Chen Daojue was surprisingly direct, bowing to Shu Feng and apologizing. "Sir Shu Feng, this whole mess was caused by my worthless son. I apologize on his behalf and will compensate you with five hundred million in cash."

Shu Feng swirled the wine in his glass and said icily, "Your son tried to take seventy percent of my Phantom God Winery’s shares without paying a single cent. I won’t make things difficult for you. Break both his legs, then hand over seventy percent of your Chen Family’s assets. Do that, and we can put this matter behind us."

Chen Daojue straightened abruptly, a sharp glint in his eyes. He said in a heavy tone, "Sir Shu Feng, that is going too far! There is no way the Chen Family can agree to such conditions!"

The Chen Family was a Noble Family among Spiritualists, boasting countless powerful members. The Yinglin Group was just one of their many assets. Seventy percent of the Chen Family’s holdings were worth over one hundred billion. If they handed that over to Shu Feng, the family would be doomed to a slow decline.

Shu Feng said icily, "The Chen Family is just a Noble Family, yet you dare to make a move against another one. Are you not afraid that I will invoke the Family Defense Law and annihilate your entire clan?"

The Noble Families and Clans are the pillars of the Qianyuan Republic. The rise of every Noble Family and Clan was built upon countless battle honors and the slaying of innumerable Void Demons. They have made endless sacrifices and performed great deeds to protect the Qianyuan Republic.

The Family Defense Law was one of the special privileges granted to Noble Families. If anyone attempted to seize a Noble Family’s property through illicit means, that family had the right to retaliate, seize the offender’s property, and even eliminate their enemies completely.

Ordinarily, the Chen Family, as a Noble Family, held considerable influence within the Qianyuan Republic. Shu Feng could not have seized their assets for no reason. However, since the Chen Family had used illicit means to try and seize Shu Feng’s property, he was now justified in using the Family Defense Law to retaliate.

It was precisely these numerous privileges that made countless experts flock to the Noble Families, desperate to become one of their members.

Chen Daojue said slowly, "Sir Shu Feng, my Chen Family also has an ancestor in the Spirit Sect Realm!"

Shu Feng said lightly, "I’ll tell you what. I’ll give you one chance. Let your Chen Family’s Spirit Sect Realm ancestor come and fight me. If your ancestor wins, this whole affair is forgotten. If your family loses, you will hand over twenty percent of your assets and become my vassals."

"Done! Thank you, Sir Shu Feng!"

Gritting his teeth, Chen Daojue agreed to this unequal wager.

Shu Feng said, "Break his legs. Then get him out of here."

Gritting his teeth, Chen Daojue grabbed a nearby club and brought it down hard, breaking both of Chen Keyi’s legs. He then picked up the screaming Chen Keyi and left the room.

After Chen Daojue and Chen Keyi departed, Hong Nan also tactfully excused himself from the private room, leaving Shu Feng and Ma Jin alone.

Ma Jin asked curiously, "A Noble Family... Ah Feng, you actually became a Noble Family Head! That’s shocking. By the way, are you already a Spirit Sect Realm expert?"

Shu Feng smiled. "To be precise, I have the combat power of a Spirit Sect Realm expert."

Ma Jin said, "So tell me, what on earth has happened to you these past two years?"

"Alright!"

So Shu Feng told Ma Jin everything that had happened over the past two years.

Suddenly, Ma Jin’s phone rang. Zhou Yang’s weary voice came from the other end.

"Ma Jin, it’s me, Zhou Yang! Yuna’s in danger! Meet at the entrance of the Da Shi Supermarket outside Ancient Hua Village."

Ma Jin’s expression hardened. "I’m on my way!" he said in a heavy voice.

After hanging up, Ma Jin looked at Shu Feng with a hopeful glint in his eyes. "Ah Feng, we’re up against a powerful enemy. Help me. Come with me, what do you say?"

Shu Feng’s status was completely different now. He was a Noble Family Head, a noble in the Qianyuan Republic’s Spiritual Ability World.

Ma Jin was worldly and had seen many people change completely after tasting power. He didn’t know if Shu Feng was still willing to put himself in danger for a friend.

Shu Feng smiled. "No problem! Ma Jin, you should have just said, ’Ah Feng, let’s go!’ Asking like that was too formal. We’re brothers!"

Ma Jin let out a hearty laugh, a wave of relief washing over him. "Haha, you’re right. I was being too formal. Ha! I never thought I’d see the day I’d be brothers with a Noble Family Head!"

Ma Jin had also come from the Lower Class, fighting his way up step-by-step in the Spiritual Ability World. He knew exactly how much weight the title of Noble Family Head carried. Each one was like a Duke, the king of a small country, holding the power of life and death over countless people.

A Spirit Warrior Level Spiritualist like Ma Jin was nothing more than an ant in the eyes of the great Noble Families. Before a Noble Family Head, he was less than dust. The fact that he could now be brothers with Shu Feng was naturally a source of immense excitement for him.

After they left the Youyun Club, Shu Feng asked Ma Jin curiously, "Who is our enemy?"

"A Ghostly Void Demon! Out in a place called Ma Family Village, on the outskirts of Lei Jiang City, a lot of strange things have been happening. Several of our scouts have died horrible deaths there."

"We thought it was just an ordinary Ghostly Void Demon at first! I never expected even Yuna to get caught in it," Ma Jin said slowly, his face grim.

Ma Jin, Yuna, Zhou Yang, and Gao Wen were all members of the same squad. They had fought side-by-side for years and forged a deep friendship. He couldn’t bear the thought of Yuna dying.

"Shu Feng, be careful. I have a feeling the Void Demons have become more active in recent years. Our Lei Jiang City branch normally only deals with a few Black Dog Illusion Demons or other Low-level Void Demons each month. At most, we’d see one or two Spirit Warrior Level Ghostly Void Demons."

"But this past month alone, we’ve seen several Spirit Master Level Void Demons. They’re becoming increasingly active, and that’s not a good sign," Ma Jin said, his expression full of worry.

’The Void Demons are becoming more active? What does that even mean?’

A question surfaced in Shu Feng’s mind, but with insufficient information, he couldn’t come to any conclusions and had to let it go.

Outside Ma Family Village, waves of eerie mist enveloped everything. Though it was daytime, the thick fog plunged the entire village into a darkness so profound you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

Within the darkness-shrouded Ma Family Village, headless corpses shambled about, transparent human figures drifted through the air, and clusters of Ghost Fire flared to life, illuminating the blank faces of other corpses dressed in burial shrouds. The entire village radiated a spine-chilling terror.

Inside a villager’s house in Ma Family Village, Yuna was huddled together with another young woman—a petite and cute girl with a delicate, oval face who was no more than 1.6 meters tall.

A solid black scroll hovered above Yuna and the other girl, emitting a faint, dark light that enveloped them completely.