"In your eyes, the Martial Alliance might be an untouchable existence," Lin Mu said indifferently. "But in my eyes, if I want to kill you, what can the Martial Alliance possibly do to me?"

His killing intent surged, a tidal wave threatening to drown Fang Shaoning.

"You... you want to kill me?" Fang Shaoning's pupils shrank as he cried out, "I am a direct descendant of the Fang Family! If you kill me, the Qin Family will be buried with me, and you, Lin Mu, will die a gruesome death!"

"I told you, you overestimate yourself." Lin Mu slowly raised his foot and planted it on Fang Shaoning's face, gradually pressing down.

"If I kill you, someone will indeed be buried with you." Lin Mu gazed down imperiously at Fang Shaoning, his voice as cold as the winter wind. "But it won't be the Qin Family, nor anyone else. It will be your Jiangling Fang Family!"

Fang Shaoning shrieked under Lin Mu's foot, his face twisted into a grotesque mask. From a young age, he had been the exalted Young Master Ning of the Fang Family. When had he ever suffered such humiliation? Lin Mu trampling him underfoot was the same as trampling his dignity. He was viciously stomping on the Fang Family's honor!

"Lin Mu, how dare you humiliate me like this! You will die a horrible death!" Fang Shaoning ground out through gritted teeth. "I swear, I will personally break every bone in your body, inch by inch, and then make your woman weep and beg for mercy before me... AARGH!"

Before Fang Shaoning could finish, he let out a bloodcurdling scream. Lin Mu had stomped down, directly shattering his cheekbone.

SPLAT!

A spray of blood and broken teeth erupted from his mouth. Fang Shaoning wailed in agony, a truly miserable sight.

Lin Mu's eyes were like cold stars as he watched Fang Shaoning indifferently. "Do you know why I'm going to kill you?"

The killing intent radiating from Lin Mu suddenly planted a seed of terror in Fang Shaoning's heart. He shook his head subconsciously, because he still couldn't truly believe Lin Mu would dare to kill him.

"You can look down on me. Your family can target me. You can even destroy my company. I don't care about any of that." Lin Mu's voice was like a sigh from the Demon King in Hell. "But you never should have set your sights on my woman!"

As the words fell, Lin Mu applied pressure with his foot again, crushing Fang Shaoning's shoulder inch by inch.

"AARGH!"

Fang Shaoning's eyes bulged as he roared like a wounded beast. Everyone who heard the sound shuddered, not daring to look.

This was especially true for Qin Hongbo. He was long familiar with Lin Mu's ruthless side, but he had never expected Lin Mu to do something so brutal to a member of the Fang Family.

"Luoli, you... you have to talk some sense into Lin Mu," Qin Hongbo couldn't help but say to Qin Luoli, his voice laced with worry. "If he really kills Fang Shaoning, the feud with the Fang Family will be irreconcilable."

No matter what, he was still a member of the Qin Family. If the Fang Family bore a grudge against them because of this, with their power, annihilating the insignificant Qin Family would be as easy as flipping a hand.

Qin Luoli gave Qin Hongbo a deep look and said faintly, "Is it your hope, Uncle, that Lin Mu kneels and apologizes to Fang Shaoning, becoming his servant? Or do you wish for our Qin Family to become the Fang Family's lapdogs, for me, Qin Luoli, to be his slave?"

"I..." Qin Hongbo opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Qin Luoli continued coldly, "If you're hoping to use this as a way back into the Qin Family, then I'm telling you to save your effort."

"Luoli, how can you think that?" Qin Hongbo said with a grim face. "No matter what, I am a Qin. The blood in my veins is the blood of the Qin Family. Are you really going to stand by and watch Lin Mu destroy our family?"

"That is no longer your concern, Uncle," Qin Luoli said, her tone icy. "After all, the Old Madam expelled you. You are no longer part of the Qin Family."

"You..." Qin Hongbo was furious. This was the humiliation of his lifetime. Having been banished, he was now a laughingstock to the world. Qin Luoli was twisting the knife, all but slapping him in the face.

"But I can't just stand by and watch Lin Mu act so recklessly!" Qin Hongbo snorted and strode towards Lin Mu, apparently intending to stop him.

"Have you forgotten how the Fang Family treated the Qin Family?" Qin Luoli's chilling voice reached Qin Hongbo's ears. "Furthermore, you are well aware of who abducted my mother-in-law to threaten Lin Mu, aren't you, Uncle?"

Hearing this, Qin Hongbo froze in place, his body trembling with a hint of terror.

"So, I'll give you a piece of advice," Qin Luoli said. "If you don't want to die, it's best you do nothing at all."

Qin Hongbo's expression shifted erratically, a flash of madness even appearing in his eyes. But in the end, he heaved a long sigh, turned slowly, and stood silently in a corner.

...

"Lin Mu, I'll kill you! I'll definitely kill you!" Fang Shaoning roared, his eyes wide with rage, his face a fearsome, twisted mess brimming with hatred.

CRACK!

In response, Lin Mu, without a word, began to crush Fang Shaoning's thigh bones, inch by inch.

"AAAH! No, please! I beg you, spare me!" Fang Shaoning screamed for mercy, all his previous arrogance gone.

"Didn't you say you were going to break every bone in my body? How does it feel now?" Lin Mu squatted down and infused a strand of Mana into Fang Shaoning's body to keep him from dying.

However, Fang Shaoning only felt an even sharper, clearer pain coursing through him, causing him to howl ceaselessly and beg for his life.

Forget the others; even Qin Luoli found the sight hard to bear. Fang Shaoning's current state was simply too tragic. Not a single bone in his body was left intact.

But Qin Luoli forced herself to endure it.

Fang Shaoning's words had enraged her just as they had enraged Lin Mu. If their positions were reversed, Fang Shaoning would undoubtedly be torturing Lin Mu in an even more vicious way. And at that time, she, Qin Luoli, would also suffer a fate worse than death!

Taking a deep breath, Qin Luoli cleared the pity from her eyes, replacing it with cold indifference.

"I really don't know how you plan to kill me," Lin Mu said, looking at Fang Shaoning dispassionately. "With your mouth? Or do you think the Fang Family's name will scare me to death?"

"Lin Mu, let me go! I can make the Fang Family drop this, I swear!" Fang Shaoning pleaded, tears and snot streaming down his wretched face.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you right now," Lin Mu said with a sudden smile, giving Fang Shaoning a light pat. The gentle touch, however, made Fang Shaoning scream in agony.

"If you dare to make another sound, believe me, I will kill you this instant," Lin Mu said with sudden menace. Fang Shaoning immediately clamped his mouth shut, his body contorting and his face flushing crimson from the escalating pain. But he truly did not dare to scream again.

"Didn't you say your Fang Family was powerful?" Lin Mu said with a smile. "Then go back and tell the Fang Family Head that I, Lin Mu, will be paying a personal visit to Jiangling soon. Tell him... to be ready."

"I will make the Jiangling Fang Family disappear from this world entirely!"

Lin Mu rose abruptly, his imposing aura washing over everyone in the hall.

"ROAR!"

Suddenly, Lin Mu opened his mouth, and a dragon's cry echoed forth as ripples of green energy pulsed outward.

"Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds!"

In the blink of an eye, everyone in the hall, except for Qin Luoli, collapsed to the ground, unconscious. When they awoke, their memories of these events would be gone.

Lying on the floor, Fang Shaoning watched Lin Mu leave with Qin Luoli, his gaze filled with a mixture of confusion and terror.

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