Chen Tong’s face was alight with excitement.
Yang Jun and the Shi Brothers hadn’t seen Su Mo’s true strength, but he had. That proved he was stronger than the three of them.
’Once I confirm Su Mo’s strength and kill him, who will dare say I’m not the number one assassin of the Celestial Slaughter Hall?’
’This time, I’ve really hit the jackpot.’
Chen Tong walked up to Su Mo and said provocatively, "Kid, I know you’re hiding your true strength. Make your move. Let me see what you’re really capable of. I hope you don’t disappoint me."
The black-robed elder did not stop Chen Tong.
Although he was confident he could defeat Su Mo, he still wanted Chen Tong to probe Su Mo’s real strength, just in case.
Just then, Su Mo stood up from the ground.
Chen Tong was just about to make his move.
SHLICK!
A large hand suddenly flashed before Chen Tong’s eyes, and then he found he couldn’t move!
’Huh?’
The surrounding crowd was baffled. Why was there suddenly a headless corpse in front of them?
’Who put it there?’
Chen Tong himself was also stunned.
He took a closer look and found that the headless body was incredibly familiar. Not only was it dressed just like him, but even its build was identical.
’Isn’t that... my own body?’
Chen Tong’s gaze flickered upward, and he saw his own head being held in someone’s hand. He exclaimed in shock, "You..."
THUD!
Su Mo tossed Chen Tong’s head to the ground and said flatly, "Who’s next?"
HISS!
Everyone sucked in a cold breath, frozen in place.
Chen Tong had been killed in an instant.
That was a master at the Grandmaster Perfection Realm, yet his head had been plucked off in a single moment.
When his head was torn off, Chen Tong didn’t even realize he was dead.
No one present had even seen how Su Mo moved. They only saw him toss Chen Tong’s head onto the ground.
In an instant, a chill ran down everyone’s spines, as if they had been plunged into an icy cavern.
Su Mo said coldly, "If no one steps up, I’ll just kill you one by one!"
Flee!
Yang Jun and the others fled toward the gates of the Zhou Family estate without a second thought!
’A Martial Monarch!’
’Su Mo has to be a Martial Monarch! Otherwise, there’s no way he could have killed Chen Tong so easily.’
Zhou Tianhai was completely dumbfounded.
Back at the Xiao Family’s home, he knew Su Mo was strong, able to casually swat dead an Early Stage Grand Martial Artist like Wei Zhengyang, but he hadn’t known Su Mo was *this* strong.
A master at the Grandmaster Perfection Realm, and Su Mo had killed him with a flick of his wrist.
’This is too monstrous!’
In that moment, Zhou Tianhai’s heart sank to the abyss.
"Run?"
Watching the Celestial Slaughter Hall assassins flee in a panic, Su Mo leaped into the air and slammed his palm down toward them.
BOOM!
The ground cracked, the Zhou Family estate shook, and the eight fleeing assassins, including Yang Jun, were all turned into meat paste.
GULP!
Staring at the pulpy corpses on the ground, the black-robed elder swallowed hard.
One move, eight Grand Martial Artists annihilated.
’What kind of strength is this?’
The black-robed elder trembled all over and stammered, "You... you actually... dare to kill people from our Celestial Slaughter Hall? Don’t you know how powerful the Celestial Slaughter Hall is?"
Su Mo was speechless, looking at the black-robed elder as if he were an idiot.
’So what if I know?’
’Instead of killing you, am I supposed to build a shrine for you?’
’What a fucking moron.’
Su Mo said indifferently, "Tell me, how would you like to die?"
THUMP THUMP THUMP!
The black-robed elder stumbled back two steps in terror.
He was truly afraid.
SPLAT!
However, Su Mo gave him no chance to beg for mercy. A single palm strike descended, and the black-robed elder was turned to meat paste.
The assassins from the Celestial Slaughter Hall were all wiped out.
Su Mo turned his head to Zhou Chengfeng, Zhou Tianhai, and the others. "Now, it’s the Zhou Family’s turn."
THUD!
Zhou Chengfeng dropped to his knees without hesitation and begged, "My lord, please don’t kill me! I’m willing to be your slave, to do anything you ask, as long as you let me live!"
’Huh?’
’He’s kneeling already?’
’What a spineless coward.’
Su Mo’s voice was ice-cold. "It’s not that I want to kill you, but your Zhou Family has gone too far. Stealing my wife was one thing, but then you tried to annihilate my Xiao Family. This is a blood feud that cannot be forgiven!"
"This... this... this..."
Unable to think of an excuse, Zhou Chengfeng turned to look at Zhou Tianhai and said viciously, "It’s all your fault, you rebellious son! You’ve brought a catastrophe upon our Zhou Family!"
"I..."
Zhou Tianhai’s face turned ashen.
Only now did he realize he had offended an existence he absolutely could not afford to provoke.
If he had known Su Mo was this powerful, he never would have gone to the Xiao Family to snatch Xiao Qingxue. He would have rather knelt and been Su Mo’s dog.
But it was all too late!
Regret was useless.
Zhou Chengfeng pointed at Zhou Tianhai. "My lord, it’s all this rebellious son’s fault for offending you! Kill him, flay him, do as you please! Please, my lord, spare me! This has nothing to do with me!"
"Father, you..."
Zhou Tianhai looked at Zhou Chengfeng in disbelief, his eyes wide as saucers.
He never dreamed that he would be sold out by his own father.
Even Su Mo was surprised.
As the saying goes, even a vicious tiger won’t eat its own cubs.
Normally, in a life-or-death moment, a father would protect his son and ensure his son’s survival first.
And yet, to save his own skin, Zhou Chengfeng had sold out Zhou Tianhai.
How bizarre!
Zhou Chengfeng raged, "You little bastard, you have the nerve to glare at me? How did I advise you back then? You just wouldn’t listen! You had to go stir up trouble at the Xiao Family! Look what’s happened now! You’ve implicated the entire family! This is a mess of your own making, so you bear the consequences!"
Zhou Tianhai’s face was a mask of despair.
In this moment, he finally understood how cruel the heart of his doting father truly was.
Su Mo shook his head. "There’s no point in you living anymore. Better to die early and find release sooner."
SPLAT!
With a loud squelch, Zhou Tianhai was slapped into meat paste, dying on the spot.
Su Mo turned to the Cyan Cloud Sparrow. "Alright, I’ll leave the rest to you. Do whatever you want."
After witnessing the falling out between Zhou Chengfeng and Zhou Tianhai, Su Mo was no longer in the mood to kill.
’The Xiao Family is still the best.’
When Zhou Tianhai and Wei Zhengyang had come to seize his bride, the Xiao Family had risked their lives, willing to be annihilated to protect him.
’From now on, I have to cherish the Xiao Family.’
"Yes!"
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow stared greedily at Zhou Chengfeng. "If you let me eat you obediently, I’ll spare your clansmen."
"No, no, no!"
Zhou Chengfeng hastily refused, "Spare me, and you can eat all of my clansmen!"
"Holy shit!"
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow cried out in shock, "You have no conscience left at all, do you? Your heart must’ve been eaten by a dog! You just sold out your son, and now you want to sell out your clan."
"Pah! You’re not fit to be our Patriarch!"
"Lord Demon King, as long as you eat him, I will willingly let you eat me!"
"That’s right! We can die, but Zhou Chengfeng must die!"
"This old man must have been blind to have followed such a man as our Patriarch!"
All the members of the Zhou Family had faces like dead ash, turning to cast looks of disgust at Zhou Chengfeng.
They never dreamed that the Patriarch they had followed for decades was such a treacherous villain who would sell out his own people just to live.
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow said mockingly, "You heard them. It’s not that I don’t want to spare you, it’s that your own clan wants you dead. So, you might as well die!"