Chapter 18:

In the dark neighborhood, six shadows moved slowly toward Duan Heng's villa.

They had miserable faces, dark eyes, and evil smiles on their faces, resembling thieves.

"Brother Long, are we really going to kill him later?"

One of the younger brothers asked excitedly, his eyes filled with emotion.

Brother Long raised the corner of his mouth and replied fiercely,

"Of course! If we don't kill him, will we keep him until the New Year?"

"But... but this isn't good. Killing someone is really..."

Another younger brother seemed a little hesitant. He followed the team and weakly persuaded them.

But before he could finish his words, he was fiercely interrupted by Brother Long.

"Kid, it's the end of the world. There are no laws or morals. No one will care about you!"

 As he spoke, Brother Long stopped to bolster his troops' morale, grabbed the wavering younger brother by the shoulder, glared at him fiercely, and said, "Kill Duan Heng, and we can live in a grand villa and enjoy unlimited food. Don't you want to sleep with that woman? When I'm done with you, I'll definitely show you a good time! Then, we'll kill everyone in the community step by step, control all the resources and women! Become the king! Follow me, and I'll never let you suffer any losses!"

"Really... Really, Brother Long?"

"As expected of Brother Long!"

Hearing Brother Long say this, the younger brothers' eyes grew more excited, and at the same time, a little more cruel.

 Brother Long patted the hesitant younger brother on the shoulder and said confidently, "Of course it's true. Follow me and kill Duan Heng. We'll have a party tonight! Stop talking nonsense and..."

Pop-

Suddenly, before Brother Long could finish his words, the younger brother in the back inexplicably fell down.

All the thugs, including Brother Long, looked over in confusion, only to see that the younger brother was lying on the ground as if he were asleep, not moving at all.

What was he doing? Why did he fall?

It was dark at night, and he couldn't clearly see the man's condition, so Brother Long asked impatiently.

One of the younger brothers ran over and tried to check on his companions.

But just at that moment, the little brother turned him over!

Suddenly, his eyes opened, his face paled, and he collapsed to the ground in fear, rolling and crawling, screaming, "Him!

He's dead! It was a gun!"

Break-

The frightened little brother kept screaming, but a bullet hit him right between the eyebrows!

A black, bloody hole opened in his forehead, and brain matter and blood spilled out all over the sky. The next instant, he was lying dead on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Brother Long was instantly horrified and quickly shouted to the others, "Shit! Hide!"

 As soon as he finished speaking, the thugs had already taken cover nearby. One hid behind a tree, and three were lying on the edge of the flowerbed. Their eyes were wide open and they seemed panicked. Two of them couldn't help but shout, "How is there a gun? Where did it come from?" "I don't want to die! I don't want to die!" The sight of the exploding forehead was so bloody that all four of them were scared and panicked, and even Brother Long was covered in cold sweat. On the other side, Duan Heng, standing on the roof, remained indifferent. There was no expression in his eyes. He simply calmly loaded the next bullet and aimed at them again. "You're very clever. You took cover instead of running. It's a pity it's all for nothing. Now that we're here, no one can leave." Duan Heng muttered to himself silently. He looked at the four people hiding behind the shelter, picked up a brick from the balcony, and curled his lips in a sneer of contempt.

--If you want to ask why Duan Heng had to kill the younger brothers first instead of Brother Long, it's because these younger brothers are relatively less hostile to Duan Heng, and if they are too far away, the supernatural power won't easily discover them.

Duan Heng could clearly sense Brother Long's killing intent as long as he was in the community, and he could still kill him if he stayed until the end.

"Die."

After muttering another idea, Duan Heng raised his hand and threw the brick forcefully. The brick drew a long curved parabola under the moonlight, but its flight direction didn't seem very precise. It barely hit the tree.

"Ah!"

A loud noise was heard as the bricks shattered.

The guy hiding behind the tree also became instantly enraged, screamed, and jumped straight up!

Then it happened.

 Break-

The gangster, who had barely jumped for half a second, was shot in the head before even touching the ground. Before the horrified gaze of the remaining three, he fell to the ground with a thud, his brain splattering across the floor, turning into a gruesome corpse.

"Recklessly!"

Seeing such a horrifying scene, Brother Long couldn't help but curse, his body trembling violently.

On the other side, the two younger brothers had already covered their heads and burst into tears, completely losing their former arrogance. They cried and shouted:

Your shots are so accurate! We're dead! We're dead!

I shouldn't have come! I shouldn't have thought of killing anyone. Now we're all going to die!

"Shut up, idiot!"

Hearing the two younger brothers' loud voices, Brother Long shouted impatiently, which silenced them.

Even so, Long Ge was terrified. However, he could only clench his fists and think furiously, at the speed of his life:

That brick was just thrown from the villa. Does that mean Duan Heng was attacking me?

No wonder he was so confident during the day—turns out he has a gun at home! Bastard! He miscalculated!

At that moment, Brother Long's pupils were bloodshot, his ferocious face distorted, and his hatred for Duan Heng had reached its peak.

"If it's a head-on fight, I'm absolutely certain I can kill him."

"But if they attack us like this, we have no chance of winning... huh?"

Just as he was thinking, Brother Long suddenly calmed down and looked at his still-trembling brothers with an ambiguous look. A wicked idea suddenly occurred to him. Then he smiled slightly and said to the two men in a deep voice,

"There's nothing we can do. I didn't expect you to have a gun. In this case, we can only scatter."

"Split up... split up and run?"

 The younger brother was so scared his voice trembled, while Brother Long patted them both on the shoulders and explained very seriously:

You go left, he goes right, and I'll run straight ahead. If we spread out, he won't be able to shoot everyone. My route is the longest and most open, so he'll definitely shoot me first. (I miscalculated what happened tonight, so let me take the risk!)

"Long! Brother Long!"

Hearing Brother Long's sincere words, the two younger brothers were immediately moved and shouted Brother Long's honorific title in shrill voices.

But they didn't see that, just as they were moved, a flash of cunning crossed Long Ge's eyes, and then he said seriously,

"Okay, stop wasting time. I'll count to three, two, one, and then the three of us will run together!"

"Okay!"

The two younger brothers nodded seriously and seemed to trust Brother Long a lot, so Brother Long began to silently recite in a deep voice:

"three-"

"two-"

"one-"

"run!!"

call---

The two younger brothers stood up without hesitation, creating a gust of wind and running to the left and right in an instant.

Their eyes were tense and their pupils trembled. They were filled with gratitude toward Brother Long and wouldn't allow his sacrifice to be in vain, even if they had to die!

However, just at that moment, the little brother on the left had just run two meters out of the flowerbed.

Snap—

The sound of a skull exploding was heard instantly, and he died on the spot before he could react to what was happening!

Duan Heng, standing on the balcony, unloaded and loaded the bullet with the speed of a special forces soldier; his movements were extremely skillful and intelligent!

His eyes were as cold as those of a poisonous snake, and his keen eyesight was like a hawk's: he swung the heavy sniper rifle with ease, and at that moment, the little brother running to the right was still half a meter away from the alley.

Snap—

There was another terrible explosion, and the last little brother fell to the ground. However, this time, Duan Heng's shot was slightly off course and only hit him in the neck.

The man lying in a pool of blood stared into the distance in horror. Blood continued to flow from his neck, but he couldn't move a finger...

However, just before his death, when he was at his most desperate, he suddenly saw Brother Long's figure stepping on his body and running into the alley! It turned out that the two of them were just bait, and Brother Long wanted to distract Duan Heng so they could run first!

"Bastard... bastard..."

With overwhelming hatred, the man lay on the ground with his eyes wide open, but Brother Long used the building as cover and ran a great distance, finally out of Duan Heng's sight.

 But Duan Heng, after seeing this scene, simply calmly put away his sniper rifle and said in his heart with a calm expression, "Indeed, he's escaped. Looks like I'll have to waste time chasing him. I can't go back to accompany Bai Ling any sooner."

With that, Duan Heng had already put away his weapon, grabbed his silenced pistol, and jumped off the roof; the height of the second floor was comfortable for him. After landing, he stopped in the middle of the courtyard and then cast his cold gaze into the distance.

He knew that in the end times, once you become an enemy, you can't hold back at all.

In his previous life, he was betrayed because he was too kind and merciful, and in the end, he could only watch Bai Ling die in his arms. Duan Heng would never forget the pain, despair, and unwillingness!

So even if the other party is just a ridiculous gangster...

"I won't give you a chance either.

Until death!"