61: Chapter 61: You've messed with someone you can't afford to mess with!

In the crowd.

Li Fan didn't immediately flee like a guilty thief.

On the contrary, Li Fan even joined the crowd scrambling for gifts, blending into the carnival...

These free prizes—it would be a waste not to take them!

However, this carnival didn't last long.

Because someone finally noticed something was wrong.

On the mountainside, a man looking like a butler hadn't received any news for a long time. After calling He Tieshan and receiving instructions, he went up to check the situation.

As a result, when he arrived at the square outside the He Family Ancestral Hall, he saw all the He family members kneeling on the square, motionless, along with the bronze bell with a broken corner on the second floor and the missing Fourth Master He.

He couldn't help but feel his heart race.

After he walked up to a He family member and gently probed with a question, the terrifying suspicion in his heart was finally confirmed.

"Dead... they're all... dead!!"

At this moment.

Intense fear caused him to let out a sharp, ear-piercing scream.

Soon.

The various media outlets in the sky were also attracted by the sound and turned their cameras toward it.

Next to react were the crowds celebrating on the various peaks.

Hearing the butler's words and seeing the He family's abnormal behavior, almost everyone fell into a brief state of bewilderment.

What followed was an endless uproar.

"What? Dead? All dead?"

"What is that man saying? The He family members are all dead?!"

"This... how is this possible?"

"The He family members haven't stood up for so long, could it really be...?!"

"Look! Fourth Master He seems to be covered by that big bell!"

"Ah?!"

"This... what on earth happened?!"

"The He family... something has happened!!"

"Run! There's something ominous here! The He family ancestor has manifested!"

"What's going on? In the blink of an eye, the He family members are all dead. Did the He family ancestor really manifest?"

"I don't know if it's a manifestation, but these deaths are too eerie! This is no place to linger! We have the lives to take these gifts, but we need the lives to spend them!"

...

Panic began to spread.

It swept through the tens of thousands of people present.

People who were still celebrating and frantically grabbing gifts just a moment ago were now fleeing toward the foot of the mountain in a swarm.

They had no choice.

The way the He family members died was simply too eerie!

They couldn't be sure if it was the He family ancestor manifesting or if there was some other danger they hadn't detected.

But regardless of which it was, they had to escape.

There was a Quasi-Saint among the He family members.

Even a Quasi-Saint had perished so silently.

How could people like them, with strength like ants, possibly resist?

Of course, not everyone fled.

There were also some daredevils who toughed it out and continued to frantically gather gifts.

Li Fan was among them.

But Li Fan was incredibly calm.

What ancestor manifestation?

That was me manifesting!

Li Fan didn't stay too long either, because escaping with the panicked crowd was the best time to retreat. After gathering a few gifts, he blended into the tide of people.

"Emergency! Emergency!"

"Calling headquarters! Calling headquarters!"

"Heavens, this is going to be huge news! Boss, what do we do now?"

...

In the sky.

The reporters were also in a state of panic, hurriedly telling their pilots to pull up quickly while calling their superiors to ask how to handle the situation.

After all, the He family had held ancestral worship for so many years.

This was the first time they had encountered such a situation!

Should they continue the live broadcast or temporarily shut it down?

They couldn't imagine what the impact would be if these images were broadcast.

As for the bullet comments in the livestream rooms.

They were now boiling over.

"Holy crap! What's the situation?!"

"Good heavens! In the blink of an eye, this group of He family members is gone? Even Fourth Master He is gone?"

"Is this definitely a live broadcast and not some composite or prank video?"

"Are you out of your mind? That's the He family. Which media outlet would dare to prank them? And on the day of their ancestral worship, no less?"

"Hiss! Could it really be the He family ancestor manifesting?"

"Ancestor manifesting? I think they must have offended someone. But that shouldn't be right either—who has the strength to kill so many people in an instant without any visible injuries on their bodies?!"

"Glad I didn't go, that's freaking terrifying! The He family is really taking a huge hit this time!"

"Hey, hey, hey, why did the feed go out?"

"I can't see the feed either!"

"With something this big happening, the He family must have stepped in!"

...

The bullet comments were also shocked by the He family's sudden collective demise.

But before long.

They could no longer see the real-time live broadcast.

And just as some bullet comments guessed.

The He family had indeed taken action.

The He family's top brass immediately contacted the media outlets, using a combination of generous hush money and the threat of force to forcibly cut all live broadcasts.

"How is this possible?!"

In the manor, the head of the He family, He Tieshan, widened his eyes in disbelief upon hearing the news.

"Master, it's absolutely true. The video has been sent back, and Fourth Master is gone too!" The butler beside him said with a sob in his voice.

He Tieshan gritted his teeth and stood up, preparing to go to Ancestral Worship Peak to see for himself.

But before he could take more than a few steps, he was called back by the butler.

"Master, don't be impulsive! We haven't figured out how Fourth Master and the others died yet. Some say the ancestor manifested, so going there blindly..." The butler hadn't finished speaking.

Before he was cut off by He Tieshan's furious voice.

"Manifest your ancestors!!!"

How could he believe such nonsense as an ancestor manifesting!

With that said.

He Tieshan personally headed to Ancestral Worship Peak.

And like He Tieshan, a large group of He family elders and high-ranking members also couldn't suppress their emotions.

Never mind Fourth Master He; the He family had many seedlings, and there would surely be more Quasi-Saints in the future!

But the main thing was their children—the seedlings of the He family were mostly all there!

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The area around Ancestral Worship Peak, including the eight Observation Peaks...

...was now completely surrounded by people arranged by the He family.

When He Tieshan and the group of He family elders arrived and saw the more than four hundred corpses on the outer square.

Their legs went weak from heartache, and they all collapsed onto the ground.

What followed was endless wailing and roars of fury.

"Who was it?!"

"To dare touch my He family, I will make your whole family be buried with them!"

Holding the corpse of the deceased Fourth Master He, He Tieshan looked up at the sky and roared in fury, his voice echoing through the clouds.

At this moment.

Pain and anger caused the He family members to lose their reason.

To the point where they didn't realize at all that their He family had already offended someone they couldn't afford to provoke!