Annihilating the Sect

Chapter 25: Annihilating the Clan

"He gave it to me, but did I ever say that if they gave me the Heaven Pearl, I wouldn't annihilate their entire clan?" Xu Zimo retorted.

"Uh," Guan Zhenhai looked bewildered, "You really never said that."

"Then isn't that right?" Xu Zimo replied, "Even if I had said it, so what? I'm going back on my word now, is it not allowed for me to regret it?"

"Yes, yes," Guan Zhenhai paused for a moment and nodded quickly.

Everyone present felt that Xu Zimo had shattered their worldview. To say something like going back on one's word so righteously and earnestly.

The three could only sigh, I have never seen such a shameless person.

They thought their True Martial Sacred Sect was a renowned righteous sect, an Imperial Dynasty Immortal Sect, and its Vice Sect Master was a formidable figure, opening seven meridian gates at a young age and ascending to the Saint Meridian Realm.

They hadn't expected their son to be so cunning and play by no rules.

The night deepened, and the occasional bark of a dog could be heard on the streets. The entire Tianjian City had fallen asleep.

Only the Chang Family's main hall was brightly lit, where several influential figures of the family were gathered.

"This True Martial Sacred Sect is going too far, they completely disregard our Chang Family," the First Elder, his beard white and grizzled, said angrily.

"Why should they pay attention to you? Any elite inner disciple could sweep through our Chang Family," the Fifth Elder said in a low voice.

"I think we should protest to the Sacred Sect. I know an Outer Sect Elder there," the Second Elder chimed in.

"What good is an Outer Sect Elder? They can't control the inner disciples," the Fifth Elder weakly said again.

"Fifth, no one would think you're mute if you didn't speak," Chang Tianxiong glanced at the Fifth Elder and said indifferently.

"Exactly, we're already full of anger, and we can't even vent a little," the Third Elder snorted from the side.

"Everyone, stop arguing. I think you can talk about whatever you need to in hell," a voice suddenly rang out.

Everyone present was startled and quickly looked towards the entrance.

They saw a man in black slowly walking in with a sword, blood still dripping from it. It seemed the servants outside had all been killed.

"Who are you?" Chang Tianxiong frowned slightly, his three meridian gates wide open.

The other elders in the hall all looked at the newcomer vigilantly, their auras subtly converging, pressing down on the intruder.

"Lunquan, Xuangu, Chaoyingfeng," the man in black's voice was light. With each step he took, a meridian gate on his body would open.

Then, as he took his fourth step, the fourth meridian gate, Kunhai, was also opened. His powerful aura was like a monstrous wave covering the sky, crashing wave after wave, making everyone in the hall unable to breathe.

Lunquan's meridian gate was located on the back of his left hand.

Xuangu's meridian gate was located on the back of his right hand.

Chaoyingfeng was located on his chest.

Kunhai was opposite his chest, its meridian gate located on his back.

When all four meridian gates were open, everyone in the Chang Family's faces changed, and they cried out, "Empty Meridian Realm."

The man in black slowly raised his sword, the blade pointed at his chest. With a slight flick of his right wrist, a sword light shot out.

The First Elder beside him couldn't even react before being torn to shreds by the sword light.

"Everyone, don't panic. Attack together and hold him off. I'll go to the City Lord's Mansion to find reinforcements," Chang Tianxiong shouted, then fled.

The man in black shot another sword light from his right hand. This sword light was shaped like a cross.

Chang Tianxiong had no chance to react before the sword light magnified before his eyes, about to strike his chest.

The Fifth Elder beside him suddenly rushed in front of Chang Tianxiong, blocking the fatal blow for him.

"Patriarch, hurry and run! Our Chang Family cannot be destroyed like this," the Fifth Elder said, then vomited a mouthful of blood and lost consciousness.

"Although you usually talk too much, you're reliable when it matters," Chang Tianxiong said sadly.

The man in black held his sword in his left hand, and in the palm of his right hand, clusters of fireballs condensed.

He threw these fireballs into the Chang Family. Buildings along the way collapsed in the explosions, and fires began to burn.

Flames filled the sky, and thick smoke slowly rose above the Chang Family, as if covering the sky.

In the backyard of the Chang Family, the Third Prince and the old man immediately noticed something was wrong.

The old man wanted to protect the Third Prince and escape, but he was stopped by the man in black.

"Your Excellency, this is the Third Prince of the Ziyang Empire. He has absolutely no connection to the Chang Family, and we have always been supporters of the Sacred Sect," the old man quickly explained.

He hovered in the air, his four meridian gates wide open. He was also an Empty Meridian Realm expert.

"What Sacred Sect, what not Sacred Sect? I am just an ordinary rogue cultivator. I couldn't stand the Chang Family's usual behavior and wanted to eliminate evil and bring peace. It has nothing to do with the Sacred Sect," the man in black said lightly.

"Yes, yes, it has nothing to do with the Sacred Sect. Your chivalry is admirable," the old man quickly said.

"Go. You saw nothing tonight," the man in black said.

The elder quickly bowed in thanks and left with the Third Prince and the other person.

Xu Zimo sat in the courtyard of the branch hall, admiring the bright moon while watching the fiery glow in the distance that illuminated the sky red.

In his past life, the Chang Family was the first force to pledge allegiance to Chu Yang.

They even presented the Prison Suppressing Pearl to Chu Yang.

Although the current Chang Family was pitifully weak in his eyes, Xu Zimo still did not want to leave any future trouble.

"You're from the True Martial Sacred Sect," Chang Tianxiong roared through gritted teeth, looking at his destroyed family, his anger boiling over.

"Why? I already handed over the Heavenly Pearl, why are you still doing this?"

"Does the death of a weakling need a reason?" the man in black said indifferently.

"I don't understand, how did our Chang Family offend him?" Chang Tianxiong looked around tragically.

Five hundred years of weathering storms, the results of generations of hard work, all destroyed in his hands.

He still remembered the day his father passed the position of family head to him.

"Xiong'er, you must find that Person of Destiny and lead our family to create a true golden age, not to be confined to one corner, with our family's wings of flight bound by the cage of Tianjian City."

He slowly picked up the sword in his hand, the cries of children, the screams of his clansmen, and the ruins of his Chang Family's five hundred years of glory left in the flames.

He picked up his sword, looked up at the overcast sky, his hair bun having fallen apart at some point.

His long hair cascaded down. With a tragic roar, he raised his sword and slashed it across his own neck.

With a "ding," the long sword fell to the ground. Chang Tianxiong knelt halfway, blood gushing from his neck, his vision blurring.

Finally, his body collapsed powerlessly.