518: Crisis Lifted - 4

Crisis Lifted - 4

They still had to walk for another 40 minutes before arriving at the private property of the Li Family.

In the meantime, Mark was getting his wound tended to in a car.

Audley, the commander of the Phantom Lord, was talking to his vice-commander, Arnold.

Andrew, the captain of another division, was holding a crystal wine glass in his hand and swirling the red liquid in a circular motion. There was a gold-gilded skull batch on his chest. He tossed his head back and took a big gulp of wine. The sticky, bright red wine flowed down his throat and into his stomach, and his blond hair seemed to be glowing in the dim light.

He licked his lips and sneered, "A woman? You were defeated by a woman? Are you kidding me, Mark?"

"Shut up!" Mark hissed as he glared at Andrew.

Had she not taken him by surprise, how was there any possibility she could have defeated him?

"After we seize control of the mountain, you guys can take Li Nanli with you, but you have to leave Gu Yanqi and that woman to me. I'm going to pull her bones out and make them a toy for Arthur!"

Arthur was a wolfdog kept by Mark that was brutal by nature.

As if the dog understood what Mark had said, it let out a wolfish growl and scratched the blanket beneath it with its sharp claws.

Time passed minute by minute and second by second. 

Andrew had stopped criticizing Mark. He looked at his watch and said, "It's time for us to draw in our net."

He stroked the cross on the side of the skull and said in a gloomy voice, "Amen, the Lord will bless them."

Mark scoffed lightly. He petted the wolfdog beside him and said, "Let's go, old buddy. You will get an extra portion of dinner tonight."

Just as Mark and Andrew were about to get out of the car, a few of their subordinates that had been tasked to take the mountain down came back. 

"What's wrong? Where's Li Nanli? Aren't you guys supposed to be launching your attack by now? Why are you back?" Andrew asked. 

He had no idea why but he could not shake off the bad feeling in his heart. 

It had been more than 30 minutes, and although the house on top of the mountain was brightly lit, he felt that something was not right.

The people on top wanted Li Nanli alive. They wanted them to wait until Li Nanli's team had lost their will to fight before making any advancements. That's why they were wasting half an hour there.

However, Andrew did not have a good feeling about it when he saw the nervous expression on his subordinates' faces.

His subordinates looked at each other. Since none of them were willing to step forward and tell Andrew everything, the leader of the group stepped up and said, "Erm, Li Nanli... Li Nanli is gone. The entire house is empty. We have searched the whole mountain, and if we're right, they left through the minefield at the back of the mountain…"

"What did you say? They are gone?" Mark shouted as he grabbed the man's collar.

Andrew crushed the glass with his hand, and his face was dark. "They left through the minefield? How is that even possible? Did you guys search the entire mountain?" 

The subordinate's body was shaking as he replied, "Y—Yes. We searched the entire mountain and found some footsteps in the minefield at the back of the mountain."

"How is there any possibility they could have left through the minefield without any equipment?"

"I… I don't know, but judging from the footsteps, I guess they left through the minefield 30 minutes ago. However, they don't have any equipment with them, so I think it will take them a while to get away from the mountain. If we go after them now, we could still catch up to them."

"So what are you still waiting for? Go!" Mark shouted.

"Yes, sir!"

The group of subordinates hurriedly went away. Not far away, Arnold noticed something was not right. He went up to Andrew and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's Li Nanli," Andrew said. "They ran away through the minefield at the back of the mountain. It's my fault. I should have…"

"They ran away through the minefield?" Arnold shouted, his voice filled with disbelief.

'I don't remember Li Nanli having a demining expert in his team. Could it be reinforcements from outside? But how did they get past us without us noticing anything?'

That said, Arnold knew now was not the right time to ponder this thing. He lifted his head and ordered, "Mark, Andrew, gather everyone. We're going after them!"

Andrew licked his lips and said, "What if we accidentally kill Li Nanli?"

"All we have to do now is catch up to them," Arnold said. "Do you have any idea what will happen to us if we let any of them get away?"

"But the Ouyang Family…"

"Hah! Their target is the Li Corporation. Do you think they will protect us if Li Nanli is still alive?"

"Everyone, it's time to roll out! Let's go get Li Nanli!" 

Countless cars started at the same time and went down the mountain. 

For a moment, the smell of death and car engines spread throughout the mountain.

—

Meanwhile, Gu Yanqi and his gang were walking down the road.

The wind in the winter night was cold, and it had been a long time since the Shadow Corp had been pushed to this extent. 

"Yes! We made it out alive!"

"It's all thanks to Ms. Fu!"

"Yeah, right. Otherwise, there is no way we could have gotten out of the minefield."

The members of the Shadow Corp looked at each other, and all of them felt relieved.

"Don't lower your guard. We're not completely out of danger yet." 

They could see the light coming from the other side of the mountain and hear the roaring sound of the car engines in the air. 

They could use their phones and call for help since they had left the mountain. Gu Yanqi hastily used the phone of the vice-captain and sent a distress signal. 

"Let's go to Lucky Cloud Pavilion and meet up with Jiang Jinshu."

"Yes, sir!" Yu Sheng and the others nodded. 

They were walking rapidly ahead, while Fu Zhi was walking slowly at the back. 

Gu Yanqi noticed something and asked, "What's wrong, Ms. Fu?"

Then, he comforted her. "Don't worry. When we arrive at Lucky Cloud Pavilion, we will be meeting up with the rest of our team. We will do our best to take care of you, so hurry up. The people of the Phantom Lord will catch up to us if we don't go faster."

"But…" Fu Zhi, who could not walk anymore, pointed ahead and said, "Someone is coming."

"What?"

Everyone was startled and looked in the direction of Fu Zhi's finger.

Not far away, a few black SUVs were slaloming in and out of the forest.

"D*mn it! How can they be so fast?!"

"What should we do, Young Master Gu? Our cars have been destroyed!" 0

Gu Yanqi dragged Fu Zhi aside and barked out his orders. "Check your guns and bullets. Everyone, code red!"

"They are coming!"

"Hurry, hurry! Find cover!"

Everyone was making preparations as the SUVs were getting nearer and nearer.

Gu Yanqi pressed Fu Zhi into the bushes.

"They are…" She stuck her head out.

"Shut up and keep your head down!" Gu Yanqi shouted as he pressed her head back into the bushes. "Just don't make any noise!"

Fu Zhi was speechless.

The vice-captain of the Shadow Corp pointed his gun at one of the SUVs.

Fu Zhi stuck her head out and said, "You…"

However, this time, Liu Mi came up to her and covered her mouth. "I'm sorry, Ms. Fu, but it's not the right time to talk now."

Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

She tried to pry Liu Mi's fingers away from her mouth.

In the meantime, just as the vice-captain of the Shadow Corp aimed at the wheel of the SUV, the man sitting in the passenger seat of the SUV rolled the window down and stuck his body out.

Then, he placed a white device on top of his car. 

The vice-captain of the Shadow Corp tensed like a bow that had been pulled to the maximum.

The SUV continued to move a few meters forward, and the white device on top of the car was then finally activated.

"The Fu Corporation has gone bankrupt. Fu Zhao ran away with his daughter!"

The members of the Shadow Corp fell silent.

Lao Wang understood everything. He turned his head around and looked at Gu Yanqi with bloodshot eyes. "Young Master Gu! The Fu Corporation hired the Phantom Lord to kill us!"

Fu Zhi, who had just freed herself from Liu Mi's clutches, was dumbfounded when she heard what Lao Wang had said.

—

Inside the car, Wang Rao looked at the man beside him, and the man hastily said, "Don't worry. Here comes the best part!" 

Then, a song wafted out of the device. "Fu Zhi, Fu Zhi, where are you? Fu Zhi, Fu Zhi, where are you? Fu Zhi, Fu Zhi, oh, here you are!

"What's Dad's dad's name? Dad's dad's name is Fu Zhi! Fu Zhi, Fu Zhi where are you? You are our good friend!

"Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. Fu Zhi is a scammer, quack, quack!"

The crowd did not know what to say. 

"Erm, Ms. Fu." Yu Sheng scratched his head and said, "They seem to be here to collect what you owe them, huh?"

Fu Zhi did not know what she should say.

Xiang Qian then chimed in, "Just give your orders, Ms. Fu. Should we kill them?"

Fu Zhi was speechless.

"Shut up, you moron! Go to the corner and count how many mushrooms there are!" Liu Mi said as he smacked Xiang Qian's head. He pointed at the black SUV and added, "They are here to pick us up! They are not our enemies!"

Then, he went to pick Fu Zhi up from the bushes. "Ms. Fu, you should have told us that they are your friends. If you had told us earlier, we would have gone into their cars already!" 

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