At that moment, Lackey D suddenly grabbed Lackey C from behind. “Brother C, what are you doing?! Don’t be impulsive!”
“Let go of me! He’s hitting Brother B!” Lackey C struggled.
“You’re trying to sneak attack him!” Lackey D refused to let go.
The four of them instantly fell into a chaotic mess; those trying to break up the fight joined it, and those trying to mediate became obstacles.
The four men were filled with an inexplicable rage and an instinctive urge to strike back. Their clubs, fists, and feet flew wildly at their companions without any coordination.
Screams, angry curses, and the clanging of metal blurred into a single cacophony.
Li Bao was stunned.
His mouth hung open and his eyes bulged as he watched this incomprehensible scene.
His subordinates—four brothers who were usually brave enough to fight and scrap—were suddenly fighting each other for no reason. Moreover, they were being incredibly ruthless; in the blink of an eye, everyone was wounded, their faces bruised and swollen!
The internal strife before him sent Li Bao into a towering rage.
However, the trembling words of A Biao and Punk Chen pierced his eardrums like ice picks:
“B-Brother Leopard… it’s sinister! This construction site is really sinister! The brothers… the brothers must be possessed by malevolent spirits! It’s just like what we ran into last night!”
A Biao pointed at the four subordinates who were fighting tooth and nail like madmen, his voice shaking uncontrollably.
Punk Chen also nodded frantically, his face whiter than paper. “Brother Leopard, let’s go! We can’t stay here! If we stay any longer… we—we might never make it back!”
Malevolent spirits?
Possession?
Li Bao looked at his subordinates’ hideous expressions as they lost all reason and fought each other purely on instinct. A chill crawled up his spine.
He had been in the underworld for many years and didn't believe in ghosts or gods—only in fists and cash. But this scene, which defied common sense, combined with the terrified state of A Biao and the other man from the night before, began to shake his certainty.
“Everyone fucking stop! Do you hear me?!” Li Bao suppressed the unease in his heart and roared even louder, trying to use his usual authority to stabilize the situation.
As he roared, he strode angrily toward the chaotic circle of combatants, prepared to personally tear these embarrassing subordinates apart.
Su Wan stood on the steps, calmly watching everything.
Seeing Li Bao walk toward the fight, her gaze shifted slightly to a stone resting beside his path.
She concentrated her mind and locked her intent onto it.
The stone trembled slightly. Hidden by the dust, it rolled a few centimeters to the side with extreme subtlety, stopping exactly where Li Bao’s next footstep would land.
In the chaotic scene and flying dust, this tiny change went unnoticed by everyone.
Li Bao was full of rage and in a hurry; he didn't pay any attention to his feet.
“Aieee—!”
His left foot tripped solidly over the stone!
His body instantly lost balance. With a cry of alarm, he tumbled forward like a rolling gourd!
THUD!
A heavy sound of a fall rang out.
Even worse, he landed face-first, his mouth slamming squarely against another protruding rock!
“Ugh—argh!” Sharp pain erupted from his mouth. Li Bao let out a miserable scream as the taste of blood instantly filled his oral cavity.
He pushed himself up miserably, clutching his mouth. He felt something hard being spat out along with the bloody froth—
It was half a front tooth!
This fall didn't just knock out half a tooth; it also knocked away the last of his forced bravado.
The pain and the taste of blood in his mouth were incredibly real. Combined with his subordinates' inexplicable infighting and the terrified testimonies of A Biao and the other man…
An indescribable fear of the unknown finally seized him completely.
Seeing Li Bao fall, A Biao and Punk Chen didn't dare ignore their boss even though they were scared to death.
The two of them forced themselves to rush forward, frantically helping the blood-mouthed Li Bao to his feet.
“Brother Leopard! Are you alright?” A Biao’s voice cracked as he looked at Li Bao’s bleeding mouth and missing half-tooth.
“Brother Leopard, this place is really sinister! Even you… let’s just leave! If we don’t go now, I’m afraid…” Punk Chen’s voice carried a hint of a sob as he pleaded desperately.
Li Bao clutched his mouth, his eyes nearly tearing up from the pain. His usual skepticism was shattered by fear and agony.
He had committed many evil deeds in his time, and he wasn't without a guilty conscience in the dead of night.
Now, in this eerie construction site, with one unexplainable event after another—his subordinates being “possessed” and fighting, and himself inexplicably losing a tooth…
All these signs made him believe a little in the concepts of “retribution” and “evil hauntings.”
A chill instantly climbed his back, making the hair all over his body stand on end.
Only then did Li Bao notice that the sun had long since set, and the sky had grown dark.
At this moment, the unfinished building’s construction site felt inexplicably cold and dismal.
He wanted to leave—now!
But looking at his four subordinates who were still fighting as if they wouldn't stop until someone was dead, he felt both anxious and frustrated. He gave a muffled, slurred command:
“Go… go pull them apart! Quick!”
A Biao and Punk Chen looked at each other, seeing extreme terror in each other's eyes, but they didn't dare disobey the boss’s order.
Gritting their teeth, the two of them picked up clubs dropped on the ground and worked up the courage to rush into the fray, pulling and tugging with all their might.
“Stop fighting! Everyone stop! Brother Leopard is calling you!”
Perhaps the four men had exhausted much of their strength fighting each other, or perhaps the desperate intervention of A Biao and the other man worked; the chaotic fight was finally forced to a halt.
The four lackeys panted heavily, their faces and bodies covered in black and blue bruises. They still held their weapons, but the crazed violence in their eyes was gradually replaced by dazed confusion.
They looked at each other's battered states, then at the blood-stained clubs in their hands, and recalled how they had just uncontrollably attacked their companions…
A chill instantly overwhelmed them.
“I… what happened to me just now?”
“I don’t know either… it’s like my head just got hot and then…”
The same expression of horror appeared on all four of their faces, matching A Biao and Punk Chen.
Simultaneously, they turned their heads to look at the supported Li Bao.
Li Bao’s mouth was covered in blood, his face was ashen, and his eyes looked exceptionally hideous due to the mixture of pain and fear. In the eyes of the four subordinates who had just regained their senses, this appearance was even more terrifying than a malevolent ghost!
“AHHH—!” Someone suddenly let out a sharp scream.
This sound shattered the fragile balance.
A Biao and Punk Chen were already like startled birds; the moment the scream rang out, the two of them moved even faster than the lackey who had yelled.
One after the other, they turned and bolted toward the exit of the construction site, no longer caring about their boss, running faster than rabbits.
Seeing this, the mental defenses of the other lackeys, who were already terrified, collapsed completely.
“Ghost! There’s a ghost!”
“Run!”
Rate on N.U.
