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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2161

Just thinking about the hundreds of poisonous snakes in his family’s infamous pit sent shivers down his spine.

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Shaking his head, Amare knew that he had to stay focused. Tonight was his best shot at killing Gerald. If he failed, there was a high chance that he wasn’t going to be able to hunt Gerald down in time tomorrow. What more, even if he did miraculously find Gerald again then, he wouldn’t be able to do anything in broad daylight unless he wanted to attract unnecessary attention to himself.

Whatever the case was, after silently touching down on the ground after leaping from the sixth floor a cold smile formed on Amare’s face as he growled, “To think that you’d actually release your essential qi… Don’t you know you’re being hunted down?”

With that said, Amare began bolting toward the direction where he had sensed the essential qi. With how fast he was, he was barely even visible, and anyone he passed would’ve only been able to sense a cold breeze passing by…

Gerald himself was already standing in an open area while puffing a cigarette, the cigarette’s smoke looking particularly conspicuous in the darkening sky…

The youth had learned about this place from Ichiro from one of their casual conversations. Apparently, this area had been bought by the war department to build a new training ground. However, due to some issues, the project had been suspended till this very day. Regardless, since this piece of land was owned by the war department, nobody dared to come to this place. Those from the war department didn’t have any reason to come all the way out here just to train either, which made this the perfect place to deal with the Crawford cultivator.

Either way, it wasn’t long after before Gerald felt someone closing in at rapid speeds, prompting him to mutter, “Well aren’t you a fast one…”

Though it was already pretty dark, with the help of the Herculean Primordial Spirit, Gerald could now see clearly in the dark. In fact, being a cultivator, he could even see the blood circulation and essential qi running through people. With that said, Gerald soon saw Amare appear not too far away from him…

“Gerald, right?” asked Amare as he stared at the youth. Since Gerald had already released his essential qi, Amare saw no reason to hide his anymore either.

Watching as Amare released his own essential qi, Gerald simply crossed his arms before calmly replying, “That, I am.”

“You’re just an abandoned descendant of the Crawford family, you know? If you had just lived in the secular world properly, none of us would’ve even bothered about you. With that said, to think that you would suddenly appear and attempt to snatch Master Will’s rightful position as the heir of our family! Due to your actions, can you really blame us for hunting you down?” scoffed Amare as he tossed his jacket off, exposing his muscular body…

Not only was he strong in cultivation, but he also had one of the best physiques within his family. With that said, a cultivator of the same level wouldn’t be his match at all, and this was proven in the many competitions within his clan that he had won over the years. Hell, it was because of his strength that Daryl had appointed him for this errand.

Regardless, upon hearing what Amare had to say, Gerald was momentarily surprised, though he quickly smiled before replying, “You think I’m competing against Will for that position…? Putting that aside, from what you’ve said, I’m assuming you’re here under Will’s orders. After all, I’m pretty sure Daryl didn’t allow any of you to harm me. If he finds out, I wonder if you’ll be subjected to serious consequences…?”

“That… That has nothing to do with you!” growled Amare as he clenched his fists tightly. Truth be told, he didn’t even dare to imagine the consequence once the patriarch found out about all this…

“Well, whatever the case is, come at me. Show me how strong you Crawford cultivators can get. Then again, after beating up two of Will’s men back then, I have a feeling that you’re going to be a let down as well,” scoffed Gerald who barely felt any pressure despite being in the presence of one of the Crawford family’s top cultivators…

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“Shut it!” scowled Amare who was itching to finish Gerald off. Amare wasn’t a person who liked small talk, and since Gerald was his target, there was even less reason for him to say anything. With that, Amare suddenly disappeared…!

Immediately sensing a surge of essential qi around him, it quickly became obvious to Gerald that this person was much stronger than the men Will had previously sent after him. As he was thinking about this, Amare reappeared before Gerald, his fist already aimed at his chest!

Feeling a gale of cold wind coming his way as Amare launched his punch toward Gerald, Gerald simply took a few steps back to dodge the attack. Naturally, Gerald wasn’t afraid of fighting back. He only avoided the attack since he wanted to better grasp how strong Amare truly was.

Realizing that Gerald had managed to dodge his attack, Amare’s eyes turned even redder than before as he declared, “You’re pretty fast!”

Following that, he immediately restabilized himself before lunging toward Gerald again!

Instead of dodging, however, Gerald simply used his arm to deflect Amare’s attack, sending Amare stumbling to the side! Unable to balance himself in time, the immense force of Gerald’s deflection caused Amare to crash into a pile of rocks…! Howling as his head collided against some rocks, Amare soon felt blood trickling down his now throbbing forehead…

Fumbling to his feet, Amare glared at Gerald as blood flowed down his chin and dripped all over his clothes…

Pain was nothing to him. After all, though the injury would’ve been terrible for regular people, he could just rapidly patch himself up with his essential qi.

Even so, that didn’t save him the humiliation of stumbling so stupidly before Gerald… He just couldn’t stand it…! It didn’t help that Amare knew that Gerald hadn’t even used much force to deal this much damage to him…! This scene would’ve been much less humiliating if he simply wasn’t strong enough or got injured due to his carelessness…!

Amare had never felt this stifled in his many years within the Crawford family…!

As Amare was thinking about all this, Gerald couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile before saying, “Seems that you’re not that good in martial arts after all. Just so you know, I only used the most basic of techniques in Tai Chi earlier. Is that all it takes to defeat you?”

And here Gerald thought that this person would be an expert. As it turned out, he wasn’t really much stronger than Will’s previous men.

“Don’t get too cocky…! I was just careless earlier!” growled Amare who was glad that nobody else was around to witness his blunder. After all, if his family found out about this, he would surely lose face…!

Though Gerald wanted to reply, he quickly shut his mouth again. There was… a red dot on Amare’s shoulder and seconds later, it disappeared.

Knowing that the red dot had been moving in his direction, Gerald immediately activated his essential qi to bolt to the side…!

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A split second later, a muffled gunshot could be heard, followed by the sound of something whizzing across the air at lightspeed…! Barely a second later, a bullet flew past the spot Gerald had initially been standing, hitting a rock and causing it to explode into a million pieces…!

Had Gerald not reacted in time earlier, the bullet would’ve surely pierced through his heart! Even if he had his essential qi to protect him, Gerald knew that in the end, the essential qi would only leak out uncontrollably, causing his body to break down which would disallow him to recover…!

Wiping the blood off his chin with his sleeve, Amare couldn’t help but sneer, “Seems that you’ve offended quite a lot of people! “

With the unknown assailant’s help, Amare now knew that he would definitely be able to kill Gerald…!

“Mind your own business,” replied Gerald as he took a deep breath… before releasing an immensely murderous aura.

Gerald, for one, knew that if this unknown sniper and the Crawford cultivator worked together, there was a chance that he wouldn’t make it out alive tonight. After all, though his Herculean Primordial Spirit was strong, it didn’t make him invincible. What more, he still wasn’t able to use the full power of his spirit…!

Regardless, that earlier shot was naturally from Vulture. After Kai had told him that Gerald was in the training ground, Vulture had constantly been keeping an eye on Gerald, patiently waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Though he could’ve killed Gerald earlier during the day, he didn’t want to create a chaotic scene since Gerald was with the investigation team, which explained why he waited till now to act. Though it was much darker now, Amare’s constant shouting made it easy for Vulture to tell which figure belonged to Gerald. Still, to think that Gerald could dodge his attack…!

While he had previously scoffed at the idea that Gerald was as strong as Kai had said, Vulture was now starting to believe Kai’s words. After all, being able to dodge such a precise attack in such a short amount of time was something no ordinary person could hope to do.

Whatever the case was, Vulture then tossed his sniper rifle away before expertly leaping off the fourth floor! Making sure he didn’t fall too quickly by stepping on the sides of the building, Vulture soon landed on the ground and began walking toward the duo…

Raising a slight brow, Gerald was prompted to ask, “… And you are?”

“Just know that I’m here to take your life. No further questions,” scoffed Vulture.

Watching as the man donning a trench coat, cap, and even a black mask swiftly approached, Gerald stared right into Vulture’s grim eyes before rolling up his sleeves and replying, “I see. Then let’s settle this together.”

Ever since he got rid of the three large clans in Yanam, he hadn’t had a proper battle like this.

Either way, after healing the wound on his forehead, Amare looked at Vulture before shouting, “Let’s team up to take him down, brother!”

a shiny bayonet from his back before rushing toward Gerald! While he wasn’t as quick as Amare was, he was still pretty fast. After all,

wasted no time and immediately mobilized his essential qi before rushing forward as well! Amare, for one, knew that he needed Vulture’s help to finish Gerald off, even though

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Vulture and Amare wasted no time launching an onslaught of

arsenal of skills, all his attacks were infused with essential qi. With that in mind, Gerald was

that, Gerald remained on the defensive for three minutes straight… then five… and

being at a disadvantage as he evaded their attacks. In fact, he was now capable of sneaking in kicks and punches!

Amare, Vulture didn’t have the support of essential qi. In other words, he had been relying on his own strength throughout this fight, and

Vulture was retracting his arm. Not wanting to miss the chance to strike, Gerald immediately launched a

instantly widening as his face paled, Vulture quickly took a few steps back, holding onto his chest and panting the entire time. Had Vulture been an ordinary man, that punch could’ve either knocked him out or even

rolled down Vulture’s forehead as he considered his options while watching Amare continue fighting Gerald. In the end, Vulture knew that continuing to move any further would surely result in his death. With that, Vulture

gently feeling around his chest, Vulture slammed his fist onto

current condition was. Vulture’s best course of action now was to lie still. Moving any further would only cause his injuries to

grumbled Vulture as he glared at the youth while regretting his arrogance. If only he had heeded Kai’s warnings and taken Gerald more seriously, Vulture would’ve surely been more careful with his moves. Thinking back, he should’ve immediately retreated after his first shot failed to hit its mark.

out of combat, the winner of the fight

and soon began blocking more than he attacked. While Amare could still sneak in a few counterattacks, the longer the battle went on, the more evident it became that this was going to

left arm hard enough to dislodge it! Seeing that Amare was temporarily handicapped, Gerald took the chance to grab the man

Gerald was choking him, Amare knew for a fact that

have the same surname, I may

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me, what else do you want?! ” growled Amare, knowing that his life

poking a few spots on Amare’s body… Gerald was now temporarily paralyzing Amare,

to get to his feet, he quickly

that he wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon, Amare could only watch as

a cigarette, Gerald squatted in front of the injured man, shaking his box of

clutching

body’s current state, even saying that one sentence caused

assassin. With that said, I can only imagine the Kanagawas hiring you. Am I wrong?” asked Gerald as he narrowed his

response, Vulture simply sneered, “I

had to fully adhere to the professional ethics of assassins which meant

had been rooted in his mind ever since he joined this field of work,

laughing as he turned to look at Amare before

With that, Gerald stopped laughing before stepping

organs, Vulture’s eyes widened as he began coughing mouthfuls of blood… By this point, even breathing was

said Gerald as

full well that he’d die if he said anything, Vulture simply retorted, “Just kill me already! I’ll never say

you suggested it, be my guest,” replied Gerald as his eyes went stern. He already knew that Kai had sent him, so there was no reason for him to keep this

gurgle before the life in his eyes vanished… Though his body was now limp and lifeless, Vulture’s eyes retained their furious glare. It almost

even bothering to look at Vulture’s corpse. After

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utter horror as he yelled,

cultivator of the Crawford

had Gerald defeated

having such a hard time grasping this situation if Gerald had grown up with him in

secular world this entire time! Even if there were cultivators out here, none of them should’ve been strong enough to be able to teach Gerald such powerful skills! Skills that disallowed

as he stared at the

You shouldn’t be this strong! You can’t be!” retorted

story that I’d rather not talk about. Regardless, tell me everything you know about the Crawford family and I may just spare you. After all, we still share the same surname. If I let you

muttered Amare as he seriously began

eventually learn about all this thus making punishment unavoidable for Amare, if he shared everything Gerald wished to know, at the very least, he would be spared to live another

how seriously Amare was considering all this, Gerald fished his phone out to check the time. It was already one in the morning, and he knew that soldiers would begin patrolling the area in another two hours. Knowing that he had to clear the scene up before they arrived, Gerald was

quickly enough, and since Amare hadn’t said a word, Gerald

about the Seadom tribe. With that in mind,

eyes as his hand slowly began

widen his eyes as Gerald’s hand came dangerously close to his neck…! The fear

moments before Gerald’s hand was against his neck, Amare quickly

willing to talk?” replied Gerald as he slowly withdrew his

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to know! I’ll share anything that I can answer…! ” said Amare as

in front of him, Gerald simply replied in a hushed tone, “First

see, the patriarch sent me off to do some errands for him, but just before I left, Will called me over to his room to give me the assassination order Since he’s the patriarch’s successor,

Gerald then said, “I see. Come to think

one, had figured that only Will wanted him dead. As far as he knew, Daryl

as I return in time, the patriarch shouldn’t find out… I was already planning to leave this afternoon, you know? But then you suddenly showed up…! What more, just as I was wondering how to make a move

he known that things would end this way, he would’ve never agreed to

before asking, “… And are you the one who killed

That… was me, yes…” replied Amare

you give me an honest answer, I’ll spare your life and let you leave unharmed. How do I get to Yearning Island?” asked Gerald as he narrowed

all his other questions had been answered, Gerald made sure to save the best for last. While it was true that he had managed to find Fujiko thus potentially allowing him to contact the Seadom tribe, if he managed to get the information straight from Amare, then he’d be

I say… I don’t

this?” replied Gerald

core clansmen,

the island? And how are you going to

and sail for about ten kilometers before we enter the ocean… However, if we wish to go back, we’ll need to inform

back to the island?” asked

like a regular island, I’ve never been able to see it on my way back from sea… The only way I can get to the island is if I send a message to the family and sail for a little while more… Shortly after, I’ll be able to see the vague outlines of the

the other family members about this in the past, though he would end up getting harshly reprimanded every time he did so. Due to that, he eventually stopped

nodded before

currently in a life or death situation. Because of that, Gerald knew he wouldn’t lie. Besides, Amare’s answer was way too similar to what Will’s men had said for it

had simply been trained to give the exact same answer if they were caught, Gerald didn’t really mind. After all, he knew that he was going to learn the secrets of

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to know? I’ll answer honestly!” replied Amare who

breach into the Crawford family and exploit them once he became

from before, Gerald had every right to do so since he was ambush-attacked by him… Regardless, Gerald had also made

thought was cut short when Gerald calmly replied, “That’s all I needed to

as promised, you can scrap my cultivation now and I’ll head home immediately… ” said Amare in a n equally calm tone despite knowing full well

that those he had previously offended would take the chance to

to experience that was worth it as long as he could remain alive. After all, all wasn’t