Qin Shilei and An Qian were just ordinary civilians before the apocalypse, neither having stayed in a five-star hotel.
Now that they had the opportunity, they naturally wanted to enjoy themselves, so they returned to the Junhao Empire.
After resting in the presidential suite on the top floor for half an hour, they went down to the restaurant on the third floor again.
Night had fallen, and dozens of guests were already seated in twos and threes in the restaurant.
Qin Shilei and An Qian found a table by the window and sat down.
They casually ordered a few signature dishes they hadn't tried before, chatting as they waited for the waiter to serve the food.
The dishes were served quickly, and the wine was opened and poured by the waiter.
Qin Shilei raised his glass and clinked it with An Qian's. "An Qian, meeting you is the greatest fortune of my life. Cheers."
An Qian smiled genuinely. "Meeting you is the greatest fortune of my life. Cheers."
However, just as they brought their glasses to their lips, they both stopped.
They exchanged a look, then placed their wine glasses back on the table.
Qin Shilei picked up his chopsticks and, as he picked up a piece of meat, felt a tremor in his heart.
Poison!
And a very potent, deadly poison.
Otherwise, it was impossible for two Golden Realm evolutionaries to feel such a premonition of danger.
"What a shame for such a good meal."
Qin Shilei whispered to An Qian, "Then let me play with them for a while."
With that, he nonchalantly picked up the wine glass on the table and pretended to drink it down in one gulp.
In reality, he had collected the wine in the glass into his Qiankun Ring.
Within five seconds, Qin Shilei coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed limply onto the table.
"Shilei, what's wrong?"
An Qian cried out with concern, simultaneously pulling out a pill and feeding it to him.
"Beauty, it's no use."
Tang Lingfeng swaggered in. "This poison was painstakingly refined by one of my Silver Realm subordinates. To create this batch of poison, we collected ninety-nine varieties of extremely toxic substances. We only used a tenth of it to kill a Silver Three-Star exotic beast. What he drank was three times that amount. He's as good as dead."
An Qian asked sternly, "For the crystal cores on us, you're determined to kill us?"
Tang Lingfeng nodded. "Precisely. Don't flaunt your wealth, or you can't blame others for their greed." He paused. "I thought you would drink the poisoned wine with him. Since you're unharmed, I'll give you two choices. First, if you wholeheartedly follow me from now on, I'll grant you relative freedom. Second, I'll use force and train you into my female slave."
Qin Shilei suddenly stood up from the table. "I'll give you only one choice: death!"
Tang Lingfeng's eyes narrowed, and he quickly retreated more than ten meters.
At the same time, a large group of fully armed evolutionaries surged in from outside the door.
The patrons who had been dining also fled in panic.
"Proceed as planned, and be careful not to hurt my beauty."
Tang Lingfeng waved his hand, and the evolutionaries behind him charged forward in an orderly fashion. Shield warriors stood at the front, followed by archers and ability users. Half of these ability users possessed restrictive abilities, and they all formed seals, throwing their abilities at Qin Shilei. Vines, ice balls, earth walls, and other abilities formed an impenetrable net, bombarding Qin Shilei.
As the opponent was about to be overwhelmed by these abilities, Tang Lingfeng showed a hint of confident smugness. These sixty-eight ability users were Tang Lingfeng's trump card. They were all powerful individuals at Bronze Nine-Star or even Silver One or Two-Star. Each possessed a potent control ability. Once an enemy was restrained by these control abilities, they became a lamb to the slaughter. Following the control abilities were powerful archery combat skills like Hundred Steps Through Yang. The remaining ability users were ready to unleash their area-of-effect destructive abilities.
"It seems your Tang family does have some strength."
Observing the close coordination of the Tang family, Qin Shilei's eyes lit up.
Just as the attacks were about to land on Qin Shilei, Tang Lingfeng found that his opponent's figure had vanished before his eyes. Then, he felt a rapid whistling sound coming from his right.
Bang!
As a precious life-saving item on his body shattered, Tang Lingfeng's body was sent flying by a blood-red longsword, crashing towards the group of archers. Before Tang Lingfeng could fall to the ground, another sharp sword energy slashed down from above.
At this critical juncture, a thick ice shield instantly materialized in front of him.
Crack!
The ice shield was split in two by the sword energy as soon as it formed, not even lasting a tenth of a second. The sword energy continued down, cleaving Tang Lingfeng in half.
Tang Lingfeng's subordinates were stunned. The Silver Five-Star Young Master Tang had been killed by the Great Boss.
"Kill him and avenge Young Master Tang!"
The subordinates turned and attacked Qin Shilei. However, they regretted it within five seconds. They couldn't even see the enemy's movements. A blur flashed by, and their companions kept falling.
"Escape!"
Some shouted as they fled towards the main entrance. Others unleashed their area-of-effect attacks indiscriminately, attempting to hit Qin Shilei with widespread destruction. Some charged towards the windows, intending to jump out. But all of it was in vain.
As two figures, one white and one red, flashed past, the entire restaurant became as chaotic and broken as if hit by a hurricane. Sword energy crisscrossed, and blood splattered. Three minutes later, only one person from the Tang family remained.
Qin Shilei coldly asked, "Where is the one who poisoned us?"
The man replied with a trembling voice, "You just killed him."
Qin Shilei then commanded, "Then take me to the Tang family."
This man was merely an evolutionist recruited by the Tang family, so he readily nodded. "Okay, don't kill me. I'll take you to the Tang family right now."
Qin Shilei, carrying the man, shattered the window and flew out. An Qian followed closely.
The customers in the restaurant then emerged from their hiding places. They began to discuss with shocked expressions.
"One of the Four Young Masters of our Junhai City was split in half with just two moves. It's truly astonishing."
"Over a hundred coordinated strong individuals were all killed without even touching the opponent's clothes. Would anyone believe this if told?"
"That person just said he was going to the Tang family. Does he intend to wipe out the entire Tang family?"
"Our Junhai City is about to change!"
At this moment, Qin Shilei had arrived in front of the Tang family's gate. He squeezed the neck of the person in his hand with his right hand, snapping it, and then walked forward.
"Who are you? Stop right there!" Two guards immediately stepped forward to block Qin Shilei.
Bang bang!
The response was two lightning-fast kicks. Before they even hit the ground, the two guards had already died.
"Who dares to trespass into the Tang family?"
A towering, iron-like man emerged from the Tang family and shouted loudly.