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Chapter 419 - 372 Southwest Storm VIII

Chapter 419: Chapter 372 Southwest Storm VIII

Night had fallen, the lights began to twinkle, and Nanli City, with its long history, was brightly lit. The streets were crowded with vehicles like a flowing tide, and the ancient city was bustling with people weaving through like threads in a fabric, bustling and lively.

Under the cloak of night, three cars sped along a spacious road in the suburbs of Nanli, heading towards the expressway entrance. In the middle was a Range Rover, flanked by a Mercedes-Benz van both in front and behind, providing an armed escort.

The Range Rover with the Nanli license plate bearing the number ’5-8’ was Li Kui’s exclusive vehicle. It was very well-known in Nanli, and was particularly admired by the local ruffians who would say that one should live like Li Kui—with luxury houses, fancy cars, beautiful women, and a crowd of followers wherever he went.

Five minutes later, as the convoy was about to reach the expressway entrance, they encountered a heavy police presence with flashing lights and rows of patrol cars. Fully armed police and special forces stood at the ready, carefully inspecting each passing vehicle.

Besides the police, there was a car with the Yanhuang Organization’s plates among the patrol cars. Two Postnatal Great Perfection Realm members of the Yanhuang Organization’s Southwest Office were prepared for battle, assisting the police in capturing Li Kui and his group, the core followers of Wu Hu.

"Brother Wang, there are so many police cars ahead, looks like they’re checking vehicles."

Frowning at the flashing police lights, the driver of the leading Mercedes-Benz van warned.

"So what if they are checking? What’s there to be afraid of?"

The burly man sitting in the front passenger seat spoke with a fearless expression on his face.

Because Wu Hu’s identity was clean, he had never paid much attention to the police and only dreaded the Yanhuang Organization.

Over time, some of the core members of Nanqinghong in the Southwest Region had inherited Wu Hu’s tradition and held no fear for the ground-level police.

The burly man surnamed Wang was Li Kui’s right-hand man, greatly valued by him, and had some status in Nanqinghong’s Southwest branch, being one of its core members.

Of course, his confidence stemmed in large part from his ignorance of the series of events that had taken place in Nanming, as well as Li Kui’s orders that everyone was not allowed to carry firearms; otherwise, he’d have ordered the driver to turn around a long time ago.

Just like all other vehicles entering the highway, the Range Rover and the two Mercedes-Benz vans stopped at the entrance to the expressway.

Whoosh!

The moment the three cars stopped, the waiting armed police and special forces immediately turned their guns, aiming at the three vehicles.

Simultaneously, two members of the Yanhuang Organization dashed forward, stealthily approaching the line of cars.

"Please get out of the car for inspection!"

Sometime later, as the two Yanhuang Organization members approached the vehicles, the leading policeman shouted through a megaphone.

Huh?

Seeing this display of force, Li Kui’s subordinates in the three cars, even without carrying guns, grew nervous.

Including that burly man surnamed Wang, who was known as Li Kui’s right-hand man!

"Do not resist, all of you get out of the car."

In the midst of the tension, the Wang surnamed big man immediately issued the order to disembark through the radio and then took the lead in pulling open the door and stepping out, forcing a smile at the leading policeman, "What happened?"

"Put your hands on your head and squat down, quickly!"

The response he got was a stern shout from the leading policeman.

"Uh..."

Originally wanting to squeeze out a smile to glean some information, the burly Wang was startled by the shout, mouth agape, but he dared not say anything else and obediently followed the policeman’s orders.

Seeing this, the other subordinates of Li Kui followed suit, all the while curious about what had happened to warrant such a massive police presence.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

As if to unveil the mystery for them, once they all put their hands on their heads and squatted down, the special forces who were ready to capture them pounced like tigers, charging with formidable momentum.

Whoosh!

This sudden turn of events caused the faces of Li Kui’s subordinates to change drastically, and they were so frightened that they dared not move.

Quickly, a dozen fully armed special forces reached the front of Li Kui’s subordinates, their black gun muzzles pointed, making them too fearful to make a false move.

Seeing this unfold, the leading policeman turned and reported something to a slightly paunchy middle-aged man behind him, then quickly walked with the middle-aged man towards Li Kui’s subordinates.

Li Kui not here?!

With a single scan, the somewhat paunchy middle-aged man realized there was no sign of Li Kui among the crowd—as the head of the Nanli Police, he had already deeply memorized Li Kui’s profile and photograph.

This discovery caused his expression to change dramatically!

The capture of Li Kui!

It was the first step in uprooting Nanqinghong’s influence in the Southwest.

It was also a crucial step!

For this reason, Ma Chaoyang, the head of the Southwest Police, had personally called him, asking him to organize and implement the capture operation himself.

After taking the call, he immediately sent someone to investigate Li Kui’s hideout, and up until an hour ago, they got news that Li Kui’s exclusive car had left a resort in Nanli and was heading in the direction of the highway.

Upon learning this information, he discussed with the head of the Nanli armed police and the supporting members of the Yanhuang Organization, and eventually decided to set the trap at the expressway entrance, planning to catch their prey lying in wait.

He had been worried that Li Kui and his men would have a desperate struggle, but the capture had gone smoothly so far, and he was beginning to breathe a sigh of relief when he discovered Li Kui was not among them!

"Where is Li Kui?"

After the shock, the paunchy middle-aged man asked coldly.

Without answering, including the burly Wang, all of Li Kui’s subordinates chose silence—they were merely following Li Kui’s orders to go to Nanming and had no idea where Li Kui had gone.

Moreover, sensing something was amiss from the current situation, even if they knew Li Kui’s whereabouts, they would never divulge it.

"Interrogate them immediately, and be sure to find out Li Kui’s whereabouts!"

Seeing Li Kui’s subordinates remain silent, the middle-aged man who was the head of the Nanli Police turned a shade of green with anger.

All this because he was in charge of this arrest operation, and he knew the significance of this operation.

In his eyes, if Li Kui managed to give them the slip in Nanli, like a Golden Cicada shelling its pupa, his superiors would surely hold him accountable, and it was very likely they would strip him of his official hat!

This was something he absolutely did not want to see!

Not just him, the commander of the armed police squadron and the two Yanhuang Organization members cooperating in the arrest operation also had somewhat ugly expressions on their faces.

Later, just as the middle-aged man was quickly walking towards the armed police squadron commander and the two Yanhuang Organization members, planning to discuss what to do next, more than a dozen SWAT officers were escorting Li Kui’s subordinates onto the police vehicle.

At the same time, Li Kui, the main target of this arrest, was driving an inconspicuous off-road vehicle, along a rural road, headed south toward the border.

"Bro, are we really going to the Golden Triangle?"

Li Wei asked as he looked at the endless rural road from the passenger seat of the car.

Before getting into the car, he learned from Li Kui that something had gone wrong in Nanming, and it was very likely that the police were going to go after the Nanqinghong’s influence in the Southwest, so he had to take him and flee to the Golden Triangle.

And to escape smoothly, Li Kui did not hesitate to send all his subordinates to head towards Nanming by car, the purpose being to attract the attention of the police, to buy time and opportunity for the two brothers to escape.

"Hmm."

Li Kui nodded, his face dark, while he vigilantly sensed everything around him.

"Bro, why did the police suddenly decide to catch you guys?" Li Wei was a bit puzzled.

"That guy Ma San led people to attack the Wudang Martial Arts Hall, and afterward, the police caught all of them in one fell swoop."

Li Kui spoke of the news he had received, but his heart was somewhat puzzled as to why Ma San would move against the Wudang Sect; at the same time, he was curious about where Wu Hu had gone to—after he had followed Wu Hu’s order to stand by in Nanli, he had not received any call from Wu Hu. When the gunmen led by Ma San were caught, he even tried to call Wu Hu, only to find that the phone was unreachable.

This made him sense danger, leading to the decision to head to the Golden Triangle in order to save himself and Li Wei first, and then inquire about the situation here. If things were resolved, he would come back with Li Wei. If the police were really gearing up to move against Nanqinghong’s influence in the Southwest, then he and Li Wei would stay in the Golden Triangle.

"Isn’t Mr. Hu covering the sky with one hand in the Southwest? Shouldn’t he be able to smooth this over?" Li Wei asked again, knowing that Wu Hu was like an Emperor in the Southwest, not to mention ordinary policemen, even powerful figures in the police had to be polite to him, and even his own brother Li Kui had been walking sideways in the Southwest ever since he had followed Wu Hu.

This made him subconsciously think of Wu Hu as an omnipotent being, akin to a god in his heart!

"I don’t know."

Li Kui was somewhat frustrated, although he did not believe that Wu Hu, who was all-powerful in the Southwest, would run into trouble; reason told him that if Wu Hu was fine, he should have contacted him.

"Bro, after we get to the Golden Triangle, will my injury still be treatable?"

Seeing Li Kui’s mood was not good, Li Wei did not dare to continue on this topic but hesitated for a moment before asking about his own concerns.

Obviously... with his wasteful lifestyle, if he had to become a eunuch, it would be quicker and more merciful to just kill him.

"Can’t you be quiet?"

Li Kui glared at Li Wei without good humor and then suddenly an unbelievable thought emerged in his mind: Could this have anything to do with Ye Fan?

The next moment.

Before Li Kui could come up with an answer, his consciousness suddenly sensed a terrifying martial artist presence ahead!

Whoosh!

This discovery made Li Kui’s face change drastically, and he instinctively pressed down on the brakes.

"Screech—"

Soon, the sound of the car tires rubbing violently against the road was heard, and the off-road vehicle suddenly slowed down, leaving behind a trail of tire marks on the ground.

"Bro, why did you stop the car?"

The sudden change caught Li Wei off guard, almost slamming his head into the car window, and he asked Li Kui with full confusion.

There was no answer.

Li Kui’s first action was to look toward the spot where the presence had emerged.

Under the night sky.

As a Postnatal Perfect Martial Artist, he used his excellent vision and saw a figure standing down the road in front of him.

"Uh..."

Then, as he made out the person’s face in the moonlight, he was so shocked that his eyes bulged and his mouth hung open, his face was full of horror, and he completely froze: How... how could he appear here?

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The answer to Li Kui came in the form of dull footsteps.

Under the night sky.

Ye Fan walked over with large strides!

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