Chapter 3: Dad Came Too Late; This Blood Debt Must Be Repaid in Blood!

Three hours later, at an abandoned port on the outskirts of Harmony City.

The radar network responsible for Harmony City's airspace defense burst into sparks three seconds ago and completely shut down.

A jet-black supersonic stealth fighter, wrapped in violent sonic boom clouds, crashed heavily onto the abandoned port's runway, plowing two deep grooves 300 feet long into the concrete surface.

The fighter's hatch opened.

Ryan, clad in black armor with an ice-cold expression, stepped out.

At the edge of the runway, Osiris, who had arrived ahead of him, was already kneeling on one knee, respectfully holding up a black encrypted tablet with both hands: "Master, I've found out everything!"

"Speak."

"The underground laboratory belongs to the Spencer family, one of the world's four major conglomerates."

Osiris's eyes flashed with killing intent. "On the surface, they run a biopharmaceutical business, but secretly they've been conducting experiments that violate international conventions. Using their vast financial network, they specifically screen and kidnap young children with special bloodlines from the slums."

Osiris pulled up the data on the tablet: "Through extremely cruel methods, they continuously extract living blood from these children to refine the rare abilities in their bloodlines, using it to help their own family members with poor talent awaken their powers!"

"And the young master's blood..."

Osiris paused, not daring to look Ryan in the eye. "Because she inherited one ten-thousandth of your mutated genes, the potential contained within is terrifyingly powerful. They've treated the young master as the highest-grade blood source!"

Ryan took the tablet and looked at the bloody, horrific photos from the laboratory attached to it.

Especially that photo of a weakened Ella Garcia.

The veins on the back of his hand holding the tablet bulged.

The high-strength encrypted tablet turned directly into a pile of metal powder in Ryan's hand.

"What a Spencer family. What a global conglomerate."

Ryan laughed in extreme anger, but his laughter made people's scalps tingle.

"Pass down my order." Ryan drew the sword from his back, pointing it directly toward Harmony City. "Surround all properties under the Spencer family's name, cut off all escape routes from the underground laboratory. Everyone involved in the laboratory, don't let even a dog escape. Kill them all!"

"Yes, sir!"

With Osiris's low roar, a hundred thousand Demon-Hunter Corps silently rose and followed that god-like, demon-like man toward the city.

...

Meanwhile, 3,000 feet underground in the laboratory.

Under the pale shadowless lights, four-year-old Ella Garcia was once again roughly pushed onto that alloy operating table covered in dried bloodstains.

This time, the tubes inserted into her body were even thicker than before!

"Start maximum load extraction!"

Not far away, a young man with unusually fanatical eyes was staring fixedly at Ella.

He was Jack Spencer of the Spencer family.

As long as he consumed this premium blood one last time, he would soar to great heights!

"No... don't extract anymore! Please let her go! She's just a child!!!"

In the corner of the laboratory, a woman covered in wounds was desperately crawling on the ground, trying to get close to the operating table.

She was Sophia.

"Let her go?" Jack walked forward and viciously stomped on Sophia's outstretched fingers, grinding them hard.

"Ahh!!!" Sophia let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"You worthless woman, are you joking with me?"

Jack looked down at Sophia from above. "As long as your daughter's blood helps me complete my awakening, I'll become the strongest person in all of Harmony City! You should feel honored that your bastard child has value to be used!"

"Please..." Sophia endured the intense pain, her forehead hitting the floor hard, blood flowing.

"As long as you're willing to let Ella go, I'll do anything you want!"

"Mommy, no! Ella doesn't hurt! Ella doesn't hurt at all!"

Ella on the operating table, seeing her mother being beaten, struggled desperately. Her small voice carried a sob but was surprisingly strong. "Daddy will definitely come save us like a superhero! Bad guys, my daddy will beat you all up!"

"Your daddy?"

Jack acted as if he'd heard the biggest joke, suddenly turning around and slapping Ella hard across the face.

"Smack!"

The crisp sound of the slap echoed through the laboratory.

Blood trickled from the corner of Ella's mouth, two tiny baby teeth were knocked right out, her small body shook violently on the operating table, and half her face instantly swelled up.

"Don't hurt my daughter!!"

Sophia lunged forward like a madwoman, but Jack kicked her in the abdomen. Her whole body flew backward, hit the wall, vomited blood violently, and completely lost the ability to move.

Jack straightened his suit, walked to Sophia, squatted down and grabbed her chin:

"As for that wild man called Ryan? Ha, according to our conglomerate's intelligence network, he disappeared five years ago and probably died in some stinking ditch long ago! Even if he's alive, in front of my Spencer family, he's nothing but worthless trash!"

Jack stood up and ordered the servant beside him: "Take this woman to my room, wash her clean and tie her up. When I'm done, I'm going to enjoy her thoroughly. As for this little bastard, after draining her blood, throw her to feed the mutant dogs in the backyard."

"Yes! Mr. Spencer!"

Sophia closed her eyes in despair, tears falling silently.

I'm sorry, Ryan, I couldn't protect our daughter...

Ella's vision was already blurring, excessive blood loss making her small body ice cold.

Half-conscious, she murmured unconsciously: "Daddy... where are you..."

"Beep—beep—Alert! Defense Gate No. 1 destroyed by unknown external force!"

"Defense Gate No. 2 collapsed!"

"Warning! Thirty layers of underground armor forcibly penetrated!"

Just as Jack was about to turn around, piercing alarm sounds went crazy throughout the laboratory, and red warning lights flashed frantically!

"What's happening?!" Jack was shocked.

The laboratory's special alloy door, 3 feet thick and supposedly able to withstand even bunker-buster missiles, was violently split in half from the outside with a single sword strike amid a huge explosion!

A black-armored man like a demon god, holding a blood-dripping black broken sword, slowly walked out from the smoke.

Behind him, the corridor was already covered with the corpses of the Spencer family's proud high-level guards, blood flowing like a river!

Ryan's figure flashed, appearing beside the operating table as if teleporting. With a flick of his sword, all the metal tubes and locks instantly shattered.

He tremblingly extended his calloused hands, carefully holding that small body that felt almost weightless into his arms.

Feeling the warmth of her father's embrace, Ella barely opened her swollen eyes and squeezed out a weak smile: "Are you... Daddy? Ella finally... waited for you..."

Ryan held his daughter tightly. The man who had suppressed hell itself now had tears streaming down his face: "I'm sorry... Ella, Daddy came too late."

"Osiris, seal off Harmony City. Tonight, I will use the blood of the entire Spencer family to wash away my daughter's trauma."