Beauties! The guests present were all worldly people; who hadn't seen a beautiful woman? But the quality of the beauties who suddenly appeared in the hall today was simply too high!

If it were just one, at most it would only attract everyone's gaze for a moment before shifting back to the City Lord and Mu Gui Wuxin. However, today there wasn't just one beauty. Four!

Four beauties, each with a distinct temperament, yet all top-tier, appeared in the hall simultaneously, immediately locking everyone's attention onto them. The younger guests nearly had their eyeballs jump out of their sockets, each one swallowing hard as they stared at the four women whose brilliance overshadowed every magic lamp in the hall. "Nord, which one is Luo Qingqing?" Among the crowd, the owner of a pair of venomous eyes stared intently at Gan Jing.

Hearing the question from his companion, Nord York, who was raising his wine glass, finally reacted. With a cold expression, he raised his hand and pointed: "The woman with the wooden butterfly hairpin in her hair. Damn Gan Jing!

All four of these women were supposed to belong to this City Lord's young master!" "Nord, your taste is quite good. These lasses are truly the cream of the crop. If Gan Jing weren't standing beside them, I'd genuinely consider making a move..." Nord York turned to look at his companion.

This Lilizago, a Viper Bloodline Warrior, was also an outstanding student from the Conquest Academy, someone who usually looked down on everyone. Why was he so wary of this Gan Jing today? "Nord, I suggest you give up on Luo Qingqing." Lilizago drained the red wine in his hand and sighed, "You don't know how ferocious Gan Jing is.

You know about the Hundred Battles Ranking at our academy, right?" Nord York nodded. The Conquest Academy was his future goal. Given his status as the City Lord's son, getting into the Conquest Academy wouldn't be difficult, so he needed to gather information about the academy.

"Last night at the academy's ball, Gan Jing beat Wei Buhuan, ranked fortieth on the Hundred Battles Ranking, so badly he had to be hospitalized," Lilizago’s eye twitched. "And today at noon, he challenged Youhun Lingguan, a Gryphon King Bloodline Warrior ranked thirtieth. One strike!

Just one strike, and Youhun Lingguan conceded!" "What? How is that possible?" Nord York jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "A Gryphon King Bloodline Warrior defeated by an ordinary warrior? And he conceded?" Lilizago nodded solemnly, "Then, he was severely wounded by a Gorilla Bloodline Warrior, spewing blood all over his body..." A schadenfreude-filled smile spread across Nord York's face.

Serves him right! Why didn't they beat him to death? "Don't celebrate yet." Lilizago raised his wine glass to stop Nord York's smile.

"Everyone thought he was gravely injured. This afternoon after classes, Sanshui Lei and Sanshui Jing, two Mole Rat Bloodline Warriors ranked thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth on the Hundred Battles Ranking, challenged him." "Challenged?" Nord York glanced at Lilizago, then at Gan Jing, who was chatting and tasting delicacies with the four beauties in the distance. He frowned repeatedly, showing peculiar confusion.

"Then how is he still showing up at tonight's banquet? Shouldn't he be lying in a hospital bed?" "He is lying in a hospital..." Lilizago shrugged with a wry smile, "But it was the Sanshui brothers who were carried into the hospital." "What..." Nord York's hand trembled as he held his wine glass, spilling a significant amount of the fine, blood-red wine. "How can that be?" "There's even more devastating news..." Lilizago poured himself another glass of red wine.

"I inquired. The Sanshui brothers claimed they ganged up on Gan Jing. In the end, each of them suffered broken bones, at least twenty each..." A cold sensation shot up from Nord York's tailbone straight to his forehead, filled with boundless lingering fear.

If this person was that terrifying? Then seeing him whole at the Torrent Fortress previously must have been sheer luck? He dared to strike my mother, the City Lord's wife, so what about me?

Not good! I allied with the Lei family last time; what if he finds out... "Sigh..." Lilizago drained his glass again and sighed repeatedly, "I truly don't know if I'm the Bloodline Warrior, or if he is." "Zago, don't lose heart." Halltie clapped Lilizago on the shoulder, "Once my bloodline power awakens again, I will definitely crush this bastard under my heel, just like when I crushed Fen Tukuan at that time.

Then I'll spit twice in his face and let him know how despicable an ordinary warrior is when facing a Bloodline Warrior!" Nord York's face stiffened, twitching several times. He didn't have any bloodline power himself. Was this Grizzly Bear Bloodline Warrior insulting him?

Lilizago paid no mind to Nord York's thoughts, merely shaking his head and sighing lightly. Halltie was perhaps too optimistic. How long had this Gan Jing been at the academy?

He had already become the focal point for everyone, a rate of ascent that even Bloodline Warriors would find difficult to achieve. "No need to rush. In a few days, my third brother, who was assigned to the Human-Demon Battlefield by the Headmaster, will return," Halltie smiled confidently.

"During the year and a half he was away from the academy, my third brother had no chance to make the new Hundred Battles Ranking. When he returns, he will surely knock Gan Jing off." Lilizago nodded thoughtfully. Halltie's third brother, Hallgang, was also an outstanding figure among the Grizzly Bear Bloodline Warriors.

He was two years older than Halltie, and after a year and a half of tempering on the Human-Demon Battlefield, his strength must have greatly increased. It was likely that this person, referred to by outsiders as the Third Young Master Hall, could easily suppress Gan Jing... "Vice President Xiuzidak of the Crystal Magic Tower has arrived...

Patriarch Lei Zhen of the Lei family has arrived..." The arrival of more significant figures echoed from outside the hall. The guests continued to sneak glances at the four beauties beside Gan Jing, paying no attention at all to the two prominent figures of Eternal Flow entering the gates. They didn't rush forward to offer greetings as they usually would, hoping to be remembered by these figures for future business dealings.

When can't one do business? Four beauties like this, appearing all at once! That wasn't something seen every day!

Almost everyone harbored this thought, completely disregarding the two patriarchs and vice presidents, full of pride and expecting to receive imperial-level obeisance. The moment Xiuzidak stepped through the door, his habitually pretentious smile was plastered on his face. He raised his staff slightly, adopting the superior posture of one receiving subordinates.

"This..." Xiuzidak's arm froze halfway raised, and the high-and-mighty smile on his face instantly stiffened. The expected tidal wave of flattering words and crowds never materialized. There were only one or two stragglers standing at the foot of the steps, forcing subservient smiles.

Most people who would usually crowd forward were now focused on a single spot. They didn't even spare a glance for the City Lord, all eyes fixed on the four beauties flanking Gan Jing. These four women, and the center of attention at the ball, should have been mine!

Xiuzidak clenched his staff tightly, veins popping on his arm, roaring a string of resentful cries internally. Gan Jing felt the surge of killing intent. Glancing at Xiuzidak via the reflection in his wine glass, he frowned slightly.

Truly, like father, like daughter. Now I completely understand why Aibijia was such trash. Sensing Gan Jing observing him through the reflection, Xiuzidak hastily suppressed his anger and turned his gaze toward City Lord Lide York.

"Vice President Xiu, thank you for attending my birthday ball. Your presence greatly honors my celebration." "Patriarch Lei, thank you for coming to my birthday ball. I am truly delighted to have you here; I hope you have an enjoyable evening." Lide York greeted the two patriarchs and vice presidents who were nearby with a wave, then immediately shifted his attention back to Mu Gui Wuxin, engaging him warmly as if they were lovers.

This... Xiuzidak felt a suffocating tightness in his chest. It was one thing to be ignored by those minor figures, but how could the City Lord only offer a brief greeting?

Instead, he was being intimate with Mu Gui Wuxin like lovers? Normally, the City Lord didn't seem to hold much regard for this Torrent Fortress Master. Lei Zhen paid no mind to Lide York’s casual greeting.

Having lived to his age, he had mostly let go of worldly concerns, except for the hatred stemming from the death of his son and granddaughter—that feud could never be reconciled! No matter what his son and granddaughter did, he shouldn't have killed them! Lei Zhen's tiger-like eyes stared fixedly at Gan Jing, holding the impulse to swallow him whole.

A mere ordinary warrior, so what if his granddaughter had flayed him alive? That would have been his honor! To die at the hands of his Lei family was his glory!

At worst, he could offer Gan Jing's family some extra money, which would far exceed what Gan Jing brought home while alive! "Ah!" A sharp, ear-piercing scream suddenly pierced the outwardly serene and peaceful atmosphere of the banquet hall. Everyone's trance-like gaze snapped bright, and their bodies simultaneously shuddered.

They watched as a guest in front of the four beauties had blood spray violently from his right wrist, his palm dropping to the floor, while his lower abdomen took a kick from Gu Yue Jiaying, sending his body flying backward. Crash... The guest with the severed hand smashed into two tables draped in white cloths, laden with food and fine wine, turning one corner of the banquet into a chaotic mess.

Blood and red wine stained the white cloths, making it momentarily impossible to distinguish which was which. The banquet floor, moments ago filled with chatter and liveliness, instantly fell utterly silent. Only the injured man remained on the ground, groaning in pain.

No one dared to believe what they had just witnessed. At the City Lord's birthday banquet, Gu Yue Jiaying had actually drawn her blade, severed a man's wrist, and kicked him flying! This...

this was showing far too little respect for the City Lord! Realizing this, everyone cautiously shifted their gaze to Lide York's face, waiting to see how the City Lord would deal with this matter.

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