Chapter 798

Chapter 798: 798

"No matter how eloquent you are, you’re going to die today."

Just as Lin Qiang was about to attack, he heard the distant sound of approaching vehicles. Moments later, dozens of cars had completely surrounded him.

"Squad Leader of the Martial Alliance, what a grand display. Do you really not take our Star Shining Society seriously at all?" The first to step out of a car was Ye Feng, the President of the Star Shining Society.

"You dare touch our boss’s apprentice? Lin Qiang, you’ve got some nerve," followed the Vice President, the King of Jingnan.

"Enough talk. Kill him." Master Yiyang and Master Wang appeared almost simultaneously, launching a pincer attack.

Lin Qiang managed to block them, but his brow furrowed. Master Yiyang and Master Wang are both at Overlord Peak! And they’re the kind who can actually injure me.

After their battle with Jiang Ran, both Master Yiyang and Master Wang had clearly grown significantly, their control over their power becoming even more formidable.

Even I would have a headache facing the two of them together, Lin Qiang thought. I’m not afraid, but I definitely need to be wary. What’s more, they aren’t the only ones who have come.

"Squad Leader Lin, you come to my Jingnan Prefecture without so much as a word of greeting?" The Lei Tingjun arrived with the garrison, their weapons all specially designed to be used against Martial Artists.

Kong Tianjian, the Undying Barbarian King, and others also arrived one after another, making the area in front of the Qifei Group building suddenly burst with activity.

"Squad Leader Lin, I trust you’re finding that capital from our Mengxue Group useful? Or has the Martial Alliance decided they no longer want it? Is our collaboration canceled?" This time, it was Jia Mengxue who had appeared. She was representing herself, not the Jia Family.

Lin Qiang’s expression grew increasingly grim. All these people are here to protect Yang Qi... What should I do?

In the end, his gaze fell on Ye Feng. He concluded that this was all being led by the Star Shining Society and said coldly, "President Ye, I’m just here to kill one person. I’ll leave immediately afterward and won’t do anything to your Jingnan Prefecture. Besides, as the President of the Jingnan Prefecture Martial Arts Association, shouldn’t you show some respect when you see me, a Squad Leader of the Martial Alliance?"

"Heh, that’s true, the Martial Arts Association is subordinate to the Martial Alliance. That’s fine. I can resign from my position as president at any time," Ye Feng said with a faint smile.

Lin Qiang frowned. He hadn’t expected Ye Feng to go this far for the Star Shining Society, even being willing to give up his position in the Martial Arts Association. Is this guy crazy?

"Ye Feng, you’d better think this through," Lin Qiang threatened sinisterly. "The Star Shining Society hasn’t been suppressed by the Martial Alliance yet, but if you make an enemy of us for this kid’s sake, we will not allow the Star Shining Society to continue growing."

"So what?" Ye Feng laughed lightly. "Squad Leader Lin, you’re no fool. Even though the Martial Alliance hasn’t acted yet, that doesn’t mean you’ll let us develop freely forever. So, whether we are your enemies or not, you’ll restrict the Star Shining Society sooner or later. In that case, we might as well be proactive. If we can’t even protect our boss’s apprentice, we’d be truly useless, wouldn’t we? I can’t imagine how many people would mock us."

Lin Qiang’s face grew even uglier. The Star Shining Society actually dares to defy the Martial Alliance? Are these people insane? Do they have any idea what happens to those who oppose the Martial Alliance? The Sea City branch of the Martial Alliance alone is more than the Star Shining Society can handle, let alone the entire organization, which has branches in the five major regions: east, south, west, north, and central. Below those branches are the Martial Arts Associations, which are spread across every city in the Dragon Country. And the Martial Alliance headquarters is in the Capital City! It’s a vast and unbelievably powerful organization. More importantly, the Martial Alliance also controls numerous sects and families. If they were all counted, ninety percent of the martial artists in the Dragon Country’s Martial Arts World actually belong to the Martial Alliance. That’s terrifying. For the Star Shining Society to oppose them... they truly have lost their minds.

"Good! Very good! Star Shining Society, just you wait."

Seeing that his goal for the day was impossible, Lin Qiang decided to leave. However, just as he was about to depart, Yang Qi’s voice rang out.

"You come and go as you please? What do you take the Star Shining Society for?"

Lin Qiang stopped dead in his tracks, whirling to face Yang Qi with eyes brimming with murderous rage. He had already compromised—not out of fear, but simply to avoid making so many enemies. After all, Ye Feng is still the president of the Jingnan Prefecture Martial Arts Association, which technically makes him one of my own people. And this kid still dares to stop me? To provoke me?

"What do you want?" Lin Qiang roared. "If it weren’t for all these people, you’d already be a corpse! How dare you act so insolently before me?"

"So you realize how many people are here? Practically the entire Star Shining Society has mobilized. If we let you just walk away unharmed, we’d lose a lot of face, wouldn’t we?" Yang Qi sneered. "I don’t care if you’re from the Martial Alliance or what. From now on, Jingnan Prefecture is a forbidden land for the Martial Alliance. We will kill every member who dares to set foot here. As for you... you can leave, but you’ll have to leave something behind. I’m not asking for much. Just an arm."

"My arm? Are you sure you aren’t insane?" Lin Qiang simply couldn’t believe what Yang Qi was saying.

But this was a calculated decision on Yang Qi’s part. I want to test the power of the Dragon God Sword.

"Are you challenging me to a one-on-one duel?" Lin Qiang said sarcastically. "Or are you all planning to gang up on me?"

"I don’t need their help to deal with you," Yang Qi said. "Just you and me. One move will decide it."

He was confident in his Dragon God Sword and the Dragon God Strike. Still, I need to use it in a real fight at least once to be sure. This is a relatively safe opportunity. Everyone here is on my side, so there’s no danger even if I completely exhaust my Spiritual Power.

"Hahahaha! Ye Feng, did you hear that? Did you hear what that lunatic said? You all went through so much trouble to save him, and now he wants to duel me one-on-one?" Lin Qiang burst into laughter. He admitted to himself that he was wary of this group, but Yang Qi alone? What was there to fear? It was utterly ridiculous.

Ye Feng shook his head. "Lin Qiang, I think you’re misunderstanding something. The reason we came here was precisely that we don’t want to make an enemy of the Martial Alliance. That’s why we didn’t want Yang Qi to act. If he attacks and kills you, this blood feud will be truly sealed."

"He’s crazy, and you’re crazy too?" Lin Qiang stared at Ye Feng. "He might not know who I am or how powerful I am, but you don’t know either? Don’t you know I’m ranked eighty-ninth on the Martial Arts Overlord List?"

"And what if I do know?" Yang Qi interjected, waving his hand for everyone to spread out. "Enough chatter. Let’s go. We’ll fight somewhere more open; it’s too cramped here."

"Fine! You asked for this. Let’s go," Lin Qiang laughed. He had initially thought he wouldn’t get an opportunity to kill Yang Qi, but he hadn’t expected the boy to serve himself up on a silver platter. This was just too perfect.

And so, the group relocated to a desolate stretch of land with no passersby. This made it a convenient place to fight, but more importantly, Yang Qi didn’t want his sword strike to accidentally injure any innocent bystanders.