When Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue arrived at the Li Residence, Niu Ren and the other Imperial Guard officials had already arrived one after another.
Almost all Imperial Guard officials of Banner Commander rank and above were present.
Everyone wore grave expressions as they looked upon the more than thirty members of the Li household, all decapitated, their corpses strewn everywhere and blood splashed across the ground.
Not a single survivor had been left in the entire Li Residence.
Even the chickens, ducks, and dogs had all been slaughtered.
"Who did this? How dare they massacre the family of an Imperial Guard Commander!"
Two terrifying gleams shot from Niu Ren's eyes. In a fit of rage, he swung his palm at a rockery.
Boom!
His powerful true qi shattered the rockery into pieces, reducing the rubble to powder that scattered across the snow.
This was one of Niu Ren's supreme martial arts—the Great Strength Vajra Palm!
The crowd fell silent as cicadas in winter, scarcely daring to breathe.
Huang Shaojie could not help secretly marveling at the power of Niu Ren's palm strike. It was likely even stronger than his current Dragon Subduing Palm.
After all, the Great Strength Vajra Palm was one of Shaolin's supreme martial arts, not much inferior even to the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms.
Moreover, Niu Ren was a Fifth Rank Grandmaster. His Internal Cultivation far surpassed Huang Shaojie's.
Huang Shaojie cupped his hands and bowed to Niu Ren. "My lord, this subordinate suspects that the Eastern Ocean Samurai from the Dongsheng Merchant Association slaughtered Commander Li's entire family."
At those words, everyone nodded slightly.
How could Niu Ren himself not have considered that possibility?
Commander Zhao reported to Niu Ren, "My lord, this subordinate just examined the blade wound on Commander Li's chest. The cut