Chapter 69 - Deadly Fight

Now only Xiang and Benedict are there. Without the slightest warning, Xiang immediately dashed towards Benedict who was still standing firmly in his place.

Benedict had descended onto the floor Xiang was on, so they were only a few meters away and faced each other.

Xiang jumped up and gave Benedict his right knee as the opening reward for the fight they were about to do, while Benedict had already clenched his fist and rewarded Xiang with a very strong left hand punch.

Baaaam! ...

***

Xiang was thrown a few meters back and immediately fell on the floor, while Benedict only jerked slightly as a result of the knee strike that Xiang gave him. Xiang should have known that fighting the ugly bear was not the right thing to do. And also, the difference in their strength would of course be enormous.

Moreover, Benedict is someone who grew up fighting punch against punch, while Xiang is a person who focuses on being an assassin, always killing his victims quickly and efficiently without a trace. Fighting someone like Benedict in a face-to-face fight, was Xiang's worst option.

However, Xiang did not do this without a reason. At the first blow he received from Benedict earlier, a few drops of blood had already come out from the corner of his lips. Xiang got up, wiped the blood from the corners of his lips with his right hand and smiled broadly.

"Looks like the power of your blows has increased in the years we haven't met. What did you eat?" Xiang asked with a curious reason, while showing an annoying expression to provoke Benedict.

Benedict didn't answer and immediately ran towards Xiang. For such a large body size, being able to move so agile and fast is like a 'cheat' in a video game. Benedict continued to throw punches and kicks at Xiang, while Xiang could only dodge and block Benedict's attacks every now and then.

Xiang lowered his head as Benedict threw a punch with his right hand, launching a counterattack in the form of a punch to Benedict's left thigh which made his massive body kneel on one leg.

Xiang jumped up and put both hands around Benedict's neck from behind, trying to choke him as hard as he could.

Benedict, whose neck was strangled from behind, jumped up and tried to slam his own body, so that Xiang who was behind him also slammed on the concrete floor. Xiang used the momentum to knock Benedict's head against the floor very hard.

Benedict really does. He jumped up and slammed himself onto the floor. And with a very precise calculation, Xiang released his choke on Benedict's neck, jumped and pushed Benedict's head to the floor, taking advantage of the momentum as Benedict slammed his own body against the concrete floor.

Craassshhhh! ...

In his heart, Xiang laughed loudly because Benedict seemed to be doing something stupid. Dan Xiang took advantage of Benedict's recklessness and stupidity to smash Benedict's head against the very hard floor.

Xiang didn't stop there, he quickly grabbed Benedict's left hand and locked it as hard as he could, hoping to break his bones and make defeating him much easier.

But unexpectedly, Benedict lifted Xiang with only one hand, that is, his locked left hand. He tried to slam Xiang's body to the floor but Xiang had already released the lock on Benedict's left hand, shifted to occupy Benedict's body who was lying on the floor and threw several combination of quick punches all over Benedict's body.

Xiang, who was initially confident because Benedict did not fight back at all, only survived and protected himself from Xiang's insistent attacks, now that confidence seemed to suddenly disappear from him.

Benedict stopped parrying Xiang's attack, his hands were no longer clenched in front of his body. Xiang saw that Benedict was no longer in a defensive position and now looked upset, he was caught between two options. Should he step back and anticipate Benedict's next move, or should he step up and attack while Benedict is not on the defensive?

There was no time to hesitate. The time bomb he swallowed a moment ago was also going to explode in less than eight minutes. If he doubted, then he would only confirm his own death.

Benedict pushed Xiang's body which was on top of him very hard, causing Xiang to be thrown a few steps back, while Benedict was back on his feet. Benedict smiled broadly, making a gesture as if to provoke Xiang to attack him again, and he would do nothing. Benedict was stating that he was underestimating Xiang blatantly, although Benedict didn't say anything from his mouth, only made gestures with his hands, while his mouth only smiled irritably.

Xiang also jumped and threw a straight kick with his right foot. His soles landed on Benedict's solar plexus. However, Benedict's reaction made Xiang frown.

Benedict just smiled broadly.

Impossible! No matter how strong his body was, if he had a crushing blow to one of the vital points on his body, there was no way he wouldn't feel any pain at all!

Dan Xiang was also sure he had put all his strength into his kick, but Benedict just flinched without showing any reaction, as if his body was numb from the pain.

Wait a minute.

Could it be ...

"From your current expression, I can tell that you are confused about why I can't feel anything." said Benedict, making Xiang pull the sole of his shoe from Benedict's upper abdomen and jump backwards to increase the distance between them even if only slightly.

Xiang also realized it. Yes, it can't be anything else. Benedict must have injected anesthetic into his own body before fighting Xiang. And that, of course, is a very cowardly act. But, does the word 'cowardly' still have any effect in the Underworld? It seemed, what was rarely encountered and could hardly be found in the Underworld was the word 'fair'.

Xiang laughed crisply. "Come on, your friend has already put an explosive device in my body, should you use an anesthetic to relieve the pain in your body too? This is becoming even more unfair. Even the last time we fought, I couldn't beat you. And this time, you really changed from someone I have to surpass, to someone utterly disgusting. "

Benedict took off his shirt and showed a big body full of muscles which must be very intimidating for anyone who saw it. "Maybe you've forgotten, let me remind you of one thing. In the Underworld, there is no clean fight in a war."

Baaammm! ...

Xiang was thrown several meters back as Benedict gave him a raw blow that landed very hard on his left cheek.

"Looks like David is wasting his time recruiting naive people like you." said Benedict which made Xiang speechless.

Benedict, who initially smiled triumphantly, now had to get rid of the smile on his lips when Xiang stood back up while laughing loudly. "Is there something funny?"

Xiang stopped his laughter and looked at Benedict with very sharp eyes, even though his lips still had a smile. "Looks like David overvalued you. You're ... too gross to be called a dangerous opponent."

Benedict also smiled. "Is that what you think?"

Xiang took off his bomber jacket, stretched his collarbone by moving his head to the left and right alternately and closing his eyes. Taking a deep breath before exhaling slowly and opening his eyes again, staring at Benedict with a very sharp gaze.

Somehow Benedict felt goosebumps at the look Xiang gave him.

Such familiar gaze.

Yes, it can't be wrong. It was 'his' gaze.

The same gaze as David Stockholm's, the gaze that the Demon Prince gave him whenever he was about to enter the battlefield with the least chance of survival.

The look that David would give when he learned that his life was at hand.

Such a gaze that was so terrifying that it would make a real devil even take a step back if they saw it.

Benedict also gave an excited expression. "Good, Xiang Quanmeng! That's what I've been waiting for! Let's end this shit right now once and for all!" shouted Benedict, beating his own chest hard.

Now both Xiang and Benedict have decided to end this battle and will fight with their own lives at stake.

A very brutal fight was about to explode.

***

David threw away the gun as soon as he ran out of bullets. But his last bullet had knocked out the last person. David was about to go to where Xiang is, but his steps were stopped when someone's presence came out of the corner of his eye.

David stopped his steps and turned his head, so that he caught eye contact with the person enjoying the nicotine stick sandwiched between his upper and lower lips.

"Huffft ..." the man in the hoodie jacket exhaled the smoke of pleasure from the nicotine stick he was inhaling from his mouth and smiled at David. "Yo, Hendrick's insolent illegitimate child. Long time no see."

David didn't answer. He stepped his feet closer to that person. Faster and faster until he actually runs. And without the slightest warning David lunged at him, intending to kill the man in one fatal blow.

However, an unexpected thing made him kneel down while clutching his side stomach.

Bang! ...

David knelt on one leg while clutching the bullet wound in his left abdomen.

The man threw away the nicotine rod and put the gun right in front of David's eyes. "Looks like your naïve nature can't be cured at all. Do you think this will become like a street fight?"

"Cut the bullshit and pull the damn trigger, Steve." David challenged with a smile, even though his expression looked quite difficult to endure the pain from the shot of a bullet from Steve's gun, which is now lodged in the side of his stomach, to be precise is on the left side.

Steve chuckled softly and drew his gun back. "I can't kill you right now. Catty has something fancier for you."

"Why would you want to be that rotten bitch's pet?"

Steve didn't answer, instead turned to another topic. "Tomorrow, Catty will actually raise the flag of war with you. She asked me to tell you this. And that's when I'll be happy to send you to where Hendrick Brasco is."

"Oh yeah, your friend is fighting Benedict right now. I've put an explosive device in his body, and also, Isaac has planted a bomb that will bring down this place. If you don't leave soon, then the war between you and Catty won't be carried out. "

"Do you think I'll just leave my friend?"

Steve smiled, "I was expecting you to say such grossly disgusting sweet things like that."

Steve stabs David in the neck with an anesthetic injection with a very fast movement of his hand, and David slowly loses consciousness until he is completely knocked down.

And by the time David regained consciousness, it was too late.