Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 73: Beat him up!

Lu Yuan sprinted madly, as if he had grasped the most crucial point amidst the chaos; despite the pain, he was exhilarated.

Looking down, he noticed that his thigh was also bleeding, with tiny shards of metal embedded in his muscle.

He had been injured as well.

But compared to catching the criminal, pain was inconsequential at this moment.

When he rounded back to the front entrance, he happened to see a minivan slowly driving towards the entrance of building 12.

As expected.

From the shadows of the corridor, four criminals were calmly walking out, each carrying a heavy black woven bag that seemed to distort the synthetic fibers from the weight.

The leading criminal coldly glanced at Lu Yuan; the man seemed a bit surprised that Lu Yuan could react so quickly, but he was unconcerned.

They threw the black bags into the van and sat down in the back of the minivan in succession.

One of them stayed behind, pulling out a cold pistol from behind his waist and aimed it at Lu Yuan.

With a sudden surge of enormous power in his legs, Lu Yuan even managed to reverse his original momentum!

He moved to the right in advance, anticipating the trajectory of the bullet, and dodged the first shot!

Humans can’t be faster than bullets, but they can be faster than the speed of the gun muzzle’s movement!

Lu Yuan’s running shoes split instantly, with his toes bursting out.

But he paid no attention to that and shouted with all his might, “Xiao Ying, ram the fucker!”

Then, he leaped up.

At the end of the alley, the roar of an engine erupted like thunder; a taxi suddenly drifted into view, with Xiao Ying at the wheel, flooring the gas pedal to the max.

The taxi, still swaying from inertia, and Lu Yuan, who was soaring through the air with claws bared ready to pounce on the criminal—if one could freeze this moment, it would be memorable.

It was like a blood-pumping segment from a certain moment in life.

The next second, the taxi brutally collided with the front of the black minivan, Xiao Ying’s head slamming into the steering wheel and knocking him unconscious.

The gunman was caught off guard for a moment.

By the time he turned his head back, Lu Yuan’s leaping figure was already alarmingly close, crashing down on him like a cannonball!

Before losing consciousness, he even heard the sound of his bones shattering.

Inside the car, a criminal tried to jump down to help but ended up being kicked back into the van by Lu Yuan, who had gotten up.

The criminal’s body was propelled back by the kick, slamming heavily against the other side of the car.

The next moment, everyone in the community heard Lu Yuan’s furious command: “Beat the shit out of him!”

…

Unseen by Lu Yuan and the others, Qing Chen had been silently watching through the slits in the curtains.

He pondered secretly, realizing that Lu Yuan was also a Transcendent, but he couldn’t be sure if the man had injected a Genetic Potion, or was an Awakener or an heir.

If it was a Genetic Potion, he couldn’t determine which one had been used.

There are many types of Genetic Potions, such as FDE, FDD, and FEE, all available within Li’s Financial Group.

The one Qing Chen procured for Liu Dezhu was designed to maximize the potential for explosive power and the muscle groups in the lower limbs.

It allowed a person to burst forth with greater strength and run faster.

In short, Qing Chen knew that if Liu Dezhu were caught, he would confess, so he made him run a little faster to avoid capture.

At this moment, he saw the Kunlun members converging and eventually subduing all the criminals.

Lu Yuan was injured and taken away by an ambulance, along with Hu Xiaoniu, Zhang Tianzhen, and the others.

Based on Qing Chen’s observation, Hu Xiaoniu and the others didn’t seem to have any significant injuries—they appeared to have been only knocked unconscious.

Many areas within the community were cordoned off with police tape, and professionals were responsible for checking every corner to see if any explosives had been left by the criminals.

This was an extremely heinous crime, with four suspects apprehended and five still at large.

This incident also made Qing Chen and his group fully realize that this organization was more cunning than they had thought.

They were no ordinary ragtag bandits.

Although the individual combat power of the opposition wasn’t high, they carried out criminal activities in an organized and planned manner.

Of course, Qing Chen suspected that among the remaining five fugitives, there must be those with higher combat power.

Qing Chen turned back, looked at Jiang Xue and Li Tongyun with a smile, and said, “It’s all right now, but we can’t go out yet, so let’s just eat our meal in peace.”

Jiang Xue looked at the teenager in front of her, “Thank you. Without you, Xiao Yun and I might have been in trouble… I’ll go warm up the dishes.”

Since Jiang Xue had finished cooking earlier, the three of them had been too apprehensive to eat, resulting in all the dishes going cold.

In the living room, Li Tongyun felt there was something different about her brother Qing Chen, who seemed to turn the impossible into the miraculous no matter the situation or place.

“Qing Chen brother, how did you get Kunlun to come?” asked Li Tongyun, blinking her eyes.

“I called them with my mind,” Qing Chen replied with a smile. He knew he might have revealed too many details today. Outsiders might not suspect anything, but maybe Li Tongyun could eventually piece together some inside information through the details.

However, Qing Chen didn’t seem to mind this little girl knowing some secrets.

He patted her head, “Are you still scared?”

“A little,” Li Tongyun responded, “Qing Chen brother, I know you don’t want your identity discovered, but if I am in danger in the Inner World, will you come to save me?”

Qing Chen thought for a moment and answered, “I will.”

Li Tongyun nodded contentedly but then muttered quietly, “It’s too much to keep it from everyone else, even from me. I’m just a child. What harm could a child do?”

Qing Chen just smiled without responding to the question.

High-level Hunters always appeared in the guise of their prey.

Ever since the Inner World had opened, everyone lived with danger as their constant companion.

Qing Chen always believed that before becoming truly powerful, it was not wrong to disguise oneself as weaker.

Tonight, Li Tongyun and Jiang Xue must have noticed something unusual: how did he call Kunlun? They didn’t know that Liu Dezhu had come to the scene and Kunlun wouldn’t reveal that secret to just anyone.

So for the time being, Li Tongyun couldn’t connect the dots to the full story.

But if one day she discovered the link with Liu Dezhu, even if she couldn’t guess the whole truth, she would be closer to it.

Jiang Xue stood in the kitchen, her fingers still trembling slightly.

If Li Tongyun had suddenly turned off the television.

If Qing Chen hadn’t reminded Jiang Xue to keep cooking.

They would still have been in danger.

Jiang Xue brought the heated food back, and for some reason, the kind aunt didn’t seem too frightened anymore, her face was rather filled with smiles, “Let’s eat, let’s eat. It’s a pity you two are too young to drink, otherwise we really should pop open a bottle of beer to celebrate our narrow escape from disaster, Xiao Chen is too amazing!”

Li Tongyun joined in the excitement, “Qing Chen brother is old enough, he can drink!”

Qing Chen took a bite of his dish, his expression turning strange.

Seeing him like that, Jiang Xue quickly took a mouthful of egg, and the next second she knew what had happened.

She was too scared while cooking and forgot to add salt.

Her face flushed, she was at a loss for words, but Qing Chen quickly said, “Being scared at that time is normal, I was scared too.”

Li Tongyun muttered under her breath, “As if you were scared, that’d be the day.”

The food not being to their taste didn’t affect the atmosphere; in fact, it made the occasion even livelier.