Chapter 8: An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth

Bullets suspended in mid-air at high speed???

Suspended!!!

This inconceivable ability terrified everyone present, whether they were the bodyguards or Professor Qi.

"You... Young Master, they're not... not human, they're monsters!"

A Biao's teeth chattered, his voice trembled as he spoke shakily.

"No! They are mutants, definitely mutants!"

Professor Qi cried out, shaking.

"You are right, we are indeed not monsters, but mutants!"

Tom Ding said with an easy smile, "Zhao, let me reintroduce myself, I am a member of Group A of the Yanjingshe company's mutant research division, Mutant Ability: control over metal!"

As he said this, he casually gestured and the briefcase held by Zhao Ruihu instantly broke free from Zhao Ruihu's embrace and flew into the air, then quietly hovered beside him.

At this moment, Zhao Ruihu finally realized he had made a grave mistake. The three men from Tom Ding clearly came to sell New Medicine, so how could they possibly not have taken the New Medicine in advance?

"A misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding," he said.

Zhao Ruihu's face wore an uglier smile than a cry, "Really, it was just a misunderstanding. You all are powerful mutants, even if I had ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to mess with your medicine!"

"Messing with my medicine is not a big deal, it just shows your ignorance. But I can't blame you for that, after all, that's the general state of affairs.

Abroad, we mutants move with great freedom and power. Who among those with a little bit of influence doesn't know about us? But your Great Qin is different!"

Tom Ding sneered, "Let me tell you the truth, Great Qin is seriously behind in both New Medicine research and mutant exploration!

Your Great Qin is nothing but a backyard to us mutants, we come and go as we please, you have no way to deal with us."

Zhao Ruihu's face turned pale with fear as he kept saying, "I was blind to not recognize Mount Tai and to have offended the three of you. I sincerely apologize here and hope for your forgiveness!"

"Alright, a great man doesn't dwell on the misdeeds of the insignificant. I can continue to sell the medicine to you, but the price..." Tom Ding raised his eyebrows.

"4 billion! You said 4 billion, so it's 4 billion!" Zhao Ruihu hurriedly said.

Tom Ding's mouth curved into a smile as he shook his head, "Zhao, you must have misunderstood, I never said 4 billion. I just said this case of New Medicine is worth 8 billion!"

"What?"

Zhao Ruihu's face drastically changed, and just at that moment, the only foreigner who hadn't spoken suddenly shouted in a low voice, "Who's there?"

No sooner had these words been spoken, the whole place went dead silent!

"What's wrong, A Qi?"

Tom Ding looked at his companion, his eyebrows lifting slightly, "Did you discover that there's someone else here?"

"Yes, there's someone hiding on the second floor!"

A Qi explained quietly before staring in the direction of the staircase and coldly shouting, "Come out!"

"Mr. A Qi, there's no one else in this villa but us!" Zhao Ruihu was taken aback and couldn't help explaining.

"Hmph!! Are you doubting my ability?"

A Qi snorted coldly and said to William, "Since he doesn't want to come out, you go up and drag him out!"

"Alright!"

William nodded firmly, not doubting A Qi's words at all, and he strode toward the staircase with incredible speed, making Zhao Ruihu and the bodyguards gape in amazement, so fast!!

But...

As quickly as William ascended, he descended even faster!

Accompanied by a muffled 'bang', William's massive body was sent flying back with even greater speed, subsequently crashing to the ground with a heavy 'thud'.

The sound echoed, and the entire villa seemed to shake.

"William, what happened to you?"

Tom Ding's and A Qi's faces changed as they hurried to look, and they couldn't help but inhale sharply when they saw William's chest caved in.

A hole the size of a fist was visible in his chest.

William spewed out blood from his mouth, and anyone with eyes could see he was seriously injured.

"This..."

Witnessing this scene, Zhao Ruihu, Professor Qi, A Biao, and all the bodyguards' faces changed dramatically, and they turned towards the staircase entrance, their eyes filled with fear and unease.

"There really is someone?!"

Tom Ding and A Qi exchanged a look, their expressions becoming extremely grave as if they had encountered an unprecedented powerful foe.

A powerful foe?

Yes!

When it came to physical strength and destructive power, William was indeed the strongest of the three, but even he could not withstand the punch from this unknown master.

If it were them, they would surely be dead on the spot!

"Tom Ding, the opponent is very strong, shall we leave?"

A Qi said quietly, "We came to sell medicine; there's no need to make an enemy of this mysterious master."

Tom Ding's face went through several changes before he finally nodded slightly.

Zhao Ruihu swallowed hard and asked with a trembling voice, "Who exactly is the esteemed master hiding in my house?"

No response!

The living room was terrifyingly quiet, and the air became unbearably oppressive!

"Honored Sir, we were unaware this was your territory, and we apologize for the intrusion. We will leave immediately!"

Tom Ding spoke in a hushed tone then, without hesitation, grabbed William from the ground and started heading towards the exit.

The place was perilous, and he no longer wanted to stay!

"Mr. Tom Ding, where are you going?"

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Zhao Ruihu panicked and quickly asked with a quivering voice.

"We have an urgent matter and must leave right now!"

Tom Ding revealed a smile and then hastened his steps toward the outside, but Zhao Ruihu grabbed Tom Ding's hand, pleading anxiously, "Please don't leave yet, Mr. Tom Ding, you can't go, you absolutely can't go!"

These three foreigners were powerful mutants after all, and with them at his side, Zhao Ruihu felt a sense of security.

So, they could not leave.

"Let go!"

A Qi's face turned cold, and with a flash of silver light in his eyes, Zhao Ruihu became stiff as if struck by lightning, frozen in place.

"Go!"

"Hurry up and go!"

Tom Ding urged in a low voice, eager to leave the place immediately.

However, the course of events often does not bend to one's will. Just as they barely stepped out of the living room, a rustling sound suddenly filled the house.

"What's happening?"

Tom Ding looked up, eyes widening in shock, to see a pot of Devil's ivy in the living room suddenly shooting upwards, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In a blink, it spread from 20 centimeters to seven or eight meters.

Then, countless vines, as if alive, lashed viciously at the bodyguards in the room. Amidst the thudding of dull impacts, any bodyguard struck by the vines let out a scream and then fainted.

These vines contained an extremely terrifying force.

Straightaway, the vines changed direction, entwining towards Tom Ding and his companions.

"Plant-based mutants!"

Seeing this, A Qi's face underwent a drastic change and he retreated explosively backwards, but while still in mid-air, he became entangled by dozens of Devil's ivy vines.

In a moment of negligence, he was bound tight as a rice dumpling.

Compared to A Qi, Tom Ding reacted better. Three small knives flashed around his body, their silver glints severing the numerous vines that tried to wrap around him.

The knives moved swiftly, their dance was airtight, and they were so sharp that they easily cut through the vines as thick as thumbs.

"Huh?"

A surprised murmur came from the stairs, as though shocked. In the next second, the other plants in the living room also sprang to life, with a cactus suddenly launching countless sharp spikes, brutally targeting Tom Ding.

"Not good!"

Tom Ding's expression changed, and he hurriedly used his briefcase to shield himself, but there were too many cactus needles to block them all.

In an instant, his face, neck, and body were covered in cactus spikes.

Meanwhile, the Devil's ivy took the opportunity to wrap him tightly as he fended off the spikes, and within a few breaths, Tom Ding was also bound tightly on all sides.

Then, he too was knocked unconscious.

"This..."

From the appearance of the Devil's ivy to the bodyguards being knocked out, then to Tom Ding and his companions being tied up, it all happened in no more than 20 seconds.

Standing in the living room, the only one left standing, Zhao Ruihu, was already dumbstruck. He alternated between looking at the fainted bodyguards and the trussed-up Tom Ding and company, shaking all over like chaff in the wind.

However, as the son of the Zhao Family, he still had some courage. Looking towards the staircase, he stammered, "Who...who exactly are you?"

"Hehehe!"

A light laughter echoed down the stairs, "Zhao Ruihu, Young Master Zhao, you really have a short memory for a nobleman!"

"This voice..."

Upon hearing these words, Zhao Ruihu first looked slightly stunned, then his face changed dramatically as he cried out, "Ying...Ying Yue? Are you Ying Yue?"

"Correct, but unfortunately... there's no prize!"

The faint laughter reverberated through the villa, and in Zhao Ruihu's disbelieving gaze, a young man with black hair walked down the stairs, step by step, into the living room.

"Ying...Ying Yue!"

His guess now confirmed, Zhao Ruihu shook all over, screaming as if he had seen a ghost, "Weren't you crippled by me? Why are you here, and how come you're so capable now?"

Zhao Ruihu could not understand. How had Ying Yue, who he had beaten like a dog with severed tendons just two nights ago, appeared now in his home as if nothing had happened, and become so formidable?

"Thanks to your kindness, Young Master Zhao, I'm not just unharmed, but feeling better than I ever have before!" Ying Yue smiled faintly, "Young Master Zhao, tell me... how should I thank you?"

Although Ying Yue was smiling, that smile sent chills down Zhao Ruihu's spine, "Ying Yue, what...what do you want to do?"

"Nothing much, just to settle an account with you!"

Ying Yue comfortably sat on the sofa, casually picked up a piece of watermelon, and started enjoying it. "Young Master Zhao, how do you think we should settle our account?"

"Ying Yue, I may not know what's happened to you!"

Initially fearful, Zhao Ruihu's fear evaporated when he saw the person he had been bullying for three years. He even managed to regain his composure.

"But I want to tell you, it would be best if you just left quietly. I promise to let bygones be bygones, and from now on, we will stay out of each other's way. What do you say?"