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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!”

While he wasn’t as quick as Amare was, he was still pretty fast. After all, he was already fighting against Gerald in the

his essential qi before rushing forward as well! Amare, for one, knew that he needed Vulture’s help to finish Gerald off, even though he had no idea who Vulture was

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time launching an onslaught

for Amare, though he lacked Vulture’s arsenal of skills, all his attacks were infused with essential qi. With that in mind, Gerald was well aware of how deadly this duo was. One slip on his side and

on the defensive for three minutes straight… then five…

he evaded their attacks. In fact, he was now capable of sneaking

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

as Vulture was thinking about this, Gerald noticed an exposed weak spot when Vulture was retracting his arm. Not wanting to miss the chance to strike, Gerald immediately launched a punch at Vulture’s

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 killed him…! However, Vulture’s physique was far from ordinary, so

rolled down Vulture’s forehead as he considered his options while watching Amare continue fighting Gerald.

slammed

in sweat, he knew how terrible his current condition was. Vulture’s best course of action now was to lie still. Moving any further would only cause his injuries

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. Had he done that, he wouldn’t

of combat, the winner of the

frequent, Amare like Vulture lacked Gerald’s stamina, 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

dislodge it! Seeing that Amare was temporarily handicapped, Gerald took the chance to grab the

him, Amare knew for a fact that it would only require a bit more force for his

as he continued squeezing Amare’s neck, Gerald then said, “Since we have the same surname, I may consider sparing your life if you

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

poking a few spots on Amare’s body… Gerald was now temporarily paralyzing Amare, and once he was done, he tossed the defeated

Amare immediately attempted to get to his feet, he quickly realized that

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

the injured man, shaking his box of cigarettes

clutching onto his chest growled, “What do

current state, even saying that one sentence caused him enough pain for any regular person to

strong, so I’m sure you’re quite a famous assassin. With that said, I can only imagine the Kanagawas hiring you. Am I wrong?” asked Gerald as he narrowed his eyes. Aside from Kai,

teeth in response, Vulture simply sneered,

fully adhere to the professional ethics of assassins which meant that he couldn’t expose any of his employer’s information, even if he had to

rooted in his mind ever since he joined

turned to look at Amare before looking back at Vulture and scoffing, “Another dauntless

to annoy him… With that, Gerald stopped laughing before stepping on Vulture’s chest as he growled, “Are you really sure

bones now piercing straight into his organs, Vulture’s eyes widened as he began coughing mouthfuls of

question,” said

anything, Vulture

knew that Kai had sent him, so there was no reason for him to keep this man alive. With that, the sickening crack of bones could

before the life in his eyes vanished… Though his body was now limp and lifeless, Vulture’s eyes retained

not even bothering to look

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Vulture’s horrible death, Amare no longer attempted to hide his utter horror as he yelled, “I… Impossible…! None of this

was the top cultivator of

Gerald defeated

time grasping this situation if Gerald had grown up with him

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 Amare, the cream of the

is it?” asked Gerald as

this strong! You can’t

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

as he seriously began considering his

that in mind, while the patriarch would 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 day. What more, since this was still Will’s order, perhaps

would begin patrolling the area in another two hours. Knowing that he

enough, and since Amare hadn’t said a word, Gerald knew what this

get any information out of Amare, Gerald already had news about the Seadom tribe. With that in mind, he knew that uncovering the secrets of Yeaning Island was simply a matter

his hand slowly began moving toward Amare’s

widen his eyes as Gerald’s hand came dangerously close to his neck…! The fear of death was finally sinking in

Gerald’s hand was against his neck, Amare quickly gulped before crying out in a trembling

talk?” replied Gerald as he slowly withdrew his

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ask me anything you wish to know! I’ll share anything that I can answer…! ” said

hushed tone, “First off, was it Will who told you to

was… You 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, I

subtly in response, Gerald then said, “I see. Come to think of

Will wanted him dead. As far as

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

would end this way,

asking, “… And are you the one who killed that special forces

That… was me, yes…” replied

spare your life and let you leave

true that he had managed to find Fujiko thus

when I say… I don’t know either…”

Aren’t you a top cultivator of the Crawford family? How could you not know about this?” replied Gerald with a slight frown. This was the exact same reply he had gotten from Will’s previous

don’t know! Aside from the patriarch and a few core clansmen,

did you leave the island? And how are you going to return?” asked Gerald

island is easy… All we need to do is to take a boat and sail for about ten kilometers before we enter the ocean… However, if we

back to the island?” asked Gerald as he lit

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 island, and

Amare was just as curious about the island as Gerald was. In fact, he had even tried asking the other family members about

a brief silence, Gerald nodded before saying, “…

was currently in a life or death situation. Because of that, Gerald knew

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

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answer honestly!” replied Amare who was now feeling that Gerald wasn’t the

do anything to breach into the Crawford family and exploit them once he became the patriarch. After their brief interaction, however, he now felt that Gerald was actually

had also made it a point that he was going to spare his life just because they shared the same surname. It

cut short when Gerald calmly replied, “That’s

now and I’ll head home immediately… ” said Amare in a n equally calm tone despite knowing full well

was pretty sure that those he had previously offended would take the

experience that was worth it as long as he could remain alive. After all, all wasn’t lost. He simply had