Today’s battle with the werewolves can be described as the most brutal fight Leo has encountered since becoming a cultivator.
Leo took Al’s Dagger, which had been placed beside him.
At this moment, the black flames on Al’s Dagger had disappeared. The main body was pitch-black, adorned with eerie purple runes that covered the entire blade.
An extremely malevolent aura occasionally emanated from the dagger, sending shivers down Leo’s spine.
“Although this Al’s Dagger is a precious item equivalent to a spiritual weapon, it’s too malevolent to become my weapon,” Leo understood very clearly that forcibly refining this Al’s Dagger would have no effect. Instead, it might harm his current state of mind.
Even if he couldn’t use it, Leo had no intention of discarding it. He decided to keep it; after all, this item, no matter how evil, was still a valuable treasure that might prove useful in the future.
Leo left Al’s Dagger on the ground beside him. His next task was to completely extinguish the malevolent flames at the wound.
Leo’s physical condition wasn’t optimistic at this point. He felt intermittent stinging sensations throughout his body. Moreover, the Spiritual Power in his body was rapidly depleting, and the malevolent flames at the wound on his left chest were still relentlessly burning the inscribed runes.
Leo did his best to calm his mind, then gently closed his eyes and activated the Nine Heavens Star Chart.
Over an hour later, Leo slowly opened his eyes.
The malevolent flames at the wound site had finally been thoroughly suppressed, but eliminating them completely would require a different approach.
Holding Al’s Dagger, he stood up and left the abandoned construction site.
***
In the hospital, within a luxurious private room:
“Jim, what happened? Weren’t you the one who claimed that the man was a super-killer ranked fifteenth on the world’s killer list? I just received a report that no one was injured in the shooting,” Antony said, his face dark and intense, glaring at the man in black before him.
The man in black was Jim, the same person who had attempted to rob Leo and Coral midway through the Starcloud Town gambling festival. The William family had managed to release him from prison.
“Mr. William, that guy is exceptionally powerful. Failure in one assassination attempt is not uncommon. However, I assure you that he never fails any task he takes on,” Jim responded with deference.
Antony, his face still grim, nodded. It was evident that he had some knowledge of Demon Night’s capabilities.
“What about Tiger? He has been gone for so long, and there’s still no word from him,” Antony paused and continued, “Mr. William, Tiger went to meet with Demon Night, likely to discuss the continuation of the assassination plan.”
“Discuss an assassination plan for such a long time? That’s unreasonable,” Antony expressed his dissatisfaction with Jim’s explanation.
“Mr. William, since Demon Night didn’t kill Leo, it’s highly probable that he intends to capture him. That could take a little longer. Of course, it’s also possible that Tiger, after meeting Demon Night, went to a bar for some entertainment. He has a tendency to do that,” Jim had some beads of sweat on his forehead.
“Humph, either way, that guy must die. I hope I didn’t spend fifty million dollars in vain. If Demon Night can bring him back alive, I’m going to crush every bone in his body, one by one, and make him beg for death!” Antony’s voice was cold, his eyes flashing with intense resentment.
“Mr. William, you can rest assured. Demon Night will surely capture Leo, and then we will make that parasite suffer the cruelest of tortures!” Jim concurred.
Jim was well aware of the shame that Mr. William, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, had experienced.
Now Antony had completely lost the possibility to be with women.
“Once I deal with that guy, Coral will have to die too. If I can’t have her, then I’ll destroy her!” Antony venomously muttered.
…
At half-past five in the afternoon, Leo appeared punctually in the underground parking lot of the Golden Leaf Shopping Plaza.
After Sophia got into the car, Leo noticed that something was off with her expression.
Leo was taken aback and asked with concern, “Sophia, what’s wrong? You seem to be in low spirits.”
“It’s over… it’s over…” Sophia, seated in the passenger seat, kept repeating those words.
Leo felt a pang in his heart. Did something happen to Sophia’s cosmetics company?
“Sophia, don’t worry. What happened? Tell me,” Leo said as he took Sophia’s hand.
Sophia looked up at Leo and said softly, “I was in the middle of restructuring the company’s shares, and suddenly someone maliciously acquired the company’s shares. If it surpasses fifty percent…”
Sophia didn’t finish her sentence, but Leo already understood.
Although Sophia’s cosmetics company wasn’t worth much in terms of market value, to acquire a significant share, it would still require several hundred million dollars.
“Sophia, who maliciously acquired the shares of your company?” Leo asked.
After some contemplation, Sophia replied confidently, “It’s Patrick Gregory, the General Manager of Spring Wind Cosmetics. After the cosmetics incident last time, which resulted in Ford’s imprisonment, his brother, Patrick, took over Spring Wind Cosmetics. Patrick has joined forces with several Langstel cosmetics companies, combining their strength to launch an attack on my company. He aims to control my company through equity. There’s no doubt about it!”
Leo nodded slightly, and after some thought, he asked, “Have you told your grandmother about this? If the group intervenes, it should be relatively easy to counter this.”
“I already told her, but her stance is clear. Henley Group doesn’t have the funds to allocate to Sophia’s cosmetics company, so I should find a solution on my own,” Sophia replied, her expression becoming more despondent.
This outcome was within Leo’s expectations.
Even if Henley Group had the funds, they probably wouldn’t help Sophia out of her current predicament.
It’s worth noting that when Sophia’s cosmetics company faced an 80-million-dollar funding issue before, the old Mrs. Henley also stood by, and it was Leo who ultimately came up with the money to resolve it.
While Leo had dozens of million dollars at the moment, solving a problem in the range of hundreds of million dollars was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
In these four years since joining the Henley family through marriage, Leo had deeply experienced the vicissitudes of human emotions.
Once Sophia’s company ran into trouble, the various subsidiary companies under the group mostly adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
However, if an opportunity with the potential for profit arose, other companies under Henley Group would flock to it, like vultures swarming around carrion.
Ever since Sophia’s cosmetics company became the exclusive agent of Herbal Magic Cosmetics Company, the various companies under the group had been green with envy, wishing to take a big bite out of Sophia’s company.