The intruder stepped inside, sneering coldly.
"Catch her! It’s this woman!" A group of people rushed in, all wearing black suits and carrying guns.
[Underground Mansion, X City]
Shenlian Yingyue and Xie Xie opened their eyes to find themselves in a different place. The surroundings were dark and gloomy, reminiscent of a horror game. A suffocating silence enveloped the area, and no light penetrated the darkness.
Both of them were cultivators, possessing the ability to see clearly even in this pitch-black environment.
"Master?" Xie Xie tilted his head, looking at her with confusion. He didn’t understand why she had prevented him from eliminating their attackers.
A group of men had suddenly appeared, shooting needles into their bodies. Xie Xie had been ready to counterattack, but his master had instructed him to remain still and allow the assailants to inject them.
As soon as the needles pierced his skin, she had signaled for him to pretend to faint.
Most people would have succumbed to unconsciousness for several days after receiving the substances in those needles, but for cultivators like them, the needles were ineffective.
"I sense evil energy emanating from them," Shenlian Yingyue explained to him.
The moment that group entered the restaurant, she had recognized immediately that they were no ordinary individuals. She wanted to ascertain their motives and identify who they were.
{I can’t believe Earth is no longer safe,} Jun Mu Yang said, narrowing his eyes. He and everyone else present had also sensed the evil energy radiating from the intruders.
{This situation should not be taken lightly,} Shenlian Yingyue agreed with a nod.
Feigning unconsciousness when she sensed their approach, she turned motionless with Xie Xie, who followed her lead to close his eyes.
"She appears to be a fragile woman; I can’t believe she’s connected to those powerful individuals," one man frowned, casting a wary glance at her.
"I was defeated by those men that day, and my wounds haven’t healed yet," another man gritted his teeth in hatred, glaring at her.
Though Shenlian Yingyue listened intently, she struggled to comprehend their conversations. Who exactly were the ’those men’ they referred to?
Just as her confusion deepened, someone entered the room. She could feel the atmosphere shift; as soon as this person arrived, everyone in the room became motionless and quiet, as if they were struck by an invisible fear.
"Greetings, boss!" they all bowed respectfully, addressing the man.
’Boss?’ she pondered.
"Did you catch them?" he asked.
"Not yet, boss. But all of our people sent to deal with them are dead," the man reported stiffly.
Hearing such insults directed at her companion, Shenlian Yingyue’s expression shifted from confusion to indifference, yet no one noticed, as they were all too preoccupied with discontent towards their ’boss.’
Shenlian Yingyue finally grasped everything when she focused on their conversation. It turned out that Xiao Li, Feng Huang, Tian Tian, Lu Long, and Xiao Qiu had fought off a group of gangsters outside an antique store.
This group of gangsters was revealed to be subordinates of the most powerful mafia boss in China. Initially, they had intended to teach Xiao Li and his friends a lesson, making their lives worse than death.
Later, they discovered a serious problem: the people sent to confront Xiao Li’s group had all been defeated and suffered severe injuries. What started as a minor issue escalated, prompting the mafia boss’s right-hand man to issue an order to release them and eliminate Xiao Li’s group.
The situation took an unexpected turn as the gangsters began to disappear one by one. Eventually, they found the corpses of those gangsters hanging at their hideout.
This alarming development caught the mafia boss’s attention, leading him to instruct his left-hand man to investigate anyone connected to Xiao Li and his companions, as they had proven to be a significant threat.
Their investigation revealed the unexpected presence of Shenlian Yingyue, Huang Bai Xing, Dongfang Moqing, and Ji Fulin in X City.
They were unable to capture Dongfang Moqing, whose whereabouts remained unknown. Additionally, Huang Bai Xing and Ji Fulin had conveniently left the restaurant just moments before the gangsters attempted to apprehend them, making them elusive targets.
As a result, Shenlian Yingyue and Xie Xie became the focus of their attention and capture.
In the world they inhabited, no one dared to defy the mafia boss. The mafia boss’s true subordinates were highly skilled professionals, renowned for their fighting abilities and ruthless methods.
Strangely enough, despite the numerous powerful individuals sent to eliminate Xiao Li’s group, none of them succeeded.

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