Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

"Do you know? You, Zhao Sheng, and others like you all share one common trait, which is arrogance! A condescending arrogance! It is this arrogance that leads you to destruction time and time again!?"

Alkaid said.

He watched as Leng Tianfeng's head flew high into the air, fell to the ground, and rolled in a circle.

The words of Alkaid filled him with disbelief.

His mouth opening and closing, and from lip-reading, it seemed to say...

"Gene liberation module?"

He stared intently at Alkaid...

As if trying to etch his features deep into his memory.

However, ultimately, his thoughts were rapidly drifting away from him.

...

On the other side, after beheading Leng Tianfeng with a single stroke, Alkaid quickly recovered from the Divine Descent and Heavenly Demon Disintegration states.

Immediately, the swelling from blood congestion, the pain from a temporary cessation of nerve functioning, and the agony of nearly having his arms torn off overwhelmed him all at once.

Alkaid controlled his breathing, continuously trying to regather the essence and spirit that had been scattered, intending to re-form his Life Force Field.

At the same time, he quickly took a healing pill and an elixir to replenish his blood and spirit.

It took him a good ten seconds before he barely managed to regain his composure.

His gaze fell on Leng Tianfeng, who still had his eyes open in death, and he stepped forward to extract the Remnant Soul with the Soul Capturing Orb.

However, compared to other humans and demons, the Remnant Soul captured from Leng Tianfeng by the Treasure Bead was so minimal it was almost negligible.

When he sensed the information contained within this Remnant Soul, what appeared in his mind was a string of angry, crazed laughter.

"Hahaha, a bunch of prey, your existence is to please us, and the process of pleasing should be as exciting as possible! You call this destruction? You seem to be too caught up in it! Hahaha! I remember you now, but..."

"This is not the end!"

This information, rather than being a memory of Leng Tianfeng, seemed more like a message.

This outcome was somewhat unexpected to him.

"Not working anymore?"

He looked at the Soul Capturing Orb in his hand: "Is this artifact of too low a level, or was Leng Tianfeng's understanding and application of soul mastery too exquisite?"

After pondering for a moment, he recalled another identity of Leng Tianfeng—Blood Cry Demon Lord.

Perhaps...

Both possibilities existed.

"Eventually, it's from the trophies gained from Zhao Sheng's side, it makes sense that it can't deal with their upper echelons."

Alkaid put away the Soul Capturing Orb.

At this moment, he sensed several people quickly approaching from not far away.

The leader was Zong Yan.

Clearly, they had heard the commotion here and hurried over to check.

As Zong Yan, who arrived first, saw the decapitated corpse on the ground and Alkaid's clearly disordered vital energies, his face showed shock: "This..."

With Alkaid's strength, who else could have battled him to this extent?

"Divine Intent Martial Saint?"

Zong Yan asked.

Alkaid shook his head.

Leng Tianfeng's physical strength was not high, especially when not transformed, it was somewhat inferior to his.

But his power...

Any Divine Intent Martial Saint facing him would be killed on the spot during a few moments of contact.

"Alkaid, you're not in good condition, I'll call the medical team right away," Zong Yan quickly said.

Alkaid did not refuse.

But he simply instructed, "Find out who he is."

After speaking, he added, "A person from the Rebirth Society."

He didn't say this was the Blood Cry Demon Lord.

The Blood Cry Demon Lord, who was planning to refine the Blood Soul Banner of Ten Thousand Demons, was a top existent comparable to the Imperial Family.

In terms of status and position, he could stand on equal footing with the Royal Family of Red Star.

Telling Zong Yan and the others this information would only cause panic, with no other benefit.

However...

From his brief interaction with the Blood Cry Demon Lord, he realized that things were somewhat different from what he had imagined.

Moon Demon Empire?

What was their relationship with the Artifact Sect?

Moreover, the Blood Cry Demon Lord called him and himself Descendants, plus the techniques they mastered seemed to be of a different kind from the Artifact Sect's...

Could it be that the Moon Demon Empire and the Artifact Sect were not the same?

But if they were not the same, how could the Rebirth Society operate under the guise of Red Star in the outside world?

During his contemplation, Lei Yun, Ai Li, and others hurried over and took Alkaid into the medical room.

This villa, as a vacation villa exclusively belonging to the Liao Family, had relatively complete medical facilities. Although these facilities were not as perfect as those in top hospitals, they were sufficient for Alkaid's exclusive use at the moment.

...

Alkaid did not make his injury widely known.

Even...

Knowing that even if the Su Family were informed, they could not help, he did not let Zong Yan and Lei Yun notify the Su Family.

As a result, Su Chiming and Su Yaoyu had no idea about the incident.

Especially Su Yaoyu.

Compared to Su Chiming, who was now overwhelmed with work at the Royal Palace, Su Yaoyu was still in Tian Nan Province.

The only difference was that a month ago, she was just the General Manager of Star Universe International Hotel in the internal Star Universe International Center of Tian Nan Province, but now...

She had become the second-in-command at Bu Zhou Group entirely.

Indeed, as Chairman Su Chiming had shifted all his focus to the capital, the powers she exercised were essentially equivalent to those of the chairman of Bu Zhou Group.

At that moment...

While working on a document in her office, Su Yaoyu called out, "Sister Lin Xia, come over and have a look at this for me."

"What's up?"

Lin Xia walked over.

Although Su Chiming had gone to the capital to take charge of the overall situation, Lin Xia had stayed to assist Su Yaoyu in handling the affairs of Bu Zhou Group.

Without Lin Xia's assistance, with Su Yaoyu's capabilities alone, it would have been impossible to manage Bu Zhou Group so orderly. Read latest stories on empire

Especially...

Considering that Bu Zhou Group had expanded several times its size over a few months ago.

"Look at this document. This is the contract we signed with our supplier, the Liu Family. This clause here... Payment should be made no later than... one year?"

She glanced at Lin Xia, "Could this be a mistake? I specifically confirmed it at the secretariat, and they said there was no issue, but... this means we could delay payment for up to a year... let alone a year, even a month is already quite extreme, right?"

After speaking, she added, "Especially with all different needs up front, we could easily find some issues and further delay these payments if we want; it's possible to drag it on for three or five years... What kind of businessman would sign such an agreement? Isn't this just like giving a big gift for free?"

Lin Xia looked over, and knowing the inside story, she smiled, "Since the secretariat said there's no issue with this contract, just go ahead and sign it."

"There are no other traps in the contract?"

"You've been checking it for over an hour already. If there really was a trap, wouldn't you have found it by now?"

Lin Xia smiled, "Besides, as of today, no one dares to set up Bu Zhou Group with any traps in contracts. If there's an issue with this contract, we can simply declare it illegal and not follow through with it."

"Can we really do that?"

"Of course, just sign it confidently."

Lin Xia smiled and nodded.

Su Yaoyu, somewhat incredulous, asked, "So... I sign this?"

Lin Xia continued nodding.

Trusting in Lin Xia and after getting confirmation from legal and various other departments that the contract was completely favorable to Bu Zhou Group, Su Yaoyu gritted her teeth and signed her name in all necessary places.

Suddenly, Lin Xia encouragingly said, "Miss, you really are a business prodigy. Sending our group's development several steps forward through several significant orders in such a short time. If you maintain this trend, by the end of the year Bu Zhou Group's profits will at least double... With such achievements, there will be no obstacles when the time comes for Miss to take over as chairman."

"I, chairman?"

Su Yaoyu quickly waved her hands, "I am still far from being a qualified leader of a large corporation."

"Everyone goes through this experience, step by step, and nobody is ever fully prepared to take charge of a large group."

Lin Xia said with a smile.

"Lately... something's not right."

Su Yaoyu stated.

Speaking, she elaborated by adding, "It's not that there's a problem with the group's operations, but... everything is going too smoothly, so smoothly that it seems like all departments, families, and business partners are giving us the green light, offering us benefits proactively..."

She seemed to recall something, then looked at Lin Xia again, "What exactly is going on? Also, the chairman and my second uncle have been away from the group for so long, what are they actually doing?"

Lin Xia hesitated for a moment.

Although Su Chiming had now taken over the Royal Palace and was barely controlling the situation in the capital and the surrounding three cities, he was actually still in a state of confusion.

The Su Family had risen too quickly, leaving him feeling as if his heart was still floating in the air, not yet firmly grounded.

Not knowing where the future, under Alkaid's leadership, would really lead, he dared not say too much to the younger members of the Su Family.

Except for a core group of people like Su Chixin, Su Huaigu, Su Huaiyue, Lin Xia, and Leng Jun, others…

Like Su Yaoyu, only knew that they had important matters in the capital, seemingly to expand the capital's market in preparation for a nationwide layout, but as to what specifically they were doing, they knew nothing.

Now that Su Yaoyu was asking...

Lin Xia wondered whether she should slightly expand the range of information.

At least, Su Yaoyu, who is undoubtedly to be entrusted with major responsibilities, should have the right to know.

After pondering for a moment, she still disclosed some information, "You should be aware of the news that His Highness King Yu, Liao Shanhe, is ill and has delegated the royal powers to the Supreme Council, right?"

"Hmm."

Su Yaoyu nodded, "That news has been out for quite some time. The members of the Supreme Council are supposed to be announced in a national conference next month, right?"

"While there is still over a month left before the official announcement, the list of the Supreme Council has actually already been made public. The council is composed of one chairman and nine councillors."

Lin Xia stated.

"We got our hands on the list?"

Su Yaoyu was somewhat surprised.

Were the Su Family's connections that strong?

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Lin Xia nodded, "The nine councillors are key members from nine noble families within the country, such as the Lu Family, Jiang Family, Li Family, Xu Family, Yue Family, and others, while the highest-ranking chairman..."

She involuntarily lowered her voice, "is held by Master Alkaid."