After she said that, Edward and Raymond turned to look at Chase mockingly.This was the plan they had discussed earlier, and their goal was to humiliate Chase.When Henry saw this, he frowned. “Anna, this is an eight-person table, so we can’t possibly add a stool. Why don’t you hang your bag on the chair?”“No way!” Anna refused with a huff. “Uncle Henry, this is a Gucci bag that I spent 20 grand on! What if it gets scratched?”“Yeah, Chase. You’re a man, so you won’t quibble with Anna over something so trivial, right?”“I think you should just eat standing up. What do you want? We’ll get it for you.”Edward suppressed his laughter as he spoke to Chase, giving him a hypocritical show of kindness.Chase did not say anything. Instead, he went over and threw Anna’s bag to the floor before sitting down on the chair. At that moment, Anna and the others were all stunned.“You asshole! H-How dare you throw my 20,000-dollar bag to the ground?!” Anna shrieked when she came back to her
After saying that, he left.“Dad!” Riley wanted to go after him.“Riley, ignore him. He’s as stubborn as a mule.” Laura stopped her and gave a cold chuckle. “I have no idea why your dad is so nice to a country bumpkin. He’s treating Chase like he's his own son!“Alright, enough of that. Let’s eat.”After Laura said that, they sat down.Edward could not wait to open the expensive bottle of Splendor Liquor from 1979. After opening it, he poured a glass for everyone.“Here, let’s have a taste of this 13-million-dollar liquor.”Laura did not usually drink, but today, she had a few sips. While feeling intoxicated, she said, “Edward, it’s all thanks to you that I can have a taste of such good liquor.”“Yeah, Edward. With just this small glass, I'll be able to boast to my friends for an entire year!" Raymond gushed with a grin.When Edward heard the praise from all around him, he felt great and started to feel arrogant.“Edward, that country bumpkin said we’ll regret this. Hahaha! H
Bald Mike turned to look at Edward with great disdain and sneered, “Apologize to him? Is he worthy of that?“He should take a good look at himself. I’m here to toast Mr. Collins!”Everyone was confused again.A toast to Mr. Collins?Who was Mr. Collins?After hearing what he said, Edward’s face turned red, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to hide in a hole in the ground.It turned out that everything had been in his head, and now, he was only left with embarrassment. Wait, Mr. Collins?Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. His expression changed slightly as he asked, “Mr. Parson, which Mr. Collins are you talking about?”Except for Chase, who had just left, there was no one with the surname Collins among them.Could it be...When he thought about this, a bad feeling suddenly washed over him.“Who else could it be?” Bald Mike snorted as he added, “It’s the Mr. Collins who was with you just now.”As soon as he said that, it felt as if a bolt from the blue had struc
“Alright!”Tiger grinned and quickly called the cashier over. “Calculate how much they spent.”After the cashier was done ringing up the items, he said, “Tiger, they spent a total of 14.26 million.”When the group heard this, they felt weak in their knees and almost passed out.14.26 million?Who could afford that?“Are you going to pay by credit card or check?” Tiger asked with a smile.Edward smiled bitterly. “W-We have no money...”“No money?” Tiger’s face turned cold as he said with a wave, “Okay, then. According to the rules here, if you can’t afford to pay, you can pay with your hands.”In an instant, several tall and strong men walked in with axes in their hands. They looked very unkind.Raymond and Anna had never seen such a scene before, and they were so frightened that they fell to the ground.“No, don’t cut off my hand!”“Edward, save us!”Even Riley and Laura were frightened, their eyes full of fear.“Hold on.”Edward stopped him hastily. “Tiger, right? I thi
“What?”“Beg that country bumpkin?”When the group heard this, they shook their heads without even thinking about it.They had targeted Chase in various ways just now. They even took the opportunity to humiliate him. If they were to beg him now, would it not just be a smack in the face?“What? You don’t want to?”Tiger’s eyes darkened. “If that’s the case, I’ll be taking your hands.”As Laura watched the ax-wielding men approach them, Laura finally gave up and said quickly, “No, we’ll do it! We’ll do it!”After saying that, she immediately looked at Riley and said, “Riley, why don’t you call Chase? You are his fiancée, after all...”Riley hesitated for a moment, but she eventually took out her phone and dialed Chase’s number. “Sorry, the user you dialed has turned off his phone...”Riley was stunned when she heard that. “H-He turned off his phone.”“What? His phone’s turned off?”“Did he turn it off on purpose to see us make a fool of ourselves?”“Call him again!”Edward,
The moment Tiger saw Chase come in, his attitude immediately changed. He quickly stepped forward and lowered his head in greeting. “Tiger, can you let them go for my sake?” Chase said with a smile.“Mr. Collins, you’re too polite. Since you’ve said the word, of course, I’ll let them go.” Tiger smiled politely and waved to his subordinates.Just like this, everyone left Imperial Restaurant, feeling as if it was all a dream.On the way back, Laura finally could not hold herself back anymore. She asked, “Um, Chase, w-why are they so respectful to you?”As soon as she asked this, everyone—including Riley and Edward—immediately looked at Chase.Even Henry was no exception.After knowing what happened just now, he was also shocked. Fortunately, those people finally let them go for Chase’s sake.Riley bit her lip and looked at Chase with confusion.Under everyone's stare, Chase merely shrugged and said bluntly, “Because their boss, Sam, is my subordinate.”Everyone fell silent righ
With a loud noise, the Bentley slammed into the guardrail next to Chase. Immediately, the hood opened on the spot.“Are you fucking deaf? I told you to get out of the way! Do you want to die?”Evelyn Benson walked out of the car in her high-heeled shoes. She started cursing at Chase furiously.Frowning, Chase said, “First of all, this is a crosswalk. Second of all, it’s a green light for pedestrians. And thirdly, who did you get your driver’s license from?”Evelyn bit her lips and snapped, “How dare you?! Who do you think you are? How dare you lecture me?!“Apologize to me right away or I guarantee you won’t be able to survive in South River City anymore!”She put her hands on her hips, staring daggers at him.Chase’s eyes turned cold. When he was about to teach her a lesson, a violent coughing suddenly came from the car next to him.“Evie, forget it. We’re the ones violating traffic rules, so there’s no need to make things hard for him."“Boy, it’s your lucky day. Don’t let m
“How is this possible? Isn't my dad suffering from a heart disease?” Evelyn said in surprise.“Heart disease?” Elijah frowned. After that, he sneered. “Have you managed to cure it over the years, then? With today’s medical standards, even implanting an artificial heart is not a problem, let alone curing a heart disease.”Evelyn was speechless for a moment.“With all due respect, Mr. Benson is not suffering from a heart disease but an extremely rare and strange disease that I have never seen before.”Elijah shook his head and said, “Please go back. There's nothing I can do.”Evelyn burst into tears. “Dr. Strickland, I’m begging you. Please examine my dad again. I believe you can find a way.”“Forget it, Evie. I know my illness well. Maybe this is fate,” Sherman said, sounding as if he had accepted this outcome. After all, if even the famous Elijah Strickland could not do anything, no one else could.Elijah looked at the pair of father and daughter and suddenly said, “Maybe ther
When Willow and Cyril saw Walter attack, they both thought he had acted too recklessly. As expected, alarms blared throughout the Worthingtons' ancestral home.Warning lights flashed wildly as the guards swarmed out of the compound like ants from a nest.Chase stared in disbelief.In the programming world, there was a popular principle known as the Duck Test. If it walked like a duck, quacked like a duck, looked like a duck, and pecked like a duck, then it was probably a duck.This so-called ancestral home, aside from its exterior resembling a military base, had military-grade alert systems and personnel. By the duck principle, without a doubt, this was a military base."Is this ancestral house hiding some kind of secret? Why is the defense so tight?" Chase asked Cyril.Cyril was equally stunned by the scene. "My mentors just told me the Worthingtons' ancestral home is very important. I don't actually know what's inside… But now, it seems I underestimated how much it means to the
In Walter's understanding, even among ape-type beasts, it was nearly impossible to move so effortlessly between high-rise buildings using only physical strength—let alone doing so with such speed, like Chase just did.Willow, being a practitioner focused on soul-based and spiritual techniques, had also trained her body somewhat recently. However, she was nowhere near Walter's level and definitely far below Chase's.When she sensed that Chase had surpassed her even while she was fully employing both her movement techniques and vital energy without using any vital energy at all, she went numb inside."Chase is just a genius. I can't compare…" she said to comfort herself.In the end, even with her top-tier body movement techniques, she arrived at Cyril's location more than ten minutes later than Chase. Seeing everyone already waiting on her, she felt slightly embarrassed."Sorry, I was too slow.""It's fine. We were just taking a break anyway. What's ten minutes?" Chase waved it off
Chase and his group arrived at the rooftop of a tall building next to the Worthingtons' headquarters."That whole building over there belongs to the Worthingtons," Cyril said, pointing to the rooftop across from them where the giant words for 'Worthington Group' were displayed.For Willow and Walter, this was their first time seeing the high-rise buildings of modern society. Everything felt fresh and fascinating. They were curiously scanning the surroundings.Chase glanced at the crowds below and frowned. "This isn't a good place to fight them. There are too many civilians around. One misstep and it'll be a disaster.""Is that a problem?" asked Walter, the Water and Fire Two-Headed Giant Python. Although currently in human form, he still carried a beast's mindset and did not see anything wrong with the idea.Cyril, hearing Chase's concern, immediately understood he did not want to harm innocents. However, Walter, as Chase's contract beast, seemed surprisingly indifferent to human
In the Worthingtons' headquarters, Ricky looked at Dominic, who was still stunned from the earlier battle, and shook his head.Dominic clutched his throbbing head and asked, "Is there really no way to get all this weird junk out of my mind?""To clear it out, I'd have to work with Carla and treat you for nearly a full year. And that's only if we return to the nether realm. Here? It's practically impossible," Ricky snorted."You're a peak martial nirvana cultivator, and you've already mastered the Nine Nefarious Holy Fist, a top-tier yellow-ranked technique. You even have the Two Evils of Hell by your side, so why did you insist on fighting that kid one-on-one? Wasn't his destiny aura bright enough for you to realize who you were dealing with?"After explaining the difficulty of healing him, Ricky could not help but scold Dominic in a tone full of frustration. From his perspective, their side had been at a disadvantage ever since entering this so-called Dark and Light Mineral Ore.
"Aren't you going to help your companion?"Cyril pointed at Walter, whose massive python body was still twitching on the ground."Oh, he'll be fine in a bit," Chase replied calmly.He knew Walter had just been frightened by Silly Husky's soul-based attack.At that moment, Chase finally grasped the full extent of Greedy Wolf's power. The next time he encountered Dominic, he would make sure the man paid dearly.He began reciting the Tranquil Mind and Spirit-Clearing Mantra, dispelling the lingering effects of Greedy Wolf's soul attack from Willow and Walter.As for Cyril, he managed to recover on his own, which did not surprise Chase. After all, Cyril was the protagonist of this world."Just now, were we trapped in some kind of illusion left by the enemy?" Willow, still shaken, finally snapped out of it and recalled the terrifying scene."No, that was a special soul-based attack from my Greedy Wolf blade. Sorry about that," Chase offered an unusually rare apology.The indiscrimi
Although there was no physical damage, the soul damage was very real. It was exactly that soul damage that allowed Chase to subdue Walter."Master, has the soul damage on your Greedy Wolf increased again?" Walter asked.Soul damage? How could a blade cause soul damage?Willow and Cyril were both stunned.With their current strength, neither of them had experienced it directly and had no idea that Greedy Wolf had already awakened a spirit—specifically, a star spirit aligned with slaughter.Hearing Walter's question, Chase suddenly recalled that the spirit within Greedy Wolf—Silly Husky—possessed astonishingly strong soul power.When they first met, it had disguised itself as a deadly blade spirit, radiating a terrifying killing intent that had completely fooled Chase.Fortunately, his own soul was resilient enough not to be tricked. He had eventually seen through Silly Husky's bluffing and recognized it as more bark than bite.Now, Chase wondered if Dominic could have been affec
Being the only one who had previously faced Chase's Greedy Wolf, Stone stood frozen in disbelief.He had always believed that as a stage-nine martial god, the gap between himself and Dominic, a peak martial god and an elder of the Nefarious Deity Sect, was merely half a step. Yet now, he had witnessed something that shattered his assumptions.His most powerful dark beast, the Crimson-Scaled Nether Serpent, was electrocuted to death in an instant. Then, even when he gave it everything he had and struck with Greedy Wolf, he still ended up at a disadvantage.Meanwhile, Dominic had taken on Chase's full three-pronged assault—including a direct strike from Greedy Wolf—with nothing but his bare skull and stood his ground.It was at that moment that Stone finally understood. The gap between him and Dominic was far larger than he had ever imagined.There was simply no comparison.He and Cherry had once considered challenging for the Supreme Elder title at the sect's year-end assembly, ho
This should be easy enough!"You brat! Dying at my hands is your greatest honor. Save your breath!" Dominic shouted as he launched the Nine Nefarious Holy Fist.His body swelled in size, his shirt bursting open to reveal muscles that were as hard as stone. They gleamed under the morning sun. The sight left Willow and Walter utterly stunned.An opponent who exploded out of his shirt right at the start? That was rare enough. However, to see a Supreme Elder doing it against a junior… Was this not a bit overkill?Facing him directly, Chase wore a serious expression. His consciousness detected an overwhelming vitality radiating from Dominic, so dense it even suppressed the aura of killing intent.After easily defeating Stone earlier, Chase's impression of the Nefarious Deity Sect had dropped a notch. He had thought that after so many rounds of body refinement and reinforcement by the Dark and Light Emerald Lotus, his physical strength should be at the top tier.Yet this Dominic, the s
The answer soon revealed itself.A sizzling noise rang out as the Crimson-Scaled Nether Serpent lunged at Chase with its jaws wide open, clearly intending to end his life in one bite.It thought to itself smugly, 'This fool is too slow. He's dead for sure.'However, to everyone's surprise, the serpent suddenly spasmed mid-air. Electric arcs danced across its scales as smoke began to rise from its body. Twitching uncontrollably, it looked like it had been struck by lightning. It fell straight to the ground like a thick rope within seconds, utterly limp.Stone stood there, dumbfounded.He had not expected his Crimson-Scaled Nether Serpent to be defeated so quickly. Sensing that the serpent was now truly and completely dead, his eyes flared with rage.Chase actually dared to kill his dark beast?!His expression turned grim. Black energy spirit surged from his body, and the demon-headed broadsword on his back gleamed with a menacing red light, eager to be unleashed. Even those nearb