275: Chapter 275 One who reaps what one sows

And just moments ago...

In the hospital corridor, those male martial artists who were instantly strangled by Su Wanyue's terrifying spiritual storm...

Were precisely their husbands or boyfriends.

New grievances intertwined with old hatreds.

This group of female martial artists had now completely transformed into vengeful demons.

They wished they could charge over immediately and raze the Huayu Association to the ground.

Amidst this fanatical, bloodthirsty atmosphere...

A discordant, somewhat timid voice rang out weakly from a corner.

"Ma... Madam."

"Please, think twice..."

Qiu Hao's father, that kept man with absolutely no status in the family, was currently standing to the side, trembling.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and braced himself to speak.

"That Su Wanyue."

"Although she can be considered a martial arts genius, she doesn't come from a Great Martial Artist family."

"However, besides the Huayu Association, she has another backer."

"She... she is the younger sister who grew up with that Su Chen."

"If Madam moves against her, Su Chen will definitely take action."

While the other martial artists looked on with questioning gazes that asked, "Who is Su Chen?"

Only Mother Qiu reacted, snapping her head around.

"Su Chen?"

"The so-called legend the Huayu Association is promoting? That impoverished brat who climbed up from the bottom?"

"Madam, have you forgotten..."

"The briefing sent by the officials a few days ago mentioned him. That Su Chen shone brilliantly at the Heroic Spirit Contract Ceremony."

"And according to rumors within our martial arts families..."

"That Su Chen was the main culprit behind the bloodbath at the Heroic Spirit Contract Ceremony. Even the twins of the Jiang Family fell at his hands."

"It's said he also has countless ties to that ancient, mysterious, and terrifying White Snake Cult."

Father Qiu swallowed hard, his voice trembling even more.

"Moreover, these two have the Huayu Association behind them."

"That Witch President of the Huayu Association is unfathomable. Our Qiu Family is not invincible in Great Xia."

"What if... what if that Witch President suddenly returns?"

"And even if we take a step back, if there really is a Transcendent Heroic Spirit standing behind Su Chen to support him..."

"Then our Qiu Family will be doomed beyond redemption!"

Father Qiu's voice trailed off.

The air in the hall instantly fell deathly silent for a moment.

If what Father Qiu said was true...

Then moving against Su Wanyue might truly cause some trouble.

Immediately after, Father Qiu added an extremely critical piece of intelligence.

"Just now, the authorities heard about our Qiu Family occupying public resources and are already furious."

"The East China Hall of Valor, having freed up their hands, has personally dispatched elites to take over the management of Jianghai City's hospitals."

"If we want to seek revenge with great fanfare now, we might end up in a direct confrontation with the authorities..."

"Shut up!"

Before Father Qiu could finish, he was crudely interrupted by Mother Qiu.

Slap—!

Mother Qiu delivered a slap through the air, sending Father Qiu flying dozens of meters away, slamming into the wall and coughing up blood.

"You useless, ignorant kept man."

"Hao'er is dead, and your first thought isn't how to avenge him, but to boost the enemy's morale and diminish our own prestige!"

Mother Qiu retracted her hand, her lips curling into a disdainful, arrogant sneer.

"The White Snake Cult? They don't even dare to see the light of day."

"Others may fear them, but my Qiu Family does not. They're just a bunch of bedbugs lingering in the shadows."

"That Witch of the Huayu Association who plays at being a god?"

"She's just a charlatan. If she truly understood so-called prophecies, how could she have landed herself in such a predicament?"

"By now, she's likely long dead at the hands of the Xenomorphs!"

Mother Qiu stood proudly in the center of the hall.

Her face, thick with makeup, was filled with insufferable arrogance.

"As for what you said about a Transcendent Heroic Spirit backing Su Chen?"

"That is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!"

She laughed wantonly, as if she had heard the funniest joke on earth.

"How high and mighty are Transcendent Heroic Spirits? They are beings like gods!"

"What kind of thing is Su Chen?"

"Never mind a backgroundless, impoverished loser like him."

"Even with my son Qiu Hao's background, it would be difficult to find a Transcendent Heroic Spirit to stand up for him."

"I'll put it right here today: if even a single Transcendent Heroic Spirit stands behind that waste Su Chen to support him..."

"I will eat that bowl of noodles on the table mixed with 'human yellow' right then and there."

This resounding flag was arrogantly planted by Mother Qiu in the middle of the Qiu Family hall.

"Speaking of the authorities..."

"What does a useless person like you know?!"

Mother Qiu waved her sleeve, seamlessly switching to the mode of a political opportunist in less than a second.

"You know about the incident in the East Sea, right?"

"There, a total of four Transcendent Heroic Spirits have already died in battle."

"Those fools from the official Hall of Valor have suffered heavy casualties in the natural disasters and monster invasions."

"While we, the Great Families, have preserved our strength most completely during the cataclysm."

"Now, every one of us is rested and our armies are strong."

"In today's Great Xia, the era where the authorities have the final say is long gone."

"Now is the era where the strength of the Great Families reigns supreme over the authorities!"

Mother Qiu's crimson eyes were filled with greed, her voice echoing in every corner of the villa.

"Today, I will not only capture Su Wanyue and Teacher Wang Jin alive to avenge Hao'er."

"I will use this opportunity to announce to all of Great Xia."

"From today on, the official rules are nothing but farts!"

"Capturing them and crushing Su Chen will be the first clarion call for our martial arts families to re-emerge, for our status to surpass the authorities, and for the reshuffling of Great Xia's landscape!"

It had to be said.

These words of Mother Qiu's...

Were arrogant and haughty to the extreme.

But upon closer thought, they did have some basis.

The martial arts families and the authorities had always been at odds.

What the martial arts families wanted to establish was a society where martial artists could completely override ordinary people, wantonly oppressing and extracting value from them, and even slaughtering them at will.

Quite a few members of martial arts families had even infiltrated the Hall of Valor, which was directly under the authorities.

During the recent Heroic Spirit Contract Ceremony, most of those who accused Su Chen and Zhuge Jinyu...

Were people planted in the Hall of Valor by the martial arts families.

Excluding the Transcendent Heroic Spirits...

The Hall of Valor, which had lost many members during the rescue operations, truly didn't seem to be a match for the well-rested martial arts families.

Father Qiu clutched his swollen cheek and slumped in the corner.

Watching his wife, who had completely descended into madness, and the room full of murderous female martial artists, he terrifiedly shut his mouth.

He knew he could no longer persuade them.

He could only pray desperately in his heart that the young man named Su Chen was truly just a bottom-tier martial artist with no background.

He prayed that he would never, ever return with some existence capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Otherwise, the Qiu Family...

Would truly meet their end in this arrogant dream.

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