Adding Fuel to the Fire

Before Meng Chao could squeeze into the crowd, he heard the two sides hurling insults at each other.

The Transcendents who had just taken part in the brawl, though firmly restrained by companions who could still keep their heads for the moment,

could not have their mouths stopped.

Among them, the Transcendents from Cosmos Group had especially grating voices, like the harsh quacking of drakes.

"Cosmos Group..."

Meng Chao frowned deeply.

Dragon City had two major mining corporations: Qingtian Corporation and Cosmos Group.

Qingtian Corporation had risen through advanced mining technology and by being the first to discover dozens of strategic Crystal Veins.

Its founder, Lü Zhongqi, had been the founder of Dragon City's crystal mining and refining system.

Qingtian Corporation had a long history and deep foundations, and accordingly placed greater emphasis on cultivating its corporate image.

The Lü family, one of the Nine Great Families, was likewise famed for its strict family traditions.

Even the famous slogans that resounded throughout Dragon City—"Transcendents are the battle blades of human civilization, and the blood of the strong must flow for the weak"—had first been shouted by Qingtian Corporation's public relations department.

Later, Qingtian Corporation had even wanted to package Lü Siya, the outstanding member of the Lü family's third generation known as the "Queen Bee," as the "Most Beautiful Transcendent."

Never mind how much sincerity those slogans and that packaging truly contained.

At the very least, they showed that Qingtian Corporation cared somewhat about rules and about not looking too ugly while eating.

Cosmos Group, locked in a head-to-head rivalry with Qingtian Corporation, had an entirely different style.

In a word, it perfectly matched the public's stereotype of a "nouveau riche mining company."

Cosmos Group had expanded rapidly only by licking blood from knife edges time and again during Dragon