Cultivation Online novel Chapter 2673

Chapter 2673: Angry Shadows(4)

After leaving the room, the man made his way to a secret room somewhere in the Happy Pub that was used exclusively by the Angry Shadows. Once there, he contacted the other members, revealing the situation to them.

"What?! Second Shadow was killed by Sergeant Yuan?! Are you certain about that, Sixth Shadow?!"

The man who had spoken with Yuan, known as Sixth Shadow in Angry Shadows, responded, "I’m almost certain. That bastard has Second Shadow’s sword—a treasure he wouldn’t part with even if his life depended on it."

"So, what does he want?"

"I don’t know, but he wants to meet all of us," said Sixth Shadow.

"How ridiculous."

"Why the hell should we listen to such a demand?"

"Because he has my wife and threatened to kill her!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, one of the other members finally spoke. "Sixth Shadow, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to expose myself to someone so dangerous, even if your wife’s life is on the line, and I expect everyone to do the same if I were in your shoes."

"Fifth Shadow is right. You should already know that the Angry Shadows come before everything—even family."

"This is exactly why I refuse to start a family... It’s too risky and an unnecessary weakness."

"You’ll be fine, Sixth Shadow. There are plenty of women out there. If you need help finding someone, I can have over a hundred women lined up for you by the end of the day!"

"As for this Sergeant Yuan... Let’s just avoid him for now. I doubt he’ll go out of his way to hunt all of us."

"We’ll also refund the clients their money... the second payment, at least."

One by one, the other members of Angry Shadows disconnected the call, refusing to risk exposing themselves.

"..."

Sixth Shadow sat silently in the dimly lit room. Although he was devastated that the others had refused to comply with Yuan’s demands to save his wife, it wasn’t as though he hadn’t expected this outcome.

In fact, he had already suspected things would turn out this way, which was why he hadn’t even bothered trying to persuade them to change their minds. Moreover, if he had been in their shoes, he would have made the same decision.

Most importantly...

"There’s no guarantee that he’d spare my wife..."

He looked at the time.

"Twenty-two minutes left, huh?"

After lingering for a few more minutes, Sixth Shadow stood up and left through a secret exit, disappearing not just from the room but from the Happy Pub entirely.

Time passed swiftly, and before long, the one-hour deadline came to an end. Yet, the Angry Shadows were nowhere to be seen, and even the woman’s husband had failed to return.

"Looks like your husband has abandoned you," Yuan remarked, breaking the hour-long silence.

"..."

He turned to look at the woman when she offered no response, only to see that she didn’t appear surprised at all, as if she’d anticipated this outcome.

"Unfortunately, I rarely go back on my own words, especially when dealing with criminals," he said coldly. "Had you not tried to kill me, I would’ve probably spared you." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

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