Hearing this, the old man in black froze.
He was a mighty expert at the Grandmaster Great Perfection Realm, practically invincible within the Desolate Empire. To fight a mere junior, he needed to call for help?
What a joke!
Su Mo was provoking the Celestial Slaughter Hall!
This was utter arrogance.
The old man in black hesitated for a few seconds, then agreed. "Fine. Just give me half an hour, and my men will be in position!"
He planned to give Su Mo exactly what he wanted!
Since Su Mo insisted on being arrogant, he would make him pay the price for that arrogance with an even more wretched death.
Su Mo said calmly, "Forget half an hour. As long as you can call for help, I’ll give you half a day if you need it. It doesn’t matter how strong they are. Just call every last person you can."
The Celestial Slaughter Hall was massive.
They had countless assassins lying low throughout the Desolate Empire. Hunting them down one by one would be too much trouble, and there was no guarantee he’d even find them.
That was why he’d told the old man in black to summon his people. He planned to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
The old man in black took a Gunpowder Arrow from his Storage Ring and fired it into the sky.
BANG!
The Gunpowder Arrow exploded in the sky, forming the word "Slaughter."
This was the Celestial Slaughter Hall’s unique Celestial Killer Order.
The Celestial Killer Order was only ever used when a branch headquarters of the Celestial Slaughter Hall faced a monumental crisis or an unbeatable foe.
"Look! Is that... the Celestial Killer Order?"
"What, the Celestial Killer Order?"
"Who’s audacious enough to attack the Celestial Slaughter Hall’s headquarters? Do they have a death wish?"
The moment they saw the Celestial Killer Order, the entire Imperial City was in an uproar.
Clearly, everyone knew what the Celestial Killer Order signified.
General Cheng was completely baffled. "Didn’t he go to wipe out the Zhou Family? How did he end up fighting the Celestial Slaughter Hall?"
The Black Armor General was just as confused.
The Celestial Killer Order left no survivors in its wake.
The fact that Su Mo could force the Celestial Slaughter Hall to use the Celestial Killer Order was a testament to his terrifying power.
HAHAHA!
While everyone was still in shock, the father and son pair, Zhou Chengfeng and Zhou Tianhai, suddenly burst into wild laughter.
With their combined strength, Su Mo and the Cyan Cloud Sparrow were more than capable of inflicting a devastating blow on the Zhou Family.
But who would have thought? Su Mo had actually told the old man in black to call for backup.
Utterly arrogant!
Now, Su Mo was as good as dead.
As far as they knew, the Celestial Slaughter Hall had nearly ten experts at the Grand Martial Artist Realm stationed in the Imperial City.
The Celestial Defect Blade Master was the weakest among them.
The other assassins were at least Late Stage Grand Martial Artists, with some even at the Perfection Realm.
If all of them showed up, they could surround Su Mo and beat him to a pulp.
Zhou Chengfeng jeered, "Still feeling arrogant? Heh. Let’s see how arrogant you are when everyone else gets here!"
Zhou Tianhai snarled, "Su Mo, you are so dead!"
At this, even the Cyan Cloud Sparrow grew worried. It asked with a puzzled look, "Sir, why did you let them call for backup?"
Su Mo said coldly, "You have a problem with that?"
"No!"
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow gave an awkward chuckle and began to curse him internally.
’What are you going to do if you can’t beat the people they call?’
’I don’t care if you die, but don’t you drag me down with you!’
’This king would like to live a few more years, thank you very much.’
Of course, it didn’t dare say these things out loud for fear that Su Mo would slap it to death.
SWOOSH, SWOOSH, SWOOSH...
One after another, dark figures rushed toward the Zhou Family residence.
Before long, a martial artist in black strode into the Zhou residence and bellowed, "Who has the gall to provoke our Celestial Slaughter Hall? I’ll kill them!"
"And the two of us!"
Two burly men leaped over the wall.
The martial artist in black asked in surprise, "Stone Dragon, Shi Hu, what are you two doing back here?"
Shi Hu replied nonchalantly, "My brother and I just finished assassinating two experts at the Grandmaster Perfection Realm and were heading back to branch headquarters anyway. Why? You got a problem with that?"
"No other problems. I just think you two have foul mouths and are obnoxious wherever you go," the martial artist in black said casually.
"Are you insulting us?"
Shi Hu roared, "Yang Jun, you looking to die? We’ll be happy to oblige right now and hack you to pieces!"
With that, Stone Dragon and Shi Hu drew their Steel Sabers.
Just as the two were about to make a move, a grating laugh reached their ears. "Hehe, it’s quite lively here."
"Chen Tong!"
Seeing the newcomer, all three men grew wary. This person was clearly not to be trifled with.
The newcomer was named Chen Tong.
He was the number one assassin of the Celestial Slaughter Hall’s Desolate Empire branch.
Chen Tong sneered, "Go on, fight. Why did you stop? It would be best if you three killed each other. That way, the mission would be all mine."
The brothers Stone Dragon and Shi Hu put away their Steel Sabers, and Yang Jun silently stood to the side.
Although they were all assassins of the Celestial Slaughter Hall, they were also competitors.
Whoever died would only benefit the others.
Soon, seven or eight assassins had gathered at the Zhou residence. Including the old man in black and the people from the Zhou Family, there were now a total of fifteen Grand Martial Artists.
Yang Jun asked curiously, "Hall Master, who exactly is provoking our Celestial Slaughter Hall?"
"It’s him!"
The old man in black pointed at Su Mo.
"Him?"
Yang Jun looked Su Mo up and down, then turned back to the old man in black. "Hall Master, you must be mistaken, right? He’s just a wet-behind-the-ears brat."
The two brothers, Stone Dragon and Shi Hu, were also full of doubt.
Did they really need to use the Celestial Killer Order for a mere brat?
’Something must be wrong!’
The old man in black said coolly, "That’s right, it’s him. He wants to challenge all the assassins of our Celestial Slaughter Hall. To grant his request, I activated the Celestial Killer Order and summoned you all here."
"This..."
Yang Jun waved a hand dismissively. "Forget it. Let Stone Dragon and Shi Hu kill him. I’m not interested. He’s too weak."
"We’re not interested in him either!"
Stone Dragon and Shi Hu refused.
The other assassins also refused. Only Chen Tong did not!
After studying Su Mo for a moment, Chen Tong suddenly laughed. "Hahaha! You’ve all been fooled by this kid. He might be young, but he’s a true master."
"What? You say he’s a master?"
Yang Jun shot back, "Chen Tong, are you full of it? We can tell whether he’s a master with a single glance. What are we, blind?"
"If he’s a master, then what does that make us? Grandmasters?"
Stone Dragon and Shi Hu looked on with disdain.
Chen Tong sneered. "Actually, you really are blind. On the surface, he might seem to be in the Martial Apprentice Realm, but his hidden strength is terrifying. You’ve all been completely fooled."
Although he didn’t know what method Su Mo used to hide his realm, he could feel the powerful energy released with Su Mo’s every breath.
This power was extremely terrifying, no less than that of an ordinary Grand Martial Artist.
If he could release that much power just by breathing, then Su Mo’s true strength had to be immense.
Yang Jun said impatiently, "Since you think he’s such a master, you can kill him yourself. We can’t be bothered. People would laugh at us if word got out."
"Fine, it’s a deal. When I go to kill him, none of you better try to steal my kill!"
Chen Tong agreed without hesitation.