At Lawrence's command, everyone immediately drove towards Uzi Manor.

There, Xu Hao handed over all affairs to Lawrence and acted as a hands-off manager himself.

These were merely trivial matters; Xu Hao only needed to handle the big picture, leaving the rest to people like Lawrence.

Lawrence knew Xu Hao was pressed for time, so he worked swiftly. In less than twenty minutes, he had already cleaned up all of Uzi's men at Uzi Manor.

At this moment, he also displayed his ruthlessness as a big-time boss.

Anyone who didn't want to surrender or leave Shatu State, he viewed them as Uzi's diehards and killed them all.

The matter here wrapped up quickly amidst a burst of gunfire.

The main force moved eastward again.

Lawrence was in a great mood, having secured a victory in the first battle. This was fantastic news!

Meanwhile, Arthur and Job, two of the remaining four major forces, were filled with unease.

They had spies everywhere who quickly reported the sudden attack by Xu Hao on Uzi at the manor, taking him out. This infuriated them.

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Ordinary grandmaster level experts would never engage with people wielding hot weapons, let alone storm someone's stronghold and assassinate them, which was essentially suicidal behavior.

A slight misstep could lead to being blasted to pieces by powerful hot weapons.

But now, Xu Hao treated those hot weapons as if they were nothing, turning Uzi's meticulously crafted fortress into his backyard, coming and going as he pleased. This was too much!

Yet, faced with such overwhelming power, they had no choice.

When Lawrence's main force reached Arthur's territory, everyone was surprised to see Arthur personally leading his men outside to greet them.

Moreover, he was holding a white flag.

They had surrendered!

Xu Hao smiled slightly and said, "Not bad, a wise man submits to circumstances."

Incorporating Arthur's forces and pulling out some men to join the main force, even Arthur himself tagged along as they reached Job's territory.

Like Arthur, Job also personally welcomed them and surrendered completely.

Xu Hao found it amusing; these people were truly scared.

Seeing Job surrender too, Lawrence sighed and said, "Only now do I understand what true prowess is! Master, you really are my role model, subduing them without a fight!"

Xu Hao chuckled, "I just used brute force to suppress them, nothing extraordinary. With Uzi's downfall as a warning, they all understood the right choice to make."

Arthur and Job exchanged glances, seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.

They had no other choice. Faced with Xu Hao's overwhelming strength, if they didn't want to die, they had to surrender.

At this moment, Xu Hao suddenly felt his phone vibrate.

He answered the call.

Upon hearing what Anna said, a cold murderous intent filled him.

Over the phone, Anna burst into tears as she told him her father had been taken hostage by Williams.

Xu Hao could clearly sense that Anna was crying tears like rain on the other end of the line.

Williams was using her as a threat, which made Xu Hao very unhappy. This essentially meant Anthony was being dragged into the mess because of him.

Then, Xu Hao received a message from Wang Zhong: another clue about the Immortal Bone had been found, seemingly in Anthony's possession.

After comforting her a bit, Xu Hao said, "Anna, don't worry. I will definitely rescue your father!"

After hanging up, Xu Hao said, "Lawrence, Williams is one of your vassals, right?"

Lawrence immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, Master, why do you mention him? His force is just a small one."

Xu Hao's eyes turned cold, "But now, Williams has taken my friend's father, Anthony, hostage and is threatening me to meet him. I fear he has already set a trap, waiting for me to fall in."

"How outrageous! Williams is courting death!"

Lawrence angrily said, "Master, please allow me to rescue your friend's father!"

Lawrence was inwardly cursing, having just managed to build a good relationship with Xu Hao, who was helping him establish his power. But now, Williams was dragging him down at this critical moment!

He knew that Williams and Anthony had always had conflicts over the Huaya Market, but no matter how great the past conflicts, that shouldn't be an excuse to drag him down now!

If he wanted to die, he shouldn't take others with him!

Arthur and Job both felt a bit of sympathy for Williams at this point.

If he wanted trouble, why choose this nemesis?

The most frustrating part was that he even specifically asked this nemesis to find him!