Mu Nuxin led Liu Ru into Linglong Apartment.
After taking the invitation, the security guard gave the two young women and the female bodyguard behind them a respectful smile, then led them to the top floor.
Mu Ningwei stood in Mu Nuxin's shadow with Fei Yi. Upon reaching the top floor, he was somewhat surprised by the scene inside.
The sixtieth floor had been converted into an enormous banquet hall and dance floor. In the dimness, dazzling colored lights spun and flashed across the ceiling, adding a feverish air of decadent revelry.
Men and women danced across the floor and clinked glasses at the banquet. It was exceedingly lively.
The handsome bartenders and servers all carried the rotten stench of vampires. Some of the well-dressed young men and women were vampires in essence as well.
Besides them, there were also many ordinary people.
There were mages and regular civilians.
Mu Ningwei even spotted familiar faces.
"Fei Yi, watch over Nuxin."
Fei Yi nodded.
Mu Ningwei traveled in shadow, emerging at the edge of the banquet. He distorted the light falling over this area and approached two women chatting over desserts in a corner.
"Bai Tingting?"
Hearing the familiar voice, the baby-faced and busty Bai Tingting turned around, her expression lighting up with delight.
"Big Brother Mu!"
"Tingting, is this the Big Brother Mu you keep talking about?"
Lu Qingyao studied him curiously. "He really is handsome. No wonder my Tingting can't stop thinking about him."
"Qingyao!"
Bai Tingting grew flustered and shot Mu Ningwei a shy glance. "Big Brother Mu, she's my friend, Lu Qingyao. Don't listen to her nonsense. I only... I only told her a few things about you."
Mu Ningwei nodded in greeting. "Bai Tingting, why are you here?"
Bai Tingting looked surprised. "Huh? Wasn't Big Brother Mu invited by the Lu Family?"
"This is a welcome party the Lu Family prepared for a foreign tycoon, Robert, who came to Magic City to invest. Many major businessmen are attending."
"Qingyao invited me, so I came on behalf of the Bai Family to make an appearance. Dongfang Lie from the Dongfang Family is here too."
"I think I saw Mu Nuxin earlier. Your Mu Clan should have received an invitation as well. Didn't Big Brother Mu come with Mu Nuxin?"
At that, Mu Ningwei looked at Lu Qingyao. "Who asked you to invite Bai Tingting?"
Bai Tingting looked confused. "Big Brother Mu?"
Lu Qingyao wrinkled her nose and hesitated for a moment.
Although the question was rather impolite, perhaps because Mu Ningwei was indeed handsome, Lu Qingyao did not feel offended and answered.
"The family head told me that Mr. Robert hoped the important members of the younger generation from the Bai Family would come show their support."
Bai Tingting was taken aback. "Mr. Robert specifically requested that I be invited?"
After the training in the desolate city, Bai Tingting had brought enormous benefits to the Bai Family, and she had instantly become one of the most important figures among her peers.
Lu Qingyao nodded and asked in confusion, "Is there a problem?"
Bai Tingting blinked. "Yeah, Big Brother Mu, is there a problem?"
Mu Ningwei shook his head slightly. "It seems their appetite is even greater than I imagined."
The banquet was in full swing.
Robert stood on the rooftop, gazing down at Magic City's forest of steel.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Hong Shibin, a vampire count and a refined Asian man with long hair, asked.
Robert sneered. "You're afraid?"
Hong Shibin sighed softly. "Controlling the major figures in Magic City's business world, then taking control of important members of the Bai Family, Mu Clan, and Dongfang Family... I can't believe you dare do something like this."
Robert burst into laughter. "The Lu Family invited me here because they wanted my help securing their footing. But what treasures could a noble family that has been bled dry possibly have left that would interest me, apart from a little strength?"
"They can't satisfy my appetite."
Hong Shibin said, "So you're making a move against the businessmen."
Robert nodded. "Once this succeeds, the Lu Family will be completely dragged into the mud by us. They won't be able to wash themselves clean. They'll have no choice but to help me withstand pressure from Magic City's major powers and follow me down this dark path to the end."
"And with Bai Tingting, Mu Nuxin, and Dongfang Lie in my grasp, the other three great families won't dare act rashly."
"Once I've made enough money, I'll return to Europe immediately. What do I care whether the Lu Family lives or dies?"
Hong Shibin was somewhat worried. "You shouldn't have touched Mu Nuxin. That will bring Fei Yi down on us. And that Holy Knight of Eternal Night, Mu Ningwei."
Robert snorted. "Always looking forward and backward, timid as a mouse! If Mu Ningwei hadn't taken Mu Nujiao away, both sisters would have been my targets!"
"If we don't seize important members, what can we use to restrain them?"
"Fei Yi has truly regressed with age. I can understand her being captured alive by Mu Ningwei once. After all, humans occasionally produce a few special existences, like that Qin Yuer from some time ago."
"But she actually went to rely on Mu Ningwei. How laughable. Once Mu Ningwei dies of old age, she'll fall into slumber. Then she can wait for me to find and eat her."
Hong Shibin was deeply concerned. "But Fei Yi's attitude proves even more that we shouldn't provoke Mu Ningwei."
"Idiot."
Robert cursed, "I heard in Europe that Mu Ningwei is fiercely protective of his own. Do you think kidnapping other members of the Mu Clan means we aren't provoking him?"
Hong Shibin said, "But Mu Ningwei and Fei Yi have already returned. What if they saw through our plan and are lying in ambush outside Linglong Apartment?"
Robert looked astonished. "So what if they are? So many important people have been invited to the banquet, and so many people live in the apartment. Who would dare make a move here?"
"Even casting an intermediate spell could kill someone important to one of them. They'll be forced to hold back."
"Even if a Peak Tier came, they wouldn't dare act inside Linglong Apartment. They could only watch our plan succeed."
Hong Shibin said, "What if the person who comes is powerful and possesses a Light-element Heavenly Seed? What if they can deal with us without harming anyone else?"
Robert was speechless. "Why not say a Light-element Forbidden Curse will show up? We're monarchs, and we have so many hostages. I truly don't understand what you're afraid of."
"Forget it. I can't be bothered arguing with you. Move already."
"Control these businessmen. While the Lu Family can still withstand the pressure, take as much as we can. We need to make at least tens or hundreds of billions before leaving."
Hong Shibin took a deep breath and arrived at the banquet dance floor on the sixtieth floor with Robert.
As the star of the banquet, Robert's appearance immediately drew everyone's attention.
The crowd cheered and surrounded Robert as they ushered him onto the central stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have something important to announce today!"
Robert raised both arms and shouted beneath the colored lights. "You lowly, short-lived creatures, this marquis will become the master of every one of you! Are you happy? Cheer!"
The lively banquet came to an abrupt halt.
Riiip! Riiip! Riiip!
The servers and guards bared their pale fangs. Claws grew from their fingers, and their blood-red eyes greedily stared at the terrified prey beside them.
In mere moments, they transformed from well-dressed humans into savage, hideous beasts.
"Aaaaahhh!"
The crowd panicked.
Some of the mages present had only just begun to draw their spells in retaliation when the laughing vampires knocked them unconscious.
Mages with fragile bodies were this vulnerable once monsters closed in on them.
Even mages who deployed Armor Magic Tools merely lasted a little longer against the vampires.
Hong Shibin, a monarch, personally made his move, instantly dealing with all the Lu Family elders present.
As for the businessmen and bodyguards, who were at most high-level mages, they could not even escape before the grinning vampires seized them and dragged them back.
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