Taking the Initiative

Chu Feng said furiously.

" The Fang Family is the source of disaster for both of us. I happened to see Fang Jian Xing fooling around with that concubine, and those two tried to kill me to silence me. They even dragged Brother Lin into it and had one of his legs broken. How could we possibly let the Fang Family go?"

"Did you think I'd forgotten the days when they used us as human targets? Those days when we lived in constant fear? We survived not because the Fang Family had any compassion, but because we were lucky, that's all."

"Today, I killed a Fang Family Attendant, along with a whole group of servants and guards. The Fang Family and I are now mortal enemies. Only when every member of the Fang Family is wiped out can we regain a peaceful life!"

By the time Chu Feng finished speaking, the killing intent seeping through his clenched teeth was bone-chilling.

Seeing that Chu Feng had made up his mind to kill, and feeling the imposing, domineering aura radiating from him, Lin Da Niu no longer tried to dissuade him.

"Since Brother Chu has already made his decision, I won't try to persuade you anymore. Although I really want to lend you a hand, I'm half-crippled and lack the strength. All I can do is wish you success in one stroke!"

Lin Da Niu cupped his fists in salute!

From Chu Feng, he had learned that Hu San Shan had been beaten to death by Chu Feng.

Counting this time, Chu Feng had already saved the Lin Family twice.

But he hated that his body was crippled. He could not even beat a slightly stronger ordinary man, and going along would only make him a burden.

All he could do was repeatedly urge Chu Feng to be extremely careful.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to die so easily!"

Chu Feng gave a carefree smile. After hiding and fleeing for so many days, he could finally settle the score today!

Chu Feng was confident that if he encountered a Bone Forging Realm expert now, even if he could not win, he could still escape.

He immediately strode toward the Fang Family.

The eastern part of the city was mostly home to wealthy families. Grand mansions stood row upon row, but the most luxurious of them all was the Fang Family estate.

It occupied dozens of mu and contained pavilions, towers, gardens, rockeries, and everything else one could want. It was the foremost wealthy clan in Yong'an City!

However, an unexpected guest arrived at the Fang Family estate. A young man gently knocked on the vermilion gates of the Fang Family!

"Do you beggars know what kind of place this is? How dare you knock on the door so recklessly?"

A young servant poked his head through the crack in the door. The moment he saw Chu Feng dressed in coarse hemp clothes, he immediately berated him sharply.

They said that even a seventh-rank official gained prestige by standing before the prime minister's gate. The servants of wealthy families might have no other talents, but they had certainly learned their masters' arrogance and bullying to perfection.

Chu Feng ignored him and pushed the door open.

"I've come to wipe out the Fang Family. Anyone uninvolved, leave at once!"

"You lunatic, you're looking to die!" Seeing Chu Feng force his way inside, the gate servant flew into a rage and swung his fist, preparing to attack.

At that moment, the companion beside him said in surprise, "Are you Chu Feng?"

"He's that runaway slave the Young Master put a fifty-tael silver bounty on?" The servant who had been about to attack became excited when he heard this.

Fifty taels! That was more than five years of his wages!

He immediately snatched up the wooden club beside him and swung it at Chu Feng's vital points.

The Young Master had said that whether he was dead or alive did not matter. This was a fortune Heaven had bestowed upon him—how could he fail to seize it?

The servant who had recognized Chu Feng was no slower. He thrust a bowl-thick club straight at Chu Feng's throat, afraid that if he hesitated, his companion would take all the credit.

Smiles spread across the two servants' faces. They could almost see the bright silver spinning in their hands.

But in the next moment, their smiles froze.

Chu Feng merely twisted his waist slightly and dodged their deadly blows, then swept both arms around their heads at once.

"Crack!"

The two skulls bumped lightly together. A crisp sound of breaking bones rang out, and red-and-white matter burst forth. The smiles that had filled their faces froze there.

The two men collapsed limply to the ground, utterly lifeless.

Chu Feng shook his head slightly. Kind words could not save those determined to die. These people had relied on the Fang Family's status to run rampant and tyrannize the locals. They deserved their deaths!

"Ah!"

Several maids in a distant courtyard witnessed this horrifying scene and screamed in terror.

"Steward Wang, thieves have broken into the estate!"

"Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu have been beaten to death! Go notify the Young Master..."

Chu Feng did not pursue the servants and maids. Instead, he headed familiarly toward Fang Jian Xing's room.

Panic-stricken cries echoed throughout the entire front courtyard.

The Fang Family reacted quickly. Before long, a burly middle-aged man appeared in front of Chu Feng. He led dozens of sturdy guards and blocked Chu Feng's path.

Every one of them was powerfully built, and the weapons in their hands were no longer wooden clubs. Instead, they carried gleaming, cold-edged pu dao.

These were the Fang Family Guards. The weakest among them were Skin Grinding Warriors, while the middle-aged man at their head was Manager Wang, the one who had broken Lin Da Niu's leg.

He was an Early Tendon Transformation martial artist responsible for all the Fang Family's servants, maids, household staff, and guards.

"I was wondering which blind thief had dared to provoke the Fang Family. So it's you, runaway slave. We didn't even have to look for you—you delivered yourself to our doorstep."

Manager Wang sneered when he saw that it was Chu Feng.

He knew Chu Feng's strength well. It was nothing more than a few clumsy moves, and this was the perfect chance to take the boy's head and win the Young Master's favor.

"That's right. I've returned from hell, specifically to wipe out the Fang Family!"

Chu Feng gave a cold laugh and pulled away the hemp cloth wrapped around the weapon in his hand, revealing the ancient, edge-less Mò Dāo—Heavy Mountain!

"Arrogant! A mere Skin Grinding Warrior dares to boast so shamelessly! Attack! Whoever kills this brat first gets the Young Master's fifty-tael reward!"

Manager Wang sneered disdainfully and waved his hand. The guards behind him charged at Chu Feng like they had been injected with stimulants, each terrified that someone else would get there first.

But in the next moment, the charging guards lost sight of Chu Feng.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Feng had transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed into their midst ahead of them, his Mò Dāo sweeping in every direction.

"Slash... slash..."

Explosive sounds of bones shattering spread through the air. The long blade moved like a dragon, leaving a trail of blood and carnage wherever it passed.

Chunks of mangled flesh mixed with blood, falling like cherry blossoms fluttering down from the sky.

In no more than two breaths, dozens had already been wounded or killed!

Manager Wang's heart hammered as he watched. This was far too terrifying!

These were all Skin Grinding Warriors. Even if an ordinary person used a dagger with all his strength, he could barely pierce their defenses!

Yet now, these lofty martial artists were being chopped down like vegetables at a roadside stall, more than ten of them slaughtered in the space of a few breaths!

Even a Muscle Tendon Realm martial artist should not have been capable of killing so swiftly, right?

Only five or six days ago, this brat had still been a Skin Grinding Warrior hunted by the Fang Family. How had his strength become so terrifying now?

What kind of divine elixir had he eaten?

"Manager Wang, people who part for three days should be viewed with new eyes. Besides, five days have passed—don't keep looking at me with those old eyes..."

Chu Feng grinned, revealing his ghastly white teeth.

"Don't get too pleased with yourself. Concubine Yang and Concubine Lin are already on their way here. You'll be dead when they arrive."

Manager Wang's scalp prickled. Although he was stronger than these household servants and guards, having reached the Early Tendon Transformation stage,

he was absolutely no match for the force Chu Feng displayed—the power to move mountains and overturn seas.

His only option now was to gather all the household servants and rely on sheer numbers to wear Chu Feng down, then wait for the Attendants to arrive and surround and kill him together.

With that thought, Manager Wang roared, "Attack! All of you, attack! He's only one man! Kill him, and I'll promote you to captain of the guards!"

A chance at promotion was hard to come by. These guards, who had long been indoctrinated by feudal society, burst forth with the courage to face death without fear.

The guards charged as one. More than a dozen gleaming pu dao blades sought to hack Chu Feng into minced meat!

However, they had perhaps forgotten that Chu Feng's Mò Dāo, Heavy Mountain, was a full zhang long.

The three-hundred-and-eighty-pound Mò Dāo moved through Chu Feng's hands like a flood dragon surging out of the sea.

Before the pu dao blades could even reach Chu Feng, he swept his weapon horizontally. All the dozen-plus blades were knocked into the air.

Before the crowd could react, Chu Feng's blade shot out like a dragon. The dozen or so guards closest to him all suffered shattered bones and torn tendons before being flung in every direction.

In an instant, a vast empty space had been cleared around Chu Feng.

The remaining guards trembled in terror at the sight. One after another, they shrank back and dared not advance, no longer displaying the fearless courage they had shown moments ago.

Most of these men were Skin Grinding Realm martial artists. Chu Feng had already reached the perfected Muscle Tendon Realm—killing them was no different from slaughtering chickens!

There was no sense of achievement in it!

"Manager Wang, I've wanted to experience your skills for a long time. But what's the meaning of hiding behind everyone else?"