The burly man surnamed Zhang, cradling his leg and screaming in agony, pointed at Long Xiao and Xiao Ming and roared, "Go ahead, kill them."
The thugs who followed the burly man hadn't even seen how Xiao Ming broke their Brother Zhang's leg. Now, being ordered to attack, none of them wanted to rush to their deaths.
Seeing that the burly man surnamed Zhang still wanted his men to act, Long Xiao kicked him. With a *crack*, the man's other leg was also broken.
"Carry him to the car and take me to see Boss Lu," Long Xiao said, pointing at the burly man.
One of the thugs tried to run. As soon as he took a step, Long Xiao's foot landed on his leg.
Another *crack*, and the thug's leg was broken.
"Hurry up, all of you! I don't have all day," Long Xiao shouted.
The remaining thugs were terrified by Long Xiao. They scrambled to lift the two men with broken legs into the car and drove ahead, leading Long Xiao.
Boss Lu lived in a villa in the eastern suburbs of Lingcheng. The villa had a European style and was luxuriously decorated, with two uniformed guards standing at the entrance.
Parking the car in front of the gate, the two guards stepped forward to inquire. Long Xiao said, "Tell Boss Lu to come out and see me."
"Who do you think you are, talking so arrogantly?" one of the guards glared at Long Xiao and shouted.
A thug in the car ahead shouted, "Hurry up and open the door! He broke Brother Zhang's legs!"
Brother Zhang, the thugs' "Brother Zhang," was a trusted subordinate of Boss Lu and a former special forces soldier, known for his fighting skills.
Upon hearing that Brother Zhang's legs had been broken, the two guards were so frightened they quickly stepped back and opened the gate.
Long Xiao and his group drove into the villa. The two guards immediately made a call to report the situation to Boss Lu.
Having been a prominent figure for decades, this was the first time someone had dared to barge into his territory. After hanging up the phone, Boss Lu roared, "Brothers, grab your weapons!"
More than thirty men, armed with various weapons, rushed out of the villa and surrounded Long Xiao's car.
"Xiao Ming, take care of them," Long Xiao said softly from the passenger seat.
Seeing so many people armed, Ji Yuelan became worried. "Brother Long, will Xiao Ming be alright alone?"
"Don't worry, he can handle a hundred or even two hundred men," Long Xiao said with a smile.
Xiao Ming opened the car door and charged out. The Xuan Iron cleaver in his hand flashed a dark light, and soon, splashes of blood and screams filled the air.
In less than three minutes, the hands of more than thirty men, along with their weapons, lay on the ground.
Boss Lu, terrified, dropped his weapon and retreated to the steps. The scars on his face seemed to glow redder and more ferocious. He stared at Xiao Ming with rage, as if he wanted to devour him.
Long Xiao got out of the car and looked at the scattered hands and weapons. "Boss Lu, I heard you're a local overlord, with many men, bullying the weak and the innocent. I'm giving you a chance to kill me. Call your people, as many as you can."
"What do you mean? Do you really want to die?" Boss Lu stared fiercely at Long Xiao.
"Stop the damn nonsense and call your people! Call everyone you can. I want to see how powerful you really are."
"Fine, you forced me to do this," Boss Lu said, pulling out his phone with a trembling hand.
While Boss Lu was making calls, Long Xiao had Xiao Ming bring him a chair. He sat in the courtyard to wait, while the others went into the living room to rest.
Xiao Ming brought out a chair and a coffee table, brewed a cup of tea for Long Xiao, and placed it on the table. "Brother Long, why don't I wait here, and you go inside to rest for a while."
Long Xiao shook his head. "I'll stay. You go protect Sister Yuelan and Jiang Ming."
Xiao Ming smiled. "Okay, you do your thing, I'll go in."
Long Xiao sat cross-legged in the courtyard, drinking tea. The subordinates of Boss Lu, whose hands had been cut off, were sent to the hospital. Soon after, Xiao Ming appeared with a plate of sunflower seeds from somewhere.
"Brother Long, I couldn't find any roasted peanuts, so this will have to do," Xiao Ming said with a smile.
Boss Lu stood on the steps watching, feeling incredibly frustrated. Out of nowhere, a group of people had appeared and stormed his villa.
The burly man surnamed Zhang and his subordinates were still in the car. Xiao Ming's actions had terrified them so much that they hadn't dared to get out.
Boss Lu pulled open the car door and asked, "Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?"
All the thugs looked at the burly man surnamed Zhang. The man lowered his head and said, "Boss, this is all Er Bei's fault."
Hearing Er Bei's name, Boss Lu understood.
Lingcheng often had wealthy merchants from out of town trading in medicinal herbs. Er Bei specialized in swindling these people. When the out-of-town merchants encountered trouble, they usually paid to resolve it and rarely dared to fight back.
Occasionally, one or two who did fight back would be dealt with by the burly man surnamed Zhang and his men.
"I told him long ago to find out who he was messing with before acting. Now you've kicked a steel plate, haven't you?" Boss Lu said, displeased.
"Boss, what do we do now?" the burly man surnamed Zhang asked.
"It's simple. I'll have Xin Guang and his men bring their firearms. I don't believe thirty-odd guns can't take him down," Boss Lu whispered, glancing at Long Xiao, who was drinking tea.
Long Xiao sat in the courtyard, cracking sunflower seeds and waiting. Half an hour later, several vans pulled up in front of Boss Lu's villa. Over thirty men emerged from the vehicles, opened their trunks, retrieved firearms, and charged into the courtyard.
Thirty-odd guns pointed at Long Xiao. Long Xiao stood up with a smile. "Boss Lu, are these the people you called?"
"There are more if needed. This is just the first batch," Boss Lu said with a smile, regaining some confidence.
Long Xiao said, "Good, let's begin."
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Xiao's figure flickered and disappeared. A commotion erupted in the crowd. With a series of *bangs*, some shots were fired, but no one could even locate Long Xiao.
Screams erupted one after another, accompanied by the crisp sound of bones breaking and firearms hitting the ground.
Long Xiao's 'Chimei Xiaoyao Bu' was too fast. These ordinary men couldn't even see how he moved before their limbs were broken and they fell to the ground.
Within a minute, the ground was littered with bodies, their moans and cries of pain unending.
Long Xiao clapped his hands and returned to his chair. "When is the next batch coming?"
Boss Lu stared at Long Xiao with wide eyes. This man was not human. He was even faster than the young man from before, and even firearms couldn't deal with him.
Boss Lu pulled out his phone, intending to tell the remaining two batches of people not to come, as they would only be sent to their deaths.
Long Xiao let out a cold snort. "You'd better put that phone away, or I'll break your arm."
Boss Lu, terrified, dropped his phone with a clatter. Long Xiao didn't even look at him and continued drinking his tea.
After a few more minutes, Boss Lu, trembling, approached Long Xiao and refilled his tea. "Brother, please spare my brothers. I beg you."
Long Xiao remained silent, still waiting for the next group.
Yet another dozen or so cars stopped at the entrance. The people who got out looked menacing. They took weapons from their trunks, distributed them, and then rushed into the courtyard.
Long Xiao leaped up and charged into the crowd, leading to another round of screams and the clatter of weapons hitting the ground.
Over a hundred people lay on the ground, many with broken arms and legs. The front of Boss Lu's main villa was covered in bodies.
After four waves of men were disabled by Long Xiao, he returned to his chair. "Anyone else?"
"Brother, that's it, truly. There's no one else."
"Call them, quickly! I haven't had my fill of fighting," Long Xiao said with dissatisfaction, tossing his teacup onto the table.
Boss Lu fell to his knees before Long Xiao. "Brother, I swear, there's no one left. I can't call any more."
Long Xiao kicked Boss Lu over. "Only a hundred-odd men, and you dare call yourself a boss?"
"Brother, I don't dare anymore. You are the boss from now on."