Li Feng collapsed to the ground and pleaded with Chu Yun.
As the Li Family's patriarch, he had to bear this responsibility.
He could not watch helplessly as the Li Family perished in his hands.
Chu Yun's expression remained blank. "Patriarch Li, at your age, why are you still as naïve as a child?"
"Feng'er, say no more."
"Victors become kings, losers become bandits. Tonight, our Li Family has fallen, but that does not mean you have won!"
"Chu Yun, Her Majesty the Empress will surely avenge us! Even if we die, we will wait for you below!"
In comparison, the Li Family's disheveled Nirvana Realm ancestor was much clearer-headed.
He knew that things had reached this point. Begging for mercy was useless. Since Chu Yun wanted to fight for the position of Crown Prince, he would absolutely never spare them.
"Old man, you see things clearly enough..."
"Since that is the case, you'll be the first one I send on your way."
"Ye Tun," Chu Yun called out.
"Yes, Master."
Ye Tun chuckled wickedly, extending his tongue to lick the corner of his mouth. Immediately afterward, the shadow of an Evil Infant emerged from within him. Like an evil ghost that blotted out the sky, it opened its abyssal maw and swallowed the ancestor whole!
Ye Tun killed the Li Family ancestor and obtained 7000 Editing Points.
A Nirvana Realm Peak expert—even though his hatred had not yet been fully drawn out, seven thousand Editing Points were more than enough.
"Ancestor!!!!"
Seeing this, the Li Family members let out grief-stricken roars.
Their ancestor was dead. The Li Family's stabilizing pillar had completely collapsed!
The next moment, Chu Yun glanced at Luo Feng. The latter understood at once and dragged three youths out from the crowd.
"Father! Father!! Save me!"
"Save me!! Father!!"
These children were all young masters of the Li Family, the biological sons of Patriarch Li Feng.
"No!"
"No!!! My children!!"
Li Feng watched helplessly as Luo Feng threw the three of them upward. Ye Tun's Evil Infant shadow opened its abyssal maw and swallowed them once more.
Ye Tun killed the three sons of the Li Family and obtained 400 Editing Points. Li Feng's hatred had reached one hundred percent.
This pig, Li Feng, had finally been fattened up.
"Alright, this farce should come to an end."
"Ye Tun..." Chu Yun slowly turned his back, then said, "Leave no one alive."
"Yes!!" Ye Tun answered joyfully.
Luo Feng and the Sky Demoness followed Chu Yun as they slowly walked out of the barrier.
"Chu Yun!! You will die a miserable death!!"
"Even if I die, I'll curse you!! You'll definitely go to hell!!"
"You will definitely..."
"Ah..."
Li Feng's voice came to an abrupt halt, replaced by the despairing roars and mournful wails of the Li Family's thousands of members.
But it lasted only an instant. The Evil Infant's giant maw devoured them, and the entire Li residence became a mansion of death!
Ye Tun killed Li Feng and obtained 6000 Editing Points. Ye Tun killed the Li Family Grand Elder and obtained 4000 Editing Points. Ye Tun killed the Li Family...
With the Li Family buried and annihilated, Chu Yun gained more than twenty thousand Editing Points in total.
However, after dealing with the Li Family, they did not return to the Prince's Mansion. Instead, they headed toward the residences of other great families...
The next day.
A shocking piece of news descended from the sky, directly throwing the entire Imperial City into an uproar!!
Overnight, three of the top ten great families within the Great Xia Imperial City—
The Li Family, Xu Family, and Yu Family. Everyone from the three great families had vanished from the face of the earth overnight!!
Aside from those stationed at their trading pavilions and some clan members who had gone out, everyone else, including all their higher-ups, had disappeared overnight, their whereabouts unknown!
Moreover, these three great families were all loyal members of the Empress Faction!
The moment this news came out, the entire Imperial City was utterly thrown into a frenzy.
Discussions rose and fell everywhere. Some said the members of the three great families had likely been killed.
Some said they might have hidden themselves in secret, intending to rebel.
Some said they might have left the city overnight to defect to an enemy nation.
In short, every kind of speculation was being made.
Because this matter was of grave importance, after learning the news, the Great Xia Emperor immediately dispatched the Shadow Guards to investigate thoroughly.
Imperial Palace, at a pavilion in the Back Garden.
"Was this truly Old Ninth's doing?"
"How did that brat manage it? Could Shura have acted?"
The Great Xia Emperor looked somewhat astonished. After hearing Meng Changzhong's report, he was deeply shocked.
Meng Changzhong shook his head. "No. The Ninth Prince said that if he wanted the three families to disappear and turn into unsolved cases, then it could not have been Asura Venerable's doing."
"After all, once Asura Venerable leaves the palace, the Empress's side will definitely receive word of it," Meng Changzhong replied.
After hearing this, the Emperor's expression turned curious. "Old Ninth actually possesses such ability. It seems I truly have no need to worry anymore."
Suddenly, the Emperor received a message from the Shadow Guards.
He opened the spiritual message and looked at it, his expression shifting slightly. "Now this is interesting..."
"What is it, Your Majesty?" Meng Changzhong immediately asked.
"See for yourself." The Emperor handed him the spiritual message.
Meng Changzhong took it and looked, his expression changing slightly. "Thousand Leaf Pavilion and Hundred Snake Island—these are both forces that stand with the Empress."
"Yet they were all annihilated within a single day."
The Emperor nodded. "Most importantly, no traces of the attacker can be found. In other words, those who destroyed them were likely only a few people—or perhaps... only one person."
Meng Changzhong's expression jolted. "A Venerable!"
The Emperor's gaze was profound. "Which Venerable do you think did it?"
"This behavior clearly aims to tear away the Empress's wings. There must be a deep-seated hatred between them."
Meng Changzhong thought for a long while, but he still could not think of anyone who would dare to destroy those forces of the Empress Faction at such a critical juncture.
Most crucially, it coincided with the Ninth Prince's actions without prior consultation. One eliminated those within the Imperial City, while the other eliminated those in other provinces and commanderies. They really were working in perfect lockstep.
"Forget it."
"You should return first."
"I'll send people to investigate. Let us first see how the Empress intends to deal with these matters."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Ninth Prince's Residence.
Chu Yun slept until noon before getting up. As Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter helped him dress, he opened the door and immediately yawned several times in a row.
"What did Your Highness do last night?"
"Why do you look so listless?" Seeing this, Xiao Chun boldly made a joke.
Chu Yun pinched her nose. "Do you want to try and see whether I'm lacking in spirit?"
Xiao Chun's face immediately turned as red as an apple. "Your Highness~"
The other three women also burst out laughing at his words.
At this moment, Luo Feng slowly approached from the distance. "Your Highness, you're awake."
Chu Yun nodded and said to the four women, "Alright, you may all leave."
"Yes, Your Highness."
After the four women left, Chu Yun's expression turned serious as he asked, "Commander Luo, how are things?"
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