Everyone was shocked as they looked at the man, especially the few by his side, who were utterly bewildered.
The man struggled incessantly in Su Yang’s grip but was utterly unable to break free.
An elderly man beside them couldn’t help but say, "Master Su, this... this is the Cheng Family Head from Minnan Province, he... he’s not an assassin..."
"Is that so?" Su Yang sneered, his grip tightening another notch, "If you don’t make a move, I will squeeze the life out of you!"
The man continued to struggle, as several other Family Heads quickly tried to persuade Su Yang, but he did not stop.
Finally, the man’s neck twisted, and he went limp.
The people around them all exclaid, "Is... is he dead?"
Everyone was astonished, unable to comprehend what Su Yang was up to. Wasn’t he being too ruthless? They said he wasn’t an assassin, yet you still kill him directly? It’s easy to find a pretext for accusation, isn’t it?
However, Su Yang showed no remorse whatsoever, he simply took out the Nine Cold Jade Sword and said coldly, "You’re quite good at playing dead, so I’ll cut your body into ten pieces and see how long you can keep up the act!"
The Nine Cold Jade Sword slashed down straight toward the man, and just as it was about to hit, the man suddenly moved. Like a ghost, he shot up swiftly, appearing behind Su Yang in an instant, with a point of cold light in his hand stabbing directly at Su Yang’s back.
This move was so sudden, no one at the scene had ti to react.
Nevertheless, Su Yang was a bit faster. The Nine Cold Jade Sword in his hand flew out, spun back, and reached right behind Su Yang, its tip clashing with the cold glimr and blocking the fatal strike.
The man was extrely fast, spinning around again and launching another cold glint at Su Yang.
Su Yang’s Nine Cold Jade Sword was even faster, blocking the man’s strike right as he made his move. Following that, the Nine Cold Jade Sword chopped downward, enveloping the man within its arc.
The man dodged in panic, but after several attempts, he still couldn’t evade the Nine Cold Jade Sword. Eventually, he was driven back several steps by the Nine Cold Jade Sword, but he stayed composed. Dozens of cold glints flew from his body, attacking the Sect Leader and Gate Leader of various Great Sects within the Divine Physicians Alliance.
"Hmph!" Su Yang snorted coldly and waved his hand, a longsword falling into his grasp. He flicked his fingers, and the longsword shattered into pieces, dozens of tal shards flew out, blocking all the cold glints.
The onlookers were all astounded by such a feat, requiring such reaction and precision. If it had been off by even the slightest bit, surely soone would have died on the spot.
The man, too, was taken aback, clearly not daring to linger in battle, he launched three more cold glints to fend off Su Yang and then turned to run.
This ti, Su Yang did not clash head-on, but instead, he swung his hand behind him, propelling the three cold glints outside the hall.
Not long after the three cold glints flew out, the crowd only heard three resounding booms, as the three cold glints exploded. The powerful impact made everyone in the hall stagger.
All were exclaiming in shock, with no one expecting the man’s last three cold glints to actually be explosive devices. Luckily, Su Yang had just pushed them away, instead of blocking them as he had before. Otherwise, had they exploded inside the hall, it’s unknown how many would have perished!
Now, people couldn’t help but admire Su Yang’s strength, which was indeed terrifying. The strength of this man was clearly above that of Wu Qianqian and Zheng Jiusha.
Moreover, the man’s thod of killing was nothing short of supernatural, unpredictable by gods and devils alike. Even a master like Wan Mingshan’s Xie Feiyu, when faced with him, would hardly escape unscathed. Han Tianyuan himself wouldn’t dare to guarantee that he could avoid injury under the man’s mysterious attacks.
And Su Yang, with such an understated move, firmly subdued the man, compelling everyone to acknowledge his power.
Just as the man was about to burst out of the great hall, Su Yang reached out into the air and coldly commanded, "Co back here!"
An invisible force grasped the man’s ankle, pulling him back directly.
The man, unwilling to give up, tried to counterattack. But Su Yang was one step ahead, striking the man’s chest with a swift palm.
This ti, the man couldn’t avoid it and could only respond with a palm strike in defense. The clash of palms resulted in the man’s arm snapping, and Su Yang’s palm still landed on his chest. He fell to the ground, vomiting blood, powerless to resist any further!
A gasp arose from the crowd, and a Family Head exclaid in surprise, "When did Patriarch Cheng beco so powerful?"
Everyone was taken aback. They knew Patriarch Cheng well and although he was also in the Integration Realm, he was certainly not at the level of The Sovereign. Yet now, the man’s exchange with Su Yang was staggeringly strong, obviously superior to the likes of Zheng Jiusha and Wu Qianqian. What exactly was going on?
"This man is not Patriarch Cheng!" Han Tianyuan declared coldly.
"Not him?" The crowd was stunned, and a man familiar with Patriarch Cheng urgently said, "How is that possible? I’ve known him for over forty years, that’s clearly him!"
The others nodded in agreent. Patriarch Cheng was well-known, and many present had seen him before. This man was unmistakably Patriarch Cheng!
"Could he have changed his face?" A Family Head murmured, while soone else simply walked up and tugged at Patriarch Cheng’s face a few tis, but nothing seed to co off.
"He hasn’t changed his face!" that Family Head said strangely, and the crowd beca even more bewildered. If he hadn’t changed his face, then he must be Patriarch Cheng, right?
At that mont, Su Yang approached. He pressed five spots on Patriarch Cheng’s cheeks and then gently stroked across them. A layer of skin peeled off from Patriarch Cheng’s face, revealing a stranger’s visage.
"Good heavens!" The surrounding crowd exclaid in unison, their eyes wide in disbelief. Such a scene was beyond imagination if they hadn’t witnessed it with their own eyes.
"What... what exactly is happening here?" Even a Sect Leader from the Divine Physicians Alliance couldn’t help but express his astonishnt.
"This is one of the more advanced face-changing techniques," Su Yang explained casually. "It changes one’s facial structure so that the mask blends seamlessly with the facial features. Even if you try to pull it, it won’t co off. Once these acupoints are sealed, his facial structure will return to its original form, and the mask will fall off on its own!"
The onlookers were amazed. If Su Yang hadn’t said it, who would have thought such face-changing techniques existed in the world?
"Then who is this man?" a Family Head asked in amazent.
All around, faces were colored with embarrassnt. At this point, did it even need to be said? This man was surely the hired killer they had brought in, right?
Indeed, this ti, the allied families had indeed spent a high price on hiring killers to ensure certainty. However, they themselves had never seen these assassins, nor knew in what form they would appear.
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