From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 496 Sword Pointing at Meteorite

Ten days later. Top floor of the HR Alliance branch building in Jiangnan Base City.

A high-level meeting is being held in a tense conference room.

Vinina Bolenas sat in the main seat, her face stern, listening to her subordinates' reports on the recent official investigation of the Golden Gate Group and the obstruction of many of its shady businesses.

This time, it was initially thought to be just a problem with the Kinmen Group, but unexpectedly, the government used the Kinmen Group incident to trace the clues and uncover many gray and even black industry chains between the HR Alliance and the Kinmen Group. They then took ruthless action to crack down on them. Caught off guard, the HR Alliance also suffered considerable losses, which put a lot of pressure on Vinina, the head of the Chinese branch.

Fortunately, she was a member of the Li family, and both she and her husband were formidable warriors. With the secret assistance of the HR Alliance, it took them a full ten years to finally stabilize the situation.

But it was just a temporary stabilization. The original plan to swallow up the Kinmen Group was not fully realized. All of Kinmen Group's overt assets were nationalized, and its covert gray and even black assets were also destroyed. Fortunately, Li Tianhao played an important role in this incident, so the Li family was able to get some assets, which made her very dissatisfied.

Li Tianhao!
This minor bureaucrat, whom she had previously looked down upon, was able to unleash such powerful strength, which surprised her and made her very uncomfortable.

After all, the Li family had always been ruled by the couple, as if their word was law. It wasn't until this incident that she realized that even Li Hui was not in control of his own destiny in many matters, and had to strike a balance between personal and family interests.

Of course, what annoyed her the most was Li Tianhao's son, Li Chengqian. This guy, who was suspected of consuming the spirit of the Purple Gold Star, was likely a mentalist. He had also escaped Pierre's assassination attempt and displayed unparalleled potential, which had already attracted the attention of the family.

Most importantly, he actually joined the Extreme Martial Arts Academy and became a martial artist there, which put him ahead of his son Li Wei. How could this be allowed?
Therefore, she was in a bad mood and lost her temper during the meeting.

Pierre Lafargue is here today too. He shouldn't be here as an undercover agent, but what can he do when his assassination attempt on Li Chengqian fails?
It's important to understand that the order to assassinate Li Chengqian wasn't given by Vinina. Even though she was the head of the HR Alliance's China region, she wasn't qualified to move this pawn. The assassination order came from a high-ranking official at the HR Alliance headquarters, and the purpose was simple: to take revenge on Li Tianhao.

The elder at the HR Alliance headquarters seemed to believe that Li Tianqian's rapid progress was due to the resources lost thirty years ago. His purpose in doing so was to retaliate against Li Chengqian and to deter those who harbored ill will towards the alliance, but unfortunately, he failed.

A mid-level warrior-level mentalist failed to assassinate a low-level warrior-level martial artist, which required a reasonable explanation, hence Pierre's arrival.

He sat near the end of the conference room, and since it wasn't his turn to speak yet, he appeared perfectly normal, focused, occasionally jotting something down in his electronic notebook. The brief but terrifying confrontation at home ten days prior, and the subsequent period of unconsciousness, were completely absent from his memory. His recollection had been cleverly altered and pieced together; he only remembered returning from the failed mission in the wilderness, reporting the assassination attempt to Vinina, and then, as usual, spending his days at the café without noticing anything unusual.

After finishing her tirade, Vinina finally noticed him, beckoned him over, and gestured for him to come up.

Pierre nodded, stood up, and suddenly...

Without any warning!
Pierre froze abruptly!
His body trembled violently, and the electronic pen in his hand shattered with a "crack"! He abruptly raised his head, his eyes no longer displaying their usual calm and sharpness, but filled with a complete, insane crimson! It was as if some pre-programmed destruction program had been activated instantly, overwhelming all his reason and consciousness!
“You…you deserve to die!” A hoarse, distorted roar escaped his throat, sounding inhuman!

"Pierre? What are you doing?!" A bald executive who was closest to him turned around in astonishment and shouted.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!" The answer he received was two incredibly fast black lights! Two Kro alloy flying needles, which had been hidden in Pierre's sleeves, carried the full power of his intermediate-level mental master and instantly pierced the foreheads of the bald executive and another female executive next to him!

The astonished expressions on their faces remained frozen, and they collapsed silently onto the expensive leather seats, red and white fluid gushing out from a small hole at the back of their heads.

"Enemy attack!!"

"Stop him!!"

Chaos erupted in the meeting room instantly!
Exclamations, roars, and the sound of tables and chairs being overturned filled the air!
Those who were sitting here all had martial arts backgrounds and reacted extremely quickly. The few people who were a little further away from Pierre immediately unleashed their genetic energy and pounced over!
The War God-level powerhouses, including Vinina, reacted the fastest. Their expressions changed drastically as they stood up, unleashing their powerful auras!
But Pierre's target didn't seem to be them at all. His face wore a strange expression, a mixture of fanaticism and numbness, completely ignoring the rushing guards and the erupting war god, and he suddenly pressed his right hand to his chest!
There, a metal ornament he wore close to his body suddenly emitted a blinding white light!

"No!!" Verina sensed the terrifying energy surge that instantly coalesced, and her face paled as she screamed!
boom! ! ! ! ! !

The deafening explosion swallowed everything!
A massive fireball, mixed with a violent electromagnetic pulse, suddenly expanded outwards from Pierre's center! High-strength alloy glass was instantly shattered into dust, and the hard alloy walls were torn apart and melted like paper! The entire top floor of the HR Alliance Jiangnan City branch building was instantly blown away and annihilated by the incredibly violent energy!
The blinding light could be clearly seen even from dozens of miles away, and the violent tremors spread throughout a large part of the Jiangnan Base City!
...

When rescuers and martial arts experts from the Extreme Martial Arts School and Thunder Martial Arts School arrived, all they found was a scene of devastation and billowing smoke.

Subsequent statistics revealed that the core management team of the HR Alliance's Jiangnan City headquarters was almost entirely wiped out in the attack and explosion. Of the seventeen mid-to-high-level personnel present, fourteen were confirmed dead, including the direct descendants of two War God-level powerhouses.

All three seriously injured were at the God of War level, including Vinina. Their injuries were extremely severe, especially Vinina, who rushed the fastest and was closest to the center of the explosion. Although she survived thanks to her God of War physique and expensive armor, she suffered extensive burns to her face and body, and her internal organs were severely damaged, leaving her in a deep coma.

The attacker, Pierre Lafargue, was never found.

Analysis of the explosive residue at the scene pointed to a miniature electromagnetic pulse bomb with an extremely high yield, which is usually found only in ancient ruins or top-notch military laboratories, and its origin remains a mystery.

The HR Alliance's influence in China has been severely damaged, plunging the organization into chaos and panic. All clues seem to point to a suicidal terrorist attack orchestrated by an insider, but the motive remains unknown.

When the explosion occurred, Li Chengqian was sitting in the quiet room of the villa assigned to him by the Limitless Martial Arts Academy, a strand of dark golden psychic energy, thinner than a hair, coiling and moving around his fingertips as if it were alive.

He felt the aftershocks of the grand fireworks display in the distance, and a slight, cold smile appeared on his lips.

Then, he stood up, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of walls, looking towards the vast sea in the distance, inhabited by countless monsters.

Meteorite Star!

(End of this chapter)