Chapter 168: He Deserves to Die
"How could this be, why would the Warzone people come at this time?"
Hearing this, everyone at the scene looked horrified and completely baffled.
At this moment, a group of Gray Zone bigwigs no longer thought about killing Ye Fan to collect the 10 billion but were all thinking about how to survive what was coming next.
"Boss, the brothers can't hold on any longer, we should retreat first!"
"Run, a large number of warriors are charging over!"
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"
Outside the conference room, the subordinates of the Gray Zone bigwigs were terrified, facing imminent disaster; they didn't care about the life or death of their own bosses and chose to run away at the first chance they got.
Despite the congregation of over a hundred Gray Zone giants with forty to fifty thousand underlings at the meeting, they collapsed instantaneously in front of the well-equipped warriors.
Within mere seconds, the hundreds of bigwigs and their minions disappeared without a trace.
"Should... should we also retreat?" someone said, trembling with fear.
Ye Fan scoffed, "You've all come, why rush to leave? After all, the real business isn't finished yet!"
"Get out of the way, dare to block me, believe it or not, I'll shoot you dead?" one of the bigwigs yelled fiercely at Ye Fan, holding dual guns.
"That's right, get lost, I don't have time to deal with you right now, don't ask for trouble!"
The numerous bigwigs panicked, with people from the Warzone arriving and their own underlings running away, they figured if they didn't escape now, they might not be able to later.
"Tonight, I want to see who dares to lay a hand on God Ye!"
Suddenly, a stern voice rang out, and a large number of warriors stormed in. Under the gaze of many eyes, Lin Wu arrived at the scene with a truly commanding presence.
"Lin... Lin Wu!"
Staring at Lin Wu in military attire, the hundreds of Gray Zone bigwigs at the scene were completely stunned.
After arriving at the scene, Lin Wu respectfully said to Ye Fan, "God Ye, those small fry outside have been cleared out by us!"
"Damn! God Ye? Lin Wu is actually calling him God Ye?"
Hearing Lin Wu's honorific form of address for Ye Fan, the hundred bigwigs were collectively shocked.
Some even doubted their own ears, and pinched themselves hard; the sharp pain from their arms told them it was real—there were no hallucinations.
"God Ye, you... are you someone from the authorities?" someone blurted out, unable to restrain their shock.
The fact that even someone as highly positioned and powerful as Lin Wu was paying Ye Fan such respect, one could only imagine how terrifying Ye Fan's identity must be.
"My God!"
Zhuang Jingwen covered her sexy red lips in disbelief, she hadn't expected that Lin Wu would lead the people of the Warzone to come at the critical moment.
Although Zhuang Jingwen had met Lin Wu once at the Nanshan Nursing Home, she didn't think much of it at the time, assuming that Ye Fan just happened to know a minor leader in the Warzone.
What she could never have dreamed of was that Lin Wu was actually the Warzone Grand Commander, and such a dignified figure actually referred to Ye Fan as God Ye.
For a moment, Zhuang Jingwen's complexion was as vivid as it could be, as she found she could see through Ye Fan less and less.
"Good gracious! No wonder Master Ye was so unshaken!"
Xiang Tianba's jaw dropped in astonishment, previously he was curious why Ye Fan was not afraid of over a hundred bigwigs from the Gray Zone, but now it turned out that Ye Fan's status was extraordinary.
"This kid is really something else!" even Deng Gang let out a sigh of admiration.
Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Ye Fan looked at them all, "Now, do any of you still want to make a move against me?"
"Not... We don't dare!"
Under the intimidation of Lin Wu and others, a group of big shots from the Gray Zone turned ashen-faced, shaking their heads frantically, like bobbleheads.
The next moment, they all put away their guns, their expressions respectful as they no longer dared to act rashly towards Ye Fan.
"This matter isn't settled yet, sit down!" Ye Fan ordered directly.
"Gulp! Gulp!"
Under Ye Fan's immense presence, the big shots from the Gray Zone struggled to swallow their saliva, their faces pale as they sat down on the benches.
Then, with everyone's eyes on him, Ye Fan pointed to Zhuang Jingwen, "Now, I say Sister Jingwen is innocent, do you believe it or not?"
"We believe, believe, believe!"
The group nodded their heads like chickens pecking at rice, believing anything Ye Fan said in the face of his absolute power.
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Not one of these titans from the Gray Zone was a fool. With Lin Wu's arrival, they all realized that the real culprits behind the old incidents were not the Zhuang father and daughter, but Han Teng.
After all, a super-figure like Ye Fan wouldn't waste so much time here bantering with them, much less mobilize Warzone forces.
If Ye Fan wanted to kill them, it would only take a word.
Watching the Gray Zone big shots nodding frantically, tears welled up in Zhuang Jingwen's eyes once more. She truly hadn't expected Ye Fan to pay such a high price for her.
"Sister Jingwen is innocent, the real mastermind is Han Teng, I will say this one last time. From now on, whoever dares to slander Sister Jingwen and her father, don't blame me for being impolite!" Ye Fan emphasized.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The numerous big shots of the Gray Zone nodded their heads again, terror-stricken, completely overawed by Ye Fan.
Afterward, Ye Fan turned to the silent Han Teng, "What's the matter? Have you lost your wits? Weren't you the one encouraging these people to kill me? A hundred billion? Tsk! My life is really quite valuable!"
"You... what exactly are you?" Han Teng stared at Ye Fan, shivering all over.
Just now, Ye Fan was nearly done in, who could have imagined that at the critical moment, Lin Wu of the Warzone would come barreling in with his men.
Especially Lin Wu's respectful demeanor towards Ye Fan had completely shattered Han Teng's inner defenses.
Ye Fan sneered, "Who I am is not important, what's important is you're not getting away today!"
"I know!" Han Teng's face was extremely ugly.
Taking a deep breath, he said resentfully, "Indeed, a demon's cleverness is high, but the path of righteousness is higher. Kid, I underestimated you. Someone who could take out Zhang Sanfeng in one move couldn't possibly be just anybody!"
"Glad you understand. Now tell me, why did you betray everyone back then?" Ye Fan pressed on.
"Why betray everyone?"
Upon hearing this, Han Teng gave a self-mocking laugh, "Why even ask? It was obviously for money!"
"Really just for money?" Ye Fan was unconvinced.
Han Teng smiled painfully, "Money, of course, is the main thing, but power is also very important to me! Back then, nobody was closer to Zhuang Yan than me. I didn't oppose his decision to leave Jianghu, but on what grounds did he not pass the position of boss to me? He knew all along that I've wanted to become the boss of the Gray Zone!"
"I asked Zhuang Yan, and he said it was for my own good. Bullshit. If he really cared for my well-being, he should've given me the boss position, not to someone else. Since I couldn't get the position of the boss, then I'd just destroy everyone myself. After all, I was in charge of the gang's finances. Even if everyone else went down, as long as I had the money, I could still rebuild the gang and become the boss!"
"I just didn't anticipate that things would get so out of hand that night! Those who survived were only interested in battling for territory; seeing the situation going south, I took the money and ran!"
"In sum, it was all because Zhuang Yan forced me, so he... he deserved to die!!!"