One of his subordinates stumbled back, his voice trembling, "Lei Laohu, Scorpion...Scorpion isn't dead! He's over in the canyon!"
Lei Laohu's face darkened, and he immediately led his men to the location.
At the foot of a cliff on one side of the canyon, Scorpion was covered in wounds, breathing heavily, but his eyes were fixed on Lei Laohu, full of malice. Behind him, only about thirty battered and injured soldiers remained, all wounded.
In front of Scorpion, Xiao Han was held with knives to his neck by two men, blood at the corner of his mouth, his face pale.
Scorpion bared his teeth, his mouth stained red with blood, his voice hoarse like a broken bellows: "Lei Laohu, where's that little bastard Lu Shiyan? Tell him to get out here and die! You think this little trick can take my life? Dream on!"
Lei Laohu's gaze swept over the scene, his mind racing.
Scorpion was not dead, Xiao Han was captured, and Mo Lei had become a tool for coercion.
Lu Shiyan... A ominous premonition grew stronger in his heart.
This explosion was too strange... It didn't seem like an accident.
"Scorpion, you mad dog, you're about to die and you still dare to be so arrogant!" Lei Laohu suppressed the shock and suspicion in his heart. "Release Xiao Han, and I'll give you a quick death!"
Mo Lei bit her lower lip hard, tears silently streaming down her face, her heart filled with guilt towards Xiao Han, yet too terrified to make a sound.
"A quick death? I want all of you to die a terrible death!" Scorpion coughed violently, a dark blood clot falling to the ground. "Lei Laohu, do you think you've won? Where's Lu Shiyan? Why didn't he come? You don't actually think he was blown up, do you?"
A subordinate leaned close to Lei Laohu, lowering his voice: "Boss, Captain Lu... he... might really be..."
Before he could finish, Pan Yong stumbled and scrambled in, his voice shrill and distorted: "This is bad! Lei Laohu! Our... private database... was infiltrated! The... energy stone... inside is gone! The database guards woke up and identified... Lu Shiyan as the culprit!"
With a bang.
Lei Laohu's mind went blank.
Everything was planned by him! Killing with a borrowed knife, stealing treasure in the chaos! It turned out that his purpose in approaching him was only to obtain information about the energy stone.
He had played him for a fool! From beginning to end, he was a pawn on his chessboard!
"Lu! Shi! Yan!"
Lei Laohu roared at the sky, veins bulging on his neck.
The roar echoed through the canyon, shaking loose stones.
Scorpion was also stunned, clearly not having anticipated this, and a complex expression, a mix of mockery and understanding, appeared in his eyes.
Lei Laohu's eyes were bloodshot, like a thoroughly enraged lion, staring intently at Scorpion, his killing intent reaching its peak.
No matter Lu Shiyan's intentions, right now, Scorpion, this mad dog, must die!
And Xiao Han and Xiao Lei, these two hostages, might be his last bargaining chips to force Lu Shiyan to hand over the energy stone!
"Scorpion, you bug, this is the end for you!" Lei Laohu gnashed his teeth, then abruptly waved his hand, "Charge! Kill him! Pan Yong, you lead your men and charge too! Chop him into pieces!"
Inside the canyon, killing intent suddenly boiled over.
At Lei Laohu's command, his subordinates, who had been holding back their anger, surged forward like hungry wolves. Pan Yong led the charge, roaring as he lunged at Scorpion and his remaining forces.
"Damn it, let's fight them to the death!" A flash of suicidal madness flickered in Scorpion's eyes, and a biting cold surged out from his body. "You want me to die, but you'll have to pay the price!"
"Old man, die for me!" Lei Laohu roared, crimson flames erupting around him, twisting the air and bringing a searing pain that swept towards Scorpion first.
Scorpion suddenly ducked, narrowly avoiding the flames, and the ground beneath his feet instantly turned scorched and sizzled.
He tapped his toes on the ground, moving like a phantom through the crowd, his hands condensing cold energy, sending out several half-foot-long ice cones.
"Puff! Puff puff!"
Several of Lei Laohu's subordinates failed to dodge in time and were instantly pierced by the ice cones. They fell to the ground without even a scream, their blood rapidly staining the earth beneath their feet.
Pan Yong swung his knife, cutting down one of Scorpion's subordinates, then turned and yelled, "Protect the boss! Kill Scorpion!"
"You're looking for death!" Lei Laohu's fury intensified, the pent-up anger from being toyed with by Lu Shiyan now finding an outlet.
His fire ability was pushed to its limit, and violent pillars of fire and millstone-sized fireballs rained down on Scorpion.
Scorpion, after all, was injured, and his ability level was not as high as the enraged Lei Laohu's. He frantically dodged, blocked, and counterattacked using his agile movements and ice ability.
Scorpion quickly sustained several deep, bone-visible burns, more blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his breathing became heavier.
Several of his subordinates tried to help, but they were forced back by Lei Laohu's even more ferocious flames. One of them was even directly set ablaze, letting out a horrific scream.
"Let's see how much longer you can last!" Lei Laohu sneered, his attacks growing fiercer.
Scorpion, in a moment of carelessness, was struck on the back by a solidified fire whip. The thin ice protecting him shattered instantly, and he stumbled forward like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
"Lei Laohu! I'll fight you to the death!" Scorpion, looking like a madman, knew he was doomed to die today. He suddenly gathered all his remaining ice ability, transforming it into an incredibly sharp ice spear, and shot it recklessly towards Lei Laohu's chest!
This attack, condensed with all his malice and power, was so fast it caught people off guard!
"Watch out!" Pan Yong was closest to Lei Laohu. Seeing the ice spear coming, and Lei Laohu's ability still slightly sluggish from his previous fierce attacks, he didn't even think. He lunged forward, using his body to shield Lei Laohu!
"Pfft!"
The ice spear brutally pierced through Pan Yong's chest, bringing out a spray of blood mist.
Pan Yong's body trembled violently. He lowered his head in disbelief, looking at the ice spear that had gone through his chest, blood gushing from his mouth.
"Ah... Ah Yong!" Lei Laohu roared.
Pan Yong painfully turned his head, looking at Lei Laohu, his lips moving, blood foam constantly gushing from his mouth: "Bo... Boss... help me... kill a few more..."
After speaking, his body went limp, and he fell heavily, his eyes still fixed on Scorpion's direction.
"Chop him up!" Lei Laohu's subordinates, seeing Pan Yong's tragic death, became even more enraged. They swarmed forward, and the gleaming flashes of knives and swords instantly engulfed the exhausted Scorpion.
"Ah!" Scorpion's remaining ice power suddenly erupted, freezing several of the closest attackers, but he himself was simultaneously struck by several sharp blades, blood gushing out.
"Bang!"
He crashed heavily to the ground, twitching a few times, his breath rapidly weakening. His bloodshot eyes were still fixed ahead, filled with unwillingness and resentment.
"No! Don't kill him!" Mo Lei suddenly staggered over, falling near Scorpion, her face covered in tears, her voice choked with sobs and despair. "Where's my sister? You haven't told me yet! You can't die! You can't die!"
Mo Lei reached out her trembling small hand, wanting to grab Scorpion, but was too afraid to get close.
"Tell me... please... where exactly is my sister..."
Scorpion laboriously coughed up a mouthful of blood foam. His cloudy gaze turned to Mo Lei, and a strange curve actually appeared at the corner of his mouth before his head tilted, and he fell silent.
Sister? Xiao Lei has a sister...
Lei Laohu gasped for breath. He looked at Pan Yong's cold corpse, then at Scorpion, who had died with his eyes open, and his gaze finally turned to Xiao Han and Xiao Lei, who were tightly restrained.
"Xiao Han, you've followed that little beast Lu Shiyan for so long, you should know what he cares about most, right?"
He approached step by step, the pebbles beneath his feet crunching.
"Hmph, Lu Shiyan, for the sake of the energy stone, didn't hesitate to turn everything upside down, even daring to scheme against me, what audacity!"
Lei Laohu stopped in front of Xiao Han.
"Tell me, if I use you, and this little one's life, to trade for the energy stone, will he trade?"