44: Chapter 44 The Intimidating Power of the Dragon

He didn't finish his sentence, but Su Wan already understood.

What if they woke up that little girl, what if they made her unhappy, what if she started crying and making a fuss...

The consequences were not something they could bear.

Su Wan stared blankly at Captain Huo Xiao, realizing for the first time that a person could be this cautious.

Captain Huo Xiao led Su Wan, walking quickly through the alley to the front of that ordinary two-story building.

The courtyard was very quiet.

Those few nearly withered potted flowers were still there.

Captain Huo Xiao stood at the doorway and took a deep breath.

Then he raised his hand and knocked lightly three times.

Knock, knock, knock.

The door opened.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman, wearing an apron, holding a rag in her hand.

An ordinary housewife.

But the moment Captain Huo Xiao saw her, his knees went weak.

That kind of oppressive feeling wasn't intentional; just by standing there, she made people unable to breathe.

"Who are you looking for?" Li Xiulan asked.

Captain Huo Xiao swallowed hard: "I... I am looking for Mr. Wang Dashan."

Li Xiulan stepped aside to let them pass: "Come in."

Captain Huo Xiao and Su Wan walked into the house.

The living room was not big, and the furnishings were old.

A middle-aged man was sitting on the sofa, watching TV.

Cartoons were playing on the TV.

Next to him sat a little girl, holding a rabbit doll, staring intently at the screen.

Wang Dashan turned his head and glanced at them.

That one glance.

Su Wan's legs went weak immediately, and she almost knelt down.

She felt secretly relieved that she hadn't embarrassed Dark Blade and hadn't been scared by the other party.

At this moment, Captain Huo Xiao's back was already soaked with cold sweat.

He walked in front of Wang Dashan, bent his knees, and knelt down directly.

"Mr. Chen Long, I have arrived."

Su Wan was stunned on the spot.

Her leader, the founder of Dark Blade, a Level 6 powerhouse, a figure who could make this entire camp tremble just by stomping his foot...

Was currently kneeling straight in front of an ordinary middle-aged man.

Without any hesitation, without any unwillingness.

It was like worshipping a god.

Su Wan's knees also went weak.

With a thud, she also knelt down.

Wang Dashan leaned back on the sofa, looking at the two people kneeling in front of him, his face expressionless.

"Do you know me?"

Captain Huo Xiao lowered his head and said respectfully:

"Mr. Chen Long of the Twelve Zodiacs, of course I know you."

"A few years ago, I even participated in the member selection for the Twelve Zodiacs."

"At that time, you personally summoned me."

Wang Dashan stared at him for two seconds, his eyebrows slightly raised.

Then he leaned back on the sofa, as if recalling something.

"I remember now, there was indeed someone like you."

Captain Huo Xiao's eyes widened slightly, a hint of uncontrollable excitement flashing in the depths of his eyes.

"Your Superpower... seems to be Regeneration and Fission, right?"

"That Superpower is quite good; I have an impression of it."

Captain Huo Xiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"Yes! Yes! I didn't expect you to still remember me..."

His voice was trembling slightly.

Ten years ago, he was just a nobody who had just awakened,

Standing in the venue for the Twelve Zodiacs selection, looking from afar at the person sitting in the seat of honor.

That person just glanced at him and said a few words, which made him excited for a whole month.

Later, he failed the selection, but that person's figure had always been engraved in his heart.

Ten years later, he became the leader of Dark Blade and could be considered a person of status in this camp.

But at this moment, kneeling in front of this person, he realized he was still the same little nobody from back then, looking up to a god.

Wang Dashan looked at him and suddenly smiled.

That smile was exactly the same as Wang Lin's.

"Since you know me, that makes things easier."

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible pressure, like a great mountain, pressed down out of thin air.

Captain Huo Xiao and Su Wan's bodies froze at the same time.

They felt as if they had fallen into a quagmire.

Not an ordinary quagmire, but a bottomless abyss where it was impossible to move.

Their blood flow slowed down, breathing became difficult, and every movement required using all their strength.

This was the pressure of Mr. Chen Long.

Cold sweat broke out on Captain Huo Xiao's forehead, but he did not beg for mercy; he just knelt there, waiting.

Wang Dashan looked at him and said indifferently: "Your Superpower is Regeneration; if you leave behind ten arms, this matter will be considered settled."

Captain Huo Xiao felt a flash of joy, then his expression darkened.

Regenerating ten arms was not difficult for him.

His Calamity Superpower was Regeneration and Fission; regrowing a severed arm was just a matter of time.

But the problem was that under Wang Dashan's pressure, his movements were suppressed, and his Superpower was also suppressed.

The recovery Speed would be much slower.

But he had no room to bargain.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen Long."

Captain Huo Xiao drew a dagger from the side of his right leg.

That dagger had been with him for five years, sharp enough to cut iron like mud, having killed Mist Beasts and people alike.

He never thought that one day he would use this dagger to cut off his own hand.

He took a deep breath, and the blade flashed.

His left hand was severed at the wrist and fell to the ground, blood spurting out.

Captain Huo Xiao let out a muffled groan, the veins on his forehead bulging.

He gritted his teeth and activated the power of Regeneration within his body; the severed wrist began to squirm, and new granulation tissue slowly grew.

But the Speed was very slow.

Half as slow as usual.

A wound that usually healed in a dozen seconds now took half a minute.

He waited for half a minute, and his left hand grew back.

He did not hesitate at all and swung the blade again.

The second left hand fell to the ground.

This time the recovery was even slower.

One minute.

He gritted his teeth and waited, sweat dripping down his cheeks.

The third slash.

Two minutes.

The fourth slash.

Five minutes.

The fifth slash.

Ten minutes.

Each recovery was slower than the previous one.

By the eighth slash, the granulation tissue at the severed wrist was almost not growing at all.

Those granulation tissues squirmed like dying insects, so slowly it made one anxious.

Captain Huo Xiao looked up at Wang Dashan.

Wang Dashan's expression hadn't changed; he was still leaning on the sofa, watching him.

But Captain Huo Xiao saw a hint of impatience in those eyes.

Just a hint.

Captain Huo Xiao's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

He knew he couldn't wait any longer.

He did not hesitate.

He gripped the dagger with his right hand, and then... the blade flashed...

This time he didn't cut his left hand.

It was his right hand.

His entire right arm was severed at the shoulder and fell heavily to the ground.

Wang Dashan was stunned for a moment.

Just for an instant.

But Captain Huo Xiao caught that instant.

In Wang Dashan's eyes, there was a trace of shock and a trace of admiration.

Captain Huo Xiao had no time to be happy.

Both of his arms were gone.

Nine.

He had only cut off nine arms.

One more was missing.

He looked down at the dagger on the ground.

The blade was covered in blood, reflecting a dark red light under the lamp.

Captain Huo Xiao bent down and used his mouth to pick up the back of the dagger.

He bit the back of the blade and slowly stood up.

He turned around and looked at Su Wan.

Step by step, he walked towards her.

Su Wan knelt on the ground, looking at Captain Huo Xiao in front of her...

Without arms, covered in blood, with a blood-stained dagger in his mouth, walking towards her step by step.

Like a demon crawling out of hell.

Su Wan instinctively took a step back.

Then she saw Captain Huo Xiao's eyes.