Jianghu people are like that; when misfortune arrives, you must accept your fate.

Crying and begging for life will only lead to certain death. Why cling to a moment of fleeting respite?

As I stepped forward, thunder suddenly roared above my head. After flashing before my eyes, a fire-like pain swept through my entire body, and I involuntarily knelt towards the ground.

Before my knees touched the ground, I slammed both hands against the floor, using the rebounding force of my true energy to stand up again, stepping forward once more.

Shang Xingyan sneered, "Quite resilient, aren't you! I'll see how many hits you can withstand."

Before his laughter faded, lightning struck down again.

This time, before the lightning landed, I changed my palm into a claw, digging my five fingers like hooks into the wall, forcibly stabilizing my body.

The moment the lightning struck, I fell again. However, this time, I didn't fall to my knees but was pulled against the wall by my right hand, which was still embedded there.

As I slowly rose, Zhang Fang coldly laughed, "Why strike him one hit at a time? Wouldn't it be better to make him crawl over on his knees?"

"Yes, yes... you're right!" Shang Xingyan roared amidst his laughter, "Li Po, kneel down for me, crawl forward step by step. Take a step, kowtow once, or else I'll start killing people."

As my eyes turned red, staring at the flickering lights above, Feng Ruoxing shouted, "Li Po, we're not related to you. We don't need you to save us. Leave immediately!"

Jing Henyun's voice followed, "You surnamed Li, this is none of your business. I will guard Yue Hai Lou's rules myself. Even if ghosts and gods come, I'll make them see my rules."

Feng Ruoxing and Jing Henyun's voices were clearly weak. They were either using secret techniques to fight someone or had already been severely injured by Shang Xingyan.

While I was confronting Zhang Fang, Shang Xingyan had not appeared; he should have turned to deal with Feng Ruoxing and Jing Henyun.

Before I could speak, I heard Shang Xingyan angrily shout, "This official didn't allow you to speak, how dare you open your mouths?"

Two muffled groans immediately echoed in the room. Shang Xingyan had indeed attacked them!

I said in a deep voice, "Stop! I'll kneel!"

Just as my knees were about to bend, I suddenly heard an earth-shattering roar. The sound seemed to be a car crashing through the gates of Yue Hai Lou, driving directly into the first floor lobby from outside.

In the next moment, sword cries pierced the sky beneath Yue Hai Lou, and Ye Yang's voice followed, "The Yin-Yang lineage, Provincial Inspector Ye Yang is here!"

The sound of a mirror shattering under the impact of a longsword was clearly audible, and then Zhang Fang's miserable scream came from the roof, "How could you touch my true form?"

Shang Xingyan also shouted, "This official belongs to the Yin Si (Netherworld) Metropolitan Procuratorate, you can't..."

Zhang Fang and Shang Xingyan's voices stopped abruptly one after the other, and then Ye Yang, as if deliberately trying to anger me, used internal force to transmit his voice, "Xiao Chun, go up and see if that idiot is dead yet? If not, drag him down and bury him!"

Nie Xiao Chun quickly appeared in front of me, put one of my arms over her shoulder, and held my waist with one hand, forcibly supporting me, "Building Lord Jing, the car crash downstairs still needs you to handle it. I'll take Li Po downstairs first."

I only realized how serious the situation outside was after I came out of the elevator. Ye Yang had not only smashed the gate, but he had also wrecked at least three cars along the way. The car owners outside were about to rush to the entrance.

Without Jing Henyun's intervention, the matter outside Yue Hai Lou would be difficult to resolve.

I asked Xiao Chun in a low voice, "How long have you been here?"

I suspected that Ye Yang had arrived long ago; otherwise, how could he have found the location of Zhang Fang's true form in such a short time?

Nie Xiao Chun replied, "We just arrived as well. It was Wen Yilei who stopped us at the intersection and told us the location of Zhang Fang. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to save you."

Wen Yilei again!

The feeling this person gives me is becoming more and more mysterious!

In less than an hour, Wen Yilei had successively controlled the mirror spirit, defeated the ghost god, and returned to send a message to Ye Yang. His cultivation was unfathomable.

But why didn't he come forward himself to save the provincial capital's arts? If he had been willing to lend a hand, so many people wouldn't have died in Yue Hai Lou.

Of course, I wasn't blaming Wen Yilei for refusing to save people, but rather I couldn't see through his style.

Wen Yilei had said that he would have a drink with me again after this matter was over. Only when I see him will I know why he was both involved and uninvolved in this conflict?

I forcibly suppressed my curiosity about Wen Yilei, "Where's Ye Yang?"

"Cleaning up Zhang Fang!" Nie Xiao Chun supported me towards a large private room full of mirrors. The mirrors there were all broken, and the Greed Wolf Coffin (Tanlang Coffin) that Ye Yang and the others had brought back was thrown in the middle of the hall.

Zhang Fang sat in a corner of the private room, his face ashen, staring blankly at the Greed Wolf Coffin, "My Greed Wolf Fate... give me back my Greed Wolf Fate!"

Zhang Fang suddenly pounced on Ye Yang, who was guarding the coffin, but the latter swatted him away like a fly, then shook his hand and turned his head, "Embarrassing! Almost kneeled!"