Chapter 214: Chapter 160 This is the Catastrophe_2
"I am willing to sell off all my family assets and empty my coffers. Even if I, Lu Dongjun, end up homeless on the streets tomorrow, I must bring the insect disaster at Hai Chi Ridge under control. Could you please relay a message to my friends outside? Tell them that even if the sky falls, I, Lu, will hold it up for Hai Chi Ridge!"
The cameras kept flashing, and the video cameras kept rolling. The reporters’ pens never stopped moving on their notepads.
After the interview, the reporters left.
Lu Dongjun said to his Support, "I’m tired. I’ll take a nap."
The Supports were all dumbstruck. With the enemy nearly breaking in, how could he still sleep?
Lu Dongjun couldn’t possibly sleep.
Back in his bedroom, he took out his false teeth and stuffed them into the mouth of the stone lion. The lion’s eyes lit up, and the bedroom was sealed.
Lu Dongjun took out Lu Xiaolan’s necklace and quickly changed his appearance.
He now took on the appearance of a Support.
This necklace was of a very high level and was now his only means of escape.
Lu Dongjun opened the secret compartment in the wardrobe, which contained a Support’s clothing.
Besides the clothes, there were several hundred thousand Ocean Dollars in checks and some scattered cash.
Once his things were in order, Lu Dongjun jumped out the window.
Once outside, he had two things to do. First, he had to try and find Wan Jinxian at all costs. Second, he needed to gather the cash from his various businesses and leave Hai Chi Ridge as soon as possible.
If I can’t find Wan Jinxian, my reputation will be completely ruined.
At that point, I’ll only be able to take the real gold and silver and look for another chance to turn things around.
...
A Red Flower Staff Bearer from the Hundred Flowers Gate stood next to the Head of the family, Zhang Xiuling. Pointing at a Support walking out of the house, he said in a low voice, "That man in the waistcoat is the same Support who caused us trouble the other day. He’s trying to run away."
Zhang Xiuling glanced over; she also recognized the Support.
She had come to see Lu Dongjun the day before yesterday. When Lu Dongjun refused to meet her, the Red Flower Staff Bearer, wanting to stand up for the Head of the family, had clashed with this Support.
Zhang Xiuling didn’t want to bother with this petty person, but the Red Flower Staff Bearer was one to hold grudges. "Head of the family, wait here for a moment. I’ll be back in no time."
Zhang Xiuling frowned and said, "At your age, how can you still be so impulsive?"
The Staff Bearer, despite being over fifty and no longer young, had this temperament. "Head of the family," he declared, "I have to settle this grievance."
Zhang Xiuling sighed. "Just be careful, and don’t make too much of a commotion."
"Don’t worry." The Red Flower Staff Bearer left.
That’s how gangs operated; some things had to be tolerated if they didn’t go too far, allowing subordinates to vent.
The Red Flower Staff Bearer was a Sixth Layer Body Cultivator, and Zhang Xiuling believed he wouldn’t come to harm.
The Red Flower Staff Bearer followed the Support into a narrow alley, stopped him, and asked with a grin, "Do you remember me?"
The Support raised his head to look at the Staff Bearer but said nothing.
The Staff Bearer laughed. "What’s the matter? Seeing your master in trouble, you want to bail on him? Shouldn’t we settle our score first?"
The Support remained silent.
Suddenly, the Staff Bearer sidestepped, and a long tail whipped out from his waist, its hooked end aiming for the Support’s head.
It was a scorpion.
The Staff Bearer’s move was deadly. Zhang Xiuling had told him not to cause too much of a commotion, and he didn’t want to get entangled.
This strike was extremely fast, and an ordinary person could not have dodged it. The scorpion’s tail was lethally poisonous, guaranteed to kill if it drew blood.
The Support didn’t dodge. He grabbed the Staff Bearer’s tail with one hand, twisted his wrist, snapped the tail off, and threw it to the ground.
The Staff Bearer was stunned. He had clashed with this Support before. In his memory, the man was only a Fourth Layer Martial Cultivator and shouldn’t have been capable of such skillful maneuvers.
In his wildest dreams, he never imagined that the person standing before him was actually Lu Dongjun.
The Staff Bearer’s left arm transformed into a pincer, and he leaped towards Lu Dongjun.
Lu Dongjun grabbed the Staff Bearer’s pincer, twisted his wrist again, and snapped it off.
Standing there, severely injured, the Staff Bearer’s consciousness began to blur.
Lu Dongjun grabbed the Staff Bearer’s hair and, using the man’s own severed pincer, crushed his skull.
The situation was urgent. Lu Dongjun had no time to deal with the corpse and fled immediately.
Half an hour later, Zhang Xiuling sensed something was wrong and ordered a search. They found the Staff Bearer’s corpse in the alley.
A Sixth Layer Body Cultivator, dead just like that? Without even a sound? Who could kill him so effortlessly?
Zhang Xiuling pondered for a moment before summoning a Servant. "Tell Third Master He that Lu Dongjun has escaped!"
...
Emerging from a wilderness, Li Banfeng saw the long-missed sunlight.
He had left New Land and finally arrived at Hai Chi Ridge!
He had to squint, not only because of the blinding sunlight but also due to the sun-blocking swarm of mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes were so numerous that every breath threatened to draw one into his nostrils. For a moment, this made it difficult for Li Banfeng to see his surroundings clearly.
When his vision cleared, he found himself in a village, one as simple and unspoiled as Blue Poplar Village.
Why compare it to Blue Poplar Village? Because there stood a ’simple’ villager right before my eyes.
This villager’s complexion was rosy and glossy with a thick layer of grease. Even though Hai Chi Ridge was suffering a disaster, judging by his complexion, his meals seemed quite good.
The man held a Curved Blade and said to Li Banfeng, "I want one of your hands. You won’t die. Just cut it off from the shoulder down. Once it’s cut, I’ll let you go. Hearing that is kind of scary, I know, but losing a hand isn’t much. My blade is exceptionally fast and doesn’t hurt a bit when cutting."
Li Banfeng, astonished, asked, "Does it really not hurt at all?"
The man laughed. "It really doesn’t hurt. Don’t you want to try?"
Li Banfeng nodded. "Do you want the left hand or the right hand?"
The man tilted his head, looking at Li Banfeng. "Do you think I’m joking with you? I’m going to chop off one of your hands. Did you hear me clearly? If you don’t understand, take a look over there; there’s a live example."
Nearby, a woman was being pinned to the ground by two strong men who were covering her mouth. Another strong man stood ready with an axe, preparing to chop off her arm.
There were many corpses on the ground, some without limbs, some reduced to skeletal frames, but their heads were still intact.
No wonder they all have such oily faces; they truly haven’t been hungry.
These people still have some sense, knowing not to eat the heads.
Famine. This is famine! During a famine, people turn into monsters.
The man said to Li Banfeng, "If you understand, then stretch out your hand. If not, you’ll end up like them."
Li Banfeng said gravely, "I understand. I’m sincerely asking, which hand do you really want, the left or the right?"
The man was taken aback, feeling somewhat unnerved. Why isn’t this person scared?
He gripped the knife tightly and told Li Banfeng, "I want the left hand."
"Okay!" With a Short Step, Li Banfeng closed in on the man and seized the blade. "You want the left hand? Then the right one is mine." SLICE! He chopped off the man’s right hand.
The man screamed and fell to the ground, rolling back and forth.
Li Banfeng frowned. "Didn’t you say it wouldn’t hurt at all? It’s wrong to lie. Now I won’t give you the left hand either."
SLICE!
Li Banfeng chopped off the man’s left hand as well.
The man passed out, motionless. Everyone else was petrified. Even the woman pinned to the ground was dumbfounded.
They disregarded the woman and came at Li Banfeng with their weapons.
Li Banfeng, blade in hand, questioned them one by one.
"Do you want the left hand or the right hand? Not talking, huh? Then I’ll chop off both your hands, and you can pick at your leisure. How about you? You’re not talking either? Then I guess I’ll have to chop off your legs!"
PS: My wife is looking forward to a big meal tonight! Bonus Chapter tomorrow!