Chapter 7: Eradicate Them Completely!

"I, I really don't know..."
"I can't say... ahhh..."
The intense fear, coupled with the excruciating agony brought on by the Nine-Yin Demon Needles, forced Lu Beilie to let out a horrified roar.
But he could not speak!
If he spoke, it wouldn't just be his own life at stake.
The entire Lu family would face total annihilation!
Even with the Han family of the provincial capital as their support, the Lu family could not be saved!
"In that case, then just suffer until you die!"
Duan Lingxiao’s gaze was indifferent.
"Ahhh!!!"
Soon, amidst his screams, Lu Beilie chose to take his own life to end the torment.
He used his fingers to savagely tear at his own throat, ending his agony in the most brutal way possible.
The Nine-Yin Demon Needles were something that not even a master of martial arts could endure, let alone ordinary people like them!
Lu Beilie dared not reveal the truth!
Yet, he could not bear the agony of the needles.
And so.
He chose suicide.
"Dad!"
Lu Junxian roared.
"You demon, you piece of trash, I’ll fight you to the death!"
Lu Junxian charged at Duan Lingxiao.
Bang!
Duan Lingxiao stomped on his shoulder. With a sickening crunch, the bone shattered. Lu Junxian collapsed to the ground, struggling in pain.
In the next instant, Duan Lingxiao delivered a vicious stomp to Lu Junxian's neck!
Snap!
Lu Junxian’s neck broke, his head lolling sideways at a ninety-degree angle, twisted into a bizarre and horrific posture.
His carotid artery ruptured, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
In an instant, the ground was dyed red.
"Husband! No!"
Han Yudie’s eyes widened, her voice shrill.
"Were you the one who ordered the Lu family to splash sulfuric acid on my sister’s face?"
Duan Lingxiao turned his gaze toward the trembling Han Yudie.
"W-what are you going to do?"
"Don't come over here!"
"I am the daughter of the provincial capital's Han family! If you kill me, my father will never let you go!"
The sight of her personal bodyguard, Xu Baokun, lying dead, and the Lu father and son suffering the soul-devouring, bone-melting pain before their gruesome deaths, haunted her like a vengeful spirit.
Han Yudie screamed in panic, trying to flee.
Today’s wedding was only a small-scale ceremony held in Jiangnan City.
According to the plan, after this wedding, Han Yudie was to take Lu Junxian to the provincial capital for a much grander ceremony.
Therefore, the elders of the Han family were not present.
"When you threw sulfuric acid on Mengxue’s face, did you ever think of this day?"
"The Han family?"
"I shall wipe them out as well!"
Duan Lingxiao remained unmoved. He walked up to Han Yudie and gave a casual tug.
Han Yudie’s arm shattered with a snap.
Blood flowed along her broken bones, instantly staining her jewelry-encrusted bracelet and her luxurious white wedding dress, which was worth millions, turning them dull and blood-soaked.
"Ah! Let me go! As long as you spare me, I’ll do anything! I’m very good at it, I’m willing to submit to you..."
Han Yudie shrieked madly, the pain washing over her like a tide, causing her to collapse to the ground.
This high-and-mighty daughter of the Han family was now like a fawning bitch, spouting lewd and filthy words, more direct than a streetwalker.
She even frantically tore at her own clothes, exposing her cleavage—her most prized asset.
"Come on, Lu Junxian hasn't even touched me yet. I’m willing to use myself as the price. Spare me, I beg you..."

Han Yudie displayed her proud, trembling, snow-white curves, attempting to beguile Duan Lingxiao.
The people in the hall wore strange expressions, yet they could understand.
Under the threat of death, few people could remain calm and composed!
"You want me to take you?"
Duan Lingxiao looked down coldly at Han Yudie’s soft, exposed body and remained unmoved.
"I don’t take just anything."
Upon hearing this, Han Yudie’s face turned deathly pale.
"Does it hurt?"
Duan Lingxiao’s gaze was calm.
"It hurts so much!"
Han Yudie struggled to put on a pitiful expression, large beads of sweat seeping from her forehead.
"Then it’s working!"
Duan Lingxiao felt not a shred of sympathy or pity.
Xiao Mengxue’s face was covered in gully-like scars, hideous and terrifying. How much must she have suffered at the time?
Moreover, in the past five years, the humiliation and abuse Xiao Mengxue had endured amounted to far more than just this!
As the sister of a hero and martyr, was it right for her to be treated with such cruelty?
"Please, I was wrong, I was truly wrong. I shouldn't have hurt Miss Xiao. I went too far. I’m willing to apologize, I’ll do anything..."
Han Yudie’s body trembled, her snow-white chest splattered with blood like a red mist atop a snowy mountain.
"If apologies were useful, what would be the point of justice?"
"Don’t bother. Apologies are boring; it’s enough for you to just die."
Duan Lingxiao’s tone was extremely calm, as if he were discussing a trivial matter, yet it made Han Yudie shudder to her core.
"However, I won’t kill you instantly. That would be too easy for you. You must experience the torture and suffering that Mengxue has endured for the past five years."
"I will sever your hamstrings and tendons, and pierce your carotid artery, so that in your final moments, you can carefully listen to the death dirge played by your lifeblood flowing out of your body."
Duan Lingxiao looked down at Han Yudie.
"No! Don't!"
Han Yudie screamed.
*Puff!*
Several bursts of internal energy erupted from Duan Lingxiao’s fingertips, precisely piercing Han Yudie’s limbs and neck.
Her limbs became immobile, and the sight of blood gushing from her carotid artery was vivid before her eyes.
She hadn't expected that the last fountain she would see in her life would be her own body.
The sound of flowing blood...
It really was... so uncomfortable...
Han Yudie’s body soaked in a pool of blood; after the corpse twitched for a moment, it went completely still.
Throughout the hall, the thick, pungent smell of blood permeated the air, making one feel nauseous.
The guests were all frozen in terror, not daring to leave or stay.
They trembled, their legs shaking uncontrollably.
The remaining members of the Lu family were all terrified.
"In one hour, I will pay a personal visit. Make sure the Lu family is ready. If you don't explain who the mastermind behind the attack on the Xiao family is, just wait to be wiped out!"
Duan Lingxiao scanned the crowd, ignored them, and holding Xiao Mengxue’s wrist, left the Tianfu Hotel.
Long after Duan Lingxiao had left, the people finally dared to breathe.
"My god, I was scared to death. My heart has never beaten this fast!"
"Who is this guy? How could Xiao Mengxue possibly know such a master?"
"The Lu family has really screwed up this time. Both father and son are dead, and the daughter of the Han family is gone. Once this news spreads, Jiangnan City... no, the entire Southeastern Province will tremble!"
...
"Brother Lingxiao, where are we going now?"
Xiao Mengxue looked at Duan Lingxiao with adoration.
For the first time in five years, she felt what it was like to be protected!
Her sense of security was overflowing!
"To Shennong Pavilion!"
Duan Lingxiao ruffled Xiao Mengxue’s hair and said with a smile.

Shennong Pavilion was the largest pharmaceutical chain in the Dragon Kingdom, with a complete range of medicinal herbs—just what was needed to collect the ingredients for Xiao Mengxue’s treatment.
"Okay!"
Xiao Mengxue nodded obediently.
...
At the Lu family’s wedding, the father and son Lu Beilie and Lu Junxian were dead, the Han family’s daughter Han Yudie had perished, and Jiang Buqing, Vice President of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Association, along with his disciple, had been killed on the spot.
This news instantly ignited the entire Jiangnan City.
"Damn, is this guy a dragon crossing the river or a desperate outlaw? He’s too fierce!"
"The sky is about to change in Jiangnan City!"
"And he claimed he’d step into the Lu family in an hour. There’s going to be another bloodbath!"
"Hmph, the Old Master of the Lu family is no pushover. Let’s wait and see. The Old Master will probably erupt with thunderous fury this time!"
Throughout Jiangnan, every major organization and prestigious family received news of the tragedy at the Tianfu Hotel immediately.
For a time, everyone was in a state of panic.
At the same time, at the Lu family villa.
The Lu family members brought back the corpses of Lu Beilie and Han Yudie and placed them in the villa’s main hall.
Lu Junxian had been blown into a mist of blood; they couldn't even bring back a complete body.
The entire Lu family seemed to have fallen into a deathly silence.
It was terrifyingly quiet!
You could hear a pin drop.
In the hall, the Old Master of the Lu family sat in the main seat, looking at his eldest son Lu Beilie’s mutilated corpse, his expression so dark it seemed as if water could drip from it.
"Father, we’ve used our network to investigate. The police department just sent word that this person’s origins are mysterious; there is no record of him in the police database!"
The second son of the Lu family, Lu Nanxiong, said in a deep voice.
But deep in his eyes, there was a flicker of relief.
Lu Beilie was the first in line for the Lu family’s inheritance. Now that he was dead, and his only bloodline, Lu Junxian, was also gone, the inheritance of the Lu family...
Without a doubt, it belonged to him!
"You’re saying this little piece of trash just appeared out of thin air?"
The Old Master spoke, his tone icy and venomous, filled with murderous intent.
"That Xiao Mengxue is Xiao Longhu’s sister. Over the past five years, although those who supported Xiao Longhu have basically been purged, Xiao Longhu was once a deputy commander under *that* person..."
"I’m afraid there are still quite a few supporters hidden in the shadows!"
Lu Nanxiong shook his head and said.
"He killed Hong Tao, a seventh-degree black belt?"
"Xu Baokun, a peak Yellow-level martial artist, was killed by him in one blow?"
"Even Vice President Jiang was killed in seconds by him?"
"It seems this guy’s strength is at least at the peak of the Profound level, or perhaps even at the Earth level!"
The Old Master narrowed his eyes, his chill evident.
"He’s that strong?"
Lu Nanxiong’s eyes trembled.
"That’s not surprising. Our Jiangnan City is just an ordinary prefecture-level city. A Profound-level martial artist in his twenties is rare here, but in the provincial capital, they aren't exactly a rarity."
The Old Master shook his head, his gaze calm; he had not lost his composure.
"He killed your eldest brother, your nephew Junxian, and even Han Yudie. If the Han family finds out, the Lu family won’t be able to escape the consequences!"
"The top priority now is to arrest this little piece of trash!"
"Immediately dispatch all the family’s forces. Use any means necessary to uncover his background!"
"Also, contact the Mayor of Jiangnan City. The Lu family has deep roots in Jiangnan; we cannot just stretch out our necks and wait to die after suffering such humiliation!"
The Old Master’s eyes were cold and piercing, his expression grim.
"Father, are you going to see Mayor Chen?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Nanxiong was delighted.
The Mayor was the head of the city.
He was the true leader.
"Yes. Although I’ve retired, I still have some foundation in both the political and business circles. Mayor Chen received support from our Lu family in the past. At a time like this, he will naturally give us some face!"
After speaking, the Old Master ordered the driver to prepare the car and headed to the Mayor’s office building.