The old man snapped his fingers, and his two bodyguards immediately walked over.
The gazes of everyone present turned towards them. Having learned of the situation, most people scoffed.
While the old man's actions were undoubtedly despicable, Su Su, a woman who relied on her beauty, daring to offend the powerful was, in their eyes, even more unforgivable.
"Grab this slut for me. I'm going to take her by force today!"
The old man was quite advanced in years and somewhat senile, intending to insult Su Su in front of so many people at the banquet.
Su Su was a female spirit, skilled in illusions and mind manipulation. However, in terms of physical strength, she was just an ordinary weak woman, not to mention being unable to compare to the old man's bodyguards.
She might not even be able to defeat the old man himself.
"What do you want? Don't come any closer..."
This was Su Su's first attempt at being true to herself, and she hadn't expected such consequences.
Li Ziqing sighed helplessly. Fortunately, Chen Xiao was present today.
She glanced at Chen Xiao, who shrugged and walked forward. With one hand on each bodyguard, he lifted them and threw them out.
"Kid, who the hell do you think you are? Daring to interfere in my business, do you know who I am?"
The old man was surprised that someone would dare to offend him in such a setting to stand up for Su Su.
He took a careful look at Chen Xiao and realized he didn't recognize the young man in front of him, immediately relaxing his guard.
In his perception, any young man he didn't know was someone he could afford to offend.
And this meddling young man clearly fell into that category.
"I don't care who you are, you disrespectful old dog. If you don't want to die, get lost!"
Chen Xiao said coldly, his tone flat, devoid of any threat or warning, more like a notification.
"You want me to get lost?"
The old man raised his voice, shouting sharply, "In the entire Imperial City, there aren't more than three young people who dare tell me to get lost. Kid, who do you think you are?"
"Heh, it's useless for you to look at the Imperial City."
Chen Xiao chuckled playfully, "I'm not from the Imperial City."
"Damn it, you outsider, daring to show off in the Imperial City?"
As soon as the old man heard that Chen Xiao wasn't from the Imperial City, he became even more animated, practically jumping with indignation.
Just then, a group of young men in black suits with stern faces walked over.
"What happened, Mr. Yan? Who has angered you to the point of such fury?"
The leader was a dark-skinned man with a pair of inverted triangle eyes.
Although he wore a smile, this person was clearly not to be trifled with. Even his normal smile gave off a chilling aura due to his facial features.
"Da Dong, you must sort this out for me today. This kid, an outsider from who knows where, actually dared to meddle in my affairs and tell me to get lost. Tell me, is this reasonable?"
The old man said indignantly.
Da Dong looked at Chen Xiao, his inverted triangle eyes scrutinizing Chen Xiao, sending a shiver down one's spine.
"Kid, you're in big trouble this time. Da Dong is a top fighter under Boss Tang. Even if you don't die today, you'll lose a layer of skin!"
The old man, surnamed Yan, said triumphantly. If he had a tail, it would be wagging to the heavens right now.
Everyone looked at Chen Xiao with pity, as they considered him a dead man.
"He's from out of town, doesn't understand anything, and meddles without knowing who he's dealing with. Can he afford to offend Old Master Yan?"
"The young man does have some sense of justice, but it's really not worth it for a woman like that!"
The crowd whispered, making sarcastic remarks.
Chen Xiao sneered dismissively, as if he hadn't heard them.
He looked at Da Dong, "You're Tang Fei's subordinate? Where is Tang Fei? Tell him to come out and see me!"
Hoo, what arrogance!
The crowd finally understood. This kid was purely here to court death.
Da Dong's smile faded, and his brow furrowed, "Who are you, daring to call Boss Tang by name? Don't you want to live?"
"Da Dong, stop wasting words with him. Hurry up and kill him, so he doesn't get in the way!"
The old man, surnamed Yan, said impatiently.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xiao grabbed his neck, "Old man, you really don't take my words seriously! Since you won't leave, I'll help you!"
The old man was shocked that this outsider kid dared to attack him directly, and immediately wanted to curse him out.
However, Chen Xiao's hand was clamped tightly around his neck, making it difficult for him to even breathe, let alone speak.
"You scoundrel, let go of me!"
Da Dong glared with his triangular eyes and shouted sternly.
Chen Xiao did loosen his grip...
But Da Dong was furious, as Yan Lao's breathing had stopped. He had clearly been choked to death.
At first, everyone didn't quite grasp what had happened. It wasn't until they saw Yan Lao's body slump to the ground like a wet noodle that they realized.
Murder!
In an instant, the entire banquet hall descended into chaos.
"Kid, who exactly are you?"
Da Dong, however, calmed down.
Since the other party could mention Boss Tang's name and dare to kill someone at Boss Tang's banquet, he was clearly not an unknown figure.
Therefore, before making a move, Da Dong wanted to know the other party's background.
"What does a person who is about to die need to know so much?"
Chen Xiao couldn't be bothered to answer Da Dong's question, "Hurry up and call Tang Fei out. I can make your death less painful!"
"Seeking death!"
Da Dong was enraged.
As a top fighter under Boss Tang, he was naturally not a good person.
And every word Chen Xiao spoke was almost like a provocation to him.
"Go, deal with them. Leave no survivors!"
Da Dong waved his hand, and the group of suited thugs who had come with him immediately charged at Chen Xiao expressionlessly.
The outcome for Chen Xiao facing such opponents was, as expected.
In just three to five seconds, all dozen or so suited thugs were lying on the ground, their breaths extinguished.
At this point, everyone finally understood.
No wonder this kid dared to cause trouble at Boss Tang's banquet; he had come specifically to cause trouble!
Da Dong's eyes narrowed, and he said with a fake smile, "So you rely on your martial arts skills, no wonder you dare to provoke Boss Tang. However, do you think a few fancy moves give you the qualification to challenge Boss Tang?"
As he spoke, Da Dong turned his palm and struck the empty air.
A semi-substantial aura flew towards the corpses on the ground.
Bang—
The corpses on the ground all stood up, including Old Master Yan.
They were all stiff-limbed, expressionless, their eyes hollow and unfocused...
"Zom, zombies..."
Someone, it's unclear who, shouted first.
The already chaotic banquet hall became even more disordered.
Everyone rushed towards the exit without regard for anything else, but at some point, the hall doors had already been shut tight.
"Let us out!"
"What is going on? Open the door quickly!"
They desperately pounded on the doors, but the doors remained immovably shut, refusing to open.
Fear spread through everyone's hearts. They didn't know what had happened, how a perfectly fine banquet had turned into this.
"Everyone, no need to be nervous. Once I deal with this kid, the banquet will continue. Boss Tang is preparing and will personally grace the banquet soon."
Seeing the crowd in a frenzy, Da Dong announced loudly.
His words had some effect. The crowd stopped causing a commotion and all glared resentfully at Chen Xiao.
If it weren't for this kid disrupting things, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation.
"Just a few zombies are supposed to deal with me?"
Chen Xiao sneered, "However, your move just now was quite interesting. I'm becoming more and more interested in this Tang Fei."
"You're still spouting nonsense even when death is at your doorstep. Truly ignorant!"
Da Dong snorted coldly, his eyes suddenly chilling.
With just a look, the group of zombies seemed to receive a command and all lunged towards Chen Xiao.
The scene was like a locust swarm!
Li Ziqing and Su Su clung to each other in fear. Although Su Su was essentially a ghost herself, she was still very afraid of ghosts.
"It seems I need to show you some real power before you'll show yourself!"
Chen Xiao said this to Tang Fei, who was hiding in the shadows.
Before he finished speaking, with a flicker of his divine sense, the hopping zombies and Da Dong... were instantly crushed into powder, turning into clouds of blood mist in the air.
The banquet guests were stunned by this sight.
They knew that the young man must have done something, but they couldn't imagine what exactly he had done...
"Killing with divine sense, such powerful mental strength!"
Just then, a resonant voice came from the second floor of the hall.
Chen Xiao looked up and saw a middle-aged man with graying temples, sitting in a wheelchair, looking down at everything below with a calm and composed demeanor.
He held a black cat in his arms, appearing lazy and elegant.
A muscular strongman pushed the wheelchair towards the stairway.
The spiral staircase was not suitable for pushing a wheelchair, so the strongman directly carried the wheelchair, along with the middle-aged man sitting in it.
The middle-aged man maintained his calm and composed expression, making the scene appear quite incongruous.
Finally, the strongman carried the wheelchair down the stairs.
He placed the wheelchair on the ground without making a sound, demonstrating his extreme care.
"Are you Tang Fei?"
Chen Xiao asked, looking at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man in the wheelchair smiled and nodded slightly, admitting his identity.
All eyes were focused on Tang Fei.
In fact, most of the people present today were seeing Tang Fei for the first time.
They had expected the boss who unified the Imperial City's underworld to be a proud and domineering overlord.
But they never imagined that the person would be just a frail invalid...