"You... you're only an eight-star martial artist, how can you be so strong?"
As he looked, Yuan Qing subconsciously asked.
He had expected to lose, but he never imagined being crushed by the opponent's martial might and having the outcome decided in an instant.
Shua shua shua...
Hearing Yuan Qing's words in astonishment, everyone snapped back to their senses and turned their gaze to Jiang Wuming.
"You are too weak."
Under everyone's gaze, Jiang Wuming replied coldly as he walked towards Yuan Qing.
Shua!
Yuan Qing's expression suddenly changed, turning deathly pale!
Although he hailed from the Yuan family, Yuan Qing had never taken pride in his status as the eldest young master of the Yuan family – that was merely due to good fortune, a gift from heaven!
He had always taken pride in his martial arts talent.
Setting aside the martial arts geniuses from top martial arts factions, how many people in the entire Dragon Country martial arts world could become an eight-star martial artist before the age of thirty, like him?
However—
At this moment, Jiang Wuming's words were like a sharp dagger, piercing Yuan Qing's heart and shattering the pride within him!
"No... that's not right, you're still hiding your strength! You're a nine-star martial artist, you must be, otherwise, you couldn't have defeated me so easily!"
Immediately, as Jiang Wuming reached Yuan Qing's side, Yuan Qing looked up at Jiang Wuming and suddenly roared in excitement.
He could accept being thoroughly defeated by a nine-star martial artist, but he couldn't accept being crushed by someone of the same cultivation level!
Seeing Yuan Qing descend into madness, desperate to prove he wasn't weak, the wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan business circles were momentarily stunned.
They clearly remembered how imposing Yuan Qing had been not long ago when he stopped Ren Yun from interfering in Yuan Hao's life-and-death battle with Qin Xiaozhi!
They also clearly remembered Yuan Qing's arrogance when he broke his promise and ignored or even trampled on the regulations of the Martial Department to attack Jiang Wuming to save Yuan Hao after Yuan Hao's defeat!
They had a thousand reasons to believe that if Jiang Wuming hadn't hidden his identity and strength as a martial artist and had been an ordinary person, he would have been crippled or worse by now!
And the current Yuan Qing, slumped at Jiang Wuming's feet, was like a humble, pathetic worm!
"You can go on your way."
Jiang Wuming interrupted Yuan Qing expressionlessly.
"Ugh..."
Hearing Jiang Wuming's words in astonishment, the wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan business circles snapped back from their daze and looked at Jiang Wuming with surprise.
It seemed that even at this point, they couldn't believe that Jiang Wuming would actually disregard the Yuan family and their backing and kill Yuan Qing!
"You... you're really going to kill me?"
Yuan Qing also couldn't believe it. He widened his eyes, and before Jiang Wuming could reply, he shouted loudly, "You should know the Yuan family's roots in Jiangnan. If you kill me, the Yuan family will definitely seek revenge!
Besides that, I am friends with the eldest young master of the Gu family, Gu Tianlong, and my aunt is married into the Gu family. The Gu family will not let you off either..."
"Bang!"
The next moment.
Before Yuan Qing could finish speaking, his voice abruptly stopped.
In full view of everyone, Jiang Wuming kicked out, hitting Yuan Qing's left chest as if kicking a ball.
Crack!
Yuan Qing's ribs snapped, his internal organs instantly shattered, and he flew up into the air. Then, in mid-air, he opened his mouth and spat out a mist of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs.
He actually killed Yuan Qing?
Seeing this scene, whether it was the wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan business circles or Ren Yun, their eyes widened.
Although they had all inferred from Jiang Wuming's powerful performance that he wouldn't let Yuan Qing go, they were still shocked when Jiang Wuming actually ended Yuan Qing's life!
"Thud—"
A dull thud was their response.
Yuan Qing's blood-soaked body flew over the railing of the cruise ship's deck and fell into the Longjiang River, instantly submerged by the water.
Seeing this, the wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan business circles all came back to their senses. Looking at Jiang Wuming's calm face, they couldn't help but recall Jiang Wuming's words to Yuan Qing earlier:
"It's your honor to be buried in the Longjiang!"
Jiang Wuming kept his word!
"Wh-why is this happening?"
At the same time, Yuan Hao, lying on the ground covered in blood, looked in the direction Yuan Qing fell into the Longjiang River, feeling as if everything that had happened tonight was a nightmare.
As the words left his mouth, Yuan Hao's head lolled to the side, and he fainted. It was unclear whether he fainted from blood loss or from being unable to bear the shock of the night.
"Shi... Shiyun, I'm sorry, it... it was all him! Everything I did, it was all arranged by him!
I apologize to you, and I promise I will never say a bad word about you in front of our classmates again... Please, ask your brother not to kill me, okay?"
As soon as Yuan Hao's words fell, Bai Yuehe, terrified, walked out from the crowd. Her face was covered in blood as she looked at Su Shiyun, her words filled with fear!
After witnessing Qin Xiaozhi cripple Yuan Hao and Jiang Wuming kill Yuan Qing with her own eyes, she was completely terrified!
In her opinion, since Jiang Wuming dared to kill Yuan Qing, killing her would be as easy as crushing an ant!
There was no response. Su Shiyun turned her gaze to Jiang Wuming.
"Thump!"
Seeing this, Bai Yuehe understood that Su Shiyun couldn't make the decision. She immediately knelt before Jiang Wuming, begging for mercy like a lapdog, "Please, spare me..."
"Thump!"
Before Jiang Wuming could speak, Zhang Xiaoren, the pharmaceutical company boss, also walked out from the crowd, extremely terrified. Like Bai Yuehe, he knelt before Jiang Wuming, his voice trembling as he said,
"I... I was also forced! It was... it was Yuan Hao who forced me not to compensate Su's Group, and he forced me to collude with the bosses of the other four pharmaceutical companies to sue you! Please, don't kill me..."
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoren kowtowed to Jiang Wuming in public, hitting his head until it bled, wishing he could call Jiang Wuming grandpa.
This was because, inspired by Bai Yuehe kneeling and begging for mercy, and fearing being killed by Jiang Wuming, he wanted to survive through this act.
The wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan business circles looked at Bai Yuehe and Zhang Xiaoren kneeling and begging for mercy without any sympathy.
The victor is king, the loser is the bandit!
If Qin Xiaozhi and Jiang Wuming had lost tonight, death would have awaited them!
Knowing all this, their gazes towards Jiang Wuming were filled with awe!
"Sister, Xiaozhi, let's go inside."
Jiang Wuming did not respond to Bai Yuehe and Zhang Xiaoren, nor did he even glance at them. Instead, he said to Su Shiyun and Qin Xiaozhi.
"Okay."
Su Shiyun and Qin Xiaozhi responded in unison, then followed Jiang Wuming out of the cruise ship banquet scene and into the ship's cabin.
Watching the backs of the three as they left, Bai Yuehe and Zhang Xiaoren simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief, cold sweat pouring from their foreheads, feeling as if they had brushed past the gates of hell!
Afterward, Bai Yuehe collapsed onto the ground.
Although she had saved her life, her reason told her that what happened tonight would forever ban her from high society, and she would barely scrape by.
Zhang Xiaoren, on the other hand, got up immediately, walked to a corner, and frantically took out his phone, preparing to call for help – he wanted to compensate Su's Group as quickly as possible!
"This matter is not over, the Yuan family will definitely retaliate!"
At the same time, the wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan business circles had the same thought.
In their opinion, with the Yuan brothers dead or incapacitated here today, the Yuan family would definitely not let it go!
"Killing Yuan Hao with your own hands might be satisfying, but having him and related personnel brought to justice by law is the only way to truly get justice for your ex-girlfriend's family!"
Jiang Wuming stopped in the ship's cabin and told Qin Xiaozhi the reason he had spared Yuan Hao's life.
"Boss, I understand."
Qin Xiaozhi nodded, his heart clear.
For Jiang Wuming to achieve this, he would have to overturn the entire Yuan family!
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