The entire slum instantly turned into a battlefield where both sides clashed, the fight being exceptionally brutal.
Although Takala had a numerical advantage, her mercenaries were overall a notch below those led by Lady Rena.
Under Castle’s lead, these fighters had undergone far more trials than their adversaries, their experience and strength naturally superior.
It was impossible for Wang Han’s thirty men to overcome Takala’s three hundred, but for Rena’s hundred to defeat their three hundred, it was only a matter of time and cost.
Wang Han’s men were not weak either, they simply were fewer in number.
"Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, let’s kill these sons of bitches!" Wang Han roared angrily, and his men also charged out, beginning to counterattack.
With reinforcements, the pincer movement quickly turned the situation around.
"Damn it!" Seeing her men retreat step by step, suffering heavy casualties, Takala was so angry that her eyes nearly popped out.
She picked up a rocket launcher, aiming it directly at Rena to fire.
The moment Takala fired, a sniper bullet hit her rocket launcher’s barrel.
The barrel immediately skewed, sending a rocket flying towards her own men.
A dozen of her men were blown away instantly, blood mixed with limbs and body parts scattering everywhere!
"That damn sniper!" Takala’s lungs were about to burst with rage, hating the feeling of being helplessly sniped without even knowing where the enemy was.
But she dared not stand in prominent places anymore, fearing she would become the enemy’s next target.
Noticing that the enemy leader was also a woman, Takala gave the order, "Raji, your squad cover me, I’m going to take out their leader!"
"Yes, boss!" A small squad provided covering fire for Takala, enabling her to confront Rena face-to-face, "Die!"
Takala’s weapon for close combat was a pair of military daggers, their tips gleaming coldly, incredibly sharp.
"Thinking of a duel? I’ll see it through to the end!" Rena also drew her dagger, ready to settle the fight and fate with Takala!
Their weapons struck each other at high speed, emitting a series of piercing sounds.
Takala’s dual daggers moved so fast they dazzled the eyes, too quick for an ordinary person to follow her strikes.
But Rena was no vegetarian; she was trained by Castle, the king of mercenaries. Apart from Castle and the top combatant Yang Yu, she had never feared anyone else.
Using her dagger solely for defense, Rena protected herself from attacks, rendering Takala’s swift strikes ineffective.
When her hands-on assault didn’t work, Takala began to use her legs as well.
Every mercenary from Tai Country was a master of Muay Thai, and Takala was no exception.
Close-combat with military daggers, long-range with knee strikes and kicks, her combat prowess was full-on.
Rena, however, kept her guard solid, not letting Takala gain any advantage.
As they fought fiercely, a figure appeared nearby, "It’s quite lively here, that Hamlin really didn’t lie to me!"
This person was Tu Sha, who "sharpened his knife" outside by tackling jobs like a mercenary.
He had accepted Hamlin’s commission to come and "sharpen his blade."
"Huh? Isn’t that Yang Yu’s woman? What’s her name... Rena?" Tu Sha revealed a knowing smile on his cold face, "This time, Yang Yu will owe me a favor again. Hey, Rena, step aside."
When someone called her name, Rena instinctively stepped back.
Seeing someone else coming to support Rena, Castle, fearing he’d be caught in a pincer attack, immediately drew his gun and fired at Tu Sha.
Tu Sha stood still, his Reverse Blade emitting blue smoke as two small pieces of metal fell to the ground.
"This is impossible!" Castle was instantly stunned, because his bullets had been sliced into two halves by Tu Sha’s Reverse Blade!
"There’s nothing impossible about it." Tu Sha’s figure flashed as he dashed toward Castle.
Castle instinctively swung his Military Dagger at Tu Sha, and as a blur swept past him, Tu Sha appeared behind him.
He stood in place, his Military Dagger and gun both dropping to the ground.
The next moment, his neck twisted, and his entire head fell from his body to the ground, blood spraying like a fountain.
A clean and efficient beheading!
"What monstrous strength!" Rena gasped in shock, thankful that Tu Sha was there to help her, otherwise, she would have been done for.
Regaining her composure, Rena said to Tu Sha, "Thank you."
"You’re welcome, just put this on Yang Yu’s tab," Tu Sha sheathed his Reverse Blade and turned to leave, "Looks like I won’t be getting the final payment, sigh!"
With Castle killed, his subordinates lost their will to fight and quickly fled.
Wang Han, together with Lu Ah and Rena, met up and expressed his gratitude to Rena, "Lady Rena, thank you for your substantial help."
"Like you, I get paid for my services, no thanks needed." Rena pointed at Lu Ah, "I’m just glad he’s okay."
Lu Ah was extremely conflicted and didn’t even know how to begin speaking.
Rena said, "All right, let’s get moving. The situation has escalated; if we don’t leave now, we won’t be able to."
The two parties immediately went their separate ways; Rena left with her subordinates by private jet, while Wang Han led Lu Ah to retreat toward Myanmar.
When Hamlin learned that the top fighter he had hired had actually chopped Castle in half, he was so enraged he immediately called Tu Sha, "What the hell are you doing? I hired you to help me, not to help my enemy!"
"Mr. Hamlin, I sincerely apologize, I attacked the wrong person." Tu Sha seriously apologized, "So I won’t be taking the final payment, my apologies again."
After saying this, Tu Sha hung up and blocked Hamlin’s number, leaving Hamlin furiously fuming, "Damned people of Xia Country, no professional ethics at all... pfft—"
"Hamlin, don’t you realize you’ve made a grave mistake?" A woman with a veiled face and graceful figure approached Hamlin and said calmly, "How could Lu Ah just be an ordinary fighter to cause such a stir? You’ve had it easy in Tai Country, forgetting that your family is only insignificant throughout Asia."
Hamlin immediately understood the woman’s implication and instantly calmed down, "Did you find out something?"
"Yes," the woman said, "Lu Ah indeed was only fighting in Australia before, but in the past six months, he was hired as a bodyguard by a woman named Wu Zini."
"This woman is not much to talk about, but the key is her boss behind the scenes: the president of Tianhai Yang’s Alliance in Xia Country, Yang Yu."
"It’s also because his status makes it inconvenient for him to act personally, wary of attracting official attention. Otherwise, the one dead wouldn’t just be Castle, but you."