At that moment, seeing the pompous Reed Flower Rooster only fueled the raging fire bursting from his chest, and he stretched out his foot intending to kick the damned bird to death.

The Spiritual Spring and Inner Strength inside the Reed Flower Rooster were taking effect. It wasn't just Hong Du who couldn't kick it, even a trained martial artist wouldn't be able to land a hit.

"Cluck cluck cluck…"

The Reed Flower Rooster seemed intent on mocking Hong Du. It precisely dodged the kick aimed at it and fiercely pecked at his shin.

Ah!

Hong Du immediately let out a weird scream from the peck, clutching his shin and rolling on the ground in pain, clearly having sustained quite an injury.

If it were an ordinary chicken, of course, it wouldn't have made such an impact. However, the beak of the Reed Flower Rooster was enhanced by Inner Strength and Spiritual Spring. That peck felt almost like being stabbed with a knife, and how could Hong Du endure it?

"Boss, how are you?"

Seeing Hong Du toppled to the ground by a chicken and expressing such agony, his gang looked at each other, dumbfounded. Yet, they couldn't just leave their boss lying there, so they hurriedly scrambled onto the stage to help Hong Du up.

"Idiots, a bunch of idiots! Quick! Go catch that chicken! Catch him!"

Hong Du felt he had lost all face today and blurted out without caring for himself, pointing at the Reed Flower Rooster that was still nodding and shaking its head nearby, and loudly howling at his followers.

Seeing that he actually wanted them to catch the chicken, his followers exchanged glances, but didn't dare go against Hong Du's wishes and reluctantly surrounded the Reed Flower Rooster, attempting to trap it.

However, if the Reed Flower Rooster could handle Hong Du, it naturally wasn't going to consider these disorganized followers a threat. It led them on a wild chase around the stage.

After a chaotic chase, not only did the followers fail to catch a single feather, but they also ended up bruised and swollen, looking utterly disheveled.

The gamblers below, who were initially in a bad mood from losing money, couldn't help but burst into laughter at the sight of their hapless state…

Whoosh!

Seeing these people being made to jump around by a chicken, Ling Zhenfei found it hilarious. He immediately puckered his lips and whistled at the Reed Flower Rooster.

Strangely enough, the Reed Flower Rooster, which had just been tormenting everyone to the point of exhaustion, immediately straightened upon hearing Ling Zhenfei's whistle. It swiftly ran to his feet.

The affectionate behavior left everyone dumbfounded.

This Reed Flower Rooster was simply incredible! It could even recognize its owner, something not even specially trained military dogs could possibly beat!

"Alright, Boss Hong, now that you've had enough fun, let's settle the gambling debts first!"

Ling Zhenfei ignored everyone's astonishment, handed the Reed Flower Rooster to the equally stupefied Zhao Shuang and his wife, and then directly jumped onto the stage, standing in front of Hong Du.

Hong Du had just had a rough time with the chicken and was barely recovering. He grimaced, pressing on his shin as he half crouched, looking up with gritted teeth glaring at Ling Zhenfei, and shouted, "Kid, you played tricks on me, this round doesn't count!"

What? This round... doesn't count?

Upon hearing Hong Du's words, the crowd below instantly erupted like a pot boiling over.

However, the gamblers had placed considerable bets on the Green Fighting Rooster, and if it really didn't count, they could have recouped considerable losses. If it were possible for it not to count, they would be more than happy!

But upon hearing Hong Du's words, Zhao Shuang and Zhang Qin, the married couple, looked greatly alarmed.

Just now, upon seeing that the Reed Flower Rooster had won, they had been extremely delighted, and they hadn't even finished celebrating yet. Were they suddenly going to plunge into a deep valley now?

Ling Zhenfei glanced over the audience below, naturally noticing the anxious expressions of Zhao Shuang and his wife. He immediately gave them a look, signaling them not to worry, that he would handle everything.

"Not count? Hong Du, do you think you're the only one with a big mouth? Saying it doesn't count just because you say so?"

Ling Zhenfei withdrew his fierce gaze, slowly squatted down in front of Hong Du, his eyes sharply narrowing as he stared intently at Hong Du, his words cold as ice, "Boss Hong, this is our bet, and you'd better stick to the agreement. Otherwise..."

The rest of Ling Zhenfei's sentence went unsaid, but through the chilling ferocity looming in his cold eyes, everyone could feel a grim killing aura beginning to reveal itself.

"You! You dare..."

As soon as Hong Du felt the chilling killing intent in Ling Zhenfei's eyes, he was immediately terrified, his body shuddering as he involuntarily stepped back, his eyes filled with undisguised fear: "Kid, don't mess around!"

"Mess around? Haha, that I certainly won't do!"

At these words, the killing intent in Ling Zhenfei's eyes grew even colder. He took a step forward and coldly laughed, "A gambler should honor his bets, that's a basic principle. I'm a man of my word, and Boss Hong, if you really want to deny your debts, I don't mind getting rough..."

"You… you..."

Ling Zhenfei's imposing aura was not to be underestimated, and Hong Du clearly felt this killing intent, but he was not willing to be threatened and manipulated by Ling Zhenfei just like that.

Immediately bearing the pain in his leg, he backed away while shouting to his stunned underlings, "Go! Stop him!"

Although these underlings all knew Ling Zhenfei was not someone to be trifled with, they could not disobey their leader's command and had to brace themselves and charge at him.

Plop! Plop!

However, for a master like Ling Zhenfei, these underlings with no foundation in martial arts were utterly no challenge. They had barely approached him when Ling Zhenfei with a small display of his skills knocked them all to the ground without fail.

"How about that, Boss Hong? Do you have any more tricks up your sleeve? Rush them all out now!"

After dealing with all the underlings, Ling Zhenfei then coldly approached Hong Du, speaking disdainfully.

"This... I... Brother, let's talk this over! Let's have a good talk!" Seeing his own underlings dispatched so effortlessly, Hong Du felt as if his heart was bleeding.

Helpless as the young man before him was too formidable, a wise man knew better than to take a direct hit, so he immediately switched to another face, hastily smiling at Ling Zhenfei, "Brother, I lost, isn't paying the money enough?"

"Haha, Boss Hong, now that's the right attitude to solve the problem!"

Seeing the aggrieved expression on Hong Du's face, Ling Zhenfei secretly amused himself, then stretched out his hand and said, "Since Boss Hong has said so, honor the bet, bring me all of Zhao Shuang's IOUs. Also, you owe me five hundred thousand, and you should pay every penny of it!"

"Yes! Yes! Come with me!"

Hong Du, with a distressed face, had no choice but to endure the pain as he stood up, supported by an underling, leading Ling Zhenfei to a room in the back.

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