Frank rolled his eyes—even his lackeys could wipe out Earthrank individuals!Susan was glaring at Frank in turn. "What's that look for? Are you upset? Then hand over your shares, or it'd be too late when the Chandlers come for you!"The main branch of the Turnbull family had power in the capital, but they summarily refused to care about Riverton, let alone send help. They were certainly on their own…"Enough!" Walter barked just then. "Frank just bailed us out, and both of you are blaming him instead of thanking him?!"As a man of the household, he was certainly displeased with the Chandlers' unreasonable demands. However, he had to abide with it because circumstances just would not allow it.If anything, he found Frank's defiance cathartic, but his wife and nephew had to give Frank hell for it!And seeing that her husband was siding with Frank, Susan promptly snapped, "Easy for you to say—he can just run away if things go south, while we are left to clean up his mess!""Enough!
The Turnbulls were stunned, not expecting Boran to be that self-important.Cliff was frowning as well—he had his pride as a martial artist too!"What is the meaning of this, Mr. Lepley?" he demanded. "Why would you insult me when I showed you respect?"Boran did not even look his way as he snorted. "You're wrong there—I wasn't insulting you. You're not even worth insulting.""What…" Cliff was fuming—he must hit back to maintain his honor as a retainer of the Turnbulls!However, Vicky stood in his way before he could move. "That's enough. You're both on our side, and it won't do if you start fighting even before you defeat our enemies.""Hmph."Boran snorted. "I can handle the Chandlers myself, Ms. Turnbull. Why keep third-rate martial artists like him?""You're out of line! Let's see what you got!" Cliff bellowed.It was not just him either—even Walter, Susan, and Yara had enough of Boran and was eager to send Cliff after him!Vicky tried to intervene again, but it was too la
"What…"Walter was stumped. "Let's hope he's worth the money."Vicky hoped so too, since this was the first time she met Boran and the only thing she only offered him was her money.Either way, they need someone strong from Earthrank to help.As the other Turnbulls left, Vicky walked up to Frank. "I've heard about what happened. I'm really sorry about that."The Chandlers wanted Grande Pharma shares, but her mother immediately tried to force Frank to give up his.She felt sorry for him, to be honest.Frank waved her off nonchalantly and chuckled at the sight of her scowl. "I never knew you could make that face."Vicky breathed a long sigh. "The Chandlers sent Drake, who's really strong, whereas my uncle's side of the family refused to help. To be honest, I'm not confident about this."Then, turning in curiosity toward Frank, she asked, "What level on Earthrank do you think you'd be?"Frank shook his head. "I wouldn't be on that list…"Vicky cut him short before he could fini
Frank glanced at Cindy, surprised that she was there too."Hey, I'm talking to you, you hear?!" Cindy demanded with a scowl, striding up to him since he ignored her.Frank retorted flatly, "Is that any of your business?""Hah!" Cindy snorted, rolling her eyes. "You're just here to watch the fight, aren't you? What a shame that the Turnbulls are going to fall soon. Let's see how you're going to strut after that, gigolo!""Word of advice—don't start trouble over nothing. I don't want to hurt you today." Frank leveled her an icy glare.Hughie walked up to them just then, asking in curiosity, "Who's this, Cindy?"Cindy folded her arms before her chest and snorted, "My cousin's ex-husband. A piece of shit, really—she divorced him because he was so far beneath him, so he quickly hooked up with Vicky Turnbull."Hughie nodded, relieved to hear that Frank had nothing going for him. "So you're just a gigolo, kid. Now apologize to Cindy."Frank snorted. "Why should I?"Hughie frowned. "K
Hughie immediately felt a pang of pain in his kneecap, while his own inertia sent him crashing headlong on the wall!There was an audible thud, and he was promptly bleeding freely from the forehead."Oh!" Cindy gasped as she turned pale and ran up to Hughie, asking in concern, "Are you alright, Hughie?"Hughie was left clutching his head as he growled through his teeth, "I'm fine, I'm fine… I just slipped."He actually had no idea what happened, and his knees were still very much in pain!Wheeling on Frank, he snapped, "You bastard! Why did you dodge?! Weren't you going to fight me?!"Cindy was frowning at Frank too. "Yeah! Why did you dodge?"Frank laughed coldly. "What, am I supposed to just stand there and wait? Why are you blaming me for being slow? Though it's hilarious how you crashed straight into the wall.""Bastard!" Hughie was livid, but even as he tried to get up to attack Frank, he realized he had no strength in his knees at all.Cindy saw him stumble and quickly a
Drake smiled at Vicky's request. "Of course."Vicky was taken aback that he would accept so easily, just as Drake added, "If we win, you'll give us all of Grande Pharma's shares. Do you have any issues with that?""Of course not." Vicky shook her head. "And if we win, you and your family will never harass us again. Naturally, we'll welcome you if you're willing to do business.""Sure. Shall we proceed to the ring?" Drake smiled.Vicky had already sensed that something was wrong with that enigmatic smile of his but just could not put her finger on what.Guess she would just have to wait and see…-Vicky only realized that the Chandlers had invited many bigwigs in Riverton to watch the fight. All of them were staring at the Chandlers and her group as soon as they entered the hall."Hey, who do you think is going to win?""I'm not sure… but I hope the Turnbulls do.""What? What good would come of that?""The Chandlers promised to make public the Rejuvenation Pill recipe once th
With those words, Wilf charged his technique and leapt toward Yara.Yara energized her Boltsmacker in turn, and they clashed with fists and palms, exchanging dozens of blows in a split second!As the fight intensified, the crowd around the ring cheered in excitement."Didn't think the doll would last that long against Wilf!""The governor's daughter is really something…"Wilf was actually seething—he was older than Yara and a man at that! The fact that she lasted this long against him was humiliating!He would have taken her down with a single move and was caught off guard that Yara was that strong and armed with an extraordinary technique.Nonetheless, Yara was only in her twenties and lost greatly in terms of her experience.When Wilf deliberately left an opening, she took it unsurprisingly, prompting him to laugh. "Too young, too naive…"Yara's face fell, but it was too late to escape—Wilf had suddenly caught her wrist and slammed his palm on her shoulder!"Oof!" Yara grun
"Well, that just happened…"The crowd around the ring was also left staring blankly.Meanwhile, Vicky's eyes were round and wide in disbelief. "What are you doing, Mr. Lepley?""Nothing, just conceding." Boran shrugged nonchalantly."I paid you thirty million to fight for us!" Vicky snapped furiously. "And you just concede?!"Boran laughed and folded his arms before his chest. "You did, but the Chandlers paid me fifty million—of course I'm on their side. Why don't you top up another twenty mil? I swear I'll be neutral about that.""You're despicable!" Vicky screamed as she pointed at his face.She was convinced Boran would observe the virtues of martial artists, but it turned out that she gave him too much credit!"Hahaha!!!" Drake laughed out loud right then. "That's another one point for my side, Ms. Tunbull! Your champion just conceded, too… Do you have anyone else to send in?"Vicky gritted her teeth, her knuckles clenching.What could they do when the Chandlers have two