The fuse was lit, and the conflict erupted in an instant.
Ye Meng's eyes were filled with mockery.
As times changed,
two forces had become the most powerful in this world.
One was the strength of martial artists.
The other was... the power of public opinion.
Even you, Su Muwan, when faced with such overwhelming condemnation, would inevitably crack under the pressure.
No matter how strong a martial artist is, it's impossible to remain completely unaffected and free from distractions!
Ning Qingyuan frowned. This wouldn't do. The forces of the royal city were too dominant.
As the saying goes, a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Even if her niece had the backing of the Su family,
she would gain no advantage in a conflict here.
As she was about to step in to mediate,
suddenly—
"Heh!"
Su Muwan let out a cold laugh, then swept her gaze around the room and sneered, "How ridiculous! Since when do I need to explain my actions to anyone?"
"Qin Luo!"
She turned to Qin Luo, took a deep breath, and with a sharp look in her eyes, commanded, "Go and cripple these useless fools!"
She wasn't joking.
Su Muwan had already learned how to use Qin Luo effectively.
Gloves were meant for...
Ahem, never mind.
Having Qin Luo deal with people was the perfect way to avoid the karmic backlash of the heavens!
Why not make full use of this advantage?
Hmph!
These pathetic nobodies, their families had neither top-tier (T0) strength nor Peak Realm experts.
Even if I let you all gang up on me, what waves could you possibly make?
Su Muwan was only wary of T0 forces uniting against her.
She wasn't afraid of these insignificant families that she could crush with a wave of her hand!
Moreover,
the reason she agreed to come to the royal city for this wedding was—
to settle some unfinished business!
The Long family was one of the Dragon King Palace's affiliated forces, and the Shangguan family was Shangguan Chuxue's clan.
No matter what, she had to come and eliminate these lingering threats!
So!
Now that she had made up her mind, she wasn't afraid of causing trouble!
After all, could things get any worse than provoking two T0 families?!
Upon hearing her command, Qin Luo smiled faintly and replied, "As you wish, Miss."
With that,
he glanced around the banquet hall and moved his right hand slightly.
Whoosh!
A surge of black mist instantly erupted within the hall.
Thud!
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat.
What did Su Muwan just say?
She wanted her lackey to cripple them?
Was she serious?
They all looked up in shock and uncertainty at the spreading black mist.
The oppressive darkness gradually made it hard to breathe.
Gulp!
Some of them swallowed nervously.
Hey, hey, hey, this is getting serious.
Is she really going to cripple all of us?
Ye Meng tore her gaze away from the black mist, her brows furrowing slightly.
Cripple them?
Ridiculous!
She's just bluffing!
With that thought, she glared coldly at Su Muwan and mocked, "Su Muwan! Stop pretending!"
"Everyone here is a prominent member of the royal city's elite families."
"You're just the young lady of some insignificant family from a backwater town."
"Cripple us?"
"You don't have the right!"
With a haughty expression, she added, "If you cripple your own limbs and kowtow to apologize now, we might consider sparing you..."
Before she could finish,
"Enough of your nonsense."
Slap!!!
"Ah—!!"
Ye Meng's voice was abruptly cut off.
She clutched her face, her head tilted to the side, her eyes wide with disbelief as she caught a glimpse of the black claw that had suddenly materialized.
Her pupils shook violently.
What... just happened?
The next second,
before anyone could process whether Su Muwan was bluffing or not,
Swish, swish, swish!!!
Countless black threads surged out from the banquet hall,
precisely binding and lifting into the air every member of the families who had mocked Su Muwan.
They were all suspended in mid-air, tied up by the threads.
"Ahhh! It hurts!"
"Damn it! Su Muwan, are you insane?! You're really going to cripple us?!"
"I'm the young master of the Huang family! If you cripple me, you'll never leave the royal city alive!"
"Help!!"
"Miss Su! It's all a misunderstanding! There's no need for this!"
A chorus of shocked screams erupted.
Everyone was stunned.
So she wasn't joking. Su Muwan... really intended to have Qin Luo cripple them?!
Ye Meng, suspended in mid-air, was utterly bewildered.
She stared blankly at the other royal city elites hanging around her.
Her face was twisted with shock.
What?
Huh?
Su Muwan... is really going to cripple us?!
Ye Meng's mind went blank, her thoughts in complete disarray.
All the schemes and strategies she had prepared now seemed like the ramblings of a clown, mocking her relentlessly.
This!
Su Muwan isn't playing by the rules!
She's using brute force to crush all tactics!
How are we supposed to deal with this?!
I wanted Su Muwan to provoke all the royal city families,
but I never expected it would be by crippling their cultivation!
No, no, no! Maybe she's just trying to scare us!
Ye Meng desperately tried to reassure herself.
The next second,
Slap!
"Ah—!!"
A scream pierced the air.
Ye Meng turned her head toward the sound.
She saw Qin Luo slap someone's dantian, and with a crack,
the person's cultivation was destroyed, accompanied by a blood-curdling scream.
Since today was the Long family's banquet, most people hadn't brought their personal guardians.
Or rather,
in the Long family's territory, in the royal city,
who could have imagined someone would be so brazen as to publicly cripple the royal city's young elites?!
Everyone's faces turned pale, and they began writhing and screaming in terror.
Madmen!
This lackey and Su Muwan are both madmen!!
"Help! Help!"
"They're crippling people! They're really crippling people!!"
A young master from one of the families twisted in fear, his face filled with panic.
The next moment,
Qin Luo teleported in front of him.
With a kind smile, he said to the screaming young man, "Stop yelling. Don't worry, it'll be over soon."
As he spoke, he shattered the young man's cultivation.
Everyone: !!!
"Waaaah!!! Miss Su, I was wrong!!"
"This was all Ye Meng's idea!!"
"Who's Ye Meng?"
"That one over there!!!"
Ye Meng: ?!
Five minutes later.
Thud, thud, thud!!!
One by one, the young elites fell to the ground.
They were coughing up blood, their consciousness fading.
Ye Meng clutched her dantian, her pupils still shaking violently.
I... I've been crippled?!
This was a result she had never anticipated.
In an instant, a mix of despair, disbelief, and confusion overwhelmed everyone.
"Ahhhh!"
"I'm crippled! I'm really crippled!"
"My Foundation Realm cultivation is gone just like that!"
"Waaah! I worked so hard to reach the Foundation Realm, consumed so many energy pills... waaah!!"
"Boo hoo hoo!!"
The sound of wailing filled the air.
Those who had escaped the ordeal huddled together in a corner.
Their faces were filled with shock.
What had happened today had completely shattered their understanding of reality.
No, it was more like something out of a fantasy!
The royal city's young elites...
all crippled?! And at the Long family's banquet, no less?!
They all turned their gazes toward Qin Luo... and the woman standing behind him, Su Muwan.
Her expression was cold and haughty, not even batting an eye as people's cultivation was destroyed. Clearly, this wasn't her first time doing something like this!
Su Muwan!! Truly terrifying!!
Ning Qingyuan stood frozen in place, her expression stiff.
Sister Qingxuan, you'll have to clean up this mess.
Su Bailian swallowed hard, her gaze shifting nervously between the two tyrants.
This! This is simply inhumane!
And they're acting so recklessly!
Who in their right mind would dare do something like this?!
Daring to cripple the younger generation of the royal city's elite families on their own turf?!
This... this is no different from defecating on their heads!
At that moment,
Crash!
"What on earth is going on here?!"
Finally, Shangguan Xiao and Long Jiuxiao, who had been busy greeting guests outside, entered the hall.
Behind them followed a group of family heads.
They had been chatting and laughing as they entered,
but the moment they saw the scene of wailing and devastation inside,
they all froze in place.
Shangguan Xiao's face twitched, her expression stiff and blank.
What... what happened to my banquet?
Why are all these people lying on the ground?
This isn't a place for sleeping!
Suddenly!
One of the family heads spotted something, and his eyes widened in horror. He let out a heart-wrenching cry, "My son!!!"
He rushed over and cradled his son, who was coughing up blood and convulsing on the ground. "Son!! How could you be crippled?!!"
His cries were filled with anguish.
His family's treasure...
How did it come to this?!
All those years of nurturing, wasted in an instant!
Soon, most of the family heads found their descendants who had been crippled.
The sound of weeping filled the air.
They quickly learned what had happened from those around them.
"Su Muwan!! How could you be so cruel!"
"My child is still young and foolish! He’s only 26!! He just said the wrong thing! And you had someone destroy his dantian!"
"My son! My son!!"
Over on Su Muwan’s side, she sighed, feeling a headache coming on.
If I don’t fight back, you people come to provoke me.
If I fight back too harshly, you curse me.
So you get to have it both ways, huh?!
"It’s just a dantian! Can’t you find a divine doctor to heal it?"
Her words only made things worse.
"The divine doctor retired long ago!"
"That’s right! Isn’t it rumored that you, Su Muwan, threw the divine doctor into the river?!"
One family head, holding his convulsing child, cried out, "Without the divine doctor, how am I supposed to heal my son?!"
As soon as the words fell, a figure slowly stepped forward, as if he had anticipated this moment.
It was Qin Luo.
With his hands behind his back, the black mist around him dissipated, revealing a warm, radiant light. He said calmly, "It’s simple."
"I’ll heal them for you."
The weeping family heads: ?
The descendants Qin Luo had personally crippled: ??
Su Muwan: ???
The host of the banquet, Shangguan Xiao: ????
Wait, what?!
You can do that?!