"I'll tell you when I get back."
Chu Lingtian finished speaking and left quickly.
"Sister Mei, what is Mr. Chu going to do?"
A trusted female bodyguard couldn't help but ask Bai Mei.
"Ling Tian has his own ways of doing things, so let's not ask too many questions." Bai Mei looked at Chu Lingtian's receding back, her eyes filled with worry. Then she instructed, "Notify all members of our Red Flower Society to be careful of retaliation from the Four Great Families during this period. Report any situation to me immediately."
"Yes!"
The two trusted female bodyguards nodded in unison.
At this moment, Hua Wen, leading hundreds of armed elite bodyguards, was heading back to the gathering place of the Four Great Families. He intended to report his encounter with Chu Lingtian to the patriarchs of the four families.
Hua Wen's black Mercedes sedan led the way, followed by more than a dozen vans.
Bang!
As all the cars entered a secluded path, the front left tire of the Mercedes suddenly burst. The entire vehicle immediately lost balance. Fortunately, the driver's skills were superb, and he managed to use the roadside ditches and gullies to bring the car to a stable stop.
When the lead car stopped, the more than a dozen vans behind it also braked rapidly and stopped.
"What's going on?"
Hua Wen, who was sitting in the back seat of the Mercedes, was already furious due to the sudden tragic death of his brother Hua Wu tonight. He angrily asked.
The driver and the bodyguard in the passenger seat of the Mercedes opened their car doors and got out to check the situation. However, as soon as they put one foot on the ground and poked their heads out of the car, they were both shot in the head and killed.
This shocked Hua Wen to disbelief. Who dared to attack a contingent of hundreds of armed elites so brazenly?
Hua Wen and the remaining hundreds of armed bodyguards hastily got out of the cars to fight back.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
Gunshots erupted.
About half an hour later, except for Hua Wen, all hundreds of his armed men were dead. Each of them had been shot in the forehead, demonstrating the accuracy of the assailant's marksmanship, the ruthlessness of their actions, and the formidable strength they possessed!
At this point, Hua Wen was so terrified that his soul had almost left his body. Holding a handgun in his right hand, he rushed into the nearby small forest and ran madly.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
A bullet blew off Hua Wen's left ear.
"Ah..."
Hua Wen fell to the ground, screaming. As he struggled to get up to continue fleeing, a cold voice came from behind him.
"If you dare to take another step forward, you'll be shot in the head immediately."
Hearing the cold voice, Hua Wen trembled all over. He turned to look behind him.
He saw Chu Lingtian holding a half-smoked cigarette in his mouth, idly spinning a handgun in his right hand, a harmless, gentle smile still on his face.
"It's you? You, you alone, killed all of my hundreds of men?"
Hua Wen's eyes widened, his gaze fixed on Chu Lingtian, his expression one of utter disbelief.
The gunshots had been chaotic, and it was pitch black in the middle of the night with dim streetlights. Hua Wen and his men didn't know how many enemies were attacking them. They had instinctively assumed there were many, as it would take at least a two-to-one numerical advantage to ambush a team of hundreds of armed men, otherwise, victory would be difficult.
But they never expected that after nearly a hundred armed bodyguards were killed, the person pursuing him would be Chu Lingtian alone.
"These men of yours, no, this elite strike team formed by the joint efforts of the Lu, Zhao, Qi, and Wei families, are truly garbage."
Chu Lingtian said with a light laugh.
"Who on earth are you? You let us go at the villa area just now, why are you chasing us and trying to kill us now?"
Hua Wen was too shocked and confused.
Chu Lingtian took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I didn't go on a killing spree earlier because I didn't want to scare the others in the villa area. I'm chasing and killing you now because I have an irreconcilable blood feud with the Lu, Zhao, Qi, and Wei families."
"You... Could it be, could it be that you are..."
Hua Wen's expression was so horrified that he was scared out of his wits, cold sweat streaming down his forehead. He stammered.
"That's right, I am the mysterious man wearing the ghost mask, I am Chu Feng, the orphan of the Chu family." Chu Lingtian nodded and then asked, "Do you know why I didn't shoot you dead just now?"
"Why?"
Hua Wen subconsciously asked back.
"Because I want you to call those from the Four Great Families and tell them that from tonight onwards, they must place the memorial tablets of the deceased members of my Chu family in their homes. They must offer three sticks of incense every morning, noon, and evening, and kowtow while burning the incense. If any family dares not to comply, then that family will lose one person every day until the ten-day deadline I've set."
Chu Lingtian said sternly.
"I'll call, I'll call! I'll call now!"
Hua Wen nodded vigorously and agreed immediately.
Facing this terrifying man like the god of death, Hua Wen dared not disobey.
Soon, Hua Wen took out his phone and dialed the number of the Four Great Families.
As soon as he heard a voice on the other end of the phone, Hua Wen immediately relayed Chu Lingtian's words:
"Chu Feng has ordered that from tonight onwards, the Four Great Families must place the memorial tablets of the deceased members of the Chu family in their homes and offer three sticks of incense daily, kowtowing. If any family dares to disobey, then that family will lose one person every day until the ten-day deadline."
"What? Damn it, what did you say?"
A furious roar came from Qi Changsheng, the patriarch of the Qi family, on the other end of the phone.
Slap!
Before Hua Wen could say anything more, Chu Lingtian kicked the phone, sending it flying far away.
Bang!
With a gunshot, Hua Wen was shot in the forehead and also killed by Chu Lingtian.
Chu Lingtian looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, his heart filled with longing for his deceased family members.
Then, Chu Lingtian did something that would undoubtedly shock the underworld and the authorities of Dachang City, something that would send shivers down the spines of countless people...
By the time Chu Lingtian returned to the villa where Bai Mei resided, it was already four o'clock in the morning.
Seeing Chu Lingtian walk into the house, Bai Mei, who had been sitting anxiously on the living room sofa, rushed to meet him.
"Where did you go? Are you alright?"
Bai Mei asked anxiously.
"I'm fine." Chu Lingtian shook his head, then smiled and said, "By the way, for your safety during this period, don't stay here for now. Find a more secret place to stay."
"Okay! Ling Tian, come with me to the bedroom. I have something very important to tell you."
Bai Mei nodded, her expression becoming very serious as she said.
"What is it?"
Chu Lingtian asked.
Bai Mei didn't answer immediately. Instead, she took Chu Lingtian's hand and quickly walked towards the bedroom on the second floor...