Offending the Grand Duke

Just then.

Shen Huaiyue seemed to have made up her mind.

"Su Luo, can you take us out of the city to hunt Exotic Beasts?"

"Us? Who?" Shen Huaiyu asked, looking around blankly.

"You want to gain some practical combat experience?" Su Luo asked.

"That's right, practical combat is the fastest way to improve strength," Shen Huaiyue nodded.

"Okay, this Saturday morning at seven o'clock, meet at the city gate," Su Luo replied.

"Sis, I don't think I should go. I can only heal and have no combat ability at all. I'll just be a burden if I go, what do you think?" Shen Huaiyu looked at Shen Huaiyue hopefully.

Shen Huaiyue's cold eyes swept over her upon hearing this.

"Dream on, you must go! No discussion!"

Shen Huaiyu slumped like a deflated balloon upon hearing this.

She raised her eyes pleadingly towards Su Luo.

Su Luo dodged her gaze, pretending not to see.

Seeing this situation.

Shen Huaiyu pouted.

She looked back and forth between Su Luo and Shen Huaiyue unhappily.

"A wife sings, and the husband follows," she muttered.

Shen Huaiyue was very close to Shen Huaiyu and naturally heard her whisper.

She raised her hand and slapped Shen Huaiyu on the back of the head.

"Little girl, don't talk nonsense."

"Huh? Talk about what?" Su Luo asked, confused.

Shen Huaiyue quickly and flusteredly covered Shen Huaiyu's leaky mouth.

She smiled at Su Luo.

"Ah... nothing."

"Su Luo, you can go if you're done."

Su Luo frowned and scanned the suspicious sisters.

They were definitely hiding something from him, but if they didn't want to say, then so be it.

"Alright, I'll leave first, see you tomorrow."

Shen Huaiyue breathed a sigh of relief when Su Luo left.

Then, with a murderous look, she turned her head to glare at Shen Huaiyu.

Seeing the danger, Shen Huaiyu immediately took to her heels and ran.

She dashed back to her room and locked the door from the inside.

Shen Huaiyue saw that her sister knew to be afraid.

She snorted coldly.

She turned and went back to her own room.

Inside Tianshui City Hospital.

Su Xiong sat quietly by Su Ming's hospital bed.

His eyes were vacant, his hair messy, and his beard unkempt.

His clothes hadn't been changed for who knows how many days and smelled sour.

A cigarette, almost burnt out, was held in his right hand.

His overall haggard appearance reflected how difficult his days had been.

His son, whom he was proud of, Su Ming.

Had been reduced to this state by his other son, whom he didn't think highly of.

He was paralyzed in bed all day, in a semi-comatose state.

Sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious.

And his wife, Pan Yun.

Disgusted with his uselessness, she had gone to the school to find Su Luo behind his back.

Planning to make Su Luo pay money.

She had her facial bones shattered by a slap from Su Luo.

swollen like a pig's head.

Although it wasn't a fatal injury.

For a woman, disfigurement was the cruelest punishment.

It would require a large sum of money for facial reconstructive surgery to recover.

Su Xiong's company.

For some reason, the upper management suddenly arranged.

An emergency layoff of one employee was needed.

Su Xiong was the one who hit the jackpot.

No reason, no rhyme.

They just had to lay off Su Xiong.

Enraged, Su Xiong threw a tantrum at the company, smashing many expensive pieces of equipment.

They were originally going to pay Su Xiong severance compensation.

Now, there was no need to pay.

To compensate for the losses Su Xiong caused the company.

Su Xiong's severance pay would be considered payment for damages.

The events of these past few days.

Had directly sent his entire family into an abyss, with no hope of recovery.

Su Xiong even began to think he had offended Tai Sui.

Otherwise, why would he be so unlucky?

Just then.

A nurse walked in.

"Family member of patient bed 95, Su Xiong."

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"You've been owing medical fees for a week."

"If you don't pay, we'll have to stop your medication."

"You have two days to pay in full."

The nurse left the ward after speaking.

Leaving Su Xiong sitting by the hospital bed, completely bewildered.

What was going on?

He had clearly given the money to Pan Yun to pay the fees.

Why did the nurse say they hadn't paid.

He immediately took out his phone.

And called Pan Yun, intending to ask what was going on.

Ring~ Click.

It was connected.

"Hello, Pan Yun, the money I gave you to pay the medical fees, did you pay it?"

Pan Yun was startled by Su Xiong's abrupt question.

She seemed a bit flustered.

After a moment of thought.

She calmly replied, "I paid it a long time ago. The hospital must have made a mistake. Ask them to check again."

"Oh, okay, then it must be the hospital's mistake." Su Xiong said and hung up the phone.

He then got up and left the ward.

To find the nurses and ask them to check again.

Time blinked and it was Saturday morning.

The two Shen sisters had both advanced to Transcendent Tier 1.

They entered the Tiger Roar Mountain Range together with Su Luo.

Su Luo currently looked down on Tier 1 Beasts.

He could defeat them in one move, with no challenge at all.

But Tier 1 Beasts were excellent practice tools for the two Shen sisters.

They lacked practical combat experience.

Even with the strength of a Transcendent Tier 1, it's possible to be killed by an Exotic Beast.

Along the way, whenever they encountered an Exotic Beast.

Shen Huaiyue took the lead in attacking, while Shen Huaiyu provided sustained support for her older sister.

The two of them worked together.

Achieving an effect greater than one plus one.

They had agreed beforehand.

Su Luo would be responsible for protecting the two of them.

The Crystal Cores they hunted would be split between Su Luo and them, eight-two.

Of course, Su Luo got the eight, and they got the two.

Su Luo stood on high ground, observing the battle between the two sisters.

And also scanning the surroundings for any Tier 2 Beasts.

He currently needed two more Tier 2 Crystal Cores to upgrade the Devil Fruit Tree to a D-rank ability.

Once it became a D-rank ability, he could continue to obtain Devil Fruits.

Currently, all three Devil Fruits were Paramecia-type Devil Fruits.

It would be great if a Logia-type Devil Fruit appeared.

Thunder, sparkle, freeze, magma, flame, poison, storm, any of them would do, he wasn't picky.

As long as it wasn't smoke.

While Su Luo was lost in thought, the battle below was nearing its end.

Shen Huaiyue stared at the several Exotic Beasts in front of her.

Panting heavily, she shouted:

"Huaiyu! Heal me!"

Shen Huaiyu raised her hand and sent out a healing wave, providing Shen Huaiyue with a large amount of recovery.

Shen Huaiyue's breathing immediately calmed down significantly.

The fatigue in her body also vanished.

"Storm Dance!"

Several violent tornadoes instantly surrounded the Exotic Beasts.

The tornadoes were filled with many Wind Blades.

This made the tornadoes act like a meat grinder.

Grinding the Exotic Beasts until they were covered in blood and collapsed weakly.

Shen Huaiyue stepped forward and extracted their spoils of war.

A total of three Level 1 Crystal Cores were obtained.

Just then.

Rumbling sounds suddenly came from a distance.

Boom, boom!

The Shen sisters looked in the direction of the sound, confused.

Su Luo, standing on a tree branch, narrowed his eyes.

Watching the trees in the distance gradually collapse.

It was clear that a colossal creature was charging towards them.

Su Luo leaped down from the tall tree and looked at the two sisters.

"Huaiyue, Huaiyu, you two, retreat quickly, I'll deal with it!"

The two sisters exchanged glances.

They chose to follow Su Luo's advice.

They also wanted to see Su Luo's true strength.

With a light leap, they jumped onto the large tree behind them.

Boom, boom!