Chapter 179: Showdown (2).
Hao Ren stood on the terrace for a few seconds, thinking about the power of his enemies. The guy who came to fight him on the bridge one thing was sure, they were all cultivators. The sniper guy was strong enough to deal with any normal human, so the rest of the people should have either similar or slightly higher strength.
The young man took a deep breath and pushed open the door on the terrace, and headed down stairs. Xiao Mei had taken control of the entire security network, so it was not a problem for him to move undetected. He came to the ground floor and then moved towards the basement.
On the official blueprint, this place had one basement where the security team stayed, and the vault was located, but in reality, there was a second basement where a bunker was located.
Hao Ren did not know the exact location of the door, only the rose family people and the contractor who was killed after making the door know about it. His Yin and Yang eyes could not see through the metal.
He was thinking about how to locate the bunker when Xiao Mei said, "Boss, the best place to hide the bunker entrance is inside the vault. That place is big, and also happens to be the most secure place. From the designs plans I also found a small network of vents connected to the vault which is unnecessary."
Hao Ren looked at the huge vault door and asked, "Can you open it?"
Xiao Mei replied, "I cannot do anything, it is a manual lock, cannot be picked up remotely. It is also the safest lock available in the entire world at the moment. They change the code everyday."
Hao Ren thought of something and placed his hand on the vault. He said, "What would happen in I set the bank on fire and reduce it to mounds of ashes?"
Han Lingshi was shocked, and she asked, "Ren, you will harm a lot of people in the process of harming the Rose Family."
Hao Ren sighed and said, "How will you justify the hole in the vault door?"
He channeled the flame energy from his palm directly to the door. The eleven inch thick titanium door began to soften as it turned red from the heat. Hao Ren did not know that his flames were capable of reaching such temperatures and after a couple of minutes, the vault was open.
With the violin music playing in his ears, Hao Ren entered the vault. The currency notes on one side, there was a huge area with gold bullions placed in a pile with looked like a small mountain. Hao Ren walked while tapping the floor with his feet and sat down to use the same trick to open a hole in the floor.
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Alpha Blade mercenaries were eating rations, and Agni was sitting on a side. She rubbed her tummy but did not ask these people for food. She had her own pride, at this moment, Three stood up and came to her side. She said, "Kid, have some food."
Agni looked at her and did not reply before turning around and closing her eyes. Three found it surprising, unlike the usual behavior of children, this girl showed no sign of struggle and nor did she create a fuss. On the other hand, Three felt compelled to help her.
Just when she wanted to say something, Old Four said, "Two should have come back by now."
One nodded, and said, "I wonder if Hao Ren decided not to come."
They both looked at Five who was sitting on the side, seeming lost in thoughts. Suddenly, the air inside the bunker began to warm up. The mercenaries were cultivators so they did not notice the change, but Agni was a normal child and she was sensitive to the temperature, and mumbled, "Finally they turned that cold machine off."
She enjoyed the subtle warmth, it reminded her of the Sun God Village. However, soon after the cultivators also noticed the heat climbing up. Old Four stood up and went closer to the thermostat and said, "This is odd, the temperature is fine then why does it feel so hot."
Three turned to look at the ceiling of the bunker as she said, "Look, something is wrong."
One looked in the direction she pointed and frowned as he said, "Cover the corners, I have a hunch that the enemy is here."
Five looked up and asked in a shrill voice, "Even if the enemy is here, what could cause the place to heat up like this?"
They looked at Old Four, who shook his head. Even though One was the leader and the strongest, four was the person who had the most experience. They did not expect the old man to not know what could cause such a weird phenomena.
The heat increased and the center of the ceiling began to crumble down, a small cloud of dust rose in the bunker and Old Four waved his hand to clear up the dust. They did not care about Agni at all, who was sitting in a corner with her head buried under her knees as she held onto the jade bead necklace.
After the dust was cleared up, everyone heard a dripping sound. They saw metal dripping from the gap in the ceiling and before they could react a huge puddle was already there on the floor.
One yelled, "Get ready."
As soon as his words dropped, Hao Ren dropped from the hole and landed on the puddle. Hao Ren used his yin and yang eyes to located Agni, and as soon as he set foot on the ground, he launched himself in her direction.
However, the mercenaries could also see this. Hao Ren had an unsteady foot and so he lacked power in the movement. One reacted quickly, and came to stand before him. Hao Ren did not hesitate, as soon as his foot touched the ground, he launched a fist.
One was surprised to see the quick reaction and raised both his hands to defend himself. However, he still underestimated the force behind the attack and he was sent flying. Coincidentally, he flew in the direction where Agni was sitting.
One was a burly man, if he were to collide with Agni, she would suffer significant damage, but as soon as the flying man reached one meter close to her, a golden barrier appeared around Agni.
The barrier absorbed the impact, and rebound it on One. The leader of the mercenary group was sent flying back to where Hao Ren was, however, the young man did not attack him. He moved around the incoming projectile and appeared next to Agni.
The people were surprised when they saw what happened, the shock became even bigger when Hao Ren patted the girl on her head and said, "Did you miss me, Sweety?"
Agni raised her head quickly and her lips began to squirm as she bawled and wailed after throwing herself in his arms, "Brother Ren, these demons are mean, they are bad people. They did not feed me!!!"
Well, children, you know.
Hao Ren chuckled, he did not care about the people looking at him with the gaze filled with killing intent. They did not expect the target to be this strong. Old Four said, "No wonder this kid did not panic, you had given her the heart calming jade."
Hao Ren turned around while holding Agni in his arm and said, "You think too much woman, this necklace is just a protective charm. She is calm because I told her that you bunch of clowns are useless."
His words shocked everyone, they did not understand why Hao Ren called Old Four as a woman. The young man looked at the big guy on the side getting up and said, "Agni can you stay here in the corner for a few minutes? I need to deal with these people."
Agni nodded and said, "Can you make pasta when we get back home?"
Hao Ren nodded with a smile on his face. Then he let her down on the ground and crackled his bones. He looked at old four and said, "Are you thinking why did I call you woman? Well, you might be able to fool your folks, but your Yin energy is a bit too strong. I can basically smell it."
Then he looked at the rest who were ready in the battle pose and tossed out the mask he had taken from Two. The mask dropped on the ground and he said, "Whichever of you is Five, take your mask. Your lover died in peace."
Five looked at the mask that was placed over the molten metal and then she gazed at Hao Ren. She did not say anything and just charged at him with all that she had. Old Four yelled, "No, Five, wait."
However, the latter was already close to Hao Ren who smiled and turned his head to the side before delivering a punch directly at her face. The impact of the counter punch was so strong that it broke the mask and the cheeks. Just one punch, and Five was done for.
Hao Ren sighed as he looked at her corpse stuck to the wall, as he said, "I have united the two lovers for eternity. What a good deed."
Three, Four, and One were both shocked when they saw Hao Ren killing one of them with just a punch. The brain matter from Five was dripping out from the big crack that appeared on her skull. Hao Ren did not hold back at all.
One thing had been clarified, this was a fight for their lives. Hao Ren smiled at them and said, "You all look so serious. Do you really think that you can kill me with your yellow level strength?"
Hao Ren wanted to use his cruelest means to kill these people, but recalling that Agni was there as well, he tamed the psychopath sleeping inside him.
One and Three exchanged gazes and they vanished from their spots. However, in Hao Ren's vision, they appeared to be moving normally. Thanks to his Yin and Yang eyes. Whatever, happened in this room was not visible to Xiao Mei or Han Lingshi, but Agni was watching the scene with her eyes filled with sparkles.
Hao Ren raised his hands and caught two fists. His defense and reaction once again shocked the two people and just when they were about to use their other hands, a sense of overwhelming heat enveloped them.
Hao Ren said, "I have a spiritual flame, and I do not know how to manipulate it well enough. Have fun."
He pushed the two of them away and the flame energy began to char them from the inside out. Hao Ren looked at the only survivor of the group and said, "I can kill you with ease, but I am curious about your truth. Tell me who you really are, and I will give you a quick death. Otherwise, you have the examples."
Four turned his head to look at his burning friends and shivered, before he raised his hands and took off the mask on his face. Everything changed in an instant. The old man became a young lady with features to kill for. Even her physique changed considerably.
Hao Ren conjured a ball of flame in his palm and the lady directly knelt on the ground as she said, "Young Sir, please listen to me. If you are not satisfied, then you can kill me."
Hao Ren paused, but he did not give up his guard and asked, "Tell me what do you have to say."