Nightmare Despair

Chapter 77 No Survivors
In the nightmare world, the level three light steps seemed to have little use other than making Zhou Kai run faster.

But back in reality, this ability has finally found its perfect stage.

When Zhou Kai is hidden in the darkness, his silent footsteps transform him into a deadly ghost.

In addition, as one gradually adapts to the darkness, the darkness in reality is far less intense than that in nightmares.

Thus, Zhou Kai became the most real nightmare for this group of lackeys.

A dozen minutes ago, Zhou Kai bought a ticket for a midnight movie.

I left quietly halfway through the movie.

He evaded all surveillance cameras, blended into the darkness, and sneaked into Shangpinzhai from the underground parking lot.

In three minutes, he dealt with the bodyguards downstairs and, incidentally, destroyed the entire building's power supply system.

Then, Zhou Kai stood behind the group of assassins... no, the corpses, and swung his sword.

The two-handed greatsword, sharp enough to decapitate a decaying swordsman, feels as smooth as cutting melons and vegetables when it strikes human bones.

Zhou Kai's figure transformed into a streak of silver light that went unnoticed, and in the crowd, each sword strike sealed a throat and beheaded a man.

"Honestly, I thought you guys would be some troublesome bunch." Zhou Kai's voice was flat, his eyes cold as if he were looking down at ants.

"If I had known you were only this good, I should have come and dealt with you the night before last."

"You...who are you?"

The wound on Wang Yuanzheng's neck was pressed against the sword's edge, widening it slightly, and more blood spilled out.

His face contorted in horror, his voice filled with extreme terror.

"A second-realm martial artist? How could such a monster appear in Xishan City... When did the Wang family provoke such a powerful expert?"

Zhou Kai chuckled and said:

"My name is Zhou Kai."

“Just a few minutes ago, weren’t you still figuring out how to kill my whole family?” He tilted his head, his eyes full of mockery.

"Now that I'm here, why don't you try killing me first?"

Wang Yuanzheng's facial features twitched instantly, his expression becoming extremely bizarre.

"You say you're Zhou Kai... Impossible! I've investigated. Zhou Kai is just a martial arts apprentice who hasn't even grasped the true essence of martial arts..."

"No, there must be some misunderstanding..."

At this point, Wang Yuanzheng suddenly adopted a fawning tone and pleaded, "Young brother... it's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. We don't have any deep-seated hatred between us, right?"

"Even if you are Zhou Kai, aren't you still standing here perfectly fine?"

"Reconciliation? Shall we reconcile?"

"Killing me won't do you any good. Spare my life, and I can give you money, anything you want..."

Zhou Kai said coldly, "You're really good at pretending. I know what kind of person you are. Your biggest regret right now is probably not personally leading the men to attack Qiu Ping that day, isn't it?"

“From the moment Qiu Ping appeared in front of me, my feud with your Wang family has been irreconcilable.”

“From you, to Wang Jinquan, to the entire Wang family, and to the ‘hotel’ in Xishan… I will uproot you all.”

Knowing that reconciliation was hopeless, the last trace of color drained from Wang Yuanzheng's face, turning into a frenzied self-abandonment.

He chuckled and said hoarsely:

"Wishful thinking... What do you think Akasaka is right now?"

"Killing my men is one thing, but you also want to wipe out the Wang family?"

"Kid, you'd better understand how much resources the Red Star authorities will allocate to investigating cases involving more than ten murders! Unless you escape Red Star and run off to the Lyle Federation..."

Zhou Kai raised an eyebrow.

How come all these scumbags are the same? They do the most lawless things, yet they always like to use the law and order to scare themselves?

That's... ridiculous.

"That's enough, Wang Yuanzheng."

"I was originally going to waste a few more words with you to find out the location of your anti-materiel rifles... but now that I think about it, after I kill you, I'll find a way to get them."

"You no longer have any value in living."

As soon as Zhou Kai finished speaking, he held his sword in one hand, ready to behead someone.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yuanzheng had the courage to raise his revolver and fight back.

However, within a single step, the sword was swift!

In an instant, the trajectory of the sword changed, and half of Wang Yuanzheng's body, along with the arm holding the gun, fell to the ground, and blood gushed out like a fountain!
His other side also plummeted straight down to the ground.

Wang Yuanzheng was still struggling, making hoarse sounds in his throat, as if he wanted to say his last words.

"The police... will find out... This kind of big case... you can't... cover it up..." "You... in the end... are just one person..."

Zhou Kai seemed not to hear him, took out a bundle of thick, long ropes, and began the tedious and meticulous work.

He put a rope around Wang Yuanzheng's head.

Wang Yuanzheng couldn't even let out a scream; his body was convulsing violently.

Zhou Kai then went to the group of assassins and strung their heads and torsos together one by one.

Before long, the twenty-meter-long rope was scattered with corpses and body parts.

Zhou Kai dragged the heavy string of skewers downstairs.

Near the stairwell, there are two more bodies waiting to be added.

Just then, a blinding beam of light shone up from downstairs and shone directly on Zhou Kai's face.

Wang Jinquan was holding his phone, cursing as he walked upstairs.

When he saw who was standing on the stairs, he froze.

"Zhou Kai? Aren't you fucking dead?"

"What are you doing here? This is my uncle's territory. Do you have a death wish?"

"Wait a minute... what are you dragging along?"

Wang Jinquan wanted to lash out, but his gaze quickly fell on Zhou Kai's right hand, which was stained with blood, and the rope that was still dripping blood and covered with something.

All sorts of bizarre and fantastical thoughts flooded his mind, and he was so frightened that he stood frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.

"A ghost? A ghost..."

"It was my uncle who killed you! Don't come after me, the grievances have their perpetrators, it has nothing to do with me..."

Wang Jinquan's legs went weak, and he slumped against the stair railing, unsure whether to go up or down.

Zhou Kai, expressionless, continued dragging the string of corpses, approaching him step by step.

"Don't you have eyes?"

Zhou Kai's clothes were still clean, except for his right hand, which was gripping the rope, which was covered in blood.

He tilted his head, looked at Wang Jinquan, and gave him a smile that was almost one of pity.

"Look carefully, this is the magic tool we'll be using later."

He put down his longsword and rolled up his sleeves.

Zhou Kai gripped the rope with his bloodied right hand, while his other hand clenched into a fist, delivering a powerful punch to Wang Jinquan's chest.

boom!
A dull bang.

Wang Jinquan spat out a stream of blood, but it all landed in empty air.

He stiffly lowered his head...

Zhou Kai's elbow was pressed against his chest... no, it went through his chest.

One punch pierced his chest like a piece of waste paper, going right through it.

"It seems... to be more than half a ton..."

The blood in Wang Jinquan's mouth quickly turned black, and he slumped down, lifeless.

It's unknown whether, at the moment of his death, he felt even the slightest regret for what he had done.

After stringing Wang Jinquan onto the rope as well, Zhou Kai breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I was terrified! Luckily we arrived early. If those scumbags had gotten out, it would have been a huge problem to deal with them."

Zhou Kai's face was quite gloomy, showing no joy whatsoever from his great victory.

If he had arrived even a moment later, any one of these people could have ended up beside his sister Zhou Qing or Lu Yan...

"I only wanted to kill the ringleader... It was you who forced me step by step to exterminate them all."

Zhou Kai dragged the corpses along the chain to the other side of the stairs, and then carried the last two corpses up as well.

Then, he found a reasonably clean chair and sat down.

While resting, I waited for time to pass.

Perhaps, among Wang Yuanzheng's many principles of conduct, there is one that Zhou Kai also agrees with.

That is to avoid trouble, we must nip it in the bud and eliminate any future problems.

Now, the Wang family has failed in their attempt to deal with Zhou Kai...

So, it's Zhou Kai's turn to deal with them.

(End of this chapter)