Chapter 144: Accepting a Bet’s Outcome Is Only Right and Proper

"You... you... let me go, cough, cough... quickly... let me go!" The Lone Dog, suddenly grabbed by the neck and hoisted into the air, found it difficult to breathe. His face, distorted by the defeat, turned crimson.

"A bet is a bet, and a debt must be paid. Even a primary school student understands that much!" Xue Tian'ai's face had darkened to the absolute extreme, and the hand gripping the Lone Dog's neck tightened slightly.

Although Xue Tian'ai was hailed as the God of Killers, he was human after all. It was not as if he had never lost a match; he knew that losing always stung a bit. But he believed that if a man lost, he should lose with some grace and dignity, not behave like this shameless, cowardly cur!

At the beginning of the evening, he had actually shown the Lone Dog some courtesy. Never did he expect this wretch to be so repulsive and ungrateful, continuously spitting filth to harass and insult his sister-in-law!

Xue Tian'ai was no pushover, nor was he blessed with a mild temper, so his anger naturally flared up.

"No, I... I didn't... I haven't lost... you all cheated..." The Lone Dog's facial features were completely twisted by this point. He smiled a bit frantically and continued, "Yes... yes, I didn't lose... ha... hahaha, those little bitches tonight... tonight are all going to accompany me... they're all mine..."

The onlookers viewing this scene began to wear expressions of disgust. Some of the women and fans who had previously held a somewhat favorable impression of the Lone Dog now felt their stomachs churning violently.

Xue Tian'ai, however, did not give the Lone Dog a chance to finish. He grabbed the Lone Dog by the neck, slammed him against the hood of the pitch-black Ferrari, released his grip on the man's throat, and brought his right foot down heavily onto the Lone Dog's chest!

A chilling aura gradually emanated from Xue Tian'ai's body...

"What... what... what are you trying to do?" The Lone Dog stared with bulging eyes, looking at Xue Tian'ai with a hint of terror.

"Nothing much, just making you regret ever coming into this world... You should know that no man has ever dared to break a contract with me..." Xue Tian'ai narrowed his eyes slightly, speaking in a gloomy tone.

"An'an... are you sure we shouldn't go over and persuade him... is that really okay?" Tang Fangling tugged secretly at Cen An'an's sleeve, whispering in a barely audible voice.

"There's no need. It was entirely that dog's fault to begin with, so why bother trying to talk sense into him? Besides, I refuse to believe that if Tian'ai had lost the match, that dog would have let me off!" Cen An'an shook her head.

She was certain that had Xue Tian'ai lost the race, this Lone Dog would have become even more arrogant, showing her no mercy whatsoever—and likely sparing none of her friends either.

In truth, not only Cen An'an understood this, but anyone familiar with the wager was well aware of it as well!

Besides, this was an underground racing track. Sometimes, when words failed, fists were the only proper way to resolve things. Furthermore, Cen An'an actually wanted to see her brother-in-law fight... Back at KFC, the image of Xue Tian'ai dodging bullets and utterly destroying four robbers was still deeply branded in her mind... How handsome he was...

"You... you... do you know whose turf this is? How dare you..." Feeling the bone-chilling cold radiating from Xue Tian'ai, the Lone Dog trembled slightly as he spoke.

"Oh? Whose turf?" Xue Tian'ai found himself surprisingly amused by one thing: why were the lines of these cannon fodder characters all so identical? The moment they couldn't beat someone, they always tried to invoke their backers to intimidate others. What kind of bad habit was that?

"This is the territory of the Zhou... Zhou family... the Twelve Halls..."

"I don't give a damn if it's the Twelve Halls, Thirteen Halls, or the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Halls! Right now, you and I are settling a wager!" Xue Tian'ai was growing extremely impatient, and the foot pressing down on the Lone Dog increased its pressure slightly.

However, a faint inner murmur crossed Xue Tian'ai's mind.

"Ah...!!" The Lone Dog screamed out in agony. He had never expected that upon hearing the name of the Zhou family's Twelve Halls, Xue Tian'ai would double down instead! Didn't he know the terrifying power of the Twelve Halls?

"Hey... racer over there, what are you doing? Fighting is not allowed!" At that moment, several burly men in security uniforms rushed toward Xue Tian'ai carrying baton sticks.

Ever since Xue Tian'ai grabbed the Lone Dog's neck, someone had already reported the situation at the finish line. The camera crew had acted the fastest, quickly cutting the live broadcast of the finish line, and the security guards of the Telsan Underground Racing Track had finally arrived.

Although many underground racing tracks were pitch-black domains where violence reigned supreme, the Telsan Underground Racing Track was an absolute exception! Physical altercations and brawls practically never occurred here, purely because of the strict rules laid down by the organizers—the Beiyang City branch of the Zhou family's Twelve Halls, the Dragon Hall!

There had been people who came to cause trouble and fight in the past, but their fates had turned out utterly wretched to the extreme!

Seeing the burly guards charge over, Tang Fangling and the other girls panicked slightly and hurriedly tugged at Cen An'an again. "An'an..." They felt the situation was truly getting out of hand now...

Cen An'an did not say anything this time; she merely shook her head gently, her eyes still fixed firmly on her brother-in-law, Xue Tian'ai.

Her brother-in-law had shown no special reaction upon hearing about the Zhou family's Twelve Halls and seeing the approaching guards, which proved he simply wasn't afraid. Since he wasn't afraid, what did she have to worry about? Moreover, Cen An'an trusted that her brother-in-law had everything under control, so there was no need for concern, let alone stepping in to intervene. If anything, their interference might just get in Xue Tian'ai's way.

Xue Tian'ai paid no attention to the approaching security guards. He merely stood over the Lone Dog, pressing down on his chest, and looked down at him with utter contempt. "I'll give you one last chance: are you going to honor the bet or not?"

The intense pain radiating from his chest caused the Lone Dog's body to spasm uncontrollably. Yet, his heart was still filled with a glimmer of opportunistic hope; after all, the Telsan security personnel from the Zhou family's Twelve Halls had arrived. He refused to believe those guards would stand by and do nothing after witnessing this!

Clinging to this frail hope and enduring the agonizing pain, the Lone Dog twisted his face into a ferocious grimace and stubbornly dug in his heels. "Tonight..."

Seeing that expression, Xue Tian'ai knew instantly what the dog was about to say. Without giving him the chance to continue, Xue Tian'ai lifted his foot and brought it down ruthlessly onto the Lone Dog's right leg!

"Crack!" "Ah!"

A heart-wrenching shriek echoed through the air. The Lone Dog knelt on the ground with a terrified, distorted expression, clutching his freshly shattered right leg and twitching in agony. "My leg... my leg... my leg..."

Xue Tian'ai simply stood there, glancing down at him with utter disdain. "I told you that was your last chance..."

The surrounding onlookers underwent a dramatic shift in expression as they watched the scene unfold. The looks they cast toward Xue Tian'ai carried a distinct tinge of awe; none of them had imagined that this seemingly young and refined man possessed such a ruthless and decisive side.

As everyone knew, legs were paramount to a racing driver! Breaking a leg was practically tantamount to destroying a driver's entire career...

Yet, very few felt any pity or sympathy for the Lone Dog. In their eyes, although Xue Tian'ai's methods were somewhat harsh, the man had ultimately brought this entirely upon himself.

"Damn it!" The burly guards were unaware of the events that had transpired beforehand, so from their perspective, Xue Tian'ai was simply defying their authority and persisting in brawling and causing trouble.

At that moment, one of the guards swiftly closed in on Xue Tian'ai. A formidable and stern aura erupted from him as he reached out to grab Xue Tian'ai's shoulder with a clean and decisive motion, intending to apprehend and subdue the troublemaker.

Observing the guard's movement, Xue Tian'ai narrowed his eyes slightly...

He ducked smoothly with the momentum, slipped behind the guard, shaped his right hand into a blade, and tapped lightly against the back of the guard's neck!

The first guard felt no pain whatsoever; he merely experienced a sudden sensation of his strength completely draining away, his body instantly turning limp as he slumped softly onto the ground...

The remaining guards were momentarily stunned by the sight, but fear did not deter them. Exchanging a glance, they lunged forward toward Xue Tian'ai together, throwing punches from all directions.

Feeling the whistling wind generated by the incoming fists coming at him from every angle, Xue Tian'ai couldn't help but smile faintly...

Just as expected... So familiar... From the initial grappling technique used by the first guard to the punches thrown by the rest, every single movement and posture was intimately familiar to Xue Tian'ai!

Xue Tian'ai effortlessly evaded each and every attack, while simultaneously unleashing a series of swift hand strikes, neutralizing the strength of one guard after another...

These guards experienced the exact same sensation as the first. Although Xue Tian'ai's hand strikes caused no physical pain, the moment they contacted the back of their necks, a sudden wave of numbness surged through their bodies, followed by severe muscular exhaustion!

Cen An'an's eyes were practically shining with excitement. Just as she had imagined, her brother-in-law was simply too cool when fighting... Every movement was so elegant and charming... It was just that today, her brother-in-law didn't seem quite as fierce as that day at KFC...

Tang Fangling and the other girls, meanwhile, stood alongside the spectators with their mouths gaping in the shape of an "O," their faces plastered with sheer disbelief...

This... this... this was simply too fierce... There were so many burly guards... and they were all easily knocked down one after another???

Before long, every single security guard present lay incapacitated on the ground... Yet none of them wore expressions of pain or suffering; instead, they stared up at Xue Tian'ai with profound astonishment...

Clearly, they had not anticipated that this young man would be so overwhelmingly formidable... And how was it even possible? How had Xue Tian'ai managed to evade their boxing techniques? Clearly, those martial arts forms were...

"Hey..." Xue Tian'ai walked over to the first guard he had downed, offered a gentle smile, patted the man on the shoulder, and leaned close to his ear to whisper a single question...

Upon hearing the question, the first guard's eyes widened in sheer amazement, and he asked in utter disbelief, "You... how did you know?"