novelraw Chapter 180: If you want to learn how to hit someone, you must first learn how to be hit
Chapter 180: If you want to learn how to hit someone, you must first learn how to be hit
Wang Peng lay collapsed in the icy filthy water, with excruciating pain continuously assaulting him from his severed arm and thigh.
But what made his entire body grow even colder.
Was the undisguised killing intent in Su Zhan's words and that naked calculation of interests.
The threat of death, the temptation of having tens of millions in debt erased...
Wang Peng's lips trembled, his eyes violently struggling.
Admitting it was the Transcendence Society meant certain death - the City Lord would never let their people go.
But not admitting... this murderous star before him had clearly already decided, and would immediately hand him over to the City Lord as a "pledge of allegiance," which was equally a dead end, perhaps even dying faster.
That enormous debt of 10 million was like a massive mountain, crushing him until he could barely breathe.
Even if he managed to survive today, his future would only be getting drained to death in some black mine.
Su Zhan keenly detected the wavering in his eyes, knowing the timing was about right.He crouched down, persuading step by step: "Wang Peng, think clearly. The casino wants money, the City Lord's mansion wants your life, and my boss... is now pointing you toward a third path."
"Tell everything about the goods, the whereabouts of your accomplices, spill it all truthfully."
"That 10 million debt - my boss can take charge, tear up your IOU right here, settled clean from now on. Black Gold Casino keeps its word, we still have that much credibility."
"How do I know you won't go back on your word? What if you kill me along with it!?"
Wang Peng angrily retorted.
"I'll give you one day to leave Black City. That's our final bottom line."
Su Zhan smiled, the chill suddenly intensifying: "If you insist on playing the tough guy... fine, I'll take you to claim the reward from the City Lord right now."
"Let's see whether your loyalty to the Transcendence Society matters more, or your own little life?"
"Let's see if your companions will appreciate you choosing death over betraying them?"
"When your head is drying on the city gates, they might be happily enjoying themselves at Black Gold Casino with the money from selling those goods."
Coercion and temptation.
Path of life and road to death.
Were laid bare before Wang Peng by Su Zhan.
Having learned from observing Doberman and Qin Bai's interrogations, Su Zhan had self-taught himself a set of interrogation methods.
What was this called?
If you want to learn how to hit people, you must first learn how to take a hit.
"I'll count to three."
Su Zhan stood up, his long blade pointing diagonally, blood droplets slowly dripping from the blade edge.
"Three."
The icy countdown had barely finished.
When the long blade in Su Zhan's hand suddenly raised without warning, mercilessly chopping down toward Wang Peng's neck!
That stance wasn't counting at all - it clearly meant to behead him directly!
"I'll talk! I'll tell everything! Spare me—!!"
Wang Peng was scared out of his wits, screaming hysterically while practically pissing himself.
His crotch instantly soaked through, a pungent smell of urine spreading.
The sharp blade edge pressed a blood line into the skin of his neck, abruptly stopping.
Just a hair's breadth from severing his throat.
Su Zhan's blade-holding hand was steady as a rock, his gaze indifferent as he looked at him: "Oh? Changed your mind? I thought you were so loyal to the Transcendence Society."
Wang Peng collapsed on the ground, completely broken: "Loyalty my ass! What loyalty when you're dead! I'll talk! I'll tell everything! Please don't kill me! That batch of goods! That batch was stolen by us! It was me, Skinny Monkey, and Iron Wall who did it together!"
"The goods... we didn't dare move them immediately, the heat was too intense! They're hidden in the abandoned Yongxin Machinery Processing Factory in the South District! Third workshop, under the largest liquid raw material tank, we dug a hidden compartment and stashed them there!"
"What about Skinny Monkey and Iron Wall?"
Su Zhan's blade tip moved slightly.
"They... they're guarding the goods at the processing factory!"
Wang Peng hurriedly confessed: "They normally don't dare come out at all! Only me... my gambling addiction acted up, I couldn't hold back anymore so I sneaked out... never expected... Sir! Boss! I've told you everything I know! The debt... that debt..."
Su Zhan slowly withdrew his blade.
Looking at Wang Peng whose will had been completely destroyed, he knew he was telling the truth.
"Lead the way..."
Before he could finish speaking.
Su Zhan alertly raised his head.
They're here!
What he wanted to face, yet also didn't want to suddenly face - had arrived!
Sudden mutation occurred!
Without any warning.
The world was abruptly swallowed by a deathly still gray-white.
Thick, impenetrable gray-white mist emerged from all directions out of thin air, instantly completely enveloping and isolating the casino back alley and the entire surrounding area.
As far as the eye could see, there was only boundless, slowly squirming gray-white.
The mist perfectly skirted around the massive, magnificent main structure of Black Gold Casino.
Leaving that place guarded by powerful Awakened individuals outside the mist.
"Mist... the mist! It's a mist event!!!"
Wang Peng forgot the excruciating pain from his severed arm, his eyes showing no joy at seeing his own kind, only deep fear: "They're here! They've come for us!!!"
Seeing this, Su Zhan didn't waste words.
"Fellow countryman, lend me your head for a moment."
Before the words faded.
Blade light suddenly flashed!
A chilling cold gleam swept past Wang Peng's neck!
Wang Peng's terrified expression instantly froze.
He didn't have time to form any questions or make any reactions.
"Thud—"
Blood gushed from the severed neck.
The headless corpse twitched twice, then completely stilled.
Su Zhan flicked the blood droplets from his blade, casually tossing Wang Peng's head into a nearby trash bin.
This thing still had uses - it was evidence for him to complete this year's assessment.
This was also why he'd just said - fellow countryman, lend me your head.
Su Zhan vigilantly scanned the surroundings.
This mist had come too conveniently, too abruptly.
The range was precise, exactly isolating this area while avoiding the Black Gold Casino where powerful figures were stationed.
The most likely possibility.
Was that it was done by Wang Peng's two accomplices hiding in the abandoned factory.
Even though Wang Peng had already betrayed them.
But Su Zhan wouldn't leave behind this hazard.
Eliminating any potential threats - this was the most basic survival rule.
Su Zhan stood holding his blade.
Then immediately sought building cover to hide.
Both excited and feeling danger.
Excited because leveling-up opportunities had arrived.
Dangerous because this mist was likely specifically targeting him, extremely perilous.
Now, it was this area's people's turn to panic.
"Mist! It's the mist! A mist event!!!"
A man who had just emerged from a nearby small casino abruptly halted, the chip bag in his hand falling to the ground with a clatter, colorful discs scattering everywhere.
"Help! Help! The mist is here!!"
"Run! Run quickly!"
"Get out of the way! Don't block the path!"
People frantically pushed and shoved, colliding.
Trying to find a way out of this sealed-off area.
"Black Gold Casino! Go to Black Gold Casino! They definitely have Awakened guards!"
"Useless! Black Gold Casino is outside the mist!"
"It's over... completely over... those things in the mist will eat us... we'll all die..."
...
On the rooftop of a building.
Su Zhan was already accustomed to panicked crowds.
Just that there were quite a lot of people...
When it came time to level up, it would be too easy to be seen.