Chapter 233: Meeting the Society President

The white light dissipated, and everything returned to silence.

Long Jiu rushed into the factory, which had turned into ruins, and saw a scene that shocked him to the core!

Chen Che stood amidst the ruins, the True Qi on his body still lingering, slowly receding and fading away. He looked down at Bai Xiangjin, who was convulsing and coughing up blood, his expression full of indifference.

Seeing this scene and combining it with the situation on-site, Long Jiu immediately understood that the earth-shattering spectacle from just moments ago had been unleashed by Chen Che and Bai Xiangjin.

He himself was an Innate Grandmaster, so he knew very well that he could not unleash an attack of this magnitude.

From this, it was evident that Chen Che's strength had already exceeded his imagination!

Long Jiu's heart pounded violently, and he suddenly remembered Chen Che's age: twenty-five!

In history, no Grandmaster under the age of thirty, not even a Half-step Grandmaster, had ever appeared!

Yet at such an age, he possessed the Martial Dao strength of a Postnatal Grandmaster!

A genius encountered once in a millennium, he had created a myth in the history of Martial Dao!

Long Jiu took a few deep breaths, barely managing to calm his agitated emotions, and his gaze quickly searched until he finally saw the figures of Jiang Lan and the others in a patch of ruins.

Thanks to Shen Qi's protection, the family of three, including Jiang Lan, had not been caught in the blast, though Shen Qi had exhausted all his strength and collapsed to the side.

Jiang Kui frowned, his face pained and his expression dazed; he was clearly still somewhat delirious.

Jiang Kui held Jiang Xiaoguo, covering his daughter's ears so she would not be startled awake by the explosion just now.

At this moment, Jiang Lan stretched her neck, her gaze searching desperately through the smoke that had yet to disperse, only letting out a sigh of relief when she discovered that figure.

Long Jiu rushed over at this time and asked, "Madam, are you all right?"

Jiang Lan shook her head and said, "Please help me take care of Jiang Kui, and Master Shen Qi as well."

After speaking, her gaze remained fixed on Chen Che.

Long Jiu noticed the change in Jiang Lan's expression and did not say anything more, instead going to check on Jiang Kui's condition.

On the other side, Chen Che had already crouched down and plunged the Ghost Gate Needle into the acupoints on Bai Xiangjin's chest to delay his time of death.

"Why did you have that Pill?"

Chen Che asked, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

"Heh..."

Bai Xiangjin let out a cold laugh; even with the aid of the Ghost Gate Needle, blood still could not stop gushing from all over his body.

Chen Che narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Willing to be someone else's pawn—I thought you at least had some backbone, but it seems that's all there is to you."

Bai Xiangjin gave a bitter, self-deprecating smile and said weakly, "Zhu... Vermilion Bird... you... will sooner or later... die by his hand..."

As life faded away with his words, Chen Che slowly stood up, his body swaying for a moment.

Vermilion Bird had actually found Bai Xiangjin; that meant he must be observing the situation here from the shadows right now!

Chen Che spun his body and looked toward an unknown direction.

Vermilion Bird was hidden in the darkness, looking at Chen Che from afar, the corners of his lips curling into an evil arc as he muttered, "So the toxins in your body haven't been purged yet; this makes things easier!"

The voice drifted through the endless night, and Vermilion Bird's figure had already vanished.

Chen Che seemed to sense something and let out a sigh of relief.

Long Jiu walked up, surprised by Chen Che's pale complexion, and said, "Mr. Chen, I have brought all the members of the Scorpion Society."

Chen Che nodded. The attack just now had aggravated the Great Red Sun Poison, and his body was now extremely weak, but he could not rest yet; if he wanted to take control of the Scorpion Society, there was one final thing to do.

"Please help me with something."

Chen Che pointed at Bai Xiangjin's corpse and said to Long Jiu.

Long Jiu roughly guessed what Chen Che was about to do and did not ask further; instead, he crouched down, raised his hand like a blade, and struck Bai Xiangjin's corpse.

Chen Che then walked toward Jiang Lan, reached out a hand to her, and said, "Let's go, come with me to my inauguration Ritual."

Jiang Lan gazed at his pale face and dry, purple lips, feeling an inexplicable pang of heartache. Her sexy red lips parted and closed several times, but she ultimately did not say a word, instead obediently and submissively placing her fair palm into his broad, warm one.

Outside the plaza ruins, a wall-like curtain of smoke still refused to dissipate.

Hong Lao and the other Scorpion Society members stood guard outside, not daring to enter rashly.

They had all witnessed that earth-shattering strike just now, and the phenomenon that exceeded the scope of their understanding had shocked them deeply.

At the same time, they were even more curious about the true situation inside the factory, yet they dared not enter and could only wait for Long Jiu to come out and inform them.

"Tap... tap..."

Footsteps sounded, and Hong Lao and the others immediately tensed up, staring with wide eyes at the person emerging.

However, the person who emerged was not Long Jiu, but Chen Che and Jiang Lan.

"Good heavens!"

The moment the two figures fell into the sight of Hong Lao and the others, everyone was shocked once again. The horror in their hearts surged like a tidal wave, and some even screamed out uncontrollably.

Chen Che held Jiang Lan's fair, tender hand in his left, while his right hand dangled Bai Xiangjin's blood-drenched head. He stopped walking and swept his icy gaze over every one of them, including Hong Lao.

As his gaze swept over them, everyone, without exception, felt their bodies tremble. A chill shot from their heels straight to their scalps, and they were overcome with hair-raising terror from head to toe!

Chen Che did not speak; he simply stood there quietly, yet that was enough!

Just by standing there, his overbearing majesty and aura permeated and enveloped the area, crushing down like a tidal wave, allowing no one the slightest bit of resistance or defiance, and they dared not even make the slightest movement for fear of accidentally drowning in it.

Everyone present, even the most experienced Hong Lao, could not utter a single word at this moment. They even watched the scene before them while trembling in fear; if not for the cane he was leaning on, he likely would have long since groveled on the ground, having lost all face and backbone!

Jiang Lan held Jiang Xiaoguo in one arm, her other hand gripped tightly by Chen Che, standing side-by-side with him just like that.

Her gaze swept past the dumbfounded faces of Hong Lao and the others, finally falling back onto Chen Che.

Only now did she understand what Chen Che meant by "inauguration."

He wanted to use Bai Xiangjin's head to establish his authority, to tell these people before him that today's Bai Xiangjin could be tomorrow's you!

And the reason he had her accompany him out was also to prove with his actions that from now on, she was his person; anyone who wanted to cause trouble for her would have to get past him first!

Jiang Lan silently gazed at Chen Che's pale face, her eyes filled with brilliant, infinite tenderness. The palpitation in her heart burned fiercely at this moment, never to be extinguished again!

Time ticked by second by second, and Chen Che still did not say even a single word, yet that invisible majesty grew increasingly intense.

Some among Hong Lao and the others gradually could no longer withstand this suffocating sensation, their legs went weak, and they knelt down onto the ground.

"Thump... thump, thump, thump..."

It was unknown who started it, but it became unstoppable; in the end, except for Hong Lao who was still holding his ground, everyone else from the Scorpion Society knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground.

Chen Che's gaze met Hong Lao's, and after just a moment of contact, Hong Lao was defeated.

This old man, whose fame once resounded throughout the Jinling underworld, sighed deeply at this moment, cast aside his cane, slowly knelt on both knees, and said respectfully, "Mr. Chen is a young talent, rare in this world! Today, for you to take over as the Helmsman of the Scorpion Society is truly the good fortune of our Scorpion Society!"

Hong Qi pondered slightly and said in a loud, clear voice, "Scorpion Society Elder Hong Qi, greets the new President!"

"Greetings to the new President!"

"Greetings to the new President!"

"Greetings to the new President!"

The members of the Scorpion Society prostrated themselves on the ground, their shouts rising wave after wave!

Jiang Lan's red lips curled into a moving arc; she gazed at Chen Che, her eyes unfocused, with many mixed emotions within them.

She also said softly, "Greetings to the President..."