Published: February 26, 2025
"Have you been imprisoned?" Tan Yun transmitted with an expressionless tone, "How could that be? With just these ancestral emperor realm folks, they think they can deal with me? That's just a dream."
As Tan Yun communicated with the other person, Ximen Lai flipped his right hand, and a Divine Sword appeared out of thin air, its tip touching the ground as it hovered just above the low air, standing like a proud rooster in front of Tan Yun.
"If you can survive to see tomorrow's sun, then I, Ximen Lai, will change my surname!"
Upon hearing this, Tan Yun transmitted, "Idiot, I was planning to spare your life today, but since you just transmitted your intent to kill me, it's just right that I kill you."
Ximen Lai scoffed and transmitted, "Good, I’m waiting for you to come and kill me!"
"Whoosh!"
Ximen Lai swung his sword with a whistling sound, aiming to slash at Tan Yun's legs!
At that moment, the onlookers were convinced that Tan Yun would soon lose his legs, but what happened next stunned everyone.
"Get lost!"
With a thunderous roar, Tan Yun, who had been completely still, suddenly dodged Ximen Lai's sword strike with a swift sidestep. He then swung his right arm, his palm crashing down with the collapsing void, striking Ximen Lai's face!
"Bang!"
Before Ximen Lai could react, his whole head exploded, his soul and flesh obliterated, and his headless body fell at Ximen Chong's feet.
Silence, a deathly silence!
Aside from Yu Yunxi, who knew that Tan Yun was a decisive person, no one present expected Tan Yun to kill Ximen Lai without hesitation.
Moreover!
He did this right in front of Ximen Chong, decisively killing Ximen Lai!
"Boom!"
Looking at his son's corpse, Ximen Chong's head buzzed with disbelief. He never expected that he had failed to imprison Tan Yun, even less that Tan Yun would dare to kill his son in front of him.
After a brief moment of silence, Ximen Chong finally regained his senses. His body trembled, and tears flowed down his face, "No!"
Ximen Chong knelt on the ground, holding Ximen Lai's corpse, crying heart-wrenchingly.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
Shadowy figures flickered as eight stewards of great perfection in the ancestral emperor realm surrounded Tan Yun and Yu Yunxi.
One steward glared at Tan Yun and roared, "You've got some nerve! How dare you disregard the rules of the Four Towns Bazaar and kill someone in public!"
"Today, I will kill you!"
Just as that steward was about to make a move, Ximen Chong roared, "Don’t act! I want to kill him myself! You keep an eye on him!"
The eight stewards replied in unison, "Understood, chief steward!"
Ximen Chong, holding Ximen Lai's corpse, glared at the onlookers, cursing, "What are you looking at? Get lost!!"
The onlookers, terrified, quickly distanced themselves. In the blink of an eye, the streets beside Tan Yun became a vacuum zone.
Those who dared to feel anger but not speak out watched from a distance, many of them secretly cheering. They knew that Ximen Lai had done many evil deeds and deserved to be dealt with!
Now that he was dead, East Town Anping Street would be much safer in the future.
At the same time, most people looked at Tan Yun, who was surrounded by eight stewards, their hearts hanging in suspense, for they believed Tan Yun was doomed.
"My son... my child!" Ximen Chong held Ximen Lai's corpse, tears streaming down his face, his snot and tears mixing as they flowed into his mouth. "It’s all my fault; I didn’t protect you well. It’s all my fault!"
Surrounded, Tan Yun calmly said, "Of course, it's your fault. But the fault isn't just not protecting him; it’s that you never taught him what upbringing means."
"Your son was a devil, and he deserved to die. You only raised him but never taught him how to be a person. Keeping such an ill-bred person alive is a disaster. Today, meeting me can be considered eliminating a harm for the sake of public good. Hehe, I feel great."
Ximen Chong trembled in anger. Holding back his sadness and fury, he gently placed Ximen Lai's corpse on the ground. "Child, I will take revenge for you now!"