From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 494 The God of War Makes His Move, Showing No Mercy

The top-floor office of the Kinmen Group.

Lee Dong-gun's face was deathly pale, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and the communicator on the table kept ringing, but he dared not answer any of them.

One bad news after another came like snowflakes: the Korean club was raided, key members were arrested, the headquarters was investigated, and accounts were frozen...

Overnight, their business empire, built over thirty years, began to show signs of collapse.

How is this possible? How is this possible?!
"Li Tianhao, Li Tianhao, how could he have such power? How could he have such audacity? How could he dare to do that?!"

A feeling of utter absurdity washed over me; damn it, they were the victims!
The Four Star Society robbery! They lost things and suffered heavy losses!
You, Li Tianhao, are a suspect! You, Li Tianhao, stole our things! How come you're the one being so aggressive and pushing us to the brink of death?
There's no such logic in the world.
He took a deep breath and dialed Vinina's number. She was the head of the HR Alliance's China region. Over the years, the Golden Gate Group had spent a lot of effort trying to please this venomous woman.

"Ms. Vinina...!"

As soon as the call connected, Li Dongjian launched into a rapid-fire complaint, ending with, "We can't let them investigate any further. If they do, it won't just be our Jinmen Group; the HR Alliance might get dragged into it too..."

He was met with a long silence. Just as Lee Dong-gun was feeling uneasy, Vinina's voice came through, "Just how many people have you offended?!"

"what?!"

"I'm asking you, just how many people have you offended?!"

On the other end of the phone came Vinina's furious roar, "Damn it, are you crazy? Who are you dealing with? Now it's not just Yangzhou City, but also Jiangnan City, the Thunder Martial Arts School, even the military is involved! You've dragged the HR Alliance into this! Lee Dong-gun, this is China, not Europe, not America, this is China! The HR Alliance is just a commercial organization; it can't interfere with China's judicial and administrative procedures. You'd better watch yourself!"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

Before Lee Dong-gun could say anything more, Vinina had already hung up the phone, leaving only the merciless echo of the busy tone.

Lee Dong-gun's face was ashen as he slowly sat back in his expensive leather chair. He understood that he and the Golden Gate Group had been abandoned. The HR Alliance would never risk confronting the Chinese government for his worthless, even potentially self-destructive, glove, especially when the other side had irrefutable evidence and was in the clear legal position.

But he didn't understand why this was happening.

Li Tianhao?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible. Although he was the director of the Finance Department of the Yangzhou Internal Affairs Bureau, he was just a director and could not possibly have that kind of power.

Ultimately, Yangzhou is just a satellite city of Jiangnan City; it doesn't have that much prestige.

Didn't you hear what Vinina said? Even Jiangnan City, Thunder Martial Arts School, and the military are involved. Why?
Have I really offended so many people?
No, that's impossible. How could I possibly offend so many people?

I'm not stupid!

"Chairman, we have to go!" Kwon Jae-seok and Choi Min-ji rushed into the office, realizing the seriousness of the situation. "It will be too late if we wait any longer!"

Lee Dong-gun suddenly woke up, his eyes flashing with despair, confusion, and resentment. "Let's go! Take what we've prepared!"

Moments later, a small private aircraft belonging to the Kinmen Group quietly took off from the private helipad on the top floor of the group's building, attempting to escape under the cover of darkness and chaos.

However, just as the aircraft took off and entered the suburban airspace, a figure exuding a terrifying aura appeared in the night sky in front of the aircraft as if by teleportation.

He stood in mid-air without wearing any flight equipment, his body surging with primal force, as if he were one with heaven and earth. The immense pressure enveloped the entire airspace as if it were a tangible force, causing the engines of his aircraft to groan under the strain.

“Lee Dong-gun, Kwon Jae-seok, Choi Min-ji.” The newcomer spoke slowly, his voice calm, his gaze as deep as a bottomless abyss, yet radiating an incomparably chilling aura. “You shouldn’t have run away.”

"Lu Zhendong, the advanced war god of the Thunder Martial Arts Academy!?" Upon seeing the newcomer, Li Dongjian and the other two's expressions changed drastically.

The alarm inside the aircraft shrieked, and the screen displayed an unparalleled energy lock signal.

……

The Li family's study.

Li Tianhao slowly picked up the teacup, blew on the steam, and took a sip.

His face remained calm and expressionless, as if the storm outside caused by him and the Golden Gate Group had nothing to do with him.

This was a storm that had been brewing for nearly twenty years, a storm that was proceeding step by step.

Outside the window, the night view of Yangzhou was still dazzling and prosperous. No one knew that the city's shadows had just been thoroughly swept away by a swift and complete storm. At that moment, the communication watch vibrated.

"Hello?!……"

Suddenly, he frowned. "An attack? A psychopath... Hmm, I understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Tianhao's expression was somewhat unpleasant.

The call was from Weber. Li Chengqian had been ambushed by a mentalist in the wilderness. Although he was unharmed, the attacker had disappeared. Fearing further complications, the Black Stone Squad had returned to their temporary base.

Hearing that his son was alright, he was naturally somewhat relieved, but the spiritual master...

This could not possibly be the work of the Kinmen Group.

"HR Alliance!"

The name popped into his mind.

As one of the most powerful forces in the world today, although the HR Alliance is not as prominent in China as it is abroad, and its influence has been compressed to the extreme, it is still normal for it to send people to settle the matter of the Purple Gold Star Grass Spirit.

As an official within the Chinese system and having always stayed in the base city, the HR Alliance would not break the rules just to vent their anger. But Li Chengqian was different; he was a martial artist who frequently ventured into the wilderness, a lawless place!
Although Wei Bo said Chengqian was a genius, but...

I'm still a little worried!

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Café Provence, Yangzhou

Pierre Lafargue looked terrible. As a mid-level warrior and mentalist, he had been lying low in Yangzhou for seven years.

Seven years is enough time for a stranger to shed his worldly airs and integrate into the everyday life of this satellite city. The coffee beans he roasts are rich and aromatic, the macarons he makes are sweet but not cloying, and he occasionally chats with regular customers in Chinese with a slight southern French accent, perfectly playing the role of a gentle and slightly charming shop owner.

But at this moment, Pierre felt no sweetness or mellowness, only a sense of fear and anxiety.

The mission failed.

As a mid-level warrior and a mentalist, he failed to assassinate a junior warrior. Not only did he fail, he also felt fear.

The fleeting moment in the wilderness replayed uncontrollably in my mind.

That Blood Shadow Battle Blade!

That precise, calm, almost precognitive parry... and the casual glance Li Chengqian gave after slashing the flying needle—it was that glance that inexplicably stirred an indescribable fear in his heart.

Found! !
That's why he fled immediately without the slightest hesitation!
But unsurprisingly, something still went wrong.

When he returned to Yangzhou, he was horrified to find that five days had already passed.

Five days!!

Returning to Yangzhou City from area 078, how could a mentalist like him need so much time? Could it be that I've been...?

He recalled the memories of the five days after his escape, and to his surprise, they were very clear. He could even recall that after his escape, perhaps due to some kind of fright, he would sleep for a while after confirming that it was safe at each temporary shelter. It was for this reason that his return was slower, and it took him five days to get back to Yangzhou.

"Seriously, the older you get, the more timid you become!" he sighed softly. "However, that Li Chengqian is definitely not a junior warrior; in fact, he could very well be an awakened mentalist."

Information about Li Chengqian flashed through my mind.

"Yes, it must be a mentalist, and a highly qualified one at that. After awakening as a mentalist, the energy of heaven and earth feeds back into the physical body. Only after practicing the Five Hearts Towards Heaven style for the first time can such strength be unleashed in a short period of time. Damn it, the information is wrong. No, I must report to my superiors immediately!"

As if he had figured everything out, Pierre walked to the bookshelf, pulled out several thick French original books, revealing a complex keypad behind them. After fingerprint, iris, and dynamic password verification, the bookshelf silently slid open, revealing a downward staircase.

(End of this chapter)