Duncan had never been slapped for as long as he lived. With one slap, he spat blood and was sent flying. If he did not kill Kaze for what he did today, he would not be able to rest at night! “You morons! Get him! Don’t just stand there! Why the fuck am I paying you guys? Fuck him up!” Duncan sat himself up, straightened his legs, and tapped the floor angrily like a child throwing a tantrum. The four bodyguards were shocked by Kaze’s sudden retaliation and it was Duncan’s cry that brought them back to their senses. “You bastard! How dare you slap Duncan? Die!” The four of them jumped on Kaze. They wanted to break Kaze’s arms and legs one by one, torture him, and make him suffer before they delivered the lethal blow. If they killed Kaze right away, Duncan would still be aggrieved as it was too easy. Duncan grinned as he sat on the floor. “You little fucker! I’ll have you know what it would cost to slap me in the first place!” “Then you might be disappointed,” Kaze s
Sasha was also stunned on the spot, but unlike the others, who looked at Kaze in shock and fear, her eyes showed admiration. Even though Kaze acted ruthlessly, the quiet girl knew that no matter how fierce he became, he would always protect her from harm. Tap! Tap! Under everyone’s surprised gaze, Kaze walked over to Duncan, crouched down, and tapped Duncan’s face. “Uh…” Duncan shuddered. When he regained his senses and noticed it was Kaze, he screamed. He anxiously crawled backward, seemingly trying to escape from a hungry tiger. Kaze smiled. He was not surprised at all. He knew Duncan was just a coward who tried to act tough. He was incomparable to Casius and his level of scheming, which was at most at Max’s level. Duncan might be arrogant and loud a moment ago but he relied on his father’s name, not his own. Kaze kicked him softly and said, “So do you still want to sleep with my little sister?” “No! No!” Duncan shook his head immediately. In just a brief encoun
“Leeway for the future?” Kaze pondered for a moment before slapping Duncan’s face once more. “A piece of trash like you talks about leaving leeway for the future? You want me to respect your father? Who do you think your father is to me? So what if I want to beat you up?” He threw a reverse slap at Duncan and said coldly, “If you still want to keep your face, you better kneel right now.” He did not hold back at all with the slaps, and neither did he bother trying to curry favors with Duncan or his father. If he was not around today, Sasha would be ravaged and her future ruined. Even Dr. Wright, a reputable doctor who saved countless lives, was disrespected and insulted. Those were clear indications of just how terrible Duncan’s character was. Duncan saw Kaze’s fierce and frosty gaze and the expression on his face changed. He knew he messed with the wrong person. No matter Kaze's background, his ruthlessness made it clear that Duncan would wound up badly if he remained
Kaze went to the phone that Duncan slammed on the floor and slid it over to him with a kick. He said, “Let’s see how your father has been teaching you. Call him, tell him to come here in person, and make a public announcement that he will not go after everyone here in Herbal Spring. “Then, I will let him take you back.” He knew Duncan was a spoiled coward and could not do anything on his own.However, his father was one of the four kingpins in Riverbank. With that identity, Everett did not need to lift a finger yet have ten thousand ways to take revenge against Sasha and Herbal Spring. Therefore, Kaze wanted Everett, the man himself, to take a stance. “What? You want me to call my father?” Duncan’s expression turned bitter. He bit his lips and said, “Kaze, isn’t this a little too much? I have my own dignity.” If his father found out that he had taken a few elite fighters out, only to get beaten up because he flirted with and teased a young girl, and was then forced to
“You can make three phone calls. I don’t care who you call, I can crush all of them. Take note that my patience is limited. “Let me make this straight before you begin. For each call you make and if the person you called cannot overpower or suppress me anyhow, I will break one of your arms or legs. “Now, let’s begin.” Kaze kicked the phone to Duncan. Duncan looked at Kaze vengefully as he picked up the phone with shaking hands. He dialed a number. “Kaze, is this a little too much? You should have mitigated the risk instead of exacerbating the situation,” Dr. Wright said after Kaze came back. Even he was shocked by Kaze’s ruthlessness when he slapped Duncan. He was afraid of Kaze going overboard and unable to contain the situation. “Dr. Wright, I am indeed trying to mitigate future risks. If I don’t bring Everett Techman here and deal with him in person, this doesn’t bode well in the future. “I don’t mind him coming after me, but what about you guys, and Herbal Spring?
“What? There’s no such thing! Madam, if you are here on official business, please investigate properly and learn the truth before you do anything!” The employee of Herbal Spring got nervous. He was working outside in the lobby and did not know what happened in the consultation room. “Truth? What I say is the truth!” Simona grunted and said to a uniformed man beside her, “Zach, take the team inside, or else Duncan Techman will be mad at us again.” The middle-aged man in police uniform was the police chief of the Aries District Police Department—Zach Oxborn. Zach’s expression slightly shifted, showing a hint of nervousness, before he and Simona hurried in. When they arrived in the main lobby, they saw Duncan kneeling in the center. Both of them were petrified on the spot by the scene. Their expressions went from shock to disbelief. When Zach received Duncan’s call and learned that the arrogant young man had been beaten up at Herbal Spring, he quickly gathered his men, c
It was Kaze who spoke. Simona glared at Kaze and bellowed, “You little shit. Who do you think you are, using that tone on me?” The woman had the Techman family as her support, which fueled her arrogance. Even the district leader had no power over her, yet someone mocked her right to her face. She felt challenged. “It’s him! Simona, it’s him! He was the one who beat me up and made me kneel!” Duncan finally regained his senses and pointed at Kaze. He bellowed, “He’s Kaze Lee! And he’s close with that useless doctor! “I want him dead by today!” Dead? Both Simona and Zach looked afraid. Simona said with a timid smile, “Zach, we are both government officials. We can’t just kill him like that, but don’t you worry. We have ways to torture him to death!” Zach nodded in agreement. “Even if we can’t get rid of him, we’ll skin him alive!” Simona then scrutinized Kaze as she strode to him, bearing an intimidating aura. “You little bastard! Who gave you the nerve to beat up
The people at Herbal Spring looked at Kaze, wide-eyed. It was shocking enough that Duncan had to kneel, but Kaze got the chief of Aries Trade and Industry Department on her knees too. The image was too intense to watch. Everything happened so quickly, and the crowd was caught off guard. Snapping back to reality, Zach blew up. “It’s an act of defiance to assault Simona, young man!“Don’t just stand there! Arrest him! “Just open fire if he resists arrest.” At the wave of Zach’s arm, his team of police officers had Kaze surrounded. Kaze whipped out his phone and dialed a number. Before the call was connected, Kaze tossed the phone to Zach. Zach caught the phone and said angrily, “What’s the meaning of this, boy?” “I’d suggest that you take the call before you talk about an arrest, Zach,” Kaze said indifferently. Skeptically, Zach put the phone against his ear. He knew that Kaze must have his reasons to do so. Unlike Duncan and Simona, Zach was a cautious man.
Defeat was certain if Kaze was slapped in the face by Bruce with the same amount of force. Hope was just afraid that Kaze would use the recording to blackmail her, demanding her to make Bruce lose on purpose. She could never agree to that and Jude would never let it happen. Then, Kaze might expose the recording to everyone, which would paint her as a wicked woman. Jude became the chief of the South River Branch, yet Hope, his wife, planned to murder him from the shadows. How could she explain herself? What could she possibly say to Jude then? Hope dared not make her concerns verbal, so she urged her friends to sneer at Kaze, hoping to dissuade him from going into the ring. Moreover, she hinted at him that she would make Jude spare his life. She just hoped that he could understand her. Kaze, however, turned a deaf ear at the sneers and mocks. He smiled at Hope and said, “Mrs. Gwake, why don’t we have a bet?” “Bet? If you want to gamble, go to a casino! Don’t cause a
The crowd was so carried away by the excitement that no one noticed Bruce’s furrowed brows and narrowed eyes. He stared at Albert jumping off the ring and walking away. A hint of seriousness appeared in his eyes. Everyone thought Albert was simply being ridiculous and refused to accept that he lost, but only Bruce knew Albert might be right. Only when one fought Albert face-to-face, one could sense the blood and bodies in his presence. Albert felt like a merciless killing machine that emerged from the goriest and fiercest battlefield. The intensity Bruce felt was unlike anything he had experienced, even during his rigorous training in the Viper’s Den West State. If they were on a battlefield that could determine one’s life and death within a split second, Bruce might be the one who died in the end. At that very moment, he felt like he was gazing into a brand-new world. Hannah barely reacted to Albert’s loss, but Collier had a bitter look on his face, mostly because Jude
“Kabaam!” The slap was not just powerful. Its speed was like a fleeting comet, creating a loud explosion in the air as it moved. With an intimidating and destructive force, the slap went straight for Albert. The gale assaulted Albert in the face, messing up his long hair that he had just tied up. “Kapoof!” He had no choice but to raise both fists and throw punches at the incoming slap. “Bang!” Their fists collided forcefully, producing a dull thud of flesh and bone crashing together, sending thrills and exhilaration through the audience’s hearts. It was the clash of muscles and raw strength. There was no fancy technique involved. However, compared to the towering Bruce with superhuman strength, Albert, who was deemed tall among the commons, looked like a child. The audience assumed Albert made the worst choice possible for facing Bruce face to face with his fists. He would eventually lose it. “Yeah!” Even Jude’s loyal followers could not help but cheer on Bruc
“Is he out of his mind?” “Hannah, please stop him! He should prolong the fight and exhaust Bruce Payne’s stamina first!” Collier was nervous. He disagreed with Albert’s decision to settle the fight in one move. It was because Hannah brought Albert in and he had been performing well until now, or else Collier would have shouted at him in the face. “Shut up!” Hannah then looked at Kaze, who remained silent and observant, closely watching the match. She was unaware of Albert’s true identity, but since Kaze was the one who brought him here, he must be closely connected to Kaze. Before the match started, she was able to have a brief conversation with Albert. By instinct, Hannah sensed nobility in Albert’s presence and she knew he was not an ordinary man. It was great to have someone like Albert to take her place. Collier was in no position to criticize him. “Kaze, what do you think about Al beating Bruce? Can he win?” Buffy asked. She knew Kaze was in a league of his o
Kaze was also looking at Bruce with interest. In the north of Arcadia was a less developed country named Barhmans. People from various barbaric tribes there were born with unique physical traits, making them ideal candidates to be trained as killers from a young age. They were sent into the woods for rigorous survival training. They hunted wild beasts, drank their blood, and fought the fiercest of them all. Once they came of age, they would be stronger than other people of the same age and could kill a grown tiger with their bare hands. Kaze met a lot of barbaric mercenaries from Barhmans on the foreign battlefield and all of them shared a similar physique with Bruce. They looked like people with superhuman strength. However, Bruce was also labeled as a genius in martial arts, not just raw strength. Kaze wanted to see how powerful Bruce was. “Then I will kill you and strip that mask off your face.” Bruce curled his lips into a sinister grin and exercised his neck. “
“Deputy Chief Gwake is going to win this! Bruce is here! He’s almighty! Who else can beat him?” “Yeah! Al might be powerful but he looked like a child in front of Bruce!” “Bruce is not just all brawn and no brains, he’s extremely talented and smart, rivaling Hannah Delmore.” “Hannah wasn’t able to fight in the ring because she was hurt, that’s why she got Al in her place while she stayed in hiding. I don’t think this guy can match Bruce at all.” “We are in for a good show.” The audience erupted into a sea of excitement. Those who cheered on Jude were thrilled, gloating at Hannah and her followers. Hannah’s followers and supporters reacted with bitter looks. The match was crucial to decide who the next chief of the South River Branch would be. It was unfortunate that Hannah got hurt and could not participate herself. Given Bruce’s background, even if Hannah was in her prime and healthy, she might or might not be able to overpower Bruce either. With that in mind, a
The dead agent was dragged away. “Bump!” Suddenly, a large figure, at least two meters in height, came out from backstage and jumped into the ring. As he landed, the entire ring trembled as if an elephant had entered the ring. “It’s him!” When the man stepped into the ring, Hannah, who had remained calm and expressionless until now, suddenly appeared afraid. Not only did she not know the man but she was also afraid of him and his strength. If even the prodigy of the West State Viper’s Den feared him, his strength spoke for itself. “Next match, Bruce Payne versus Al!” The emcee announced the next match to the audience. Bruce made a fierce entrance and it captured everyone’s attention. “Bruce Payne? Who is he?” “I have never heard of him.” “I have never heard of him but I know he’s strong. Just look at him!” “That’s right. Jude Gwake is left with the last candidate and he will certainly give his best. This might be his strongest man.” “This Bruce guy might b
Though Kaze could not care less about Hope for now. She had a complicated history of hate and romance with Jude. Kaze was looking forward to her reaction when she learned of Jude’s defeat. Ever since he arrived at Riverbank, Jude and Hope disgusted him the most. He did not mind waiting a little longer for a better show between them. Buffy did not walk with Hope. She stayed and followed Kaze to Hannah’s side. Her action stirred resentment from Jude’s supporters. As Jude’s biological daughter, she chose to side with the opponents at this critical moment. It was embarrassing for the father. Hope saw the scene as she returned to Jude’s side. She raised her brows and sneered. “Jude, your daughter openly stands against you.” Jude was unfazed. He calmly looked at the battle in the ring and said, “Just ignore her.” He was fully concentrated on the match tonight. It was the last step for him to reach the position of chief. Other than that, nothing could steal his focus awa
“I said he cannot be the chief, which means he cannot be the chief. Anyone who wants to be chief must get my permission.” Hope was baffled by Kaze’s words. What shocked her most was that Buffy nodded with agreement as if Kaze spoke the absolute truth. Why would her nominal stepdaughter trust Kaze that much? Was she brainwashed or drugged? Hope could not understand. She looked at Kaze for a moment and then scoffed. “Kaze, you cannot just tell lies like that. “Who do you think you are? The branch leader of the West State Viper’s Den, or the Viper Queen herself? “Your permission? You are full of nonsense! My impression of you changed for the better after everything. I really think you are a capable man but now it seems like you are still the insolent fool who brags. “People like you won’t go far. There’s no way you can achieve anything big, even if you have what it takes.” Hope showed obvious disappointment in her gaze at Kaze. Earlier in the hospital, her impression of