8: Chapter 8 Decisive Strike

At this critical juncture...

Rumble—!!

The ceiling shattered, and the massive alloy beams were snapped like withered branches, the steel bars twisting with tooth-aching groans.

Dust filled the air, mixed with debris, and under the sunlight, it formed a massive pillar of light that shone straight down onto the center of the Martial Arts Hall.

And at the very center of that pillar of light stood a figure stepping on the Void Realm.

The faded grey work clothes he wore seemed, at this moment, even more majestic than a dragon robe.

Purple-gold Qi and Blood flowed slowly around him like a ribbon of solid substance.

Martial King Realm—walking on air, the Physical Body entering the void!

This was the mark of transcending the mundane and truly stepping into a higher level of life evolution!

An indescribable, terrifying pressure, like ten thousand mountains crashing down simultaneously, instantly filled the entire Martial Arts Hall.

Thud!

Thud!

Except for Su Yu, who was wrapped in a gentle aura, everyone present—whether it was the Dean, the Class Teacher, or the students from before—felt their knees weaken and knelt on the ground in unison.

It wasn't that they wanted to kneel, but rather a trembling from the depths of their genes in the face of a higher lifeform, forcing them to do so!

And the center targeted by this pressure was none other than Wang Heng, who had just been about to kill Su Yu.

At this moment, where was the demeanor of a Qi and Blood Realm powerhouse in Wang Heng? He was like a dead toad pinned to a cutting board, his entire body splayed out flat against the cracked ground.

His bones were creaking, his face was squeezed out of shape, and his eyeballs bulged as he stared fixedly at the figure in the air that looked like a god or demon.

"Walk... walking on air..."

A broken, bellows-like gasp escaped Wang Heng's throat, and the malice in his eyes instantly turned into endless horror: "...A Martial King?! Canglan Base City... when... did it get a Martial King?!"

In this base city where even a Grandmaster could be called a 'big shot,' a Martial King was the heavens! A legend!

In the air, Su Wu slowly lowered his head.

In those purple-gold eyes, there was only the indifference of looking down at an ant.

"Dad!"

In this moment of dead silence, Su Yu looked up at the familiar yet strange figure, his eyes reddening instantly as his voice trembled while shouting that word.

This shout of 'Dad' was like a thunderbolt, striking hard at the crowns of everyone present!

Xu Lele knelt on the ground and struggled to lift her head, her beautiful eyes wide with shock.

"Su... Su Yu's father? That... that father who guards the city walls?!"

The Dean was shaking like a leaf. His mind echoed with his previous words calling Su Wu 'trash,' and he felt his vision go dark, wishing he could faint on the spot.

Heavens!

He had just been mocking the son of a Martial King for not being able to afford the registration fee?!

"You dare touch my son..."

Su Wu's figure slowly descended, hovering three inches off the ground. He looked at Wang Heng on the floor, his tone so calm it made one's marrow freeze:

"You people really have some nerve."

"No... Senior! A mistake! This is a misunderstanding!" Wang Heng felt the tangible killing intent and was scared out of his wits, desperately trying to beg for mercy, "I didn't know he was your Young Master! If I had known, I wouldn't have dared even if I had ten thousand times the courage! I'm from the Wang family, my brother-in-law is the Deputy Commander of the City Defense Force, please, for the sake of..."

Su Wu didn't even bother to listen to the rest of his nonsense.

He lightly raised his right foot and then, as if stamping out a cigarette butt, let it fall seemingly effortlessly.

Bang!

There were no fancy Moves, nor any world-shaking explosions.

It was just the sound of a watermelon being smashed by a heavy hammer.

Wang Heng's head, along with his pleas for mercy, instantly exploded into a cloud of blood mist under Su Wu's foot!

The headless corpse twitched twice and then became completely still.

Blood splattered onto the face of the middle-aged woman nearby—Wang Tai's mother. The warm, metallic touch jolted her out of her stupor.

"AAAAAHHH—!!!"

The middle-aged woman looked at her husband's headless corpse and instantly broke down. She collapsed onto the ground, crawling backward with both hands and feet, her expensive dress stained with foul blood.

"You... you killed him! You actually killed him!"

Su Wu was expressionless as he turned around, his blood-stained leather boots stepping on the broken floor tiles with crisp 'clack, clack' sounds.

Step by step, he walked toward the woman.

"You... don't come over here!" The middle-aged woman's hair was disheveled, and her makeup was smeared across her face. In her extreme terror, she tried to grab onto one last straw:

"My biological brother is Wang Meng! He is the Deputy Commander of the City Defense Force! You killed someone from the Wang family; my brother won't let you off! The City Lord won't let you off either!"

She screamed at the top of her lungs, trying to use this network of connections to dispel the shadow of death that followed her like a ghost.

However, Su Wu's footsteps didn't pause for even half a second.

"Deputy Commander of the City Defense Force?"

"Is that supposed to be impressive?"

This rhetorical question was filled with ultimate contempt.

"Relying on your brother's power, you indulged your son in bullying his classmates and doing evil at school. Today is your retribution."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Wu slowly raised his right hand.

Within his palm, the purple-gold power of Qi and Blood began to condense frantically, and the surrounding air distorted due to the high temperature.

"No! Stop!!!" The middle-aged woman felt the suffocation of death and closed her eyes, screaming in despair.

At this critical juncture!

"Stop!!!"

A furious roar came from the distance, accompanied by the rapid sound of something cutting through the air.

Boom!

The already shaky doors of the Martial Arts Hall were completely blown away by a massive force.

A figure wearing Silver Commander's Armor and possessing a powerful aura charged in like a cannonball. The newcomer had a majestic face, and his Qi was as robust as a furnace; it was the Deputy Commander of the City Defense Force, Wang Meng, who had rushed over upon receiving the news!

As soon as he entered, he saw his brother-in-law's headless corpse and his sister, who was currently under Su Wu's palm.

"You bastard!!"

Wang Meng's eyes nearly split from rage. He couldn't see through Su Wu's Realm, but he subconsciously believed that in Canglan Base City, no one would dare kill someone in front of him.

"No matter who you are! To openly commit murder in a school and slaughter nobility! You are challenging the laws of the entire Canglan City!"

Wang Meng drew the Alloy Warblade at his waist, the blade pointing straight at Su Wu as his Grandmaster Realm pressure erupted, attempting to intimidate the opponent:

"Kneel and surrender immediately! Otherwise..."

Su Wu slowly turned his head to look at this 'big shot' who had rushed over to his death.

A hint of impatience flashed in his eyes.

"Laws?"

Su Wu let out a cold laugh.

"Where were the laws when you were bullying my son? Where were the laws when you were stealing his spot?"

"Now you want to talk to me about laws?"

Su Wu's figure suddenly vanished from where he stood.

Wang Meng felt his vision blur, and the man who was originally ten meters away was suddenly right in front of his nose!

That terrifying Martial King aura that made his Soul freeze erupted without reservation at this moment.

"You... you are..."

Wang Meng's pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks. He didn't even have time to swing his battle saber; the stiffness of his entire body told him a desperate fact—the gap between them!

"In your next life, remember to keep your family in check."

Su Wu's large hand, like a steel pincer, effortlessly clamped onto Wang Meng's head.

No nonsense.

No hesitation.

Bang!

Like crushing a rotten tomato.

This deputy commander, who was immensely powerful in Canglan Base City and held the lives of countless people in his hands, didn't even have time to scream before his head exploded!

The headless corpse swayed, and the battle saber in his hand fell to the ground with a 'clank.'

Su Wu casually flicked the blood from his hand as if shaking off some filth.

The entire hall was deathly silent.

One could hear a pin drop.

Xu Lele covered her mouth, and the Dean's eyes rolled back as he fainted.

Standing in a pool of blood, Su Wu let out half of the pent-up frustration he had accumulated over eighteen years.

Today, he was very angry.

Originally, with the experience of two lifetimes, he could endure many things, step back, and laugh them off.

But.

Of all the things they shouldn't have done...

They shouldn't have touched his son!

Su Wu slowly turned around, looking at Wang Tai's mother, who had already fainted from fear and lost control of her bladder. His killing intent had not diminished, and his gaze then swept toward the shivering Dean in the corner.