41: Suppression and killing
The Xiao Family had reached its breaking point; the new generation of the Family was generally weak, the future Family Head had been killed, and Xiao Li had been imprisoned for colluding with the Demonic Path.
The entire Family suffered a severe talent gap!
The most heartbroken among them was the Young Lord of the Xiao Family, Xiao Tianyang.
As an elder, both of his close relatives were gone—one dead, one sentenced to life imprisonment.
He was naturally filled with grief and indignation.
“Elders, I say we should demand blood for blood. Perhaps our Family was wrong to make the first move, but he killed our Vice Family Head, making his crime far more heinous!”
“Therefore, I propose we first kill his Family to make him truly pay blood for blood!”
“And to avenge my father’s death!”
It was Xiao Tianwu’s son speaking. For him, the murder of his father was an unforgivable offense.
Then there were a few calmer voices.
“No, we absolutely cannot act recklessly. Lin Wu is currently close to the Martial Arts Association. I think we can first kidnap his Family, then make him come alone, and afterward use Demonic Path methods to control him, making him a complete slave of our Xiao Family!”
As soon as these words were spoken, they gained everyone’s approval.
After all, their Xiao Family already had some connections with the Demonic Path.
“I think it’s feasible. At worst, our entire Xiao Family will defect to the Demonic Path. We can’t survive here anymore anyway!”
“That’s right, our Family is probably going to fall into being a small, ordinary Family. Between the Demonic Path and ordinary people, I choose to be part of the Demonic Path!”
“Me too. This grudge must be repaid, and if we can control this Martial Champion, we won’t fare too badly in the Demonic Path.”
This plan received everyone’s approval.
Because they had already intended to do so.
The Xiao Family had long been targeted by the Martial Arts Association; it was only a matter of time before they exposed themselves.
Defecting to the Demonic Path was also inevitable, and they felt it was better to prepare early… Their wishful thinking was quite loud.
However, what the Xiao Family members didn’t know was that someone was watching all of this from a distance… outside the Xiao Family’s compound.
“Good heavens, they dare to be so brazen! Planning to harm Lin Wu already makes them deserving of death, and now they even dare to collude with the Demonic Path. That truly is adding stupidity to evil; they should be cut into a thousand pieces!” Zhang Wanjun was furious.
Old Zhang’s expression was also very grim.
As an influential figure of Wu City, such an incident occurring within his jurisdiction was an utter disgrace.
“Heh heh, if my identity weren’t so special, I would have personally annihilated them long ago.”
Even other members of the Martial Arts Association were furious.
Among them were many Body Refinement Ninth Level experts.
“Governor, I say we should round them all up right now and throw them into the Heavenly Prison!”
“Exactly!”
However, Old Zhang remained calm.
“Calm down. Stick to the original plan. Have all the recordings been saved?”
“Yes, I saved them with a Profound Rank device!”
“Then we can act directly.”
Old Zhang looked at Lin Wu, who was silent beside him.
“Little Lin, just charge in later. We’ll be outside to prevent any Xiao Family members from escaping. I am now giving you a warrant; you no longer need to use compensation as an excuse.”
“Directly use the recordings and the warrant to conduct a search. If they dare to resist, you may deal with them as you see fit!”
Old Zhang then handed over a warrant!
Lin Wu, who was still deep in thought, reacted and took the warrant in his hand.
It stated ‘search’.
“Good, thank you, Old Zhang!”
“This is your Family matter, so I’m letting you handle it alone. If you can’t manage, just send the signal, and I will support you as quickly as possible!”
Hearing this, Lin Wu felt relieved.
Having a half-Grandmaster level figure guarantee his safety indeed made him feel extremely secure.
“Alright, thank you everyone. I’ll go ahead then. After it’s done, I’ll treat everyone to celebration wine!”
“Hahaha, Martial Champion Lin, say no more, hurry up and go!”
“Yes, we await your good news.”
Lin Wu bowed with cupped hands, then directly leaped to the vicinity of the Xiao Estate… At this moment.
The Xiao Family members had already begun to conspire on the specific actions.
They didn’t even know that Lin Wu’s Family had already been taken away.
They were still dreaming pipe dreams.
They wanted to control Lin Wu by controlling his Family, combined with Demonic Path methods.
“This method truly is excellent. He is the Martial Champion, after all, with incredibly powerful talent. With him, perhaps we can become powerful again!”
“Hahahahaha, then we can even rescue the Young Lord! A Martial Champion slave, just thinking about it is exciting!”
The Xiao Family members were still fantasizing.
Unbeknownst to them, the few guards outside the villa gate had already been subdued.
Then the main gate was kicked open!
“I didn’t expect you beasts to be so cunning. You want to turn me into your slave? I’m afraid you don’t have the fate for that!”
Lin Wu held the Blood Flame Spear, his killing intent almost solidifying.
As these Xiao Family members just pulled out their weapons.
Lin Wu threw out Dark Gold Flying Knives, instantly killing several henchmen with terrifying speed.
These were just small fry at a few Body Refining stages; they were pierced through the throat or even decapitated before they could even draw their weapons.
Some who could block or dodge the Dark Gold Flying Knives.
Were also burned to death by Lin Wu’s Dragon Flame.
These were all people with cultivation.
The remaining servants had long since fled, but they couldn’t escape because they would be surrounded.
Lin Wu frantically slaughtered the peripheral personnel.
“Lin Wu is here to kill! He has a warrant! He has the Martial Artist Association backing him! Quickly call the Family Head and the others!”
“Damn it, he’s only at Body Refinement Sixth Level, why is he so strong?!”
“Quickly hold him off! Whoever kills Lin Wu will be rewarded 5 billion!”
The Xiao Family members immediately panicked.
All sorts of weapons were brought out.
Even machine guns were among them.
However, these naturally couldn’t cause any harm to Lin Wu!
“If you don’t want to die, get out!”
“Today, I only kill core members!”
Upon hearing this, those deluded servants also scattered and ran into the distance.
And the remaining core members, seeing the unstoppable Lin Wu, directly knelt on the ground.
“Sir, please don’t kill me. I had no dealings with those old dogs. I don’t know anything…”
Lin Wu wouldn’t listen to such nonsense and directly stabbed him with a spear.
“Die!”
Dragon Flame erupted.
The person was instantly burned to ashes.
The remaining few Xiao Family members tried to run.
Lin Wu directly threw a ball of Dragon Flame at them.
“Ah ah ah ah, save my life, I’m being burned to death!”
“Ah, who can save me?!”
Lin Wu was already unstoppable.
On the way to the ancestral hall, no one could stop him.
However, he only encountered those at Body Refinement Ninth Level and Tenth Level.
They couldn’t even last a few rounds… Lin Wu easily killed them all.
“The real big fish are still in the ancestral hall.”
“It’s good timing too; this Family’s funeral can be held together…”
Lin Wu slowly arrived at the ancestral hall.