Somewhere in New Spring.A remote, industrial sector on the city jurisdiction. Abandoned buildings, rusting cranes, busted floodlights, and roads riddled with weeds and cracks. But tonight, it pulsed with unnatural activities.The low rumble of armored trucks echoed across the cracked pavement. Military-grade vehicles rolled into place with smooth discipline, SUVs, tanks, black vans without license plates.Special forces in tactical gear poured out by the dozen as they deployed around the perimeter.Drones buzzed quietly overhead. The entire complex was locked down within minutes.On top of one of the tallest buildings, Evelyn Grey stood with her hands folded behind her back, wind tugging at her coat. Her expression was calm but fierce, her eyes focused on the activity below. This wasn’t just another mission. It was personal now.A final blow.Her team of experts had spent the past few hours running satellite sweeps, digging into cryptic military-grade firewalls, and pulling old

Tracey stayed on her knees with tears flowing uncontrollably from her eyes and thousands of questions running through her mind.How did she miss it?How could she not have seen that her useless ex-husband might be a practitioner?It never once crossed her mind, considering he only knew how to pick trash and leech off her family.She felt a devastating pain in her heart seeing that he didn't even spare a glance or worry about her reaction. This was the man who would kneel and beg at her feet whenever she got angry with him.He would even do the dishes and prepare dinner so she wouldn't have to bother whenever she returned from work.William Miller did anything to please her and would even crawl at her feet if she asked him to.Now, he was completely gone.It was as though she no longer existed in his world or that she was a sore to his sight. He didn't even spare her a glance."William..." She wanted to call his name softly when she felt a forceful yank against her throat from behind

William hadn't retracted his palm after controlling the wind and was still aimed in the direction of Tracey, who stood terrified on the spot.If he guessed right, the perpetrator behind the high-powered rifle was an expert mercenary and must have fired three times by now in a way that Tracey would still be hit even if he pushed her back again.Saving her would require him to go all out with his decision and not hesitate for even a quarter of a second.Now that all the spiritual energy of his body had traveled to his palm via several meridian paths, he slightly tilted his hand away from Tracey.What followed was a blast of golden energy from his palm into the open field, distorting the air itself and devouring everything in its path.William Miller's unleashed energy collided with the incoming high-caliber bullets only a few meters from Tracey's position.What followed was a medium-scale explosion that threw her fragile body across the field.It was the aftermath of two high-level mart

William had just stepped out of the hospital exit when he bumped into his ex–mother-in-law, Elizabeth, and her sisters.Unlike the sisters, whose arrogant looks were visible, Elizabeth's face appeared swollen and was covered in thick gauze.The moment they set eyes on William, they froze and demanded instantly, "You! How dare you show your face here? What are you doing here?""How is that your business...?" William's voice was distant, and his gaze fell on Elizabeth's almost unrecognizable face.She was completely embarrassed and snapped at him, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and leave..."He couldn't believe that she would still be arrogant enough to talk this way.It would have been easier to walk away and avoid a verbal conflict with her, but not this time.William had to say, "You still have the guts to come see her..."Natalie stepped forward quickly to scold him. "Tracey is her daughter and our niece. What nonsense are you saying? Don't tell me you are here because of her...

William arrived quite early at Quantumleap the next day and signed off the remaining paperwork regarding the collaboration with the Sinclair shareholding company.Claire received the papers with a bright smile and said, "Boss, the inflow of finance from the Sinclair company has finally stabilized because of our partnership announcement. Now that both parties have signed the contract, the Sinclairs are on their way to becoming the next power-playing family, especially now that the Snow family are no longer in the picture."The Sinclairs of New Spring were always seen as having the potential to become power players, and that was slowly coming into view.Now that the power-playing Snow family had mysteriously vanished without a trace, the power-playing game in this city was about to shift drastically. Many second-rate families and large industrious businesses would fight dirty and claw at any opportunity just to take the Snow family's place as a power player.William didn't mind clearing