"Ah, ah, ah..."
Xiong Langgou’s eyes widened as he watched his body gradually dissolve into nothingness, his heart filled with terror and despair.
He wanted to beg for mercy, he wanted to flee, but he was completely powerless.
With a precise kick, Chu Xuan struck him squarely on the head.
Xiong Langgou’s head flew off like a cannonball, still wearing an expression of absolute terror as it crashed heavily down right beside Wei Junhao’s feet.
Wei Junhao’s smile instantly froze.
He stared at the severed head at his feet, then looked at the terrifying True Qi swirling around Chu Xuan. His legs turned to jelly, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.
"Hah..."
Chu Xuan let out a cold sneer.
The laugh was chilling to the bone, as if it came straight from the nethermost depths of hell.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze like poisoned blades, piercing straight through Wei Junhao and Xiong Langgou’s stupefied henchmen who sat paralyzed on the ground. Full of utter disdain, he said, "So this is the so-called Jinling underground overlord? Nothing more than scraps of rotting meat on a chopping board, hacked to pieces in a few strokes. To dare call yourself a king in front of me is utterly laughable!"
With that, he violently flicked his right leg, sending chunks of flesh and splatters of blood raining down upon the crowd. The heavy stench of blood instantly exploded into the air.
Wei Junhao and the lackeys were splattered all over, yet they were too terrified to even move a muscle, their faces painted with stark fear.
Though it was Chu Keke’s first time witnessing such a bloody spectacle and a wave of nausea threatened to rise in her throat, looking at how powerful her older brother was filled her heart with immense pride.
She knew that from this day forward, no one would ever dare bully the Chu Family again.
Those blood debts would all be settled one by one!
The guests present turned as pale as sheets of paper. Forcing down the violent churning in their stomachs, they did not even dare to breathe heavily.
Who could have imagined that Xiong Langgou, a master of Internal Force Completion, would be completely powerless before Chu Xuan, beaten until he looked like an absolute joke!
The might Chu Xuan displayed at this moment surpassed even that of Chu Ao in his prime.
Xiong Langgou’s underlings stood frozen as if struck by an immobilization spell, their minds completely blank, utterly incapable of accepting the reality before them.
Too lazy to spare these small fries another glance, Chu Xuan pulled Chu Keke behind him. The aura radiating from his body was as solid as steel, and like a streak of black lightning, he rapidly approached Wei Junhao and the others.
In the blink of an eye, the Wei Family bodyguards and the Wolf Dog Society thugs turned into ashes one after another, their miserable screams echoing endlessly through the Yipin Restaurant.
The smell of blood grew thicker, the ground was stained with mottled patches of crimson, and the air was thick with a sickening stench.
Though he kept his granduncle’s dying wish firmly in his heart, Chu Xuan did not rush to finish off Wei Junhao.
He knew this old bastard was the key to unlocking the truth of what happened back then.
As he dealt out death, Chu Xuan kept his eyes locked firmly on Wei Junhao, every strike seemingly intended to shatter the man's psychological defenses.
Wei Junhao had long since lost the prestige of a family head. Soaked in cold sweat, he shivered like a frightened chick, his teeth chattering uncontrollably and making a sharp *clacking* sound.
When the last bodyguard vanished into nothingness, Chu Xuan grabbed Wei Junhao by the throat with a hand like an iron vise, hoisting him up into mid-air.
With his feet dangling off the ground, Wei Junhao’s face turned purplish-red. He flailed wildly, scratching at Chu Xuan’s arm, his eyes filled with terror and despair.
"Just a bunch of trash like you managed to wipe out the Chu Family? Who is backing you up behind the scenes? Speak!" Chu Xuan’s voice was deep and cold, every single word falling upon Wei Junhao’s heart like a heavy hammer.
Though trembling all over with fear, Wei Junhao stubbornly and aggressively barked, "You killed the Wolf Dog Society, but the Payne Syndicate won't let you off! Even if you kill me, you won't live either! I'll never talk, even if I die!"
His voice was shrill and trembling, a flash of madness crossing his eyes as he vainly attempted to use the name of the Payne Syndicate to intimidate Chu Xuan.
Hearing this, Chu Xuan’s gaze turned even colder. Killing intent surged wildly around him, making the air feel as though it had frozen solid.
"Trying to scare me? One comes, I kill one! If not for the truth, I would have sent you packing to the netherworld long ago! It seems you won't be honest until I kill someone you care about!"
Chu Xuan violently hurled Wei Junhao to the ground, casually grabbed one of his relatives, and right before Wei Junhao’s terrified eyes, effortlessly turned the person into a mist of blood.
With his eyes splitting in rage as he watched his younger brother and sister die miserably one after the other right before him, Wei Junhao let out a wild, trapped-beast roar from the back of his throat.
Yet, even with tears and snot smearing his entire face, he gritted his teeth tightly and refused to utter a single half-word.
Glancing sideways at Wei Junhao in this pathetic state, Chu Xuan felt a surging wave of killing intent, which he forcefully suppressed.
He picked up a dining knife from the table and slowly walked toward Wei Junhao, the blade gleaming coldly under the lights.
"Your mouth up top is certainly tough enough. Looks like I'll have to find another exit!"
A cruel smile crept up the corners of Chu Xuan’s mouth, though his eyes remained utterly devoid of warmth as they fixed dead-center on Wei Junhao’s groin.
Seeing the smile on Chu Xuan’s face, Wei Junhao felt his scalp go completely numb, a chill shooting straight from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He scrambled frantically backward, only to be grabbed firmly by the hair by Chu Xuan, leaving him utterly unable to move.
"No!"
Seeing the dining knife about to descend, Wei Junhao’s psychological defense finally shattered completely.
"I'll talk!!!"
Wei Junhao broke down entirely, his voice drenched in tears and sobs.
"It was the Lingzhou Governor! It was him! He called us in, gave us the poison, and came up with a detailed plan... We were forced into it, too!"
"He's too terrifying! If we hadn't done as he said, we would have been the ones to die!"
"Young Master Chu, go take your revenge on him! I beg you to spare me..."
Hearing these words, the expressions on Chu Keke's face turned to one of sheer disbelief.
Back then, although the Chu Family had business dealings with Lingzhou, they had never harbored any grudges against the Lingzhou Governor. Why would the man resort to such ruthless murder?
Chu Xuan’s eyes were as sharp as a falcon's. Absurd as it sounded, he did not doubt Wei Junhao’s words.
Given that Zhao Tai’s son, Zhao Yaojin, was a member of the Lingzhou Iron Cavalry, that connection alone was enough to prove the Zhao Family’s close ties with the Lingzhou Governor.
"Brother..."
Chu Keke instinctively grabbed the sleeve of Chu Xuan’s shirt, her fingertips turning slightly pale, a trace of fear flashing in her eyes.
As the ruler of Lingzhou, the governor held vast connections and power; he was by no means an ordinary figure.
Yet, as she glanced at Chu Xuan’s tightly pursed thin lips and the frost gathered between his eyebrows, she knew his temperament all too well: even if a mountain of blades and a sea of fire lay ahead, he would undoubtedly secure justice for the Chu Family.
"Don't be afraid!"
Chu Xuan patted Chu Keke’s head, a flurry of thoughts flashing through his mind like lightning.
He secretly guessed that the Lingzhou Governor's murderous ruthlessness might be related to his own true identity.
Pondering for a moment, Chu Xuan pressed further, "Why on earth did the Lingzhou Governor have to destroy the Chu Family?"
With a pale face and beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, Wei Junhao thought for a long while before saying, "I don't know the specifics, but Zhao Tai once mentioned that the Chu Family possessed an incredible treasure that the Lingzhou Governor had been coveting for a very long time."
"That's why, after the bloodbath at the Chu Family, none of us dared to touch anything in the treasury. We left it all for him."
Chu Xuan was taken aback.
He was thoroughly familiar with every single corner of the Chu Family’s treasure pavilion, and those items had never seemed out of the ordinary in his eyes.
As a high-ranking official who had witnessed countless treasures, what on earth could make the Lingzhou Governor so crazed?
Just as Chu Xuan was lost in thought, Wei Junhao dropped heavily to his knees with a loud *thump*, repeatedly slamming his forehead against the ground with dull, heavy thuds.
"Young Master Chu, I've truly told you everything I know! I am willing to return all the Chu Family’s assets as well—please spare my life!"
A mocking smile curved the corners of Chu Xuan’s lips. "You want me to spare you? When my father was kneeling and kowtowing to you people back then, did any of you show mercy?"
Before his voice even faded, Chu Xuan delivered a fierce, heavy kick. Wei Junhao’s head instantly exploded, splattering red and white matter all over the floor.
Afterward, with an icy gaze, Chu Xuan swept his eyes over the remaining members of the Wei Family, and his killing intent spread forth like a physical entity.
In a brief moment, every single member of the Wei Family turned to ash and dissipated into the air.
Only by doing so could the spirits of the hundred-odd members of the Chu Family rest in peace!
Gazing at the utter mess covering the ground, the guests turned as pale as ashes, exchanging terrified glances while suppressed gasps leaked from their throats.
With trembling lips and a lowered voice, someone muttered, "The Wei Family's foundation of a hundred years, and the Wolf Dog Society dominating the Jinling underground for over a decade, just like that... gone?"
"In the blink of an eye, the Zhao Family, the Wolf Dog Society, and the Wei Family have all been completely wiped out. This Chu Xuan... he is simply a god of death crawling straight out of hell!"
Discussions rose and fell, yet the speakers choked back their words as if an invisible hand gripped their throats, not daring to speak too loudly.
Amidst the crowd, someone looked worriedly at the cooling corpses in the pool of blood, their voice trembling: "So what if his martial prowess reaches the heavens?"
"Dragon Country enforces strict regulations on martial artists. Duels between martial practitioners require official approval, and slaughtering ordinary people is a major taboo. He has killed so many people; once investigated, he will never find a way out!"
Yet the moment those words left his mouth, he received a fierce glare from someone nearby, causing him to hurriedly cover his mouth and dare not say another word.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Just as the atmosphere reached an oppressive extreme, a rush of hurried footsteps and the clatter of metal suddenly rang out.
Lin Dehua, the Director of the Jinling Inspection Bureau, led a force of armed inspectors flooding in like a tide, their pitch-black gun barrels instantly training right on Chu Xuan.
"Audacious maniac, treating the laws of Dragon Country as child's play? Do you take my Inspection Bureau for a bunch of nobodies!" Lin Dehua’s face turned livid, the veins on his temples bulging as he roared.
Yet when his gaze swept across the piles of corpses inside the room and the blood-splattered walls, even someone as accustomed to bloodshed as he could not help but feel his throat tighten.
In sharp contrast to him were two figures slowly stepping out from the rear of the main force.
Dressed in white uniforms, the two walked with steady steps, radiating a reassuring pressure all around them.
The moment they appeared, an immediate commotion erupted among the crowd.
"It's the Martial Administration! People from the Martial Administration are here!"
"Chu Xuan is done for this time! The Martial Administration specializes in subduing martial arts madmen; he won't be able to fly away!"
The tall man in the lead was Song Hui, captain of the Jinling Martial Administration. His falcon-like gaze swept across the battlefield, his Internal Force Great Success aura vaguely emanating outward.
The young man beside him was his son, Song Si, who stood tall and straight, his External Force Completion aura steady and restrained.
Squinting his eyes, Song Hui stared up and down at Chu Xuan, unable to conceal the shock and anger in his eyes. "Brat, surrender immediately, or don't blame us for being impolite!"
With that, Song Hui turned and ordered Lin Dehua, "Control them both! If anyone dares resist, execute them on the spot!"
Lin Dehua immediately tightened his grip on his firearm, and the inspectors uniformly raised their gun barrels, aiming straight at Chu Xuan and Chu Keke.
Seeing this, an irrepressible joy broke out among the crowd, the guests whispering to each other with the trembling relief of those who had narrowly escaped death.
"Once the Martial Administration makes a move, this madman is finally going to face justice!"
"He's killed so many people; even with heaven-defying abilities, he cannot escape the punishment of the law!"
The air surrounding Chu Xuan suddenly plummeted to freezing. His gaze locked like iron onto the gun barrels aimed at Chu Keke, his temples throbbing as if they were about to burst at any second.
"You'd all better move your gun barrels away right now!"
Chu Xuan’s voice sounded as though it came from the deepest abyss of hell, carrying a bone-chilling killing intent.
"I can take whatever methods you throw at me, but whoever dares touch a single hair on my sister's head, I will show them what true hell is!"
Song Hui reprimanded, "Punishing evil and promoting good is our duty. Not only did you kill people, but you dare threaten us as well—that's a crime compounded!"
"When the entire Chu Family was being slaughtered back then, where were you so-called champions of righteousness? Now that I'm taking revenge for my family, you jump out to uphold justice?"
Chu Xuan took a step forward, the paving bricks beneath his feet cracking inch by inch.
"Zhao Tai, Wei Junhao, and that Xiong Langgou—which one of them hasn't got their hands stained with blood?"
"When they were committing arson, looting, and treating human lives like grass, you turned a blind eye. Now that I am eliminating pests for the public good, you turn around and point your guns at us?"
"Where on earth is the logic in that!"