Leonard Newman gestured excitedly, while Jude Morvek leapt forward, and the two immediately began sparring.“Take this punch!”Leonard sidestepped with ease. “Child’s play. I’ve improved too—now try mine!”Their fists flew as though newly forged, each eager to outdo the other.Adrian shook his head with a sigh. Truly… childish at heart.“That’s enough. Hurry up and get going.”Leonard ran a hand through his red hair. “Got it!”Once they left, the noisy scene finally settled into quiet.Adrian walked over to Director Grant. “Director Grant, rest assured—this won’t happen again.”Director Grant nodded with tears in his eyes, emotion overflowing.“Mr. Doyle, thank you so much. Without you, we would have returned empty-handed.”Adrian smiled and saw the group from the welfare home off.Tabitha Grant clapped her hands, admiration clear in her voice.“Adrian, you really do manage to surprise me every time.”Adrian tilted his head. “Oh? And what do you think now?”Tabitha pretended to ponder

Adrian stepped out of the protective barrier without hesitation. The moment he emerged, the three men lunged at him.A chilling killing intent erupted. Their eyes burned with focus, while Adrian regarded them with a faint, almost amused smile. Along with them surged countless black spirits.Yet Adrian’s attention was no longer on the spirits, nor on the two flanking figures—his gaze locked solely onto the elder in the center. Raising his fist, he shouted:“Heavenly Dragon Palm!”A thunderous dragon’s roar split the air as Adrian’s strike tore forward with devastating force. His punch manifested into a translucent palm, fingers pressed together as it crashed down.Sensing the power of the attack, the three men hastily retreated.The elder hurled his staff forward, but before it could reach Adrian, it was repelled by an invisible barrier and snapped back into his grasp.The ground before them, however, was blasted into a deep crater.The elder’s expression darkened, his gaze sharp and p

Daisy didn’t dwell on the fact that he had killed them. She had witnessed everything with her own eyes—if Adrian hadn’t acted, he would have been the one lying dead.“But what if their sect comes after you for revenge?”Adrian spread his hands and shrugged, lips curling in indifference.“Then let them come. What else can I do?”“Don’t worry about it. Whoever shows up, I’ll deal with them. None of them are a match for me. And if they all come at once, I’ll wipe them out entirely.”“It’s not like I went looking for trouble. Can’t blame me for that.”Adrian spoke with startling ease. Octavia immediately nodded in agreement.“Exactly, exactly! Big Brother Adrian is so strong—he’ll take them all down!”Daisy shook her head. She wasn’t entirely reassured, but seeing Adrian and Octavia so at ease did ease her mind, if only a little.If they believed it wasn’t a serious problem, then all she could do was hope it truly wasn’t.Fortunately, they were only about a ten-minute drive from the Hill

“Mr. Doyle, Miss Daisy, I’ll get back to work now.”With a polite smile, Vermilion Bird turned and resumed directing the movers.Adrian spread his hands, while Daisy arched a brow.“Seems your senior sister doesn’t quite trust me?”Adrian quickly shook his head. “How could that be? My senior sister likes you very much.”“Besides, even though she may not look approachable, she’s actually very easy to get along with. Don’t worry.”Daisy glanced at the workers bustling back and forth. “It’s nothing serious. At worst, I’ll just be a bit more mindful in the future.”Adrian reached out, ruffling her hair before lightly pinching her cheek.Daisy’s face flushed instantly, her gaze darting toward Octavia, who stood beside her.Octavia immediately covered her eyes, though she left a gap between her fingers.“I didn’t see anything—I saw nothing at all!”The smile tugging at her lips, however, betrayed her completely.The three of them returned to the villa, preparing to tidy up and head to the c

The tall man who had stepped down from the helicopter casually patted the sniper standing beside it on the shoulder.“Tower, I didn’t expect even you to miss. I thought you’d finish him in a single shot and save us the trouble.”Tower shrugged his hand off at once, shooting him a sidelong glare.The man only shrugged. “I’m just stating facts. The legendary sharpshooter who never misses—guess that reputation ends here, huh?”Tower let out a cold snort, his eyes fixed on Adrian with unmistakable caution.“If I couldn’t hit him, it might not be a matter of skill. I have a feeling… even if I had, it wouldn’t have hurt him.”The others paid no attention to his words, dismissing them as excuses from someone unwilling to admit failure.They turned their gaze back to Adrian, their expressions indifferent, as though he were already a dead man.After confirming there were only five of them, Adrian felt a flicker of disappointment.He had expected a larger crowd, given the commotion he had stirr