She Came to Heal, Stayed to Conquer

These two bottles of fine wine he planned to keep for himself to enjoy slowly before the wine inside turned completely into plain water.

"Changle agreed to marry, today is truly a great day for our Hou Mansion."

The Champion Hou was beaming, raising the exquisite "wine bottle" in his hand, its army green body glistening seductively in the candlelight.

"Come, come, today is a happy day, everyone should taste this rare sauce-flavored wine. You just need to pull the ring at the top before you can drink."

The Champion Hou said, demonstrating the pulling action with the pull ring. "Like this."

His loud voice echoed in the grand hall with carved beams and painted rafters.

With a strong pull of his index finger on the ring, there was a soft "pop" sound, the metal ring fell, and the safety lever bounced open.

Everyone at the table followed suit, a series of metallic clicks rising and falling like some sort of eerie melody.

The "bottles" were exquisitely crafted, and no one would have thought that these delicate and compact "bottles" were MK3ATWO grenades bought by Han Lei from the system.

And in the twenty grenades packed in the brocade box, only the three bottles opened by Han Lei herself were the real sauce-flavored wine.

She had searched for a long time on the system panel to find the special packaging that could pass off as the MK3ATWO grenades.

MK3ATWO grenades are offensive type grenades; once the ring is pulled, the lever releases, exploding within three to four seconds.

So, as the Champion Hou brought the "bottle" close to his lips, not even having had time to discern if it was the aroma of wine or gunpowder, the grenade exploded suddenly.

"Bang!"

The Champion Hou’s smile was still frozen on his face, but his head blew open like a ripe watermelon, red and white matter splattered across the priceless landscape screen behind him.

Almost simultaneously, the entire hall was hit as if by Mjolnir, a series of deafening explosions erupted one after another.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The carved nanmu wood pillars were broken at the waist by the shock wave, and the heavy beams crashed down violently.

The roof and walls shattered by the shock wave radiated outward in every direction.

The flying debris was like the scythe of death, harvesting the lives of the Hou Mansion’s masters.

The servants tidying up in the courtyard were caught in the fierce shock wave, those closer were blown away immediately and fainted upon landing.

Those further away were struck with painful eardrums, standing dumbfounded on the spot.

They were all stunned by this sudden catastrophe.

A small maid holding a fruit plate stood in place, the plate slipping from her hands, and the fresh fruits rolled all over the ground.

Her mouth was open wide, but no sound came out. Another servant slumped to the ground, their wide eyes reflecting the roaring flames, mumbling the words "Divine Retribution."

Within one or two breaths, the magnificent grand hall of the Champion Hou Mansion had turned into a ruin.

In the thick rolling smoke, scattered dismembered limbs could vaguely be seen everywhere.

The rosewood round table once laden with delicacies was now only a charred leg left, with a piece of golden fringe hanging on it — a decoration from the Champion Hou’s wife’s hairpin.

Two streets away from the Hou Mansion, the Tengyun Building was the tallest structure in the Capital City.

Sitting on the roof of the Tengyun Building, Han Lei and Dasi, who were chatting idly, heard the deafening roar, stood up quickly, and took out binoculars to aim in the direction of the sound.

The night wind blew through their flowing robes, the lens reflecting the soaring flames of the Champion Hou Mansion.

"It’s done."

Han Lei whispered, a cold arc curling at the corner of her mouth.

Dasi beside her widened his eyes, staring incredulously at the swelling fireball in the distance.

Even from such a distance, he could still feel the slight tremor beneath his feet.

Dasi, who had been busy in Qingshui County, was seeing the power of modern weapons for the first time.

He had only heard Han Lei say that this gift was quite formidable, but he did not expect it to be so overwhelming.

"Heavens... oh heavens!" Dasi stammered, eyes wide, asking, "Miss, what... what exactly is that?"

"The power of science."

Han Lei turned her head to look at Dasi, those lively eyes shimmering with a dangerous light, "What are you still standing there for? Fire the signal flare."

"Oh, right, right." Only then did Dasi wake from his daze, hurriedly fumbling a pull-fired parachute signal flare from his waist.

Following the method Han Lei taught him, he twisted open the top cap, then fiercely pulled the tail ring toward the night sky.

"Bang!"

A blinding red light, trailing a long tail of smoke, soared into the sky, exploding into a splendid firework in the pitch-black night.