The Strongest Dandy in the City-Chapter 243: Resolve

Ye Chenfeng’s right hand relaxed its hold on Bai Xueling’s slender waist. Although Bai Xueling was revered as the most beautiful woman in Capital City and had been the fantasy of almost every debauched young man in the city, Ye Chenfeng was indifferent towards her.

Bai Xueling had been Ye Chenfeng’s former fiancée. A few months ago, the head of the Bais had taken the initiative to call off the engagement, which turned the Yes into gossip fodder among the great families of Capital City. Although Ye Chenfeng didn’t care about what others thought, deep down he was still irked. In his view, it should have been the Yes who proposed the breakup of the engagement. Truth be told, at heart, Ye Chenfeng was a thoroughgoing chauvinist.

As the hand that encircled Bai Xueling’s waist moved away, she felt an inexplicable sense of loss. Her beautiful eyes stared dumbly at the visage obscured by a black mask. In her daze, Ye Chenfeng had already removed the cloth gagging her mouth and untied her hands and feet.

After Gael’s head was blown up by a punch from Ye Chenfeng, the rather sleazy-looking black man, Carl, was the first to snap out of it. He drew a handgun from his waist and, without a moment’s hesitation, aimed it at Ye Chenfeng’s head and fired.

At the sound of the gunshot, Wang Li and Zhao Fei, both lying injured on the ground, almost spoke in unison, "Watch out."

Carl was confident in his marksmanship. In his eyes, Ye Chenfeng couldn’t possibly dodge this bullet, for he had seized the opportunity to shoot while Ye Chenfeng was untying Bai Xueling.

Like a meteor, the bullet flew toward Ye Chenfeng’s head but, in fact, Ye Chenfeng did not dodge. When the bullet was still a meter away from his head, the seventh-level Soul Force within his body burst forth, halting the bullet’s momentum and slowing it down until Ye Chenfeng easily caught it in the palm of his right hand.

Ye Chenfeng toyed with the bullet in his palm, his voice icy as he addressed Carl not far away, "I really don’t like it when people point a gun at my head, let alone fire at me."

No sooner had he spoken than Ye Chenfeng flicked the bullet in his right hand towards Carl. Carl’s pale lips parted slightly as if to speak, but all that was heard was a faint "pfft," and the bullet embedded itself precisely in the center of Carl’s forehead.

Carl’s eyes widened in shock. Could someone really catch a bullet with their bare hands? This was his last thought before dying.

"We surrender, we surrender," the remaining eighteen members of the Bloodkill Mercenary Group exclaimed, frightened by the power Ye Chenfeng had displayed.

The ability to shatter Gael’s skull with a single punch? To effortlessly catch a bullet fired from a gun? This was no longer an adversary the Bloodkill Mercenary Group could handle.

Ye Chenfeng paid no attention to the surrendering members of Bloodkill. He moved swiftly among them, breaking their limbs. As for the interrogation that would follow, he would leave that to the Soldier King Group.

The eighteen Bloodkill members with broken limbs wailed in pain. They hadn’t expected to be treated this way even after surrendering. Wasn’t Huaxia Country known for treating prisoners of war with decency?

After Ye Chenfeng had dealt with the Bloodkill members, he went on to provide first aid for the injured members of the Soldier King Group. At least now, those who could only lie on the ground were able to stand and walk on their own.

Bai Xueling watched with eyes full of intense admiration as Ye Chenfeng caught the bullet. She felt that there was something familiar about the eyes visible outside the mask, but couldn’t quite recall where she had seen them before.

After tending to the members of the Soldier King Group, the sky had grown dark. It seemed they wouldn’t be leaving the Taiping Mountain Range that day and would need to regroup there overnight, leaving at dawn the following day.

The members of the Soldier King Group found two nearby caves in the Taiping Mountain Range. They threw the Bloodkill members, whose limbs had been broken by Ye Chenfeng, into one of them, while the others started a fire in the second cave for Bai Xueling to rest.

Since being kidnapped by the Bloodkill Mercenary Group, Bai Xueling’s nerves had been tightly wound. Although she wanted to chat with the masked Ye Chenfeng, she kept yawning and eventually had to go rest in the cave.

Members of the Soldier King Group and Ye Chenfeng had started a fire outside the cave. When Bai Xueling was there earlier, they had refrained from calling Ye Chenfeng by his name, fully aware that she was his former fiancée. It seemed likely that Ye Chenfeng had donned the mask to enter the Taiping Mountain Range because of Bai Xueling.

The members of the Soldier King Group were not just brawny and simple-minded.

Now that Bai Xueling had gone into the cave to rest, Wang Li was the first to question, "Are you Ye Chenfeng?"

The members of the Soldier King Group probably knew that Ye Chenfeng might enter the Taiping Mountain Range to assist them, so Ye Chenfeng confidently removed his mask and said, "I hope you won’t mention to Bai Xueling that it was I who saved her today."

"You can rest assured on that matter. We know what should be said and what shouldn’t," Zhao Fei assured Ye Chenfeng as he watched him.

Initially, these members of the Soldier King Group had only suspected that the masked man might be Ye Chenfeng, but they weren’t entirely certain. Now, upon seeing that it was indeed Ye Chenfeng, they all couldn’t contain their curiosity.

"Ye Chenfeng, how did you manage to catch bullets with your bare hands? Can you teach me?"

"Ye Chenfeng, the punch you used to blow up Gael’s head was just too domineering. I have to admit, your strength truly is freakishly strong."

"Ye Chenfeng, how come you seem to know everything? After your simple treatment, the injuries on our bodies have significantly improved."

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The members of the Soldier King Group grew increasingly curious about Ye Chenfeng. They couldn’t wrap their heads around how the so-called fool of Capital City could possess such strength.

When someone mentioned Gael, Zhao Fei’s brows furrowed tightly, and he said, "Originally, Gael’s strength was only slightly better than mine, but after he injected a kind of blue liquid into his body, not only did his muscles double in size, but his strength also surged dramatically. Could it be that Gael injected some kind of potential-enhancing drug? If foreign countries have already developed such a substance, then it’s a threat to our Huaxia Country."

Gael’s headless body lay next to the fire. Ye Chenfeng had already examined it and said lackadaisically, "The substance Gael injected is indeed a potential-enhancing drug, but it comes at the cost of the user’s lifespan, offering a temporary increase in power."

"You can take a closer look at Gael’s body; after the effects of the drug wore off, his skin started wrinkling. If I hadn’t blown up his head, you would likely see his face aged into that of an old man’s by now."

"Such drugs are hardly worth mentioning. After injection, they could at most double the user’s strength, but afterwards, the user would prematurely enter old age, and their combat ability would all but vanish."

Ye Chenfeng had no respect for such drugs, well-aware that in the world five hundred years later, there were many drugs that could temporarily enhance one’s strength without any side effects. However, with the current world’s technology, it was impossible to produce such drugs.

After hearing Ye Chenfeng’s words, Zhao Fei and Wang Li focused their gaze on Gael’s headless body and indeed saw that the skin had completely wrinkled and the explosive muscles were similarly shrinking. It seemed Ye Chenfeng’s deduction was absolutely correct.

However, Zhao Fei and Wang Li couldn’t feel at ease. Now that foreign countries had developed such strength-enhancing drugs, who knew if they would perfect them one day? Therefore, upon leaving the Taiping Mountain Range, they must immediately report this matter to Wu Guotian, the commander of the Soldier King Group. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)