Ultimate: Black Dragon's adopted son, I am the true Demon King!

The younger brother was startled by Gou Hao's gaze, but he still forced himself to explain.

"Boss..."

A clear look of fear flashed in Gou Hao's eyes. Without hesitation, he turned and left, but stopped at the door and turned to look at his men who were beating up Wang Kai.

"Don't let me see him still breathing before I get back."

With a loud bang, the door slammed shut. Looking at the closed door, Wang Kai, overwhelmed by the fists, felt nothing but regret. He opened his mouth to say something, but instead spat out blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs. In the end, his consciousness faded into nothingness, and he fell silent.

"Boss."

As soon as Gou Hao entered the room, he knelt on the ground, keeping a very low profile, and didn't even dare to look up at the young man sitting at an angle.

The young man was wearing a black hoodie and had a dreadlocked braid. He looked very young, no more than eighteen years old.

He leaned back in his chair, his handsome face expressionless, quietly watching Gou Hao kneeling in front of him. His fingers, casually resting on the armrest, seemed to be tapping randomly without any rhythm, but each tap precisely landed on Gou Hao's heartbeat.

Receiving no response for a long time, Gou Hao's heart tightened little by little, and large beads of sweat slid down his neck. If one observed carefully enough, one could see that his body was trembling slightly.

Just when Gou Hao was about to give up, the knocking finally stopped.

"Gou Hao, what did I send you here for?"

Rex propped his head up with his hand, looking indifferently at Gou Hao kneeling on the ground.

"To watch over...to keep watch."

Gou Hao's body trembled violently, and after a moment, a trembling voice came from his mouth.

"I remember, so it seems your head isn't completely broken. But can you tell me, are you sure you've got the place under control?"

Rex disappeared from the seat and reappeared five or six meters away in front of Gou Hao. He squatted down and quietly looked at the other man.

"without....."

Gou Hao had barely uttered a single word when a sharp "slap" rang out across his face, sending him flying.

"Boss, spare me!"

But he seemed oblivious to the burning pain on his face, and scrambled to his feet as fast as he could, his rapidly swollen cheeks filled with terror.

"Why do you think you're still kneeling here talking to me?"

Rex grabbed Gou Hao's hair and forcibly pulled his head up to be at eye level with his own.

"Thank... thank you boss for sparing my life!"

The excruciating pain in his head almost made Gou Hao faint, but even so, he forced himself to thank Rex.

"Who's causing trouble?"

Rex shoved Gou Hao's head away and slowly wiped the bloodstains from his hands, pulling on his clothes.

"Duan Yu, his name is Duan Yu!"

Despite his dizziness, Gou Haoqiang uttered the name that he both hated and feared.

"Send men to find him. He's causing trouble on my turf. I'll see how tough he is."

Rex stood up and waved his hands, which he had just wiped clean.

"I'll go right now!"

Gou Hao breathed a sigh of relief and, ignoring his swaying body, hurriedly left.

........

Nothing happened that night. When Wang Mali opened her eyes again, Duan Yu was no longer beside her. Although last night was for indulgence, Wang Mali still felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.

Wang Mali comforted herself by thinking of it as a dream.

Dressed neatly, Wang Mali was drawn to the plum blossoms on the bed sheet.

After a moment of silence, she cut off that piece by herself. Just as she turned to leave, she was drawn to the white strip of paper on the table out of the corner of her eye.

"telephone number?"

Picking up the slip of paper, a string of numbers clearly caught Wang Mali's eye.

Wang Mali held the note in her hand, hovering it above the trash can for a moment before inexplicably putting it away and turning to leave.

........

The Court of Military Tribunal.

"Halt! Your master allows you to pass."

Wu Shihui appeared before Duan Yu and reached out to stop him.

His response was Duan Yu's size 42 black shoe sole.

The 1.75-meter-tall, 120-pound Wu Shihui was kicked away. Before he could even land, Duan Yu had already shattered the blue bricks beneath his feet and appeared like a ghost directly above Wu Shihui.

In the reflection of Wu Shihui's pupils, Duan Yu raised his right leg above his head and slashed down fiercely.

In a daze, he seemed to see a giant black and gold axe cleaving towards him.

The instant Duan Yu's heel touched the body of the corpse warrior, amidst the exploding sound of bones shattering within his body, he saw the sole of his shoe.

boom!

The blue bricks, which had remained intact for over a decade, shattered into pieces under the impact of the Wu Shi Hui, sending fragments flying and stirring up choking dust.

As the dust settled, all the blue bricks within a five-meter radius of the corpse vanished, and even the ground sank three or four meters down.

The corpse lay in the center of the pit, its body torn apart, with only a few inches of skin connecting it.

Wu Shihui seemed oblivious to his own body's condition, merely staring with dim eyes at Duan Yu who appeared beside him.

"Even the Corpse Master has to address me respectfully as Young Master. Who do you think you are, daring to boss me around like that?"

With a forceful grip on the corpse's destroyed right arm, it snapped off at the root with a tearing sound.

Shaking off the arm in his hand, Duan Yu raised his right foot, already aiming at Wu Shihui's knee.

"That's enough, stop."

The black dragon's deep voice rang out, echoing throughout the entire Martial Law Court.

Click!

The only response to the black dragon was the sound of Wu Shihui's knees being crushed.

The black dragon turned its head to look at Duan Yu, and the surrounding temperature dropped to zero in an instant.

"I'm sorry, Godfather, I'm a little unsteady on one leg."

Duan Yu looked annoyed and put away his right foot, which he hadn't managed to crush the corpse's left knee.

"I sent Hui to fetch you, but he's turned out like this now. Are you upset with him, or with me?"

A green light flashed in the black dragon's eyes, and a bone-chilling cold enveloped Duan Yu.

"Yu'er is only targeting this lowly servant. To put it mildly, it's a case of not distinguishing between master and servant; to put it more seriously, it's an act of insubordination. Such a wicked servant naturally needs to be severely punished."

"Putting that aside for now, I need a reasonable explanation for why he didn't come home last night."

The chill around him intensified once more. Duan Yu knew that if his answer failed to satisfy the Black Dragon, he would face the Black Dragon's unleashed fury.

"Didn't Godfather want to turn KO.Two into a zombie?"

"What does this have to do with your outburst at the Black Cat Hotel?"

Heilong's answer convinced Duan Yu that the other party already knew what had happened last night, but he was not flustered at all.

"Given Rex's meticulous nature, he will inevitably choose revenge. At that time, his adoptive father won't even need to lift a finger; the other party will come to him on their own."

"I know what I'm doing in this matter, why are you adding unnecessary details? From now on, you are not allowed to act on your own without my orders."

Black Dragon gave a cold shout, seemingly unappreciative.

"Yu'er will remember this."

Duan Yu nodded in agreement, and his voice rang out once more.

"Yu'er has another matter she would like to ask her godfather for."

"What is it?"

The black dragon, who had previously turned his gaze away, looked at Duan Yu once more.

"Yu'er wants more free time; only by balancing relaxation and exercise can she improve her skills."

"Cultivation is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind. How can there be any talk of relaxation and restraint? It seems you have been a bit restless lately, and your father needs to help you calm down."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Yu felt a mountain-like aura rushing towards him, and in a daze, a green-eyed black dragon pounced on him.