Xu Fan knew that those words from Xia Hengzhou were well-intentioned.

But it was precisely this goodwill that made Xu Fan even more unable to accept it.

Even those who were good to him believed he was incapable of rescuing Xia Xiaodie, which to Xu Fan, who was inherently proud to the core, was undoubtedly a humiliation!

Yet, Xu Fan couldn't just hit Xia Hengzhou.

This psychological pain tormented Xu Fan to the point where he almost wanted to kill someone!

"Fuck!"

Xu Fan clenched his fist tightly and punched a large tree by the roadside. The tree, thick enough for two people to embrace, was directly pierced by Xu Fan's punch, wood chips flying everywhere.

Passersby on the road, looking at Xu Fan, were all wide-eyed and full of disbelief.

Is that fist made of iron?

To punch through a large tree, is that even human strength?

Xu Fan's mood was very bad at the moment, and being watched by passersby made him feel even more stifled. He hailed a car and went straight to a nearby bar.

The place Xia Hengzhou arranged for Xu Fan and others was on the outskirts of Luocheng, but Luocheng, renowned worldwide for its size, was bustling with people and traffic even in the suburbs.

Xu Fan chose an inconspicuous little bar, picked a booth, and ordered a bottle of pure whiskey under the astonished gaze of a beautiful waitress.

Whiskey, being a high-proof spirit, usually needs to be diluted with water and ice before consumption.

But the way Xu Fan drank it, without ice or water, was something the beautiful waitress had never seen before.

The beautiful waitress, looking at Xu Fan's resolute and handsome profile, inexplicably developed a strong interest in this Eastern man. She pushed out her voluptuous chest and deliberately bent over, exposing more than half of her fair and ample bust to Xu Fan.

If this handsome Eastern man fancied her, the beautiful waitress wouldn't mind a fleeting romance with him.

Regrettably, the handsome Eastern man's face showed a clear expression of impatience. The beautiful waitress blushed slightly and was just about to get angry when she saw Xu Fan throw a wad of cash her way.

The beautiful waitress hurriedly caught it, threw Xu Fan a flirtatious glance with a hint of regret, and swayed away.

Although this Eastern man was rich and handsome, it was clear he wasn't interested in her. The beautiful waitress was, of course, aware of her status. This wad of cash was worth more than half a year of her hard work.

Xu Fan sent the beautiful waitress away, opened the bottle, and took a big swig straight from it.

The sixty-degree whiskey flowed down Xu Fan's throat, burning all the way to his stomach.

Xu Fan didn't like drinking alone because without another person for comparison, it was easy to get drunk.

But today, Xu Fan was truly troubled. Three days of time, like a sword hanging overhead, reminded Xu Fan of the passage of time. The Huang Family had many experts, their strength unfathomable. Plus, on the wedding day, numerous forces would be allies of the Huang Family. Once Xu Fan made a move, they certainly wouldn't stand by idly.

All of this weighed heavily on Xu Fan's shoulders like a mountain, making it hard for him to breathe.

Yet Xia Hengzhou chose this moment to say such things.

"Thirty percent chance? Where did thirty percent come from?" Xu Fan recalled Xia Hengzhou's dismissive look and disdainful tone when saying this.

Xia Hengzhou was not wrong. The thirty percent chance was merely something Xu Fan told himself for comfort.

Once the Huang Family brought in a master of the Zhiwei Realm, the situation would instantly become a one-sided crush!

Indeed, Avril was a variable, and the Forces of Light were likely to appear on the wedding day, disrupting the situation.

But this was completely gambling on luck! What would the strength of those from the Forces of Light be? Would they arrive a little late or a little early? Who could tell?

And even if the Forces of Light arrived, not too late or too early, would they necessarily help him?

All of these depended on luck.

And Xu Fan really disliked the feeling of entrusting his fate entirely to luck.

But this time, there was no other choice. The enemy was a vast Hidden World Family, suffocatingly powerful, while Xu Fan was just a junior who had cultivated for less than twenty years.

The disparity, in short, was vast.

And currently being in the West, Xu Fan was unfamiliar with the place, completely like a blind man, while the Huang Family had been in the West for ten years. Though not deeply rooted, they had at least made many alliances.

This was a battle that was simply impossible to win.

Yet Xu Fan had no choice but to fight desperately, even facing death.

As Xia Hengzhou said, if they waited for the Bronze Box to come forth, for the world of cultivation to undergo a huge change, and then seized the chance to break through to the Zhiwei Realm, who knew when that would be!

By then, would they go to take back Xia Xiaodie?

Xu Fan knew Xia Xiaodie's character too well; she wouldn't survive until then.

Probably the first thing Xia Xiaodie would do after announcing marriage to the Huang Family would be to commit suicide.

Even if such a thing didn't happen, even if Xia Xiaodie was controlled by the Huang Family, waiting smoothly until Xu Fan entered the Zhiwei Realm, what kind of despair would Xia Xiaodie feel during those times?

And how could Xu Fan let his woman feel despair?

Xu Fan tilted his head back and finished the remaining whiskey in the bottle.

The burning in his throat and stomach, along with the slight dizziness in his head, made Xu Fan feel a little better.

Xu Fan didn't come to drink to drown his sorrows or to get drunk and escape reality, hell-bent in an "I don't care" manner.

Xu Fan just wanted to feel a little better; the pressure on his shoulders and the pain in his heart had pushed Xu Fan to the brink of collapse.

Xu Fan was not afraid of death. If the wedding scene in three days were just a place to die, for Xia Xiaodie, Xu Fan would go to his death without a blink of an eye.

But Xu Fan couldn't die. If at the Huang Family's wedding in three days, Xu Fan appeared before Xia Xiaodie only to die, Xia Xiaodie might follow him in death.

This was something Xu Fan could not allow to happen.

At this moment, Xu Fan sat slightly tipsy in the booth, looking lonely and somewhat pitiable.

But upon closer inspection, you could see Xu Fan's eyes, those eyes exceptionally cold, seemingly devoid of any emotion. Yet behind the coldness, one could sense a hint of pain and the madness flickering with struggle.

Like a lone wolf cornered to the edge!

Suddenly, a commotion and exclamations burst out in the neon-lit bar as a woman, as if she had stepped out of a painting, gracefully and elegantly walked toward Xu Fan.

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