Chapter 48: A Killing Spree

"Let him go. I won't go back on my word anymore. I am willing to marry into the Yang family."

"It's too late. Even if I don't let him go now, you still have to marry into the Yang family!"

"Tang Xianggui! I promise you, I will not..."

"Shut up!"

Tang Xianggui roared angrily, "Today, he must die!"

"Who must die today?"

Suddenly, a strange and mocking voice drifted out from behind the watchtower.

Tang Xianggui immediately forced a sycophantic smile. "I was just talking about some nobody who insists on making a fuss about challenging my Tang family single-handedly."

"I simply have to teach him a lesson!"

An old man walked into view, followed closely by a young man.

"From what I heard, it sounds like he came here for Shirou?"

The young man chuckled, casting a malicious and uninhibited gaze at Tang Shirou.

Tang Shirou turned her small face away, refusing to look at him.

This young man was none other than the husband designated by her family, Yang Kai.

"Hahahaha, Shirou is still as proud and aloof as ever!"

Yang Kai laughed, though his smile carried a heavy undercurrent of sinister intent.

Old Master Yang was not very tall, but he was robust and powerfully built. He laughed with a ruddy complexion:

"Heh, I just wonder if you'll still be able to act so proud and aloof after marrying into my Yang family?"

"Of course she won't! Once she marries into the Yang family, she is a member of the Yang family. You can break her in however you please!"

Far from being angered by the insult, Tang Xianggui instead chimed in with a loud laugh.

This absurd scene plunged Tang Shirou into despair once again.

The lecherous, up-and-down gazes of the Yang father and son filled Tang Shirou with waves of nausea.

"Well, well, looks like the fight is quite intense."

Yang Kai strolled over to the railing, narrowing his eyes as he looked beyond the base.

That young man must be that little bitch's wild lover...

"Heh... Master Tang, why aren't your sons going all out? Could they be putting on a show?"

Yang Kai asked bluntly, his tone flat.

Tang Xianggui hurriedly explained, "Not at all. This punk actually has some skill, not so easy to take down."

Then, he quickly shouted downward at the top of his lungs, "I'll give you ten minutes! If you can't take him down, all of you had better apologize with your lives!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The Ten Sons of the Tang family went berserk!

They had received an order, and they had to obey!

In an instant, ten formidable surges of energy soared into the heavens, piercing the clouds!

"Die!"

The first to charge before Chen Xiao was Poison Scorpion, cold light flashing first upon his knuckle guards!

Chen Xiao let out a cold snort. The water blade no longer held the slightest bit of sluggishness, erupting with a defying divine radiance like a rainbow across the sky!

"Slash!"

Poison Scorpion's attack was instantly smashed into absolute nothingness, sending him flying backward directly.

Fresh blood poured endlessly.

[Evolution Value +110]

Next was Alligator!

The Death Roll struck again, but instead of retreating, Chen Xiao burst forward with an explosive surge!

Gripping the water blade horizontally, he activated [Dragon Breath], driving it unreservedly right into the spinning vortex!

"Slash!"

[Evolution Value +120]

In the blink of an eye, two were dead!

Yet they could not retreat; this was an order!

The next moment, amidst a leap, Chen Xiao materialized behind a female figure in black robes.

"Your skill is strong, but you chose the wrong person."

"What?"

The female in black robes was struck with utter terror!

How could he possibly find me?!

Her skill was [Butterfly Entanglement], capable of plunging people into illusions and paralyzing their nervous systems.

Yet why hadn't this man been affected in the slightest?

Chen Xiao transformed coldly into a streak of strange light, his water blade piercing straight through her body in an instant.

[Evolution Value +90]

"Next!"

Chen Xiao pointed his blade toward one of the remaining sons, Ant.

"Ant God Critical Strike!"

The familiar name rang out, the exact same innate talent as Lu Xingji!

Without a single moment of hesitation, Chen Xiao swept his water blade and lopped off his head.

[Evolution Value +110]

"Next!"

This time, the moment Chen Xiao raised his blade, his opponents scattered and fled in all directions!

Their courage had been completely shattered!

This was simply a god of slaughter standing before them!

Why on earth had they ever accepted such an impossible mission!

At the top of the watchtower.

Witnessing the entire spectacle, Tang Shirou's beautiful eyes brimmed with emotion. As she watched Chen Xiao slaughter his way through, she was completely and hopelessly captivated.

If she truly had to marry into the Yang family, then he simply had to survive!

This was Tang Shirou's sole remaining hope.

"Master Tang, surely the heritage of your Tang family doesn't end here?"

Yang Kai's expression turned ugly; he had noticed Tang Shirou's look of adoration, and it wasn't directed at him!

This made him furious!

Tang Xianggui was even more enraged. The sons he had spent so much money to raise had actually been wiped out four at a time!

This was an irreversible loss!

"Pass down my order!"

"Full firepower coverage!"

"Obliterate this brat!"

"Yes!"

Consumed by fury, Tang Xianggui directly issued the command to let the Yang family witness the true meaning of an arsenal!

This could also serve as a stepping stone and a guarantee for their entry into the capital!

Suddenly, the remaining six of the Tang family's ten sons turned and fled, leaving Chen Xiao utterly bewildered.

Immediately afterward, however, he understood the reason why.

Because the top of the towering city walls was already densely packed with black machine guns resembling a starry night sky!

Their metal casings reflected a faint, bone-chilling light!

They stood atop the ramparts with ruthless coldness, radiating an undeniable and overwhelming deterrence!

Every single muzzle was aimed in unison directly at Chen Xiao!

Like a pack of coiled, dark beasts of prey, ready at a moment's notice to spew tongues of lethal fire.

This was the ultimate trump card with which the Tang family ruled supreme in Jiangnan!

Firearms!

"No! Chen Xiao! Run!"

Suddenly, an anxious voice pierced into Chen Xiao's ears, sending a surge of warmth through his heart.

But the very next moment, as he looked up at the watchtower...

He saw Tang Xianggui grab Tang Shirou by the collar and viciously land a heavy slap across her face!

He allowed Tang Shirou to weep bitterly and be humiliated in front of several men, showing not an ounce of regard for her feelings!

All around them, two men dressed in luxurious garments split their mouths in wide grins.

Were these truly a grandfather and granddaughter?!

Were these truly family?!

"Hum!"

The fury finally reached its absolute peak at this very moment!

Chen Xiao had always prided himself on maintaining a calm and stable mindset since the apocalypse began, but at this moment—

He no longer cared about anything else. He only wanted to kill!

"Bang!"

Chen Xiao stamped down fiercely, instantly triggering a violent tremor!

At his movement, the earth cracked open with deep fissures as if struck by a giant heavy hammer, the spiderweb cracks spreading at an astonishing speed for a full hundred meters!

Forming a shocking, apocalyptic floral pattern.

This was Chen Xiao's absolute full strength!

He was going to slaughter every single person at the top of that tower!

"What the hell! What kind of strength is that?!"

"This bastard is a monster!"

"Open fire! Open fire immediately!"

The men atop the watchtower were witnessing a monster like Chen Xiao for the very first time.

They cried out in synchronized shock, their voices tense and hurried.

Immediately following that, the world before Chen Xiao's eyes was instantly swallowed by a blinding flash of white light!

It was a storm formed by the convergence of countless scorching flashes from bullets leaving their chambers!

Amidst this hail of bullets, the dense firepower shooting in from all directions seemed to transform into countless whips of the Grimhead, intent on wrapping tightly around Chen Xiao!

Facing the dense rain of bullets hurtling toward him from every conceivable angle amidst the crossfire—

Chen Xiao's gaze remained as cold as ice, pressing forward with unwavering determination toward the top of the tower!

Countless bullets instantly formed a dense web of firepower around Chen Xiao, but just as they were about to make contact with him—

It was as if time had been stretched and space distorted!

Those hurtling bullets acted like pebbles tossed into the surface of a calm lake, stirring up concentric rings of transparent ripples all around his body!

Blooming like strange flowers blossoming in the midst of a battlefield!