Slaughter (Part 2)

  Before me was a flickering, golden-edged black mist, a sweet, warm, gentle, and enchanting power that seemed like a mother's embrace, slowly pulling my soul towards an unknown place. Ahead, in the boundless black fog, a white, sacred tunnel faintly appeared, with several figures whose faces were unclear but felt very kind, quietly stretching out their hands, as if there was a soft voice calling: "Come, come... merge with us, this is paradise."

  "No... Alice, Alice..."

  David let out a loud roar, his whole body trembling as he woke up, his terrified eyes scanning around, he instinctively felt that the tunnel was the road to heaven, a strange and deep chill enveloped his entire body, his nerves almost collapsed.

  She leaned over his head, her gray eyes radiating a steady, reassuring light, and said in an unmistakable tone: "David, my child, you are safe... yes, you are safe now." She gently stroked David's forehead with her warm and gentle hands, and some mysterious power calmed him down, uttering a few vague words from his mouth.

  A pair of hands tightly wrapped around David, his wife Alice's mouth let out a sob: "Oh God, you finally made it... Thank God, you're finally awake."

  David closed his tired eyes, vaguely seeing two tall figures walking over. One of them asked something, and M responded with a stern tone, rejecting their request.

  When David came to again, another day had passed. Two officers in lieutenant general's uniforms sat silently and motionlessly at the head of his bed, staring at him intently. M stared at them with discontented and resentful eyes.

  A brigadier general looked up at M and said, "Alright, alright, the Ministry of National Defense is putting a lot of pressure on me. You can ask Mr. David... But you two little monkeys listen to me, if anything bad happens to Mr. David because of your questioning, I'll send you both to be military attachés in Argentina."

  Another brigadier general, without giving David any time to react, stood up quickly, looked at David with powerful eyes, nodded and asked in a commanding tone: "David, what happened on the night of four days ago? You must tell us every detail, we are the responsible persons of the special investigation group of the Ministry of National Defense. Remember, no details can be omitted."

  David's godless eyes scanned around, not finding Alice's eyes, and he said weakly: "The night four days ago? Oh God, was it the night we took action? God, you must be talking about what happened that night... But you absolutely won't believe what I saw... God forgive me, I once doubted your existence, but from today on, I will be your most devout believer."

  Two lieutenant generals and M exchanged a glance, concentrating their attention on listening...

  The Vatican's people rose into the air under the leadership of the twelve Holy Knights, their Sacred Light Cross Swords shot out with a crashing sound, and they collided one by one with the inverted cross lights emitted by the dark council's masters.

  A brilliant light filled the sky, and after a collision between white and black lights, they annihilated each other. The powerful shockwave emitted spread out in all directions, causing the warehouse district below to collapse instantly.

  Countless mountain passes and arms dealers fell to the ground, their seven orifices shattered by the powerful shockwave, with blood gushing out. The gangsters in London were even more miserable, they were in the wilderness, without any buildings to resist these shockwaves, and they were almost instantly killed.

  The Vatican and the dark council's wizards shouted out the name of their revered deity, floating in mid-air.

  A strange radiance emanated from the two camps, their powerful forces affecting the surrounding space. The dark or sacred powers compelled the surrounding space to emit a subtle resonance. A faint, ethereal music of either sacred or sharp evil drifted over from the horizon. Wherever these sounds reached, anyone without an energy shield exploded and perished.

  The Dark Conclave dispatched a large number of high-ranking Beastmen, who surprisingly showed gentlemanly demeanor and did not take advantage of the Church's people accumulating holy power to attack them. Instead, they targeted all humans present for slaughter.

  The whirring axes swung up, and the lucky survivors of the Yamaguchi-gumi who had survived by relying on solid buildings were chopped down to the ground with giant knives. Yamaguchi roared: "Damn it, open fire and kill these bastards."

  A strange yellow glow enveloped Yamaguchi's body, protecting his entire body and leaving him almost unscathed. Upon hearing Yamaguchi's command, the surviving members of Yamaguchi's group raised their heavy weapons like madmen and began to sweep those high-ranking beastmen.

  In the midst of flesh and blood flying everywhere, those high-level beastmen were beaten to a pulp by these humans' most advanced weapons. Although they relied on their powerful vitality to charge forward crazily, those astonishingly fast-firing weapons knocked them back with brute force, and each bullet took away a piece of their skin and flesh.

  A dark sorcerer floating in the air couldn't take it anymore, he furiously shouted: "May Satan curse you bunch of bastards, can't you just get past?"

  The beastmen were reminded, and they jumped up one after another. Their huge bodies rose more than 30 meters high. The knives and axes glowed with a halo of light in the moonlight, and they chopped down quickly...

  The peripheral military and police special agents were already stunned, where had they ever seen such a bizarre scene? Thousands of people on both sides floated quietly in the air, while a giant creature of about a thousand people jumped up so high, waving such primitive weapons.

  David's back turned icy cold, he sensitively turned his head and saw countless blood-red eyeballs flashing in the darkness behind him.

  "David yelled crazily into the microphone, shouting orders: 'Withdraw, withdraw! All exposed personnel save yourselves, snipers who haven't been exposed stay in position. The command will not be repeated. God bless us...'"

  All the soldiers and police who had lost their minds threw away their weapons like madmen and fled quickly. The clever ones ran towards the hidden off-road vehicles, while those who were unlucky and not quick-witted escaped into the surrounding wilderness.

  Those red eyeballs emitted a strange shriek, accompanied by the sound of countless wings flapping, countless bats flew out and chased after the soldiers and police, while a large number of bats rushed towards the Vatican officials floating in mid-air. Halfway through, they had already transformed back into their human form, leaving behind a trail of residual shadows and a whistling wind. They punched forward, with some people's hands still flashing with an eerie blue glow.

  An ordinary person would find it extremely difficult to witness such a scene: A pillar of white light, nearly two hundred meters in diameter, shot down from the sky. At an altitude of about one thousand meters, the light column dispersed and poured into the bodies of these divine officials in swirling circles of milky white light; A pitch-black, yet clearly visible under the moonlight, light column rose from the ground, then quickly dispersed and poured into the bodies of those dark council wizards.

  Circles of white or black light waves shot out from the people floating in mid-air, with white and black light waves colliding and crushing each other in the air, producing a deafening roar.

  Wave after wave of light swept down from the sky, indiscriminately sweeping away the remnants of the Yamaguchi-gumi organization and the high-ranking beastmen. The bodies of the Yamaguchi-gumi members disintegrated and collapsed in the light, while the beastmen were cursed and blown away like sandbags, their weapons flying out viciously as they flew through the air, heading straight for the divine officials whose bodies had begun to waver.

  David didn't flee like the soldiers and police, he swiftly rushed towards the transaction site of the Mountain Gate Sect, pulled out a small, silver, slightly crushed file box from a collapsed wall ruin, then quickly fled outward. A sharp claw almost ripped open his skull, but the vampire was unwillingly blown away by a burst of holy light.

  Twelve holy knights hung motionless in the air, looking around at the dark creatures that were frantically attacking with a hint of helplessness, watching their subordinates being surrounded and killed while screaming.

  Finally, the one in the middle who was helpless said: "Alright, you've achieved your goal, you've already taken down all our subordinates, but there's no way for you to deal with us, is there?"

  Among the powerful people present, the one with the highest status was a female black witch who was also the vice chairman of the Dark Council. She also showed a strange smile on her face and nodded: "Yes, dear children, we can't do anything to you if you all go all out. You can still kill many of our members here; of course, for you, it's not necessary to fight us to the death either, is it?"

  An outwardly ancient vampire suddenly emerged with a burst of green smoke, saying coldly: "Since it's over, then it's time to collect those little bugs. The Vatican wouldn't want these things to be known by ordinary humans, would they? Especially since you've reached a ceasefire agreement with us, if your followers find out, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing."

  Twelve Holy Knights exchanged glances, their hearts burning with anger. Their accompanying clergy were almost completely annihilated, while the Dark Council's forces had suffered only a little over three hundred casualties. If it weren't for the fact that they hadn't used their sacred artifacts, these guys probably wouldn't have spared them either... Looking down at the ground below, there were still people desperately resisting to the death.

  The sacred knight in the middle nodded: "That's it, we're in charge of the east side, you're in charge of the west side... these humans, not a single one can be spared. I'd like to ask, how did you know we came?"

  That witch suddenly burst out laughing: "How do we know? Oh, God, your followers are so interesting... Hmm, you're sneaking in, right? Sacred high-ranking clergy sneaking in? What a pity... The smuggling organization you chose is run by our peripheral organization. It seems that running more businesses will be beneficial to us."

  The holy knights were speechless, their teeth clenched with a cracking sound, as they frantically chased after David and the others in the direction of their escape. Their feet tapped lightly on the ground, their figures shooting out like arrows... Of course, they wouldn't forget to trample those poor vampires who had been hit by the crossfire of light flows from both sides.

  The witch, dissatisfied with the sight of these powerful enemies recklessly abusing their own wounded, gave a vicious order: "Take out those Easterners who are still shooting... Hmm, sweep through the temple and take out any remaining wounded."

  David's hands and feet trembled as he started the car, which shot out over a hundred meters like an arrow. He then turned his head back to see a holy knight had appeared above him, holding a strange long spear that was emitting intense white light, about to strike.

  Other holy knights also dispersed, in their view, those dark council people did not dare to attack themselves at this level of clergy, the price they had to pay was too great, and it was not necessary to be careful.

  David screamed in terror: "Oh God, forgive me... Heaven, your followers are slaughtering another follower." He wasn't an idiot either, seeing the scene of both sides clashing, he didn't even need to think about it, and could immediately tell what these guys emitting white light all over their bodies were doing.

  The sudden change occurred when David was in despair, two ghostly figures sprang up from the grass on the side of the road, two black lights as agile as a dragon, with a hint of silver starlight, emitted a subtle humming sound, and rolled towards the holy knight in the air; another figure seemed to have no weight at all, avoiding the attention of the holy knight, sneaking close to his back.

  The holy knight, who was just about to deliver the fatal blow to David, felt a sudden jolt in his heart. From a distance, he sensed the powerful energy emanating from the two dark lights. His long spear swiftly swept outwards as he began to rapidly chant the name of God.

  The most powerful and mysterious artifact from the Easternmost ancient Taoist sect, clashed with the sacred instruments transformed from the personal weapons of those monks from the Vatican who had spent thousands of years cultivating their powers in solitude. One was still not fully grasped, while the other had already fully unleashed its power through the secret methods of the Vatican.

  White light and black light collided together, Jester suddenly dropped the two daggers, clenched his fists, and with two flames bursting out. The dragon-slaying dagger itself rolled and flew in the air, as if two monsters that chose people to bite had rolled up the starry rain in the sky, whizzing around the body of this unlucky knight, stabbing back and forth.

  "Never give up the honor in your hands." The sacred knight, who had received orthodox knight training, was left with a blank mind. This enemy actually gave up his own weapon? His weapon could move on its own? He... he actually attacked himself with his fists? Despicable guy, doesn't he know I have holy armor to protect myself?

  He summoned his holy armor, a white glow spreading over him, but he didn't have the chance to put it on. Jester's heavy fist and Yichen's poisonous palm hit his body at the same time, one on the right chest, one on the back of the heart.

  A massive air wave lifted David's car and he fainted after a severe concussion.

  Jester went mad, releasing all his power through his fists, black flames burning like roasted beef spreading along the sacred knight's meridians; Yichen calmly activated his star core, triggering the most ferocious White Tiger Star Force from the western horizon, with a sharp whistling sound, as if a crazy cutting machine, began to destroy the internal structure of the sacred knight's body.

  Yi Chen was delighted to discover that the internal body of these holy knights was only three to five times stronger than that of ordinary people. Their main source of power was their sacred artifacts, and their bodies did not have much resistance to direct blows.

  Yi Chen's body suddenly shot backward, and he muttered a sentence: "Leave."

  Jie Si let out a satisfied sigh, gazing at the Holy Knight's chest which was almost charred, and quickly followed Yi Chen as he shot out. Yi Chen suddenly turned his head, both hands waving in unison, unleashing over a thousand 'Shattered Star Sword Auras' that battered the dazed Holy Knight hovering in mid-air until it was riddled with holes, only then did he leave with peace of mind.

  Jester's hand made a single gesture, and the two dragon-slaying daggers emitted a sharp, piercing light that enveloped the long spear that was still actively shooting out holy light to counterattack. The light wrapped around it, leaving deep marks on its handle before Jester finally recalled his weapons with satisfaction. The damaged long spear's glow quickly dimmed, and wisps of white mist-like fog could be seen rapidly flowing out from the wounded area.

  Yi Chen originally wanted to take the opportunity to sneak up on another Holy Knight, but a strange occurrence in the arena changed his target, and he dragged Jester towards the warehouse district.

  A senior figure of the dark syndicate smiled, with an open heart, and quickly rushed towards those mountain mouth group members who were still desperately shooting. They were also lucky to have survived two aerial vibrations.

  Yamaguchi stood stupidly in the center of the field, watching those creatures that were obviously not human slaughter their subordinates, watching those tall black shadows cheering and using huge weapons to pick up the bodies of their subordinates, and then heavily trampling them on the ground.

  That witch quickly walked towards the mountain pass, with a sinister smile on her wrinkled face: "Little darling, come, let me hurt you well."

  Yamaguchi instinctively grabbed a rocket launcher and fired a heavy anti-tank rocket at the witch. The witch was shocked, her right hand grasped empty air, and an unlucky beastman was pulled over, still in front of her body. The rocket exploded, and the beastman howled curses as his body reduced by one-third of its volume.

  "Witch mutters: 'Sorry, little treasure, I don't want to die yet...Damn it, it's been over 200 years since I last moved, how did human weapons become so powerful?'"

  All the high-ranking beastmen around suddenly stopped their work, holding large weapons and looking at the witch with ill intentions.

  The witch's forehead was sweating coldly, and it would be a terrible thing if this group of rough men suddenly laid hands on themselves. She quickly vowed to the sky: "In the name of Satan, I will cure this big guy, I swear, otherwise I will be summoned to hell by the great god." As she spoke, her fingers pointed towards the mountain pass.

  Four members of the Yamaguchi-gumi who had been pretending to be dead on the ground jumped up quickly, rushed towards Yamaguchi, hugged his limbs and shouted: "Boss, let's go."

  The witch and the nearby beastman, wizard, and vampire's eyeballs almost popped out, and it was unclear where they came from. Four black wooden stakes split open with a crackling sound, and more than a dozen black human silhouettes flew out at nearly sonic speed in all directions, and it was unclear which ones were Shan Kou and the others.

  The witch pointed vaguely at a nearby black shadow, which split open amidst the swirling wood chips. She cursed, "Damn it, it's just a piece of wood... Chase them down and kill them, damn it, who are these people?"

  Her head turned to one side, where a dozen or so dark shadows were scattered and fleeing in all directions. Suddenly, among the wooden chips that had not yet fallen to the ground, a black warrior's sword seemed to come from the depths of hell like a demon, with a twisted arc slashing towards her brain.

  A giant battle axe flew through the air, splitting the warrior's sword in two and incidentally cutting the mountain pass member into two pieces. The broken sword suddenly accelerated its trajectory, although it was a bit off target, but still deeply stabbed into the witch's buttocks.

  The witch went crazy and started yelling, her mouth began to mutter unknown spells, clusters of black fog emerged out of thin air, shrouding the mountain pass and those shadowy illusions they had conjured up.

  It wasn't very long, nor was it very thick, and it looked like it was only about a meter in length. A bright green light, as thin as a finger, descended from the sky and pierced through the witch's body with a whistling sound. The witch stared at her own body in disbelief as seven holes suddenly appeared on her, letting out a blood-curdling scream. The magic power she was summoning lost control, and her body instantly swelled up and exploded into pieces.

  Yì chén and Jié sī tè had long covered their faces with their sleeves, at this moment, he commanded the seven green lights transformed from the seven Broken Sky Spears to randomly stab at the densely packed dark creatures in the field. Jié sī tè charged out violently, swinging two Dragon Slaying Daggers in his hand, occasionally cutting off something from those unfortunate beastmen's bodies.

  The sudden blow left the Dark Council in a state of panic, and Yi Chen's and Jester's bizarre but powerful magic left them bewildered. With their on-site leader already defeated, the vampires flew away quickly, followed by the thin-bodied wizards who fled in disarray using various strange devices. They didn't even bother to pursue Shan Kou and his group, after all, they were just ordinary humans, not worth the effort.

  A giant werewolf and Yì Chén clashed in a fierce punch, the werewolf let out a miserable howl, with blood holes on his hands, he swung his axe, and all the beastmen followed him to escape. The werewolf's mouth was crazily shouting: "Drawing a knife during a fistfight, despicable humans..." He cursed all the way, angrily chopping at anything around him that could vent his anger.

  Yi Chen's body was knocked back a dozen steps by the powerful force, surprised at the strength of these guys and proud of his own mischief. Although it was clearly a fist fight, Yi Chen's flying star sword suddenly stabbed out from the gap between the fists, giving this werewolf a not-so-small headache. Before the eleven holy knights returned, Yi Chen and Jester snatched away that long gun and quickly fled, whistling as they went. The eleven holy knights angrily chased back, led by Yi Chen and Jester, who began to roam the night streets of London...

  David's account only went up to the point where he passed out, gritting his teeth and saying: "Those guys, I know who they are, they're from the Vatican, they have golden emblems on their chests, high-ranking clergy, damn it, I testify, we must sue them. Those guys, I saw them chasing after our people."

  M looked at the two lieutenant generals with inquiring eyes, and the two lieutenant generals said dryly: "David, we're glad you made it back alive... At the same time, we are very grateful for that withdrawal order you gave. You saved the lives of thirteen elite snipers, unfortunately, except for them, only you survived."

  M shook his head and said, "David, you will be appointed as the head of European section, well, that's also what they mean upstairs... You will be given a gag order, you, who didn't experience what happened that night, understand?"

  David raised his head, looking at M with a strange gaze: "What is this? My subordinates are all dead, and I've killed a batch of elite military police. Ha! I actually got promoted two ranks from being the leader of an action group to becoming the European department head of Military Intelligence Section 6?"

  Two lieutenant generals remained silent for a long time before saying, "Our Ministry of National Defense is very satisfied with your confession. The thirteen snipers have confirmed what you said... You should take good care of yourself." They turned around and walked towards the door, bumping into several young people who had entered the room in a rude manner, and then strode out.

  As the young man who had opened the door looked at the backs of the two lieutenant generals with a cold smile, he hung an amiable smile on his face, walked into the room, glanced around and smiled at David: "My name is Arthur, I'm said to be a direct descendant of King Arthur, not sure if it's true though... The royal family is very grateful for your actions that night, you will be awarded a special honor medal and knighted. Of course, Mr. David, you're an intelligent man, many things can't be spoken out loud, right?"

  Arthur bowed slightly in a very gentlemanly manner and walked out with an air of arrogance.

  David stared at Arthur with a deadpan expression and asked in a low voice: "What is he? Does he think our Military Intelligence Section 6 is a joke?"

  "He's a hereditary duke, with an honorary viscountcy, and has considerable influence in the House of Lords. His family is one of those old, hidden but powerful ones in Britain, perhaps even direct descendants of King Arthur, who cares? David, forget about that day, forget him, many things are beyond our control now. You did well, very well... to snatch that file box from that situation, you really did a great job..."

  David looked a bit embarrassed and asked in a low voice: "Everyone, I mean all of my subordinates, they all..."

  M said helplessly: "The Vatican's special delegation has arrived in London, and His Holiness the Pope is leading the team in person... God, does such power really exist? The war between darkness and light, I feel like I'm watching an adult version of a fantasy adventure... This is beyond our control, David. The military is also extremely dissatisfied, and the Vatican itself acknowledges that a large number of soldiers were mistakenly killed by their people, they say it was an accident, we have no reason to refute... I am also a devout Christian myself... Heaven, why are these things happening?"

  David stared at M blankly: "The Pope himself led the team and came to London?"

  M smiled wryly: "The military has deployed a digital warfare brigade to protect his safety... Of course, in fact, it's to ensure the safety of London. No one wants to see those things that shouldn't happen involving us."

  David let out a weak sigh, and M spread his hands in a helpless gesture: "We can only do what we can do, David. The doctor says you're not seriously hurt, so I need you to get back to work. Our sniper is still at large, and we need to find those bastards... got it?"

  David nodded and hesitantly asked her: "What about those thirteen snipers?"

  He said indifferently, "They went to the front line in Iraq. Unfortunately, they were just attacked... No one survived. This is not something you should worry about either. I can only protect my subordinates. I don't have the ability to negotiate too many conditions with those damn big shots. David, take care of yourself and never say things that shouldn't be said, or it will cost your life."

  David took a long, deep breath in reverse, and suddenly, for no reason at all, he began to miss Yichen terribly. Maybe this strange Chinese kid could tell him what to do next.

  Yi Chen is now busy as can be, taking over other gangs' turf and business.

  Just as the gunfire sounded on the side of the Shan Kou group, the people and horses on Yi Chen's side also moved.

  Cain led his own 'Black Magic' squad, Phil Goer and Felicia brought more than 50 black big men, divided into twenty or so cars, and arrived at the nightclub where all the other black gang leaders were waiting for news except Viggens.

  At midnight twelve o'clock, the raid officially began. Kane's special forces cleared all the peripheral gunmen in thirty-nine seconds. Phil and his team rushed into the VIP room at the first time.

  Sally's large-caliber submachine gun fired, and the armor-piercing bullets sent those terrified gang bosses flying. Fiona, with great interest, snatched the huge C4 explosive from Cain's hand, fiddled with it for a while, and then placed it in the center of the private room.

  The whole thing was over in less than two minutes and the nightclub in central London was reduced to rubble.

  Yi Chen's subordinates swept through the entire London scene, those bosses' close relatives were all desperately fighting against Shan Kou Zu, where was there any strength to resist their invasion?

  One night, the entire London underworld was basically occupied by Yicun.

  Of course, in order to avoid suspicion, Yichun and Jester got rid of the eleven Holy Knights and then Yichun personally threw a bomb into Chinatown.

  Jester frowned and said: "Boss, it's too wasteful, our home ah, this is."

  "It doesn't matter, I just invested a huge amount of insurance in our venue, haha, we won't lose money. Besides, we have many options now, the location of China Town is a bit remote, we need a new headquarters."

  Mian Wuren Se's mountain mouth, under the guard of three subordinates, fled back to his old nest in disarray, quickly dialed Mian Wuren Mu's video phone, and told him everything he saw.

  Yamaguchi listened to the report with a wooden expression, gritting his teeth and saying: "Good, good, this also gives us an opportunity. What's the big deal about a few people dying? Yamaguchi, you've done well. This way, those old guys won't have any reason to oppose my request either... I'll send someone reliable over right away. My dear brother, my position will be yours to take over in the future, don't lose face for our family."

  Yamaguchi knelt down on the ground, making a hesitant sound, and asked: "Big brother, I..."

  Yamaguchi shook his head: "I know what you want to say, in this world now, having power doesn't necessarily mean one can be a good leader, just focus on cultivating your ability to manage our family well."

  Yamaguchi hung up the phone, with a hint of excitement on his face, and ordered the small, slender girl standing next to him, who was wearing only a thin layer of clothing: "Immediately go and invite our elder, as well as the current heads of the Wind, Fire, and Mountain families to come and discuss matters."

  The little girl wrapped herself around Yamato's body, her eyes fluttering as she asked him: "Master, the five families of Kinmokusei, and also Hyakki, Fūma, Iga, and Mikawa..."

  Yamaguchi Moku grasped her shoulder and said coldly, "The five families of Kinmokuseitō have never supported us. As for the Hyakuchi... Hmph, they've been making too many secret moves behind our backs. It's still more reliable to have people from our own Fūrinkazan four families come over."

  The little girl hastily put on a coat and walked out quietly. Several black shadows emerged from the ceiling and floor, kneeling down in front of her.

  Yamaguchi's gloomy thoughts were: "Those white-robed brats, are they from the Western Church? After all these years, what level of power have they reached? Never mind, when the time comes, let those idiots go try first... But then again, who exactly is opposing them?"

  Yi Chen happily accompanied the insurance company's business personnel to survey their Chinese city, smiling and asking them: "You see, our loss is very large, the architect said that the overall structure of the house has become unstable, in other words, our stadium is scrapped, this amount..."

  The insurance company's person nodded helplessly: "We will fully compensate, sir... The terrorists are too heinous now, they actually attacked civilian facilities."

  Looking at his mournful face, Yi Chen felt indescribable joy. That night, they bombed more than 40 scenes, and who knows how many scenes had been insured by their company?