Little did he know, he was slapping his own face in exasperation, silently warning himself to practice some self-restraint!
The person darting across the river was none other than Li Daofeng, who had hurried over from Wancheng.
Arriving at the Qin River, Li Daofeng searched up and down the banks but could not find a single boat. Growing anxious and seeing no one around, he employed a lightness technique and sprinted directly across the surface of the water.
Once on the island, Li Daofeng headed straight for the main gates of the estate!
The manor was brilliantly illuminated. Security cameras were hidden everywhere in plain sight and obscurity; even an ant on this island would probably be caught on lens.
The moment Li Daofeng set foot on the island, the people inside the estate knew he had arrived.
"I, Li Daofeng, have arrived! Release my Senior Sister!"
Reaching the main gates, Li Daofeng let out a roar, his voice filled with fury and murderous intent, echoing across the entire Qin Tian Manor.
The people inside the manor were currently in a state of shock, for they had witnessed Li Daofeng "running" across the river from the opposite bank.
"What the hell! Is this guy even human? Is this some kind of legendary water-skimming martial art?"
"Could the legends of flying actually be real? Just how powerful is he?"
"This..."
Everyone staring at the surveillance monitors in the manor was left dumbfounded by the sight, rubbing their eyes hard, unable to believe that a human being could actually pull this off.
Throughout the entire manor, only a few experts remained unfazed, saying coldly: "Open the gates! Let him in! Have the wine ready for him!"
At this command, the heavy gates of Qin Tian Manor slowly creaked open!
Unfazed, Li Daofeng stepped through the entrance!
The moment he crossed the threshold, the heavy doors slowly swung shut behind him.
Suddenly, lights blazed all around him, the intense glare so blinding that he could not even keep his eyes open.
A few seconds later, Li Daofeng adjusted to the harsh light and continued walking inward.
He had not gone far when a large group of fully armed men appeared ahead of him, though these men made no move to attack.
One of them motioned for Li Daofeng to follow and led him into a vast hall.
The hall was immensely spacious. Standing along all sides were fully armed men holding firearms, their dark gun barrels all trained directly on Li Daofeng.
"Does your master not dare to show his face?" Li Daofeng swept a cold gaze across the room and said, "You lured me all the way here, and you don't even have the guts to show yourselves?"
"Punk! You dare speak such arrogant nonsense now that you're here!"
Accompanied by a sneering voice, a hidden door opened in the Vajra wall, and several figures walked out.
"It really is you... Qin Tianyou!"
Li Daofeng's gaze turned icy. He had never expected that the person who lured him here would actually be Qin Tianyou—the very person from the Qin family he considered least likely to do so.
Behind Qin Tianyou stood four other men. Li Daofeng recognized one of them: he was the Heaven-grade Martial Artist who had protected Qin Tianyou during the chaos Li Daofeng caused at Jiang Xueyao and Qin Tianyou's wedding—his surname seemed to be Zhang!
The other three men Li Daofeng did not know, but from their auras, he could tell that among them, one was a Heaven-grade Martial Artist, while the other two were mere Earth-grade Peaks.
"It's me! Surprised, aren't you, you little bastard? You wrecked my wedding, making me a laughingstock in Qincheng and Wancheng! You made the Qin family lose all face before everyone. If I don't tear you limb from limb, I will never quench the hatred in my heart!" Qin Tianyou glared at Li Daofeng, grinding his teeth as he spoke.
"Just you? Do you really think you're capable of that?" Li Daofeng said coldly.
"Where is my Senior Sister? Let her go, and I won't pursue this any further!"
"Hahaha! You little bastard! Have you lost your mind? Look closely at the situation—I am the one who is going to make you die!" Qin Tianyou laughed wildly.
After his bout of laughter, he continued: "Don't you want to know the whereabouts of your Senior Sister? Fine! This wine is prepared for you! Drink it, and I will tell you where she is, so you can die knowing the truth!"
"Very well! I hope you aren't lying to me! Otherwise, your Qin family will become the second Jiang family!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Daofeng stepped forward while speaking, picked up the wine flagon from the table, tilted his head back, and drained it in a single breath!
Then he tossed the flagon aside and wiped his mouth with his sleeve!
"You can talk now!"
"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to have the guts, you little bastard. You drank that wine without even knowing what it was!" Qin Tianyou sneered.
"What else could wine prepared by the likes of you be, other than poison?" Li Daofeng said with utter contempt. "Cut the crap and talk!"
"And here I thought you were so smart, but you're just another idiot! Figures that a kept son-in-law would be a brainless pig! You believe whatever anyone tells you. I said I captured your Senior Sister, and you actually believed it! Hahaha..."
Qin Tianyou laughed with unbridled arrogance, fixing Li Daofeng with a mocking look, his eyes brimming with deep disdain.
"I'll ask you one more time: where on earth is my Senior Sister?!" Li Daofeng's gaze turned frighteningly cold, his bloodthirsty stare making Qin Tianyou unable to meet his eyes!
Chapter 33: I Am Faster Than a Bullet
"Punk! We've reached this point, and you're still trying to act tough with me! To tell you the truth, that bitch Shang Wanqiu is not in my hands. Whether she's dead or alive, or being played to death by someone else right now, I haven't the faintest idea!"
"The text message sent to you, and the fact that you couldn't get through to your Senior Sister's phone? That was just a little technological trick! I just never expected you to be so easily fooled, and to actually run right here to throw your life away!"
"What's the use of high martial arts if in the end you get yourself killed by me? No matter what, brains are always what matter most!"
Qin Tianyou said with contempt.
The moment Li Daofeng drank the wine, he felt certain he had him in the bag.
"If that's the case, my Senior Sister is unharmed! That's a relief!" Li Daofeng sneered!
Watching Li Daofeng show no trace of worry, Qin Tianyou said with utter displeasure, "Punk! You'd better worry about yourself first! Death is at your doorstep, and you still have the leisure to care about others!"
"I'll tell you the truth so you can die with a clear conscience: the wine you just drank was laced with the most potent poison in the world. Just wait for your death!"
"No matter how good your martial arts are, without a brain, you're nothing more than a brute! If you want to make an enemy of me, Qin Tianyou, you better be prepared to die!"
Qin Tianyou's face twisted savagely, his eyes flashing with the deep gratification of revenge. By the end, he was laughing triumphantly.
Watching Qin Tianyou act so full of himself, Li Daofeng felt the man was like an absolute fool, pathetically self-righteous.
"You really are pathetic. Don't you know that in the face of absolute strength, any petty scheme or trick is utterly futile?"
"You think the most formidable weapons in your eyes are nothing more than childish toys to me. You actually believe a bit of poison can kill me? Ridiculous!"
"I'll let you die with your eyes open. The truth is, my body has long been immune to all poisons! Not a single poison in this world can harm me!"
"Immune to all poisons?! Hahaha! You little bastard, are you reciting lines from a martial arts novel to me?!" A flash of panic crossed Qin Tianyou's eyes, but he forced himself to maintain his composure as he laughed loudly.
"Believe it or not! I'll give you one more chance: tell me who is pulling the strings behind you, and I'll give you a quick death and spare your Qin family!" Li Daofeng said calmly.
"Arrogant! Who the hell do you think you are, you little bastard?! I'm sending you straight to hell right now!"
With a vicious expression on his face, Qin Tianyou roared frantically, "Open fire! Kill him for me! Turn him into a human beehive!"
At his command, the fully armed guards aimed their gun barrels at Li Daofeng and unleashed a barrage of gunfire.
With over a hundred people firing simultaneously, bullets rained down like a torrential storm, chattering as they zipped through the air toward Li Daofeng.
In an instant, the entire hall erupted with flashing gunfire, resembling a battlefield.
Yet, faced with all this, Li Daofeng did not panic in the least. He shifted his feet, swept his hands across his chest, and then pushed them forcefully forward.
And then the miraculous happened!
The dozens of armed men standing in front of Li Daofeng were hit by an invisible force in that very instant and sent flying backward! They crashed to the ground, howling in agony!
In Li Daofeng's eyes, the oncoming bullets moved at a sluggish pace. He shifted left and dodged right, deftly evading every single lethal projectile.
Witnessing this, Qin Tianyou was once again struck dumb with astonishment. In his eyes, firearms were the ultimate weapons—even a Heaven-grade expert would meet a bitter end when facing a barrage from so many guns!
No matter how high your martial arts, you still fear a butcher's knife, right?
Yet, when faced with such a hail of bullets, Li Daofeng was actually faster than the bullets themselves! Firearms were nothing more than a joke in front of him.
While Qin Tianyou stood there in shock and disbelief, Li Daofeng moved across the floor like a phantom, leaving behind only blur after blur of afterimages as he dodged the rain of gunfire.
In mere seconds, all hundred fully armed bodyguards crashed to the ground, leaving not a single one standing.
In the blink of an eye, the only people left standing in the arena were Qin Tianyou, his four martial artist bodyguards, and Li Daofeng.
"Is this even human?" An Earth-grade expert drew in a sharp breath.
"Damn it! Uncle Zhang! Kill him! All of you, go together and kill this little bastard! I don't want him leaving here alive—kill him!"
Qin Tianyou shrieked in a harsh voice, panic and rage twisting his handsome face into a hideous scowl.
"Understood, Young Master!"
The Heaven-grade expert addressed as Uncle Zhang braced himself and stepped forward, taking the lead to block the path in front of Qin Tianyou.
"Get lost! I only want to kill him!"
Li Daofeng's gaze was razor-sharp.
"Punk! You aren't getting away today! Attack!" Uncle Zhang shouted and made his move immediately.
The three men behind him also braced themselves and charged forward.
They had heard tales of how formidable Li Daofeng was, and just now, they had witnessed it with their own eyes.
If a hundred-plus bodyguards wielding heavy assault weapons were to face them, the bodyguards would only end up fleeing in panic; yet Li Daofeng had wiped them out with a flick of his wrist. This alone demonstrated just how monstrous Li Daofeng truly was.
Now they had to fight this monster and even kill him—something they knew they couldn't do.
Yet not attacking wasn't an option either. Having eaten the Qin family's food and taken their money for so many years, refusing to pull their weight was out of the question.
They had eaten the food, so their hands were tied; they had no choice but to force themselves into the fray!
"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish!" Li Daofeng dispensed with any further words and struck directly!
This time, he held nothing back. With a single punch, Uncle Zhang was sent flying backward.
Then, leaping into the air and spinning in mid-flight, he targeted the two Earth-grade experts!
Struck in the chest, they shrieked miserably and flew backward, hitting the ground with no breath left in their bodies.
The remaining Heaven-grade martial artist exchanged a palm strike with Li Daofeng, retreated dozens of steps, his face flushing crimson before he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground in bitter resentment, clearly beyond saving.
Four elite experts—the very pillars of the Qin family's might—were dealt with by Li Daofeng in less than a quarter of an hour.
At this moment, terror gripped Qin Tianyou's very soul. Panicking, he spun around and bolted.
How could Li Daofeng let him escape?
With a flash of movement, Li Daofeng blocked Qin Tianyou's path. Grasping him by the neck, he hoisted him up and slammed him viciously onto the ground.
"Agh... You little bastard..."
The dignified young master of the Qin family now lay on the floor like a dead dog, shrieking endlessly in pain.
"Tell me! Who is behind this?! What did those words you said earlier mean? Was my Senior Sister captured by someone?"
Li Daofeng pressed his foot onto Qin Tianyou's face, demanding with a dark, gloomy voice.
Without someone pulling the strings, the Qin family alone would never dare provoke him.
If the Qin family were simply acting out of revenge...
They would have made their move long ago instead of waiting this long.
When he wreaked havoc at the Imperial Capital manor the other day, the Northwest Marquis's men were killed without a second thought. If the Qin family didn't have someone backing them up, how would they ever dare move against him?
As for the notion that they were doing this purely to save face or for Jiang Xueyao's sake, Li Daofeng found that reason a bit far-fetched.
To people of wealth and power like the Qin family, women were nothing more than playthings or tools for exchanging interests.
Since ancient times, such prominent families had never compromised their interests for the sake of a mere woman.
A single Jiang Xueyao was not enough to make the Qin family provoke a formidable enemy like him.
Chapter 34: Netherworld
"Let him go!"
A cold, angry voice suddenly rang out, laden with worry.
An old man walked out, followed by several attendants.
The old man was advanced in years, yet his demeanor was sharp and piercing!
Seeing the corpses on the ground, his brows furrowed deeply, especially when his eyes fell upon the bodies of the two Heaven-grade experts; his frame visibly trembled for a fraction of a second.
However, the old man quickly regained his composure and strode icily up to Li Daofeng.
"Young man! You've got a lot of nerve, daring to cause trouble in my Qin Tian Manor!" The old man's voice carried a heavy load of fury.
Qin Hucheng!
The head of the Qin family!
The founder who single-handedly built the Qin family's fortune! Whether in intellect or methods, he was an extraordinary individual.
"Grandfather... save me..."
Seeing Qin Hucheng, Qin Tianyou howled like a drowning man clutching a straw.
"Qin Tian Manor? Is it something all that impressive?" Li Daofeng sneered.
"Let him go!" Qin Hucheng repeated.
"What kind of thing are you, telling me to let him go just because you said so?! This grandson of yours provoked me first, and he's the one who lured me here to kill me! Now that he's fallen into my hands, you expect me to let him go? Old man, have your eyes gone blind from old age?!"
Li Daofeng cast a look of disdain at Qin Hucheng, cursing him in a cold tone without the slightest bit of politeness.
"You... what did you say?"
Qin Hucheng had probably never been cursed like this in his entire life; this single address of "old man" instantly turned his face black.
Although his Qin family could not compare to those super-aristocrats, here in Qincheng, whoever came by had to show the Qin family a shred of respect. No one had ever dared treat him with such insolence as Li Daofeng.
"Get lost! Or I'll kill you along with him!"
"Heh! Good! It's been a long time since I've seen someone so arrogant!" Qin Hucheng laughed out of sheer fury, then turned to an old man behind him and said:
"Elder Gao! I'll have to trouble you! Cripple him, but don't kill him—that way we'll have something to show for the person behind all this!"
"Piece of cake!"
Behind Qin Hucheng, an old man who had kept his eyes closed ever since he entered opened them, speaking in a flat, expressionless voice.
That indifferent tone made it sound as though Li Daofeng was nothing more than a little ant in his eyes, one he could crush with a single pinky finger.
Step by step, the old man approached Li Daofeng, swept a glance over him, and said, "Little friend! Let Young Master Qin go, and I'll grant you a quick death!"
Li Daofeng glanced at him sideways and said, "A Grandmaster-grade Martial Artist!"
"Since you know, you should act a bit smarter! Don't think that just because you managed to kill a few Heaven-grade martial artists, you can do whatever you please. Let me tell you, little friend, the waters in this world run deep, and you're in way over your head!" the old man said playfully.
"Heh! In the words of my Eighth Senior Sister, Grandmasters are nothing more than slightly oversized pieces of garbage. You really think you're some priceless treasure misplaced in the wrong spot? Trash!"
"You're courting death..." The old man flew into a rage and attacked immediately.
Yet before he could even move, Li Daofeng had already appeared right in front of him. By the time the old man reacted, Li Daofeng had already seized him by the throat.
A Grandmaster-grade Martial Artist was now dangling in mid-air, held by the neck like a helpless chick.
"I promised my Senior Sister! It takes me two moves to beat a Grandmaster to death, not one, so you're lucky you get to live just a little bit longer!"
With those words, he tightened his fingers. With a sharp snap, the neck of the Grandmaster-grade martial artist—who was still trapped in a daze—was broken.
Until his dying breath, he never figured out why his true qi became completely unchannelable the moment Li Daofeng grabbed his throat, as if he had instantly been reduced to a cripple.
The whole process happened far too fast. From the old man putting on airs to being tossed onto the ground by Li Daofeng, only a few seconds had passed—so fast that everyone present failed to react in time.
Eyes wide with horror, they stared at the Grandmaster-grade expert lying dead and peaceful on the floor, unable to stop themselves from drawing sharp breaths and trembling inwardly.
This was a Grandmaster-grade expert, for crying out loud! A pinnacle figure in the martial arts world!
Not some random chick or puppy you could just squeeze to death whenever you pleased. This was far too terrifying.
Virtually everyone present, including Qin Hucheng, was stunned into shock, staring at Li Daofeng in sheer terror! Their scalps tingled numbly.
The calm, composed, and arrogant demeanor on their faces was completely gone, replaced by panic and dread on their aged features.
A Grandmaster-grade martial artist!
In their eyes, such people were like immortals—impervious to blades and bullets, incomparably powerful!
And now, an immortal-like figure had just been casually squeezed to death. They found it utterly impossible to accept.
After a long silence, Qin Hucheng swallowed hard and said:
"Young man! Spare others where you can. You've already brought endless trouble upon yourself by killing members of the Jiang family and the Northwest Marquis in Wancheng! Do you really wish to make an enemy of the Qin family as well? Aren't you afraid of death at all?!"
"Release my grandson! Leave right now, and this old man can pretend nothing ever happened. How about it?"
Qin Hucheng was truly terrified. Just how terrifying a person capable of snapping a Grandmaster's neck could be was something he dared not imagine.
He only knew that for a Grandmaster-grade martial artist to wipe out their Qin family would be an effortless task.
"Heh! Are you scared, or are you threatening me?" Li Daofeng mocked.
"However, letting him go isn't out of the question! As long as you tell me who came up with the idea to lure me here this time! Who is the person backing you up?"
Hearing this, Qin Hucheng's expression changed drastically. A flash of panic crossed his eyes before he said, "You've got it wrong, there is no such person at all! Luring you here was entirely my grandson's idea!"
The old bastard threw his own grandson under the bus just like that.
Yet Li Daofeng didn't believe his ghost stories for a second. The Qin family alone wouldn't dare provoke him.
"It seems you have no sincerity. In that case, I'm sorry!"
Li Daofeng suddenly smiled, raised his foot, and brought it down heavily on Qin Tianyou's right hand, pressing down with ruthless force.
"Agh..." Qin Tianyou instantly writhed in agonizing pain.
*Crack, crack!* The sound of bones being crushed was piercingly harsh to the ear.
"Agh... Grandfather! Save me... It hurts so much... Grandfather, my hand..." Qin Tianyou's face turned pale from the agony, cold sweat breaking out all over his body.
They say the ten fingers are linked to the heart; that kind of pain was truly more than he could bear.
"You... stop right there, you little beast! Stop right now, or I'll kill you!" Watching his grandson tortured like this, Qin Hucheng could no longer contain himself. He pulled a handgun from inside his coat and unleashed a barrage of shots at Li Daofeng.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Several muffled gunshots rang out as bullets tore through the air.