Tian Liang Begged for Mercy
It seemed he really had to die.
"Patriarch, please! Show me mercy. I don't want to die, I don't want to die! How about this—wait until you successfully break through to the Nether Profound Realm, and until the Old Ancestor recovers, then let us leave. What do you say? By then, you won't have to worry about the Tian Family falling into crisis anymore. I can wait." Tian Liang sobbed.
A grown man was crying now. It seemed he would have to use a bit of the "flesh-wound" ploy.
Normally, Tian Liang had been high and mighty, giving off an extremely imposing air.
Now, he was like a stray dog from a ruined household.
"It's too late," Patriarch Tian said indifferently.
"If I must die, then please spare my family and my subordinates. They're innocent; these matters have nothing to do with them." Tian Liang spoke up.
"That's right. Please spare us. We truly didn't know anything." Tian Chulan spoke from not far away.
"That's right, we didn't know anything. We don't want to die! Please let us go." Tian Liang's other relatives and subordinates also began pleading for mercy one after another.
They had not enjoyed enough of their good days yet, so of course they did not want to die.
"None of you will survive. I've come to tell you all this today because I want you to understand why you're dying. You truly did wrong. If you don't die, what will the other members of the Tian Family think?"
"Since ancient times, betrayal has been shameful and intolerable. Although you were expelled from the family, the family never intended to hunt you down to the last man. Yet you wanted to wipe out the entire Tian Family. With such madness, you naturally