269: Chapter 270 In the blink of an eye, a wealthy family crumbles; killing is one thing, but destroying the spirit is another!

A sensation of suffocation surged forth like a tide.

Li Qingcang's limbs kicked wildly in the air, his hands gripping Lin Qi's wrists with all his might, trying to pry open that hand which felt like an iron clamp.

However, it was all in vain.

Lin Qi's hand did not budge an inch.

He felt his consciousness fading rapidly, the scene before him began to blur into double images, and the air in his lungs was being drained away bit by bit.

The shadow of death had never enveloped him so clearly.

"No... no..."

He squeezed out an incoherent plea for mercy from his throat, his eyes filled with extreme fear and regret.

He regretted it.

He truly regretted it.

He should never have provoked this monster!

Just when Li Qingcang thought he was about to be strangled to death, Lin Qi's hand suddenly released him.

"Thump."

Li Qingcang collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud, greedily gasping for air, and let out violent, painful coughs.

He clutched his neck, panting heavily; the relief of surviving a disaster made his entire body tremble.

He wasn't dead?

He actually didn't kill him?

Li Qingcang raised his head, looking at Lin Qi with an expression of disbelief.

Could it be... that his plea for mercy had worked?

Or was it that he feared the power behind the Kyoto Li Family and dared not actually kill him?

However, Lin Qi's next words instantly plunged the sliver of hope that had just risen within him into an ice cellar.

"Killing you directly would be letting you off too easily."

Lin Qi looked at Li Qingcang, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, his tone as calm as if he were discussing today's weather.

"I'm not a person who likes fighting and killing."

"I like to reason with people."

Reason with people?

Li Qingcang was stunned, not understanding what he meant.

Everyone present was also stunned.

You don't like fighting and killing?

Then was that posture of you crushing the skull of the old god and nearly strangling Li Qingcang just now a joke?

Lin Qi ignored the crowd's confusion.

His gaze turned to the thousands of reporters in the venue who were slumped on the ground.

"Friends from the media, do not be afraid."

His voice, through the Law of this "My Body is the World," clearly reached everyone's ears, carrying a strange soothing effect that allowed their thoughts, which had almost stalled due to fear, to start running again.

"I invited everyone here today to bear witness."

Lin Qi pointed at Li Qingcang on the ground.

"The head of the Kyoto Li Family, Li Qingcang, for his own selfish desires, colluded with unknown forces to steal the federal national treasure, the 'skull of the old god,' and used it as a medium to attempt to launch a large-scale Law attack in Tianhai City, endangering public safety."

"His actions have seriously violated federal Law and constitute treason."

His voice was not loud, but every word exploded in everyone's hearts like a thunderclap.

Treason!

This was the highest-level crime in the Federation!

"I have some evidence here."

As Lin Qi said this, he snapped his fingers.

Behind him, in the gray sky of Chaos, several huge light screens suddenly appeared.

On the light screens, videos and audio clips began to play.

The first segment was the complete recording of the conversation between Li Qingcang and Chen Shu plotting in the study on how to use "System rejection" to eliminate him.

The second segment was blurry surveillance footage of Chen Shu, representing the Li Family, trading the "skull of the old god" with a mysterious person.

The third segment was the detailed transaction records provided by Xiao Zhenguo, showing the Li Family secretly mobilizing funds to bribe internal museum personnel.

One segment after another, one incident after another.

The chain of evidence was complete, clear, and irrefutable.

These were all collected by Zhang Wei over the past twenty-four hours from various channels, utilizing the connections of the Xiao Family and his own money power.

Originally, they were prepared to be released bit by bit in a public opinion war.

Now, Lin Qi decided to make them public all at once.

"Nonsense! You forged these! They are all forged!"

Li Qingcang looked at those light screens and let out a desperate roar.

He knew that once these things were exposed, his Li Family would be completely finished.

Awaiting him would be the Federation's most severe trial.

"Forged?"

Lin Qi smiled.

"Whether they are forged or not, I think the friends from the media present here are more professional than I am."

He looked at the reporters who had already climbed up from the ground and were frantically filming with various devices.

These reporters were all as excited as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

They knew they were witnessing a historical moment!

A top-tier wealthy family, publicly executed by a youth in an unprecedented way, in front of the whole world!

This was a headline news story they could brag about for a lifetime!

"Besides these, I have another gift for the head of the Li Family."

Lin Qi snapped his fingers again.

Another light screen appeared.

The light screen displayed real-time data from the major financial markets of the Federation.

One could see that behind all financial products related to the "Li Group," such as stocks and futures, the numbers representing prices were plummeting at a terrifying speed.

99%... 99.9%... 99.99%...

Almost within a few seconds, all assets related to the Li Family had turned into a string of meaningless "0s."

"While you were busy setting traps for me,"

Lin Qi said faintly, looking at the ashen-faced Li Qingcang.

"My friend has already united over a dozen top international capital consortiums to launch a comprehensive sniper attack on your Li Family's industries."

"All your stocks have been maliciously shorted."

"All your assets have been forcibly liquidated."

"All your bank accounts have been frozen and seized."

"Congratulations, head of the Li Family."

The corners of Lin Qi's mouth curled into a cold arc.

"From this second on, you and your Li Family are bankrupt."

"You now have nothing."

Have nothing.

These two words were like four sharpest daggers, stabbing fiercely into Li Qingcang's heart.

He stared blankly at the data on the light screen, which represented his Li Family's century-old foundation, turning into nothing.

"Aah~~"

He let out a shrill, inhuman scream, his eyes rolled back, and he was actually so furious that he vomited blood and passed out.

Lin Qi didn't even glance at him.

There are many ways to kill.

For someone like Li Qingcang who values power and wealth more than his own life, ruining his reputation and leaving him with nothing is ten thousand times more painful than killing him outright.

This was Lin Qi's way of "reasoning."

He had dealt with Li Qingcang, and his gaze shifted to Chen Shu, who had been standing in the corner, motionless, from the very beginning.

"Now, it is your turn."

Lin Qi released the restraint on Chen Shu.

Chen Shu stretched his stiff limbs; he did not run, nor did he beg for mercy.

He just looked at Lin Qi calmly and asked: "Are you going to kill me?"

"What do you think?"

"I was just following orders."

Chen Shu's tone remained neither humble nor pushy, "As the shadow of the Li Family, the head's command is my everything."

"A decent excuse."

Lin Qi nodded, "Unfortunately, it doesn't work with me."

He knew that people like Chen Shu were true death-sworn soldiers; their minds only contained "loyalty" and "orders," so reasoning with him was useless.

There was only one way to deal with such people.

"Didn't you say that the head's command is your everything?"

Lin Qi pointed to Li Qingcang, who had passed out on the ground.

"Now, I command you."

An invisible will, containing the Law of "My Body is the World," forcibly invaded Chen Shu's sea of consciousness.

"From today on, your master is me."

Chen Shu's body trembled violently, and a look of pain and struggle appeared in his eyes.

In his mind, the deeply rooted brand of loyalty to the Li Family was being forcibly erased and rewritten by a more domineering and irresistible force.

This process was even more cruel than killing him.

This was a complete alteration of a person's existence at the Soul level.

A few seconds later.

The struggle in Chen Shu's eyes disappeared, replaced by absolute, emotionless obedience.

He walked up to Lin Qi, knelt on one knee, and lowered his arrogant head.

"As you command, my master."

The entire venue was deathly silent.

Everyone was completely stunned by Lin Qi's unfathomable methods.

Destroying a wealthy family head.

Subduing a top-tier death-sworn soldier.

Throughout the whole process, he was calm and composed, as if he had only done an insignificant little thing.

Who exactly is this youth?

Is he a god?

Or a demon?

After Lin Qi finished all this, he felt that the energy of the "My Body is the World" Domain shrouding this space had been mostly consumed.

He waved his hand.

The gray sky, the five-colored divine sun, and the huge light screens all shattered and disappeared like reflections in a mirror or the moon in the water.

The ceiling of the exhibition center reappeared.

The flickering lights returned to normal.

It was as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

But Li Qingcang, who had passed out on the ground, Chen Shu, who was kneeling before Lin Qi, and the images recorded in the reporters' equipment that could not be erased, all proved that everything that had just happened was real.

Lin Qi withdrew his world and turned back into an ordinary youth wearing casual clothes.

He took a glance at the messy venue and the reporters who were still in a daze.

Then, he walked back to his little folding stool, picked up the unfinished bottle of cola, screwed on the cap, and stuffed it back into his backpack.

He also packed away the remaining half bag of sunflower seeds.

Finally, he folded up the little stool, put on his backpack, and under the gaze of billions of viewers worldwide, turned around and walked toward the door.

He left without seeking credit or fame.

From beginning to end, he didn't even say a word of nonsense.

But everyone knew.

From today on, the sky of the Federation was going to change.

A youth named Lin Qi had ascended to the pinnacle of this world's stage in the most overbearing and unreasonable way.

And the Kyoto Li Family, this once-prominent century-old wealthy family, had become the first and most magnificent stepping stone on his path to the top.

Just when Lin Qi was about to walk out the door, his footsteps suddenly paused.

He seemed to have remembered something, turned his head, and said to Instructor Su Qing, who was the only one in the venue still relatively calm and was looking at him with an incomparably complex gaze.

"By the way, you should come to the victory banquet tonight as well."

"My treat."