Even at the risk of his demon core devouring him, even enduring the soul-piercing agony, Chen Fan had to act!
Only by doing so did Xiang Jingshu and the others have a chance to escape safely!
It was for their safe escape that Chen Fan was now willing to brave such a risk.
Thus, before those twenty-odd people could fire, he moved like a blur, letting out a deep roar!
"Kill!"
"Baka! Something's wrong with this guy…" The leader of the squad immediately sensed that something was amiss.
But his actions were too late.
Chen Fan's figure was incredibly swift, already closing in on him.
Before the leader could finish speaking, Chen Fan struck, directly snapping his neck.
The rest of them were a fraction slower to react than their leader.
However, half a second had already passed since Chen Fan made his move.
As professional mercenaries, these twenty-odd men reacted swiftly enough; they were already drawing their guns.
For professionals like them, from drawing their weapons to firing and hitting the target.
This entire fluid sequence often took no more than half a second.
But! This time, they had miscalculated!
Even though Chen Fan's body was enduring immense torment at this moment, his movements were still far faster than this group of mercenaries!
"Kill!"
His previous roar had barely subsided.
He had already unleashed his true energy, transforming it into a palm strike of immense power, directed straight at the huddled group who hadn't yet scattered!
*Boom!*
Not a single one of these professional mercenaries had a chance to draw their guns.
Chen Fan's palm strike sent them all flying.
They were sent hurtling more than ten meters, smashing through the glass windows of the lobby doors and crashing onto the asphalt road.
Most of the mercenaries had their internal organs shattered by Chen Fan's infinitely powerful palm, dying on the spot.
However, some fortunate individuals at the back of the group were merely severely injured, falling into a temporary unconsciousness.
"Tsk, went a bit too hard."
Looking at the scene of devastation before him, Chen Fan lightly clicked his tongue.
He then strode forward, picking up the weapons of these mercenaries.
Afterward, he concealed himself, leaving the group of mercenaries sprawled by the entrance of the office building.
The place was secluded enough, and besides the Mitsui zaibatsu's personnel, no one else ever came close.
Leaving these few as decoys to lure the Mitsui zaibatsu reinforcements was an ideal strategy.
As expected, the Mitsui group did not disappoint Chen Fan.
Before long, another twenty-odd individuals rushed back.
As they advanced, they were discussing amongst themselves.
"Brother, what do you think Chairman Kobayashi is calling us back for…"
Chen Fan gave them no chance to find out. He raised the handgun with the silencer attached and pulled the trigger.
*Swoosh!*
In a shot that attracted no attention, the leader of this second wave of mercenaries was shot in the head.
"Take cover! Enemy…" The second-in-command immediately tried to command his men.
But Chen Fan, hidden in the shadows, fired again.
*Swoosh!*
*Swoosh!*
…
Within tens of seconds, Chen Fan emptied all the handguns he had prepared.
These twenty-odd bullets resulted in twenty more corpses added to the pile by the entrance of the branch lobby.
Of course, for the Mitsui zaibatsu, this was merely the beginning.
And Chen Fan, hidden in the shadows of the branch lobby, orchestrated everything.
Soon, the third team…
The fourth…
…
Sixty minutes later, the sixteenth team of mercenaries, the last mercenary group working for the Mitsui zaibatsu in East Cherry City.
The last man in this team died before the mountains of corpses accumulating before his eyes.
He had wanted to escape.
But Chen Fan's actions were too swift, leaving him no chance to flee even though he sensed the danger.
After dealing with all the mercenaries hired by the Mitsui zaibatsu in East Cherry City, Chen Fan cleaned up the scene, erasing any trace of his presence.
Then, he walked into the branch lobby, entered the elevator, and headed straight for the top floor.
On the top floor, Kobari Takuma no longer felt pain in his legs.
Because he now felt his legs were crippled.
*Ding!*
The sudden elevator arrival chime made Kobari Takuma involuntarily turn his gaze.
He had been waiting for the elevator to return since Chen Fan had gone downstairs.
For him, everything that followed, life or death, his entire future.
Would depend on who emerged from the elevator.
Under his expectant and nervous gaze, the elevator doors at the end of the corridor opened.
"Huh? Why…"
The moment the elevator doors opened.
Kobari Takuma froze on the spot.
Because the elevator was empty!
"Hey? What's going on? Those mercenaries and that gentleman were bound to have a winner and loser. How could it be now… Could it be that they both perished, all dead down there?"
Staring at the empty elevator, Kobari Takuma was filled with bewilderment.
Where had Chen Fan gone?
He had naturally gone to other floors.
At this moment, he was on the twenty-second floor, directly below the top floor.
A dozen seconds ago, Chen Fan had entered the elevator, intending to return to the top floor to ascertain the whereabouts of Kobari Takuma's family and fulfill their agreement.
However, the moment the elevator doors closed, his heart suddenly sensed danger.
It was a unique keenness he possessed.
It was a highly sensitive feeling towards danger, honed through countless life-and-death battles on the battlefield.
Thus, he went to the twenty-second floor, because his instincts told him that this dangerous aura was emanating from the twenty-second floor.
The twenty-second floor was quiet.
But Chen Fan stood at the elevator entrance and glanced at the unconscious Mitsui zaibatsu employees lying scattered on the ground.
These were employees Chen Fan had deliberately knocked unconscious earlier.
His sole purpose was to facilitate his own actions.
Chen Fan estimated that these individuals would not wake up before tomorrow morning.
Therefore, the positions they were lying in now should have been exactly the same as when Chen Fan had left.
However, as Chen Fan surveyed them, he immediately noticed something was amiss, knowing that a major problem must have occurred here.