"I didn't come here to fight you this time!" Clown said with a smile, "Ling Feng, you should know our purpose, right? Hand over the item, and I'll let everyone here go. How about that?"
Ling Feng stared at Clown, his voice cold, "You think I would agree? Do you think you are trustworthy?"
Clown stroked his chin and said, "That's a problem. To tell the truth, I don't trust myself either! But do you have a choice now? I have over two thousand hostages here, and if you refuse to deal, I can only vent our anger with the lives of these hostages!"
Ling Feng's expression darkened completely. Such a ruthless act was definitely something Clown would do!
"Do you really think you can threaten me?" Ling Feng's voice carried a chilling murderous intent, "The rage of the Dragon Group is not something you or Hell's Gate behind you can withstand!"
"So what?" Clown's bright red tongue licked his lips, and he laughed somewhat neurotically, "You don't really think I'm afraid of the Dragon Group, or worried about the organization being implicated, do you? I only care about the outcome! So..."
At this point, Clown's eyes hardened, revealing a cruel look, "Anyone who prevents me from achieving my goal is my enemy and obstacle, and I will stop at nothing to eliminate them!"
A most displeasant aura emanated from Clown, an extreme evil! This was a kind of evil that had abandoned all rules and restraints!
For Clown, there was nothing left in this world he needed to worry about! Such an opponent was undoubtedly extremely tricky and terrifying, especially considering his horrifying strength.
"The only way is to kill him!" Ling Feng thought to himself, "If I give him any breathing room, he will definitely target ordinary people! Because he is a complete madman!"
"How are you thinking?" Clown asked with interest, looking at Ling Feng, "Hand over what we want, you have no other choice now!"
Ling Feng stared at Clown, then suddenly laughed, "Lord Clown, I now realize you are naively adorable."
Clown frowned. He disliked Ling Feng's current expression and tone, as if he really were just a clown!
"Do you like seeing people panic and even fearful?" Ling Feng said unhurriedly, "Do you enjoy the thrill of controlling someone else's life or death? Is there a sense of achievement in controlling another's destiny?"
Ling Feng's few sentences struck right at Clown's heart. Although Clown's face remained unchanged, he felt slightly irritated inside.
"Clowns are meant to entertain, yet you revel in controlling the fate of others. So you named yourself Clown to satisfy your twisted desires, right?" Ling Feng stared at Clown, "But you miscalculated. You don't really think the lives of these two thousand people can compare with the Divine Artifact, do you?"
Clown's expression became serious, and he looked at Ling Feng somewhat surprised, but Ling Feng's expression was calm, as if he did not care about the lives of these two thousand people at all.
"Applause, applause!" Clown clapped his hands, his surprise mixed with joy, "Indeed, you are like me, things are getting more interesting! I was a bit worried before that Blood-Handed Asura, known for numerous bloody massacres, might have been tamed by the Dragon Group into a mere watchdog. It seems my worries were unnecessary!"
"You know my identity?" Ling Feng furrowed his brow slightly; his identity and name as Blood-Handed Asura were almost unknown in the Underworld. How did this sudden appearance of Clown know his identity?
Clown, covering his face, laughed loudly, "Your identity? Of course, I know! Because... we are the same kind!"
Saying this, Clown lowered his hand, and he had already removed the clown mask, revealing the face of a young and handsome Westerner: "Ling Feng, do you remember me?"
As Clown removed his mask, Ling Feng stared at the familiar face that existed in his memory, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes, "You are... Klau! You... you were already dead, weren't you?"
The man in front of him was one of the boys who had undergone the Gene Experiment with Ling Feng, and also the only one besides Ling Feng who had persisted to the end. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NovᴇlFir(e).nᴇt
But in the final test, Ling Feng and Klau had been exiled on an island full of fierce beasts, where only one survivor was allowed within a week!
At the final moment, Ling Feng and Klau, both heavily wounded, met.
They both knew that in this Asura Field, only one could survive, and Divine Gate would only keep the strongest!
Since both had endured the same Gene Experiment, their bodies had enhanced a lot, far surpassing the so-called King of Soldiers Special Forces, so in that situation, to survive, the two engaged in a fight to the death.
Finally, it was Ling Feng who won. At the cost of an arm, Ling Feng shattered Klau's heart, securing the ultimate victory.
But... from that moment on, wasn't Klau already dead? Ling Feng was very clear that he had not held back, Klau could not possibly have survived.
Seeing Klau caused the dreadful past events to resurface in Ling Feng's mind.
"Is it surprising?" Klau said with a hint of sarcasm in his smile, "My lord Blood-Handed Asura? You didn't expect me to still be alive, did you? Do you know how long I've waited for this day, how much torment I've endured?"
"Today, I'm going to reclaim everything I've lost over the years from you!" Klau said, his eyes red with laughter.
Ling Feng did not speak. He had no regrets about his decision back then; to survive, he had had to kill Klau! But what Ling Feng could not understand was how Klau had survived. Was it possible to live for hours after one's heart had been shattered? That was impossible!
And another terrifying conjecture emerged in Ling Feng's mind, that is, just what was the connection between Hell's Gate and Divine Gate?
"Hell's Gate and Divine Gate! There must be countless connections between them, and what role exactly did Mad Doctor play in all this?" Ling Feng couldn't help but think.
Although he had killed Mad Doctor and the instructor, Ling Feng now realized that his understanding of Divine Gate was very superficial!
"Klau, what is the relationship between Mad Doctor and Hell's Gate?" Ling Feng couldn't help but ask.
Klau chuckled, "Want to know? Then defeat me! But before that, since you seem to disagree with our deal, these people here are of no worth anymore! I think I'll deal with these people first before settling our scores," Klau said.