Unifying Wu Tan City

Thinking of how, in the original story, the Jia Lie Family and the Oba Family had kicked the Xiao Family while it was down after Yun Leng and the others from the Misty Cloud Sect attacked them, Xiao Kun said firmly:

"Tonight, I'll eliminate the main forces of the two families. After that, Father, announce that you've broken through to Dou Ling. Taking over Wu Tan City will be effortless."

Afterward, Xiao Kun discussed the details with Xiao Zhan at length. Once they had finished, Xiao Kun returned to his room.

Late at night, Xiao Kun changed into dark clothes and quietly made his way outside the city. That way, when he flew into the city, no one would suspect that he was from the Xiao Family.

Feeling that the time was right, Xiao Kun unfurled a pair of white fire wings nearly ten feet wide. After rising into the air, he flew toward the Jia Lie Family in Wu Tan City.

The moment Xiao Kun arrived above the Jia Lie Family, the guards on night watch spotted him standing in midair. The wings behind his back showed that he was at least a Dou Wang expert.

Just as they wondered why such an expert had come here in the middle of the night, Xiao Kun spoke from the air, his voice infused with Dou Qi. "A mere Jia Lie Family dares to scheme against what is mine? Come out and die at once!"

The powerful Dou Qi not only altered Xiao Kun's voice, but also carried it throughout the entire city.

These sudden words nearly woke everyone in the city. Those with some strength hurried onto their rooftops to see what was happening and find out exactly whom the Jia Lie Family had offended.

As for those without any strength, they obediently hid in their rooms and prayed.

How could the Jia Lie Family dare delay after hearing this? They hurriedly dressed and got up to investigate. Their patriarch, Jia Lie Bi, also brought the clan elders to the ground below Xiao Kun.

Seeing that the person in the sky was at least a Dou Wang expert, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "May I ask where the Jia Lie Family has offended you, sir? Please enlighten us."

Seeing Jia Lie Bi's terrified expression, Xiao Kun secretly found it amusing and casually came up with an excuse:

"I have a cave residence in the Magic Beast Mountain Range outside Wu Tan City. When I returned today, I found that everything inside had vanished. Someone told me it was the work of your Jia Lie Family. Hand it over at once."

Faced with such an accusation, Jia Lie Bi immediately sent people to investigate. He said anxiously, "Sir, please give me some time to look into this matter. If such a thing truly happened, I will return all of your belongings in full."

"Fine. You have a quarter of an hour."

"Thank you, sir."

Although he knew Jia Lie Bi would never find anything, Xiao Kun was still willing to give them some time to struggle desperately before their deaths.

As time slowly passed, Jia Lie Bi was sweating profusely with nervousness, yet there was still not the slightest news of the cave residence's belongings.

At last, time was up. Jia Lie Bi could only force a bitter smile. "Sir, we truly haven't found your belongings. Perhaps the person who gave you that information was mistaken."

"Is that so? But you've wasted so much of my time, so I'll have to ask you all to die."

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible flame appeared in Xiao Kun's hand. At the same time, a Heart Flame silently emerged within the bodies of every adult member of the Jia Lie Family within three hundred feet of him. In the blink of an eye, they were all reduced to ashes.

The somewhat quiet night suddenly became utterly silent. Everyone stared wide-eyed in terror at the large patch of black ash that had appeared on the ground.

The bizarre sight sent a chill through the hearts of everyone nearby, and cold sweat poured uncontrollably from their bodies.

Especially the surviving members of the Jia Lie Family. Many had their mouths hanging open like duck eggs, their eyes filled with utter horror.

Only after a long while did they come back to their senses, hurriedly stumbling backward. One of them even lost his footing and collapsed to the ground, crying out in terror, "What exactly did you do?"

When Xiao Kun had acted earlier, they had not sensed any fluctuation of Dou Qi. Yet in the blink of an eye, so many Jia Lie Family members had turned to ash.

Xiao Kun did not answer their questions. He merely made a round through the Jia Lie Family, finishing off a few survivors before flying directly toward the Oba Family.

After arriving at the Oba Family, Xiao Kun repeated the same trick and killed all of its adult members.

The people in the city watched as Xiao Kun destroyed two of Wu Tan City's great families in a single night, and their hearts were filled with horror. Just when they thought the Xiao Family, one of the Three Great Clans, would suffer the same calamity next—

The mysterious man in black flew directly out of Wu Tan City and vanished. The people in the city could not help sighing over the Xiao Family's good fortune.

After flying several miles from Wu Tan City, Xiao Kun checked his surroundings and found that no one was following him. He landed on a secluded mountain peak, then quietly returned to the city.

Lying on his bed, Xiao Kun felt a trace of exhaustion. Although he had not needed to exert much effort to wipe out the two great families of Wu Tan City today—

This had still been his first time killing people. Fortunately, killing with the Fallen Heart Flame was not bloody. Otherwise, he would have felt even worse.

He rested through the night.

In the morning, Xiao Kun received quite a bit of news as soon as he got up. It turned out that shortly after he had left yesterday, the weakened Oba Family and Jia Lie Family had become easy prey. Many people had wanted to make a fortune amid the chaos and rushed into the two families to burn, kill, and loot.

However, Xiao Zhan, displaying his Dou Ling strength, led the Xiao Family members to reap the benefits as the third party.

Afterward, he sent Xiao Family members to take over all of the two families' businesses in Wu Tan City.

Faced with Xiao Zhan's Dou Ling strength, the various factions of Wu Tan City had no choice but to accept reality, no matter how unwilling they were.

Now that the Xiao Family possessed a Dou Ling expert and all the assets once held by the Three Great Clans, it had rightfully become the number one family in Wu Tan City.

With a Dou Ling expert among them and such enormous gains, the Xiao Family held a grand banquet.

An endless stream of people came to offer congratulations. Anyone in the city with even a little influence attended; otherwise, if the Xiao Family settled accounts afterward and claimed they had shown no respect, they would be finished.

The banquet lasted three days and three nights before finally ending.

As the Xiao Family flourished, smiles appeared more frequently on the faces of its members. Walking through the city and seeing this scene, Xiao Kun was in a cheerful mood as well.

However, if he wanted to continue protecting this happiness, he needed even greater strength. With that thought, Xiao Kun went to the Xiao Family's back mountain to continue cultivating.

This time, he intended to focus on cultivating the Secret Art that only a Dou Wang could practice, which he had obtained from a previous critical hit: Shifting Form and Changing Shadow.

Sitting cross-legged inside a cave, Xiao Kun took out the Shifting Form and Changing Shadow scroll from the System Space.

The scroll was made of a semi-transparent material. As he slowly opened it, Xiao Kun discovered that the space above it seemed faintly distorted, even somewhat chaotic. Merely watching it for a short while made him feel dizzy.

Looking through the System's instructions, Xiao Kun discovered that the scroll contained a wisp of Space Origin. Absorbing it could improve his body, making it more compatible with space and allowing him to cultivate spatial techniques with twice the result for half the effort.

After reading this, Xiao Kun formed a series of complex hand seals, undoing the scroll's seal on that wisp of Space Origin.

He then formed more hand seals, controlling the wisp of Space Origin and allowing his body to absorb it.

Half a day later, Xiao Kun suddenly felt that his body possessed a talent he had never had before. He examined himself carefully, yet could not sense where the difference lay.

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