Chapter 35: A Storm is Brewing

After settling Great Master Ou Yezi back into his apartment,

Lin Wei did not dare delay even for a second, jogging towards Supervisor Shen Qiu's office.

"Supervisor Shen! Supervisor Shen!"

Supervisor Shen Qiu was leisurely sipping his tea when he was startled by her reckless actions.

"So rash and impatient, what happened?"

Lin Wei panted, her pretty face flushed red with excitement.

"Great Master Ou Yezi… He… In a single night, he forged forty-two rare-quality rings!"

"Pfft—!"

Supervisor Shen Qiu spat out a mouthful of hot tea, almost scalding himself.

"How… How many?!"

He rose abruptly, his voice completely out of tune.

"Forty-two! All of them are rare!"

Lin Wei nodded vigorously, her tone resolute.

Supervisor Shen Qiu's eyes bulged wide, and he gasped a breath of cold air.

"Hiss… What a Prodigy! Truly a Prodigy!"

He muttered to himself, pacing back and forth in the office, his face filled with shock and wild joy.

"I finally understand why the president wanted to sign him at all costs!"

"This isn't just a blacksmith; this is clearly a walking money printer! Our guild's cash cow!"

Supervisor Shen Qiu slammed his thigh heavily.

"Quick! Immediately transfer this forging reward, along with the previously promised bonus, down to the last penny into Great Master Ou Yezi's account!"

"Make sure! Make sure this esteemed lord is served comfortably!"

Rubbing his hands with a chuckle, he lowered his voice and said, "Little Lin, I see that Great Master Ou Yezi is still young, and he doesn't have anyone by his side. When necessary, could we… Hmm?"

He winked and made facial gestures, full of implications.

Lin Wei's pretty face blushed completely red in a flash, and she stamped her feet in a mock scolding manner.

"Supervisor Shen! You… You're joking again!"

With that, she blushed and fled the office as if escaping.

Supervisor Shen Qiu looked at her retreating figure scurrying away in panic and laughed triumphantly.

…

On the other side, after settling Ou Yezi's affairs,

Zhou Huai's consciousness once again briefly focused on Yasuo's dungeon battle situation.

After over an hour of bloody battle,

Yasuo, along with Ye Xi and Moli, had now successfully advanced to the first BOSS territory of this nightmare-grade Clear Water Lake dungeon.

Deep within the gloomy lakebed cave,

A giant crab comparable in size to a small truck was waving two terrifying giant pincers capable of snapping steel, eyeing them covetously.

Its entire body was covered in a thick, dark cyan carapace that shimmered with a metallic luster, dotted with sharp bone spurs and fierce patterns.

Eight sturdy limbs supported its massive body, and every step it took caused the ground to tremble slightly.

[ Abyss Giant Pincer Crab LV12 (Nightmare Elite BOSS) ]

[ Health Points: 32000 / 32000 ]

At first glance, this BOSS was clearly someone with thick skin, heavy flesh, and off-the-charts attack power!

The only drawback was probably its relatively slow movement speed.

The battle had already begun!

Yasuo's figure fluttered like a ghost, weaving through the BOSS's massive pincer attacks and spat corrosive venom.

[ Thunder Armor ] had long since covered his body, with arcs of electricity swirling around him!

Every single strike of the Windbreaker longsword in his hand accurately slashed at the gaps in the Abyss Giant Pincer Crab's carapace or its relatively weak joints.

"Clang!"

"- 285!"

"- 302!"

Slashes imbued with the power of thunder could still deal a considerable two to three hundred points of damage even when facing this astonishingly defensive BOSS!

Ye Xi was operating at full strength in the rear, alternately casting [ Holy Light Bullet ] and [ Light Chant ], striving to maintain Yasuo's health line.

Moli's spirit hawk continuously circled and harassed in the air, drawing the BOSS's attention and occasionally reporting on the skills the BOSS was about to release.

Their coordination was also quite tacit and seamless.

Seeing that the battle between the group and the BOSS had gradually stabilized, Zhou Huai finally set his mind completely at ease.

His consciousness slowly withdrew from Yasuo and returned to his main body.

There was no help for it; today had been filled with going out of the city and fierce battles, and he hadn't slept much at all during the night.

At this moment, an indescribable wave of fatigue surged over him like a tide.

Zhou Huai could no longer hold on, collapsing directly onto the bed, pulling the covers over himself, and falling asleep almost in a second, sinking into a deep sleep.

…

Meanwhile, at the Zhou Family estate,

Lu Qi was carried back on a stretcher by people.

After hours of painful torment and fright, he was practically on the verge of collapse.

Although he received emergency treatment from the light-element healer patronized by the Family the moment he returned home, his crippled manhood could never be recovered.

At this moment, his complexion was as pale as paper, his eyes were listless, and he was completely dejected, lying limp on the bed as if completely hollowed out.

Liu Yuru guarded by the bedside, looking at her son's miserable appearance, her heart aching so much that tears were about to fall.

"My son! What… What on earth is going on here?!"

"Didn't you take that girl Ye Xi to level up outside the city? How did you end up like this?!"

Liu Yuru's voice trembled, filled with urgency and anger.

The moment this was mentioned, Lu Qi's hollow eyes instantly surged with endless malice and fear, tears streaming down in a flash, his voice hoarse and distorted.

"It's Yasuo! Mom! It's all that bastard named Yasuo!"

"Not only did he kill all the bodyguards I brought, but he… but he also tied me to a tree and tortured me in all sorts of ways!"

"Finally… Finally, he even carried Ye Xi away!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, Liu Yuru's willow brows instantly stood on end, her anger burned like fire, and a monstrous aura of hostility erupted from within her body!

"Yasuo?! What a good Yasuo!"

"Daring to bully my Liu Yuru's son like this! I don't care who he is, I must find him and slice him into a thousand pieces! Pull out his tendons and skin him alive!"

Right at this moment, the bedroom door was pushed open.

Zhou Feng hurried back from outside in a rush.

"Yuru, I heard that Qi'er met with an accident? How is the situation now?"

The moment Liu Yuru saw him, her pent-up anger instantly found an outlet for release, and she suddenly turned her head, her gaze as cold as a knife.

"Zhou Feng! You still know how to come back?!"

"Qi'er has been in trouble for so long, and you dawdled until now to show your face! Is he not your biological son, so you don't feel any heartache or care at all?!"

Hearing this, a trace of helplessness flashed across Zhou Feng's face, and he quickly stepped forward to explain.

"Yuru, what kind of talk is that?"

"I was just dealing with urgent matters in the Alliance, and as soon as I received the news, I rushed back without stopping."

The Zhou Family's guild, the Radiant Alliance!

That was one of the top three elite guilds in Tianhai City, with thousands of Professionals under its command, possessing massive influence and serving as one of the Zhou Family's most important economic pillars.

Currently, it was managed entirely by Zhou Feng.

Liu Yuru refused to listen to his explanation at all, putting her hands on her hips like an enraged lioness.

"I don't care what you were busy with before! Right now, Qi'er has been bullied by a man named Yasuo! That girl Ye Xi has also been abducted by him!"

"I'll give you one day! Immediately! Right now! Go investigate the background of that guy named Yasuo for me! Bring him back here!"

"I must vent this foul breath for Qi'er with my own hands!"

"Alright, alright, alright! Don't get excited, I'll go handle it right now!"

Zhou Feng nodded repeatedly, not daring to show the slightest negligence.

After soothing Liu Yuru, he immediately turned and left the door, beginning to contact all the informants and intelligence personnel of the Radiant Alliance within the city to search with all their might for the whereabouts of the man named " Yasuo ".

On the other side, the Ye Family.

The head of the Ye Family, Ye Zhentian, learned that his precious daughter, whom he regarded as the apple of his eye, had actually been abducted in broad daylight and her life or death remained unknown to this day, flying into a sudden rage on the spot!

The entire Ye Family estate was enveloped under a low-pressure atmosphere.

On one hand, he dispatched a large number of elite Family experts to rush out of the city and launch a carpet-style search along the direction of Clear Water Lake.

On the other hand, he directly called Zhou Feng, his tone grim and chilling.

"Zhou Feng! My daughter went out of the city together with your son Lu Qi!"

"Now she is missing! I don't care whether this matter has anything to do with your Zhou Family, I want to see her alive or her corpse if she's dead!"

"If Xi'er encounters any accidents, your Zhou Family must give me an explanation!"

Zhou Feng was driven to distraction, his head aching endlessly.

For a time, the whole city was in turmoil.