The slaughter continued!
Su Chen had become a cold-faced Asura. Whenever Xue Qinghe pronounced someone guilty, he led his men straight to their door and arrested them without another word.
Anyone who resisted was killed without mercy.
One after another, the ancient estates of dukes, marquises, and counts were slaughtered clean by Su Chen.
During this process, people did come to plead for mercy. The retainers of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and even the three board members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, visited Su Chen, hoping he would show some restraint.
But Su Chen refused to give anyone face.
Connections, protégés, former subordinates-he was a commoner who had clawed his way out of Holy Soul Village. The tangled roots of the nobility were the last thing he feared.
He just had to burn them all down!
Later, when those people realized persuasion would not work, they tried force.
Xue Qinghe had the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo protecting him. No one dared to assassinate Xue Qinghe directly.
So they set their sights on Su Chen instead. They only needed to snap the sharpest blade in Xue Qinghe's hand. Trapped deep within the palace without anyone to help him, surely Xue Qinghe would not come out wielding a blade himself.
Su Chen survived wave after wave of assassination attempts, slaughtering every assassin who came for him.
After each attempt, Su Chen swung his butcher's blade even faster. Heads rolled throughout Heaven Dou City, and blood dyed the Frost-Chasing River red.
Seeing that they could not kill Su Chen, some of the old nobles, cornered like trapped beasts, even began plotting against Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others.
But Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others were not without