516: Chapter 516: Luo Shiqi’s Test 516: Chapter 516: Luo Shiqi’s Test Luo Shiqi has been busy with affairs at the Luo Group recently, such as attending training courses at Yanjing University to enrich her business knowledge.
Yet, within this short period, something happened in the Underworld.
Two hours later, Dai Qi returned to the office, but to his surprise, Luo Shiqi was still there.
“Is everything taken care of?” Luo Shiqi asked indifferently, sitting on the sofa and casually lighting a cigarette from the table.
“Report to Miss Luo, everything has been handled.
They were one step too slow; I have already traced the clues,” Dai Qi said, bowing his head and handing over a folder.
“Hmph, it was indeed their doing.” Luo Shiqi flipped through the folder, unable to help but snort coldly.
“As for Master Ma, I hope this is the first and the last time,” said Luo Shiqi, lifting her head and slightly raising her eyebrows.
“Yes, Miss Luo, it’s my subordinates’ failure that someone like Master Ma appeared,” Dai Qi bowed his head, seemingly offering an apology.
“Forget it, it’s not your fault.
Mainly, it’s these people who are making trouble,” Luo Shiqi tossed the folder onto the table, leaned back on the sofa, and gently massaged her temples.
“So, Miss Luo, how should we deal with this?” Dai Qi asked.
“Tonight, invite those people in my name.
As for the reason, say it’s for a reunion,” Luo Shiqi turned her head and said coldly.
are you planning to take action?” Dai Qi tentatively asked.
“Of course, go prepare,” Luo Shiqi said, pulling out a handgun from a desk drawer and loading it with bullets.
“Alright, I’ll go prepare the manpower right away.”
Several giant beasts pounced towards Ye Shikai simultaneously.
One single giant beast could tear an ordinary cultivator to pieces, and Ye Shikai, with only a tenth of his Inner Strength, was naturally no match.
“Bang.” A sword light flashed by, and one of the giant beasts bore the brunt of it, having half its body cleaved off.
The one who arrived was naturally Soul Destroyer.
As one of the four war generals of the Netherworld Palace, Soul Destroyer was violent and fierce, second only to Nightmare in strength.
Earlier on, to be cautious, Ye Shikai had already warned Soul Destroyer and Demoness, intending to confuse Zeus.
To suppress his second personality, Ye Shikai had sealed off ninety percent of his Inner Strength.
But under the current circumstances, without Inner Strength, it would be impossible to survive more than an hour in the tomb.
Even a single strike from a giant beast could crush Ye Shikai into dust.
Thus, Ye Shikai had resorted to an “empty city strategy.” As long as he could bluff Zeus and the others, they wouldn’t dare to approach.
Once bitten, twice shy; whether on Holy Mountain or previously in the tomb, Ye Shikai always displayed incredible power at the last moment.
Zeus was fooled once, cautious twice, and by the third time, he was filled with apprehension.
But what Ye Shikai didn’t expect was how Hu Li knew he had lost his Inner Strength and, given his certainty, it wasn’t just a guess.
“Zeus, are you an idiot?
Can’t you see that Hades has no fighting power left?” Hu Li continued to shout loudly.
The few from the Netherworld Palace were firmly blocking the horde of giant beasts, and the situation was at a standstill.
Zeus and Aphrodite were simply watching from the sidelines.
Obviously, they were hesitating too.
“Zeus, think about it.
If Hades had the power to fight, why hasn’t he taken any action?” Hu Li tried to convince Zeus, with the key to victory or defeat now entirely in his hands.
“Zeus, why don’t you try?” Ye Shikai said indifferently, taking a drag from his cigarette, looking calm and composed.
It seemed he wasn’t worried about Zeus in the least.
Did he actually have a plan?
Currently, he was like an ordinary person standing in front of a tiger.
If he instinctively chose to flee in fear, it would directly confirm Zeus’s suspicions, and death would be certain.
Instead, it was better to pretend to have a card up his sleeve to make Zeus wary.
As long as Ji Qian and Athena made their move, they would lose.
Ye Shikai silently sweated inwardly, silently sighing in his heart, urging them to come out quickly.
Indeed, Ye Shikai’s words once again caused Zeus to halt his steps—the “empty city strategy” had taken effect, exploiting Zeus’s paranoia.
“You don’t dare to make a move?
Then I will.” Hu Li roared, clutching a flexible whip in his hand, he rapidly broke through everyone’s defense with a swift and violent charge.
Ye Shikai cursed silently, damn it, how could he forget that Hu Li himself was also a skilled cultivator, his body instinctively leaned back…
“Bang.” Suddenly, an explosion was heard, Ye Shikai slowly opened his eyes, golden armor, a gleaming huge sword, isn’t this… Athena?
And now, he was being held in her arms in a quite ambiguous posture.
“My dear, you got scared, didn’t you?” Athena said playfully with a laugh.
“Ha, still laughing, I was almost killed.” Just a moment ago, Ye Shikai’s heart had nearly stopped.
Yanjing, in front of a private clubhouse.
Tonight, the usually bustling clubhouse was heavily guarded.
It was declared to be under renovation, but judging from the dozen or so black sedans at the entrance, something significant was going to happen tonight.
The meeting room was lavishly decorated, a long table in the Western style.
Luo Shiqi seated at one end, empty chairs on both sides—those were reserved for the others.
Today, as the host, she gathered many of the Underworld bosses of Yanjing, naturally with a purpose.
“Bang.” The door to the meeting room slowly opened, and a group of people in suits steadily walked in, followed by several bodyguards.
“Ladies and gentlemen, you’ve come from far away, please take your seats quickly,” Luo Shiqi said with a smile, calling them seniors purely because of their age.
In her twenties, Luo Shiqi could only be considered a daughter to these men, the youngest of whom was at least forty-five.
“Miss Luo, you didn’t summon us just to reminisce, did you?” At this time, a somber voice sounded from below, and everyone looked toward the source.
A middle-aged man with his arms crossed, exuding a killing intent—he was Wang Hu, a man with considerable influence and one of Luo Shiqi’s competitors.
I believe you are all aware of the recent incident at the docks,” Luo Shiqi spoke calmly, her icy gaze sweeping over everyone, “The patrol team was attacked, and the mastermind is among you.”
Luo Shiqi’s shocking statement made everyone gasp.
Such behavior was an outright challenge to Luo Shiqi, and not even exaggeratingly speaking, it was challenging her authority.
“So, Miss Luo, are you intending to interrogate us today?” Wang Hu asked disdainfully.
Wang has misunderstood—such boldness to investigate my seniors is beyond me,” Luo Shiqi said with a slight smile and a wave of her hand, prompting servants to approach with trays, placing bowls of bird’s nest soup on the table.
“Since that’s the case, I won’t inquire further.
You’ve all traveled a long way, please enjoy some bird’s nest soup I’ve prepared for you.”
One bowl, two bowls, three bowls…
fourteen bowls, fifteen bowls.
Fifteen bowls in total.
She looked around at everyone present—sixteen people in total.
“Miss Luo, what is the meaning of this?” Wang Hu shouted sharply, reading the situation.
As the host, Luo Shiqi could not have miscounted the number of guests, so there was only one possibility.
This was deliberate on Luo Shiqi’s part.
“There are sixteen people here, but one of us will soon be a dead man, so I thought it would be a waste to prepare for that one,” Luo Shiqi said, her lips curving upward slightly.