Having arranged the rescue, David was also setting about preparing the ransom. This money definitely had to be paid, otherwise the danger of the kidnappers killing the hostage was simply too great.

David couldn't help but regret letting his daughter go play alone. Through the camera of Kelly's phone, although Catherine was holding it and it was shaking, he could still see two female corpses lying on the ground, clearly the two bodyguards he had assigned.

Then he also saw the other four camouflaged, gun-toting men at the scene, giving David a massive headache.

"How many people did you send for the rescue? They openly have four combatants, and I don't know if there are any more in secret," David asked worriedly.

"I sent a squad of twelve people, don't worry, Boss!" The bodyguard was also a bit nervous, but still assured his boss.

Catherine didn't urge David either; she knew that David treasured his only daughter dearly and would definitely give her the money.

Thinking that she would also be a multi-hundred-million-dollar billionaire in the future, Catherine was in a great mood and patiently waited for the ten minutes to be up.

Malong had been lurking and waiting on the side for a while, but didn't wait for any unexpected events to happen—no one came to rescue Kelly—so he decided to look for an opportunity to strike and rescue Kelly.

In the final minute, David transferred the one hundred million US dollars in ransom to Kelly's bearer account. His body felt as if it had been hollowed out, instantly losing strength and support. He didn't know if the kidnappers would continue demanding money or simply kill the hostage.

In fact, David very much wanted the kidnappers to continue asking him for money so that he could use the excuse of raising funds to continue stalling for time until the rescue personnel arrived, ensuring his daughter's safety.

Unfortunately, Catherine felt that one hundred million US dollars was already enough for her to live comfortably for the rest of her life. Upon receiving the payment notification, Catherine let out a scream—she was a billionaire now!

A video request came from Kelly's phone in her hand. Catherine chuckled softly and threw the phone with its lit screen into the water. Because the phone was spinning at high speed, it skipped across the water twice after entering it before sinking.

Catherine quietly watched the phone sink into the water with its screen still lit, feeling exceptionally relaxed and happy.

Seeing her phone thrown away, Kelly knew something bad had happened; Catherine obviously didn't want to let her go.

Kelly felt some regret for being blind and failing to read people, getting brutally stabbed in the back by her closest best friend, and possibly even losing her little life.

Seeing that woman throw away the phone and laugh wildly, Malong knew there was a high probability they would kill the hostage. Originally, he had thought that if Kelly could be safely released, he wouldn't show himself, but looking at this situation, if he didn't make a move, Kelly's life couldn't be saved.

Among the four armed men in front, the two holding submachine guns posed the greatest threat. Submachine guns were flexible and fierce, capable of posing a huge threat to him, so those two had to be dealt with first. The other two held sniper rifles, posing a slightly smaller threat, but there was also a high possibility they could instantly draw their pistols and likewise pose a fatal threat to him.

The danger coefficient of this operation was extremely high. These were clearly four professional soldiers, special forces-level experts at that, whose strength was worlds apart from ordinary Poachers, possessing military qualities far surpassing Poachers.

"You've received the one hundred million US dollars, right? Can I leave now?" Kelly calmed her emotions and stood up.

"Haha, I said I'd let you go, but they haven't said so yet." Catherine laughed loudly, looking extremely maniacal, her fingers gesturing as she pointed at the four people beside her.

Looking at Kelly's desperate yet resolute and calm expression, Malong couldn't help but criticize that woman named Catherine; taking the ransom and still refusing to let someone go made her simply the scum of kidnappers.

"Is my best friend pretty? Haha." Catherine teased the four kidnappers. The four kidnappers looked at Kelly's stubborn goddess-like appearance and couldn't help swallowing hard, obviously all eager to taste the goddess's favors.

"Haha, I'll give you the chance. Remember to destroy the bodies and erase the traces after you're done having fun!" Catherine spat out vicious words.

Kelly could finally no longer maintain her composure. Perhaps she wasn't too afraid of death—after all, dying straight out was one thing—but being gang-raped before dying... Kelly's face turned pale; she couldn't accept this.

Hehehehe, several kidnappers let out excited laughter, all casting their gazes toward Kelly.

At this moment, Kelly no longer had her past composure and confidence, her face ashen. Although she was still wearing clothes, she felt as if she had been stripped bare.

The four men walked toward Kelly while taking down their guns, preparing to go all out.

Kelly was in despair. She had never thought she would bid farewell to this world in such a humiliating way. Suddenly regaining her strength, she turned and ran toward the lake, preparing to jump in and escape.

However, Catherine directly stuck out a foot, tripping Kelly and causing her to fall to the ground. The four kidnappers also quickly walked toward Kelly.

Right at this moment, taking advantage of the kidnappers' impatient and eager state of mind, Malong suddenly sprinted out from a patch of bushes.

Kelly, who had fallen to the ground and was already in despair, instantly had a look of pleasant surprise and hope flash in her eyes, as if all crises had come to an end.

Hearing the vibrating sound from behind, the four kidnappers instantly reached for the pistols at their waists. But before the two back kidnappers even had time to draw their guns, Malong had already pounced over, his two forelimbs fully extended to swing at their heads at the maximum angle.

In an instant, the two kidnappers lost their posture. Their heads simply couldn't bear the force of three to four tons slamming into their faces. Each person's face was caved in by a slap from Malong, and their cervical spines couldn't bear this terrifying force either, directly snapping. The two extremely capable special forces kidnappers were instantly killed as Malong smashed their heads to pieces.

After landing swiftly, Malong pounced toward another person again. These two people were relatively far apart, and Malong no longer had a way to attack both at the same time. While pouncing into mid-air, Malong directly flattened his body and flew sideways.

The third person had already raised his pistol in a flash of lightning, but before he could fire, Malong slapped him across the hand. The pistol was directly batted away by Malong's slap, and the immense force crisply ripped off the index finger that the kidnapper had looped around the trigger guard.

Meanwhile, Malong's tail was not idle either, whipping onto the fourth kidnapper's hand and instantly knocking the pistol awry. However, in terms of force it was still a lot less, and the kidnapper still managed to fire that shot: "Bang!"

But that shot was knocked off-target under the whip of the tail, and Malong instantly felt relieved.

Although this tail whip didn't knock the pistol away, there was still several hundred kilograms of force lashing onto the kidnapper's hand, directly numbing his hand and hindering his ability to fire continuously.

After landing, Malong's four limbs instantly exerted force, his waist twisting wildly as he lunged toward the fourth kidnapper in an instant.

With his right hand numb and unable to fire, the kidnapper could only switch to his left hand to shoot. Unfortunately, because his hand was numb, the switching motion was not fast enough. Just as he switched to his left hand, Malong had already slapped him across the side of his face.

In an instant, the kidnapper's neck moved horizontally by nearly five centimeters, the bones on his face were directly shattered and caved in, the skin on his face twisted and pulled crazily, his eyeballs shattered into bloody jelly and spewed out from their sockets, and his body couldn't help but fly sideways to the side, dying instantly.