While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

"How could you possibly possess both immense physical strength and spatial abilities at the same time?"

"you guess."

Why did you attack me?

Jiang Dawei had a black gold sword stuck in his neck, and blood spurted out.

Even on the verge of death, he was still spouting nonsense, just trying to gather his strength for the final blow to Yang Ding.

Yang Ding, however, was not flustered and was happy to chat with her.

"I, Yang Ding, am a nobody with no support and come from a humble background. The reason I have been able to get to where I am today, surrounded by wolves and tigers, is because of my cautious and meticulous way of doing things. I will not give a fifth-rank expert the opportunity to attack me."

"When you killed your own son and then attacked me, I had already decided to kill you. But killing for the sake of killing is not my style. Now that you have hunted so many beast crystals, you have maximized their value."

Is this what a low-level henchman said to a fifth-rank boss?

This completely reverses the rules of the game, the law of the jungle.

So annoying!

"You think you're nothing? I'll kill you right now."

Jiang Dawei used his last bit of strength to punch Yang Ding with all his might.

Given the close proximity, there shouldn't be any more accidents.

Yang Ding neither dodged nor fled, but instead created a void rift the size of a disc with his right hand, which swallowed Jiang Dawei's fist completely.

With a loud bang, Jiang Dawei's fist slammed into a giant chimney a kilometer away.

The hundred-meter-high chimney collapsed with a roar, and flying debris and dust sprayed into his eyes from the round hole.

Jiang Dawei closed his eyes, looking as panicked as a chicken.

Yang Ding gripped the black gold sword pressed against his neck, using it to hold his head in place.

"Hu Feng, it's your turn."

Before Jiang Dawei could even pull his fist back, he was instantly enveloped in the intense heat.

Hu Feng, engulfed in orange flames, clung to him tightly.

If a high-level martial artist is killed by a high-level fire-type opponent, the best outcome is mutual destruction, which means certain death.

Jiang Dawei's neck was slashed, and the 3000-degree high temperature burned him, causing his true energy to dissipate. He missed the chance to die together with his opponent, and soon he was burning and screaming in agony, with smoke rising from his mouth.

Even reinforced bones and muscles cannot withstand the high temperature of flames.

In just a few seconds, his back was burned through. Hu Feng carried him into the sky, preparing to return to their hideout to report to their leader and claim their reward.

Recently, David Chiang has killed too many parasites, which has made the leader very unhappy.

Yang Ding put away the black gold sword, turned on his headlamp, and collected the pile of beast crystals that had fallen to the ground.

"Holy crap, so many! That's worth at least four million. No, there's also the Black Gold Knife. That should be worth five million."

Yang Ding put the beast crystal in his pocket, then picked up Jiang Dawei's black gold knife and stuffed it into his newly opened personal space.

He did not specifically cultivate the portable domain technique, but due to the increase in his spiritual power, his cultivation level passively broke through to the second rank.

Fang Jing taught him to create a portable space with a volume of 12 cubic meters. It was pitch black inside and empty, but it was a safe place to put inanimate objects.

The personal domain belongs to a multi-dimensional space, and no one can open it to spy on it.

Just then, Zhou Ruoxi's personal flying vehicle sped over. Before it even came to a complete stop, she leaped down from the sky, stepping on the moisture in the air, and landed steadily next to Yang Ding.

Looking around at the sorghum stalks that had been swept away, and the scorching marks from the high temperature that could be seen everywhere.

"What happened here?"

"General Jiang was fighting a high-level fire-type parasitic beast and was accidentally burned to death. I wanted to save him, but my strength was too weak."

Zhou Ruoxi didn't believe it. "That parasitic beast can even kill a fifth-rank expert, how come you're still alive and well?"

"I hid in the sorghum field and didn't show my face at all."

"Alright, hurry back, your wife is about to give birth."

"Really?"

"Okay, let's go up."

Just as Yang Ding was about to jump up, he saw a powerful surge of true energy pouring down from the sky.

Molly also got off the aircraft and landed next to the two of them.

Zhou Ruoxi quickly activated her water-based abilities, gathering the fallen sorghum stalks together to form a spire-shaped protective shield that covered the three people.

The sorghum stalks do not have enough moisture content, so they are continuously absorbed from the surrounding air and the ground to reinforce them.

With a deafening roar, the spire's protective shield shattered, and the true energy was released onto the surrounding ground.

The ground was smashed into a huge crater ten meters deep, and dust flew everywhere.

All three of them stood unharmed in the deep pit.

A man in a suit and tie with a receding hairline stood by the pit; he looked to be around fifty or sixty years old.

"Ruoxi, you and Molly come up here, so you don't get hurt."

"Grandpa Jiang, how did you find this place?"

"Of course I came here to follow you, otherwise how would I have had the chance to kill this kid?"

Yang Ding asked in a low voice, "Who is this?"

"Jiang Zhaolong's grandfather, Jiang Dawei's father, Jiang Zhongtian."

Holy crap, can I really be this unlucky?

He just killed his son.

"The Jiang family is in charge of commercial supplies in Jiangling City. They're your father's lackeys, so they probably don't have much cultivation, right?"

"Hmm, only at the mid-eighth rank."

"How much fist power do you have at the mid-stage of the eighth rank?"

"Can't you do the math yourself?"

140 billion jin?

700 million tons of power?

If you get punched like that, you won't even see any flesh.

Even if the old man stood there without moving, Yang Ding's current cultivation level wouldn't be enough to kill him.

We're doomed. Even Zhang Peng is no match for us.

Since we can't beat them, let's talk about morality and righteousness.

"Governor, you brought him here, you won't abandon me, will you?"

"You're afraid of dying too?"

"What joy is there in living, what fear is there in dying? It's just that my wife is about to give birth, and the child can't be without a father."

These words struck a chord with Zhou Ruoxi.

"Don't worry, as long as I'm by your side, you're safe."

Yang Ding quickly clasped his hands in greeting, "Elder Jiang, hello. I am a freshman at the Martial Arts Academy of Jiangling University. I am of mediocre talent, young and arrogant, and ignorant. I don't know where I have offended you, and I am troubling you to personally come and kill me."

"You must pay for my grandson Jiang Zhaolong's life, and also pay the price for my son Jiang Dawei's reputation and the loss of his arm."

"Why? General Chiang slept with his brother's wife and killed his own son. I merely witnessed it by accident, and I have to pay with my life?"

"Shut up!"

This kind of family scandal is beyond reasoning, and Jiang Zhongtian naturally didn't want to argue about it.

If it weren't for Zhou Ruoxi and Molly, he would have already taken action.

"Even a wealthy and powerful family needs a reason to commit murder."

"Killing an ant like you is unnecessary."

The old man is emotionally broken by the family scandal and may start killing at any moment. Yang Ding has to bring him to his senses.

"I am not an ant. Even the Lord of Jiangling City knows that I am protected by the Empire. Once I die, the Empire and Jiangling City will go to war."

"You overestimate yourself."

Jiang Zhongtian was actually aware of this situation; he was just gambling that, given his status and relationship with the Zhou family, even if he killed Yang Ding, it wouldn't necessarily lead to a complete falling out.

"Governor Zhou understands this, which is why she's protecting me. I bet she'll never leave."