"My intuition tells me that Old San should be in here. Let's go in and search first."
"Mm, but I want to get rid of these things first…"
Yue Hai fiddled with the green liquid stuck to himself. It was sticky and odorless, but looked extremely disgusting.
Chen Peiyue, standing beside him, knitted her brows even tighter and subtly took a step backward.
"Alright, then you go find a toilet and see if you can wash it off. Xiao Yue, you come with me."
Li Chonglou instructed. Under the scrutiny of his Heavenly Eye clairvoyance, he found no other hidden tricks within the entire club. The remaining thugs were all squeezed into that private room. Therefore, Li Chonglou wasn't worried about Yue Hai acting alone.
After they parted ways, Li Chonglou, with Chen Peiyue, first went through the motions of checking every private room. Soon, they arrived outside the door of the specific room.
As soon as they approached, Chen Peiyue, being a martial artist, instinctively sensed something amiss from within.
"Brother Li."
Chen Peiyue whispered. Li Chonglou looked at her with a hint of surprise before nodding.
With a thunderous bang, Li Chonglou kicked the door of the private room open. The people crammed inside were instantly startled. Even the thugs guarding the entrance instinctively clustered together, appearing utterly shocked.
By the time they reacted, Li Chonglou had already stepped inside.
"Damn it!"
One of the thugs, having recovered slightly, swung a fist without a word. He was promptly knocked down by Li Chonglou's punch.
With a muffled thud, the thug lost consciousness on the spot. This was even after Li Chonglou had restrained most of his strength. Otherwise, with his slender build, his head would likely have exploded.
"If you don't want to die, stay put. I'm just taking someone."
Such an imposing display instantly stunned the dozens of people in the room. For a moment, no one dared to utter a word of complaint.
As Li Chonglou walked further in, the already crowded people naturally parted, revealing Old San, whose hands and feet were bound and mouth and nose gagged.
Li Chonglou reached him and personally untied the ropes.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
Perhaps due to being gagged for too long, after Li Chonglou tore off the tape, Old San let out a heavy sigh of relief. Hearing Li Chonglou's inquiry, he shook his head.
Just as Old San was about to speak, he suddenly noticed a thug behind Li Chonglou reaching for his waist.
As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run. Old San understood the thug's intention immediately and shouted anxiously.
"Careful!"
As he shouted, the thug, with a chilling gaze, quickly drew a handgun and aimed it at Li Chonglou's head.
"Go to hell!"
The thug glared at Li Chonglou's back with a malicious look and pulled the trigger.
Old San, who witnessed the entire scene, had his pupils contract.
It's over, no time!
However, in the next second, the gunshot he expected did not ring out. Instead, the gunman himself, for some unknown reason, suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.
Only then did Old San notice Chen Peiyue's presence.
Hearing the commotion behind him, Li Chonglou turned and said calmly to Old San.
"Let's go."
Old San vaguely understood what had happened. He tidied his composure and nodded silently.
The other occupants of the room dared not move, watching the three of them leave.
After Li Chonglou and the others had departed, one of the thugs immediately rushed forward to check on his two downed companions.
To his shock, the one Li Chonglou had knocked down was still breathing. However, the one struck down by Chen Peiyue showed no signs of life!
This woman's attack is so vicious!
The thug was horrified. The image of Chen Peiyue's indifferent and calm expression flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but shiver.
As the three returned to the lobby downstairs, Li Chonglou suddenly said to Chen Peiyue.
"You killed someone again."
"...I know."
Before they came out, Li Chonglou had instructed her to act if necessary, but to try not to kill. In fact, Li Chonglou had only anticipated extreme situations, such as being surrounded by enemies.
He never expected Chen Peiyue to deliver a fatal blow almost every time she struck!
Their conversation made Old San realize that Chen Peiyue, despite her harmless appearance, was actually…
Old San subtly shifted his steps closer to Li Chonglou.
The three of them didn't wait long in the lobby before Yue Hai returned, his clothes still damp.
"Brother Yue, why hasn't my internal energy returned?"
Upon his return, Yue Hai couldn't help but ask with some anxiety.
"Do you feel any better?"
"I do, but it's only recovered about half."
"That's good. It will take some time, don't worry."
Yue Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, a sense of crisis surged into Li Chonglou's heart.
Something is wrong!
His intuition had never failed him. Li Chonglou immediately used his Heavenly Eye clairvoyance to scan the surroundings carefully. At that moment, an iron grate suddenly descended over the club's entrance, and at the same time, a green smoke billowed from the four corners.
Damn it!
"Quick, you all go to the second floor first!"
With no time to explain, Li Chonglou immediately told Yue Hai to take Old San and Chen Peiyue to the second floor. He then flickered and rushed back towards the original private room.
It wasn't out of saintly kindness, but because a significant portion of the people in the room were ordinary employees. When he had entered earlier to rescue Old San, he had clearly seen many people trembling and huddled in a corner.
This bastard was completely disregarding their lives and trying to drag them all down with him!
In just a few seconds, Li Chonglou returned to the door of the private room. Seeing his sudden reappearance, the people inside were once again startled.
"Don't kill me."
The thug who had checked on his companions earlier was petrified. The cold and ruthless expression of Chen Peiyue flashed in his mind again, and he thought Li Chonglou had returned to finish them off. Terrified, his legs went weak, and he immediately knelt down.
Li Chonglou frowned and shouted, "If you don't want to die, all of you get to the second floor! Now, immediately!"
There was no time for detailed explanations at this point. Li Chonglou could only release a fraction of his menacing aura. The hearts of the people in the room tightened, feeling as though a demon stood before them.
But still, no one reacted.
"Didn't you hear what I said?"
The female receptionists leaning by the door shivered. Instinctively, they ran out of the room as Li Chonglou had instructed. As they passed him, their bodies tensed up.
Seeing this, the rest of the people in the room finally began to move as well.