Chapter 105: Formidable Foe
The blond man looked down at Long Yaoyang with arrogant self-satisfaction and said in a low voice, “That’s right. I am the Grand Deacon of the Skull Society. You may call me Andrew. My master, Xiong Wanhong, ordered me to come to Huaxia and carry out Plan B—to seize control of the underground world in the five coastal provinces.”
“Andrew? You’re Andrew Laurent, the American God of War who went alone to the Middle East and personally slew the leader of the extremist organization, Baghdadi?”
A glimmer of light finally returned to Long Yaoyang’s ashen eyes.
The man standing before him was none other than Andrew, renowned as the American God of War. He was a senior military officer of the American Special Intelligence Bureau, possessed of terrifying strength. It was said that he had reached the Grandmaster Realm.
He was an entire major realm above Cheng Qianfeng. He was absolutely not someone an ordinary person could compare with!
If he were in any province of Huaxia, he would undoubtedly be a towering figure, an overlord with power equivalent to that of a provincial governor.
With him here, the Five-Province Martial Arts Tournament would surely be safe!
“Lord Andrew, did you come here specifically to treat my father? A month ago, that bastard Lin Feng severed my father’s right hand and crippled most of his cultivation. Please stand up for us!”
A cold smile touched Andrew’s lips.
“Save him? Long Aoyun has already failed, and his right hand has been crippled. A cripple is not worth saving. I came here today to find you, Long Yaoyang.”
“What? You came for me?” Long Yaoyang stood rooted to the spot, utterly bewildered.
Andrew paid no attention to his confusion. He summoned his men and had them load Long Aoyun into an ambulance.
Then, with one hand, he lifted Long Yaoyang as if he were a puppy, tossed him into the passenger seat of his car, and drove away with him.
An hour later, they arrived at the foot of Little Spring Mountain on the outskirts of Binhai City.
Andrew’s vehicle came to a stop at the base of the mountain.
After getting out, Andrew glanced toward the summit and smiled faintly. “It’ll be a little bumpy in a moment. Be careful not to fall to your death.”
“What?”
Before Long Yaoyang could react, Andrew swung him over his shoulder and suddenly drove his legs into the ground.
His body shot upward in an instant. He leaped ten meters into the air, touched the treetop with his toes, and used it as a springboard. His body surged forward, carrying him more than ten meters farther.
The burly white man weighed over two hundred pounds, and with Long Yaoyang on his shoulder, the two of them weighed nearly three hundred.
Yet he flew through the forest as though he possessed the lightness skill of a martial-arts hero, bounding from tree to tree.
Before long, they arrived before a waterfall.
The moment Long Yaoyang landed, his stomach churned violently and he vomited.
They had traveled more than ten kilometers!
And the entire journey had taken place above the treetops, with jolting that was anything but gentle.
After he had recovered somewhat, he heard the thunderous roar of the falling water mingled with the deafening sound of rocks shattering, hammering against his eardrums.
He raised his head and followed the sound. Beneath the waterfall stood a bare-chested man, pounding the cliff face with his bare fists.
Boom!
The rock shattered. Fragments burst through the waterfall and fell at Long Yaoyang’s feet. They were pieces of granite of astonishing hardness!
Andrew glanced at the tireless man, who continued to hammer the mountain with blow after blow, and impatiently called out, “All right, Xu Jie. Stop practicing your punches. You’ve turned a perfectly good mountain spring into a waterfall!”
What?
Long Yaoyang’s eyes nearly bulged from their sockets. Could this waterfall, more than twenty meters high, truly have been created by that man’s fists?
He had beaten a mountain spring into a waterfall?
Long Yaoyang was utterly stunned. Yet he quickly regained his composure, and his heart began to surge with excitement instead.
Excellent. The stronger the Skull Society’s reinforcements, the better! Lin Feng, aren’t you going to participate in the Five-Province Martial Arts Tournament? Then wait to be beaten to death in the arena!
Ever since Heavenly Dragon Hall had been raided, Long Yaoyang had been living a life worse than death. Every day, he was bullied, beaten, and humiliated, while his father was gravely ill and unable to afford medical treatment.
And the instigator behind it all was Lin Feng.
Long Yaoyang hated him to the bone. He wished he could eat his flesh and sleep upon his skin.
“This is Xu Jie. My master sent the two of us to infiltrate Huaxia this time. Our goal is to win the Five-Province Martial Arts Tournament in one decisive move, then use that victory to control the five coastal provinces and pave the way for my master’s return to Huaxia.”
“Long Yaoyang, the only thing you need to do is help us obtain legitimate identities and enter the tournament. As for everything else, you need not concern yourself with it.”
Long Yaoyang understood Andrew’s meaning at once.
To put it bluntly, they were strangers in a strange land and needed a local guide to help them enter the tournament.
For Long Yaoyang, however, whether he acted as their guide was irrelevant. The only thing he cared about was revenge.
He raised his head and met Andrew’s gaze directly. His eyes burned with the bloody fury of vengeance as he growled, “Fine! No problem! But I have one condition—kill Lin Feng!”
“Lin Feng? The young man who defeated Cheng Qianfeng? Very well. That fellow has obstructed the Skull Society’s plans time and again. His death is certain!”
Xu Jie answered in a deep, rumbling voice and readily agreed to Long Yaoyang’s condition.
After decades of bitter cultivation, Xu Jie had reached the Grandmaster Realm. From the very beginning, he had never taken Lin Feng seriously.
No matter how one looked at it, Lin Feng was merely a Huaxian martial artist who had defeated Cheng Qianfeng. Across the entire land of Huaxia, aside from the top ten experts on the Soaring Dragon Ranking, Xu Jie was confident that no one could rival him.
Even if the God of War, Yun Qianshang, came in person, Xu Jie was certain he could retreat unharmed.
That was the confidence of a Grandmaster Realm expert!
Andrew nodded with a smile. With Long Yaoyang’s assistance, their mission to control the five coastal provinces would surely be accomplished with ease.
Long Yaoyang took out a map of the five coastal provinces and pointed to a city three hundred kilometers from Binhai City.
“According to the rules of the Five-Province Martial Arts Tournament, anyone who wishes to participate must first become the underground ruler of a city and obtain a place in the tournament. Among the five coastal provinces, Yunhai City has the weakest martial forces. The strongest martial artist in its Heavenly Cloud Hall has only reached the middle stage of Internal Force.”
“Good. Then we’ll begin with Yunhai City!” Andrew burst into laughter. He pressed his broad hand against the map, his right palm covering Yunhai City entirely.
The three of them soon finalized their plan.
One would operate openly, the other covertly, while two supreme experts entered the Five-Province Martial Arts Tournament at the same time.
Xu Jie would appear in public, participate in the tournament, and seize victory. Andrew would remain in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to use force against the upper echelons and thereby gain complete control over the five coastal provinces.
Once the details had been settled, Xu Jie slowly walked beneath the waterfall.
The icy water poured down over his powerful muscles. Suddenly, he exhaled deeply, settled his stance, drew his right fist to his waist, and let out a low roar:
“Kill!”
His fist shot forward.
A terrifying force burst from his body like the roar of an evil dragon. With a single punch, he shattered the entire waterfall. The rushing cascade was blasted apart and transformed into a broad pool of water.
The power of a Grandmaster was truly terrifying!
“Long Yaoyang, did you see that? This is what awaits Lin Feng!”
Xu Jie turned his head and spoke calmly.
Beyond displaying his strength, that punch had been intended to completely bring Long Yaoyang under his command and prevent any unforeseen complications.
Long Yaoyang naturally understood his intentions. He immediately declared, “I saw it, Grandmaster Xu. On behalf of the Long family, I thank you for your kindness! Should you ever require my service, I will cross fire and water for you without hesitation!”
Seeing how perceptive Long Yaoyang was, Xu Jie nodded.
The three men exchanged smiles, as though they could already see Lin Feng torn to pieces before their eyes.