Extra: The Man Behind the Scenes (V)

Seeing this, the Middle-aged Man let out a triumphant laugh, "Don't scream, even an immortal wouldn't be able to help you now."

He's been poisoned by my 'Armor-Piercing Cone,' the deadliest of the Ten Great Poisons; he's completely useless, how could he possibly deal with me?"

Gao Daqiang looked incredulous: "This… this is impossible. I clearly used probiotics and didn't touch the poison you gave me. How could I be poisoned?"

"Hahaha, you really are foolish. Did you truly think I was relying on you to poison me?"

The Middle-aged Man laughed even more triumphantly, and Gao Daqiang was puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

"What do I mean? Have you ever heard of 'feigning an attack while secretly crossing the Chencang Pass'? The reason I sought you out was to divert others' attention, to make a feint.

He wasn't poisoned because he drank your wine, but because he ate that plate of sweet and sour pork ribs."

The Middle-aged Man said smugly, "He is a Medical Immortal and extremely cunning. How else could I poison him without resorting to such means?"

"You… you're despicable and cunning!"

Only then did Gao Daqiang realize he had been completely played. He flashed and blocked Ye Bufan's path, "If you want to touch my brother, you'll have to step over my dead body!"

"Fool, do you think you can stop me!"

The Middle-aged Man waved his hand, and an invisible force sent Gao Daqiang flying, crashing heavily against the wall behind him.

Then, he took a step and arrived in front of Ye Bufan, reaching out to grab the other's neck.

Ye Bufan sat in the chair, making no movement, showing no resistance, as if he had completely lost the ability to fight back.

The Middle-aged Man's face showed a look of wild joy, and he was about to twist the other's neck.

But then he was astonished to find that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't harm him in the slightest.

It was as if he wasn't choking a human neck, but an iron pillar made of refined steel, unbreakable and indestructible.

"This…"

The Middle-aged Man's eyes widened in utter astonishment. He never expected the other's Physical Body to be so powerful.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, an extremely Sharp Weapon appeared in his palm. It was clearly a divine weapon. He then fiercely stabbed it towards Ye Bufan's heart.

"Clang!"

An even more shocking scene occurred. When the knife struck, it produced the sound of metal clashing. The Sharp Weapon, let alone killing Ye Bufan, didn't even scratch his skin in the slightest.

The extremely shocked Middle-aged Man had fallen into a semi-frenzy. He continuously swung the Sharp Weapon in his hand, each stab fiercer and heavier than the last.

But the anticipated gush of blood still didn't appear. Instead, there was a 'crack,' and the divine Sharp Weapon, bought with a fortune, broke into two pieces, leaving only the hilt in his hand.

"I…"

The Middle-aged Man was completely dumbfounded. He had initially thought his scheme had succeeded and that he controlled everything. But now, the other person was sitting right in front of him, and despite all his methods, he couldn't harm him in the slightest.

He had calculated everything before, considering various possibilities and imagining various scenarios, but he had never anticipated this situation occurring.

He had known that the other's strength was formidable, but he hadn't known that his Physical Body was also so powerful.

Ye Bufan looked at him and smiled slightly: "Hurry up, you don't have much time left."

"I don't believe I can't kill you!"

The Middle-aged Man roared and reached out to poke Ye Bufan's eyes.

In his opinion, no matter how strong the other's Physical Body was, his eyes should be very fragile.

But then a 'crack' sound came. Ye Bufan merely blinked lightly, and both of his fingers were completely broken.

How could the Undying Golden Body Realm of the Thunder God Body Tempering Art be easily broken by someone of his strength? It was simply a joke.

The Middle-aged Man winced in pain. The terrible truth was before his eyes: he simply couldn't kill the other person.

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks were fleeting clouds, completely useless.

He gritted his teeth in hatred, yet he was helpless, unable to resolve the current predicament.

Just as he was about to try another method, he saw Ye Bufan smile slightly, then stand up from the chair, his eyes full of playful mockery.

"How was it? Fun?"

Feeling his powerful Aura, the Middle-aged Man's eyes widened suddenly: "You weren't poisoned?"

Ye Bufan smiled: "To be honest, I haven't had an opponent recently, and life has been too boring. I wanted to have some fun with you.

But you're not even up to par. You came up with this so-called 'deadliest of the Ten Great Poisons,' and it had no effect at all. It's really disappointing.

I cooperated with you so much, yet you still couldn't kill me. How weak do you think an opponent like you is?"

"You mean you knew I was plotting against you all along? That's impossible! Who told you?"

The Middle-aged Man became increasingly flustered. Before, it was just that he couldn't kill the other person, but now he realized that his plan was completely under the other's control. He was being made a fool of.

"It was me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two people walked in, none other than the Oriental Family siblings, Dongfang Renjie and Dongfang Huizhong.

The Middle-aged Man immediately flew into a rage. He never expected the informant to be Dongfang Renjie: "Bastard, you betrayed me!"

Dongfang Renjie curled his lip: "Betray you? What are you, a sneak who hides his head and tail? You really think I'm your subordinate."

The Middle-aged Man gritted his teeth: "Why? Don't forget, I'm the one who saved you, I'm the one who made you the head of the Oriental Family!"

Dongfang Renjie gnashed his teeth: "You're still talking sense, you motherfucker! It was because of you that I was imprisoned last time. One mistake is enough; how could I make a second one!"

In fact, after being imprisoned, he didn't harbor much hatred towards Ye Bufan in his heart. The one he hated the most was this Old thing.

Moreover, he was a smart person. Firstly, he knew that Ye Bufan was not to be provoked. Secondly, this was his brother-in-law, and after all, they were family, much more reliable than outsiders.

Because of this, not long after taking over the Oriental Family, he secretly passed the information to Dongfang Huizhong, revealing the Middle-aged Man's plan without any concealment.

"You… you…"

The Middle-aged Man stammered for a long time, but couldn't utter a complete sentence. After all, Dongfang Renjie didn't even know who he was, and there was no relationship between them, so it couldn't really be called betrayal.

Then he snorted coldly: "Even if I failed this time, what does it matter? Zheng Huafei is in my hands.

As long as you dare to touch a single one of my fingers, I guarantee that neither she nor the child in her belly will survive.

If you know what's good for you, let me leave quietly, otherwise, it will be two lives lost."

Hearing him say this, Gao Daqiang and Xia Zihan's expressions changed. They never expected their daughter-in-law to be in the other's hands, nor did they expect Zheng Huafei to be pregnant with Gao Daqiang's child.

They didn't speak, but they all looked at Ye Bufan with pleading eyes.

Gao Daqiang said directly: "Xiaofan, you must save Huafei no matter what."

Seeing everyone's reaction, the Middle-aged Man knew that his hostage was effective, and he burst into triumphant laughter.

"You want to save her, do you? Then obediently let me go, otherwise that woman will surely die!"

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, the door opened again, and more than a dozen women walked in from outside, each one stunningly beautiful.

Walking in front were Situ Dianmo and Su Ruyue, and among them, a black-clad woman was none other than Dao Niangzi Zheng Huafei.