「If your words piss me off, I'll slap you silly too.」
Sun Qian's domineering voice boomed through the grand hall, leaving everyone present gaping in stunned silence.
This Young Master Sun from the imperial capital was insanely arrogant—unapologetically badass!
His tone dripped with disdain, treating Li Yang like nothing more than dirt beneath his feet.
For Li Yang, who'd always masked his petty, vicious nature behind a facade of elegance and sunshine, this was the final straw.
He clutched his stinging cheek, his eyes trembling with rage as he stared daggers at Sun Qian.
Deep down, he'd always looked down on Sun Qian as nothing but a spoiled, useless playboy from the capital.
In his mind, this playboy was supposed to be a dead man by tonight.
Instead, he'd been slapped hard in front of everyone—by a man who was supposed to be on his way to the grave!
For a split second, he teetered on the edge of losing his mind completely.
「Sun Qian! How dare you hit me?! I'm a member of the Li family! My mother is your cousin!」「When you first came to Magic City, you stayed at MY house!」
CRACK!
Sun Qian's expression turned icy cold. Another slap landed hard on Li Yang's face.
「Who the hell do you think you are, you disrespectful little shit? Even if your father were here, I'd slap him twice for raising such a brat!」
CRACK!
「Marrying a distant cousin of the Sun family doesn't make you family! The Sun family doesn't have room for trashy relatives like you!」
CRACK!
「Uneducated dog! Your father would never dare to call me by my given name—who gave you the right? Since your old man failed to teach you manners, I'll do it for him!」
CRACK!
「I let your Li family host me when I came to Magic City—that's the greatest honor your worthless clan has ever received. If you can't handle that honor, then your Li family has no right to exist in this city!」
Thinking about how the Li family had betrayed him in his previous two simulations, Sun Qian's blood boiled with rage. His slaps grew harder and harder with each passing second.
Once upon a time, the Li family had been on the brink of collapse, begging the Sun family for mercy just to survive.
They were supposed to be allies—family by marriage, feeding from the Sun family's hand. Instead, they'd stabbed the Sun family in the back.
They'd even willingly become lapdogs for someone else, just to kill him—a direct descendant of the Sun family!
A bunch of ungrateful, backstabbing wolves!
It was no wonder his eldest brother and father had never suspected the Li family when they'd sent him to Magic City. They'd thought the Li family would be their closest ally here.
Instead, they'd been the sharpest knife aimed right at his back.
Under Sun Qian's relentless barrage of slaps and Sun Zhong's unwavering, intimidating gaze, all the arrogance drained from Li Yang's face. He finally realized just how dire his situation was.
Seeing that he was completely outmatched, he dropped to his knees in an instant, begging for mercy.
「Young Master Sun! I'm sorry! I know I was wrong!」「Young Master Sun—no, Uncle Qian! Please! For my mother's sake, give your nephew a chance!」「....」
Watching Li Yang get slapped just as hard as he had been, Zhao Kun—who'd been seething with rage a moment ago—stared in dumbfounded shock.
After all, the Li family was related to the Sun family by marriage!
Li Yang's mother was Sun Qian's cousin—by all rights, they were uncle and nephew!
And yet, this "ancestor" had slapped Li Yang without hesitation, showing absolutely no mercy whatsoever. He really was treating everyone equally!
「Damn it—this guy doesn't care about family ties at all!」「Serves you right, Li Yang! You bastard finally got what you deserved!」
Human nature really was twisted.
Seeing someone else suffer the same fate as him made Zhao Kun's burning resentment fade away, if only a little.
After all, Li Yang was the real mastermind behind tonight's scheme.
If it hadn't been for this bastard, he never would've gotten slapped half to death in front of everyone!
Now, the entire city of Magic City would be talking about this humiliation tomorrow.
Watching the young master of the Li family groveling on the floor like a dog, the guests in attendance quickly hung their heads, shrinking back like frightened ostriches. They didn't dare to look up, not even for a second.
They'd come here tonight hoping to curry favor with the heirs of the Zhao and Li families, to forge connections that would benefit their own families. Instead, they'd witnessed both heirs being humiliated beyond repair.
The last thing they wanted was to get dragged into this mess and earn the two young masters' hatred.
Lei Hu—the security chief who'd stormed in with guns blazing—watched Li Yang get slapped just as hard as Zhao Kun had been, and a wave of terror washed over him.
He finally realized just how terrifying this young man's background must be.
And he'd actually led his men in here, pointing guns at him?!
「I'm so dead. I just kicked the biggest iron plate in the world.」
Ding. Host has publicly slapped Li Yang—the mastermind behind the assassination plot—inflicting severe psychological damage. Reward: 8000 Villain Points.
The cold, mechanical voice of the Villain Life Simulator echoed in Sun Qian's mind once more.
At this moment, his total Villain Points had broken the five-digit mark, soaring to an astonishing 16,800 points.
Enough for three more Villain Life Simulations.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
Just then, the sound of heavy, synchronized footsteps echoed from outside the room, growing closer and closer.
A squad of tall, imposing figures burst into the hall, clad in the black law enforcement uniforms of the empire, fully armed to the teeth. Their sudden entrance sent a wave of gasps rippling through the crowd.
These men exuded a terrifying aura of bloodlust, clearly seasoned cultivators—none of them weaker than the Third Realm of Mystic Insight.
Leading them was a middle-aged man with a square jaw and a stern, righteous face, radiating the unmistakable aura of someone in a position of great authority.
「It's the Black Robe Enforcement Team of the Magic City Security Bureau! They're the elite of the elite—only cultivators at the Mystic Insight Realm or higher can join! They never show up unless it's an emergency!」「Remember when that secret realm appeared over Magic City and those monsters snuck into the city? It was the Black Robe Enforcement Team that cleaned them up! They killed hundreds of those things back then!」「Wait a minute—isn't that Qi Wei, the Deputy Director of the Magic City Security Bureau, leading them?!」
A gasp of recognition went up from the crowd. Qi Wei was a legendary figure in Magic City.
Rumor had it that the current Director of the Security Bureau was on the verge of retirement, and Qi Wei was the top candidate to take his place.
Even the Four Great Noble Clans of Magic City had been scrambling to curry favor with him lately.
Then, to everyone's utter astonishment, Qi Wei led his team straight toward Sun Qian, stopping a few paces away from him.
「Elder Sun.」
He nodded respectfully at Sun Zhong first, then turned his attention to Sun Qian, his tone shifting to one of absolute deference.
「Young Master Sun. What can I do for you?」
Sun Qian nodded slightly at Qi Wei, while a message from Sun Zhong echoed silently in his mind:
> Young Master, Qi Wei is at the Sixth Realm of Transcendence. He's an ambitious man, but he's also loyal enough. The Old Master once said of him: this is a man who's not afraid to get his hands dirty.
Sixth Realm of Transcendence.
For the Deputy Director of the Magic City Security Bureau, that was an impressive cultivation base—second only to the handful of Saint Realm powerhouses in the city.
And he had a face that screamed "unwavering justice," but the ambition burning in his eyes—the desperate hunger for power and promotion—was impossible to hide.
No wonder he'd rushed over here so quickly.
He was dying for a chance to prove himself.
And he wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty, huh?
A playful glint appeared in Sun Qian's eyes as his gaze drifted to Lei Hu and his men, who were cowering behind Zhao Kun, their faces ashen with terror.
「Director Qi. Just now, someone pointed a gun at my head. What do you think should be done about that?」
「How dare they! Pointing a gun at Young Master Sun?!」 Qi Wei's face twisted with rage. He turned to his men and roared, 「Drag them all out and shoot them dead on the spot!」