"Arthur, what should we do now? Are you supposed to just stand idly by?" The elders paled. "We don't have to just sit on our thumbs. We can deal with this. The Southern Boss and the Western Boss are equally powerful as us. If we are in a stand-off, they won't be able to defeat us that easily." Arthur scoffed, not giving up on the idea to face the Southern Boss."Arthur, what do you mean?" The elders were slightly confused. "It's simple. Angus, you will arrange for all the elderly, children, and women to move to a safe location. All members that are in the Almighty State will stay and wait for the Southern Boss and the Western Boss to arrive. We shall face them! Given our strength, even if we can't defeat them, we can stall and wait for Mister Wolf to arrive. That shouldn't be challenging," Arthur said. Since the Southern Boss likely reached the Peak Almighty State and had the help of the Western Boss along with the Fermers, they were powerful enough to rival the Thompsons. Sti
"Angus, what are you trying to do? I'm warning you. Let me go or my dad will kill you all!" Rodney, whom John restrained, roared. Still, he was terrified. Ever since the Thompsons captured him and Joel, they were yet to kill him out of fear of the Southern Boss. However, Joel was less lucky. On the seventh day since Yonas's death, the Thompsons took Joel's life to appease Yonas's spirit. Now that Joel was dead, he was the only one left as hostage under the Thompsons' restrain. When Angus suddenly brought him out of his cell, he initially thought that he was finally meeting his end.Hence, his heart was filled with fear. However, he was helpless and was at their mercy. Angus ignored Rodney and hurried toward Arthur and the elders along with John and Rodney. "Angus, why did you bring Rodney here?" Arthur and the others were shocked. "Uncle, the Southern Boss bears ill intention. Maybe we can stall by using Rodney as a hostage," Angus said cautiously. Given the circum
"No! Uncle, I can't leave. I'm a member of the Thompsons. Now that our family's in danger, I can stand aside and leave you!" Angus shook his head. "What?""No! Angus, you're our leader. We can't risk you.""You need to leave now!"...Arthur and the other elders were taken aback and they all tried to convince him to leave. "Uncle, it's precisely because I'm the head of this family that I can't leave! If I abandon my own family to save my own life, what right do I have to lead the family?" Angus said with determination. As a man, there were duties he had to fulfill. Arthur and the others were his blood and he could not abandon his own family just to survive on his own. He could not possibly do this. On top of that, the Thompsons had equal power as the Southern Boss and the Western Boss. Even if he stayed, the Southern Boss may not be able to do much to them and Angus was not worried. "But," Arthur and the others were reluctant to give up and they tried to convince Angu
"This must be the infamous Western Boss!" Arthur turned to the Western Boss. The Western Boss was the ruler of the underground society in the Western region and rarely crossed paths with the Thompsons. Hence, Arthur only heard of the Western Boss and the two never met. Still, judging from the overbearing presence of the man before him, he could guess who he was. "How do you know who I am?" The Western Boss frowned in bafflement. He came to the southern region with the Southern Boss to ambush the Thompsons and rescue Rodney. This was a secret mission and apart from Felton and the Apostles, no one knew about it. Yet, not only did Arthur guess who he was, but he also had people stationed outside as though he knew they were coming. This caught him by surprise and he could not figure out how the Thompsons found out about this. Naturally, he considered if something happened to Felton and the Apostles, causing them to leak information about their plan. However, he soon dis
"You wouldn't dare! Angus, if you dare to harm my son, I'll make sure that every member of the Thompsons dies today!" The Southern Boss did not take Angus's threat seriously. After the Spears fell apart, the Southern Boss lost almost everything. However, the same could not be said about the Thompsons. The Thompsons were a big family with many members. With so much dead weight around, he knew that Angus would not harm Rodney out of fear so he was not affected by Angus's threat. "You want to kill all of us? How arrogant!" Arthur laughed angrily. "Arthur, you'll find out if I'm just being arrogant soon enough," The Southern Boss narrowed his eyes sharply. As he spoke, he leaped into action swiftly and darted toward Angus to rescue Rodney. Though he was certain that Angus dared not to harm Rodney, it was still an issue that Rodney was at the Thompsons' mercy. Hence, he took advantage of Angus's distraction and attacked out of the blue to save Rodney. "The Peak Almighty St
"The Peak Almighty State? Arthur, you're actually in the Peak Almighty State! How's this possible?" The Southern Boss was stunned. After the initial encounter, he could tell that Arthur was actually in the Peak Almighty State as well. He could not understand how Arthur got to the next level from the Advanced Almighty State. After all, it was very challenging for martial artists in the Almighty State to get a breakthrough, especially for those who were old like Arthur as their bodily functions were deteriorating. This made having a breakthrough even harder. Hence, in both the southern and western regions, most older martial artists were stuck in the Intermediate Almighty State and struggled to reach the Advanced Almighty State. Yet, the Southern Boss only left the southern region for half a month and Arthur managed to get to the Peak Almighty State. This was so surreal that he would never believe it to be true if he did not see it with his own eyes. "Why is it impossible
Taking advantage of their stunned stage, the Western Boss soon reached Angus."Oh, no!" Angus paled. Not daring to underestimate his opponent, Angus immediately backed away in an attempt to dodge the attack, grabbing Rodney along with him. Unfortunately, he was only in the Initial Almighty State. His speed and explosive power could not hold a candle to the Western Boss. No matter how hard he tried, he could not get away from the range of the Western Boss’s attack and could only watch as the attack grew closer. He had thought of using Rodney as a hostage to stop the Western Boss. However, the Western Boss was not the Southern Boss and was not related to Rodney at all. It would likely not work if he tried to threaten the Western Boss using Rodney as leverage. Just as the Southern Boss had predicted, the Thompsons were a big family. The Western Boss was powerful and posed a great threat to them all. So long as the Western Boss was alive, he dared not to kill Rodney and fi
Once the Southern Boss was near, the Western Boss smiled and let go of Rodney. "Southern Boss, I've rescued your son for you. I've fulfilled my promise!" He led the Fermers here with the Southern Boss to ambush the Thompsons and rescue Rodney. To his pleasant surprise, things went far smoother than he imagined and he managed to rescue Rodney without much effort. This worked perfectly to his advantage as he could avoid attacking, which may lead to casualty amongst the Fermers. "Western Boss, thank you!" The Southern Boss was overjoyed. "Great! I'm finally saved." Rodney was excited as well. He was terrified every single day he was a prisoner of the Thompsons. Now that he was finally free, he was relieved. "Rodney, are you alright? You must've suffered a lot," The Southern Boss turned to his son and felt guilty when he saw how tormented Rodney looked. "I'm fine, but the Thompsons have been torturing and humiliating me. Dad, you have to avenge me!" Rodney suppressed his ex