Clown shouted for the strong man to contact his subordinates and lead them away. Still feeling fearful and uneasy, he prepared to get up and hurried toward the room where Yu Linglong and the others were imprisoned, intending to take control of them ahead of time.
By then, even if Mu Jinyu came to this abandoned factory, he could control the lives of Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia, and threaten the opponent!
But as soon as he was about to move—
He heard a loud bang!
The iron door, made of special ore and capable of withstanding several charges by an elephant, was kicked out by someone with a single kick. It slammed onto the floor with a clang.
"I've finally found you!"
Mu Jinyu, with his hands behind his back, strode into the room, his body boiling with murderous intent, making the air in the entire room seem to freeze!
When he arrived near the factory in the suburbs, Mu Jinyu saw someone ahead running towards the factory. However, after checking his phone, that person changed direction and ran the other way.
Mu Jinyu guessed that their position must have been exposed, making them suspect that he was already following them. Without hesitation, he killed that person, retrieved the Spring of Life and the setup for the Spirit Gathering Array, and rushed directly into the abandoned factory.
Then, using sound to locate them, he immediately discovered there was someone talking in this room, kicked the door open without hesitation, and walked in.
Upon entering, he indeed found the person wearing that sinister clown mask.
When Clown saw Mu Jinyu breaking in, his heart sank and his face turned to panic, though it was hidden by the mask from others' sight.
After a moment of panic, seeing that Mu Jinyu hadn't immediately acted to kill him, probably due to caution, he took out a gun from his waist without hesitation and shot at Mu Jinyu!
"Whiz!" "Whiz!" "Whiz!"
This was not an ordinary pistol but a highly destructive laser gun. The icy blue laser beams pierced through the room, instantly filling it with holes.
Mu Jinyu was startled and nearly got hit. He quickly performed an exquisite movement technique, twisting his body into a strange arc to dodge the laser beams from Clown. He then rushed forward and threw a punch at him!
"Bang!"
Clown couldn't dodge in time and was struck in the chest by Mu Jinyu's punch, sending him flying backward.
He crashed heavily against the wall behind him, causing dust to shake off in a flurry, and then he slid down the wall.
"Snap!"
Clown weakly released his grip on the gun, letting the laser gun fall to the side. Bright red blood continuously spurted out, soaking his clothing.
After killing the nearly two-meter-tall strong man with one punch, Mu Jinyu stepped forward, lifted the clown mask off his face.
The face revealed was that of a woman, but it was covered with a fine layer of fuzz, seemingly a result of a genetic modification gone wrong.
She glared at Mu Jinyu with wide eyes, already voiceless.
"Clang!"
Mu Jinyu tossed aside the clown mask in his hand, no longer interested in looking at her, and then walked out of the room. Listening to the nearby sounds, he quickly found the room where Yu Linglong and the others were imprisoned.
"Bang!"
Mu Jinyu kicked the door open and stepped inside.
Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia, along with a few others, were extremely pale at this moment, their lips cracked and dry from days without a drop of water, lying weakly against the wall. As they saw Mu Jinyu enter, they barely lifted their eyelids for a brief glance.
Initially thinking it was just another clown coming to scare them, but then...
Yu Linglong blinked her eyes, thinking she might be hallucinating; how could she be seeing Mu Jinyu?
Previously, the clown had been holding a communicator, showing Mu Jinyu the miserable state of Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia, and although there had been a conversation, they, starved for days, hardly listened to what the clown was saying.
Thus, Yu Linglong never thought Mu Jinyu would appear before her so soon.
She even thought she might have to die before Mu Jinyu would learn of her demise.
"I must really be delirious from hunger to think I see Jinyu coming to rescue me,"
Yu Linglong whispered weakly.
"You're not mistaken, I'm here to save you,"
Mu Jinyu, seeing the pitiful state of Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia, his eyes filled with compassion, hurried over to cut the ropes binding them, and then carefully helped all five of them to sit comfortably on the ground.
Seeing the red marks on the tender arms of Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia, Mu Jinyu felt both heartache and anger, thinking that punching the clown to death earlier was letting her off too easily.
After ensuring they were all comfortably lying on the ground, Mu Jinyu took out a bottle of the Spring of Life, and fed it to them, before starting to administer acupuncture to treat them.
They didn't have any serious injuries, really; it was just that they had been starved for days and were extremely weak. To heal them, Mu Jinyu didn't need to use the Spring of Life; a good week's rest would have been enough for them to fully recover.
But that would take too long, and they would remain weak for a while. Mu Jinyu felt that they were suffering because of him and thus wanted to speed up their recovery.
As for the Spring of Life, for him, possessing the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, it was entirely possible to create as much as needed. There was no need to be frugal, especially not at the expense of making Yu Linglong and the others suffer.
With the administration of the Spring of Life and Mu Jinyu's acupuncture treatment, Yu Linglong and the others, initially too weak to even move a finger, quickly regained their energy and no longer felt too hungry.
"Jinyu, wuuu… I was so afraid I'd never see you again!"
Feeling somewhat restored, Yu Linglong saw that Mu Jinyu was no longer busy treating others. Realizing she wouldn't be interrupting him, she could no longer suppress her grievances and flung herself into Mu Jinyu's arms, tightly embracing him and expressing her pent-up feelings.
"It's okay, it's all over now…"
Mu Jinyu gently patted Yu Linglong's back and spoke softly to comfort her.
He felt deeply remorseful, knowing that his negligence had indirectly caused their suffering.
Yu Xiuwen stood to the side, also harboring a bellyful of fire. Initially, when he had been captured, he was inwardly cursing Mu Jinyu.
Just now, he had thought that even if Mu Jinyu came to rescue him, he would give him a good scolding.
But now that Mu Jinyu had truly arrived, he recalled how Mu Jinyu had chopped off the Card Shark's fingers that day, and almost instantly, his anger dissipated.
Seeing that he had saved everyone, he decided not to take him to task. And seeing his daughter embracing Mu Jinyu, he didn't want to spoil the mood, did he?
After a long while, Yu Linglong was finally calmed down. Having not rested well for a long time, she soon fell into a deep sleep in Mu Jinyu's arms, a look of contentment on her face.