26: The Useless Son-in-Law (Part 7)

"Distinguished guest arriving!"

City Lord Zhou Mu's respectful announcement echoed through the hall.

This should have been the command to end all conflicts.

However, Zhao Kai could no longer hear it.

Su Yun's effortless block, and his calm eyes harboring killing intent, completely ignited the rage and jealousy in his heart.

How dare a piece of trash?

How is he worthy!

Distinguished guest from the Imperial City?

A crazy thought flashed through Zhao Kai's mind.

Isn't this the perfect opportunity for me to make a name for myself? In front of the important figures from the Imperial City, personally cripple this ignorant trash. Not only can I wash away the humiliation of being easily blocked just now, but I can also demonstrate my strength!

By then, the Sect Master and City Lord will only praise my decisiveness, and that distinguished guest might even look at me in a new light!

Reason vanished instantly.

"Zhao Kai! Stop!" Qing Shan Sect Master Li Changfeng, sensing his killing intent, shouted sternly.

"Presumptuous!" City Lord Zhou Mu also glared, eyes wide.

But it was too late.

"No one can stop me today!"

Zhao Kai let out a beast-like roar.

"I will cripple you, you piece of trash!"

The spiritual power throughout his body erupted without reservation, his Aura even more powerful than before.

On his right fist, spiritual light flickered, converging into a merciless killing move that ferociously slammed towards Su Yun's vital spot at his back!

With this punch, he used ten-tenths of his strength, aiming for a single fatal blow!

The Lin family members in the corner, especially Madam Wang and Lin Qingxue, showed no trace of worry on their faces; instead, they revealed expressions of anticipation.

Excellent!

Let Zhao Kai thoroughly erase this stain on the Lin family in front of everyone!

The fist wind whistled, tearing through the air.

Everyone thought they would see a scene of flesh and blood flying in the next second.

However, Su Yun didn't even turn his head.

Just as the powerful punch was about to touch his back, his body merely shifted slightly to the side.

A tiny yet ingenious angle.

That punch, which condensed all the power of the Seventh Level of Yang Qi Realm, brushed past his clothes and heavily struck empty air.

Su Yun's footsteps never paused for even a moment from beginning to end.

It was as if the powerful punch behind him was just an insignificant breeze.

He continued one step, then another, unhurriedly, towards the very center of the banquet hall.

That position was the most honored main seat.

Zhao Kai's punch missed, and the immense force caused his body to lose balance, making him stumble forward several steps before he barely managed to steady himself.

He abruptly turned his head, his face filled with extreme shock and humiliation.

He dodged it?

His full-power strike was dodged by a piece of trash, in such an effortless manner?

How could this be!

This was ten times more humiliating than being defeated head-on!

At this moment, all the guests in the hall were stunned.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on the unhurried figure walking towards the main seat, their minds blank.

"He...what is he doing?"

"That seat...that's what the City Lord prepared for the distinguished guest from the Imperial City!"

"Is he crazy? He's a useless live-in son-in-law of the Lin family; does he want to die by sitting there?"

After a brief silence, murmurs rose.

The Lin family members were the first to react.

"Yun Su! You piece of trash, stop right there!"

Madam Wang let out a sharp shriek, her face contorted with anger.

"Do you want to get us killed! Is that a place you should go?!"

Zhao Kai, who had come back to his senses, and the several Qingyun Sect Disciples behind him, also roared sternly at the same time.

"Trash! Get back here and face your death!"

"If you dare to step onto the main seat, I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

However, all the curses, all the scolding, all the threats, could not make Su Yun's steps falter in the slightest.

He was like a deaf man.

And like a blind man.

In his world, it seemed there was only the seat ahead, symbolizing the highest status.

Under the horrified, angry gazes of everyone, as if they were looking at a complete madman.

Su Yun walked to the main seat.

He brushed off non-existent dust from the hem of his robe.

Then, under the gaze of hundreds of eyes in the entire hall, he calmly sat down.

At that instant, the entire banquet hall fell into dead silence.

Time seemed to stop.

Everyone's mind was left with only one thought.

He's dead.

"Distinguished guest...distinguished guest..."

City Lord Zhou Mu had just walked out quickly from the inner hall, his face beaming with the most enthusiastic smile, ready to welcome the imminent important figure, but he instantly saw this utterly absurd scene.

His smile instantly froze on his face.

The next second, his face turned from white to red, then from red to green.

A monstrous rage suddenly erupted from his chest!

This was no longer simple mischief!

This was an insult!

An insult to the distinguished guest from the Imperial City who was about to arrive! And even more, a public trampling of his supreme authority as the City Lord of Luoyun City!

"You!"

Zhou Mu's finger pointed directly at Su Yun on the main seat, trembling with anger, almost squeezing out a furious roar from between his teeth.

"You piece of trash! Who gave you the audacity to sit here!"

"Get off the main seat right now!"

Seeing Su Yun leaning back in the chair, not even bothering to lift an eyelid, Zhou Mu's rage completely overwhelmed his reason.

He roared: "Guards! Guards! Drag this suicidal thing out for me! Fifty strokes with the rod! No! Beat him to death!"

"Yes!"

Several armored guards from the City Lord's Mansion, who had been stunned, immediately rushed forward like wolves upon hearing the City Lord's command.

The cold clanging of armor made all the guests shiver.

Lin Qingxue and Madam Wang's faces showed expressions of malicious satisfaction.

Zhao Kai, moreover, had a sinister grin on his face, as if he could already see Su Yun's miserable state, beaten into a pulp.

Facing the charging armored guards and the furious City Lord, Su Yun finally made a move.

He still leaned back in the large chair, merely raising his eyelids slightly, his expression so indifferent that it was as if he was watching a group of clowns.

He spoke softly, his voice not loud, yet it clearly spread throughout the entire hall.

"Oh?"

"I can't sit on this main seat?"

Zhou Mu laughed in extreme anger, his laughter filled with contempt and killing intent.

"What gives you the right to sit? What is your status! A useless live-in son-in-law who lives off the Lin family...are you worthy?!"

He roared, enunciating each word.

"Get down from there!"

Su Yun no longer looked at him, nor at anyone in the hall who was either gloating or terrified.

He turned his head slightly, his gaze seemingly penetrating the walls, looking beyond the banquet hall's main entrance.

In the same bland, even calm tone, he asked again.

"Can I sit on this main seat?"

Everyone was stunned.

Who was he asking?

Talking to thin air?

This trash, he must have been scared completely insane, right?

Just as Zhou Mu was about to give the order for the armored guards to act again.

An old, yet incredibly loud voice, resounded majestically from beyond the main entrance.

The voice clearly entered everyone's ears, making their eardrums hum.

"Of course you can!"

"Young Lord, in this Luoyun City, besides you, who else is qualified to sit in this main seat?"