CHAPTER 179: CHAPTER 179: I AM THE POWER BEHIND HER

The cold wind was bone-chilling.

Even in Sea City, November brought a certain chill.

The taxi driver glanced at the girl in the rearview mirror.

Coming out of the airport without luggage and heading to a hotel, she wore a cold expression on her face.

A hint of sympathy showed in his eyes.

Trying to ease the tension in the car, he started a conversation: "Miss, where are you from?"

Ji Ning withdrew her gaze from the window and looked at him, "Anhe."

The driver thought for a moment and smiled, "That’s a nice place, nestled by the mountains and water."

"There’s no water."

The smile on the driver’s face froze, and he forced a few awkward laughs, "Is that so? Maybe I remembered wrong. I went there quite a few years ago, and I’ve been to many places since, so my memory’s a bit jumbled..."

"Take the side road at the next intersection."

The driver was startled, immediately turning the steering wheel towards the side.

Luckily, luck was on his side...

When he looked back at the rearview mirror to chat a bit, the girl in the backseat had already closed her eyes.

The driver sheepishly kept quiet, holding onto sympathy for a few more seconds.

Half an hour later, the taxi steadily stopped at the hotel entrance. Ji Ning got out quickly and hurriedly entered the hotel lobby.

Only then did the driver dare to mutter under his breath, "Men just can’t control their lower half, can they? Got caught this time, didn’t he... Sigh..."

Ji Ning had no idea the driver imagined such a scenario. She took out the black card Sun Yazhu gave her, directly requesting Sun Liguo’s room number.

The receptionist swiped the card and saw that the cardholder’s surname was also Sun, so she didn’t hesitate to lead Ji Ning to the top-floor suite.

"Ding—"

As the elevator doors opened, before the receptionist could speak, she felt a gust of wind pass by, and suddenly, the girl beside her vanished.

"La...dy..."

Ji Ning was beyond furious at that moment. Her spiritual power had already detected Ye Tong’s location in the elevator, and she was trying hard to suppress her emotions until the elevator arrived.

In the room, Ethan was tending to Ye Tong’s wounds when his chest inexplicably tightened, a chill climbing up his spine and quickly spreading to his limbs.

He stood up uncomfortably and said to the bodyguards in the room, "Please open a window, the smell in here is unbearable."

The bodyguards exchanged glances, and one of them went to the window, twisted the handle, and just as he opened a crack, a sudden external force flung the window open, followed by a loud crash as glass shattered.

The bodyguard quickly backed away, using his arms to shield himself from the flying glass shards.

The others became instantly alert, reaching for their weapons, but before they could draw them, a sharp pain shot through their arms.

By the time they tried to move, their arms dangled like limp noodles.

"Ah—"

The successive screams startled those outside who were engaged in contentious talk.

Feng Lei’s expression changed, while Sun Liguo, who had been patiently enduring, showed a hint of mockery in his eyes, and in a calm voice he said, "Young Master Feng, the one you’ve been waiting for has arrived?"

Feng Lei paused, forcing a smile, "President Sun, you must be joking, right? But your suite seems a bit restless — what was that noise just now?"

Inside, he was very tense; Sun Liguo, the old fox, was famous for his cunning.

Could it be that he had been preparing his men all along, just waiting to capture them all in one fell swoop?

Miss Ji is strong, but even the toughest fighter can’t beat many hands, can she handle them?

If this old fox also had superpower users with him...

Feng Lei clenched his fist in secret.

Sun Liguo appeared at ease, enjoying watching the prey believe they had escaped the hunter’s trap, unaware the hunter’s gun was aimed at their heart.

"Whether it’s a joke or not, you’ll see soon enough."

By now, the wails inside the room were growing louder...

Feng Shisan was already on edge, his body preparing for battle.

Feng Lei’s face darkened, dropping the pretense, "President Sun, with your influence, you could have any woman you want, there’s no need to trouble a newcomer with no background. She may look good, but there are many more beautiful in the entertainment industry..."

"Do you think I, Sun Liguo, would go to such great lengths just to get a woman?"

Sun Liguo suddenly laughed, his laughter growing louder, which made Feng Lei even more vigilant.

"Then what do you mean by this?"

Sun Liguo gradually stopped laughing, his gaze shifting to the tightly closed door.

"I’m just interested in the person behind her."

"The person behind her?"

Before the words had barely been spoken, there was a loud "bang," and the tightly closed door fell to the ground. A petite figure emerged from the room, carrying a woman taller than herself horizontally.

The woman’s body was covered in blood, her fingers and toes were mangled and bloody.

With every step, a few drops of fresh blood dripped down.

Feng Lei’s pupils narrowed, as if not expecting Ye Tong to be in such a state, he stood up from the sofa in shock.

"How... how is she?"

Ji Ning did not answer, her gaze like that of looking at a dead person, set on Sun Liguo.

"I’m the person behind her. I heard you are interested in me?"

Sun Liguo frowned slightly, seeing only her and Ye Tong coming out from the room, "Who are you?"

"Ji Ning."

Clearly, this wasn’t what Sun Liguo wanted to know.

But Ji Ning didn’t give him another chance to speak, nearly instantly passing Ye Tong into Feng Lei’s arms, and she had already approached Sun Liguo, her blade pointed sharply at his chest.

"Ding—"

The sound of metal colliding came from in front of Sun Liguo.

A square ashtray blocked Ji Ning’s attack.

Ji Ning moved swiftly, spinning around, and sent a silver blade shooting in a certain direction.

The person standing there quickly dodged.

Ji Ning reached again for Sun Liguo.

Sun Liguo was agile, trying to evade quickly as she attacked, but Ji Ning was too fast, in less than a round.

Ji Ning mercilessly kicked and broke Sun Liguo’s ribs, dislocating both his arms, and pressed a foot against his throat. If she exerted force, Sun Liguo would undoubtedly die.

"Stop—"

"Miss, let’s talk this over..."

Everyone in the room from the Sun Family was frightened, the confidant’s eyes wide open, his breathing lightened, shouting for Ji Ning to stop.

The superpower user from the Sun Family in the room originally wanted to continue to control objects to attack Ji Ning, but suddenly realized his body was wrapped in an invisible force, and if he dared to move, the force would rip him apart in an instant.

Ji Ning contemptuously glanced at the people in the room, calmly asking, "Who can tell me what she did for you to treat her this way?"

The confidant swallowed, sweat covering his forehead. He kept signaling to the superpower user who had long protected Sun Liguo, but the man seemed to be frozen, without any movement.

He could only muster the courage to reply, "Miss... that... he’s Miss Yazhu’s uncle. Could you possibly consider Miss Yazhu’s sake..."

"Alright then..."

Ji Ning lifted her foot, and just as the confidant was about to sigh in relief, he saw a dozen silver needles hovering below Ji Ning’s palm, which thrust into Sun Liguo’s fingers and toes with a wave of her hand.

The flipped nails bleeding profusely covered the ground.

Sun Liguo wanted to scream in pain, but his jaw had been dislocated; he couldn’t even make a sound.

He could only curl up in pain, trembling.

The confidant couldn’t bear to watch.

This woman was crazy!

She was definitely insane!!

He struggled to control his fear, shouting loudly, "Miss Ji, we are from the Sun Family in Beijing! Aren’t you afraid of the Sun Family’s wrath for doing this?"