"Hahahaha..."
After a brief mont of shock, Cheng Haonan threw back his head and laughed aloud. His shock was simple: he hadn't anticipated this. He never would have imagined that this pretty boy would dare to co back.
"Kid, if I were you, I'd be hiding far, far away, burning incense at ho and praying to my ancestors for protection," Cheng Haonan sneered. "Do you really think that just because His Highness is backing you, I wouldn't dare touch you?"
By then, a group of gang mbers had gathered around, all looking at Luo Xiu with mocking eyes, like a pack of cats staring at a mouse that had strayed into their den.
But Luo Xiu's steps never faltered, as if he were walking through an empty realm. With a casual wave of his hand, a wave of Sword Qi tore through the Void, silently slicing off one of Cheng Haonan's ears.
This incredibly sudden act plunged the room into an imdiate silence. Everyone was dumbfounded, staring at Luo Xiu in disbelief.
What on earth had just happened?
In the utter quiet, Cheng Haonan let out a piercing scream, followed by a heaven-shaking roar of rage. "You little bastard, I'll chop you to pieces!"
The mighty aura of a Profound Emperor erupted from him, and the entire building seed to tremble with its power. The Great Dao Destiny Wheel quietly manifested in the Void behind him.
But in the next mont, Luo Xiu moved through the crowd like a specter, appearing before Cheng Haonan and slapping him squarely across the face.
A sharp smack echoed, the sound so crisp it was almost pleasant.
After the slap, Luo Xiu grabbed Cheng Haonan's hair in a claw-like grip, yanking him forward. Then, he reached out and crushed his Great Dao Destiny Wheel. A crisp CRACK sounded, like shattering crystal. The dazzling Great Dao Destiny Wheel dissipated into specks of fading light amid Cheng Haonan's heart-wrenching screams.
This terrifying scene left everyone present frozen like statues. Luo Xier, who had followed him in, witnessed the scene and was completely dumbstruck.
To crush the Great Dao Destiny Wheel of a Profound Emperor with his bare hands… What kind of horrifying power is that?
Luo Xier suddenly felt that all her worries had been entirely unnecessary. At the sa ti, she realized that this Bai Haoran had been fearless from the very start, and probably never even took her seriously.
Luo Xiu slamd Cheng Haonan to the ground, stepped on his chest, and pointed the Golden Crow Feather at the space between his eyebrows. Cheng Haonan cursed furiously but then suddenly froze, his eyes widening as if he had seen sothing terrifying. A look of dread slowly crept into his expression.
He had suddenly recognized the feather in Luo Xiu's hand.
According to rumor, the infamous Ao Debiao, who had slaughtered his way through the twelfth level of the Divine Oracle Cave Heaven, had been holding a black feather when he fought six hundred emperors alone in Sky Divine City. Using a feather as his sword, he had cut down all the emperors.
"You... Are you Ao Debiao?!"
As he uttered the na, an uproar went through the crowd. The na Ao Debiao was known across the Three Thousand Worlds, a na that resounded like thunder. A man who single-handedly fought six hundred emperors, who slaughtered his way through Sky Divine City in a single day. He was the idol of countless cultivators from the Mortal Realm.
Cheng Haonan gazed at Luo Xiu, his body trembling with a regret so deep it felt like his insides were being torn apart. If he had known he was facing this legendary figure, he wouldn't have dared to be so presumptuous, not even with a thousand tis the courage. But alas, it was too late.
Luo Xiu gazed down at him and said with a faint smile, "When I arrived, weren't you laughing quite happily? It just so happens I'm in a bad mood tonight. So, you're going to keep laughing. Laugh until I'm satisfied."
Then, he turned his head to sweep his gaze over the gang mbers, speaking indifferently. "As for you lot of trash, you don't even have the right to die by my hand. I'll give you a chance to live."
Hearing this, the gang mbers all focused intently on Luo Xiu, hanging on his every word.
Luo Xiu pointed toward a scantily clad woman in the crowd. "All of you, play with her."
As his voice fell, all the gang mbers turned to look at the woman, their eyes gradually turning vicious. The woman had turned deathly pale. She collapsed to the floor, too powerless to even beg for rcy, tears streaming endlessly down her face.
Luo Xiu spoke again. "I'll let you play for one hour. For the hour after that, you will use every ans at your disposal to survive. Two hours from now, I will return here. By then, other than this gang leader, I only want to see one person still alive."
He then looked down at Cheng Haonan beneath his foot. "As for you, you will stay right here and laugh for , just like you were laughing so heartily before. Of course, you don't have to laugh. You can trade your pride for the lives of your entire family."
Cheng Haonan fell silent.
「Atop the Red Lion Building」
Luo Xiu sat on the upturned eaves, enjoying the cool evening breeze. Luo Xier flew up behind him, her lips slightly pursed as she asked in a low voice, "Hey, are you really Ao Debiao?"
Luo Xiu countered, "So, now that you have my help, do you think you can win the championship?"
Luo Xier fell silent. Isn't that obvious? He killed six hundred Emperors by himself. To him, this tournant must be like a tiger in a flock of sheep. He can do whatever he wants.
"Um..." Luo Xier changed the subject, asking quietly, "Aren't you curious about my identity?"
"Not interested."
Hearing this, Luo Xier's cheeks puffed up slightly, and she humd softly. "Fine, if you're not interested. It's not like my identity is anything special anyway."
The air gradually grew quiet. Luo Xier looked at Luo Xiu's back. This guy really has no idea how to talk to a girl, she thought.
Just then, the sound of a woman's agonizing sobs and screams, mingled with the crazed laughter of a group of n, erupted from the building below. And mixed in with it all was Cheng Haonan's laugh, which sounded even more wretched than crying.
Before long, the sounds of brutal fighting rose from below. Luo Xiu had said only one could live, so everyone fought desperately for their life. Watching the scenes unfold below, Luo Xier suddenly felt her scalp tingle.
「Two hours later」
A blood-soaked, middle-aged man stumbled before Luo Xiu. He tried to force a fawning smile onto his face, but it only made him look more ferocious. "Young Master... I... I've killed everyone... So... I can live now, right?"
Luo Xiu didn't even bother to glance at him. A re look released a wave of Sword Qi, and the middle-aged man was instantly decapitated.
A short while later, Luo Xiu walked over to Cheng Haonan, who was still kneeling on the ground. Cheng Haonan was still laughing. For the lives of his family, he had to.
"Ao Debiao... I truly regret it. I regret provoking a demon like you... But do you think this ends here? Her Majesty will not let you go."
Luo Xiu's expression was blank. He suddenly asked, "So, you think the Lingtian Plateau can scrape together six hundred Emperor Realm cultivators for to kill?"
At those words, a shudder went through Cheng Haonan.
Luo Xiu asked again, "So, between and the one backing the Red Lion Gang, who do you really think is in danger here?"
Cheng Haonan was utterly speechless.
"Kill yourself," Luo Xiu said suddenly. "I can't be bothered to kill trash like you."
A mont later, watching Cheng Haonan's body fall, Luo Xiu casually extinguished his soul with a flick of his wrist, then turned and left.
Luo Xier followed behind him and asked suddenly, "Are you really going to find the person behind the Red Lion Gang?"
Luo Xiu didn't answer. He was preoccupied, thinking about how he was going to face Gu Jianxi. I used to dream of finding my family, he thought, but now... I'm afraid of eting these so-called relatives.
"Where are you going now?" Luo Xier asked.
Luo Xiu pulled his thoughts back to the present. "The killing isn't over."
"Who else are you going to kill?"
"The innkeeper of the Wangjian Inn."
"Why kill him?"
Luo Xiu glanced back at her. "The Red Lion Gang was able to brazenly enter the inn to capture people, and during the sword tournant, no less. So if I said the innkeeper wasn't involved with them, would you believe it?"
Luo Xier sighed. "But will killing like this really solve the problem?"
"I am ashad," Luo Xiu said. "I was too lazy to eliminate this problem root and stem from the beginning, and now my companions have suffered for it. This might beco a shadow she can never escape."
Luo Xier fell silent, her thoughts suddenly turning to Luo Yue and Yu Han. If I had gone through sothing like that, she asked herself, I probably would have chosen to leave this world.
"Killing might not solve the problem," Luo Xiu said suddenly, "but it is cathartic. Besides, what I don't understand is how, under Luo Hao's rule, the Heaven Azure Empire can allow such a filthy force as the Red Lion Gang to run rampant."
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