"Hey, aren't you going to call out? You can take quite a bit, huh?" Gu Chenan mocked, looking at Gong Fei's contorted expression.
Gong Fei turned his head and gritted his teeth, forcibly holding back the "Ahhh" that almost escaped.
"You... you have no sense of honor..." Gong Fei's voice trembled.
Gu Chenan shrugged, and in the next instant, his figure moved swiftly again, kicking towards Gong Fei's waist.
Gong Fei clutched his waist and opened his mouth in a panic, "Don't hit there, are you..."
Before he could finish his sentence...
BANG!
Another dull thud.
Gong Fei arched his back, trying to dodge, but Gu Chenan accurately struck his waist again.
After three consecutive attacks on his waist, Gong Fei couldn't hold it in anymore and wet himself.
With one hand holding his waist and the other in his mouth, his body twisted into a pretzel shape.
Witnessing this scene, everyone in the manor was stunned.
Not only did Gu Chenan possess superior skills to Gong Fei, but he was utterly crushing him!
This wasn't a fight; this was a complete and utter thrashing!
Xiao Jian and his daughter stood dumbfounded by the window, their expressions blank and breathing stilled.
"You've been with Gu for a long time. Did you know he was this formidable?" Xiao Jian finally asked after a while.
"No, I didn't," Xiao Yajie shook her head.
The Black Owl members were also utterly shocked. Seeing Gong Fei's defeat, they all opened their formations, ready to surround and attack.
But at that moment, Gong Fei stretched out his hand to stop them.
Then, enraged beyond control, he drew his curved blade and charged forward with a howl.
"Son of a bitch, are you messed up or what? Hitting me right in the waist, did my waist offend you or something?"
"I won't rest until I crush your waist, you bastard!"
Gong Fei charged rapidly towards Gu Chenan and swung his blade. Just as the blade was about to reach Gu Chenan's shoulder, Gu Chenan instantly grabbed Gong Fei's wrist.
Then, with a forceful tug, he pulled Gong Fei into his embrace and punched him in the waist with his other fist.
"Argh!"
A pig-slaughtering-like scream echoed as Gong Fei's curved blade slipped from his hand. Clutching his waist in excruciating pain, he fell to his knees before Gu Chenan.
"Tsk, tsk, you left such a huge opening. Aren't you just begging me to hit your waist?" Gu Chenan said as he slowly squatted down, grabbing Gong Fei's hair and looking at his agonized face.
"Who gave you the confidence to think you could attack the Xiao family? Don't you know your own weight?"
"It's just showing off, isn't it?"
"I can do that too."
"Just kidding! I'm the big baddie here. Who can outdo me when it comes to showing off?"
"Who... who are you?" Gong Fei asked through gritted teeth, his gaze lowered.
Gu Chenan chuckled. "Since you're in this state, I might as well tell you."
Leaning close to Gong Fei's ear, he whispered, "I'm the one who's going to kill you."
As the words fell, Gu Chenan grabbed Gong Fei's hair, stood up abruptly, and channeled his innate energy into a punch aimed at Gong Fei's heart.
This punch seemed lacking in force, but it contained a formidable burst of energy that exploded in Gong Fei's chest like a cannon blast!
The shockwave ripped through Gong Fei's back, blasting open the fabric covering his heart.
Gong Fei's eyes widened, his pupils contracting sharply before slowly dilating.
His entire body collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud.
Witnessing this scene, the martial artists in the manor were both shocked and relieved.
Shocked that Gu Chenan had so easily killed the leader, but relieved that with the leader's death, the remaining Black Owl members would no longer be able to breach the Xiao family compound.
At that moment, several cars pulled up.
Li Rufeng and his disciples got out of the vehicles.
Xiao Jian had called Li Rufeng, promising him a substantial sum of money in exchange for his help.
They hadn't seen Gu Chenan kill Gong Fei, but they witnessed the aftermath outside the manor.
The area was a bloodbath, with bodies scattered across the ground, their fates uncertain.
A group of people surrounded Gu Chenan.
Li Rufeng was slightly taken aback but also pleasantly surprised.
The Black Owl members had actually dared to blatantly attack the Xiao family!
And it seemed that only Gu Chenan was left standing, struggling alone!
Perfect. Just as Gu Chenan was about to falter, Li Rufeng could intervene, making it appear that without his help, the attackers would have breached the manor.
"Master, shall we engage?" one of his disciples asked.
Li Rufeng shook his head slowly and grinned. "When the shrimp and crab fight, the fisherman profits. Let's wait until Gu Chenan and those people are all exhausted before we make our move."
He then glared menacingly at Gu Chenan. "It would be best if those people killed Gu Chenan!"
"Understood!" the disciples nodded.
Gu Chenan, standing amidst the crowd, noticed Li Rufeng's arrival and his intent to watch from the sidelines. Gu Chenan scoffed disdainfully.
Turning to the Black Owl members, he cracked his knuckles. "Alright, never mind them. Let's continue."
The Black Owl members exchanged glances, already intimidated by Gu Chenan.
After all, he had just effortlessly killed Gong Fei, one of the Twelve Owls, in a casual manner.
Seeing their lack of response, Gu Chenan stepped forward.
Naturally, he wouldn't let these people go. They had seen his face, and even if they didn't know his identity, they would investigate him secretly.
Currently, he didn't want to engage in direct conflict with the entire Black Owl organization.
If these people spread the news of Gu Chenan killing Gong Fei within the Black Owl, Lin Yu would undoubtedly exaggerate the situation and turn the entire organization against him.
Seeing Gu Chenan approach slowly, the leaderless Black Owl members panicked.
With each step Gu Chenan took, they retreated one step, as if an invisible barrier separated them.
"Master Gong is dead. We can't breach the compound. Don't throw your lives away; retreat!" someone in the crowd shouted.
Instantly, everyone turned and ran towards Li Rufeng's group.
Li Rufeng and his disciples were taken aback.
"Crap! They're running towards us!"
Li Rufeng's expression turned grave as he waved his hand. "Quick, don't let them gain the upper hand. Attack!"
With that command, Li Rufeng and his disciples charged forward in a swarm.
The two groups clashed fiercely.
The Black Owl assassins, initially intending to flee, erupted with an intense will to survive when blocked by Li Rufeng's group.
The battle between cornered beasts was brutal.
Nearly everyone fought with their lives on the line.
Li Rufeng's group quickly realized something was amiss when they engaged the Black Owl members.
These people seemed to disregard defense entirely, attacking relentlessly like madmen.
Within minutes, most of Li Rufeng's disciples were injured.
As for Gu Chenan, he stood under a willow tree by the roadside, hands in his pockets, watching the scene with bored indifference.
Originally intending to watch from the sidelines, Li Rufeng had now become the tiger himself.
The spectator was now Gu Chenan.
Gu Chenan remained there to prevent the Black Owl assassins from breaking through.
Otherwise, he would have returned to the second floor of the manor long ago to leisurely enjoy some ice cream as a mere spectator.
After all, watching a fight could never be as enjoyable as joining one.
...
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
