When I'm pissed, I don't care whether you're a man or a woman!

The good mood brought by the B+ rating and generous reward lasted into the second day.

As agreed, Luo Li arrived at the meeting place with Lu Jingheng in the afternoon—a temporary guild supply point located on the edge of the western safe zone of the city.

Lu Jingheng was still in a wheelchair, being pushed by a guild support staff member. Upon seeing Luo Li, he gave a gentle smile, "Mr. Luo Li, thank you for making this trip."

"It's alright, let's go."

Luo Li nodded, her gaze sweeping over her surroundings.

As Lu Jingheng had said, the outer perimeter of the Withered Bone Forest was indeed desolate, but the energy reaction was weak, with only some sporadic fluctuations around level D.

The two walked one after the other in the direction Lu Jingheng had indicated.

Sitting in his wheelchair, Lu Jingheng pointed to the distant hills and sparse, withered trees, describing the route the exploration team had taken and the approximate location of the attack.

His narration remained clear and logical, displaying the rigor characteristic of a researcher.

As Luo Li listened, she remained vigilant, her [Remembrance Perception] silently covering a radius of several hundred meters around her, but she did not detect anything unusual.

Apart from the sound of the wind and the occasional snapping of a dry branch, there was only deathly silence.

It seems... he really just came to point out locations?

Just as Luo Li Li's doubts subsided slightly --

"Buzz!"

A powerful, sharp, and malicious energy surge erupted without warning from the withered trees to the side!

Immediately afterwards, a blazing line of fire, like a venomous snake, tore through the air, carrying an intense heat. It didn't shoot towards Luo Li or Lu Jingheng, but instead blasted straight at the ground less than a meter in front of Lu Jingheng's wheelchair!

Boom!

A small, charred crater was blasted into the ground, sending debris and dust flying. The powerful shockwave caused Lu Jingheng's wheelchair to lurch violently, his face paling as he instinctively gripped the armrests.

"Who?!"

Luo Li's eyes turned cold instantly. She stepped forward, blocking Lu Jingheng's wheelchair behind her, and her sharp gaze shot towards the direction from which the fire was coming.

"Oops~ Sorry~ My hand slipped~"

A delicate, yet obviously affected and Pride female voice came from behind the dead trees.

With the sound of rustling footsteps, three figures emerged.

Leading the group was a teenage girl dressed in an expensive, well-tailored pink combat suit. She wore exquisite makeup, toyed with a leaping orange flame in her hand, and wore an undisguised contemptuous smile.

Behind her were two male ability users dressed in standard guild uniforms. Their auras were not weak, both around C+ level, but at this moment they were like lackeys, with their heads down, looking like they dared not speak out against their anger.

Luo Li's gaze swept over the badge on the girl's chest, which indicated she was a B-level ability user, and then looked at the two team members behind her who were clearly her guards. He understood immediately.

Another "young lady" who relies on her family background and talent to cause trouble.

"Hey! Which team are you from? Can't you see there are people here? What if you hurt someone by randomly using your powers?"

Before Luo Li could speak, the logistics staff pushing Lu Jingheng couldn't help but scold him.

"Did anyone get hurt?"

The girl in pink chuckled and casually flicked her fingernails, flames dancing at her fingertips.

"Who got hurt? That useless guy in the wheelchair? Or you, the one who can only push a cart?"

Her gaze swept over Luo Li, lingering for a moment on his handsome face. A strange light flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by greater Pride: "And who are you? You look unfamiliar. I'm on a 'cleanup mission,' this area is temporarily sealed off. All irrelevant people, get out of here!"

Her tone was condescending, as if this land were her backyard.

Lu Jingheng gently tugged at Luo Li's sleeve and whispered, "Mr. Luo Li, let's go in another direction."

He clearly didn't want to cause trouble.

But Luo Li's temper wasn't that good.

He was in a good mood, but this inexplicable fireball and the woman's rude attitude instantly ruined it.

"On a mission?" Luo Li sneered, pointing to the charred crater on the ground.

"Shooting fireballs at the ground and ordinary people, is this how you carry out missions? When did the guild start teaching such 'unique' methods?"

The girl in pink was taken aback by Luo Li's retort, her pretty face instantly darkening. "Who do you think you are? How dare you question me? Do you even know who I am?"

I don't care who you are.

Luo Li's tone was indifferent, but her eyes were cold.

"When I get angry, I don't care if you're a man or a woman! You have three seconds to apologize, then get lost."

"Apologize? Me Murong Xue, apologize to you lowly commoners? Dream on!"

The girl who called herself Murong Xue seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. She was so angry that her chest heaved and the flames in her hands burned even brighter.

"Do you even know who my dad is? Believe me, I can make sure you can't stay in Jiangcheng with just one word!"

It's that line again... Luo Li is so tired of hearing it.

He couldn't be bothered to waste any more words on this spoiled brat.

"Three."

He started counting down.

"You!" Murong Xue didn't expect the other party to be completely unmoved by her act and instead start counting down, which made her feel humiliated.

"Two." Luo Li's eyes grew colder and colder.

"Miss... how about..."

One of the guards behind her couldn't help but whisper a word of advice; he could sense the menacing aura emanating from Luo Li.

"Shut up!"

Murong Xue was in a fit of anger and wouldn't listen to anything.

"One."

Luo Li has finished counting down.

Instead of apologizing, Murong Xue became enraged and shoved the fireball in her hand at Luo Li, screaming, "You're asking for it! Teach him a lesson!"

The fireball was several times more powerful than the previous probing attack, and it rushed towards us with a scorching wave of heat.

"Stubborn and incorrigible."

A cold glint flashed in Luo Li's eyes, without even using Enma or the [Spacetime] ability.

He simply turned to the side, dodging the core trajectory of the fireball, while his right hand shot out with lightning speed!

It wasn't a block, it wasn't a counterattack.

But in the instant the fireball grazed past him, his palm seemed to pierce through an invisible barrier, striking with unparalleled precision and absolute certainty—

The slap landed on Murong Xue's exquisitely made-up face...

Snap--!!!

A crisp, resounding slap echoed clearly on the outskirts of the desolate Withered Bone Forest.

Murong Xue's face was jerked to one side by the force of the blow, her carefully styled hair was disheveled, and a clear red five-finger mark instantly appeared on her face.

She was completely stunned.

The flame in his hand went out instantly.

Her eyes widened as she covered her burning cheek, staring at Luo Li in disbelief.

He... he actually...

You dare hit her?!

Her parents never hit her!!

From childhood to adulthood, everyone has doted on her. Who would dare to lay a finger on her?!

"You... you actually dared to..."

Murong Xue's voice trembled with extreme shock and anger. She pointed at Luo Li and stammered for a long time, but couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

The two guards behind her were also completely dumbfounded, standing there frozen, at a loss for what to do.

They were ordered to protect the young lady, but they also knew her temperament, and they never expected that someone would actually dare to lay a hand on the young lady of the Murong Family.

Even Lu Jingheng, sitting in his wheelchair, showed a very subtle hint of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and simply watched silently.

Luo Li shook her hand as if she had merely swatted a pesky mosquito, and looked coldly at the stunned Murong Xue: "This slap is called the ' Personality Repair Palm '."

"Wake up from your arrogant princess syndrome."

"If you dare to spew nonsense and lay a hand on me again, next time it won't be as simple as a slap."

Murong Xue covered her face, feeling the stinging humiliation. Her blood seemed to rush to her head, and her whole face turned bright red.

Utter disgrace!

This is an utter disgrace!

She stared intently at Luo Li, and in her bloodshot eyes, filled with rage, besides the overwhelming fury, there was also a strange, extremely subtle tremor that even she herself was unaware of.

From childhood to adulthood, everyone either feared her, tried to please her, or avoided her.

No one had ever dared to resist her so directly, so brutally, so mercilessly, or even to teach her a lesson.

This behavior, which was completely beyond her comprehension, was like a boulder thrown into the stagnant, Pride lake of her heart, stirring up unprecedented waves of chaos.

Anger is the dominant theme.

But beneath that anger, a faint yet stubborn seedling called "interest" and "desire to conquer" is quietly breaking through the soil.

Of course, at this moment, the immense humiliation of being publicly humiliated completely overwhelmed her.

"You... you just wait!"

Murong Xue spat out these words through clenched teeth, her voice distorted with extreme rage. "I, Murong Xue, swear! I will make you pay! I will make you kneel before me and beg for mercy!"

She screamed the words almost hysterically, then whirled around and yelled at the two still-standing guards, "Useless trash! What are you standing there for! Get out of here!"

She covered her face and, without looking back, practically fled towards the expensive-looking private armored SUV parked not far away.

The two guards snapped out of their daze and hurriedly followed.

The engine roared, the SUV kicked up a cloud of dust, and disappeared in a sorry state at the edge of the Withered Bone Forest.

Only Luo Li, Lu Jingheng, and the dumbfounded logistics staff remained at the scene.

"... Mr. Luo Li, you..."

The logistics staff swallowed hard, looking at Luo Li with eyes full of admiration and... worry.

"You might be in big trouble... That Murong Xue is from the Murong Family... Her father is Murong Feng, a guild director..."

"A board member?" Luo Li raised an eyebrow, casually brushing the dust off her hands.

"Just because a director's daughter can throw fireballs at people and spew filth at them?"

He looked at Lu Jingheng: "Have you identified the location fairly well?"

Lu Jingheng gave Luo Li a deep look, nodded, and said in a gentle tone, "Yes, it's ready."

His gaze lingered briefly on the hand that Luo Li had just used to slap her, then looked away as if nothing had happened.

"Okay, let's go back then." Luo Li shrugged indifferently.

trouble?

Luo Li is least afraid of trouble.

She's just a spoiled princess; hitting her is no big deal.

If that Murong dares to cause trouble without any explanation... he wouldn't mind letting him taste the "Personality Repair Palm" too.

The point of having power is so that when you encounter an idiot like this, you don't have to swallow your anger and can just slap them across the face, right?

He turned around with a cheerful expression, pushed Lu Jingheng's wheelchair, and headed towards the supply point.

As for Murong Xue's vicious vow and possible revenge...

Luo Li's lips curled into a disdainful smile.

Bring it on!

He wanted to see who could make him kneel and beg for mercy.

(PS: I had some great inspiration today. I guess getting a good night's sleep is really important; my mind is much clearer now.)