"Humanity?"
Xu Hao casually summoned a chair and leisurely sat down, then said indifferently, "You presu to speak of humanity with ? When you were shouting to beat and kill , hurling verbal insults at , why didn't you ntion humanity then? Cao Zhi, will you kill or not? If you don't, then I'll have to kill you."
Seeing Xu Hao slowly raise his right hand, Cao Zhi instantly trembled all over and hurriedly said, "Young Master Xu, I'll kill!"
After saying this, Cao Zhi picked up a broken feathered arrowhead from the ground and slowly walked towards the young man, speaking as he moved, "When we played together in our childhood, I said that if one must sacrifice the other to thrive, one should not be soft-hearted. Today, to ensure my survival, I have no choice but to sacrifice you."
As the young man watched Cao Zhi's hand holding the poison-coated broken arrow, he stepped back in horror.
The clan elder who had just scolded Cao Zhi in anger said, "Cao Zhi, are you really going to kill my grandson with your own hands just to save your own life?"
Cao Zhi suddenly smiled and said, "Fifth Master, you're no longer young, and I believe you understand this principle. He was disrespectful to Xu Hao just now. Even if I don't kill him, he would be killed by Xu Hao; there's no chance of survival.
But if he's killed by Xu Hao, that's just a aningless death. However, if he dies at my hands, I'll make his suffering a bit less. He is going to die either way, but dying at my hands can save my life, so why not do it?"
The old man furiously said, "You... you're just sophistry! If your hands are stained with the blood of Cao family mbers, our ancestors will not forgive you!"
"Don't worry, once everything is over, I will naturally go and ask for forgiveness from our ancestors," Cao Zhi said indifferently. Thinking to pressure with our ancestors, it's a joke?
He had long since stopped believing in all that talk about ancestors. Now, he only believed in himself!
The young man watched as Cao Zhi ca closer and closer, the arrowhead glowing ominously, moving ever closer to his throat, and he cried out in panic, "Cao Zhi, if you are so ruthless, then don't bla for being disloyal!"
He suddenly reached for his waist, seemingly trying to draw sothing out, but Cao Zhi, as if prepared, stabbed the arrowhead into his throat before he could pull anything out!
"Puff!"
A soft sound, and the arrowhead instantly entered the young man's throat, fatally precise!
"Clap! Clap! Clap!" Xu Hao applauded and laughed, "Impressive, quick and accurate; you must have practiced a lot!"
"Thank you for the complint, Young Master Xu," said Cao Zhi, feigning fear.
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anwhile, the mbers of the Cao family were stunned.
Cao Zhi had actually killed his childhood playmate!
His hands were now stained with the blood of a Cao family mber!
The other childhood friends of Cao Zhi were now panicked, hugging each other and looking fearfully at Xu Hao and Cao Zhi.
Xu Hao then said, "See what that is in his waist."
Cao Zhi obediently took out the item from the young man's waist and found it was a small, exquisite crossbow arrow.
If he hadn't reacted fast enough, he might have been killed by that crossbow arrow.
Xu Hao nodded and said, "Goodness, they're all ruthless folks. This lad probably also expected you to kill him, carrying such an instrunt on him. But pity, he wasn't as ruthless as you. If he'd been a bit more ruthless and acted earlier, maybe you'd be the one lying on the ground now."
Cao Zhi quickly bowed and said, "You flatter , Young Master Xu. I did it only to survive. After all, 'if a person doesn't look out for themselves, heaven and earth will combine to destroy them.' He blocked my way to life, and so naturally, I had to kill him."
Xu Hao looked at him indifferently and pointed at the other young n, saying, "Since that's the case, you may as well kill them all."
Cao Zhi steeled his heart; Xu Hao was challenging his patience, his bottom line. Yet, he had no choice but to take action.
Cao Zhi said, "Since I've already killed one, killing one or a group is all the sa. To stay alive, you all shall die in my stead!"
With that, he went after the group without hesitation.
However, after witnessing the fate of the first young man, these others were not sheep waiting to be slaughtered. They fought back fiercely, and soone even shouted, "Are you all just going to stand there and watch? He's gone mad. If he dares to kill us now, he will dare to kill you later! If you just stand by and watch, you'll be next!"
Many Cao family mbers found this cry to be extrely reasonable upon hearing it.
If Cao Zhi could kill his own childhood friends, his loyal aides of many years, was there anyone he couldn't kill?
Therefore, quite a few Cao family mbers imdiately rushed toward Cao Zhi, intending to subdue or even kill him.
But Cao Zhi had studied martial arts and, with a weapon in hand and being extrely vicious, they couldn't subdue him for a ti.
Yet, at this mont, he had completely alienated everyone.
Cao Zhi knew that the mont he had made his first move, it ant he could no longer remain in the Cao family.
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