On the twenty-first floor, Xu Youwen listened to the information coming from the intercom, with a face full of bewilderment, as it hadn't even been five minutes since he confidently thought he had captured Li Feng.

"Young Master Xu, the sixth floor, the sixth floor is down too, we can't stop the people on the other side, our brothers suffered heavy losses."

"Ah, no, don't come over."

Then the voice on the other side abruptly cut off.

Without needing Xu Youwen to question the other floors, bad news came one after another, even though two floors hadn't reported back to Xiao Xi, any fool would know that sometimes no news is still news.

Gulp.

Xu Youwen raised his eyes to look at Xu Lei beside him, a bit irritated: "Uncle Lei, what is going on here, Long Ya?"

"You're an old mercenary too, have you ever heard of this Long Ya!"

A third of the forces were completely wiped out.

Xu Youwen was indeed a bit scared now.

"Young Master Second, this Long Ya is a legend in the Mercenary World. I've been in this circle for quite a few years, so I know a bit about Long Ya's rise."

"This Long Ya belongs to someone called the Dragon King, a person who seemed to appear out of thin air and immediately caused several major events that shocked the circle, directly targeting established mercenary companies."

"Afterwards, he also went head-on with two major titans of the Federation, but what's incredible is that the Dragon King's strength not only wasn't crushed but actually grew stronger with every fight."

"Within just a few years, the Dragon King became a legend in the Mercenary World, also known as the third pole of the Dark World, standing alongside the other two giants."

"The group of people around the Dragon King are called the Dragon Guards, and the elite of the Dragon Guards are given the title of Long Ya. Long Ya is the sharpest blade in the Dragon King's hand, and also one of the strongest forces in the Mercenary World."

"They are said to stand on par with the thirteen round table knights of the Federation's Gods Temple and the twelve disciples of God's Hand."

"However, the Dragon King's last known action was three or four years ago, after which he disappeared, along with the Dragon Guards who served him."

"In the circle, a lot of people say the Dragon King was severely injured and died over three years ago, which is why the Dragon Guards disbanded. But no one confirmed this—the Dragon King always changed powers like a dragon, so elusive that no final conclusion was ever reached."

Xu Youwen took a deep breath after hearing so much from Xu Lei. If it were truly as Xu Lei said, then they had truly hit a dead end this time.

Xu Youwen gritted his teeth: "If this Long Ya is indeed as formidable as you say, why then would it appear here?"

"Don't tell me, this Li Feng is the damned Dragon King?"

Xu Lei was rendered speechless by Xu Youwen's questioning, could that Li Feng really be the Dragon King?

Xu Lei did know some of Li Feng's information; although Li Feng was also called the Hidden Dragon in Huacheng, his style of doing things was completely different from the Dragon King's.

The Dragon King was domineering, he defied heaven, earth, and the air itself—whoever dared not to comply, he'd fight them, never backing down just because someone had connections.

The Federation's Gods Temple, backed by various Century conglomerates, and even some old aristocratic families, were unbeatable in that one-acre three-pence of the Southern Federation.

But even on their own turf, they suffered losses against the Dragon King a few times. Rumor has it that a princess abducted by the Dragon King later bore the Dragon King's child.

Whether true or false, there's no smoke without fire...

But Li Feng had once been a live-in son-in-law, and while he was a significant underground financier in Huacheng, his scope of action was far inferior.

How could the Dragon King ever become a live-in son-in-law?

Xu Lei internally dismissed the notion.

"Impossible, the Dragon King and this Li Feng cannot be the same person. Perhaps this Li Feng spent heavily, after all, he's very wealthy. The Dragon King hasn't moved in years, raising people requires large expenses too...!"

Xu Youwen felt that Xu Lei's analysis made sense. If this Li Feng were indeed the Dragon King, why would he be hiding in Huacheng?

He leaned toward the Dragon King running into trouble, leading to the disbandment of Long Ya. As for why they appeared with Li Feng, it must be because the damned guy paid an astronomical price.

Xu Youwen knew that although Li Feng didn't have much industry, the New Century Group was his first business endeavor.

Yet Li Feng was definitely wealthy, and it was all in heaps of cash, otherwise, why would he be called a financer?

The plan to deal with Li Feng didn't only involve the Lin Family; the three families also aimed to capture Li Feng and dig up his gold mine.

After all, selling the Century Group left him with no small sum, plus he was already remotely controlling four major underground banks in Huacheng, holding at least tens of billions in cash.

Though the three families were very wealthy, saying they could suddenly produce tens of billions in cash flow was dreaming, unless they mortgaged their properties to get a bank loan.

"Uncle Lei, if this Long Ya is employed by Li Feng, could we offer double the price to have Long Ya withdraw?"

Xu Youwen pondered for a moment, frowning as he asked.

Xu Lei shook his head: "Young Master Second, this won't be possible. Mercenaries take money to get things done, aside from a few exceptions who break the rules, most uphold the mercenary laws, otherwise, if word gets out you sold out your employer, forget about thriving in this circle."

"If we can't buy them off, we're doomed."

Xu Youwen was keenly aware of the current situation. They couldn't break out anytime soon, let alone regroup, and even regrouping now would likely be useless.

Judging from the messages coming back, the opposing side suffered minimal losses; they were overpowering on this side.

The opposition held the initiative now, and they could completely take them down one layer at a time. Though they seemed to have many people, in reality, the opposition had the numerical advantage.

Damned.

How did things end up like this?

"Uncle Lei, think of something, or we'll all fall here." Xu Youwen was getting anxious too.

He had thought he had overestimated Li Feng, but still, he was a step short.

At this moment.

Knock knock.

Those near the safety door heard noises inside, immediately shouting: "There's movement inside the safety door."

"Everyone, gear up."

The situation was evident to any fool. The opposition controlled the corridors and could move back and forth at will.

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