Chapter 97
Staring at Ferdinand Ostrich, Anastasia Helens narrowed her eyes and frowned, seemingly in anger. "Don’t get ahead of yourself, you old fool," she shrieked, annoyed. "Our friends aren’t someone a mere General like you could stand against." She wanted to jump at Ferdinand, but Kieran Ashford held her back. It looked like he was worried that her outburst would anger Ferdinand.
But it was already too late. Ferdinand was enraged. He stepped forward, and before anyone could react, he landed a tight slap on Anastasia’s face, the force of the slap making her cock her head to the side. "Mere cultivation thrash like you thinks she can threaten me? And with the position of your friends? How laughable!" he spoke coldly. "Now, remember, trash," he grabbed Anastasia by her jaw, his fingers digging into her cheeks where he slapped her, making her wince in pain. "No matter who your friends are, even if they are the Emperor and Prince Regents themselves, they don’t stand a chance against me or my henchmen. I can have them dead anytime I want."
Anastasia stared at Ferdinand, with clear disgust in her eyes. "Tch-!" she scoffed before spitting into Ferdinand’s face. From the start, her goal was to completely enrage him, so Kieran could proceed with the plan. The plan was something she came up with, but Kieran didn’t like it. He disliked it because it was too dangerous, but because Anastasia insisted and it was the fastest way possible, he had no choice but to go along with it.
"You bitch!" Ferdinand slapped Anastasia again in his fit of rage. "How dare you?!" he shouted as he slapped her again. And again. And again. And again. When he stopped, he was still so enraged that he didn’t even notice that Kieran conjured a flaming dagger in his hand, keeping it hidden behind Anastasia’s back.
Realizing there was an additional light in the room, Ferdinand turned to look at Kieran, but it was already too late for him. Pulling Anastasia behind him, Kieran gripped the fire dagger tightly and slashed it at Ferdinand’s leg.
Being in a squat, Ferdinand knew that no matter what he did, he would sustain some damage, so he decided on the way with the least consequences. Jumping back, his face turned black with hatred as he gritted his teeth in pain, feeling the fire blade slice into his shin. "Are you still going to say that you can easily kill us?" Anastasia stood up and sneered. She didn’t really care about the bruises on her cheeks, as she was more concerned about getting rid of her enemy. A few bruises weren’t something she was afraid of.
"You two little bastards!" Ferdinand groaned in pain and started condensing spirit energy in front of him, ready to blow up both Kieran and Anastasia.
Instantly, the situation turned dangerous, making Ivona hold her breath from the sidelines, while Anastasia froze in shock. On the other hand, Kieran and Michelle were calm, expecting it.
When someone started condensing spirit energy to stop the explosions, it was needed to destroy the caster’s dantian, as he would lose the spirit energy in his body, which would thus lead to him losing control over the spirit energy in his hand, and it would scatter around.