193: Chapter 193 Encounter with the Men in Black Again

The hoodlums punched for a while, only to find that Wei He's body was incredibly hard. Their hands throbbed with pain from the impact, and they all stopped, clutching their hands as they retreated to the side.

"Finished? Then it's my turn!" Wei He sneered, speaking softly.

Wei He let out a cold snort and grabbed the hoodlum closest to him. With a forceful swing, he tossed the hoodlum into the air. The man smashed through the roof, plummeted back down, crashed through the roof again, and landed on the table in front of the Man in Black. The table shattered instantly, and the hoodlum lay on the ground, mouth full of blood, unconscious.

The rest of the hoodlums were dumbfounded. They had never seen anyone with such immense strength that they could throw a living adult into the sky.

Just as Scarface tried to bolt for the door, Wei He flickered in front of him with a quick step and grabbed his shoulder. Scarface felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and fell directly to his knees, howling in agony.

"Handsome, I was wrong! I won't do it again! Please, let me go! Ah, it hurts so much! My shoulder is broken!" Scarface's face twisted into a grimace of pain as he clutched his shoulder and begged for mercy.

Seeing this, the other hoodlums fell to their knees in terror, trembling uncontrollably as they kowtowed and begged Wei He for mercy.

"Hmph, you scumbags are nothing but a menace. It's better if..." Before Wei He could finish, a chopstick shot toward his face with a swish. Wei He tilted his head slightly, easily dodging the attack.

"Hmph, overestimating yourself. You're courting death!" Wei He said through gritted teeth. At the same time, he increased the pressure in his hand, crushing the bones in Scarface's shoulder. Scarface let out a miserable scream and collapsed to the ground, fainting from the pain.

In an instant, Wei He dealt with Scarface, then looked toward the source of the hidden weapon—the Man in Black, who was completely wrapped in black clothing.

"Judging by your outfit, you're from Blood Poison Town again, aren't you? You people are never-ending. Can't you find an honest living?" Seeing the Man in Black reminded Wei He of the incidents in Kela City and Northwest Town, making him even more annoyed.

"Who are you? How do you know about Blood Poison Town? Are you also a friend of Lord Lucius?" the Man in Black asked, looking at Wei He warily.

Hearing this, Linlin knew the Man in Black was admitting he was from Blood Poison Town. She had been abducted by their people back in Northwest Town, so hearing this made her even angrier.

Before Wei He could speak, Linlin spoke up, "Brother Wei He, let me handle this person!"

Hearing Linlin say this, Wei He nodded slightly and went off to deal with the remaining hoodlums on his own.

"You're dead meat today! You human trafficker, you scoundrel who forces women into prostitution! Calling you a scoundrel is an insult to scoundrels! You... just you wait! See if I don't beat you to death!" Linlin shouted as she rushed forward and attacked the Man in Black.

"You might have misunderstood. We're granting them eternal life; it's a good deed. Why are you attacking me?" The Man in Black tried to convince Linlin as they fought. From the previous events, he knew he was definitely no match for these two.

"Pah! If what you're doing is really a good deed, why do you have to kidnap people in secret? Human traffickers deserve to die!" Linlin spat in the Man in Black's face as she fought.

"That's because they don't know what's good for them. I just want to give them a better future. With eternal life, they'll never die. Isn't that a good thing?" Although he had been spat on, the Man in Black didn't dare to get angry and could only continue to make excuses.

"Hmph, you're infuriating me! You despicable person who twists the truth, go to hell!" After saying this, Linlin angrily kicked the Man in Black in the chest. With her immense strength, she sent him flying over ten meters away, where he crashed heavily in front of Wei He.

Seeing this, Wei He grabbed the Man in Black by the collar, lifted him off the ground, and pulled off the black cloth covering his head.

"Ah!" Linlin screamed in horror when she saw the Man in Black's face.

The skin on the Man in Black's face was dry and wrinkled, with some parts even rotted away, revealing blackened flesh underneath. There was no expression of a living person on his face; his eyes were hollow, devoid of light or spirit. He didn't look like a living person at all.

Seeing this, Wei He tore off another piece of the black cloth from the man's body, revealing thin, withered arms. The skin was wrinkled and clung to the bones, grayish-green like dead branches, with no muscle at all. His fingernails were black and long; the whole person looked like he had crawled out of a graveyard.

"Is this the eternal life you were talking about? Are you alive, or already dead?" Wei He stared coldly at the Man in Black's gaunt body and asked each word deliberately.

"Hmph, what do you know? This is the power of eternal life granted to me by Lord Lucius. Do you know how long I've lived? I'm over 150 years old! Hahaha! Yet I'm still as fleet-footed as a young man. Isn't that great? Hahaha!" The Man in Black laughed maniacally. His laughter echoed in the room, sounding exceptionally eerie and terrifying combined with his withered body.

"Who exactly is this Lucius you're talking about? Why did he give you the power of eternal life?" Wei He's brow furrowed. He felt that if he wanted to unify the entire continent, Lucius would surely be a major rival. Moreover, he was very curious about who this Lucius actually was.

"Then go to Blood Poison Town and ask him yourself, hmph!" The Man in Black snorted coldly. Taking advantage of Wei He's momentary lapse in focus, he lunged at him with his long, black fingernails.

Just as the Man in Black thought he had succeeded, his sharp, tough fingernails scraped against Wei He's body. However, it felt as though he were scratching steel, producing a piercing metallic screech.

It turned out that the moment the Man in Black launched his attack, Wei He had activated his Golden Body Protection Supernatural Ability, turning his entire body a golden-yellow color.

"You really are an Ability User! No wonder you're so skilled!" The Man in Black's pitch-black eyes widened in surprise as he looked at Wei He, who stood before him like a golden statue.

"Hmph, if you don't tell me what you know, don't expect to leave here alive today!" Wei He struck his hands together, producing a metallic clanging sound, as he looked at the Man in Black with satisfaction.

"Yah!" the Man in Black suddenly shrieked. He scratched frantically at Wei He's body with both hands, his black nails emitting a series of piercing sounds against Wei He's adamantine body.

Linlin kept her eyes tightly shut and pressed her delicate hands firmly over her ears; the shrill sound was deeply repulsive to her.

Taking advantage of the moment everyone was covering their ears, the Man in Black dragged his injured body and quickly rushed out the door, fleeing into the distance.

"I'll go after him!" Linlin shouted the moment she was free from the piercing sound. Seeing the Man in Black escaping, she immediately prepared to run out the door.

"No need. We should focus on how to punish these people. That Man in Black won't get away," Wei He said calmly, crossing his arms.

"Is it really okay? What if he escapes?" Linlin asked with great confusion, her large, watery eyes filled with concern.