Bullets dropped from the sky without any warning.

Chen Yubo lay on the ground, his vision darkening, his heart growing chilled. Yet Ji Jue felt even colder, his coolness sharp, as cold as the double-door refrigerator he had just purchased a few days ago.

He instinctively analyzed the trajectory between the bullet's impact and the shooter, only to realize that among the many people present, the only target of that gunfire line had been Chen Yubo, who'd just been laughing foolishly beside him.

Damn it, they're targeting the boss!

The roaring sound lingered among the mountains in the sky; the two had just hit the ground, and even before Chen Yubo could react, the silent Kun Peng erupted into roaring again.

With the engines roaring at high speed, burning rubber right in place and spinning wildly, upon Ji Jue's command, it kicked up dust and mud, while belching out thick smoke from the incomplete combustion of fuel.

And just as Ji Jue's hand forcefully hit the ground, the surrounding streetlights suddenly went out.

The instantaneous flashing stirred a moment of astonishment in the distant sniper, but by the time he peered once more through his scope, he found that the two men previously sprawled on the ground had vanished without a trace!

The scope swept over the chaotic scene and the scattering crowd, soon locking onto a car hastily reversing and speeding away.

After two more loud bangs, the sportscar lay overturned on the ground, empty.

Exploding, burning fiercely.

From start to finish, no one crawled out from inside it.

While in the drainage ditch below, amidst the dry leaves and muck, Chen Yubo gasped dramatically, pressed firmly down by Ji Jue, unable to move at all.

Thank heavens, the drainage ditch wasn't covered!

Thank the road authorities!

Ji Jue's other hand reached into his backpack and dialed a phone.

Meanwhile, at the starting point of the racetrack, next to the gradually desolate DJ stage, a three-wheeler's cargo bed rang with a ringing sound, just like an alarm clock to wake up.

The moment the music sounded, the little bull dozing off opened its eyes.

The dazzling headlights pierced through the darkness.

A thunder more fierce than any sports cars erupted from the engine!

Before anyone could react, it had already sped off, driving onto the road, manoeuvring through the sports cars with a wild, fierce speed that overpowered Kun Peng, easily leaving the bewildered princesses and young masters behind. It smashed directly through the guardrails, crossed ditches, crushed bricks and stones, and climbed upwards against gravity between mountains and dense forests.

Straight toward Ji Jue's position!

Three minutes.

In no more than three minutes, the little bull could carry its array of long and short guns and catch up.

Feeling the distance between them rapidly closing, Ji Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief—Embers Path was indeed best at utilizing external things, meanwhile, without these things, his abilities were directly reduced by ninety-nine percent.

If it were Xiao An or Wen Wen here, even if they were at the same level as Ji Jue, they surely wouldn't be so passive.

One with full agility and evasive skills, the other unmatched in defense.

They would just run straight at the bullets and end it with one punch.

In contrast, Ji Jue now didn't even dare to expose his drones, even purposefully increasing the distance, peering at the blurry traces through the camera zoomed to its utmost limit.

He then realized, after continuously monitoring several locations, that the sniper crouched at a high point had decisively aimed his gun towards their location in the drainage ditch!

Using hacks, right?

Instant lock?

Or could it be...

Among those panicked people on the scene, there were accomplices of the enemy?

"How big a bet did you guys make?!"

Ji Jue glared at the panicked Chen Yubo, unable to hold back his questioning further, "The other side can't afford to lose and resort to shaking people down, let alone arranging a sniper to shoot you in the head?"

"It's impossible!"

Chen Yubo shook his head firmly, "Absolutely impossible!"

Seeing Ji Jue didn't believe him, he hurriedly explained, "Even if Mu Jiang lost all his bets, he'd just go home and get beaten up, handing over the interest too. Besides, you said he did drugs, drank, and hit someone—he might have done those, but hire someone to kill me? He doesn't have the guts! If I even lose a single hair, he wouldn't be able to leave Cliff City!"

Ji Jue was taken aback; had he underestimated how wealthy these wealthy second generations were?

"Then who is trying to kill you?"

Then, he saw a familiar clear expression emerge from Chen Yubo's eyes, so pure and foolish, "I don't know!"

"You don't even know who you've offended?!"

"Hey, living will offend people, sometimes just breathing is the original sin. When you have money, the more friends you have, the more enemies you have…"

After the initial panic, Chen Yubo somehow felt an eerie calm, as if he had grown accustomed to it, "It's probably aimed at my family."

"What the hell does your family do?!"

Ji Jue couldn't take it anymore. Could dealing in imports and exports incur such fierce enemies?

"Ah, you don't know?"

Chen Yubo seemed even more shocked than him, as if not knowing his family's business yet associating with him was a bizarre thing.

He said, "My brother is Chen Xingzhou."

"Damn!"

Ji Jue's vision blacked out.

Chen Xingzhou!!!

Two months ago, if Ji Jue heard this name, he might have asked who the idiot was, the name sounding so familiar. But after becoming the Chosen One and gradually getting to know the dark side of Cliff City, he truly understood how terrifyingly heavy this name weighed in the dark underside of Cliff City.

On his business card, he typically printed titles such as industrialist, financier, or vice president of the Spring City Association to showcase his warm and bright side.

Yet, in reality, that was merely a glamorous facade.

He was one of the top gangsters in the underworld of Cliff City, a senior member of the Desert Market. He had started his career from scratch by running a betting booth and working as an enforcer and a leading figure. Six years later, he had established the largest betting company in Cliff City and had become a guest esteemed by various high-level figures.

Besides commanding countless thugs under his command, he also managed many businesses distributed by the Desert Market; he was also the biggest information trafficker, facilitator, and middleman in all of Cliff City.

Among his many clients, one was Ji Jue's beloved teacher, the head of the Tide Sound Workshop, Master Craftsman Ye Xian!

Now he was starting to vaguely feel that perhaps the entire competition tonight was a trap!

Just thinking about what kind of stormy situations one might get involved in after getting entangled with such a person made Ji Jue's skin crawl, and it could very well end up with his bones nowhere to be found.

"You should have said it earlier!"

"I was just worried it might not look good. It's not the kind of identity you mention casually."

Chen Yubo awkwardly fidgeted, "Moreover, when I started my business, it was through my own efforts... and my brother's hard work over many years…"

As he spoke, he had already grabbed Ji Jue's hand, his eyes tearful: "I'm a legitimate businessman, Brother Ji, I never engage in any dirty business, you can't just ignore me!"

Brother, you're really my brother!

If it weren't for a sniper aiming at them outside, Ji Jue might have already performed a quick triple-tap technique of Hua Tuo and fled in haste.

Years ago, Ji Jue had heard that in ancient times there was a saying that fate marks a price on every gift; he firmly believed it, but he never expected that this time the price was marked explicitly!

I knew this ill-gotten money wouldn't come easy!

Well, now retribution has arrived.

He squeezed out the words between his teeth: "I need a raise!"

"Double it, I'll double it! No, triple it! No wait, currently there isn't that much cash flow; can I give you stocks instead?" Chen Yubo grasped at straws, "Can I pay with cryptocurrency? Stocks, or perhaps futures?"

"Will you just shut up!"

Ji Jue pressed his hand against his face, glaring as he warned, "Don't talk!"

The sound of speeding engines grew nearer.

They burst into the venue.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the young bulls charging through mountains that were still in the middle of their journey but a van with no license plate.

The vehicle screeched to a halt and immediately after the door opened, five men with covered faces jumped out.

Ignored were the people who scattered in panic or hid in corners, not even caring about the scattered luxury handbags or other properties.

They marched straight towards them.

They were tall and short, fat and thin.

The only similarity was what they clenched in their hands, wrapped in black plastic bags, yet the contours familiar to Ji Jue were still distinguishable.

Pistols!

Like that's only for you guys?!

Ji Jue leaned in a ditch, expressionless, and pulled out his Deer Hunter. From the bird's eye view of the sky's eye, he silently counted down: 5, 4, 3, 2—1!

As the stranger appeared at the edge of the ditch, he pulled the trigger without hesitation. The enemy hadn't even clarified where exactly they were before he fell face upwards.

When the remaining persons instinctively retreated, they heard the roar of an engine up close!

A few messy sports cars in the site suddenly turned on their headlights, and then, fully demonstrated to the attackers what monstrous acceleration under three seconds for a hundred kilometers meant.

In just an instant, one was hit directly and knocked into the air, two others were dragged under the tires amidst the cars' drifting, turning into bloodied gourds tumbling everywhere.

Amid screams, a fallen survivor stunned on the ground instinctively turned and sprinted.

And then saw the cold lights cast on the road from behind.

Sports cars accelerated!

From within a hundred meters, they turned into shooting stars, sending him straight to heaven!

Finally, a muffled thud upon landing.

In the silence that followed, only the roar spreading among the mountains remained.

The sniper pulled the trigger again.

It whizzed past Ji Jue's head, embedding into the soil and vanishing.

Ji Jue fell back, gasping harshly.

In that instant, Ji Jue had wanted to leap out of the drainage ditch amidst the chaos, but never expected that the gunman hadn't wavered due to the bloody death of his comrades, just coldly aimed at their position.

Locking out any possibility of their escape.

from the gun's line of fire, the free world beyond the ditch, was already filled with awaiting death.

"We're blocked in."

Ji Jue murmured softly, looking up at the night sky. Amid the twinkling stars, the sky's eye oversaw, staring at the figure hidden among the mountains.

In this deathly silence, they looked at each other.

Just like they were confronting each other.

Motionless.

As if turned to stone, able to endure till the end of time.

Until the roar of engines from the distant mountains emanated.

The young bulls raced!

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