Liuguang Jiaoying had always relied on his status to act with impunity. Even if he caused major trouble, he wasn't afraid. As long as he invoked his family name and announced his parents' titles, no one—whether a powerful sect or an ancient cave abode—dared to touch him. This tactic had never failed him across the Divine Land.
Unfortunately, today he had met Gu Qingfeng.
A man who had once rampaged across this world, overthrown the Immortal Dynasty, severed the Immortal River, and shaken the heavens and earth—the Lord Chixiao.
Also a man who had trodden upon the Nine Heavens in the Celestial Realm, contended with the Three Thousand Great Daos, and battled the Heavens themselves—the Nine Nethers Emperor.
Therefore.
While Liuguang Jiaoying was still shouting about how powerful his family was and issuing threats, Gu Qingfeng flashed into the pavilion and kicked out.
Crack!
The shouting ceased.
Liuguang Jiaoying didn't even have time to grunt. That single kick shattered him to dust, leaving not even a speck behind. A wisp of azure smoke floated in the air—it was Liuguang Jiaoying's soul. Gu Qingfeng reached out, grabbed it, and rubbed his hands together. With a series of crisp crackling sounds, Liuguang Jiaoying's soul also dissipated into nothingness.
Dead!
Annihilated.
Liuguang Jiaoying had just been kicked to death by him, soul extinguished, utterly and completely eradicated.
The remaining thirty Immortal Dynasty Nobles witnessing this scene were so terrified they struggled desperately, but it was useless. Their Nascent Soul Dharma Aspects were destroyed, their Heart-Mind Purple Mansions ruined, their Immortal foundations gone, and even their meridians and bones severed. They were completely crippled. No matter how they struggled, they couldn't escape.
"Fairy Su Hua…
Save me!"
"Fairy Su Hua, I beg you, save me! I don't want to die…" They cried for help, but could only appeal to Fairy Su Hua, because all the other Immortal Officials were dead.
A thousand meters away.
Su Hua desperately wanted to rush over and stop Gu Qingfeng, but she simply couldn't break through Nalan Qianqiu's restriction. "Elder Sister Nalan, can you release the restriction? Don't worry, Gu Qingfeng can't kill me."
"That's only what you think."
Nalan Qianqiu said coldly and mercilessly, "I told you, among all living beings in this boundless world, there are only those he wants to kill or doesn't want to kill. There are none he dares not kill, and none he cannot kill."
"But…
Elder Sister Nalan."
"No buts…" Nalan Qianqiu cut her off. "Moreover, these Immortal Dynasty Nobles brought this upon themselves by provoking him without knowing the immensity of heaven and earth. They truly deserve to die. Why save them?"
"I know their family elders to some extent. If I stand by and do nothing today…" Su Hua's words were again cut short.
"Don't worry, you won't know them in the future."
"Why?"
"No reason."
Nalan Qianqiu turned and said to her very seriously, "Because the moment these Immortal Dynasty Nobles made their move, the fate of their families was already sealed—they are destined to vanish from this world."
Su Hua was stunned and dumbfounded, as if she hadn't expected such words to come from her Elder Sister Nalan.
"Hua'er, I solemnly warn you: do not provoke him. Never, ever provoke him. Whatever he wants to do, let him do it. Never interfere. Even if today he merely kills a few Immortal Dynasty Nobles, and tomorrow he slaughters an Immortal Dynasty prince, just pretend you don't know. Sister doesn't want you to die, and sister doesn't want to die either…
Not just me, even your master and the others also don't want to die…" "Elder Sister Nalan, you…" Su Hua's mind went blank. She couldn't comprehend, couldn't imagine, just how terrifying Gu Qingfeng must be for Elder Sister Nalan to utter such bone-chilling words.
Back in the scene.
The thirty-odd Immortal Dynasty Nobles led by Liuguang Qinghong were still straining their throats, shouting desperately.
Gu Qingfeng took a step forward, appearing before one of the Nobles. Without even glancing at him, his hand rose and fell. With a bang, this Noble was instantly shattered to pieces, his soul dispersing.
"No!
No—don't!"
A nearby Noble was so frightened he nearly wet himself. As Gu Qingfeng raised his hand, he brutally ripped the man's head off and tossed it before the other Nobles.
At that.
No one dared to shout anymore.
At this moment.
Gu Qingfeng was like the God of Death, passing judgment on the lives of these Immortal Dynasty Nobles.
"I will only ask once. Who else knew about today's move against the Crimson-Letter Sect?"
"Young Lord Chiyan…
I…
I don't know."
"Young Lord Chiyan, we didn't know about their move against the Crimson-Letter Sect. Moreover…
we even tried to dissuade them, but they held Young Master Long's decree talisman…" Xingyao, Yingnian, and a few other Immortal Dynasty Nobles responded, trembling.
They had only come under orders for the sake of Heavenly Destiny, completely unaware that Liuguang Qinghong intended to target the Crimson-Letter Sect. And Xingyao wasn't lying—when Liuguang Jiaoying announced the arrest of Crimson-Letter members, they had indeed tried to dissuade him.
"Get out."
Gu Qingfeng waved a hand, and Xingyao, Yingnian, and the six other Nobles who were unaware of the plot were sent flying away.
"Young Lord Chiyan, I…
I also didn't know…" "I didn't know either…" Two or three more Nobles cried out.
But the moment their words left their mouths, Gu Qingfeng kicked them, reducing them to ashes.
"I said I would only ask once."
Bang! Bang!
The two other Nobles who had tried to pretend were also instantly reduced to ashes.
"Young Lord Chiyan, I was wrong…
I was wrong…" "I won't dare again!
I'll never dare again! I beg you, spare me! I'll do anything you want! My parents are both Immortals…" Two more Nobles begged for mercy. Similarly, as their words fell, Gu Qingfeng slapped them, turning them to ashes.
The remaining dozen or so Immortal Dynasty Nobles knelt on the ground in utter disarray, their faces ashen, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. They opened their mouths, but none dared to say another word.
Threats?
Liuguang Jiaoying had threatened, and he was dead.
Pleading for help?
Some Nobles had pleaded with Fairy Su Hua for help, and they were dead.
Lying?
Some Nobles had lied, and they were dead.
Begging for mercy?
The two Nobles who had just begged for mercy were dead.
What to do?
No one knew what to do.
Only death awaited them.
But none of them wanted to die. Liuguang Qinghong said, "Young Lord Chiyan, I beg for your mercy. We…
we were only following orders. Everything was Young Master Long's idea. It was he…
he who told us, after arriving in the Great Northwest, to deliberately provoke the Crimson-Letter Sect, to use the Crimson-Letter veterans like Jin He to humiliate the Crimson-Letter Sect while testing…
testing the Crimson-Letter Sect's attitude, and…
also testing…
testing the Crimson-Letter Sect's bottom line…
He also said…
he also said…" He swallowed hard, continuing haltingly, "He also said the Crimson-Letter Sect in the Northwest Territory is utterly insignificant, that the Crimson-Letter veterans stationed at the branch helms are like a scattered mess, that Crimson-Letter veterans without the Lord Chixiao are like tigers without teeth…
That the Crimson-Letter Sect in the Northwest Territory, without Lord Heishui, isn't even as good as a tiger…"
"And have you now tested the Crimson-Letter Sect's attitude? Have you tested its bottom line?"
"I…
I…
I…" Liuguang Qinghong seemed to feel the approach of the God of Death, terrifying him into not daring to utter another word.
"Since you wanted the Crimson-Letter Sect's attitude, I'll give you one today."
Gu Qingfeng waved a hand. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The bodies of Liuguang Qinghong and the other dozen or so Immortal Dynasty Nobles all turned to ashes, leaving only over a dozen heads floating in mid-air. With a flick of his wrist, the dozen heads flew and landed beneath the estate's monument stele.
"This is the attitude of the Crimson-Letter Sect."