The malice on the faces of the thugs in the front row hadn't dissipated yet, but their steps came to a sudden halt as half of their cheeks swelled up uniformly.

"A bunch of useless troublemakers!"

He Shen roared in anger, his aura spreading throughout the venue under the blessing of True Qi, engulfing the hearts of over fifty subordinates, making them not dare to move at all.

As He Shen's hand pressed down, the competent ones among the fifty-plus ordinary people collapsed to the ground in front of their boss, whose strength far exceeded theirs by dozens of times.

Their uniformity in action and speed of collapse made it look as if it was rehearsed to someone unaware of the situation!

After finishing all this, He Shen wrapped his fists with True Qi and began to move rapidly around the scene. In less than half a minute, more than fifty people were clutching their wrists wailing.

Some with weaker psychological endurance, upon seeing their own bloodied hands, felt an immediate urge to soil themselves, instantly turning the place into a hellish scene.

Finally, He Shen looked at his hand, then clenched his teeth tight, and smashed down on the back of his hand with force.

After a muffled groan of pain, the muscles on He Shen's face began to twitch uncontrollably, the veins on his forehead bulged instantly, and beads of sweat dripped from his fringe, yet he endured silently without a sound.

Lin Bingxuan couldn't help but knit her brows upon seeing this, feeling Xiao Tian's approach might be somewhat inappropriate, but then recalling what He Shen had done to her just now, she lightly bit her lip, retracting her words.

Isn't it true that the pitiful always have something contemptible about them?!

Lin Bingxuan let out a bitter laugh, not knowing what He Shen would think if he knew that Xiao Tian could no longer use True Qi and wasn't as powerful as before.

However, Lin Bingxuan's thoughts were indeed mistaken.

In fact, even if Xiao Tian told He Shen clear and bright that he could now only operate at the level of an ordinary person, He Shen probably wouldn't dare to act recklessly in front of him.

Such psychological shadows are exceedingly hard to eradicate, much like the Four Stars corps' member Lauren, locked in his Consciousness Realm, is a vivid example.

The shadow of childhood brought him not only a twisted character but also an insurmountable chasm.

Thus, even though he is powerful enough that those who once cast shadows on him aren't even qualified to shine his shoes, when facing those weak individuals, he still shows utter vulnerability, as if all his power has vanished into thin air.

That is the strength of psychological shadows!

To illustrate this a bit more directly, Liu Hanyan is, to some extent, also a psychological shadow for Xiao Tian; however, Xiao Tian dares to face and even go against it recklessly. Under such circumstances, this shadow can turn into an alliance!

Of course, it's easy to say, but after all, not everyone is Xiao Tian, and not everyone can confront pain directly!

...

He Shen slowly removed his fist from the back of his hand, revealing a nearly transparent puncture in the palm of his left hand. In a hoarse voice, he asked, "Do you think that's acceptable?"

Xiao Tian nodded expressionlessly, and while this made He Shen secretly sigh in relief, he dared not express any desire to leave and could only stand with his head down, awaiting further instructions from Xiao Tian.

"I remember you initially said that you were actually instructed by someone?"

Lin Bingxuan, endowed with such a formidable cultivation technique as Endless Life, quickly repaired her internal injuries completely, but the red swelling on her wrist hadn't faded yet.

Of course, it wasn't that she couldn't do it; it's just that Xiao Tian had said beforehand that he would personally apply medicine for her, so she hadn't started the recovery process.

Upon hearing Lin Bingxuan's question, He Shen couldn't help but shudder and then replied tremblingly: "Yes, I was indeed entrusted by someone!"

"Then, is it convenient to disclose who or which force entrusted you?!" Lin Bingxuan pursued.

At this moment, He Shen didn't dare to refuse, hastily replying: "It was the eldest son of the Huang Family, Huang Feizhong."

"Huang Feizhong?!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Lin Bingxuan repeated in a voice full of surprise and suspicion, then asked: "Which Huang are you talking about?"

"The Huang of red, yellow, blue, and green. The family behind Huang Feizhong is the largest family here!" He Shen explained in detail.

"Northern Desert's Huang Family?!"

Lin Bingxuan was startled once again, glanced at Xiao Tian, knowing it wasn't the time for extensive talks, and continued asking: "How much do you know about this Huang Family?"

"The Huang Family is a newly developed family in the past few decades, dominant in the Northern Desert, with no other forces around to compete with it," He Shen explained honestly.

"Then why is Huang Feizhong, or the Huang Family, targeting us?" Lin Bingxuan asked with a frown.

Unlike Lin Bingxuan's confusion, Xiao Tian, upon hearing this question, had a vague answer in his mind but refrained from interrupting immediately.

"I truly don't know about that!"

After saying it, He Shen, afraid of causing dissatisfaction, hurriedly added: "I heard that in the next few days, the first family of the Northern Border, the Huang Family, will have members coming, and at that time, Huang Feizhong will come out to greet them. You might investigate from this direction!"

These words quickly caught Xiao Tian's attention, and he directly said: "You know something, just say it, even if it's wrong, it's no big deal!"

Hearing Xiao Tian's direct request, He Shen bit his teeth hard again and began to speak: "Generally speaking, to maintain its absolute strength in the Northern Border, the Huang Family pays particular attention to each of the secondary families. Whenever they find any signs of unrest, they will suppress them."

"And this time, the Huang Family may have grown too fast and too large, intending to extend its reach outward, so the delegation from the Huang Family this time is likely here to knock the Huang Family down a peg."

He Shen continued, "Of course, this is merely my personal guess. I can't be certain that my guess is entirely accurate!"

Lin Bingxuan frowned. Although He Shen's information was not entirely useless, it still didn't explain why the Huang Family instructed him to target her. She was about to continue questioning it.

But before she could, Xiao Tian spoke first: "Alright, he has said almost everything he knows, let's go!"

Although Lin Bingxuan was full of doubt, seeing the composed look on Xiao Tian's face, she had no choice but to let him take her hand and head back toward the hotel.

...

Once Xiao Tian and Lin Bingxuan's figures turned around a corner, completely disappearing from sight, He Shen, drenched as if by a heavy rain, finally couldn't sustain himself and fell straight to the ground, feeling as if his obese body had shrunk a size.

Of course, in other people's eyes, there was no real difference; sweating profusely and burning fat are entirely two different things without a direct connection.

A while later, as He Shen finally began to feel his strength recovering a little, he used True Qi to gradually heal the injuries on his hand while looking at the wailing, nearly exhausted fifty-plus subordinates on the ground, and spoke calmly: "I know you all have grievances in your hearts."

"But you'll soon understand my actions."