Seeing how resolute she was, Jiang Yunnuan decided not to waste any more words and chopped her on the neck.
A sharp pain shot through Jiang Tangâs neck, and her vision began to blacken. She shook her head forcefully before collapsing, the rock in her hand clattering to the ground.
Jiang Yunnuan caught her with one hand and snatched the falling rock with the other, tossing it aside.
"Nuannuan, those people you mentioned have arrived. There are quite a few of them, and theyâre carrying clubs. But donât you worry. Iâm keeping an eye on things from the shadows. I absolutely will not let you get hurt."
Just then, a message from Fu Yuan came through. After reading it, Jiang Yunnuan set Jiang Tang aside, a cold sneer playing on her lips.
âAfter waiting all this time, theyâre finally here.â
"Okay, I know. Donât worry, they canât hurt me."
Even though her cultivation was sealed, she still had her martial arts skills. Taking care of a bunch of immature little girls would be a piece of cake.
She had barely sent the message when a clamor of footsteps reached her ears, accompanied by the fawning voices of several girls.
"Everyone knows Sister Yinyin is Admiral Fengâs own little sister! How dare someone help that whore Jiang Tang and go against her? They must have a death wish."
"Exactly! Donât be mad, Sister Yinyin. When we find them, weâll be sure to teach them a lesson."
...
The footsteps grew closer, and in the blink of an eye, a delinquent-looking girl surrounded by seven or eight lackeys walked into the barrier. The girl held her chin high, as arrogant as a princess.
In the next moment, however, the chatter came to an abrupt halt. The newcomers froze as if petrified, their eyes wide as they stared at the ground littered with people so battered and bruised they were unrecognizable.
The scene before them was beyond miserable; it completely shattered their expectations.
One of the girls leaned close to Feng Yinyinâs ear and asked in a trembling voice, "S-Sister Yinyin, are you sure this is the location Sisi sent us?"
âCould this group of people, beaten so badly even their own mothers wouldnât recognize them, actually be Sisi and the others?â
âThis is just too brutal.â
The girlâs legs couldnât help but start to tremble.
Her voice snapped Feng Yinyin back to her senses. She tapped open her Light Brain to double-check.
"Thatâs right, this is the place..."
"Ah, Sister Yinyinâ"
A shriek rang out. Feng Yinyin felt a sharp pain in her chest, and by the time she could react, she was already on the ground with a foot pressing her down.
She struggled instinctively, but the foot felt as if it weighed a ton. No matter how hard she thrashed, she couldnât move it an inch.
"That bitch dared to touch Sister Yinyin! Sisters, get her!"
Suddenly, one of the lackeys shouted, and the others snapped out of their daze. They raised their clubs and swung them at Jiang Yunnuanâs head.
In a flash, Jiang Yunnuan grabbed one of them and used her as a shield.
THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!
The clubs all landed on the human shield. Her head took several blows, and her mind went blank with a buzz. Blood streamed from her scalp, staining the corners of her eyes and her cheeks.
Having accidentally beaten their own friend, the others were terrified and froze on the spot.
In that moment, Jiang Yunnuan snatched a club and swiftly brought it down on them.
Instantly, screams filled the air. Two or three girls fainted on the spot, while the rest clutched their injuries, howling in pain. All of them had lost the will to fight.
Outside the barrier, Fu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief as the tension drained from him.
âIt seems Iâve been underestimating her combat prowess all along.â
"Who... who are you? Why did you trick me into coming here?"
Her lackeys were all in a miserable state. Witnessing their fate firsthand, Feng Yinyin was terrified. She looked in horror at the woman before her, who was cold, exquisite, and almost unnaturally beautiful.
Jiang Yunnuan looked back at her. Seeing that face, a memory from the original story suddenly surfaced in her mind.
âHeh. So the mastermind behind the bullying of Jiang Tang was the sister of the only one of the original ownerâs Contractors who wasnât snatched away by Jiang Wanwan.â
âAn old acquaintance of the original owner, then.â
âBut so what?â
"What do I want? Youâre about to find out."
With that, she yanked Feng Yinyin up by the collar and began slapping her viciously across the face. Within a few slaps, her face was swollen like a pigâs head.
"Agh! Do you have any idea who my brother is? You dare treat me like this? Iâll have my brother banish you to be a military prostitute...!"
"I donât give a damn who your brother is. Heh, you can still talk? Guess I havenât been hitting you hard enough!"
She put more force into it, and a single slap knocked Feng Yinyin out cold. Her eyes rolled back, and she lost consciousness.
âSheâs out already?â
âWhat a fucking lightweight!â
Jiang Yunnuan frowned. She decisively crippled the girlâs cultivation, then pulled an electric razor from her storage space and proceeded to shave everyoneâs heads and eyebrows.
They wanted to shave Tangtangâs head and eyebrows, so she would give them a taste of their own medicine.
After that, she acquired a special three-month pigment from her system and wrote four large, bright red words on Feng Yinyinâs bald head: âI am a sinner.â
âUgh, her hair will grow back into stubble in about a week and cover the words. The pigment lasts for so much longer... what a waste.â
After a momentâs thought, Jiang Yunnuanâs gaze fell on Feng Yinyinâs face, which was swollen beyond recognition. A malicious smile crept onto her lips.
And so, Feng Yinyinâs face gained four large words, identical to the ones on her scalp.
Jiang Yunnuan deliberately wrote the words with atrocious penmanship. The pigment was the color of fresh blood, making the sight shockingly gruesome and unspeakably ugly.
âTsk. Iâm afraid the title of "Central Cityâs Ugliest Woman" is about to change hands for a while.â
She put the pigment away, stripped everyone of their clothes, and recorded a video for leverage. Once that was done, she picked up the unconscious Jiang Tang and walked out of the barrier.
Fu Yuan had been hiding in a concealed corner the entire time.
When he saw her emerge, he walked over to meet her.
"Fu Yuan, leave the barrier up for now. Weâll take it down after weâre gone, so they arenât discovered and reported to the police too soon. Also, I need you to alter their memories. You know how, right?"
"Donât worry, I know how. Iâll alter their memories so they canât recall your face or any of your features."
Jiang Yunnuan shook her head. "Not just that. Besides blurring all of my features, I want you to implant some terrifying new memories. Make them remember this ordeal as being a hundred times more painful. I want this to haunt them for the rest of their lives."
"Oh, and one more important thing. I need you to manipulate their consciousness and have them delete all the videos of Tangtang. But you are not allowed to watch them."
The power of a Half-step Ultimate Venerable was beyond imagination. To those with low cultivation, such a person was like a god, capable of controlling them at will.
Furthermore, memories altered by a Half-step Ultimate Venerable could only be restored by an Ultimate Venerable Stage Powerhouse.
And as of now, the Human Race Alliance had no known individuals at the Ultimate Venerable Stage. Even if some hidden expert did exist, they would never meddle in the affairs of a place like a care center.
This was why Jiang Yunnuan dared to act with such brazen impunity.
She was banking on the fact that no one could ever repair the memories Fu Yuan altered.