The Unruly Immortals

Li Huowang looked at the young man wearing reflective sunglasses.

He had slicked-back hair, wore a leather jacket, and underneath were half-worn jeans, with a few irregular black moles on his ordinary face.

Li Huowang was certain he had never seen this person before, yet the man felt incredibly familiar to him.

That feeling made him blurt out instinctively, "Touzi?"

However, the sunglasses man didn't respond and instead swiftly pulled three grenades from his pocket with one hand.

He immediately bit down on them and tossed them directly towards Li Huowang and the others. "Off you go!"

This happened so quickly, almost no one had time to react.

Seeing the grenades flying towards him, Li Huowang gritted his teeth and rushed forward, swinging his broken arm fiercely at them.

But to Li Huowang's surprise, once he made contact with the grenades, a hissing sound erupted, and the grenades burst open, filling the room with thick black smoke, blinding everyone inside.

Li Huowang was fooled; those three objects weren't grenades but smoke grenades, made to look threatening merely for show.

"Ha~~ha~~~ha~~" Upon hearing the arrogant laughter fade away, Li Huowang's heart sank, "Not good! This guy's here to cover San Qing's escape!"

He had just opened his mouth when the pungent smell invaded it, not only blinding his sight but also stinging his nose and eyes so much he couldn't keep them open.

"San Qing! Don't even think about running!" Li Huowang blocked his mouth and nose as he charged toward the sound of a car engine starting.

Tears streaming down, Li Huowang dashed out of the black smoke, only to see an open-top Jeep in low beam speed towards him, driven by the sunglasses man with Qing Wanglai in the back seat.

Li Huowang clenched his jaw and leapt to the side, the screeching brakes sounded as the Jeep turned and quickly sped away through the Bamboo Forest path out of the villa area.

Wiping his face hard, when Li Huowang saw Qing Wanglai in the Jeep's back seat, he immediately turned and dashed towards the underground garage.

After a few short seconds, with a roar, Li Huowang rode out on his heavy motorcycle from the garage, pursuing the Jeep.

At that moment, Li Huowang saw Yang Na standing teary-eyed on the roadside, one hand gripping a military knife, the other giving him a thumbs up.

As they passed each other in a flash, Li Huowang extended his broken arm, Yang Na grabbed it with both hands, using the momentum to leap directly onto the motorcycle's rear seat and hold tightly onto his waist.

"Vroom~!" With the engine's roar, Li Huowang instantly maxed the motorcycle's speed, chasing the Jeep ahead.

On the suburban road, Qing Wanglai ran in front while Li Huowang pursued behind.

Despite Li Huowang's fast speed, at every turn, the opponent would pull further ahead, neither side able to gain an advantage as they remained locked in a stalemate.

Sitting on the back seat, Yang Na watched anxiously, estimating the distance between them, then tucked her knife behind her, pulled a handgun from her waist, and aimed at the Jeep.

"Bang," a miss; "Bang," another miss. "Huowang! Stop swerving! I can't aim accurately!"

"This is a motorcycle; it can't stop swerving! Don't aim for people, aim for the tires!" After a few shots, the distant Jeep began to wobble violently, its speed dropping significantly.

"We've got a shot!" Li Huowang pushed further, speeding up to parallel the Jeep.

At that moment, Qing Wanglai's gun was already aimed at Li Huowang's bandaged head.

"Bang," Qing Wanglai's hand and gun exploded into fragments. It was Yang Na's move.

"Nana! Get the vehicle!" Li Huowang grabbed Yang Na's hands and pressed them onto the motorcycle handles, then with a strong push from the vehicle, he leapt toward the Jeep beside him.

Li Huowang slammed onto the Jeep, gripping Qing Wanglai's neck tightly; soon his face turned purplish. "I don't know what you're up to! Nor do I care! All I know is it's you who killed Suisui! It's you! You killed my daughter!"

Li Huowang was incredibly strong and tenacious, even after taking several heavy blows from the sunglasses man, he refused to let go.

Seeing Qing Wanglai's head about to be clamped by Li Huowang, Qing Wanglai reached to grip Li Huowang's arm, a faintly confident smile appearing on his purplish face.

Then Qing Wanglai slightly opened his mouth, using his last breath to whisper, "Brother Li, help me."

In a flash, Li Huowang's surroundings reverted to the world devastated by Da Nuo, holding Zhuge Yuan's severed head.

At this instant, Zhuge Yuan's appearance merged completely with Qing Wanglai's, and the events of that moment overlapped with the events of this moment.

Seizing Li Huowang's dazed instant, Qing Wanglai took the chance, driving his knee fiercely into Li Huowang's stomach.

Li Huowang was kicked into the air, disconnected from the Jeep; as he landed, he saw Qing Wanglai leaning against the window, giving him his trademark smile.

"Bang," Li Huowang hit the ground hard on his back. The sensation of cracked bones and shifted organs instantly immobilized him.

Dusty and grimy, Li Huowang lay on the ground, raising his head to see the Jeep fading into the distance, reflected in his eyes.

Yang Na initially wanted to pursue by motorcycle but ultimately deemed Li Huowang more important upon seeing him on the ground.

With Yang Na's twist of the brakes, the motorcycle's tires skidded a black arc in front of Li Huowang.

Quickly securing the vehicle, Yang Na jumped off and rushed to support Li Huowang. "Huowang, are you alright? Where does it hurt?"

Li Huowang, filled with hatred, watched the distant Jeep, roaring, "Qing Wanglai!!"

Half an hour later, a wounded Li Huowang walked back into Qing Wanglai's villa with Yang Na's support.

Everyone else was there, acting as if it was nothing, watching TV, eating, discussing matters as usual.

Li Huowang passed among them, coming to face Zhao Shuangdian, swinging his broken arm and smashing the laptop before her into the wall.

"Why didn't you help? Why!! If your people had acted just now, Qing Wanglai wouldn't have escaped so easily!!"