"Scram!"
Ye Xiao's indifferent voice, mixed with supreme oppression, transmitted out.
Before the others could see what happened, they only saw Master Huang's body soften, and he fell backward, devoid of life!
Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and those wide eyes, even in death, were filled with endless fear!
"Dead... Dead?!"
Among the guests, several were scared senseless and collapsed on the spot, while the rest looked incredulously at Ye Xiao who was slowly retracting his palm.
Ye Xiao hadn't laid a hand on him; he had merely uttered a single word and killed Master Huang!
"Those who are not from the Zhang Family may come forward to pay respects and may live."
The indifferent voice echoed in the deadly silent manor.
When the crowd came to their senses, immediately about a dozen terrified guests scrambled to Ye Xiao's side, quickly kneeling and kowtowing.
"You..."
It was only then that Zhang Huaizhong regained his wits, his face as pale as paper, completely drained of color.
The Zhang Family was finished!
Simply by uttering a single word, he had killed Master Huang, a fourth-level Body Refinement martial artist. What kind of power was this?!
Although the Zhang Family had also been fostering martial artists in recent years, their strongest had not even reached the first level of Body Refinement.
Thud!
Zhang Huaizhong's body weakened, and he slumped to the ground, his eyes lifeless.
He regretted it now, if he had not ordered the annexation of the Tang Family's assets back then, there would be no story today.
If it were really so, although the Zhang Family would have been less influential, they would not be at risk of annihilation.
But now...
Only those who are not from the Zhang Family may pay respects to the spirit tablets and live...
That implied that even if the Zhang Family members knelt down to pay respects, they couldn't live!
About a dozen guests quickly knelt down to pay respects and then swiftly left; having been scared out of their wits, they dared not to have the slightest involvement with the Zhang Family anymore.
Seeing this, dozens more guests rushed out, one after another, surging towards the spirit tablets.
"Pay your respects quickly! Master Huang is dead, if we don't follow what he said, no one will leave this place alive!"
These words already carried a trace of panic.
Ye Xiao, having executed Master Huang with a single word, acted as if it was a trivial matter, not even sparing a glance at the corpse on the ground as he turned to walk towards the brand-new, grand villa.
"It's huge, it's luxurious, but it, it should not exist in this world."
As he spoke, Ye Xiao took a step out!
Thud!
The entire earth trembled at that moment, and the castle-like villa almost instantaneously displayed countless cracks, and in just a few breaths, it collapsed with a thunderous crash!
The dust that billowed seemed to fear Ye Xiao as well, daring not to come close.
Slowly turning around, Ye Xiao swept his gaze over the Zhang Family members who were crying out of fear, "Commit suicide, or shall I do it myself?"
"Isn't it just annexing some of Tang Family's assets?! Why must it come to the point of exterminating the clan?! Are you a devil?!!!!"
A middle-aged woman from the Zhang Family screamed hysterically, her tears and snot mingling on her face.
"That question, you should not ask me," Ye Xiao said, brushing off the question.
Bang!
In the next moment, the middle-aged woman's body exploded into a mist of blood!
Then, Ye Xiao's gaze turned to Zhang Huaizhong, who had collapsed on the ground, "If all the Zhang Family members commit suicide, I will spare you, just you, your life today."
"Really?!"
Zhang Huaizhong jolted, quickly getting up from the ground.
"Indeed," Ye Xiao said with a slight smile.
"What are you all waiting for?! Move! If you all commit suicide, at least the Zhang Family might have a hope of leaving a lineage in this world!"
Zhang Huaizhong roared ferociously at the dazed Zhang Family members staring at him.
Sparing one person was better than annihilating the entire clan! Today, with Ye Xiao present, how things would unfold was completely up to Ye Xiao, the supreme powerhouse!
"Let's do it. The moment Master Huang fell, we no longer had a choice,"
Zhang Huaizhong's eldest son let out a deep sigh, picked up the silver knife and fork from the table, closed his eyes, and stabbed it into his own brow.
However, not everyone present possessed such courage.
Those afraid to die let out wails, being dragged by their kin who had decided to embrace death, to join them in the journey to the Yellow Springs.
In less than ten minutes, all members of the Zhang Family present had fallen into the pool of blood.
The remaining guests, their eyes almost splitting, smelling the blood permeating the air, even those who had decided to bow in worship, trembled in their legs.
One sentence had reduced the once formidable Zhang Family to nothing but an old man in the twilight of his years!
This is the power of the strong!
Fear accelerated their efficiency; in mere minutes, the guests had all paid their homage and quickly departed.
The grand estate was adorned with a final touch—pools of red blood amidst the delectable delicacies on the table.
"All of them were good sons of the Zhang Family, they left with dignity!"
Tears filled Zhang Huaizhong's eyes as he wept without making a sound.
At this moment, he seemed utterly depleted, like a lamp out of oil.
He had built up the Zhang Family's foundation, but he had also brought it to ruin; now, the vast family was reduced to just him, a man one step away from the coffin.
"If someone seeks revenge, tell them to find the Yang Family."
Ye Xiao gave a faint smile, collected the memorial tablet from the table, and stepped out.
The Yang Family?
Zhang Huaizhong's body shook violently!
There was still the Yang Family!
The sons of the Zhang Family would not die in vain!
That was Jiangzhou City's current number one family, boasting three Guest Elders who had reached the fifth level of Body Refinement, as well as a young master who had been initiated into an ancient martial sect! If they joined forces, they could surely kill this insolent brat!
Without looking back, Zhang Huaizhong found a car and sped toward the Yang estate.
"The Yang Family! Yes, the Yang Family! Three experts of the fifth level of Body Refinement uniting should surely slay this lawless devil!"
His eyes red with rage, he ran through countless red lights, and in just over an hour, he arrived at the Yang Family estate located on the other side of Jiangzhou City's suburbs.
The Yang Family's estate, though not as grand as the newly built Zhang castle, spanned a land area more than five times as large.
At this moment, there were no fewer than a thousand people gathered in the estate, all of them members of the Yang Family.
"..."
No one spoke; the sky was dense with dark clouds. The stifling atmosphere made Zhang Huaizhong, rushing out of the car, feel an extreme suppression.
Here, it was even more suffocating than his already destroyed Zhang estate.
"Is your family head here?!"
Upon reaching the doorway, Zhang Huaizhong grabbed the arm of a guard, only to notice the man's eyes were devoid of life, empty and hollow.
"Your family head..."
He sought out another person, but the result was the same as with the guard.
"Wuwuwu..."
An uncontrollable weeping pierced through the silence.
Zhang Huaizhong looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a young man's body laid out beside a van, a token placed upon his chest.
"Why?! Why my Yang Family?! Why!!!"
Yang Qihang, well into his sixties, stretched out his wrinkled palm and touched the cold, blood-spattered token on his grandson's chest.
"What is the reason?!!"
Zhang Huaizhong hurried forward, finally getting a clear view of the token, and his body trembled.
"Heh... heh heh..."
He laughed.
The thought of vengeance nearly extinguished the instant he saw the token.
Recalling the collapsed castle and the kin in the estate yet to be buried, drool flowed down the corner of Zhang Huaizhong's mouth.
"Heh heh, heh heh, heh heh heh..."
The senseless laughter faded away as Zhang Huaizhong's figure receded into the distance.
In the Yang Family estate, apart from the despairing cries, no other sound could be heard.