Chapter 87: How Does He Know Everything?

As soon as the mixture appeared, it vanished again, and in the next instant, a warblade materialized in Liu Rui's hand.

"Xiaochun, I will avenge you."

The calmness in her voice made Li Jie more afraid than any threat.

"Kill her. Once her spatial equipment becomes ownerless, anyone can use it."

Liu Rui's pupils contracted. Even she hadn’t known this—how could Li Jie be so sure? Or was she just bluffing? But there was no time to ask; a dozen women were already charging forward with knives.

Liu Rui’s fracture hadn’t fully healed yet—she could move, but fighting was another matter.

At that moment, a familiar voice rang out.

"Kill them all."

A phantom-like figure flitted through the crowd; before anyone could react, only two were left standing—Bai Xing had already taken care of the rest.

A flash of cruelty passed through Li Jie’s eyes. She swung her blade fiercely at Li Xiaochun beside her.

If she was going to die, she’d make sure this woman suffered too.

If only she’d listened to her advice, none of this would have happened.

But as she raised her arm, she suddenly saw it lying on the ground.

Why was her hand on the ground?

The next second, delayed agony swept through her entire body.

Fang Xia, calm and unhurried, cut the ropes from Li Xiaochun with his dagger and quickly fed her a tier-two upgrade crystal.

Bai Xing finished off the last two and came over.

"You could die as well, you know. I already know who it was."

Those airy words silenced even Li Jie’s screams of pain.

"If I’m not mistaken, it was the Lone Wolf Gang."

Even through the excruciating pain, Li Jie’s shock was evident. How did he know?

"Take Li Xiaochun back for treatment."

With a casual swing of his blade, Fang Xia put an end to the source of the commotion, his gaze turning toward the direction of the Lone Wolf Gang.

It was time to settle accounts.

From beginning to end, Fang Xia hadn’t spared Liu Rui a single glance.

Had she been involved, or handed over the upgrade mixture, she’d already be a corpse.

"Brother Fang, let me go with you."

Bai Xing stepped forward to Fang Xia’s side.

Fang Xia nodded.

The two of them headed eastward through the city.

"Call Lone Wolf out."

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The Lone Wolf Gang was now in tatters. Once boasting over ten thousand members, their numbers had dwindled to six or seven thousand, many recruited only today.

As for skilled fighters, there were hardly any left.

"Who are you to order our boss out? Looking to die?"

No sooner had the words left his lips than Bai Xing moved—or perhaps it only seemed like she hadn’t. The speaker would never utter another word.

"Get Lone Wolf out here, or we’ll kill our way in."

Someone had died, and more gang members crowded around, but Fang Xia showed no fear.

If these had been zombies, Fang Xia might have paused to consider, but faced with this rabble, a couple of deaths was enough to cow them.

And indeed, just as Fang Xia expected, hundreds surrounded him, but none dared make a move.

Someone had already gone inside to inform Lone Wolf.

Before long, Lone Wolf emerged with over a dozen subordinates. Spotting Fang Xia, his heart clenched.

Nothing good ever came of running into this guy.

"Captain Fang, we’ve kept to ourselves lately. You barging in and killing people at my door—hardly fair play."

Lone Wolf was normally arrogant, but after several humiliating run-ins with Fang Xia, he saw him as his nemesis.

Especially now, with his gang in shambles after the recent zombie attacks, he couldn’t afford more trouble.

"Oh? But inciting my members to betray me, that’s fair play?"

"Captain Fang, I don’t know what you’re talking about."

Lone Wolf feigned ignorance.

Fang Xia took a step forward.

"Stop him!"

Lone Wolf shouted. The crowd stirred, several emboldened by their numbers lunging forward.

Fang Xia didn’t move, but Bai Xing did, and the rest fell back.

Six more corpses joined the one from before, making seven in all—enough to unnerve anyone.

"Don’t play dumb. You turned dozens of my men against me. Did you think I’d just let it go?"

[Dozens? No way—I only turned two. Damn that student; he promised there’d be a chance for revenge, but instead they came right to my door.]

"Who was the student who taught you?"

Fang Xia suddenly appeared in front of Lone Wolf, startling him into several steps back.

"What student? I don’t know any student."

[How does he know everything? This is insane.]

"Bai Xing."

If he wouldn’t talk, killing Lone Wolf would dissolve the gang and eliminate the threat.

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"Don’t do anything crazy! I’ve got thousands of brothers—think you could survive?"

"And do you think anyone would avenge you if you died?"

To have fallen so low as a gang leader—what a failure.

But Fang Xia had played no small part in that. Had he not repeatedly humiliated Lone Wolf and undermined his authority, there would have been more resistance now.

Lone Wolf glanced around; many had even stepped back.

"If you want to live, it’s simple. Five hundred tier-three upgrade crystals."

"You think upgrade crystals are lying around for the taking? Go ask Dawn City if they have five hundred. My people have died, my resources wasted, and I’ve only collected a hundred at most. You want five hundred?"

"If you die, you lose everything. Don’t tell me that business with my men wasn’t your doing. We all know the truth. If I had no evidence, I wouldn’t be here."

"Five hundred is impossible. Even if you kill me, I don’t have that many."

"Make up the rest with tier-four crystals."

"Ten, no more."

"Three hundred."

"Then you might as well kill me."

"Two hundred, not a crystal less, or you die."

"Brother, I really don’t have that many. Do you?"

"......"

"Fifty. If you can’t produce them, you die."

The negotiations ended there.

The two stood close, while others kept their distance, fearing Fang Xia might lash out indiscriminately.

They exchanged a few quick words, and then Fang Xia slung his arm affectionately around Lone Wolf’s shoulders, as if they were old friends, and together they walked into the gang’s territory.

"Hand over the student who advised you and I’ll knock a few crystals off the price."

Fang Xia didn’t intend to let this person live, but if Lone Wolf wouldn’t talk, there was nothing he could do. The crystals were more important for now.

"Captain Fang, I’ve only got one educated man in my gang. If you kill him, how will I have any prospects? You’ll have to pay extra for that."

"Get lost. If there’s a next time, watch your head."

Fang Xia stopped; any further and he’d be deep inside Lone Wolf’s territory. He wasn’t afraid, but there was no need to take unnecessary risks.

Lone Wolf had thought about resisting, but the hand on his shoulder felt like a mountain—he couldn’t move at all.

He had no choice but to obediently hand over fifty tier-three upgrade crystals.