The Unruly Immortals

"Bang!" The bandaged fist clenched tightly and pounded fiercely into Li Huowang's left rib, a clear cracking sound of the rib breaking instantly resounded.

But it wasn't over yet. The bandage on the fist was swiftly bitten off, and before the unraveling bandage could fall rapidly to the ground due to gravity, it was quickly pulled taut and wrapped tightly around Li Huowang's neck.

As his brain filled with blood, Li Huowang's face turned a crimson red, veins bulged on his forehead, and the lack of oxygen caused his consciousness to gradually blur.

Seeing he was about to be choked to death, Li Huowang suddenly jerked his head back, smashing it against the opponent's face.

Feeling the bandage around his neck loosen slightly, Li Huowang gritted his teeth, and his feet planted on the ground forcefully pushed off.

His entire body was propelled high into the air, slamming backward into the enemy behind him.

At the moment of landing, when he felt the opponent pinned under his back, he immediately rolled backward and stood up, lifting his right foot to viciously kick at the opponent's head.

The opponent's body quickly curled, using their back as a shield, blocking Li Huowang's kick.

Furthermore, using force against force, they swept hard at the leg supporting Li Huowang's body, causing him to stumble.

"Time to eat." A calm voice made the two fiercely battling stop.

Li Huowang stepped back three paces, glaring with a menacing gaze at Ba Nanxu climbing up from the ground.

He touched his neck with his hand, his throat now sore and painful to swallow, the force the opponent used was definitely intended to kill him.

Ba Nanxu touched the spot where Li Huowang had kicked her, wiping blood from the corner of her mouth. She opened her lipstick-marked lips, revealing gums covered in blood.

A forked tongue flicked quickly out of the blood and retracted. "Fuck you, I'm really starting to like you more and more."

Clenching his teeth, Li Huowang flipped her the bird then turned towards the bag of fast food.

Opening the lunchbox, it was Yangzhou fried rice and radish rib stew. Li Huowang couldn't be bothered with Ba Shengqing who brought the food, and started gobbling it down with disposable chopsticks.

Eating, he glanced around at his surroundings; it was an abandoned factory, full of rusty pipes and pot-holed puddles.

He had been staying here for a while now. Zhao Shuangdian had said there would be a counterattack, but since that day she hadn't shown up again.

If not for this brother and sister reaching out, Li Huowang almost thought he'd been forgotten by them.

The sparring was Li Huowang's suggestion; he wanted to become stronger. The Ba siblings really had some skills; in recent times, their progress in killing was rapid.

"Madman, you made it on TV. Look at your Cyclops look, pretty photogenic." Eating, Ba Nanxu raised her phone towards Li Huowang.

Li Huowang didn't even look, continuing to bury his head in the fast food. "Still no news from Zhao Shuangdian? These days, apart from sparring with you, there's nothing else. Didn't you say action would happen next month? It's only a few days away."

"What's your rush?" Ba Nanxu lit a cigarette with a snap and puffed out smoke. "She's arranging a fake passport, won't take long."

"A passport? What's with the passport?"

"What else? Leaving the country, of course."

Hearing this, Li Huowang was stunned; he hadn't expected Zhao Shuangdian's counterattack to be like this.

"So just a passport is all it takes to get to the other side of the elephant?" Li Huowang felt things were not so simple.

"Where are we going?" Li Huowang kept pressing.

"Don't ask about this; when we get there, just take them out, you don't care anyway, right?"

Li Huowang flung his chopsticks down, looking irritatedly at the siblings in front of him. "Why wouldn't I care? Don't forget they tried to kill me before!"

"Call Zhao Shuangdian, I need to ask her directly, what's the situation now."

Ba Nanxu rolled her eyes at Li Huowang and casually tossed him her phone. "Call yourself."

Li Huowang picked up the phone, quickly scrolling to Zhao Shuangdian's name in the contacts, and called her directly.

After a short beeping sound, he heard her intellectual voice on the other end, "Hello? Li Huowang, what's up?"

"When are we leaving? Give me a definite answer, stop keeping me in the dark."

"We'll leave tonight, remember not to sleep."

"Alright, since we're about to take action, shouldn't you tell me more about the other side of the elephant? Know your enemy and yourself, and you'll be undefeatable."

"There's nothing more to tell, I've already explained to you, they're the same people who dealt with you before."

"I can't tell you how they appear to me; even if I did, you wouldn't understand. You're touching the elephant's trunk, while I'm touching the tusk."

"I'll take you to the location, you just need to see how they look to you." Hearing this, Li Huowang remembered those who used to be watching him.

After a pause, Li Huowang spoke again, "I need weapons."

"I understand that, I'll prepare them for you. But I need you to promise me one thing: when we're there, follow my command on everything."

"Got it, got it!" Impatient, Li Huowang pulled the phone away from his ear, ready to hang up.

"Wait, this is very important, I need to confirm again: once we're there, any question or disobeying orders from you will be seen as betraying your own elephant." Zhao Shuangdian's tone was extremely grave.

"Any questioning or disobeying orders?" Li Huowang pondered her words, feeling something odd about them. "What's the situation over there?"

"When we get there, I'll explain; it's too complicated to say now." With a beep, the call disconnected, and a long dial tone buzzed in Li Huowang's ear.

Li Huowang tossed the phone back to the tattooed girl in front of him, furrowing his brow, pondering the meaning of her words; it wasn't like this before.

"Over there, am I really so easily betraying my own elephant? If I did betray my own elephant, what would the consequences be?"

He couldn't imagine how strange God Yu'er's world really was.

Two fingers with black nail polish snapped in front of Li Huowang's face. "Madman, are you full or not? Ready for more?" She clashed the hard knuckles of her two hands together, sparking tiny flames.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Li Huowang asked, "Can I ask you a question?"

Ba Nanxu shook her head directly. "Don't start with your crazy talk, I don't debate with lunatics. Are we doing this? If not, I'm going back to open my shop."

"Let's do it!" Clenching his teeth, Li Huowang tightened his fists and stood up once more.