As they accompanied Drake and Donald into the banquet area, the initial twenty tables were now filled. The venue was joyous and lively. It did not look like a company’s opening ceremony. Instead, it looked more like a networking event hosted by a local celebrity. Those present were all famous and influential figures. Being surrounded by these prominent figures immediately made the Zea family members feel tiny. Even Jorge was feeling nervous on the inside. Iris was pale as a sheet. It was like a huge rock was pressing into her chest, making it hard for her to breathe. “Why… Why do Drake Tucker and all these people attend Autumn Field’s opening ceremony? Why do Winifred and her crew have such a huge network?” Iris inadvertently looked at the gift area again. Many of those gifts cost a fortune. If they were converted to cash, they were probably worth over millions. At that moment, the Zea family’s present, the large pendulum clock, was still placed at the most conspicuous locati
Ian was not joking. On the second day of Autumn Field’s operation, the Zea Group was investigated by multiple parties. Throughout the years, the Zea Group had committed multiple tax evasions. Together with other illegal activities, this cost the Zea Group a considerable loss. More than ten of the Zea Group’s top management were being investigated, and even Jackson and Lilian were detained for a few days. Finally, this disaster ended with the Zea Group being fined for three million dollars. The Zea Group was already in trouble because of the collaboration with the Smith Group. This investigation by the government officials was just one disaster on top of another! Although they had loaned twenty million from Golden Peony Bank, it was now clearly not enough. Inside the Zea mansion, everyone’s hearts fell into the deepest pits of their stomachs. Ever since Tyr married into the Zea family, they seemed to be facing bad luck one after another to the point of hitting rock bottom. “
To be frank, Tyr had initially wanted to use Zachery’s connections to help Winifred get a place. To him, it was only a matter of one command. But when he saw how serious and dedicated Winifred was in pouring all her experience into her design, Tyr changed his mind. He believed that with his wife’s attitude and professional skills, even if he did not do anything, she would be able to get a place in this competition. He even believed that Winifred could get first place! In contrast to Winifred’s enthusiasm, Iris was lazy beyond words. A few days ago, Iris still showed some interest. She would stay in the design department every day to develop a good design with the staff there. But after three days of vigor, Iris realized that designing a good piece was not as easy as she had thought. Be it her professionalism, imagination, or leadership skills to lead her design team, she was inferior to Winifred by a long mile. Iris Zea was no better than a freelance designer, much less a profess
There were no words to describe Winifred’s current feelings. It was like the energy in her body had been instantly sucked dry. Her mind was blank for a long while before she abruptly regained her senses. “Everyone, return to your positions.” At Winifred’s command, the other designers immediately returned to their posts. “President Zea, what are you trying to do?” Winifred answered, “We don’t have any time at all. But our Autumn Field Group will enter this competition no matter what. We’re coming up with a design in one hour!” The whole room fell silent. Everyone was looking at Winifred, feeling lost. To come up with a design in one hour was totally impossible. Even if they could do it, there would definitely be nothing remarkable. How could it get a place in the competition? “Just do as I say.” The more pressed for time they are, the more clear-headed Winifred felt. “Before this, I’ve designed many other works. I even have the base drafts. Now, we just have to complete
That afternoon, when Yara disappeared from the company, everyone could already guess. Winifred never thought that a naive university student like her would actually do something like this. The police had started their investigation, but Yara had fled the city. Even if they could get her back, everything was futile now. The matter had already happened, so Winifred no longer wanted to pursue it. To prevent Tyr and Helen from worrying, Winifred did not tell them about this incident. After submitting their design, what was left was to wait for news from the competition organizers. Although her masterpiece was gone, Winifred was still confident of her previous design. The fashion design competition was divided into three processes. The first process was for contestants to prepare their work and submit it during registration. This process was now complete. The second process was for the organizers to have the professional judges choose their top twenty designs. After that, the orga
She turned to Tyr and said with much difficulty, “Tyr, now that it’s come to this, I have to be honest with you. What we’ve designed previously is not the one we submitted for this competition.” “Why?” Tyr did not understand. “Because that design was stolen! This current design is a past work of mine that our team had spent around two hours to put together. It’s only a substitute!” Tyr looked shocked. He had never expected something like this to happen. “Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier? Did you catch the person who stole the design?” “It’s a university student in our design department. Although the investigation was done, the perpetrator was never caught.” Winifred sighed. “But what use will it be even if we catch her? The competition’s already over.” Tyr sighed as well. “It’s great that you can still get a place in this competition nonetheless.” By then, another two models had completed their walk, but their grades never exceeded Winifred’s. “Top three is sec
That moment, Iris had no doubt become the brightest star in the venue. The Zea family below the stage were thrilled. Even Jorge’s hands were trembling with excitement. “I never knew Iris could come up with such a masterpiece.” “Yeah! It’s too stunning. Iris is too awesome!” “First place! Iris’s design has gotten first place! That means our Zea Group will be heading toward success!” Lilian turned to look at Winifred contemptuously and mocked, “Iris was right. Previously, our Zea Group couldn’t grow our business because Winifred, your designs, were rubbish. Winifred Zea, you were the obstacle to our family’s road to success. Thankfully you’ve left our family now. Otherwise, our family would’ve been ruined by you.” It was hard to imagine that this was something an aunt would say to her niece. Iris had now assimilated Winifred’s relatives, and the whole family became as nasty as her. Winifred felt numb. She had never dreamed that Iris would be the one to steal her design. How c
Winifred stood up and said loudly, “Mr. Mikhael, this design is not complete. It still lacks one final step!” After she had said this, the whole venue was staring at Winifred with confusion in their eyes. Even Tyr was shocked! Mikhael was startled. “Miss Winifred, what do you mean?” Winifred walked over to the stage. “Mr. Mikhael, this piece is not called ‘Green Phoenix,’ but ‘Autumn Field’. This design did not come from Iris Zea. I designed this, and Iris Zea has stolen my design!” The earth shattered, and thunder rolled in the skies! No one had anticipated such shocking news to crop up at the last moment of this competition! In an instant, everyone’s eyes were focused on Winifred. All the media cameras also pointed at Winifred. “Winifred Zea, what nonsense are you spouting? Who has stolen your design? This design belongs to me, Iris Zea. And what do you mean ‘Autumn Field’? It’s such a dull name. Even if you’re trying to slander me, can’t you do some homework before comin
As soon as these words came out, everyone present felt depressed.“Are you kidding me?” Those from Regal Palace couldn’t accept Magus’s speculation. Clifford chided, “Stop talking nonsense, old priest! My boss has experienced all kinds of life and death challenges along the way. How can he possibly be comatose?”Everyone in Regal Palace was very emotional. Magus just shook his head repeatedly and stopped refuting. Finally, Jim took control of the situation by force and declared, “It’s pointless for us to say all this. Let’s settle the current situation. We’ll discuss the aftermath once Boss is awake.”The battle of Gods had ended. Tyr, who had returned as a God, had slain Apophis and opened up the Heavenly Gate. In order to protect mankind and prevent a recurrence of the tragedy that took place 3,000 years ago, he had forcibly closed the gate with his luck and cultivation. He ended up falling into a coma. No one knew when he would wake up.The threat posed by Apophis had ended. W
Tyr stood before Apophis and raised the Celestial Blade above Apophis’ head. If he continued to let out another powerful slash with his blade, Apophis would disappear from the face of the earth.Yet, Tyr suddenly stopped at this point when he was one step away from wiping out Apophis. He could slay Apophis with a single attack, but he hesitated to kill him.“Muahahahahaha! Bahahahahaha!” Apophis’ hideous laughter suddenly sounded in Tyr’s ears. The eerie laughter made his scalp prickle in discomfort.A crack appeared in the black hole in the void behind Apophis. A flash of white light appeared amid the crack. It appeared as if there was a terrifying eye peeping from somewhere behind the white light from the crack.“What the heck is that thing?”“What’s going on?” Those powerhouses who stood somewhere far away also witnessed the scene.Tyr’s terrifying blade earlier on had shattered the angel who stood behind Apophis and the void into pieces. Perhaps he had used too much power for
The golden dragon constantly churned in the angel’s hands. The moment the majestic beast was released from its restraints, it opened its mouth wide and bit the angel.Tyr waved the Celestial Blade in his hand simultaneously. “Binding Soul!”He performed the sixth move from the Seven Blade Forms casually. Initially, this blade technique belonged to the God’s realm. Since Tyr had become a God, he was capable of displaying the full power of the Seven Blade Forms.It was a peerless attack. Tyr had opened a massive rift in the void, and the crack was still blasting atApophis. In the face of such a terrifying attack, Apophis dared not take it lightly. A huge energy barrier instantly enveloped his body and blocked off Tyr’s attack.With a single blow, Apophis’ energy barrier was shattered. He was also blasted by the attack and flew toward the back. After he stabilized his body, Apophis trembled slightly. At this moment, his expression suddenly turned a little solemn.When he gazed at Tyr
Another terrifying energy ball of light had descended from the sky. It appeared as though a giant meteorite from outer space had fallen from the sky. A large area of whiteness suddenly appeared in front of their eyes. The meridians of those Transformation powerhouses who experienced the frightening energy fluctuation were shattered, and they were on the verge of death.Whether it was the Demigods or general powerhouses, all of them felt that death had come to them and they couldn’t escape.“It’s over!” Jim shut his eyes. The Ragnarok Formation had disintegrated instantly under the second attack of Apophis. Everyone was exposed to this desperate situation of death.Boom!The second ball of light had successfully fallen from the sky. However, it did not cause the same lethal destruction as everyone had imagined. On the contrary, they seemed to have entered a parallel space.They saw the terrifying energy spread frantically in all directions in front of them. These people didn’t feel
At this moment, nearly half of the powerhouses had died under Apophis’ oppression. Even the generals in Regal Palace had suffered casualties. Apophis pushed forward for another kilometer. He almost floated above everyone’s heads at this time.“I’m losing it! How much longer does Tyr need to show up here?” Dillon and Keane vomited blood. That terrifying oppression even made them feel as if all the bones in their bodies were almost broken. “If he doesn’t show up now, all of us would die!”Jim didn’t dare continue to observe the Nostro Compass. Instead, he focused his full attention on the Ragnarok Formation. He seemed to have activated a special ancient formation. In the next second, those white beams of light, which had become much weaker, once again rushed straight into the sky.“Everyone! Form a formation!” Jim roared. “Tyr has become a God, and he’s on his way here! We only need to hang on for thirty minutes!”When the news of Tyr’s return as a God spread, everyone who had fallen
“He’s here!” Everyone on Mount Rospids became alarmed as they witnessed an incredibly powerful force sweeping at them from the horizon. “Start the formation!” Jim erupted with a roar, and everyone used their full power and poured it into the Ragnarok Formation. Immediately, countless beams of light rushed straight into the sky and connected with the huge whirlpool in the sky.“Three thousand kilometers worth of sword energy!”Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Hundreds of thousands of sword energy flew out from the whirlpool as they formed a tidal wave and shot straight toward Apophis. The void shook tremendously. The sword energy poured out frantically and flew for more than ten kilometers.“God Killer Swords!” Apophis was floating in the air. An excited smile appeared on his face in the face of the berserk surging tide of the sword energies.“I can’t believe that formation is capable of piquing my interest in this world. I don’t mind having some fun!”A purple barrier that was shaped w
In the towering crystal tower located in the Arctic, there was a layer of purple light that wrapped all over Apophis’s body, which seemed to be forged by the Amethyst.Under the leadership of the Dark Pope and Dark Priest, many of GPE’s top executives knelt on the ground and worship Apophis.An enormous vortex had formed in the sky. It was formed with the convergence of the reiki in the entire Arctic. Apophis flew into the air. He opened his mouth and sucked the reiki in the vortex ferociously. Soon, he sucked the entire massive vortex into his body.Roar! With a loud roar, the thunderclouds in his surroundings scrambled all over. After a while, Apophis’ back began to crack, and golden wings began to burst out from his back.Two wings, four wings, six wings… In the end, a total of sixteen wings appeared on his back. He appeared incredibly majestic and terrifying.When Dark Pope and others saw this scene, they were very excited.Apophis was suspended high in the sky. He fluttered
Though Tyr was ten kilometers away, Xavion and Magus couldn’t help but feel like they had the urge to kneel down and worship him. Even Cicero, a Son of Heaven, felt as if his legs had gone limp and his body was trembling all over.Roar! Roar! Roar! The roar of the golden dragon came incessantly; its roar resounding throughout the world.Soon, Tyr stepped on the golden dragon and flew down from the void while the Eternal Dragon still hovered in the air.“Tyr, congratulations on becoming a God.” The group couldn’t contain the excitement in their hearts as they walked toward Tyr.“Hmm.” Tyr tucked away the majestic radiance that radiated from his body.The golden light on his body gradually disappeared. When he was reborn, he felt his whole body was brimming with power, and he had just undergone a rebirth.“Tyr, what does it feel like to become a God?” Cicero stared at Tyr with a smile and asked.“Dude, I thought you’ve ascended to the heavenly realm.” Tyr slapped his hand heavily on
“Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!” Cicero waved his hand repeatedly. He didn’t expect his nickname to be widespread in Dragun Squad. Even the almighty Demigods like Magus knew his name.Cicero rebuked, “My name is Cicero Julus! I’m not a horny cat!”Magus sized Cicero from the head to toe, a number of questions popping up in his mind.He couldn’t help but ask, “Dude, I heard that you were invited by the squad to explore Emperor Martyn’s royal tomb with Tyr in the past. After that, you shattered the void with a million of clay soldiers inside the royal tomb. Why would you suddenly show up here? According to Tyr, you are most likely to be the reincarnation of Emperor Martyn. By right, you have ascended to the heavenly realm under the escort of the clay soldiers.”“F*ck the heavenly realm!” Cicero cursed loudly. He stared at Tyr, who was waiting for the ninth lightning to strike, and explained, “I’ve broken through the void for the sake of that guy!”“What do you mean?” Magus and Xavion were startl