew pleading was useless. Kang Dehui, however, had only just met Xu Ke today. He had no idea what kind of deep-seated hatred Xu Ke held for him... Was it really necessary to treat him like this?

"Plead for you?" Li Lang looked at him with contempt. "What gives you the right to bargain with him? Who do you think you are?"

"But... but I haven't done anything wrong..." Kang Dehui wailed, snot and tears streaming down his face. The bullet wound was rapidly draining his life force. He found it harder and harder to breathe as regret and remorse overwhelmed him.

After being crippled by Xu Ke at noon, I should have just stayed in the hospital... Why did I have to come looking for trouble with him?

What he didn't know was that he was the one Xu Ke wanted dead most of all. More than Chang Yi, more than Sun Luo. The reason was simple: Xu Yi.

"Tell him that in your next life." Li Lang sneered, standing up and pulling out his phone to call Xu Ke. It was time to get the antidote.

"Young Master Xu, the job is done," Li Lang said as soon as the call connected.

Before Xu Ke could reply, another voice cut in.

"What did he give you to make you help him like this?" Seeing Li Lang on the phone with Xu Ke, Chang Yi spoke through clenched teeth. "Li Lang, save me now, and you still have a chance to turn back."

Li Lang was about to speak, but Xu Ke's voice came through the phone first. "Let me talk to him."

Hearing this, Li Lang immediately placed the phone in front of Chang Yi.

Xu Ke's indifferent voice drifted from the phone. "There are no more chances, Chang Yi."

Hearing this, Chang Yi erupted in fury. "You despicable, shameless bastard!"

He was consumed by hatred! He couldn't believe he had still fallen into Xu Ke's hands.

"Is your vocabulary really that limited?" Xu Ke chuckled, his voice laced with ice. "Chang Yi, you should never have gotten involved from the start. When has the Huang Family ever treated you as one of their own? They were just sending you and Ouyang Shuang to your deaths. When has Huang Sheng ever stood by your side?"

Chang Yi's livid face gradually turned deathly pale.

"Xu Ke," Chang Yi said, his voice low. "I won't beg you for mercy, and don't you dare think you can gloat about your victory in front of me. I'm telling you, from this day on, Lord War God will hunt you to the ends of the earth."

At this, Sun Luo, uncharacteristically calm and no longer raging, added his own threat, his voice filled with murderous intent. He believed Wong Ting could utterly crush Xu Ke! He wanted Xu Ke to live every remaining moment of his life in fear, knowing that Wong Ting could strike at any time...

But Xu Ke just laughed. "He won't have to come looking for me. I'll go find him. I will settle every last score with him."

His voice was bone-chillingly cold, sending shivers down their spines.

Sun Luo, however, burst out laughing, the force of it tearing his wounds open and causing blood to gush out even faster. "You? Are you dreaming? Who do you think you are? Hahaha!" he cackled. "Hilarious! A piece of trash like you wants to settle accounts with Lord War God?

"Let me tell you, Lord War God doesn't even need to lift a finger! His subordinates alone can crush you like an ant! You're just some scrub from Shan City, a worthless gigolo for the Wang Family! You think you can face Lord War God? Delusional!"

As his taunts faded, Xu Ke replied softly, "His subordinates? You mean trash like you, who brought three Innates to fight me only to get kicked into a sewage ditch? They might not be strong enough to crush me, Sun Luo."

Hearing this, Sun Luo's wild laughter choked in his throat. "You..."

"How did that sewage ditch taste?" Xu Ke continued, his voice relentless. "It must have been better than when you tried to capture me at my home and had to jump out the window, right?"

Sun Luo's eyes bulged in fury, but he was completely unable to utter another word. A moment later, his body stiffened and he collapsed to the ground. Overcome with rage, he had literally been angered to death.

Witnessing this, the nearby Kang Dehui was chilled to the bone. He scrambled to plead, mustering his last ounce of strength to kneel before the phone.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Kang Dehui slammed his forehead against the floor, kowtowing to the phone until his head was slick with blood. With a trembling voice, he cried and begged, "Young Master Xu, please, p-please spare me! I really don't want to die! I'll do anything you ask! I'll never dare to provoke you again!"

Seeing Sun Luo's pathetic death, Kang Dehui truly lost any nerve to oppose Xu Ke. But what plunged him into absolute despair were Xu Ke's next words.

"Li Lang, stop him from bothering me."

He would exchange a few words with Chang Yi, and even with Sun Luo, but with Kang Dehui? Ha!

Kang Dehui couldn't believe Xu Ke wouldn't even deign to listen to his pleas. He cried out again, "Xu... Young Master Xu..."

Watching Kang Dehui's spineless display, Chang Yi let out a cold sneer and closed his eyes. "Xu Ke, I've lost today. However, rest assured, Young Master Huang will definitely settle this account with you."

Xu Ke couldn't be bothered with any more talk. "Li Lang, send them on their way."

Chang Yi kept his eyes shut. Kang Dehui continued to plead in despair. But Li Lang simply raised his gun again. A gunshot echoed, and then everything fell silent.

Only Kang Dehui's eyes, wide with despair and remorse, continued to stare into the void.

...

"Clean this up," Li Lang ordered, calling a few of his men inside. They entered with their heads lowered, not daring to utter a single word.

Li Lang walked to the side, still holding his phone. "Young Master Xu, when can I get the antidote?"

"Come to the Tianhai Martial Alliance," Xu Ke replied indifferently.

"The Tianhai Martial Alliance?!" Li Lang's expression changed drastically. He had just finished these people off, and now Xu Ke wanted him to go there? Wasn't that just walking into a trap?

"The poison you have is the same as Lin Zhongtian's," Xu Ke explained. "I'm going to negotiate with him now. You can both be there. Understood?"

Hearing this, Li Lang finally found it somewhat believable. "Alright, I'll head over now..."

"Better hurry," Xu Ke said coolly. "Or you're a dead man."

At his words, Li Lang felt a phantom twinge of pain in his chest again.

...

In the car, Xu Ke hung up the phone and leaned back slightly in his seat.

Xu Yi, sitting beside him, watched with a complicated expression in her eyes. In the end, however, she just heaved a deep sigh and said nothing more.

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