"Hahahaha, has Captain Han been taking gunpowder? Watch your words, watch your words."
Zhang Xiaobei continued to maintain his friendly demeanor and walked over with a smile.
As he was about to get closer,
he suddenly grabbed the dagger hidden in his sleeve, with an innocent smile still on his face.
The sharp blade unexpectedly slashed towards Han Zhan.
His speed was fast, but there was someone even faster.
In Zhang Xiaobei's uncomprehending eyes, Han Zhan slapped his face with a forceful palm, channeling all his strength into his right hand, and pressed him to the ground.
Bang!
A solid hit, Zhang Xiaobei's head smashed into the ground, spider-web-like cracks spreading from the point of impact.
Han Zhan exuded a menacing white aura, releasing both Rest and Urgency instantly.
Seeing this scene, the City Guardians were dumbfounded.
Zhang Xiaobei was a Tier Three Spirit Contract Master, a member of the first team in Deep Blue City, and yet he was pressed to the ground after just one round?
Isn't this too outrageous?
Too brutal!
"You—"
"Bang!"
"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"
With an expressionless face, Han Zhan pinned Zhang Xiaobei to the ground, rubbing him back and forth, blood splattering and dyeing the entire City Guardian Mansion a faint red.
The onlookers swallowed hard, one by one.
But Han Zhan showed no sign of stopping.
"Has anyone ever told you that your smiling face really deserves a beating?"
"Others say not to hit a smiling face, but I hit exactly those who smile with daggers hidden behind their backs!"
Zhang Xiaobei opened his mouth, trying to speak, but under Han Zhan's unlocked double Urgency state, he couldn't even resist a bit.
"Enough!"
Finally, Zhao Hu stormed out of the elevator, he immediately spoke up, shouting to stop them.
Seeing Zhao Hu appear, all the City Guardians couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Bang!"
Zhang Xiaobei's head was once again slammed into the ground.
Zhao Hu's eyelid twitched, his tone icy and his expression frosty: "I said enough, didn't you hear?!"
"You say enough and that's it? Did I say enough?"
Han Zhan smiled, lifting Zhang Xiaobei entirely off the ground.
He wanted to humiliate Zhao Hu in front of all the City Guardians, to tell them that even Zhao Hu couldn't protect someone from Han Zhan's wrath!
Zhao Hu's hand behind his back clenched into a tight fist.
In his ear, his earpiece brought in the voice of his subordinate.
"Captain, the video of Han Zhan making a move in the City Guardian Organization Building has been uploaded to headquarters as per your instruction. But..."
"But what?"
"But the reply from headquarters is that this is an internal affair of Deep Blue City Guardians, and you should coordinate it yourself..."
"What did you say?!"
Upon hearing this reply, Zhao Hu was stunned.
What he didn't know was that when his subordinate sent the video to headquarters, the "information from Deep Blue City," which had already been highlighted, was instantly sent directly to the third-ranking Su Mingxuan.
Upon seeing Han Zhan, Su Mingxuan was startled.
He magnified the video and slowed down the playback.
Seeing Han Zhan's move and the instant release of white aura around his body, his jaw dropped in shock, enough to fit a whole egg.
"Eight! Urgent! Fist!"
Su Mingxuan was neither Zhao Hu nor those uninformed ordinary people.
As a third-ranking figure of the City Guardians, he had seen more and knew more.
Hence, when he saw Han Zhan strike, he instantly recognized this unique martial art, and even more renowned than the martial art itself, was its master!
One of the highest figures in all of Great Xia!
Also the head of the largest family in the entire Great Xia!
The individual who single-handedly turned the tide, saving Great Xia in times of crisis, the only one awarded the Red Sun Medal, a symbol of the highest honor!
"The Eight Urgent Fist, aside from that one person, has only been taught to his eight students, these eight students are now big shots in various battle zones."
"This young man named Han Zhan in the video, he actually knows the Eight Urgent Fist too?!"
Doesn't that mean he's also one of that person's students?
The ninth student!
Realizing this, Su Mingxuan felt as if he had discovered something monumental and immediately became anxious.
Even with his status, he had no right to know such secrets.
Anything involving that person was completely beyond his authority to inquire.
With this in mind, Su Mingxuan immediately called the clerk who handled this at headquarters, instructing him to use a pretext to brush it off.
Zhao Hu, far away in Deep Blue City, of course, didn't know that the excuse he received was thought up by Su Mingxuan.
Both confused and frustrated, he continued to ask: "What about the supervisory team jointly established by various battle zones? Didn't I tell you to send a copy of the video to them too?"
"The supervisory team... the supervisory team said the young man's skills are impressive, and they're wondering if he's interested in joining them..."
"Damn!" Zhao Hu angrily threw his earpiece to the ground, "What kind of bureaucratic bullshit is this?!"
These words coming from Zhao Hu had a sort of self-introduction feel to them.
But in the center of the scene, Zhang Xiaobei was still being held, motionless like a dying salted fish.
All the City Guardians' gazes were on him,
Zhao Hu took a deep breath, for once astonishingly swallowing his pride to ask, "Han Zhan, what exactly do you want by coming here?"
Zhao Hu's concession immediately took on another meaning in the eyes of the other City Guardians.
Zhao Hu actually compromised with Han Zhan!
"What do I want by coming here?"
"I'm here to beat you up!"
Han Zhan's words made Zhao Hu's face alternate between blue and white, he'd seen Han Zhan's strength, even a Tier Three Wanderer was no match; if it really came to a fight, he might not win.
Fighting wasn't an option,
Zhao Hu could only suppress his anger further and continued, "What will it take for you to let go of Xiaobei and stop causing trouble here?"
"It's simple, the materials from the Wanderers that our Team 0527 worked hard to kill outside the city, I heard you embezzled them all."
Han Zhan paused after saying this.
The City Guardians who heard this all instinctively hid their hands behind their backs, afraid that Han Zhan would notice what materials they were holding.
Han Zhan sneered and continued: "So, I want you to open the City Guardian Organization's treasury, and let me, on behalf of all our team members, pick until I'm satisfied!"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Upon hearing Han Zhan's demand, Zhao Hu's face turned green with anger.
The City Guardian Organization's treasury contained carefully selected treasures, highly valuable.
Letting Han Zhan pick freely?
Dream on!
Zhao Hu took another deep breath: "Han Zhan, choose another condition, that one is absolutely off the table."
"Off the table? Just me, Han Zhan, with two hands, how much could I possibly carry? If you can't even meet this little request, Captain Zhao, I doubt your sincerity."
Han Zhan's words gave Zhao Hu pause.
It's true, if just one person goes in to pick until satisfied, how many things could they possibly take?
Thinking this, he finally made a decision, reluctantly agreeing: "Fine, only you are allowed to go in, and when you come out, aside from your hands, you're not allowed to hide anything elsewhere."
With a snap, Han Zhan released the half-dead Zhang Xiaobei.
He spread open his black ring-wearing right hand and left hand.
"It's a deal."