Inside the house, looking at Lin Dong and his men who had nowhere left to run, Inoue clutched his severed arm, a sinister sneer spreading across his face.
He licked his pale lips with his tongue and endured the searing pain in his arm as he spoke:
"Now you've got nowhere to run, do you? I never expected my carelessness would make me capsize in a ditch-losing an arm to a mere Level 3 zombie!
All of this is because of you! Next, I'm going to slowly torture you to death!
I'll make you realize what a dreadful price you must pay for costing me an arm!"
Yet, he did not expect that his threat would fail to terrify Lin Dong. Instead, the man laughed even more wildly than he did.
Lin Dong threw his head back, opened his mouth wide, and guffawed loudly:
"Hahahaha! A bunch of little Japs! You're staring death in the face, yet you're still acting so arrogant here! You're really making your granddad laugh! If you've got the guts, come on over and see how you die!"
Although Inoue had a hot temper and acted on impulse, losing an arm had forced him to grow cautious. Now that Lin Dong was provoking him to step forward, he actually hesitated, an uncertain look flashing across his face.
They had seen the speed of Lin Dong's escape and confirmed he was merely a Level 1 ability user. The lackeys beside him were just ordinary humans who hadn't even awakened any abilities.
A mere Level 1 ability user leading a few ordinary lackeys-facing five Level 2 ability users ranked in the top 1,000 of the Earth Ranking-where did he get such confidence?
When things go wildly off script, there has to be a hidden trap!
Having lost an arm to reckless impulse, Inoue had no desire to rush in again. If he acted recklessly now, he might lose his very life!
Er Gou, standing beside Lin Dong, chimed in:
"Come on! Why aren't you moving? We're right here waiting for you! If you've got the guts, come at us!
Fuck, you bunch of little Japs, you still dare to strut around on our turf? Your granddad's head is right here-if you've got the guts, come chop it off!"
As he spoke, he thrust his middle finger straight at Inoue and the others.
Er Gou was just an ordinary human.
Even an ordinary human dared to be so brazen.
Either everyone in this base had lost their minds, or there was definitely a trap up ahead!
Inoue, Nakata, and the rest exchanged glances, reading the same hesitation in one another's eyes.
Seeing them stall in uncertainty, Lin Dong and Er Gou grew even more arrogant.
They hurled a torrent of curses across the room.
They cursed those little Japs straight through eighteen generations of ancestors.
Yet, the more they cursed, the less the intruders dared to make a move.
Lin Dong muttered under his breath, "It's been about a minute, right? Boss should be arriving any second! As expected of Boss Liu Yang-leaving behind a random Level 3 zombie was enough to throw them into panic. Now they don't even dare to budge!
Fuck, for a Level 1 ability user like me to point at the nose of a Level 2 Jap ability user and curse him out feels damn good!"
Er Gou was equally thrilled, whispering, "Right? Even an ordinary guy like me can point at his nose and curse while they stand there frozen. Is this the sheer deterrence of Boss Liu Yang? Before he even makes a move, the enemy is already terrified!"
Taozi and the others saw them whispering and assumed they were plotting some scheme, making them even more reluctant to act rashly.
Just as they stood paralyzed by doubt, a dark figure darted in at astonishing speed.
The next instant, a tall, handsome young man draped in a black cloak appeared right before them!
The moment they saw his figure,
Lin Dong and his men broke into ecstatic grins. They shouted at Liu Yang:
"Boss Liu Yang!"
"Boss, you're finally here!"
"It's just as you predicted, Boss! The ones who came to slaughter people in our base were these Jap ability users!"
"Boss, you really foresee everything!"
...
Lin Dong and the others stared at Liu Yang, their eyes filled with deep admiration.
Not only was Liu Yang terrifyingly strong, but his sharp intellect was far beyond that of ordinary men.
With just a quick glance at the scene, he had deduced that foreign ability users were causing trouble!
It was simply mind-blowing.
Besides,
Boss Liu Yang had arrived!
Which meant everything was now firmly within his grasp. Their danger was entirely over.
Er Gou and the others immediately jeered at the intruders:
"Your time to die has arrived!"
"Little Japs! You killed four people in our base-now it's time to pay with your lives!"
...
Taozi and her team were struck with utter shock.
Such incredible speed!
Such a powerful ability user!
Judging by how those men addressed him, this guy had to be Liu Yang-the number one powerhouse on the Heaven Ranking, right?!
Dammit!
According to their original plan, their reconnaissance team was only supposed to secretly gather clues on Liu Yang. Once they found anything, they were to report back to headquarters immediately.
They were never supposed to engage Liu Yang in direct combat!
How could a mere five Earth Ranking ability users possibly stand a chance against the top ranker of the Heaven Ranking?
Taozi's eyes flickered as she desperately plotted a route to escape.
However, Liu Yang merely cast a cold glance over at Taozi and her crew.
That single glance sent a bone-chilling frost through the intruders, as if the ambient temperature had plummeted by over ten degrees. Their hearts trembled with dread.
It felt as though they had been plunged into a subterranean ice cellar.
Their breathing subconsciously turned ragged and heavy.
Cold sweat soaked through the backs of their clothes.
Then, Liu Yang spoke:
"So you're the ones who came into this base to slaughter my people? Traveling thousands of miles to our Divine Dragon Empire, I doubt your goal was merely to commit murder.
Speak. Tell me your true purpose here, and I might grant you a swift death. Otherwise, I will make you wish you were dead."
The moment Liu Yang finished speaking, Taozi barked an order in her native tongue:
"Scatter and run!"
Yet Liu Yang had long seen through their intentions. With a casual wave of his hand, a fierce wave of sub-zero chill swept outward. The floor instantly froze into thick ice, pinning their feet to the spot.
Immediately after, the frost spread relentlessly up their bodies. In a flash, their entire torsos were encased in solid ice. Not a single finger could twitch; only their faces remained exposed.
With his spiritual strength reaching 1,500 points and his ice ability at Level 8, Liu Yang commanded ice as effortlessly as flowing water.
With a single thought, he could transform the entire base into a frozen wasteland. Did a few mere Earth Ranking ability users actually think they could escape from him?
Pure fantasy!
Seeing herself frozen in place, unable to move even a pinky, Taozi's face paled in absolute disbelief. "How... how is this possible?! With that kind of speed, I thought he was a speed-type ability user... I never imagined it was ice control!"
By then, Liu Yang was walking toward her, step by deliberate step.
Nakata, also encased in ice, watched the scene with bloodshot eyes. He glared frantically at Liu Yang and roared, "Liu Yang! What do you think you're doing?! If you have a problem, come at me! Don't you touch Captain Taozi!!!"