51: Chapter 51 A Case of Substitution, Personally Killing One's Own Son

"Stop them!"

Town Mayor Zhao Hong clutched the terrifying wound on his chest that was deep enough to reveal bone, blood continuously gushing from between his fingers and staining his luxurious black robe.

His eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted by intense pain and extreme rage, making him look like a vengeful ghost.

He hadn't expected this!

He hadn't even dreamed of this!

The inescapable net he had laid, a lethal trap assembled with four great Qi Refining Late Stage experts, had actually...

Had actually been ripped open by the opponent using a method that was almost like mutual destruction!

The extremely cold Profound Yin Qi was still raging within his Meridians, like countless tiny ice needles constantly piercing his internal organs, making the circulation of his True Qi sluggish and difficult.

His combat power was less than one-tenth of what it had been!

But he could not let Gu Yan leave just like that!

Once this person escaped, given his talent as a Prodigy and his ruthless methods, it would surely spell disaster for the entire Zhao family in the future!

The guards and Guest Elders who received the order recovered from their brief shock and roared again, charging to surround and kill Gu Yan and his companion, who had just broken out of the encirclement!

Gu Yan supported the pale and nearly exhausted Liu Ruyan, having just dodged a lethal blade of light, when sharp Sword Qi attacked from behind again.

Although he had successfully severely wounded Town Mayor Zhao Hong, most of the True Qi in his own body had been consumed.

Coupled with the suppression of the Earth Net Formation, and now carrying a Liu Ruyan who had almost lost the ability to move, the situation remained extremely perilous!

[Beep—! "Ancient Famine Year, Feeding the Sister-in-Law" has been finished! The finale is really good, Zhou Chen's strength is terrifying!]

[System is back online.]

At this critical moment, in Gu Yan's mind, that damn System he both loved and hated finally... leisurely came online.

[Huh? Host, why are you fighting? The scene is quite intense.]

At this moment, Gu Yan didn't even have the energy to curse.

[Oh my, looking at how disheveled you are, I'm really sorry the System couldn't help during the battle just now.]

The System's voice was full of perfunctoriness and lack of sincerity.

[How about this, seeing as you tried so hard, I'll give you this one-time temporary compensation skill [Ultimate Hand: Grafting Flowers onto Trees] for free. Don't say I'm not loyal.]

[Alright, just finished the finale, inspiration is overflowing, I'm going to go write an eight-thousand-word review, talk to you later!]

As the voice faded, a golden stream of information, composed of countless profound runes, was forcibly injected into the depths of Gu Yan's memory.

Immediately after, the System's presence vanished without a trace once again.

Gu Yan: "..."

He didn't have time to study this temporary skill that sounded so unreliable.

Because Town Mayor Zhao Hong's roar, filled with endless killing intent, had already come from behind!

"Get out of my way!"

Town Mayor Zhao Hong shoved aside the guards blocking his path, his bloodshot eyes locked firmly onto Gu Yan's back!

"Gu Yan! You ruined everything I have! I want you dead!!"

He let out a beast-like roar!

Ignoring the severe injuries in his Meridians, he forcibly burned his own essence blood!

Boom!

A burst of energy, more violent and filled with a more destructive aura than ever before, frantically gathered between his palms!

Under this power, the air itself groaned under the unbearable weight!

"Secret Technique: Black Tiger Steals the Heart!"

This was his trump card, a life-risking ultimate technique capable of threatening a Qi Refining Ninth Stage Cultivator!

He would use this move to blast Gu Yan, along with the enchantress in his arms, into dust!

Town Mayors Son, following behind Town Mayor Zhao Hong, saw this scene and revealed a cruel and satisfied smile.

He knew that everything was over.

The old thing that had humiliated him in public was dead!

He had even thought about how to deal with that hot-bodied Profound Yin enchantress later.

Facing the world-destroying strike from behind, Gu Yan's steps strangely stopped.

He didn't turn around, nor did he dodge.

He just stood there quietly, as if he had been scared silly.

The cruel smile on Town Mayor Zhao Hong's face became even more ferocious!

Die!

However, at the very moment his palm, condensed with his life's cultivation and endless hatred, was about to strike Gu Yan's back.

In his heart, Gu Yan silently activated the temporary skill that had just arrived, which sounded like a cheap knock-off.

[Ultimate Hand: Grafting Flowers onto Trees]!

Hum—

An invisible, incredibly profound golden rune flashed and vanished behind his back.

The next instant.

A scene that would be unforgettable for everyone present, absurd to the extreme, appeared.

Town Mayor Zhao Hong's world-destroying palm, the moment it was about to touch Gu Yan's robe, seemed to strike an invisible wall of Qi!

The violent energy did not explode, nor did it dissipate.

Instead, in a strange way that violated all physical Laws of the world, it turned... an almost 180-degree... perfect arc!

Then, with faster speed and more violent power than when it came...

It slammed solidly into the person following behind Town Mayor Zhao Hong, who was grinning ferociously and preparing to come up for the finishing blow...

Town Mayors Son!

"???"

The smile on Town Mayors Son's face instantly froze.

He didn't even have time to react.

He only saw his father's strongest move, the one he was most familiar with, enlarging and enlarging in his field of vision...

Finally, it completely devoured his entire world!

Boom!!!!!!

A deafening roar!

Town Mayors Son's young body, under his father's strongest strike, couldn't even let out a scream, and like a watermelon smashed by a giant hammer, instantly exploded into a mist of blood and shredded flesh!

Blood splattered all over Town Mayor Zhao Hong's head and face.

The entire Wangjiang Tower, at this moment, fell into an absolute, deathly silence.

Everyone seemed to have been hit by a binding spell, frozen in place in various postures.

Everyone's faces were filled with incomprehensible, extreme... bewilderment.

What... happened?

Town Mayor Zhao Hong stood blankly, maintaining his palm-striking posture, frozen in place.

He looked at his hands, which still held traces of violent energy, and then looked at the ground, at that mass of blurred flesh that was completely unrecognizable.

His mind was blank.

For a long time.

He slowly raised his hand and, with trembling fingers, wiped the warmth from his face.

It was blood.

It was his son's blood.

He...

He had personally...

Killed his own...

Only son?

"No..."

"No————————!"

A heart-wrenching, inhuman wail suddenly burst from Town Mayor Zhao Hong's throat!

The sound was filled with endless pain, despair, and... complete collapse!

Pfft!

A mouthful of blood sprayed out wildly!

His spirit, at this moment, completely... collapsed.