"Ah, so this is the Grandwake Clan..." — Xichen murmured as he stared at the two groups of people who seemed on the verge of killing each other at any moment.
On one side stood a young man with long green hair and eyes of the same color, his pale skin and venomous, snake-like gaze marking him as the leader of the larger group.
The other group was smaller, apparently led by a woman in her mid-thirties, who carried an attractive and likable aura despite her age. Her long black hair cascaded down to her wide hips, and her green eyes stared anxiously and lovingly at the little girl in her arms.
In her arms was a small girl, a mirror image of herself with her long black hair tied in twin tails and her innocent, frightened green eyes.
"Su Ling'er..." — Xichen murmured as he recognized the little girl in the woman's embrace. She was none other than Yun Che's beloved in his past life. Although she was only ten or eleven years old, she already showed signs of breathtaking future beauty.
"Though I don't really care, this is a chance to earn some points, and besides, I refuse to let my source of information suddenly disappear." — Xichen murmured. He needed the Grandwake Clan's power to search for Yun Gu. He was only one person, and while it wasn't impossible to search the entire continent alone, it was an arduous task. So it was better to have others do it in your place.
With that, Xichen did not hesitate and slowly descended from the sky while listening to the conversation between the two groups.
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"Just surrender, for it's impossible to escape from my hands, I, the New Master of the Grandwake Clan," — said the green-haired young man with a venomous voice and a wide smile, his eyes roaming all over the body of the woman holding Su Ling'er.
"Despicable! Have you forgotten that we took you out of a life of misery and made you our adopted son and the young master of the Grandwake Clan?" — the woman said with righteous anger, her body trembling, causing her assets to bounce up and down, drawing the attention of all the men in the area. — "Your father even gave you the name Su Haoran, hoping you would live an upright and proud life."
[A/N: I don't know the meaning of the name Haoran and made up this meaning from my head.]
"You can't blame me, Mother, or rather, Su Huiyin," — Su Haoran said, staring at Su Huiyin with displeasure. — "If I could, I would live as you say, but I discovered that this path is too difficult, especially when my adoptive father sees me as a threat to his authority and constantly suppresses me. That's why I chose this way of life; it's easier and better."
"Stop right there, for the life of a scoundrel without honor is far easier than a normal life." — A deep, contempt-filled voice rang out across the place as Xichen landed between the two groups. — "But I doubt you would ever live an honorable and proud life even if the path were open before you. People like you are incapable of such a life because your characters are inherently evil and twisted, without any desire to live normally. You enjoy killing, plundering, and a life of luxury."
"..." — Everyone stared at the handsome young man with divine features and a pair of golden eyes full of nobility and loftiness. His black hair with azure tips fluttered behind him in the gentle breeze, painting the image of a god who had descended from the heavens.
"Exactly!! The pleasure of killing, plundering, and toying with others' lives is the best!!" — Snapping out of his daze, Su Haoran's face reddened, his breathing became heavy, and his eyes grew hazy as he spoke disgustingly. — "The feeling of watching ants kneel before me while my every word decides their life or death is the best."
Xichen's eyebrows rose slightly, a faint expression of disdain crossing his face, but he did not speak immediately. He just stared at Su Haoran as if evaluating him… not as a warrior, but as an insect.
"So…" — Xichen finally said, his tone calm but dripping with contempt — "you see yourself as nothing less than a little god… atop a mountain of corpses."
The sound of his footsteps on the dirt ground was barely audible, yet with each step he took closer, members of Su Haoran's group involuntarily retreated, as if their bodies understood the danger before their minds did.
"Stop him!" — Su Haoran shouted with a trembling voice, despite all his madness. — "Kill him! He's just an arrogant fool!"
He waved his hand, and in an instant, ten of his followers rushed forward, most of them at the mid or late Spirit Profound Realm.
But Xichen didn't move from his spot.
He simply raised his finger.
Snap.
In an instant, the ten fell to the ground, their bodies hitting the dirt hard, their eyes rolled back, with no one understanding what had just happened.
"S-something directly suppressed their souls…" — Su Huiyin murmured, clutching Su Ling'er tightly in her arms, stunned by the horror she had just witnessed.
"Then be a better person in your next life," — Xichen said calmly as he struck his palm toward Su Haoran and his followers and murmured — "Open Mountain Seal!!"
Suddenly, a golden palm appeared in the sky from nowhere, placing the entire area under terrifying pressure as it fell at a horrifying speed toward Su Haoran and his followers.
BOOM!!
With a thunderous and horrifying sound, Su Haoran and his followers were crushed by the golden palm. Nothing remained in the place except the ground, now shaped like a giant palm print, upon which lay hundreds of unrecognizably destroyed bodies.
What Xichen had used was the God Seal Technique, and this was the weakest of the five strikes, constituting only 10% of the technique's power, yet it was terrifying enough that among Su Haoran's followers were people at the Earth Profound Realm, and they were crushed by the palm, which was only at 60% of its full power.
"..." — Su Huiyin stared at Xichen's back with wide eyes full of gratitude and fear at the display of power he had shown before them. If he intended to harm them, there was no one who could do anything against him.
But Xichen's attention was focused on something else at the moment, and he did not care about Su Huiyin's fears for now.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for saving Su Ling'er and becoming the hero in her heart. Yun Che lost 500 Fortune Value, and the host gained 2,500 Destiny Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for changing Su Huiyin's fate of death and receiving a special reward: Heaven Seal x2.]
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