Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 109 - 107: When There Is No Way Out, Lin Yuan Is the Savior
The assistant transformed into a fierce tiger, growling softly, with strong limbs treading on the ground, poised to pounce at Xu Weili.
Xu Weili transformed into a panther, could only retreat in panic, not daring to confront the assistant head-on.
The disparity in strength was too great; a head-on confrontation was a dead end.
The clouds follow the dragon, the wind follows the tiger.
The moment the striped fierce tiger moved, there was the sound of a gust of wind sweeping around.
The fierce tiger leaped, casting a massive shadow over Xu Weili, who had transformed into a panther.
Though the panther’s strength was far inferior to the striped fierce tiger, its speed was indeed fast.
No sooner said than done.
Just as the fierce tiger pounced, the panther nimbly slid out from underneath its belly.
The panther dodged, and the two front paws that should have struck the panther landed on a slab of green stone in front, shattering the hard stone instantly.
"Roar!"
The fierce tiger, transformed from the assistant, roared in anger after missing the strike, its roar making ears ache and heads dizzy.
Moments later, the fierce tiger crouched, its hind legs thrusting powerfully, shooting forward like a cannonball, with a piercing sound.
This time, Xu Weili’s transformation into a panther couldn’t be as lucky.
The fierce tiger’s tail, as thick as a steel whip, lashed mercilessly at him.
"Boom!"
Following a loud bang, the panther was whipped away, a shocking wound appearing on its abdomen.
Blood gushed out, soaking a large patch of sand in the blink of an eye.
A Tier Seven versus a Tier Six; such is the powerlessness.
The power level isn’t in the same league, nearly without any ability to resist.
"A mere ant, easily crushed." The fierce tiger spoke with human words, the voice unmistakably that of the assistant.
The assistant transformed into the fierce tiger, stepping toward Xu Weili, who had transformed into a panther.
Xu Weili struggled to get up and darted into the forest.
However, even in his prime, escape was impossible; now, severely injured, attempting to flee was undoubtedly a foolish dream.
The fierce tiger roared, catching up with the panther in a few bounds, blocking its path.
"Roar!"
A tiger’s roar echoed, with a powerful paw hitting the panther, sending it flying.
The panther rolled several times on the ground, lying there struggling powerlessly.
At this moment, Xu Weili, severely injured, could no longer maintain his beast form.
He returned to human form, feeling a metallic taste in his throat surging up, and then, with a "thud," he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Young Master Xu, still intending to run?" The bald Divine Empress stepped forward, teasing Xu Weili: "Why waste your effort?"
After mocking Xu Weili, the bald Divine Empress instructed the assistant, "Assistant, tie him up!"
The fierce tiger transformed back into a burly middle-aged man, a pair of handcuffs appearing in his hands, and approached Xu Weili.
"Go ahead!"
"But I assure you, I won’t say anything." Xu Weili seemed resigned, proactively extending his hands, indicating for the assistant to cuff him.
Though captured alive, Xu Weili had no thoughts of suicide.
The Xu family was exterminated; he was now the Xu family’s only hope.
If he were to commit suicide, the Xu family would be completely gone.
If that happened, even in death, he wouldn’t be able to face the Xu ancestors.
Xu Weili understood that the conglomerate was coveting the research results in his head.
As long as they hadn’t extracted this from his mind, he was safe.
....
....
"Click!"
The sound of the handcuffs clamping shut echoed, and the assistant felt a weight on his left hand.
Then, with another "click," the same sound echoed, and the assistant felt a weight on his right hand.
Instinctively, the assistant glanced down, noticing the handcuffs had in an instant bound his left and right hands together.
Then, a large fist appeared in his line of sight.
A fist.
A fist the size of a sandbag, smashed heavily onto the assistant’s head.
The assistant only felt his head spinning, and then his whole body seemed to float lightly up.
The assistant flew over ten meters away before crashing heavily to the ground.
Now, standing before Xu Weili was a young man in black.
In a flash, he had snatched the handcuffs from the assistant and cuffed the assistant.
Then, he punched him away.
Who was this young man in black?
Undoubtedly, it was Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan punched fiercely!
The assistant’s face was covered in blood, streaming down frightfully.
The assistant got up from the ground, wiped the blood off his face, and pointed at Lin Yuan, cursing, "Bastard, who are you? Thinking of standing up for this kid, you should consider your capabilities!"
At this moment, the taskmaster’s hands were still handcuffed, so his expression of anger directed at Lin Yuan looked extremely comical.
The taskmaster didn’t immediately recognize Lin Yuan, but the bald Divine Empress, the leader of the Twelve Celestial Stems, managed to identify him.
"Lin Yuan, what quick reflexes!"
"So, Peng City is determined to protect this guy?" There was a hint of chilliness in the Divine Empress’s tone.
Lin Yuan looked at the bald Divine Empress and said calmly, "Since this guy knows to run to my Peng City, naturally, my Peng City won’t let him down."
"I’m protecting this person, Lin Yuan said!"
"What?"
"Boss, is he really that Lin Yuan from Peng City?" The taskmaster’s face was full of surprise, mixed with a bit of fear.
Lin Yuan’s notoriety had already spread throughout the financial power organizations, and the members of the Deceitful King Faction also knew of Lin Yuan’s combat achievements.
The Zhang Family’s assassination squad was completely annihilated by Lin Yuan, practically wiped out.
Including Zhang Peng, among three Tier Six Life Pattern Masters, only half a person returned alive.
Why say half a person?
Although Zhang Peng returned alive, he lost his Kun’Er!
The most valued aspect for the financial families is the continuation of the family line; Zhang Peng losing the ability to continue the family line makes him count as half a person, which is already considered generous.
Mind you, Zhang Peng was an elite Life Pattern Master with an Eight-Armed Nezha Tattoo; not to mention, even the strongest Divine Empress among the Li Family’s assassination squad of the Twelve Celestial Stems is far inferior to Zhang Peng.
Lin Yuan is now registered within the financial factions; particularly Zhang Family sees him as an eyesore and a thorn.
Unfortunately, Lin Yuan’s personal strength is too formidable, and the financial powers temporarily do not have anyone capable of taking him down.
The financial powers currently find Lin Yuan disagreeable but cannot get rid of him.
The Divine Empress felt apprehensive about encountering Lin Yuan today.
Remember, initially, Zhang Family’s assassination squad, including Zhang Peng, was composed of three Tier Six Life Pattern Masters.
Due to Zhang Peng’s strong abilities, their overall strength was above theirs.
Even so, within Zhang Family’s assassination squad, the Celestial King and the Lingguan still died in Peng City, falling to Lin Yuan’s hands.
Without a doubt, Zhang Family’s assassination squad couldn’t handle Lin Yuan, and their current Li Family’s squad was also no match for Lin Yuan.
The bald Divine Empress knew that with Lin Yuan’s appearance, they must resort to cunning and not brute force for this mission.
"Lin..."
"Mr. Lin, let’s speak openly. You rescued this kid also for the Xu Family’s research findings, right?"
"Why not do this, hand over this kid to me, and I’ll take him back for questioning. Once we extract those research findings, I’ll immediately send a copy to Mr. Lin, how about that?" Saying this, the Divine Empress paused, seemingly trying to better persuade Lin Yuan, he added, "If Mr. Lin agrees, I can report to the Family Head. From now on, our Li Family will not interfere in your feud with Zhang Family."
The Divine Empress’s words were complete nonsense.
He was just making promises, getting Xu Weili into his hands first, as for what happens afterward, that’s a matter for later.
However, Lin Yuan didn’t believe a single punctuation mark of what he said.
In his past life, Lin Yuan struggled for three years in the world invaded by the bizarre; he had some understanding of financial power factions.
At that time, financial power factions wielded great power, holding an extremely high level of discourse in many human shelters.
The reason financial powers had such authority boiled down to two words.
That would be....
Unity.
Especially those nine top financial powers with control over the nine assassination squads of the Deceitful King Faction, they were particularly united.
Being against one meant being against the entire Deceitful King Faction.
This talk about Li Family not interfering in his feud with Zhang Family was totally fake promises made at the cemetery.
Lin Yuan stared at the Divine Empress’s shiny bald head and said, enunciating each syllable, "I have no quarrel with you, why do you insult my intelligence?"
"This...." The Divine Empress was at a loss for words, realizing Lin Yuan clearly didn’t believe him.
Looks like Xu Weili wouldn’t be taken away today.
They weren’t opponents for Lin Yuan, or rather, currently, no Life Pattern Master could rival Lin Yuan.
Trying to forcibly take away Xu Weili meant only one outcome.
That would be ending up like Zhang Family’s assassination squad.
Thinking of this, the Divine Empress’s face darkened.
Unpleasant-looking?
An unpleasant face couldn’t help it; being outmatched left him with little choice but to swallow the bitter pill.
The Divine Empress, grim-faced, cupped his hand towards Lin Yuan, "Since Mr. Lin wants to protect this person, then we’ll yield him to Mr. Lin."
"Farewell."
Having said this, the Divine Empress turned to leave.
At this moment, the nearby Tiangang dissented, "Boss, let’s clash with him."
Divine Empress: "????"
The Divine Empress was utterly confused, thinking, what a young and reckless fellow you are!
Clash with him; do we have such strength?
Zhang Peng thought the same way back then, and what is his current situation, don’t you know?
The Divine Empress knew without facing Xu Weili; he wisely chose to leave.
However, could Lin Yuan really allow him to leave like that?
"Did I say you could leave?" Lin Yuan’s voice echoed, laced with a strong murderous intent.
(P.S.: Heading to Shanghai for a website shoot, currently on a high-speed train, this Chapter was written on the train. There’ll be another Chapter likely in the evening.)
