Leader Ying seemed to be frightened by the situation and forgot to resist. He even forgot to use his incredible magic to turn the tables and was directly taken hostage by Yue Dingtang.

"Help! Help!" Leader Ying shouted without hesitation.

If Ling Shu had some interest in this confident Leader Ying before, he was now completely embarrassed by him. The defeat was too fast, and he didn't even want to look at him anymore.

But it was impossible not to look, with a hostage in hand, they might be able to leave smoothly.

As soon as this thought came to mind, the door of the small room was kicked open from the outside!

Two men in black rushed in, shooting at them without hesitation.

With quick reflexes, Ling Shu pulled Yang Chunhe and shoved her under the table, while he slid under the two guards as a shield.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several gunshots rang out, and the two guards were instantly covered in blood, their eyes wide open in death.

This was a massacre of both friend and foe!

Not only that, but the two gunmen immediately turned their weapons towards Yue Dingtang and Leader Ying.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

The voice of Leader Ying trembled with fear.

At this moment, Ling Shu's earlier suspicions had already taken shape, but he didn't have time to dwell on it. He shouted, "Charge out!"

Almost as soon as the words left his mouth, Yue Dingtang dragged Leader Ying and charged towards the two gunmen.

The gunmen opened fire!

As Yue Dingtang's body swerved just in time, and he grabbed  Leader Ying and pulled him to the side. The bullet that was supposed to hit him missed and embedded itself deeply into Leader Ying's arm.

He let out a howl like a dying hedgehog, but with an unimaginable speed, he charged towards the two gunmen, taking Yue Dingtang with him in the opposite direction.

The two men blocking the door and those who had just arrived were caught off guard and fell backwards. Like a domino effect, they fell one after another.

Seeing an opportunity, Ling Shu threw the body of a guard towards them, leapt over them, and kicked one of the gunmen's guns out of his hand. In mid-air, he caught the gun and quickly fired three shots at the enemy.

Three of them fell.

With fluid movements and a decisive, cool demeanor, he could easily be recorded as the best fighter in Shanghai of this century.

Unfortunately, no one was paying attention to his handsome appearance at the moment.

Yue Dingtang grabbed Leader Ying and followed closely behind him as they charged out.

Yang Chunhe, though unremarkable in appearance, was quick in her movements and held a chair leg in her hand.

When she saw someone trying to get up from the ground, she didn't hesitate to swing the leg at them!

With a loud smack, the person was once again intimately acquainted with the ground.

The area was a maze of twists and turns, with no clear sense of direction and dim lighting. After running for a while, they all felt like they were lost in a chaotic world.

But the pursuers were still hot on their heels, so they had no choice but to keep moving forward, darting through countless corners and alleys as if jumping through time and space. Eventually, they found themselves trapped in an endless loop with no hope of escape.

Without hesitation, Ling Shu snatched the hostage from Yue Dingtang's grasp. Although the person wasn't exactly a hostage at this point, they had come to realize that the Azure Dragon Society didn't care about this person's life, meaning that they weren't the leader of the society after all.

They had been deceived.

"At this point, if you don't tell us the way out, do you want to die here together?" Leader Ying cried and pointed shakily to the left fork in the road ahead.

"This way, go this way! There's a path ahead that leads to the underground palace!"

Ling Shu believed that he wouldn't joke around with his own life, so the three of them didn't need to say anything else and ran in the direction he pointed.

The further they went, the darker it became. Every few meters, there used to be a kerosene lamp on the wall.

But when they ran out dozens of meters, the lamp went out and they were surrounded by darkness. Ling Shu almost fell down when he stepped on nothing, but luckily Yue Dingtang held onto his arm and pulled him back.

They realized they had reached the edge of the descending stairs.

"Why didn't you say there were stairs here?" Ling Shu snapped and kicked Leader Ying.

Leader Ying, who had just been talking about human nature with a mysterious look on his face, now revealed his vulnerable side.

He cried and whimpered in the darkness, feeling wronged.

"You didn't ask either...ouch!" He was kicked in the lower back and dared not argue.

He was still useful, otherwise they wouldn't have brought him out earlier.

One person plays the villain, and another plays the hero. They were so skilled at this routine that they didn't need to rehearse.

Yue Dingtang naturally continued, "You saw it just now, they don't take you seriously at all. Those people will catch up soon, and then no one can escape. We're on the same boat now, so speak your mind. It's best not to hide anything."

Leader Ying looked pitiful and said, "I didn't hide anything from you. I heard that there is a way out of the underground palace, but it requires passing through a water dungeon. But once you get past the water dungeon, it should be safe. I don't know why, but they never let anyone near this area. Only the divine envoy can enter, and no one has ever come out after entering. They say that there is a divine beast guarding this place, which is the highest secret of the Azure Dragon Society."

Ling Shu was speechless. "What divine beast, you might as well say that your divine envoy's Azure Dragon King also resides inside?"

Leader Ying, the leader of the group, trembled in fear. "Yes, yes, there is indeed such a saying! It's because of the presence of the Azure Dragon King that our group has always maintained its independence..."

"Independence my foot! Lead the way up front!" Ling Shu smacked him hard on the back of his head, cutting off his words.

Leader Ying had never been to this place before and was already feeling nervous.

He took slow, hesitant steps, struggling more than a pregnant woman in labor to climb the stairs.

Faint sounds of footsteps could be heard from behind, and Ling Shu couldn't help but push him forward.

"Hurry up, the pursuers are coming!"

Caught off guard, Leader Ying tumbled down the stairs with a series of thuds.

Ling Shu: ...

The three of them quickly picked up their pace to catch up. The staircase was long, and after Leader Ying rolled down, there was no sound.

It was unclear whether he had fainted.

The three of them descended dozens of steps before finally stepping onto level ground.

They could faintly hear the sound of water.

"There seems to be light ahead," Yang Chunhe whispered.

She was referring to a faint green glow reflecting from around the corner to the right. Although small, it was very conspicuous in the darkness.

With the help of this faint green light, they saw Leader Ying lying unconscious by the water's edge, and a large pool of water that was colorless in the darkness.

"Is this the reservoir he was talking about? Is this place not naturally formed?"

Ling Shu's doubts grew, and the three of them also noticed that the pursuers behind them seemed to have disappeared.

Since they descended the stairs, there had been no more movement.

What could be ahead that even the members of the Azure Dragon Society, except for the leader, are forbidden to enter?