When Xiao Tian arrived at the dock, he saw the Black-clothed Man emerging from the sea, unaware of what had happened before. This Black-clothed Man was someone Xiao Tian happened to know—an assassin ranked nineteenth on the Dark List, Heizi.

Seeing Heizi leave, Xiao Tian instinctively sensed that things might not be simple. After a brief pause, he pursued in the direction Heizi departed.

Elsewhere.

Heizi was utterly furious at this moment, having hunted geese all his life, only to have his eyes pecked today. Sensing that he was getting closer to his target, he finally revealed a cruel smile.

"Young Master, give me your hand!" The three dared not stop for a moment, but being unfamiliar with Shanghai’s roads, they ran into a dead end.

Peng Qi, knowing he couldn’t escape, had a simple plan—seek refuge at the Shanghai Police Station.

No matter how formidable the Black-clothed People were, it was unlikely they would dare confront national machinery, especially after witnessing Xiao Tian’s strength, making Peng Qi feel this was the only solution now.

As for stealing national treasures? Even if he was sentenced, it was better than losing his life, wasn’t it? Even if he was detained, Peng Qi could find a way out eventually. But now, the urgent task was how to get in.

Lou Long and Lou Hu, on the wall, were seriously injured, their frantic escape leaving them panting like stray dogs, in a sorry state.

This was despite them having trained; if their strength was any weaker, being punched twice by Heizi would probably leave them unable to escape at all. They prided themselves on their strength, yet with just one encounter, they ended up like this, showing the extent of Heizi’s power.

Lou Long and Lou Hu each extended a hand, intending to pull Peng Qi up the wall. Just as Peng Qi was about to grab the two to climb up, a cold voice sounded behind him: "So slow to get here? How slow!"

Peng Qi shivered violently, pushing the two over the wall: "Run! Or we’ll all die!"

"Young Master!" Lou Long, who fell off the wall, yelled heartbreakingly, getting up to charge in, determined to accompany the Young Master even in death.

Just as he got up, the usually mute Lou Hu beside him pulled him back. Lou Hu’s eyes were blood-red; although he also wanted to charge, the Young Master was right—not running meant certain death for all.

"Keep your lives, avenge the Young Master!" Lou Hu’s teeth were clenched tightly, trembling as he spoke through gritted teeth, pulling Lou Long away to escape.

"Hmph!" Heizi snorted coldly, indifferent to the two fleeing. He was confident that after brutally killing Peng Qi, he could catch up with the two again.

At that time, he would bring Peng Qi’s head along, imagining the look on the two’s faces upon seeing their Young Master’s head, filling Heizi with gratification.

"You’ve already got the item, why do you insist on exterminating us?" Peng Qi was livid, glaring fiercely at Heizi, questioning.

Heizi resumed his cat-and-mouse demeanor: "Heh! Because I’m unhappy. If at that time you’d kneeled and begged for mercy, handed over the item with both hands, I might’ve considered sparing you. But you recklessly tried to escape; you can’t blame me for that!"

"So, how do you want to die?"

At the moment, Peng Qi was furious beyond measure, and since the other party was forcing him so desperately, they might as well die together!

A strange stone appeared in Peng Qi’s hand, a prism-like peculiar stone, completely transparent like crystal, with sharp edges, looking extremely sharp.

Upon seeing the crystal-like stone, Heizi’s pupils dilated: "Energy Stone?"

Peng Qi showed a crazed smile, gripping his palm tightly, instantly staining the Energy Stone with scarlet blood.

Heizi naturally wasn’t unfamiliar with this kind of item circulating at the lowest level of the Dark World. This kind of stone containing immense energy, once detonated, had power comparable to hundreds of kilograms of explosives, and the usage was simple, only needing the user to activate it with their own Inner Strength.

Without waiting for the person before him to act, Peng Qi charged at Heizi with all his might, disregarding everything, the madness in his eyes even making Heizi somewhat fearful.

Heizi showed a look of fear and intended to retreat, being blown up by such a thing would cause irreversible damage, even if not dead. He was not Xiao Tian; his physical body wasn’t invulnerable.

At a critical moment, Xiao Tian intervened, Peng Qi just saw a flash before his eyes, only to find his hand suddenly empty.

"Oh? This kind of thing, haven’t seen it in a long time!" Both Peng Qi and Heizi looked towards the owner of the voice. There stood a masked man, leisurely saying while playing with the ’Energy Stone’ in his hand: "I’ll take this, thank you!"

Not knowing if the newcomer was friend or foe, Heizi cupped his hands: "May I ask who you are?"

Peng Qi underwent successive stimuli, coupled with excessive blood loss, and finally fainted.

Xiao Tian jokingly said: "I’m your papa!"

With that, he leaped up and punched.

Heizi’s expression changed several times; he really couldn’t figure out the identity of the masked man before him, could it be an old enemy seeking revenge? Impossible! He always rooted out weeds, leaving no aftermath.

Though he had previously said that Peng Qi would be spared if he knelt and begged for mercy, those were merely humiliating words. Even if Peng Qi truly did as he said, Heizi wouldn’t spare them.

Heizi also gave his all, launching a palm strike, as he was now certain the newcomer was a foe, not a friend.

As fists and palms met, a muffled sound echoed, both taking two steps back, Heizi thinking it was nothing special.

Just about to gather Inner Strength for a stronger strike to ensure injuring the newcomer with one hit, Heizi was suddenly horrified, staring at the masked Xiao Tian, a look more surprised than when he saw the Energy Stone.

"You, you’re so despicable!" Heizi roared sadly and furiously.

Originally, Xiao Tian’s punch seemed to be all-out, but its focus wasn’t on the fist. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

In his wildest dreams, Heizi didn’t expect Xiao Tian to, in such a short time, conjure the Energy Stone between his fingers just as fists and palms were about to collide.

Subsequently, both had their palms wounded by the Energy Stone, but Xiao Tian used the Energy Stone as a medium to send a surge of energy into Heizi’s body.

Heizi hurriedly exerted force to block this power at his forearm crook. As two energies clashed, the result was Heizi screaming painfully, with blood spurting from his pores, forming a mist.

Making one wrong move, Heizi no longer lingered, immediately using his Body Technique to disappear without a trace.

Xiao Tian cursed Heizi’s strength as unimpressive, yet his escape speed was first-rate. Removing the face mask, he strangely looked at the fainted Peng Qi, deep in thought.

"No matter what, let’s save him first!"

From his pocket, Xiao Tian drew a pouch of silver needles, took out one, sterilized it with high heat from a lighter, and then pierced it into the base of Peng Qi’s hand, lighting a cigarette and sitting on the roadside, waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

Just as Xiao Tian pondered the matter of the ’Double Fish Jade Pendant’, a sudden and rapid phone ring sounded.

Looking down, Xiao Tian saw it was Yu Ningxue calling.