At this moment, in the headquarters of the Wang family’s company in the southern part of the city, Wang Biao, the head of the Wang family and the owner of the company, was in his executive office. He was drenched in cold sweat, his face deathly pale, as he knelt on the ground, head bowed, not daring to utter a single word. He didn't even dare to glance at the person in front of him.

He was terrified, unable to forget the scene from two hours ago that had filled him with extreme fear.

Two hours earlier, Wang Biao was in his office, playing games with his long-legged, beautiful secretary when he suddenly received a phone call from Long Jiu, a major figure in Beijiang City's underworld. He was so frightened that he answered the call immediately. Long Jiu only said one thing: "Wang Biao, you're finished. If you don't want to die, stay in your office, or you can try to run."

Wang Biao was so scared that he wet himself. He immediately dismissed the secretary without a second thought and trembled as he called Long Jiu back, but Long Jiu never answered. No matter how powerful Wang Biao was, he was just the owner of a small company, incomparable to someone like Long Jiu, who was considered one of the top figures in Beijiang City. Running away was out of the question; it would be a guaranteed death sentence. Escaping from Beijiang City under Long Jiu's watch? That was laughable.

Sure enough, when Wang Biao came to his senses and looked down from his office window, he saw several thugs heading his way. In that instant, Wang Biao’s heart sank.

What made him even more desperate was that he had no idea what he had done wrong! Yes, he was utterly confused and couldn't figure out who he had offended.

Soon, within just ten minutes, Long Jiu arrived with more than a hundred men and surrounded Wang Biao’s company. Wang Biao was known to be ruthless, particularly good at exploiting his employees, so even though it was late, there were still many people working overtime in his company. It was obvious that those people wouldn’t be able to leave tonight.

The moment Long Jiu entered, he went straight to Wang Biao's office. Terrified, Wang Biao immediately knelt on the ground. He had only ever heard of this Beijiang City big shot but had never seen him in person. Even though he had never met Long Jiu before, he was extremely fearful of him. Over the years in Beijiang City, he had heard too many stories about the miserable ends of those who opposed Long Jiu. Without any hesitation, Wang Biao dropped to his knees.

"Ninth Master, I really can’t figure out how I might have offended you! Ninth Master, please tell me plainly. No matter what it is, I’m willing to accept any punishment. I just beg you to spare my life. Please, Ninth Master, spare my life!" Wang Biao, trembling with fear, pleaded with Long Jiu as he knelt on the ground.

Long Jiu coldly looked down at the kneeling Wang Biao. He walked up to him, staring at him as if he were already dead, and said slowly, "Wang Biao, you're finished. You may have a slim chance of survival if you had only offended me. But what's truly tragic is that you don’t even know who you’ve actually offended!"

Hearing this, even someone as dense as Wang Biao realized that he hadn’t actually offended Long Jiu. However, he automatically ignored the latter part of Long Jiu’s statement. He instinctively looked at Long Jiu and asked, "Ninth Master, as long as it’s not you, I’m relieved. You scared me to death!"

Long Jiu gave Wang Biao a strange look and, after a long pause, said, "Are you stupid? Or did you not hear what I said earlier? Fine, I’ll repeat it. Wang Biao, you’ve offended someone even I wouldn’t dare to offend. Got it now?"

Boom! At that moment, Wang Biao understood. His face turned deathly pale, and he hurriedly asked Long Jiu, "Ninth Master? Someone even you wouldn’t dare offend?"

Long Jiu nodded, stood up, and said, "Correct, but from what I understand, it doesn’t seem like you were directly involved. I suspect it was something your subordinates did. Otherwise, given that person’s methods, you’d probably already be dead." Long Jiu frowned as he analyzed the situation because earlier that morning, he had encountered a similar problem. It turned out that one of his subordinates had caused dissatisfaction with that very person.

Wang Biao trembled violently upon hearing this. After a while, he suddenly went crazy, kowtowing to Long Jiu, "Ninth Master, please save me, save me! I really don’t know what my subordinates have done. I really don’t know! Please save me, Ninth Master!"

Wang Biao cried and begged, his tears and snot flowing uncontrollably. Long Jiu, growing annoyed, kicked him and said, "I don’t know the details either. You’ll have to wait until that person arrives. Wang Biao, I advise you to be smart about this. Otherwise, you’re finished, and your entire family will be finished too. Understand?"

Wang Biao nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, I understand, I understand." He then respectfully knelt on the ground, waiting for the person Long Jiu mentioned to arrive. However, one detail made Wang Biao even more fearful. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that after rushing in, Long Jiu hadn’t dared to sit down. He just stood there the entire time. This made Wang Biao even more apprehensive about how terrifying this mysterious person might be.

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Half an hour later, Tian Yi, dressed in black, walked in. As soon as Tian Yi entered, Long Jiu personally pulled out a chair for him. After Tian Yi sat down, he coldly asked the kneeling Wang Biao, "Are you Wang Biao?" The moment Tian Yi spoke, his aura was released, and the overwhelming pressure bore down on Wang Biao.

Wang Biao was instantly drenched in sweat. He quickly bowed his head and respectfully replied, "Yes, sir. I am Wang Biao."

Tian Yi nodded slightly and asked, "You owe the Gao family two million in payments. When the Gao family came to collect today, what did you do? Tell me the truth, or you won’t live to see tomorrow’s sun!"

Wang Biao was stunned by Tian Yi’s question. He quickly began to kowtow, "Sir, I didn’t see anyone from the Gao family today! I really didn’t see them! Is it the payment you want? I’ll pay it back right now. No, I’ll pay ten times the amount!"

Tian Yi waved his hand to silence Wang Biao. Leaning forward, his voice grew colder, "I’m not interested in what you did before. The Gao family did send someone today. You’re saying you didn’t know?"

Wang Biao, utterly terrified, hurriedly shook his head, "Sir, I swear I really didn’t know! I really didn’t know! Wait, could I ask my secretary about this?"

Tian Yi pondered briefly, then nodded. Wang Biao immediately dropped to his knees and called in his secretary—the same beautiful secretary he had previously harassed. When the secretary saw Wang Biao kneeling in terror, she was so frightened that her face turned pale. Before she could react, Wang Biao hastily asked, "Tell me, did anyone from the Gao family come to collect debts today? Think carefully! Quick, quick, speak up!"

The secretary hurriedly replied, "M-Mr. Wang, someone from the Gao family did come today, a woman. But she was chased away by Shi Qian from the sales department. I-I heard that Shi Qian even slapped the girl. Mr. Wang, that's all I know."

"Shi Qian! Damn your ancestors! Where is Shi Qian? Where is he now? Is he still in the company?" Wang Biao erupted in rage, realizing that he had almost been killed because of his subordinate.

"N-No, he's not in the company. H-He left, I don't know where he is," the secretary stammered, now paralyzed with fear on the ground.

Tian Yi waved his hand, silencing Wang Biao, who still wanted to speak. He then turned to Long Jiu and said, "Go capture him. I’ll give you half an hour. If I don’t see him within half an hour, you’ll bear the consequences!"

Long Jiu immediately ran outside, shouting orders to his men as he went: "Notify everyone! Find Shi Qian from Wang Biao's sales department! Bring him to me, now!"

Long Jiu acted swiftly. In just a few minutes, a middle-aged man with a face full of viciousness and an earring was dragged in. This man was, of course, Shi Qian, who had already wet himself in fear. Just moments earlier, he had been enjoying some barbecue near the company when he was suddenly surrounded by over a hundred men and forcibly taken away. On the way, he even heard that it was Long Jiu who wanted him captured.

"Ninth Master, I-I’m Shi Qian. I-I didn’t do anything!" Shi Qian pleaded as soon as he entered the room.

"Break his legs," Tian Yi said calmly. Instantly, Shi Qian’s legs were broken, causing him to scream in agony as Long Jiu’s men carried out the order.

Just as Tian Yi was about to speak further, Xiao Tiance called him. After saying a few words on the phone, Tian Yi stood up. Like Long Jiu, he then stood aside and waited.

Seeing Tian Yi stand up, Long Jiu instinctively asked, "Mr. Tian, is that distinguished person coming?" Tian Yi nodded, "My elder brother will be here soon."

Bang! In the next moment, Long Jiu, the second most powerful man in Beijiang City, dropped to his knees. He dared to stand in front of Tian Yi, but in the presence of the legendary Lord of the Heavenly Temple, how could he remain standing?

As Long Jiu knelt, Shi Qian and Wang Biao were both terrified to the extreme. Who was Long Jiu? Only those who lived in Beijiang City truly understood how terrifying Long Jiu was. And now Long Jiu was kneeling? Kneeling!

At that moment, Xiao Tiance, dressed in black and exuding a menacing aura, walked in. The men outside the door couldn’t withstand the pressure emanating from Xiao Tiance and collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Tiance, radiating murderous intent, sat down on a chair, glanced at the two men on the floor, and then slightly frowned as he looked at Tian Yi. Tian Yi pointed to Shi Qian, whose legs had been broken, and said, "Brother, this is Shi Qian, the one who hit Sister-in-law. I was just about to cripple his hands as well."

Xiao Tiance nodded, looked at Shi Qian, and asked, "So it was you who hit my wife, Gao Weiwei? Hmm?"

Kneeling on the ground, Shi Qian was so terrified he was almost dead, continuously kowtowing and begging for mercy. "S-Sir, I-I really didn’t know she was your wife. I-I really didn’t know! Yes, it was Wang Biao! Wang Biao made me do it! Whenever someone from the Gao family came to collect money, he always ordered me to drive them away. Sir, please, have mercy!"

Wang Biao, also kneeling, was almost scared out of his wits by Shi Qian’s words. What kind of joke was this? How could he provoke someone that even Long Jiu would kneel before just by hearing their name?

Wang Biao, not daring to let Shi Qian say anything more, quickly cursed at him, "Shut the hell up! Don’t you dare slander me! I don’t know anything, I know nothing!"

Wang Biao then hurriedly begged Xiao Tiance for mercy, "Sir, please investigate the truth. I really didn’t know anything. I know nothing!"

Bang! Before Wang Biao could finish speaking, a loud explosion sounded next to him. Shi Qian, who had just been kneeling beside him, was blown apart by Xiao Tiance’s palm strike from a distance.

Blood splattered all over Wang Biao’s body and face, and he wet and soiled himself.

Xiao Tiance leaned forward, looked at Wang Biao, and asked, "Are you Wang Biao?"