Chapter 166: The Grand General is Nothing Much After All
The scorching sun hung high in the sky, and the air was stiflingly oppressive.
The Su Family Manor was bathed in an air of leisurely indulgence.
Having suffered through several days of hardship, the family members had now regained their wealth and glory, and naturally wished to revel and enjoy themselves to the fullest.
Besides, with Su Dinghai present, even if Ling Xiao possessed magical powers with three heads and six arms, he would still be unable to escape!
The members of the Su family only needed to wait for Ling Xiao to come knocking and beg for mercy, before being executed by Su Dinghai. Everything would then be happily resolved!
However, right at this moment, corpses began to fall, one after another, into the Su family's courtyard for no apparent reason.
"Ah—! There are dead bodies! Run!"
This terrifying scene quickly plunged the manor into complete chaos.
Hearing these panicked shrieks from inside the living room, Su Dinghai and the others furrowed their brows slightly.
"What is going on?"
"Go check it out!"
Just as the words left his mouth, Su Dinghai’s eyes suddenly narrowed, and he shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Everyone, get down!"
Not daring to hesitate in the slightest, the crowd immediately dropped to the floor. The very next moment, they witnessed a terrifying spectacle!
The villa above their heads inexplicably burst apart from the inside out!
Su Dinghai let out a cold shout, throwing a punch that unleashed an immensely powerful burst of energy. It collided directly with the incoming blast, shock-waving all the flying debris outward!
As the aftermath of the explosion gradually subsided, a proud and imposing figure slowly descended from the sky!
Who else could it be but Ling Xiao?
Pointing directly at Ling Xiao, Elder Su roared:
"Second Brother, that is him! He is Ling Xiao! He is the one who murdered Third Brother with his own hands and humiliated our Su Family!"
With that, an expression of extreme triumph washed over his face!
"Ling Xiao, you despicable wretch, you actually dare to show your face at my Su family estate! Everything you have done to us—today, I will make you pay with your blood! I will hack you into a thousand pieces! Hahahaha..."
Su Dinghai’s eyes narrowed into slits.
"You are Ling Xiao? You arrogant little brat! You have some nerve! Merely a petty major general, yet you dare to oppose the Su family? You are practically courting death!"
"The one courting death is your Su family!"
Ling Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, towering and arrogant, his gaze radiating a bone-chilling silver luminescence.
Su Dinghai sneered coldly.
"I will make you understand the consequences of crossing the Su family!"
With that, he clasped his hands behind his back and shouted coldly:
"Where is Wu Yan?"
Ling Xiao scoffed with utter disdain, kicking a severed head over from near his foot.
"Are you looking for this piece of trash?"
"Hmm?"
Su Dinghai’s brow furrowed, a trace of slight astonishment flashing through his eyes.
Immediately afterward, he narrowed his gaze, staring fixedly at Ling Xiao, and said in an icy tone:
"I never imagined you actually possessed some skill! To think you managed to kill Wu Yan!"
"You are next!"
Without wasting any more breath, Ling Xiao strode directly toward Su Dinghai!
Without needing an order from Su Dinghai, his personal guards quickly charged forward.
"Protect the Grand General!"
"Kill—!"
Swarming forward wave after wave, the crowd rapidly surrounded Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao let out a cold snort, looking straight ahead, and continued his unyielding march toward Su Dinghai.
As the guards closed in around him, Ling Xiao threw both fists outward, sending two gusts of gale-force energy blasting forth like cannonballs!
"Bang—!"
More than a dozen men were instantly swept away on the spot!
That violent, surging power shattered the chests of the guards one after another!
The strength of Su Dinghai's personal guards was at least at the tenth tier of the Martial Master realm, and there were even those who had attained the first tier of the Martial Sage realm among them!
Yet, facing a single punch from Ling Xiao, they possessed zero qualification to resist.
Su Dinghai’s eyes narrowed further, the killing intent within them accumulating rapidly!
Ling Xiao’s formidable strength stirred a sense of jealousy within him.
That was right—jealousy!
Back when he, Su Dinghai, was Ling Xiao's age, he had only just broken through to the Martial Sage realm. Yet Ling Xiao was already capable of slaughtering so many experts bare-handed. Compared to his own, Ling Xiao's talent was simply vastly superior!
How could he not feel jealous?
Because of this, the urge to kill burned even brighter in his heart.
"This boy's innate talent is monstrous and extraordinary! He absolutely must not be left alive!"
"Otherwise, my Su family will surely face a catastrophic disaster in the future!"
With those words, he clenched his hands into fists and began walking slowly toward Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao kept his eyes locked on him as well.
Along the way, every single guard who charged at him was killed with a single strike.
This was not merely a slaughter; it was an absolute suppression.
Before Ling Xiao, these figures who could cause shockwaves throughout the secular world were nothing more than a bunch of trash.
With every step he took, someone fell. The grass of the Su Family Manor was stained crimson with blood, and Ling Xiao’s fists were coated with bright red gore and pulverized flesh.
Step by step, the distance between the two men closed!
Finally, they met face-to-face. Su Dinghai threw a punch, and Ling Xiao threw one as well!
To ordinary eyes, those fists moved faster than lightning, entirely impossible to defend against.
Yet in the eyes of the two combatants, the movements appeared agonizingly slow, for their cultivation had long since surpassed the comprehension of the onlookers.
A look of utter contempt surfaced at the corner of Su Dinghai’s mouth.
A mere, insignificant major general actually dared to have the audacity to challenge him—the dignified Grand General of the Dragon Directorate? How utterly ridiculous!
What... was Ling Xiao even supposed to be?
Amidst his supreme arrogance, their fists collided!
With that gentle-looking impact, an overwhelmingly powerful shockwave erupted instantly.
"Boom—!"
Accompanied by a rising mushroom cloud, the fierce shockwave swept outward, flattening the lawn entirely on the spot!
Even the corpses scattered across the ground were instantly vaporized into fine dust by the ferocious shockwave.
High up in the sky, several figures dressed in white robes caught sight of the mushroom cloud and were startled out of their wits.
"Hurry! That must be the Su Family Manor. The two of them have started fighting. Move fast!"
"Ling Xiao, you reckless bastard! You better not stir up any massive trouble for us!"
...
Meanwhile, back in the Su Family Manor, Elder Su was clapping and laughing with glee.
"Hahahaha... Ling Xiao, you're finally dead! You're finally done for! How dare you show disrespect to the Su family, how dare you murder my Third Brother—you brought all of this upon yourself! You deserved to die! Hahahaha..."
However... as the mushroom cloud and dust gradually dissipated, the smile on his face slowly froze!
"Wh... What is the meaning of this?"
His expression turned blank, filled with utter bewilderment and incomprehension!
Before him, a gouge over a meter deep and tens of meters long was carved directly into the earth!
Su Dinghai was kneeling on one knee, panting heavily. One of his arms had completely blown apart! Blood dripped onto the ground with a rhythmic patter.
As for Ling Xiao, standing not far away, he was casually holding a severed arm that was still dripping with blood!
Ling Xiao had actually forced back Su Dinghai with a single blow? And severed one of his arms to boot?
Good heavens, are you toying with me?
Elder Su was driven to the verge of madness!
With utter disdain, Ling Xiao tossed Su Dinghai's arm aside as if it were worthless garbage.
"Grand General? Nothing special at all!"