Free Web NovelChapter 278: Chapter 278: Treating Them Like Performing Monkeys
"Du Jingsong, are you sure you want to stand against us?"
The leader, Hunchback Elder Qiu, spoke with a harsh tone, "And you lot, are you tired of living?!"
"Such arrogance!"
Du Jingsong took another step forward, and Shen Zhengye and the others behind him advanced in unison.
"You lot are hardly a threat!" Hunchback Elder Qiu said, tilting his head back arrogantly.
"SCREECH!"
At the same time.
Jiang Xinghai pulled up beside them in a Land Rover. "Thankfully, I made it before the fireworks ended."
His gaze fell upon Du Jingsong, Shen Zhengye, and the others. "You’ll never amount to anything without being tempered. Carry on."
"We will heed Duke Jiang’s lesson." Du Jingsong nodded emphatically.
Jiang Xinghai gave a faint smile and sauntered toward the AM Company building.
"That guy..."
"So that’s Jiang Xinghai!"
"The nerve of this kid. He finally showed up!"
"Look at that condescending gaze, like he owns the world. It makes my blood boil!"
The expressions of Hunchback Elder Qiu, Su Tao, and the others instantly turned murderous. "Very well. Prepare to fight!"
"A fight it is! We’re not afraid of you!" Du Jingsong and his men immediately assumed defensive stances.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xinghai had already started chatting with Shen Lingxue and the others, utterly unconcerned with the battle about to unfold behind him.
As long as he was there, he could guarantee Du Jingsong and his men’s lives were not in danger.
However, since they had all stepped onto the path of Martial Arts, they would never reach their full potential if they were coddled like hothouse flowers and never tempered by the brutality of combat.
Just then, as the sound of fireworks faded, Jiang Xinghai picked up a microphone. "Alright, you can all start now."
He looked toward the old-timers from the Central State. "Today marks the official launch of the AM Company. Thank you all for providing the entertainment. Everyone’s waiting for the show to start, so get on with it."
"..."
The old-timers from the Central State were all rendered speechless.
’Jiang Xinghai is treating them like performing monkeys!’
The battle was about to erupt.
The immense killing intent radiating from both sides exploded outward as they plunged into a bloody battle.
Fortunately, Shen Lingxue had already told the company employees that the group outside was merely shooting a scene for a movie on location.
Otherwise, the ordinary people inside would have been terrified. freёwebnoѵel.com
"On behalf of AM Cosmetics, a subsidiary of the Shen Group, I, Jiang Xinghai, solemnly declare that as of today, we are officially open for business!"
Jiang Xinghai’s gaze swept over the crowd, including the combatants from both sides locked in their fierce battle.
Thunderous applause erupted, quickly drowning out the sounds of the ongoing battle.
Afterward, the series of opening ceremony events proceeded as planned.
Meanwhile, the battle outside had reached a fever pitch.
Clearly, Du Jingsong’s side was outmatched; they were covered in wounds.
However!
They had steadfastly kept Hunchback Elder Qiu and his group from crossing the threshold.
Jiang Xinghai knew that Du Jingsong and his men could only hold out for another five minutes at most. It was time for him to make a move.
"All of you, leave this place," Jiang Xinghai said, looking at Shen Lingxue and the others.
Then, he lit a cigarette, and his figure blurred like a phantom as he shot toward the group locked in battle.
"Elder Du, Uncle Shen, you and your men can fall back now."
With Jiang Xinghai’s arrival, an overwhelming pressure instantly swept across the battlefield.
Du Jingsong and his men retreated without a moment’s hesitation.
The hunchbacked elder and his men, suddenly realizing the threat Jiang Xinghai posed, all began to scramble back.
"This ends now."
Before the words had even left his lips, Jiang Xinghai’s figure vanished.
"BAM!"
With the first punch, he sent the leading hunchbacked elder flying.
"BAM!"
With the second, Su Tao went flying. freёweɓnovel.com
"BAM! BAM! BAM..."
The weakest of these old-timers was a Fifth-Grade Great Venerable, yet before Jiang Xinghai, they were nothing but small fry.
He didn’t kill them, however. The real show was yet to begin.
This display of power from Jiang Xinghai stunned not only the gravely wounded Hunchback Elder Qiu and his men, but Du Jingsong’s group as well.
’So strong!’
’He’s terrifyingly powerful!’
’Even a Ninth-Grade Great Venerable is only worthy of a single punch from Jiang Xinghai!’
"I surrender!"
Hunchback Elder Qiu was the first to drop to his knees.
"Elder Qiu, you..." Su Tao was speechless.
He had come all this way specifically to avenge his brother, Su Damao!
"This is the path to survival," Hunchback Elder Qiu said, his face a mask of bitter resentment.
’If he had known, he never should have let the Su Family talk him into coming here in person!’
"What about the rest of you?"
Su Tao’s gaze fell heavily on the others. "Have you no honor? Are you willing to kneel and beg for mercy too?"
’Honor?’
The elders from the other families fell into deep thought.
They were members of the Central State’s Martial Arts Families.
’If they submitted now, their own direct lineages would surely be purged by their families. It was better to die here. At least that way, they could protect their descendants back in the Central State!’
But Elder Qiu was the Patriarch of the Qiu Family; naturally, he didn’t have to worry about such things.
"Old Su, if we all attack together, we might just be a match for him! Let’s go!"
The others scrambled to their feet, stood with Su Tao, and resolved to fight Jiang Xinghai to the death.
"Since you’ve chosen to surrender, why don’t you start with a pledge of allegiance?" Jiang Xinghai said, taking a slow drag from his cigarette as he looked at Hunchback Elder Qiu.
"Don’t try to hide like a coward in its shell, Jiang Xinghai! If you have any guts, fight us yourself!" Su Tao roared.
