181: Chapter 181 Ma Tengfei is dead! Police arrive at the scene!

As Wu Ming collapsed completely, he lost all control over the Life-Stealing Evil Array in the hall.

The blood-red formation patterns, which had been flickering on the floor tiles, shattered with a crisp "crack" sound and vanished without a trace.

The lifespan and fortune that had been forcibly extracted from everyone in the hall transformed into clusters of white mist.

The mist hovered in mid-air before flying directly back into the bodies of their original owners.

A white-haired coal tycoon watched as the age spots that had just appeared on the back of his hand quickly faded.

He hurriedly reached up to touch his head, and his hair, which had turned completely white, miraculously regained most of its original black color.

The coal tycoon was so moved that tears streamed down his face.

"It's back! My lifespan has all returned!"

"I have strength again!"

"My heart doesn't hurt anymore!"

The hundreds of powerful figures and business tycoons in the hall truly felt the changes in their bodies.

Having escaped death, they were incoherent with excitement.

Some even sat directly on the floor and began to weep.

Zhao Donghai and his daughter, Zhao Xiaoman, also let out a long sigh of relief.

Zhao Xiaoman looked at Su Yun with shining eyes, her face flushed red.

Her admiration for Su Yun had soared to its peak.

Zhao Donghai straightened his somewhat disheveled clothes and led the way to Su Yun.

Zhao Donghai cupped his hands together and bowed deeply and solemnly to Su Yun.

"Mr. Su, your great kindness will never be forgotten by everyone in Jiangcheng City!"

"If it weren't for you today, all of us hundreds of people would have perished here!"

With Zhao Donghai taking the lead, the hundreds of prominent figures in Jiangcheng City behind him did not dare to be arrogant.

Everyone lined up neatly in several rows and bowed ninety degrees in unison to Su Yun.

"Thank you, Master Su, for saving our lives!"

A perfectly synchronized chorus of thanks echoed through the spacious hall.

The spectacle was grand in the extreme.

Su Yun looked at these big bosses, who were usually high and mighty, and waved his hand dismissively.

"Alright, alright, don't give me that empty talk."

"If you really want to thank me, donate more money to do some proper charity work in the future; that would be better than anything else."

Everyone nodded repeatedly in agreement and vowed to donate to the Tianji Charity Foundation as soon as they returned.

Just as everyone was celebrating their new lease on life, a harsh retching sound suddenly came from the main stage.

Everyone turned to look.

It turned out that after the formation was forcibly broken, it produced an extremely powerful backlash.

As the core beneficiary and initiator of this Life-Stealing Evil Array, Ma Tengfei was directly hit by the full recoil of the formation.

His body began to undergo terrifying changes.

His skin, which had been somewhat ruddy from absorbing a bit of fortune, withered rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye.

It quickly lost all moisture and clung tightly to his bones.

His meticulously groomed black hair fell out in clumps, along with dandruff.

In the blink of an eye, he had turned into a withered old man who was nothing but skin and bones.

Clutching his chest in extreme pain, his knees buckled, and he crashed heavily onto the floor of the exhibition stage.

"Cough, cough, cough…"

Ma Tengfei began to cough violently.

When he opened his mouth, he coughed up a large amount of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

Red and white fluids splattered all over the floor, and the pungent smell of blood was so nauseating that it made people sick to look at.

The wealthy merchants in the hall saw his miserable end, but not a single person stepped forward to sympathize with him.

The looks in everyone's eyes were filled with extreme anger and contempt.

This selfish madman, who was so insane that he wanted to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of people just to save his own, deserved this end.

It was entirely his own fault, and justice had finally been served.

Ma Tengfei lay on the floor in a pathetic state.

He could clearly feel the life force within him draining away rapidly.

His internal organs were shattered.

The excruciating pain made it difficult for him to even draw a single breath.

He didn't want to die.

He still had plenty of good days left to live.

He still had tens of billions in cash and assets in his accounts that he hadn't spent yet.

Ma Tengfei used all his might to barely lift his head.

His turbid eyes stared fixedly at Su Yun, who was standing not far away.

He struggled to stretch out his withered, dehydrated right hand and clawed desperately in Su Yun's direction.

"Save, save me…"

Ma Tengfei's voice was harsh and grating.

"Master Su, please save me."

"I have money, I have so much money."

"Tens of billions, just say the word, and it's all yours…"

"As long as you are willing to save my life, all my money is yours…"

At this moment of certain death, money was the only bargaining chip Ma Tengfei could offer.

He stubbornly believed that there was absolutely nothing in this world that money couldn't buy.

Even if this kid was aloof and powerful, it was impossible for him not to be tempted by a staggering fortune of tens of billions.

Everyone in the hall turned their eyes to Su Yun.

Su Yun lowered his eyelids, looking down at Ma Tengfei, who was struggling in a pool of blood.

He couldn't even be bothered to curse him and spoke in an extremely flat tone.

"Your money is too dirty; I'd feel like it was burning my hands."

"Moreover, your life is so rotten to the core that even Yama in the underworld would disdain it."

"You planted these evil seeds yourself, so you should bear the consequences."

Hearing Su Yun's merciless words, the last glimmer of hope for survival in Ma Tengfei's eyes was completely extinguished.

He was unwilling to accept this.

He wanted to raise the price even higher.

But his throat had been completely blocked by the surging blood.

He couldn't say a single word.

Ma Tengfei's gaunt arm, which had been stretched out in mid-air, suddenly stiffened.

Then, it dropped powerlessly onto the freezing cold floor tiles.

His mouth agape, eyes wide open in death, he completely lost all vital signs.

This richest man in Jiangcheng City, who had wielded immense power and committed numerous evils, and even attempted to defy heaven to change his fate, died in such a miserable way, consumed by the backlash of the evil formation he had set up himself.

The hall was extremely quiet.

No one dared to speak loudly.

Everyone looked at the two bodies on the ground—one dead, one severely injured—and felt a wave of intense lingering fear.

If Su Yun hadn't happened to come here today, all hundreds of them would have become stepping stones for Ma Tengfei to extend his life.

Just at this moment, an extremely dense commotion suddenly came from outside the hall.

Bursts of piercing police sirens sounded one after another around the perimeter of Qinglong Villa.

Then, outside the blast-proof rolling shutter door of the banquet hall, which had been completely locked from the inside, came the powerful voice of a police loudspeaker.

"People inside, listen up!"

"We are the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Jiangcheng Municipal Bureau!"

"You have been completely surrounded! Stop all criminal activities immediately!"

The voice coming from the loudspeaker was precisely that of the Criminal Investigation Detachment Captain, Lei Dapao, with his extremely rough and irritable tone.

As the call ended, the piercing sound of a demolition cutting machine started up outside the door.

Strings of bright sparks splashed in through the gaps in the blast-proof door.

The harsh sound of metal grinding echoed through the hall.

The heavy blast-proof rolling door was forcibly cut open by the high-power cutting machine, creating a large hole.

With a muffled "bang," the cut door panel was kicked down by the people outside.

Captain Lei Dapao of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, holding his service weapon, was the first to rush into the banquet hall.

Qin Yumo, wearing a full set of tactical gear, followed closely behind Lei Dapao.

Dozens of fully armed SWAT officers poured into the scene like a tide.

Dark, hollow gun barrels were pointed directly at everyone present.

"Police! Everyone, hands on your heads and squat down!"