"What are you afraid of? I'm here, aren't I? I don't care who he is. We'll just sit wherever we want to," Sebastian said calmly. He hated people who used their positions to order others around.His words provoked Lester to anger at once, and he looked furious."You're a cocky punk, aren't you? Do you know who I am?" Lester asked coldly, eyeing Sebastian angrily. The subordinates behind him immediately surged up to them and blocked Sebastian's path.Lily and the others stood back to watch, looking contemptuous. "What an idiot. How dare he try to stand up to Mr. Shaw? He has zero self-awareness!" Tiffany snorted, looking scornful.She wanted Lester to teach Sebastian a lesson because she was very annoyed with Sebastian. Men like him disgusted her.Lindsay added, "Forget about him. He just wants to act cool in front of Penelope. Just wait. Mr. Shaw will teach him how he should behave.""What a disgusting little man. I have no idea why Penelope would hang around someone like him
There was an immediate uproar.Lester clutched his bleeding head, howling in pain. Meanwhile, Lily and the others were paralyzed with fear.Penelope was equally shocked. She hadn't expected Sebastian to be so aggressive."You punk! How dare you smash a bottle over my head? I'll kill you!" Lester roared. "Get him!"At his command, his subordinates charged angrily at Sebastian.Sebastian wasn't about to back down. He grabbed the bottles on the table and smashed them over their heads one by one.With a series of thumps, Lester's subordinates all fell to the floor. They held their bleeding heads and howled relentlessly.The sight scared the crap out of Tiffany and the others."Damn! Is this asshole crazy? He beat up Lester and his subordinates?""Oh no! We're doomed! Penelope's friend is insane! Isn't he just asking to die?""Hmph! He doesn't know his own strength. How dare he beat Mr. Shaw up? Wait and see, he's definitely going to die tonight!"They looked angrily at Sebastian
Glaring at Sebastian, Lester mocked him viciously. "You brat, you actually called for help? Let's see which bastard would dare to help you!" Sebastion chuckled and shook his head. Lester was so ignorant! His attitude annoyed Lily and the others. "You cocky bastard, how dare you still put up an act when you're at death's door? You better kneel and apologize to Mr. Shaw now. If not, you'd get killed before you even know it," Lily said. Lindsay chimed in, "That's right! Penelope, tell this dumb friend of yours to give up. You couldn't afford to offend Mr. Shaw!" "Penelope, I didn't want to lecture you. We invited you here, but you ended up bringing such a brainless man along with you. If I were you, I would've cut him off. I'd take Mr. Shaw's side now and apologize to him." Hearing those words, Penelope thought it over. She then said with a serious tone, "I won't leave my friend behind! Even if something happens to us, I'll bear the consequences with him!" Lily was disappo
Lester led his army of men and walked toward the entrance. Tiffany shot a few glares at Sebastian in disdain. She snickered and said, "We'll see how much longer you're going to put up an act, loser!" "Penelope, you shouldn't defend a friend like that. Hurry up and think of some ways to apologize to Mr. Shaw," Lily advised, shaking her head helplessly before following Lester. Penelope looked anxious. However, Sebastian was calm beside her. "Let's go outside and have a look." "Huh? But…" Penelope was a little worried. Sebastian smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's alright." "Okay then." Penelope nodded. She got up and followed Sebastian out of the pub. At that moment, Lester brought his hundred men with him as they strode out of the pub arrogantly. But when they saw what was going on in front of them, they were petrified. Before their eyes, the whole street was packed with men in black suits. It was endless. There were at least ten thousand men! "What, what's going on?
Hearing that made Lester extremely excited. Nodding profusely, he shouted, "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Wagner! I'll certainly satisfy you and your honored guest!" After that, Lester shouted at his subordinates pretentiously, "Get ready, everyone! This is the night where you can show off your fighting skills! Those who perform well would get awarded with 100 thousand dollars!" Instantly, Lester's men became spirited. This was a great chance to show their capabilities in front of Hans. If they got the job done, they might even be able to work under him. That would be something to be proud of! With that, they would be promoted from regular thugs to actual members of an organization. Everyone then stared at the entrance of the pub. Right then, Sebastian and Penelope happened to be exiting the pub. They were blocking the entrance. Seeing that, Hans was about to walk up to him quickly. But Lester was even more impatient than him. Lester took the lead to run to Sebastian. Point
Lester instantly froze. Jerking his head around, he looked at Hans, who had a gloomy look on his face. He asked, "Mr. Wagner, what did you mean by that?" Hans raised his hand and sent a slap across Lester's face, causing him to spit blood. "He's the important man I was talking about!" Hans bellowed. His words instantly terrified Lester, and his face paled. Lily and the others were shocked too. What was going on? Who was that important man again whom even Hans had to show respect to? Without waiting for them to react, Hans had already dashed up to Sebastian and lowered his head. "Mr. Ballard, my men are all here. You can give us your orders anytime." Sebastian nodded. The sight immediately threw Lester and the others off guard. It was over for them! Totally over! Was that punk actually the important man Hans was waiting for? Lester's face was as white as a sheet, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He then remembered that Hans said there was an idiot who had offende
Sebastian gave Hans a few instructions before sending Penelope back. Before they parted ways at the residential gate, Penelope watched Sebastian with adoring eyes as he entered his car and left. The flower of love had then bloomed in her heart. But Sebastian was oblivious to it. Not long after he woke up the next day, Whitney rushed over to the convenience store. Without thinking twice, she pulled at him and yelled, "Hurry, you have to come with me." "Where to?" Sebastian was dumbfounded. What was Whitney talking about? Why was she in such a rush? "My aunt fell sick. Nobody could figure out the cause. I'm bringing you there to help them out," Whitney said anxiously. She dragged Sebastian into the car. Frowning, Sebastian said, "You're asking me to see a patient? Ms. Sutton, I thought you never believed that I have medical skills." Whitney rolled her eyes at him. "Alright, this is an emergency. It was all my fault, okay?" Sebastian shrugged and followed her. Whitney
Sally was furious at the sight of Sebastian's face. She thought Sebastian was a good-for-nothing, lazy man.She had already hated Sebastian back then, so she always urged Whitney to divorce him."I heard that you and Whitney have divorced. That's good news," Sally said. Then, she added, "It's great that you know your place. But you don't need to treat me. What can a good-for-nothing do?"Sally didn't understand why Whitney would ask Sebastian to treat her.Whitney quickly explained, "Aunt Sally, Sebastian is a medical practitioner. Let him help you."Shannon rushed up and shouted before allowing Sally to speak. "No! Does he even know anything? What if he makes it worse for my mother?"Shannon looked down on Sebastian. Plus, the accident caused her to stay locked up for two days, so she hated Sebastian even more.She thought, "Let him treat Mom? Keep dreaming!"Crystal also rolled her eyes at Whitney. "Winnie, what are you doing? I thought you hired an expert or something. Why w
Every Warrior treated the Martial Arts Association like a god. Therefore, that would make the Caelbane Sect even higher than a god!"Are you both not right in the head? I don't owe your sect leader money, yet he's trying to ask me for something? Even beggars aren't this desperate!" Sebastian looked at Titan and Tatum as if they were idiots. "We're not beggars, damn it! I'm telling you, cut both your hands off right now and let us take them. Otherwise, we'll take your life!" Tatum yelled, pointing at Sebastian."What the hell are you looking at? Are you sick of living?" Titan slapped a passing old lady.The old lady had been planning to buy some house protection charms from Sebastian, but Titan slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground, blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth.Titan didn't even look twice at the old lady. He felt that anyone who even glanced their way twice when the Caelbane Sect was conducting their business deserved to die!Slapping her was already
Wensleydale had been overly enthusiastic with them. Not only had he been extremely hospitable, he had even arranged for several young and beautiful women to cater to them.When one went overboard, it would make everything seem insincere.Titan couldn't for the life of him think of any benefit that he could offer Wensleydale. The old man already had one foot in the grave, and the Caelbane Sect would never accept someone of his age. The more he thought about it, the more Titan felt that what Tatum had said made sense."Forget about him. Let's go to Steinberg ourselves tomorrow morning," he said, his eyes narrowing.Even if Wensleydale had tipped Sebastian off, where could the latter escape to in just a single day?He could run, but he couldn't hide. Sebastian also owned the Arctic Snow Group in Steinberg, which was a massive corporation.Besides, according to reliable news from Ethan, Sebastian's ex-wife was also the CEO of Frostwave Corporation. He couldn't possibly pack up all
Sebastian laughed and said nothing. He rubbed the brand new copper coin in his pocket with one hand.Only Lyanna would be capable of doing something like that. The illusion had been cast by her.Without her help, Sebastian would probably be in huge trouble. No matter whether or not he was in the right, there should have been severe consequences for slaughtering more than 100 elite members of the Martial Arts Association.Lyanna had even made the souls of those people her food. It was terrifyingly cruel. "Everything's alright now, everyone. It seems that Mr. Flumen repented after realizing how terrible his crimes were and killed himself," Sebastian said politely, smiling as if nothing had happened."Maybe your character and charisma convinced them, Mr. Ballard." Hans didn't know what to say.Zane swallowed and laughed as he said to Sebastian, "Mr. Ballard, you really… you really are… amazing.""Since you're all here, don't be in such a rush to leave. I'll treat you all to a meal
However, Wensleydale didn't care. He would have killed his own son if it meant that he could live!Without another word, he hacked off Humphrey's arm. Before Humphrey could scream, Wensleydale stabbed him in the heart. He gripped the handle of the knife and twisted it grimly. Humphrey stared at Wensleydale, his eyes bulging, right until the moment he died. He had died a violent death. Wensleydale looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground. Like the man with the dragon-topped cane, they all decayed rapidly and were blown off into the air by a slight breeze, leaving no trace behind. Wensleydale turned slowly and gazed mournfully at Sebastian. He looked into Sebastian's ice-cold gaze and finally realized that the latter wasn't going to forgive him, even though he had hacked off his own arm and killed his apprentice. Instead of dying in great pain like the others, he might as well give himself a quick end! Tears streamed down Wensleydale's face as he held the knife to
"Mr. Ballard! I was wrong! Please, have mercy on me…""Mr. Ballard, we'll never do it again. I don't want to die.""Mr. Ballard, I have an 80-year-old mother at home. Please have mercy!" There was a series of thumps as more than 100 people fell to their knees. They were genuinely afraid. What Lyanna had said had made their last defenses crumble completely. The moment they knelt, the corpse of the man with the dragon-topped cane began to decay rapidly right in front of their eyes. In the end, only pale white bones remained. A slight breeze swept over them from out of nowhere. With a gentle gust, the skeleton disappeared. It was as if the man with the dragon-topped cane had never existed."Mr. Ballard, you mustn't show any compassion at all to these hypocrites," Rose said. She slowly pulled out her short sword and tossed her sheath away. Sebastian closed his eyes and nodded slightly. There was a series of squelching noises as over a dozen heads fell to the ground. More dark
Wensleydale's expression changed at once. He had made the call to the police because he had been planning on maiming or even killing Sebastian in front of everyone in the Martial Arts Association.However, things had turned out very differently from what he had expected. He had dug a huge hole for himself and had jumped in without a thought. "Mr. Ballard, you and I are both martial arts practitioners, and we prize the idea of righteousness," he began. "Why don't you kill me and let them go?"Wensleydale wasn't really that generous. He was a shrewd man who always did what benefited him more. Even his apprentice, Humphrey, was shocked to hear him say something so selfless. Had he really chosen to do good in the face of imminent death? However, Sebastian saw through his little trick immediately. Wensleydale hadn't escaped because he was too afraid to do so. Whoever ran out of the black fog would become a bloody puddle of water. If Sebastian agreed to let them go, he would remo
Sebastian pointed at the hundreds of Martial Arts Association members gathered at the door and said, "Since you all dared to come here and accuse me, then you must be prepared to die here! I am pleased to inform all of you that you have succeeded in provoking me to anger!" The crowd was immediately incensed. "You wouldn't dare!""There are so many of us! Even Larys wouldn't dare to do anything to us, let alone you!" "Sebastian, who do you think you are? We've got more than 100 people here today. Would you dare to kill us all?" Accusatory and defiant questions piped up all around Sebastian, but he only smiled faintly. "Why wouldn't I dare to do so?" he said and shot Lyanna a pointed look. Lyanna chuckled and invited Hans and the rest back into the convenience store. "Please come and sit inside. What's about to happen next may be too gory."Zane quickly turned to walk inside. Sebastian always did what he said he would do. Without a doubt, what was about to happen would be a b
Sebastian finished speaking and took a step toward Leon. Leon had been almost 40 feet away from him. However, Sebastian moved so fast that he left a trail of shadowy afterimages behind him. In an instant, Sebastian was back in his original spot, while Leon hurtled backward like a cannonball. His massive frame crashed into the members of the Martial Arts Association behind him, sending them sprawling. Leon landed heavily on the ground. When the crowd rushed over to check on him, they were horrified to see that his chest had caved in. Fragments of his crushed internal organs were scattered across the ground.Leon was dead. A wave of shock rippled through the crowd. They were aghast. Even Wensleydale hadn't seen how Sebastian had killed Leon. All he had felt was that Sebastian's figure had seemed insubstantial for a second. A heartbeat later, his apprentice had been sent flying, meeting a brutal end right before his eyes. "Sebastian! How dare you commit murder in public?" Wen
Sebastian's expression turned slightly colder. He stepped forward and was beside Zane in an instant. He pulled Zane behind him."You were the ones who hit him, weren't you?" Sebastian asked, looking at Wensleydale and Humphrey.Wensleydale's lip curled. "So what if I did? I hit him! What are you going to do to me?"Humphrey said disdainfully, "Ballard, he should be honored to be hit by my mentor! I don't mind telling you that my mentor represents the entire ancient martial arts community of Steinberg! I can cut out your tongue for that attitude!"Sebastian turned and comforted Zane. He told someone to help Zane back to the door.Then he turned to Wensleydale and Humphrey and said, "Cut off the hand that you used to hit him with, and I won't pursue this further. Otherwise, I'll make you wish you were dead." Sebastian's voice was clear and forceful.The members of the Martial Arts Association were surprised. Even Wensleydale was secretly shocked. Had Sebastian gone mad? How dare