Behind Lin Feng, Zhou Yang and Xue Qingyi were stretching their hands, their circulation poor after being bound by tough tendon ropes for so long.

"Boss, what... what do we do?" Wei Qian stammered, his gun trained anxiously on the three figures who had suddenly emerged from the room.

"Lin Feng! How did you find this place?" Ling Yun's expression was complicated. He couldn't fathom how Lin Feng had arrived so quickly, much less how he'd emerged from *inside* the room. Of course, what terrified Ling Yun most was the utterly familiar way Lin Feng had spoken his name...

This Lin Feng before me... Is he really the White Wolf King? No one could fathom the turmoil in Ling Yun's mind, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed his inner panic completely.

"Ling Yun, why? Why are you doing this?" Lin Feng's emotions were equally complex as he stared at his once most-trusted teammate. If he hadn't seen Xue Qingyi and Zhou Yang captured, he would never have believed it—that the master assassin, the one who had been secretly plotting against him, was actually Ling Yun...

Ling Yun was the White Wolf Squad's God of Killing, a God of Killing Lin Feng had personally trained... That was precisely why Lin Feng found it so absurd. He believed he had held nothing back in Ling Yun's training. So why would Ling Yun do this? Lin Feng needed a reason.

"Lin Feng, don't bother asking. This Ling Yun is long past being the greenhorn who consulted you on everything," Xue Qingyi said, glancing at Ling Yun with faint sarcasm. "He's now the White Wolf Troop's decorated God of Killing, retired with honors, and the second master of the Hei Sha Mercenary Group. Famous and wealthy, why would he remember all the times you saved his life?"

"Ling Yun, I'm deeply disappointed in you. If you were dissatisfied with the Wolf King, you could have challenged him openly, forced him into early retirement, and become the White Wolf Squad's captain yourself! But instead, you conspired with outsiders to plot against our Boss, transferred members of the White Wolf Troop to the Hei Sha Mercenary Group, all just to become a figurehead vice-leader there. I utterly despise you for it!" Zhou Yang narrowed his eyes, staring at Ling Yun with utter contempt.

Ling Yun, having recovered from his initial shock, composed himself. He looked at Lin Feng, Zhou Yang, and Xue Qingyi, then at his own two subordinates armed with submachine guns. His nerves steadied somewhat...

After all, Ling Yun was a fourth-level Inner Strength master. Opposite him, Lin Feng and Zhou Yang were third-level, and Xue Qingyi was second-level. Even if Ling Yun faced them alone, he was confident he could escape safely, let alone with two submachine guns on his side...

In this era, the destructive power of a submachine gun was definitely more terrifying than that of a Nei Family master.

"Lin Feng, Zhou Yang, Xue Qingyi, don't get cocky! Given the current balance of power, you're no match for us at all!" Ling Yun stated with conviction. "Your lives are still in my hands. What makes you dare to be so insolent?"

Under the lights, the muzzles of the submachine guns in the two gunmen's hands emitted an eerie metallic glint, looking utterly terrifying. At such close range, a mere squeeze of their trigger fingers could instantly eliminate several Inner Strength masters.

Yet, Lin Feng, Xue Qingyi, and Zhou Yang all acted as if the two gunmen didn't exist, each fixing Ling Yun with an icy gaze, waiting for his answer.

Ling Yun paused. Seeing not a trace of fear on their faces, an inexplicable irritation finally welled up inside him. "Why aren't you afraid? Why aren't you worried? Do you really think I don't dare order my men to open fire? Let me tell you, I never considered you brothers from the very start! Joining the White Wolf Squad was merely to learn skills; there's no such thing as betrayal. You were the ones too stupid, too naive, to treat me as a brother..."

"So, that's how it is?" Lin Feng listened to Ling Yun's explanation, and a strange sense of relief, even a touch of acceptance, washed over him. If Ling Yun had never truly considered him a brother, then he could just write this off as his own vigilance being too weak, as being deceived by an enemy this one time. In the future, he wouldn't be so easily fooled again, would he...?

"So what if it is? Do you still think you can escape? At this range, let's see you dodge bullets! We can all go down to the Underworld and be brothers there!" Ling Yun's face twisted viciously. He raised his hand and swiped it down sharply. "Wei Qian, Fang Gang, open fire!"

At Ling Yun's command, the two gunmen, who already had Zhou Yang and Lin Feng in their sights, squeezed their right index fingers hard on the triggers of their submachine guns, ready to unleash a hail of bullets...

However, a full ten seconds after Ling Yun issued the order, Wei Qian and Fang Gang—the Hei Sha Mercenary Group's best marksmen—hadn't made the slightest move...

"What's wrong with you two?" Ling Yun froze for a second, then roared at the men beside him...

As Ling Yun roared, Wei Qian and Fang Gang crumpled heavily, falling to either side...

"Huh?!" Ling Yun's face went white with shock. Looking again at Wei Qian and Fang Gang, he was horrified to discover that, at some unknown moment, a slender, dark needle had been embedded in each of their necks...

"Do you still think the balance of power favors you now?" Xue Qingyi asked lightly, a cold smirk playing on her lips as she looked at Ling Yun.

"The Linglong Poison Needle! Qingyi, when did you strike?" Ling Yun's eyes narrowed. He'd always thought he understood Xue Qingyi well, but only now did he realize her skill with hidden weapons had reached a level of being traceless and imperceptible. With his own perception, he hadn't even noticed when she'd launched them.

Killing without form or shadow—this was precisely the Shadowless Needle of the Linglong Needle Technique.

In truth, the Shadowless Needle technique consumed a significant amount of Inner Strength, making it highly improbable to launch two needles simultaneously. The fact that Wei Qian and Fang Gang were both struck at the same instant proved that Xue Qingyi hadn't acted alone—Lin Feng had also made a move.

Naturally, Lin Feng had no intention of explaining anything to Ling Yun. Seizing the moment of Ling Yun's shock, Lin Feng surged forward, his figure like a flash of lightning. His hands formed into tiger claws, striking fiercely towards Ling Yun's neck...

It was precisely the Great Capturing Hand technique that Zhou Yang had yet to master...

"Hmph! Trying to catch me? Not so easy!" With a light tap of his foot, Ling Yun's figure drifted backward, retreating swiftly towards the door...

Lin Feng's hands missed Ling Yun by a mere hair's breadth...

Just then, Zhou Yang dove to the ground, snatched up a submachine gun, and fired a series of controlled bursts—RAT-TAT-TAT—in the direction Ling Yun was retreating...

The hail of bullets from the submachine gun instantly peppered the wall, riddling it with holes...

Ling Yun arched sharply backward, his body dropping low, and then he scrambled along the floor, fleeing the room at top speed...

Lin Feng had intended to give chase, but seeing the muzzle of Zhou Yang's submachine gun still spitting fire, he abandoned the idea...

The room door swung open and then shut; Ling Yun's figure had already vanished beyond it...

And just as the door slammed shut, a black, cylindrical object wrapped in a plastic bag was abruptly flung into the room...

Lin Feng clearly saw a small LCD screen on the cylindrical object, its red digits counting down: 0:05... 0:04...

"Bomb! Look out!" In the desperate urgency of the moment, Lin Feng reacted instantly, without a second thought. Grabbing Zhou Yang with one hand and sweeping Xue Qingyi up with the other, he lunged for the suite's balcony and leaped off...

BOOM!

A violent explosion erupted, tongues of fire lashing out. The shockwave hurled Lin Feng and his two companions tens of meters through the air, sending them plunging into the sea below...

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