You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

The darkness descended too suddenly.

Chaos erupted instantly in the banquet hall. Screams, the sound of tables and chairs collapsing, and the panicked shouts and curses of the mercenaries mingled together.

"Damn it! The power's out!"

"Turn on the tactical flashlight! Don't let him get away!"

"Fire! Spray fire in the middle!"

The mercenaries frantically switched on their tactical flashlights, blinding white beams sweeping wildly through the darkness. Accompanied by the Laughing Buddha's roar from the second floor, several submachine guns began blindly unleashing a hail of bullets in the direction where Lin Chen had just stood.

"Da da da da da!"

A hail of bullets struck the empty seats and floor, sending sparks flying.

However, Lin Chen was no longer there.

At the very last second before the lights went out, Lin Chen grabbed Ye Qingcheng's slender waist, and with a sudden burst of speed, he slid into a safe corner of a load-bearing pillar, like a black lightning bolt.

"Stay here, close your eyes, and don't come out no matter what you hear," Lin Chen whispered in Ye Qingcheng's ear.

"Be careful, honey." Ye Qingcheng nodded obediently, without any hesitation.

After settling Ye Qingcheng in, Lin Chen turned around and faced the darkness that was fragmented by the beam of the flashlight.

[God-level night vision activated!]

[God-level hearing has been activated!]

In Lin Chen's vision, the once pitch-black banquet hall had turned into a clear, dark green. The heartbeats, breathing sounds, and even the friction of fingers on triggers of every mercenary were amplified countless times by Lin Chen's god-like hearing.

To others, this is a hell where you can't see your hand in front of your face.

But in Lin Chen's eyes, these mercenaries were like blind, live targets!

[Grandmaster-level combat techniques are now available!]

[God-level parkour is now available!]

Lin Chen did not draw his gun. In this confined space, the muzzle flash from a gun would instantly reveal his position, and it would also easily injure the guests who were crouching on the ground trembling.

He wanted to use the most primitive and violent means to end this group of scum.

A mercenary closest to the load-bearing pillar was holding a gun, his tactical flashlight beam flailing wildly as he groped his way forward, cursing under his breath.

He was completely unaware that a dark shadow had already crept up behind him like a ghost.

Without a word, Lin Chen suddenly reached out with both hands, covering the other person's mouth with his left hand and grabbing his chin with his right, and then suddenly twisted his jaw!

"Snap!"

A chilling sound of bones breaking echoed in the darkness.

The mercenary didn't even have time to let out a scream before his cervical spine shattered instantly, and his body went limp like a lump of mud.

Lin Chen seized the tactical dagger from his waist, leaving a blur in his wake, and pounced on his next target.

"Third brother! What's going on over there? Answer me!" A mercenary nearby noticed something was wrong and suddenly shone his flashlight beam over.

In the instant the beam of light swept across, he only saw a cold face flash before his eyes!

The next second, a cold, sharp glint of light pierced the air.

"Pfft!"

The tactical knife precisely severed his carotid artery. Scalding blood gushed out, splattering onto the wall beside him. He clutched his neck, his breath gurgling, and collapsed to the ground, convulsing in despair.

"He's there! Open fire!"

The other three mercenaries finally spotted Lin Chen's afterimage and immediately turned their guns around.

But Lin Chen was too fast!

He pushed off the ground with both legs, his body soaring into the air. Using god-level parkour skills, he took two quick steps against the wall beside him, and plunged directly into the center of the three people's formation from mid-air.

"Bang! Bang!"

The moment Lin Chen landed, his right leg swept out. The immense force broke the shinbones of two mercenaries, who screamed and fell to their knees.

Immediately afterwards, the dagger in Lin Chen's hand transformed into a ball of cold light.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The sound of blades slicing through flesh rang out rapidly. The tendons in the hands and feet of the three mercenaries had all been severed!

The mercenary, rendered incapacitated, lay in a pool of blood, letting out a piercing scream.

"A ghost! There's a ghost!"

"He's not human! You can't hit him at all!"

In the darkness, the unknown fear completely shattered the psychological defenses of these desperados. They began to fire blindly and indiscriminately, and some even turned on each other in the dark due to extreme panic, killing one another.

The pungent smell of blood quickly filled the enclosed banquet hall, making people nauseous.

Only two minutes had passed.

When the cruise ship's backup generator finally started, the emergency lights overhead in the banquet hall snapped on.

The entire first-floor lobby had been transformed into a horrific scene of carnage.

More than forty fully armed elite mercenaries lay sprawled in pools of blood, none of them still able to stand and breathe. The wealthy guests, who were already half-dead with fear, were even more terrified upon seeing the carnage, unable to even scream, and instead covered their mouths and vomited violently.

And in the very center of the hall.

Lin Chen stood quietly amidst the corpses scattered on the ground. His well-tailored black suit remained spotless, without a single drop of blood on it.

He casually tossed the blunted tactical dagger to the ground, making a crisp "clang" sound.

Then, Lin Chen slowly raised his head, his cold gaze piercing the Smiling Buddha, who was slumped on the ground in fear in the second-floor private room.