Chapter 2604 Turning Hostile and Making a Move!

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"Young Master Qin, shall we make a move?"

Song Yi had been secretly observing all along, and naturally quickly noticed Peng Yue's little movements. He couldn't help but mutter to Qin Fang, who was conducting the Gang Leader election voting process, making such conversations not very conspicuous.

"Don't rush! Let's just watch the show..."

Qin Fang replied with a mischievous smile.

Though he had been making quite a fuss earlier, he wasn't actually a member of The Green Gang.

As for Peng Yue, Deng Hu, and even Pei Yi, they were essentially standing on the opposite side. These people were fighting like cats and dogs, and he had no interest in getting involved... Earlier he assessed the crowd and found that only one expert on Pei Yi's side could barely match him in a fight, while the others couldn't at all, so what should he be afraid of!

"Get the brothers ready, in case they need to come in with a crucial shot..."

However, Qin Fang also simply instructed that The Green Gang must not be destroyed at the hands of these people.

Despite the appearance of many Qing Gang Disciples in the conference room, a large number of outsiders had also infiltrated. If chaos were to erupt, it would be extremely tumultuous, with an unpredictable number of casualties.

Gathered here were almost all the mid to high-level members of The Green Gang. If they were entirely wiped out, The Green Gang would truly face disintegration... Without leadership, those below would easily collapse.

Adding to this was their mutual hatred, which only intensified the conflict...

Peng Yue had stationed many skilled individuals around The Green Gang's manor, and Song Yi and Deng Hu were no exception.

Their people were just positioned a bit farther away, not as conveniently as Peng Yue's, so Peng Yue took great advantage... if not for this, how would he dare pull such a stunt?

If he made a move, he wasn't just offending a single person; he might even plan to capture all the other big shots at once...

If successful, everything would be fine, and he could quickly and smoothly transition to power, becoming the true master of The Green Gang, with no one threatening his position as Gang Leader.

But if he failed, it would be disastrous.

Song Yi and Deng Hu would not spare him, and it's certain they would join forces against him...

Pei Yi and the elders wouldn't spare him either, as such actions are taboo within the gang, liable to be despised and cursed by many. If it were exposed, Peng Yue would become the rat everyone wanted to drown...

Martial World figures sometimes don't need to observe righteousness; pursuing self-interest could easily lead to ostracism and trouble.

Not to mention that Pei Yi's strength was quite formidable, arguably not inferior to Peng Yue's... Peng Yue believed he had the advantage with his convenient moves and abundant manpower, not realizing Pei Yi's measures were even easier,

and even the venue arrangement was entirely catered by Pei Yi—how could Peng Yue compare?

Notice how Pei Yi stood at the entrance of the conference hall from the start, and as long as he guarded that door, no one in the hall could escape, essentially trapping them...

The voting process continued...

Song Yi pretended to seriously fill out his ballot, then sealed it in an envelope, handing it to Elder Yang waiting there... Each elder with a ballot cast their vote this way.

All envelopes were identical, eliminating the possibility of cheating...

Soon the voting concluded, and Elder Yang collected all envelopes, placing them in a box for mixing and shuffling... only then did he pull out an envelope and read out the names while simultaneously announcing the votes!

"Pei Yi, Pei Yi, Peng Yue, Pei Yi..."

The vote-counting continued as Elder Yang mechanically extracted ballots from the envelopes and read aloud the names on them...

Each time Pei Yi's name was read, a discreet smile flashed in Elder Yang's eyes, whereas Peng Yue's face grew increasingly grim... With less than half the votes counted, he was already lagging far behind Pei Yi.

Even at this point, it could essentially be declared that the vote counting had ended, as even if all subsequent votes were for Peng Yue, he could no longer hope to catch up with Pei Yi... He had already lost in this contest!

Just as he suspected, neither Song Yi nor Deng Hu, nor any of the elders wanted Peng Yue to ascend to Gang Leader, so they uniformly chose the relatively "neutral" Pei Yi...

This choice seemed to better suit The Green Gang's need for power balance... but this wasn't what Peng Yue wanted to see.

Peng Yue immediately signaled to someone positioned in a specific spot... At this point, he had no other options! Besides forcibly pursuing cooperation, he had no other better solutions!

To have him endure?

That was an impossibility...

"All ballots have now been announced, the voting result... A total of twenty-four ballots, with Elder Peng Yue receiving six, and Elder Pei Yi receiving... eighteen!"

Elder Yang now began to announce the voting result, "According to the past conventions of the Qing Gang meeting, Elder Pei Yi won the vote by a margin exceeding two-thirds, and he shall become the sixth generation gang..."

Whoosh~~

Before Elder Yang could finish his sentence, everyone heard...

"Ah~~"

A scream from Elder Yang...

All eyes turned to Elder Yang, and they noticed that a bloody hole had appeared between his brows... with a dark dart embedded in it, it was clear someone had maliciously attacked the elderly Elder Yang!

"Elder Yang..."

Upon seeing this, many people instinctively exclaimed, including Elder Pei Yi.

"The dart is poisoned..."

Immediately, someone tried to rush to the rescue, but before they could reach Elder Yang, they heard him scream again... They saw the skin around the dart wound immediately turn black and start rapidly rotting, and Elder Yang's head became even more terrifying and gruesome.

"Courting death..."

Yet, while everyone's attention was on Elder Yang, Song Yi's angry roar was heard.

Smack~~

Then they saw him use his powerful palm energy to slam a Qing Gang disciple who was close to him, sending him flying fiercely... At this moment, the Great Grandmaster level expert displayed his formidable destructive and killing power!

"Ah~~"

Other than letting out a cry, that Qing Gang disciple never made another sound.

"Song Yi, how dare you kill my man without cause..."

Peng Yue suddenly roared with fury at this moment because the one Song Yi had just killed was indeed one of his subordinates... His strength was already at the master level peak, a very capable confidant of Peng Yue.

However, this confidant didn't manage to kill Song Yi, or even seriously injure him, as if walking into Song Yi's hands, dying with just one palm strike... How could this not make Peng Yue furious?

Although he had quite a few people under him, those truly within his control were just a handful of confidants, and the one killed by Song Yi was a confidant among confidants, yet met an unfortunate end...

"Fool! Did you really think I wasn't aware of your little ploys?"

Song Yi mocked without a care.

Though he didn't explicitly say anything, this sentence contained a veiled hint.

"You... you've gone too far!"

Peng Yue seemed utterly enraged by Song Yi's words, roaring furiously, "Brothers, this rascal Song Yi dares attack our brethren, kill him... for Brother Chao Ping's revenge!"

"Kill!"

Upon hearing their boss's roar, Peng Yue's people certainly weren't going to hold back, a series of angry roars immediately sounded, followed by Peng Yue himself charging towards Song Yi; as for the other underlings... they naturally charged at the "enemies" closest to them.

Bam bam bam~~

In the midst of some people's astonishment, Peng Yue's forces launched an assault on Deng Hu and Pei Yi's men.

Indeed, they've made their move!

The previous voting results left Peng Yue very dissatisfied, so he decided that if the soft approach failed, he would directly resort to the hard approach...

And earlier, when everyone's attention was attracted by Elder Yang's death, he had his confidant sneak attack Song Yi, and another confidant went to sneak attack Deng Hu... as for Pei Yi, well, he was ignored!

Unfortunately, Song Yi was already on guard against him; seeing this person's ill intentions, Song Yi naturally didn't hold back, striking preemptively, killing him with one palm...

Even though Peng Yue shouted more arrogantly than anyone else, he was actually the most apprehensive inside, believing his confidant's actions were discovered by Song Yi, potentially disrupting his sneak attack and assassination plan!

However, unexpectedly, Deng Hu and Pei Yi were also bemused by the conflict between Peng Yue and Song Yi and didn't anticipate Peng Yue daring to launch an all-out war...

By the time they reacted, they found that their trusted subordinates already had quite a few injured, and seriously injured ones had even lost their lives, and the perpetrators... turned out to be Peng Yue's followers who had just yelled that they would kill Song Yi to avenge their brother...

"Peng Yue, you've gone too far..."

The mild-mannered and scheming Deng Hu also finally erupted at this moment.

Although he usually tricks others, he never thought he would be tricked by Peng Yue in public today; how could he be reconciled?

Thus, Deng Hu joined the battle unceremoniously, charging straight at Peng Yue...

This guy is no good either; the reason he chose to target Peng Yue directly was also to join forces with Song Yi to kill Peng Yue!

Song Yi, Peng Yue, and Deng Hu were all Great Grandmaster level experts, and their cultivation and strength were quite close. In a one-on-one scenario, they might have to fight for at least half a day, relying on stamina, endurance, and persistence to win...(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)