Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1772 Bloodshed in Green Robes - The Bone-Digging Gang

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Once outside, Lin Feng handed the jade pendant to Lin Yu, his brow furrowed. "Uncle, there's something wrong with Marcus. He said Carano hadn't returned, so how did this jade pendant end up in the arena? It's clearly a Lin family heirloom that Carano took!"

Lin Yu took the half of the jade pendant, stained with blood but still gleaming faintly. He ran his fingertips along the broken marks, his eyes flashing with a crimson light like congealed blood.

He curled his lips into a cold smile, devoid of any warmth, and said indifferently, "Well, so he only paid the price of one leg, which is actually quite lenient with him."

"The fact that this jade pendant appeared here is irrefutable proof. Not only did Carano return, but he may have also left traces, and even... brought people to this vicinity."

“Marcus, either you knew but didn’t report it, or you’re so stupid that you didn’t even realize someone was doing something to you right under your nose.”

The chilling killing intent in his words seemed to intensify the bloody stench of the surrounding ruins.

Lin Yu carefully put away the jade pendant. "Let's go, Pi Kaiding of the Gray Rat Gang! Pry open his mouth, pull out his black tongue, and see which fool is courting death!"

However, when they arrived at the Gray Rat Gang's hideout, which had been decimated, the scene before them made their hearts sink.

Pi Kaiding, the slippery "rat" Marcus had described, lay in a pool of blood, his life hanging by a thread, like a candle flickering in the wind, quickly extinguished.

Lin Yu gestured for the others to step back. The oppressive feeling emanating from his tall figure caused Pi Kaiding, who was on his deathbed, to twitch instinctively.

Lin Yu leaned down, his icy gaze locking onto the pale, ashen face ravaged by blood loss: "Pi Kaiding, who told you to find Carano? Who gave him the things? Who's behind him?!"

Pi Kaiding's unfocused pupils managed to focus slightly, but there was no clear consciousness in them, only fragments of images left after being crushed by immense fear.

He made a hissing sound from his throat, and thick, bloody foam kept oozing from the corners of his mouth. His intermittent babbling was like a groan from a nightmare.

"Blood...so much...so black blood...dragged away...that one in blue...like...like a rag doll...being...being dragged away...towards the 'Old Pit'...below...deeper...the Abyss...a place with no road...no map..."

His body convulsed violently, and his unfocused pupils suddenly dilated, as if the vision in his delirium was more terrifying than the impending death before him, utterly tearing apart the last vestige of clarity in his soul.

Fear froze on his face, becoming his final epitaph.

Finally, his head tilted to the side, his last breath ceased, and he breathed his last.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

Lin Feng's palms felt slightly cold: "Uncle... he said 'in blue'..."

Lin Yu slowly straightened up, his crimson eyes churning with an unprecedented storm of violence.

Pi Kaiding's dying ramblings were like poisoned ice picks, each word piercing his heart.

The blood is so dark—how similar it is to the “sinister sweet and fishy-smelling blood clots” that Marcus mentioned!
The man in blue was dragged away like a rag doll—a horrifying sight that clearly showed his father was seriously injured or kidnapped!
'Old Pit,' 'Abandoned Abyss,' 'A Place Without Roads or Maps'—points to an extremely hidden and dangerous unknown area! Pi Kai is dead, and the clues have not only failed to become clear, but have become even more elusive and perilous amidst the bloodshed.

“Black Tongue…” Lin Yu squeezed out the name through gritted teeth. “It seems I have to go deep into ‘Rust Alley’ myself and meet this ‘old ghost’ hiding in the sewers. Feng’er, get ready, we’re going to venture into that ‘Abyss’!”

Lin Feng felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that the words "Abandoned Abyss" represented a perilous place that even the Lin family's records barely mentioned.

The crimson light in his uncle's eyes, almost burning everything, foreshadowed a storm far more terrifying than the Bone Arena that was about to descend.

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Chen Zhang's proposed joint action plan was approved by Yang Jingxue and Ximen Wenlan, both titled Douluo from the three royal families.

Yang Jingxue has always admired the Chen family's strategic vision, and Ximen Wenlan, newly granted a title, is full of vigor and needs such practical experience to consolidate her reputation and expand the family's influence.

Ximen Wenming's reaction was even more enthusiastic. As the chief steward of Douhun City, he knew the value of the underground network and saw it as an opportunity to increase his influence. The Chen family's proposal was like a godsend.

He immediately approved: "Excellent! Ah Zhang's plan is brilliant! Fighting Soul City should seize this opportunity to make a strong push into this underground dark realm! I fully support it!"

The news spread quickly.

Zhu Yanfeng and Xia Yun split up and visited long-standing allies such as the Xue family, Chen family, and Long family, as well as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School branch.

As Chen Zhang had predicted, no elder family would remain indifferent to the golden opportunity presented by the impending dramatic shift in the underground order.

Besides channels, intelligence, and territory, the underground city also has some rare minerals and soul beast materials.

Douhun City is located in Huading District 9, the home of its ten elder families and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School branch. They intend to expand into the nearby Huagai District 10 and Huaguang District 8.

After discussing it, they concluded that with the power and strength of the Fighting Soul City Alliance, it would be about right to swallow up this underground city of three districts in size.

Although this area only accounts for a small part of the vast underground network, it is strategically located, connecting three bustling districts above ground, and has been managed by several underground forces that have been entrenched for many years, making it like an independent kingdom.

After a brief discussion and exchange of interests, the three major families—the Ma family and the Li family—deal with the Huagai District.

Intelligence indicates that the main troublemakers are four groups: the Bone Diggers (armed mercenaries and bandits), the Sisterhood of Shadows (intelligence/assassination/escape), the Rust Belt Brotherhood (retired soldiers), and the Underground Merchant Guild (unscrupulous merchants).

The "Bone-Digging Gang" is the core of this underground force and the biggest local tyrant.

They lurked like vultures deep within the intricate network of abandoned mine tunnels in the Huagai District. Led by "Iron Jaw" Patton, they numbered two to three thousand, were well-equipped, and were exceptionally fierce.

More importantly, they firmly control an underground market—the economic lifeline and intelligence hub of the underground network, where countless small forces, rogue soul masters, and black market merchants who depend on the Bone Digging Gang or live at their beck and call gather.

The purpose was ostensibly to deal with the Bone-Digging Gang, but in reality, it was necessary to dismantle the entire interest group centered around Patton.

Therefore, the Chen family's strategy: to catch the thief, first catch the king!
Concentrate your forces and strike at the heart of the enemy with overwhelming force, destroy the core resistance of the Bone Digging Gang, and kill or capture their leader, "Iron Jaw" Barton!
Once this pillar falls, the forces that rely on it will be leaderless. The Sisterhood of Shadows, the Rust Belt Brotherhood, and the Underground Merchant Guild will either surrender without resistance or become no threat.

(End of this chapter)