?25: Chapter 22: Skull Ring 25: Chapter 22: Skull Ring “Do you think just pulling out a gun will do?” Li Chen said lightly.

    What a joke, the King of the Netherworld once killed the entire Skywolf Mercenary Group alone, so what is a handgun?

    Machine guns, bombers, tanks, mortar missiles—such an arsenal could shave off a layer of the ground, yet they hadn’t even scratched a hair on Li Chen.

    The entire city was bombed through, but Li Chen still appeared alive and well before them.

    Tiger, looking at the young man’s unconcerned demeanor, couldn’t help feeling a bit uneasy, and this unease grew stronger and stronger.

    Having spent many years in bloody battles, Tiger had developed an innate sense for danger.

    He didn’t know why, but when this young man looked at him, he felt an intense fear.

    In desperation, he couldn’t care less about anything else and just gripped his pistol and pulled the trigger.

    “Pop pop pop”

    The bullets were fired continuously at Li Chen, who had already moved the instant Tiger pulled the trigger.

    The True Qi within his body was already circulating at full force, and the bullets’ flying speed seemed to be slowing down in his eyes, slowing down.

    He shifted his body to the right, dodging the first bullet, then twisted left, and two more bullets passed by his waist.

    Then, with a tap of his foot, Li Chen left a series of afterimages, now moving left, now moving right, step by step approaching Tiger.

    Terror had already taken over Tiger’s eyes.

    Not a single bullet hit?

    The hand holding the pistol was shaking slightly, the bullets still firing continuously, but Li Chen kept moving closer, and those bullets passed through his afterimages!

    “Click, click”

    Several more sounds followed, and Tiger crushed the pistol, only to realize it couldn’t fire anymore bullets.

    “Out of bullets,” Li Chen’s figure appeared before him, one hand grabbing the pistol, calm eyes looking at the other.

    Tiger, terrified, looked up to see Li Chen grab the pistol and gently exert force, immediately completely disassembling it; the parts fell to the ground.

    Wang Hao, lying on the ground, was stupefied, muttering to himself, “How is this possible, how is this possible.”

    Tiger was practically scared silly, with Li Chen cornering his mouth slightly upward: “You’ve been shooting for so long.

    Now it’s my turn.”

    Before the words fell, Li Chen smashed his fist into Tiger’s stomach, “boom,” sending him flying like a cannonball before he crashed into the wall behind him.

    “Cough cough”

    Tiger lay on the ground, fresh blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, while Li Chen took steps toward him, each footstep undoubtedly terrifying like the devil’s.

    “Who are you?” Tiger screamed, “I don’t recall offending you, sir, the Axe Gang has done nothing to wrong you, why attack us?”

    Tiger couldn’t fathom it, a man of such terrifying power, when had he offended him?

    He had no memory of it, and generally, when encountering such a terrifying person, he would have taken a detour, not daring to provoke them.

    “Is that so?

    And the events of today, you’re rather forgetful, huh.” Li Chen’s mouth twitched into a vague smile as he grabbed Tiger’s hair, smiled lightly and said, “Need me to remind you?”

    Today’s events?

    Tiger was stunned, then rapidly started recalling in his mind, but after racking his brain, he couldn’t figure out where he had offended the other today, and not only today, but he had also never seen him before.

    “Hmph.” Li Chen snorted coldly and was about to slam Tiger’s head into the wall when Tiger suddenly shocked, no, it couldn’t be that.

    “Remember now?” Li Chen looked down at Tiger.

    Tiger raised his head, his face filled with panic, and said, “Is it, is it the Lin’s Group?”

    As he spoke, his throat was somewhat dry.

    “You still have some memory,” Li Chen patted his cheek, “Tell me, who is behind this?

    Who ordered you to do this?”

    Just as Tiger was about to speak, he suddenly recalled that person’s methods and was shocked; hurriedly changing his words, he said, “I was wrong.

    I apologize for my ignorance.

    I shouldn’t have taken Tianqiao Group’s money to strike at Lin’s Group.

    Spare me this once, from now on, I will completely avoid Lin’s Group.”

    Seeing him speak with such sincerity, Li Chen, however, narrowed his eyes, noticing the flicker in his eyes as he spoke.

    Lying!

    He instantly judged the other’s words.

    “Then why did you go to the 9th floor?

    Any other place would have been fine, but you chose room 9024,” Li Chen said, seemingly smiling, “Could it be that Tianqiao Group also instructed you to do this?”

    Tiger was shocked, but at this moment, he could only stick it out, “The Tianqiao Group only needed us to disrupt Lin’s Group internally; I just let them choose a room at random to cause damage.”

    Not bad, lying without even a change in expression, even better than me.

    Li Chen sneered, “So the poisoning of the president of Lin’s Group was also your doing?”

    Tiger’s heart dripped with cold sweat, but he said, “Absolutely not, Tianqiao Group only wanted us to sabotage the internal affairs of Chen Group.

    As for why the president of Lin’s Group was poisoned, I really don’t know.”

    Li Chen stood up, his voice cold, “You really are stubborn even in the face of death.

    Since you refuse to reveal the person behind this, I will send you to meet him!”

    Tiger was startled.

    Just as he was about to loudly object, a shiny silver chopper flew towards him, piercing directly through his eyes!

    The leader of the Axe Gang, tragically dead in his own lair, without a doubt, Tiger’s death would change the criminal underworld of Linchuan City.

    However, this was not of Li Chen’s concern.

    After killing the opponent, Li Chen immediately started searching the room.

    If he wasn’t mistaken, he should find some clues.

    Actually, the room wasn’t very large.

    Li Chen quickly searched through everything.

    Wang Hao, lying on the floor, watched him search and was puzzled.

    He wanted to speak but feared disturbing him.

    The man before him was like a God of Slaughter; if he unintentionally angered him, might he be killed too?

    Nothing?

    Li Chen frowned, then meticulously surveyed the room.

    At that moment, Wang Hao mustered his courage and spoke up, “Sir.”

    Li Chen ignored him.

    “I saw Tiger open a hidden door before.”

    Li Chen suddenly turned, staring at Wang Hao, “Where?”

    “Over there,” Wang Hao trembled, pointing towards a cabinet.

    Li Chen moved to the cabinet and lifted his hand, shifting the cabinet aside to reveal a secret door.

    Channeling his Yuan Qi, Ye Chen’s right palma slammed forward, instantly turning the door to splinters, violently broken open by Li Chen!

    Wang Hao was dumbstruck.

    Upon entering the hidden room, Li Chen discovered it was actually another room filled with various items, including some hard-to-find weapons.

    AK47s were carelessly strewn about, and there were grenades too; it was essentially an armory.

    Besides these, there were some documents on a table, including information on personnel from the Linchuan Municipal Government and financial records of the Axe Gang.

    Li Chen’s gaze swept over the table and immediately spotted a familiar object—a red ring appeared before his eyes.

    Picking up the ring, Li Chen scrutinized it closely; it was somewhat special, silvery-white, but the shank was blood-red, and there was also a skull head on it.

    Ghost King!

    Instantly, Li Chen thought of the Ghost King.

    Every time he had seen the Ghost King, he invariably wore a similar ring.

    Without a doubt, the Ghost King had been here.

    “It seems you are not the one who died,” Li Chen muttered to himself.

    He was sure that all the incidents targeting him had involved the Ghost King, but his purpose and motives still puzzled Li Chen, as the Ghost King was hidden in the shadows, unknown to him.

    “Always hiding in the shadows, just as it has always been your nature,” Li Chen pocketed the ring, then walked out of the secret chamber.

    Before leaving, he glanced at Wang Hao and said indifferently, “The police will be here in an hour.”

    Then, without a glance at Wang Hao, he disappeared into the night.

    Upon hearing this, Wang Hao hurriedly left as well.

    ...

    Li Chen made a phone call, and soon, the voice of Shadow came through.

    “Master.”

    Li Chen said indifferently, “Shadow, today I found the skull ring worn by the Ghost King within an underworld gang.

    Check it out and see what’s going on.”

    “Master, I’m already aware of this.” The voice from the phone spoke, “Moreover, the recent matters I’ve investigated are also related to this, but it’s of great import, so I can only discuss the details when I arrive in Linchuan.”

    Arriving in Linchuan, less than a week.

    Li Chen frowned, feeling something was off with Shadow; this sensation seemed to have started since the first phone call after his return to the country, though he hadn’t noticed it then.

    “Alright, then tell me all about it when you get to Linchuan.”

    “Yes, Master.”

    After hanging up the phone, the crease in Li Chen’s brow did not relax.

    Shadow seemed different, but he couldn’t quite place how.

    Thinking it over, he decided to put these matters aside until Shadow’s arrival.