[Steam City, Upper District, an unknown villa]
"I-I'm sorry, I won't dare next time."
"I was just following orders. They were very unhappy with your group's actions, which is why they had me spread some negative news about your corporation."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Yu Qianxia squatted on the ground, pinching her brows with a slight headache.
Her fluffy black short hair fell to her shoulders, and a striking wisp of white hair on her forehead reflected a stark white against the surrounding black hair under the villa's dim lighting, utterly out of place.
Looking at the man before her, beaten black and blue, his eyes filled with fear and weakness.
Yu Qianxia scoffed softly, then spat out the toothpick she was chewing, grabbing him by the collar.
"So, because of this trivial matter, do you know what has happened to our Qianxia Group's stock these past few days?"
"It only rose by two percent! You know, we were supposed to have a three percent increase!"
"That missing one percent, what are you and your people behind you going to do to compensate us, huh?"
Amidst her reprimand, a translucent phantom of a white tiger suddenly surged behind Yu Qianxia.
The white tiger's eyes gleamed coldly, and it bore two wings on its back.
From its gaping, blood-red maw, solidified Stellar Energy mist could even be vaguely discerned.
Just one glance was enough to make this Steam City entrepreneur's legs go weak, almost causing him to wet himself.
Seeing his cowardly demeanor, Yu Qianxia suddenly found it somewhat uninteresting.
She released his collar, covered the back of her neck with her hand, and twisted her neck. Then, with a series of 'cracking' sounds, she stretched her bones.
Thwack!
Yu Qianxia flung her suit jacket over her shoulder, revealing a distinct black and white intertwined tattoo coiled on her lower abdomen.
That was a unique Martial Arts Mark from Martial Heaven Capital.
She looked down at the Steam City entrepreneur slumped on the ground, then turned and walked towards the villa's exit.
"Go back and tell them, our Qianxia Group has its own principles for doing business. Occasional loss of goods is just a normal occurrence."
"I will refund the shipping fees for the returned goods, but they also need to compensate our group for the loss of reputation this time."
She tilted her head, a wisp of white hair falling to cover half of her eye.
"It's not much, just something equivalent to one percent of our group's total shares will suffice."
"If they're unwilling, then this wall will be their example."
Yu Qianxia suddenly stopped, then punched the adjacent wall.
Crack!
Amidst the crisp sound of shattering bricks and stones, the villa wall struck by Yu Qianxia first cracked with spiderweb-like fissures.
Then these cracks, like toppling dominoes, spread and expanded outwards at a visible speed, eventually covering half of the villa.
Boom!
The moment Yu Qianxia walked out of the villa's main door, half of the villa turned into dust amidst the smoke.
Outside the villa, Chen Kong looked at the remaining half of the villa wall, and its neatly smooth cut surface, and subconsciously swallowed.
To what exaggerated degree had this woman's control over her body and Stellar Energy been refined?
She could actually deliver a punch that had a 'sword-cut' effect.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
Chen Kong would never have imagined that the ruins of the villa, now resembling a cake cut with a smooth slice, was the work of a single punch from someone.
This was simply another terrifying realm that Chen Kong couldn't even imagine.
In a trance, Chen Kong suddenly felt that as a Child of the Multiverse, he didn't seem to be much more special than ordinary people.
Because whether it was Ink Wash, the captain of the Fifth Squad not long ago, or the current Yu Qianxia.
They were both traditional Stellar Envoys with only a Stellar Source.
Yet, these very traditional Stellar Envoys displayed nearly terrifying absolute power.
Twin Stars were indeed special.
But for true monsters like Yu Qianxia and Ink Wash, did having an extra Stellar Core or one less truly matter?
Thinking this, Chen Kong's eyes became somewhat lost.
As Yu Qianxia passed him and Liu Ma, she seemed to notice Chen Kong's thoughts.
So she said impatiently, "Let's go."
As her words fell, Yu Qianxia walked past Liu Ma and Chen Kong, and surrounded by her subordinates, she expressionlessly entered the luxurious extended hovercar.
Everyone thought that Yu Qianxia's success today was due to her exceptional martial arts talent.
But only she knew what she had sacrificed to live up to that talent.
Having talent was one thing.
Not wasting talent... that was another matter entirely.
But this principle, Liu Ma and Chen Kong, these two individuals brimming with immense potential, seemed not to have noticed yet.
After Liu Ma and Chen Kong re-entered the vehicle, the Qianxia Group's hovercar convoy started again.
However, this time, their destination was not the upper district of Steam City.
But the lower district of Steam City—Rust Iron Hell.
To the dimensional audience's surprise, after the Qianxia Group's convoy disappeared into the steam clouds between the upper and lower cities.
The Steam City entrepreneur, who had previously appeared incredibly cowardly and had slumped to the ground from Yu Qianxia's mere intimidation, calmly stood up.
He brushed the dust from his clothes, silently picked up his data terminal, and made a call to a mysterious person.
Before long, a cold, mechanical voice came from the other end of the data terminal.
"What was the attitude of that calamity from Martial Heaven Capital?"
The entrepreneur looked calmly in the direction Yu Qianxia had departed and said, "She seems to have guessed something and doesn't want to get involved in this mess."
The other end of the terminal was silent for a moment, then a soft chuckle was heard.
"As expected of the 'White Tiger' from Martial Heaven Capital, always so perceptive."
"No need to mind her anymore. She'll leave here in less than half a month at most."
"After all, she knows whose territory this is, and she understands that if she doesn't want to cause unnecessary disputes, she can't stay here long."
The entrepreneur nodded: "Understood."
The moment the communication ended, the entrepreneur took one last look in the direction Yu Qianxia's convoy had left, then turned and disappeared into the dusty remains of the half-demolished villa.
And upon seeing this scene, the dimensional audience couldn't hold back.
'No way, bro, so you old geezer had a mask too?'
'I thought he was just an ordinary passerby, but I never expected him to be such a deeply scheming old fox.'
'Steam City? Mask City! Everyone here wears their own [mask]!'
'Suddenly realized how great everyone in Cinder was. After all, people's hearts weren't nearly as complex back then.'
'The one above, the Children of the Multiverse in the first season were just kids. What evil intentions could kids have?'
'That's true, I suppose.'
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