Li Jianwen finally managed to find Huang Biehe's number.
Li Qinghe took a deep breath and dialed.
Inside the Huang Family Villa, Huang Biehe, though only in his forties, already had sparse white hair. His shriveled body made him look more like an old man. But his fierce, eagle-like gaze and sinister nose revealed his vicious and cruel nature.
He sat alone on the sofa, a cell phone placed on the table before him. He was waiting for news from Huang Wenlong.
Just then, the phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.
Huang Biehe hesitated for a moment before answering.
"This is Patriarch Huang, correct? I am Li Qinghe."
Huang Biehe gave a grim smile. "Elder Li, what can I do for you?"
"A junior of mine may have fallen into the Huang Family's hands. I'm asking Patriarch Huang to be merciful. Consider this a favor I, Li Qinghe, owe to the Huang Family."
Huang Biehe understood Li Qinghe's plea and assumed Huang Wenlong had succeeded. His mood instantly improved.
He laughed. "Elder Li, that's not very generous of you! A single favor from you isn't nearly enough!"
"What do you want?"
"I want the Li Family to withdraw from the bidding for Qingtian International!"
"Fine! I can agree to that, as long as my junior is returned unharmed!"
Huang Biehe roared with laughter. "Ha ha! Elder Li, I'm not finished yet."
"What other demands do you have?"
Huang Biehe made an outrageous demand: "I also want the Li Group!"
Just then, another man's anxious voice came from the other end of the line. "No, Dad, you can't agree to that."
Hearing the dissenting voice, Huang Biehe threatened, "If you don't agree, I can't guarantee what will happen to your junior. She might face a fate that even we would find horrifying. She's still young, with her whole life ahead of her. If she ends up broken, don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"
Li Qinghe's voice came over the phone again, powerless yet resolute. "I agree! Keep him safe! Get the contracts ready. I'm coming over now."
Huang Biehe was ecstatic. "Excellent!" he said repeatedly. "As expected of you, Elder Li! Such decisiveness! As long as you sign the papers obediently, not a single hair on her head will be touched."
After hanging up, the villa filled with the sound of Huang Biehe's laughter!
In a dense and heavily wooded forest two li from the Li Manor, though close to the main road, the area was very secluded.
Chen Dong got out of the car in the woods, one hand gripping Huang Tao's neck. Three men stood before him.
Huang Wenlong shouted, "So it's you! We weren't even looking for you, yet you came to us! Let my nephew go, and I'll leave you a complete corpse!"
All three had seen his photo and recognized Chen Dong.
Chen Dong asked coolly, "Which one of you is Huang Wenlong?"
Huang Wenlong stepped forward. "I am!"
Chen Dong said dismissively, "You don't look like much. The same goes for the two next to you. I just don't like trouble, so I prefer to solve problems before they start. But as it turns out, you've disappointed me. You're not even worth being called 'trouble'!"
Gu Qiang yelled, "Your ego is bigger than the sky! Let that man go, and let me see what you're made of!"
With a casual squeeze, Chen Dong crushed Huang Tao's throat. His navigator's life ended then and there.
The three men were instantly enraged. The kid had dared to kill someone right in front of them.
Huang Wenlong charged forward, his fist raised. "My nephew may have been a good-for-nothing, but you still dared to kill him! I'll tear you to pieces and make you pay with your life!"
Huang Wenlong's punch was fueled by rage, carrying immense force and momentum.
The Gu Brothers, Gu Yong and Gu Qiang, sneered. 'Brother Wenlong's punch is incomparably powerful; neither of us would dare to take it head-on. This kid's head is about to be blasted open.'
But Chen Dong took a step forward, his fist gathering power like a deep dragon in the abyss. He met Huang Wenlong's strike with his own, like a dragon descending with no regrets.
Fist met fist!
With a resounding impact, the continuous CRUNCH of shattering bone followed.
To Gu Yong and Gu Qiang's astonishment, Huang Wenlong retreated ten steps, his arm hanging limply at his side.
Huang Wenlong gritted his teeth. "This kid is too strong! We can't beat him one-on-one! Attack together!"
The two brothers nodded and attacked Chen Dong from the left and right.
Coordinating their movements, a continuous flurry of Eagle Claws appeared, forming a net around Chen Dong.
Chen Dong said coldly, "Your True Qi is a mess and your techniques are hollow and spiritless, yet you dare to attack me?"
He pressed forward, meeting claw with claw at an incredible speed. He broke through their net and seized their palms, his five fingers clamping down like talons. With a squeeze of his left and right hands...
...two agonizing screams tore through the air. The Gu Brothers' prized Eagle Claw hands were crushed, their hands falling limp.
Only then did the two brothers realize that Huang Wenlong, who had promised to attack with them, was already a hundred meters away. They exchanged a look, saw the terror in each other's eyes, and immediately ran for their lives.
Chen Dong snorted, caught up to Gu Qiang, and shattered his heart with a single punch. He then grabbed Gu Qiang's corpse and hurled it like a hidden weapon.
Gu Yong, who hadn't gotten far, saw his brother's body flying toward him. There was no way to dodge; the "hidden weapon" was simply too large. He let out a loud scream!
Having dealt with the two brothers, Chen Dong took off after Huang Wenlong.
Meanwhile, Huang Tao's bodyguard and driver, who was still in the car, was scared out of his wits, sweat pouring down his face.
'What kind of demon is this? The Huang Family's God of War, Huang Wenlong, couldn't even last a single move before running away. And those two seemingly invincible experts had their hands broken in an instant, then killed with a single punch each!'
He forced himself to calm down, started the car, slammed the accelerator to the floor, and pulled out his phone to make a call.
"Patriarch, it's horrifying! Absolutely horrifying! Lord Long couldn't last a single move against him, and the helpers Lord Long brought were all killed by him!"
On the other end, Huang Biehe was stunned. "What did you say?"
The panicked bodyguard struggled to form his words. "They're all dead. All dead. Young Master Huang Tao, Lord Long's helpers... they're all dead!"
'The main road is just ahead. I might just survive.'
BOOM! A massive crash!
A figure slammed heavily into his car, bringing it to a dead stop.
The figure was none other than Lord Long, Huang Wenlong! Through the shattered windshield, he saw Huang Wenlong's eyes, wide and lifeless, as if he had seen something terrifying and been scared to death.
The phone dropped onto the passenger seat, the call still connected.
"What did you say? Say it again!"
The bodyguard said in horror, "Lord Long is dead too!"
In the villa, Huang Biehe listened to the dead line, finding it all unbelievable.
'Huang Wenlong is dead?'
'I can't believe it. But the call came from Huang Tao's bodyguard, and he would never dare joke about something like this.'
He hurriedly called Huang Wenlong, but the call wouldn't go through.
He tried calling Huang Tao next, but still couldn't get through.
He had no choice but to accept that Huang Wenlong and his own son, Huang Tao, were dead.
The man who had been as thin as a monkey now seemed to wither into a piece of deadwood. Just ten minutes ago, he thought victory was in his grasp. Now, he realized he had been played for a fool the entire time.
'Fine! So that's how you want to play, Li Qinghe!'
He immediately dialed the number back. If he didn't vent his fury this very minute, he felt he would go insane.
"FUCK YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY, LI QINGHE! YOU MOTHERFUCKER, THIS ISN'T JUST MURDER, IT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE! YOU KILLED THEM AND THEN YOU PLAYED ME WITH THAT FAKE SURRENDER ROUTINE!"
"YOU JUST WAIT! FROM THIS DAY ON, THE HUANG FAMILY AND THE LI FAMILY WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH!"
After roaring his threats, he slammed the phone to the ground.
Still on their way to the Huang Family's residence, Li Qinghe and his son were completely bewildered.
'What was that all about?'
'He cursed us out and then hung up before we could say a word? Was that a declaration of war?'
Just as he was about to call back and ask what was going on, a call came in from Li Huiran.
"Grandpa, I found Chen Dong. I just picked him up on my way home."
"Also, someone from the Wu Family will be coming over tomorrow!"