Free Web NovelChapter 175: Chapter 175: Desperate Counterattack
The chubby one was the first to rush in, and after subduing Zeng Qiang, the mute and A-Niu quickly checked the room. Finding no one else, they released Zeng Qiang.
"Why are you here again?"
Zeng Qiang’s face darkened instantly upon seeing the middle-aged man.
"Right now, the whole Chicheng County is actively hunting you down. Coming to my house at this time, are you trying to get me killed?"
The middle-aged man remained silent, only pulling out a knife from his waist and pressing it against Zeng Qiang’s neck.
"Big brother, let’s talk this out, why wave around knives?"
Zeng Qiang immediately started sweating cold sweat out of fear.
"You’d better find a hidden place for us brothers to lie low, and also, help me find this person. Otherwise, I’ll kill you right away!"
No sooner had the middle-aged man finished speaking than he threw a photo at Zeng Qiang.
Zeng Qiang took the photo and his complexion turned ashen with shock as he looked at the middle-aged man.
But then, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he pointed at the person in the photo and said with a laugh,
"So she’s the one you’re looking for! I know her, she’s in Chicheng County right now. We even met a couple of days ago."
"Finding her is easy, but you have to promise me one thing, or I can make sure you never see her again!"
"What is it? Speak!"
The middle-aged man glared at Zeng Qiang angrily.
"Kill Wang Hao! I can arrange for you to meet her immediately!"
Zeng Qiang said viciously, full of confidence.
"As for how to lure Wang Hao to you, don’t you worry, I have my ways!"
After saying that, the group of brothers left.
Wang Hao had been searching for a whole day and still hadn’t found any leads on Xiaowei and Jia Jia. By the time he returned to the county town, it was already midnight.
Due to the recent rampage of bandits, the streets were unusually quiet, and even cars were a rare sight.
Just as Wang Hao was about to reach the gate of Xia Xue’s residential area, his phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Xia Xue.
"Xue’er, I’m already at the gate of the community. I’ll be home soon, don’t worry about me!"
Wang Hao immediately tried to reassure her as he answered the phone. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
"I’m not worried about you at all. It’s them you should be worried about right now!"
The voice on the other end of the phone was not Xia Xue, but a strange-sounding man.
"Who are you? Where’s Xia Xue?"
Wang Hao suddenly froze, stopping in his tracks on his way home.
"Who I am doesn’t matter. What matters is your woman is in our hands. If you don’t want them to get hurt, you have an hour to get to Northwest Cinema immediately. And a warning, don’t even think about calling the police, or you’ll deal with the consequences!"
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The man hung up the phone without waiting for Wang Hao’s response.
Wang Hao was now frantic with worry. He hurried home and found Qi Shihan and Xia Xue were missing, and the house was in complete disarray, with dishes and utensils shattered all over the floor.
"Damn bastards! I will find you and tear you to pieces!"
Wang Hao cursed angrily and hurriedly went outside to hail a taxi to Northwest Cinema.
In less than an hour, Wang Hao stood outside Northwest Cinema.
Northwest Cinema is a dated cinema located in the northwest area of Chicheng County. The older generation used to gather here for collective movie screenings and entertainment. After years of disuse, it had been abandoned.
No sooner had the taxi left, a group of people appeared behind Wang Hao, the leader clapping his hands as he stepped forward.
"No wonder you’re so fast, Brother Hao!"
It was Zeng Qiang, clapping his hands as he approached Wang Hao.
"Looks like my guess was right, it really is you!"
Wang Hao, his teeth clenched in hatred, took a step forward in a flash and swung a punch at Zeng Qiang’s cheek.
But the punch didn’t land on Zeng Qiang’s face at all. Suddenly, from behind Zeng Qiang, a pair of hands stretched out and firmly grasped Wang Hao’s fist.
Wang Hao felt a shock and took two steps back. On closer inspection, he saw the person wore a hat and a mask, completely obscuring his face.
From the fact he could catch Wang Hao’s punch, it was clear this person was also a martial practitioner.
"Beat him to death for me!"
After the masked man appeared, Zeng Qiang hastily retreated several steps, for fear that a stray punch might hit him again.
After speaking to the masked man, Zeng Qiang leaned leisurely against the railing nearby to watch the fight.
Zeng Qiang had encountered this middle-aged man during a skirmish. At that time, the man thought the girl Zeng Qiang embraced was who he was looking for, and threw a punch. It went astray and hit one of Zeng Qiang’s underlings, who is still in the hospital, not yet recovered.
Zeng Qiang realized then how formidable the middle-aged man was. When the man realized he had mistaken the girl for someone else and was about to leave, Zeng Qiang stopped him, thinking his skills could be useful to him.
So, he kept in touch with the middle-aged man under the guise of helping him find someone.
In fact, Zeng Qiang had realized as soon as he saw the news reports that the middle-aged man was the criminal the police were after, which is why he didn’t turn them in.
Firstly, Zeng Qiang still wanted to use them, and secondly, he was afraid they would betray him, which would leave him with no way out but death.
By luring Wang Hao here this time, Zeng Qiang was certain he could kill him and still get away with it. Moreover, his plans went even beyond that.
The middle-aged man stared intently at Wang Hao, like a ferocious beast eyeing its prey.
He swung a fast punch at Wang Hao’s head, using a sly and venomous move, apparently aiming to secure victory in one blow.
But Wang Hao was no slouch either. He leaned back to dodge the lethal punch.
Immediately, he grabbed the man’s fist and wrapped his other arm around the man’s waist.
The middle-aged man was taken aback; he hadn’t expected Wang Hao to be so fast. Before Wang Hao could secure his grip, he kicked towards Wang Hao’s abdomen.
Aiming at the part of the body where the dantian is located, if it connected, Wang Hao would truly be crippled.
Wang Hao could only push the middle-aged man away and swiftly dodge.
"Five Animals Perform, the Monkey Plucking, an unparalleled Shaolin skill!"
The middle-aged man was suddenly taken aback, not expecting this young man, Wang Hao, to know an unparalleled Shaolin skill.
"But you’re just a dilettante; you haven’t even mastered the skill before showing off. Someone like you can’t even be ranked. Dying at my hands should be considered an honor for you."
The middle-aged man taunted and then rushed at Wang Hao, trying to land a kick on his head.
Wang Hao didn’t quite understand what the middle-aged man was saying. Watching the kick come, Wang Hao twisted his body to dodge.
But then the middle-aged man performed a mid-air somersault, delivering a spinning back kick that struck Wang Hao right in the chest.
Wang Hao suddenly felt a tremor in his chest and an immediate surge of power inside his body.
It was as if the shadow of a dragon flashed by, and the shock sensation disappeared immediately, along with the pain.
"Impossible!"
The middle-aged man found this scene utterly unbelievable.
"How could someone not even ranked withstand my kick? What kind of martial arts have you been practicing?"
"I couldn’t care less about your damn rankings. In my book, the best martial arts are the ones that win fights!"
With a roar of anger, Wang Hao quickly unleashed a flurry of punches at the middle-aged man...
