Chapter 144: Mourner Dies!

"Damn it… Damn it all!"

Behind a shipping container riddled with bullet holes, Mourner crouched in the shadows, his face smeared with blood, looking utterly wretched.

Beside him, fewer than five battered bodyguards remained—the last of his personal guard.

Mourner's eyes burned crimson as he watched the elite force he'd spent decades building get slaughtered in a single encounter. Rage consumed him until he nearly ground his teeth to dust.

"Who? Who the hell is it?"

Mourner shrieked hysterically, "Come out! If you've got guts, show yourself and fight me face to face! What kind of skill is hiding in the shadows, taking cheap shots!"

The only response?

The slow, heavy sound of dress shoes against pavement.

As those footsteps drew closer.

The smoke and fog ahead parted slowly to either side.

A tall figure walked out of the darkness, stepping over corpses and blood.

Leo held a cigar between his teeth, his deep-set eyes sweeping coldly over the bodies littering the ground before locking onto Mourner behind the container.

"Mourner?"

Leo exhaled a stream of blue smoke, his lips curving into a cruel, cold smile. "I heard you wanted to tear me apart with your bare hands, use my blood to honor your dead comrades. Well, I'm here now. How exactly are you planning to do that?"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing Leo's words, Mourner showed no fear whatsoever—instead, he threw his head back and laughed wildly.

"Reaper? Leo? I thought you'd be some kind of monster, but you're just a coward who ambushes people!"

Mourner violently tore off his tattered cloak, revealing a terrifying physique beneath—scarred but rippling with muscle.

"You think slaughtering my men with an ambush means you can kill me?"

Mourner's eyes blazed crimson, his entire body radiating suffocating killing intent. "Setting up an ambush in this godforsaken place—I'll admit, you're the most interesting prey I've encountered in twenty years. But your biggest mistake was showing yourself in front of me!"

"Kill you, take all your secrets and wealth, and Nightfall can be rebuilt anytime!"

"Today, I'm going to tear you apart, you coward, with my own hands! Use your blood to honor my fallen brothers!"

"Prey?"

Leo raised his head, murderous intent exploding from him. "A sewer rat like you thinks you're qualified?"

"You're dead!"

The concrete beneath Mourner's feet shattered instantly!

His massive frame shot forward like a cannonball, bringing devastating killing intent as he charged at Leo!

A heavy punch, wrapped in the sonic boom of tearing air, aimed straight for Leo's face!

"Perfect."

Leo loosened his wrists and threw his own devastating punch!

"BOOM!"

Two fists forged like steel collided viciously in midair!

A terrifying shockwave rippled outward from them as the epicenter, sending standing water within thirty feet spraying into the air!

"What incredible strength!"

Mourner's pupils contracted, but then he grinned savagely. "But not enough!"

Using the recoil, he spun his body, his right leg sweeping toward Leo's waist like a battleaxe!

Leo raised his arm to block, then countered with a knee strike!

Two men standing at the pinnacle of the underworld's combat prowess instantly engaged in brutal close-quarters combat on the docks!

Fist to flesh, every move lethal!

"Leo!"

Mourner roared as he attacked. "I'll admit you're strong! But you're still just a rat hiding in the shadows taking cheap shots! If you've got real guts, fight me fair and square to the death!"

"Fair and square?"

Leo laughed coldly, a side kick forcing Mourner back half a step. "Twenty years ago, your Nightfall organization took a contract from the Drake family and assassinated my friend's father in New York! Did you think about 'fair and square' then?"

"What?" Mourner froze.

"My friend Luke's father—a businessman who couldn't hurt a fly—was poisoned by your Nightfall assassin, made to look like a heart attack!"

Leo's voice grew colder. "His family business was devoured by your puppet masters, his estate plundered, his son driven to jump off a building!"

"And now you want to talk to me about 'fair and square'?"

Leo exploded with power, a heavy punch slamming into Mourner's chest. "You rats hiding in the gutter—what right do you have to talk to me about rules!"

Meanwhile.

On the surrounding battlefield.

Olivia led the Shadow Squad, coordinating with Ivy's trio to conduct the final sweep of remaining Nightfall members.

Ivy's claw-blades flashed with crimson light through the crowd, each swing bringing a spray of blood.

Serafina's long, elegant legs became lethal weapons—a flying scissor kick snapping a killer's neck.

Charlotte was even more ruthless, her scalpel like Death's scythe, harvesting life after life.

Within minutes.

Mourner's last five bodyguards all lay in pools of blood.

Seeing this, Mourner's eyes nearly split with rage.

"Despicable! Leo! You despicable, shameless bastard!"

Mourner roared madly. "You said one-on-one! Yet you have your people slaughter my brothers! Do you have any dignity as a warrior?"

"Dignity?"

Leo sneered. "When your Nightfall organization poisoned an unarmed businessman, did you think about dignity?"

"When you helped the Drake family drive my friend Luke to his death, did you think about dignity?"

"When you staged a kidnapping to bleed Luke dry of his last drop of blood, did you think about dignity?"

With each sentence, Leo's attacks grew more violent!

"Today, I'm going to use your own methods to let you taste what it's like to be hunted down!"

"AHHH!"

Mourner descended into complete fury, every muscle in his body bulging.

He burned his life potential recklessly, his speed and strength surging in that moment!

"DIE!!!"

Mourner roared, throwing a devastating punch at Leo.

Leo erupted with equal force, meeting him head-on without backing down!

"BOOM!"

Their fists collided again—this impact even more terrifying than before!

The horrific shockwave radiated outward from them as the center, the concrete beneath their feet instantly cracking into a spiderweb pattern!

Nearby shipping containers were toppled by the blast, rusty cranes groaning under the strain!

The entire abandoned dock shook violently!

"These… these monsters…"

Ivy and the others, hiding in the distance, watched the two figures clashing madly at the battlefield's center, deep shock flashing in their beautiful eyes.

"Reaper… you can do it…"

Just as the battle reached its peak.

A cunning gleam suddenly flashed in Mourner's eyes.

He deliberately left an opening, luring Leo to attack high.

Sure enough, Leo seized the opportunity, throwing a heavy punch at Mourner's face!

"Got you!"

Mourner grinned savagely, his body suddenly dropping to evade Leo's fist.

At the same time, his right leg whipped toward Leo's knee like a steel rod!

This kick—he was confident it could shatter anyone's spine!

"Leo! Watch out!" Ivy cried out in alarm.

However.

Leo not only didn't dodge—he stood there coldly.

"BANG!"

Mourner's right leg connected solidly with Leo's knee!

"Ha ha ha! Crippled!" Mourner rejoiced.

But the next second.

The wild joy on his face froze instantly.

Because Leo's knee hadn't moved an inch!

"That's all the strength you've got?"

Leo sneered coldly, and under Mourner's shocked gaze, reached out both hands and grabbed his right ankle in an iron grip!

"Get down here!"

Leo roared, his arms exploding with force!

"BOOM!"

Mourner's massive frame was slammed into the ground like a sack of potatoes!

The concrete shattered into a huge human-shaped crater!

Before Mourner could react.

Leo had already leaped onto him, a fist crashing down on his face!

"This punch is for Luke's father!"

"BANG!"

"This punch is for Luke, who you drove to his death!"

"BANG!"

"This punch is for all the innocent people who died at your Nightfall organization's hands!"

"BANG!"

Leo's fists rained down like a storm, each one carrying towering fury!

Mourner was beaten without any ability to fight back, his face a bloody mess, unable even to scream.

"And this punch…"

Leo grabbed Mourner by the collar, lifting his entire body, his deep-set eyes filled with icy killing intent:

"This one sends you to hell!"

"BOOM!!!"

The final punch—Leo used nearly all his strength!

The back of Mourner's head slammed into the ground with such force that the entire dock shook three times!

This man who once made all of Europe's underworld tremble in fear—the leader of the Nightfall organization.

Died just like that, under Leo's fists.

Leo slowly stood up, looking down at Mourner's corpse at his feet, coldly exhaling a breath.

"Luke, I've settled another debt for you."