This result was beyond Pang Zhen's expectation.
After all, Zhao Yuan had vowed to keep him safe.
And now...
Damn it!
Pang Zhen swore in anger.
If Chen Nan were an ordinary person, he would have no fear of him. But now that even Zhao Yuan was struggling to protect himself, it was evident that the other party had grown into a formidable figure.
If such a person sought revenge, how could he possibly resist?
He then called Wang Kai again, hoping to borrow Xue Dalong's blade to eliminate Chen Nan and avert future trouble.
"What? Chen Nan single-handedly crushed all of you? And even broke Xue Dalong's legs?"
Upon receiving Wang Kai's reply, Pang Zhen's scalp tingled.
A plan then struck him, and he said, "Does Xue Dalong want to sue Chen Nan for intentional injury? If so, ten or eight years in prison would be a certainty!"
Wang Kai retorted, "Mr. Pang, are you joking? We who live by the blade can hardly afford to involve the judiciary when we encounter an enemy we can't defeat. How else would we establish ourselves in the martial world?"
After a pause, he added, "Even if we take a step back, Chen Nan has offended Young Master Luo. His death anniversary will be next year. Why bother yourself with a dying man?"
Pang Zhen was overjoyed.
Although the Zhao family's influence was greater than the Luo family's, their sway in the martial world was far inferior.
Since Young Master Luo wanted Chen Nan dead, how could Chen Nan possibly see tomorrow's sun?
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Beneath the shade of trees outside the Tax Bureau.
Chen Nan had been waiting here.
He wasn't sure if Luo Tianyou would pay the two hundred and eighty million yuan. If he did, Chen Xiazhi would likely want to see him first upon her release!
However.
By the time the Tax Bureau closed for the day, he still hadn't seen Chen Xiazhi emerge.
"Luo Tianyou, you truly treated my words as wind!"
A cold glint flashed in Chen Nan's eyes. He then hailed a taxi and headed straight for the Fushan Ju villa complex.
As one of Jizhou's premier villa districts, it housed the wealthy and influential, with a stringent security system.
But for Chen Nan, it was nothing. He simply scaled the wall and arrived at Villa Number Eighteen.
Regrettably.
The villa was empty, save for two French bulldogs.
"Since you're not home, I'll wait here for your return!"
Chen Nan leaped onto the second-floor balcony and entered the villa.
Perhaps sensing a presence, the two ferocious French bulldogs on the first floor barked fiercely and charged upstairs at top speed.
"Seeking death!"
Chen Nan's killing intent erupted.
With two swift kicks, he sent both bulldogs flying into the wall, reducing them to a bloody pulp.
Chen Nan then proceeded to the living room on the first floor to wait.
Time flew by.
It was midnight in the blink of an eye.
A blinding light shone from outside.
Soon after, Luo Tianyou, appearing intoxicated, descended from an RV with two beautiful women on his arms, followed by two burly bodyguards.
"Didn't that guy Chen Nan say he'd cripple my legs? Where is he?" Luo Tianyou looked disappointed as he saw no one at the villa entrance.
A bodyguard sneered, "Just bragging, nothing to take seriously."
Luo Tianyou shrugged, not disagreeing.
He had offended many people.
Many had openly threatened to kill him.
But what was the outcome?
Hadn't he lived for twenty-five years?
"Something's wrong!" another thin bodyguard's expression turned serious. "Why aren't Jianglong and Fuhu barking? They used to be so cheerful when we returned."
Jianglong and Fuhu were Luo Tianyou's two French bulldogs, his beloved pets.
The other bodyguard nodded, "Indeed, it's rather strange!"
"Strange my foot, they're probably asleep!" Luo Tianyou said dismissively. He liked those two bulldogs mainly because they were exceptionally ferocious, having brought him considerable prestige and money in dog fighting competitions.
The two bodyguards didn't think much of it. After all, the bulldogs were powerful; other than sleeping, nothing else was likely to have happened.
"Fingerprint verification successful!"
After verifying his fingerprint, Luo Tianyou opened the main door, then verified the entrance door.
With the entrance door verified, the previously dark villa instantly lit up.
Luo Tianyou said, "You two wait in the car..."
Before he could finish.
His voice abruptly cut off.
He was shocked to see a strange man sitting in the villa's living room.
"Who are you? How did you get in?"
A bodyguard, his muscles tensed, glared at Chen Nan.
The other bodyguard immediately retrieved a crossbow from the cabinet by the entrance and aimed it at Chen Nan.
If he dared to move even an inch, they would decisively pull the trigger.
"Young Master Luo, we're scared!" The two women beside Luo Tianyou were stunned by the scene. Although they had experienced offensives with firearms, the tense atmosphere now made them tremble.
Especially the faint scent of blood in the air; their woman's intuition told them this place was dangerous.
"Young Master Luo, you promised you'd wait for me at the villa, but why did you stand me up?" Chen Nan asked calmly, crossing his legs.
Luo Tianyou's brows furrowed. "Are you Chen Xiazhi's brother?"
Chen Nan smiled. "Besides me, who else could it be?"
"Damn it!"
Luo Tianyou was furious, completely failing to anticipate that Chen Nan would infiltrate his home so stealthily.
He looked towards the second floor and shouted, "Jianglong, Fuhu..."
Chen Nan: "No need to call them. Those two vicious dogs are already dead!"
"You actually killed my beloved dogs? Damn it, you're courting death!" Luo Tianyou roared. Those two French bulldogs were his treasures; he hadn't sold them for tens of millions.
"Do you have the ability to kill me?" Chen Nan chuckled and shook his head. Even with a crossbow pointed at him, what was it to him?
He could subdue or kill them in an instant!
The two bodyguards looked grave.
Chen Nan's composure made them deeply uneasy.
Even with the crossbow aimed at Chen Nan, they felt a dangerous aura emanating from him.
"I gave you a chance, didn't I?" Chen Nan said. "I waited at the Tax Bureau entrance for over two hours this afternoon. I thought you'd listen to me and obediently pay the two hundred and eighty million yuan, but you didn't seem to take my words to heart!"
"Since that's the case, I can only come to fulfill my promise and break one of your legs!"
His tone was slow, with a hint of regret.
"Chen, do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Luo Tianyou's eyes blazed. "Open your dog eyes and see clearly. My men have locked onto you with crossbows. If you move an inch, you'll be covered in blood, like a honeycomb!"
"You ask if they dare to pull the trigger?" Chen Nan slowly stood up, a playful smile on his face.
The aura of a Qi Refining cultivator erupted like a mountain torrent, crushing towards the two bodyguards behind Luo Tianyou!
At this moment.
He seemed to transform into a demon god!
The two bodyguards' eyes turned bloodshot, unable to withstand this pressure!
They fell to their knees on the ground.
Luo Tianyou roared in fury, "What the hell, why are you kneeling to him?"