It wasn't just spitting blood. Within seconds, Elder Bai's body was twitching uncontrollably. Blood stained the entire carpet, and Elder Bai's breathing ceased.
The man was dead.
A grandmaster, Elder Bai, killed by this young man?
"Elder Bai… is dead?"
"Impossible!"
"My god!"
Amidst cries of shock, the guests in the banquet hall scattered like startled birds, fleeing in panic.
Zhou Yuanhe, seated in the main seat, turned pale. Then, gritting his teeth, he declared, "Lin Xiao! Do you know what you've done?!"
"I do."
"You won't be leaving here today!"
With Zhou Yuanhe's command, twenty-four bodyguards, hidden in the shadows, emerged with guns, all barrels aimed at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao frowned at the sight of the dark muzzles.
"Lin Xiao, did you really think I was a pushover?" Zhou Yuanhe lit a cigar. He looked at Elder Bai, pinned beneath Lin Xiao's feet, his eyelids twitching wildly. But then, his gaze fell upon a bodyguard beside him, holding a gun, and he felt a surge of confidence. He even snatched the gun from the bodyguard's hand. "You bastard from the Lin family, you were lucky to escape with your life back then. Instead of keeping your head down, you’ve walked right into my trap today? You really thought you could escape from me?"
He had already aimed the gun at Lin Xiao.
However, the fear he expected from Lin Xiao didn't materialize. Instead, Lin Xiao walked towards him, step by slow step. Each stride Lin Xiao took put immense pressure on Zhou Yuanhe.
It was as if the gun in his hand was merely for show; it meant nothing to Lin Xiao.
"Then, shoot."
Lin Xiao said, glancing at the twenty-four men.
Twenty-four guns were like toy guns he'd buy for his daughter, completely disregarded by him.
Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Zhou Yuanhe felt provoked. Did this guy really think he was fearless of bullets just because he had some skills?
"Lin Xiao, if you're so eager to join your dead parents, then go down there." Zhou Yuanhe sneered and pulled the trigger. Did he really think he wouldn't shoot?
Bang bang bang!
A series of gunshots rang out. Just as Zhou Yuanhe prepared to see Lin Xiao's corpse, his sneer turned to shock.
Twenty-four guns fired simultaneously. In this hail of bullets, how could a normal person survive? Even a martial arts grandmaster like Elder Bai would have to evade such an onslaught, let alone at such close range.
But what did Zhou Yuanhe see?
The moment the shots were fired, countless afterimages appeared. Lin Xiao seemed to have split into twenty-four people, charging at his arranged bodyguards almost at the same time. One of them rushed to his front.
There was no time to react. The muzzles of all the bodyguards' guns turned to aim at Zhou Yuanhe and pulled the triggers. Only the one whose gun Zhou Yuanhe had snatched remained alive. As for the rest… they had all fallen in a pool of blood.
A gun barrel was now aimed at Zhou Yuanhe's head.
The one holding the gun had become Lin Xiao.