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Facing Ji Chuancheng's furious accusations and interrogations, Wu Jiqing was the first to step forward: "Uh... Ji Chuancheng, are you mistaken about something? Ah Jing's death was an accident. He was killed by a sneak attack from a S Mutated Beast. Qin Chu should have verified this, right? That Mutated Beast was just trying to sow discord. How can you believe the enemy's one-sided story?"
Qin Chu's face had already turned pale.
Hearing Wu Jiqing's words, she looked at him in shock and retorted loudly, "Wu Jiqing! I can only confirm that Jing Xia did indeed fight with a S Mutated Beast, and it caused him some serious injuries. But I can't guarantee at all whether that is terrifying... fatal blow was actually caused by the Mutated Beast!"
Jing Xia's fatal injury had directly crushed his skull.
It was as if something had pressed in from both sides of his head that cause his brain to burst out and his skull to shatter, leaving no chance of survival.
The moment Qin Chu saw such a fatal injury, she could feel the overwhelming despair and pain!
What kind of pain must have been to watch your own head being crushed, to feel your eardrums rupture and your brain splatter out!
Wu Jiqing, suddenly rebutted by Qin Chu, felt his face heat up with embarrassment.
Just as he was about to back down, he felt someone gently tug at his sleeve. He turned to see Su Weishang blinking his clear, beautiful cat-like eyes while looking at him pitifully.
That sense of dependence and plea instantly triggered Wu Jiqing's chauvinism.
He stepped forward without hesitation to completely shield Su Weishang, and accused Qin Chu, "Qin Chu, are you suspecting Xiao Shang? Even though Ah Jing did many terrible things to Xiao Shang in the past, Xiao Shang has always been tolerant and never blamed him. How could you think that Xiao Shang killed Ah Jing? You're being completely unreasonable!"
"You!" Qin Chu was so angry she could barely breathe!
Seeing this, Wu Jiqing let out a deep sigh and said, "Ah Jing has been gone for half a year now. How can we, the living, still be fighting among ourselves? We should focus on planning our future path so that he can rest in peace underground."
It was as if Qin Chu was seeing Wu Jiqing for the first time.
Wu Jiqing was the young master of the Wu family. Although not the only son, he had only one elder sister. The Wu family held a significant position in the political arena of City B, but their hands were never clean—something Qin Chu was well aware of.
She had never been particularly close to Wu Jiqing, but the circle was small, and she had watched him grow up.
She never expected that this seemingly righteous and straightforward handsome man was actually such a—
Princeless hypocrite!
A mocking smile curled at the corner of her bright lips as Qin Chu spoke coldly, "Wu Jiqing, I want to ask you a question. Who was it that grew up with you? Who stood by your side and helped you when your sister bullied you? Who defied the Young Master's objections to befriend you and believed you were a good person? And who, even after his death, is still being used by you as a living target under the guise of righteousness?"
Without a pause, Qin Chu delivered her lengthy speech and watched as Wu Jiqing's face paled slightly.
Her fingers tightened slightly before she finally asked the question that had been buried deep in her heart, "Wu Jiqing, I just want to ask you, between a brother you've known for so many years and someone you've only known for a few years, why... didn't you choose him?"
Wu Jiqing's face turned ashen, and he couldn't utter a single word. After a moment, he began to repeat the phrase, "I believe in Xiao Shang", but his tone was weak, as if even he was beginning to doubt himself.
Qin Chu had no interest in looking at this shameless man.
She turned her gaze to Su Weishang, and when she noticed the hidden look of disgust in his eyes, she suddenly found everything laughable. She asked, "Su Weishang, why did you... do that?"
Su Weishang still wore his pitiful expression, "Sister Qin Chu, I really don't understand what you're talking about."
Hearing this, Qin Chu's anger only grew, "Enough, Su Weishang! Since you were young, you've always liked to play the victim in front of everyone and seek their sympathy. Are you still trying to keep up this act now? How can your heart be so malicious? You killed him, and yet you don't feel any guilt at night?"
Su Weishang's lips trembled slightly, but he still looked at Qin Chu with an innocent gaze.
Qin Chu was so furious she couldn't even speak.
No evidence!
And without evidence, she couldn't do anything to this young man!
Even if she and the Young Master believed the words of that Mutated Beast, others would never believe it.
She needed evidence.
Without evidence, they couldn't do anything to Su Weishang.
They could only watch as he continued to roam free and use his innocent facade to play the victim, if only...
"Whoosh—"
A blazing flame suddenly erupted before Qin Chu's eyes, moving so fast it shot directly towards Su Weishang. Even Wu Jiqing, the strongest in S City who was half-blocking him, couldn't react in time and instinctively stepped aside and exposed Su Weishang to the flames.
Su Weishang's delicate and beautiful face quickly flashed with horror, and then, in the blink of an eye, the flames completely vanished.
They disappeared as mysteriously as they had appeared, so quickly it was as if they had never been there.
Qin Chu was momentarily stunned, then quickly turned to Ji Chuancheng, "Young Master, why..."
'Why did you suddenly attack, and why did you suddenly stop?'
These two questions Qin Chu didn't voice.
She looked at Ji Chuancheng's reddened eyes in shock and was unable to believe the calm young man before her.
"What... kind of Special Ability do you possess?!"
Qin Chu asked in confusion, "Young Master?"
Ji Chuancheng seemed to have finally understood something.
He stared at Su Weishang with a gaze full of hatred and resentment, enunciating each word clearly: "It wasn't me who withdrew the flames. It was you... you used some method to make them disappear, didn't you?"
Su Weishang bit his lower lip but remained silent.
Wu Jiqing also looked at the young man behind him with confusion and surprise.
He then reflexively took a few steps to the side, but realizing the awkwardness of his action, he awkwardly stepped back before positioning himself in front of Su Weishang: "Ji Chuancheng, you must be mistaken. Xiao Shang's Wind ability has improved significantly over the past few months, he..."
"Su Weishang!"
A raging fire suddenly erupted and formed a massive ring of flames centered around the four of them.
Wu Jiqing looked around in shock, but before he could speak again, a colossal fire dragon lunged toward his face.
He quickly summoned numerous Ice Walls to block the scorching flames, but as the ice melted, Ji Chuancheng's sudden appearance swiftly dragged him into the battle. Su Weishang, horrified, was about to intervene, but Qin Chu beside him didn't give him the chance.
Wu Jiqing's Ice Ability currently had an Ability Value nearing 1000 that made him arguably the strongest in the world in terms of raw Ability Value. However, the strength of a Special Ability was never the sole determinant of true power.
Ji Chuancheng's Fire Ability only had an Ability Value slightly over 800, but the full force he unleashed now and no longer holding back, made Wu Jiqing feel a sense of despair and impending death!
Years of life-and-death training had already determined that there was a decisive gap in their strength from the very beginning!
Wu Jiqing frantically used his ability to dodge, but in the end, Ji Chuancheng trapped him within a ring of fire and left him unable to move. On the other hand, the battle involving Qin Chu took a more bizarre turn.
Qin Chu's ability was toward healing, but that didn't mean her combat prowess was weak.
With clever use of her ability, combined with her physical skills and fighting strength, she could easily hold her own against Su Weishang, whose ability wasn't particularly strong.
However, Qin Chu now found herself gradually losing the upper hand.
Every time she had the opportunity to defeat him, a strange force would slightly deflect her attacks that allow Su Weishang to escape safely and counterattack. After several such exchanges, Qin Chu began to feel a sense of foreboding: if this continued, she would undoubtedly lose!
Just as she was growing anxious, a wave of heat suddenly surged toward her and neutralized Su Weishang's attack.
What followed was a joint effort between her and Ji Chuancheng before finally striking Su Weishang in the left abdomen and left him clutching his side weakly with his eyes filled with wariness and hatred as he glared at Qin Chu and Ji Chuancheng.
Qin Chu also sustained minor injuries, but after using her ability to heal, she was mostly fine.
Su Weishang's resentful gaze made his handsome face appear somewhat twisted.
He clutched his bleeding wound with difficulty with his eyes like venomous blades and sent a chill down Qin Chu's spine.
The cold wind howled and brushed against the fine gravel on the ground and stirred up waves of dust.
Behind the slender figure of the young man stood the towering and majestic landmark of S City Base.
The white Romanesque arches supported the four-story building, the only structure that remained intact along the Bund after the first enemy attack.
Beside this magnificent and grand building lay rows of ruins.
Here, during the first Beast Tide, the Mutated Beasts launched a surprise attack from the Huangpu River that nearly wiped out all the researchers of S City Base.
Here, almost two years later, humans and Mutated Beasts signed a peace agreement between the races.
And now, Su Weishang's figure appeared particularly small and insignificant against the backdrop of these massive and imposing structures.
His left abdomen was still bleeding profusely, but his eyes were intensely focused on Ji Chuancheng and Qin Chu, filled with hatred and jealousy.
"Heh, do you only know how to bully others with your power?"