"Did I give you permission to speak?"
Uncle Fu casually glanced at the elders who had spoken.
The Holy Land elders grunted, their eyes filled with terror as they looked at Uncle Fu. They dared not say another word.
Given the Archaic Divine Butcher's fearsome reputation for slaughter, the fact that he had not killed them immediately was already a blessing earned by their ancestors.
They all called out to their ancestor in their hearts, wondering why he still had not emerged from seclusion. Only their Sage King ancestor could hold this man in check.
Yet there was still one brave soul. The Law Enforcement Hall elder who had attacked Lin Fan stepped forward, having received a signal from the Grand Elder. Behind their Holy Land stood the imperial Luo Clan as well!
"Heh, does being an imperial scion mean you can defile others and kill people at will?"
"Besides, Senior, this is our Primordial Holy Land, not your Lin Clan. You killed our Holy Land's..."
"Hmph!"
Before he could finish speaking.
Uncle Fu let out a cold snort.
With a bang, the Law Enforcement Hall elder exploded into a mist of blood on the spot, frightening the female disciples present into repeated screams.
The Grand Elder's pupils contracted sharply, and his Great Sage Realm presence surged. Yet an instant later, he lowered his banners and stilled his drums, shaking his head with a sigh.
"Anyone else have objections?"
"I left you alive so the imperial scion could deal with you, and you still dare yap? Have I given you too much face?"
Uncle Fu's gaze was icy, and Sage King pressure radiated from his body. Many disciples lay prostrate on the ground, trembling, death filling their hearts.
Everyone present felt as though they were suffocating.
They did not doubt in the slightest that Uncle Fu could kill them.
His gaze swept over the Primordial Holy Land's elders, lingering on the Grand Elder and his faction.
Many elders' pupils contracted. They lowered their heads, fear deep in their eyes, not daring to meet Uncle Fu's piercing gaze.
"Fan'er, how do you want to deal with them?"
Uncle Fu looked at Lin Fan. If not out of consideration for Lin Fan, he truly would have destroyed the Primordial Holy Land immediately. His title of Divine Butcher was not merely for show.
"Hehe!"
"Imperial Scion, Senior Sage King, what just happened may have been a misunderstanding."
"Mengdie must have slandered the imperial scion. This was truly reprehensible, but we knew nothing about it!"
"The chief culprit, Mengdie, is dead, and our Holy Land has paid the price of two Sages. Why don't we let this matter rest?"
Before Lin Fan could speak, the Grand Elder, who had remained silent for a long time, rose and had no choice but to steel himself and speak.
Forcing a smile, he walked down and bowed respectfully to Lin Fan and Uncle Fu. Clearly, he did not want to offend the Lin Clan, much less have the Holy Land destroyed in his hands.
He had originally looked down on Lin Fan from high above. Now, he was so humble that he dared not look Lin Fan in the eye, as though their positions had been reversed.
"Kill them all!"
Ignoring the Grand Elder, Lin Fan spoke indifferently, without the slightest trace of emotion. What had just happened had let him see everyone in the Holy Land for who they were.
Most importantly, there was the system's mission. He naturally would not pass up the beginner's gift pack, and he needed to destroy the Holy Land.
Uncle Fu's eyes lit up. "Really?"
He kept feeling that today's imperial scion seemed like a different person.
Usually, when he wanted to kill Liu Yanran and the others, Lin Fan would refuse no matter what. Yet today, he actually agreed to let him kill?
He had not destroyed the Holy Land immediately because he feared Lin Fan still felt attached to it and could not bear to kill them, and that Lin Fan would become unhappy and fight him to the death.
Now, he felt as though he were meeting Lin Fan for the first time.
Lin Fan smiled and nodded. He knew Uncle Fu's fearsome reputation: he killed without blinking, and only showed kindness in front of him.
He knew even better that during the two and a half years Uncle Fu had followed him, the old man had long since been stifled. Now that he could finally vent, a little excitement was only normal.
"Lin Fan..."
The Grand Elder sighed. "The Holy Land was once the place where you lived for two and a half years. Why must you press us so relentlessly? Where mercy is possible, show mercy. How about it?"
Lin Fan could not help sneering. "Stop putting on that disgusting act, you old bastard. Don't think I don't know you had a hand in Luo Chen's plan to frame me!"
The Grand Elder's pupils contracted.
Lin Fan revealed the information he had seen on Luo Chen's panel: to obtain the position of Holy Son, Luo Chen had defiled Mengdie, promised her enormous benefits, and joined forces with the Grand Elder to frame him.
Many disciples knelt and begged Lin Fan. "Holy Son, we were all misled by Luo Chen's lies! Please, for the sake of our past ties, we know we were wrong! Don't kill us! We're all your fellow disciples!"
Lin Fan's expression was cold. He glanced at the Holy Land's disciples and elders and said, "When the Holy Land is destroyed, blame Luo Chen and the Grand Elder! They're the ones who got you killed!"
The Holy Land's elders and disciples recalled what Lin Fan had said before. How could they fail to understand now? Lin Fan had been telling the truth. They all began hurling abuse at Luo Chen and the others.
"Fuck you, Luo Chen!"
"To think I trusted you so much! Turns out you're the beast in human clothing! You defiled our junior sister and made us slander Holy Son Lin Fan! You're trying to get our entire Holy Land killed!"
"Luo Chen, you're the sinner of the entire Holy Land! I won't let you off even as a ghost!"
A torrent of curses erupted, as though they wished they could drown Luo Chen in their spit. Some even threw rotten eggs at him, beating him like a rat crossing the street.
No one had imagined that their senior brother, who had always been helpful and brimming with righteousness.
Would actually be this sort of person, bringing death upon the entire Holy Land.
Lin Fan did not forget to mock him. "Now you know how I felt, don't you?"
Luo Chen's expression was dark as water. He remained silent, staring fixedly at Lin Fan as he used his movement technique to dodge the trash being thrown at him and reached the Grand Elder's side.
[Ding! The host has exposed Luo Chen's true colors, causing Luo Chen to lose the support of the Holy Land's people and an important backing. Awarded 10,000 Villain Points.]
"Hehe, that feels damn good!"
Watching the Holy Land's people turn against one another and gaining another batch of Villain Points, Lin Fan vented a great deal of the resentment in his heart.
At the same time, he found the scene truly ironic.
Sure enough, strength was king. To the Holy Land's people, the truth no longer mattered. They only wanted to live.
"Little bastard! You want me dead? You won't get off easy either!"
Before Uncle Fu could act, the Grand Elder suddenly attacked without warning, no longer concealing his killing intent. Now that Lin Fan knew the truth, neither he nor Luo Chen had any room left to retreat.
His withered hand reached for Lin Fan's neck, his terrifying physical strength tearing through the void.
Already very close to Lin Fan, he nearly succeeded...
Yet when the Grand Elder's withered hand was two inches from Lin Fan's neck, an equally withered, enormous fist thrust out from behind Lin Fan.
Boom!
Uncle Fu had been prepared. He released a gentle force to protect Lin Fan and push him back, while sending the Grand Elder flying backward with a punch.
The two forces were evenly matched.
The Holy Land's people were all shocked. The Grand Elder, who had supposedly only been in the Great Sage Realm, had actually concealed his Sage King Realm cultivation, only revealing it now.
Lin Fan's face turned deathly pale. He had nearly fallen victim to the Grand Elder's attack and could not help cursing inwardly. Fuck! That old bastard is really devious. He even hid his cultivation!
Using the impact to propel himself backward, the Grand Elder tore open the void and fled with Luo Chen.
Pfft!
Though they had appeared evenly matched, Uncle Fu was, after all, among the strongest Sage Kings.
The Grand Elder was ultimately only a newly advanced Sage King and had still been injured. His right hand drooped slightly, drops of blood dripping from it.
Blood spilled uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were crimson as he glanced back at Lin Fan and said, "What a pity I couldn't kill you, little bastard!"
A cold glint flashed in Luo Chen's eyes. "Lin Fan, our grudge isn't over. I'll be back..."
Leaving behind those two threats, master and disciple fled, vanishing from the world.
Seeing the two escape, Lin Fan was not anxious in the slightest. He still had faith in Uncle Fu's strength.
Sure enough, the next moment...
Boom!
An explosion rang out in the heavens, and terrifying Sage King might filled heaven and earth.
Two figures tumbled miserably out of the void, staring ahead in terror. "Divine Butcher, must you really fight until the fish dies and the net breaks, until one side is dead?"