Chapter 999: Chapter 986 Fight All the Way Through Chapter 999: Chapter 986 Fight All the Way Through Boom!

The overwhelming qi struck Aux like a giant wave crashing over the sea, pressing his already deforming body harshly into the wall.

“Jelos, how dare you hit me? I am your father, how could you treat me like this?” Aux, whose entire body was embedded in the wall, yelled in anger, utterly shocked that his “talentless” son would dare to treat him this way.

Muria stood up, ignoring the female secretary who shrank in terror to one side, and floated lightly towards Aux, who was attempting to extricate himself from the wall, staring at him with eyes that had been completely whited out by qi.

“You have ten seconds to put on your star armor!”

“What are you trying to do? Jelos, I’m warning you, I am your father; how do you think the clan will view this? Do you still want to be a part of the Douglas family?”

Looking at Aux, who was putting up a brave front despite his fear, Muria’s face showed no expression. In fact, if it weren’t for the Douglas family’s sake, he would have killed his reincarnated father the moment he started talking.

Being part of the order faction means adhering to certain rules. Because of Aux’s actions, he was utterly reprehensible, so Muria was entitled to vent his anger on him.

But if he were to kill Aux outright, the nature of the act would change completely; patricide was a taboo. Once Muria did such a thing, it would shatter his reputation within the clan.

“You should feel lucky.” Muria uttered his last words, then clenched his fist at his waist, as qi visibly gathered around his fist, emitting a soft white glow.

“You…” Feeling the terrifying fluctuations coming from Muria’s fist, Aux’s face turned pale, and he quickly activated his portable star armor to arm himself. Technically, he didn’t qualify for this set of star armor, but he had benefited from Daisy’s influence.

Boom!

As soon as he saw Aux don a set of exceptionally thick-looking star armor, Muria didn’t hesitate and threw a punch directly at his abdomen.

The moment his fist landed on Aux’s abdomen, a fine, spiderweb-like crack formed under the blow, and then white light began to emerge from the cracks.

This white light, starting from where Muria’s punch had hit, spread quickly across Aux’s entire body, tearing apart his star armor.

At the same time, the full force of Muria’s punch in his abdomen burst forth, bending Aux’s body into a V shape as he was sent flying backward, smashing through several walls before flying out of the building and crashing to the ground.

Through the several gaping holes now in front of him, Muria felt his thoughts clear and his mood somewhat lifted after delivering that punch as he could see the sky outside.

He glanced at the female secretary who had accompanied Aux and was trembling beside him, frowning, “What are you still doing here?”

“Young Master Jelos, I’ll leave right away.” The female secretary was overjoyed and hurriedly stumbled out.

…

“Miss Desley, just confirmed the news, your father went to see Young Master Jelos but was beaten by him for some reason and flung out of his residence. He’s now in the intensive care unit of the hospital, barely clinging to life.”

“I see.” A flash of divine light crossed Daisy’s eyes as she instantly understood Aux’s original intention, “How bad are his injuries, to what degree?”

“I heard it’s very severe. Not a single bone in his body is intact, his internal organs are damaged to varying degrees, and strangely, he’s still alive despite this. He’s expected to be resuscitated if there are no complications.”

“What a pity.” Hearing this news, Daisy sighed with some regret.

…

“Have you heard about what just happened? A son hitting his father, hey, that’s quite rare.”

“You’re talking about Jelos and Aux, right? I’m really not surprised to hear that Aux got beaten up.”

“It’s entirely self-inflicted. I already understand the rough details. He wanted his abandoned elder son, Jeks, to be a stepping stone for his daughter Desley, asking Jelos to lose to Desley on purpose in a match three days from now, thereby boosting her rating and prestige.”

“Hah, do they think we’re fools to be deceived? That us old guys can’t see?” An elderly butler with graying hair chuckled coldly.

“The clan’s elders even received a denunciation from his daughter, accusing him of deliberately stirring up and damaging relationships within the clan and undermining unity.”

“Really?”

“Why would I make up such false news to fool you?”

“Well, in that case, Aux is quite the talent, isn’t he? His son strikes him, his daughter reports him—he hasn’t maintained a good relationship with either.

“His self-interest is too great. In his values, only he is the most important; everything else is just a tool to be used.”

“Fortunately, I took Desley here right after she was born. If Aux, the ‘talent,’ had raised her himself, who knows what she would’ve turned into.”

“Enough chitchat, let’s discuss how to deal with this issue.”

“So we are to deal with it? It seems the clan doesn’t want to punish Jelos and Daisy, these half-siblings anymore.”

“Why punish them? They haven’t done anything wrong. It’s Aux, that guy whose head is filled with nothing but profit, who is mistaken,” the butler Paris interjected.

Within the Douglas family, any member with a Star talent below 60% was considered a waste, and such individuals had no right to proclaim their surname.

The Douglas family treated these members like pigs, responsible only for eating and proliferating the family bloodline, free from any other concerns. Thus, these members were managed collectively by butlers dedicated to serving the Douglas Clan.

“His handling of his children’s relationship was utterly dismal. His presence within the clan is an eyesore. Just send him off to some remote city!”

“Agreed, he can take his family with him.”

“Pair them up, by all means, but keep an eye on whom he’s formed relationships with. First, we had the freak Jelos, followed by the genius Daisy. Though he’s unremarkable in other areas, he’s still useful to the clan when it comes to having children.”

“Cough, I think all this presupposes that Aux will wake up,” said an old butler as he coughed and glanced at his communicator.

“What? I heard he wasn’t dead when they took him to the hospital. He should have been saved by now.”

“He was saved, and his life was preserved, but the problem is he still hasn’t opened his eyes. According to the doctors’ assessment, he is very likely to spend the rest of his life bedridden.”

“A vegetable? Tsk, might as well have killed him with a single punch.”

“Dead and not dead are completely different things. His current state is actually quite convenient.”

“Hey, you’re all missing the point here. I want to know whether this result was deliberately caused by Jelos. If it was, that’s quite astonishing.”

“Based on our assessment, there’s an 87% chance that he engineered this outcome on purpose.”

“That temperament…”

“It’s understandable. After all, aside from their blood ties, those two have no other emotional bonds to constrain them. The fact that he didn’t kill him outright is already giving a lot of face.”

“Well, if that’s the case, let’s maintain the status quo and also limit the spread of information.”

“Hmm!”

…

“Young Master, many people in the manor are saying that you will have a battle with your sister in three days.”

“Hmm!” Muria responded affirmatively, indicating that he was aware.

“Damn it, Young Master, it must be your father’s arrangement. He deserves what you did to him, leaving him bedridden.” The little male servant grumbled indignantly nearby, the one who felt the angriest towards Aux.

“It’s not necessarily him; it could be others in the clan fanning the flames.” Muria shook his head. He knew when he agreed to come to the Capital at Susanna’s invitation that he would encounter a barrage of chaotic incidents.

To put it bluntly, Muria was like a fierce beast that had arrived in an unfamiliar forest, and what he needed to do now was to establish his standing within this mountainous forest.

In this forest, there were predators and herbivores that had never before seen a beast like Muria. So they needed to test him time and again, engage in battles, and determine what level of the pyramid he occupied.

Once his rank was established, the animals of the forest would understand whom they could provoke, whom they couldn’t, and with whom they could form alliances.

“Shouldn’t you go out and clarify, Young Master? Say that this is all a misunderstanding,” the little female servant said with a worried expression.

“With rumors spreading this far, what’s there to clarify? Go tell Daisy that I invite her to a duel in three days, and let her know that on the day of the duel, I will handicap myself by using only one hand.”

“Alright.” Hearing Muria’s command, the little male servant excitedly flapped his wings and flew off.

“By the way, while you’re at it, investigate all the talents in the manor with a Star talent above 80% and issue a challenge to each of them.”

“Young Master, what are you doing?”

“I’m not interested in playing games here; it’s a waste of time. So, I’ll just challenge them all to fight, defeat them all, and establish my position in this manor. Then there won’t be so many annoying issues to deal with,” Muria said nonchalantly as the siblings beside him looked at him with stars in their eyes, full of admiration.

“But won’t some people think you’re being arrogant if you do this, Young Master?”

“Arrogant? Once I’ve fought my way through, all negative opinions about me will turn into praise and flattery. The world has always been a place where the victor is king.”

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