SWNOVELS Chapter 53: Do You Still Have Another Method?
Ternence's pupils contracted considerably.
"Who are you?" He lifted his head and looked at the entrance.
His first thought was that this might be the work of other gangs who had found their way into their hideout.
However, he saw a slender young man emerged from behind that underling who was dressed in black.
"I am the one who will finish off you today!"
Jacob stared at Ternence as he slowly stated his intention.
"Are you Jacob?" Ternence got a good look of his visitor and froze slightly. He was able to recognize this person as Jacob.
A smile formed at Jacob's lips, "You must be surprised that we are having a reunion here after all those years!"
A few years back, when Jacob learnt that Channing was just humiliating him for his own amusement, Jacob decided not to work under him anymore. His decision had angered Channing.
After that, Channing gathered a gang of misfits, and they had given Jacob a good beating as well as snatching away his money.
The leader of that gang of misfits was none other than Ternence, who was right in front of his eyes.
Ternence had used that opportunity and offered up the money he had procured from Jacob to the former leader as a way to pledge his loyalty.
"You surprise me. I didn't think that you will offer yourself to us voluntarily! I was planning to let you stay alive for two more days while I enjoy playing with your woman and sending her to Channing so that he could vent his frustrations. I was planning to look for you after all that but I never thought that you would be so impatient and appear right here and now!"
There was a flash of ruthlessness on his face.
"The last thing you should do is to offend me again. You shouldn't think of banding together with Channing, let alone targeting my woman! Today, I will make sure you pay back for your present and past mistakes."
Jacob announced while taking slow steps towards Ternence.
"Then I shall see for myself whether you're capable enough to do that!"
While Ternence replied him, he signalled a muscular hunk standing nearby him.
He wouldn't sit in this leadership position if all he ever knew was brute force and maliciousness.
"Oh?" Jacob let out a cold laugh, "Then I shall make an exception today and let you have an understanding of my ability!"
"Just come at me with whatever moves you have right now. I will make sure you understand fully the reason of your demise." Jacob only stopped in his tracks when he was face to face with Ternence.
"Then, you should just drop dead now."
After saying that, Ternence suddenly produced a gun and aimed it at Jacob. He pulled the trigger without hesitation. Ternence was confident that there was no way Jacob would be able to dodge a bullet that was coming at him so unexpectedly. Despite his belief, his hopes were dashed by reality hard. Jacob only needed to tilt his head to one side slightly to dodge the bullet.
How could he avoid getting shot at in such close proximity?
What presented in front of Ternence was absolutely baffling.
"How is that? Do you still want to try?" Jacob showed a faint smile, and there wasn't even the slightest change in his emotion."
"You..."
Ternence gaped at Jacob with disbelief in his eyes.
Was this Jacob the same as his former self, who could only get beaten up without even getting back at them for once?
This staggering change was as unrealistic as fiction.
The typical protagonist in a story would have disappeared for many years and then finally made a comeback after reaching a superior level. He would have begun his rise to power after training for many years. On the other hand, Jacob had only stayed put in Riverside City and was known as a useless son-in-law. How could such transformation occur to him?
He had been active for many years, but this was the first time he had witnessed somebody dodging a bullet single-handedly.
Ternence thought that Jacob was lucky.
"Then, you should let me shoot one more time." Ternence was fixing his deadly gaze on Jacob at that moment.
Immediately, he shot once more at Jacob.
This time, there were two gun shots sounding at the same time.
On one side, Ternence's loyal servant, Serpent, was also holding a gun. Ever since he received Ternence's signal, he had been waiting for the right moment. This time, both Ternence and Serpent had a grin on their faces.
Serpent was even commenting, "It's too bad that he is dying here. That way, he can't go through the pain of seeing his woman getting toyed with by other men." They were confident that Jacob would meet his demise here.
However, the next second, they looked like they had seen a ghost.
Jacob was unperturbed as he was standing in the same spot without any damage to him. It seemed like... he had yet again dodged the bullets.
To top it off, he not only dodged Ternence's bullet, he had also dodged Serpent's ambush attack.
If his previous act was just predicated on luck, then what kind of explanation could suit this current situation?
Ternence was horrified to his core.
Was Jacob still a human?
He had never experienced such a horrific and baffled situation ever since he entered society.
"Do you still have other moves?"
Jacob simply stared at Ternence while asking him.
After pausing momentarily, he continued, "If you don't have anything else, I'll have to get you going."
Jacob was stating this sentence nonchalantly, but for Ternence, it was the voice of the devil.
Especially when he once again stole a glance at the Panther lying on the floor, who had a miserable fate.
Although Ternence was known for his ruthlessness, he was shivering all over at that moment.
In the end, Ternence was just a regular human being. Although he was a ruthless man, he was no fool. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to ascend to the leadership position of the Eagle Branch under the Buddy League.
Although Jacob could dodge bullets and this was something unexplainable, and despite his blinding speed, this didn't mean that Jacob was better than Ternence.
Ternence was able to be the alpha male and stood atop Panther and Serpant besides making them loyal servants, which was not only because he was ruthless and brotherly, he also possessed far greater skills and abilities compared to his underlings.
Seeing that bullets wouldn't work on him, every last trace of Ternence's hesitation had dissipated. He immediately launched a sinister and insidious kick at Jacob's lower body.
However, at the moment he launched his attack, a sudden impact akin to the impact of a careening train seemed to crash into him, and he was sent flying away before crashing into the petrified woman standing behind them.
That woman immediately screamed loudly.
Ternence clutched his chest while spitting out a mouthful of blood. He knew that some of his rib bones were broken at that moment.
That woman with disorderly clothes continued to scream mindlessly beside him, and this prompted Ternence to lash out and slap her across her cheeks. That woman finally shut her trap due to extreme shock as she stared at him in horror.
Ternence turned his gaze towards Jacob and his eyes were full of terror.
Jacob's attack just now was slower than his leg attack, but at the moment he wanted to kick out, Jacob's palm was already colliding with his chest.
His speed was absolutely blinding.
Besides, his attack looked weak and feeble, yet when it came in contact with Ternence's body, Ternence couldn't help but flew off and most of his ribs were crushed.
Serpant, who was standing by on the side, immediately rushed forward to send a whipping attack which was aimed at Jacob's waist when he saw that his leader had been sent flying by Jacob.
His action had brought himself terrible consequences, one which was even worse than Ternence's.
Jacob didn't evade at all, as he formed his palm into a blade and slashed Serpent's leg.
Immediately, blood was flying everywhere as one of Serpent's legs became dislocated. He became handicapped just like that.
"Ah!"
A heart-wrenching pain assaulted Serpent as he let out a shrill. However, before he could ease his pain by screaming out loud, suddenly someone said, "You're too noisy."
Then, Jacob pointed at Serpent's forehead, and in an instant, Serpent's brain became a mashed pulp.
He couldn't produce any voice anymore.
"How is it? Do you still have other moves?"
After killing off Serpent, Jacob asked Ternence the same question again.
At this moment, Ternence was looking at Jacob as if he was seeing a ghost.
Unimaginable terror was written on his face.
Despite that, a sense of hope suddenly engulfed him.
This was because his underlings in the Eagle Branch finally reacted to this situation.
A large group of men equipped with large blades were rushing into the hideout at that moment.
"No matter how great you are, you will have to die here!"
"Kill him now! Whoever can do that, I will make him the deputy leader of the Eagle Branch!"
Ternence immediately issued an order to his underlings. When they heard his words, they immediately became excited.
Every one of them was charging at Jacob while holding large blades.
However, in the next second, the one at the forefront suddenly had his head severed.
Fresh blood was spraying on the other underlings' faces.
Jacob was still rooted to the same spot as he effortlessly waved his hands.
A greyish light burst out and all the underlings of the Eagle Branch who were in front had their heads severed.
This lucid scene had sent a shockwave to the other members behind.
In an instant, nobody dared to even move an inch.
It would be great if one of them could be made the deputy leader, but it would be meaningless if he wouldn't be alive anymore by that time.
They had gone through countless brawls and confrontation, but this was the first time they had witnessed such a puzzling situation.
Everybody was looking at Jacob as if he was a ghost from other world.
"So, do you still have another move? Or else, I'll have to send you packing!"
Jacob once again trained his gaze on Ternence as he slowly read out these words.☐☐☐☐