After muttering to myself for a while, I still couldn't figure it out. I also ruled out the possibility that it was set up beforehand, because these cars had been driven for so long, it was impossible for them to break down after such a long time. But what could be the reason?
No matter how hard they investigated, they couldn't find anything. One of the men, who seemed to be the leader, had a gloomy face. After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and made a call.
Zhou Xuan hid behind a large tree by the roadside, where the people below couldn't spot him. At this moment, Zhou Xuan was only about 100 meters away from them. The side road was below, creating an environment of alternating ups and downs. As long as these people didn't pose a direct threat to Wei Xiaoqing, he would patiently wait a little longer to see who the leader would call.
While the person was still making the call, Zhou Xuan used his supernatural ability to scan the other people. He discovered that two of them had handguns, while the others were empty-handed. However, dozens of machetes were hidden in the trunk of the fourth car.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan converted and absorbed the bullets from the guns of the two men with guns. As for the machetes, he decided to leave them alone, as they posed little threat to him.
Zhou Xuan was only worried about extremely fast things. Bullets were too fast, and he felt insecure about them. He had once transformed and absorbed a bullet fired by an assassin, but the powerful impact almost seriously injured him, and he was no longer able to transform it a second time. If such a situation occurred again and he lost the ability to fight, then danger had arrived.
Even an ordinary strong adult could defeat Zhou Xuan, who cannot use his superpowers.
After completing the preparations, Zhou Xuan focused his supernatural power into a beam and probed the person making the call. The call connected, and the man said, "Boss, we're fifty meters from the fork in the road on Airport Road leading to Tuping Village. All five of our cars have broken down, so we have no choice but to wait here. But we've caught the person."
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?... All five cars are broken down? Check them thoroughly and see if anyone is following us."
The voice on the other end of the phone was a woman's voice. Zhou Xuan recognized it, paused for a moment, and couldn't immediately recall who it was.
The man replied, "There's definitely no mistake. She's exactly the same as the portrait the boss sent. She's very beautiful, definitely Wei Xiaoyu. However, she's not as skilled as the boss warned. I specially arranged for four skilled fighters to deal with her, but it was very easy. They drugged her without much effort. She's in the car now. And... are you following her?"
The man then looked back towards the road, saw no one, and immediately replied, "No one is following me."
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll be right there."
After the other party hung up, the man held his phone and thought for a while, then looked up and said to his two subordinates, "You two, go to the highway and check it out. Walk a few hundred meters towards Beijing and see if anyone is following us."
Zhou Xuan was startled, realizing something was wrong. This man had become suspicious, or perhaps it was out of caution, because his boss was somewhat distrustful.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan pondered the contents of the phone call the man's boss had just made, and suddenly a chill ran down his spine as he thought of someone. A cold sweat broke out all over his body.
Zhou Xuan suddenly realized that the woman's voice on the phone was actually An Jie's.
The woman eventually found him and tracked him down.
It turns out that Wei Xiaoqing wasn't these people's enemy or for any other reason. The reason was him, because An Jie wanted to deal with him, Zhou Xuan. Moreover, Wei Xiaoqing wasn't An Jie's target; it was just an accidental injury. Zhou Xuan understood from her phone call that An Jie actually wanted these people to capture Wei Xiaoyu. It was only because Wei Xiaoyu looked exactly like Wei Xiaoqing that those people misunderstood.
A raging fire rose in Zhou Xuan's heart. This An Jie really angered him. He had already let her off the hook in Fengshan, but this woman had chased him all the way to the capital. It was not a good thing for a person to be too greedy. With her personality, if she obtained the Nine Dragon Cauldron, she would probably do something earth-shattering. If she destroyed the whole world, Zhou Xuan would not be surprised at all.
While Zhou Xuan was still considering, the two henchmen sent by the leader had already walked onto the road. If they went another sixty or seventy meters, Zhou Xuan's car would be spotted.
Zhou Xuan immediately considered how to deal with the two men. In the blink of an eye, the two men had already approached. They first saw the Mercedes parked at the edge of the bend. After a pause, the two men looked at each other and quickly ran towards the Mercedes.
Zhou Xuan turned out from behind the big tree and gave a soft "hey" to the two men. The two men immediately surrounded Zhou Xuan from the left and right.
Zhou Xuan didn't stand on ceremony and unleashed his ice-energy ability.
The two men were about to seize Zhou Xuan, but when they were still four or five meters away, their legs went numb, their steps faltered, and they suddenly tripped and fell to the ground. Before they could even cry out, their tongues and lips went numb, and they couldn't move their mouths. Then their hands went numb too. Apart from their brains, hearts, and bodily functions remaining normal, their hands, feet, and mouths had all lost their ability to function. The two men lying on the ground stared at the approaching Zhou Xuan, their eyes filled with fear, wondering what had happened to him.
This feeling was definitely not like being injected with a tranquilizer dart, because a tranquilizer dart would cause general anesthesia, but what they both clearly felt was numbness in their legs, hands, and lips. And this numbness was not the kind of numbness caused by anesthetic drugs, but rather the kind of numbness caused by being frozen by ice.
This was of course Zhou Xuan's use of ice energy. First, he eliminated the two people's ability to move, and then he froze their lips and tongues, preventing them from calling out. After the freezing was lifted, their hands, feet, and lips would only be slightly affected, and they would recover in a few days without any risk of becoming disabled.
Of course, this is only if Zhou Xuan does not want to hurt anyone. If the temperature is too low, even after thawing, the frozen person will still be crippled. When using the Ice Qi, if Zhou Xuan does not want to hurt anyone, the temperature must be just right. It cannot be too low, otherwise it will cripple people. But if the temperature is not high enough, it will not freeze people.
The two men stared at Zhou Xuan in utter astonishment, not knowing what was going on. Zhou Xuan simply stared at them for a while, making them shudder. Of course, it was also because the two men couldn't speak. If they could, they would definitely beg for mercy. People like them only bully those weaker than themselves. Ruthless people are afraid of encountering someone even more ruthless than themselves.
Zhou Xuan snorted and stomped on each of their faces without any politeness. Although it wasn't a kick, it still made the two men's muscles contort in pain, but they couldn't make a sound, and their appearance was extremely strange.
Zhou Xuan ignored the two guys and ran forward, his back bent low. He needed to take control of the situation before An Jie arrived, and he couldn't let Wei Xiaoqing be in danger. That An Jie was too terrifying; Zhou Xuan couldn't even imagine what she was capable of doing.
Because the two men sent up didn't stay long, the leader on the side road below didn't suspect anything. He just frowned as he watched the others inspect the five cars, but no matter how they inspected them, they couldn't find any problems.
Zhou Xuan needed to get within 50 meters to control everyone, while at the intersection, the distance between them was about 100 meters. Even if the ice energy was condensed into a beam, it could only control the direction of a certain point. To control everyone without missing a single one, he would have to make them unaware of his presence while keeping them all within his control range.
These people posed virtually no threat to Zhou Xuan. The two guns had already taken care of them. If they had machetes, they would have been no threat at all. However, Zhou Xuan didn't want to let any of them slip through his fingers, because if An Jie got the news, who knew what she would do? If she and her men had guns, they could pose a deadly danger to Zhou Xuan from fifty meters away.
Zhou Xuan absolutely could not withstand such a threat, so he needed to eliminate all these people so that An Jie would not suspect anything when she arrived. As long as she and her people entered within fifty meters of him, he was confident that he could eliminate all their threatening weapons.
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, then pretended to be a passerby, swinging his hands and slowly walking towards the side road. Since he was alone and empty-handed, although it was suspicious, the men didn't pay much attention to him.
Of course, the leader still gave a signal with his eyes, and his three or four subordinates dispersed. Only when Zhou Xuan walked into their encirclement did they feel relieved.
This was exactly the effect Zhou Xuan wanted. As long as they didn't take the opportunity to escape, and once he entered their midst and had them all within fifty meters of him, everything would be fine.
When they reached the side road, two of the five cars were ahead, more than fifty meters away. Therefore, Zhou Xuan had to make his move only when all these people were within his control. Otherwise, if he alarmed them and they scattered, he would be helpless.
Zhou Xuan walked leisurely to the man in the lead. The man stared at him, and five or six other men surrounded him.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "No need to look, I just followed you here."
The man in the lead paused for a moment, then looked up again towards the direction of the highway.
Of course, he couldn't see his two subordinates.
"No need to look anymore, those two people are lying by the roadside," Zhou Xuan said casually, seemingly unconcerned.
Zhou Xuan's words startled the leading man. Seeing how relaxed Zhou Xuan was, he immediately knew that this man was not easy to deal with. Knowing that there were nine of them, he dared to come alone, which meant he was confident. Without the right skills, how could he take on such a difficult task?
The man in the lead immediately whistled, and the remaining men who were still inspecting the car also put down what they were doing and gathered around.
Zhou Xuan chuckled. These people were already under his control, and now they had walked right into his trap. The remaining nine were almost all within five meters of Zhou Xuan; at that distance, even if they wanted to escape, they had no chance.
Zhou Xuan calmed down and smiled at the leading man, saying, "An Jie must be arriving soon, right?"
The man was taken aback, then his expression changed, and he asked in surprise and doubt, "You...who exactly are you?"
Zhou Xuan's words really startled the man.