89: Street Battle

The atmosphere outside Lins Supermarket was tense, thick with the smell of gunpowder!

Lin Chuan descended the escalator, taking measured steps.

Long Wu followed closely behind, like a moving iron tower, each step radiating an intimidating power.

Lin Chuan didn't even glance at the group of vicious thugs, walking straight to Lin He's side.

"Second Brother, are you okay?"

"Next time something happens, wait for us. You just charged in again and got yourself a beating!"

Lin Chuan reached out and helped Lin He to his feet, the latter's face swollen high on one side.

Seeing the clear handprint on his second brother's face, a flash of cold light flickered in the depths of Lin Chuan's eyes.

"Little Bro! I'm fine!"

Fortunately, Lin He was tough and could take a hit.

Covering his face, grimacing in pain, he still grabbed Lin Chuan's sleeve and whispered:

"These guys are desperate thugs who dare to fight! Especially that leader, he looks like he's killed before!"

"Let's not suffer a loss in front of them. Should we call the police first?"

Lin Chuan gently patted the back of Lin He's hand.

"The police? They're useless against these people."

"To deal with mad dogs like this, you have to break their spines with a stick."

"Oh ho?! Big talk!"

Li Tianlei, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, tilted his head, his beady eyes sizing up Lin Chuan.

"So you're that Lin Chuan?"

"You look decent enough."

Li Tianlei took a step forward, blowing smoke directly into Lin Chuan's face.

"Kid, did you hear what I just said?"

"That idiot who got beaten up is your second brother, right?"

"If you don't want to end up like him, hand over ten percent of Lins Supermarket's profits!"

"Also! Forget about yesterday's business with those bosses, that two million and all that!"

"Otherwise..."

Li Tianlei sneered, cracking his knuckles.

"...you might as well close this shop for good! I'll make sure you can't take a single step in Harbin!"

The surrounding onlookers shrank back in fear.

"Oh my god, that's Li Tianlei!"

"I heard he once took on over a dozen guys single-handedly in Daonan, broke their legs!"

"He's a real tough nut!"

"Boss Lin might be rich, but he's met his match this time!"

"Yeah, besides that bulletproof guy from the news a couple days ago, who could handle Li Tianlei?"

"It's over, it's over. Lins Supermarket is probably done for!"

Not far away.

Hiding behind the jeep, Manager Liu and Director Zhang now stood proudly, hands on hips, faces full of smug triumph.

"Lin Chuan! I told you to be arrogant! Did you really think you could swagger around Harbin?"

"Where's that arrogance from earlier?"

"Get down on your knees and kowtow to Brother Lei!"

"Or else Brother Lei will cripple you!!"

These two had forgotten their pain once the wound healed. Seeing they had a backer now, they were eager to repay last night's humiliation tenfold, a hundredfold.

Faced with this chorus of jeers and threats.

Lin Chuan smiled.

"Long Wu."

"Boss."

Long Wu stepped forward.

"Clear the area."

Lin Chuan's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable authority.

"Have the staff clear this space. Push the bystanders further away."

"Don't want them getting blood on them later."

"Yes!"

Over a dozen security guards sprang into action, setting up a cordon and pushing the crowd back more than twenty meters, leaving a large empty space in front of the entrance.

It looked like they were setting up a fighting ring!

Seeing this, Li Tianlei immediately laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Interesting! Really interesting!"

"Kid, you want to spar with me?"

"Fine! I'll oblige you!"

Li Tianlei threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out viciously.

"Huzi! Go!"

"Loosen up that big guy's bones!"

"Show him what's what!"

"You got it, boss!"

A brawny man with a scowling face and arms thicker than an ordinary person's thighs stepped forward.

This guy was called Huzi, Li Tianlei's top enforcer.

He practiced the Tiger Form from Xingyiquan. Though he hadn't mastered it, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was still quite explosive.

"Rawr——!!"

This Huzi was also a bit of a drama queen.

Before even attacking, he let out a roar that actually sounded a bit like a tiger.

Immediately after.

He formed his hands into claws, fingers bent like hooks, and stomped hard on the ground.

"Fierce Tiger Pounces on Prey!!"

His entire body shot forward like a cannonball, with a whooshing sound, his claws aimed straight for Long Wu's face!

Those tiger claws even created popping sounds in the air!

The surrounding crowd gasped in shock.

"Holy shit! Is he even human?"

"If that hits his face, won't it tear his head apart?"

"That big guy is done for!"

Manager Liu and Director Zhang were so excited they started clapping.

"Rip him apart!!"

However.

Facing this ferocious attack.

Long Wu didn't even bat an eyelid.

He even kept his hands behind his back.

Just as Huzi's claws were less than half a meter from Long Wu.

Long Wu moved.

Still as a mountain, swift as thunder!

No fancy moves.

Just a simple kick!

A straight front kick!

"THUD!!!"

A dull thud, like a pile driver hitting concrete.

Huzi, who moments ago was roaring with ferocious momentum.

Froze mid-air for an instant.

Then.

Whoosh—!

Like a kicked soccer ball, he flew back three times faster than he came!

Flying a full dozen meters!

"CLANG!"

Finally smashing hard into Lins Supermarket's rolling shutter door, leaving a human-shaped dent in the iron!

Huzi slid to the ground, his eyes rolling back, not even a groan, directly knocked unconscious.

In that instant.

The smiles on Manager Liu and Director Zhang's faces, who had been jeering moments ago, instantly froze, their mouths hanging open wide enough to fit a lightbulb.

Li Tianlei's chewing gum fell out of his mouth.

One move?

And such a simple kick?

And he took out his best fighter, Huzi, in a second?

What kind of monstrous strength was this?!

Long Wu retracted his foot, brushed the dust off his pant leg, looked at the group of stunned thugs opposite, and curled his lips into a disdainful sneer.

"Tiger Form? Looks more like Cat Form to me."

Long Wu extended a finger and beckoned towards Li Tianlei and his gang.

"Don't waste time."

"All of you, come at me together."

That domineering aura practically pierced the clouds!

"Fuck! Too arrogant!!"

Li Tianlei felt deeply insulted.

After all his years in the underworld, when had he ever been looked down upon like this?

"Brothers! Get your weapons!!"

"All together! Cripple him!!"

"I don't believe he's made of iron, able to fight so many of us!"

The remaining six or seven underlings, though somewhat apprehensive, couldn't disobey their boss's order.

They pulled out machetes and steel pipes from their waists, howling as they charged.

"Kill!!"

A melee instantly erupted.

But it was completely one-sided slaughter.

Long Wu charging into the crowd was like a tiger among sheep.

"Thud!"

One punch snapped a steel pipe, then smashed into a man's chest, sending him flying, spitting blood.

"Crack!"

One kick broke a man's shin; he fell to the ground, clutching his broken leg and rolling in agony.

Long Wu's movements were broad and powerful, each strike carrying immense force.

Even when a machete slashed at him, he merely shifted slightly, taking the hit with his muscles, leaving at most a white mark!

This was the terrifying defensive power of a Danjin expert!

Far stronger than even a Huajin Grandmaster!

And at this moment.

Li Tianlei, who hadn't moved yet, stood at the edge of the fight.

Watching Long Wu's display of might, his eyelids twitched.

"This big guy is too weird!"

"Could he be a legendary Huajin Grandmaster!"

"No way! A direct fight is definitely not the answer!"

Li Tianlei's gaze shifted, like a venomous snake, landing on Lin Chuan standing on the steps, without any bodyguard beside him.

To shoot the rider, first shoot the horse; to capture the rebels, first capture the leader!

No matter how strong that bodyguard is, as long as he kills the boss!

Then the tree falls and the monkeys scatter!

Plus, once Lin Chuan dies, that 1.2 million, and the ten percent profit from those shops, wouldn't they all be his?

Thinking this, a flash of ruthlessness crossed Li Tianlei's eyes.

His hand quietly slipped into his pants pocket.

Feeling a pistol.

"Heh heh heh, no matter how high your martial arts, you still fear a kitchen knife."

"No matter how fast your fists and feet, can they be faster than a bullet?"

Using the chaotic crowd as cover, Li Tianlei moved step by step to the side, searching for the best shooting angle.

His eyes were locked on Lin Chuan's heart.

And at this moment, Lin Chuan.

Seemed completely unaware of it all.

He even turned around, saying something to a shop assistant behind him.

Exposing his back to Li Tianlei!

"Heaven helps me!"

"Die!!"

Li Tianlei was ecstatic.

He suddenly pulled the pistol from his pocket, the black muzzle instantly locking onto Lin Chuan's back!

At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

From afar, Manager Liu and Director Zhang saw this scene, so excited they nearly wet themselves.

"Shoot!!"

"Blast him!!"